Woohooo!! It's Friday! You know I love Fridays :)
And I'm so proud of myself, I've posted a new card every day this week! That hasn't happened in months! And not just anything...but cards that I'm actually proud of and want to show off to you! That makes me even happier :)
Continuing with that today, I have another fab card that I just love!
I have had a few 6x6 Kaisercraft paper packs sitting on my desk for quite awhile now. They aren't really patterns that I am fond of (got them at a yard sale), but there are a few pages in them that I like...so I keep them around. I pulled them out for this card and tried to use up some of the likeable pieces, and I love how they matched up together so well!
I wasn't too fond of using 2 striped patterns on the same card, but I think it turned out alright. The dark brown borders around everything help to separate all the pieces.
I used another new image from Alicia's Little Shop called Alicia Loves Reading. Lately I have been diving into the Game of Thrones series. It took me quite awhile to really pick them up and start reading because I love the shows, and there is just so much information (ie. names, places, events) to keep track of that I was afraid I would get overwhelmed. Fortunately I have a husband who's brain is like a sponge...seriously he remembers just about everything. So if I get confused or stuck, he's normally able to remind me or walk me through my confusion. It's been a good read so far and I'm excited to move on to the rest of the books.
Anyhow, back to my card :)
I cut out a scallop circle to frame her in and ran a brown ribbon and bow behind everything. The last few details were the pearls around the image and running down my little accent flag. The sentiment is from Create with TLC. I thought it went well with the image since normally reading is a relaxing activity for people :)
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Alicia's Challenge #5-Anything Goes
Crafts 4 Eternity #123-Tic Tac Toe (ribbon, use up scraps, bling)
Delightful Challenges-Stash It
Mojo Monday #292
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Thanks for swinging by today loves!
I hope your week is sailing by! Today has been a bit slow for me, but I've managed to finish up a few cards, so that always feels good :)
I purchased a few new images this week from Alicia's Little Shop and couldn't wait to get working with them!
This sweetie is Honey and she was so fun to color! I loved all the folds in her dress! And the fact that she's holding cupcakes..yumm! I chose the sketch from Sweet Sketch this week, but couldn't decide which way I wanted to use it. My plan was to have something different at the top, but when my Silhouette kept freezing up my compute, I had to go with something else.
So I chose this Cherish Border die from Memory Box, but wasn't sure if I liked it right side up (so it would have been on the bottom) or upside down. I finally decided it looked fine upside down and put my card together.
It seems I struggled more with this card than normal. After coloring up my image, I made all the marks and cuts to do an "outside of the box" type die cut with it, only to make the wrong cuts around her head and messed everything up. So I ended up just cutting her completely out and then adding a white layer behind her so I could do some dot shadowing. Turned out alright so I'm not too upset :)
I love the pink and brown color combination here. The dark mixed with the light is so eye catching!
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Alicia's Challenge #5-Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter #111-Love is in the Air
Songbird #19-Totally Scrumptious
The Sweet Stop Sketch #209
Totally Gorjuss #182-Anything Goes with Swirls
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Happy Wednesday!!
Wet and rainy here today...I miss the snow. The bitter cold was too much for me, but it can keep snowing for sure!
I'm stopping in real quick today to share a card that I made this week that I absolutely love! I've been working on a lot of animal cards to send to a friend, and even though I don't have a lot of animal images, the ones I do have I love and this image plays right into that :)
See!!?? Isn't this card so adorable? And that image is just as sweet! You know I love my kitties, and it seems that finding kitty images is hard (everyone draws dogs...). So when I found this one at Alicia's Little Shop it didn't take me long to purchase it!
I followed the sketch at the Deconstructed Sketch this week. It was a unique layout and gave me a bit of a challenge to work towards. Of course, my goal lately has been to use up some of those darned scraps that keep piling up, so I dug through everything to find papers that worked together but weren't too bold. I think the blue spots with the purple tie dye look fabulous together :)
Part of Alicia's challenge is to use your favorite crafting item. I would have to say that my favorite crafty item is glitter! Can't live without the stuff. It seriously goes on almost every card I make :) I have a hard time not putting it on the more manly cards...they just seem empty without it!
Also, my scallop scissors. I've had them forever, and I forgot about them for quite awhile until my computer became inaccessible and I had to start hand cutting everything. They came in so handy then, and I haven't stop using them since :)
Oh! and Glossy Accents! That stuff is amazing! I love covering things with it to give them a shine! I covered the hearts with my glossy accents and then sprinkled them with glitter! The perfect combination :)
The stamp is from Stampin Up. I bought a set of them at a yard sale last year and have hardly used any of them. I thought this one fit well with the image.
I hope your week is going well! Thanks for stopping by my little blog for a visit :)
I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Alicia's Challenge #2-Use Your Favorite Crafty Item
Deconstructed Sketch #86
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