Heart2Heart Challenge

This week, the Heart2Heart Challenge was to do something birthdayish, so I decided to work on my stash of girly cards.  Here's what I came up with:

and a close up to see the glitter & gems on the cupcake:

Patterned papers are Paper Garden; Cardstock is Sweet Leaf, Petal, Blush & White Daisy; Inks are Petal, Sweet Leaf; Stamp sets are Good Times & Cherish the Moment; Winter buttons; White grosgrain; Sparkles; Prisma Glitter;  All CTMH.

Play Date Cafe Challenge #48

After viewing the cards that have already been posted for this week's Play Date Cafe Challenge, I was inspired by Debbie Carriere's choice to use Moonstruck with Pear & Grey Wool.  I had planned to go with Navy, but Moonstruck makes a much prettier colour combo.  Here was our inspiration:

I pulled out my 'bug, and kept it pretty simple:

Cardstock is Moonstruck, Grey Wool, Pear & White Daisy; Ink is Grey Wool, Stamp Set is Cherish the Moment; Brads are Clover Meadow & Dutch Blue Bigger Brads - all CTMH; Prima Flowers.

An upsie-downsie version

Here is an upright version of the same card I posted for the Play Date Cafe Challenge this week.  I loved the colours together so much that I wanted to make another!  So I decided to make this my husband's card for our Anniversary next week (#16!)  I thought the Cherish the Moment set worked perfectly.  You can't see it too well, but I put a little sparkle next to "anniversary" on the little rectangle.  I didn't chalk this one, or distress the cardstock - I like the clean look, too.

Play Date Cafe Challenge

Here's my first card for the Play Date Cafe Challenge!  This week's colour challenge was to use Purple/Lilac/Lime Green in a card... so I tweaked it a bit with some CTMH colours (they're way prettier in person - I may have to rephotograph it in daylight!):

All supplies are CTMH: Stamp sets are Thoughts of You and Cherish the Moment; Cardstock is Pansy Purple Textured, Petal and White Daisy; Inks are Black, Sweet Leaf, Petal and Pansy Purple; Ribbon is Smokey Plum; Pewter brad; Autumn chalks.

One of a Kind

"One of a Kind" was one of my favourite stamp sets from the spring catalogue - it's the set that was featured in the cover layout.  You can tell that I like this Piggy Tales paper... I'll be sad when it's all gone!  I love stitching on cards, and like how the intentionally "messy" stitching worked out on this one:

Patterned paper is Piggy Tales; All other product is CTMH: stamp sets - One of a Kind, Argyle Background; cardstock - Crystal Blue, Chocolate; Ink - Crystal Blue, Chocolate, Bamboo; Buttons - Basic collection.

For the last couple of weeks, I've been working on a set of cards as a Teacher's gift.  My daughter requested that they be 'girly' - so it's been a blast coming up with a bunch of cards that are a bit prettier than my normal style.  I'll post them as I finish them, but here's the first:

Patterned paper is Basic Grey, Urban Prairie collection;  All other product is CTMH: stamp sets are Be Yourself, Cherish the Moment; Cardstock is Hollyhock, Blush, White Daisy; Inks are Black, Blush; Ribbon and brad are Juniper;  Martha Stewart punch.