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I wrote this post as part of campaign with Blueprint Social. All opinions are my own. It seems like we always need a quick gift for an unexpected occasion. Mother’s Day is coming up, followed by graduation and the end of the school year. When I received my box of Gemz  and Bling on a Roll , I instantly started thinking about sparkly gifts for divas for those occasions. I came up with this card, frame and candle holder gift set. Perfect for mom or the girly diva graduate.   To make the card, I started with a sketch from I "Heart" 2 Stamp .    I love using a sketch as a starting point for a card or paper craft project.   I used a premade card base that is 6.5 inches by 5 inches.   To make the card: Cut a green card stock panel to fit the front of the card. Cut from patterned paper a 2 1/2 in. x 6 1/4 in. strip and two 4 in. x 2 1/2 in. strips. I used a piece of glitter patterned paper for my longer strip since I wanted...

I pinned this card because I loved it's simplicity. source   A couple of weeks ago I needed to make a quick birthday card for my brother.   I immediatelty thought of this one. And it was QUICK! Probably the quickest card I've ever made.      I punched some stars out of scrap paper. I cut a 4.25 inch x 5.5 inch upright card from kraft cardstock. I changed it up a little by using a slightly different stamp and moving a star to the side. I also added brads to the center of my stars. I made it "my own" creation but you can definitely still tell where the inspiration came from.   What have you "pinned" and made lately?   Sharing here:   Think Pink Sundays * Under the Table and Dreaming * Sundae Scoop * Creative Bloggers Party and Hop * Craftomaniac Monday * Make the Scene Monday * Make It Pretty Monday * Masterpiece Monday * Motivate Me Monday * Inspire Me Monday * Market Yourself Mondays at Sumo’s Sweet Stuff ...

I took my first try at a chevron design on a small scale. I know- I'm way behind and lots of you may be over chevron by now, but I just got interested. I only do projects or make things if I can use them. I needed to make a birthday card for someone recently so I decided I'd try a chevron pattern on the card. I used washi tape to make my pattern. (This particular tape came from Michael's.) I found a free chevron pattern printable on the internet and printed it off. I cut it out and lightly traced it with a pencil to get started. I ended up erasing most of the pencil after I got started because it was going to show through the washi tape, but it still helped me get the pattern going.  I stamped a sentiment and added some flowers. Overall I think it turned out cute. You can check out another washi tape card and gift bag here. Sharing here: Think Pink Sundays ** Under the Table and Dreaming * Sundae Scoop * Creative Bloggers Party and Hop * Craftomaniac Mond...

I saw this cute idea at the Silhouette blog, but I have the SD and cannot cut 12 inch files, so I made a box for a flower gift the old fashioned way. I'll show you how. These make great teacher's, thinking of you friend, or mother's day gifts. I know Mother's Day is passed and for most of you, you are done with teacher gifts, but they really work for any occasion. Here is one I made for a friend just to cheer her up. (She later told me she put an air plant in her box so she could take it to work and keep the box - awesome idea since the box won't hold up to watering a regular plant.)

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Good morning! I hope you are having a great day. I have spent my morning making cards. Here is my card for this week's Mojo sketch . I'm actually getting a mojo card done before Sunday evening. For me that is a little something I take pleasure in. (Doesn't take much to please me, huh?) I've also made this for Stampin Sisters in Christ . The challenge there is to make a card for a new baby or new Christian. I really like this Jeremiah verse and what better words to encourage a new Christian. God really does have plans for us and once we accept him, He can put them into action. What an exciting thought. This is also for the Papertake Weekly challenge of New Beginnings. The best new beginning you can have is in Christ. You could also use a new product for the Papertake challenge so I used my new Spellbinders square die. It was a Christmas gift. Here is the card. Thanks for looking. Stamp: Verve Jeremiah 29:11 Paper: BasicGrey marrakech Tools: Nestabilities circles, square...

I'm back with a quick post on a cute little box I just whipped up. Really, like in 30 minutes. I did two pages of that other project I mentioned and while getting supper together I made this box. It's for the Stampin for the Weekend challenge (I'm cutting it close) and for the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge . I used K&Co paper and a template from the Digi Chick. Flowers on top are Primas and the bells are stamps from GinaK Designs. The "For You" tag is from Flourishes.

Some of my favorite and most admired card makers have started another challenge blog- Crazy4 Challenges ! And the first challenge was a sketch and just the inspiration I needed for the StampTV out of the lines challenge. Here is my card that I made to fit these two challenges: I stamped the poinsettia from A Year of Flowers set by GinaK Designs and colored them with Marvy Markers. I cut them out and layered them on a circle that I cut with my Nestabilities. I actually cut a ring with the Nesties by cutting a circle and then the next smaller one within it. Stamp: A Year of Flowers (GinaK) Paper: Bazzill Cardstock, Anna Griffin patterned paper Accents : Ribbon; Rub-on sentiment; Stickles Tools : Nestabilities: Marvy Markers

Yes, it's the Jeremiah verse once again. I'm still making cards to send to the Sunday School class. This card was made for the Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash #4- a color challenge. The layout of the card is based on the sketch at Little Paper Shop this week. Stamp : Verve Paper: Bazzill; K&Co. Accents: Buttons (Bazzill); flower, brad Tools: Nestabilities Next is a card I made for Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash challenge #1. It is a photo inspiration challenge. I pulled the colors from the photo. As soon as I saw it, I thought about Basic Grey Lime Ricky papers. The sketch is from A Spoonfull of Sugar . Stamp : Cruisabella- Stamping Bella; sentiment- MFT Paper: Bazzill cardstock; BasicGrey Lime Ricky Accents: Prima flowers, brads; BoBunny chipboard

I'm here today with my card for Mojo Monday 98 . I used paper from BasicGrey marrakech and was inspired to go to them by the OCC inspiration challenge this week. I already had fall on my mind. Papertake weekly has challenged readers to use colors we associate with a season and I was trying to put together a fall combo. The photo at OCC made it click. I've done some piercing on this card and further accented it rhinestones from Michael's. I just love the color of them. Paper: BasicGrey Stamps: Verve Beautiful kindness Ink: Memento rhubarb stalk and potter's clay Tools: Nestabilities circles and Labels Two; paper piercer Accents: Rhinestones; ribbon

I'm not too good with post titles. I'm also not real pleased with this card, and even less pleased that as I'm rushing to post this, my camera battery is dead and I have to use the old camera, so the color is off a bit. I started this card with the Sketch Saturday sketch . I knew I wanted to put butterflies in the place of the flowers as soon as I saw it and the challenge this week at Stamp Something is butterflies (or bugs or other wing things). The challenge this week at Stampin for the Weekend is masking. When I saw it, I did not plan to participate, but what did I do with these flowers? Masking! So, this is how my card came together.

Purple and pierced- that could be really bad if we're talking injuries, LOL. I'm referring to this challenge card I made. The challenge at Whiff of Joy was to use piercing. I pierced corners around my image and around the panels on top and bottom. I love piercing. I am also trying to participate in new challenges. I played along with A Spoonfull of Sugar for the first time. The challenge was a sketch. Paper: Making Memories Stamp: Whiff of Joy Accents: Flowers, brads, button

The challenge at splitcoast stampers in the Stamping Bella forum this week was to use a Stamping Bella stamp to depict what you do to get away from it all. I used beachabella because a day a the beach brings total relaxation for me. I also combined this with a color and sketch challenge. The sketch is from Caardvarks. The colors are for the chocolate and red challenge at Stampin for the Weekend . Here is my card: Stam p: Stamping Bella beachabella Paper : K&Co. Wild Saffron Accents : Ribbon; button Tools: Fiskars treading water punch

I found another challenge blog this weekend and decided to play along. It's called Stampin for the weekend and the challenge was to use one of three 60's song titles for inspiration. Just the title, no words, which is a good thing for me since I didn't know any of them. I went with Time of the Season - Zombies. Since it's now the summer season I used this cute little penquin from Imaginisce and these bright Lime Ricky papers. Thanks for looking. Sorry to be so brief, gotta go to work.

This week's challenge at Dutch Dare Card Challenge is to make a card that would cheer a child and send it to Post Pals . I made this fun little round card using this cute dragon from High Hopes. It also fits High Hopes challenge this week to use circles. I used four! I hope that's enough. ( You can also take a peek at another card I made based on this sketch HERE I know I'm a little late with posting, but it's always nice to send a card to a child, whether it's for a challenge or not, so why not visit Post Pals and send a card too?

I finally got a chance to make a card. It's been a couple of weeks. I combined a few challenges in this one since my time is limited. I used the sketch from I{heart}2stamp . My card also fits the Mother's Day challenge at OCC and the flowers challenge at Little Paper Shop . Paper : K&Co Wild Raspberry, Bazzill cardstock Stamps: Inkadinkado Garden Delights, Little Paper Shop Tools : Fiskars punch; paper piercer, marker Accents: Ribbon, ric rac

What girl doesn't love a new Easter outfit, and even better, a new purse to match?! For the Verve Project parade , the requirement is to create "an egg-stra special" spring project or card. I created this cute little purse, which can be a card or treat holder. It would be easy to slip in a cello bag to hold a treat. Check out the project parade it you haven't. I just love looking at all the awesome projects the design team creates. Paper : Making Memories Chloe's Closet Stamp : Beautiful You- Verve Accents : Flowers 3 Sizzix die; Scribbles Swirls die; Making Memories Lemonade buttons and blossoms; brad

Good friends are really worth the effort, and boy in today's world, doesn't it take some effort to maintain those relationships, with everything we have going on and everyone being "all about me?" Anyway, I won't digress to far from the purpose here- I'm sharing a card I made for the Stamper's Dream monthly challenge. The challenge is to make a monochromatic card. I think mine qualifies for the most part. I used shades of blue. I used the MFT sketch for this week, which can be found in the MFT forum at Splitcoaststampers . Paper : Doodlebug Stamp : My Favorite Things Accents : Ribbon, pearls (Michael's)

There is a brand new stamp site called Stamps and Smiles. To celebrate the opening and release of this new line of stamps, there was a series of sketches on the Stamps and Smiles blog . I made these cards using the sketches. I used JessicaLynnOriginals stamps. Papers are by Making Memories Boho chic collection.

What a long busy day. And now it's time for bed. I just wanted to share a couple of challenge cards I made earlier this week. This one is for the sketch at the sweetest thing . Karen makes the simplest sketches that are so fun to use for a quick card. Paper : Bazzill cardstock; HOTP patterned paper Stamp : Inkadinkado Accents : ribbon, Offray; flower, Petaloo; rub on stitches, DCWV; brad The challenge at High Hopes this week is to make a spring/ Easter card. I needed a push to start some Easter cards. I used the sketch at Friday Sketchers for my design. Here's my card: Paper : cardstock; patterned paper, HOTP Stamp: Inkadinkado; Studio G Accents : Flowers, Making Memories, other Tools : Cuttlebug argyle embossing folder; paper piercer; black marker; Nestabilities large petite ovals Thanks for looking!