Yay Jodi!

Yay Jodi!  My best friend Jodi just got a job today in the Buffalo school.  So of course I made her a card in the school colors with the logo!

The card was super fast to make.  I used the SC315 sketch for the layout, and the school colors. 

thanks for looking!

Anne

elegant card

I have been trying to do more layered cards, and the card sketch challenge at lilsweetpea's place was perfect.  The sketch includes the layers!  I took the colors from paper playtime which added to the elegance I think.  Jackie gave me some blank 5x7 cards for Christmas, so I had more room to play with also.

The cardstock is SU!, the printed paper is DCWV, the stamp and flower is from Imaginisce.  The ribbon, believe it or not, is from... IKEA.  I have no recollection of purchasing it, but it was in my ribbon box!  :)

Hope you like my card!

Anne

Mom's Birthday

I wasn't planning on working in the beadroom today, cuz I had a doctor appt and planned on hitting a few stores- figured I would be too weak.  However, at breakfast, Dad asked me if I made a card for him to give Mom for her birthday...tomorrow.  I said nope, since I don't make things until you ask!  At least he did give me a day's notice, hey?

Today on SCS it is "use twine" for the challenge.  I thought it was great, since I keep telling myself I NEED baker's twine, lol, and the challenge should give me lots of ideas for using it.  

On the way home from St. Cloud, I thought of using my button stamp set and tying the button with hemp- since I don't have any twine, hemp is close enough!

Here is my card- I purchased the ribbon/pompom trim at Crafts just today.
 

I recently purchased an I-rock and gems using a gift card (thanks Andrew and Julie!) but couldn't get the gems to stick.  As the tool got hot, I thought there must be a problem with the gems.  And I am happy to report that I was right- I bought some more and they worked just fine. Luckily Imaginisce is already sending me replacements for what I purchased! They must not have had glue on the backs or something.

Simple card, as always.  :)  I love the heavily embellished cards I see online, but I just can't make them.   Or make them so they look nice anyways!  I think it is the lack of energy- I don't have enough to distress every layer and such...

Have a great day!

Anne

Sizzix Create-a-Bow

I just received the Sizzix Create-a-Bow die, and so far I love it!

Click here to see the die.

Today I had two gifts to wrap, one a belated Christmas gift and one an early birthday gift, so I tried the die out to decorate the gifts.

This one is for my Mom:

Top view:

This is the Christmas gift:

The die is very easy to use.  You have to cut each of three pieces five or six times, so I did three papers at a time.  To just make the bow, and not the included buttons, you can cut the paper to 3 inches by 6 inches, so you have enough paper in a 12x12 sheet for one bow.

I did the center slightly differently.  I cut an extra short piece and made it into a loop to cover the brad up.  I do plan on looking if anyone makes brads with longer prongs tho, it is hard to get all the layers onto a regular brad!

Next time I will pry try double sided paper.  I just didn't have any that matched the wrapping paper.  Ohh- I bet you could use the wrapping paper to make a bow also!  At least the Current stuff- it is thicker and I made a bunch of bags this Christmas with it...

Have a great day!

Anne

SCS314 challenge

SCS does challenges daily.  On Wednesday, it is a sketch challenge.  This means they give you a sketched pattern and you can fill it however you wish.

I have two cards today!

Lately I have been playing with my border punches.  I need Thank You cards, and I chose the birdcage stamp for both cards.  It is matted with silver to match the cage. 

This one is teals and chocolate, one of my current favorite color combos!

I also made some bows with my big shot today, so watch for those pictures!  Tomorrow I have a doctor appt so pry won't be posting.

Thanks!

Anne

Imaginisce Challenge

I am on the roll for challenges today!

Imaginisce has beautiful products.  When I first started following the blog, I thought the products might not be for me- I am more of a clean and simple stamper.  Then I won a package of the Garden Party line and realized that they work great!  They make my clean and simple projects look more embellished and pretty.  :)

Today they posted a challenge to take something you already have and make a new use for it.  I found this container that Girl Scout candy had come in and I had saved because it was cool.

 I decided to make it pretty and use it as a gift container.  This way I can put any gift in it, and the container is also a gift!

 I wrapped the outside in paper from the Garden Party collection, added ribbons over the edges where the paper met, added a pretty dimensional sticker.

I covered the GS logo on top with beautiful blooms.  The tag I had, I stamped an image from the collection on it to brighten it up.   See?  Clean and simple, but looking fancy!

All products but the adhesive, tag and ink were from Imaginisce!

Thanks for looking!

Anne

Stickle Challenge!

Good morning!  I made this card today for a challenge on SCS.  (TLC306) The challenge was to use Stickles (fancy glitter glue) to paint a stamp.  I picked one of my fave stained glass stamps, and some of my limited stickles to paint with.  Since the stickles were orange, I picked an dark yellow base, flower printed paper and bright orange to frame the image.

Click for a bigger picture to really see the painting and sparkle!

I think I will send this card to my cousin who recently got a new job.

Have a great week,

Anne