Curtain call 47 Vintage Christmas card

Hi everyone! I am sooooo excited to share this card with you today:) I got some NEW SU! goodies in the mail this week & I learned a new technique, so I had the best time making this card! Ok, this is for the Curtain Call Color Challenge 47 over at Stacey's Stamping Stage. I saw these paper flowers made on Andrea Ewen's blog here. She linked it back to a wonderful video tutorial here. You need to check this out, it is THAT good! I mean, how much money do you spend on paper flowers?? More than I care to admit here. The cool thing with this is you can make them the exact size and color you want, the shape, everything! I am sooooo excited about these:) So,enough about the flower, though I will touch briefly on the technique in a minute. The colors for the challenge are;

AlwaysArtichoke, CrumbCake,WhisperWhite, and EarlyEspresso.

I stamped my little girl from SU! "Greeting Card Kids" on white cardstock (it WAS white to start out with, I swear!) I colored her with Copics and cut her out with my circle cutter. I took my scalloped circle (cut with Nestabilites die) and covered it with adhesive from the Xyron. Then I adhered my little girl to that and sprinkled the champagne glass glitter (SU!) all over the edges of the scalloped circle that were still covered with adhesive. I bought this glitter in champagne and silver , and I don't mind telling you it is GORGEOUS! Also, alot heavier than traditional plastic glitter, so it's not so static-ey. I really like that:) FINAL step on this circle panel, I sprayed the whole thing with the gold Smooch Spritz, that's why it no longer looks white;) I stamped the Medallion (SU!) stamp on a scrap of patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket. Do you see it peeking out? Ok, so TONS of distressing and brown ink on the edges of the Cosmo Cricket patterned piece, and the Artichoke piece behind that. Same goes for the Espresso strip that runs around those two. that Espresso piece is also dry embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder with a script pattern on it, that's a bit tough to see here. The card base is a piece of Kraft patterned cardstock from Jillibeans. The sentiment is form SU! "All Holidays." The leaves are punched out with the bird wing from the SU/EK Success bird punch.

   Ok, so the flower, like I said check out the tutorial, it gives some great tips and tricks on doing this. But basically you punch out, or in this case I used my Cricut flowers in graduated sizes. This is the poinsettia from the "Winter Wonderland" Cricut cartridge that I used to cut out the Artichoke colored flowers. You put a brad through the center and spray the whole thing with water. Then you scrunch the whole flower towards the center of the brad. then unscrunch it, and let it dry. I finished this one off with some more gold Smooch spritz and I put a pearl in the center.

I think the only thing I missed in the description are the variety of half pearls I used. Some teeny blue ones on the Christmas tree and some brown ones on the Espresso strip.

Well, that's it for me today. NUTSO week ahead, it will be alot of fun, but crazy busy as well. I will try to do one more challenge this week, maybe 2s4y. Thanks so much for checking in, and, as always please comment or follow; I'd LOVE to hear from you!! :) -Noelle

Flutter By wednesday Challenge 121

Another quickie post, more pink and brown, I must be in a pink and brown kinda mood! This is for FBW 121, the challenge is to use a butterfly, fairy or angel and the color pink. As I mentioned the other day, I was tickled to find out I can punch through these K & Company wood pieces with my cropadile, oh yeah! So I colored this guy with my SU! markers, punched a hole on the center, threaded some ribbon through a button from my random jar, and threaded it through the hole. The rest of the card is super simple, but if you have any questions, please comment or message me.

Supply list: Wood butterfly;K and Co, markers and Birthday stamp:SU!, Kraft printed cardstock;jillibeans, dotted paper;October afternoon, patterned paper strips;Basic Grey, ribbon; American Crafts, large scallop punch;EK Success.

That's it for me, have a great day!!! :)

Noelle

Spotted Canary Tag Challenge, prize package WIN!!! :)

Hi all! A couple quick posts for today, and I'm going to try, TRY to get to those 2s4y and CCMC challenges this week, but, seriously ACK!! Things are crazy and next week is looking to be even worse as far as the busy, BUSY days go..... sigh:( But, anyway, focusing on the positive, I got some GREAT news last night, I won a 100$ prize package from spottedcanary.com! Isn't that the coolest??? I will show you some of my creations once I get my hands on those goodies!  The coolest thing about Spotted Canary is that you just participate in the challenges and the winners are drawn AT RANDOM. I really really like that because it gives you a chance to rock your own style & not be concerned about what the judges might be looking for. It's also fun because it's a general crafting site, and so sometimes it's not even paper projects that are posted. That can take your inspiration a whole different way.... it's really a fun site and I have just met the nicest people on there as well:)

 

Ok, my card, the August challenge is to use tags, a very general challenge. Here is the link. I pulled out my Mason jar marked (how very original of me, I know.....;) "TAGS." I haven't actually looked in that jar in awhile! This tag I ended up using, I am not even sure of manufacturer, it's SO old, maybe K&Company?? It's from a travel themed tag package, anyway. So; K and Company mauve patterned vellum, Jolee's fancy jewel, SU! cardstock, stamps, brad and ink. I covered the snowflake in adhesive in the xyron, glittered it with pink glitter and then used the smooch spritz (brown color...) to sort of tone it down and give it a vintagey/glass glitter vibe, even though this is just plastic glitter from the dollar section in Michaels. The other thing the smooch spritz really helps with, is it sort of seals it and keeps it from flaking, a MAJOR bonus in my book!!! I hate glitter for that reason alone, I cant stand how it rains EVERYWHERE!!!! So, for the tag, I stamped the little deer (Forest friends) then the rose in Crumb Cake ink over the brown deer, then sprayed the whole tag with gold smooch spritz for that same vintage look. I stamped the sentiment from "All Holidays" and punched it out. I then layered it all up on my card. I was a little on the fence about these colors for a Christmas card, but then I saw this gorgeous card over at Verve (insert oohs and aaahs) and just continued on my merry way with my pink and brown Christmas card! 

that's it for my "deer" little card, have a lovely day!!

-Noelle

Whale, it's Mojo Monday:) (Mojo155)

Actually, in my case, it's Mojo TUESDAY, but, what are ya gonna do, right??

I LOVED this sketch when I saw it, and knew it would be perfect for this get well card i've been meaning to get around to for ages... Mojo Monday is Verve Stamps, and I actually, um, don't have any Verve stamps..... I know, I know, GASP!!! Hoping it is ok I used SU! instead. I'm pleading the fact that I'm a new bloggist and am just getting used to all the other super cool brands of stamps out there. Ok, my card, "Pun Fun" stamp from SU! Neato paper from Bo-Bunny, you saw me use this paper before way back here.

Also i used a cool wood flower from K and Company (also colored with the Copics...) I was THRILLED to discover these wood flowers can be punched with the Crop-a-dile!! Which surprised me as they are pretty thick! Button is from my random jar again. Ribbon is SU! except for the brown ribbon which is generic.

Here's the link to Mojo Monday, it's a contest with multiple prizes:) Check it out! Have a super day!

-Noelle

balloon card for Curtain Call 46

Hi guys, I will start off by saying that I am TOTALLY on the fence about this card, I am just not sure if I like it or not. I went to the Balloon Glow this weekend and had this idea in my head about layering papers and punching out a circle to make a hot air balloon card (center balloon) But I am just really unsure about this. Opinions??  I would love to hear them, good or bad, I'm a big fan of constructive criticism, it helps me.....

well, if you see ANOTHER curtain call post this week, you'll know why, anyway!! LOL.

The colors are: poppy parade, wild wasabi, pink pirouette, white, and peach parfait. Fun combo!! I used Tangerine Tango in lieu of Peach parfait. Here is the link to Stacey's Stamping Stage.

I used SU!/EK Success punches and Circle Circus stamp set, as well as Woodgrain and So Many Sayings. That "explore" ribbon is from the dollar spot at Target, years ago, red flocked heart brad??? Maybe Making Memories? Unsure about the polka dot ribbon as well. Maybe just too many elements, I'm going to think on it for a bit.

thanks for checking out my, UNUSUAL, and unsure post, have a super evening:)
xoxoxo-Noelle

Little Monster (SFYTT and Karber Challenges)

Hi everyone! I hope you had a super weekend, I sure did! Even though my hubby had to work for most of the holiday weekend, I managed to have a good time. My folks live about an hour from me, so I packed up the boys, and we headed to their house. They have a big hot air balloon festival there on the labor day weekend, so we got to go to that, here's a pic of the "Balloon Glow." Sorry a bit blurry, I'm still getting used to the night settings on my camera. Hubby was able to be there Sunday night, and got to go to this as well:) Yesterday, after we got home, I got up all of my autumn decorations, and I am SO ready for Fall!!  It has been way too hot as of late, and where I live in CO, we are used to our seasonal change, BRING IT ON, I say;)

Ok, soooo, my card:) this is for 2 challenges SFYTT, and also, a new one, I haven't tried before Karber Weekly. The Karber Challenge is to create a card for a boy. Since I have 3 of them, I am used to this one;)  I used one of the Karber digis "Frankie Jude" for the main panel. I colored him up with Copics, and then used a variety of patterned papers matted with SU! Early Espresso for the other panels. You will see on the sketch, that Jen used a circle, but I had to oval it, otherwise I couldn't fit little Frankenstein on there. I printed the sentiment out on cardstock and punched it out (font: CK Journaling) This card is for my son Evan for Halloween, hence the "E" sticker (K&Co). His nickname has always been "little monster beast" so this is a PERFECT card for him, though I'm planning on making 2 others for his big bros, maybe with different sentiments. The patterned papers are a variety; Basic Grey, SU!, and DCWV. Also I used SU! solids Whisper White, Dusty Durango, and Early Espresso. That ribbon is American Crafts, and all the punches are EK Success. I will be back today or tomorrow, I have a SUPER idea for the Stacey's challenge and the 2s4y challenge, hint: my idea involves that place I went this weekend:) "See" you all very soon!

xoxo, Noelle

My Favorite Cowgirls

Hi all, I hope you are well. I am REALLY not neglecting you, I promise! It's just that my hubby has been super busy at work and I have been round the clock momming this week. I did get a couple cards made, my sanity truly lies in being creative.This first one is for my friends and fellow PTIC co-chairs. It's a new digi stamp I picked up at My Favorite Things. Cute, huh? The event I Chair with LaCinda and Wendy is the Fall Family Social, a super FUN, big party at a local stables. We are having marshmallow roasting for the kids, BBQ sandwiches for sale, hayrides, pony rides and line dancing! Anyway, whan I saw this digi stamp I KNEW I must use this for their thank you cards. I had to go cowgirl theme:) ok, so, pretty simple. the image is all paper pieced, the background colored with Copics. the patterned paper is Basic Grey. The trims are varied, but the ruffled ribbon is also MFT, the buttons are SU! and that heart laser cut stuff is Recollections. I printed the image out on speckled cardstock, so that is not dirt you see on the cardstock, lol:) I realized it might look that way as I was editing the photos.

Ok, here is a teaser for some birthday party stuff I'm working on for Ev. I'm SURE you can figure out the theme, even from this teensy segment of photo. Hint: everyone's favorite monster:) I'm making a bunch of this themed stuff for his party which is coming up in a couple weeks. I will give more details and photos SOON!

I can't WAIT to get on some of the fun sketch challenges out there this week. I'm dying to sink my teeth into some fall/Halloween themed cards. I'm going to visit my parents for the holiday weeknd, but I will be BACK on Monday or Tuesday with some more fun stuff, some challenges, etc. I PROMISE!

I hope you all have a super holiday weekend!!!
xoxox
Noelle