My Mind's Eye Birthday Cards

A couple of months ago, Archiver's had a couple of My Mind's Eye Lost and Found 6x6 pads for $.99. I ended up getting there a couple of days into the deal so the only one left was the Breeze color scheme. It wasn't the one I was hoping to get, but it has turned out to be great for masculine cards. Here are two I've made so far. The first is a birthday card for my dad. I used the current sketch at Practical Scrappers for inspiration.

I used my Stamping Gear to make the large circle. The clock face is a 7 gypsies stamp. I inked the papers on this card with Walnut Stain and Forest Moss distress inks. I covered the click face with Glossy Accents to make it look like glass.

My second card is a birthday card for a friend who will be celebrating his golden birthday this weekend. The design is based on the current sketch at Sketch Saturday. I stamped the words with VersaMark and then heat embossed it with gold embossing powder.

Retirement Card

I've been busy making some cards for upcoming events.  I will be sharing them over the next few days.  Today I am sharing a fun retirement card I made for my aunt.  I used this week's Unscripted Sketch and the bright K and Company "Berry Sweet" line.

Believe it or not, I had no Lemon Cricut cuts or any other embellishments, so I went to work making my own.  I hand drew the lemon on white cardstock and then cut it out.  I colored it with Wild Honey and Mowed Lawn Distress inks and edged it with Grapefruit American Crafts ink. I covered it with glue and then sprinkled yellow American Crafts Spark glitter over the glue.  I pressed the glitter into the glue so it won't shed. 

I got the idea for the sentiment (which inspired the card design) from the book "Words to the Rescue", which is great if you ever struggle with sentiments for your cards.  I found a tag that coordinated somewhat to put the sentiment on the inside.

Thanks for stopping by and make sure to check back over the next few days to see some more cards!

April Calendar Page- NAS 257

It's Monday which means there it's a next sketch at Nuts About Sketches. This week it is a two pager so I used it for my April calendar page.

 I started by making circles on my cardstock with a couple of colors of mists and my Creative Memories circle cutters. This collection of Dear Lizzy papers is getting pretty sparse, but that worked well for cutting out circles for this layout. The cloud transparency made me think of the saying ”April showers bring May flowers” and I like what it added to my background.

I used some DIY Thickers and glitter for my title. I decided to alternate colors to add some interest.

Materials

Cardstock- Stampin Up, The Paper Company, American Crafts

Patterned Paper- American Crafts

Stickers- American Crafts, Doodlebug Designs

Flair- American Crafts

Epoxy Stickers- Fiskars

Stamp- 7 gypsies

Trim- JoAnn Crafts

Glitter- American Crafts

Transparency- Hambly

Buttons- Jesse James and Co.

Pen- Sakura

Ink- Tattered Angels, October Afternoon, Studio Calico

Font- Marker Fine Point Plain

SEM March Sketch- Merry Christmas

Today is the reveal of our second challenge for the month at Scrapping Everyday Miracles.  This time it is a sketch.

I didn't use the suggested photo sizes because I had these four photos already printed and they worked to run across the page so I went with that.  For the focal point photo, I matted it with pink patterned paper and popped it up with foam adhesive to make it stand out more.  After I had attached the large half circle, I felt it needed a little something extra, so used some coordinating paper and created a ruffle.  The paper I used is fairly thick, so to make it more pliable, I spray it with water.

For the title, I used a die cut and added a sticker and my own handwriting to finish the title.  The pink flower was cut in half, layered and then tucked behind the title block which is also attached with foam adhesive.

The scrap twist for this challenge was to use buttons.  I used some chipboard ones, the fancy turquoise and lace one below, and some button brads to accent my page.  The gifts were cut using the Cricut and "New Arrival" cartridge.  The holly is a rub on that I painted with a brush and excess spray ink from spraying the chipboard circle below.

Materials:
Cardstock- Bazzill
Patterned Paper- Recollections
Rubons- DaisyD's
Stickers- Echo Park
Chipboard- Making Memories, Studio Calico
Flowers- Kaiser Craft
Brads- Making Memories, Basic Grey
Button- Recollections
Ribbon- Michaels
Pen- Sakura
Ink- Ranger, October Afternoon
Punch- Martha Stewart Crafts
Die Cutter- Provo Craft
Cartridge- New Arrival
Glitter Glue- Ranger
Sketch- Debbie Gaydos

Check it Out!

I have a layout published in this month's edition Scrapbook News and Review ezine!  You need a subscription to see it.  You can find it here.

Sunshine Mail

The past several years during Lent I have taken it upon myself to make a card every day and then donate them to Operation Write Home.  This year I have changed it up.  I decided that with a new baby and 2 design teams, it would be too much stress to try to complete a card each day.  Instead, I decided to have a card making day (like I have had in the past) and just focus on making cards that day.  I also decided to try a new organization: Sunshine Mail Foundation.  Sunshine Mail Foundation collects cards, toiletries and art supplies for kids who are in the hospital, homeless or in foster care and could use some "sunshine" in their lives.  You can read more about them by clicking on the link above.  

Yesterday I hosted the Card Making Day and I had 4 friends join me in making cards.  We made a total of 18 cards between us.  For my first card, I used this week's Mojo Monday sketch.

I used some Dear Lizzy Neopolitan collection papers for this card.  The bee was cut using my Cricut and "Walk in My Garden" cartridge.  The trail was made using black stickles.

I will be sharing my other cards later this week!

Scavenger Hunt Sunday 3-17-13

Happy St. Patrick's Day! This week's prompts were related to just that, which was a challenge. We're German with a bit of French descent around here, no Irish blood to be found. So I stretched. A lot.

Lucky
I was "lucky" enough to have a husband and a friend text me when white smoke had been spotted over the Vatican.  I was blessed to watch the new pope revealed to the world.  Here is Nick waiting patiently for the big moment.

Irish

As I said, no Irish blood here.  This is as Irish as we get, a craft from the YMCA.

Daylight

My smiling boy in the sunlight from the windows.  It is bright and sunny here, but COLD! :(

Pot Of Gold

How about bowl of goldfish?

Clover

Continuing on the colored and shaped pancake theme from last month, clover pancakes!