Black and White and Red all over!

good day my lovely followers! i have a very pretty card to share today for 365 Cards - day 136! what is black and white & red all over? you guessed it... the challenge cards for today! for some reason black & white usually inspires me to think of wedding cards. maybe because it can be such a classic and elegant colour combo. regardless, i reached for a beautiful photo my husband took to make another card out of it. (i had done one with this same photo before for a Hero Arts challenge a while ago. see it here on my flickr photostream if you like!)

that pop of red ribbon really gives it that somethin somethin, don't you think?!

i have a lot to do today so much as i'd like to linger over my post i have to get a move on! take care out there...

stuff used:
paper...
Halcraft USA - black notecards 5 x 6 1/2
Accent Design - black leather-look cs
white cs
extras...
black & white photo
Making Memories - velvet sayings
red satin ribbon
black loopy ribbon
Colorbok - chipboard button
black photo corners
Recollections - 1/2 pearls
Cuttlebug - divine swirls embossing folder

cheers!
crafty girl

Doing my own thing

well, not entirely... the card for today is actually created for the Hero Arts blog. this week it's all about "fun with photos". it's quite coincidental that they have this theme going on because last week i was looking at a photo my hubby took and thinking how much i'd like to make it into a card. and what should i read about on monday morning's blog post at Hero Arts but the use of photos on cards! so that is what i did today - made a card from the gorgeous black & white lily photo i was lovingly admiring last week.

i have been in love with this large background stamp from Hero Arts for quite a while now, and seeing it used everywhere was making me rather jealous of all those stampers who had their hot little hands on it. it's 4 1/2 x 5 3/4 which makes it perfect for covering a whole 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card face! so today on a little shopping spree with my stamping friend Rieca (who has her own lovely blog here) i saw the stamp on the shelf and swooped in to grab it! AND got it for 40% off too (along with 3 other wicked Hero stamps, i might add!). aren't i the happy little stamper?!


does anyone follow the Moxie Fab World blog? i haven't been playing along for very long yet, but i've come to really like Cath's sense of humour and way of 'speaking'. she really seems to have fun with her blog. she is affiliated with Paper Crafts Magazine, who also have a great blog. plenty of contests and giveaways! i really wish i was at a level where i could be giving away blog candy... maybe someday! we all have our dreams - mine is to be a full-time crafter and make a career (plus a decent living!) out of it. so we shall see what "the cards" hold for me. (the rubber stamped cards, that is! grin...)

stuff used:
paper...
Halcraft USA - 6 1/2 x 5 card & envelope set
white cs (to make photo corners)
semi-gloss photo paper
stamps...
Hero Arts - manuscript background and designblock dots & flowers
ink...
Brilliance - moonlight white
versamark
extras...
white ep
Jolee's dimensional stickers - wedding dress
Michaels ribbon - mid-width white
Flourishes ribbon - black polkadot
Fiskars corner edgers - nostalgia

cheers!
crafty girl

finally it's Friday!

happy friday! it's weird that even though i'm not working right now, i still long for fridays to come along! maybe it's more for my husband so that he can be home hanging out with me. except for this weekend - he's off on a boys' weekend of quading and golfing. but i'm not jealous... really!! (grin)


today's card was made for this week's challenge on the Hero Arts blog. they had a Win-A-Day on the blog contest, and chose 5 readers/card contributors to each get a day on the blog with one of the Hero Arts design team artists all this past week. what a cool contest hey?!

i have been working on wedding themed cards the past couple of days as i will be taking cards to sell at a cool art gallery downtown called eclektica. i was there on wednesday night for a wine tasting & networking event, so i did some... networking! hopefully some card sales will come of it!




















have a fab weekend! i hope we have some nice weather - heard it might rain here. if it shines i'm going to break away from my craft desk (for a little while at least!) and hang out in the yard under the umbrella, a nice cold bevvie by my side!

stuff used:
Hero Arts stamp - floating leaf
Stampabilities - love is a fruit...
cream & speckled green cs
Slice machine - animal crackers & noteworthy design cards
Cuttlebug - swiss dots embossing folder
versamark ink
Hero Arts shadow ink - sage
Draggin' Ink EP - aegean blue
Michaels - pearl stickers
Making Memories - acrylic polkadot frame
pale grey ribbon
pop dots
Plaid - dimensional magic (to attach sheer frame)

cheers!
crafty girl

my anniversary is coming!

and the week rolls on...
today's challenge at 365 Cards is an ad colour inspiration. i totally love these colours, and since tomorrow is my 3rd anniversary, i decided to make a great card for my husband. (i've been putting if off because i just wasn't inspired yet - it's gotta be very special for him!) he's a wonderful guy, and i can't believe we've been married 3 years already! times sure flies when you're blissfully happy...
i took the photo outside on our back lawn. it's so nice to have a yard! we moved into our townhouse in september so now that the weather is warm we're really starting to enjoy it. my husband matthew has a green thumb so the garden is coming along very nicely!

stuff used:
DCWV - Retro circle notecards
La Creme cardstock stack
Tim Holtz - harlequin elements grungeboard
Tsukineko - Encore green tea ink
Judikins - Diamond glaze
Martha Stewart - aquamarine glitter
Kolette Hall - heart anniversary stamp
PSX - clear ep



if you want to give this colour challenge a go, here's the photo ad to gain a bit of inspiration. have a great day.

cheers!
crafty girl