MPS challenge

Robyn is having a design team call and I'm entering. It's also a birthday card for a friend. After several unsuccessful attempts to make the cat on the Nifty Fifties card I had to switch gears so it's not what I had intended. (I had a new mat, almost new blade and the whiskers ripped off of the cat all 5 times I cut it out. I adjusted everything I could to no avail. Just a warning for those of you who may be attempting this cut.) Robyn and Karlee did a 30 minute card challenge on a live show one evening and this ended up being a little like that. It took a little over 30 minutes, but not much.

The tree is from the Pagoda cartridge and was cut at 3.5". The card base was from a value pack of cards from Michael's. The pink and green papers are from the botanicals pack by The Paper Company, the light brown is Recollections kraft paper and the dark brown is a piece from my stash that's been around several years. The pink paper was cut at 4" x 5.5" and the light brown at 1.5" x 5.5". Both of those pieces were embossed with Cuttlebug folders. The ribbon was purchased in a pack from Big Lots. The dragonfly was punched with a Fiskars mini punch. The sentiment was cut from a Spellbinders labels four die (the third smallest) and stamped with a stamp I got as a gift. The ink is Martha Stewart. I did put some perfect pearls (pearl color) on the tree because the card looked a little dull without it. I used my ATG gun for the background pieces and sentiment, EK Success foam pieces behind the tree, and Scotch quick dry adhesive to attach the dragonfly.

I know it's not a "cute" card, but it fits the recipients personality and, after all, that's the point of making a card for someone.

Shameless plug for Duffy Barkley

A friend of mine has written a book called "Duffy Barkley is not a Dog". She has a blog about the book that can be found at http://duffybarkley.blogspot.com/ . Check it out! I just started reading it, but at one point found myself forgetting I was reading I was so into the story. That's usually a pretty good sign that the book is going to be good.

Dixie self-published the book and is using a lot of the money she makes to buy more books to donate. She is a crafter of words, not paper, but we should all support each other, right?:-) Have a great weekend.

Christmas card challenge

I'm putting this on the Christmas card challenge at My Pink Stamper. It's a 5"x7" card. The paper is from DCWV. All but the glitter paper is from the Homemade Christmas stac k. I inked around the edges of the card with 2 shades of distress ink, one brown and one red. They worked well together. The ribbon is something that was on a present (throw things away, seriously??) The pearl paint is Viva Decor. The ornament is from the Joys of the Season cartridge and is popped up with MS foam dots. The sentiment is inside.

Birthday Hedgehog

This card is for a friend's birthday. I'm entering it into the birthday challenge at My Pink Stamper. The hedgehog is from the Four Legged Friends lite cartridge. He is so cute! The paper is a combination of things, some DCWV and some random paper from my stash. I got the flowers at Tuesday Morning and the gem on clearance at Walmart.

Action Wobble card

I made this with the Gingerbread cartridge and an action wobble. Those things are so much fun to play with. I'm being very stingy until I can buy more. I cut the gingerbread people out at 3 1/2". The green snowflake is MS punch with an Irock gem in the center. The small snowflakes are from a Fiskars mini cartridge punch with a hint of Stickles in the center. The polka dot paper is K and Company. The rest of the paper is from my stash. (Been collecting a looong time). The ribbon is from Michael's. I'm going to attempt to add the video as well as the picture. Hope it works.

Turkey card

This card is for the challenge at Momo's blog. I'm not happy with some of it. I need to practice cutting that card, my sides weren't even. Anyway, the challenge was to use a turkey, so here it is. The cartridge was Create a Critter. The paper was a combination of things from my stash. I used a sharpie for the lines and MS foam pop ups under the turkey. My camera died while I was doing this. I may try to take a better picture tomorrow.

Crafters Digital Art and CES

I tried some digital art this week. I definitely need to work on my coloring, but it's fun. Here are the cards I did for challenges there. The pumpkin/corn image is from Digi Drawn and the mouse is from Nana Vic. They were both colored with prismacolor pencils. Most of the paper is from my stash. The paper behind the mouse is DCWV. The polka dot piece was cut on my cricut (Wild Card cart., I think). I'm entering the pumpkin card in the CES challenge as well, as it is all about autumn. It also includes piece embossed with a cuttlebug folder behind the pumpkins. I use MS foam to raise the pieces for the layers. The background piece is actually much more green than it photographed.