Green birthday card

I made this in 2010 for my brother's birthday. I used scrap paper, stickers and 1/2 of a stamp (said 'Happy Birthday!' but only used the second word). Ridiculously easy.

Cotton Candy Bird Card

It might be hard to tell but I colored the birdies with Sakura Tiara gel pens, so they're very sparkly. I also stitched along the bottom paper, as well as doodle stitched. I'm really loving making crochet flowers; I've even made a little leaf for this one as well.

I decided to fit this card for Basic Grey Challenges (embossing) and Simon Says Challenge (stitches). It was a pleasure to use this fabulous sketch from Mojo Monday; it's a fabulous sketch.


Materials:
Inkadinkado stamp (Duet 98419-K)
Basic Grey papers (Two Scoops)
Sakura Tiara gel pens
Cuttlebug folder (Swiss Dots)
crochet flower and leaf (made by me)
circle punch (1.5")
ribbon
buttons
***If mixing challenges is not allowed, please let me know; I'm pretty sure it's ok for these challenges.***

One Color Card: Green

Since I made a yellow card this week, I thought I'd follow on with a green card. I've used a Penny Black stamp, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, and Stampin' Up paper. The base of the card and the buttons are a light green, but they look white in the photo.

This is the sketch from Papertake Weekly Challenge blog for this weeks challenge. It was not an easy sketch for me to work with this week; I don't know why.

Whiff of Joy - Stamp Something challenge

I've only made a handful of cards this winter; I can't wait for it to be spring. I hope that it will help my craft mojo.

The challenge over at Stamp Something this week is Favorite Somethings. My favorite is always what is newest to me. The newest things in my stash is an Argyle Cuttlebug folder and a Quickutz flower die. Both are birthday presents (my birthday was last week.)

Another present I got for my birthday was a food processor and blender set. I LOVE IT. I've only had it a week and a half but I've used it so much. I love that all I have to do is push a button and I've saved time!

Would anyone care to read blog posts about different things my food processor can do? Or videos? Please tell me yes or no. Thanks.

Material:
Whiff of Joy Stamp: Melinda Helping Angel
Cuttlebug folder - Argyle
Quickutz flower die
Whisper Markers
Crate paper (I think)

Medallion card

Medallion stamps are lots of fun. If you've never tried them, it's really easy to make a 3 demensional card like this one.


Materials:
Papermania medallion stamp
Penny Black stamps - 'Salutations' set
Sakura Tiara pens
red and blue cardstock

Blue butterfly card - baby wipe technique

I used the baby wipe swipe technique to make this card. If you don't know what I mean, I found a youtube video that shows this technique. I don't have any re-inkers, so I just colored the baby wipes with my whisper markers.

I liked adding more and more 'waves' to this card. Ric-rac, decorative scissors, and a wavy stencil with a marker. This was a very quick card; very little thinking involved. :)

Materials:
Stampin' Up stamp
clear embossing powders
white and blue paper
blue card blank
decorative scissors
ric-rac
PaperCraft Inspirations magazine stencil
Sharpie markers

Butterfly house mini album

This is pretty much the second mini-album I've ever made. I've learned a few things I wish I knew before I started.

1. Cutting and sanding around the scallops took ages, but the finished product is totally worth it, because scallops and sanded edges look so pretty.
   
2. Smaller photos are easier to scrapbook (I cut these ones down from 4x6).
3. Stamps and inking are great - looks cool, but doesn't make the book un-closeable. (I know that's not a word, but you know what I mean.)
4. It takes me twice as long to make a mini album as I thought it would.
   
5. Finding room for a lot of journaling was the hardest, until I added the journaling pages.
   

This butterfly was very active. It flitted in our faces several times. It was also bigger than most of the other butterflies that we saw. And so pretty.


"All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream. -Edgar Allan Poe"
It was so much fun watching this butterfly flying around this flower. I tried to catch it in action but it moved to fast for me.

Our trip to the Southsea Natural History museum was on a lovely warm summer Saturday. It was extra warm in the butterfly room to keep them nice and cozy.

This one was resting on the underside of a potted plant.

This butterfly is the same as the one from the previous page. It decided to move location when I was photographing it.

This was my first trip to the butterfly house but it shouldn't be the last. Ian and I had a lovely day going around Southsea on Sat. July 26th.
"It is never too late to be what you might have been. -George Eliot"

Materials:
Magistical Memories chipboard album

Papers:
Black, white pp -> pinkpaislee (vintage moon collection)
orange stripe -> Fiskars Kimberly Poloson
orange bazzil

Stamps:
diamonds, butterfly and dotted lines -> Penny Black 'Salutations' clear set
Arrow -> hero arts letter S set

brown, black, and white inks
clear embossing powder
Basic grey chipboard alpha
various ribbons and rub-ons

Wedding card

I needed to make a wedding card, but realized I didn't have any wedding-style stamps. I find theme stamps are better for theme cards (makes life simpler).

So I did some research and found this lovely set of Inkadinkado clear stamps. I love getting sets; they are usually better value. (Click on the photos if you want to see them larger.)


Inkadinkado stamps (wedding/marriage),
cardstock, eyelets, ribbon, and Doodlebug paper.

Love hearts card

Stampin' Up 'A little bit of happiness,' Stampamajig,
Fancypants patterned paper, silver foil paper,
Versamark, silver embossing powder,
Sakura Tiara pens (red and silver),
and whispers markers (red and pink)

Blue birds

Inkadinkado 'Birds Galore' stamp set
Black inkpad, versamark inkpad, clear embossing powder
Sakura pens (white souffle, blue tiara)
corner rounder, PaperCraft Inspirations stencil (May '08 freebie)

Metallic Effect Dots

Sassafrass Lass Blue Boutique papers, Penny black stamps, homemade embossing stencil, Fiskars circle cutter, and corner rounder.



I'm not very pleased with my video - the coloring part turned out very blurry. I hope it doesn't bore everyone; if it is boring skip to the middle. Let me know if you enjoyed the video!

Video 2: Home-made embossing template

Materials:
plastic (not too thick), embossing stylus, hole punch (I used the smallest I have), Inkadinkado Stamps (96699 Pets set), multicolor ribbon, Whispers markers



Songs:

A Spoonful of Sugar ~ Julie Andrews (from Mary Poppins)
The Spectrum Song ~ Paul Frees (from Walt Disney's Wonderful world of color)
True to your Heart ~ 98* and Stevie Wonder (from Mulan)