Day 11 - Congratulations

Hey There!  Thanks for stopping by to join me for day 11 of my October challenge. 

On Friday I mentioned on my Facebook page that I have some really exciting news to share with all of you, however I still am not able to post it, I think it will be posted very shortly and then I am free to share with all of you!  I am so excited for the things that are happening, and am looking forward to some amazing new adventures.  

I should mention that this is something crafty, not personal - so for those family and friends reading my blog, no there is still no ring and I am not expecting so you can relax a tad.  Hahaha!

Back to cards...enough about me...but trust me you aren't going to want to miss the news when its posted!

Today I decided that I would go back to the Love theme that I had happening a couple days ago.  So far it seems like a lot of cards surrounding events of love, and birthday cards, but aren't those 2 huge parts of our life?  I know there are others, but they are very big parts, and Im not quite ready to move on from either yet.

Being 27 years old, I am at a time in my life when a lot of my friends are getting engaged and married, so I can't have enough wedding cards or bridal shower cards, or engagement cards on hand. 

I think that this card could be used for other life events, such as baby, or congrats on the new job, etc.,  but I specifically created it for the purpose of a wedding.

Here's the front of the card...

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

Here's a close up of the wording on the card...

I realized after taking a picture of the wording that there was glue around the edges, so I cleaned it up, and forgot to take a new picture of it all cleaned up.

Supplies Used

Paper Trimmer - used to cut the layers for the card.
Tim Holtz Scissors - Used to cut the end of the flag to match the heart.
Double Sided Tape - used to attach the layers of this card together.
Ranger Matte Medium - used to attach the letters to the card
Cuttlebug Machine - used with the dies and the embossing folders for this card.
Heart Dies - used to cut out the hearts on the card (original hearts I'm not able to find a link for)
Fishtail Flags - used to cut the flag that the words are on.
Tag Talk Dies - used for the letters on this card. (this die was an exclusive so unfortunately there isn't a link to it, as it was only available as a PWP)
Mini Hearts Embossing Folder - Used to pinch the hearts into the paper
EK Success Tweezers - used to help position the letters for the flag
Doodlebug Sprinkles - used for the red heart on the flag
Clear Mist - used to give shimmer to the white background with the hearts
White Cardstock - used to for the card base and the background
Pattern Paper - used for the background of the hearts
Pink paper os from my scraps

Enjoy day 11, and I cannot wait to share something new with you tomorrow.

Maybe ill venture into something other than birthday or love theme.  

What would you like to see...leave your suggestions and love in the comment section below.

Male Birthday Card

Hey Everyone, its me again.  I hope that you had a fantastic weekend and that for those of you in Canada I hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend.  

Today I am going to share with you my card from Day 10 - Yesterday.  

I had wanted to post it yesterday, but spent time posting my day 8/9 which I was behind because of the holiday.

Today I am going to share with you a masculine card.  I just love how this card turned out.  It is classy and sophisticated and manly.  Its a card that could be very quickly mass produced if you were wanting to create some for your stash.  The image on this card was in my scrap box, and I am not entirely sure what the stamp was that I used on it or the colour ink that I used. 

I hope that you are all enjoying my October Challenge.  I would love to know what you are thinking of it.  Any feedback would be welcomed in the comment sections of my posts.

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

Here's a picture of the image used on the card...

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

Supplies Used

Paper Trimmer - Used to cut the layers of the card

Tim Holtz Scissors - used to cut the ribbon for this card

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

Acrylic Block - used to attach the stamp to to stamp

Quickie Glue -  used to add to the leaves so that the glitter attaches to those areas

Fine Glitter -  used to add glitter onto the leaves of the image.

Cuttlebug - used with the embossing folder to pinch the paper.

Ribbon -  used on the card around the main image

Black Paper - used on the the card base as well as the mats

Brown Paper - paper used as mats and pressed with the embossing folder.

 White Paper - used to stamp the image on 

Embossing Folder - used to press the paper

The image on this card was already stamped as I previously mentioned, so I unfortunately have no link for the ink used as well as the stamps.  I remember stamping this image, and it was done with a 1st generation, 2nd generation and 3rd generation imprint of the same stamp.  Its a very cool technique that I haven't done in a while, but it makes me want to do.  Maybe another day this month you will see this technique done again.

Spiderman Birthday

Hey Everyone!

I totally meant to post this card the other day, but here in Canada it's been Thanksgiving, so I've been very busy working, and when I wasn't working I was enjoying spending time with my family and indulging and amazing food.  

For those of my friends in Canada I hope that you had a fantastic weekend with family and friends and that you have had time reflecting and being thankful for the things that you have in you life.

 We have so much to be thankful for in this beautiful Country.

I had mentioned on my Facebook page that I wouldn't be posting anything Sunday because of thanksgiving...however I think that this post should count for 2 days simply because I created 6 cards.

As I've mentioned before I have been working through a couple different commission orders, so these cards were perfect to complete a couple commission cards and for me to put a couple of these in my stash for future use. 

These cards were really fun to make and I really enjoyed that they had sort of a Halloween feel to them too, based on the products used, and the spider webs and spiders.

Usually I don't get a chance to show the cards leading up to the finished product and the thought process that goes into them, but I hope that you enjoy a little of that with these cards.  

Here's a picture of me spraying the spiders with shimmer mist. Keep in mind I used 4 times as many as these on the actual cards...

Here's Spiderman ready to make his way onto the cards...

Here's there front view of one of the cards...

Here's a side view of that same card...

Here are all 6 cards that I created... (I apologize for the bad lighting...not sure what was going on here, possibly the background/table I had them on when I took the picture)

Supplies Used

Paper Trimmer - used to cut the paper and the mats

Tim Holtz Scissors - used to cut the wording, spiderman and bakers twine

Double Sided Tape - used to attach the blue and red paper to the card base

Ranger Matte Medium - used to attach the spiders, the sentiment and spiderman to the card

EK Success Tweezers - used to help position the spiders onto the card

Cuttlebug Machine - used with the dies and embossing folder to help create this card and the textures on it

Spider Web Embossing Folder - used in the cuttlebug to press the paper into a spiderweb

Scary Spiders Die - used to cut out the spiders for this card

Acrylic Blocks - attached the sentiment stamp to them in order to stamp the wording

MFT Blak Ink - used to stamp the sentiment with

Spiderman Stickers - used for the main images on these cards (these were purchased at Hobby Lobby, however I cannot find them online on their site)

Bakers Twine - black and white string used on 4 of the cards.

Shimmer Mist - used to add shimmer to the spiders

Amy R Stamp - It's Your Birthday - sentiment used on the card (discontinued stamp set)

White Paper - Card bases as well as the paper that the stickers were placed onto and background paper that sentiment was stamped onto

(Red, Blue and Black pieces of paper from my stash - I don't have links however any solid papers will work just as well)

I hope that you enjoyed Days 8 and 9.

Tomorrow I will post my card for Monday (yesterday) Day 10.

It's another birthday card.  Another Masculine Birthday card!  

I think you are really going to like it.

Have a great night!

Day # 7 - Birthday

Hey Everyone!  I hope that you are all well!  I have been watching coverage of the wrath of Hurricane Matthew, and my heart is breaking for people being effected by this monster of a storm.  If you are visiting my blog and you yourself are directly or indirectly effected by this storm you have my prayers and thoughts.  I cannot fathom the devastation, fear, anxiety, and waves of emotions that each of them are feeling right now. 

Stay strong and don't lose faith!  

Today I am going to take a slight little cheat on my challenge.  Its been a very long week, and I am in a great deal of pain, so I am not going to make a card today...what am I am going to do however is share with you a card that I made several months ago.  I am not sure, but this card has somehow slipped through the cracks and didn't end up getting posted, but is sitting on my desktop waiting for its big reveal.  I hope that you are all okay with me sharing it with you, and tomorrow I will return with a new card.

This card actually comes at perfect timing.  I am a Toronto Blue Jays fan, and its been an exciting time with them winning their last couple games, I just hope that they can keep it up.  The card I share with you today fits perfectly and ties so well into the baseball theme.

I really enjoyed creating this card, and truly love how this card turned out.  I couldn't have asked for anything better.  This card was a commission card and the recipient of it was my Uncle so it was a special card to be asked to make for him.

I hope that you all enjoy this!

Here is the front of the card...

Here is the side view of the card...

Here is a close up of some of the main features on the card...

Supplies Used

Paper Trimmer - used to cut the card base.

Tim Holtz Scissors - Used to cut various parts of the card

Ranger Multi Matte Medium - used to adhere the stars and the arrow so the card.

Bone Folder - used to spread the embossing paste as well as fold the white card stock for the card base

Shimmer Mist - Used to add some splatter onto the card base

Embossing Pasted - used to add texture with the stencils on the background of the card

MFT Swiss Dots Stencils - used to put the small dots onto the bottom of the card base in embossing paste

MFT Small Brick Wall Stencils - used on the background

Cuttlebug - Machine/Tool used with dies to cut out various shapes and texturize papers

MFT Fishtail Flags - Used to cut the arrows on the baseball.

Circle Die - used to cut out the baseball

Star Die - used to cut out the stars for this card

Arrow Die - used to cut out the silver arrow (My Favourite Things - Lead the Way) - unable to find a link for this product.

Black Letter Stickers - used for the name and the year of John's Birthday (linked product isn't exact)

Distress Ink - used for the outside of the Baseball

Black Ink - used to stamp the wording "sentiment" on the arrow

Happy Birthday Sentiment - Amy R Stamps - this stamp set is discontinued so I apologize there isn't a link to this product either.

White Paper - used for the card base, and the baseball.

(The other papers - blue, red, black, and silver - were from my stash so there isn't a link for these - honestly any paper would do)

Additionally, I used tooth picks for the base of the flags - I am sure that you probably have these on hand.

Engagement Cards

Welcome!  If you are checking out my page for the very first time...WELCOME, and please feel free to ask any questions in the comment sections of the post.  If you are a return reader, welcome back.  I appreciate your time and that you would stop by and see what I'm working on.

If you haven't seen my October challenge you can do so at the first post of the month, but basically I am creating a card every day (1 card minimum) for the whole month of October to work through some commission orders as well as start to build a stash for myself, and get a head start on Christmas cards. 

Today I thought I would continue the wedding and all things "love", that I have had going over the last couple days.  I know the first couple days were baby, and then some birthday and now LOVE, but who doesn't Love Love?

Today I thought I would do an engagement card that is classy and elegant.  I wanted to keep the congrats off of it as I used it on one of the other cards.  I simply used the word "Bliss", because Love is just that! 

This card was created entirely out of scraps from my stash.  I love how this card turned out.

I hope that you are enjoying this challenge so far, and I look forward to sharing something new tomorrow...NEW THEME too!

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

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

I apologize but for this post I will not be posting supplies used, because these are all scrap pieces, so I don't have links for the majority of the products.

I have no idea to what colours the butterflies were stamped in, or the wording was embossed in, or the embossing folder that was used, or the flourish at the top, etc.  

Thanks for joining me today!

Bridal Shower Cards

Hey Everyone!  It's Day #5.  I cannot believe we are already this far into the month, it seems like time is totally flying and next thing we know Christmas will be here.

Today I decided that I was going to work on one of my orders.  As part of the order my customer had asked for 2 Bridal Shower cards.  I remembered seeing this quite a few months back on pinterest, so I thought that I would try and see if I could recreate these dresses.  The results are astounding.  I totally didn't think I could do it and I pulled it off.

What do you think?  Its super cute right!

Now this was another one of those cards that I couldn't make just one.  I made 4 similar cards.  The colours are different, and the dresses are similar but finishings are different.  I thought 2 for her order and 2 for my stash.  So happy with the way they turned out.

Here's the fronts of the cards...

Here's all the cards together...

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

Supplies Used...

 Paper Trimmer - Used to cut the back ground matts as well as the card bases

Tim Holtz Scissors - Used to cut the tops of the dresses, as well as the ribbons on the dresses.

EK Success Tweezer - used to position the doilies with.

2 Sided Tape - used to attach the background paper to the card base

Ranger Matte Medium - used to attach the dress to the card front

MFT Baby Stamps - used the Congratulations wording from this set.

Acrylic Block - Used to attach the stamp to and stamp the sentiment

Clear Embossing Ink - used under the silver and the white embossing powder 

Ranger Cherry Ink - used to stamp the wording on the 2 pink/red cards.

Silver Embossing Powder - used on the yellow card for the wording

Clear Embossing Powder - used over top the Cherry Ink and embossed

White Embossing Powder - used on the teal card for the wording.

EK Success Powder Tool  - used to ensure that the embossing powder only sticks to the ink

White Paper - used for the card bases as well as the tops of the dresses.

Stickles - used for the tops of the dresses on the yellow and teal cards.

Loose Glitter - used on the tops of the dresses on the pink cards

Heat Tool - used to melt the embossing powders

Recollection Doilies from Michaels - not available online in stores only.

Ribbons and Background Papers are all scraps so I don't have links for them.

Have a great evening!

Wedding Cards

Happy Tuesday!  Yes it is me I am back again already with another card.  

As I previously mentioned there are quite a few reasons for me to do this card challenge.  

1. Build a stash

2. Finish card orders that I have been asked to do

3. Start my Christmas cards

4. Be creative every day which will help me relax and clear my head.

5. Strengthen my wrist after surgery and make small attempts at rehabbing my injury myself.

...just to name a few...

Todays card is Wedding Cards.  I created 4 of the same card.  The reason for doing this is so that I could put 2 in an order that I am working through as well as adding 2 to my personal stash so that I am able to have them on hand ready for when I need them.

This card again was another card that was made all from scraps, and things that I already had cut out. I am loving creating Something from Nothing.  This in itself is something else that I have been working hard to challenge myself to do frequently to use up the older things before playing with the newer things.

I wanted to create something classic as well as elegant, so I decided to keep my colours VERY traditional.  I haven't made a lot of wedding cards, so thought that it would be nice to change it up and do something different for a change.  

Here is the front of the card...

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

Supplies Used...

Paper Trimmer - used to cut the background layers and the the sentiment

Tim Holtz Scissors - used to cut the ribbons

EK Success Powder Tool - used to add anti stick powder to the background to ensure embossing powder sticks to only the places its wanted

Heat Tool - used to melt the embossing powder for the wording

Silver Embossing Powder - used to make the sentiment silver

Stampability Wording - stamp used to put the sentiment on the card

Sizzix Flourish Dies - used to cut the flourishes and positioned them behind the hearts.

Heart Dies - the ones I used are from 2 separate die sets, however I cannot find links for either so I have linked to something similar

Embossing Ink - used to stamp the wording in for the embossing powder to stick to

Cuttle Bug Machine - used to cut the hearts and the flourishes 

2 sided tape - used to adhere various layers of the card to the card base.

foam adhesive - used to adhere the hearts and add dimensions to the card.

ranger matte medium - used to attach the elements to the hearts.

EK Success Tweezers - used to position the pieces on the card

Clear/Silver Gems - used to but buttons on the Bride Heart

White Card Stock - used to stamp the sentiment on

Black Card Stock - used to cut out the flourishes and the mats.

Because the paper was all scraps, and the silver pieces (rectangles) attached to the black rectangles were in my scrap box I am unable to source the exact paper.

Additionally...the ribbon pieces are also scraps, so I am not able to source them either.