We R Memory Keepers - Winter Frost

Just a quick share today.   I used the 6x6 paper pad, Winter Frost from We R Memory Keepers for this card along with a stamp set I've had for many years.  I also tried the Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils for the first to color in the giraffes.  The paper is a winter collection, but I thought the colors and patterns were perfect for a baby boy.  I just hope my friend who I made this for doesn't see my blog before it gets to her.

I have exciting news!

Hello all.  I've got great news - I'm so thrilled to have been selected for The 10 Minute Craft Dash Design Team!

The 10 Minute Craft Dash challenge was started by the very talented Paulina last year.  I decided to try this because I typically take a long time to create.  I thought it would be fun to see if I could really do it.  Guess what?  When you've got the timer going it makes you make decisions (and trust those decisions) and run with them.   I've learned a lot by doing these challenges and hope you'll all play along and see how much fun it is.   The next 10 Minute Craft Dash Challenge starts on February 6th.

I'm so thrilled to be part of the very first 10 Minute Craft Dash Design Team :)   Check out the other Designers on our team from all over the world!

Jess Larsen

Lyndal Higgins

Meredith MacRitchie

Poovri Gupta

Sindura Prajay

Washi Tape!

Washi tape is so quick and easy to use.   Here I just adhered different strips of washi tape on a scrap piece of white card stock. I also punched a small heart out of the pink washi tape.  I die cut it with an On The Edge die, heat embossed a sentiment added some twine, adhered it to an embossed card base and called it done!  Easy Peasy.  

All of the washi tape can be found at The Memory Nest.  They have a great selection!

Glitz Design - Yours Truly

Today I have a card I made using the Glitz, Yours Truly collection.   I love using the 6"x 6" paper   pads for cards because the patterns are scaled down and you get 36 sheets in each of the Glitz 6"x6" pads - you can make a lot of cards with that!

10 Minute Craft Dash #10

Hi.  Today I have a card I made for the 10 minute craft dash challenge.  If you haven't tried this you should - it's so much fun to race the clock.   You can see the color scheme for the challenge above.  Here's my card.  Sorry for the cloudy photo I have to see what's going on with my camera.

Thank You

Here's another card I made for The Memory Nest with Echo Park's, For the Record 2 collection.  I'm also entering this for the CAS-ual Fridays challenge and the Sweet Sundays sketch challenge although I used the sketch loosely.

Chalkboard Technique

I've been seeing so much of the chalkboard art so I thought I'd give it a try.  I went with a super simple card design to feature the chalkboard art.  I'm also entering this into Simon Says Stamp's Something New challenge.  My something new is this technique.

Another For The Record 2 card

Here's a super quick card I made with Echo Park's For the Record 2 collection which is available at The Memory Nest.  I also challenged myself to use something old.  I used a border punch that I haven't taken out in ages.

Happy New Year and Echo Park - For the Record 2

Happy New Year!   I normally don't make resolutions, but for 2012 I had a couple of goals I set for myself and I actually reached them.  I wanted to start reading for one.  I set a goal of 12 books for the year (a lot for me who maybe read one per year if I was lucky).   In the past I always thought I'd rather be crafting than reading, but I realized that I spent a lot of time in the evenings watching tv so I thought I could use that time reading instead.  Guess what?  I didn't dip into my craft time and I ended the year on my 36th book!  I have to thank my friends who started a book club for part of this.   My second goal was to start submitting my work to magazines.  I always said I wanted to submit, but never did.  So I gave it a try and got my first card picked up by Paper Crafts Magazine.  I was in shock when the email came.   I think I read it like 5 times to make sure it was really true.  I submitted to a couple other magazines since and have 5 more cards coming up in various publications.  This is like a dream come true.  This years goals are to continue reading and submitting and I would love to start Project Life.   What are your goals or resolutions?

on to my first card posted for 2013....

Today I'm sharing a card I made with Echo Park's For the Record 2 collection.  This card came together fairly quickly because I was able to create a feature element by simply cutting out one of the doilies from the Scattered Doilies sheet and popped it up with some dimensional adhesive.  These doilies are perfect for card features because they already have flowers in the center.   I also used both sides of the Green Lace sheet.  I stamped my sentiment on a scrap I had left from cutting the green lace, but on the beige side.

10 Minute Craft Dash #9

I'm really having fun with these 10 Minute Craft Dash challenges.  The challenge is to make a card in less than 10 minutes with a holiday theme and since this challenge was a team effort along with CAS-ual fridays the challenge is also to make it a clean and simple card.
   Setting the timer and trying to work fast can be stressful, but it's so much fun at the same time.  One thing it is helping me to do is to make a quick decision and run with it.  There's no time to deliberate, you just have to keep going.   I just squeaked in under 10 minutes this time and I know why.  I didn't think there was enough contrast to see the patterned paper through the snowflakes so I started looking for another patterned paper, but couldn't find anything so just went with my original pick.   I wasted a good 30 seconds to a minute on that one.  Here's my card...

10 minute craft dash - Holiday Style!

I'm playing along in the Holiday 10 minute craft challenge. It's fun, but can get kind of crazy trying to finish in less than 10 minutes, especially if you're like me and take my time making decisions. When you do a challenge like this you have to make a decision and go with it. The challenge also includes the color red - a little or a lot. For my card I took out the papers I wanted to use ahead of time, but nothing else. I went with one of my "go to" card layouts using a vertical panel. This is what I came up with...

Here's my cell phone clock counter...

For The Memory Nest Giveaway see this post

Another Aspen Frost Card

So I gave myself a challenge to only use things I had on my craft table. This is what I came up with, a card shaped as an ornament. A smaller version of this would make a great gift tag, too.

There's still time to enter The Memory Nest giveaway on my post from Sunday.