Baby Dedication for a sweet Little Girl

Hey Everyone!  I know it's so shocking to see me back so soon.  I am trying to get myself back into the habit of more regular posting, and maybe posting multiple times a day and then setting a timer to post them will help...I'm not sure.  Im going to try everything in my power to get back on track like before, so hopefully this works.

Anyways...enough rambling!  I made this card quite a while back, and haven't had a chance to post it yet unfortunately.  It is so cute, and something different from what I am used to doing.  Usually I design a card with a stamped image as most of you know, and this one I didn't.  I used my die cut machine and cut out quite a few elements for this card.  I also used a ton of embellishment products and techniques.  This card was on that I initially struggled with.  I cannot even tell you how many times I started this card over and over again, but finally I was able to put something together that I liked, and the card just came about because of it.

The card was for a little girl that was being dedicated and I was asked to design a card for the special occasion.  What an honour!  I hope that they loved the card, and I am sure the dedication was a very special event. 

Without further ramblings here is the card...

The front...

The side... (I love how you can see the dimensions here)

The wording...

Supplies Used

Paper Trimmer - used to cut the card base and the background papers and mats
Tweezers - used to help tie the ribbon and place the doodlebug sprinkles
Bone Folder - used to fold and crease the card base
Tim Holtz Scissors - used to cut the double sided tape, and the tails on the bow
Ranger Matte Medium - used to attach the doilies to the card base
Foam Adhesive - used to raise a couple of the gerbra daisies on the card front
Double Sided Tape - used to attach the pattern paper and the purple paper to the card base
Cuttlebug Machine - used with the flower die and circle die to cut out the sentiment and embellishments
MFT Gerbra Daisy Die - used for the flowers on this card (no link is available for this product as its discontinued)
Circle Die - used to cut out the sentiment and the background for the sentiment
Wink of Stella (Clear) - used to add shimmer to the Gerbra Daisies on the card
Doodlebug Sprinkles  - embellishments used on the card front
Offray Pink Ribbon - used for the ribbon and the bow on the card
Recollection Doilies - used to mat the sentiment (couldn't find exact product so linked to something similar)
White Cardstock - used for the card base, and the paper for the Gerbra Daisies as well as the paper that the sentiment is printed on.
Circle Pattern Paper - K&Company- Snuggle Bug Paper Pack - used for the background on this card
Scraps of Paper (yellow, pink, light purple, and dark purple) - used for the main card mat, as well as the insides of the flowers, and the mat for the sentiment (all solid paper are from my scraps stash - so no link available for them)
Sentiment done on Computer/Printer so no link to the font or size is available 

Have a great night, and hopefully I will get one more post done before the night is through.  If not I will see you back really soon...please don't forget to leave me some love in the comment section :)

70th Birthday Fun

Hey there everyone!  

It has been such a long time since I've posted.  Summer time is such a busy time and I've been working a ton keeping me unfortunately away from all of you!  As the weather begins to cool down however I am looking forward to getting back to posting a little more regular than I was before.  I am also looking at getting back into all of the challenges that I have had a blast playing along with in the past.

I do however want to share with you today a couple cards that I made several months ago but which I haven't had a chance to post.  I didn't play along with  any challenge or follow any sketches, but rather created these cards from scratch.

I had a friend ask if I would make a couple cards for her uncle who was turning 70.  She also requested that I make a card from her mom to her mom's brother for his 70th.  I thought that this would be a ton of fun, and I was for sure right.  I asked her a little bit about her uncle and she let me know that he was a farmer, so something that played into that would be fun and something cute for him.  This sounded like a ton of fun, and I couldn't wait to get started...except...I didn't own any farm type stamps that I could use for these cards, so I went out and purchased something that would fit.  

The first card that I am going to show you really does play up the fact that it is his 70th Birthday.  I wanted the number to be the focal point of the card, and it certainly didn't disappoint.  

Here's a front view of the card...

Here's a side view of the first card...

Supplies Used

Paper Trimmer - used to cut the card base and the background layers on the card.

EK Success Tweezers - used to help position the stars on the card front

Bone Folder - used to fold and crease the card base

Tim Holtz Scissors - used to cut the double sided tape

Double Sided Tape - used to attach various layers of this card together

Mono Multi Glue - used to attach the stars to the card front

Acrylic Block - used to attach the number stamps to and stamp them on the card front

MFT Black Ink  - ink used to stamp the numbers on the card front

Cuttlebug Machine - used with the dies to cut out the stars and the pierced squares

Paper Smooches Stars Die - used to cut out the stars for the front of the card

Pierced Square Die - used to cut out the number and the mat

Recollection Numbers Stamp - used to stamp the numbers on the front of the card (I cannot find a link for these, but the are from Michaels and I got them in the store)

Wink of Stella (Clear) - used to add shimmer to the stars

White Cardstock - used for the card base and to stamp the numbers on

Black Cardstock - used to cut out some of the stars

Red Cardstock - used to cut out some of the stars

Orange Cardstock - used for the square mat for the numbers

Pattern Paper - My Minds Eye - It's my party - used for the star background on the card base (cannot find a link for this)

The second card that I made I had purchased a new stamp for as I had mentioned earlier in the post.  The stamp had a little butterfly in the original image but I got rid of it and love how cute the card turned out.  

Here's a picture of the front of the second card...

I just think its so stinken cute....(pun definitely intended) haha!  the card is so simple and yet I think it's perfect for a farmer.

Here's a picture of the side of the card...

Supplies Used

Paper Trimmer - used to cut the card base

Bone Folder - used to crease and fold the card base

Tim Holtz Scissors - used to cut the bakers twine, and the green paper to look like grass and fussy cut out the pig

Foam Adhesive - used to add dimension to the balloons on the card front

Double Sided Tape - used to attach the pig, grass and balloons to the card front

Acrylic Block - used to attach the stamps to in order to stamp on the paper

Amy R - It's your Birthday Stamp Set 

Under Construction Pig Stamp - used for the pig on the card (no link available because the company is no longer in business)

Star Stamp - star stamp used from this stamp set on the balloon by the sentiment

MFT Ink - used to stamp the wording and the image in

Promarkers - used to colour the pig

Baker's Twine (Black and White) - used for the strings on the balloons

Cricut Machine - used with a cartridge to cut out the balloons

Cricut Cartridge - used to cut out the different sized balloons 

Black Number Stickers - used to put the age on the balloon (not the exact product, but linked to something similar)

White Cardstock - used for the card base

Copic Paper - used to stamp the pig onto and colour

Solid Coloured Cardstock - scraps from my stash - (unfortunately no link for the scraps)

I would love to know what you think of the cards, and love comments so please leave some below for me :)  

I can't wait to share some other beautiful things with you very soon!

Bellarific Friday...Anything Goes!

Its been a while since I've posted on here!  

I know I promised I was going to try and post every week, but sometimes you just can't help it, life gets busy and there never seem to be enough hours in a day.

I am excited to be back though and hope that this kick starts me posting a lot more frequently from here forward.  

I am so excited to share my Bellarific Friday card with all of you.  This weeks challenge was ANYTHING GOES!  I love these challenges!  The possibilities are endless!

I designed it for a friend to give to her sister-in-law for her birthday, and I just love the image I thought that it was perfectly suited for a birthday card!  

Sometimes I share a little bit of thought process behind my cards, so I'll share this one with you.  When I first picked the image usually I will pick pattern papers and then colour based around them so that I know that I am getting a really good match for colours, however this time I did it backwards, and it paid off.  Usually its a disaster if i pick the papers after, but thankfully this time it wasn't.  

I am so thrilled with how it turned out.  I also couldn't resist the amount of sparkles I used on this card.  Which girl doesn't love to get a card covered in sparkles?  I don't know about you but I DO!

Here's the image I used on the card...

 Here's the front view of the card...I apologize its a little fuzzy, I just couldn't get it to photograph properly.

Here's the side view of my card...it shows a lot more of the dimension that this card has.

Supplies Used

 

Tuxedo Black Ink - used to stamp the image and sentiment

Acrylic Block - used to mount the stamp to in order to stamp it.

Paige and Peggy Pour Some Tea - image from Stamping Bella

Happy Birthday - sentiment used from this stamp set

Copic Cardstock 120 lbs - paper used to stamp the image on and colour on

Paper Trimmer - used to cut the straight lines for the background paper and the card. 

Letraset Promarkers - used to colour the image with

Spellbinder Die - used to cut out the image and the blue background its on

Cuttle Bug - Diecutting machine

Double Sided Tape - used for attaching pieces of the card together

Diamond Stickles - used to embellish and put glitter on the card

Ribbon - scraps of ribbon used to create this card (linked to a similar product and colour)

 

The embellishments (gems) used on this card I cannot find a source for.  Doodle Bug Sprinkles would work fantastic for this as well.  Additionally all of the papers (pattern and solid) used for this card were from my scrap drawer, so no sources for them either.  Sorry!

Thanks for stopping by to visit.  I hope that you have a fabulous day and get something crafty done :)

I will see you all very very soon!  (I Promise)

Mojo Monday #392 and Bellarific Friday Challenge

Its Sunday Funday and I hope that all of you are having fun enjoying this nice weather.

The weather is warming up, and spring is here, it's perfect weather for enjoying some sunshine, and getting outdoors.

This weekend I was off work :) Yay!!!  Friday, Saturday and Sunday, all basically revolved around 

all things cards and I cannot wait to share this card with you!  

I had a friend ask if I could make a card for her to give to her niece for her birthday, and I thought what better way to make one then to use a sketch for it.  

I decided to followed along with the Mojo Monday 392 sketch challenge.

Here's the Sketch that I used for my card.

I took it a step further and knew that if I used a current Stamping Bella stamp that I would be able to enter it into the challenge for the Bellarific Friday.  They used the words "Birthday Wishes" for the challenge this week, and you just create a card that fits in this!

I am currently loving sketch challenges as I sometimes struggle with layouts, and these sketch challenges take away a lot of the struggle to come up with a layout.  I had already cut out the image and matted it when I decided I should look and see if I could use it for this challenge, and it came together very nicely.  Its actually one of my favourite cards currently.

I coloured the image first (which usually I don't like doing, because it sometimes is difficult to find paper to match) and was able to find paper that fit with the colours perfectly.  From there the card basically built itself.  I even personalized it with the words "Niece". 

Here's the front of the card...

Here's a side view of my card...

And lastly, here is the image itself coloured...

I hope that you all like my card!  

Hope you have a fabulous weekend too!

Supplies Used

Stamping Bella - image used for the card

Its your birthday - used a sentiment from this stamp set

Black ink - used for stamping

Letraset Promarkers - used to colour image with

Acrylic Block - used to adhere cling stamps to in order to stamp

Cuttle Bug Machine - used to cut out the letters "Niece"

Circle Dies - used to cut the image out, and matt the image, and cut out the sentiment

Letters Die - used to cut the letters for the word "Niece" (Provocraft - unable to find source)

Fishtail Flag Dies - used to cut the initial shape of the flags

Tim Holtz Scissors - used to cut the ends of the flags

Paper Trimmer - used to cut pattern paper for the card

Mono Multi - used to attach pieces together

Ranger Multi Medium Matte - used to Attach the letters

Double Sided Tape - used to Attach pieces together

Foam Tape - used to add dimension to the card

Copic Paper - 110 lb card stock that the image is coloured on

Season II Paper pack - used for the background pattern paper (Hobby Lobby - unable to find a source for this online)

Purple Ribbon - used to make the 2 striped down the right side of the card

Pink Ribbon - used to make the 2 stripes down the right side of the card

Doodlebug Sprinkles - used to embellish card

Icicles Stickles - used to add shimmer to the image

Please also note that the solid colours of paper were scraps in my collection, therefore I don't have a source for them, however any colours of solid paper could be used.

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #150

I hope that everyone is enjoying their weekend, and this beautiful spring weather that we've been having.  Here in the Niagara Region its been so nice, and I am so happy to feel the warm sun on my face.

I am glad that I got some time in today to play along with this challenge because its been a while since I've had time to play along with the Merry Monday Challenge.  

Fingers crossed this is the start of getting back to it, and entering every week again.

This week's challenge was a really fun one...

When I saw this challenge I knew that I had a couple awesome stamps that I could find in my collection to meet this theme.  The image that I chose is absolutely perfect for this theme, and the best part is that I've never used the stamp before (I bought it at the end of the season last year) and had so much fun playing with it for this challenge.  After picking the stamp I wanted to use scraps again to create another cute Christmas card, and I couldn't be more happy with the way the card turned out.

Here's the awesome image that I chose to use on my card this week...

Here's the front of the card...

Here's the side view of the card...

LOVE THIS CARD!  She is just the cutest!

Keep an eye open for the supplies list that will be posted shortly.  Just need to make sure that I have this card entered before the challenge closes.

Enjoy and have a Merry Merry SUNDAY!

Cupcake Inspirations #301 Challenge

Happy Weekend!  I hope that everyone has had a good week, and for those who have kids who had March/Spring Break I hope that you all got to spend some quality time with your families.  I wanted to share this card with you guys.

I played along with the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #301 and had a lot of fun with it.

Here's the inspiration photo for the Challenge:



When I saw this I knew that I had the perfect pattern paper for this challenge, and I stumbled across a fairly new stamp set (one I had never used) and knew they would work so well together for this card. I didn't get to celebrate St. Patty's this year as I was not feeling well, but was glad that this challenge at least allowed me to create something St. Patty's related.

Here's the front view of my card...

Here's the side view of my card...

I kept this card fairly simple as with the background there was already a ton going n and I really wanted the wording and the cupcake with the clover to speak for themselves and be the focus of the card.

I won't have time to link to the supplies right now but I will have them posted tomorrow at some time for sure.
I hope that you all have a great weekend and that you enjoy my card!

Stamping Bella Sketch Challenge #5

Hey there!  I wanted to participate in the challenge last week, and while I know that this post is going up late I still wanted to share it with you.  I had a couple Thank You Cards that I wanted to and needed to make and this Challenge let me do just that.

I have really been loving the sketch challenges lately, and am having so much fun seeing what I can create and come up with.

Here's the Sketch Challenge for Stamping Bella's Bellarific Friday Challenge that I played along with:

In making this card I decided I was feeling like water colouring but wanted to stick with a Monochromatic theme and I could not have been more happy with the way that it turned out.

I have so many favourite stamps from Stamping Bella, however on of my most favourite ones is the one that I used on this card.  I love how versatile it is!  You can literally find a use for it for so many occasions and you can colour it so many different ways.

Here's the image that I used on the card:

Here's a side view of the card... (Here you can see the dimension that is on this card as well as the fine detail and the many layers to creating this card)

And finally here is the front view of my card...

Supplies Used

Acrylic Block - used for stamping

Mono Multi Glue - used to attach pieces together

Double Sided Tape - used to attach pieces of the card together

Foam Adhesive - used to pop the image up

Water Brush - used to colour the image
Heat Tool - used to melt the embossing powder
Top Boss - Embossing Ink for stamping the image in
Wink of Stella - used to add shimmer to the flower
Distress Inks - used to colour the flower
Stamping Bella Image - used for the focal point for the card
Amy R Stamps - used for the sentiment for the card
Circle Diecuts - used to cut out the image
Square Diecuts - used to cut out the pattern paper and the matts for the pattern paper
Pattern Paper - cut into squares
Sheer Ribbon - tied at the bottom of the card (cannot find a source for the exact product as it is scrap, however this is something similar)

The solid pink paper that was used in this card  is from my scrap box so unfortunately no source is available, however any pink would work if you were wanting to create a similar card.