Cloud 9

I finally got my Cloud 9 card kit yesterday and put together the cards. I did one of each card instead of 2 of each, because I wasn't that excited by the colors (Orange, Yellow, and Teal). I wanted to be able to do the other ones in slightly more girly colors. Here is my first attempt. I used the Laughing Lola paper pack. I am also entering this into the challenges at

Runway Inspired
Our Creative Corner - purple, blue, and brown

Materials used:
Cardstock: White Daisy, Laughing Lola Purple
B&Ts: Laughing Lola
Stamps: Cloud 9
Ink: Lagoon
Other: Gold Polka Dot Washi Tape, Teal Shimmer Trim, Triangle Durables Studs

Mon Amour

This card has been in the works for a few days. I knew it needed something, but it took a while to figure it out. I finally finished it this morning. I made it for:

Deconstructed Sketch
Pals Paper Arts
Inspired By - I used the Paris theme

I used the new paper pack, Ivy Lane, for this one - the colors I used are Hollyhock, Blush, and Grey Wool. I didn't like the grey circle by itself, so I finally decided to crinkle a doily and put it behind the circle. I like the effect!



Materials used:
Cardstock: Colonial White, Grey Wool, Blush, Hollyhock
B&Ts: Ivy Lane
Stamps: La Belle Vie WOTG
Ink: Grey Wool, Hollyhock
Other: doily (not CTMH), Hollyhock Zipper Lace, Artiste Cricut cartridge

Pastel Birthday

 Here is another card I made today. I'm entering it into these challenges:

Retro Sketches
Dynamic Duos
Sentimental Sundays - Pastel Birthday
Pile it On - Ribbon

Materials used:
Cardstock: White Daisy
B&Ts: Lucy
Stamps: Card Chatter - Birthday
Ink: Sweet Leaf
Other: Pink Buttons, Green Buttons, Sweet Leaf RicRac

Shabby Valentine

It's been a while since I've had time to get crafty and make cards for some challenges. My house got messy again, and that has a direct correlation to how creative I feel. I cleaned up, and my mojo came back! I made 8 cards today! This one is for

Mojo Monday
ColourQ
Shabby Tea Room
Pink Elephant

 

Materials used:

Cardstock: White Daisy

B&Ts: Sparkle & Shine, Roxie, Elemental, La Belle Vie

Stamps: Say It in Style

Ink: Ruby

Other: Ruby Mini Medleys, Red Shimmer Trim, Frosted Assortment, Mocha Opaques

Color Dare #80 with Chantilly

I chose these colors for the Color Dare because they were 1/2 of the colors from the Chantilly paper pack. I really like them together, and they're perfect for Valentine's Day, which is what I might use this layout for. The colors are Ruby, Sunset, and Cotton Candy.

Please come play along with us this week at Color My Heart.

Materials used:
Cardstock: Sunset, Ruby, White Daisy
B&Ts: Chantilly
Complements: Chantilly
Other: Paradise Paper Shapes, Ruby Mini Medleys, Pink Buttons, Pink Sparkles, Sunset Baker's Twine

Shaving Cream Technique

I was so honored to be asked to be the guest designer for Technique Time Tuesday for the month of February! But I was super stumped when I found out what the technique was. Not that it's a hard one, I just didn't know if I had the supplies. You need shaving cream and reinkers, preferably in multiple colors. The only reinker I have is black, so I had to make that work for me. It's interesting that it turned out purplish, so I played that up and added Smokey Plum as my card base! The background paper looked a lot like a stormy sea to me, so I made this nautical card using the Tommy WOTG stamp set:

Here is the inside:

To try out the shaving cream technique, see the tutorial at Technique Time Tuesday!

Materials used:
Cardstock: Smokey Plum, White Daisy
Stamps: Tommy WOTG
Ink: Black
Reinker: Black
Other: Milepost shapes

Christmas and Anniversary

Here are a couple of cards I made last week, but never got the chance to post. This first one is an amalgamation of the challenges from

CASE Study
CAS(E) This Sketch
Inspired By

I was inspired to use a die cut and vellum with embossing over the top by the card from CASE Study. I cut out a border from Petal cardstock using the Artbooking Cricut cartridge. The colors silver, purple and pink were from the Inspired By Inspiration Photo.


Materials used:
Cardstock: White Daisy, Petal
Stamps: The Happy Couple
Ink: VersaMark
Other: Silver Embossing Powder, vellum (not CTMH), Pink Sparkles, Artbooking Cricut cartridge

The next card didn't really turn out how I'd planned, but here it is anyway. I used the sketch and sponging challenge from Friday Mashup - I sponged with white pigment ink to make it look frosty. I was going to enter it into the double embossing challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown, but I was too late. I got my inspiration from Frosted Designs.

Materials used:
Cardstock: Bamboo, Chocolate, Crystal Blue
Stamps: Frosted WOTG, Scandinavian Wishes, Pair-a-Phrase, Wonderland WOTG
Ink: Crystal Blue, White Daisy, VersaMark
Other: Gold Embossing Powder, snowflake embossing folder (Cuttlebug, not CTMH)