Dies Flowers in Epoxy

I have a quick card to share with you today.

I made it following one of the sketches this month over 

on the Crafting Circle message board.  It runs through the end of October so

you have plenty of time to join in.

The flowers are actual dried flowers in epoxy, I have had these stickers for
a pretty long time.  The papers I used from an old paper stack I had from k*i Memories that has a very nice variation of patterns and papers.
I die the stitched squares using some of my Gina Marie dies.
The happy birthday is also die cut but I can't remember whose it is, sorry.
And that is it, told you it was a quick card.
Thanks for stopping by.

Red, White & Black

I love the way this color combination works together.  I made this card following a challenge sketch, and I did not realize till I started making it how challenging is was to put those circles together correctly. 

The card is kind of an odd size as I had to cut it to make the circles line up the way I wanted them.  It ended up as 5 1/2 by 4 3/4, guess I will have to make an envelope.  The "happy birthday" is computer generated that I printed in a circle using Word, this I think was part of the lining up challenge.  My circles had to match the angle of the printed sentiment.

All and all I think it worked out well.  I Cuttlebugged the background with a checked folder.  When I assembled the card I first glued all the circle together how I wanted them, then I placed them on the corner of the card with the extra hanging over the edge.    I then flipped over the card and cut off the extra.
I had those extra pieces so here is what I did with them.....................

I didn't want to just throw them out so I stuck them inside :).  Later I will stamp a sentiment inside.
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I will be entering the card in the following challenges:
Make it Monday  Always anything goes  ends - 7/31
Lollipops Crafts  Anything goes  ends - 7/30
Paper Pretties  No Markers  ends - 8/2
Ooh la la Creations  Circles  ends - 8/6

Fall Birthday Card

This card was made following the Ad Color Challenge and using one of the sketches from RAQs Challenge this week on the Cricut message board.  I loved the way the colors looked together and my son-in-laws birthday is in November so I thought it would make a perfect birthday card for him.  I did use the Cricut to cut the rectangles because you are suppose to use your Cricut in these challenges.

It is a very simple card, but I think very comforting looking (I almost made it a Sympathy card), the colors just give it such a soothing look.  I stamped the leaves with a Martha Stewart leaves set, the white leaves on the brown is embossed with white Puffs embossing powder, it puffed but not too much, this was my first time using it.  The off white paper I stamped with Pumpkin ink and heat embossed.   The happy birthday is also stamped and embossed.  I rarely stamp without embossing unless, I am going to be coloring the image.  I just prefer the look of embossed stamping.  I then used my i-Rock :) tool to added orange jewels place around on the card.  The happy birthday and the off white square are pop dotted so they stick out a little.
I did the inside and will stamp a sentiment when I am ready to use it.  Thanks for stopping by and taking a peak at my blog.  I would love to have you as a follower.

I think this came out pretty................but simple

My sister-in-law let me look through her "Paper Crafts' magazines and there are some fabulous ideas in them.  I had never heard of this magazine but after looking through them I had to subscribe.  It comes out once every other month, if you don't already get it check out this link to subscribe.
This card was made following a sketch in the March/April 2010 issue.  I thought it was very simple and pretty.  And I actually made it very quick :).  If you know me then you know that hardly ever happens!

The paper is from a K & Company double sided stack.  The base is one side of the paper and the angled strips are the other side of the paper.   Sometimes double sided paper makes matching colors/patterns easy.  The trickiest part was cutting the strips on an angle. 

and I actually did the inside of this card.  I believe the inside frame was cut from the Wild Card cartridge.  I printed the sentiment on vellum paper and glued it inside.  This card is 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 first time I had made an A2 size card in a long time. 

Happy Birthday Tag Card

This card was made using one of the sketches at RAQ's Challenge this week on the Cricut message board.  It also uses the colors from the Ad Color Challenge which are; robin egg, bubblegum and off white. 
I wish that the sparkly would show up better in the picture, I sprayed all the pieces with Glimmer Mist, so the card has a glimmer to it.  The tags were cut from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge at 4 x 2 inches.  I torn some paper from K & Company Gypsy Baby paper pad and covered the tags with the pieces, it was like putting a puzzle together.   I Cuttlebugged the back ground paper with the new 5 x 7 Polka Dots folder,  then distress the edges of the  with Tim Holtz distress tool.  I love that they are coming out with larger folders as I like to make my cards bigger then the A2 size some times.  This card is 5 x 7.
The brads I had just picked up at Michael's last week and the colors fit perfectly into the Ad challenge.  I also FINALLY got an i-Rock by Imaginisce, I had been wanting one for a while but every time  I went to Michaels with my coupon they did not have any.   So I just had to use it and add some more bling to this card :).  Happy Birthday is from an older Stampin Up set.    What do you think, it reminded me of a baby card (the colors)and I was going to make it into one but didn't know when I would use it so it ended up as Happy Bday.

Black Currant paper again ----Happy Birthday

This one is similar to the thinking of you card, papers are from the DCWV Black Currant stack, although they look the same they are actually slightly different papers. 

I think this one came out very pretty with the pink glitter.

Let me know what you think.  Which one do you like better?