birthday wishes.

Hello again! Here's another cute little reject card for you to enjoy today:

I know... I didn't crop the photo and it's not all that exciting of a background. But I like this card and didn't really feel like taking another picture.

This was for the Papercrafts sketch submission call. I'm thinking that it would be fun to make up a bunch of these with different colored floss as a card set. It was fun to bust out my (dusty) eyelet setter and use up some of the thousands of eyelets I have!

Hope you have a great weekend!

Thanks for stopping by

AE

it needs to be glam.

That's what I was told when a friend requested a card made. "It needs to be glam." Just that and nothing else. So with that in mind:

This has glitter (completely covering the little heart), it has a ruffled ribbon piece (courtesy of Ashley Newell's tutorial), and of course rhinestones! There's also the subtle Versamark background and a damask patterned strip of paper.

I do have to say that this was my first time using Melon Berry and at first I was a bit stumped as to what colors to pair it with. I like it well enough on this card but looking at that whole sheet of a color that defies any explanations... eh, who knows.

Anyway, thanks so much for stopping by!

AE

poppy seed challenge.

Hello again! I completed this card for Lisa Johnson's Poppy Seed Challenge #2. The rules are really simple: she gives you a few requirements and you add them into your project anyway you want. How easy is that?! This challenge was to use moss green, polka dots, and buttons.

I enjoyed playing along and hope to create a few more before the challenge deadline. I love the creativity this challenge allows... every entry is so different!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

AE

hello again.

It's been awhile! But I'm finally back with my first attempt at paper piecing. And I think I probably chose the smallest little flowers possible but I'm still happy with the results!

The two polka dotted flowers were pieced using raspberry fizz bitty dot patterned paper. I used chalks and a blender pen for the other coloring.

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AE

Not Quite Monochromatic

Here's a 4x4 card that I made recently that again uses my sewing machine.

My (amazing!) machine does this decorative stitching without much assistance from me. I used white thread on white cardstock and was going to go with a monochromatic theme but then changed my mind.

I like the pop of pink and black on this card front. This was super easy to make and I think I'll be making more cards similar to this. I whipped this little baby out in under 5 minutes. Definitely a quickie card!

Thanks for stopping by!

AE

PTI Birthday Card #2

Hello again!! I squeezed in enough time to make a second entry for the contest over on Nichole's blog.

This cute little digi download is from Dawn McVey. I'm in absolute love with every single thing she creates and this color scheme that I chose today reminds me of that. It's bold and bright and I love it!

The little label has glittered spirals on it but they didn't show up too well in the photo. I also glittered the outside edge of the embellishment.

Sorry the picture quality isn't the greatest! It is wellllll past sunset here.

Have a great night!

Thanks for stopping by!

AE

Patchwork Valentine

Can you tell that I've been practicing with my sewing machine?! Haha. I love the look of stitching on cards but I still need to get the hang of it. I like how this card turned out though.

The patchwork of coordinating papers is fun and then the pop of spring moss green makes it an unexpected valentine card. I'm sure that I'll be making more of these and just changing the colors up for the season or whatever.

This is a little 4x4 sized card. I hope you like it!

Hopefully I'll be able to post pretty regularly now that we have a brand new computer! It's been tons of fun playing with all the new elements of our mac... I think I'm in love with iphoto!

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AE

XOXO

There's just a month or so until Valentine's Day so I started making some cute little cards with that theme.

This is a $1 stamp that I picked up from Michael's the other day. And this patterned paper... I'm in LOVE with it! It's Anna Griffin. I've been really careful planning the cuts and reusing the scraps because I just want to use this paper to death! :) The rhinestones came in a pack with a couple other colors, also $1 from Michael's.

For this second card I stamped the background with another $1 stamp that I got from there the other day. I also strung some buttons onto twine and wrapped it around the bottom of the card. It was quick and simple and I like how it turned out.
In the middle of the hearts on those "O's" I used a glue pen to add some glitter on both cards. It's hard to see in the picture but looks cute in person. Both of these cards are 4x4 size. All the edges of the kraft are inked with Fresh Snow.

I'll be back with more Valentine's cards soon! I'm on a roll with these colors and stamps.
Thanks for stopping by!
AE