NSD Challenges!

Here are some of the challenges that I participated in for National Scrapbook Day. I had a lot of fun doing these, and I can't wait to find more challenges to do. It is really nice to have someone give you something to work from- if you know me, I spend 30% of my craft time getting all of my stuff out, 50% trying to decide what to make and only 20% of my time actually making the craft. I really need to adjust this!

These challenges were from the MyPinkStamper blog hop on Saturday http://www.mypinkstamper.com/

This first challenge was from Renee over at http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com/  It was to make any project using a fabric or ribbon flower. I made this flower out of a strip of fabric and just added a button. I really like the colors black and turquoise right now, so I just went with that color scheme. The stamp is one I picked up at Walmart for only $1. It actually works really good- it left a very clear stamp. I hope that you enjoy this flower card Renee!

The second challenge was from Missy over at http://quickchickdesigns.blogspot.com/  It was to make any project involving physical activity. I made this hula-hoop girl out of the cricut cartridge A Child's Year. It is cut at 3.5 because of her arms extending out so much. I really like these bright colors right now, they remind me of summer!  I also added the tiny tag and girl to some foam tape adhesive to make them stand up a little. I hope that you enjoy this active card Missy!

The last challenge was from Carissa over at http://www.sprinkledwithglitter.com/  It was to make any project using embossing. I was definitely out of ideas for this one. I love embossing, but I just didn't know what to do! I thought about doing a girly birthday card because I have a girlfriend with an upcoming birthday. I made the happy birthday cut out of the cricut cartridge A Child's Year. The black cardstock embossed really good, but I had to make it stand out more by adding some light pink chalk ink. For the finishing touches I added some sparkly glitter glue to the happy birthday and found some felt flowers that I had picked up at Michaels for $1. I hope that you enjoy this embossed girly birthday card Carissa!

Birthdays cont.

Here is the other card that I made. I made two of them just alike because I had to get them in the mail quick. I did personalize the message though so don't worry Shannon and Susan :)  This was pretty simple to make, it just took a while to figure out all of the small paper dimensions and get them cut and glued. I used paper from a really old pack that I picked up at a Tuesday Morning (mom's favorite store).  I really like the bright colors and patterns that it has. You can really tell in the last picture that it is kind of a 3-D type of card because of the way it folds. It did fit in a regular A2 envelope with only 1 stamp. I plan on making more of these!

So Many birthdays!

Hey yall, I apologize for not posting anything in such a long time! I found some new card-making videos online and have been consumed by them. They are the Finally Friday videos from Two Peas in a Bucket- be careful they are addicting! Okay, so this week has been a very birthday week for me. Two of my sisters had birthdays and one of my aunts did too. This called for some very special cards because I love these people so much! I wanted to do something unique for these so I decided to do some special folding. I just looked up different ways to fold cards on youtube and my thoughts were answered. 

For this card I used some double sided cardstock from MyMind'sEye. I actually won this pack from a blog hop, and it really is so pretty. I love the blacks and yellows. There was also some brads and dimensional stickers and elements too. You can see I used several from this collection. This card is a double folded tab card. It doesn't open so the tags are what I wrote my messages on. I really like this idea because it is not just your regular card. The stamps I used came from the Michaels $1 bin- they work great! I am really happy with the way that it turned out.