More Cards for Angel's Blog Candy/Challenge

Good Morning, Folks. I've been diligently working on Angel's Sketch Challenges for her blog candy and here are a few cards I made last night. I made a few more cards using Angel's sketches posted on Stampin Inspirations so be sure to check it out.

This card is for Sketch #22: Click Here for the sketch.

This is a Thanksgiving card with a little pink. Why not? Pink goes nicely with Thanksgiving. . .well, I think so.

I'm not going to include the card recipe for these cards because I simply don't have the time today. Busy, busy, busy. . .




Here is a card I made using Sketch #23: Click here for the sketch.

The flowers were cut out from a designer paper. I thought the flowers were pretty. I added a little bit of Stickles glitter to add a little bling to them.


Here's the 3rd card I created. . .no stamping on this one at all! Whoohoo! I wanted to create fall/autumn card in traditional colors mixed with non-traditional. What do you think of the purple mix? I think it's different but the card still have the essence of fall.

This card sketch is using Angel's sketch #24: Click here to view the sketch . There's 8 more days to her challenge/blog candy so be sure to drop by her blog site and try it out!

Envelope Scrapbook Album

Good Morning Folks! Boy, I've been so stinkin' busy and I'm so behind on everything! This weekend was crazy busy but it's over! Thank goodness.

Anyway. . .I managed to squeeze in time to make this "Envelope Scrapbook Album". If you haven't had a chance to stop by my "Stampin Inspirations" blog site. . .I had posted that I had recently bought a CombBind binding machine. I decided to buy the CombBind rather than a Rubicoil for various reasons. One, I already have a Bind It All binding machine and the other reasons are posted on Stampin Inspirations.

Anyway. . .this album was created using "greeting card" size envelopes (the larger size envelopes. . .is it A6? - not sure). You don't need a binding machine to create this album. You can punch holes to the side and use ribbons or book rings to bind the album together. I decided to bind the album using the CombBind.

I decorated the envelopes with designer paper and various sticker embellishments. Most of the embellishments I used are by "Jolee's Boutique". The designer papers are from DCWV Christmas Collection. After designing the envelopes, I tucked the flap into the envelope and using a 1" circle punch, punched a notch at the center top.

Inside the envelopes are scrapbook pages with a scrapbook layout. So far I made 3 pages. I plan to add more pages when I have the time to do so.

Here are the envelopes that I used to create the pockets of the album.

Until later, folks. . .today will again be a busy day! I wish time would slow down a little so I can catch up. . ..

Busy This Weekend. . .

Life, life, life. . .it just gets in the way sometimes. I'm going to be busy this weekend and won't have time to craft or blog. I have to help out my kids with their obligations for the Key Club. My kids are officers of the Key Club and I've been appointed their offical chauffer. I'll be spending the whole weekend driving them around. Anyway. . .if I have time this evening, I'll see if I can post something.

In the meantime. . .watch this video. Anybody heard of Coblie Caillat? Anyway. . .I love her new album. She's a new upcoming singer and I love the song "Oxygen" by her. Unfortuantely, there's no video for that song but she did release a new song called "Bubbly". Amazingly, she was discovered through MySpace. Check out her new release and tell me what you think of her?

Look Mama, No Stampin'!!

Here's another card I made for Angel's (Angelosity) Challenge/Blog Candy. I have a week's worth of catchin' up but what I'm doing is creating a card for a current sketch and the other is a catch up one. If the card is made with rubber stamps, I post it on Stampin Inspirations and if there's no stamping except for the sentiment, I post it on this blog site.

This is for sketch #8: Click Here for the sketch. This was an interesting sketch. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it but I saw these designer papers in scrap pile and I thought it was a good way to get rid of them.

The sentiment is a vellum sticker that went really well with the theme of the designer paper. The designer paper had a bit of asian theme to it so I decided to use the "peace" sentiment to tie the theme of the card together. I really like how it turned out. The stripe paper is actually very glittery but you can't see it in the picture.

Card Details:

Paper: DCWV Glitter Stack, DCWV Value Pack

Accessories: JoAnn Brads, Provocraft Holiday Stickers, Organdy ribbon

Christmas Cards and Angel's Challenge/Blog Candy

Whoohoo! I'm on the roll with Angel's (Angelosity) Challenge/Blog Candy. It's been fun creating cards using someone else's sketches. This card is for Angel's sketch #6: Click here to see the sketch.


No stamping whatsoever with this card. Yay! The snowflake is a sticker that I mounted on cardstock then cut it out. I crimped the cardstock. . .remember when crimping was popular. I rarely see cards with crimping these days. Well, I decided to pull out my crimper and created the crimped background.

Card Details:

Stickers: Provocraft Winter Stickers
Paper: SU Bashful Blue, Ballet Blue, White
Accesories: DCWV Christmas Stack, SU Slit Punch, 1/8" circle punch (scallops), Big Lot Ribbon, JoAnn Brad

This card was created using Angel's Sketch #18: Click here for the sketch. I basically used the same material for this card as my first card. The only difference is the swirl clip and the silver metallic cord. I also added a different designer paper by DCWV.

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.