Unity stamps shaped card challenge

Unity had a challenge linked on their FB page today to make a shaped card (no squares or circles, either) and so I decided to use my newest Nesties.

I won these Unity Stamps from a contest on Ellen Hutson's blog back in October and decided to use them tonight. I love how they look with the black, white, and red combo, especially with some of the stamps heat embossed. I use the oval and scallop oval Nesties to frame an image in the center of the card. I tied on a red heart paper clip as a charm using some plaid Offray ribbon.

I sent my Valentine's Day cards to OWH today, so this one won't make it this year. Maybe I'll send it to someone special. ;-)

Cards shipped to OWH (as of 12/5/11): 1695

OWH Sketch #98

Can you believe how close we are to celebrating Sketch #100? Wowsers!

Here's my take on #98. It uses a mix of embossing folders from Sizzix and Cuttlebug and some American Crafts ribbon.


Bonus card...



Cards shipped to OWH (as of 10/20/11): 1642 {Shipping more tomorrow!}

Hambo Hoedown #44

This week's Hambo Hoedown challenge is to use dry embossing. They sent out a snowball fight digi, but I chose to use the Beaver digi I got recently for winning the Queen of the Hoedown. It's perfect for OWH valentines.


The papers are from KI and Pebbles. The embossing folders are D'vine Swirls and Houndstooth from Cuttlebug.


Cards shipped to OWH (as of 10/20/11): 1642

More Love!

CASEd from Yolanda, these cards just scream Valentine's Day, don't they? I made them last night at my monthly crop with some friends. I was looking for something easy to take along, so I just embossed some quarter sheets of cardstock and grabbed a couple of packs of stickers (by Sticko), rub-ons (by Studio G), and ribbons (by American Crafts) and was good to go! The embossing folders are all either Cuttlebug or Sizzix. If you want to know the name of a particular one, leave me a comment and I'll get back to you. :)

















Cards shipped to OWH (as of 10/20/11): 1642

ODBD December Challenge

Our Daily Bread Designs is sponsoring its second monthly challenge over on the S&S blog. We are asked to make the sentiment on the front of the card shine. They offer prizes for crafters AND will sponsor shipping costs for up to two boxes. To get the two boxes, we need to get 50 cards (one per person, please) uploaded to the Inlinkz in the link above. Please play along, too!

Here's what I came up with. Please note that while the card is square, the overall dimensions (4.25" square) still fit in an A2 envelope because that is the size that OWH prefers.


The sentiment is one of my favorite Studio G clear stamps from Valentine's Day. The red border is done with a MS punch around the page set. The card includes my first real stitching, done with variegated red/pink DMC embroidery floss from my elementary school stash. I used to be so obsessed with making friendship bracelet!

This will be one of my last Valentine's Day-looking love cards. I plan to mail my box on Monday so Caro gets it before the 10th, which is the deadline for the Archway cookies challenge.

Cards shipped to OWH (as of 10/20/11): 1642

Makeover Monday

I saw a challenge on Paper Crafter's Library. Check it out here. I went right to my stash of K&Co Americana papers and embellishments and whipped up this card. I love these papers. Each time I use one I feel like I get great results. So glad I bought a 12x12 stack, 2 matstacks, and 10 or so packs of embellishments. These are my go to items when I want to make a great card without too much work coordinating things. The cardstock "Forever" matches better in real life than in the photo. The border is blue foil but it appears to be black in the photo.

I'll be sending this card to Operation Write Home for their Valentines Day Challenge with Archway Cookies.

Thanks for the inspiration, Paper Crafts Library!



Cards shipped to OWH (as of 10/20/11): 1642

Love challenge for "Our Daily Bread"

The great stamp company Our Daily Bread has teamed up with OWH to start offering a monthly challenge. If the OWH cardmakers can link up at least 50 cards for the challenge, they'll cover shipping for two boxes of cards. What a nice way to show OWH support!

This month's theme is love or Valentine's Day cards. I used paper from the Perfomance Matstack. I'm really loving this paper for romantic cards. It's very rich and mature, so I think it will appeal to husbands, wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, and fiances who are looking for something to send home. The stamp is by SU and the ribbon by Offray.

Cards shipped to OWH (as of 10/20/11): 1642

Some random cards

Here are some more cards I've made in the past week.




Cards shipped to OWH (as of 9/12/11): 1325

Early Valentines

I found this cute set of four punny SU Valentine stamps on eBay for $4.99 and just couldn't resist them. They're exactly my style- cartoonish, easy to color, and versatile.

I used them to make 15 of these Valentines for OWH. My favorite is the bug because my ribbon turned out so nicely!











Cards shipped to OWH (as of 9/12/11): 1325