CardPatterns 116 Sketch

So this week at http://www.cardpatterns.blogspot.com/, I was inspired by the butterfly on the sketch..

My little sissy is turning 23 in July so I thought I would get a head start on her card with some beautiful Recollections Boutique Fleur Butterfly embellishments Destiney bought for me!

I started with a white card base and sponged pink stamping ink all over. I got out some white paper doilies and painted them black, then cut an oval shape out of some union square papers (I won from CardPatterns awhile back) and adhered two different sized butterfly's onto that. I trimmed a piece of cream colored ribbon (dollar tree find!) and used a clear SRM 'celebrate' sentiment sticker on top of the ribbon. I popped up the sentiment on the ribbon and the oval in the center. To finish it all off, I added a few black rhinestones, some pearls to frame out the sentiment and some black glitter on the butterfly's. Happy Birthday Kirstin! I hope you love your card!

And thanks again to the CardPatterns design team and everyone who plays along for the great inspiration each week! You keep me crafting..rain or shine!! :))

C&S 139 Mother's Day inspiration

For Mother's Day, my sister and I put our crafty gloves on! She got out her beads and I got out my stamps and papers! I used a sketch from Clean & Simple stamping.. check them out here; http://cleanandsimplestamping.blogspot.com/2011/05/139.html
I used papers and inks to coordinate with the beads Destiney used. I also used lots of rhinestones, some of the beads from her bracelets (see middle card), frilly ribbon, and my glossy accents to dress them all up. I love how they all are different, yet all match the person they went to so beautifully. 

Isn't Destiney an amazing jeweler!? These are some of her first few bracelets ever! I am so proud of her for finding her creative place.. Now we need to make a profit together!! Lol!

Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful women who take care of someone everyday and teach unconditional love!

Hope you enjoy our crafty creations!!

Update on my craftiness...

So the camera batteries went out on me recently so I went out and bought a pack of new ones only to bring them home and have them not work or not hold the charge. It took awhile to get around to replacing those!
But now that I have my handy dandy camera back again, I can share my recent cards, painting and mini birdhouses! :)

First off, some Mother's Day Cards on commission:


For a coworker/buddy..

 For a new manager at Columbia.. this was a fun one!

Here are a few mini birdhouses I picked up at the craft store, then painted and embellished. I tried to make them like three dimensional versions of my cards. I will probably end up adding more to them too! Which is your favorite?


Purple and Sage stripes

 Red and Yellow polka Dots

 The green one needs something more, for sure..I apologize for the bright flash in the photo :(

 On the right (in the photo above) you can also see the wooden moon I painted and embellished. I am going to put a name or a word on it too.. Below is a closer photo of the moon details, a little blurry :(

I'm thinking of painting the word Dream on the moon as an example so i can put them in a shop and sell them as 'customizable'

And here is my prized painting of the evening. My first hand painted owl. ☺ I love the patterned paper on his chest and the brightness of his eyes. I wanted the colors to still be bright, so I put him on a branch as the moon is coming up and the sun is going down.. I will probably attach a ribbon to the back so it may be hung:

 Isn't he cute..?  I think he looks a little sleepy :))

Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoy. Leave a comment! I appreciate any and all feedback! 

Joy...

I chose to go with a clean and simple approach for the sketch over at CardPatterns this week. I also chose a softer, more Americana style for the card. Thank you to everyone at cardpatterns for the great inspiration, as always!  http://cardpatterns.blogspot.com/2011/04/sketch-111.html Take the time to take a peek over at their blog! They're always great‼

 And here is my card. Thank goodness for the glorious sunshine today, which helped to shine a little extra joy on my photo‼ I used red, white and blue papers on a kraft base. I used my Farmers Market patterned floral paper for my whole inspiration! From there I chose the red trim and red polka dot patterned paper. I punched six flowers from either red polka dot, white, or dusty blue paper, then layered them together and topped them with alternating red and blue buttons. I stamped a crackle background onto a small tag and used pop-up dots for the stamped word Joy (which was stamped twice, once in red, once in blue for the alternating colors) then I tied it onto the red trim piece.

 Up close, you can see the two rows of small red stitches and the stamped sentiment on the tag. I love the dimension of my flowers‼

Thank you so much for peeking at my card..I would love to have followers! Any feedback is good feedback..so please, leave a comment! Have a sunny day ☺

CardPatterns sketch 110

It feels like once spring snuck up around the corner that everything kind of just took off in a whirl wind from there and hasn't really stopped. I have accomplished a lot around the house, getting things organized, sorting through old clothes and winter clothes and also rearranging and reorganizing my entire craft room!

But even with all that, I have yet to work in much time for any cards or crafting.  So I peeked over at CardPatterns because they always have an awesome sketch I can turn to when I get that creative itch! http://cardpatterns.blogspot.com/2011/04/sketch-110.html  When I saw the sketch and the sponser..I knew just what to use!!  SRM stickers are my favorite and I pick them up from A Joy Forever anytime I go because they are so versatile.  They are available online as well, http://www.shopatron.com/home/index/3258

For my card I used a white base with hand traced and cut scalloping. I distressed the scalloped edges with brown stamping ink. I used a scrap of lined paper that I ran through a corrugated press for texture, I used a metal rimmed label as the center circle and attached a small wooden clothespin to cover the label hole.  I used one of my SRM wish stickers as my sentiment, then tied it off with a piece of brown thread and a small brown button. I love that this card is so nuetral and can be used to 'wish' anyone a great anything!

Hope you all like my clean and simple take on the sketch! Thanks again Cardpatterns for helping with my mojo!  ~Katie

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

Clean and Simple 132



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‼  ☺