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Something From Almost Nothing

    I just signed up for an online class called Something From almost Nothing.  It is being taught by Shimelle.  I just discovered Shimelle and I'm so glad I did!  This class will challenge us to use items that we already have in our stash of paper crafting supplies.  And what a stash I have!  Shimelle gave us a pre-challenge to take a picture of part of our stash and blog about it.  I have a lot of these three items- flowers, metal embellishments and paper.  Here are some pictures:

This is a drawer full of eyelets, brads, scrappers floss, rhinestones...

Paper, paper and more paper!

   Flowers

    I've got a lot of supplies that need to be used.  They are just so pretty, though!  Once you use it, it's gone...Ok, so I have some issues to work through.  :)  I think Shimelle's class will be very beneficial.  Be sure to check back through the month of March to see how I'm doing!

MOJO Monday 128

 

    Here is my card for the MOJO Monday 128 sketch challenge.  The owl and sentiment are from The Angel Company.  Cute, cute set! 

    Hubby and I went and saw Avatar in 3D this evening.  Great movie and SO cool in 3D!  I had too much junk food, though, and need to get myself to bed...not feeling too well....ugh...  Night!

  

 

CPS 156

    This is the card that I made for the CPS 156 challenge.  This was my first time to play with PTI's Quilter's Sampler stamp set.  I picked a simple quilt block to start with and did quick coloring without any shading.  Can't wait to make some more cards with this set!  

Supplies-

PTI- Quilter's Sampler stamp set, cardstock
Copic Markers- RV14 Begonia Pinkk and BG11 Moon White 

Sending a Latte...

    This is a cute stamp set that I bought from The Angel Company.  The tea cup is the perfect image to practice on with my Copic markers.  Don't look too close at the coloring...I'm still learning!  I'm in a birthday card swap with my friend, Hollie, and this is one of the cards I'm sending her.  (If you're reading this, Hollie, I guess it's not a surprise now!) The colors of this card were inspired by Dawn McVey's cards in this post.  Well, it's getting late and I need to get a little sleep before Lily decides to wake up and eat.  Thanks for stopping by! 

 

 Supplies-

PTI- cardstock
TAC- Sending a Latte and Tea for Two stamp sets
Copic markers- RV11 pink, BG0000 Snow Green, BG 15 Aqua, BG11 Moon White, YG13 Chartreuse

MOJO127 / Poppy Seed Challenge #1

    I tackled two challenges with one card- Mojo Monday challenge 127 and Lisa Johnson's Poppy Seed Challenge 1.   I don't use crystals very often, so I had fun with Lisa's challenge.  I LOVE circles and scallops and the Mojo Monday sketch was right up my ally.  Sorry to cut this short, but I've got to get out the door.  Thanks for stopping by!

 

stamps- TAC

Star Card

 

    I had SO much fun making this card!!  This card was inspired by Peet.  She makes amazing cards and does the most beautiful stitching on them.  I bought my star card template from the Cutting Cafe.  (Peet does design work for them)  PTI's Star Prints stamp set was perfect for this card.  Like I said, this was a lot of fun to make.  I can't wait to try out some other shapes.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies-

PTI- cardstock, Star Prints

white crochet thread, black ink, VersaMark ink

 

Baby Cards

    I'm going to a baby shower today and was making my card at the last minute last night.  This shower is for a boy and I didn't have any ideas flowing.  I flipped through my current issue of Paper Craft magazine (Mar./Apr.2010) and came across a cute card designed by Jessica Witty on page 54.  I love her color choice and clean style on this card.  I kept my card very similar to Jessica's, except for a couple of items - I used PTI's Polka Dot Basics II to stamp my three rectangular cs pieces and a sentiment from TAC that says 'Welcome Baby'.  Here it is-

  

     I had some scraps left over and came up with this quick little card-

 
The star image on this card is from Hero Arts.

     Well, I'm heading out for the baby shower.  Be sure to check back tomorrow.  I have a cute shaped card to share with you!

Scraps

 
 

     I'm a bit of a hoarder when it comes to paper and embellishments.  So, when I finally cut into some brand new paper, I try to make several projects with it so that I don't waste anything.  For this card, I glued two rows of small rectangular scraps along the edge.  Then I added an image from Dot Spot in Water Lily Green and then stamped my sentiment in black.  Very quick and easy!    

CPS 155

    I decided to try my hand at the current sketch over at the CPS blog.  Here's  what I came up with.

 

   
    This card measures 4" x 2-3/8".  I had fun using PTI's new 'Dot Spot' stamp set.  Dawn McVey recently shared a tutorial on how to make some fun flowers and I incorporated that element into this card.  I stamped on one of the 'Dot Spot' images onto white typing paper with black ink and then punched them out with a circle punch.  (There are five layers) I can't wait to try this with other ink colors.  This was a fun card sketch to try and look forward to trying out more!

Supplies-

PTI- Dot Spot, Star Prints, Kraft cs
S.E.I.- patterned cs
misc. ribbon, brad and black cardstock
 

Ribbon Flower

 

    This card just kind of...happened.  I had a scrap of patterned paper and decided to plunk it down in the middle of my card front.  I stamped 'so thankful for you' on another scrap of paper, glued it in place and then was stumped.  I punched a hole to the right of my sentiment and ran a piece of ribbon through, but soon realized that if I brought on around the card to tie it that it would cover up my sentiment.  So, I tacked on end of the ribbon under the left side of the sentiment and then I took needle and thread and ran a running stitch through the ribbon that was coming through the hole.  I pulled on the string and gathered the ribbon into a little flower and then tied the thread off.  I had no idea where this card was going, but I think I'm happy with the outcome.