FCCB Challenge #54 - April Showers

Hello Beautiful Friends!  It is time for another Challenge Me Monday challenge over at the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog.  This time the challenge is to create a project with an umbrella somewhere on it.  Of course, it is a Cricut challenge so I used an umbrella from the Tie the Knot Cartridge.  I had an unbelievably hard time with this card for some reason!  I had the perfect idea, with the cutest paper (looked like it was raining hearts), but no matter what I did, I couldn't get it to look right.  Finally had to give up on the idea and do something entirely different than what I had in mind.  I really love the end result now and I would love to keep the card as part of a portfolio, but I've already promised it to my mom so she can send it to her sister-in-law who has just had surgery.

Here are the pictures of the card and the details will be posted below...

Umbrella Card Outside

Umbrella Card, Closeup, Right Side

Umbrella Card, Closeup, Left Side

Umbrella Card, Inside Sentiment

Okay, so, I was really bummed that I had no cutesy stamps to go with my umbrella so I had to come up with something on my own and just print it from my computer.  I came up with... "Under the weather?  I'll bring the umbrella."  I thought that was cute after much deliberation and debate.

Recipe:

Background cardstock & umbrella background:  Stash

Pink patterned paper:  Keeping Memories Alive

Pink hearts paper, umbrella patterned paper, 3 cut out umbrellas - American Crafts

Sentiment - Green copy paper printed on printer from MS Word

Flowers - Prima

Lace - Really Reasonable Ribbon (RRR)

Brads - Basic Grey

Pearls & rhinestone - K& Co.

Ink - Stampin Up & Colorbox

Liquid pearls - Platinum

Stamps - Inkadinkado Circles & Dots

Adhesives - ATG, Super glue, Pop dots, Red tape, Tombow Mono Aqua liquid glue

There ya have it!  Hope it inspires you to join our challenge and put those umbrella cuts to use!

Hugs,

Amy Jo

Hoppy Easter Card for Challenges

Hi Everyone!  Seems like I've been a little MIA.  I have actually.  My hubby and I have been busy turning our guest room into my very own scrapbooking room!  We have painted the walls an amazing bright pink and the inside of the closet is now black with (soon to be) white furniture inside.  It's coming along nicely and it's wonderful to have a room to go to now that really gets me out of bed and motivated.  I'm going to purchase either a big black shaggy area rug or a zebra print rug for the room next, then I plan on framing some of my favorite fashion scrapbooking paper to make some gorgeous wall art.  Can't wait til it's all setup completely!  I will post some pics for sure!

On to the card... I made this cute little card yesterday for a challenge that required ribbons and pastel, however, by the time I got it all finished up, that challenge was already closed! :( So, I have been searching around and found some other challenges to enter it in and then it is going on to a friend of mine who has ordered a set of Easter cards. BTW, I am now taking Easter orders!

Hoppy Easter Card

Hoppy Easter Closeup

Hoppy Easter Dimensional View

Hoppy Easter Bow Closeup

I am so pleased with the way this turned out!  I  even got to use my Copics for the first time!  My hubby bought me a set for my birthday and I am soooo happy to finally bust them out of the box, but I really need to learn how to blend and how to properly use them so, homework time for me! 

For this card I ended up using four different types of ribbon!  Some came in kits that I have gotten and the cute tulip ribbon came from RRR.  I just love it and thought it was perfect for this card.  I put the green wavy ribbon below it to make it look like grass.  I made a bow at the top so I could qualify for the "Tie a Bow" challenge over at My Craft Spot.  This is the first challenge over there, ever!  Yay!  Fun blog, check it out.  :0)  The complete list of challenges I'm entering is at the bottom of this post.

 

I used a pretty pastel purple cardstock for the card from a stack that came from Joann's as well as the yellow cardstock.  They are having stacks on sale for $2.00 now!  If you shop online, please go through my site for special deals.  http://www.amyjrockstar.com/ I would so appreciate it because I get credit for every sale made through my site and my clients get (sometimes) special benefits as well.  In fact, if you do shop through Joann's through my site, please let me know and I'll come up with a little something special for ya! ;)  The background paper came from my stash.

For the rest of the card:  the bunny is a stamp from Sandylion (same set that I used for my previous butterfly card) that I cut out and colored with my Copics.  The spring is a stamp from We are Memory Keepers: Maple Grove, and the Hoppy Easter is a stamp from Making Memories:  Magnetic Stamp Sayings.  Ink is a standard black from Colorbox.  I also used my black Zig to add some definition and drew on some spots. :0)

The flowers are Prima and the brads are Basic Grey.  I used my ATG gun and superglue for my adhesives and inked all my edges with a gorgeous Studio G eggplant color.  Love those and they're only $1 at Michael's!  That's where I get into my trouble is the dollar section of those stores.  Before you know it, I have 50 things picked out, translating to $50!  So easy to do!

Well, I hope you all have enjoyed my first little Easter card and please leave your comments.  I read each and every one and it really just brightens my day.

Challenges:  My Craft Spot #1 - Tie A Bow (entry 2)

Card Creations by C - #6 - Patterned Ribbon

Delightful Challenges - Flowers

Creative Card Crew - For A Child

AUD Sentiments Challenge Blog - #25- Sentiment/Card for a Child

LOTV Thursday Challenge - #90 - Spring

Hugs!

XO ~ Amy Jo

The Shabby Tea Room Challenge - #54 Bingo, My Craft Spot Entry & More!

Hi Everyone!  I have actually been fairly productive today.  :0) I'm so proud!  I'm also on a steroid pac (prescription of course) which is providing all of my energy right now. LOL  Hey, whatever gets the job done, right? 

Anyways,  this card I've created specifically for the challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room and also for the challenge at My Craft Spot and Getting Cricky with K. Andrew and then it's heading over to a relative.  I think this is one of the prettiest cards I've done if I do say so myself.  It just all came together so well!  Be sure to check out the challenge to see the other beautiful (though very many!) creations.

Here is mine...

Thank You Bird Card Shabby Chic

Thank You Bird Card Closeup Right Side

Thank You Bird Card Closeup Bottom

All right, there you have it!  Now on to the details of the card:

The challenge required we use certain elements in a particular order that they listed on a bingo chart.  I actually used more than was necessary, but the went so well!  I used Row #1 - Brads, Lace, Gems.  In addition I used Glitter/Glimmer, and Flowers.  There's a bonus if you use all 9 elements, but I didn't want to overdo it on this card cause I liked it the way it was!

Background cardstock:  Stash

Background paper:  DCWV Be Mine Paper Stack (I cut the bird out, then popped it up so I could add lace to the background paper.)

Brad w/compass:  MME Stella & Rose

Ivory lace:  Decorative Trim from Michael's $1 bin (I think)

Floral embellies:  Prima - So Cute collection

Jute twine:  Joann's

Rhinestones:  Kaiser

Rubber Stamp:  I'm not sure where I got it but it's in a set of six

Ink:  Color Box

Adhesives:  ATG and Tombow

If you have any questions, please feel free to drop me a line.  I'd love to hear form you!

XO ~ Amy Jo

Christmas Card 1 of 3

Good afternoon everyone,

Well I am still (forever) working on Christmas cards.  This one goes with a package I have yet to send and I have two more to do still!  I will post as I get them done.  I am attaching a picture of the outside and the inside of this one.  It was super easy, yet I think it turned out pretty.

Seasons Greetings Outside

Sentiment Inside Card

I absolutely hate it when you are stamping something with a wooden stamp and it gets moved slightly, therefore making it blurry, which is what happened in this case.  Does anyone have any good tips on how to avoid that or fix it?  I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Now onto the products used:

Card stock from Recollections at Michaels

3 Background papers from the Eskimo Kisses pad from Basic Grey (I absolutely LOVE this paper pad!) that I bought at http://www.scrapbook.com/.

The star paper was a cutout from a full sheet of paper with different tags you can use. (purchased at Capture, Inc.  The middle was white so I added a popped up Season's Greetings sentiment from another sheet of sentiments to that (also purchased at Capture, Inc.)  I also did some faux stitching with my red Zig pen.

The yarn (ribbon) accent looks like it was homemade!  I got it in a stash from Craig's list.

The big round brad is from Harmonie, purchased at Capture, Inc.

I then added X-mas red Stickles to the bottom of the square tag piece and inked the edges of the card stock with red ink that I bought at Capture, Inc., as well.

I used pop dots and my new ATG gun (for the first time)!

Hope you all like the card and have some suggestions for my rubber stamping question.

P.S.  Drawing will be held on SUNDAY!  Wooooh Hooo!

XO ~ Amy Jo