FTL 238 Moms Day

Yes I'm still in mothers day mode over here!!! Its a couple weeks away and I still haven't made the perfect card for my mom!! 

For this weeks Clean and Simple I was excited to use some paper I found yesterday while unpacking a couple things looking for our last years tax return. Of course I didn't find it but  the 5 packages of card stock and pretty designer paper made up for it!!! 

This weeks sketch....

Hope you are all having a wonderful week!! Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Chera

Supplies:

Paper: taken with teal, whisper white, daffodil delight, DSP summer smooches

Stamps: unsure of the name from Michaels a few years back

Ink: island indigo

Accessories: doily, butterfly punch, rhinestones, SU buttons

Thank you making machine!

Yesterday all I can say is that I was a card making machine!! I was asked to do the thank you cards for the same person who ordered the wedding shower invitations (here). She wanted something simple but elegant...

I was wanting them to somewhat look like they belonged to the invites so I spent my afternoon cutting out this doily. Seriously took me all afternoon then into the evening of punching out all the holes!! Thank goodness for the tip on the package suggesting wax paper to help seperate the die from the paper! Worked like a charm!!

Now that all 70 are made, this order is ready to be shipped on out!!!

Thanks for stopping by~
Chera

Supplies:
Stamps; Unsure of the name but are from PTI
Ink: Wisteria wonder
Paper: whisper white, certainly celery
Accessories: courture creations doily die

FTL237 New Home

Good day everyone! Hope you are doing good!! Just wanted to share this weeks Clean and Simple sketch with you!! Been sitting looking at  my pile of paper wondering what to do and Island Indigo was calling my name!!! 

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Chera

Supplies:

Paper: island indigo, pool party, whisper white

Ink: rich razzleberry, basic black, island indigo

Stamps: Boards and Beams

Accessories: provo craft die (for the congrats)

Honeycomb addict!

Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend!!!! Another mothers day card for you! This one is nice and simple...using my favorite embossing folder! Can't get enough of the honeycomb!!!!

Thanks again for stopping by!!

Chera

Supplies

Paper: rich razzleberry, pool party, crumb cake basic white

Ink: basic black

Stamps: unknown, got from Michaels a few years back now

Accessories: buttons, flower punch

Wedding shower invites

I think this is my favorite part of card making! Working with brides (or maid of honour in this case) come up with a design together and create!! Gets me working outside of my creative box cause we all see things differently!! 

I just finished making these shower invites...was a small order in comparison of what I have done (only 40) but it sure was fun!

Have a great day everyone!
Thanks for stopping by
Chera~

Supplies:
Paper: SU perfect plumb, certainly celery, whisper white
Ink: SU perfect plumb, certainly celery
Stamps: SU valentine defined, Wplus written on a ribbon
Accessories: Wplus9 written on a ribbon die, rhinestones, SU doilies, SU organza ribbon

pretty butterflies

Well due to lack of card making going on this week (hubs is away working and I've been busy doing a wedding shower invite order) I will post another one of the mothers day cards I made a while back!! Even tho I really want to create something....Possibly for the CAS-ual Friday blog...cause its all about glitter. Maybe tomorrow! Who knows it could happen!

Hope everyones week is having a great week!

Thanks for stopping by

Chera

Supplies:

Paper: SU whisper white and basic black PTI raspberry fizz mix 

Ink: SU basic grey and basic black

Stamps: I can't remember...they are from Michaels a few years back now

Accessories: SU butterfly punch, rhinestones

FTL 236

Hope you are all having a great weekend so far!! We sure did! Did a little road trip with the family just to get a break from home reno life, and to pick up my fancy ribbon holder by Simply Renee (which has been discontinued and makes me happy I found one) for my scrap room when it finally gets done!! 

Another Friday passed which means another Clean & Simple sketch was posted! Heres my creation for this week! Nice and simple and shockingly no stamping this time!

Thanks for stopping by!!
Chera

Supplies:
Paper: SU midnight muse, pool party, so saffron, glitter paper
Accessories: Spellbinders butterfly die, Courture creations Doliy Die, SU striped embossing folder

More Mothers Day surprises!

Think I've mentioned already that I'm working on Mothers Day cards for a local flower shop back home!! Heres another peek at a creation I made for her to choose from!!!

I really love this flower set from PTI. Took me a while to come up with the proper color configuration for the card. Wanted it bright and classic!! Think I pulled it off?!@ I bumped up the stamped paper and the sentiment is sunken behind to give a different effect. And the ribbon...well I couldn't resist!! Hope you enjoy!!

Thanks for stopping on by!!
Chera

Supplie:
Stamps: PTI cutting garden, boutique borders
Paper: SU whisper white
Ink: SU rich razzleberry, calypso coral, gumball green
Accessories: SU calypso coral ribbon, PTI boutique borders die

Chevrons and Flowers

So I'm in the progress of doing some mothers day card prototypes for a flower shop back home...been putting it off (mostly due to kids home and spring break). Today I am back on a roll! Pulled out some stamp sets and went with it! 

After making some cards I came online and noticed that this weeks CAS-ual Fridays challenge was chevron and flowers!! What are the chances?? :D  So here is my creations!!

Thanks for stopping by 

Chera

Supplies

Paper: SU natural white card stock

Stamps: SU Oh Hello & Punched Posies Wplus9 Mothers Day Bouquet, 

Ink: SU tempting turquoise, regal rose, lucky limeade, midnight muse

Accessories: rhinestones 

FTL 235

Wow this is the first card I've made all week! The joys of spring break and having kids home 24/7. Can't say I'm to sad to be getting back into our everyday routine!

For this weeks Clean and Simple sketch I was at a loss totally (think cause I haven't been all that creative this week). Then I put some papers together pulled out the stamps sets I had laying on my table and came up with this creation!

I really wanted to pull out the vellum. Have had a few conversations about it as of late and I found it in one of my rubbermaid totes and got every excited!!! So stamped the flowers with versa mark used clear embossing powder to make it almost stain glass like and it all came together!! Hope you enjoy!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Chera

Supplies;

Paper: SU Pool Party, Calypso Coral, whisper white  card stock

Stamps: PTI Take three summer

Ink: SU Soft Suede

Accessories: PTI take 3 die, SU pearls and bitty banner framelits 

Retro Sketches 56

Yes this is my second post for today...but I had this card and wanted to get the sketch in on time. What can I say?? I'm enjoying these fun challenges over the past week! I thought my mojo was gone then I look around and yet another creation to be made!!!

So this card challenge is from the Retro Sketches blog I came across while doing the ColorQ challenge in my previous post!! I really like this sketch too and thought I could pull out some fun textured things..well 1 textured material anyway! I bought this burlap and its been on my desk staring at me! Was so happy to finally use some of it!!!

So again Happy Easter to you all!! I promise no more posts today!!!! 

Chera

Supplies

Stamps: PTI Boutique borders; mothers mini stamp set

Paper: SU basic black and whisper white card stock

Ink: SU tempting turquoise, real red

Accessories: washi tape, burlap, PTI boutique border die, SU buttons

Mothers Day!

Hey everyone and happy Friday to you!! Todays card is for a couple of challenges with the first one being for Clean and Simple blog FTL 234..this week is my first ever to be a contributor to the blog (other than in my own time) so make sure to swing on by there!!! Secondly I decided to partake in the ColorQ 182 challenge for the first time ever too! Thought I would continue with the firsts :)

I also decided to try something a little different for me...I wanted to keep it simple but wanted there to be the portion in the middle with a little bit of texture. So first off I stamped the Happy Mothers Day then used versa mark and clear embossing powder of top. Just a nice little subtle detail there!! Also for whatever reason I've been into making my own flowers! I like the way they look!!

Anyway thats all for now! Hope you all have a great Easter weekend!!! We are just starting our spring break here with the kids! Enjoying the great outdoors and wonderful weather!!

Thanks for stopping by

Chera

Supplies 

Stamps: SU Summer Silhouettes, Wplus9 Mothers day bouquet

Paper: always artichoke, pool party wisteria wonder, naturals white SU card stock 

Ink: always artichoke, vera mark

Accessories: SU lucky Limeade ribbon, PTI leaf die, clear embossing powder

superhero!!

Last week I received a request to make a superhero birthday card for a little mans birthday! Needed to have Spiderman Superman the Flash Green Lantern and most importantly Batman! Because I'm sure every kid has their fav! My middle guys is Green Lantern all the way :)

So the challenge was on to somehow come up with these superheros...I looked around online and found a really cute one using the SU owl punch but that is something I don't yet have in my collection...yes for some of you I know this is hard to believe!

But I did find some cute downloads! I was able to adjust the size to make them fit my needs of the card!! I'm loving how it all turned out! Makes me want to throw a superhero party now for my boys!! 

Anyway Hope you enjoy!!!

Happy Wednesday!!!
Chera

Supplies
Stamps: PTI big birthday wishes
Paper: SU real red, pacific point, daffodil delight, gumball green, whisper white
Ink: SU basic black
Accessories: PTI numbers die

Seize the Birthday #11

Came across this fun challenge the other day...had never seen it before but have seen some of the cards that have come from it!! So Again to ring in the new blog I thought I would do a new challenge for the first time ever!! Go and check it out for yourself http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.ca and join in on the fun!!!!

For this card after I saw the sketch I had a vision of doing it inside out in a sense...I wanted to have the words lower than the rest of the card. So I bumped up the circle stamped paper to give it that look!! Of course I had to add the rhinestones cause its just not a card without them!! :) 

Thanks for stopping by!! 
Chera

Supplies
Stamps: Papertrey Ink dot spot, Think Big Favorites #12
Ink: SU Melon Mombo, Daffodil Delight, Temping Turquoise, basic black
Paper: SU whisper white card stock
Accessories: rhinestones 

No Stamping!!

So, I figured to start off the blog why not do something else I've never done before....yes thats right my first ever CAS-ual Friday challenge from http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.ca!! It was a tough one for me. The challenge was NO stamping. What? No stamping...but I managed to come up with something!!! After many cut out things that are now scattered all over my desk!!

I hope you enjoy the creation and also feel inspired to head on over to the blog and try out the challenge yourself!! Its great to be inspired!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Chera

Supplies

Paper: SU DSP (? sorry don't remember the name) SU natural ivy, soft suede and chocolate chip card stock 

Accessories: SU many thanks sizzlit, SU pearls, Memory box gentle leaf die