Round Five - Thanks Very Much!!

Well, I went over to Practical Scrappers yesterday morning and to my dismay, I did not make it through to the top five...  :(  I do want to thank everyone who voted for me over the last month as I really do appreciate it very much - it has been a fun experience!  Here is the card I submitted for the next challenge which was to use rainbows and dry embossing (raised imprints on the cardstock).  I found this beautiful starburst rainbow image online and unfortunately forgot to save the site I got it from (it is a wallpaper image).  The French Ladies I found at *The Graphics Fairy* Vintage Images.  If you love this kind of ephemera, you have to check her blog out!  I printed the rainbow paper and ran it through my Epic 6 with the "Happy Birthday" embossing folder.  The metallic purple cardstock is from a DCWV stack.  The ribbon was given to me from my friend Anne (incidentally, she was awesome in rounding up votes for me) and I have been hoarding it but this seemed the perfect place to use it!  The bling is from the dollar store.  I may sound like a broken record, but the picture does not do this card justice!  scrap happy!

 

Round Four and still going!!

I cannot believe I forgot to post this!!  I was at Scrapfest with my friends when it was posted and was so tired that I didn't get it posted on Sunday and now it's almost Thursday!!  Wow, time flies doesn't it!  Anyways, thanks yet again to all of my wonderful friends for voting for me over at Practical Scrappers in their Huge Cardmaking Contest - this week they will be whittling it down from ten to five cards with 4 being chosen by popularity and the 5th being their choice.  I really hope I make it through as I love the card I made for the next round...  For this card we had to use chevrons and do some stitching.  I was able to use up more scraps and although you cannot tell from the picture, the flower has 3 layers from each of the 3 different papers I used.  It's a little different than I normally do but I like it because it is still clean and simple.  The label is from the new Art Philosophy cart and the stamp is CTMH.  scrap happy!

Round 3!!!

A huge thank you to everyone out there who is taking time to vote for me over at Practical Scrappers in their Huge Card Making Contest - I have made it to Round 3!!!!!   The challenge for this round was to create a card using either a flag or banner and the word "happy".  Now last time I didn't follow the directions so well (forgot about the twine) so I thought I made sure to pay close attention this time to what was required.  But then I got so excited about the idea I had for the banner and added the sentiment Merry Christmas instead!  Of course I did figure it out before submitting and once again fixed my error...  and am thinking I need to post the instructions on the wall in large print!!  Anyhow, I used my most favourite Bo Bunny papers and cut the banner using Wrap it Up and Lyrical Letters.  I fussy cut some of the trees and used Bo Bunny rub ons for the others.  The bling is from my stash as well as the green wire I used for the banner.  So now you have to go over to Practical Scrappers and vote once again all week for me!!  scrap happy...

wedding mini

Kathryn from Life on the Scrap Beach has a very easy to follow tutorial for a paper bag mini album online here - so easy that this was my first attempt and while there are a few mistakes, no one else seemed to notice...  I used predominantly papers from K & Company and similar papers from Recollections.  The flowers are mostly of my own making although the white roses are from Kaisercraft and the butterflies are from Michaels - the white ones from the wedding section and the others from Recollections.  The paper lunch bags are just from the dollar store; however, in future I would pay a little more for a higher quality bag.  The ribbons and other bling are from my stash that I have picked up here and there along the way.  I hope you enjoy as much as I enjoyed making and giving.  scrap happy!!

cover with mat for a picture

pocket on left with photo mats and journaling tag

flower on left is a pull tab for removable photo mat

photo mats lift up to show more mats underneath

when lifted, additional photo mats and journaling tags

album is tied together with six different ribbons in two holes

the blue is to coordinate with the bride's wedding colours

the journaling tags are inked and gold embossed

three dimensional white butterflies are inked in blue as well

back cover and you can see the ribbon ties to the right

Huge Card Making Contest - Round Two!

Thanks to all of my friends out there (old and new) who took the time to vote for me and help me make it through to Round Two of Practical Scrappers Huge Card Making Contest!  It is pretty exciting as this is the first time one of my cards was chosen for a contest.  In Round Two the theme is fall and we have to use twine on the card.  Did I mention I was pretty excited...  well I made a beautiful card and added some beautiful ribbon to it - then I went back and re-read the instructions (thankfully) and of course I was supposed to have used twine... lol   So I re-created the card using twine in place of the ribbon although I think I still like the ribbon better...  Hopefully everyone will like this card as well and vote all this week to put me through to Round Three... scrap happy!

Inside of the card

and here is the one I made using ribbon...

McQueen Birthday for Little Man

I made up this card for my grandson's birthday (yesterday) as he had seen me do one similar for my brother in law and was not happy that it wasn't for him.  I smudged it up a little so he could handle it without getting yelled at for getting it dirty... lol.  It sure takes a long time to put together all of the layers for this even though it's the second one I have done.  I used the Disney Cars cartridge and am submitting this in the Cricut blog contest for World Card Making Day...  scrap happy!

happy world card making day!!!

What a way to start off World Card Making Day - I was chosen one of 40 finalists over at Practical Scrappers for their Huge Card Making Day Contest!!!  The challenge for the first round was to create a card with pink on it.  I submitted the wedding card I did up for a friend which I have re-posted here and originally here. Now it is up to the readers as to who continues so you have to go to their blog and vote for me!!  You will find my card in the fourth group.  Even if I don't go on to the next round, I am very happy to have been chosen!  scrap happy...