CardPatterns 107 birthday card

I followed along at CardPatterns this week http://cardpatterns.blogspot.com/2011/03/sketch-107.html and used this awesome sketch:

I decided to flip it on the horizontal, because I remembered a similar sketch with the band down the middle that I had wished I had turned on its side..no regrets, here we go:

I thought this would make a cute boy card with the brown cream and red colors I chose. I also love this polka dot paper with the stars in the background. I used a fun cupcake sticker and Happy Birthday sentiment sticker. I decided to layer the bows on top of a brown button tied with a little twine. Overall, I like the way this one turned out ☺ What do you think of it?

As usual. a big thanks to the design team & all followers at CardPatterns for pushing my keeping my creative juices flowing‼

Clean and Simple card sketch

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This weeks sketch over at Clean and Simple really stood out to me. I love circle shapes on my cards and I jump at any opportunity to use buttons (especially new buttons‼ lol) So needless to say the polka dots and buttons came to mind right away.. http://cleanandsimplestamping.blogspot.com/ Check out the blog for some awesome inspiration!
Love the simplicity I can count on with these sketches everytime, thanks Clean and Simple!

My Card for the Sketch:

For this card, I used my Super 7 stack polka dot patterned paper, new buttons from an awesome embellishment box I found on clearance that came with 100 buttons!, a Celebrate rub-on transfer and then tied it off with some thread. Sweet, simple and cheery‼  ☺

Paint‼

A big part of my creative life, next to hand crafting cards, is painting. I haven't nailed myself down to one style, as I like making people happy and pushing my own creative limits...But, ask me to paint or draw practically anything and I will do it above and beyond your expectation‼ It's just what I love to do!


To your right is my most recent painting, just something small I did for a cutie pie friend of mine who wanted something with a PEACE sign. I used bright, hand mixed, almost techni-colored paints with a pink washed background..She loved how it turned out, and so do I! ☺

To your left here is a painting I did in January of a maple tree. This one is obviously a tree, but the meaning is a little more abstract, because it represents a person. I made this for a person as a gift. I used some craft paint for the blue and purple background and the tree is all acrylic. Instead of using brush strokes, I only used the wooden end of the paint brush for the entire tree!

On your right is a very special painting I did in February 2011 for my friend Indyca and her little boy Akil. The saying usually goes "I love you to the moon and stars and back.." But this is Akil's version that he says to his mommy..so it's even sweeter. The big moon with the smile, is representative of Indyca, the 'mommy' watching over her little astronaut. The second moon in the painting is for the second moon in Akil's phrase ☺ All acrylic on canvas with Glossy Accents© clear gel on the windows of the rocket as well as the astronaut's visor for a dimensional look.

This mural was done last January 2010 and it is also special to me because I did it for my best friend Shannon's younger daughter Kyleigh. (I did her older daughter Briana's room as well, see below) Kyleigh loves horses, so we bought a few sample sized jars of interior wall paint from Home Depot and I used some cling on horses as reference to paint the horse. (Which was also my first time drawing or painting a horse, EVER!) I was on a time constraint, so I'd love to go back and put more detail into the mountains, trees and background.

Here is the palm tree I painted for Briana's 'Hawaiian Surf' themed room.
I really love the layer of the colors on the leaves and the sandy beach to ground the painting ♥

Continuing in Briana's surf room, I painted flowers on the walls based on colors and flowers from her comforter to tie the entire room together. They already had such a beachy blue background..it needed a splash of color on the walls to play up that gorgeous hawaiian comforter‼

As a special surprise I painted over Briana's old Princess coat rack. I did little flip flops with her name and pretty hibiscus flowers. She was happy with her surprise and Mom was happy that I put something to use that she would have otherwise thrown out! 

This is a *cell image of a swirly abstract acrylic on canvas in deep purples. Fall 2010

Possibly my favorite painting ever and this *cell photo doesn't do it any justice! It is another abstract image of small white glowing orbs floating over a waterfall of light. Fall 2010

This *cell photo was taken in black in white because I was sending it to the person I was painting it for and I didn't want her to know the colors I had chosen. I admit..I never completed it, but loved the concept I was working on! I'll get back to it..soon ☺

Proud to say that I was able to be a part of Every Family Needs Music Piano Lessons/Instruction in Portland! (January 2011) This was my very first window painting job and I really had quite the challenge on my hands. I basically had to learn a totally new technique in less than a week, painting images from the outside would be like painting on canvas..or any surface. Painting from the inside of the window means that you have to paint what you would usually paint last, first. Very interesting, but I couldn't be happier with the experience and the opportunity to get out into the creative world..Where I know my heart belongs‼


These are just some samplings of my most current pieces, but I will continue to post as they come..

Happy Birthday Destiney‼ (cardpatterns sketch)

March 10th is the 25th birthday of one of my 'oldest' (hahaha..we've been friends a long time) friends, Destiney. She also happens to be my boyfriend's sister..funny how things work* I hope she loves her card ♥ and that everyone at CardPatterns ♥'s it too‼
I followed along over at CardPatterns again this week because I can always count on them for a challenging, yet clean sketch. Take a peek at their page cardpatterns.blogspot.com Here is designer Tracy Schultz' sketch for the week:

 http://cardpatterns.blogspot.com/2011/02/sketch-104.html I decided to rotate the sketch. Here is a basic play on the sketch (before embellishments) You can learn to make paper flowers like I did at http://simistamper.blogspot.com/2010/02/instructions-for-paper-rose.html I do not have punches so I just cut the flower shapes free hand to my liking.

And here is my end result on the card. I used my new union square papers from Created with Paper and their thickers for her name on the front. I cut a piece of sticker off for the little tag peeking behind the rose. I thought the flowers needed a little greenery, so I hand cut those from some green scrap paper and folded them in half for a 'leaf-like' appearance. I had some black ribbon in my scrap and just adhered a piece of union square newspaper as a border. Finished it off with pearls, fine red glitter and a little distressing ☺ 

Happy Birthday Destiney! I love you so much ♥ xoxoxox