teenage motivation #2 (CFC)

It's Tic Tac Toe over at CASual Fridays 2nd Birthday Challenge.  I went with B/W, text and a punch.  It's the second of the journals I personalized for my tutor kids.  For an 8th grade boy this time.

Saw the idea of the flair with twine on a notecard in a recent issue of Paper Crafts.  Hope said boy will actually use this...

Thanks for looking.

Supplies Journal believe:

Paper: notecard

Stamps: sentiment PC generated

Ink: 

Tools: border punch EKS

Other: journal Aldi, letter sticker and twine Making Memories, flair ?

happy love day (HA, RIC)

Well, good morning.  I'm blaming it on the "fifth season" here in Germany, but I nearly missed Valentine's Day. Just dawned on me, yesterday, that I hadn't made cards for DS and DD.  Know what they say about the shoemaker's kids...

So here they are.  Happy VD DS.

Inside reads "always... my little angel" (Clear and Simple stamps).  Just to remind us both!  Stamped the HA Crossword BG onto PP, die cut the heart and then used HA Alpha to heat emboss the "Love You".  Some echo park PP and an alpha sticker and this was pretty easy thanks to the HA February sketch.

And Happy VD DD.

I was a lucky winner at Ellen Hutson around Christmas and got a box of Hero Arts goodies.  Put the dots BG stamp and some yummy new inks (Bubble Gum and Butter Bar) to use.  And tried the faux letterpress that Julie E. presented on the Hero Arts blog.  (So not sure that I did it right.  Which side of the embossing folder are ya supposed to ink?!?!?)  So I'm playing in Hero Arts February challenge:

Love?  Check.  Lace?  Check.  And a sketch.  Check.

And in the corners of my mind I was stuck on hot pink (the HA Bubble Gum ink color) after seeing the Runway Inspired Challenge #29 - DSquared2.  I had wood on the brain too, but now looking at the photo I'm not sure where I got that from...

Happy Love Day, lovelies.

Supplies for LOVE YOU:

Paper: cardbase Buttinette,  PP echo park.

Stamps: Hero Arts

Ink : Versafine

Tools: heart die Sizzis, circle die MFT

Other: black embossing powder,  enamel sticker

Supplies for you touch my heart:

Paper: cardbase Papermania,  CS Neenah, black scrap

Stamps: dot BG and sentiment Hero Arts, floral BG CHF

Ink : Hero Arts, Versamark

Tools: heart die Sizzix, embossing folder Craft Concepts, sewing machine

Other: lace scrap, alpha sticker making memories

thankfluke (CFC, SSSS)

Start with a project involving an old jewelry box of DD's, foam stamps and acrylic paint.  Have too much blue paint left when finished with jewelry box.  Grab nearest cardbase, already stamped with a mesh pattern from an old project, stamp a couple flourishes, add some paint around the edges, pick and stamp a thank you sentiment cuz there's a real nice gal you definitely need to send a thank you to.  Oh yeah, then decide you need some yellow dots.  ... and voila!

A fast and oh-so-mailable fluke of a card.  Already in the mail to abovementioned recipient.  Hope she doesn't cringe when she opens it ;)

Playing along with:
CASual Fridays # 84 - Thank You
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Embrace the old (cuz both the cardbase and foam stamp are!)

Have a wonderful day, friends.

Supplies for so thankful:

Paper: cardbase Buttinette

Stamps: BG CHF, Making memories, sentiment Studio G

Ink : Inkadinkado, Adirondack

Tools: foam paint brush

Other:  acrylic paint

about a boy (CFC, SCS, Moxie Fab)

Saw a popper card that Julie E. made over at Ellen Hutson's Classroom and wanted to give it a try.  I concocted my own and what fun it was!

HYCCT#1201B challenges you to make a card for a kid - often we forget about the kids of cancer patients.    
And CASual Fridays #77 is all about making a card for a boy.  So I created a card which I can imagine a  mom giving to her son.  "U R my rock star".

I knew I wanted to do the "U" "R" thing on the front.  I have these cool brown glitter letters - cool, but like when can you use them?!?!?  I pulled out some Making Memories "Just Chillin" PP with a teenage boy theme and brown in the patterns and went from there.  Crafted the popper mechanism and the star and sentiment to go on it.  TIP:  Don't make them too big or you may have difficulties getting the card to open/close properly.  Ask me how I know...  Used a Kim Hughes set from CHF to stamp stars on the front panel and inside as well as the sentiment and guitar on the star.  Added some eyelets and triangles to the front cuz it seemed appropriate.  Distress inked the edges.

Also hooking up to the Moxie Fab World where there is a challenge to use alphabet stickers.  Got lots.  Two less now!

Appreciate your visit.

Supplies for U R my rock star:

Paper: cardbase Papermania,  PP making memories

Stamps: CHF

Ink : Distress Ink,

Tools: star die Sizzix, circle die MFT

Other: embossing powder Zing, eyelets, letter stickers making memories

for mom (CPT, CASology)

Are you getting the feeling that triangles are the new hexagons?  Mom's turning 83 next week and this is her bday card (she and her PC aren't the best of friends so I consider myself "safe" presenting this :))

Took up two of the challenges at The Creative Paper Trade - the sketch and the triangles - although there is really only one triangle on my card.  But I think the stamped graphics imitate triangles too.

Also hooking up for the first time at CASology #14 where the inspiration word is "Leaf".  Love the leaf brad from Eyelet Outlet.

                                                     

And cuz Mom will get a chuckle out of it, this Inkadinkado sentiment graces the inside:

Happy Sunday to ya'll.

Supplies U:

Paper: cardbase Buttinette,  PP Basic Grey, woodgrain PP Ursus

Stamps: Hero Arts, Paper Smooches, sentiment Inkadinkado

Ink: Amuse Studio, Versamagic, Memento, Distress Ink

Tools: die MFT

Other: brad Eyelet Outlet, chipboard letter Making Memories

masculine card helps law of averages (Retro)

OK, so I complained about the many detours I took on this card.  But when I got the idea to make another one using this Retro Sketches sketch and a 6x6 PP pad, the average time per card got knocked back down into the realm of acceptable!

So here's another entry for this sketch and this one is so CAS and so masculine.  I'm a happy camper.

My choice of PP as well as the random lettering was inspired by the Paper Nudge over at The Creative Paper Trade.  Another new blog with great challenges and beautiful products to win.

Happy weekend everyone.

Supplies Happy Birthday:

Paper: card base Buttinette, PP Basic Grey

Stamps: alpha Fancy Pants, sentiment The Craft's Meow

Ink: Versacolor, Versafine

Tools: punch EKS

Other: letter stickers Making Memories