a card challenge

Hola. This weekend I wanted to play along with both the Color Cue challenge and the weekly sketch at Mojo Monday. I was planning to make two separate cards, but they came together in one. I dont love it, but I do love the background piece created by inking up my seashell impressabilites.

Thats all for today, thanks for visiting. Enjoy your extra hour this weekend!

Color Cue

Happy long weekend Monday! I've spent quite a bit of this weekend playing and being creative, and I decided to play along with a couple color challenges.

This is not a color combination I use often, so I figured it was a good challenge to play along with. I ended up making 2 very simple cards.

Thats it for now, thanks for visiting!

Color Cue

Happy Wednesday (happy because that means I dont have to work tomorrow and I get to create ALL day!).

I wanted to play along with a color challenge and I needed a masculine birthday card, so this is what I came up with. My circles look almost black, but they really are a dark brown.

On an unrelated note, I found the most gorgeous bags for DSLR cameras...I am in love. Maybe if I get a really good paying job I can splurge...

Hello Friend

Hello! Today I wanted to play along with the Sketch Challenge at Just us Girls. I knew what colors I wanted to use and I had my sketch, so this is what is turned into. I'm pretty happy with it.

Anyways, thats it for tonight. Tomorrow is my day off so hopefully some time to create something! Thanks for visiting!

Color Challenge

Well Happy Thursday. I decided to play along with a color challenge with Just us Girls to try and get my creativity back. I had fun with this card, and I used some of my new Stampin Up stamps. I dont have a burgundy stamp pad, so I went a bit more purple.

Well thats it for today, I have a three day weekend coming up and lots of creating planned! Thanks for visiting!

Stitching Challenge

Hello & Happy Wednesday (its a happy day because I dont have to work tomorrow!) I wanted to play along with the challenge on "Just us Girls" to add stitching to a card. This was a fun challenge for me, I have become a sewing addict over the past couple of months!

I wanted to use some of my new fabric as the focal point, and I just did a zig zag stich around the piece of fabric.

Well thats it for me! Thanks for visiting!

Color Throwdown

Well tonight I had an hour in between my tv shows, so I was planning to tidy up my crafting area. I sat down and figured I would just check my email first. Before I knew it I was cruising blog land, and of course found a challenge I had to play along with. And of course, the challenge ends tonight at midnight. So obviously now my desk is even more messy, but I did make a super quick card to share.

I would normally never put orange and pink together...so this one was a real challenge for me! Anyways, thanks for visiting!

Have a great week!

Color Challenge

Happy Happy Weekend! Yay its Friday!! Brown and aqua is one of my favorite color combo's, so I had to play along with Dawn's color challenge this week. I had more paper cut and scored ready to be made into another little notebook, so I decided to use Dawn's colors for a little book. I couldn't decide on a quote to put on the front...so I left it blank for now. I'm not sure it needs any words, or maybe its too plain?

I had to let my book set for a few minutes, so I decided to make a simple card with some of the paper I still had out. I used my jumbo stampin wheel and embossed some dots, which give it some sparkle.

Kay thats it for now, its sewing time! Thanks for visiting!!

Mojo Challenge

Hello. Yesterday I decided to play along with the mojo monday sketch challenge. I was trying to keep this card simple and masculine enough so I can give it to my dad. I don't love how it came out, but thats how it goes sometimes!

Right now I am having a major craving for some new stampin' up stamps...and ink pads...and cardstock...SIGH! Need more money!

Thanks for visiting!

Odds & Ends

Hello & Happy Thursday. Thanks for stopping by. I have a confession to make. My fabrics have been stealing me away from my papercrafting. I dont have too much to share today, because I have been spending more and more time with my sewing machine. And I cant share my current sewing project because it just may be a christmas present for someone who visits my blog. Hopefully I will have some sewing stuff to share soon. What I will tell you for now, is to check out the free patterns on Amy Butler's website, my current project was inspired by one of her free patterns.

I did come back to my papercrafting table long enough to play along with this week's sketch at Mojo Monday. I'm pretty happy with how it came out, simple, but I like it. I love that bright pile of presents!

As of yesterday, it was six weeks until I go home for christmas. This week I have made a little scrapbook challenge to myself, I want to have 21 more (double) scrapbook pages done by christmas, so I can take them home and show off to my family. My goal is 3 double pages per week, and the last week before I leave 6 double pages. So I have just finished my second double page for this week, so I am on track so far. I dont normally share my scrapbooking, but since I dont have much else this week, figured I would.

This page is "Best Friends" and showcases my three 'major' best friends while growing up. My

photography isn't great, the pages look much better in person.

Well I'm off, got lots of other crafty projects swirling in my head, better get to it! Thanks for visiting!

Another Challenge

Well today I decided to play along with the challenge over at Verve Stamps. Their challenge was to create a project using encouraging words or phrases. I don't have any Verve Stamps yet (I dont know why, they're are some gorgeous sets, great prices, free shipping to Canada), but I still wanted to play along because I love quotes! I was inspired by a bookmark my sister showed me at chapters a few weeks ago, using this quote, and a turquoisy color, so I made this simple little card. I'm not sure if its too simple...but I decided to just leave it. It looks kind of cute standing up vertically as well. Well thats it for now. Tomorrow I have work training in the morning, but then the rest of the day to scrap and craft. How Exciting! I'm not too sure what I will be up to...will have to find another challenge to play allong with!