365 Cards - Day 119 - Feeling Punchy

Good morning! The challenge over at 365 Cards for Day 119 is Feeling Punchy. Precisely, we are to pick a punch, at least one, and dress it up. I am not into punches and only have a few that I received from a former colleague as gifts. She personally collected punches for many years in case she ever started making cards! She finally settled on jewelry making and her work is beautiful and she is most happy with her hobby. My card above is made with one of the punches she gave to me as a gift, a heart. I simply pierced each heart and added some Stickles glitter glue. (By the way, the beautiful border punch is also from her!) The sentiment is from Studio G. Both punches are from Martha Stewart. Coincidentally, the brads are from another former colleague who is an avid card maker! Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a beautiful day! Yvonne

365 Cards - Day 117 - Do That Decade

The Challenge at 365 Cards on Day 117 is "Do That Decade." We were challenged to create a card from the 1950s. I chose this image and sentiment from Artistic Outpost. The year on the image is actually 1949 but I purchased this plate of images called Polaroid Cutie from Artistic Outpost specifically because it reminded me of a photo of myself when I was a little girl that was taken around 1958. The background paper has a retro design and I added little color to the image to go with the period portrayed. Thanks for stopping by! Yvonne

Blogger's Challenge - Things with Wings

I have been away for nearly two weeks. It was fun, but I really missed my card-making! So...I checked my two favorite challenges when I returned, Blogger's Challenge and 365 Cards and made this card for both. The theme at Bloggers' Challenge is Things with Wings. At 365 Cards, there was a Super Sunday Sketch. All the images and sentiment are by Cavellini. I struggled with the embellishment. I am not so much into flowers anymore, but in the end, it seemed appropriate to have them for the butterflies. I just picked up this beautiful lace hem tape at JoAnn Fabrics recently. It was on clearance because it is a discontinued color. The ribbon is from a shopping bag from Coldwater Creek. I love recycling items! It is hard to see, but the card is also wrapped in metallic turquoise and gold thread. Check out Bloggers' Challenge and enter a card of your own!

365 Cards - Day 101 - Keep Your Distance

I just love the challenges over at 365 Cards! They really have stretched my creativity. For Day 102, the challenge is "Keep Your Distance." We were challenged to use lots of design elements and to try to keep as few of them from overlapping as possible. I normally would have done just that, overlapped the elements. I must say that it still looks nice without overlapping. I hope your weekend is going well. Thanks for stopping by. Yvonne

365 Cards - Day 101 - Words of Wisdom

The card challenge at 365 Cards for Day 101 was Words of Wisdom. The challenge was to include a sentiment on our card that makes us feel good or inspires us. I chose the sentiment above by a very wise Martha Washington. The stamp is by Art Declassified. Some copper colored Viva Pearl Drops and brown seam binding complete the card. Thanks for stopping by.

Bloggers' Challenge - June 10, 2011 - Sketch

Hope everyone is having a good day today! The challenge for this week at Bloggers' Challenge is a sketch as shown a the top of this post. Lisa allowed us to rotate the sketch but asked that we keep the design elements in place. For my card, I felt led to choose a variety of blue and yellow papers. I embossed the solid colors. My image is by Artistic Outpost. I finished my card with a little packing material I've been saving and some ribbon, pom pom lace and rayon thread. I think Mrs. Robin is eyeing up the thread to use in her nest!

365 Cards - Day 100 - My Happy Place

Today's challenge at 365 Cards for Day 100 is "My Happy Place." We were challenged to look around our home and find a place that just makes you feel happy and at peace. From there, we were to create a card inspired by that happy place. My happy place would need to be my outside space. I am fortunate to have gardens all around my home, three patios, and two fish ponds. (Our home and the home next door have common space and so we enjoy both our neighbor's pond and our own.) I am happiest when I am outdoors puttering around, pulling weeds, planting, arranging seating on my patios, or at the end of the day sitting and taking in the beauty of the day. I love when we can have family and friends to our home and enjoy the outside spaces. For my card, I chose an image of a wheel barrow full of flowers (that was me earlier today!) by Stampin' Up. I also added an image of a peaceful girl (it could be me!) by Stampington and Co. And finally, I included a sentiment about Happiness by Penny Black. I was thrilled to find a bunch of seam binding clearance priced at JoAnn Fabrics recently and used the purple for my card today. Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your evening and stay cool. Yvonne