Wedding card 2013

 I haven't been doing a ton of crafting this year, but I have still made cards for special occasions for my friends and family.  This card is one of the most special ones I have made this year.  My cousin got married to a wonderful woman.
The idea for this card actually came from their 'save the date' card and their invitation.  They had a branch with a tiny bird on the save the date card, and a chandelier on the invitation.  The paper I used is DCWV, and I found this spellbinders die after a long search.  The lovebirds stamp was a little large for the tree, so I used Shrink-a-dinks to make it an appropriate size.  I haven't used Shrinks since I was a kid, and forgot how they work, so there is a slight bend in the finished product.  I am still very pleased with the final result, and so was the bride and groom. :)

 

I am hoping to start my Christmas cards soon and will try to post more of the work that I have completed this year.  Thanks for stopping by.

On vacation

Hello everyone,

It's been longer than I hoped before posting again.  I have been working a little more this summer, so I hope to post more cards soon. Although not tropical, I thought this was a good reminder of our Alaskan cruise earlier this year.  It's also a new stamp that I had been anxious to play with.  The stamp is from Stampscapes and is very long, so I just chose one end of it.  The paper is also new to me and from DCWV.
I am entering this into just a few challenges:

Scrap-Creations:  Vacation
Chocolate, Coffee, and Cards:  Life's a beach
C.R.A.F.T. Challenges:  Inspiration picture
Simon Wednesday Challenge:  Beach/Nautical

Thanks for stopping by.

Back to crafting

Hi everyone,

I can't believe it has been so long since I have posted.  We moved last year, and since then, I have been slowly working on my room, but just have not made it a priority.  It felt great to be crafting again though.  I certainly have missed it.  I took a couple of classes in the meantime, that were great. 


I made this gift for one of my co-workers who had twin girls.  I used a meljen's digital image.  I was so happy to find this because I thought it was just perfect. I colored the image with copic markers.  The soother attached was given to me by a friend who had gone to a baby shower, so I am going to enter this into the recycling challenge at Meljen's. http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.ca/2013/04/challenge-156-recycle.html


 I also made this 3 tiered diaper cake for her. Inside are different baby products. 

Thanks for stopping by today, and I hope I have more to show you soon.  Have a great day!

Elephants never forget

Hi everyone,

Can you believe I am posting again already?  Unfortunately, this card is very late.  This is for my niece, who's birthday was on Friday and it is still sitting beside me.  I have to get this in the post!  I used the sketch from Mojo Monday #242.  I apologize to the digi artist that created this adorable elephant.  I neglected to record who it was from.  The ribbon was given to me by a friend and the die cut is from Spellbinders.  The white paper is actually designer gift wrap that I bought at Indigo, and the purple paper is DCWV, pocket full of posies.
Other challenges that I am submitting to are:
Die Cuttin Divas - Banners, Buttons and/or birthdays
Southern Girls Challenge #45 - Diecuts
Totally PaperCrafts #118 - Animals
Scrap Creations - Bingo (Flower, Die cut, Digi Image)
Sweet Stamps #66 - Anything Goes
I hope everyone has a great week, and hopefully I will be posting again soon.  Thanks for stopping by.

Rockin birthday

Hello everyone,

I was so happy to see that Peggy chose stitching as her challenge for Farm Fresh Friday.  It has been a long time since I have used one of the Greeting Farm stamps (this is the first time I have used this one), and I don't normally do stitching (or faux in my case), so this just came together perfectly.  I am also a big fan of Peggy's work. She is a great inspiration. In the corners of the card are music inchies by Inkadinkadoo.  Unfortunately, they don't show very well in the picture.  I wish I had embossed them.
I am entering this into the Farm Fresh Friday challenge.
As well as the following challenges:
... Joyful Stamper: Inspire Me Fridays - 60 Anything Goes!
Totally Gorjuss - Something new
Charisma Cardz Challenges - No Flowers
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything for kids #10
Fab 'N' Funky Challenges - A new beginning #122
Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.
Tanya.

I love Snoopy

Hi Everyone,
This is my season of having to make many male cards, and like alot of you out there, I find it's not an easy task.  I had to search my stash, and decided on this stamp. I love Snoopy, and I bought this stamp mostly for me, but there is so much you can do with him.  I have used him before for male cards.  I didn't use any paticular sketch, and kept it relatively simple.  The papers are from DCWV and I used one of the ironworks spellbinders that my DH bought me.
I would like to submit this into the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges #133 - black cardstock
Crafts 4 eternity #68 - something new (spellbinder is new)
Crafty Catz #129 - stripes or checks
DSYU #68 - stripes
PaperPlay challenges #16 - animal antics
Whimsy Stamps #35 - punches or dies
Pile it on #17 - sparkle and shine

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great week.

Spring is here

Hi everyone,

Here is a card that I made for my niece's birthday.  I found these great grass stickers at the dollar store, and was excited to try them.  The butterflies have a small amount of glitter, which is hard to see in this photo.  The image is a Meljen's digi, and the ribbon and butterfly sticker are from my stash.  I thought it was a great way to start the spring season.  I am submitting this into the following challenges:
Meljen's challenges - anything goes #106
Creative Card Crew - spring # 7
Party time Tuesdays - anything goes #61
Divas by design - use a stamp challenge #28
Crafty Catz - use a digi # 126
Stamp, scrap, and doodle Saturdays - spring
Daisy Doodle creative challenges - spring #56
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Crafty Purple frog challenge - anything goes #37
Wags n Whiskers - Say it with flowers #76
Stamp fairy - anything goes # 6
My mums craft shop challenges - stamp it #50
Phindy's friday challenge blog - ribbon #99

I hope everyone has a great start to April, and thanks for stopping by!
Hugs,
Tanya