Sunday, February 23, 2014

February Challenge Cards

Whoops!  I thought we had one more Saturday this month!  So, we are a day late, but not a dollar short :)  Here are our cards for this month's challenge.  This was our challenge:

Oh Tut mir Leid! Ich dachte, wir hätten noch einen Samstag im Monat! Und so sind wir einen Tag zu spät, aber nicht einen Dollar Short :) Hier sind unsere Karten für diesen Monat die Herausforderung. Dies war unsere Herausforderung:



I can't tell you what an honor it is that Regina has joined Michelle and me on this design team :)  I can't wait to see what kind of challenges she comes up with for us.  Regina's card for this challenge is simply amazing.  I love the subtlety of the colors on this card.  She also did a remarkable job with coloring and layering the flowers.  One word:  Beautiful!!!!  To read more about this card and to visit Regina's blog, please click here.

Ich kann dir nicht sagen was für eine Ehre es ist, den Regina hat sich Michelle und mir in diesem Design Team :) Ich kann es kaum erwarten zu sehen, was für Herausforderungen sie trifft mit für uns. Regina's Karte für diese Herausforderung ist einfach genial. Ich liebe die Subtilität der Farben auf dieser Karte. Sie hat auch eine bemerkenswerte Arbeit mit Färbung und Schichtung der Blumen. Ein Wort: Wunderschön! ! !!  Lesen Sie mehr über diese Karte und zu einem Besuch in Regina's Blog, klicken Sie bitte hier.


Next we have Michelle's cards.  She made one, but wasn't happy with it (I don't know why - love it!), so she made two!  This first card is really adorable.  I can see this as being a great card for a younger person, male or female.  I love the layered banners with the matching dots on top of the polka dot embossed background - very nice!
 Here is Michelle's second card.  Again, I like the use of the banners on the sides and what a cool idea to make this a gate fold card!  I think this is really genius, Michelle.  I'd have never thought to do that- so creative! 

Hier ist Michelle die zweite Karte. Noch einmal, ich mag die Verwendung der Banner auf der Seite und was für eine coole Idee, die ein Gate Fold card! Ich denke, das ist wirklich genial, Michelle. Ich hätte nie gedacht, dass - so kreativ!

 And look how beautiful she made it on the inside!  Nice use of the colors on the inside too :)

 Und sehen Sie, wie schön sie es auf der Innenseite! Schöne Verwendung der Farben auf der Innenseite auch :)


Here is my card.  I had a hard time with this sketch, even though I designed it!  I make up sketches as I'm in meeting rooms at work ;)  I can't imagine what I was using for this.  Anyway, I decided I needed to turn it on its side so I could work with it.  I thought these colors would be good with this tea party image.  I also love using the little pearls to give things a little touch of elegance.  I'm not sure I achieved that with this card, but it was a challenge, so I'm happy I got through it :)

Hier ist meine Karte. Ich hatte eine harte Zeit mit dieser Skizze, obwohl ich ihn! ICH Skizzen, wie ich bin in den Konferenzräumen auf Arbeit ;) Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen was ich für diese. Wie auch immer, ich habe mich entschieden ich es auf die Seite, sodass ich konnte arbeiten. Ich dachte diese Farben wären gut mit diesem Tea Party Bild. Ich liebe auch durch den kleinen Perlen, sie geben den Dingen einen kleinen Hauch von Eleganz. Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob ich erreicht, dass mit dieser Karte, aber es war eine Herausforderung, und ich bin froh darüber, dass ich über sie :)


I cannot believe we are already at the end of the month!   Where does the time go?  Please join us next month with our March challenge!  If you make a card, please leave me a comment with a link to your blog and card or email me with a picture and details of your card.  I'll post along with ours!  And, as always, thanks for looking!

Ich kann nicht glauben, dass wir bereits am Ende des Monats! Wo ist die Zeit hin? Bitte lesen Sie im nächsten Monat mit unseren März Herausforderung! Wenn Sie eine Karte, bitte hinterlassen Sie einen Kommentar mit dem Link zu Ihrem Blog und Karte oder mir eine e-mail mit einem Bild und Details ihrer Kreditkarte. Ich werde zusammen mit unseren! Und, wie immer, vielen Dank für Ihren Besuch!

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Missed the Challenges, So We Are Back!

Well, I couldn't stick to my resolution to let the challenges go.  So, Michelle, Regina, and I are back at it!  Please join us if you can :)

Here is February's challenge:

I'll post our cards on the last Saturday of the month.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Happy Birthday Regina!

Happy Birthday, Regina.  I wish you a wonderful day filled with all of your favorite things!
Enjoy ~ Hugs, Cindy

Happy Birthday, Regina. Ich wünsche Ihnen einen wunderschönen Tag mit all Ihren Favoriten! Genießen Sie ~ Umarmungen, Cindy


Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Some cuteness for a Tuesday

Good morning!  I've been wanting to use these cute stamps for a while now.  I decided to pull them out this past weekend and use them.  I also pulled some origami I either bought in Japan or my cousins brought - there were so many beautiful patterns and colors which made it difficult to choose!  But, here are the three cards I ended up making :)  Thanks for looking and have a great day!







This last one is my absolute favorite - the bunnies are so cute, right?

Have a great day!

Monday, January 13, 2014

A quick challenge card

Happy New Year!

I've been true to my resolution to craft one day a weekend this year :)  This makes me very happy :)


This weekend, I was able to make a few cards.  Michelle and I decided to challenge each other with sketches we see that we both want to try.

Michelle chose the Clean and Simple sketch #274:



As soon as I saw this sketch, I thought of Swiss cheese!  So, I punched out some holes, sponged the edges, and stamped my cute little mouse.  I thought the sentiment to "wish big" fit this little guy and card perfectly :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!


Sunday, December 29, 2013

Final Challenge

I hope everyone had a nice Christmas!

It is with sadness and relief that I post our final challenge.  Unfortunately, there wasn't enough interest for me to continue spending all the time to create and post these challenges.  So, instead, I resolve to do other challenges next year!  I'm looking forward to having more time to sit and create for both fun and business :)

Here was the challenge:
 
First is Michelle's card.  Isn't this cute?  It definitely looks like the stockings were hung by the chimney with care :)  I love Michelle's use of the color, textured background, and ribbons!  It is the perfect Christmas card!



When in doubt, I go to my beloved DSP :)   I've really come to love the Gumball Green and I'll be sad when it retires.  Some may look at this card and think it is too much for the eyes to handle, but I love the way this turned out.  I've been meaning to use my framelits for a while and this was the perfect opportunity.  

I wish you all a wonderful end to the year and here's to a fun and creative new year!  As always, thanks for looking!

Sunday, December 1, 2013

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas...

It's December, we all need Christmas cards, so join us as we use the colors and sketch below to make some Christmas cards!