Weekly challenges

As I mentioned in my last post, following my card class over the weekend, I've been feeling quite creative and decided to take the opportunity to try out some of this week's challengers.  The first one is for the Mojo Monday sketch (mojomonday.blogspot.com):

I've been on a bit of a baby card kick lately as I have had to go to a couple of showers for friends.  The products used for the Mojo Monday card are:

*Blushing bride (2010-2012 In-Colors - now retired)

*Twitterpated DSP (125406)

*Velvet ribbon (retired but it was from the last holiday mini)

*Fox & Friends stamp set (retired)

*Pearl basic jewels (119247)

*Crumb cake ink pad (126975)

If you haven't yet had a chance to try out the new ink pads, let me tell you, although I was sceptical at first, they are fantastic!  Even if you only get your favourite colour, I know you'll love it!!!

The next card I made was for a Sunday Stamps challenge (sundaystamps.blogspot.ca).  It is based on this week's sketch.  This challenge site goes between sketches and colour combinations.  Given that we are having very summery weather, I felt that the Mouthwatering stamp set needed to be used!

The products used for this card are as follows:

*Not Quite Navy card stock (101722)

*Brights DSP Stack (117155)

*Whisper white card stock (100730)

*2 1/2" circle punch (120906)

*Mouthwatering stamp set (W125675 / C125677)

*Itty bitty banners stamp set (W126255 / C126527)

*Finishing touches edgelits (127010)

*Bitty banners framelits (129267)

If you have any questions about the cards or if you would like to order some of the products I've featured, feel free to contact me.

Card Class

As I mentioned in a previous post, I held another card class over the weekend.  The group were amazing and they actually (without them even knowing it) gave me some inspiration to create some more cards.  But first, here are a couple of the cards we made:

My colour combination here was melon mambo (Brights collection), gumball green (2012-2014 In-Color collection) and whisper white (Neutrals collection).  The other products used were:

*Brights DSP stack (117155)

*Perfect polka dots embossing folder (117335)

*Mouthwatering stamp set (W 125675 / C125677)

*Melon mambo polka dots ribbon (retired)

*Word window punch (119857)

*Modern label punch (119849)

*Rhinestone basic jewels (119246)

*Teeny tiny wishes - my go to greeting stamp set (W 115370 / C 127802)

The colour combination on this card is summer starfruit and midnight muse (2012-2014 In-color) and soft suede (Neutrals collection).  The other products used are:

*Comfort cafe DSP (126898)

*Layered labels (W127070 / C127072)

*Papillon potpourri (W123757 / C123759)

*Apothecary accents framelits (127003)

*Large oval punch (119855)

*Elegant butterfly punch (127526)

*2 1/2 circle punch (120906)

*Naturals designer buttons (127554)

*Hemp twine (retired)

This card goes against the grain for me in terms of style, but I was quite pleased with the result.  My inspiration again was a sketch mojomonday.blogspot.com.  I have decided to use this card as my swap card for an upcoming swap I am participating in.  I did make a couple of modifications to the swap card as I only put one butterfly on the card and I used natural linen thread (104199) instead of the hemp twine as only current products could be used.  I hope this gives people ideas on how to use summer starfruit though as I have read that some people are struggling with this colour and I promise, it's actually a lot of fun to use!

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the cards, if you would like to order any of the products, or if you would like to join my next class!

Father's Day

Unfortunately I procrastinated to almost the last minute in making father's day cards.  This isn't by any means a reflection on my Dad!  I couldn't ask for a better one.  But I came up with the following.  I made two as a 'surrogate' Dad celebrated with us on Sunday and I wanted to make sure he knew how important he was to us as well!


My inspiration came from some of the recent challenges on mojomonday.blogspot.com.

The products I used are as follows:

*Baja breeze card stock

*Twitterpated DSP (125406)

*Basic grey card stock

*Basic gray satin ribbon (retired sadly)

*Silver jumbo brad (retired)

For this card, the products used were:

*Bashful blue card stock

*Chocolate chip card stock

*Wasabit green card stock

*Crumb cake card stock

*Retired DSP

*Bashful blue ribbon (retired)

*Subtles glimmer brad (retired)