Friday, February 18, 2011

Paper Piecing Yum!

One of the challenges going on at Moxie Fab World is a stamping technique, PAPER PIECING! This is one of my ALL TIME favorite ways to utilize my stamp collection, and flowers are one of my MOST favorite to paper piece!

I wanted the card to be clean and simple...but have a major POP of color and layers! Does that make sense lol?! My daisy stamp is an all time fave from the Angel Company, perfect for my idea to cut the petals apart and layer! I stamp each pp 3 times and cut out all the flowers. Then cut apart 2 of them and glued them to the 1 remaining. Added these cute buttons from Oriental Trading and wha-la! Instant cute flowers! The sentiment is also from The Angel Company (can you tell I LOVE their stamps!!)





Hope you like my paper pieced flowers!! This is a great challenge, especially if you are not a colorer, it's a great way to really use those stamps!!

HUGS TO YOU!!
Amy:)

Monday, February 14, 2011

Just Squeezing In...

For the Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab from last Tuesday...cutting it a bit close there right? My first attempt at this card was an epic fail and went straight to the waste basket..bad mood starter for sure! AND to top it off, it was the last bit of THAT particular paper I really wanted to use that I had in my stash so I was convinced that was it...I was giving up! So I was digging through my paper looking for something for another project and I found a few fun sheets of cupcake and chocolate papers from the Sweet Stack from DCWV! *lightbulb!* Figured I could work something out! Well, it's not my best, it certainly could be alot worse, but here it is in all it's last-minute glory!


And since it's so dark here, I couldn't get the best photo, but you get the idea! Maybe I will retake it tomorrow..we'll see!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Flashback Friday 8.0!!

This was hard for me to do!! Apparently I never post 3-D projects on my blog and I had to go through 2 years of blog posts to find it!! Well, I came up to this not so beauty....



Original post was from October 2010. Not all that long ago! Can't believe this is the first 3-D thing I ever posted on my blog...I have made TONS of 3-D projects that I could have shared all these years...what a total dork!! Anyways here is the ORIGINAL post. This is for the Flashback Friday 8.0 Challenge! Congrats to Karin my new blogging BFF for being the GD!!!

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!! <3

Friday, February 11, 2011

Papercraft Star Sketch!

Some how I came across the Papercraft Star Challenge Blog! Loved the sketch they have for their challenge so I decided to play along!

Here is the sketch:


And my little card!

I love this paper, it's so funky and cute! I love this sketch and it's definitely going in the book! (Yes I have a book, it's my sketches Bible!) Thanks for a great challenge!

Cameo Round 2

Here is another Cameo card for the Moxie Fab Challenge!

I just love Webster's Pages and these cameos from them came so in handy!! They have been in my stash forever and I am glad I got the boost to take them out and use them!!




I have SO much to share! So many cards so little time!! I will have to do a separate post and set it up right. Keep an eye out for mucho yummies on my bloggy!!
HUGS AMY:)

Monday, February 7, 2011

2 Post Kinda Day!

I was feeling very crafty today, in spite of my much neglected house that needs a thorough cleaning! With new kitty on the loose and kidlets close on her heels...I scrapped the day away! So another super fun challenge from Really Reasonably Ribbon brought me to this little cutie today...


Love ya! I got this stamp for a DOLLAR at AC Moore with a couple of other sentiments in the set! Couldn't pass that up, the font is so fun and funky!! And I won these heart stickers from Close to my Heart from my darling friend Tracey! They are so much better looking in person, love them! Got some jumbo white ribbon on there and wha-la! Instant love card:) Hope you enjoy, scroll down for my first post from today with my Moxie Fab challenge cards!!

EDIT IN!! Thanks to my wonderful friend Karin, she told me about the Kraft Journal and now I am HOOKED!! So I am also entering this card into their Love Themed Challenge#5

Back to the Grind!

Ok, I actually have no idea what that saying means but I am sure it has something to do with everyday life being very busy and full of work/living!! And that has definitely been me this past week!! So so busy...anywho, I was working on The Appearance of Cameos challenge over at Moxie Fab World . Finished it up today after long deliberation! It just didn't feel finished...but then I did some hand sewing. I don't have a sewing machine right now so it was all up to me and my patience! It actually was very very easy, and I completely love the look I achieved! This card has turned into one of my favorites for the week!! With my short attention span I am sure I will be onto the next loverly before you know it! So here it is in all it's glory...

Isn't that stacked button pin FABULOUS?? I needed an extra something...saw the pin sticking out of my pin cushion, it needed some color...what is an Amy card without buttons? Well, there ya have it! Best idea ever!!!

I also had this random felt heart sitting on my desk, it happened to fall on a kraft die cut and looked FABULOUS, reminded me of the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger. I already made one card for this challenge, but this fit the bill so perfectly! So here is entry #2...


Also submitting this card for the Kraft Journal Love Theme Challenge#5!!
Big smooches! Hope you like my cards for today! There may be more..I am in a crafty mood:)