Etsy Shop

I once dared greatly, in July 2011 with the opening an Etsy shop and featuring some of the cards I've made.  These are the ones that I created that haven't already been featured on this site.  I didn't sell a single card.

June 2011 Cards

The following cards were all made in June 2011 for multiple occasions.  

The first two are for Father's Day with the top one for my dad and the second one for M's dad.  

The birthday card was for my nephew, Keith.  I must have been rushed this day.  He's almost 12 now!

The final card is for Asher.  Asher is the son of our good friends, Chris and Tanya.  He was born June 8th and we delivered this card to them in the hospital.  This one took a while as I was still using my Cuttlebug to cut everything out. Asher will be four in June.

A Very Long Hiatus

The last time I posted here was almost three years ago.  I haven't stopped making cards though, even though I do go in phases.

I try to take photos of the cards I make before I give them or send them away so I'm going to try and make up for lost time and post some, maybe all of them here going forward.

I recently have had another surge of craftiness come over me so I have inspiration to continue to create through this winter at least.

I've just purchased some new stamps and markers and I'm waiting for them to arrive but am very excited to use some new stuff and post my cards again.  

New Design

As of my New Year's resolutions, I wanted to take a little bit of time and change my blog.  I haven't really done much to this blog in ways of making it pretty to look at.  As of today, it's a new layout and I'm happy with it.

Yay!

I just recently started doing challenges at 365 Cards when I can find the time and last week I was pleasantly surprised when I was announced as a Spotlight Designer.  You can submit a card every day for each challenge but one person is chosen as the day's best card.  Mine was chosen for Day 348- So Comical.  I'm proudly featuring my Spotlight Designer badge on the side of my blog!

Check out the Designers for the week!

Happy Birthday Kristi

I went out to brunch today with my friend Kristi and a group of our friends for her birthday which was last week.  I had all week to make her a card but I was so busy that I ended up whipping this one up in about 5 minutes this morning.

Less Is More Challenge Week 55- Theme

This week's challenge as Less Is More is a theme.  The theme is to use punches or die cuts.  I ended up using both on my card, which is so simple, it's boring!  There are so many fantastic submissions already this week.  You all do great work!

Valentine's Day

Tomorrow night, I will be going out with two special people...my boyfriend and my grandpa.  I made an extra special card for my grandpa and another for my boyfriend Michael.  I struggled with the one for Michael.  Sometimes it's harder to make cards for people that you love so much.

For my grandpa

For Michael

365 Cards Challenge- Day 343- Mismatched

Today's challenge for 365 Cards is using two papers that you wouldn't normally use together.  I'm not sure if this looks good but it's definitely two papers I wouldn't use together. :)  It's also a masculine card, which I'm not used to making.

365 Cards Challenge- Day 348- So Comical

I had no idea what to do for 365 Cards challenge when I first sat down and started crafting but then it came to me.  I thought it would be funny to use an image of a cherub and then use "What's Up?" since the cherub is actually looking up and because it's funny to picture a cherub even talking, let alone saying "What's Up?"  Hope that is comical enough for you!

Less Is More Challenge Week 54

This week's LIM challenge is a one layer card using stripes.  I used a hearts in the colors of rainbows to create stripes.

365 Cards Challenge- Day 342- Super Sketchy Sunday

Today's challenge at 365 Cards is a sketch as it always is on Sundays.  I knew I wanted to do something with a butterfly and flower and after a little bit of playing around, this is what I came up with.

365 Cards Challenge- Day 341- Doodle A Do

Yesterday's challenge at 365 Cards was Doodle A Do.  I took the challenge literally and created a notebook and doodled all different sorts of things that I used to do when I was in school, like make stars, boxes, smiley faces, stick people and even who I loved at the time.  This time I chose my real boyfriend, Michael.  :)

Less Is More Challenge Week 53

Less Is More is officially done with their first year of card challenges and it's time roll the week ahead to number 53.  This week's challenge is color, specially, Aqua.  My card is almost too plain but remember, Less is More.  

365 Cards Challenge- Day 340- Abstract Art

I'm participating in my second challenge this week for 365 Cards and today's challenge is Abstract Art.  I pulled out some funky papers and I just went with whatever came to mind.  I originally planned on completely black and white but thought some yellow would add a little pop to it.

Happy Birthday

I made up two birthday cards tonight.  One for a coworker and one that I'll be mailing to a good friend tomorrow.  For as little time as I spent on them, I like the way they both turned out.

A New Challenge

This my first post to 365 Cards.  Hope you enjoy my debut!

Here's the sketch for today:

Happy Anniversary

Tomorrow is my parent's 36th wedding anniversary.  This is the card I made for them today.  The sentiment is heat embossed but it's hard to tell in the photo.  Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!  I love you!

Less Is More Challenge Week 52

This week will complete one whole year of challenges offered at Less is More.  This week's challenge is a sketch.  I embossed the bird and grass and sanded it to make it pop a little bit more.  I'm hoping I'll be more of a regular for the next 52 weekly challenges.  I'm glad I discovered Less is More!

Less Is More Challenge Week 51

This week's theme at Less Is More is a cut out.  I don't think I've ever made a cut out before but after seeing how great some of the cards from this week are, I'm inspired for the future.

Less Is More Challenge Week 50

This week's LIM challenge is birds.  It's been awhile since I've participated in a challenge or even made a card.  I'm hoping to be a little more consistent!

Halloween/Fall Haul

It's been over two months since I've posted anything!  I've still made some cards but I just haven't had a chance to post them here or participate in any card challenges.  I know once the weather cools off a bit and fall really settles in, I'll be back at my craft table on a regular basis pumping out cards.

I wanted to share with you all the new stamps I've purchased recently.  The Wal-Mart by my house recently remodeled and along with that came a lot of new craft merchandise they didn't carry before so I got carried away and bought up a whole bunch of new stuff, which is mostly for Halloween.  Everything you see in the pictures were .97 cents each! (.62 GBP) (.72 EUR)

I'm still reading all of your blogs but I just haven't been commenting.  I'll be back soon!

Congrats Greg and Anna

Michael and I were in our friends' Greg and Anna's wedding yesterday.  Here is the card I made for them.  I used flat backed pearls and took three different embossed papers and created a wedding cake and used silver ink for the Husband & Wife and the decorative stamp.  

Less Is More Challenge Week 26

This week's challenge at LIM is Feeling Fruity.  I woke up with no plans for the whole day so when I looked at the challenge this morning and saw it has something to do with fruit, I was a little disappointed as I don't have a single stamp or anything that has to do with fruit.  It was a perfect excuse to go to the craft store, a place I've been trying to stay away from because I spend too much money there.  But being I've been pretty good for about 3 weeks, I rewarded myself with some fruit stamps.  I wanted to add more but left it knowing it is CAS.

Less Is More Challenge Week 25

Unfortunately, I missed out on last week's LIM challenge and that was the first one I didn't do since May when I started these challenges.  I was just too busy but I made sure I could do this one.  This week's challenge is to use ribbon or buttons.  I've chosen buttons for my card.  Glad to be back and a part of the group this week again. :)  The sentiment is yellow and heat-embossed to match the flowers.

Happy Birthday

My friend's birthday is next week and my aunt's birthday is Sunday so I made a card for each of them.  I do have to say that I was pressed for time on both of these but I thought I'd show them off here anyways.

My friend Jill loves coffee, especially Starbucks coffee so I decided to go with a coffee theme and I put a gift card for Starbucks into the card also.

My aunt Terri loves flowers and has a lovely garden of her own on their hobby farm so I took this gorgeous flower stamp and heat embossed it with gold.

Less Is More Challenge Week 23

This week's challenge as Less is More is a one layer card that has something with legs.  I knew immediately what stamp I wanted to use and decided it to keep it truly CAS.

5x5 card

Stampendous stamp

Fiskars Quote Clear Stamps-Just Married collection

LePlume II marker for the flowers 

Baby Shower

I am going to a baby shower for my cousin tomorrow so I made a card tonight for her.  She's due in August and will be having a boy.  They've decided to name him after the father, Paul.  So little Paul Junior will be known as PJ.  I am happy of how this card turned out!

Materials Used:

Core'dinations cardstock embossed with Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder-Sanded the swiss dots

Nesties Labels One

Cuttlebug alphabet dies

Cuttlebug Baby Die 

Flatback pearls as the baby carriage wheels 

Self-adhesive blue ribbon

Hello!

I want to say hello to all my new followers I have had in the last few weeks!  I apologize for not saying hi sooner.  I've pretty much only used this blog for posting my challenge cards however I'm going to make an effort to photograph my other cards and creations so you can see them. While I'm not new at blogging, I'm still very new at making cards and writing on this blog.  I'll be back posting very soon for you all!

I'll leave you with one of the first cards I made back in May.  I made this for my boyfriend's dad as he had just had full knee replacement surgery and this was his get well card.

Less Is More Challenge Week 22

When I first looked at this week's color challenge of shades of blue at Less is More I thought, easy!  Then I sat down and started making card after card with nothing that I liked.  I'm leery to even submit this card but I'm just not feeling it today.

Materials Used:

5x5 white card

Stamps: Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection- French Market

Sentiment: $1 stamp at Michael's

Ink: Memento in Bahama Blue, Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Broken China and Inkadinkado in Sky Blue

Have a great rest of the weekend!