New Moon Blog Hop 23 comments

Hey everyone! Today's the day New Moon comes out. Anyone crazy enough to have gone to the midnight showing already? I've already done my prep this week... listened to Twilight and New Moon on Audible again and watched Twilight on Blu-Ray. And for even more movie prep, I was asked to be one of the Special Guests on the Twilight Tuesday New Moon Blog Hop today. If you haven't been hopping already, head on over to the Twilight Tuesday Blog for all the details, as well as the full list of blogs to hop. I'm so excited to see everyone's New Moon inspired cards!



For my card, I picked a favorite New Moon quote...

I love a happy ending. They are so rare. - Aro

and designed a little word art to print on cardstock. Next I punched a 1-3/8 inch hole in some Masking Magic, stuck to my sentiment and sponged the moon with Crushed Curry ink. The sentiment is cut out with Labels 8 Nesties and I added a few flourishes from the Hearts on Fire set by Verve. For my patterned paper I turned to an old favorite, Scarlet Letter by BasicGrey, and added a little embossing with the Harlequin Texturz plates from SU!. I finished off with a beaded hat pin from Creating Keepsakes, stuck through a big May Arts bow of black wrinkled ribbon. Oh, and a couple little black glitter dots to give some shimmer!

Okay, now it's time to hop on over to feast your eyes on some more New Moon goodness.

Next up on the hop is... Donna W.

Happy hopping!

Birthday Wishes 20 comments

Hi everyone! Happy Thursday! I needed a birthday card, so I sat down with Mercy's Tuesday Sketch {MTSC48} last night and the new Life Stories 1 papers that showed up in my mailbox yesterday and happily stamped the night away.

I stamped the Wishing you phrase in Always Artichoke and the a very happy birthday phrase in Chocolate Chip and cut out with the Large & Small Labels. Both phrases are from the Wishing You stamp set. Everything else is paper from the Life Stories collection that has been sponged with Vintage Photo and Chocolate Chip ink. I added some piercing and chocolate pearls on the long strip, and some ribbonn instead of the flower in the corner. The main background is stitched on either end and adhered to a chocolate chip card base. Finished card size is 3.25" x 6.75"

What's In It:
Stamps: Wishing You (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Life Stories 1 Collection (My Mind's Eye), Chocolate Chip, Choice Buttercream
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke, Vintage Photo Ranger Distress
Accessories: may arts ribbon, Kaisercraft pearls, Large & Small Labels (Nestabilities), paper piercer, sewing machine

Silent Night 11 comments

Hi everyone! I needed a little sanity break this morning, so I took a 20 minute break to make a card. Here's the result...

The sketch is this week's sketch challenge on SCS {SC255}. I cut Eskimo Kisses DP with Long Scallop Nesties and matted on Baja Breeze. The Pink pirouette background is embossed with the Holly Ribbons embossing folder. I stamped the Silent night sentiment from Star of Wonder in Rich Razzleberry, then stamped one of the stars on baja breeze, trimmed out and added some Stardust Stickles for shimmer. The ribbons are baja breeze stitched grosgrain layered with a Rich Razlleberry polka dot ribbon and a bow. I finished off with some white gel pen accents on the scallops and I was done!

What's In It?
Stamps: Star of Wonder (Verve)
Paper: Pink Pirouette, Rich Razzleberry, Baja Breeze (SU!), Eskimo Kisses (BasicGrey)
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Baja Breeze (SU!), white gel pen
Accessories: Long Scallop Rectangles (Nestabilities), Holly Ribbons embossing folder (Cuttlebug), Baja breeze stitched ribbon, Rich Razzleberry polka dot ribbon (SU!), Stardust Stickles (Ranger)