Happy Birthday - PDCC 123

Uggghhh! For being March I am NOT please with our weather! Rain, snow, and hail, with the smallest bits of sunshine. It is not optimal... hopefully it goes away soon and begins to cooperate with my need to start a garden and get my fingers in the soil!

I made this card for the Play Date Cafe Challenge 123. One of the reasons I love the color challenge's is because they push me to use colors that I normally don't use of pair together. I am always amazed at the end product and how fun it looks, not something I quite expect at time.  So this challenge had tangerine, teal, jeans, and electric green! This one probably is my biggest stretch to date on a color scheme, way too bright and definately not together, but I pulled it together, what do you think?

First I took this beautiful tangerine patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket and then layered the jeans card stock with the decorative border over it, then adding the electric green sentiments and teal embellishments for the top pop of color.  It is quite appealing, isn't it?

Supplies used:
Patterned paper (Cosmo Cricket); card stock (DCWV); Border punch (Martha Stewart Crafts); Stamp & ink (Studio G); Flowers (Recollections, K & Company); Adhesive gems (Recollections); Brads (Making Memories); Die Cut (Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge)



Happy Birthday - The Play Date Cafe #122

Happy Wednesday!   I was going to post this yesterday for the challenge deadline, but it just did not work out. This week has been long, and I think it is the hour time change for Day Light Savings. It gets me every time. Who would have thought one hour was so essential to us?  Well, here is my card, which once I  completed I was very pleased with the way it turned out!

The Play Date Cafe had challenge #122 to use the colors, charcoal, ash, and butter together to make a card. I normally would not pair these together, but seeing their inspiration cards and this picture below inspired me.  I decided to craft a birthday card for our project manager with this color combo.  What do you think?

Supplies used:

Card & envelope (Recollections); colored card stock and glitter paper (DCWV); Die cuts (Paper Lace and Paper Lace 2 cricut cartridges); Glitter pen (Gel Writers); Ribbon (Offray); Ink (Studio G)

Make A Wish - PDCC#120

Getting back into the swing of things, I started exploring more with my Cricut.  Here I tested out their Flower Shoppe Project cartridge, and I won't lie, it took my awhile to get to where the flowers looked like flowers!  I watched a great tutorial on how to use the machine and assemble the flowers that made it seem quite simple, but it still took quite a bit of practice!  The tutorial did help and gave me lots of cool tricks, but whew!  So here is my shot with the flowers:  

 I made this card for the Play Date Cafe Challenge #120, using light blue, orangsicle, and basil colors together.  What do you think of the flower arrangement? I used an assortment, I was seeing how many I could make once I got the hang of it.

Supplies used:
Flowers (Flower Shoppe - Project - Cricut Cartridge); cardstock (Recollections; Colorbok); patterned paper (Colorbok); stamp & ink (Studio G); adhesive pearls (Recollections);



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);

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).

Thinking of You - Challenge Card

I am not sure about everyone else, but my weekend was quite full and I did not even get half of the needed things done (mostly because of my poor sick daughter, it is awful when they get a cold!).  So to accommodate my time restrictions and still play with all the fun card challenges, I combined two challenges into one card.  This requires a lot more thought and planning than one may think!  First off, I selected the colors to accommodate the The Play Date Cafe Challenge#109 using smoky purple, champagne, and blush colors.  Then I designed the card according to the Freshly Made Sketches challenge #13. All in all, I really loved the look that turned out on this card.

Supplies used:
Card stock paper (DCWV), patterned paper (DCWV), border and vine punch (Martha Stewart Crafts), hexagon punch (Creative Memories); adhesive gems (Recollections), stamp & ink (Studio G); 3D adhesive (pop dots); adhesive (Elmer's), ribbon (Offray).

the PDC # 108 - Challenge Card!

Fall is sure here in Oregon.  Last night between the wind and rain, many of the leaves were falling all over the roadway and in yards.  It was a little sad to me, as I love looking at the bright colors on the actual trees, when they fall off I know winter is getting closer!

Look at the fun tag I made for the Play Date Cafe challenge # 108!  The colors of this challenge bring the warm colors of fall that I love so much: copper, maroon, and turmeric.

Making this tag was pretty simple, it was getting the right color combination to match the challenge and make a balanced tag. The tag itself was not too hard, I used one of my punches to punch the kraft base, and another punch for the inner circle, and yet another punch to make the flowers.  All layering together for the right look.  What do you think?

Supplies used:

Kraft card stock (Recollections); Maroon decorative paper (DCWV), Glitter card stock (DCWV); Scallop circle punch & circle punch (Marvy Uchida); Daisy punch (Martha Stewart Crafts); Stamp & Ink (Studio G); Brads & eyelet (Making Memories); Brad/eyelet setter(Making Memories); Ribbon (vintage scrap); Adhesive (Elmer's).

PDC Challenge #106

Another challenge card for the Play Date Cafe - #106...  Except I made a tag instead.  The idea to this challenge was to incorporate gray, yellow, and pink.  What do you think?

On this tag I used a baking theme, and stamped the image on pink cardstock which I cut down and rounded the corners and punched a pretty border.  I layered this over yellow punched squares of different patterns and also gray textured cardstock for the base.  Lastly I embellished with some adhesive gems.  Simple, yet quite fun.

Supplies:

Corner punch (Making Memories); Border Punch (Martha Stewart Crafts); Stamps & Ink (Studio G); pink cardstock (Recollections); Yellow Papers (DCWV); Grey Cardstock (DCWV); Yellow Eyelet (Making Memories); Eyelet Punch/Setter (Making Memories); Yellow Ribbon (Offray); Adhesive Rhinestones (Recollections); Adhesive (Elmer's)

Play Date Challenge #105

Here is a tag I made for one of my challenges, what do you think?

First, I LOVE the color scheme of this challenge!  Blues and browns look so darling together.  This was a lot of fun to make too, punching the flowers and adding the cute little brads.  The flowers each were textured paper too, which make is quite fun! 

Supplies:  Kraft paper (Recollections); Corner looped punch (Martha Stewart Crafts); Brad Setter (Making Memories); brads (Making Memories); Stamp & Ink (Studio G); Flower punches (Martha Stewart Crafts); Textured brown paper (DCWV); Blue patterned paper (Creative Memories); Blue ribbon (Offray); Adhesive (Elmer's).

the Play Date Cafe - Challenge #104

Another fun challenge!

I played along with The Play Date Cafe's most current challenge.  The challenge required a combination of colors: Artichoke, Mauve, and Egg Yolk.  Quite a combination, but they pulled together pretty nicely.

To make this card, I cut down kraft to card size.  I then took the green (artichoke) and border punched the edge and adhered to the card. I then took the yellow (egg yolk) and corner punched one side of it and stamped the sentiment.  Lastly, I embellished with purple (mauve) punched flowers, rhinestones, and purple ribbon.

What do you think?

Supplies: Kraft (Recollections); Green (DCWV Border Strips); Yellow (Recollections); Stamp & Ink (Studio G); Border Punch (Martha Stewart Crafts); Corner Punch (Creative Memories); Flower Punches (Martha Stewart Crafts); Rhinestones (Recollections); Ribbon (Offray); Adhesive (Elmer's - No Wrinkle Glue); Glitter Spray (Tim Holtz).

 

Falling for You - PDCC #102

Look at the fun colors on this card!!

So, I found another fun online blog to participate in challenges for. It is called the The Play Date Cafe and it hosts fun challenges that I always love to see the neat designs that come out of them.  I got overly ambitious and decided to try it myself. 

This challenge required a color scheme of Frightening Fuchsia, Putrid Purple, Slime Green, and Black as Night - spooky colors for Halloween.

My card incorporated those colors, but I used a different theme than Halloween.  Instead,  I used the fuchsia as a backdrop, using my Martha Stewart Edger to give the cardstock some flair.  Then, I used Studio G stamps and ink to place the sentiment on the green card stock.  I placed Making Memories green gems around the trees for falling leaves.  I layered the green on top of the purple and black cardstock, then tying it together with purple ribbon by Offray. Lastly on the card I used purple ink to place the leaves and green gems to tie it together. 

What do you think?  Do you like it?