Happy Sunday :)

Here's another flower garden-y card with that DCWV paper. This time the focal point of my card is a handmade embellishment made by yours truly ;). The fancy mangifying glass chipbboard like piece of course!

I cut the shape out with my cricut about 5 times and adhered them all together, to make it thick like chipboard. I really love the dimension it gives to the card. I then glittered the hek out of it. You know I like doing that.

Soft and shabby

I really had fun with the layering on this card.

 The color scheme is from Mona's C84FN color challenge

I used some K&Company paper I found in my stash. See the green? There is green in there, I promise

That pretty little embellishment is from Pink Paislee, I inked and glittered it. 

If you're wondering why post descriptions are getting shorter and shoter is because I've been having computer issues, and with these issues typing drives me craaaazzzy! no kidding. crazy. 

Retro kitsch chic

I'm having a hard time coming up with new post titles...eh. 

Anyhow, this funky patterned card was created with a couple of challenges in mind. 

The sketch is a Mojo Monday sketch.

And honestly it was a challenge for me.. I'm not sure why.

The colors were inspired by the Curtain Call color challenge.

The papers are Cosmo Cricket's Early Bird line...yum!

Oooh la la. Je t'aime toujours!

 Okay I don't know why this card makes me think of French, but it does. 

I created it with the Moxie Fab Bright and Bold Color Challenge.

I love how ruffly and fluffy the crepe paper medallion is. They are so fun to make. 

The sketch was inspired by this Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge sketch.

I actually loved making this card, I got messy with glitter, used fun bold colors and got to 

use some rhinestone gems that I've been hoarding. Moxie Fab challenges- I will be back. 

Flower garden

After a year of sitting in my closet untouched, I finally cut into my DCWV Garden stack, I love those papers! They are super thick and some have glitter, or embossed parts... they're great.  I made these quick little cards with one of my favorite patterns from the stack. I'm still working on a couple more. 

I also made a couple felt flowers using PTI dies, and wool felt. I love these, I'm want to make a whole flock of flowers...yum yum. 

Birthday Cards + 1 Thank You

I used some paper and embellies that have been sitting around needing some love.... I don't like having paper scraps so when I cut into my patterned paper I want to use it all... I almost never look in my scrap drawer anymore...there's too much beautiful paper in the rest of my stash to use scraps! So here are some quick cards with all the same papers, but with different embellishments.

Can I just say that I have a soft spot in my heart for chickies...

This last one is my favorite I think. I love that little radish. 

Christmas village

I finally got around to taking some pictures today! Here are the little house I painted, glittered, and embellished for Christmas.

 yep, thats a glittery dove...

I forgot (was too lazy) to put mica flakes on the "ground" part of the house, so i'll be doing that next year when I take them out again. 

Crash

The great after holiday Crash of 2010..... Okay its not that bad really. I'm just exhausted after the mad frenzy of getting ready for Christmas. I had all this adrenaline, ambition, and motivation to just go go GO! But now the sleep deprivation has set in, and i'm completely satisfied with doing nothing. Yep, nothing. (Except breaking up toddler fights, potty training a stubborn girl, doing mounds of laundry, changing diapers, cooking diner, cleaning peanut butter of the wall.... you know the regular mom stuff. shtuff.)
I will eventually take post the pictures of all the wonderful little things I've been slaving over... hopefully sooner than I think!

Joyful

I made this joyful Christmas banner to hang on a lonely wall that is waiting for me to finish some shelves....

The gingerbread man shapes were cut using my Cricut Expression and the "In my Kitchen" cartridge.

 I did a brave thing (for me) and cut up some of my very favorite paper, October Afteroon's "Very Merry" paper collection. I love love love the pretty patterns and colors. 

Each gingerbread man is made up of one layer of Papertrey Ink kraft cardstock and one layer of patterned paper. The cardstock makes it sturdier. 

 

 I made the crepe paper medallions using party steamers... The letters were cut using the Country life cricut cartridge. They were glittered with german glitter glass. I had to use a lot of glossy accents to get that glitter to stick. 

I sewed seam binding ribbon to each gingerbread man arm and tied them all together in bows.

Voila, C'est fini! 

Is anyone interested in a tutorial for the medallion?