Clean & Simple Monochromatic

I was Blog-hopping not too long ago during the OWH 'CAS!' BlogSkip and got a little side-tracked, but found a Blog with a beautiful monochromatic card (not from the Skip) that I just HAD to try! Unfortunately I forgot what Blog it was :( but here's what I came up with.....

I used my Cuttlebug to emboss around the edges and added some tiny pearls. The sentiment is from SU.

This card will go in a pack I'm giving away for getting 150 'LIKES' on my Rainbows N Butterflies FaceBook page!! If you haven't seen it, please click on the side link and look around!!

Clean & Simple (CAS)

Operation Write Home is having a Blog-Skip today with a Clean and Simple theme...

Here's the card I was inspired to make after seeing all the beautiful cards. I actually made a card similar to this last year for Valentine's Day and was told it was a little too simple, so I added to that one.... but for the CAS theme, I think it's perfect!!

Hope you enjoyed the Skip!!!

OWH Mid-Week Throwdown Challenge

This week's Mid-Week Throwdown Challenge for Operation Write Home's Stars and Stamps Blog was to create a card using the colors Red, White, Blue, and Kraft...

Serious challenge for me because I didn't even know what the color 'kraft' was! (I'm a primary color kinda girl!!) Little did I know I had been using this color a lot, but I just called it 'brown'! And I had never used it with red, white and blue!

 (the white border isn't part of the card!)

Anyway, once I got started I couldn't stop! I ended up making about 10 cards in these colors, and still find myself going back to them once in a while!!

Here are a couple I came up with for Valentine's Day....

And the last one is the card I made for the OWH FaceBook page on the day of President Obama's State of the Union Speech...  (I think it's my favorite!)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Enjoy!!

PS... Did I mention that when I get to 20 followers I'm giving away a 5-pack of cards?!?!?

OWH to the Rescue!! SKETCH #55

I've been sitting her for about 3 hours with a total creator's block!! I FINALLY went to www.owhstarsandstamps.org and #55 sketch was exactly what I needed!!!

The 1st card I'm showing is the card I made for the sketch, and it may even fit in with the Saturday Seminar Series #1 (creating a focal point)....

The 2nd card is the same card but I thought it was missing something, so I added a sentiment....

I'm not sure how this one fits in with the focal point, but I like it a little more than the 1st card!!

Your input would be greatly appreciated!!  And THANKS for stopping by!!

Masculine Cards

This week the OWH Challenge is to make "Thinking Of You" cards.... apparently they have a slight shortage so we need to get them caught up! There was also a request for masculine cards, so I put the 2 together.....

...not sure why the writing is blurry, but it's a Thinking Of You from Stampin' Up. Same with these 2...

I made a bunch of Valentine's Day and Love cards over the last couple weeks. Here are just a couple...

I was trying to get away from non-traditional colors. I think all the paper I used on these were from Stampin' Up as well.

Until next time!!

Just A Quick Hello!

One of my favorite pass-times is blog-hopping and looking at what other cardmakers are doing, and about a week ago I came across this really cool flower using the Stampin' Up word window punch....

The blog I found it on is by Mary Director (who also happens to be a Stampin' Up demonstrator and so kindly allowed me to CASE it!) at www.kreateskards.blogspot.com
You can visit her page to see the original!

I also made this one .....

Both cards were made with Stampin' Up stamps, ink, punches, and diamond rhinestones. The 1st card was made with cardstock from last year's Stampin' Up Love pack, but the 2nd was basic cardstock from my local stationary store, as are the brads.

Hopefully I will have some Valentine Cards posted by tomorrow night!

OWH Holiday Vacation Challenge #9

Good Morning! Today's Challenge for OWH is to make an "Anything But Pink" card... I actually have 2 cards that I made and had a hard time deciding which one to use!

The 1st one is a Valentine's Day card using the Stampin' Up kit from last year... I love that kit because everything is color-matched and ready to be cut to size, and all the embellishments and borders are stickers!

The second card I made is just a fun girlie card using standard cardstock, and the image is from Inky Antics by Monica Lee colored with Stampin' Up markers. I think I got the flowers from a scrapbook convention and just added eyelets...

Now I'm off to work on more Valentine's Day cards to add to my OWH package...

These cards are all from the same Stampin' Up kit from last year.
By the way, I will be working on V-Day cards for the next week to send in to OWH. If you would like to make some and send them in with mine, I will be sending them no later than Tuesday, January 4th.