Paper Lace

Hello Everyone,

Happy Spring!  We had a beautiful day here today.  The sun was out, deep blue skies and temperatures in the 70’s.  The kids, my husband and I were out in the yard enjoying this great weather.   It felt so nice to finally get some warm weather.  Spring is here!  

This past week I worked on a card for the Diggin' on Dollies and Lace Challenge going on at the Moxie Fab blog.  The challenge was to create a card with lace and/or dollies as the focal point of the card.  

When I think of paper lace the first thing that comes to mind is Parchment Craft.  Parchment Craft has a special place in my heart; it was the first paper craft I learned when I was a little girl in Brazil.  I love the beautiful intricacy of parchment lace work, so I decided to make my own lace for the challenge. The design for the lace in the card was inspired by one of the parchment designs from one of my favorite parchment designer Anneke Oostmeijer.  You can see some of her amazing work in here. 

Happy Anniversary Card

  

One Parchment card can take a lot of time to make.  Specially if the design requires lots of cutting. The lace work for the card above took about 7 hours to complete, which is why I don't make many Parchment cards these days.  :-)   The rest of the card was very simple to make.

The colors for the card were inspired by the picture of the Sunshine Apron in the Diggin' on Dollies and Lace Challenge blog entry.  Gosh, I love that apron.  :-)  

Supplies:

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper;  Sky Blue - AcMoore Cardstock

Sentiment: Happy Anniversary Rub-on - MSE

Fibers: Gold ribbon

Accents: White Pearls - Mark Richards

Card Size: 5" x 7"

I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend. 

Take care,

My own Anne Taintor inspired card!

Update 02/19/2010:  My card got honorable mention in the Moxie Fab World Challenge !  


Hello Everyone!

I just completed a new card for the Let's Get Sassy: Taintor-tude Challenge!  I had a blast creating this card.  Anne Taintor just makes me laugh out loud with her products. Even my husband was laughing when I was reading to him the blog entry on the Moxie's website.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper (Dark Brown); AcMoore Cardstock (Ivory)

Image: Vintage Advertising (Found in Mom's Basement)

Software: PaintShop Pro Photo X2

Font: Typical Writer (www.fontspace.com)

Card Size: 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

I hope you enjoyed my card. 

Take care,

Color Play Challenge from Moxie Fab World

Since the beginning of the year, I have been spending a lot more time on my cards.  You see, I got a Cricut Expression cutting machine as a Christmas gift from my husband. This machine is amazing. The possibilities are endless.  I am able to cut any image or font, which means I can create some really cool cards.

I have been doing a lot reading online about the Cricut machine and card making.  One website I have been reading is Moxie Fab World.  What a great site!  I love all the inspiration I get from reading all the wonderful blog entries.  So, I decided to participate in my first ever card challenge, which was offered by the Moxie Fab site.

I had to create a card using only the following colors:

Here is the card I created for this challenge:

Outside of Card

Inside of Card

I had lots of fun creating this card!  I wasn't sure about the colors at first.  The sail boat was the first design to come to my mind when I saw this color scheme.  I went back and forth between a couple of other designs, but in the end the sail boat won.  I am very happy on how this card turn out!

Thank you Moxie for the great challenge!

Sabrinna's Birthday Card

Sabrinna is my niece.  She turned 11 years old this past November.  Every year since her 4th birthday I have made her a birthday card.  This past year she has started creating her own cards.  :-)  


She is very creative.  For her birthday I gave her a box full of rubber stamps, papers, decorative stickers and a book on card making.  


It is so fantastic to see that she loves making cards as much as I do.   I hope I can continue to be a source of inspiration to her.


Below is the card I made for her birthday this past November.  

Outside of Card

Inside of Card

Take care,

Halloween Card - Oct 2009

I friend of mine that rides the train with me everyday, asked me to make a Halloween/Birthday card for her husband.

Her husband loved the card!

Joshua and Priscilla's Birthday

My little ones celebrated their 2nd birthday about a month ago.  I was able to find a little time to make them birthday cards. 

Joshua's Card - Basketball Time

Priscilla's Card - Cookie Monster

These were fun cards to make.  They were quick and easy and the kids loved them!  :-)