Birds and Buttons

The challenge this week at Stampin' Royalty is a Picture Inspiration Challenge! As you can see, i took my inspiration from the whole picture...the blue of the dishes, green from the limes, yellow from the flowers and the lemons, brown from the fence, the silver birdcage....the design of the card actually came pretty easy. The buttons were one of those things that i added almost at the last minute, because it needed something extra. the buttons are my favorite part of the card! I was finally able to convince myself to actually USE my supplies instead of hoarding them! This was one of the things i told myself i would do in the new year! Glad i did!
Supplies used:

Stamps: Aviary, Petite PairsCardstock: Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede
Ink: Pacific Point
Accessories: 3/4 circle punch, White Taffeta Ribbon, Buttons, Soft Suede Patterned Paper, Lattice Embossing Folder, Versamark, Silver Embossing Powder

Shake the Present!

Here is my card for this weeks Stampin' Royalty Challenge, which is a Color Challenge!
Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Lucky Limeade, and Crumb Cake!

This one is a shaker card, and besides a few steps, was actually not very difficult!
Once you have your panels, ink up your stamp with either markers or you can ink up the whole stamp in one color and wipe off the "happy" part of it and use a marker to color that part, then once you have stamped it, you clean the stamp and ink up in Crumb Cake to do the more subtle words on the white. I texture embossed the Crumb Cake panel and punched out the scallops.
The Shaker portion was done by stamping the image on a scrap of white, then i punched a hole in the main panel and used the Shaker frames to hold a window sheet on the piece, i then glued it to the back of the main panel where the hole had been punched, i then layered a mat and scalloped circle over the top of that. Put it all together and you have a card!

Supplies:
Stamps: Patterned Party, Happiest Birthday Wishes
Cardstock & Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Lucky Limeade, and Crumb Cake
Accessories: Circle Punches, Scallop Circle Punch, Scallop Edge Border punch, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Silver Glass Glitter

The Fabric of My Heart

The Stampin' Royalty Challenge this week is to use fabric in your project, and i did just that! I recycled a Valentine candy box from last year, embossed some Cherry Cobbler cardstock, adhered it to the lid, then trimmed around the edges to get the heart. I then used a scrap strip of fabric stretched diagonally across the top, then tied a bow in the middle, and added an Antique Brad to the center. I then stamped the tag and punched out the pieces, then added some rhinestones to the tag, but they are hard to see in the picture.

This is a great idea to recycle candy boxes!

Sketchy Love

This card was made using the sketch from this weeks Stampin' Royalty Challenge!

I really wanted this card to sparkle, so i used the super fun Red Glitter paper for the hearts, then added some rhinestones to each heart and the sentiment panel! can never have too much bling!
After i had put this together, i thought it would be really cute to have made the sentiment portion a tag with a cute bow of either ribbon or bakers twine...might have to make another one with that!
The sentiment and patterned paper are both retired but VERY easily substituted!

For this card I used:
Cardstock: Real Red, Pretty in Pink
Ink: Cherry Cobbler
Stamps: Seasonal Sentiments
Real Red Patterned Paper
accessories: Heart to Heart punch, Cherry Cobbler PolkaDot Scalloped Ribbon, Rhinestones,

Yay for New Stamps!!

I just love getting new stamps, don't you? I had gotten a bunch of new stamp sets and hadn't had a chance to use them because i was stampin my little heart out with all my Christmas stamps, so my others got neglected and sad : (
So now that Christmas is past, i was finally able to show some love to my other sets!
This card was made for this weeks Stampin' Royalty Challenge, which is a color challenge.

To make the card, i stamped all the images after inking them with markers, then cut out the images. I stamped the balloons directly onto the white panel so that the strings would show. I also stamped the argyle directly onto the bottom because i didn't need to pop that up like the rest of the images. Then i just added the images to their spots using Dimensionals, and added some strategic rhinestones. This really wasn't difficult, just a little time consuming, but if you have all your markers right there and know how you want to color them, it really isn't that difficult. You could also stamp directly onto the paper to save some time on this.

Here is what i used:
Stamp Sets - Patterned Party, Petite Pairs
Cardstock: - chocolate chip, Rose Red, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Inks/Markers: - Chocolate chip, Rose Red, Crumb Cake, Pretty in Pink
Rhinestones

A Very Merry Christmas to You!

ok! here are the last of the Christmas cards i have to post for now! whew! but i sure had tons of fun making them! Now do i get to start on the ones for next year? : )

Shake It to the Left, Shake it to the Right...

Shake, it, shake it, shake it!! I officially made my very first Shaker card!! Here is is in all it's glittery glory! it really was fun making it!
This was made as this weeks sample card for Stampin' Royalty.
I used a lot of retired items, and a few current/new things as well, but the retired items are very easily substituted.
The only thing that might need a little explanation as to how i did it is the shaker portion.
I actually used a piece from a retired kit for the scalloped circle, but you can use your largest scallop circle punch, just be sure to punch the center out first THEN the scallop circle. I actually recycled a clear plastic piece from some packaging, or you can use window sheets.
After stamping my image and coloring it, i put the ultra fabulous Shaker Frames on top of that first, so there is a place to put all the fun Micah flakes, glitter and beads! Then i put the clear sheet and paper frame on top of that. then you put the whole thing on your card!

Here is the breakdown of supplies!
Marina Mist & Whisper White cardstock
Snow Buddies set (ret.) Many Merry Messages set
Felt Snowflakes (ret.)
Silver Brads,
Micah Flakes
Shaker Frames
Retired Patterned Paper

More Cards!

Trying to post the rest of my Christmas cards BEFORE Christmas!! haha!

On Dasher, On Dancer..

I really like the way this card turned out, so i thought i would share : )

A Jolly Happy Soul

Snowmen are so cute! I have used them on these two cards that again, very similar, but each unique. You can take any layout/design and adjust it to however simple or fancy you want it! If you look at the first card, you will see it is pretty simple, actually. I used the snowflake patterned paper to my advantage and worked around it. So if you only have a few minutes to work on a card, you can go that route.

the second one has a few extra steps, So if you want to put a little more time into your card, go for it! but each one works!

Friday Dec. 16, 2011

Notice how all 3 of these cards are very similar? This is a great example of a way to make each card unique but use a very similar layout/idea. So if you see a card or layout you like, go ahead and utilize it to it's fullest potential! Go get creative!

Home for the Holidays

Are any of you going out of town for Christmas? I am spending this Christmas in my Brand New House! I am really excited about it! We have our tree up and the front yard decorated with cute things. We haven't had any snow here yet, but maybe we will have a white Christmas...

Here is another simple card, very easy to re-create!
More to come!

Tis the Season!

I may have mentioned this once or twice in the past, but I LOVE ALL THINGS CHRISTMAS
!!!
This weeks Picture Inspiration at Stampin' Royalty is so pretty! This card almost immediately came to mind, and really is not that difficult to do!

I used the largest and regular Scallop circle punches in Real Red to make the wreath, Lucky Limeade punched with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch for the trim, Old Olive Ribbon, Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder for the White and Wreath pieces, Welcome Christmas Stamp Set in Lucky Limeade ink, and Real Red cardbase.
I added some Rhinestones, and all done!

I Was Framed!

I am very late posting this project (two weeks late!!) but i wanted to be sure i posted it before posting this weeks Stampin' Royalty project!

This was for the "Anything BUT a Card" Challenge. I made a fairly simple framed art.
I used Pear Pizazz Patterned Paper, Real Red and Bashful Blue Buttons, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border, and the Many Merry Messages Stamp Set. Also some Silver string.
I had layered the main image under kind of a "mat" that I sponged around the edges and put the trim on. I used Glue dots to secure the buttons and put the sentiment on Dimensionals. It really didn't take long at all!

Have a Scrappy Day!

This week i am going back to my "roots" and posting a Scrapbook page!
This one was made for this week's Stampin' Royalty Challenge.

If you break down the page, it is really pretty easy. I just used a sheet of Patterned Paper with an existing image on it, cut it down slightly and put it on a mat or Always Artichoke, placed my photos, took some chipboard letters and covered them with scraps of coordinating patterned paper,, sponged the edges of them for consistency, place a few strategic buttons, and added my own writing

And as a last added detail to make the page unique, i doodled around the edge and put glitter on the existing image.

So now it's your turn! make a scrapbook page and be sure to upload it over at Stampin' Royalty so we can see too!!

Supplies:
Paisley Petals DSP
Always Artichoke cardstock
Neutrals Buttons
Dazzling Details glitter glue
Always Artichoke Marker
Chipboard Letters