Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration #38

I think I like having Kristina's Challenge closer to the end of the week. :-) 

I never thought I would use pink and orange shade in one card, but look, I did it! :-) 

I'm not quite satisfied with the pictures I take. I  have a fairly new camera, I must be doing something that I shouldn't or must be not doing something that I should. 

{Forever} Card ~ 5 1/4 x 5 1/4

As always....

• Card stock and patterned paper from Paper Studio;
• Brads from Paper Studio;
• Ribbon from RibbonFX;
• Paper flower from K&C Company;
• Sticker with {Forever} from Paper Studio;

I admit that I haven't shopped for card supplies anywhere else besides Hobby Lobby. I started looking around on the internet, to broaden my stamp and paper horizon. If you had a good, great, awesome experience with some things you found, I would love it if you shared it with me. 

Look up the challenge and the other (awesome, I assure you!) entries HERE.

~Thanks for stopping by!~ 

A card for DBU

Jen del Muro celebrates the New Year and New Look of her blog by giving away a HUGE blog tart giveaway. It made my eyes "drool" :-). So I decided to participate, by making a card for the international students at Dallas Baptist University. 

It would be awesome if you would like to send a card to DBU and enter to win Jen's Blog Tart Giveaway!

I have been an "international student" twice in my life, so  I know how it is to be in a new place, new country, new continent!!, I know how it feels to not know anyone, so I decided to make a card with the sentiment "You're invited!" 

Materials I used:

• paper from Paper Studio;
• ribbon from RibbonFX;
• stamp from Say it with Stamps!

I followed a pretty classic look. 

Wouldn't be awesome if one day, someone stumbled upon my blog and exclaimed: "I got this card!" ?? :-)

Sweet Baby!

I enjoyed making baby cards these past two weeks! One of the girls I worked with had baby girl and one of my best friends is going to have a baby boy next week sometimes, if the calculations are right. 

This time I tried some asymmetrical cards, as far as the outside goes and I really like how they turned out! :-) 

Sweet Baby! Card ~ 5 1/2 x 4 1/4

• Card stock from Core'dinations ~ Nostalgia Collection;
  
• Paper from Paper Studio (Baby Pink Paisley/ Blue Paisley; Baby Pink Diamond; Baby Blue Stripes);
  
• Stamps from Stampabilities ("Buggy Boogie") and Say it with Stamps ("Congratulations!");
• Blue and Pink Paper Clips from Office Depot;
• Two pearly flowers I saved from a gift bag I received;
  
• Black / Burgundy Double Satin / Pink Double Satin Ribbon from RibbonFX;
  
• Round Scalloped Punch 1 7/8 inch diameter;
  
• Scissors from Paper Studio.
  

I'm always looking for fresh ideas for theme cards, baby ones in this case, and I would appreciate if you would point me to some good ones!  

~ Thanks for stopping by! Come back soon, as I am preparing to post a video about one way to make a gift card holder! ~  

Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration #37

I love Kristina's challenges because they pull me away from my favorite color combinations - that I always end up with when making a card - and stretch my creative nerve. 

"You touched my heart" Card -  51/4 x 51/4 

 

I used  Core'dinations paper for the base of this card, as well as for the hearts accents and the dots. I used paper from the Paper Studio (Serendipity collection) as the background. The white stitched ribbon is from RibbonFX. 

~ Thanks for stopping by! ~ 

 

Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration #34

I had to struggle with the computer for a little while, but I really wanted to be a part of the #34 challenge. So I'm just going to post the pictures of the cards, then take a nap (so very tired....), then go to our church Christmas pageant, then come and add some more information to this post.

~ Thank You!~

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I'm back! Later than I would have wanted to, but I still wanted to finish the post.

"Thinking of you" card - 6 x 6 

(I love the balance of the square cards...) 

Cardstock:  ColorCore, WVDC - Nostalgia Collection;

Stamp: 

Ribbon: RibbonFX.

"Treasure" card - 6 x 6

Cardstock: ColorCore, WVDC - Nostalgia Collection;

Stamp: Stampabilities - Antique Time Piece;

Ribbon: RibbonFX;

Accents:  Paper Studio pastel flower brads; 

 

Tea Bags Advent Calendar

My husband is a big tea drinker. So I thought I would make an Advent Calendar out of tea bags. 

For this I needed:

~ a few of different kind of tea bags (according to how many days there are 'till Christmas);

~ punched tags out of cardstock ( I like the scalloped punch, but you can use any kind of shape);

~ glue;

~ any kind of numbers: rub-ons, embellishments...your choice;

~ tiny Christmas decorations that would fit on the new tag. 

I glued the original tea tag in between two scalloped tags. Then on top I glued a punched patterned paper, then rubbed on the numbers, along with some snowflakes. Then I decorated the original tea box in Christmas colors. I went on the simple side, with the colors that my husband loves, but you can go as jolly as you like!!!

I also kept the tea kinds secret, so my husband has a nice surprise every December morning! :) 

My first Color Inspiration Challenge - Kristina Werner's #33

        

"My first"...I have said these words a lot lately, since I decided to stretch my horizons in Card Making and take up on some challenges. 

For this one I have the impression I am swimming with the big "sharks", but I hope they won't mind a little fish floating along! :-) 

The colors took me aback a little, but I still dug in my card stock and paper stash and picked the best one I could find. 

I used:

~ ColorCore for the pumpkin orange card stock;

~ DMD - Paper Revelations for Teal;

~ DCWV for the light teal and celery patterned paper;

~ RibbonFX satin brown;

~ White snowflake from....shoot, I threw the package away...

~Thanks for the inspiration!~ 

You can view the challenge and the cards here!