Simple and Quick and a Sale!

So...when my Mojo was missing but I still felt the need to make something, I made a bunch of cards like these ones.  Pieces were all cut out with MFT Die-namics dies (Fishtail Flags Stax and Well Worn Greetings)  The paper was scraps that I had from other cards I made last year.  I just love using up scraps!

The circle stamp is a Lily of the Valley - I can't seem to find the stamp set online so if you're itching to know the name of it, leave a comment and I'll look when I get home.   

The dots, I just used a circle punch to cut out so that it matched perfectly. 

For anyone who is local, I am selling a whole bunch of my stash....lots of used and unused stamps, embellishments, ribbon, dies and more.  I will first offer what I've got to local girls, so if you don't think I have your email address, send it to me at dan_scrapbook at hotmail dot com and I'll make sure you get the notice.  The email will likely go out later this weekend (November 25th) after I have had time to do thru my craft room and price everything. 

Have a great day!

You can never have enough....

Birthday cards!  And this week over at Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog we're aiming to help you add to your stash!  All you have to do to enter to win the fabulous prize from Lily of the Valley is link up a birthday card.  How much easier can it get?

For this week's card, I used the Sweet Stoppe Sketch #146, and it come with a twist...use a die or punch.  NO PROBLEM!  Lol!  I grabbed these fun birthday papers from my stash and got right to work.  I loved mixing the different patterned papers together.  And, I tried not to make it too "girly" so that I could give it to a little boy perhaps...but I'm not sure, what do you think?

Both stamps I used are from Lily of the Valley...I just love their circle sentiments, and they have soooooo many!  These managed to get buried under some papers, so they haven't seen much ink, but I'm planning on changing that!  And, what do you know, I opened up my email to find that this week at Crazy for Challenges, they are asking us to Use Dots and Stripes Together.  Yay, I already did!  So, I"ll be entering my card over there too.

Stamps:  Lily of the Valley Set 8 Happy Circular Sentiments, Recipe Sentiments
Paper:  Best Creation Inc. Let's Party, Misc. light blue and green
Ink:  CTMH Black
Accessories:  Spellbinders Circles, Misc Brads from my stash, Prima Flower and Dollar Store Ribbon.

Clean and Simple

Whew, another week of 2012 is gone, can you believe it?!?  Thank goodness this week's challenge over at Paper Sundaes is an easy one....Clean and Simple.  Sometimes, we can really over think a card when the simplest ones are sometimes the prettiest.  I felt that way about this card.  Some pretty paper, a simple flower and sentiment and voila!

The layout is courtesy of The Sweet Stop Sketch #136, from just before Christmas.  And, I liked it so much I made a second card using this sketch and actually made 2 of each of these so now I have added 4 cards to my Christmas card stash!

Speaking of stash...you may have noticed that I added some goals on my blog...upper left corner.  I figure this is a good way for me to see that I actually do get cards made, even when I am busy with life, and I wanted to show my knitting adventures as well.  I'm almost finished my first knitting project and am well into my second so hopefully I'll be able to show you that this week!

As for today, the Munchkin has a play date all afternoon at a friends house and I am working away at finding somewhere for the Rock Star to play so that I can have a few hours to myself in my craft room uninterrupted....and not after 9 at night.  :) 

Have a great day!

Stamps: Lily of the Valley Christmas Circular Sentiments, Pink Cat Studios Gingerbread Tree Digi
Ink:  Copic Markers, CTMH Black, Memento Black
Paper:  Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather
Accessories:  Spellbinders Circle Die, Prima Poinsettia Flowers, CTMH Ribbon, Green Bella Dots

A little note...

I was asked a few weeks back to make a card for a friend's co-worker who is retiring this week.  Since the card will be hand delivered, I was able to add a little bit of dimension...and it was so much fun!

My image was coloured back in November and is a Lily of the Valley image that my friend Crystal sent me back in the early fall. 

I used The Sweet Stop's Sketch #92 for my card...you should check it out, it's a great sketch!  Instead of a  bow, I used a little bit of ribbon and the layered a Prima Flower and a button.  I used a small piece of embroidery floss (from my cross-stitching stash) and a glue dot to attach the charm behind the flower and let it hang a little bit. 

I am also going to enter my card over at PaperPlay Challenges where they are looking for layers.