Cards For Angel's Challenge/Blog Candy

Hey Everyone. I made two cards for Angel's Challenge/Blog Candy. Like I said on my previous post, Angel is giving out a huge prize so be sure to drop by her blog site and check out the challenge. If interested. . .click here for the rules. This card is day 5 sketch. Click Here for the sketch.

I made this card using my CB Leaves die again for the primary image. I did do a little bit of stamping because initially, I was going to post this card on Stampin Inspirations. When I was looking for a focal image, I decided to use the die-cut leaves as my primary focal point so this card ended up being posted here on Card Inspired.

You can't tell by the picture but the stamped background is shimmery because I applied Pearl Ex to the stamped images.

Card Details:

Stamps: SU Grand Cornucopia, Happy Fall Y'all
Paper: SU Really Rust, More Mustard, DCWV Fall Stack
Ink: Versamark, Basic Black, Glitter Gel Pen
Accessories: CB Leaves Die-cut, Grosgrain ribbon, Making Memories colored staples, Fiskar "Cloud" scissors

Here's another card I submitted for Angel of Angelosity's challenge/blog candy. Click here for the sketch. This sketch is for Day 2.

I created the card with a horizontal orientation but I did follow the sketch. Following other people's sketch is really fun. I should do it more often. Did you know that I have never followed my own sketches. . .like I've said in the past, I create my sketches after I create the card.

I think I'm going to create two cards for each post; one is to follow a past sketch that I created and follow another person's sketch from either a blog or SCS. Sounds like a plan. . .

Card Details:

Stamp: Inkadinkado

Paper: DCWV Textured Cardstock, SU Pretty in Pink, Old Olive

Ink: Old Olive

Accessories: 1" and 1 1/4" punch, Colorbok ribbons, Fiskar "scallop" scissors

Angel "Angelosity" Blog Candy Challenge

Hey Everyone! Angel of "Angelosity" has a huge Blog Candy/Challenge in progress right now. It's huge with lots of goodies to be handed out so be sure to check it out. Click here fore the rules.

To create this card I used Angel's Day 1 sketch. I plan to do ALL of them. I'm a bit behind but my goal is to do all of the sketches that she is posting for her challenge. I think she is on day 16 now so I really need to hustle.

Anyway. . .I created this card using 3/4" square punches and small snowflakes punches and mounted them on to the designer paper. The rest of the card was basically created to follow Angel's sketch.

Card Details:

Stamp: Inkadinkado Holiday Collection
Paper: SU Basful Blue, Brocade Blue, Provocraft Holiday Collection
Ink: Brocade Blue
Accessories: Colorbok Ribbon, SU 3/4" square punch and snowflake punch

This is a Thanksgiving Card I made last night using Cuttlebug "Leaves" dies. Die-cuts are a great way to reduce your scrap pile. I plan to start using my many dies to create cards. It's sorta exciting to work with something different besides rubber stamps although, I did rubber stamp the sentiment.

Card Details:

Stamp: Darcies

Paper: Not sure of cardstock(used my scraps), DCWV Fall Stack, SU Sage Shadow

Ink: SU True Thyme, Creamy Caramal

Accessories: CB "Leaves" Dies, Colorbok Ribbon

Cuttlebug Die Set Flowers

Hey. . I finally found time to post these cards. I decided to create cards using the Cuttlebug die set "Flowers". I bought the dies a few months ago but never once used the set. I had bought a few dies but because I rubber stamp most of my images, I really wasn't motivated to use the dies.

I feel changing the focus of this blog has been a good thing because I'm now motivated to use other products besides rubber stamps to create my cards.

I basically cut the flowers using the CB dies and arranged the flowers on to my cards.

I created the cards using similar materials but added different elements to each card as well. Awww. . .I just realized that the ribbon looks a bit droopy with the second card. I will need to perk it up a little.

The sentiment stamp for the first card is by Studio G and the sentiments on the 2nd and 3rd cards are by My Sentiments Exactly.

The pattern paper is from the DCWV Fall Stack.

I'm so accustomed to using rubber stamps to create my designs that it's still a little hard for me to put together cards without rubber stamping. I'm still learning but it's getting easier to create cards without rubber stamps. I still rubber stamp the sentiments because it's less costly to use rubber stamps and easier to create than using scrapbook stickers or embellishment.

The flowers on this card are the "reverse" image of the dies. Rather than throwing them away, I used them to create a design for the card. I created the scallop edge using the SU slit punch. All of the cardstock are by SU. The colors used are Cranberry Crisp, Old Olive, and Creamy Caramel.

In the Meantime. . .

Hey Everyone. . .I'm in the process of creating cards for this blog site but life is sort of getting in the way. Anyway. . .here's two videos you can take a look at. . .love these two songs because they're both touching. . .check them out!



Here's one from Pink. This is currently my favorite song by her.

Altered Mixed Nuts Containers - Fall Thanksgiving Theme

Hi Everybody! For several months, I've been collecting empty plastic containers that originally contained mixed nuts and other snacks as well as soup cans. I had set them aside in the kitchen and last week, I noticed they were gone. They were great containers and I was planning to alter them to create decorated snack containers during the holidays.

I asked my husband where he had placed them and he said "oh, the empty containers?". . .I'm like "Yeah! The empty contaners!!!" He's like "well , I thought they were trash and I had thrown them away." WHAT! WHAT! "No way. . .did you just say you threw them away. . .you gotta be kidding me?". . .he's like "yeah, I didn't know that you wanted to keep them". OMG!! I couldn't believe it.. I'm really bummed out that he threw the containers away. I had grand plans for them.

Anyway, here are a few stuff I altered today. I found these two mixed nuts containers that still had the mixed nuts in them. It worked out in the end. I was able to alter something but it would have been nice if I had the empty ones.

I decorated the containers for the Thanksgiving/Fall Season and the soup cans shown above are for Halloween. Looking at the picture, I don't like how the Raffia looks. It looks messy but in person they actually look really nice because it has the essence of the Fall season. I created them really quickly. . .both within an hour. I'll make better ones next time.

If you want a closer look and details of the altered soup cans with the lollipops, visit my Stampin Inspirations blog site. I posted them on my other blog site because rubber stamping is involved.

If I can find other containers, I'll make more of these and come up with something a little prettier.

Until later, folks?

Another Mini Scrapbook Album

Good Evening Everyone! Am I scrapbooker now. . .did I abandon card making and rubber stamping? No. . .all my "rubber stamping" projects are all now being posted on my Stampin Inspirations blog site and all "papercraft" projects on Card Inspired.

I'm still making cards for Card Inspired but it will be cards using paper craft materials as opposed to "rubber stamps". I do still do some rubber stamping on my "paper craft" projects but it's only limited to the sentiments because the truth is I don't have too many "sentiment" stickers and I don't want to have to type and print them out all the time so rubber stamping the sentiments is the easiest and fastest way to do it.

So why are you seeing a lot of scrapbooking on Card Inspired? Here is how I see it. . .since I've started crafting I've rarely kept any of the things I create especially handmade cards. I either swap them, RAK them, or sell them. I never get to keep any of my stuff. . .why should I keep them. . .cards are meant to be given away, not kept.

Scrapbooking and making different projects besides cards are stuff that I can actually keep for myself. Furthermore, I have all these pictures stored in my computer and nobody gets to see them, not even my kids or husband because they're all in my computer. I could do an online photo gallery so they can access the photos but I don't want to do that. The best thing is to print the pictures and create albums so they can look at the pictures. They get a kick looking at pictures of themselves, especially when they were younger. The pictures bring back wonderful memories for all of us.

Anyway. . .the scrapbook album is a mini album created with thin chipboards covered with designer papers and cardstock and embellished primarily with stickers. It was really fun making this mini album but the final album wasn't what I originally had planned to make. The album was suppose to be a vertical flip album that opened up with a stand in the back of it so I could display it in the living room. Unfortunately, without thinking of the orientation of the album, I had laid the photos out in a manner that requires that the album be opened horizontally. When I finally was going to attach it to the flip stand, I realized that the orientation of the photos were done horizontally by mistake.

I wanted to scream!!! No problem. . .I can make another one but the next one will be a "Christmas" album. All is not lost, I punched holes to the side of the album and created a traditional horizontal binding with book rings instead. The album is 5.5 x 5.5" with a total of 10 photo pages.

Materials: 5.5 x 5.5" chipbord, 2 Book (leaf) rings, DCWV Fall Designer Paper Stack and DCWV Textured Fall Cardstock. Stickers on the front cover are all by Jolee's Boutique. All ribbons on the album are Ribbon Rubons, Grosgrain Ribbons, and Organdy Ribbon. Stickers and materials are listed below for each page.


All of the photos were taken in 2003. I chose these photos for this album because we were all dressed up for Halloween. Typically only the kids dress up. We've dressed up in previous years but this is the only year that I have a "group" picture of us.

Materials: Jolee's Boutique, Dress it Up Scaredy Cat, Colorbok Doo-Dads

I was dressed up as "Foxy Cleopatra" from the Austin Power movie. . .I thought DH was a "frankenstein" but he corrected me and said he was a "zombie". On the album, I had stated that he was a "frankenstein". Oops.

Materials: Jolee's Boutique, SU Slit Punch, 1/8" punch


Materials: Dress It Up Scaredy Cat, Colorbok Doo-Dads Spooky Tags, Provocraft Alphabet Punch Out, Jolee's Boutique

Materials: Jolee's Boutique, SU Slit Punch

Alexis was "Samora" from the movie "The Ring" and Anton a "Devil". I had captioned on the album that he was a Dracula but when I showed them the album, they corrected me and said he was a "devil". Okay, he looks like a dracula with horns in my opinion so I guess he was a "Devula".

Materials: Jolee's Boutique stickers, Dress it up Scaredy Cat, Colorbok Doo-Dads

A Whole Bunch of Christmas Cards I Made Today

Good Evening, Everyone! I created these Christmas cards today. . .again, trying to get rid of my scrap pile and I'm doing a good job so far. A great way to get rid of scrap designer papers and cardstock is to punch them using a sqaure punch and creating gift boxes. Just top it off with a ribbon and whala, that's it! This is a fast and easy way to create a design for Christmas and Birthday cards! No stamping was done on this card except for the sentiment. Stamping the sentiment was faster than looking for a sticker that matched the colors of my card.


Card Details: K&CO Designer Paper, Provocraft Holiday stacks, Making Memories eyelets, 1 1/4 square punch, organdy ribbon, stitches created by sewing machine, SU Cardstock: Pretty in Pink and Old Olive, SU Old Olive ink, Inkidinkado Holiday Stamp set

I made these three blue Christmas cards because I wanted to use up my fat pile of blue cardstock and one of the scrap designer paper that's been sitting in my scrap pile. I also wanted to use up an opened pack of stickers that has been sitting in my scrap pile for 3 years. . .yup, 3 years. I have a lot of open packs of left over stickers waiting to be used.

Card Details: Stickopotamus Vellum Snowflakes Sticker, Organdy Ribbon, CB Embossing Folder, Stickles Glitter, Provocraft Holiday Stacks, SU Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Ballet Blue, Whisper White, SU Ballet Blue ink

Card Details: Stickopotamus Vellum Stickers Snowflakes, CB Embossing Folder, SU Bashful Blue, Bordering Blue, Ballet Blue, Whisper White, Provocraft Holiday Stack, Stickles Glitter, SU Ballet Blue ink, Organdy Ribbon, Inkadinkado Christmas Sentiment stamp set

Card Details: Stickopotamus Vellum StickersSnowflakes, SU Cardstocks: Ballet Blue, Bordering Blue, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Provocraft Holiday Stack, DCWV Designer Paper, Fiskar "Scallop" Scissors, Stickles Glitter, 1" and 1 1/4" circlue punches, JoAnn Brads, Organdy Ribbon

Daily Special - Anything But Cards - Mini Coaster Album

Good Evening Everyone! Today's Daily Special is "Anything But Cards - Mini Coaster Album/Holder". I created this album holder using cardstock and designer paper. I wanted to create an album holder to store my mini album so I came up with this holder. I need to tweak it a little but I think it came out pretty well. The only snag in the process is that I made the mini album a little too bulky. The album holder is 5.5 x 5.5". The diameter of the album is 3.5 x 3.5 which fits into a CD Envelope inside the holder.

Anybody interested in a tutorial of this project? If there's enough interest, I'll create a tutorial.

Comment on this post if you're interested in a tutorial for this project.

The envelope that holds the album is a CD sleeve/envelope. I cut a 4" inch circle on the designer paper and adhered it to the front of the CD envelope.

I didn't have a vintage colored prima flower so I rubbed Tim Holtz Distress Ink on to the large prima flower to give it a "vintage" look.

Materials: Target large prima flowers, Office Depot swirl clip, JoAnn Brad, Artsy Collage Metal Collection, 3 1/2" coasters, Autumn Leaves Designer Paper, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, 3/4" Book Rings


On my birthday. . .celebrating at Nick's Fish Market in Hawaii.

I found the poem on one of my scrapbook programs. It's a poem by Hallmark. I stamped the journaling lines using SU Journaling Fun stamp set and I wrote the poem with gel pen.

I read that it's important to sometimes write the journaling rather than typing it because adding your own writing personalizes your album.

Materials: Office Depot swirl clip, Gold Organdy Ribbon, Got Flowers Prima Flowers, JoAnn Brads, Black and Beige cardstock (unknown), SU Journaling Fun


July 4th photo.

Materials: Making Memories Definitions, Office Depot Swirl Clips, Organdy Ribbon, SU Cranberry Crisp Cardstock, Black Cardstock









Picture was taken during our Chicago trip. . .we were riding in a horse carriage when this picture was take.

Like the first page, the poem is by Hallmark.

Materials: Got Flowers Prima Flowers, JoAnn Brads, Black and Brown Cardstock (Unknown) , SU Journaling Fun

At home in Hawaii. DH's birthday.

Materials: Making Memories Definitions, JoAnn Photo Holders, JoAnn Brads, SU Cranberry Crisp, Black, Got Flowers prima flowers