Lazy Day Kaylee Gatefold Card

 Some Odd Girl had an awesome Facebook Fun Day yesterday - there were tutorials, flash sale coupon codes, and even a freebie! If you weren't there, don't miss the next one! Anyways, they had two challenges, using fabric and making a gatefold card, so I rolled both into one! I am all about killing two birds with one stone.

It was the first time I tried making a gatefold card - I don't have any thin dies so I had to use my Fiskars ShapeXpress to cut the window. I didn't trust it to do multiple layers at once so I kept the card pretty simple, without additional papers, etc. I was able to just barely fit an embossing folder between the folds to get the Happy Birthday Embossing on the front.

I also tried paper piecing for the first time and I really like how the dress turned out. This card was given at a friend's birthday party last night, so I didn't have time for extra embellishments or to try printing on the fabric like Annette's tutorial suggested. I was at least going to stamp a sentiment on the fabric, but in the end found there wasn't room. So it's CAS (Clean And Simple) again today for me. :) Hope you like it!

Christmas in September?

I have no idea why I'm making Christmas cards in September - I have no plans to give out any handmade ones... But, this challenge tempted me. Doing a clean-and-simple, one-layered card was pretty fun and definitely out of the ordinary for me.

The dove stamp is an old Stampin' Up one. I made a mask of the wing to keep the images from overlapping. Ribbon was packaging scrap ( I virtually never buy ribbon) and I have no idea where I got the sentiment. I used Copic markers C-1 and C-3 to color the dove and left it kinda streaky to mimic feathers.

This card is being entered into the Some Odd Girl/Marker Pop Holiday Hop Challenge.

Birthday Tree

What's a Birthday Tree? I want one! :-)

This card is for the Some Odd Girl September Sketch Challenge. The tree is from Some Odd Girl and the papers are My Mind's Eye Fine and Dandy (Boy). The Happy Birthday stamp is an old one from Stampin' Up.

Howdy-ho!

Well, it seems my fears were founded when I started this blog. I knew I'd have trouble keeping it up. So, hi again! I've actually been taking plenty of pictures, mostly of cards I've made, that I will make sure and share with you.

I've also received a Silhouette Cameo since I blogged last! It has completely transformed my paper crafting as I didn't have a single die-cutting apparatus before! I will show you some of the fun things I've done with it. For today, here is a card I made using my new favorite digi, Guitar Kody from Some Odd Girl (the first I actually purchased! I know, I know.)  :)

I'm entering this in their monthly color challenge. Yep, deadline's today. :) Well, I"m gonna keep this short as I have a lot to do today! Keep your fingers crossed that I'll be back soon! (LOL) ;)

Four-legged Thank You Card

This card is for the Designed2Delight Saturday DT Challenge - Cute Critters and for their image challenge using "Lovely Tree." The card was inspired by this card over at Jane's Doodles. I loved the simplicity of it and I've been doing a lot of coloring lately so I wanted to try something different with the digital stamps. The elephant is from Cuddly Buddly's Elephant Walk set and the sentiment is from Rainbow Echo Designs.

Happy Birthday to the Odd Girl!

Just a reminder to check out Kristy from Some Odd Girl's blog! Lots of giveaways and tutorials going on all month for her birthday! Happy Birthday Kristy!

Working Title: Have a "Steam-y" Halloween

Get it? "Steam-y"?

This card is actually kinda risque for my tastes, but I know I'm never gonna use it since I'm really not likely to give anyone a Halloween card... so I thought I'd have some fun.

Steampunk Josephine is a Sassy Studio image... I wasn't in time for the progressive challenge so I'm entering it in their Sassy Thursday Halloween color challenge (black, green, orange, and purple) as well as their Paper Craft Planet Fabulous Freebie Friday challenge.

The pumpkins are the progressive freebie from Designed2Delight so this card is also for their image challenge. I'm entering it in their Saturday DT Challenge, too! Gotta love how the themes all matched up!

Other Challenges I'm entering:
Through the Craftroom Door - Happy Halloween
Paper Sundaes - Halloween or Fall
CMC Copic Challenge Group - Fun Halloween Challenge