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This card is for my daughter's birthday next week.  She will be 27!  Don't know where the years have flown.
I made this card for the MFW no stamps birthday challenge, but then realized I didn't follow the sketch that was also part of the challenge...I will be back with a card for that.
This one uses several Memory Box dies (birdie, leaves, twig wreath and the Happy) a Cosmo Cricket tiny words sticker and some washi tape.

EASY PEASY :)

Thanks for stopping in.

MFW~Gray is the new Black

Here is an entry for the Gray is the new Black challenge going on at the MoxieFabWorld.  I have loved gray and yellow for some time now and I think it makes for an elegant Wedding card.  I used this Cosmo Cricket paper from Everafter and made the flower embellishment from a couple of PTI flower dies and a Spellbinder floral.  A lot of rdges on the card are sponged with craft SU Going Gray.  Some stitching here and there, the perfectly sized Verve sentiment from Love Story, a MS border punch and the gray pearls that I bought at Ellen Hutson's give it the elegant finishing touch (imho)

Here is a close-up that shows the gray button I have been itching to use.

Thanks for visiting and I hope your weekend involves family and fun and some stamping :)

Cheer!

Chriss

Wedding Wishes~Circa 1934

Hello everyone!  Hope you weekend has been enjoyable so far.  I have been making some challenge cards today and here is one of them.  This one is for Card Patterns Sketch #92.  I think this is such an interesting sketch, right up my alley.
I am so in love with this Circa 1934 Cosmo Cricket paper pad...I used it again today and it probably won't be the last time that you see it here :)  I cut a couple of panels of this medallion pattern and placed on top of the pretty aqua polka dot paper and cut 4 strips of narrow silk ribbon that I have in my stash, sewed on and then added the multi colour teeny print to the top of the card and added a narrow strip of the tiny graph pattern and a length of lace.  For my sentiment, I stamped this Verve Wedding Wishes from the Love Story on vintage lace card stock from PTI.  I used the petite Spellbinders ovals to cut out and layered over a scalloped polka dotted one that I inked the edges with Memento Tuxedo black.  I then layered with a rectangle of the same graph pattern.  My flower is stamped directly onto the paper with Verve's flower from Great Friend and cut out.  If you look closely, I layered a Spellbinders Flower shape cut out again using the graph pattern.  The large button is from PTI and in the center I added a circle of the graph pattern paper and some black seed beads.  I like how the Cosmo colours and the silk ribbon make this look like a vintage-y wedding card.  This was such a fun sketch to work with!  I will be adapting for some other cards for sure!
Thanks for taking a peek today,
Cheers!
Chriss

CCCB32 a Cuppa...or two

Happy turkey day!
The bird is in the oven, the side dishes are done and I had time to make a card!
It has been a while since I have been able to play and I am so happy to be posting something new.  The City Crafter Challenge blog has a little "cuppa" challenge going on right now and here is what I came up with.
I am using some new goodies and others from my stash.  The inspiration for this friends and caffeine card is totally from the new Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 and I just LOVE it!  I used various papers from the 6 X 6 paper pad and I even stamped my fancy mugs directly onto this delightful teensy print from the Circa pad.  I love how small the print is and that it has all of the colours in the collection.  The stamp is a Stampington & Company that I had in my stash.  It is called "cup collection".  The burlap is cut from a basmati rice bag and I am using the inside of it without any printing on it.  I layered a beautiful Maya Road black on kraft precut doily and a red hand cut out and distressed the edges from the Cosmo paper pad.  The sentiment is from the Just Rite Caffeine/borders set that I stamped in Memento Tux. black ink onto a PTI cs scrap and used a Labels die cut.  The buttons are a hoarded T!m Holtz, a Jenni Bowlin and a beautiful black from U Italy with a funky texture.  I like the way this turned out and will be making more in this same themed style for a few friends that live far away and we can't "have coffee" on a whim.
Thanks for taking a peek,
Chriss

Impression Obsession flowers for my friend

Hi everyone! Hope you are having a great Saturday! It has been a busy one today and I thought I had missed this deadline for the Impression Obsession blog to make a card for a friend and send it to her, but at the last minute, here I am.

I used this pretty floral vase for my focal point and used Cosmo Cricket papers and an eyelet and tulle border. I added some colour coordinated brads on either end of the eyelet length.

Very, very easy and quick! Love these colours!

Chriss

Swirlin' Mojo 116

Good morning everyone. My Mojo is still swirlin in my head, so I thought I would give Julee's Mojo116 a try. It has been some weeks since I have been able to play and I am so happy that I could play along this week...and before the deadline (wink!)

I like playing with circles and today I used this ever so sweet and whimsical Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly pack. Love these creams and blues/teal. I simple started by using my circle Nestabilites to cut out the circles from the DP and then from the cream card stock. The backed circles looked just ok, so I thought of edging the edges of the cream circles and dipped them in some Zing EP. I think this addes a little something and I used the same treatment on the top edge of the horizontal strip of dp and also around the sentiment. I made the snowflake from the same card stocks and a MS punch and added a sparkly brad. The sentiment is from PTI holiday tags 2008. Thanks for taking a peek!

Cheers, Chriss