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

i've missed you, blog.

WOW! Has it been forever since I've posted or what?! Way too long. But I recently made 9 cards in two days so I have plenty of fun stuff to share.

Not sure how much time I'll have in the near future to create new things since we just brought our beautiful son home from the hospital!

This our my big chunk of love, Jack:

Here's the latest card. It was a submission reject from CARDS magazine but I am really in love with how it turned out. I think I may just have to get it into the mail pretty soon.

The paper is October Afternoon and the die cuts are K&Company. Not to brag or anything :) but I made the scrunched seam binding myself and like how it looks with this card.

Thank you for stopping by!

Hope everyone has a great week

AE

told you there were more...

Hello again! Here is that card I promised. It's one of the bajillion that I made with this layout. But it will be the last one that I post here. Promise!

I really like these colors together. One of the papers is October Afternoon, one is PTI, and the other two are just from my scrap bag. It's so full.... I need to find another layout that will use up some of those scraps!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

AE

another post? so soon?!

Yes! I AM back with another post and no, it hasn't been a whole month since the last post! Shocking, yes, I know! :)

This is a super quick card that is a great way to use up those scraps! I was inspired by a card in the holiday issue of Papercrafts. Then put my own spin on it and here it is!

I think I've made a bajillion of these in different colors and with different sentiments. I'm sure I'll be posting more soon! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

AE

christmas in sept.

Hello, blog world! Here are two Christmas cards that were publishing rejects:

This first one is very simple. Heat embossing on Scarlet Jewel cardstock and some simple half circles sewn on the side. Not my favorite so no biggie that it didn't make the cut.

This second one though I really like. The colors are fun and different for a Christmas card. That patterned paper is from October Afternoon's Thrift Shop line. (Still in love with that whole line!) The stamp is a wooden one and it took many, many tries to get it lined up perfectly. I love the impression rubber gives but clear stamps are SO much easier to line up!

That's all I have for today. Hope everyone had a safe and fun Labor Day! Onto the rest of the month!

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AE

thinking of you.

Here's one of my new favorite color combos. It's Scarlet Jewel, yellow, gray and teal. Sounds random, I know, but I just love how it all came together on this card. The patterned paper is October Afternoon and I stitched a border around it after I stamped the flourish in black on the left side. The frame and sentiment is PTI's Fillable Frames. My favorite one!

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AE

clean and simple chick.

Hey all! Here's a cute and super easy little mini card that I made recently. This chickie transparency is actually from a stamp that I found. But when I went to stamp the chick it wouldn't stamp right! Sad, I know. It was all.... blotchy no matter how many times I tried it. Different paper, different blocks, different inks.... nothing worked.

But! Good news is I didn't pay very much for it AND I used the acetate sheet that it came on to make this adorable little card.

The patterned paper is October Afternoon's Thrift Shop line and the sentiment is Papertrey. I'll be linking this card up to the Moxie Fab Challenge as well.

Thanks for stopping by!

AE

thrift store.

Hey again. I'm giving fair warning that I am ADDICTED to October Afternoon's new Thrift Store line. Seriously love all the papers. So be prepared for quite a few cards sporting these fun patterns.

The first one is a cutie with a little lace scrap. It's sort of a new step in a different style direction for me but it is always fun to try something new.

I love the mish-mash of patterned paper on this second card. They are so different but they WORK. Like the sentiment says, it just makes me smile.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

AE