Happy Birthday Card

I needed to make a card for my little niece Ivy to go along with her purse book. I have been seeing a lot of rainbows, hearts and chevron patterns around and was inspired to make this fun card. Stop by tomorrow for Technique Tuesday and I will show you how I made the homemade embossing template. I seem to be into that lately.

I coated the card with shimmer spray, which is why you see the "splotches". The shimmer spray doesn't photograph well or at least I haven't figured out how to do it. This was a pretty simple card to make. I simply embossed the hearts onto white cardstock, sponged ink to get the color, added some shimmer spray, stamped the sentiment and done. Quick and easy!

Perfect card for a perfect princess. Here she is on Christmas. I think she changed her clothes at least 3 times into her various "princess" dresses. The day she was born Emily and I drove through a horrific snow storm to go see her. Now, this year on her birthday there is hardly a dusting of snow on the ground. I can't believe she is 4 already!!!

The "Happy Birthday" sentiment is from the set For Every Occasion. As you can see from the ink, another "well loved" set.

Don't forget about the blog candy this month. Every time you leave a comment on my happy little blog, your name goes into a drawing for $31 in CTMH products of your choice. You can find all the details under the "blog candy" post. My way of saying Thank you for following along with my creative adventures.

MoJo Monday Sketch #225

Continuing on from my last post....... the second project I did these wee hours of the morning is a Sympathy card for a friend who recently lost her sister. My heart goes out to her and her family. I wanted to make her something extra special during this very difficult time. I chose to make a large 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 card.

The pattern papers are all from the new CTMH Pemberley collection. (Another little sneak peek for you!) The beautiful rose is from my absolute favorite stamp set in the new Spring / Summer book. Card Word Puzzle (C1494). For $13.95 this gem of a set has so many possibilities!

I hope you enjoyed my creations today. Off to catch a few hours of zzzzzz........

A New Year!

Happy New Year! What are your resolutions for the new year? I thought up a couple. The first is to update my blog every single day in 2012. That means I have exactly 5 minutes to post this update or I have already failed. I am determined to keep this resolution. Here goes.........

A Winter Wonderland card using the Snowflakes set again. This card was inspired by one I ran across online, unfortunately I cannot find where I seen the original idea. If you happen to know who it is, please let me know so I can give proper credit.

One minute! I hope I made it!

Mojo Monday 198

I have recently discovered the Mojo Monday blog! I LOVE IT! Then again, I do love challenges. Challenges are a great way to inspire a starting point for a project and help you step out of the box.

Here is my take on this weeks sketch. I used the leftover papers from the page I did today since they were already out on my desk. One less thing headed to the scrap bin.

The Sketch...

My entry...

The bird is from the Fill In The Blank set. Had to go find a little twig for him to sit on.