Sending Many Thanks

Good morning! I hope your week is going well so far! Mine is dragging along (until I get off work, then it zips right by! *lol*) Oh well, only two more days till the weekend! :) Today we bring you a new KCRR challenge, and I also wanted to play along with Mojo Monday & Colour Q:

I just love that colour combination! Our random selections for KCRR this week were:

Paper Piercing

Love & Sympathy 

Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder

Now, I don't have the vintage wallpaper, but I used lacy brocade instead (I figured they were pretty close!). Here's how everything came together:

It turned out quite nicely, in my opinion! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop over to Charissa's blog to see how she put together this week's elements! :)

Supplies used:
Stamps: Love & Sympathy, Petite Pairs
Ink: Crumb Cake, Black Stazon
Paper: Whisper White, Summer Starfruit, Pool Party, Crumb Cake
Tools: Scalloped Border Punch, Scallops Nestabilities, Paper Piercing Pack
Accessories: Stitched Satin Ribbon, Dimensionals

Inspired by... David's Tea!

Good morning! I am back again today with a new Inspired by... challenge. I also wanted to play along with Paper Craft Crew and The Paper Players:

This week's photo was selected by Charissa, a selection of David's Tea mugs!

Fun hey? Here's how my card turned out, putting aaaaall these elements together:

I think it showcases the new sweater weather paper very nicely! What do you think? Don't forget to hop over to Charissa's blog, Snippets by Design, to see how this photo inspired her! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies used:
Stamps: Nature Walk (ret), Tiny Tags
Paper: Sweater Weather DSP, Baked Brown Sugar, Island Indigo, More Mustard (ret), Very Vanilla
Tools: Ovals Nestabilities, Jewellery Tag Punch, Woodgrain Embossing Folder
Accessories: Vintage Button, Pearls, Baker's Twine

Colourful Thank-Yous!

Hello! Long time, no see! It is nice to be back in blogger land. Here is a quick post that I was supposed to make back on June 5, before I went on my first vacation of the month *lol* Now, two days before my next vacation, I am finally getting to it. I made a group of thank-you cards for a friend of mine who graduated with her bachelor's degree last month. They were based off a card a made a while ago, shown on the left of the photo:

I love these little guys! They are just so cheery and colourful - perfect for a thank-you card in my opinion.

I have dusted off my sketch book and I am back to crafting tonight! I am making some birthday cards for my little sister (more affectionately known as my little blister) as her birthday is coming up on June 28th. Needless to say, I will be a busy bee preparing everything for my vacation (I leave on Friday! Woohoo!) and crafting. AND to top it all off... my sister requested a friendship bracelet for her birthday. You know, the kind made with embroidery floss? I used to make them all the time but my hands have definitely become rusty in the friendship bracelet making department... I have dusted the cobwebs from my OLD (let's say, 14 years old) instruction book and am going to try my hand at that again tonight! Hmmm... I wonder when I am going to find time to sleep in the next two days?? *lol* 

Thanks for stopping by! I plan to share the birthday cards created for my sister tomorrow and Friday :) 

Supplies used:

Stamps: Pursuit of Happiness (ret)

Paper: Lucky Limeade (ret), Concorde Crush (ret), Raspberry Ripple, Midnight Muse, Pear Pizzazz (ret), Wisteria Wonder, Daffodil Delight, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Basic Black

Ink: Lucky Limeade (ret), Concorde Crush (ret), Raspberry Ripple, Midnight Muse

Tools: Labels Framelits, Hearts a Flutter Framelits (ret I believe), Delicate Doilies, Elegant Butterfly Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Cross Hatch Embossing Folder

Accessories: Linen Thread, Misc Brads (garage sale), Dimensionals

Color Throwdown & Paper Craft Crew: Grateful

Good morning! Well, nothing new and/or exciting has happened since my post at 11:30 last night *lol*, so I'll get right to the challenges! I wanted to play along with the Color Throwdown and Paper Craft Crew:

Hmm.... I thought about these challenges long and hard and I just knew they could be combined in a beautiful (coherent) fashion :) Here's how my card ended up:

I am smitten! I just received the delicate doilies in my last order (a rather large one placed during Stampin' Up's "free shipping" promotion) and I was glad to put them to use here. I love the mixed textures of the cross-hatch & fancy fan embossing folders and the pop of yellow in the bitty butterfly makes my day, better seen here:

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to pop in tomorrow for a new KCRR challenge! :)

Supplies used:

Stamps: Pursuit of Happiness, Memorable Moments

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Midnight Muse, Daffodil Delight

Ink: Midnight Muse

Tools: Elegant Butterfly Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Hearts a Flutter Framelits, Labels Framelits, Delicate Doilies, Cross Hatch Embossing Folder, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder

Accessories: Linen Thread, Brights Brads, Dimensionals

MOJO 277 Revisited

Good evening :) I thought about the Mojo sketch all day today... not entirely too pleased with my first card (this did not make for a super productive day at work, lol) and I am quite pleased with my second take on the sketch:

Here's the sketch again:

I really love how this card turned out! I wanted a monochromatic clean and simple theme, and think it really worked on this card. I had some issues with the corner punch and had to trim the flower square a bit... oh well, the bow covers the uneven edge :)

Thanks for looking again! :)

Supplies used:

Stamps: Blooming with Kindness

Paper: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede

Ink: Soft Suede

Tools: Boho Blossoms Punch, Corner Punch

Accessories: Seam Binding Ribbon, Pearls, Dimensionals

PP 129: Rue Des Fleurs

Sigh - already Sunday afternoon :( I can't believe how fast the weekend goes by... I firmly believe that it should be a two day workweek and a five day weekend! hehe Oh well... there is something great about Sunday... a new challenge at the Paper Players! Here is the sketch this week:

Clean and simple! Uh oh... This is something I struggle with as I like to embellish my cards and have a REALLY hard time with white space... Here's what I came up with using this sketch:

Kind of clean and simple, right? Lol - regardless, I like the card :) I was so happy with Rue Des Fleurs came on clearance! I snapped it up the first day. I embossed the background with lacy brocade and sponged some daffodil delight colour on there. Then I stamped the umbrella from Rue Des Fleurs on Attic Boutique DSP, snipped it out and popped it up on dimensionals. The sentiment is also popped up. Here's another view of the card that shows some pretty little pearls added on the scallop edge border:

What do you think? Does this card meet your definition of clean and simple?

Thanks for looking!

Supplies used:
Stamps: Rue Des Fleurs (ret)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Daffodil Delight, Attic Boutique DSP (ret)
Ink: Jetblack Stazon
Tools: Scallop Edge Border Punch
Accessories: Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder, Seam Binding Ribbon, Pearls, Sponge, Dimensionals

3x3 - Possibly the Cutest Size!

Happy Monday! I hope you had an excellent weekend :) My weekend was great! I had a birthday last week and the celebrations continued into Sunday. With three birthday dinners and one lunch, I think it is best if I don't eat out for a while! :) Here is a snapshot of my little sister and I on my 24th birthday and of Beefy trying to share the ice-cream cake:

Another exciting thing this weekend - my best friend Michelle (who also happens to be my boyfriend's sister) and her boyfriend arrived home from an exciting trip to Colombia! They were gone for three weeks over Christmas and New Years and it is so great to have them back. Not to mention that they brought a lot of exciting loot back from their travels with them :) Here are two of my favourite things they brought back: a beautiful bag/purse (don't you love the colours!?) and a fabulous poncho scarf called a chalina which can be tied over 50 different ways! I absolutley love both the gifts and am so grateful to have such thoughful people in my life.

That's enough about me... let's take a look at one of the cutest, in my opinion, card sizes: 3x3! This first set I made for a craft fair back in December, but my mom loved them so much that she snapped them up even before the craft fair started! Aren't they adorable?

I made another set for Michelle to take to Colombia with her (I know Christmas is over, but I really wanted to show these because I absolutely love them). Also adorable!

Michelle brought quite a few of my papercrafts to Colombia with her and I was delighted to hear that the recipients of my cards loved them! One person even went as far as to clear everything off their mantle and display my card as their centerpiece. How awesome is that? :)

Thanks for looking! Check back later tonight for another post :)

Supplies used:
Stamps: Easy Events, Short & Sweet, Jolliest Time of the Year (ret)
Paper: Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green, Whisper White, Be of Good Cheer DSP, Michael's DSP
Ink: Basic Grey, Raspberry Ripple, Old Olive, Real Red, Early Espresso
Tools: 1-3/4" Scallop Circle Punch, 1-1/2" Circle Punch, Word Window Punch, Sizzex Tags Die, Diagonal Score Plate
Accessories: Blender Pen, Primrose Petals Marker, Raspberry Ripple Marker, Gumball Green Marker, Basic Pearls, 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon, Sponge, Polka Dots Embossing Folder