Creative Cards

I made two cards today, I tried being a bit more creative and go outside my comfort zone and I think they both turn out great.

The first card is for a co-worker that just lost his dad, it has really been a thought year on the losing Dad front but life goes on. The image was a freebie from Marjie's Malarkies

The second card is for a friend getting married this weekend in Hong Kong, my husband will be attending  but due to work and the kids I won't be. I use a valentine day 3d folding project from the Paper Craft Inspiration magazine, really wish I am able to get this locally, $10 is alot to pay but it really is worth it and I thing it turned out beautiful, really hope they like it, my husband is not crazy about me making a card but I wanted to do it any way.

Let's Ride

 I was able to get 2 projects done after work today, I was so stress after being in meetings all day and this was just what the doctor ordered.

The Scraproom blog had a beautiful sketh for week 11 Challenge and I couldn't wait to use it. I will also be submitting this LO for my second entry at The Practical Scrappers - Use Chipboard

Then for the second project, I use the free digi image from A Gem of a challenge but then forgot to use the sketch provided by Janet, just went about trying to use up scraps and I thought the cutout square was perfect as a frame for the heart.

I will also be sub,itting this card for Crafty Creations #50 - Spots and dots,  Creative Card Crew #46 going Dotty, Flutter by Wednesdays #101 Green + Butterfly and Cupcake Craft #82 Going Green

So I went ahead and made another project using the beautiful Moosetrack Monday Freebie from Paper Popsicles and the sketch from A Gem of a  Challenge to make another card

Miss Hanging

I needed to make  a care for my coworker that had surgery yesterday so I figure out I may as well knock off some weekly challenges, so using the Sketch from Our Creative Corner and the free digi image from Sassy Cheryls (she gave this out for having 200 members, the more members, the more freebies, so sign up and don't forget to check out her store she has some awesome images)

 I will also be entering this card for the Sassy Cheryls Challenge #3 which is a color combo orange, green, black and glitter (on the shorts, glitter gel pen for the lettering and also on the large butterfly)

Make a wish

Sweet Pea Fairy a free digi image from AiFactory is what I use for the "B" Challenge #26 this week at AiFactory, and the sketch inspiration was from Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge, I love how the card came out.

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I will also be entering this card for the following challenges Simon Says - Mother's Day/Girly, Hand Full of Stamps - Shine and Flutter by Wednesday - Inspirational Fairy.

Happy Birthday

Nina May over at There's Magic in the air made Orson with Cake available to use as part of the challenge this week if you so choose.I went back to chalk while I work on my watercoloring, so Orson is painted with chalk and the cake is gel pen, the PP is Inque boutique and the bling is K&I

 

I will also be entering this card at the Creative Card Crew Challenge theme is Celebration and Ooh-la-la-Creations Challenge #49 anything goes

Fun in the Sun/SSCC #28

Over at Paper Popsicle for the first challenge in March (Moosetrack Monday sketch Challenge) we had to think Spring, being in Ohio it will take a lot of imagination to come up with spring right now but I found some beautiful  pictures of my son that at least warm my heart. Don't forget to stop by at the Paper Popsicle blog to get your free Moosetrack Monday Freebie before they are back in the store.

  

For Stamping Sister's in Christ Challenge #28 - Colossians 3:17, this is an open challenge but to be done with a prayerful and thankful heart.  I use this free image from Jennie Baer at Homeberries this is actually a stitching pattern but it works great for the card.

Just like running, scrapbooking and card making calms my mind and renew my spirit, with running I say a prayer for each step I am able to take and I am thankful for the joy and peace it brings. With Crafting, I am so thankful for the joy of being like a child to be able to create, get messy and sticky and not worry about the problems of the world or the responsibility of adulthood, it is always at this times that I always remember that I have a father that loves me no matter what. I am definitely blessed and loved.

Time Heals

There was a beautiful sketch (#10) at The Pixie Cottage this week but instead of an oval I changed it into a square so I can use it at the Clearly iStamp It's Hip to be square (CIC8) challenge. Challenge #27 for The Stampin' Sisters in Christ is to make a project to denote time, so I use the seneca saying of "Time heals what reason cannot."

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Challenge #7 at Tellen's Place is Anything goes but you also got a free beautiful Tellen Design  image to use if you want, so I decided to use the image and make a St. Patrick's day card for my girlfriend. Don't forget to stop over at Tellen's Place to see all the beautiful image from the DTs and also get your free image. I also ended up using the last free image I got from Paper Popsicles and this week Challenge at The Practical Scrapper is stamp, I will turn this card in for both of them.

I tried water coloring again with the dress, I think I am slowly getting there and the background is from a colorbok sticker packaging, I think I bought the stickers really for the packaging and it worked great for this card.

The Irish Blessing on the card reads (had to look for the one that says heart since she had those in the basket):

May you always have

Walls for the wind,

A roof for the rain,

Tea beside the fire,

Laughter to cheer you,

Those you love near you,

And all your hearts might desire!

Congrats Card

The next dwarf in the sleeping beauty challenge at Let's Capture this Sketch is Doc, you have a choice of card using the sketch below.

 

I had a not so girly card in mind, clean and simple, it turned out beautiful but it doesn't photo too good, oh well

All scrap paper, sentiment cosmo cricket, flower Brenda Pinnick

Winter Theme Birthday Card

Daring Cardmakers wants a Winter theme birthday card, I tried to use a PP but I had none that really seems wintery, not really surprise, winter here is so cold and dreary that the thought of picking up a winter theme PP probably never cross my mind tend to gravitate towards bold summery colors. then I rememered that I had bought a birthday Stencil kit and decided to use it instead. First time stenciling messed up the edges a bit so trim with with the Sunflower Fiskar Scissor but practice makes perfect.

The cake is colored using gel pen and for the other I use Martha's Aquarium pigment ink collection. Paintbox for lettering.

I will also be submittig the card for Tellen's Palace - #6 Birthday and  Penny's Paper Crafty - Birthday

Get well soon

I made this card this morning for one of my lab technicains that recently had surgery for brain tumor, he is in my prayers and so is the rest of his family because his father was also found to have the same tumor. So don't forget to count your blessings today.

I use 3 different PP from Inque Boutique, 2 ribbons (red & Green) , 1 hand cut flower using a template from Scrapbook etc, 1 blue flower from  Marcella with blue bling brad. Alphas are Cosmo Cricket.

Entering this card in the following Challenges
Die Cut Dreams - #35 Recipe 3PP, 2 Ribbons, 2 flowers and 1 gem
Squigglefly - Color Challenge Red, green blue
The Pink Elephant - #54 Ribbon
Creative Card Crew - Get Well Soon

What will I do without you?

I love this image from Selina Fenech (She request no direct link so she can be found here www.ageofenchantment.com), I actually had the image printed/colored a while and was just waiting to use it.The butterfly was a free hand draw and then cut out. Both image are colored mostly with glitter gel pen and Marvy LePlume II. 

Cardstock - Paper Reflection embossed with my Bigshot

PP - K Marcella 

Sentiment Printed out using P-touch

Friends Bling - Unknown

  

I will be submitting the card for the following Challenges.

Flutter by Wednesday - #97 Fairy, Butterfly and Love

The Pixie Cottage -  #9 Love Theme

By the Cute and Girly - Feb Challenge - Love

Pile it on - #6 Flowers

Creative Belli Challenge - Butterflies or dragon (#2)

Digital Tuesday - #46 All Things Girly

Thank you

Made a quick thank you card for my girlfriend, no matter what is going on  in my life she is always there and I try to thank her once in a while so as not to take our friendship for granted. I will be submitting this card for the Paper Sundaes Challenge #5 - A Glittery Spring  there is glitter on the flower and shoe, this was also my first attempt at water coloring, a lot harder than I was expected but will keep practicing. Creative Belli Blog, Challenge #85 - Butterflies or dragon 


The digi image is free from Sliekje digi stamps - thanks

Thinking of you

Using the free digi image from Hope Jacare, I worked on making a card for Sew Many Cards Challenges #4 - Red, Pink and white. I had this sheet of flowers from Cosmic Cricket wasn't quite sure what to do with it but it ended up being perfect to cover the white card up, before covering the white card with the flower, I did go over it with Holtz' fired brick distress ink, also went over the white flowers with the distress ink. There are 139 little flowers on the card.

 

I will also be submitting the card for the Daring Cardmakers Have a Heart Challenge 

Crazy About You

Took the day off work today since my son had no school and got some much needed stuff done outside the house but I was able to make a quick card to cover a couple of challenges. Right now I think I need to go back to making LOs but I really seem to be enjoying making the cards since I get a change to try different techniques. So using the Sketch over at Sassy Lil Sketches February 14th Sketch

 

  

I will also be submitting this card for the following challenges, AiFactory - #23 Lots of Hearts and The Pink Elephant - #54 Ribbon 

Cardstock/Sentiment - Cosmic Cricket

Pattern Paper- AC-Romance, Brenda Pinnick, S.e.i

The heart is an inqueboard cover with the AC Romance Paper

I also spent the day working on using my Wishblade, finally got something to cut but still have no idea what I am doing. oh Well.

Ducky Great Day

The theme for Clearly Digital Challenge #2 is Ducks, I had found this cool duck image from the Coloring Book Fun website so I couldn't wait to use it, I will be entering as my second one on Digital Tuesday #45 - It's all about Animal and also in A Spoon Full of Sugar #90 Recipe(1 PP, 1Ribbon, 1 embossing and 1 button)

 

PP and Sentiment - Cosmo Cricket

Flower - M Flower shop

Coloring Using Gel Pen and Fibracolor

Ribbon - The Sweet Life

Card for Delia

A call went out from Dustin Pike to make a card for a 10 year old girl Delia who is battling Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Dustin made free Owl digi to use since this is one of Delia's favorite things, please go to Dustin's blog for more information and if you have the time to made a card for Delia please do so. I use the sketch from Midnight Madness Challenge #40

 

 I am also going to be submitting this card for Digital Tuesday #45 - It's all about the animals

Card Stock and sentiment- Cosmo Cricket
Blinks - K by Marcella
Brown Ribbon - The Sweet life
 Digi Owl Image - Dustin Pike
PP - S.e.i
Use Marvy Le Plume II and g Studio chalk for the coloring

Be Mine

I found this beautiful image by Selina Fenech www.selinafenech.com/freestuff.html (copy to open she requested no direct linking) and it was free and it just seem like another perfect one for the many valentine day card challenge.

 

I had problems with the antennas when coloring, cutting and gluing after a while gave up and cut them off. Am entering this card at Flutter by Wednesday - #96 Theme of Love,  Creative Card Crew - Valentine Penny's Paper Crafty -Valentine/Love Ooh La La Creations - #47 Love Simon Says - Love,  Delightful Sketches #16 - Love

Enjoy V Day Diva Style

Finally, life settled down abit and am able to get another card out, I guess with Valentines day around the corner lots of love/hearts challenge. I really love coloring and playing with images which is an unexpected surprise and boy do I love to cut. Todays image is another freebie from Tellen's Place, Challenge #5 is Valentine Theme + 5 hearts,I started out using the sketch from Our Creative Corner, the intention was to create a bar scene with a door behind the diva but the card took on  a life of it's own.

 

 I will also be entering this card in the following challenges,

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Valentine/Love , Raise the Bar Challenge #4- Heart to Heart Talk,  Crazy 4 Challenges C23 - Valentine, Tuesday Taggers - Love Theme, C.R.A.F.T Challenge #37 - digi colouring, The Pink Elephant - Mushy Gushy Valentine

The Pink Elephant Birthday Blog Hop

In celebration of The Pink Elephant's 1st Birthday , I volunteer to be on the hop, what we had to do was make a card using any previous challenge. I pick challenge #50

Congrats/Happy Birthday to The Pink Elephant and it's Design Team who showcase an incredible talent every week, thanks for the inspiration.
 

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