Birthday Surprise

Hello Friends:
I want to start by wishing all of you a very Happy New Year! I know I'm a bit late on that but it has been so very hectic the 2 weeks or so; totally crazy here in my little piece of paradise. Today I have the January challenge from Technique Tuesday and it is fabulous! This month's technique is a "Pedestal Pop-Up Card". As always, Mynnette has a super easy tutorial for you to follow and you will have your cards popping in no time.

Here is my card using January's technique:

Front of card

 

 

The magic is on the inside!

 

 

Close-up of the popped up portion

 

 

Card Recipe:

Cardstock & Patterned Paper: ScrapbooKing Kit

Ink: CTMH 'Pansy Purple'

Die Cuts: Colorbok

Sentiments: CTMH 'Gracious Greetings' & 'Because of You'

Ribbon: My Stash

 

Be sure you pop by the Technique Tuesday blog and check out this month's DT cards; all of them are fabulous and very deserving of some blog love :) Also, Technique Tuesday is looking for a few more DT members to join us. Hurry though, this call ends on January 31st! Be sure to check out the DT Call post and rules for applying. Good Luck; we can't wait to work with you!

 

Hugs, xo

Tiled Christmas

Good morning!
I'm here today to share a new technique with you for this month's challenge at the Technique Tuesday blog. Mynnette and all of the crew want to see your Faux Tile cards this month. Mynnette has a fabulous tutorial on the blog and it is super easy to follow. You have the whole month to complete your project too.

Here is my card:

Front of card

 

Sentiment tag

 

 

Bow, die-cut & pins

 

 

Inside

 

 

Another peek of the front

 

Be sure you pop by the Technique Tuesday blog to see all of the fabulous cards the rest of the crew made. I apologize for how yellow these pictures are. It has been so gloomy here for days now and no matter what I did, my pictures would not turn out nice at all.

 

Card Recipe:

Cardstock: Stampin' Up - red; Recollections - white

Patterned Paper: HOTP

Ribbon & Bow: my stash

Holly Berries & Leaves Die Cut: Michaels

Stick Pins: Handmade by me

Embossing Powder: CTMH

Ink: CTMH - New England Ivy

Sentiments & Image: Stampin' Up

Label Punch: Stampin' Up

 

Thanks for popping by :)

Hugs xo

3D Christmas

Good morning all!
I am here today to share a new technique with you and the November challenge over at Technique Tuesday. This month, Mynnette and all my DT sisters at Technique Tuesday want to see some 3D Punched elements on your card. They don't have to be Christmas themed, just 3D. Mynnette has posted a super easy tutorial on the Challenge blog and it is tons of fun to make these up.

Here is the card I made for the Design Crew this month:

Full View

 

 

Ribbon that I added gems to and the larger gems beside sentiment

 

 

3D Punched ornaments

 

 

Just the bottom half

 

 

Flat ornaments on bottom half

 

 

Another look at the top half

 

 

November's Top Winner will receive 3 digital sentiments made by our lovely Captain, Mynnette, and each stamper who's card is showcased will receive 1 digital sentiment made Mynnette! ;) Here's the best part--THE WINNERS get to choose what they want their sentiment to say and what style! If this doesn't sound like something you'd like, you could choose from some sentiments that she already has made. :) More details will be forthcoming after winners are announced.

 

Be sure you pop by all my DT sisters blogs and Mynnette's to have a peek at their fabulous creations too.

 

Card Recipe:

Cardstock:  Recollections

Patterned Paper: DCWV, K & Company, Daisy D's

Sentiments: CTMH Holiday Trinkets & Card Chatter Christmas

Gems: Dollarama

Ribbon: Shimering Crystals (I added the gems myself though)

Metallic Cords: Luxury Giftwrap

Ink: CTMH New England Ivy

Ornaments cut using Stampin' Up Framelits - Holiday Ornaments

 

 

I am submitting my card to the following challenges:

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge: #97 Use 3 different patterned papers

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round: Shaped or Fancy Folds

52 Christmas Card Throwdown: November Sketch (I flipped the sketch upside down for the top half of my card)

 

Thank you so much for popping by today. I love it when you visit.

Hugs xo

Bargello Christmas

I am back with another fabulous tutorial from Mynnette at Technique Tuesday. She always has such fabulous ideas for us to try! The technique this month is Bargello and you can use this to create your own unique patterned paper to work with. Just click on the link above to be taken to Mynette's awesome tutorial.
I chose to work with Christmas papers for create my own Christmas background and get another card made for the busy season.

Front of card

 

Bow I made with my 3 Girl Jam Bow Maker

 

 

Close-up of outside sentiment

 

 

Inside of card

 

I continued the Bargello Technique on the inside of my card since I had some of what I made still left.

Card Recipe:
Cardstock - Recolections card base & HOTP green
Patterned Paper - DCWV Christmas & Winter Stack
Sentiments - CTMH Card Chatter - Christmas & Gracious Geetings
Ink - CTMH Ponderosa Pine
Ribbon - Sheer Creations
Poinsettias - Crafts from Dollarama
I will be back soon to enter my card in some challenges.
Hugs, xo

Faux Leather Technique

Hello Blogland!
How are we doing these days? I know I am enjoying the disappearance of the humidity :) I love summer temperatures but I have discovered that with age comes the inability to cope with high humidity levels. It seems that once we got into September, the humidity went away and temperatures started dropping in the evening. Very nice sleeping weather!
Anyway, I am here to share my second Technique Tuesday DT card with you and of course a new technique. After all, thats why the blog is called Technique Tuesday, lol. The first Tuesday of the month, Mynnette posts a new technique challenge, complete with detailed instructions and pictures. You then have until the end of the month to complete a new card featuring that month's technique and link it up to the challenge post. If you have any problems with the technique, be sure you contact her or any of us on the Design Team for help.

September's technique is:

Faux Leather Using Masking Tape

You will find all of the instructions for this technique HERE.

September's Top Winner will receive 3 digital sentiments made by Mynnette, and each stamper who's card is showcased will receive 1 digital sentiment made by Mynnette! ;) Here's the best part--THE WINNERS get to choose what they want their sentiment to say and what style! If this doesn't sound like something you'd like, you could choose from some sentiments that she already have made. :)

This is the card I created for this month:

Front of card

 

Inside left page

 

Inside right page

 

Close-up of image

 

This technique was so easy and it didn't take long at all to do. I know I will be using this again and am even wondering how it would look done in different colours. Be sure to have a look at all of the other Design Team member's cards and pop by their blogs too. Each of them is very creative and we all have different styles so you will get a ton of inspiration.

 

Card Recipe:

Inks - CTMH 'Desert Sand', 'Cocoa', 'New England Ivy' & 'Archival Black'

Embossing Powder - CTMH 'Detail Clear'

Patterned Paper - HOTP

Cardstock - 'Beige' is Recollections & 'Orange' is Stampin' Up

Medium - CTMH Watercolour Pencils & Blending Pen

Ribbon - Offray

Fibers - Stash

Stamps - CTMH 'Perfect Day' & 'Curly Sentiments'

Brads - We R Memory Keepers 'Pewter'

 

This card is being entered into the following challenges:

Forever Friends - Fortnightly Challenge No 44 - Embossing (Heat / Dry)

Dream Valley - Challenge 40 - Something Old, Something New (old - patterned paper, brads, watercolour pencils; new - orange cardstock & image stamp)

The ABC Challenge - W for Wishes

Simply Create Too - #21 - "SO OLD OR VINTAGE"

Make It Monday - #105 with Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - Anything Goes

 

Well folks, it is very late and I am all tuckered out. Goodnight, sleep tight. I am off to dream land.

Hugs xo