ICSketches #60

I've recently discovered blogs with card making challenges. Aren't they the best? Although I must say I enjoy the color challenges better. But still, these are fun as well. I think it's a bit easier when you have a guide to follow. I saw that ICSketches had a new challenge and I thought I'd submit a card for it. Here it is, I had so much fun making this. The stamps here were mostly from Inkadinkado, the rest I can't remember :) oops! sorry! Cardstock was from DCWV and punches were from Fiskars. Enjoy!

CPS 160

Hi! This is another submission for the CPS Card Sketch 160. I just started submitting cards to the CPS weekly Card Sketches, so I'm unfamiliar with their rules. I hope it's allowed to post more than one. I was watching my usual Make a Card Monday tonight and as always Kristina inspired me to make some time for my card making. : )  This is from a DCWV mat stack that I found super cute!!! I thought I'd use it in this card. Enjoy!

Just posting - - > my Papertrey Ink order hasn't arrived yet :( it's been days. I placed the order last Tuesday night. How long does it usually take to deliver anyway? Oh, and I also made a card last Sunday night that I didn't post. So I guess I'll just post it here. I made it with my best friend in mind. It's her birthday this Wednesday and I miss her sooo much. Enjoy!

~ Jean

CPS Card Sketch #160

Hi! Here's my submission for the CPS Card Sketch 160 this week. I wish I could make my pictures come out more vibrant. This just doesn't show the wonderful colors on the patterned cardstock! But anyway, enjoy!

Card Stock: DCWV, SEI
Ribbon: Celebrate It
Button: Making Memories

Oh, and since it's a weekend I made another card. This one has nothing to do with the CPS Card Sketch, I just wanted to make another one! :)

Saturday Cards

Hi! It's finally Saturday! And it always means I have a lot of time to make cards. Yay! I just made my first on-line order from Papertrey Ink. I've been waiting since Wednesday actually. When I come home from work, I automatically head for the mailbox to check if it's there already. I don't know why, but they don't provide a tracking number at all. I just got a confirmation slip for my order and that's just about it. Anyway, I can't wait for it to arrive!!! I've always been a Michael's and AC Moore shopper. Only because I'm new to this and those were the first stores I've ever gone shopping for my scrapbooking and card making supplies. (Not to mention I love the coupons that save me a lot of money!) But since reading Paper Crafts, Cards and Creating Keepsakes, I discovered that there are better stamp sets online!

Anyway, enough of my ranting about waiting for my order to come. Here's what I made this Saturday! Enjoy!

I was just at AC Moore today (with a 50% coupon in hand) and bought this lovely Friskars border punch. I've been waiting for forever for it to show up so I can use one of my coupons on it. I was delightfully surprised to find it on the racks today! And don't you just love the cute little birds on the pattern paper?! I'm not sure if it's visible but there's also a background stamp in chocolate brown on the card itself. I thought it would be too plain if I'd left it brown.

This is a little baby card I also made. There's another Friskars border punch on the bottom. Don't you just love border punches? They add so much to the card! I was watching Kristina's Finally Friday Video and it was baby themed, so I made a baby card. I'm not so much into the digital card making or scrapbooking yet. I think it's so much more fun working with paper, adhesives, buttons, ribbons, punches...don't you? Anyway, have a nice weekend!

~ Jean

Inspirational Card Sketches #59

Here's my take on the ICSketch #59. But instead of placing an oval on the side, I thought it would be more whimsical to place embellishments instead. I found this super cute tea set in one of my Cricut cartridges and thought I'd try using it on this project. Sometimes it's hard to make Cricut-made embellishments pop because sometimes they just lie there flat. But I thought placing the rhinestones would add some interest to it. It's very different from the other cards that I normally make. For one, there's no ribbon. And I'm a sucker for ribbons! (It's all because of Kristina Werner! Haha!) But I thought this one was cute. I enjoyed making it. Hope you like it! Enjoy!

~ Jean

Wishing You Well

CPS Card Sketches - #159

Hi! I found this gorgeous patterned paper in my scraps pile and suddenly had the urge to make a card. Brown is one of my favorite colors and I thought I'd play around with it. I didn't make anything elaborate. But the matting on the back of the sentiment..it's actually stamped using a Hero arts background stamp. I thought it would be subtle and wouldn't take away from the lovely patterned paper. Enjoy!

CPS #159 Submission

I love online challenges. They give you some sense of direction as to what card to make for that day. It's just that there are infinite possibilities and coming up with just one is sometimes hard to do. And so here is my submission to the CPS challenge. I made my own embelishment on the side, by using my cricut machine and a dotted stamp set from Inkadinkado. I love how it's monochromatic, I think it turned out ok. Enjoy!