Happy Birthday Dad!

Happy Saturday,
This week at school was very hectic. I was working on progress report cards and individual reading assessments. Both were due yesterday. I'm happy to be done and to have the weekend here. One thing I have planned for this weekend is celebrating my dad's birthday at my parents' house. His birthday was Thursday but we're having the family lunch today.

With the busy school week, I don't have a lot of time to create cards, but I try to find the time to blog hop. I'm glad that I do because I find great inspiration and I found a new card challenge (new for me at least). I blog hopped over to Freshly Made Sketches for sketch challenge #8. Right away I liked this sketch and wanted to use it for my dad's card. I'll be back to this blog for sure. For this card I used Well Worn DSP. I really like this DSP, but I haven't used it until now.



Here's the card:

Here are the details:

CS: Not Quite Navy, Cajun Craze, River Rock
DSP: Well Worn
Stamp Set: Bring on the Cake
Ink: Not Quite Navy
Embellishments: Early Espresso 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon
Tools: Big Shot, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Decorative Label Punch

Have a great weekend,
Ana

Another Masculin Birthday Card

Hi everyone!
It's hump day and I hope that you're having a great week so far. I didn't think I would be doing another card this week, but then I remembered that I had to make a birthday card for my friend's son for next week. I started with Colour Q's challenge 89 and then I went to Stamping 411 for Saturday Sketch Challenge 207.





Here's what I came up with:

Here are the details:

CS: Bordering Blue
DSP: Sweet Pea (retired)
Stamp Set: Bring on the Cake
Ink: Stampin' Write Marker (Bravo Burgundy), StazOn
Embellishments: Brad
Tools: Crimper

Enjoy the rest of the week,
Ana

Masculine Birthday Card

Hi there,
Well, it's Monday and it's back to work. At least I only have a few weeks left before summer vacation. Today's post is a masculine birthday card for my brother-in-law who celebrates his birthday tomorrow. For this card I'm using The Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 221.

Here's the sketch:











Here's my card:



















The details are:

CS: Baja Breeze, Soft Suede
DSP: Elegant Soirée
Ink: Soft Suede
Tools: 2-1/2" Circle Punch, 2" Circle Punch

Thanks for stopping by,
Ana

Elegant Birthday

It was my Mom's birthday on Friday and here is the card I made for her. She is a big fan of all shades of blue. I am in LOVE with the colour Baja Breeze.

Details please???

CS: Baja Breeze and Very Vanilla
DSP: Elegant Soiree
Stamp Set: Bring on the Cake
Embellishments: Baja Breeze Seam Binding Ribbon, Antique Brad
Tools: Scallop Circle Punch

Hope that you have a great weekend!
Thanks for stopping by...

Heather

HSS Anything GOES Challenge #67

After many days of searching... I found my camera and now have a bunch of cool things to share with you over the next few days!!!

My first post will be the HSS Anything GOES Challenge #67. The task is to create 3D project and then pair it with a coordinating card to create a complete set. Check out their website http://handstampedsentiments.blogspot.com/

I created a star scrapbook using the Celebrations DSP for a coworker. She has the cutest little boy who is almost 2. I then created a coordinating happy birthday card to make it a set.

And here is the star scrapbook:

Front cover...

View from the top...

View from the side...

And finally the coordinating card...

Soooo cute! Anyway... thanks for stopping by. Check back often this week as I promise to have a ton of new posts now that I've found my camera!

Have a great weekend!

Heather

Four Challenges in One Card

So I was checking out the newest challenges yesterday and I was completely inspired to create a card incorporating four challenges. Yes, that's right, four challenges! The challenges are:

Pals Paper Arts - PPA91 Elements of Style - CAS - Buttons
Clean and Simple Stamping - 138 Sketch Design
Just Add Ink - JAI66 - Just Add a Flower
DO Stamping with Dawn - DO Stamping Stars Thursday Challenge - Color My World SSC #046

Here's my card:

Here's the recipe:

CS: River Rock, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist
Ink: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist
Stamp Set: Itty Bitty Bits, Bring on the Cake

Embellishments: Bitty Buttons

Tools: Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack

Thanks for stopping by,

Ana

Clean and Simple Flower Design

It's challenge time again. I'm getting hooked on doing card challenges. This time I went to http://cleanandsimplestamping.blogspot.com/ to participate in their challenge. I wasn't sure what stamp set to use with this design until I saw my Cottage Garden stamp set. I just LOVE the flowers in this set.

Here's the sketch:

 

And here's my card:

Here are the details for the card:

CS: Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White

Stamp Set: Cottage Life, Bring on the Cake

Ink: Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive

Embellishments: Basic Pearls

Tools: Paper snips, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend!

Ana

Orange makes me think of SUN !!!

I think that spring is finally started to come. I can see the grass, the sun is venturing out more often and I no longer have to wear my winter coat outside. YAY!!!

Today I'm going to share an "any occasion card". This means that the layout and papers are generic enough that you can add any stamped sentiment your little heart desires. The picture shows a birthday card but I also gave this same card (with a "thanks" sentiment) to a friend.

Here are the details:
CS: Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla
DSP: Sweet & Sour
Stamp Set: Bring on the Cake
Embellishments: Button Latte
Tools: Scallop Edge Punch

Have a great Friday!
Heather

Male Birthday Card

I absolutely love the Elegant Soirée Designer Series Paper. I think that this simple design together with the colours of the card stock and the DSP worked well for my father-in-law's birthday card.

Here's the recipe:
CS: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla
DSP: Elegant Soirée
Ink: Soft Suede
Stamp set: Bring on the Cake
Embellishments: Circle brads

Have a great week!
Ana

Create a Cupcake Birthday Card

I love the colour purple and LOVE the new "2011 In Colour" Concord Crush. This card also uses 2 of my favourite stamp sets, Bring on the Cake and Create a Cupcake!

Recipe:
DSP: DSP Pack - In Colour 2010-2011 Hostess Level 1 gift
CS: Concord Crush, Whisper White
Ink: Staz-on Black, Kraft, Concord Crush (marker), Poppy Parade (marker), Chocolate Chip (marker)
Stamp sets: Bring on the Cake, Create a Cupcake
Tools: Scallop Edge punch, paper snips (to cut out the cupcake)

Enjoy your Saturday!
Heather

Happy Birthday - Take #2

I loved the orange/yellow Happy Birthday card I created last time and thought I'd try it with a different set of colours. Which one do you like best?

Here's the quick recipe:
CS: Melon Mambo, Pacific Point Very Vanilla
DSP: Ice Cream Parlor, Brights DSP Pack
Other Elements: Ice Cream Parlor Quick Accents (scallop edge, scallop circles)
Stamp Set: Bring on the Cake
Ink: Pacific Point (ink pad), Melon Mambo (marker)
* Stamp the "Happy Birthday" sentiment in Pacific Point and then colour in with the Melon Mambo marker *

Happy Birthday!

A coworker of mine asked me to create an orange/yellow inspired birthday card for her daughter who was turning 11.
I jumped at the opportunity (of course, another excuse to make a card)!

Here is what I came up with:

Here's the quick recipe:
CS: Peach Parfait, Daffodil Delight, Very Vanilla
DSP: Ice Cream Parlor
Other Elements: Ice Cream Parlor Quick Accents (scallop edge, scallop circles)
Stamp Set: Bring on the Cake
Ink: Pumpkin Pie (ink pad), Daffodil Delight (marker)
* Stamp the "Happ Birthday" sentiment in pumpkin pie and then colour in with the daffodil delight marker *

Enjoy the long weekend!

Heather