Bumble Bee Marci Such a Delight

I hope you are having a Happy Wednesday. Today I have created a card for this week's Card Concept challenge #11. This week they have a fun color combo for us play with, Black, Gray, Yellow and White. I also used CASology's challenge #97 for the theme of this card - Bee!

Here is my card:

I love this color combo! To keep with my CAS style I kept all of my stamping to the bottom section of my card. By doing this it still gives me lots of white space. I did however, pop Marci (Lala Land Crafts) on an Action Wobble. These are so fun! I printed Marci out on 80# Pure Luxury cardstock from Gina K. Designs and used Copics to color her. Isn't she just adorable!

Happy Birthday Ashley!

My beautiful daughter, Ashley, celebrated her 19th birthday! Man they grow up so fast. She is our baby, so this is the hardest one!

Ashley loves anything "Owl" so I made this card for her which was Inspired by Doreen Watkins - Independent Close To My Heart Consultant.

I used the Artbooking Cricut Cartridge in the Cricut Craft Room to cut the elements for this project. Here is how I laid my paper out on the cutting mat. I always prefer to layout all of the paper that I will need so that I don't have to unload and reload the mat. What do you think?

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart as well as the Artbooking cartridge.

Here are some close ups of the Owl and Balloons, which I covered with Liquid Glass and secured with Baker's Twine. I also applied the Liquid Glass on the eyes of the owl. You can't really appreciate it in the picture, but trust me, ADORABLE!

Lastly, I usually decorate the inside of my cards as well, and this one is no exception.

So please join me in wishing Ashley a Happy Birthday!

This Birthday Card is also being submitted to The Card Concepts challenge for Birthday Cards. Great timing! My card is what I consider a Clean & Layered style.

Happy Easter Mojo

Put this quick card together in the spirit of Easter. Just love the cute little Chickie.

I am entering this in the Mojo Monday #337 challenge. I have these cards for sale in my Etsy shop as well. 

Simply Beautiful Card Set

I recently had a request for a set of note cards from a dear friend of mine. I have been wanting to make some note cards with the Hostess Set "A Mother's Love" and this was the perfect opportunity! 

 

Each 2-3/4" x 4" card is created with a flower that is slightly different, whether it be the colors or how they were stamped. I used Cotton Candy and Sorbet stamp pads for the flowers and Pear for the leaves. I also used my Pear and New England Ivy alcohol markers for the stems. I double stamped the sentiment to create a shadow. 

If you noticed the sparkle on all of the flowers, well I used the Wink of Stella Brush in Clear from Simon Says Stamps! I love this tool for adding subtle sparkle to my projects.

For the box, which holds all four cards and their matching envelopes, I used the Cricut Craft Room along with the Artiste cartridge. The box is found on page 57 and basically I enlarged it until I could see that a 2-3/4" x 4" card would fit (10.944 x 5.667). I then cut it out of a piece of B&T paper from the Lollydoodle Paper Packet. I used a border strip from that paper packet as well and wrapped that around the box. I then stamped the flowers twice on a 2" x 3-1/4" piece of Daisy White cardstock in Sorbet for the background and Cotton Candy for the outline (darker part). I then stamped four leaves in Pear. The center flower was stamped on Cotton Candy cardstock with Cotton Candy ink and then attached with 3-D Foam tape. I wrapped a piece of baker's twine around this panel three times and then tied it in a bow. I then attached that piece of cardstock to a 2-1/4" x 3-1/2" piece from the paper packet with 3-D Foam tape and attached that to the box with adhesive.

My envelopes were created with a piece of heavy-weight copy paper cut to 6" x 6". I then used an envelope punch board at 2-5/8" for the first punch. After assembling the envelopes I stamped them with the same stamps used on the cards using all three colors.


I also did a short video going over how I put this project together. You can watch it below.

Here is just one more variation of this card. On this one I mounted it on a piece of Cocoa cardstock which really frames the focal image. I am submitting this to The Card Concept challenge for this week. I made the following substitutions to their colors: Lime = Pear and Espresso = Cocoa. White is White! I consider this to follow along with their Clean and Layered style.

Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a comment. 
Happy Paper Crafting!
~Angelina

Cotton Candy Stamp Pad	Sorbet Stamp Pad	Pear Stamp Pad	Pear Marker Set
Lollydoodle Paper Packet	Cotton Candy Cardstock	White Daisy Cardstock	Baker's Twine Paradise Assortment
Artiste Cricut Cartridge Set	Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer	Tombow Adhesive	3-D Foam Tape

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Celebrate Love - Love Doily Card

I seemed to have lost my mojo this week. I headed over to a couple of Challenge blogs to see if I could be inspired. My Favorite Things had a pretty simple sketch to follow, so I combined that with Colour Me Challenges colors and came up with this Clean And Simple (CAS) card.

 

I always struggle with the CAS cards, as I always fee like something is missing.

Both the Doily stamp and the sentiment are from the Love Doily stamp set. I think this works!

Thanks for stopping by.
Happy Paper Crafting!
~Angelina

Love Doily	Outdoor Denim Stamp Pad	Pacifica Stamp Pad	Ruby Stamp Pad
Lagoon Stamp Pad	Black Cardstock	Whisper Cardstock	White Daisy Cardstock
Baker's Twine Harvest	3-D Foam Tape	Memory Book Mini Glue Dots	Edge Distresser
Tombow Adhesive	Non-Stick Micro-Tip Scissors	2" X 6 1/2" My Acrylix Block	4" X 5" My Acrylix Block

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