Birthday Wishes Monochromatic style

Today over at Caardvarks the challenge is to create a monochromatic card.  I'm very excited to say that Clear & Simple Stamps is sponsoring the challenge this week.  There is going to be a BIG announcement from Clear & Simple Stamps and I can't wait!

Hope you all will check it out and join us for the challenge.  I picked one of my favorite sets to work with on this challenge, In Bloom along with 2 great coordinating colors, this months color story-Emerald Bling and A Clean Slate.   The sentiment is from the new Stamp of the Month, Icon Extra. 

I applied some crystal effects to the flowers, but it's hard to tell from the picture.

Join us over at Caardvarks with your monochromatic card and your chance to win some Clear & Simple Stamps goodies.

Card details:

Stamps: In Bloom, Icon Extras from Clear & Simple Stamps

Cardstock: Emerald Bling, A Clean Slate, Kraft Like a Rockstar Cream

Inks: Emerald Bling, A Clean Slate, Copics G20, G21, G28

Embellishments: Glossy Accents, Spellbinders Circle & Pinking Nestabilities, Emerald Bling Ribbon, Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder

Gift card holders

Just a quick post to get in on the Caardvarks challenge this week to make a gift card holder.  I made a lot of these for a craft fair I was doing today, in different colors and different designs.  This gift card holder was created using Dawn Griffith's tutorial here.  I tried using up some retired SU papers for these and Basic Grey Jovial papers.

Here is another style of gift card holder that I did which is a side opening gift card holder.  My friend Chera Wiest had this on her blog one day and I knew I needed to make some of these with scrap papers that I had laying around.  Loved how these turned out!  

This is how it looks like opened.  The tree was a CTMH image that my sister-in-law let me borrow.

The belly band is actually setting inside where the gift card is to go.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend, we are off tomorrow to take some family photos and hope it's not too cold outside for us.

Baby Blog Hop- Caardvarks/Clear & Simple Stamps teaming up

*this Caardvarks post will remain on the top of my blog until the last day to participate 4/17/10*

*if you are here for my Critter Sketch card, please scroll down*

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Happy Monday!

If you have arrived from Sarah Martina's blog you are in the right place.  if you did not arrive from Sarah's blog then you will want to start at the beginning of the hop here.

Today we have an exciting blog hop going on with the design team from Caardvarks and Clear & Simple Stamps.  Your challenge is to make a new card creation with a baby theme.  The winner of the card challenge will receive a $25 gift certificate to Clear & Simple Stamps along with three random blog hop winners.  You will have until April 17th to complete the blog hop & enter your challenge card.

This card uses the newly released set, Rock-a-Bye from Clear & Simple Stamps.  The little star background works perfectly for creating your own background papers and the sentiments in this set are adorable.

From here you will want to hop on over to Ashley Newell's phenomenal blog here.

Make sure you visit all the blogs for your chance to win and create a baby themed card.  Can't wait to see what you create and thanks for visiting my blog. 

  

Blog Hop List in Order  

Caardvarks- Start here

Clear and Simple Stamps Blog

Jenyfur Pohl

Lori Tecler

Heidi VanLaar

Beth Matson

Tanis Giesbrecht

Sarah Martina

Kim Howard<----you are here

Ashley Newell

Savitri Wilder

Kelly Rasmussen

Sue-Ann Tibly

Amy Crockett

Sue Berker

Michelle Giraud

Robyn Weatherspoon

Lucy Beel

Jen Tapler

Eva Doblias

Simone Pursiful

Peet Roeven

Return to Caardvarks to leave a comment that you've completed the hop


Card details:
Stamp Set: Rock-a-bye from Clear & Simple Stamps
Paper: My Mind's Eye "Darling" polka Dot/Violette paper, Close to Cocoa Cardstock
Inks: Pale Plum & Perfect Plum, Ocean Tides
Accessories: Small & Large Oval punch, ribbon punch, ribbon unknown

Gift Card Holders

I'm in love, again! I have many loves, but this easy tutorial from Val is by far one of my most favorites and am going to need to tuck it away for safe keeping.

Need a great presentation for a gift card, this is it!!! I broke out my beloved Scor-pal and scored away and made a few of these in a matter of minutes. I went for simplicity, letting the patterned paper work it's magic instead of overdoing it with some stamped images.

Details of card holder above & to left:
Stamps: Little Somethings & Sincere Salutations
Cardstock: Not Quite Navy, SEI Moravia Michov & Rosice, More Mustard
Inks: Copics & Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Ribbon unknown, MS punch
I discovered this digi image through my online buddy Kristine's site after seeing her adorable card here. It was perfect for the Caardvark's challenge as well the digi days at Papercraft Planet. (and there's some more free digis there as well)

I gave 2 of these out last night at my husband's Christmas party and the recipients loved them. I'll be making a few more to give away but it would be great to use it for any occasion. I did choose to add a belly band instead of a ribbon closure although either way they are adorable.

Details of card holder above & to left:
Stamps: Digi Image from Cuddly Buddly & sentiment from Taste of Christmas from Clear & Simple Stamps
Cardstock: Bordering Blue, Real Red, SEI Wintersong Flurry Kisses & Snow Bubbles
Inks: Copics & Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Ribbon from Michael's, EK Success scalloped borderd

For the belly band I cute a 2" x 11" inch strip, scored it at 4 3/8 & 8 3/4" and it fit pretty snug around the card. You could probably go up an 1/8" on one of the sides and it would slide on really easily.

Thanks Val for sharing your tutorial! Here are some more I created.

Details of card holder above :
Stamps: Winter from Clear & Simple Stamps
Cardstock: Bravo Burgundy, retired Just Chillin' paper from CTMH
Inks: Tempting Turquoise, Taken With Teal, Bravo Burgundy
Accessories: Circle & Scalloped circle punches

Caardvarks Circle Card Challenge

This week the challenge over at Caardvarks is to make a circle card. Oh, how challenged I was. I had this cute idea to use the Snowglobe tutorial on SCS this week from my buddy Libby. Then I thought maybe that wouldn't qualify as a circle so decided to go along the lines of the snowglobe looking theme.

Although this took me a little while to complete, I love how it turned out. The acetate and dazzling diamonds make the perfect snow to showcase the little snowman from the Winter set from Clear & Simple Stamps being released 11/15/09. I used the color challenge for SCS this week which was neutrals with a POP.

Would love for you to join Caardvarks, Clear & Simple Stamps and myself in making a circle card. Link it to Caardvarks when it's complete so we can check out your creativity and for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the Clear & Simple Stamps store.


Card details:

Stamp Set: Winter from Clear & Simple Stamps to be released 11/15/09
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink Stamper's Select, Acetate, Basic Black, Raspberry Fizz
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics YR04, RV04, C1, C4, Raspberry Fizz
Embellishments: Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Crystal Effects, Scalloped circle punch, nestabilities circle & scalloped circle, round tab punch