Some embossed love

Don't you love watching embossing powder melt? It never fails to make me smile. This time I used JoAnn Craft Essentials Red powder and matched it with a pretty heart brad I picked up at a craft show. The embossed paper is actually a light gray and the SU love sentiment is on white. I like how simple yet detailed this card looks. I got the basic idea for it here. 

God Bless

This card is much brighter in person with its Memento Lilac Posies ink popping against the white and black. The circles are from SU "Circle Circus" and the sentiment is from Paper Smooches. After placing the baker's twine and sentiment square, it still needed something else. I chose to place a black Triveni rhinestone on each circle and it looked much better. The idea for this particular layout can be found here.

OWH VCMP Challenge Cards

Here are my cards for the day one challenges.

His and Her SKETCH cards: Make a his and her set of cards using an OWH sketch.

TGIF Thank You: Make a thank you card.

Paper Piecing for Kids: Make a kid's card using paper piecing.

Red, White and Blue Birthday: Make a birthday card using red, white and blue.

Colored Background: Make a card using a background created with ink, paint or scraps.

Two Winter Cards: Make one with traditional Christmas colors and one that can be sent all season.

Birthday Wish

I love Pinterest. It's inspired so many of my cards. I found the idea here for this card. Starting with the background, I embossed it with a Darice chevron embossing folder then wrapped it with some baker's twine. Then came the stars which are cut out with Spellbinders. The first one uses some DCWV patterned paper and the second one has a Martha Stewart punched button on it. The bottom star shows the purpose for the card with a Hot Off the Press sentiment.

Freshly Made Miss You

The current Freshly Made Sketch was perfect for these DCWV papers. I love how they look together...so pretty and bold. I used a Paper Smooches sentiment and a button punch from Martha Stewart. And you can't have a button without some twine, right?

Flowering Thinking of You

This pretty flower card is something like a few I've seen on Pinterest. I used a SU tag punch on some Authentique paper, a Recollections flower punch and some American Crafts brads. The sentiment is Stampendous and the baker's twine is glued down so the bow doesn't unravel.

Merry Monday #97

Color challenges aren't my favorite, but when I saw the aqua, silver and white challenge over at Merry Monday, I knew the perfect paper to use. This shiny silver paper is some I've been hoarding because it's so expensive, but this is the perfect challenge for it. You can see how shiny it is because of my picture taking reflection on the card. The snowflake punch is EK Success and the sentiment punches and stamp are SU. I used some baker's twine for some extra aqua color.

Popcorn Love

I've had this striped paper for quite awhile and decided it was finally time to use it. The red/white striped paper is Recollections, as well as the heart brads. There's some red, white and black card stock for layering. I used a Spellbinders die for the center shape and fussy cut the black layer. The sentiment is Fiskars and stamped in SU Real Red. For a bit more detail, I added some baker's twine. 

When I showed this card to my hubby, he said it reminded him of an old popcorn box. I realized he was right!

Soccer, anyone?

I love soccer. I played for several years growing up and still enjoy the game. When I saw this card, I knew I'd have to do something similar, especially when the OWH MWT is hexagons. I started by using my Taylored Expressions hexagon dies and mounting them on a piece of green paper. Then I used a Spellbinder circle to cut out the ball. The embossing is a Cuttlebug folder and the sentiment is from Mama Elephant. The baker's twine sets off the sentiment tag. 

Somebunny needs a hug

Oh my, this card was fun to make. I've never been a fan of paper piecing, but this one was fun. I have several of these My Favorite Things Flopsey sets and this one is perfect for a few challenges this week. 

The patterned papers are all Stampin' Up. Both stamps are from My Favorite Things and stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black. I added some baker's twine to repeat the stripes. The other papers are black and white card stock. Oh, and kraft paper for the bunny.

This card fits the January ODBD Challenge: Stripes over at Operation Write Home (three different colors of striped paper). It also works for A Blog Named Hero Challenge #35 to use One & Four (I used four patterned papers and a one word sentiment). Last, but not least, it works the the CAS-ual Fridays CFC125: In A Word (hugs).

Girly Miss You

Today I have a girly card for you. I rarely make straight out girly cards, but I bought a DCWV 6x6 paper pad on Black Friday that's filled with papers that scream GIRL! It was fun working on something so feminine. The pink base is Bazzill and the green/white are basic card stock. For the Paper Smooches sentiment, I used a SU ink. The dies are Nestabilities. I added the twine for a bit for detail.

You're the sweetest!

I've had this Paper Pizazz cherry paper for awhile and finally pulled out my Fiskars set that has the cherries stamp in it. The sentiment is from the same set. The cherries are colored with Copics and mounted on some Darice pearl paper. I cut out both circles with Nesties. Some baker's twine adds some interest as do the popped up circles.

 

This card works for the OWH MWT Punches, Deconstructed Sketch 112 and Day 207 at 365 Cards.

 

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Thinking in Threes

This week the Midweek Throwdown over at the Stars & Stamps blog is "Times Three." We need to use something three times on our card. It could be a stamp or some type of embellishment. I did both!

The chickie stamp is by DeNami and they are colored with Copics. The smile stamp is a retired SU stamp. I ran it through my Cuttlebug with the Floral Fantasy folder. Then I wrapped some twine around it and added brads for more zing. How did I do? Three chickies, three strands of twine, three brads. I love when it all comes together.

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

 

Cherie

Yes, ALL the time.

This card was inspired by this one that I found on Pinterest. I used Nesties for the shape and Echo Park paper with matching Bazzill. The stamps are Hero Arts and the brads are American Crafts. I added a bit of baker's twine for some texture.

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

 

Cherie

Heartfelt Miss You

I have a Pinterest CASE card for you today. I found the inspiration here. Since both OWH shippers need "thank you" and "miss you" cards, that's what I've been working on.

I started with stamping some DeNamin dotted circles onto the card base. I cut some squares out of Darice pearl black paper and ran them through the Cuttlebug. The hearts were cut out of with Nestabilites and popped up on the black. Using a different folder, I emobssed the white and mounted it on some more pearl black. I'm not sure who makes this particular tag punch since it's one I used at my LSS. Using some baker's twine, I attached them to the white. The sentiment is Hot Off the Press.

 

Enjoy your day!

 

Cherie

AEIO...

Hello, everyone! Today I have a simple card for you that I CASE'd from here. I like how simple yet elegant it is. I used three punches...Fiskars, Martha Stewart and EK. The circles are done with Nesties. The paper is the front and back of a scrap piece and the kraft is a scrap as well. I used a bit of baker's twine to make the button pop and the sentiment is Hero Arts. I pierced around the edge and used a white gel pen for that faux sewing look.

 

Enjoy your week!

 

Cherie

Wish!

I'm trying to do more specific cards for my next Operation Write Home box. I tend to do a lot of general thinking of you cards...hello, friendship, etc. Usually 1/2 of my box is general. We'll see if I can accomplish it!

Here is a bright birthday card. I originally made one for a friend's birthday. Then I made one with these spring type colors for my aunt's birthday. They turned out so cute that I made a few more for OWH. The background is embossed with a Cuttlebug folder and wrapped with some yellow/white twine. The balloon brads (from my stash of many, many brads) move the twine into the position I want. The sentiment, one of my favorite birthday stamps, is by Fiskars. The bottom corners are all rounded with my corner rounder. I got the idea from this post.

 

I think I might make a few more of these to keep them in my stash of cards...which is currently empty lol. Do you have a stash of cards or do you make them as you need them? Donate them all?

 

Cherie

thank you

Today I'm sharing another card that was inspired by Pinterest. The original card can be found here. It makes me happy to be working on some Pinterest ideas finally. Goodness knows I have enough ideas pinned to keep me busy for years lol!

This uses simple layers of cardstock and patterned paper with rounded corners for added interest. With all of those color in the heart paper (which I've had for years and have no idea who makes it), it was easy to find cardstock, button and twine colors to coordinate. The button is done with a Martha Stewart punch. I used a small SU sentiment that I think makes a bold statement even with its size.

 

Do you have a favorite button punch or die? I'm looking for one that does more than just one size. Thanks in advance for any ideas.

 

Cherie

 

 

Hugs and Kisses on Your Birthday

Here's a birthday card I made for my Operation Write Home box. Actually, I ended up making six! I got the layout inspiration here which I found through Pinterest.

I dug through my scraps to find papers for the circles. They are all cut out with Nestabilities. The black/white is DCWV and the red/white is Recollections. The background is red Bazzill run through my Cuttlebug with a birthday folder. I added some baker's twine for detail.

I was digging around looking for a sentiment to fit the white circle and came across this three piece sentiment from My Favorite Things in one of their bunny sets. Only after I'd stamped them and put every thing together did I realize it didn't match the happy birthday embossing. But, when you think about it, what could be a better gift from a loved one on your birthday than some hugs and kisses?

 

Take the time to spread some hugs and kisses to your loved ones today, or send them a card letting them know they are in your heart and on your mind.

 

Cherie

Happy Birthday and OWH MWT

I have a cute birthday card for you today. I found the inspiration here and had to CASE it. This also follows along with the MWT over on the Stars & Stripes blog. Despite the many layers, I made this a card kit. I'll probably end up making them myself because I ended up having to use red sticky tape to keep that twine layer down. The twine is wrapped around three layers.

Anyway, here are the details for you. The black, red, white and yellow are basic cardstock. The silver background paper I stamped myself. DeNami has a cute set of sports balls and matching chickies. The punch used on the white is EK Success. I'm not sure about the yellow patterned paper since I've had it so long! I took my Copic multi-liner and doodled around the edge of the focal point to give it a bit more focus. And last, but not least, the sentiment is from Morning Star Stamps.

 

I hope you have time to join in the mid-week throwdown with me!

 

Cherie