Welcome to my Cards & Crafts Blog! I hope that you will enjoy the fun things that I have posted. Please leave a comment on anything that catches your eye! I love feedback! If you are in a hurry go ahead and use the quick voting buttons at the bottom of each post to let me know what you think! Thanks for stopping by!
Boone - 6 Pieces
This is from another sketch challenge over at
Unscripted Sketches. I like that it has more than one circle in it. I tend to stay away from circles in sketches for some reason, but I have been trying to get out of my comfort zone in that area and this sketch is perfect for that!
*Ribbon (1/2 inch or 3/8 inch) can be substituted for the horizontal strip towards the top of the card.
Enna - 6 Pieces
Wow, it's been a while! I have had a busy few months, stress at work, and then moving, yuck. I have finally gotten settled enough to start making cards again! Yay! The inspiration for this card came from
Unscripted Sketches, who is currently hosting "Christmas in July", check them out! The colors in this photo don't do the actual card justice. This is what I get for waiting for the last second to get my card made and get pictures taken of it. I used a really fun set of paper from
K&Company, the
Pink Posey line. I am not used to using papers with foil and glitter, but I am working on it! I actually really love the way this one turned out! I am so happy to have glue on my fingers again!
**A special thanks to my sister for giving me the scalloped circle punch that I used for this card!
Kieran - 6 Pieces
After a few stressful months at work I have finally found some time to make a few new cards. I have some beautiful new paper, just in time for spring, and I am having a blast!
Will - 6 Pieces
This is my take on a layout I found in one of my scrapbook magazines. I think it looks amazing with this BasicGrey paper!
Gavyn - 6 Pieces
This sketch is also my take on a layout in one of my magazines. I love the striped paper pieces on this card. Let's be honest I just love this My Mind's Eye paper!
Savannah - 6 Pieces
This is another one of my takes on a layout from a magazine. I love the rounded corners and the horizontal strip that ties everything together.
Evalyn - 6 Pieces
This is my take on a layout I saw in one of my my magazines. I love how this card turned out! These papers really make the most of it too!
Kinsey - 6 Pieces
Another Christmas card, get used to these you will see a lot of them in the next day or so! I used a sketch from Unscripted Sketches and I think it turned out really fun!
Luke - 6 Pieces
Here's another one of my Christmas cards that I've been working on. This is a simple little sketch that I came up with from a layout in my Scrapbooks, Etc magazine from May/June. It's simple and easy and quick to put together! Awesome!
Delilah - 6 to 10 Pieces
Thanks to
52/52 for this beautiful sketch! I had a blast using my "Colorful Christmas" paper on this super cute card. The reason I say that it can be anywhere from 6 pieces to 10 pieces it is because my original sketch did not include the circle or the sentiment strip, and I intended for the blue and striped strips to be continuous background pieces. On this card though I cut the top and bottom strips independently of each other instead of using full pieces. I love this paper and want to make it last as long as possible! I LOVE HOW IT TURNED OUT! These papers are so my style, I know the traditional Christmas colors are great, but these are so ME! I can't wait to see what else I can get out of them!
Daphne - 6 Pieces
Parker - 6 Pieces
For the card class I'm teaching this month at my LSS I wanted to re-make the cards I'll be teaching with Halloween paper. I love how they turned out!
Selena - 6 Pieces
The sketch for this card came from last week's Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge. I love how it turned out. These papers from the 3 Bugs in a Rug, Simple Pleasures line really challenge me because they don't have any real "solid" patterns in them. But I Love Them!
This card actually has a purpose. Imagine that! Using one of my cards as a card, not art! What a concept! I have a
Scentsy order that is coming in today from my
consultant, and I am SO FRICKIN' EXCITED! I love Scentsy. Let me re-emphasize that: I. Love. Sentsy. My super fun consultant, Tiffany, was so patient with me and my huge order (thanks to the ladies that I work with for ordering too) so she will be getting this super cute card as a thank you.
Daphne - 6 Pieces
I came up with this card layout from a scrapbook page from a magazine. I really like the layout but would like to re-do it with different papers. This one just has too much "solid" paper on it for my taste. I hope you like it though, I sure do!
Halloween Card - 6 Pieces
Here is the card I came up with from the weekly Get Sketchy challenge. I was super excited to start using my new Halloween line from
Fancy Pants, so I pulled it out for this card. I loved the little monsters on the papers, but ruined my two favorites trying to cut them out of the paper.
**Foiled again, Batman!** I'm not sure I am totally in love my my
Martha Stewart circle cutter, but it's all I've got so I'll make it work.
Tori - 6 Pieces
This is my take on the
52/52 sketch for this week. I'm trying to use my "Lil Man" line of paper from Cosmo Cricket, and for some reason I haven't loved it the way that I want to. No matter though, the card came out really cute and I can't wait to try it with different paper.
Kade - 6 Pieces
I got this sketch idea from
Sketch This. It intrigued me with the offsetting squares and rectangles off of the top and bottom of the main rectangle. I'm not sure if I love the paper choice I used with this sketch, but I think this sketch will become one of my favorites. Hope you like it! Let me know what you think!
Hudson - 6 Pieces
Thanks to the wonderful ladies over at
Mojo Monday I have this fun new card to show off today. I really love how it turned out! It's definitely got a masculine feel with the paper and I love that right now! I got to use some brads, something I don't do very often, and I think they really make the piece. I also used a chipboard piece to give the circle some dimension. I hope you all like it. Be sure to leave a comment if you want or just use one of the quick buttons below!
Olivia - 6 Pieces
I really wanted to get a card done this weekend, to be honest I wanted to get a few done, but one will do. I'm really pleased with how this one turned out. I love all the rounded corners and the fun layout.
London - 6 Pieces
This card idea came from this weeks sketch over at
YMBD, thanks guys! It was a real challenge for me to make it into a card and fit everything on, but I pushed through and I really like how it turned out. The paper is also left over from my recent Girl's Night Out, and I was a little worried it would be too much. It may be too much, but I like it. I keep pushing myself to do cards I would never do, use paper I would normally not use, and participate in these sketch challenges to push myself. And I like that too. Keep checking back in on me, and let's see what I come up with next!
Calvin - 6 Pieces
Lennox - 6 Pieces
Two new cards from the left over paper from my "Girls Night Out" with some of my In-Law's. I just have to say I really lucked out in the In-Law division. I love my husband's family! I love how these cards turned out. It was difficult to make a stamp stand out on the papers I used for the Lennox, but I think it still turned out alright!
