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Creative Crew - Month 2

Here are some of the projects I made for my design team work for the Creative Crew challenge on Splitcoast this month.

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2 butterfly cards

 I got some crafting time today so here is what I made.  Punch art trees with butterflies.  There is a close up view below. This is called a telescoping card.  It swings open on the brads to reveal...

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Punch Art - lollipop flower

 Two simple punch art cards.  The lollipop is made using a circle punch with a sparkly brad in the center.  The card base is Pacific Point and the edgelit embossed layer is raspberry ripple. This...

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2 Butterflies

 Made these 2 butterfly cards today. Now that it is summertime I am looking forward to having a bit more time for card-making! 

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Wedding - blog challenges

Finally have time to get back into doing some of my favorite blog challenges... I used my new set "Best of Brides and Babies" to make this wedding card.I completed two blog challenges. Sketch Frenzy...

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Norwex - Mop special!

Just going to throw this out there in case anyone is interested...I have recently started selling Norwex products.  They are great cleaning products - they absolutely work!  It has transformed my...

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Retro Lattice Baby

 Playing along with the Retro Sketches Challenge Blog. Love how this turned out.  Lots of details - embedded embossing (lattice in window frames die), floral fusion flowers with scrunched ribbon...

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Layered Lattice Punch Art

I was playing with my lattice die and the windows framelit collection to make this layered "punch art" card.  There are 6 layers of the lattice (white behind tips, green in between window framelits,...

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Cupcake

I made this for 2 blog challenges.Dynamic Duos - Strawberry Slush & Daffodil DelightClean & Simple - Fall to Layout 252

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Poinsettia with lattice

 I combined some great new things for this card.  The poinsettia image and sentiment from Joyful Christmas I embossed in pewter.  I added a fun embellishment to the middle.I doubled the lattice (white...

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Poinsettia in part

Playing with my new Christmas stamp set.  I versamarked the image first on the craft, then did another layer embossed on the red paper and cut out overtop.  I love this pretty set and I love the...

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Queen 180 - Christmas Poinsettias

Made this card in honour of our Queen #180 this week.  If you want to play along with the challenge that I host on Splitcoast.  It is called the Queen for the Day.  You can find the information here.I...

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Interrupted Rainbow

A sympathy card.  I was inspired by the card from Queen Cindy.Very simple!

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Small Poinsettia - framed

I made this card for our Queen this week.I used 4 framelits to make the frame.  I cut out two of the "inside" of the Poinsettia in Joyful Christmas and layered them.There are black glimmer brads on top...

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Slanted flowers

 Love this fun design!  The card is cut at a slant and I added flowers all along the inside and front top edges. Colors on the top one - cantaloupe, cherry, white, coralColors on the bottom card -...

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Card Class -15

Here are the 3 cards we'll be making at my upcoming Christmas card making class.  We'll make 5 of each card.  15 cards in total.The class is on Saturday, November 16.You need to pre-register by...

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2 Evergreen

 Making some Christmas cards.  These one combine the stamp sets "Evergreen" with "Festive Flurry".

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Best of SNOW

 Some cards featuring a new stamp set I got called "Best of Snow".   The first one I masked the oval shape and sponged inside, then stamped.The bottom ones I used the window collections framelit shape...

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4 lattice 4 Christmas

I am still needing more Christmas cards, so to be easy on myself I whipped up a few using the lattice die.  I sure love that die and find it super fun to create with.I combined it with some patterned...

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Last 3 Christmas cards 2013

Yippee!!!! I am so excited!  I finished my Christmas cards for this year!I looked back over my stash and I made over 45 unique Christmas card designs this year.  I started in July.  I enjoyed it but am...

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Favorites from 2013

Probably my favorite cards from 2013.My favorite 2013 accessory - the lattice die!

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First card class of the year... all-purpose

Planning for my first card class of the year.  We'll be making these cards in a variety of colors.  Good for a variety of occasions and for male/female.

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You made my Day - Vivid Vases

I made this card using the layout at Splitcoast.The only colors of ink on this card are soft suede and pink!I love this set and I love using it in a variety of ways.Cute little clip too!  I bought them...

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Brackets & Butterflies

Playing around with the bracket label punch, butterfly punch and some DSP!

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Tent Topper flowers

Here's a card I made today.  It's called a tent-topper card and super easy to do.  You just make the card smaller than regular (I made it 4-1/2 x 4-1/2) and stand it up.  Then add something that...

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