Tote-owlly Cute!

Here is another card I made at Archiver's....one of my favorites.  It's a little matchbook card.  A few scored lines and folds made this cute little baby.
I just loved that a Martha Stewart punch was used for the owl feathers.  How smart was that?!

 Below you can see the matchbook type fold:

 The flap was adhered with some velcro.  We punched some circles for eyes and adhered some whopping gems on top.
Simple....yet oh so cute!!!

Hoping to get into my craft room today.  I went downstairs yesterday to do a few things and marveled at how neat it was! LOL!  I forgot I had cleaned it up before I left for my beach vacation.

But first....things to do, places, to go, and errands to run including a trip to the grocery store!

Happy Crafting!

A Whole Week with No Crafting....

....but a whole week at the beach!

Kids, grandkids, hubby and I spent a week on Okaloosa Island in Florida.  Although I didn't get to do any crafting it was the PERFECT week.  We had great weather and the water was clear and fabulous.

But before I left I made a couple of cute little mini cards at Archiver's.
Nothing terribly special in terms of techniques on these.... a little heat embossing...a little punching and mostly just gluing...but they sure turned out cute!

Happy Crafting!  I may need to a few days to recover from my vacation but will get back into my room to create soon! :)

I entered this in the following challenge:
Simple Salutations #11

Mini Cards

Quick post today...places to go and things to do!

Without much ado...here are a couple of little Halloween cards I made at Archiver's recently:

Very simple...the little ghost card was done with a scalloped edged card....you just cut off some of the scallops to make him a bit thinner and more ghostly.  Rounding the edges help, too!  A little gray ink around the edges, some baker's twine and some googly eyes finished him off.
The candy corn card was just done with a piece of cardstock folded and then cut into the shape of the candy corn and layered with some papers.  An edge punch was used for the scallop and I stamped the sentiment with a Hero Arts set.
And that's it!

I entered this int he following challenge:
Simple Salutations #11

Happy Crafting!

Not My Design....but....

....it's still stinkin' cute!
And how easy to make!
This little gift box or bag would be so cute to put some treats in.  Archiver's provided the directions during a recent class I took.

 Basically you take a 6x9 inch sheet of cardstock...double sided prints work nicely.  With a couple of score lines and a couple of snips and cuts you end up with two sides which you adhere together.
I used a Martha Stewart punch to emboss and punch the jack o'lantern and a scalloped punch to frame it...added a little ribbon and some baker's twine and was done.

I love Halloween....it will be here before we know it!

Happy Crafting!

Sympathy Card

Sympathy cards....not the "funnest" to make, perhaps, but it's nice knowing you are making for someone who may receive a bit of comfort from it.
A friend on one of my tennis teams lost her mother a few days ago and I made this card to mail to her.

 I used Basic Grey's Little Black Dress papers.  The border was punched with a Martha Stewart punch (one of my favorites!).  The 3 layer flower is from Recollections and had a little Glimmer Mist Sprayed on it.  The brad if you're interested is from Basic Grey....I know we should give credit or acknowledgement for the products we used in cases someone wants to know or use them too...but seriously...a brad, an eyelet?....where a clear button came from?  What 4 types of adhesive I used?  LOL!  OK, I digress....
Here's a closer up photo of the flower...it has a little gauzy shimmery layer which is so pretty to me....

The sentiment is from Hero Arts Everyday Sayings....a wonderful stamp set that I've used several times.

I entered this in the Basic Grey Challenge 76: Punch It!!!

That's it for today....off to get some errands done and hope to get into my craft room later today!

Happy Crafting!

More Copic Coloring

I love the cute little Mimi stamps from Penny Black.  They make me think of my little granddaughter, Taylor.  Although she's not quite as "big" as Mimi is....I can see a lot of Taylor's sweetness in cute little Mimi.
This is a wood block stamp....I don't usually buy woodblocks anymore because of the storage space they require but I couldn't resist this cute one.
After stamping with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Neenah Solar Crest cardstock I colored with lots of different Copics.

 I actually stamped her and then cut her out.  I don't know why....probably could have saved myself that step but initially I was going to mount her on some colored paper.  That just didn't look right so I went back to putting this cute little gal on white to make her stand out.  I cut the mat out with a Spellbinders die.  The printed paper is from Imaginisce and I also used an embossing border from Cuttlebug.

I added a little Scattered Straw Stickles on the little bluebirds beaks and the flower centers. The sentiment was From Papertrey Ink's Fillable Frames #6.  The rickrack border was cut with a Papertrey Ink die.
And 4 hours later she was done!  OK, she didn't really take that long!  LOL!  And every second spent was total fun! :)
I heart Copics.
I hate Copics.
It's a love/hate relationship.  A definite learning curve which I am still at the bottom of! LOL!

I'm entering this in the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Simon Says Put a Stamp on It
Perfect Sentiments Challenge: PSC48: All Creatures Great and Small
Simple Salutations Challenge 10: Animal

Happy Crafting!

Papercrafting Can Be Hazardous to Your Health!

I made this lovely card:

Just as I finished it up and was oh so proud of it I noticed some ugly spots of ick right next to the sentiment.  See?  Oh no!!!  I've done that before...finished up something and touched it to ink!  Aaarghhhh....but this time....no....it wasn't ink....It was BLOOD!  I had nicked my finger with my scissors and didn't realize I was bleeding!!! I was soooo mad at myself.  Ruined card!  All that work! LOL!!!
So yes....paper crafting can be hazardous to your health!  Beware!
Luckily I did this card with an image from the Silhouette store and I was able to duplicate it pretty easily.
I used some watercolor paper and the summer series Tim Holtz Ranger Inks as well as some water on a wide paintbrush and dabbed color on the paper.  Then I just adhered the Silhouette cut image over the watercolor paper and stamped a sentiment with a Papertrey ink stamp.  Very Clean and Simple in my opinion.

Here is a closer look:

 And here is another version where I put foam tape between the watercolor image and the die cut:

I love this idea....I love this card.  I could improve on it but I love the technique.  And of course I stole borrowed this idea from something I saw on Pinterest.  Here is the link to the original post I pinned.
I am going to a wedding celebration today and so I made a card for the bride and groom similar to one I made recently and shared HERE.
Here is my new version....the diecut is from the Silhouette store.  The sentiment is Papertrey ink and was embossed on a little banner cut with a Die-Namics die.

Update:  I entered this in Simple Salutations Anything Goes HERE!

Now...what to wear to the wedding celebration?  I know one accessory I'll have....a big old bandaid on my finger!!!

Happy Crafting and Happy Labor Day!