More Minis

Okay, I think I am a self-professed mini card addict.  I absolutely LOVE working in this format!  I have been working with the square format for my larger sized cards as well lately.  Maybe it's a phase...

Anyways, I got my new Lawn Fawn stamps in the mail last week and finally had a chance to sit down and use them today.  I really like the quality of the stamps as they have a nice clear, solidly inked image.  Some clear stamps have a so-so image quality when they are inked/stamped, but not these ones, it was like stamping heaven using these ones.  LOVE them!  Here are some of the designs I came up with today. 

Hope everyone is doing well and surviving this humidity!

Cupcake Birthday Cards

Tonight I had a chance to work on some cupcake themed birthday cards.  I think they turned out alright.  On the two larger cards, I wish I would have made the actual cupcake figure dimensional, so I am going to have to remake them and try it that way.  The "lady" card and the small card each have some glitter pen added and a little bit of bling, but it's hard to tell with the lighting I had to use.  Normally, I've been trying to work during the day so that way I can take my photos with some natural light, but that just wasn't happening today, ah well.  Anyone that's actually taking a look at these things, I would love to have some feedback about them, any feedback, good, bad or ugly, I can take it all.  I'm planning on signing up for a couple of art/craft fairs in the fall and would love to know what the general population thinks about them and so on so forth.

Another Mini

Had just a little time to myself today as little one was napping, so I had time to do one mini card.  I chose to do a pregnancy/expecting card as I have a few people I know that I could send this card to.  I love this stamp and it's matching sentiment (from Stampin Bella again).  I'm looking to order some new stamps very soon, so I will have some fresh inspiration to do some new cutesy cards.  I am planning on signing up for some craft fairs this fall, so I need to get my butt in gear! 

Redemption

I was very unhappy with the thank you card that I had made last week, so I had to redeem myself.  I like this one much better, it's the same basic idea of the first one, but a little jazzier and in a larger square format.  I've really been into the square cards lately, they're just a nice format to work with.  

I also made a birthday celebration one that could be used for either guys or girls I suppose.  This one (on the left) was a pain to get the pom string fiber to adhere down.  I think if I were to do this one again that I wouldn't put the swag on it, but instead have it just drape from one side to the other in one swoop.  Today, I found this other birthday card (on the right) that I had done awhile ago, so I thought I would go ahead and post it too.  I used a four square/window view and used some of my favorite DoodleFactory stamps in it.  I love these stamps, the images are so fun and playful. 

And the last of today's creations is a "dude" card.  I find that making cards for guys, of any age, are always the most difficult.  I'm not sure why, but I do.  Anyways, I used more of my DoodleFactory stamps for this card and some fun guy-ish plaid paper. 

Have a great day everyone!

Friday creations

So today was pretty uneventful as far as my creative endeavors went.  I tried my hand at another felted heart pendant, it turned out not too bad, although the picture I took of it came out really really dark.  It's a pretty vibrant purple and the picture here does it no justice. 

Awhile ago, I also created a pink ribbon necklace, but just recently went back and re-finished the beading.  I made the ribbon out of polymer clay and strung it with various shades of pink beads to complete it.  Again, this picture isn't capturing the right colors in this necklace either...

And the last thing I did today was create a "thank you" card.  Anyone that has ever crafted or made cards with me knows that I can't bear to part with even small scraps of paper (which I'm sure gets annyoing at times), so I decided to see what I could make with some of my scraps.  These scraps came from the same paper line, which means they are meant to co-ordinate together and I used cardstock stickers for the wording.  I am usually not a fan of using stickers on cards, even though I buy my fair share of them, but I went ahead and did it anyways.  I'm not exactly thrilled with this one, it just doesn't wow me, but I'll blame it on the weather as it is greyish and overcast outside.  Which I'm sure explains why my pictures I took today aren't coming out that great.  Ah well, that's how it goes...

Yesterday's creative

So my attempt at tackling something new and creative yesterday was pretty much a bomb.  I tried to make cake pops for the first time.  Nuff said.  I am not even going to bother to take a picture of how pathetic they turned out to be.  I will however, be eating some of the disaster though.  Now I'm going to go and try to do something that's worth looking at...I'll keep you posted!

Felting

In my quest to fulfill my challenge to myself, here is today's creation.  Not too long ago, a friend brought to my attention the art of needle felting.  I of course decided to say, what the heck, I'll try it, and have made a couple of little practice attempts at the technique.  It's been a bit since I've done some felting, so I decided that's what today's creations would be about.

The flower on the left was directly inspired by a card creation I just saw in the most recent issue of PaperCrafts magazine.  I would have to say that it's a pretty sad attempt at a flower, I realized what I did wrong with the technique of course AFTER I was almost done sewing everything up of course.  Ah well, I can try it again next time right?  The heart on the right is my first in a series of heart pendants I think I'd like to do.  It's a needle felted red heart with a lavender "rope" around it. (can't think of a better descriptive word right now...)  As I mentioned, I plan on making it into a pendant, so I've included a silver headpin that will be used as the attachment to the chain eventually.  Thoughts?