Hey Sailor and Mojo Monday

I hope you are having a wonderful week and creating beautiful things. Today's share is inspired by Mojo Monday #486...using Table Scraps. I've had this nautical paper pack for years - this sketch was perfect for letting me take advantage of its beautiful designs.

Neebish Strong with Cut-Apart Card

Summer is coming soon, and one of the most beautiful places to be is Neebish Island in Michigan!  Today, I have a Cut-Apart Card for the strong ladies on Neebish Island.  

Star Bright

Linda Moore posted a pretty "Cut-Apart" card in Cardmaking and More the other day. Here is my version for their challenge, as well as a SALSA swap themed "Star Bright Star Light."

 Here is a pic of the card opened - as you can see, the inside sentiment is actually showing on the front when closed.  These pictures don't show it, but this style really gives the card some fun dimension.

Photo Shadow Box

For this layout, I was inspired to add a photo shadow box from Cardmaking and More - this month's card challenge.

I started this layout with a sheet of Japan Sightseeing cardstock, then added just a touch of black along the side.  For the shadow box, I used The Graduates, layered on grey.  To create the title, I printed the letters on Word, trimmed them, and outlined with a black marker.

Triple-Egg Medley

Good Monday morning!  I know most of you are experiencing sub-zero temps - but I am out on the patio enjoying a cup of coffee - beautiful weather her!

Today's card was made for the Queen of Cards challenge by Cardmaking and More - the challenge being to use the triple-stamp technique.  I used digital egg images from Rena Designs.

Queen of Cards - Happy Birthday

Good Morning, All!

Today's Queen of Cards is simpler than it looks - and actually is a great way to use all those scraps and leftover embellishments you have.  For step-by-step instructions to create a box card, visit my earlier post (click here).

Box cards are all the rage now...I just love everyone's face when receiving such a card.  Who doesn't love a pop-up surprise?  This card is being entered into the Queen of Cards challenge on the Cardmaking and More Facebook Page - to see other entries, click here.

Enjoy!

Card Opened

Card folded flat for mailing

Building-Block Card - Queen of Cards Week 6

We all know that folding cards in unique ways give our cards a creative look and work for any occasion.  This weeks Queen of Cards Challenge calls for a "Building-Block" card.  Here is my card - with a St. Patrick's Day wish.

Queen of Cards - Week 5

Special thanks to Linda Moore on the Cardmaking and More Facebook Page for putting these challenges together for us! This week's challenge includes a Fancy-Fold card, Shabby Chic style, Spring themed - with three patterned papers, ribbon, dry embossing, stamped images, and 3D embellishments. Whew! Got tired just reading about it! And here is my design.  

Watch for future postings on Scraps to Treasures - Teach-Me Tuesday. I will be making a similar card and posting step-by-step instructions. This card makes great use of scraps because all the panels are so small - which brings us back to that question "What size scraps do I save?"

Queen of Cards - Challenge-Inspired Design

Hi all!

Super late. Keeping it short so I can head to bed. Just sharing my card for the Cardmaking Queen of Cards Challenge. Card must contain a butterfly, dry embossing, 6-9 inchies (all matted - four with a stamped image), sentiment, small bow, and colors red - orange - green.

Not my best work - but I think I hit everything! :D Enjoy!

Glitter Crackle with Graphic 45

Hi all! For this week’s Friday card, I went back to hit my scrap pile. I chose some Glitter Crackle from The Robin's Nest and paired it with leftover graphic images from Graphic 45's Place in Time collection.

Enjoy!

You're my cup of tea!

Good morning, all! I'm participating in the Queen of Cards Challenge on the Cardmaking and More Facebook Page.  This week's challenge was to make a Joy-Fold Card.  I made one Tuesday that was, I thought, cute as a bug!  But when I finished and reread the requirements for Queen of Cards - ooops....missed the Valentine's theme.  You can see my first card on the 2 Cute Ink Blog on Monday, as it features one of their new releases, Cupcake Ladybug.

So back to the drawing board....and here is the card I came up with for the challenge.  Anyhow, enjoy!