Happy Friday!!! FINALLY! The weekend is here! In for a busy weekend but am so glad that its gonna start soon. Just wanted to share this cute card I got from my October OCS partner Ka Ren aka North Shore Craft Girl. Isn't it cute!? She told me she doesn't normally make Halloween cards, but I think she did an awesome job considering! She also sent me those black roses. Perfect for Halloween.. don't cha think?
And here's a close up of the cute witch. I think she's from CC's Designs.
Here's the card I made for this month's OCS hosted by my GF Linda.. Its a great way to meet other crafters and exchange ideas! October sign ups should be announced soon, so if you are interested, check out her blog for the announcement.
So, Linda has been challenging us for each OCS since she's taken over from Teri... This month's theme it to create a summer card. Since I've made a few summer themed cards this year, I decided to find an image that I haven't used recently. While browsing through my stash, I found this Mermaid Lilly set by Pink Cat Studio that I bought last year. She reminds me of summertime, so I decided to use her for my card.
As you probably already know, I LOVE distress inks, so I had to incorporate it somehow on my card. Since they are blendable, it made a nice watery background for Lilly. I added some crystals using my flourish template and added the CC's sentiment that coordinates so well with mermaids and other sea life.
My OCS partner this month is Brenda (Punch Queen). Hope she likes it!
Supplies:
I was floored when I got my OCS from Brenda this month. She has dazzled me again with her punch creativity! I just don't see my punches the way she does- so creative yah?
She snuck in some goodies that she also made- I love it! Thank you Brenda! My daughter is year of the monkey, so the monkey photo holder is perfect to tote her photos with me. The bear post it holder is cute too. I put them back in the plastic for now- I need to just admire them for awhile before I use them!
OK- so here's a better look at that gorgeous card! Look at all the bling on those feathers!
OK- here's a beter look at the bling.. I also love the embossing folder she used for the background. I actually have that embossing folder but have not used it yet. Looks like I need to try it out too!
Here's that oh so cute monkey!
And the bear post it holder... Thank you so much Brenda! I love all of it!
Getting a head start on Christmas tags this year. I've never really made my own Christmas tags, so this is something new for me. I'm kinda lazy when it comes to Christmas wrapping, so I usually don't make my own tags. I think its cause I have to wrap all the gifts at my house AND normally need to wrap all of my mom's gifts too. Luckily she doesn't give as many gifts as she used to, so its not so bad anymore, but I used to get burnt out and after awhile, didn't care what it looked like!
Anyway- Kyoko started up this tag swap this month, so I signed up cause I thought it would be fun to make new friends and get some cool ideas. The rules are to make 3 identical tags to swap with your partner. Well, I kinda broke the rules as you can see... I didn't make mine identical. I tend to get bored and wanted to use some of my new paper, so I used the same design but just changed out the colors. Do you like it?
The bear is from one of my favorite companies- Lili of the Valley stamps. I'm expecting a big order soon of new Christmas stamps that I'll definitely have to use on future tag projects.
My partner this month was Jodi of Inked Inspirations. I finally met Jodi at the Islander Girl's Social 2 this month and she is so sweet. She even gave me some tips for using the Copic Airbrush system. I haven't bought one yet but I'm thinking about it... Thanks Jodi!
Anyway, as you probably already know, Jodi is an awesome colorer (is that a word?) and overall awesome crafter. Did you know she was on 8 or 9 Design Teams?? She wasn't even sure, guess cause it was so many. I don't know how she keeps up. Anyway, I was very intimidated to be paired with her since she does such nice work. I was actually planning on doing something with punches or dies to be honest, but then I got brave and decided to color up this bear. I hope Jodi likes it!
Here's a close up of each tag... Mounted the bear on star shaped nestibilities since he's holding a star. Star was colored in with gold Smooch- which is hard to see in the photos.
Had to include a pink one since I found this cute pink snowflake paper at Cute Stuff!
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Happy Sunday Everyone! Just wanted to share the card I got from Myra for the August OCS. I met Myra at one of Teri's classes awhile back and recently saw her again at the Islander Girls Social 2. She's so sweet- look at the goodies she sent me! That Kit Kat was from Marukai and ono- can you see that the box is open? My DD tried to steal it from me but my DH caught her and told her that it was MINE! hee hee. She also gave me some washi paper too.
Here's a close up of the card... I forgot to take a photo of the inside, but she decorated that too. Thank you Myra!
Hi Everyone! What a busy week! I'm just glad today is Sunday and I have a day to relax. Received this cute card from Joni at Crafty Hula Hands for my May OCS. Isn't it so cute?? She made this Cheeky stamp by TGF dangle from the top of this tent card using jump rings.
I had to laugh because I was kinda late in sending my card to her and forgot to take a photo of it. (You can see my card on her blog.) She wrote to me and told me that she forgot to write in my card, so the card came to me blank. I guess we were both rushing to finish!
Thank you Joni! Love the card!
j
