September 26, 2010
Hoot Hoot Hooray!
The inspiration picture is darling! I am a big fan of owls and these are no exception! The cupcakes are from Cotton Candy Bakeshop.
Here are the DEEtails:
The owl image, from Pink Cat Studio, this week's sponor, is so cute and perfect for this challenge. I printed "Squirt" on Bashful Blue, So Saffron, and Whisper White card stock and cut out the body, eyes, beak, and flower. I loved the idea of a "patchwork" owl, so after piecing it together, I took a needle and poked holes at all the faux stitching on the image. Then I took some needlepoint floss and stitched away! The rest of my card was so easy to put together. I threw in some Georgia Peach DSP, an Early Espresso scallop circle, some So Saffron Poly Twill, some Itty Bitty punch flowers, and a cute sentiment from my Owl Together Now stamp set. So fun!
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September 22, 2010
Celebrate!
It has been a busy few days, so I'm a little behind on posting the card that I made for the Stampin' Celebration challenge.
Here are the DEEtails:
I am loving Pink Pirouette right now, and I used it for this card as well, along with some sleek Basic Black. I started by making my Chanel C. I used my 2" circle punch and cut out the center with my 1 1/2" circle punch, then cut a section off to make the C shape. Then I stuck my card stock into some VersaMark and heat embossed it twice to get a glossy look. Next, I made my flower. I punched a 1" circle in basic black and adhered a piece of black grosgrain ribbon from my stash around the perimeter. One edge of the ribbon is adhered to the back, the other edge faced straight up. Then I took my scissors and carefully cut the top edge of the ribbon and frayed it to create the fuzzy center of my flower. I punched 1" circles in Pink Pirouette and adhered them behind for my petals. I matted a piece of Pink Pirouette cardstock and added some Basic Black satin ribbon, tied in a bow. I adhered my C with Stampin' Dimensionals, then scribbled the rest of the word "celebrate." I added my flower and tucked a few Pear Pizazz leaves made from my bird punch underneath. Voila!
Thanks for stopping by!
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September 20, 2010
Happy Birthday Mom!
September 17, 2010
Kindness
Wow. I just realized that all my cards this week are green. :)
Today's card is for the 2 Sketches 4 You challenge. I turned it sideways to create this card.
Here are the DEEtails:
I started out with a piece of Pink Pirouette card stock and stamped the flowers from my Upsy Daisy set in Pretty in Pink. I stamped a portion of the sentiment from my Heard From the Heart set over the flowers in Wild Wasabi ink. I added a Pretty in Pink mat. Then I wrapped some striped grosgrain ribbon around my Wild Wasabi card. I stamped the rest of my sentiment towards the bottom of my card, then adhered my stamped image above it. I took some more striped grosgrain ribbon and tied a big, fluffy bow and adhered it to the side of my card. Then I took two Pretty in Pink corduroy brads, used wire cutters to cut the brad off, then adhered them to my ribbon with some glue dots.
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September 16, 2010
Wickedly Cute!
Here are the DEEtails for my card:
I started with a piece of Kiwi Kiss card stock and stamped the cute little witch from my Fang-tastic set. I love her little green face! I colored in her hat, dress, and stockings with a Basic Black marker to mimic Alphaba's outfit from the musical. (Actually, I'm not really sure what color her stockings are, but I just went with black). I added a couple layers of black Waffle Paper under my card stock, then adhered it to a Whisper White base with Stampin' Dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of Whisper White card stock and then used my Modern Label punch and added it to my card. I added a Basic Black mat and adhered it all to my Old Olive card. I added some fun bats, cut out of Basic Gray card stock to the side of my card. Isn't this stamp set so cute?!
September 15, 2010
Thanks For Being You
Today's card is for the Shabby Tea Room Fresh Living Challenge. Here's the inspiration picture:
And here are the DEEtails:
I used my Stampin' Write markers to ink and stamp the images from my Falling Leaves set onto Sahara Sand card stock. Then I went over them, coloring in each leaf to be a solid, bold print. I cut the images to 1" squares, and trimmed some corners with my corner rounder. Then I took my Chat Room rub ons and added a single word to each leaf. I arranged my squares on my card and adhered them on. I added some ribbon below, first using Early Espresso 5/8" Grosgrain, then layered on some Theater Ribbon Orignals. For my final touch, I added a Corduroy button in Kraft, threaded with some organdy ribbon from my stash.
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September 14, 2010
Natural Bird Cage
I am absolutely loving this week's Curtain Call Color Challenge inspiration photo!
Here are the DEEtails for my card:
I used my Cricut and Songbird die to make an Early Espresso birdcage. I cut a scallop edge in Always Artichoke to add a border to the bottom. Then I used my Tiny Tags set to stamp a sentiment and some flowers onto some Crumb Cake card stock and punched them out with my Jewelry Tag punch. I tied them to my bird cage with some Linen Thread. Then I took some Naturals White card stock and used my Papertrey Ink Woodgrain embossing plate to add a bit of texture. I added a little bit of Early Espresso grosgrain ribbon along with some Papertrey Ink leaf trim. I added some layers of Early Espresso and Always Artichoke and adhered it all to my Crumb Cake card. Hope you like it!
September 13, 2010
Patterned Topiary
Thanks so much for stopping by! :)
September 12, 2010
To Have & To Hold
Today's card is for this week's Cupcake Inspirations challenge. The inspiration image is a wedding cake with cupcakes in beautiful lace cups. Gorgeous! This week's challenge is sponsored by Passion for Stamps. Cupcakes are from Heavenly Cupcakes.
Here are the DEEtails:
I loved the lace and roses in the inspiration, so of course, I had to make an eyelet border rose for this card using Naturals White card stock. Besides the rose, this card is simple, really. I added a Purely Pomegranate satin ribbon, leaving generous tails, to my Naturals White card base. Then I stamped the sentiment from my Everything Nice set in Going Gray and punched it out with my Decorative Label punch. I added an extra layer of Rose Red behind it, then adhered some Rhinestone Jewels to the dots in the center. I adhered it to my card using Stampin' Dimensionals, then adhered everything down to my Rose Red card.
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September 11, 2010
Inspire DEE Challenge: Inspired by Darlene
I'd like to inspire all of you to create a card with a button butterfly as well! Please scroll down to the bottom of this post to link your card! I'll select a winner at the end of the month and you'll receive a selection of buttons from my very own collection!
Here is a close up of my button butterfly.
And here are the DEEtails:
This card is SO simple to make! I used my butterfly punch to create my base for my butterfly with Lovely Lilac card stock. Then I selected buttons out of my stash and arranged them just so. I used some adhesive to adhere them to the card (I ran out of sticky dots!). Then I stamped my sentiment from the set, A Little Birthday Cheer, with Basic Gray ink, directly onto my Lovely Lilac card. I punched out a Decorative Label on Naturals White card stock and adhered my butterfly to it and placed it in the center of my card.
So fun! Won't you play along?! Join the Inspire DEE Button Butterfly Challenge and link your card below!
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September 10, 2010
Happy Birthday Grandma!
This card is for my grandmother, whose birthday is today! Happy birthday! She is the creative founder of our family (she sews and paints and arranges flowers, among other things!) and has passed on those creative genes to the rest of the ladies in our family. My appreciation for art probably stems from my days hanging out with her when I was young. We would often go to the art museum, or relax by a lily pond or a park with our sketch books. And as I got older, she always got me to try new ways to express my creativity. We even took a basket weaving class together when I was in college!
So, today is her day, and this card is for her. Here are the DEEtails:
My mom and I found a gorgeous handmade necklace in a little gift shop. It was a perfect blend of jewels and beads... sparkly, but not over the top... simple, but still quite a statement. Plus, it was in grandma's favorite colors! We of course, didn't hesitate to buy it! I made a card in a matching color scheme and similar style and my mom sewed a little pouch for the necklace and card. I started off with some Baja Breeze card stock with a Not Quite Navy mat and layered my ribbons on it. I used Baja Breeze satin ribbon from the Ribbon Originals Valet, Early Espresso grosgrain ribbon, and some Victoria Crochet Trim. Then I punched out a butterfly that was stamped with my Punch Potpourri stamp and embossed. I added a few blue jewels from my stash for a bit of sparkle. Then I added a sentiment at the bottom from my Wow Flowers set. I adhered everything on a Sahara Sand card. Perfect! I hope she likes it!
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September 9, 2010
Pretty Poppies
Here are the DEEtails for my card:
I started off punching some Scallop circles using my 2 3/8" punch with Pink Pirouette card stock and my 1 3/4" punch with Poppy Parade and Peach Parfait card stock. I rolled my scallop circles and peeled apart the card stock layers to create these delicate flowers. I adhered a few layers together and punched a Martha Stewart Cosmo for the poppy centers. I added a Wild Wasabi striped ribbon to a piece of Whisper White card stock and arranged my flowers on my card. I stamped a simple sentiment from my Flight of the Butterfly set in Basic Gray. Then I added some layers of card stock to mat my card. Thanks for stopping by!
September 8, 2010
Lots-o-Buttons
Happy Belated Birthday To ME! :) Hehe! I love belated birthday gifts because they're such a nice surprise that often come when you least expect it. My Aunt, Uncle, and cousins spent the summer in Denmark this year (my uncle is Danish, so they often go to visit). While they were there, they picked up a birthday gift for me, which I just got in the mail. Isn't it fab?!
This bracelet is absolutely perfect! I am a huge fan of buttons (and neutral colors). So of course, after I tried it on, took it off, photographed it and put it on again, I grabbed my button collection and made this card.
Here are the DEEtails:
Crumb Cake cards are my favorite, so I started off with it as my base. I took a piece of Neutrals White card stock, and drew a heart design with my Riding Hood Red Stampin' Write marker. I cut it out and adhered it to my base, then grabbed a handful of white buttons and filled in my heart. I added some Hemp Twine around my line, then outlined it with my marker. I used my Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write marker to write my sentiment. Then I pleated some Riding Hood Red card stock and added it to the bottom of my card. It kind of looks like a Valentine, but I really wanted them to know how much I LOVE my gift! I hope they get the message!
September 7, 2010
So Sweet of You
I mentioned last week that I'm trying to do more sketch challenges, so here's another one. This one is from 2 Sketches 4 You, where my fabulous blog friend Regina (AKA the Stampin' Bean) is a design team member.
Here are the DEEtails:
This cute little flower was actually a "discard" that I had on my desk from an experiment a while back. It's layers of Pretty in Pink card stock, punched with my Scallop Circle, crumpled up and peeled apart. This makes the layers a little more delicate and fluffy. The center is a button from my stash, tied up with some Hemp Twine. I adhered my flower onto a Martha Stewart doily. Then I grabbed some fun, Raspberry Tart DSP, which I layered over a Rose Red Scallop Edge border. I added some Regal Rose grosgrain ribbon, which I pleated, and then stamped my PTI Signature Greetings sentiment in Basic Black.
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September 6, 2010
Thanks for Everything!
September 5, 2010
Happy Birthday Cupcake!
September 4, 2010
Welcome Baby!
And here are the DEEtails:
I started off stamping the cute elephant from my Baby Steps stamp. I used my Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker to ink just the large elephant and stamped him on Whisper White card stock. Then I took some pieces of Pretty in Pink, Baja Breeze, and Pear Pizazz card stock and cut little triangles out. I used my Stampin' Write to scribble a letter on each flag, and hung them on a piece of linen thread by using a bit of adhesive. I adhered one end of my banner under a piece of Nursery Suite Specialty DSP and the other end under my elephant's trunk. Then I took an extra piece of linen thread and tied a little bow around his trunk. I used some Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere my elephant to my DSP and added a Chocolate Chip layer before adhering it to my Baja Breeze card. The great thing about this card, is you can adhere it to a pink card for a girl, or a green card if you're not quite sure what the parents are expecting! Surprises always are fun! :)
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September 3, 2010
Simply Thanks
I'm really liking this week's Curtain Call Color Challenge. I like the simple lines and pretty flowers in the inspiration challenge and the color combination is such a neat one.
Here are the DEEtails:
I started by tying a floppy bow with some Concord Crush Stitched-Poly ribbon onto a Crumb Cake card before I adhered a piece of Concord Crush card stock, stamped with my Simply Thanks stamp. Then I punched several sets of flowers with my Floral Fusion Sizzlits die in Whisper White and Pear Pizzazz. I crumpled all my flowers and stacked them together, added a silver brad to each center, and adhered them to my card. So simple!
September 2, 2010
Pretty in Pearls
This week's Pals Paper Arts Challenge is Elements of Style: Pretty in Pearls. I am loving the name (and the new look at PPA)! I love this photo of Audrey from Breakfast at Tiffany's. She wears her pearls so beautifully! My mom was named after her, which may be one of the reasons why I've grown to love Audrey Hepburn from a very young age. :)
Stampin' Up!'s new Pearl Jewels are just perfect for this project and that's what I used on today's card. Here are the rest of the DEEtails:
I am loving these ribbon flowers, made with Daffodil Delight 3/8" Taffeta ribbon twirled, twisted, and adhered to a card stock base. I added a simple sentiment from my Full of Life stamp set onto a piece of Pear Pizzazz card stock, layered on Wild Wasabi and So Saffron. A few punches of my Bird punch made leaves to tuck under my ribbon flowers, adorned with some Pearl Jewels. Lovely!
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September 1, 2010
Inspire DEE Challenge!
I'm looking to be inspired, and ultimately to change up the blog decor once again, so I'm challenging YOU to inspire ME! Here's how it works:
E-mail me a photo that you think will inspire me (or challenge me!). It can be your own photo or one that you've found on the internet (please be sure to include the source!) I'd love to link to you if I feature your photo, so please be sure to send me a link to your blog if you have one! As the month goes on, I'll create DEEsigns inspired by your photos. Plus, I'll be challenging you to create you own paper crafts using the photos I've chosen.
One special card will (hopefully) inspire me to update this blog and the person who submits this photo will be the lucky winner! What will you win? Well, I'm not sure yet... But I'll come up with something good! :)
Send as many photos as you like! My challenge will go on through the month of September and feature as many DEEsigns as I can manage to create! Have fun!