Mojo Monday # 189 contest time...Happy 1st Mother's Day Sarah

This card is going to My daughter for her first Mother's day. It will get to her late, but I was just not on top of things this week. I really thought I had one more week. It is also for Mojo Monday ...
I made it into a easel card, lots of inking and trying to figure out how the fold would  look...

lady bugs

Hi all, since I saw the lady bug last week I have wanted to make a card with them on. Since then I got a laptop had to figure out how to reset my Kodak picture easyshare software  onto this
(it took 4 tries to get it right)
this is my first post with my new system. 
Accent Essential  # 41 page 72 @ 3,3 1/2,  2, 2 1/2"
Doodle Charms @ 3/4, 1,  1 1/4 @ 1 1/2"
made into pedestal card

I also figured out how to sign the picture,  will take a bit to get use to this laptop, but in the long run I believe I will enjoy this also!!   take care,    Carol<><

Oh, I was also busy cleaning, have you seen "hording buried" alive on TLC???  I am not a pack rat, in fact I hate clutter and I am not a keeper of most things. It has to mean a lot to me, anyway, after seeing that show and how some people live I thought it was time to clear somethings out. I ended up with a trunk load for Good Will and I will not  miss any of it. Feels good to be rid of it!....just thought I would share!

MoJoMonday # 134 and Cards for Men #8

Cards for Men #8

The challenge is open until midnight BST (British Summer Time) on the 25th April 2010 and the rules are

1. The card must be for a man/boy.
2. You need to follow the theme/sketch that is set.

3. It must be a new card.

 

yesterday while making the thank you card for Jason I had made 2 guitars, this one was to small for his card so I put it aside for another day, not knowing it would today.

Mojo Monday's sketch, I put it on its side and went from there.

cricut Indie Art Guitar @ 3 1/2 inches

Stamping You Rock @ 2" base and shadow

Pedestal card for CFM

Paper is My mind's eye, complete boy 

pop dotted the guitar

                                               I forgot the name of  this paper, but has a really nice shine to it

                                                          made into a pedestal card

self challenge... what to do with SYI

Over at     "My little spot of Sanity"   blue6366 is have a little trouble coming up with ideas and asking for for our help to get her out of her slump  this is what I came up with...

good morning! so are you ready??
Stretch your imagination page 35 the bike in the stretched and I am thinking in the special fold of your choice, and you can use anything in the summer section to go with it.
don't stress over it and since I am giving you an assignment I think I better give it a try also...
Have fun with this..
Okay   this was not easy... I made the bike yesterday and put it aside because I just did not know what to  do with it   until today ...I was surfing the blogs and came across a card with this sketch and with the tall framed on the right side I knew this would work, sorry I don't remember where I saw it,  then I forgot it had to be in a different fold ,, I made it into a pedestal card!
cricut SYI Bike @ 3 1/4 " in blackout and layers
frame # 3 3/4" real dial setting
strips @ 1/1/8 x 3 3/8" white and 1 x 3 1/4" for the patterned paper
3 buttons  tied w/hemp cord
cuttlebug diamond plate
Base 4 x 2 1/2 white
patterned paper 3 7/8 x 2 3/8 and sentiment white 2 x 3 1/2
little inking but not on the white

                                                                 pedestal card

Ava's 2nd birthday

 Cricut  Eeyore from Pooh and friends @ 3 inches
celebrations balloons @ 4 " in blackout
the 2 also from celebrations @ 2 "
night picture, poor lighting.... sorry

                                                     what a difference the lighting makes!
                                                           made it into a pedestal card

                                                 also did not like the smudge,
                                                                    so I fixed that also
                                                So Here is Eeyore in all his great color!

folded frame & Courtney's BD

this card is for my granddaughters 11th birthday....wow 11 where does the time go?

this morning I found this frame fold on scrapstampnMama blog and  Ellen found it at

Split Coast Stampers

thank you for the great instructions!

this cute little bear I won from Shelly's blog   it is a  bugaboo digi stamp!   I love it!   I made it a little bit bigger than would fit into the square inside the frame so I made it a 5 inches square and marked it at the 1 and 1 1/2 inch marks..... even thought the corners do not touch I think it still turned out well!

made into a pedestal card

MoJoMonday # 123

for this MoJo card I let the paper do most of the work, hope you like!

 

Peachy Keen Challenge #21

Wow! does Peachy Keen have a challenge this time!!!!

• Project can be in any format (with the exception of digital art, hybrid projects are totally ok!)
• Must contain a vintage item or be inspired by something vintage. The vintage item(s) can be a postcard, old love letter (I love those), an old button, an aged photo – whatever peaks your interest!
• Must contain at least one stamped image

The "twist" is that this challenge will be judged! The designers, Kathy, and I will judge the entries based on the following criteria:

      Interpretation, Quality of work and Original creativity in the project 

Lace and silk are from my MIL's wedding dress from 57 year ago, I think that would be Vintage,
the ribbon I found in a seam of her dress and cut it close to the edge, it did ravel a bit, But I expected it to happen.
The digi stamp is from a Hallmark Card Studio program I have,  I never thought I would cut around anything  by hand  but for the look I did around the set of roses inside. I think it added the right touch!
My Cricut I used SB for the oval around the girl, Jasmine corners @ 6", 5 3/4" and 5 1/4"
this deep red paper is Wausau paper
the pearl MOM is Crystal stickers alphabet I picked up at Michael's
I inked around the lace edges to give it a more aged look 
glitter pen on the flowers,,,one thing I do remember as a little girl where the cards w/ the glitter!
Made it into a 5x8 pedestal card for my MIL for her BD or Mother's day. 

 

  

  

  

  

Well this is it! I had a great time with this challenge! It took me a place I never would have thought of on my own,  I think My Mother-In-Law will like it also.

Thanks for Looking!

crafty creations challenge #42

crafty creations challenge #42
our new challenge isMetal/Metallic finnishes

ideal for all the Christmas card piles we are trying to create!

since all the kids loved this card at Diane's party I decided to make 6 more. This way when Britt comes
and says I need a card for this weekend and it already is this weekend (she does that to me) I'll be ready.
I did make an opps on these, the guitar is only 2 1/2" and in the original it was 3 1/2
since I made that mistake and was not going to toss them.
I made the flame looking things at 2"

I love the metallic shine to this paper from DCWV Rock Star stack

and another

Linda's BD card 2009

I wanted to do something bright and pink for Linda and this is what I came up with.
used MM for the scallop at 3 1/3 & 4 inches
WIMG daisy at  pink  2 1/2, 2, 1 14,    purple  3, 3 1/2, 2
pedestal card, inking ,  pop dotted, glitter pen
clip art from Hallmark 2009

it's a pedestal card

 

Paper Cutz Challenge #17

Paper Cutz Challenge #17

 This week we're switching gears for Challenge # 17. Make a card, LO or craft project using a hand stamped or digital stamped image. Too easy! Use any colors or theme that you'd like

I'm not really sure what a digital stamped image is, but I have a card maker and used some from there. I had so much fun making  them that I did 4.  take a peek..if this is not what you asked for, the greeting is hand stamped!

a pedestal card

 

my second  card..

also a pedestal card

and another....

the inside

can you see why I had so much fun? and my last

nice and colorful!

and the inside!

the play date cafe challenge #3..Diane R, BD card

directions for this challenge   use red, black and white.

I thought this was going to be so hard, then I started to think, What would Britt like, my teenager.
this is what I came up with..
after I took this first picture I thought it looked too flat, so I made another guitar and pop dotted it...
for some reason the black looks washed out on pictures, the flat part where the You Rock is the right
shade of black on paper. this one looks better in person!

looks much better...........

made it into a pedestal card

everything is from Indie Art..guitar at 3 1/2 inched in reg and shadow, flame looking thing at 2 1/2 inches
in reg cut and shadow,   You Rock I  made on the comp with Chaucer font.  inked and glitter pen
hope you like!   
Britt wanted this card for Diane for her 14th BD, hope she liked it

Christmas card for Noah

first I stamped  white card stock with Peach Keen snow flakes, I used all of the snow flakes 4 times each in a different color.

Cut  8 1 1/2 inch rounded squared (shift T) I believe,

white base at 5 1/4 inches inked,  light blue is 5 inches each rounded edge punch and inked

3 1/2 inch jots globe, 1 inch jots bear,  star at 1 inch,  1 1/2 inch WW tree, I also made it into a pedestal card.

unlike the penguin globe card, I was able to put a plastic cover over the globe part to make it look more glass like, because it was flat,  the penguin card was pop dotted and too much bulk, would not stick down!

see the shine!