Freshly Made Sketches #24

I could not resist posting tonight, how could I miss a leap year day :).  So I gathered some creativity to make a card.

I love the sketch form this week's Freshly Made Sketches, simple enough which worked for me.

I saw a card I had made last year on a co-workers desk this morning,  I guess I must have really like that one because it insprired me for this card. Can you case your own card?

Supplies: Cream and brown card, Designer Paper- My Mind's Eye, TPC- Cardmaking Happy Birthday, Sizzix- die cuts, Recollections-Pearls.

Cheers,
Nina

Merry Monday #9

Today's short post is for Merry Monday #9.

Aren't these little cardinal adorable, I could not wait to try colouring them. 

Supplies: Cream, green and red cardstock, Designer Paper-Basic Grey, Designed2delight-Whimsical Cardinals, Cornish Heritage Farms, Spellbinders die cuts, embossing folders.

Cheers,

Nina

Freshly Made Sketches #23

A quick sunday post for the current Freshly Made Sketches, my mojo still seems to be lacking and I have not spent much time in my craft space but I did get this card done today.

I love this baby buggy so I just had to use in for a baby boy card as well.

Supplies: Cream and blue cardstock, Designer Paper-DCWV, Designed2delight-Baby Buggy, Fiskars-New Baby, embossing folders.

Cheers,

Nina

Playing in Paradise #55

Wow, I can't believe that it is Friday again already - this week flew by. I love love love how the days are getting longer and that the sun is almost up as I am walking out the door to work.

I am the host or hostess for this weeks Playing in Paradise, I love sepia  so that was my inspiration for this weeks challenge.

Isn't that picture fabulous, I could stare at it all day and still enjoy it. Anyhoo :)  this is what I came up with for my card.

Cream and brown cardstock,  Inkadinkado-Flourishes, Inspired by Stamping-Heartfelt Gratitude,misc ribbon and Recollections pearls.

Please stop by the Playing in Paradise blog to see what the design team members have created and to play along.

Cheers,

Nina

Friday Mashup #46

Good Evening all - a short post this evening for the current Friday Mashup challenge.

I wanted a vintage style pram for my card, and found a fabulous digital stamp at Designed2delight  and coloured it with my Tombow markers. I thought these buttons might also pass for vintage as well.

Supplies: Cream and pink cardstock, Designer Paper- DCWV, Designed2delight-Baby Buggy, Fiskars- New Baby, misc buttons.

Cheers,

Nina

Merry Monday #8

A quick second post tonight for the new Merry Monday sketch challenge on Always Playing with Paper. Lesley has another fabulous sketch for us.

I decided to try clean and simple for this card.  The centre focal and sentiment are popped up with foam tape.

Supplies: Natural Ivory and green cardstock, Designer Paper-Basic Grey, Recollections-Merry Merry, misc twine and pearls.

Cheers,

Nina

ISpy Sketches #3

A quick post this morning for the current ISpy Sketch.

I love this sketch, this card came together quickly and I am happy with it. I added lots of texture, heat embossed the sentiment and added a little foam tape to pop it up.

Supplies: Natural Ivory and blue cardstock, Designer Paper-Basic Grey, Inspired by Stamping-All Year Wish II, Spellbinders diecuts, misc embossing folders and pearls.

Cheers,

Nina

Freshly Made Sketches and Mojo Monday

Good Afternoon,  I sat down to some card supplies this morning. I have not felt the least bit inspired over the last week and in fact enjoyed reading The Hunger Games Series instead... yup all three books since Thursday morning. So today I cleaned up the residual mess I had on my table to start with a clean slate to created and it felt fabulous.

The first card is for the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge, I did start this card yesterday but I am not all that happy with it.. maybe it is the colour.

 All that pink cannot be good, but have you looked at a picture of Strawberry Shortcut lately... everything is pink with some green tossed in here and there. I was a stretch for me to find enough shades to colour with to make this image work.  My colouring job is not the best either, my printer ink does not hold up were well to water colouring I did not get to blend as much as I wanted.

Supplies: Natural Ivory and green cardstock, Designer Paper-DCWV, Strawberry Shortcake image- Strawberryshortcut.com, embossing folders, misc ribbon and pearls.

The second card is for Mojo Monday, I think am cutting it pretty close time wise with both of these challenges.

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Designer Paper-Basic Grey, Inspired by Stamping-All Year Wishes II, Sizzix Die cuts, embossing folders, misc ribbon.

Cheers,

Nina

Playing In Paradise # 54

Happy Friday, a quick post today for the new Playing in Paradise Challlenge. This week the challenge is to use Stitching  Real or Faux.

I wanted to make this a masculine card but the DP ended being a little more bright then I expected even with the layers textured and rubbed with brown ink. I even dragged out my sewing machine from the depts of my closet, I think it has a tension problem though because the tread bunched in behind. In the end the card has a worn leathery look.

Stop by the Playing in Paradise blog to see the fabulous design team creations.

Supplies: Natural Ivory and brown cardstock, Designer Paper - Basic Grey, TPC-Cardmaking-Happy Birthday, Making Memories buckle, Candy Dots, misc ribbon.

Cheers,
Nina

Merry Monday #7

Super quick post for the new Merry Monday Challenge.

Supplies: Natural white and green cardstock, Designer Paper-Basic Grey, K&Company- rub on with gems.

Cheers,

Nina