birthdays and butterflies

Here is the last card that is sitting on my desk and it is actually going postal for my niece Shannon's birthday on Monday.

A Page In Time Scrapbooking did a card sketch this week along with their regular scrapbooking challenge.

A really fun sketch and an easy way to use up some of your scraps. For my card I used some dark Esse brown cardstock, pattern paper and diecut shape are by BasicGrey from the new Curio collection. The butterfly is a Martha Stewart Punch which I added some Fiskars black Raindrops to and I distressed all the edges with Ranger vintage photo ink.

Isn't this just a fun sketch?

Enjoy!

wanted ~ butterflies

Well our weather here has definitely taken a turn for the worst. The winds are blowing so hard it feels like our roof is going to blow away. Old man winter is knocking on our doors and whistling through the cracks of my very old house.

Today I have a card that I made using the new Cosmo Cricket 6x6 mini deck "wanted". I love the colors in this collection and I even stamped a birthday definition on the oval in pumice stone.

Along with the wanted papers I used a nestability oval die, Martha Stewart butterfly punch and a pebblesinc., rubon. Here is the sketch that inspired this card.

I hope you enjoy and maybe feel motivated to play along with us at Techno Stampers.

Okay that is it for me today. Stop back tomorrow for something new.

Enjoy!

just because

I have this card sitting on my desk just looking at me and decided I needed to share it with you. I just love how it turned out. So simple and yet so masculine.

I totally love this Tim Holtz embossing folder. The paper is called "grocery bag". I added some natural twine and rubons and a masculine card was born.

I can't wait to try this as a Christmas card in either all white or green.

Enjoy!