In conclusion ...

This may be my final post for a bit, as the Christmas holiday break is over and reality starts on Monday. I'd like to say "I'll make time  for crafting", but I know that that could be a lie. I am the type of person who has difficulty juggling being a wife, mom, full time teacher, and crafter ... and when something has to "give", that something is crafting. Anyhow, that being said ... here's my cards to show you today:


It's Five for Friday at 365 Cards. During the cleaning of my craft room, I discovered a baggie of flowers and buttons, obviously from some swap long forgotten. Well, the baggie of goodies came in handy as I created a card for this challenge.

Five for Friday means things should appear on the card in fives...

So, here's my take on that challenge:

1 - five pink flowers with five pink buttons
2 - five green flowers
3 - five stamped flourishes
4 - five rhinestones embellishing the flourishes
5 - five letters in the word SMILE
6 - five stamped "smile" sentiments
7 - five small rhinestones amidst the flourishes
Supplies - All embellishments from the stash, unknown sources. CTMH Playful Flourishes stamp set.

Then, it's Stamping Saturday at 365 Cards. The challenge is to stamp on ribbon. I stamped on twill for this challenge. Now that I look at it, I think I will add some small rhinestones onto the ribbon between the stamped words.

Supplies: All CTMH. Embellishments - clear sparkles. Twill ribbon. Stamp sets - Solo W, It's Your Day. Colors - Hydrangea, Sunny yellow, Star spangled blue, Clover meadow, Holiday red.


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Day 132 of 365 Cards

In my series of blog hops yesterday (you know, where you just keep clicking and finding inspiration -- never knowing where you're headed, just clicking on link after link after link ...), I stumbled across this blog called 365 Cards. An inspiration a day. A card a day. A great place to go to get that mojo going, don't you think?

So, "just for kicks" I pop on over there today (at 5am, since I cannot sleep). I see the inspiration. Ahh, birthday. Then I scroll down for the design team's creations. There, I see it. A card that completely inspires because I have the perfect stamp set in my collection! And, so - yes, around 515am - I begin to create. What a great way to start the day, don't you think?


For Day 132, this is the card I created (which is very much inspired by Sophie's card, if your couldn't tell!). Sherry's ad led me to choose white and primary colors for my card's palette today, as well as the red/white polka dot ribbon. I put stickles on the candle flames.

Supplies - Tools: Fiskars eyelet border. Stamp sets: (all CTMH) Spunky Greeting and It's Your Day [August 2009 SOTM]. Colors: (all CTMH) Black, Holiday Red, Sunny Yellow, Clover Meadow, Dutch Blue, Hydrangea. Embellishment: ribbon, stickles.