Cards Received

This is a Mother's Day Card and the neat thing about it is the smaller "door" on the right of the card to see the sentiment inside.

This card is from the Asian swap. The gold can rub off so be careful. :)

This is for the Anything swap. Purple and gray? On my computer it looks like a denim blue but in real life it looks more grayish. Whatever it is, it's a pretty color combo.

Another very pretty Mother's Day Card

And some more that I'm adding to this post instead of creating another post just for them.

Teacher Appreciation gifts

I just counted up all the cards I've made in 2009. 115
I don't know about you, but I'm sure impressed. And it's not even the middle of the year yet. Included in the 115:

I have two boys in elementary school and they each have three "main" teachers (I'm not including the PE coach, music teacher, and art teacher although they might like being appreciated too). I made 6 of the card magazine holders (I've seen this on splitcoaststampers, but where I first saw it was on SheetLoad. Unfortunately, I do not have the link handy). I did tweak the measurements so I could have regular A2 sized cards (originally, it was made for 3x3 cards) . I made 3 cards for each teacher so that meant 18 cards total. I covered each holder in a different color paper (each common color was pink since I don't have much need to use pink) and the three cards that went with it also had the same background paper.

Speaking of my sons, I had the oldest tested and he scored 98, 100, & 107 so he's in the average range for intelligence.

Lil' Lamb & Lovers

I did a Mojo Monday #85 card. I used scraps and the bow I made using the "fork" method with some shear brown ribbon.
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The card below is my attempt to do SplitCoastStampers sketch225. I tried to do this color swatch:but I didn't have goldrush, creme brule, juniper, or vanilla creme so I did the best I could. My juniper became evergreen, the goldrush became golden yellow, and the cream brule is orange ink. It is mounted on a cream colored cardstock. The image is an internet coloring book image that I colored with Bic Markers.

Sorry Kitty, My Heart Belongs to You

The Green card is for a Chalks swap. I made this one a center fold/opening card (I inked the edges so you can see where the card opens). I stamped the flowers on pink or yellow cardstock and cu them out (I must remember to do that on paper next time because it was difficult cutting those tiny areas). I chalked the background behind the flowers and used green chalk inks for the stems and the words.



















I used the challenge on 2RedBananas (but by the time I got the card made, scanned and posted, the Mr.Linky thing was gone) to use stripes (which I love) and the sketch on PaperCraftPlanet (sk050209). I used brownish colored Prima Flowers, a scrap of solid blue cardstock, another scrap of blue/brown striped paper, brown ink for the phrase (I accidentally smeared a little of the ink on the "I" before it was completely dried), and cut a Pop up Glue dot into quarters to adhere the flowers. I colored the image with colored pencils, the light blue for the water in the glass is so light that it looks like it disappeared.

These cards aren't following any sketches or color challenges - I just "threw" them together. The calendar page is for my mom. I have been forgetting to scan the other months after I made them but before I mailed them to her. This month I'm late getting it mailed to her. :(

Thinking of Ewe & Monochromatic Cards

SC224 using Lindsay W.'s (thrfrugralcrafter's designs at http://www.shophandmade.com/Store/Lindsay) Digital Sheep Stamp



2RedBananas had a challenge to "Pick a Color - Any Color" and make a Monochromatic card. I found the image off the internet and printed it on regular typing paper. I used my Creative Memories oval cutter to cut it into an oval. I used some scraps to create the border on the bottom of the card then a pop up glue dot cut into quarters to adhere the flowers. I'll probably use it for a Wedding Card or perhaps Sympathy (those are hard to come up with since I prefer "fun" images that don't lend themselves well to somber occasions).

Cards Made and Cards Received

I'm working on cleaning my workspace. I left no room to work at my table that I've moved to the floor and I'm about to leave no room to walk there either so I'm posting cards I got made Wednesday but had to let dry before I could scan them (then last night I was just too tired to do anything - so I vegged out in front of the TV watching Eureka on Sci-Fi).



This is for a Wedding. I was trying to follow the sketch from Unscripted Sketches 3 and a color challenge I had an image that didn't work very well for the shape so I did the best I could. ;) I used bronze ink for the brown, otherwise, everything else is there (some colors are used in the image to get use of the required colors). Inside, I stamped in the same bronze ink, "Congratulations"
This obviously is a Baby Card using Sketch Saturday's sketch #48 and combined it with the color challenge found on ColorCreateChallenge I tried to stay as close to the sketch as possible but again, my chosen image didn't quite lend itself to the sketch's oval shape so I tried to compensate by giving the corners a decorative shape instead. :)

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I got RAK'd - don't think that's ever happened before. It's a center fold (or would that be center opening?) card that can be used for Mother's Day.
These last two cards are for swaps, both for the Anything You Want to Make swap.

Color and Sketch Challenge - Lamb

Another card for my Sheep-loving Mother In Law. I'm following the color scheme by SplitCoastStampers and ColorThrowdown (both had similar color schemes this week) and the sketch provided by CreateACard yahoo group.

Cards received

Asian Theme Swap and a Bird's Card
Anything Card Swap followed by a For You card and a Corners Card.



I have a co-worker's birthday tomorrow and I am going to go ahead and use the next one (It's Your Day) because I've been so busy making cards for swaps and Mother In Law that I didn't take time to make a card to give to her.

The Flamingos card was for a Birds card swap