Fast Birthday card

My daughter has a birthday party to attend this afternoon for a classmate who is turning nine. Originally, she was going to make a card, then decided last minute that she wanted me to do it: no pink, no ribbon, no bows, and nothing fancy were her requests since it is for a boy.

I just cut several squares using nesties, did some doodling around the edge, and my daughter helped hammer for the eyelets.

While she is at the party, I'll visit a craft fair in the same town, and wish I could be at home making something! We've had something every evening this week, and my at home time has been minimal!

Sharon

Final Birthday Bash card

Presents have been opened, cake eaten, guests have taken goodie bags home. Now what should you do? Write a thank you note for any gifts received and to the guests who attended the birthday party.

My card uses the same Doodlebug paper line and color scheme that was used for the invitation and table place card. I stamped a Verve "Thanks" in Jardin Moss on a Lablels one nestie. The challenge for day three was to use embellishments. This stumped for a bit, as I messed with some flowers, but they just weren't doing it for me. I decided the Hero Arts pearls were a nice touch.

Below is a picture of the invitation, thank you, and table place card all together. I could have made my goodie bag with the same paper & colors, but I really wanted to put up something that looked different! Most of the party elements have parts that my little helper could assist with, should we do something like this for a real party for her sometime in the future (her birthday was just a couple of weeks ago). I know she would like to help with stickles! She's gotten into them before!

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Place card name tag

There will be two posts for today, as I have two final projects for the i {heart} papers birthday bash.

This is a little table place setting name card for the challenge to use papers or stamps that feature food and/or drinks. I used my scalloped nesties to create the place card. I needed a bit more, so I dotted with Magenta Stickles and white Inkssentials pen along the cardstock. I also used the stickles to spell out the name.

You can see how I have the place card standing. I was a bit stuck, and thinking about just leaning it against a stuffed animal, when hubby suggested "making one of those things like on the back of a picture frame". Super idea honey! Thanks! Sometimes when I'm stuck, I use him or the little daughter as sounding boards.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Birthday card

Today's challenge is to make a special birthday card for the i {heart} papers birthday bash.

I used these beautiful Basic Grey Indian Summer design papers paired with some PTI Scarlet Jewel cardstock. They go so perfect together! A pretty little brad with some Martha Stewart pine branch punches. Can you believe I bought the punch last December, and this is the first time I ever used it??? The sentiment was cut out using the regular and scallop nesties.

This is a picture of leaves on my forsythia bush. Don't the colors coordinate with the card above so well? I snapped a bunch of "for fun" pictures late Thursday afternoon around the yard before the winds and rain came to visit.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Designer Paper + Ribbon

Can you guess what today's challenge is for the i {heart} papers birthday bash?? My title says it all! Use some design paper and ribbon on a project for a birthday party.

I made little goodies bags for the guests to take home. No need to send more sugar with the kiddos, try some trail mix! Those little cubes of dried fruit are just as sweet and a tad more healthy. I used my Labels 1 nestabilities along with some Basic Grey Sugared paper to create a little bag topper. The sentiment says, "Smile" as I would want everyone to smile thinking of the fun times they had at the party.

Yards and yards of ribbon will be given away for today's prize! Visit the i {heart} papers blog for further information on how you can win!

Happy crafting!

Sharon

i {heart} papers color challenge

I'm back with another birthday bash challenge for i {heart} papers. Be sure to check it out. There are prizes for each day's challenge, and also a grand prize and a guest design spot for November.

The colors to use for this challenge were: rose, celery green, light blue, and black. I embossed both the Inkadinkado butterfly and the "Happy Birthday" sentiment. Sentiment is up on a foam dot. The butterfly is from a set called Beautiful Fairies. It was purchased last year at IHP, but is no longer in the store (fyi in case you're searching). But Kate does have other Inkadinkado sets available. Paper is all PTI.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

i {heart} papers

Kate at i {heart} papers is celebrating one year of being in business. I must have discovered her within a month of her opening, as I know I made a November purchase! One of the challenges (I'm not doing them in order) is to create a card using a non-traditional fold.

I created a square gate fold card by trimming my card stock 8x4, then scoring at 2" and 6". The design paper is from Doodlebug. I use my Labels One Nestability behind the cupcake. I also used my Spica Clear Glitter pen to add some sparkle to the sprinkles on the cupcake. The butterflies I picked up last spring at Hobby Lobby in the Easter section. They were just opened today for the first time! But for 75 cents, I knew I should grab them even if it took a bit before they were used.

First time for using the fake stitching on a card...it seems to really add a little some extra!

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Floating in the sun

Happy birthday to a co-worker this past weekend! I know she's received the card so now I can show you (she's the only one from there ~that I know of~ that visits me here on the blog).

This cool cat is having a glass of lemonade and just relaxing, and enjoying the summer! The happy birthday I printed out was too big, and I didn't have much more time before mail pickup, so I placed it on the inside. Image is a digital from Hambo Stamps, DP from DCWV summer stack 08.

Thanks for visiting!

Sharon

May Blog Hop

It's been a couple of months since I was able to participate in a PTI Blog Hop, and I'm happy it worked out this time! We were to use yellow somehow in our creation. I've used Lemon Tart as my card base, and for my ribbon. The DP from Polka Dot parade also has the yellow in it. I made this card for my Mom's birthday, which was yesterday. I wanted to make sure she saw it in person before seeing it on the blog!

The image is from Modern Sugar Blvd, and colored with a combination of markers and pencils. She is propped up on foam dots. Glitter was added to the frosting, and Glossy Accents to the cake plate...reminds me of milk glass items!

Happy crafting!

Sharon

What is better for a birthday than a cupcake!!! No need to mess with a fork & plate...just grab one and eat! I always ask for white cupcakes with Quick as a Wink frosting (chocolate made with Semi-Sweet morsels) for my birthday. YUM-O!!

Saturday's challenge on the Modern Sugar Blvd blog is to use the sketch and brown, pink, and ivory. It's really been interesting to see what all my fellow sugars have come up with...using the same cupcake and colors...so much variety! Be sure to hop on over to the MSB blog Saturday afternoon to check it all out! Hmmmm, does something smell good in here??? (hint, hint)

Happy crafting,

Sharon

Birds Galore!

This little bird is another image that will be released today by Modern Sugar Blvd. It took me two hours to make this card!!! I know...it looks very simple, but...I was trying to figure out how to use Photoshop to duplicate the bird image! I never did figure out how to "flip" the bird (hahaha) in Photoshop, so I did that in Paint because I've done it there before. I then figured out how to add the text, and did a little "play on words" for Happy Birthday. I ended up using this for DH's birthday this past Thursday. I would have felt just a little bit guilty buying a card!

I colored in all the little birds with colored pencils. I'm thinking I should print & color another to have the green bird on the bottom popped up for dimension. Check out what the rest of the design team have done with today's new images, and enter the challenge over on the MSB blog!

If anyone knows of some sites with easy Photoshop tutorials, please let me know!!

Happy crafting!

Sharon

A full look at an image coming soon to Modern Sugar Blvd! "Dog-gone-it, I missed your birthday!" is what it says below the image. Perfect for a belated birthday!

I've been trying to work on some graduation and Mother's Day cards today, and will share those at a later day. It's rainy and gray, and I want to wait for the sunshine for my picture taking session!

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Cupcake Challenge #33

My Mom asked me to make a birthday card for a friend of hers, but wasn't sure if she was going to mail it or hand deliver, or of fav colors. I'll be seeing her this weekend, and am going to take all the "birthday" cards that I have on hand, and let her pick. I made this one up tonight to add to the stash. I used the sketch for the week over at Cupcake Craft Challenges. The design paper is from Funky Fairys Papercrafts.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Twinkling Tuesday Twofer

My daughter likes to check out what some of the other young kiddos out there are doing (and we are both always amazed). She decided that this week she wanted to make a card that went along with Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesdays. We both played along, and my card is first, then hers.

Lily Fairy appears once again, this time with a bit of Aqua Stickles on the flower and her wings. Bic Mark-its were used for the dress and wings and a Copic E00 for her skin tones. The paper is DCWV Sweet Stack and had the ribbon/lace on the bottom of the page. There's also a lovely paisley design in the background. Prima flowers which match in real life, but not the picture.

Daughter picked a digi frog from Victoria Case Art Designs to color. I trimmed him up for her, and she used decorative scissors to create the mat. She used her own rhinestone stickers that she picked up at Target this summer. Hmmm, and with that said, I now notice I forget that part of the design on my card!! On the inside she wrote, "Have a hop-erific birthday!"

We cut some daffodils yesterday evening for in the house. Why? Because snow is now coming down sideways!

Happy crafting!

Sharon

From Courtney's Closet #29

Little cutie patootie Courtney of "From Courtney's Closet" fame has turned 1 year old. Of course she has an adorable outfit to inspire a card. She is her Mama's little Cupcake....so sweet! And "Sweet 8x8" from DCWV is what I used for the background on my card. Printed the sentiment on the computer. The cupcake is from Paper Bliss...I do not have any cupcake stamps!!

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Whimsy Wednesday

Last night (Wednesday) I had a lot of fun playing along with the Whimsy Wednesday stamp night at the Whimsy Stamp Group on Paper Craft Planet. I made two challenge cards, and even won a free stamp for the birthday challenge! This card also used the sketch challenge that Jeanette created for us. For my prize, I picked the cute little frog from Whimsy! Looking forward to creating with him! Had I not been busy doing some shoveling in our lane, I might of had time to participate in one more challenge!

The second card was made for the color challenge: Use blue, green, yellow and one neutral. This one just snapped together very quickly. It helps that all the papers were in the same Basic Grey Urban Prairie pack!

There is the most adorable blog candy up for grabs over at Melissa's site. Take a look at her past posts and marvel at the things she comes up with! Wow!

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Blog Hop

The challenge for this month's blog hop was to create any type of birthday card using at least one Papertrey product. When I went back to my work spot, I thought I was going to use Floral Frenzy on the card, but as you see, no flowers!! I did keep the chocolate card base that was originally planned, but that was it! On Monday, I picked up the DCWV 8x8 "Sweet" stack while I was in Muncie. I punched out some cupcakes with my fancy square punch. From another page, I cut strips of cupcakes. These have glitter with a great sparkle & shine! For the greeting, I used the "For Someone Special" from Mailbox Greetings.

I figured this card could be for a guy if needed...hey, guys love cupcakes too! I used some of the same elements on the inside, along with a "Happy Birthday" message. There is room on the kraft to sign my name and a short message.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Paula's Birthday

My friend Paula's birthday is tomorrow, and this card will be out in the mail same day. My excuse?? I ran out of the adhesive that I like!! Now, I know I bought a refill when I got the dispenser, but could I find it? No!! And, with the -17 temps I'm not making a special trip to Hobby Lobby on Saturday (30 min. away...plus snowy roads) to pick one up. Made a trip in today and, uh...stopped at Target while in town. Bad, bad, bad, because I spent lots of money at the Dollar Spot!! Those dollars sure can add up quick!! But, I purchased several cute storage and paper goodies that I'll share another day (when I don't have a card made to show ya'll!).

I've had Lily the Fairy colored in for a week or more, but never got a card made in time for the contest at Pink Cat Studio. Since I thought I was mailing this Saturday, I went with a fast design. It took longest to emboss and cut out the flowers using a Cuttlebug die. Red Stickles were used on the headband, and they shrunk quite a bit during the drying process.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Dana's Birthday

A friend at work is having a birthday on Tuesday, and I made this up to give her. It also fits the bill for a couple of challenges. The Stamp Something Challenge is to make a birthday card, and the challenge for Cupcake Craft Challenges is a sketch! A two-fer on something I needed to do!

ETA: Using black in a card is also a challenge for Whimsy Stamps group over at Papercraft Planet!

Design paper is Basic Grey Urban Prairie, stamp is from Hampton Art Stamps, image colored with colored pencils.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Mojo #67

Made this card for Mojo Madness #67 on Poetic Artistry. The fairy panel is truly on straight, but it looks crooked in this picture. The blue ribbon is from a Webkinz tag! Daughter received several for Christmas, and when she cut this tag off, the ribbon was still long, and just the right length.

We had a "fairy luncheon" this summer when my Aunt Glenda visited, and this card is for her birthday. Image is Inkadinkado, design paper DCWV, base is spring moss from Papertrey Ink.

Oh yes...forgot to mention, our daughter woke us up at 3:15 am Christmas morning!! We let her open gifts with the stipulation Mommy & Daddy were going back to bed right afterwards!!

Some blog candy is up for grabs over at Spiral Whisper. They have some cute images!!

Happy Crafting!

Sharon