REDBOOK + L’Oréal Paris Happy Hour House Party Goodie Bags

When I saw that Simon Says Stamp had an Anything Goes Challenge, I had some motivation to get my 10 goodie bags ready for the
REDBOOK + L’Oréal Paris Happy Hour House Party that I am hosting this weekend.  I used my Cricut to cut out the purse and flower and then embossed the purse in my Sizzix machine.. The cellophane bags have a cute yellow design on them, too.  I thought they turned out pretty cute, and they were easier than I thought! I can't wait to host the party for my niece Julie and her friends. They need a little break from studying!!!

Thanks for looking!

1997 Halloween

I made this Fall layout using a sketch at Artful Delight to celebrate Leanne's birthday!   I also used a book page which I sprayed with Mr. Huey Mist and some Webbing to meet a challenge over at Sweet Peach Crop Shop!  I did quite a bit of tearing and distressing and embossed the photo mat on this to give it a little texture!  My little sweetheart was 3 when he went trick-or-treating as Elmo in 1997.  It's hard to believe he is a senior in high school this year!!!  Most of this is My Mind's Eye except for the fussy cut leaves which are CTMH.  By the way, did you notice the Fiskars leaf border punch at the bottom of the black paper?  I helped name it "Falling for You." :-)

Thanks for visiting. I'm posting a couple of things today!

Birthday Bash - Card #2 for the day

This is for Cards for Men Challenge No 6. - A sketch.  I just found this site!
It also fits this challenge:  

Simon Says Stamp and Show Some Stars!

http://gluearts.blogspot.com/

Summertime --- and the livin's easy

I made this for The Studio Challenge to make a Layout about something you only do in the summer! We only play Bocce at the 4th of July celebration at my twin sister's house!  I've blocked out some of the faces of those people from whom I didn't receive permission to share on the Internet!

It's a fairly simple layout, but I focused on Circles quite a bit.  I have embossed the corners of my cardstock and placed big, colored brads randomly over the page as if they had been thrown by the players.  There's a little sprinkling of mist on the page.  Each of the letters is a different color and has a different texture.

"Climbing a Tree" - Mitch at One

SUPPLIES:

My Little Shoebox: Imagine a Tree:  Diecuts, Happy Trees, Furry Friends, Fresh Air and Get the Camera!

American Crafts: Felt Tree

Baker's twine

TPC Studio Rub-on -- carefree

Making memories:  flowers

Fiskars punch: butterflies

hand-made shimmery mist

Scrapfit's birthday recipe:

1. green cardstock background!

2.  My Little Shoebox, Imagine a Tree bright colorful patterned paper!

3.  Brown/white ribbon!

4.  1 photo, 1 button (on felt tree); 1 brad (on tree); 1 rubon (carefree); 1 embossed item (title)!

5.  yellow, green, pink hand-made shimmery mist--like confetti falling!

Frosted Designs recipe:

Here is a list of the ingredients I used (all but 2):

1. Punch or punches (butterflies)

2. Felt (tree)

3. Ribbon (brown and white)

4. Pink, blue or purple (pink)

5. Flowers (below and right of photo)

6. Banner (top left)

8. Buttons (one)

9. Butterflies (3 top, right)

Sailboat Birthday card

I got the sketch from CPS Challenge #165.

Hey, stay tuned for some exciting news! I will be posting it tomorrow 5/7/2010.  There will be a challenge involved.

Owl on Green

I created this fun little card for the 

Etsy Inspired Challenge #85 - Bee Things challenge!  My inspiration was the 

pygmy cactus owl, day limited edition print:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/43643496/pygmy-cactus-owl-day-limited-edition

Easter Bunny card

I used Couture Cardstock's fallen leaf as the base of this card!  Doesn't it hold up well to embossing??

I did this challenge with two challenges in mind:
Paper Play
http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/2010/03/10-week-12-easter.html
Couture Cardstock
Said only use cardstock--this was easier than I thought it would be when I first heard the challenge!
http://www.couturecardstock.com/blog/hoppy-easter/#comments

"Moxie Fab World Challenge: Diggin' on Doilies & Lace"

Moxie Fab World had a cool challenge.  I used red floss to sew my doilies to my card  I thought the addition of the diamond Kaiser jewels in the lower left added a modern touch to the card.  Butterfly and Red hearts have a little silver shine added. Hope you enjoy it!

Couture Cardstock challenge - muted

Here is my entry for the challenge tonight! fun. As soon as I saw the challenge, I thought I would make a baby card. This one whipped up in less than 10 minutes!! Used my Cuttlebug folder (swiss dots) for the card base. This card is so muted that my camera threw a fit before getting a decent shot!

If you would like to play along:

 Couture Cardstock's blog

Couture Cardstock Monochromatic challenge

Here is my entry for the challenge tonight! fun. Monochromatic yellow! I had to whip this up in a hurry--going to have a busy day! 

If you would like to play along:

 Couture Cardstock's blog

CPS Sketch 156 inspired card

Simple card--copper stickles on butterfly image. Looks much better in person!
http://cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/2010/02/cps-156-part-1.html