Playing in Paradise #99

Bad blogger.... it ate a whole scheduled post. I hate when that happens. So this is my second attempt at this post. 

 

We have a new Playing in Paradise challenge for you today and even more exciting is our new challenge team member Linda, we are so happy to have you join us.

 

We are pushing Linda right into the deep end of the pool and she is our hostess this week.  The theme she has choosen is a "Place in Time".

 

I am the worst at pulling out my camera when I traveling or for special events.  I doubt I could put together a single scrapbook page never mind a book.. huh probably why I card :).

 

The local China town puts on a wonderful event year for Gung Hei Fat Choy, this year the Chinese New Year is Feb 10th.

 

I hauled out one of my many many 6 x 6 paper pads for this card, I created layers then heat embossed the lantern and flower. I added some twine as if the lantern is hanging then finished with the sentiment and glitter dots.

 

It did not matter which way I turned my card the glitter of the flower would not let the camera get a good picture. It turned out quite nice though.

Supplies: Natural white and black cardstock, Designer Paper and Stamps-BoBunny, Kaiser Craft-Christmas, twine, glitter dots.

Please stop by the Playing in Paradise blog to see what samples the challenge team has created, be sure to play along. You will want to keep an eye out for PPC100, we have a grand celebration planned.

Cheers,

Nina

Seize the Birthday #1

Woo-Hoot, the much anticipated new challenge is here. Seize the Birthday posted it's first official sketch today. I am looking forward to this challenge, it will be fabulous to get a small surplus of Birthday cards.

Along with the sketch this week, there is a catch.. it must be a girly card :).

I did intend this to be a clean and simple card but in typical Nina fashion it ended up being a little more complicated. 

 

I heat embossed the cupcake top and base then hand cut them. I added a little twine around the middle to hang the sentiment. I inked most edges and finished with some gems. 

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Designer Paper -My Mind's Eye, Fiskars-Cupcakes and more, The Stamps of Life-mini4circle, twine, Cuttlebug die cut,Spellbinders, Kaiser craft gems.

Cheers,

Nina

Birthday Celebration

Happy 19^th Birthday Zachary!!

 

Zach was not overly keen on having a Birthday cake so I picked up cupcakes from the local Oh La La Cupcakes so I had something to put a candle in. You have to sing Happy Birthday with a candle :).
The tiny cupcake was a perfect treat for me too.

 

Whew.. I feel a little older now :).

 

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches #180

A quick masculine card this morning, I used the current Tuesday morning sketches as my inspiration.

 

 

 

I went with a simple card for this sketch, I embossed the background then added a couple of strips of DP. I heat embossed the sentiment then used Spellbinder to cut out the circle. I finished with some ribbon and and a brad.

 

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Designer Paper-Simple Stories, Technique Tuesday-Happy Birthday Seal, Spellbinders , embossing folder, ribbon, brad.

Cheers,
Nina

Chicken Wire birthday.

My sister Barb got me all excited about a new embossing folder so of course I had to run out and buy it. So we decided to have a little sister challenge using the new embossing folder.

This embossing folder comes in two parts, embossing folder and border. I love that the embossed sections are not so deep that they split the paper.

 

I decided on a masculine card with layers, adding texture to the background and one panel. I heat embosses the sentiment them finished with some circle embellishments and pearls.

 

Pop over to Barb's blog to take a look at the fantastic card she created.

Supplies:  Natural white and brown cardstock, Designer Paper-Basic Grey, The Stamps of Life-birthday2celebrate, embossing folder, misc pearl and punches.

Cheers,

Nina

A Little Audrey..

I love this sentiment, it is so true. This is another card I made a few weeks ago and did not want to forget to post.

I had my little list of items I wanted this card to include, flowers (check), lace ribbon(check) and a soft patterned designer paper... you get it. This paper has been hiding in my stash mostly because I was not fond of the flip side and seems to miss this soft elegant side as I flipped through.

I started with layers and added a soft brown inked edge. I added some texture to the panel under the sentiment and inked the edge of that as well. I finished with the ribbon, flowers and gems.

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Designer Paper-Prima, Inspired by Stamping-Sweet Valentine's, lace ribbon, spellbinders, flower embellishments, gems, embossing folder.

Cheers,

Nina

Merry Monday #44

We are back with a brand new Merry Monday Challenge today, our first of 2013. Are you ready to get a start on this year's Christmas cards?

 

Lesley has decided to switch it up a little so this weeks challenge is a colour challenge.. for anyone who follows or at least pay attention to my blog knows that I struggle a little with colours. I cheated this time and let the paper do all the work.

 

 

I still have tons of Christmas papers to use for all the Merry cards I will make this year, a few that keep getting passed up.  I look forward to getting a chance to us them.

 

I picked this ornament spellbinders up over the holiday season for $7 crazy right.. so anyway I could not wait to use them. I pulled out one of those above mentioned paper that pretty much covered all the required colours and voila a card is born, urm made. I did added a sentiment, a little silver twine and some gems to finish up.

 

 

Supplies: Cream and turquoise cardstock, Designer Paper –October Afternoon, twine, Spellbinders, Fiskars -Season's Greetings.

 

Stop by Always Playing with Paper to take a look at the Design Team's samples and to join in the challenge fun.

Cheers,

Nina

Ribbon, ribbon and more ribbon.

I spent a ton of time organizing 2 small drawers of ribbon this weekend. What took so long? The drawers may be small but I have way more ribbon them I thought I did. Well over 200 wooden craft sticks later I have some order.

Enough about the mess, I do have a card for you this evening. I made it a few weeks ago but though I would share it. I found some fabulous 8.5 x 11 cork sheets in a local stamp store, it was quite easy to work with.

Supplies: Natural white and navy cardstock, Designer Paper-Authentique, misc cork, twine, Inspired by Stamping-Ahoy Matey, misc pearls

Cheers,

Nina

Inspired by Stamping - IBSIC #40

Grr blogger is being bad, it has taken me two days to get this post up.

I thought I would try a new challenge, I usually don’t do very well with colour challenges but I had this paper that I have been wanted to use that included two of the required colours.

I think this paper is so pretty, I love that it has the muted font. I makes for a nice simple card to use the paper design.

 

I added a double matte for the base then added the DP, I created a tag used the same process. I made this pretty little bow with my mini Bowdabra and added a lavender button from my stash. 

Supplies: Cream, violet, blue and green cardstock, Designer Paper-My Mind's Eye, Inspired by Stamping-The Sky's the Limit, misc ribbon and button.

Cheers,

Nina

Playing in Paradise #98

Happy Friday everyone, we made it through the first week of 2013. I am not one for New Years resolutions and I don’t  endeavor to make any changes in the new year other than to stop over eating all the wonderful treats that appear over the holidays.

I did not craft as much as I would have liked over the holiday but maybe that is a good thing as I am jumping back in with some fresh Ideas.

Playing in Paradise welcomes a new Challenge team member this week. Welcome to Dawn, it is so exciting to have you join us. Dawn is our hostess this week and has challenged us to use something new. I have to admit this was not too difficult for me, I have been an active online shopper this holiday season and I have lots of wonderful crafting goodies to choose from.

 

 

Right before Christmas I ordered an obscene amount of twine from the Scrapbooker’s Paradise online store… seriously there is a large selection and I think I order just about ordered 1 of every colour.  I had a picture of the box filled with all the spools but I lost it so I took a smaller picture of a few up on my shelf.

I could argue that this sweet paper is also new, I broke the seal on my 6X6 paper pack for this card.  I used die cuts for the two sizes of balloons, then added some foam tape to the background. I added the twine, pulling it tight to gather it and added some little ties. I finished with an heat embossed sentiment.

 

Supplies: Natural White and navy cardstock, Designer Paper -Jillibean Soup , The Stamps of Life-balloons2cut, Fiskars-All Yeay Cheer, twine.

 

Stop by the Playing in Paradise blog to join in the fun and play along with this week’s challenge and to welcome our new challenge team member.

 

Cheers,

Nina