Forever...........

Yes, it has been forever..........

Here are a few cards I made the other day, just messing around with my stuff.

It's not that I haven't made any cards but when I did they were made quickly and given to the intended recipient without taking time to take pictures! Fortunately, the photography business has been extremely busy so haven't had much "play" time.

Card for House Mouse Challenge #29

This was a fun card I made for the House Mouse Challenge #29. The paper was Memory Box "Sprout." I stamped my mouse with Memento Tuxedo Black and then colored him with copics. You can't really tell in the picture, but I used Crystal Effects to make the little water drops on the flowers. I used Spellbinders Nestibilities to cut the circles. To finish it off, I punched out the corner piece and added the bow and the robins eggs.

Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #55

This card is for Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #55. This was a challenge for me! Don't usually have to cut that many straight lines! :-) At first I thought I didn't like the card at all but then I added the embossed swirly and the ribbon and this really seemed to bring the card together for me. The plain paper is the Perfect Match paper from Papertrey in Aqua Mist. The patterned paper is "Let it Bloom" from Black Market. Ribbon is Ocean Tides from Papertrey. Sentiment is from Hero Arts stamped with Ocean Tides and the Swirly is from Stampabilities embossed in Whiskers Seafoam White. And, as a final touch the little robin eggs!

This week I also decorated a couple of cute photo boxes for wallets for seniors...but I let those go out the door before I took a picture. :-(

Be creative!

Finally, another post!!

Hope you all had a great holiday time and are having a happy new year!! I haven't taken time to post anything lately. Even more recently, my main work computer has been down with a virus and that has totally messed up my work flow in my photography business!

These are a few cards, and a bookmark, I put together recently. I love the baby card. The pink was embossed with swiss dots Cuttlebug embossing folder. I stamped the baby buggy with chocolate chip and colored it with copics and added a little bling. The patterned paper is from Basic Grey's Sugared (I love their 6x6 papers!) and the brad is from Making Memories. All the buggy and sentiment are from Bitty Baby Blessing from Papertrey Ink. This is such a cute set! The ribbon is just a brown satin ribbon...yeah, I know it looks black in the picture.

The bookmark was a just for fun project. The stamps are all from stampers anonymous. They are embossed then distressed with the Tim Holtz distressing inks and I also rubbed on a bit of stickles in a couple areas with my finger to add a bit of sparkle. I used my Crop-a-dile Big Bite to attach the eyelet. I totally love this thing...I used to had using eyelets but this truly makes it easy, plus the hole punch works great on most anything!

The final card is only partially finished as I couldn't decide what I wanted to put on it for a sentiment.....I decided to just wait and see what I might need this card for as it can be used many different ways. My motivation to make the card was simply to use this stamp and my doodlebug brown flocking on the cattails. The design was stamped with Versamark and embossed the Stampin Up copper, then colored with copics before applying the glue and adding the flocking. I loved how it turned out.

Thanks for checking in!!

Jo

I made this card last weekend and then I saw the inchie challenge at http://ellenhutson.typepad.com/inchie_inklings/ so I had to enter it.

The snowflakes are from a stampin' up set. I stamped them with versamark dazzle and then clear embossed them. I punched the snowflakes out and spread artic ice Ice Stickles over them. I also edged the window with the Stickles. The inchie was a Lockhart image and I colored it with copics and used a clear spica for sparkle. Used my snowflake embossing punch from fiskars for the edge of the piece inside the card. Blue paper is Prism.

Need to Create!

Having a creative outlet is a necessity in my life. I have always been obsessed with paper...any kind of paper...from sketch pads to gorgeous scrapbook papers. I am a busy photographer and this, along with photoshop, is a great creative outlet, but I love the hands on feel of working with paper, stamps, ribbon, bling, etc. to create cards, scrapbook pages and special packaging for photo orders. As time allows, it is my goal to participate in some of the card making challenges online as well as have a place to post the results of my creative endeavors!

This last week, I put together this wedding invitation for my niece. It was a simple project and I think it looks pretty good. The back is a dark purple 5x7 piece of cardstock. The front is vellum with bits of sparkle. Inside, the wedding/reception information are printed on pearl paper. The paper was all ordered from the Paper and More http://www.paperandmore.com// I love it that you can order samples of all their paper with only a $1.00 shipping charge so you are able to pick exactly what you need. The ribbon was bought at a Michael's store and the calla lilies were ordered online from Formal Invitations http://www.formal-invitations.com/