Happy Birthday Kristy

My good friend Kristy is having a birthday – 31 on monday – and she thinks she’s old! lol I made this card for her and thought I’d share it with you first.

It’s got a lovely tri-fold factor….


...and because she loves flowers, butterflies and purple I used Kaiser “purple” paper that is covered in big bold flowers and embossed some gorgeous little butterflies on two of the panels using one of the butterflies from my new Annabelles Stamp “All Things Grow”. (which is the set I chose from my win with Annabelles a few weeks ago)

I’ve also used my SU Embosslit “Beautiful Wings” to cut some butterflies out and decided to emboss them silver along with the sentiment on the front panel. Some pretty bling finished it off.
Hope you like it. I’m gonna enter it in a couple of challenges I like it so much.

1. http://blog.mycreateink.com/2011/05/colorlab-color-challenge-41.html

2. http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/u-is-for_18.html

3. http://claudiaandcompany.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-82-girls-birthday-card.html

4. http://jac-inks.blogspot.com/2011/05/jac-inks-challenge-8-heat-embossing.html

5. http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/

I did say a couple of challenges! lol

I'll be back later with a couple of brayered cards I did using the stamp set from Annabelles mentioned above :)

Best Friend Blogger Award - yahoo

Hi Everybody,

Today I received a "BFB" from my good friend Trish who's blog is Trish and Treasure.

here it is...

isn't it pretty! I'm gonna stick in my sidebar to say around a be looked at and admired for a while! lol.

Anyways, I have to share it with a few other bloggers who regularly visit my blog and post comments after I've posted it on my blog. So here goes, I have a few people who I will gladly send this to....

1.  Chupa - Who always inspires me and encourages me with nice comments
2. Sammi -  Who is just awesome with Copics and a lovely person to boot.
3. Gerri Herbst - Because I love her work and she always says nice things to me.
4. Cheryl - For always making lovely comments too
5. Beccy - as a thank you for all the beautiful digi drawings she lets us use for free!
6. Gerri the Queen of Grunge - because her style is awesome!

Congratulations ladies, you have helped me see a whole other side to card making and blogging and inspired me to do things I never would have thought of doing.

Missing my Mojo

Hi Everyone,

Well, since I missed Mr Linky in the last Mojo due to computer failure (was the important week too - competition week! typical!) I thought I had better get in early this week. Of course the card has been made for two days, I just haven't been able to load it because Blogger was out of action! Not having much luck with technology these last few weeks. Kinda scary how much we rely on it really.

Anyway, the Mojo Monday Sketch #190, here is my take on it....

I've clear embossed my new Tim Holtz stamp onto red card and sponged purple ink all over it so the design stands out. A trusty spellbinder scallop rectangle cut it out perfectly and a couple of gorgeous embossing folders made a frame on one layer and did some cute little triangle patterns on another. A sizzix lock and key was cut - I've embossed the lock with SU embossing folder and the sentiment is SU as well - also embossed and sponged. a couple of buttons, some raffia taped down and some twine tied around the lock. Hmmm, there was quite a bit in that wasn't there!

Here is the sketch...

I really like the effect of it all anyway, hope you do too :)

Happy Birthday Hubby

Hi all,
It sure is good to get back blogging - blogger has been offline a little during the last week.

I made my hubby a birthday card and used the Corrosive Challenge Sketch #115 to do it.

Here it is.....

and here is the sketch...

Hubby loved the race car, I love the embossing! lol

Hope you like it too :)

Ever Grateful for Mojo

Hi Everyone,

My main computer is on the blink and I was so desperate to get my Mojo Monday 189 entry in that I have jumped onto the little notepad we keep for skyping when we are travelling!

Here is my Mojo for this week - I'm Ever Grateful it is even here...

 

 

The sketch this week looks like this...

  

The papers I've used are from Stampin' Up's Blueberry Crisp collection. In fact, almost everything on this card is SU! All except the Ever Grateful sentiment which is from Stamp It. 

Thanks for looking :)

Make A Wish - ABSC#037

Hello Everyone,

I'm back with a quick card for Annabelle stamps Sketch Challenge # 037.

A big thank you to Annabelles (and Mr Linky) for the win at the last challenge - I should be so lucky twice in a row! I've ordered some pretties from Annabelle with my voucher and can't wait till they arrive!

I have tried some paper peicing this week and while I'm not totally happy with it - I did learn for next time - not to use such an open pattern perhaps? I did think the teddy bear paw prints would look cute on a teddy though. Here is my card ...a little different to what I'd normally do...but hey - you gotta try.

Hope you like it... am having a few days of work now so won't be back till the week end :)