Jan 31

So how was your weekend?

Mine was hectic as usual. I had no spare time that I could devote to card making, although I designed another little set of images, that I’ll feature on one of my next projects, and then hope to digitize very soon. I can’t tell you how excited I am about the idea of hosting challenges here, and giving out my digi sets as prizes! However, I’m so busy at the moment, that I have to put these plans aside for a while… *sigh*
Anyway, on to the usual business! 🙂 I’ve got some new cards!

I designed this little gift set last week, for the “square” challenge at the Cards blog, and I was happy to see it featured there! Moreover, this is my second featured project there - YAY me! 😀
The images are designed by me, and I paired them with some printed out sentiments (I’ll be making them all a nice set of digis too)

Here’s a close-up of the cards. They’re all 10x10cm (4x4in):

The box is not the state of the art, I admit 🙂 I needed to make something fairly quickly, and I settled down for the design I found in my hubby’s Origami book. No adhesive was harmed making this one 😛 (apart from what was used for the embellishments)

Supplies: cardstock: Quill, DCWV; black felt tip pen; watercolour pencils & blender pen; ribbon: Creative Corner

I’m happy to also share with you my DT sample for this week’s sketch at Card Patterns:

Supplies: cardstock, paper: Quill, digital printable; sentiment stamp: Paper Xtra; ink: StazOn Jet Black; rub-ons: Porta Craft; ribbon, buttons & brads: craft supply

Isn’t this a great sketch? The samples from the rest of the girls are awesome, you wouldn’t want to miss this eye candy! I’m hoping that you’ll also come to Card Patterns and play along, so see you there!

One more card for you, a quickie for WT255 - Textiles & FTL76. I stretched the scraps of fabric on small wooden squares, like on the canvas. I thought it would be a fun thing to do 🙂

Supplies: cardstock, paper: Quill, DCWV, Grant; fabric, wooden shapes, button, ribbon: craft supply, black felt tip pen; the sentiment is mine

Thank you for visiting my blog again, I hope to see you coming back for more! Have a lovely day!
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Jan 29

More cheerful cards

I had a late night card making session yesterday, but I waited until today to take photos of the new cards, in the daylight. Before I show them though, I’d like to share with you my DT submission for the current Thursday sketch at OCC (S ASSC50):

Supplies: cardstock: Quill; paper: Quill, digital printable (including the heart); ribbon: craft supply

Click the link above, or the picture of the sketch, to hop over to OCC and play along! I hope to see you there! 🙂

Now, on to my cards from yesterday.
Here’s what I made for Mercy’s sketch MTSC58, Quixotic Challenge #11 - Flutter By & The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC14:

Supplies: cardstock: Quill, DCWV; paper: DCWV, notebook page; rhinestones, pearls: Kaisercraft; stamps: Kaisercraft (butterflies), SU! All The Best (sentiment); ink: ColorBox Orchid Pastel, Blush Rose, Hunter Green; Fiskars border punch; ribbon, button, twine: craft supply

Next I’ve got a card for Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #53 (SSSC53):

Supplies: cardstock: Quill, DCWV; paper: digital printable; rhinestones: Kaisercraft; stamp: Kaisercraft; sentiment rub-on: Wendy Irving; ink: StazOn Jet Black; watercolour pencils & blender pen; button: craft supply, scallop scissors

And one more card, for Color Throwdown #77:

Supplies: cardstock: Quill, DCWV; paper: digital printable, notebook page; ribbon: Trim Craft; Ice Stickles; chipboard brackets: Bella!; purple felt tip pen; Fiskars border punch; Cuttlebug & Stars embossing folder; letter sticker, button: craft supply

That’s it for now - hope you enjoyed, and I’ll see you back soon!
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Jan 28

A cheerful lot

Hello girls, hope you’re having a fine day so far! I’m here to share three of my newest cards with you.

First is the Stampin’ Royalty Challenge #4 (SR#4) - I love this sketch!

Supplies: cardstock: Quill, DCWV; paper: digital printable; ribbon: Li’l Davis Designs; stamp: Grant (heart), Kaisercraft (flourish); ink: Versa Color Lagoon Blue, Vivid! Yellow; brown felt tip pen; Fiskars border punch

Next is the entry for Mojo Monday 123. I really like the circle version, but having no dies, I didn’t feel like fiddling with scissors today…

Supplies: cardstock: Quill, DCWV; paper: digital printable; ribbon, lace, button, twill: my stash; stamp: Kaisercraft; ink: StazOn Jet Black; black felt tip pen; Wendy Irving rub-on (“family” word only); watercolour pencils & blender pen

Lastly, here’s my take on OCC’s sketch:

Supplies: cardstock: Quill; paper: Quill, digital printable; ribbon: my stash; stamp: Flourishes (flowers), Grant (sentiment); ink: StazOn Jet Black; watercolour pencils & blender pen; rhinestones: Kaisercraft; scallop scissors

Thanks so much for looking, hopefully I’ll be back later tonight!
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Jan 27

A fine selection

Hopefully that’s what I’ve got for you today 🙂 It’s also going to be another humongous post of mine, so I hope you’ll take time to have a look at all my new projects!

First of all, let me apologize for my unbelievable negligence! I totally forgot to post my DT card for this week’s sketch at Card Patterns - I can’t believe it happened!!
I’m now making it up for the oversight:

Supplies: cardstock: Quill; paper: digital printable; stamp: SU! Baroque Motifs; ink: Versa Color Olive, Grant Olive; chipboard letter: Bella (I think so); assorted fabric, lace doily, resin flower, buttons, and twine come from my stash

(I took another photo of the same card that’s on the CP blog, just wanted it to match the rest of the photos lol :P)
This is a very shabby card, I admit, but it turned exactly how I wanted. I had this idea in my mind to use some leftover scraps of fabric, that I’ve been hoarding. They’re all quite small, so I arranged them in a patchwork. Each piece was crumpled a little before gluing it to the card base. I also used some decorative stripes of fabric on the side, and a lace doily.
I’m a classic example of a card maker on a budget, but this card was my biggest recycling attempt yet - almost every piece in it came from my scrap box. Thus I’m entering it into Inspire Me Challenge #5 - one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

I hope you’ll find some time to play along, there’s still plenty of time! Click the sketch above to hop over to Card Patterns and link your card. Here’s the wonderful prize you’re all playing for this week, donated by our very own Michelle!

Yummy, eh?

Right-o, here’s my next DT sample for this week, and this time it’s for the wonderful Color Dare colour combo - CD53 - Not Quite Certainly Blue Suede (well done with the name Riley! Haha!)
Again, click on the link above to play along!

Supplies: cardstock: Quill; paper: Grant; stamp: SU! Best Blossoms, Hero Arts (sentiment); ink: Perfect Medium (+ decorative chalks - Pebbles), Grant Blue, Versa Color Bark, Umber; Fiskars border punch; ribbon: Sullivans; tag: Bella! (resized); rhinestones: Kaisercraft; sewing machine; button, twine & lace - my stash

And now, on to today’s new cards:

Here’s what I did with Laura’s Sketch 44 and colourQ challenge #17:

Supplies: cardstock: Quill; paper: digital printables, DCWV; stamp: SU! Definitely Decorative Regal Rose; ink: ColorBox Ice Blue, Versa Color Celadon; Fiskars border punch; Birch Craft scallop scissors; rhinestones & pearls: Kaisercraft; rub-on: Wendy Irving; ribbon: my stash

Here’s my entry for GS #22 & CC255: Pretty Mambo Blossoms (I added fourth color - brown - as a neutral):

Supplies: cardstock: Quill; paper: DCWV; stamp: SU! Definitely Decorative Regal Rose, Best Blossoms; ink: Versa Color Bark, Grant; Fiskars border punch; pearls: Kaisercraft; ribbon: Sullivans

Below is my take on CPS 151, and (yet again - I dig these colours together!) Embellish Stripes Color Challenge:

Supplies: paper: digital printable, Grant; stamp: SU! All The Best, Hero Arts (sentiment); ink: Versa Color Bark, Grant; Fiskars border punch; buttons and twine: my stash

Lastly, I’ve got a quick and easy card for CAS51 - Using Designer Paper, and IC216 ~ Echo. This time my inspiration was a lovely towel, and you can find it HERE.

Supplies: paper: digital printable; stamp: SU! Trendy Trees; ink: Versa Color Bark, Green

So, quite a bit of new stuff, huh? 🙂 Hope you found what you came for, and of course, that you liked them! Thank you so much for stopping by and…
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Jan 26

No time means CAS time!

Long time no see eh? Got to love my busy weekends… I was hoping to have some time reserved for posting my new cards today, and I finally managed. I’m still super busy though, and I’m also planning to spend some time in the craft room tonight, so this post will be brief (how novel! haha).
I’ve got five new cards to show you tonight.

Here’s my piece inspired by this pillow from Echo - the theme shop for this week’s Inspiration Challenge on SCS:

Supplies: cardstock, paper: Quill; stamp: Jumbo Rollagraph - Four Flowers: Kaszazz; ink: StazOn; watercolour pencils & blender pen; black felt tip pen (the sentiment is my writing); ribbon: craft supply

This one follows Sketch Challenge 264 (SC264), Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge(FTTC51) - I used three “P’s” on my project - pink, paper piercing and polka dots & The Pink Elephant Challenge #51 - Pink, Polka Dots and Bows (don’t the latter two coordinate nicely? 🙂

Supplies: cardstock: Quill, DCWV; paper: Grant; ribbon: Sullivans; stamp: Kaisercraft; ink: ColorBox Orchid Pastel; Cuttlebug & Victoria embossing folder; assorted buttons, twine & needle

Here’s the card for the Curtain Call Color Challenge Act 14 & Fall-To Layout 75 (I flipped it):

Supplies: cardstock: Quill; paper: Grant; stamp: SU! Baroque Motifs; ink: ColorBox Ice Blue, Wisteria; rhinestones: Kaisercraft; ribbon, button & twine

Next I’ve got the card inspired by this beautiful piece by Karen B. Barber, who’s the Featured Stamper this week for FS155: Time to Hoot Your Own Horn! I inverted the colours, and used the “regular” stamping instead of “black magic”, but kept the beautiful layout:

Supplies: cardstock: Quill; paper: DCWV; Fiskars border punch (Cristina Re); rhinestones: Bella!; ribbon: Sullivans; stamp: SU! Bloomin’ With Beauty; ink: Versa Color Olive, Sky Gray, ColorBox Wisteria; Cuttlebug & Swiss Dots embossing folder; needle

Lastly, I’ve got the project for CAS51 - Using Designer Paper & Crazy 4 Challenges C4C21 - Pretty In Pink:

Supplies: cardstock: Quill, DCWV; paper: Grant; ink: ColorBox Ice Blue, Orchid Pastel; stamp: SU! Best Blossoms; sewing machine

Hope you like these! Thanks so much for stopping by and…
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Jan 22

Morning’s worth stuff

As some of you might have noticed, I was photographing my cards in a different spot lately. I was trying to find some place that wouldn’t demand getting rid of the background completely, like I did before. I still wasn’t satisfied though, and finally settled down for a proven trick - lots of white space and soft shadows. I really like how the photos turn out now, do you? 🙂

Here are the fruits of my morning craft session:

Firstly I’ve got a DVD holder, that I made for PPA26 - Anything But a Card. We’re having a lot of family living abroad, so documenting our baby girl’s growth, and sending the videos to them is on high demand. Thus personalized DVD holders alway come handy 🙂
I used the colours from CC254: Bashful Blue Suede Rubies. I used dark cream colour as an added neutral.

Here’s the view of the side - it’s a simple clear case, that holds two discs. The spine is not visible on the photo - I covered it with two ribbons - brown on top of the wider cream one.

Supplies: plastic DVD case; paper: Grant, digital printable; Fiskars border punch; chipboard letters and animal: DCWV; ribbon: Sullivans

Next there’s a fun card for Tuesday Morning Sketches #29:

Supplies: cardstock, paper: DCWV, buttons: Bella (I think so); stamp: Hero Arts, ink: Versa Color

The little card below follows the Crazy 4 Challenges sketch C4C20, and the colours are taken from The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC13:

Supplies: paper: Quill, digital printable; stamp: DRS Designs, ink: Versa Color; watercolour pencils & blender pen; Ice Stickles; ribbon: craft supply

Finally, there’s my take on Mojo Monday Week 122:

Supplies: cardstock: DCWV; paper: digital printable; stamp: Stamp-It!; ink: Color Box Blush Rose, Peach Pastel; Fiskars border punch; Ice Stickles; ribbon: craft supply

Thank you so much for visiting today, it’s always a pleasure to have you here!
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Random Acts of Creativity

by Iwona Palamountain

Monthly Archives: January 2010