Just playing around....

Hello!  I have a card to share with you and this is a result of watching You Tube videos.  The card design is something I learned from Dawn Griffith and the technique is from Splitcoast Stampers.  I'm playing along with The Kraft Journal Challenge - Inside and Outside.  I take that to mean to decorate the inside and outside of a card.

The picture is awful and if I can, I will retake it with better lighting.  My card features stamps from the now closed There She Goes stamps.  These were the only stamps in my collection that were open flowers.  Most of my stamps, which I'm discovering are not many, are mostly solid.  I've also decided that embossing powder and inks have a shelf life.  But it's a cool technique and a unique card.

Have a great Monday!

Silhouette Sunday

Good Morning!  Happy Sunday.  I hope the weekend is going well for you.  It's not too bad for me, my two youngest children are off to the beach with their dad, Brendan will hole up in his room all day, so essentially I have the house to myself.

This week's Silhouette Sunday share is a really cute cut design by Lori Whitlock.  This is an easel card with gift drawer box.  I made this for my daughter's friend who had a birthday party yesterday.  Really cute!!  Now I did watch Lori's assembly video and you know how after you watch a video more related ones will pop up?  Well, I saw a bunch of cards just like this so it's not a new design, Lori just made it easier and letting the Silhouette do all the hard work.

I did have to think a bit to identify pieces and plan the cutting, but I referred back to the video a lot to do that, that was very helpful.  I guess the drawback of buying from the Silhouette Online store is that you don't get instructions with it.  Oh well!

The drawer is perfect for a gift card and in this case, there's a box with a new belly button ring for the birthday girl.

The cut file also comes with a gift box for presentation.  I did find that when closing it up it didn't fit so well, but I got it to work and she probably won't keep it, so it's OK.

So there you have it.  Fun, easy and it's a great presentation.  Have a great day!

PS - I don't think I made the design team.  I didn't get an acknowledgement of my application and selectees were to be informed Friday.  :0(   Maybe next time.

Delightful Challenges Thursday

Hello everyone.  Super quick post today, the challenge is up at Delightful Challenges and this week....

Out like a Lamb

(include an animal)

I liked this challenge because it gave me an opportunity to use one of my favorite sentiments available at Digital Delights by Louby Loo.  Animal Crackers (No. 2) and I also used Dilly Duck & Lady Bug - so stinkin' cute!

My card is a clean and simple one, I used the sketch from Sunday Sketch and Stamp.  I think Dilly Duck is absolutely adorable and I am pleased with the pastel palette.

Head on over to Delightful Challenges and join us!  Happy Thursday.

Tuesday Morning Sketches #242

Good Morning!  It's Tuesday already and I cannot wait to show you what I created with this week's sketch.  It's a loose interpretation but that's what I like about it, it's basic enough that you can go almost anywhere with it with almost any kind of project.

Our sponsor this week is Creative Classroom.  I'd still like to take one of their classes, they sound like so much fun!  I'm sure they have one on 3D art and that's what I created.

I really love making simple desk calendars.  This one is for one my carpoolers.  She likes pink and bling.  Now that can really go over the top but I decided to keep it classy.  There's a bit of pink and a bit of little bling and it earned a compliment in the elevator this morning.  I created the tent base myself out 110 lb weight card stock.  Then I cut the other pieces from cut files that I got at the Silhouette Online Store.  There was another piece to the flower but I omitted it mostly because I ended up putting my card stock in the wrong place and ended up cutting my mat.  I fixed it with a piece of packaging tape, but I'm going to have to break down and buy another mat.  I've owned this machine for 3 months and this is the 2nd mat I've used up.

Anyway, head on over to TMS to join us and to see what lovely cards my team created to share with you.  Have a fantastic day!

Silhouette Sunday

Hello Everyone!  Welcome to new series on my blog.  I call it Silhouette Sunday.  Nope, I'm not on their design team (although I applied... crossing fingers and toes), I don't sell their products - I just love my Portrait and hope to have a Cameo in craft corner soon and I love playing with it.  So I decided that I needed to have a weekly or bi-weekly blog post showcasing these projects.

I'm kicking this series off with a wedding card and a baby card.  First the wedding card.  This was actually inspired by a You Tube video series I stumbled on during one of my nightly You Tube video viewings.  Yes, I actually watch You Tub videos every night.  I curl up in bed with my Kindle and watch something inspiring.  Whether it's Mary from SVG Cuts putting together one of their newest kits  (generally ones I can't make because they never make much for the Portrait size) or Dawn Griffith or Angie Juda, the only Stampin' Up! commercialists I'll watch.... that is until I found Connie Stewart and her Flash Cards 1.0 and 2.0 series.  Great concept!  Here's the card that inspired mine ---> here.

Following her method, I created the cake.  I cut out a really cute svg border that provided the scalloped decoration on the cake.  Flowers I created from an old punch and then added the banner that I also cut from an svg.

And here's the baby card that is {almost} entirely made using the Silhouette, bear and card base found in the online store.

The doily behind the bear is a die cut from MFT Stamps.

I am very pleased with how my cards turned out and they were VERY WELL received by the recipients.  Couldn't ask for more than that!  Well, happy Sunday.  Thanks for stopping by.

Scrapbook Saturday with Deedee's Digis

Hello Everyone!  Happy Saturday.  I'm alive.  Still coughing deep hacking coughs but the fever is gone!  I still tire very easily, too, but I'm feeling more like myself again.

It's Scrapbook Saturday with Deedee's Digis and this is what happened to my sister this past week.  Seems something had it against my sister's and I this past week.  My oldest sister is sick and this is poor Theresa.....

She got dizzy and took a spill in her bathroom, hit her head and broke her foot.  But the girl is sporting her ace bandage and splint with class.... look at those pretty red toes.  Great pedicure!

My layout is pretty simple, featuring paper, sentiment and image from Whole Latte Love.  I added just a couple of embellishments that were in the MyMemories Suite software.  I really like how all these happy elements make something as dismal as a broken foot bearable.

Delightful Challenges Thursday

Good Morning friends.  I do hope you're doing well today.  I'm happy that we're one more day closer to the weekend.  My kids will be on Spring Break next week so you can imagine they're counting down the days this week, too.

This week's challenge at Delightful Challenges is up and ready for you to play along.  It's an easy one....

Wearing of the Green

Now I'm not into St. Patrick's Day and as a kid I really hated it.  I would invariably wear green the day before and then get pinched all day the day of.  Not fun!  So I wanted to do a Mardi Gras theme and realized I was too late for that, too.  But that didn't keep me from creating a party invitation to a Masquerade party. Something I'm trying to talk Hollyanne into for her sweet 16.  She is still pretty set on going to Disney World.  But here's my card featuring the Mardi Gras Set.

I created the sentiment myself on the computer.  I colored the mask with various Copic colors in the BV, YG and C families.  Then covered it in diamond glaze.  Of course I added rhinestone and used a gold pen for the bling over the eyes.  I'm really happy with how this turned out.  I do wish I had had some real feathers though - that would have been cool!

Anyway, head on over to the Delightful Challenge blog and play along with us.  I'm sure I'll be seeing lots of leprechauns.