Soft Dress Form Card

Ad inspiration - I always find these challenges fun, but I laughed when I saw it last night.

Dress forms! Lol, reminds me of the card I made yesterday... I am really loving that dress from cut from the Nifty Fifties cartridge... sooo guess what I did again?? haha

The patterned paper is from The Girl's Paperie, soo pretty!!! Also I think I am obsessed with my new heat gun... <3

Anywho, here is my take on The Ad Inspired challenge for day 157 @ 365 Cards :)

I love the colours on this paper! The pink dress is slightly hideous.. I had this bright idea to stamp all over it with a button, then heat emboss... it was a great idea.. but it failed miserably lol!

 Annd the inside:

Life IS too short for beige!

That sentiment cannot be more true for me! You will seldom find me wearing white, beige, brown, navy, black or grey. I am ALWAYS in bright colours... so cheery! I love this Stamping Bella sentiment, it always makes me smile, so I knew it was perfect for todays 365 Cards project  - cheer someone up using images or a words. I think this card does that!
I had gone to the states today, and am so pleased - I didn't buy a lot of scrap stuff - a spool of ribbon, 2 sheets of paper, 2 stamps, a Spellbinders embossing plate, and.. drumroll... A HEAT GUN! I have been wanting one for ages but they are so expensive in Canada ($40, wtf Michaels...), and I got it for about 11 bucks at Hobby Lobby, thanks to a 40% off coupon! I used misc buttons, paper from my scrap pile (Sassafrass Lass, I love youuu! The Life is Beautiful Woodland Whimsy line in Jack's Beanstalk) andd finally cracked open my new Nifty Fifties Cricut cartridge - the dress form is so perfect for this card!

The scalloped trim is also from the Sassafrass Lass paper I used, it is the bottom edger, again - love this line because you don't waste anything! Totally useable. The dressform is heat embossed, I pressed the back of a smaller dressform i had cut out into my ink, pressed it onto my paper, heat embossed and voila! I then turned around and glued the dress form onto an envie. Makin' use of scraps :) Love it!

Fabulous 40!

Its kind of ridiculous how I don't post for months, then post several times in one day.
I thought I was done craftin' for today... but I remembered the existence of my ScorPal, and decided I should dust it off, plus I needed to make a special card for one of my boss' 40th birthday!! Coincidentally, we share the same birthday :)

I used Crate Paper's Emma's Shoppe Collection, Martha Stewart edge punch, Sew Easy twine, Dollarstore bling and an ADORABLE Recollections flower. There are two pockets on the card front, the first has a tag in it with sentiment (see below for detail), the second I will probably put a giftcard in.

I wanted to recognize her 40th birthday, but wanted to be subtle about it! I think you can tell - I didn't have stamps large enough, so I just cut out '40', inked the backs a bit, pressed the ink on my scalloped oval, and then went over the numbers with my clear Spica for some added sparkle. I think that 40 IS fabulous, so this sentiment works perfectly :)

I forgot I had this stamp (Studio G)... I think I really need to clean up my scrap area a bit lol!

It's always fair weather

Okay, so just a quick little display of the cards I made last night/this afternoon.

This first one is for 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday challenge :)

I absolutely LOVE little Emma... CC Designs SugarPlums stamps are just too adorable!!

I coloured Emma with my copics, and for some reason, I really really felt that she needed to have a shiny, slick raincoat and boots!! I also really felt the need to do some paper piecing, so that is what you will see in all of the following cards. Grass border is from the Plantin' Schoolbook cartridge, clouds are Graphically Speaking, and stamped sentiment is from Verve Stamps.

 Here's a closeup of Emma where she isn't quite so laquered looking... it really caught the flash on the camera in the first picture.

A blonde Emma again, this time with a Verve Stamp I've never used before... such a sweet phrase!!

 And a very simple brunette Emma... I knoww I know, its not spring... but it just goes with her umbrella and rainboots so well!!

This last card is for my Aunt Judi's 60th birthday. She LOVES purple, but I couldn't find any really 'purpley' paper, this was basically all I had with purple on it. Cute little CC Designs SwissPixies stamp, I paper-pieced her dress and the cupcakes, added a bit of stickles to her wings and the cupcake frosting... She is too cute!! Phrase is Stamping Bella.

'Peace'ful birthday

Okay.. I really need to start staging my cards much better for pictures!!! I really like how this one turned out. For today's challenge @ 365 Cards, I had to use a peace sign on my card somewhere. Kind of stumped me at first, since I'm not really a peace sign person! I did have a chipboard shape that I knew would work great, so I kind of threw it on my card with a bunch of other stuff... reminds me of a funky little shirt I used to have back in highschool. Anyway, voila! Various bits and pieces from my embellie bag that were left over, this amazing fabric heart - I recieved it and a few other pieces in a swap, I WISH I knew where to get them/what line it was! They are so cute, kind of faux leather. Hmm maybe I'll find some tomorrow on my shopping trip to the states?? I can only hope :)

Punch is Martha Stewart, paper is K&Co. Inside sentiment reads 'Bring on the cake' - super cute, I forgot to snap a picture of it.

Scissorbella

I made these cards as a gift for my cousin, who is a hairdresser. She came to visit a few weeks ago, and I had picked up this adorable Bella stamp from my LSS for only $1.50!! I used a 6x6 Crate Paper pad, along with my very first Copics (only 3, skin tones), and some various Bic markers. I LOVE THESE! Oh, one of these cards didn't go with the pack I gave my cousin, that would be the Bella who is holding a baby and cleaning.. also love that one, again, it was 2.99? pretty good deals!!!

Here are a couple of my favs!!

Isn't that stiching pretty? Picked myself up a SewEasy stitch piercer and some twine as well... such nice little treats!!!

Card Recipe

Finally, a new post!!!!!!!! This summer is going so quickly and I feel I haven't been able to do much crafting/enjoying of the summer weather... its so sad!!!

This card is for day 154 @ 365 Cards. We had to: use 3 buttons, use scallops, a sentiment and a stamped image. Here is an adorable stamped image by C.C. Designs, coloured with my new COPICS!!! I love them. I think I will be buying more colours as a birthday gift to myself :) Sentiment is Verve Stamps, Cardstock is... Crate Paper, I forget which line, but super cute! I used my scalloped oval Spellbinders to trim around little Emma here.