FMS 112 / Seize the Birthday

I've been thinking and thinking since I saw this week's sketch over at

Freshly Made Sketches of what I could do with it and finally came up with

something.  I'm also going to enter the Seize the Birthday challenge, since I
made a birthday card and there is a "toppings" option of texture.

Here's the sketch...

and my take on it.

I needed to make a birthday card for a co-worker and I seem to have at theme going

when it comes to making this co-worker's card every year.  It's red and black.  She

simply loves red and I like using black with red. I embossed the white panel with a
Cuttlebug folder and used a favorite Fiskars border punch for the 3 strips, which

broke just before I finished all my punching but managed to get it done anyway. I hate
when that happens, but I guess I've gotten my money's worth, as much as I've used it.
I added the paper roses, some red jewels and a greeting. Now I think I'm gonna have to go
out and see if I can find another border punch I like as well as this one. Thanks for taking a look!

One Layer Christmas

Ok, so I'm not one that really makes one layer cards but the theme/recipe challenge
 over at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown this week is to do so with only a hint of
 color, ribbon or bling.  I had to give it a try and this is what I came up with. I'm
thinking I'll enter this card in the CAS-ual Fridays challenge as well.

Pretty simple!  I dry embossed the white card stock with a Sizzix embossing folder,

colored the center of the flowers with smooch ink, added red ribbon and a bow and

stamped the greeting with red ink.  Thanks for taking a look!

FM 111

I've got a card for the Freshly Made Sketches #111 challenge.

Here's what I did...

with this sketch for inspiration.

I only wish my picture of the card was brighter.  I took it outside and the sun had already

started to go down.  The pictures I took inside weren't any better.  Oh well.  I embossed the

white panel with one of my Sizzix texturz plates and die cut the snowflake with

Spellbinders Create -a -Flake Four dies and layered with foam tape. I added some bling

throughout.  Thanks for taking a look!

Mojo 318

Just a quick post with the card I created for the challenge over at Mojo Monday.  I really
like this sketch and struggled to come up with something I thought would be worthy of
entering.

Here's my card...

based on this sketch.

I think it turned out okay.  I die cut the reindeer with the Cricut Christmas Solutions

cartridge.  The tag was cut with an old Sizzix originals die and the snowflakes are

cut from Spellbinders Create- a- Flake Four.  The greeting is from a Hero Arts

set of Christmas greetings.  Thanks for taking a look!

DD #78 / DS126

I actually got a second card made today in spite of the fact that I think I may have
carpal tunnel syndrome and it's not easy to work with a brace on my hand. I  saw the
color combo over at Dynamic Duos and found a sketch I wanted to try at
The Deconstructed Sketch. So I decided to combine the two challenges.

Here's the card I came up with...

using these colors...

and this sketch.

I used the same  Cricut cartridge and Sizzix dies I used on my earlier post today.

The papers are from the Teresa Collins Christmas Cottage 6x6 paper pad.  I used

a Prima Say it in Pearls embellishment and used a Hero Arts stamp set for the

greeting.  Thanks for taking a look!

November Color Challenge - 52CCT

Got started a little late with my crafting for the weekend.  I had to go in to work
 for a little while this morning to do an interview for a position I need to fill.  So, now
with that done I was able to get down to business creating a card for the color challenge
at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown.

This is the color combo...

and what I managed to come up with.

It took me quite a while to formulate a plan but finally decided to pull out my Cricut

and my Christmas solutions cartridge.  I've already done several cards with poinsettias

this year and some snowflake cards so I thought one with a reindeer would be a good 

change.  I used a Sizzix embossing folder for the background of the frame and 2

Sizzix originals dies for the frame itself.  I added some bling and stamped the greeting.

There you have it!  Thanks for taking a look!

DS125

I'm managing to get one last post in this weekend.  I wanted to get a birthday card

made for a co-worker whose favorite color is green.  So I saw the sketch for this

week over at The Deconstructed Sketch and thought I'd use it for this project.

This is the sketch...

and my interpretation.

I have a paper pad from Recollections called Garden Florals that I used for this card.

The flower and leaves were fussy cut from one of the designer papers and layered

with foam tape.  I added a Prima Say it in Pearls piece to the center of the flower

and added some silver stickers and the sentiment.  Thanks for taking a look!