weekend love.

Yay! The weekend is here! And even though I have nothing planned it's just always nice to say that the weekend is here. :)

Here's today's card:

I love this color combination. Gray and yellow are so pretty together and the purple is a nice base. The patterned paper is October Afternoon by the way. The glitter looks really good in person. This was originally submitted for the Papercrafts sketch issue and not picked up. Oh well though! Hopefully it will brighten someone's day when I do end up getting it in the mail.

Enjoy the 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

mother's garden.

Hey, blog people! Today's card is a Mother's day card that I created for my mother-in-law. She is an avid gardener and an amazing landscape designer and this simple card is just perfect for her (if I do say so myself!)

The colors remind me of pretty little flowers and I love the vines and glitter for flower centers. Hoping she likes it just as much as I do!

Thanks for stopping by!

AE

sweet baby invites.

I am so happy to share these baby shower invitations with you! And I am finally all finished with all 40 invites!

It was definitely the hand-cutting every single card base that took the longest. I also added glitter strips, Versamark backgrounds, Cricut shapes, threaded buttons, and all the trimmings!

If you have any questions about these, let me know.

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

AE

sunny flower.

I think I'm in love with this flower. It's so sunny and sparkly that it just makes me happy to look at it. I'm getting this card in the mail asap for my little sister!

This is a new stamp set that I just got. I stamped the image and colored it in using an aqua pen and chalks. Then I added the glitter with a glue pen and cut the image out.

This was a quick and easy card that I hope you enjoy! Hope the week is starting off well for everyone.

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

Happy February!

Wow. February 1st already! Where has this year GONE?! I feel like it's still early December or something. Not that I'm complaining. I'm thrilled that it's 2010. I know this is going to be a year to remember.

For today's card I used spring moss to shake up the traditional valentines colors. The background paper is, of course, Anna Griffin. I seem to gravitate to her papers quite often.

This card has glitter, twine, buttons, rounded corners, and awesome patterned paper.

Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by!

AE

Pink & Fabulous

This card is so pink and feminine, I just love it! Every girl needs a little frill in her life sometimes.

The background is stamped with a little flower image. That pink strip under the sentimnet is all glittered and cute. I made the tissue paper rosette and stitched a button in the center.
Hope you like!

Thanks for stopping by!
AE

Bee Mine

Here are two more Valentine's Day cards that I made recently. In three hours in my craft room, I whipped out six cards! That is awesome for me because usually it takes me an entire sitting to get one card done.

Anyway, this card has a shape that I don't normally work with. It happened by accident; I scored the kraft cardstock in the wrong spot and one side was shortened by an inch. But I didn't want to waste lovely kraft since I am down to just a couple sheets. (I need to get some more before I run out completely! That would be bad. Very bad!)

So I just added some Bitty Dot patterned paper on the inside and some heart paper on the outside. The heart was cut using my Cricut and hangs over the edge of the front but is even with the backside.

The sentiment was stamped in Staz-On onto PTI Stamper's Select White cardstock. Then I colored them in using a blender pen and SU chalks. With the glittered bee wings, I love how this little image turned out! :)

This next card uses the same technique on the image. I used a punch to round the corners of the polka dot paper and just put a strip of glitter behind the image to make it pop. There's also dimensionals behind it so it stands up.

I think this simple little 3x3 is my favorite of the two. But I like them both a lot! On both cards, all the edges of the kraft were inked in Fresh snow.
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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

Enjoy the Ride

I made this gorgeous card a few weeks ago. I love how it turned out so much that it was in an envelope and off to my sister within five minutes!

The photo above is how it originally looked. I liked it, but I just felt like it lacked a little something if you know what I mean. So...of course I put some glitter on it and it was ten times better. Doesn't glitter just make everything better?! :)

I love the black, pink, and white color scheme. And of course I'm in love with the Everyday Button Bits set from PTI. This card just has it all! I really want to make more in a bunch of different colors with maybe just a few tweaks.

Thanks for stopping by!
AE

It's Been too Long!

Wow. I can not believe how LONG it's been since I last posted! FOREVER!

Been busy with life: moving, family visiting, holidays, computer problems, everything.

But now I'm back and I have my last Christmas card post for you:

I made a few of these cards last minute because I ran out but they turned out to be one of my favorites! The base I bought on sale last year after Christmas and same with the Merry Christmas patterned paper. I just stamped a simple Christmas tree on the paper, inked the edges and attached it to the card base.

My favorite part of the card is the glittered border! I used scor-tape to attach the Doodlebug glitter. I think it adds a nice touch. My mom called after she received it and the glitter didn't budge AT ALL! Yay!

I will definitely try to get back to regularly scheduled postings! :)
Thanks for stopping by!
AE

Copycat

So I completely copied this card from this blog. And I wasn't even planning on it but when I went to the craft store yesterday I saw a package of these glittery blue card bases on clearance and Charlene's cute cards were what came to mind!

I made a set of four of these and I can't wait to send them out for Christmas! I didn't have any holiday sentiments that were the right size so I just had to use a generic one. But I think that it works for the season. Hope you like!

Thanks for stopping by!

AE

Challenge!

This card is for the 2 sketches 4 you challenge #37. It's the first time that I've tried this sketch challenge.

There's a couple vellum layers with glittered edges so that they stand out more. The background has snowflakes stamped in Versamark. I distressed the edges of the circles too.

I like the rhinestone on the 'joy' sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!

AE

Whoo loves you?

So how cute is this card?! This adorable little felt owl is from Sassafras. I just got him a couple days ago and had to make a card to use him already!! Couldn't let this cute little thing just sit on my craft table.

I scored the border on the orange cardstock. Then I ripped watercolor paper into a branch shape and sponged three different brown inks onto it to give it a wood feel. I love how this card turned out!

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AE

Hello!

Hello! These are some happy colors on my card today. I don't remember who makes this patterned paper because I got a huge pack of it at a local discount store. And of course I tore the wrapper off right away to play with it!! Hehe.

For the focal flower image I tried my hand at faux watercoloring. This is a technique where you color your stamp with markers and spritz it with water before stamping on your paper. I made quite a few of these flowers before I got one that I liked.
I added a brad to the center, put some dimensionals on the back, and popped it onto my card front. I love the sparkle that the glitter letters add to this too. They have an eclectic feel with the different fonts but are pulled together because they are the same color.
This is just an all-around happy card and I hope you like it too. Let me know what you think! I would love to get some comments!

Thanks for stopping by!
AE

A Hybrid Card!

This card that I made is three old Christmas cards recycled and remade into one fresh, new card!

First there is the red overlay. It was originally a card cover and it came with the cute little hole already punched out and just waiting to be transformed! The mitten focal image was punched from another card front using my handy two inch circle punch. The punch that I own is the kind with the handles that you grasp. I really like it.
The third piece is the green strip of glittery flourishes. Underneath that I stamped flourishes in Versamark to coordinate. Have you recycled any cards lately?
I love how this final card compilation turned out! Let me know what you think and leave a comment or two!

Thanks for stopping by!
AE

Happy Birthday, Little Brother!

Yesterday was my little brother Robbie's birthday! Here's the semi-masculine card that I made for him:

I know that there is a lot of glitter on this card but I needed a glitter fix! I just HAD to use some somewhere and I think this turned out alright. It's not too feminine... even with all that sparkle!
It's been forever since my last post! I had to completely rearrange and gut my craft room but now that it's done I feel so much better! This new layout is fabulous and my creative juices are really flowing now! I can't wait to keep this blog up more regularly!


Thanks for stopping by!
AE

Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI; Patterned Paper: Making Memories; Stamps: SU!; Glitter: Doodlebug; Ink: Tsukineko; Brads: Spare Parts.

Short & Sweet

Here's another little 3x3 card that I made. I really wanted to use glitter somehow!

The edge of the heart was dipped into a glue pad and then into some Cararra Marble white glitter. It looks much cuter in person!

I love the blue button! It's one I found in my stash and it coordinates so well with the patterned paper!
And of course I had to use my Papertrey Ink Rustic Twine! I love that stuff! I also stamped the main "my friend" image with Versamark. I'm loving that look right now.
Thanks for stopping by and checking things out. Leave a comment or something so I know that *someone* besides me is reading this thing! Ha :)


Details: Stamps- SU!; Cardstock- PTI; Ink- Versamark, SU!; Twine- PTI; Glitter- EK Success; Patterned paper & Buttons- Unknown.