CPS #211

Here's a quick card for this week's CPS sketch. I used Cosmo Cricket's Hello Sunshine adding a stamp to the element panel. I love how their element panels help me make quick clean and simple cards! This is also for the Use It Tuesday challenge to use Red in honor of Japan. They are giving away a donation to the Red Cross which increases depending on the participants this week. I urge you to make a red project to increase awareness and to bolster the donation efforts of Use It Tuesday.

Jingle Belles 13

I whipped up this super flat easy card from scraps for the Jingle Belles challenge this week. The challenge is to use Christmas foliage. The Christmas foliage is from a Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather element and the papers are also from Mitten Weather.

Die Cuttin Divas Challenge 9

I know Easter is not for a few weeks but I also know that its good to get a head start on holiday projects especially if you're like me and wind up doing things last minute. This week at Die Cuttin Divas we challenge you to make an Easter card. Use any die cutting system with a fun Easter cut to make any kind of project and share it with us. Papers and stickers are Cosmo Cricket and the cut is from A Child's Year, seems to be my go-to cartridge.

Etsy Inspired Challenge 132

Etsy Inspired is featuring a fabulous shop called Fresh Metal Jewelery that sells beautiful jewelery. When I created my card I was inspired by this necklace, the colors and the shine of the metal. The stamps are Basic Grey and papers are Pink Paislee. This weekend should be full of schoolwork, crafting, and a hike. I'm not doing too bad with the homework but my crafty mojo doesn't seem to be around.

Die Cuttin Divas Challenge 8

Does it finally feel like spring where you are? We had a pretty rough winter but with some warmer days and I'm excited for spring. The challenge at Die Cuttin Divas this week should help get you in the mood for spring. We have a gardening theme. I love this little girl with a wheelbarrow full of flowers. The cut is from A Child's Year and papers are Cosmo Cricket Pixielicious.

Jingle Belles 12

Jingle Belles has a sketch challenge this week. I admit, I was at first thrown off a little by the sketch, but I went through my stash hoping to be inspired. I found the oval sticker from the Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses collection and it all came together from there.

You can see above a closeup of the little cross shapes along the side. These are from my Kreaxions Punch 913. I love that this one punch create two borders, two corners, and a little cross shape and that's before the accessories are added which open up the possibilities even more.

Easy Craft Project #34

When I saw the challenge at Easy Craft Projects to create something for your mom I thought immediately of Basic Grey's Ambrosia because of the gorgeous butterfly paper. My mom loves butterflies and I used my Kreaxions Punch 913 to add some other creative butterflies to the card. I used the punch with the A inserts to create a border and then added some pen details to make the cut outs look like butterflies. I'm not sure this will be a mother's day card but it can't hurt to have a card for mom on hand.