A card...or two!

Yep, I have to show you two cards. Please try not to be so upset or too excited. Whichever emotion my cards inspire in you... ;)

The first card is for the

Just Us Girls Faux Embossing challenge,

the Gingersnap Creations Faux Techniques challenge, and

The Paper Players color challenge this week.

Here's the card~

Details~

Inside~

This card entailed much more faux embossing than the card from yesterday. I do love these colors, though. And decorating the inside was fun! :)

The second card is for the

Stamptacular Sunday sketch challenge

and the

Pink Elephant photo inspiration challenge.

Here's the card~

Details~

Inside~

Another inside decorated to the brim. :) I think this may be a hand deliver only card. :)

Sorry to be short and to the point. It's late, and I have to work in the morning--please email me if you'd like info about either card. :) Happy stamping! :)

A few more sympathy cards...

I'm back today with another couple of cards that were made for my co-worker. As I stated in my post yesterday, I was commissioned by her to make 5 sympathy cards. Some of them could be interchangeable, as I used simple sentiments. I've got 4 more cards to show you, but I'll just share 2 of them tonight. :)

This first card is for the One Layer Wednesday challenge. This week we were asked to create a one layer card using cream, black, and bling! :) I used some Core-dinations shimmery cream paper, Stampin' Up! Basic Black ink and stamps, and rhinestones by Kaiser Craft.

Here it is with a few detailed shots~

The second and last card for tonight is for the Pink Elephant sketch challenge, the Top Tip Tuesday Faux or Real stitching challenge, and for the CR84FN color challenge: kraft, gray, and yellow.

Here's my card~

Details~

I chose faux stitching, as I don't have a sewing machine and hand stitching didn't quite appeal to me. It took quite a while to do all the pieces I wanted to faux stitch, but I really like the way it turned out! I have a TIP for faux stitching--draw your lines in with a ruler before paper piercing to save time--it's a lot easier that way! For my faux stitching, I chose to use a dark gray glitter gel pen. I also highlighted the sentiment with a glitter gel pen to give a bit more depth to my card. I LOVE glitter gel pens!!! :) All cardstock and stamps are by Stampin' Up!, the patterned paper is by DCWV, and the rhinestones are by Basic Grey.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek--I can't wait to see everyone else's creations! Happy stamping! :)

Open the aperture!

Hello. I fear I'm too late. Oh, well! Sharing these three cards, anyway. I've had a simply GHASTLY day, and I want to share these because I worked hard on them! And I do think they all turned out rather nicely! Okay, I'm a bit calmer now. The site finished loading as I typed, and I still have about 17 hours...I'm NOT too late!!! SO GLAD.

I really love the Less is More challenge this week--"Cut it out!" They've asked us to have a hole or aperture in our card and to do it with a CAS style. Hole, easy. CAS, not so. Hence the THREE cards! Luckily, they also apply to other challenges, so not a one will be a loss! :) Not that they would, anyway. Who doesn't love a handmade card? And some people don't even care you messed up and it looks as GHASTLY as my day was--they're just touched that you MADE them something! Ya know?!

Okay, that is all I'm gonna rant about. Or rather comment. Wasn't quite a rant. I'd scare you with my rants!

OKAY. NO MORE CRAZINESS! So, aperture cards, yes? Yes! Fun? Yes! Easy? Not as easy as I thought...you'll see what I mean.

Here's my first attempt and details~

This one is darling, but not quite CAS for LIM, so I'll be entering it into this week's Pink Elephant challenge. It's a photo inspiration challenge--all about love and cuteness! :) Doesn't "Bee my honey" work for love AND cuteness?! ;) Of course it does!!!

Here's the Pink Elephant inspiration photo~

Okay, my second attempt will be submitted into the For Your Inspiration challenge--also a photo challenge. It has a "hole", but I wasn't pleased that it didn't go through the entire card. But, it's pretty! :) AND, it's more CAS, so it was CLOSE to being up to my CAS expectations. Just a few too many layers.

Here's the inspiration photo from FYI~

My card and details~

So, I've kinda sorta struck out twice, but not really, because I have two fabby cards and now a sentence with to many commas and it's running too long. Yeah. Okay. SO, I started again. And looked for a color challenge to inspire me and link to because I KNEW this would be a great card. Not that the other two aren't. BUT, this one is my fave! The color inspiration is from the Colour Create Challenge for this fortnight--pink and green!!! And they've got some photo inspiration, too! :) And this one is the one I've chosen for the LIM challenge. I do think it's the best CAS style aperture card I made...

Here's the photo inspiration from CCC~

Here's the card and details~

What do you think?! Which is your favorite? What do you love and hate about them? How could I improve? That's enough questions. I need sleep. Good night, and happy stamping!!!

PS: Also linking to this week's 52 Card Pickup here! :)

Valentine Candles

L'amour. Yep, 'tis the season! ;) Did you notice my new blog decor? Isn't it darling! KISSES! And an adorable owl! So lovey dovey! ;)

Anyway, I'm so excited to show you the project I've made today! I've been contemplating taking down our Christmas decorations (it will happen soon...maybe), but before I do, I needed to create some Valentine's decor! I received some gorgeous Victorian paper and some pillar candles for Christmas, and recently won some gorgeous flowers and velvety leaves from a blog candy give away. I used all of these to create some beautiful home decor!

Here are the set of candles I've made~

Details~

Didn't they turn out stunningly?! I'm so very proud of them! I used Christmas gifts to make them--candles and all! It's all new to me! :) I used two different patterned papers, some large blooms, velvet leaves, designer brads, and homemade glimmer mist.

I have a TIP about glimmer mist. Lay down a sheet of tissue paper and lay whatever you're spraying on top of it and then you can use the glimmered tissue paper for other projects. :)

Because I'm so very proud of these, I'm linking it to the following challenges~
Pile It On~Anything goes
Pink Elephant~Anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday~Anything goes
Gingersnaps~Use wax (candle)
For Your Inspiration~Cathedral photo (they use candles there, right? Also inspired by the colors)