Final Oopsie Daisy

Here is the project that I showed a test run for a few days ago...  I have a nephew getting married soon, and he and his new wife are very supportive of my cardmaking hobby - so I've made them a set of 10 thank you cards, just because.

I worked the kinks out with my practise card, making sure that the layout worked, and then I adjusted my colour combo.  I used about 10 different Distress Oxide inks, on all my different pieces, and did the flower centers with Copic markers.

Stamp sets are all from The Greetery: Oopsie Daisy, Petite Eucalyptus and Seed Catalogue Background.  The Fit to be Tied die is from them also.  The sentiment is an old CTMH set.

I distressed the edges of the card front so that they're a little curled and frayed, which I thought suited the look.  I debated on adding a little blind, but didn't end up going there.

You're a Peach

 I made two fun, bold thank you cards today, again using the Fruity stamp set from Pigment Craft Co., and I got to borrow the wonderful Hole in My Heart Fillers Dies to create my card.  What looks like black is actually a lovely deep green!  It was hard to capture the true colours with my camera.

The Greetery Thank You Cards

 I have a niece getting married in a few weeks, so I decided to make her a set of thank you cards to tuck in with their gift.  I used lovely stamps and dies from The Greetery to put them together:

I chose my colour palette from the two colours of brown cardstock that I used to make the wood slice, and stuck with Distress Oxide inks in Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick, Bundled Sage and Peeled Paint, using the pink and green to blend a soft halo of colour on the white rectangle.  The browns are Rusty Hinge and Walnut Stain.  The stamp set is Budding Beauties - Autumn.  I spattered some brown paint lightly on the back ground, and then adhered the wood slice down with 3D foam adhesive.  I managed to get five of each made to send!

Quick & Simple Thank-You's

I needed a bunch of quick Thank-you cards that would work for both males & females, so I pulled out an older CTMH stamp set (A Little Everything) and got six of these made up:

 I used my Misti to stamp the three different coloured 'Thanks' on all the white panels, and used my sewing machine to stitch them down to some grey cardstock.

 For a couple of them, I just had bits and pieces of plaid leftovers, so I cut them in strips, and zigzagged over the seams.  The sentiments are attached with pop dots for a bit of dimension.

Plaid papers are Lawn Fawn; Inks are Pear, Creme Brulee and Lagoon - all CTMH.

Six simple Thank-You's

My daughter asked me to make a group of thank you cards for her, and they needed to be both male & female friendly.  I recently bought these Moda Scraps papers with wonderful tiny fall patterns on them, and thought they'd work well for the season & occasion.  I also pulled out my Waterfront stamp set for the first time - I've been dying to use this!

 I added a little Maya Road twine, and a Verve sentiment, and attached them with pop dots:

The Shabby Tea Room & Inspired By

This is my first time playing with the Shabby Tea Room gals... using a sketch by the lovely Lesley Croghan.  I've used Laurel's Inspired By photo as my inspiration:

I tipped the sketch up on it's end:

And Laurel's pretty inspiration pic:

Patterned papers are Fiddlesticks, by My Mind's Eye; Cardstock is Slate, Cotton Candy & Colonial White, CTMH; Slate organdy ribbon, & rosette ribbon CTMH;  Stamp set is Gracious Greetings, CTMH; Inks are Slate & Whisper, CTMH; Spellbinders Labels 14 die;

 

 

Color Dare #59

I am very pleased to be a guest designer on the Color Dare blog this week!  If this isn't a challenge blog that you're familiar with, there is a weekly colour challenge posted on Fridays, using Close To My Heart colours.  This week our palette is Slate, Whisper + one other colour of your choice - so I chose Juniper:

I have used the Avonlea Worksop on the Go stamp set, stamping the script image in Whisper as the background, and the Thank You sentiment in Juniper on an Art Philosophy shape that I popped up on pop dots.  A few sparkles, some scrolly Juniper die cuts, a little polka dot ribbon, and voila!

I hope you'll check out the challenge and join us by playing along.

 

Cardstock is Slate, Whisper, Juniper & White Daisy; Inks are Whisper & Juniper; Stamp Set is Avonlea WOTG; Polka Dot striped ribbon; Sparkles; Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge - all Close To My Heart; MFT small scroll die.

Graduation Thank You's

A few weeks ago I posted some 'bulk' birthday cards that I'd made using the Polka Dot Alphabet & the Dotty papers... well here is the 'Thank-you' version!  My son graduated from high school earlier this week, so he needs a number of thank you cards to send out, and these were quick & fun:

And here's my graduate, who we are SO proud of!  He was on the honour roll for all 8 semesters of high school, and his top 6 marks have earned him an entrance scholarship to Western University next fall:

 

Patterned papers are Dotty for You; Cardstock is Black & White Daisy; Stamp set is Polka Dot Alphabet; Inks are Moonstruck, Gypsy, Pear, Tulip, Sorbet & Creme Brulee.

A Masculine Thank-You Card

I was asked to make a masculine thank-you card a few weeks ago... so thought I would post it now while I'm ripping apart/redesigning my craft room... nothing too major, a few new storage pieces and possibly a coat of paint... but oh-my-goodness you don't know how much stuff you have until you take every bit of it out and move it!  I'm looking forward to the outcome, but the process could be a bit painfull (more for my husband than me!).  So here is what I came up with:

I'm not even going to pause long enough to list my supplies!  Time to get back into reorganization mode...

An Elemental Thank-you card

I got this absolutely adorable die in the mail this week from Taylored Expressions - that makes this teeny, tiny little shopping bag!  I could hardly wait to make it into a card... and luckily I need a thank-you card for a girlfriend.  This week's Heart 2 Heart Challenge is "Gratitude" so I'm entering it there :o)

Patterned papers are Elemental, Cardstock is Kraft, Colonial White & Sorbet; Inks are desert sand & sorbet; Stamp set is Say it in Style - all CTMH. Dies are Spellbinders & Taylored Expressions.

Knitted Pears!

I've been knitting since I was little... but have really pursued the craft over the last 6 or 8 years, taking classes and learning techniques.  Finally last year, I decided to combine my fashion design career with my knitting skills, and designed my first knitted item - a pear!  My sister-in-law has a pear collection, so I decided that a knitted one would be my contribution, and I knit this in the car one day, designing it as I went along.  I was so pleased with the result, that I knit a second, slightly larger version... and am inspired to continue creating other 'little' things.  The little one is about 3" tall, the larger one is about 4":

While we're on the knitting subject, I'm going to share a card I made to thank my knitting instructor (Karen at Serenity Knits in Newmarket, ON) who is quite amazing...  It is supposed to be a miniature sweater, and was knit up in just a few minutes.  I love using up my leftover sock yarns on little things like this:

All supplies are CTMH - cardstock is Ocean, Hydrangea and White Daisy, stamp set is Card Chatter, Thank You, ink is Bubble Gum.  Toothpick knitting needles are from the Dollar store!