Happy Birthday altered card from the All Shook Up Paper Pumpkin' Kit

Apartment crafting - All Shook Up paper pumpkin

February 4, 2015

I miss my craft room. It may be a few months before I get my supply back. And I'm jonesing... I did pack a few things I could create with for the apartment. I sat down this week to make Kylene a birthday card and a few thank you cards. I figure that I am going to try the card a week challenge again. I was beyond happy to have a paper pumpkin kit on hand that I could work with. I made the three Thank You cards following the exact instructions from the kit - see bottom photo. The Birthday card (above) and the tags are alternate projects I made up adding a little bit of ink and ribbon. Learn more about paper pumpkin here.

Happy Birthday Ky! I hope you had a great party and a wonderful birthday. You are an amazing person. Much love!

Thank You cards from the All Shook Up Paper Pumpkin kit.

Lotus Blossom stamp in craft and coral ink.

Lotus Blossom Card - January Card Club

January 21, 2015

The Lotus Blossom Card is the last of the three projects from January card club. It features, the free set, Lotus Blossom from the Sale-a-bration catalog.

Best Day Ever Card using the Bow builder punch.

Best Day Ever card - January Card club

January 20, 2015

Here is the second card we created at January club. This card features the Best Day Ever stamp set and the Bow builder punch. I liked the color combo from this Seasonally Scattered card I created as a convention sample so I thought I'd use the color combo and some of the design elements again on the Best Day Ever card.

Butterfly Basics card using the Butterfly thinlits.

Butterfly Basics - January Card Club

January 19, 2015

I'm a crazy head but I wanted to fit in one last card club with my Utah gals before our move and I'm so glad I did. It was great to see everyone after the holidays and formally say good bye. I will miss getting together with these fabulous ladies on a regular basis.

Here is the first of three projects we created. The Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogs are packed with awesome new products. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! This card uses the Butterfly Basics stamp set and the coordinating Thinlits from the Occasions catalog. I love this set of products. So versatile and really great imagery. This card is super simple, uses mainly white card stock and lots of stamping.

Check out this amazing video tip from Patty Bennett's blog on how to use the intricate Butterfly Thinlit in your big shot with wax paper and a dryer sheet. Genius and much easier than how I was doing it. I will use her method from now on.