Simple Birthday Card

I went to a birthday party this past weekend and needed a card.  I wanted it to reflect the person I gave it to - simple and elegant.  I really like this color combination now!  Thanks for looking and have a great day!

June Simply Paper Design Challenge - Check!

Here are Michelle's and my cards for the June challenge.  Here is the sketch and colors:

I love how Michelle used the lacey punch and added pearls.  We must both be thinking of pearls!  Love how she used so many layers and punches.  It is just so beautiful.  Any girl would be lucky to get this card!

I was inspired by my hydrangea bushes.  They are flowering so beautifully right now and even though I planted one pink and one blue bush, the flowers are all coming in pink!  I guess it has something to do with the acid content in the ground (that's what I've been told anyway).  But, my favorite color is pink, so I'm not upset in the least!  I cut some and put them on the dining room table.  They inspired me for this birthday card.  I added mini pearls to the hydrangea blossoms, but you can't really see them.

And here is Debbie's card.  I love the embossed background and melon mambo polka dotted ribbon!  Nice, nice, nice!

Took On More Than I Thought!

I bought this little paper chest at the craft store and thought it would be an easy alter.  I couldn't have been more wrong!  What started off as an easy project (so I thought!) turned into a couple hours of work and for what?  I don't even like the finished product!  I'm dissapointed in this and won't be giving it away, but like the flower, so decided to post anyway.  Lesson learned - don't be so sure of yourself in thinking that anything is easy to alter!  LOL :)

Anyway, here is is.  Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Thank You Gifts

I have a client that is so supportive.  I'm working on an order for her and just wanted to make a little something to thank her for everything.  She said she collected mini tea sets and loves the color mauve.  I decided to make her an altered clipboard and a little note/pencil set that she could carry.  I stuck to the "tea" theme and these are the items I made.  I hope she likes them! 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Crazy Card!

I wanted to do some cards this weekend, but my mojo was totally off!  I have some birthdays coming up and wanted to use this little image because I just think it's cute!  I thought the ribbon and paper would be cute together, but it totally comes off looking like too much and rather young.  I had intended to give this card to a friend whose 40th birthday is coming up, but think I'll hold on to for a young girl's birthday instead ;)

I made this for the Card Patterns Sketch 117 found here.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

June Color-Sketch Challenge

Happy Monday!  Here is June's Simply Paper Design Challenge.  I'm not sure why the sketch turned out colored!  I'm teaching myself how to use Paint and I can't figure out how to undo certain things when creating these files.  Anyway, please join Debbie, Michelle, and me in this challenge!  We'd love to see what you create :)  Thanks and have a great day!

Using Scraps

I absolutely love this designer paper!  I'm holding on to every little scrap.  I had made a name wall hanging with this paper and have extra butterflies, flowers, and hearts that I've saved with the paper.  I don't know why, but I pulled this paper intending to make a card using a sketch challenge.  I had so many scraps, I decided to just use them instead.  So, after playing around with the layout and layers, this is what was created.  I think it will be a nice card to have on hand that I can use for any reason.  Can't have enough of those, right?

Thanks for looking and have a great day!