Thanksgiving cards

These are a couple of cards I made for my card lady. She wanted some Thanksgiving cards. The first one uses two of my all-time favorite SU sets (both retired of course), Lovely Leaves and French Script. I used More Mustard, Elegant Eggplant, and Ruby Red ink, Confetti Cream and Elegant Eggplant CS. Ribbon is Cherry Cobbler seam binding, and the brad is SU. Sent. is from PTI's Fall Elegance set.

This next card I just decided to let the DP do the talking. It's old SU. The sent. is from PTI's Fall Elegance set and is embossed in copper. The label is PTI's new Christmas Label die. I really like it.

I don't usually make Thanksgiving cards, although I do like the idea. How about you? For the month of October I am challenging myself to post a Halloween project every day! And that will be quite a challenge for ME! Wish me luck!

Baby cards for the shelter

Some of y'all may know my friend Chris (you can visit her awesome blog HERE). She sells cards that she makes and donates the money to her local animal shelter. Recently she was in need of some baby cards, so I decided to make a few. Here they are: Stamps (Bitty Baby Blessings), buttons and ribbon are by PTI; CS, ink, and DP are Stampin' Up!

This second card uses a Mojo Monday sketch.

I forget where this sketch is from--it may be Mojo Monday. Oh, and the DP and CS on this one are PTI. Three measly cards--sorry Chris, the kids' schedules are kicking my behind this year! Anyway, I hope they help a wee bit. Thanks for stopping by today!

3 D Chandelier

Emily has a locker this year for the first time. You cannot imagine the excitement this has caused among all the 4th grade girls! Everyone wants to "decorate" their locker, and surprisingly there is a lot of expensive stuff out there to do it with. I flatly refused to spend $25 on locker decorations. Emily wanted (of all things) a chandelier! I just got a secondhand Summer in Paris Cricut cart from a friend who doesn't like her Cricut (?!?). And it has a 3 D chandelier on it! It has two pieces of it, but since I was cutting it out of DCWV glitter CS instead of double-sided DP, I cut each piece twice (at 8"), flipping one piece of each set. I glued the matching pieces back to back and fit them together (there's a slit in the bottom of one and the top of the other). I used some glue dots at the joints to add a little stability, and added a little bling.

I think it turned out pretty cute, and I hope Ems likes it. She will see it when she gets home from school. Now that I've made one I have a few ideas of how it could be better. Next time I think I'll cut it out of thin chipboard, then cover with CS or DP, for more stability. Another thing I want to try is to cut 4 pieces of the 2D chandelier (on the same cart), score each down the middle, and glue them together like that, instead of having the slit. So many ideas, so little time...

Another thing Emily wanted for her locker (insert me rolling eyes here) was a green fur rug for the bottom. Where in the world does she get this stuff? While I was measuring her locker for the chandelier, her 3rd grade teacher overheard us discussing all this and volunteered both a lime green fake fur rug and a hot pink one! So I cut an 11" square out of the green one and voila! she has what her little heart desires. I hope.

Soon I'm off to go to a Copic class with my sis! We've got other fun things planned too. Hope you get to do something fun and crafty this weekend!

Butterfly Friend

We made a card similar to this in my stamp club a couple of Sundays ago. Well, I completely goofed mine up, so I made this one when I got home. I found the DP at Mikes--it's gorgeous, it's embossed. And I knew it would go really well with Purely Pomegranate and Groovy Guava.

Stamp sets are Bliss and Simple Friendship. I also used Define Your Life on the inside right edge of the card, but you can barely see it because I used Versamark instead of Groovy Guava.

I think it turned out pretty, even though it may be a trifle bright for some people. I like this sketch and will definitely be using it again. Thanks for looking!

Old-Time Train

I borrowed this retired SU set from my friend Karen. It's called Happiness is a Journey. I adore this image and can't imagine why I didn't get it when I had the chance. I stamped the image on black with Vanilla Craft ink and embossed with clear EP. Card Base is Confetti Cream. DP and metal fastener are SU. You can't tell in the pic but I pierced the upper left hand corner of the Basic Black layer.

I'm going to make several more cards with this set before I give it back to Karen. I've seen lots of great examples using this set and the soot stamping technique, which I've never tried. Thanks for dropping by--have a wonderful Monday!

CASE'd Birthday Card Idea

I saw and loved THIS IDEA from Jen del Muro. She always has great sketches on her blog. Then I combined it with one of the sketches in the Sept/Oct issue of Paper Crafts, which is basically a diagonal sort of panel on a vertical card. It didn't turn out as cute as I'd hoped--needs more tweaking, but I thought I'd show it here.

All supplies are SU except the rhinestones and the Stickles on the cupcake. DP on the tag is Just Add Cake. Sentiment is from Bring on the Cake. I'm going to keep going with this idea--hopefully it will improve. Thanks for dropping by today!

Shop Till You Drop!

Here is another card for my friend (it's so nice to be appreciated--LOL!). It's for a friend of hers who loves shoes and animal prints. My idea of shoes to love is comfortable flip-flops, but I think most women feel differently, and I know I used to as well. Getting old is not for sissies!

Shoes are from the Wrap It Up cart. I got the black glitter paper from Target, I think, and the animal print came from a scrapbook kit from HL that I've had for quite a while and never used. Card base is SU confetti cream, scalloped layer is Basic Black, and the other color is Really Rust (ret.). I couldn't find a really good match to the DP, so RR is what I went with. Punch is SU and sent. is from SU's Bring on the Cake set. I think this turned out kind of cool. Hope you like it too--have a great day!