Rockin' Birthday Card

This is the birthday card I made for my husband, following Card Patterns Sketch #13. I used the new CTMH Moon Doggie papers, along with Desert Sand, Chocolate, Honey and Indian Corn Blue. Stamp sets used were Happy Birthday, Star Struck, and You Rock. Inks used were Cocoa and Indian Corn Blue. The star was mounted using 3-D Foam Mounting Squares.

Easter Thank You Card

Yesterday K was pleasantly surprised to receive an Easter card from his grandfather in the mail. He absolutely LOVES getting mail. It was even better when he opened it to find a gift card inside. So, we needed a thank you card. I combined three challenges for this card, Card Patterns CP Sketch #9 (which I had to modify slightly because of the size of the eggs), Our Creative Corner OCC Challenge (Use your favorite Easter stamp) and the inaugural Color Chef Challenge. I used all CTMH products for this card. Cardstock colors are Sweet Leaf, Breeze (unfortunately now retired) and White Daisy. Sweet Leaf ricrac ribbon is from the Designer Ricrac Collection, stamps sets used are For Every Occasion and Easter Eggs. Inks used are Sweet Leaf and Breeze. Tools used were Marvy Uchida punches (for the scalloped ovals) and CM corner rounder (probably one of the first two scrapbooking tools I ever owned, so it is pushing twelve years old). I sincerely hope that this doesn't just end up in a trash can. But, I'm sure K will write an adorable thank you that his grandfather will want to keep.

New Sketch challenge

Well, my friend Sue (HRH) found another blog with sketch challenges, so I decided to check it out. Card Patterns is a new blog, as a matter of fact yesterday they posted their third challenge. This card is made from their second sketch challenge, and also satisfies my weekly Christmas cards for Sparkle's Christmas card challenge (admittedly, I haven't been doing EXACTLY what Sparkle is challenging, I am just striving to actually get Christmas cards completed). These two cards were made using CTMH Evensong Creative Basics papers and CTMH cardstock in Cranberry, New England Ivy and Olive. Stamp sets used were CTMH Victorian Snowflake and Christmas Scripts. The large snowflake was embossed with white embossing powder on New England Ivy cardstock and mounted using 3-D foam squares. Cranberry cardstock was edge distressed with Cranberry ink. I added some clear sparkles on the corner. The sketch for this week looks great, you should check them out!