KCRR41: The Quilting Technique

Welcome to a new KCRR challenge!

The Quilting Technique

Flower Trim

Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die

Interesting combination of elements! My first thought was... adding all three of these elements on one card could make it look quite busy and cluttered! However, there's always room for some creativity. I wanted to try out a new quilting pattern with paper. I did some Pinterest searching and came across this great pattern. I also loved the colour combo in this card so I decided to CASE it, adding some of my own detail.

I cut off a flower from the flower trim and added it to the center of the quilt design. I used Marina Mist for the butterflies and added pearls to the center of each of them. I love how this card turned out! 

Thanks for stopping by! Make sure to hop on over to Karly's Creations to see how she used these elements in her card.

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Curly Cute

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Marina Mist, Very Vanilla, Beau Chateau DSP (ret.)

Ink: Marina Mist

Tools: Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, Beautiful Wings embosslits die

Accessories: Flower Trim, Pearls (Michael's)

Pumpkin Carvings and Birthday Wishes

While Halloween isn't my most favourite holiday of the year (it was more fun as a kid!), I still love getting in the spirit by carving pumpkins! Each year I try to do something different and unique. Here is a series of pumpkin carving pictures from the past couple years:

My hubby's masterpiece, Halloween 2011

 

My pumpkin carving, Halloween 2011

 

Halloween 2012 (mine is the maple leaf)

 

And finally, my latest carving:

 



 

Hope you all have a safe and Happy Halloween! I look forward to seeing all the kids in their costumes tonight!

 

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On another note, it is my niece's 3rd birthday today!

 

I pulled out one of my older designs (and one of my favourites!) and thought it would be perfect for sweet Janna:

 

 

This cute little deer comes from a retired Stampin Up set called Forest Friends (one of my favourites). I paired it with wildflower designer paper and added a paper flower with a brad in the center, sponging the edges with Rose Red ink. I thought the sentiment was a perfect choice to go along with the deer. Did you notice the play on words? :)

 





Here's wishing Janna a fun day filled with sunshine, laughter, hugs and kisses! 

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Forest Friends (ret.), Happiest Birthday Wishes
Paper: Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Always Artichoke, flower DSP (Michael's)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Rose Red
Tools: Circles Nestabilities, Scallop Trim Border Punch
Accessories: Paper flower, brad, rhinestones

Mojo Monday Celebration!

It certainly feels like Monday today (so happy that it's not :)) - love 4-day work weeks!
We had such a great weekend! It was nice and relaxing to be able to stay at home and not travel anywhere this time around. I got lots of housecleaning done and also got my craft on! :) Yesterday was a fun day! First off, it was 34 degrees (love it!). My hubby and I decided to check out the Canada Day celebrations at Fort George park in town. They had lots of fun booths to look at it, including my favourite - Orange U Creative. She makes beautiful feather jewelry/head pieces. I love her work! There was an orchestra performing and lots of good food. Following that we went on a float on the river with a couple friends (a must-do in Prince George!). It was the perfect day for it! As I said in my earlier post, we recently purchased a 5-person tube. It worked out great! It was a good trial run and we can't wait to go again! Finish the day off with delicious food at a BBQ with friends and we were ready to hit the sack when we got home!

In the midst of the fun, I managed to make a card for Mojo Monday. They are celebrating #300 this week with lots of prizes from some fabulous paper crafting companies!
I love the sketch this week!

I've been looking for inspiration in my cardmaking books that I have stored in my craft room, but rarely look at it. They have some great ideas not only for layouts for colour combos! I used Chocolate Chip, Island Indigo, Certainly Celery, Tangerine Tango, and Very Vanilla to create this card:

 

I absolutely love how it turned out! Distressing is a technique I've been using in a lot of card creations lately (you will see them this week). I love the effect it has. I sponged the edge of each cardstock/DSP piece with Chocolate Chip ink (with the exception of the sentiment, which was sponged with Island Indigo ink). The Certainly Celery piece of cardstock was embossed with the square lattice folder. I picked DSP from one of my favourite collections (that is now retired) - Summer Smooches! The stamped flower comes from a new hostess set called "Simply Sketched". I added a few embellishments to complete the card.

 



Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Simply Sketched, Petite Pairs
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Certainly Celery, Tangerine Tango, Summer Smooches
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Island Indigo
Tools: Circles Nestabilities, Square Lattice embossing folder, Distress tool
Accessories: Tangerine Tango button, Island Indigo bakers twine, Pearls (Michael's)

KCRR #9 {Peek-a-Boo Owl}

Happy Friday!

There may be another dump of snow on the ground this morning, but I'm not going to let that bring me down! Fridays are good days. It's the end of a long week and the beginning of the weekend! And... I get to see my hubby tonight! Hopefully this time he'll stick around for a while :)

It's time for a new card challenge!

We decided to randomly choose 3 items (instead of the usual 2) from our list to make it a little more interesting:

Woodgrain Embossing Folder

Large Oval Punch

2 Colours Only (*neutrals are also welcome)

 

I found these elements to be quite easy to work with! I decided to incorporate the Dynamic Duos colour combo in this card as well (even though the challenge is closed).

 

 

Love these two colours together! What a great reminder that spring is on the way :)

I used Crumb Cake and Chocolate Chip as the neutrals along with these two colours. When I see woodgrain, I think of nature, trees, etc. So I used the woodgrain embossed cardstock as a tree trunk. I punched a large hole in it and used the Owl Builder punch to create a cute little owl peeking out of the tree - love it! I simply added a birthday sentiment with Pool Party bakers twine to complete the card.

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by! Visit Karly's Creations to see how she incorporated these three elements in her card :)

 

Also, make sure to stop by tomorrow for a new 'Inspired By...' challenge - it's going to be a good one!

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Made For You

Paper: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Whisper White, Basic Black, In-Colour 2011-2013 DSP, Neutrals DSP

Ink: Pool Party

Tools: Owl Builder Punch, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval punch, Scallop Border punch, 1-3/4" Circle punch

Accessories: Pool Party bakers twine



FM#98 {Happy Easter}

Happy Monday!

As usual, the weekend flew by! It was a nice relaxing weekend - from catching up with family, papercrafting and spending some quality time with my hubby. (He will be going out of town later this week for work, so I'm cherishing the time I have with him :) )

For today's card, I decided to play along with the Friday Mashup! This week, the mash up is a Sketch featuring Bunnies - how fun for Easter!

I chose some "Eastery" colours with a neutral and followed the sketch quite precisely. Here's what I came up with:

So Saffron cardstock is used for the card base.  I chose green flowery designer paper from the Summer Smooches collection for the card front. The tree stamp was coloured with Chocolate Chip and Old Olive markers. I fussy-cut the bunny and popped it up using dimensionals. A flagged banner in Tangerine Tango is added to brighten up the card. To coordinate with this orange I coloured large rhinestones with an orange Sharpie and put them in all four corners.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Card Ingredients:

 

Stamps: Forest Friends (ret.); Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Summer Smooches DSP

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive marker, Chocolate Chip marker

Tools: Labels Framelit, Circles nestabilities

Accessories: Rhinestones (Michael's)



So Worth the Wait

It was another fresh February day in PG yesterday! Took Keta for a walk down the forest service road near our neighbourhood - she loves to run freely! Was good for her to get some exercise and get rid of some energy. I also enjoyed getting some fresh air!

 

Today's card is created using a new sketch from Retro Sketches and a theme challenge from the Paper Players:

 

 

 

This sketch was a bit challenging at first glance, but pairing it with a theme like the one from Paper Players inspired me! Baby cards are always fun to make and I love adding buttons and bows to my cards! This is what I came up with:

 

 

I created a square 5"x5" card. I used designer paper from the Twitterpated DSP collection for the background. A piggy is stamped in Rose Red and popped up on a circle/scallop circle. Small Blushing Bride buttons are added as embellishments and I tied a small bow with Bakers twine for the piggy's ear. The sentiment "so worth the wait" completes the card. Doesn't it make an adorable card for welcoming a new baby girl? 



 

I created a matching envelope using the Twitterpated DSP.

 

Card Ingredients:

 

Stamps: Button Buddies, Word Play

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Blushing Bride, Whisper White, Twitterpated DSP

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Rose Red

Tools: Circle nestabilities, Scallop Circle nestabilities

Accessories: Twitterpated buttons (Blushing Bride), Early Espresso striped baker's twine

 

Thanks for stopping by!