A couple of cards

It's been a long time since I posted anything, so I thought I'd post a couple of cards I recently completed.

This is a card I made for a neighbor to give to a friend in the hospital.  She found out she is in stage two of breast cancer.

Pretty birthday card

I keep saying I'm going to keep up with my blog, but....Ok, I won't say it..:)

HoneyBee Showcase February 9

Ribbons..ribbons..everywhere ribbons!!!..Our challenge this week at BettyBees Buzz was to be creative with ribbon!..I thought it would be fun to do a card with braided ribbon in 3 different colors and since I needed a birthday card, I was set to rock the challenge!!..

I use a glass 12 x 12 'mat' on my work table and this allowed me to tape the 3 ribbons for easy braiding.

Be sure to check out BettyBees Blog to see what the HoneyBees have to share with you this week!!..We would love to see your creative take on ribbon!!

HoneyBee Showcase Feb. 2

Our challenge this week at Betty Bees Buzz was to do something in hearts!!..Also, Betty had shown us a site belonging to Valita who does the most awesome cards with hearts that I thought I would take her idea for inspiration and run in a different direction with it.

I took the heart and flipped it so now it became a circus tent!!..If you look at Valita's site, you notice that her hearts are cut and folded to make his and her clothing. Not sure why I pictured it upside down and tent, but here is my take on her project.  Thank you Valita for the inspiration!!

not sure if you can see inside the tent, but that's a gorilla (who got away) sticker..lol..

Head over to BettyBeesBuzz to see what the HoneyBees have for you this week!!!

HoneyBee Showcase 12/8

First I would like to thank EAD Designs for being our sponsor at Betty Bee's Buzz this week!!  For my challenge, I chose these cute and easy to use birthday sentiments.  I love that they are repositionable since I usually don't get it right the first time.  I also used one of my 'new' toys!..Sew Easy and guess what?  It is easy!  I am not a sewer, but this tool did two things for me.  First, it allowed me to stitch on my cardstock since I have no luck with my mini sewing machine. Second, because this is hand done and takes time, it made me sit down and relax!..I was surprised how relaxing it was and I was able to watch a Christmas movie on TV!  For my tag, I used a Cuttlebug cut and emboss plate.  Then, using my second 'new' toy, I made a brad with I-Top using a piece of the same paper that I stitched.  Don't you just love easy placement stickers and new toys to make a quick card?

Be sure to see what our HoneyBees have for you this week!!

 Make sure to leave a comment to be entered into December's giveaway and play along with us as EAD Designs has generously decided to give away a $20 gift certificate to their store!!! That's a lot of vinyl/stickers!

Be Inspired Wednesday #100

Happy Birthday Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot!!!  Because it's our birthday, we are doing..what else, but...birthday!!

Here is a card I made for a sweet friend who is having a birthday this week.  I bought the dragonfly brooch a while back because I knew one day I would want to put it on a card.  My card was embossed with my Asian folder, Plum Blossoms.  The designed is from my Lacy Labels cartridge; flowers are from Wild Orchard.

Be sure to stop by Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot and see our Happy Birthday celebration!!

Sponsor Challenge S.E.I.

S.E.I. was our sponsor for June and July at Have Your Way With Paper and wow!! they were so generous with their paper product.  I was able to choose the line 'Claire' and love the colors and prints and how well they all worked together.  I wish you could see the strands of gold in the plaid print!! 
If you would like to see what the other design team members at Have Your Way With Paper did, please stop by.  Each DT member received a different line and some also used SEI from their own stash to make some of the cutest layouts on the internet!

Products used: SEI, Martha Stewart, Prima, Spellbinders, Wrights Hem Tape, Fiskars, buttons and small flower unknown.

Happy Birthday

Prima flowers, bling and butterfly...don't you just love them??!! I needed a quick mojo and thought a card would do it, especially since I wanted to play with my new stash. I have a thing for fibers and love using them on or around flowers. I actually have to tell myself..'not on every card"!

Happy Birthday

I made this card for a demonstration I'll be giving at the SWARM. Very easy to do and the decorative possibilities are endless. When time permits, I'll post the demo on this. A big thank you to Michael Strong for this technique.

Happy Birthday

On Friday, February 20, I spent a few hours at BettyBee's house to take part in an online challenge sponsored by Split Coast Stampers. We were given a challenge every 45 minutes, but no way could we get our challenge done in that time because we were having so much fun!..Thank you Betty for sharing your house, your scraproom and your scrap supplies with me.

For this card we were to use something new. I used Betty's cuttlebug embossing folder and her Calligraphy cartridge for the font. Simple card with a little added sparkle using stickles.

Monday Challenge at Cuttlebug Challenge

Bright and sunny, one of my two favorite color combos. The ribbon actually matches the flowers, but no matter what I did, it kept looking like blue. BettyBee is hosting today's challenge at Cuttlebug Challenge with using the color yellow..

Happy Birthday Flower Card

This card was actually done for two challenges. One was for flowers and the other was to make a shape card. I used my Cricut and DS to make the flower card. I punched a heart shaped hole and then used a ring adding flowers, ribbon and a watering can charm. Added a little more embellishement and I was done..quick and easy!!

Happy Birthday Card

As a design team member at http://www.haveyourwaywithpaper.com/, I received sponsor products from Memories Complete. I was able to make a quick and easy card by embossing Core'dinations paper with a Cuttlebug folder and adhering it to the card and them embellishing it with stickers from Memories Complete.

January sketch challenge from Prima