off the wall christmas-ness

today's card was made for the color challenge at off the wall craftiness! here's the inspriation and color swatch:

i decided not to go the thanksgiving route - despite the fact that these are classic thanksgiving and fall colors! i know, what's wrong with me? :)

instead, i made another christmas card!



it's totally easy, and could easily be made over and over (with different patterend paper to shake things up of course!) for multiple christmas cards! that was my logic behind this! the outline for the sentiment was part of a stamp (it said, 'i'm so sorry', but i really just liked the outline for this card! so i didn't use the sentiment it came with!) and the sentiment is a different stamp, but it fits perfectly! i don't know who the stamp is by though, i borrowed it from danielle at girlracer scrap! for some added dimension, i used some foam squares to pop it up.

anyway, it's easy peasy! and fun! i think with the patterned paper i used and the way the sentiment is lined up, it gives this simple and clean card a bit of whimsy. :)

enjoy!

simply modern

i have to start off by saying what a fantastic weekend i had! i hope you all had a fabulous weekend as well! danielle from girlracer scrap came up to visit for the weekend, and i had so much fun!! she's the best! we went to an awesome carnival on saturday and then did a 12 hour crop on sunday!! yikes!

anyway, on to the card - i made this for the challenge at everything but the kitchen sink. i have to say, i. love.these.colors. ha!!! they're my favorite, for sure! :) check out this inspiration:

yeah, enough said, i know. :)

here's my card:

i made those felt flowers by cutting out 3 different sized circles and then i sewed a button on. the stamp is from hero arts and i really love it!

this card us super modern and minimalistic, but i still like it! maybe it's the colors!

enjoy!

a sketchy thanks

oh my gosh - it's friday! i know it's cliche to be so excited for the end of the week...but i can't help it! it's been a nonsensical week at work! not to mention danielle from girlracer scrap is driving up from florida to spend the weekend in good old charleston with me this weekend...and we're attending a 12 hour crop at the local scrapbook store here...12 hours people! lol! i'm totally stressing about what i'm going to work on!

anyway, on to today's card! it's for the get sketchy challenge! here is their sketch (it's fabulous!):

and here's my interpretation:

have i mentioned how much i love kraft paper?! love it. and this patterend paper is fabulous! i think it goes great with the kraft! i layered two different ribbons (different sizes, colors and textures, no less!), which i love doing! the sentiment is a thank you stamp from lawn fawn! so cute!

the middle of the card is a sort of retro starburst...thing! i think it totally compliments the patterened paper (as far as the retro feel). it's a rub-on from EAD Designs, their vinyl rub ons are super fab!

enjoy your weekend!!!

off the wall foxiness

the color challenge this week at off the wall craftiness this week is orange, white and black - classic halloween colors. but i didn't want to do a halloween card, so i decided to make a card just for fun using those colors! :) here's the inspiration photo:

and here's my card:

i cut the fox out of the cricut a long time ago (so i already had it ready to go!) and i used thickers for the word 'fox' and some rub on letters for the rest of the sentiment. i love how eclectic the card feels with the two different fonts!

i popped up the fox for some dimension and added some ribbon at the bottom because it needed just a tad more color! :) and vwa-la! a foxy card for a foxy friend!! :)

enjoy!

a little card smore you

he he he...

i made this card for the eitsy inspired challenge this week (inspiration photo below from the BeiLexian shop), as well as for the wee memories challenge (which is a free for all challenge - make anything you want!).

i used the milk glass from lawn fawn's cozy christmas, and re-invented it as a marshmallow again! but this time the marshmallows are on their way to a smore party! :)

i used the edge of one (of my many!) moving boxes to make the 'graham cracker'. andi used two pieces of kraft cardstock with foam tape to separate (so it looks 3-d) for the chocolate. the marshmallow men are (of course) the milk glass, with the tops cut off! i just think it's so cute (or should i say, sweet!).

enjoy!

a little (late) play date cafe

oh man, i barely made this challenge! oops! time got away from me!

i'll make this a quick post (i have to chase after the little mann after all!)!

the play date cafe's challenge this week was to create a black and white card with a splash of burgandy! fun! i decided to use those colors for a christmas card! i love making christmas cards with nontraditional colors! it's keeps me on my toes! :)

here it is:

i used lawn fawn stamps for the snowflakes (and sentiment), and i heat embossed them in white. it REALLY pops on the black...(it also really shows the mistakes! oh well!) i love heat embossing! i used a burgandy stamp pad that i had from close to my heart for the sentiment, and i also distressed the edge of the sentiment. it really is just a splash of burgandy! :)

well that's the card. off to change diapers and play trucks with the little mann (in case you didn't know, our last name is mann, so that's why i call him our little mann). :)

have fun!

enjoy!

embellish magazine - vintage challenge

i've had this card done for a while, but because of one reason or another, i'm just able to post it now! i hate when that happens! :) ha ha!

i made this card for the most recent embellish magazine challenge. the colors were yellow, green and rust, and the card had to be made in a vintage style. vintage style is sooo pretty when it's done right, but it's totally not my style. i definately went out of my comfrot zone. but that's ok every once in a while, right?

and here's my card:

i used some vintage-y inspired patterned paper for the background of the card. and then i used some kraft cardstock for the sentiment (which is popped up for dimension). i love the feathers! i try to use feathers when i can in cards, because it's unexpected, but feathers are a hard medium to work with! so i am not always successful. in the case though, i think it works! something about feathers says vintage to me.

oh, and something about feathers, says 'snack' to my cat (phoenix) - because right after i took the pictures of my card, he started attacking it and trying to eat the feathers... lovely. that's pretty much phoenix in a nutshell! :) it's just a good thing there weren't any loose strings hanging from the card...

enjoy!