A New Darling!

Good afternoon!  My cousin just had a baby girl, so I knew I just had to make a girly new baby card to send to him and his wife!  I used the sketch from the OCCC for today as the basis for my card.  The stamped image is an Elzybells Stamp called "Peace, dream and wishes," and the sentiment is from a SU! set. I used my nesties to cut out and mat the main image, and colored her in with Copics. I added some glitter on the stars and her halo.  The dsp is a combo of "Bella Birds" and Pink Pirouette prints pack.  I used the in-color buttons threaded with some cute polka dot ribbon.  I also punched a heart out of acetate with my SU! heart punch for the heart underneath the Pink Pirouette flower button.

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Howdy!

Howdy everyone! I made this card today for the latest OCC challenge, which was (my fav!) a sketch challenge, created by the talented Laurie Schmidlin.  I used the "Howdy" image from a level 2 hostess set called "A Little Something" and then pulled out some paper and stamps that went with the cowgirl theme. I used the stamp set "Wanted" and the paper "Outlaw" to compliment this cute image from "A Little Something".  I wanted the look to be super distress-y, so I inked the edges of all layers.  On the circle panels, I stamped the wanted in Chocolate Chip craft ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  For the other two circles, I stamped the images on white glossy cardstock with versamark, and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I then added ink to the circles with a dauber and wiped off the excess to leave the embossed image showing (I think it's called emboss resist).  I sewed around the bottom layer and the square in the center with my Janome.  Ribbon is from a local store called "G and G" which sells huge rolls of ribbon super cheap.

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Scatter Joy!

I made this card today for the OCC Inspiration challenge.  The challenge was to pick your favorite embellishment and design a card around it.  It only took me a nanosecond to figure out my favorite embellishment: glitter!  I finally found my Season of Friendship stamp set, which was mixed in with my Christmas sets, and thought I'd make a wintery tree.  I added glitter along the tree branches, as well as on my sentiment piece, around the outside.  I used the paper pack "Afternoon Tea" paired with Baja Breeze, Wild Wasabi, and Riding Hood Red.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts, all other supplies are SU!

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A Friend to Friend Valentine

Good evening! I made this card today for the OCC challenge of the week, which was to use 2 or more hearts, as well as for the Taylored Expressions cupcake sketch challenge (TECC53).  I wish you could see the card in real life, because it packs more punch with all of the glitter I've added!  I used the stamp set "Love You Much" from SU! as well as some older dp by SU! The Au Chocolat and Cerise collections.  I love brown and pink for Valentine's day, but brown and red look fabulous together too!  I used a bunch of new punches on this card, including a Martha Stewart heart punch (in the upper left corner). These are matted on a SU! flower punch.  For the heart border, I used another Martha Stewart Valentine punch, and colored the hearts in on it with my Copics.  I loved Taylor's sentiment placement hanging from the ribbon, so I (sorta) copied that, just changed it a bit to fit my card.  For the main image, I stamped it with Chocolate Chip ink and then colored it with Copics.  I added glitter to the dots on the heart, and then ran my glue pen around the outside edge of the square, and then sprinkled it with glitter.  

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Happy Cupcake Day Mom!

Happy Birthday to my Mom today! I have off because of a snow storm, so I got to spend the day with my Mom on her special day.  As of this morning, I still had not made her a birthday card, so I searched for some sketches to help as a starting point to get her card made! I used this week's OCC challenge, which was a sketch challenge (my fav!), designed by Jennifer Meyer.  There is also a prize this week, a custom banner and watermark for your blog! I'd loooove to win this, since I can't figure out how to do it on my own! Jennifer's blog is super cute too, with the most adorable cupcake graphics!

Onto some card details: I used the SU! set "Crazy for Cupcakes," along with a Martha Stewart cupcake punch for my cupcakes in the circles.  The dp is by Die Cuts with a View called "The Sweet Stack".  SU! paper colors are Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette, and Chocolate Chip.  I added glitter to my cupcake icings with a glue pen and loose glitter.  

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Warm Thoughts

Warm thoughts are key on these frigid days! It has been so cold and snowy around here lately.  I took my car to the car wash this morning to get it sparkly clean, and it sure is pretty now!  I spent some time with some old friends this morning.  I think there is some kind of saying about how old friends are the best friends, and that sure rings true for me!  I met with my cooperating teacher from when I student taught 2 years ago, as well as a friend who did some field work with me during that semester.  On these chilly days, it's important to keep warm with close friends!  One of our buddies couldn't make it because of a cold, so I thought I'd send her some warm thoughts in the form of a Flopsey card!

This card features "Snow Bunny Flopsey" holding a yummy mug of hot cocoa.  I made this card to follow the SC211 on Splitcoast, as well as this week's OCC challenge which was to do the technique Embossing Resist.  This is a fun technique I hadn't used in awhile, and the results always look so pretty! The panel that Flopsey is sitting on was first stamped with some snow flurries in Versamark (on Whisper White), and then embossed with clear EP.  Next I sponged Soft Sky ink on the paper, wiped off the excess and voila the stamped images 'resist' the ink!  Flopsey was colored with Copics and his belly was paper pieced, plus some glitter was added to his mitten cuffs and hat pom-pom. I zigzag stitched around the resisted panel which was mounted on a nestie rectangle.  I also straight stitched around the brown panels.  I added the buttons which were tied in a bow with linen thread.  All paper is from the SU! print packs in Pink Pirouette, and Close to Cocoa.

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Feeling the OCC Blues!

Happy Saturday! I made this card this afternoon for the OCC challenge this week, which was to use 2 different shades of blue and a neutral color on your card.  I made this card to match our current snow storm, which is said to leave about 4-6 inches of snow between today and tomorrow.  I chose the colors Baja Breeze and Soft Sky, along with creamy caramel and chocolate chip to make this card. I used another CC Designs stamp set called "Sugarplum Snowmen."  I cut my main image with my nesties after I colored her with Copics.  Her shirt and part of her skates are paper pieced.  The paper is from the Soft Sky and Baja Breeze prints packs.  For the sentiment, I cut a clear acetate snowflake with my Big Shot (which actually didn't cut all the way through, so I cut it out from the impression left), used a Felt Flurry, and rhinestone brad along with my sentiment cut from my Word Window punch.  The clear acetate snowflake is a bit hard to see in the picture, but it is layered on the bottom.

This was the first time I decorated the inside of my card. Since it's so difficult to write on Chocolate Chip paper I thought I'd give it a try. I showed my Mom and was met with enthusiastic approval, so it might be a new regular for me...

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Cyber Hugs

Good evening! I made this card this afternoon for the OCC challenge, which happened to feature a sketch.  I think I'm a sketch junkie, like I can't pass one up, so this was a perfect challenge for me!  I used the MFT set "Who's That E-Girl" which features this main image and then a bunch of cyber related sentiments.  I used an Imaginesce paper pack called "Loves Me," as well as SU! cardstock in matching colors.  The felt flowers are also from SU!, as are the buttons.  I paper pieced the e-girl's skirt and the wallpaper.  I drew the hardwood floor detail onto the main image, courtesy of a tutorial on the MFT threads on Splitcoast.  I actually used my Copics to color this! I haven't pulled them out in awhile, but I found colors to match my dp pretty closely.  

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