Tuesday Morning Sketches #184

I am having a wonderful quiet Saturday, a quick visit to a local Scrapbook store, lunch out and now a little card making..

 

I wanted to get a quick card done for this week's Tuesday Morning Sketches.

 

 

I cracked open my new 6x6 Bo Bunny paper pad, sigh.. heaven :).  I just had to get the matching stamps too.  The papers blend so well that the layers almost hide in the pattern. I used Spellbinders for the circles and stamped the camera in Memento Rich Cocoa. The sentiment is heat embossed in cream and I finished with a Hero Arts Black metal decor for the camera lense.

 

Supplies: Cream and brown card stock, Designer Paper& Stamps-Bo Bunny, Spellbinders, Hero Arts embellishment.

 

Cheers,

Nina

Muse Challenge #3

I found a little bit of a second wind to create this card, I am starting to droop though so I will make this short.

Another new challenge for me tonight, this one is Muse Challenge #3. I am going to ask that you follow the link to see what this challenge is all about ;).

My interpretation of the Muse inpiration card by Laurie Willison was to view it as a sketch, I loved the layered panels.

The photo is not as bright as I would like, that what I get for taking photos at 9pm. I layers the two background panels. I added a couple of die cuts and finished with the sentiment and pearls... voila.

Supplies: Cream and grey card stock, Designer Paper & Stamps-Bo Bunny , Recollection Peals, Sizzlets little leaves, Spellbinders.

I will be back tomorrow morning to share some comment love... night all.

Cheers,

Nina

Playing in Paradise #103

Happy Friday!! It is a long weekend for the Province of BC with our very first Family Day happening on Monday, I went one step further and took a vacation day for Tuesday as well. I am looking forward to 4 days of flying by the seat of my pants :) and relaxing. I am sure there will be a little crafting in there somewhere.

 

We have a new Playing in Paradise Challenge this morning and Dawn is our hostess this week.

 

 

I made this clean and simple Valentine's for my sweet husband, one word says it all :).

 

I let the DP do all the talking for this card. I used Sizziz embosslets for the hearts adding an inked edge, I randomly popped a couple of them up with foam tape. I finished with some twin and gems.

 

I know the ladies have created some fantastic project for this challenge and you can take a look at the Challenge Team creations HERE. Be sure to leave a comment and play along with this weeks Playing in Paradise Challenge.

 

Supplies: Natural white and cranberry card stock, Designer Paper-My Mind’s Eye, twine, Recollection Gems, Sizzix embosslets.

 

Cheers,

Nina

CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge #14

Thursday nights I have a running clinic so I wanted to find a challenge that I would be able to make a quick card between getting home from work and 'running' off to the clinic. I have seen this CAS(E) this sketch challenge making the rounds and wanted to give it a try.

 

I made this card way more work than it need to be, I need to work on my clean and simple I think.

 

I stamped the pinwheel twice them pieced it together, it is popped up for foam tape. I finished with the sentiment and twine. 

 

Supplies: Cream and turquoise card stock, Designer Paper-Cosmo Cricket, The Stamps of Life-pinwheels2stamp, twine, Hero Arts embellishments.

 

Comments tomorrow, I think I might go in search of a icepack :).

Cheers,

Nina

Someone's Anniversary.

This is my second post of the morning, if you are looking for the Merry Monday Challenge please scroll down or click HERE .

Happy Anniversary...

I have had this designer paper sitting on the edge of my desk for a couple weeks and just could not piece together a card in my head. The other day I found a sheet of cling stamps that I have not inked up yet and was determined to use one of them. Lo and behold they worked well together.

I used brown cardstock for the matt, stamped the image with Memento Rich Cocoa. The sentiment is printed from MS Word and popped up with foam tape. I finished with some twine and an embellishment that was really a charm that I used wire cutters to take off the sting loop.

Supplies: Natural Ivory and brown card stock, Designer Paper -Unknown,Twine, and embellishment, misc punches.

 

Cheers,

Nina

Merry Monday #48

We have a brand new Merry Monday today, this week Lesley has a colour challenge for us.

 

 

I ordered this DP online for the swirls and was not quite sure what I was going to do with the Nutcracker side when it arrived. When I saw the colours for this weeks challenge I was pretty excited.

 

How can I not used these guys as the focal point, I added a vintage style greeting and finished with some twine and a old button from my stash.

Supplies: Natural Ivory, yellow/orange and gray card stock, Designer Paper –Graphics 45, Stampendous-Seasons Greetings, twine, button.

Please visit Lesley's Always Playing with Paper to see what the design team has created.

Cheers,

Nina

Seize the Birthday #4

A quick second post for the current Seize the Birthday Sketch. This week the theme is a masculine card.

 

 

 

I heat embossed the stars and the motorcycle. I layered the background paper then added the focal image. I hand cut the stars and finished with the sentiment.

 

Supplies: Natural Ivory and green card stock, Designer Paper-Bo Bunny, The Stamps of Life-Stars4you, HOTP-Tiny words, Stampin' Up!-Motorcycle, Spellbinders die cuts.

Cheers,

Nina

A couple challenges..

Why do the weekends seem to zoom by so fast when a work week can feel like forever?  It is Sunday already and I don't want to go back to work tomorrow :P. I did get to craft a little today so I am grateful.

 

I am being a little lazy though and entering a single card for two challenges. I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches.

 

 

and used the colours from Inspired by Stamping Inspiration Challenge

 

 

I used lots of layers and made great use of my Echo Park 6x6 Be Mine Paper pad.I stamped the image on DP and added a second layer to the heart and pot which are popped up with foam tape. The sentiment is heat embossed with black and I finished with buttons and a heart gem.

 

 

Supplies: Natural white. black and red card stock, Designer Paper -Echo Park, Inspired by Stamping-Sweet Valentine's and Hearts, Sizzix buttons, misc gems.

Cheers,

Nina

Happy Anniversary

I have put myself on a bit of a spending freeze when it comes to my craft supplies, I have tons and I really have not been making my way through my stash as I should.

I could not resist taking a quick stop in Michael's today though, I still have a couple of gift cards left over from Christmas so I am cheating and saying it is really not spending :). Anyway, I found a couple of 6x6 My Mind's Eye paper pads that I wanted to play with.

My In-laws have their 47th wedding anniversary coming up in a couple of weeks so I put together a card  to pop in the mail.

I used multiple layers and inked the edges, I added some ribbon and a ribbon glide. I cut a small insert for the ribbon glide to cover the backing  and finished with the gem. The sentiment was printed from MS Word.

 

Supplies: Natural white and brown card stock, Designer Paper -My Mind's Eye, ribbon. recollection gem, embossing folder, ribbon glide.

Cheers,

Nina

Playing in Paradise #102

Happy February 1st, it's Friday again, yahh :). Scrapbooker's Paradise has a new Playing in Paradise challenge this morning , Allison is our hostess this week with a sketch for us to play with.

 

I went with a simple style for this card, this DP is so cute with the little birds. I added the center strip  and used the folder tabs for a matte for the sentiments. I  used a Sizzix die cut for the heart button and finished with twine.

 

Please stop by the Playing in Paradise blog to see what the challenge team has created and we hope you play along.

Supplies: Cream and brown card stock, Designer Paper-Simple Stories, Inspired by Stamping-Little phrases,  twine, Sizzix button die cut, Folder tab punch.

Cheers,

Nina