Time to Celebrate

I love making flowers!  They are just so pretty and so personal.  So when I saw the challenges at Sentimental Sunday (handmade flower and a sentiment) and Let's Ink it Up (handmade flower and a focal sentiment), I just knew I wanted to play.

I love making rosette flowers.  I used an edge punch on this one before folding it up to be a flower.  It gives it just a little more femininity.  CTMH products used are Mayberry Level 2, You and Me stamp set, Colonial White crocheted ribbon, and cocoa ink.  The punches used are Fiskars.  Those rolled up flowers were made using the Spring Up stamps set.

I plan on teaching this card (and those little roll-up flowers) at my brunch Gathering on Saturday.  So if you are local and would like to come, just let me know!

Friends

I took out my new CTMH paper (Wings) and stamp (Find Your Style) to make this card.  While I was making this card, I realized that I liked it so much because I would never have put these colors together.  I used sketch #97 from Card Patterns:

I also grabbed the challenge from Sentimental Sunday which is anything with wings and a sentiment.

I embossed that beautiful big butterfly with CTMH vineyard berry embossing powder.  The sentiment "friend" is embossed with Zing vanilla. A few CTMH bitty sparkles and juniper waxy flax finished off the card.

Santa & Winter Wishes

I so wanted to use the image that Laurel provided for her blog candy challenge.  It's such a sweet vintage Santa, and I found it to work perfectly with kraft paper:

I used the sketch from CPS for the week, and this also fits the challenge for Frosted Designs - ribbon.  This is a much simpler card than I am used to making, and it was fun! The paper is Canvas Home Basics, the ribbon is May Arts, and the pewter brad is from CTMH's Mistletoe collection.

I used the sketch at Our Creative Corner for the next card. 

I made this card using two stamps - New Fallen Snow from CTMH and the Unity freebie from Paper Crafts magazine.  How generous were they to put a free stamp in the last issue?!  The paper is Midnight Frost from Bo Bunny, and the ribbon and gems are from my stash. This cards fits the Sentimental Sunday challenge - Let it Snow with a sentiment and Frosted Designs - ribbon.

Thank You

This is such a good week for giving thanks!  That's why I was so glad to see so many challenge blogs having "thank you" as their challenge.  I so enjoyed making this card!!  Here is my entry using all CTMH product:

The challenges I'd like to enter this card into are:
Heart 2 Heart Challenges - thank you
CARDS - thank you
Sentimental Sundays - thankful with a sentiment
Frosted Designs - distressing

Sending Warm Wishes

You may not have heard from me as much lately, but I sure am doing artwork!  I've been doing a lot of design team work, so in time you will see it all!  Today, though, I wanted to put together a quick card for Sentimental Sundays.  I loved the sketch they have, and I knew just what items I wanted to use, so it came together relatively quickly!

I used CTMH chocolate textured cardstock for the base.  I think I noticed when I was browsing through the catalog that they no longer have textured cardstock.  I am very, very sad!!  I would be willing to pay more $$ to have all of my CTMH cardstock textured.  I love the many ways it sands.  I have tried other brands, but with out the solid white core, it's just not the same.  A few other CTMH items I used are Pretty Pins, Cherry-O patterned paper, and a Big Pink flower.  If you like these things, contact your consultant soon!  I understand that they are all on the retiring list.  The ribbon is May Arts and the gems are Mark Richards.

I also entering this card in the Ladybug Crafts Ink challenge (ribbon).

Wish

It's time for a fun new challenge at Sarah Hurley Challenges!  This week we are using a sketch from our wonderful guest designer, Jackie.  Be sure to stop by and see the rest of the design team members work.  The samples using this week's sketch are just amazing!

I couldn't help but use Sarah's Spooky Halloween digi set again.  It's so bright and cheery - and I knew it would be versatile!! 

I pleated one of the border strips to add a little "fancy."  The buttons seemed to make perfect balloon/bubble type elements.  I folded up several of them to make a fun little flower to put above the word.  (Don't worry - I'll show you how to do that soon!)  This was a fun card to make from a great sketch!  I hope you have time to play along!!

This card also fits a couple of great challenges - Party Time Tuesday (anything goes with birthday sentiment on the front) and Sentimental Sundays (birthday with a sentiment)