Gift...

edit-Krista got her goodies (and loves them-yay!) so I can post the pictures now. Links will now open in the same window-just click the back button to come back to the post.

I am not going to post the actual pictures of this project in this blog entry because my friend Krista reads my blog and I don't want to spoil her gift. However, I haven't posted in a while so I did want to get it put up right away. So I'm posting links to it and everyone BUT Krista can click on the links to see it. Krista, if you're reading this only click on the links if you want to spoil your entire birthday. hehe. All links will open in a new window.

Cute Ballerina

I've had this stamp for a while now and I've been wanting to make something with it. Even though I still haven't cleaned my room all the way I made this quickie card in the tiny space I had. Tomorrow I am planning to make a very late birthday present for my friend Krista (sorry Krista!) so hopefully I can post that soon. Anyway this card-I got the sketch from an old project sheet.


Cardstock
Patterned Paper: Paper Trey Ink
Ink: Memento
Ribbon: American Crafts
Stamp: Lizzie Anne designs
Pearls: Kaiser Scrapbook
Copic Markers
Border Punch: Martha Stewart-I just got this punch last week and I LOVE it! It's so cute!

Trendy Trees

This set is SO cute but I'm totally drawing a blank with it. So anyway I went for it and made this card. Not what I pictured when I started but I thought it turned out kinda cute. I originally started out with a sketch from a magazine but this isn't even close to the original design. That's how it usually ends up for me.



paper, cardstock, ink and stamps
Not sure who makes the ribbon
Nestabilities
Sewing Machine

Hello Kitty Valentine

I'm posting this remotely. Our power is out and I hate being without power. No heat, no water, no internet. It's not civilized, I tell ya. So the kids and I are holed up at the Holiday Inn and I'm posting this from my laptop. Which is why I didn't use my regular watermark-I don't have it stored on this computer.

Anyway Sammy and I made this for the girls at her dance class. Luckily there are only four kids in her class (including her) so we didn't have to make many. For the goodies, we put in a little stationary kit in a heart shaped box (walmart special) and an eraser. I didn't want to put candy in it-I prefer that people don't give my kids candy so I don't want to be a hypocrite and give their kids candy. Anyway I got the pattern for this from Andrea Walford's blog and it was so easy. Sammy cut the Hello Kitty shapes from the cricut and I helped her glue them together (she is RECKLESS with a bottle of glue-if I left her to do it by herself there would be glue on the top, bottom and sides of it. And since I use Tombow Mono Multi which dries tacky, that makes quite a mess.) So anyway we thought they came out pretty cute.



Cardstock: SU Rose Romance(I think), Basic Black, Real Red. Bazzill pink, GP white, yellow unknown
Patterned Paper: Imaginisce
Punches: Martha Stewart Lace edge punch and SU tab punch
Ribbon: unknown (possibly CTMH)
Hello Kitty Greetings cricut cartridge
Stampin' Dimensionals
Copic Spica glitter pen (for the words)
Basic Grey magnetic closure (probably overkill for this project but I have had these for years and never even cracked open the package until today.)

Sammy's classmates loved them.

Another flower card

This is the card I made for Siobhan when I sent her the prize for the challenge I had. I was waiting for her to get the pkg and she did a long time ago-I just kept forgetting to post it. I'm posting it now since I've been too busy **lazy** the past week to make something new.


Stamps
Copic Markers
Memento Ink (brown-can't remember the real name of it)
Gina K white cardstock
cardstock
Patterned paper
Nestabilities (circle and scalloped circle)
Tim Holtz distress ink
Clear dewdrop (Robin's Nest) colored with a copic marker
Circle punches
I got the sketch from the Mojo Monday blog.

Window Dressing..

I've been wanting to play with my copic markers so I made this. I took the colors from the ribbon but once I put the ribbon on it really didn't seem to go with it. I think the colors (at least some of them) were a little bit bright. Oh well.

Stamps
Copic Markers
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock
Patterned Paper
American Crafts ribbon
Felt flowers
Brad from...not sure

My card for the patterned paper challenge

I made this card for Mel's challenge seen here. This was a tough challenge. I don't mind using patterned papers but I'm not a good mixer of them if you know what I mean. So anyway I still thought this came out kind of cute and I was itching to use this set for the first time.


Stamps
inks
Vellum: unknown (It's a miracle I had this colored vellum. I gave away all of my vellum and as I was putting in the box I decided to keep one of each color *just in case*)
Card base: paper trey ink white cardstock
Patterned Papers
black pen: Copic Multiliner
Ribbon: Imaginisce