sew much fun

i have to say, i had a lot of fun with this card! i made it for one of my bes friends - she's a HUGE twilight fan, and ever since we read the books (way before the movies people - believe it or not!), we have both been major 'team edward' supporters!! (sorry to danielle at girlracer scrap who's on 'team jacob'... *awkward* ha ha!)

i got these digi stamps from pixie dust studio, and have been wanting and wanting to make this card, and then this week i finally had the chance! the challenge this week (#37) at pixie dust studio is to use stitching (either real or faux) on a card. here's what i came up with:




see how sparkly edward is?? he's in the sunlight, ha ha! i colored him with a peach colored pencil, and then colored over the peach with my glitter pen to give the sparkle effect. fun!
moving on, i used my sewing maching to sew the letters down for 'team edward' as well as adding the horizontal lines to the double hearts. i have been using my sewing machine for a couple years with scrapbooking, and i just love it!




one more thing i have to add, see how jacob is not as bright as the rest of the card? i hid that part under vellum. i wanted to show the other side to the 'team edward/team jacob' debate. but since it was a pro-team edward card, jacob is on b&w paper and covered (sort of hiding under the rest of the card), because he loses. :)




let me know what you think!

and, enjoy!

gnome is where your heart is

today's a to-for day! i am posting two cards!

and i'm so happy i was able to use another gnome digi image in another challenge at pixie dust studios! this week was challenge #34 called, 'cute as a button'. and all of their images are just that!!





for my card, i took a crack at coloring it with colored pencils (as opposed to paper piecing, which is what i usually do with their digis), for the first layer. then i used glitter in a rainbow because, come on, what's glittery-er than a rainbow? :) then for another added layer of unexpectedness - i used some liquid glass for the clouds, flowers, lady bug dot and patch on the gnomes hat. i loved how that came out! it made everything i used the liquid glass on pop up a little, so the clouds looked puffy!




i used a rub-on for the word, and punched out some teeny tiny hearts for the 'rain' (and popped them up - i couldn't make a card and NOT pop something up). and of course the button is the sun for this card.

anyway, enjoy!

challenge 32 - gift card holder

well, i was finally able to create the gift card holder for the 'christmas in july' challenge at pixie dust studio. whew.

my first attempt, (as you may know), was a flop and i ended up tossing it into the land of misfit scraps. this attempt came out better. i believe. at least it's done! :)

and i can never resist using a gnome! this one is just too cute!

here is the front (with the gift card pulled out):

here is the back:

i used a toilet paper roll as the holder for the gift card, and wrapped it in 2 different ribbons.

i printed out the gnome on 5 different colors of cardstock. then i cut out each different color and then glued them all together on one - it adds a tiny more dimension that way, i think. i also glittered the little hat. :)

i hope you enjoyed my 'christmas in july' gift card holder. :)