Project Tuesday - Stand Up Card

This week Project Tuesday challenged us to a Free Standing Pop Up card. I think it's a really CUTE project!! It took me long thought this week before I decided what I was going to do with mine. I have one other idea, so you might just seen another one. I will apologize now for the not so great picture. If I can get another one within the next day or so - I will replace it.

Yes - the pinwheel at the top does spin! I even added an extra piece of peach cardstock so it looked like it had the stick!!

My niece's birthday is this month, so this card will go to her. Since she's only going to be 5, I doubt she'll appreciate it - except for maybe the spinning pinwheel! (who am I kidding, she wants the gifts!)

Since there seemed to be SOOO many details on this one, I have listed all the information in my Supplies section below my signature. I don't always use that little feature, but I do have it! (Thanks Sara!!)

As always, thanks for stopping by today!

• Pinwheels - QuicKutz die
• Ribbon Slide - Spellbinder Die
• Brads - Making Memories
• Patterned Paper - Phrase Cafe
• Background Flower stamp - Unity
• Phrase Sentiment - Cornish Heritage Farms
• Happy Birthday Sentiment - Lizzie Anne Designs
• Rhinestones - CTMH

Masculine Birthday...

Hello again! Guess what?!?! I found a NEW challenge!

New to me anyway...it's the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge over at the Sweetest Thing Blog. This is for Sketch #15.

I have to tell you though - I rushed through this one. At my regular 9-5 job, I have two sales guys that I work for - they are both out of state and are only in the office once a month tops. Well it was one of their birthdays today. Masculine cards are not the easiest (for me anyway!).

But know this challenge had to post by 5pm my time (which is when I get out of work), I whipped up this card at 7:30 this morning!! Of course masculine - no flowers, no bling.....so I went with the buttons! The sentiments - inside and out - are Cornish Heritage Farms.

I am thinking it's not the MOST masculine card I have seen, but 7:30AM? I think I was doing pretty good. LOL

Thanks for stopping by. Hopefully I will have more for you tonight! (there's got to be another challenge looking for me....)

Caardvarks - Trees Please!

The Caardvarks challenge this week is to make a Tree themed card. Taylored Expressions is sponsoring the challenge and you could win the new Branching Out stamp set! If you haven't seen it - it's SUPER CUTE! Go take a peek!


Anyway, here's my card....the stamp is called Kissable Tree and it's by Cornish Heritage Farms. I bought it when it was the stamp of the month (I think). I then "kissed" it against the Unity Worn Grid background. I blinged it out with pink and purple crystals. Some sparkly cardstock from an Apron Strings Designs kit and a cute little sentiment - "wishing you carefree days" and I called it done! I kept wanting to add ribbon, but it just wasn't working for me. So I left it as is - and most of us know that's usually harder than not.





So - this is actually a One Challenge Card - which is most unusual for me! Oh well...I do like it and think I could send it to anybody for just one of those "HI" cards that people used to send more often than they do now. Now, you would usually get a text, nevermind a full email! LOL

As always, I would like to thank you for taking time out of your day to stop by my blog! :)

AmyR - Sketch #64

I'm back again!! Love the MOJO!!!


Anyway - here is my take on AmyR's Sketch #64. Sort of....I flipped the sketch and moved the ribbon...although the bow is kind of in the same place, it's not really. But the sketch is definitely what INSPIRED the card, so I went with it.




The stamps are Kim Hughes - Cornish Heritage Farms. Papers are We R Memory Keepers; cardstock is Bazzill. Brads are CTMH. Simply colored with my SU markers - I am not a Copic girl - and the ribbon came from the dollar bin at Michael's. Flowers were simply in the stash. I think that's the whole card.


Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by!!

More Grand Opening Items

This was a challenge from one of our Design Team Members - Dalis - during the CropStop.com Grand Opening Celebration last weekend. She challenged us to make two ROUND cards - now, I like circles as much as the next person - but I don't generally make cards in that shape! (I like squares!!) Needless to say, I was out of my comfort zone, but I think I did okay.

This first one is used with the largest round Nestability die and the 12" scalloped border die from QuicKutz, Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls embossing folder, black grosgrain ribbon and that ribbon slide is from Clear Dollar Stamps.
This second round card is using the largest Scalloped Circle Nestability, swirl organza ribbon (soon to be available at CropStop.com) and I embossed this Stampin' Up snowflake with a white and silver glitter embossing powder purchased at the local Michael's.

The last picture is a card using Jen del Muro's SFYTT from I believe the week before - so October 23rd (I think). It uses the CropStop Crafty Kit and Cornish Heritage Farms snowman stamp from the Heart Warmers set by Kim Hughes! Sorry the photo is fuzzy - I am working on better lighting so I don't have to count on Mother Nature!

As always - thanks for stopping by!