Sneak Peak of Holiday Mini

Here is a little sneak peak of paper and stamp set from the Holiday Mini available on Sept. 1st. There are some beautiful things in this mini catalog from Halloween to Christmas!

Materials Used:
NEW Pines and Poinsettias Clear Stamp Set
NEW Holly Berry Designer Series Paper
Cherry Cobbler, Wild Wasabi and Very Vanilla Paper
Cherry Cobbler, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip Ink
NEW Pewter Embossing Powder
Cherry Cobbler Ribbon
Pop up dots and Pearls

Monkey Challenge #69 Sympathy or Thinking of you Card

I was picked as a guest designer for the alacardmonkey blog - YAY! So here is the next challenge, a sympathy or thinking of you card. I purchased the cute lean on me stamp set and have been loving it, it's so versatile. So here is the sketch and my version of the sketch. Thanks for looking!

Materials Used:

Lean on me stamp set

Berry Blossoms DSP

Wisteria Wonder Ruffled Ribbon

In Color Paper and Stampin Write Markers

Anything Goes Challenge #68

It's another cute monkey challenge, this one was anything goes, colors, theme, etc. Here is the alasample and my card sketch. I've been trying to do some Christmas cards lately and trying to get geared up for the season!

This is the A La Card Monkey Challenge 67: Celebration
As soon as I seen this and had to use flags, I immediately thought of the checkered flag from racing. Maybe it was because I just got through watching my husband watch racing,. Anyhow, my son loved this Need for Speed Stamp set and I've been wanting to create a card with it. I used red, yellow, black and white color combo for a punch. Here is my card

Materials Used:
Basic Black, Real Red, Yellow and Whisper White Card Stock.
Need for Speed stamp set with clear embossing powder
Word Window punch

Salt & Pepper Sketch from alacardmonkey

I participated in another fun challenge from alacardmonkey.blogspot.com (a super cute site)! I was actually a Guest Designer - woot woot!
The sketch this time was salt & pepper, I'm actually a pepper girl myself - love it! In this sketch you could only use black & white or gray, I came up with two designs - I love black & white together, I think it looks so crisp and clean.

So here's the sketch and here's my cards, if you want to have fun stop by alacardmonkey.blogspot.com!

Excited, Excited, Excited!

I have so many things to be excited about! I finished all 200 of the wedding invitations. I registered for my first Stampin'Up! Regional event in NC and I got my first order from the new catty! I had to play with my new stamp sets, paper and ribbon. I'm playing with different cards for swaps at regional. I would love your feedback, as this is my first time going and I want these to be swap worthy! Here is the first one.

Materials:
Lean on Me stamp set
Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade and Whisper White Paper
Berry Blossoms Designer Paper
Wisteria Wonder Ruffled Ribbon & Basic Pearl

Monkey Challenge #65 Buttons & Bows

The Sketch / My Card

This is my card for the monkey challenge this week. I love their blog - alacardmonkey.blogspot.com it's so cute and the cards are so creative. I was trying to wait on my new stuff to come in but I just couldn't wait any longer to participate in this challenge. I hope you like this one! I loved sewing the bitty buttons with my hot pink thread.

Basic Supplies:
Basic Black, Melon Mambo and Whisper White Cardstock
Fabulous Florets
Bitty Buttons
Basic Black Satin Ribbon
Circle, Scallop, Eyelet, and the word window punch

The Girls wanted to play along with my challenge tonight so here is my daughter, Cierra and her friend, Madison's card. They did a great job, 12 yrs. old. They are stampers in the making!

Wedding Ensemble

This is my first wedding ensemble; favors, invites and rsvp cards. The bride is a friend from church and  wanted red, black and white. I used real red, basic black, whisper white and some scrapbook paper from Michael's craft store. I'm so excited to get these all completed. What do you all think, it's not your traditional white invite.

Christmas in July

I was invited by a fellow blogger to a fun sketch challenge http://www.alacardmonkey.blogspot.com/! The sketch challenge was Christmas in July so I thought I would play with a monochrome look. I used early espresso, suede and very vanilla cardstock, the dasher stamp set and embossing folder with vintage lace ribbon and a little splash of glitter. What do you think?

Wedding Favors

Here are the wedding favors I'm working on (150 of them)! This is basic black cardstock cut from the pillow box die, wrapped with white organza ribbon and a real red paper flower (made with the scallop punch - super easy and cute) adorned with antique brad. I'm not sure what the bride is putting in them yet.

New Catalog Card Sample

The new catalog is out YAY! Tonight I was treated by my upline to an openhouse with the new stamps, paper and ribbon. One of the cards we made is shown. The card was created with the new stamp set, My Friend. My favorite is the chocolate chip, polka dot, scalloped ribbon - so cute!

Started a Blog - what now?

So after a little prodding from some friends I've decided to create my own crafting blog. Luckily I have wedding invites/favors, birthday invites and a craft bazaar in July. I hope to have plenty to share with you over the next couple of weeks. I'm super excited about the wedding invites and favors. The bride wanted red, black and white. I should have post next week showing you the invites and favors and how they were created. I hope you will enjoy.
Til then I'm off to a family outing for the 4th. Have a safe and happy 4th of July!
Curly Q Crafter