More 3-D...

In case you hadn't noticed - I really enjoy creating 3-D items. So on top of Project Tuesday - which I do every week (even before I was part of the Design Team) I do make my share of 3-D items. Here's what I have for you today!

This is an "altered" CD case. I made it into a gift card holder - as you will see from the inside. I love the bright colors and made it so it would fit just about any occasion.



I am sure that I don't have to tell you by now that there are challenges involved:

• Sketch - This sketch was actually used in two places this week - 2RedBananas and CPS. I am thinking I am slightly off, but....it was a space thing!
• Caardvarks asked for 3-D. I am thinking this qualifies as 3-D.
• Our Creative Corner asked for border punches.
• PaperPlay asked for a twist. I am thinking making a gift card holder out of a CD case is kind of a twist, right?

Anyway, that's it for tonight - I am definitely getting to bed early! Thanks for looking!

Hot Air Balloons

Is everybody out there taking the PILE IT ON CHALLENGE? And if you don't know what I am talking about you - see the post below or follow the link!

Onto the card - I am SERIOUSLY in love with this card, so if you don't like it, please don't burst my balloon (no pun intended!)


These are the challenges this card covers:

• Believe it or not - this is this week's CPS sketch. It's a little "loosely" interpreted and flipped upside down!
• 2 Red Bananas asked for at least three patterned papers, and this one has 6!
• Use It - a new one for me - had this recipe - scraps, bling, die cuts, with a bonus of 4 patterned papers. All scraps (even the base - they are defining scraps as - no 12x12 papers can be harmed in the making of this card), die cuts - used my nestibilities for the sentiment box, again, I used 6 patterned papers and the bling - which you can't see in the photo, but I assure you is there - all the lines on the balloons and the trees are sparkly from my stardust pen - I think that's bling, don't you? (And I'd like to thank Rose for introducing me to this new challenge blog!)
  
• Colour Create asked for as many colors of the rainbow as possible - okay, I have blue, green, orange, purple, red, and yellow! I am definitely good on this one!!

And that's about all for this one!! Thanks for stopping by and be sure to go check out PILE IT ON!!


***ETA*** This stamps set is from Verve and is called Up, Up & Away! And yes, that would be considered an enabler alert (Lesley!)

Masculine CPS

As we all know, masculine cards are not the easiest to make - at least that's how I see it. The cardmakers who LOVE making masculine cards are few and far between. I don't dislike, they just don't "flow" as easily for me as the non-masculine.

Anyway, one of the ladies I work with requested a masculine birthday card. So, I made one! This one uses this week's CPS sketch and also works for Rosie & Dee's challenge of Embossed Stamping. The Happy Birthday 2U is Lizzie Anne Designs.


The other stamps used on this card - the Diamond Plate, the drill in the background and the Happy Birthday inside stamp are all from Clear Dollar Stamps. I have had these screw brads for quite a while and they went PERFECTLY with this card! I thought "screwing" the inner sentiment crooked would be cute, so I did! lol I hope she likes it and if not it will go into my stash as it is short on masculine cards!!

Thanks for stopping by and if you didn't see today's project for Project Tuesday, be sure to check out the post below as well as the Project Tuesday blog for the rest of the Design Team's take on it!

You Rock!!

My Bella Stamps are VASTLY underused!! However, I was able to use Rock-a-bella today for a double challenge!



Here are the details!

• This is the CPS #116 sketch. It happens to be sponsored by Stamping Bella this week!
• Over at the Corrosive Challenge Blog - the them was rock/music. What a better place for Rock-A-Bella! And the prize? A Stamping Bella gift certificate. So for this double, I am thinking only a Bella stamp should be used!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Blue & Green CPS

Since I already had my green and blue papers out, I opted to make another card with them, therefore - a second entry for the Spoon Full of Sugar Blue Green Challenge. This time using CPS #113. I liked the sketch the moment I saw it, just wasn't 100% sure what I was going to do with it. It is sponsored by Cornish Heritage Farms and I do have BUNCH of Kim Hughes stamps, so I might do this one again!


I am thinking this would be a beautiful baby card for someone having a little boy! And I just might know somebody....anywho - here it is:






The stamp is from Unity. First time I got it inky. I LOVED this stamp the first time I saw it - thought it was the CUTEST!! I didn't use the sentiment that came with it for this card, but I bet you can guess what it is...LOVE EWE! I will probably do more with this stamp. As I have stated before, I am not really a stamper, so I am relatively choosy about which stamps I buy. Usually because I want to know they're something I can work with.

As always, thanks for visiting. I might be done for tonight, but there are still challenges out there, so who know? :)

CPS Sketch & More Circles!!

*****This is my second post for today, so be sure to scroll down for more of today's creativeness!!*****

This cute little card is for this week's CPS sketch! I loved the sketch, but when I went to work on that nice tall card, it wasn't working for me, so I adjusted it! :) This is a standard A2 sized card and uses PTI's Life stamps set (I fell it love with it the moment I saw it!) I little glue and glitter for the centers and VOILA!!

On a separate yet related note - does anybody else have spacing problems when using blogger? I seem to all the time - so I think I am going to start bulleting my verbiage a little more frequently.

So - here's the challenge info on this card:

• CPS Sketch #112 - I loved the diagonal panel and there's a bunch of great samples from the DT - so be sure to check them out!
• Creative Card Crew's challenge this week was to use circles - so I figured I would use this as a second submission over there. My first one is below.

I hate to tell you that I don't remember who the mfg is on the paper, but I don't - sorry! :( Well, that's about it for this one! Thanks for stopping by.

A few more challenges...Darling

This card is for three challenges! As always, there's a great sketch over at CPS and All That Scraps had a challenge this week to use buttons! Also, Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge was to use paper piercing on a card. I am not 100% this counts, as I didn't actually pierce the card myself, it's my new punch. I can't find my piercing template right now - I am reorganizing - so I just went with it.



This stamps is one of the Glam Girls from CC Designs. I need to get the one more set of Glam Girls and then I will have them all! (I just LOVE them). I only used one little button on this card, but it's such a CUTE button! LOL But I did get to use my new border punch from EK Success. I saw it used somewhere and knew I *NEEDED* it!

Anyway, that's all for today - well for now at least - who knows what I'll do later! As always, thanks for visiting!

Welcome Back Mojo! Time for a 2-fer!!

Hey there and welcome back! If this is your first time here - welcome! You're in luck, because my Mojo is now working just fine!!

I have a new card to share this evening - it's a challenge two-fer!! First, it's this weeks (#36)color challenge from the Color Throwdown blog (pink, orange and turquoise) and it's also this week's sketch challenge for CPS! On top of that I was able to use my Clear Dollar Stamps for which I am a past guest designer for, and I also used an Apron Strings Designs kit to make it! So all in all, it was pretty productive all around! Oh - and I used my nestibilites which were purchased, as always, from CropStop.com.

It's a nice bright perky card - it's a get well card for my daughter. She's 17 and has had abdominal pain for almost a week now and unfortunately the pain isn't getting better. She actually has to go for a colonoscopy and an endoscopy. Luckily she doesn't read my blog or she'd probably kill me for putting that information into blogland for all the world to see. I won't tell her if you don't! :) LOL

Anyway - I am liking it and I hope you do too!

Thanks for stopping by and hopefully, I'll have more to show you tomorrow!!