Around the House Challenge

I've been cooped up in our house due to snow and ice for 4 days now and looks like we'll be here tomorrow too. Being snowed in is a pain after the novelty wears off. Life thought it would spice things up for us a bit and have our water heater go...all 50 gallons of it plus excess since the water won't completely shut off. It's flooded our garage, driveway, and family room. This card seems appropriate for our situation and the challenge using items found in your house over at Moxie Fab World is fitting since I can't leave the house. Please play along because I'd love to see what other undiscovered treasures I have laying around the house.

I was originally going to use these toothpicks as flag poles paired with some washi tape but changed my mind when they reminded me of knitting needles. Yes, I actually used toothpicks to knit bakers twine. It would have looked better if I'd done a few more lines but with everything noted above I've been dealing with water issues and don't have time for tedious knitting. The sentiment is from an old Stampin' Up! hostess set and the paper is from the Lime Twist collection from American Crafts.

Trigger Thanks

I stumbled upon the Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab World and it made me think of a wedding. I was inspired by the neutrals for my card and made what I think would be an awesome thank you for someone who really helped a bride out with her wedding coordination.
 

The papers are from Basic Grey as well as the sentiment stamp. The flower image is from an old SU set I can't recall the name of but it was from Sell-a-bration about 5 years ago. I added a few highlights to the flowers with a warm grey copic to ensure they stood out against the same paper below then added a ton of black crystals. Thanks so much for looking and I hope you play along!

Rejects - Wa Wa Wa

I recently submitted a few cards to Paper Crafts Magazine for the July/Aug publication. I'm not surprised nothing was pick up since let's face it I'm WAY out of the game  having not spent more than about 3 hours total crafting in the last 7 months but I had fun doing it and I've got a few fun cards on hand now. These were my two favorite.

I have a thing for circles so I just love that this watermelon card originates from a circle and every element I used has circles in the paper and washi tape. I cut this out with my Cricut (first time I've use it for a card) and then bent the sentiment to match the curve of the rind. The "seeds" are just washi tape applied to the bottom layer.

I love this stamp and sentiment from Studio Calico. I bought the whole crafting kit because I HAD to have that stamp. It's just plain fun.

I want to give a clarification on my lack of crafting. For years before I had kids people would always comment I only crafted as much as I did because I was childless. I haven't greatly reduced my crafting due to lack of time but rather it's just that I'm tired. The idea of sitting down and really thinking stresses me out so I opt to do something mindless in my free time. As soon as I'm sleeping through the night again and the kids get on a regular napping schedule it's stamping game on again!

A Christmas Thank You

I'm alive! I was able to sneak in a few hours of stamping this weekend and wanted to share the thank you card I've created to send out to all those who spoiled the kids and us this year (there were a lot!). I had to make sure it was simple because I had only about an hour left to design and create 8 cards. I picked up my Lawn Fawn ornament set which hadn't seen ink yet and the perfect little sentiment from a Paper Trey Ink set.

The images are colored in with copics and embellished with yellow crystals. I kept my shading simple to just a deep red for the outline and an orangish red for coloring and blending.

Thanks for looking and I hope the new year brings you joy!

Basket of Wishes

I've saved this card that I made on WCMD to share at this weeks Friends with Flair blog hop. It's the first time these super cute images have touched ink. I always wanted to use them but had some trouble of thinking of a layout for this bicycle image to really shine. Adding the texture image on the card base helped bring in more color and allowed the image to pop. I also had a lot of fun playing with my new edger die cut from Paper Trey Ink. I just love the curved scallop and how effortless it is to add to the card.

Thanks so much for dropping by!

Batty Halloween

I decided to play along in the CAS-ual Fridays weekly challenge of using ribbon in loops or tabs. It's October now so I think I'm ready to start creating some Halloween things. This is an all around bargain card. The chipboard bat came from my box of Cosmo Cricket warehouse goodies and the sentiment from Inkadinkado was picked up after Halloween last year for 75% off! It's kinda fun to shop for supplies just after the holiday and then set it aside for next year. I love how the ribbon loops look on this project. They are the only pattern or color so I think they really pop despite the huge bat element taking center stage. Thanks so much for looking!

Merci Card Set

My wonderful husband gave me a few hours of time today in the craft room. I played a long with the Lawn Fawn challenge of making a thank you card and actually sending it. I'm horribly behind in sending thank you cards so this was a needed challenge for me. I wanted to use their images but the only ones I have so far are Christmas themed, banners, and alphabets.  I got creative and used the banner set and let the Cosmo Cricket designer paper shine. These were ultra simple but a little time consuming to do all the paper cutting and making sure each card was different. One of my favorite things about Lawn Fawn is that they sent a super cute little Merci stamp and hand written note with my first order...very nice touch!

Happy World Card Making Day to you all. I hope you're all as lucky as I was to get a little time to create. Thanks for stopping by!