P.I.T.A and Pretty Rainbow

This was a quick and easy card inspired by 2 challenges:
1.  I Heart Sketches: No. 19

2.  Casology: Royal


Here it is:

This is an A2 card.

Paper: white generic card stock. Purple card stock. Silver glitter paper from DCWV from scrap pile. Silver and Purple metallic paper from scrap pile.

Embossing: Cricut folder Mary Ann

Embellishments: rhinestones from Michael's

Sentiment: printed from computer

But, I am much more excited about what just happened outside my house. We were having a thunderstorm and when I looked outside this is what I saw:

Both ends of a double rainbow.

Have a great night:

Miranda

Butterfly Bike

Very tired today, so this post will be short and sweet.

Challenges:

1. Die Cuttin' Divas: Bike
2. Flutter By Wednesday: Use a butterfly + sketch
3. Perfect Sentiment: Anything goes
4. Exploring Cricut: Here comes summer

The finished Product:

• Card Base: Kraft inked in early espresso ink from Stampin' Up
• Sentiment: stamped in black Stazon. Sentiment from Stampin' UP Vintage Verses
• Butterfly: digital image from http://freevintagedigistamps.blogspot.com/2012/04/free-vintage-image-download-lovely.html and cut out by hand.
• Flower: Cream colored paper from Michael's. Cut from Ultimate Creative Sampler Cricut Cartridge.
• Bike: Black card stock from Michael's. Cut from Ultimate Creative Sampler Circuit Cartridge.

Hope you enjoy.

Miranda

Always Kiss Me Goodnight

OK, before I get going, there are multiple challenges that I am going to enter this into. So, let's get the technical stuff out of the way

1. BBTB2:  Pass it on/Celebrate the Joy of Giving
2. My Craft Spot: Ribbon and Twine
3. Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog: Oh Baby!
4. Paper Playtime: Buttons or Brads
5. Catch the Bug Challenge Blog: Bugaboo Bingo
6. The Outlawz: Paper a la Mode w/ Anything Goes
7. The Perfect Sentiment: PSC80: Anything Goes

OK, here's the finished product:

This is a 9x12 canvas covered with light blue card stock. I'm not sure how made it. I came in a pack I got from target, but the information about it is gone. The bottom most brown square is Early Espresso from Stampin' UP. The next layer is Very Vanilla from Stampin' Up. The next layer is from DCWV the Haberdash collection. I picked this stack up at Big Lots for $5.

The next layer from what I can tell, is an Anna Griffin transparency. It was a single 12x12 page I got from Michael's. I've about used it all up and am going to have to get more if I can. I have totally fallen in love with how you can see through to the previous layer.  The "A" was cut from paper from Michael's using the Cricut Alphabet cartridge. I sponged the edges with Early Espresso ink from Stampin' Up.

 The word "ALWAYS" is cut from the same paper at the "A" but from the Stone Script cartridge. "Kiss me good night" is cut from the dark brown paper from Michael's and is cut from the Designer's Calendar cartridge.

The buttons are brass buttons from my stash that I grunged up with white acrylic paint. The ribbon I bought at a yard sale and is from American Crafts.
I have always loved this saying and have had this idea in my head for a while, but it wasn't until recently that I actually had a reason to create it (other than the challenges). I have a friend who has a little boy. Her biggest fear (OK, maybe not fear but obsession) is what will she do if she forgets to kiss him goodnight. So, with the inspiration of the saying in my head and from the challenges listed above, she will be getting a cut little display to hang in his room as a gentle reminder to always kiss him good night.

Have a great night.

Miranda

I'm Back!

Sorry, it's been so long since I've posted. I had a very bad week last week, and my energy has still not returned. But, I have been asked to be a guest designer and have been working on some things for that. Check back Friday for those projects.

Today, I have a Thank you card for a new challenge I have found. The name of the Site is The Outlawz. The challenge is a greeting card with the theme "Purpleishious."

This card was made with no special cutting tools such as a cricut, punches, etc. My husband was using the computer and I didn't have access to my cricut, so, I had to make due with hand cut shapes.

 The dark purple back ground paper is from Michael's. The medium purple pattern paper is from Recollections. The light purple paper is stamped with Stampin' Up Doily Stamp in purple Studio G ink. The two purple circles are from Recollections. The Vanilla paper is from Stampin' Up. The girl is a Close to My heart Stamp and is stamped in black Staz On. Her skirt, shoes, and collar are colored with oil pencil. I used two small flat back pearls for the buttons on her shirt.

Here is the inside:

Sorry for the bad pic. But, the corner stamps are from Stampin' Up and are stamped in purple Studio G ink. The Thank you is stamped in black staz on and is from the same Close to My Heart stamp set as the girl. I'm not sure of the title of the set, I bought it used at a garage sale and there was nothing to tell me the name of the set.

I will do as much crafting as I can, but I seem to tire very easily these days.

I hope you like the card.

Miranda

Mother's Day Card Container

Hey guys! Hope you have had a good past couple of days. I haven't been feeling the best, so I have missed a few days. Sorry.

Anyway, if you remember, a couple of weeks ago I made a card from my mother-in-law:

You can see here, that there is absolutely no way to put this into an envelope. I was just going to put it in a flat rate box and send it, but my husband suggested that make something similar to the masculine box I made a while back. So I came up with a book:



This is the front. The papers are scrap, but I think the pink roses came from DCWV and the paper on the spine is from Recollections. The rosette ribbon is from Stampin' Up. To the center of the flowers I used glossy accents to adhere pink beads from my stash. The digital stamp is from freevintagedigistamps.blogspot.com/ and colored with Stampin' UP ink: Regal Rose, Always Artichoke, and early espresso. I couldn't get the "book" to close properly so I added a resin rose and bakers twine and a crinkle ribbon bow as a closure.

The sides of the book are from recollections.

The inside papers are from K & Company. And you can see that the card fits almost perfectly. The boxy part of the book is actually a small flat rate box from the post office. I think my mother-in-law will love it. It will be sent out tomorrow. She will get it late, but, better late than never I guess.

I am going to enter this into 3 contests:
1. Little Scrap Pieces:  Fun Friday Mother's Day Challenge
2. 3 Girl JAM Challenge:  Use a digi with ribbon

Have a great night!

Miranda

Just Ducky

Another quick card to enter into 2 challenges:
1. Die Cuttin Divas:

2. CASology:


Here is my interpretation of the combined challenges:

The base is a simple white cardstock base. The next two layers are shimmer paper from DCWV. The blue die cut waves were cut from the Cricut Cartridge Paper Dolls for Everyday and were inked in Stampin' Up Ballet Blue ink. The blue paper is from recollections. The hexagon wave paper came from my scrap box and the hexagon was hand cut.  The ducky was a free stamp from Bugaboo Digi Stamps adhered with foam tape, and colored with oil pencils. The yellow hexagons in the corners are also something I pulled out of my scrap box. It was part of a border I cut from the Theresa Collins Basics cartridge. The sentiment was hand printed on the same paper as the die cut waves and inked with the same ink.

 

Kinda cute don't' you think?

 

Have a great day!

 

Miranda

For You!

Sorry it took so long to get back to posting. I actually fell asleep. Anyway, this card will be entered into 2 challenges on the same site:

I (heart) sketches:  the weekly sketch challenge and the monthly stamp challenge.
 

The stamp is the monthly release from I (Heart) Sketches. I colored it in oil pencil. The purple border is scrap paper. The flowers are from my stash. I think I got them at a garage sale. The vertical stamp is from the Fresh Vintage Stampin' Up set and is stamped in Wonderful Wisteria (I think that's the name). Sentiment was printed off the computer.

Here you can see that I added glossy accents to the flowers.

Rather cute don't you think?

Have a great evening!

Miranda