A Pokemon-Themed Card-in-a-Box

This past week I had a request to make a Pokemon-themed anniversary card. I am not familiar with Pokémon at all, but I thought I would take on the challenge. The recipient wanted the characters Charmander and Vulpix on the card. So I went right to google and found clipart of these characters:

Easy enough, I think! I simply drew these characters on cardstock and pieced them together from scratch. I then made a card-in-a-box base, added designer paper to each panel and added these characters to the inside panels. Here's how it turned out:

 

 

A close-up of the characters:

 

 

Card Ingredients:

Paper used for the card base: Smokey Slate, Island Indigo, Summer Smooches DSP

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Memorable Moments

Punches: Modern Label, Word Window, 1-3/8" Circle, Heart to Heart

 



 





Belated Anniversary Wishes

It's been a while since my last post! It was a relaxing, yet busy long weekend with family visiting from Alberta. I've also been taking a bit of a break from blogging/cardmaking, trying to finish a scrapbook album I've been working on of my hubby's training/career history. But now that I'm a bit caught up and have some free time on my hands, I'll be slowly getting back into making cards, entering challenges and sharing my creations.

Last week, my parents celebrated their 41st wedding anniversary! I made a special card using the easel fold and here's how it turned out:

I stamped the flowery image on Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock, fussy-cut some of the flowers and popped them up on the card, adding pearls in the center of each of them:

I followed these simple instructions found on YouTube to make this card. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Apothecary Art, Memorable Moments

Paper: Basic Gray, Whisper White, Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe

Ink: Raspberry Ripple, Calypso Coral, Staz-On Black

Tools: Label Framelits, Square Lattice embossing folder

Accessories: Crisp Cantaloupe button, pearls (Michael's)

A 5th Year Anniversary!

Yesterday, Kevin and I celebrated our 5th year anniversary! (wow!) Can't believe how fast time flies. We have had so many awesome adventures over the past 5 years... I can't wait to see what the next 5 bring!

The night before our anniversary, Kevin surprised me with this absolutely gorgeous vase of flowers:

We recently saw purple wildflowers just like this one in Revelstoke, BC on the Meadows in the Sky Parkway and I absolutely loved them! They are so beautiful!

To celebrate we enjoyed a delicious dinner out at a local restaurant called North 54. They have the best ceasar salad we've ever tasted! We tried some lobster ravioli, garlic prawns, lobster tails, and topped it off with some wine and dessert (a white chocolate mousse cake, crème brule and a chocolate truffle) - yum!

It was a bit of a challenge to think of a unique design for my anniversary card this year. I  turned to a sketch from Mojo Monday this week as a guide (sketches always help!). I recently saw an idea on Splitcoast Stampers using the owl builder punch to create silhouette owls. I decided to CASE this idea and incorporate it into the Mojo Monday sketch and just love how it turned out!

 



How cute are those owls? I sponged Midnight Muse and Baja Breeze to make the night sky, and then sponged a 2nd circle with So Saffron ink to create the moon. The branch with leaves comes from the Bird Builder punch and the little hearts add a nice touch. The card front is embossed with stripes and burlap ribbon adds some texture to the card. Here's the Mojo sketch I used:

Thanks for looking!

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Memorable Moments
Paper: Crumb Cake, So Saffron, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink: Midnight Muse, Baja Breeze, So Saffron
Tools: Owl Builder punch, Bird Builder punch, Heart to Heart punch, Scallop Circle nestabilities, Circle nestabilities, 1-3/8" Circle punch
Accessories: Burlap ribbon (CTMH)

A Birthday Shout-Out and a Milestone Anniversary

Today we celebrate two special occasions -- a brother's birthday and a veterinarian anniversary.

Kevin's youngest brother, Victor, turns 27 today! He currently lives in Hamilton, ON with his wife, Chelsea and their son, Micah (who is adorable, by the way!) He is the studious type and is studying his way to becoming a minister. A little over a year ago, when Victor and Chelsea came to visit us in PG, we had the pleasure of hearing one of his sermons in our own church (Prince George CRC).  He speaks clearly and with confidence and has a way of incorporating the history of the Bible times and how it can be applied to today. It will be neat to see how God uses him in the future!

Here's wishing Victor a very Happy Birthday!

Remember this card? I created it a few weeks ago (see original blog post here). It makes a perfect masculine birthday card!

And another reason to celebrate -- My father-in-law has reached 40 years as veterinarian! What a significant milestone! I decided it would be very fitting to create an animal-related anniversary card. I was inspired by Mary Fish's paw print card (click here to see her post). Here's what I came up with:

 

Can you tell what punch I used for the paw? It's a full heart punch and the 'toes' are small ovals from the Ovals nestabilities. I love punch art! This one especially is super easy and just perfect for this occasion! I fussy cut the numbers and popped them up to give the card some dimension. The strip of Chocolate Chip cardstock is embossed with a square lattice pattern. Finally, I added the sentiment 'Happy Anniversary' and cut them in flag shapes.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by! 



Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Memorable Moments, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Whisper White, DSP is from local craft store
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Tools: Circles Nestabilities, Scallop Circles Nestabilities, Ovals Nestabilities, Full Heart punch, Square Lattice embossing folder

Papercraft Crew #38 {Happy Anniversary}

It's craft fair day! I worked long and hard yesterday making several greeting cards and a few bookmarks. I counted just over 200 cards! Wow! Didn't think I had that many! Looking forward to a good day. Hoping it's a good turnout!

A couple of my projects were top picks this past week:

I was a 'cut above' at Paper Players:

To see my original post, click here.  

 And a shout-out at Retro Sketches:

 
To see my original post, click here. 

For today's post, I'm playing along with PaperCraft Crew and Stampin Royalty. Papercraft Crew has another fabulous sketch. I'm starting to really love their sketch challenges! This one is going on the favourites list!

 

 Stampin Royalty has an inspirational photo for this week's challenge:

I decided to use the colours in this photo. I chose Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals, Blushing Bride and Whisper White to make an anniversary card. Raspberry Ripple is probably my new favourite pink! It is such a rich colour - I love it! I pulled out a new stamp set that I got a while ago, but haven't used yet. It is called Apothecary Art. I definitely have to use this one more often! I thought the flowers in this stamped image represented the flowers on the plate in the picture quite well. I layered a doily and flagged cut-out underneath the apothecary framelit. The sentiment was stamped separately and popped up to give the card some dimension.

 

I just love how it turned out! I added some detail by embossing a stitched line close to the bottom and adding a couple of brads.

 

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Apothecary Art, Memorable Moments

Paper: Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals, Blushing Bride, Whisper White

Ink: Raspberry Ripple

Tools: Apothecary Framelit Die, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Delicate Doilies Sizzlit, Needlepoint Border embossing folder

Accessories: Brads (Michael's)