Square Punch Challenge - CREATE:Blog

I spotted this challenge on the Cards CREATE:Blog and was immediately intrigued! to use a square punch when designing a card. I decided to use my punch and make multiple squares to layer on top of my red paper (since I picked zebra print for the squares!). I framed the top and bottom using a border punch and ribbon with white stitching on top, and then added some red gems for flair.  I just had so much fun making and layering this one! Possibly because it has the Tiffany dressed mantra: layers! I dress in multipludes of layers, so my cards should definitely follow suit!

Supplies used:

Red card stock (Recollections); Zebra print paper (Recollections); Square punch (Creative Memories); Border punch (Martha Stewart Crafts); Red adhesive gems (Recollections); Stamp & ink (Studio G); Ribbon (Celebrate It); Adhesive (Elmer's).

Collage Stamping Challenge

Greetings from a very wet, rainy Oregon!  It has been raining constantly for the past couple of days. Accumulating two inches in one day, and another inch is expected today.  I am hoping we get a slight reprieve soon....

Just Us Girls is hosting a challenge this week - #119 that requires a card made by collage stamping.  An example of collage stamping would be where you stamp a background and then stamp over it.  Here I applied that technique.  The cream paper I used is very thin, almost to the point it is like vellum, which I love the texture.  I used some swirl stamps for the background, using silver and gold ink.  Then over that I stamped the sentiment Happy Birthday.

What do you think? I really love the way this one turned out. It seemed to fit really well with the background papers.  And it was really fun to try a technique I have seen quite a bit for myself!

Supplies used:

Green patterned paper (DCWV); creme paper (scrap); border punch (Martha Stewart Crafts); swirl stamps (Inkadinkadoo); gold & silver ink (Studio G); adhesive gems (Recollections); adhesive (Elmer's).

Valentines Day Card - Play Date Cafe #114

Look at the fun Valentine's Day card I made for the Play Date Cafe #114 challenge!  The challenge had my use three different colors: burgundy, gold, and plum combined together on a card of my choice.  Since most of my gold came with this "wedding" pack of papers, it inspired me to do a love card for Valentine's Day!  I used my Cricut George to make the heart shapes including the lettering. It cut a total of three hearts for the layering, and I was very impressed that is cut through the gold glitter card stock, it was quite thick!  I layered the hearts over decorative papers and then added the sentiment. What do you think?

Supplies used:

Die Cuts (Cricut, Hoot n' Holler Cartridge); Stamps & ink (Studio G); Gold patterned paper (Me and My Big Ideas); plum card stock and patterned paper (DCWV); burgundy papers (vintage scraps); Ribbon (Multi Craft Imports); Border punches (Martha Stewart Crafts and EK Success); adhesives (Elmer's and Pop Dots);

Freshly Made Sketches #17 - Celebrate Card

Here in good ol' Oregon it is snowing, which for anyone on the west side of Oregon means something different from the normal rain we have every winter.  Many people are outside playing in it, and I even took my cute lab out to play in it for the first time (he was not sure what to do with it), but I am back inside comfy and warm. 



I made this lovely card for the Freshly Made Sketches #17 challenge, which meant I had to follow their layout for a card. Often the sketches are the harder challenges for me to do... but this one came together.  I used my new die-cutting machine - Cricut, who Becky helped me fondly name George. He is still amazing.  I am having trouble NOT using him. I think I might have an addiction! :)

So what do you think of my card?  I love the tree....  It just spoke to me... vibrant and full of life, and NOT covered in snow!

Supplies used:

Patterned paper (DCWV); Card stock papers (Recollections); Teal ribbon (Offray); Adhesive Gems (Recollections); Die Cuts (Cricut & Hoot n' Holler cartridge); Border Punch (EK Success); Stamps & ink (Studio G), Adhesives (Elmers and Pop Dots);

Mojo Monday #223 - Birthday Card

For Mojo Monday's #223 challenge I made this very girly card! It reminds me of my one of my best buds, Becky.  She loves pink and black. :)

This one is quite busy for a "Tiffany Original" as my sister coined my cards that I make. I normally try to keep mine more simple, but I had fun making it nonetheless. I probably would never have put this together without the neat inspiration of the sketch below, but after making it I really am quite proud! What do you think?

Supplies used:

Patterned paper (DCWV); Black glitter paper (Colorbok); Ribbon (Celebrate it); Brads (Making Memories); Plastic flowers (Making Memories); Stamp & ink (Studio G); Border punch (Fiskars); Adhesives (Elmer's, Pop Dots)

My First Cricut Card!!!

So my wonderful husband finally convinced me to get a Cricut machine.  What I mean by that, since it has came out, it has been too much for me to afford or justify.  I convinced myself that I did not need it and can scrapbook without it.  I refused to even look at them. He tried convincing me a couple of times to get one, and I would not even entertain the idea. I just was dead set on not having one.

Then my favorite scrapbooking accomplice - one of my best friends and cousin - Becky get the Cricut Create for Christmas (we fondly named him Jimminy).  In need of help for a project, I spent the day at her house, and oohed and awwed, and decided I would scrimp and save to buy one.  That I no longer could scrapbook without one and that I might need to live at her house just to use hers all the time.

I told my husband about all the cool things it could do, and then tried to play it down that I didn't need one.  I didn't want him so worried that he cut up my debit card....    Well, he surprised me and gave me and used his Christmas money to get me the original Cricut machine, on sale at Michaels.  I think he has had to pry me every night out of my craft room and back to reality.  I love it so much!  I only have two cartridges right now, so my next step is saving for new ones. 

Well, to make a very long story slightly shorter, I had to tackle two challenges with using the amazing-ness of my new machine! 

This card combines the The Play Date Cafe #113 challenge to use Juniper, Mint, and Vanilla colors, with the CARDS Magazine Create: Blog challenge of using three flowers, two butterflies, and one bird.  What do you think?

Supplies used:

Bird, Birdcage, Butterflies, and Flower die-cuts (Cricut; Bloom Cartridge); Patterned paper (DCWV); Card stock paper (Recollections); Stamp & Ink (Studio G); Adhesive gems (Recollections); Adhesive (Elmer's).