Dynamic Duos #40

When I saw the colour combo of turquoise and black (with a dessert option of clouds) over at Dynamic Duos, I knew I wanted to play along!



Spring is around the corner, although you'd never know it with this freezing cold weather!  Nevertheless, I decided to go with this theme.  I used 3 different quilling techniques on this card: fringing for the little flowers on the branches; spirals for the birds' nest, and grape rolls for the eggs (however you can't really see the quilling here because of the glitter used).  The tree branch was designed free-hand and cut out. For the birds, I heat embossed, glittered, and cut them out.  I wasn't sure where to place the sentiment, and finally thought it would be a fun idea to have the birds offer it in the form of thought clouds, which, I just realized, is another fun interpretation of the dessert theme!

Card Recipe:

Paper:  Patterned paper: Kaiserkraft; browns and white: Recollections

Ink:  CTMH Black; Versamark

Stamps:  Verve 'Making a Statement'

Embellishments:  Martha Stewart Turquoise Glitter, Stampendous! Opaque Black embossing powder; CTMH pearls

Tools: Cuttlebug; Cuttlebug die; hole punch tool


Thanks for looking!

Paper Players #129 & Dynamic Duos #36

Okay, this card proves that I am indeed a sucker for punishment!  I weaved some of my quilling strips to make the inside of the heart; I didn't have a heart-shaped die, but I had a heart-shaped cookie cutter (of course), so I traced it and cut it out with my Cuttle Bee; it looked a little plain, so I made some sparkly red lips (just to note-not a reflection of my own personal style!) using free clipart, and I made the sparkly paper by brushing glue on some black and red cardstock and sprinkling them with glitter.  Phew!  I was aiming for a masculine-looking card so that I could give it to my hubby on Valentine's Day.  I hope he appreciates my 'labour of love' :) 

I played along with The Paper Players and Dynamic Duos

 

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  CTMH 'Unity'

Ink: CTMH Black
Paper:  Recollections
Emb:  Martha Stewart glitter
Tools:  Cookie cutter(!), & Cuttle Bee

Freshly Made Sketches #69

I was craving quilling!  Haven't quilled in so long and knowing how much my mom loves my quilling, decided to make her a birthday card with a quilled flower on it.  I chose to work with (I should say 'play with') this fun Freshly Made sketch.  I'm very excited to be playing along with Freshly Made Sketches for the very first time :)



Here's my card:

 

Card Recipe:

Paper:  Recollections

Ink:  CTMH White Daisy

Stamps:  CTMH 'Simple Memories'; Verve 'Small Phrases'

Emb: CTMH Mocha Opaques, sheer ribbon

Tools:  Cuttlebug embossing folder

Quilled Cross

Quilled Cross

My most intricate quilled creation thus far.  It took about 3 days to complete (in between working, cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the kids, of course!) The pattern I used was taken from Malinda Johnston's 'The Book of Paper Quilling'  Although it didn't need it, I thought the addition of some pearls would be the perfect finishing touch.