Christmas Present Card

Hello wonderful crafting world. Well today I came across a blog that I must have just looked at their sketch challenge a certain way because it inspired me to create a present card. I tried to capture all of the elements they wanted with a little twist. I used a Christmas stamp that I have had for at least 3 years and never used (sad) and tried out my new nestabilities (spelling) for the tag. Side note on that: I got them to cut but not emboss, any idea's why that would be? I also broke into the pack of fancy new Stampin' Up paper that I have had for a few weeks now and not used. Overall I am happy with the outcome!

You should check out their site there is still a bit of time to play along! Scrapbooker's Paradise



I really need to get moving on Christmas cards (grand total of 2 now!) and now that we are getting later in November I feel the Christmas crafting spirit hitting me so hopefully I can make more!

I've been learning to knit since the beginning of the month and it has been an interesting challenge. I'm left handed but decided to just give it a whirl right-handed and its come out alright so far. I am just finishing up my very first knitted project, a scarf and I will post a picture soon.

L

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

Ok I don't actually want it to snow! That's just the song that I used as my inspiration for my card for this Weeks Paper Player's challenge!



This is just a different angle so you can take a peek at the different type of embellishment. I just love that fluffy white "ribbon"!

Lantern Cards #7 - Wishing You The Best Day Ever!

Lantern Cards #6 - Birthday Wishes

Lantern Cards #5 - Happy Birthday

Lantern Cards #4 - Tiny Thank You

Lantern Cards #3 - Celebrate With Style

My inspiration for my set of 7 cards came from the Just Us Girls challenge!

Specifically I am entering this card here:



But they did inspire me to make all of these! lol

Lantern Card #2 - Thank You

This was part of the group of cards I made but specifically for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge!

Lantern Cards #1 - It's Owl Good

This was designed to fit with a few challenges but specifically for the the Paper Players in the end.

7 Little Cards

Well I was inspired by two challenges last night and 1 this morning as I was finishing up my own personal challenge! My own challenge was to see how many cards I could get with a few sheets of coloured card stock and only ONE sheet of DP. I am super happy that I was able to get 7! I'm going to try for 8 the next time I try this. I ended up using a sheet of paper that was inspired by the Just Us Girls challenge and then I was further inspired by Freshly Made Sketches and then this morning I saw the Paper Players Challenge and wanted to play along with that on my 7th card!

Gratitude

A thank you card to get me back in the swing of challenges :)

I found this challenge on the Southern Girls Challenge page. You should pop over and check it out!

I went with black and white with a pop of pink. I think I might try this with a different DP and matching flowers and see what kind of different looks I can make!

6 Months!

Well I was back to crafting this week. The only thing I have worked on since March was my sisters wedding invitations. I've been so busy with everything else in life that crafting took a back seat. I finally settled in to my new crafting space and re-organized it tonight and I feel a lot more inspired and a lot less crowded. So here are the few things I've done for my sisters wedding these past few months and if I get anything finished today I will post it too.

I'm going to try and look through lots of other people's blogs since I haven't had a chance to see all of the neat things people have been making lately.

L


This is the outsdie of the invitation ...



... you slide the "Tie the Knot" off and underneath is this:



You open the invite and you find their picture and all of the info ...



The RSVP card...



The favors ...

Paper Tree

So I wanted to take a break from making the bouquets as gifts but still wanted to make something that could still be given as a gift for someone on the hospital. I came up with this idea and I am super happy with how it turned out. What I like about this is you can really do so many different theme's around the tree, I can't wait to try more. Along the way catching up and looking at blogs I was inspired to play along at My Creative Time's weekly challenge, I used Accent essentials and green to fulfill the challenge requirements!

For some reason it's a bit blurry. The sentiment is "Get Well Soon" since you might not be able to read it.

Your Tweet!

Well ... I did that last post and then had to craft! lol. We were going to sit down for a movie and I made my poor guy wait for me to make a card.

I got my colour inspiration from the Color Throwdown ... I love the colour combo they have this week and I needed a little inspiration so it worked out well.



I should mention I saw the design while browing though a Stampin' Up book and I HAD to try it :)

L

Stylish Blogger

Well I just wanted to take a minute to thank Brandi for the stylish Blogger award. I haven't been on my blog much and I was just trying to catch up with comments tonight and do a little catch up post. Thanks again Brandi!

As for crafting ... it's been a very small amount around here. Work, volunteer activities and life in general have taken over and will continue to win until April so hopefully I can sneak in a night or two now and then.

I can't wait to have some time to just read through and catch up with all the blogs!

Laurie