Loving the butterflies

Hello my dear friends!
I am sorry for being away for such a long time. My hubby and I are expecting our first baby this summer. And because of that I've been extremely tired for the first few month of the year and just did not have any strength to do anything once I got home from work.
I totally did not make any cards, did not log on to my computer at home and really didn't do any of my normal stuff for few months... Once I got my strength back I had to catch up on so many things that I just didn't have time for cards and the blog at all. And for that - I am so sorry!!!
I'm back now! :) And I am so excited to be entering into the blog world once again.
Today I'm going to share a card I made for my hubby for anniversary last year...
I just love this Cuttlebug folder and thought it would be perfect for the "love" theme card :) "Love" was cut using cricut

Well, that's all I have for today. I'm going to be back with more cards and can't wait to visit each and everyone's blog to check out your gorgeous creations.
Hugs!!!

Personalized gift set

Hello everyone!!! Hope you girls had a Wonderful Christmas and got to spend some time with your loved ones. And, of course, hope you received some good stuff from Santa :) I sure have.
But today I just wanted to share a set of cards I made for my hubby's grandmother.

Her name is June. I made a set of 10 cards and used several different colors (but I only took a picure of purple and green). I really like this new Cuttlebug folder - it creates a really nice frame
And I made the box for all those cards

I'm going to use this for following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes

Sassy Studio Design - clean and simple

Thank you so much for stopping by! Hope you're enjoying this Holiday Season!

Green pointsettias

My today's card is again a Christmas card :) I found this sentiment at create with TLC and just had to use it. I decided to make my pointsettias green. I first went with blue, but it just didn't turn out the way I wanted. I glued my small pointsettias and used pop up dots for the larger pointsettia. Here is the closeup:

I also used rhinestones and beads for the centers of the pointsettias.

This card is for following challenges:
Delightful Inspration - to use this beautiful pointsettia.
Spoon full of sugar - christmas
Stamp Something - digital
Thank you for visiting me today!

Thanksgiving day card...

I made this Thanksgiving card weeks ago, but didn't get a chance to post yet. I have mailed all my Thanksgiving cards out, so now I'll slowly start posting them here :)
I bought these fall theme thick stickers at JoAnn's and wanted to try using them for the "window effect" by putting the stickers inside of the card and punching circles out from the card front.

It's kind of hard to see on this picture, but I used beige cardstock and sprayed it with my gold Glimmer Mist, so it has the shimmer. After it all dried I embossed it with cuttlebug. Not super happy with it, but I really like how embossing looks with the shimmer cardstock :)
Hope you guys are done with your Thanksgiving preparations! Thanks for stopping by!
This card is for following challenges:

Passionately artistic - to use fall colors

There's Magic In The air - to use red and cream

Thanksgiving...

I made this simple card to start off on my Thanksgiving Day cards... It's very clean and simple, so I was not too sure ab out it, but it'll do for starters :)
I embossed the background and used ribbon...
This card is for following changes:
Cute card Thursday - anything goes
The Charachter Cafe - embossing

Simple birthday card

My today's card was made for a coworker. Very-very simple. I actually got the idea from Cuttlebug challenge blog. The letters were cut using CB alphabet and of course embossed with...cuttlebug :) Since the card was so simple, I used shimmering cardstock and then just added some stickles to the embossed candle flame. And that's it... here is the inside of the card:

I used the same stamp on both, inside of the card and then on the envelope to create a "unified" feel :)

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Simply thinking of you

Today I have a very simple card pretty much designed around this beautiful digi stamp. There are just so many possibilites with this image, but I wanted (well, I needed) to come up with a "thinking of you" card, so here is what I did
I sprayed my purple glimmer spray on the piece of white cardstock to add a little bit of sparkle.

Here is the closeup to the image. I colored it, then added sparkle with stickles and used rhinestones for the center of each flower...

This card is for Delightful Inspiration challenge: to use this beautiful Willow Whimsy

Thank you so much for stopping by to visit me. Have a wonderful day!

going apple picking

Hello and happy Wednesday! Hubby and I are going to go to the local orchard for apple picking this weekend and going to see if his parents want to come with. So I made this card for them. Unfortunately I rushed to take a picture of it this morning before putting it in the mail and didn't really check the quality of the photo... and this is what I ended up with... the color of the green paper behind the white paper is not like it was IRL and that just sinks :(I followed Mojo's sketch for this card, used Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background and EK Success border punch. I also added liquid accents for the apples and Stickles on the apple tree trunk...

This card is for following challenges:

Delightful inspiration - to use these sweet yummy apples

Double delight - to use border punches

Mojo Monday - follow a sketch

Thinking of you...

I am totally in love with this new image from Designed2Delight and had so much fun coloring it (that I even made another one in blue, but I'll take a pic of it later). Anyway, I think this image is so elegant that I didn't want to overwhelm the card by using DP or anything like that, so instead I just used cuttlebug, layering and simple white/silver ribbon. Here is what I came up with Can't just have a card without sparkle though..., so here is the closeup on my stickles...

I'm going to use this card for following challenges:

Delightful Inspiration - to use this beautiful "Peace and comfort" digi

Cooking it up with Katie - to use a Digi, add some yellow and finish wiht a little sparkle

IncyWincyDesigns - anything goes

Pollycraft - no DP

All Sorts Challenge - plain and simple

OneStitchAtATime - anything goes

Thank you for stopping by!

Layering and embossing...

Ok, I always wanted to try this technique where the swirls go on to another layer with a sentiment. So when I had to make a card for another co-worker's birthday - I figured I'd give it a try... So here goes:

Please click on the image to enlarge to see the beautiful birdies and whole lot of sparkle :)
And here is a side view of the card...

I'm going to use this card for following challenges:

Crazy4Challenges - to use bling! Oh yeah, check out my stickles :)

CrazyChallenge - not to use any ribbon or buttons

Scrap and Stamp Saturday - to use embossing

Crazy 4 Challenges - to use bling

Thank you for stopping by today. I really appreciate you visiting with me!
Hugs!

Halloween???

Hello and thank you so much for stopping by my blog today. Today I have a very simple and my 1st Halloween card! Yeah, I've finally started....
I glued only a body of the bat, so her wings stand out...

This one is for following challenge:

Delightful inspiration - to use this cute image "scardy cat"

Thank you for stopping by today!

Best wishes...

Here is another card I made for one of my co-workers, well actually for my ex-co-worker :)
She had her babies and her doctor husband just started working for his dad's practice, so she now gets to stay home with her babies. We had a lunch for her and I made a card for all to sign...yes, it opens up in the middle (for some reason I thought it would give more room for people to sign... though it still equals to the same amount of room, he-he-he)

here is the look inside... I made a pocket and then we put in a printed gift certificate

Thank you for stopping by today! Have a great day!

Wild birthday...

Hello and thank you or stopping by for a visit. My today's card was made for one of my coworkers. She LOVES animal print, so I just had to use it on her card. Just animal print seemed...boring... so I added a touch of red:Here is the close up... I really liked the flower at first, but then wasn't too happy about the way it turned out. I was going to add another one, but it seemed too much... tried the larger flower - that didn't work either, so I left this one...

I will use this card for a Cuttlebug Challenge - to use a Cuttlebug (I used my cuttlebug for the spellbinders dies) and have 2 layers on the card.
Thank you for visiting with me today!

summery card

oh my, time is just flying by so very fast... the summer is almost over :(
Today I have a bright summery card that I made for several challenges and going to give it to my friend for her birthday...


This card is for following challenges:
Delightful Inspiration - to use "Fishin' Around" image
Double Delight - to use ribbon, string or twine
Sketch Saturday - to use a sketch


Thank you SO much for stopping by today!

Thankful heart...

Hello my dear friends! First off I wanted to apologize for not visiting your blogs lately. I have been sooooo super busy with everything and just can't seem to catch up. But I promise I will catch up and will visit each of you to admire your beautiful creations.
Today I have a very simple card for ... thanksgiving! (Yeah, I know)

This card is for the following two challenges:

Delightful Inspiration - to use this beautiful "Happy Harvest" image.

Double Delight - to keep it clean and simple.

I had fun working on this quick and easy card, I just love thanksgiving time, it makes me all warm and fuzzy inside :)

Thank you for stopping by!

A much better day today!

Thank you all for your sweet wishes - today was a MUCH better day! Thank you!! And I even got to craft a little bit. Here is the card I came up with...Here is the closeup to my sweetie. I've been seeing this ribbon technique everywhere, so I thought I'd give it a try too :)

This card is for following challenges:

Sassy Studio Design - to get punchy (I'm using MS punch and punched snowflakes)

2 Sketches 4 You - follow a sketch

Thank you for stopping by!!!

Sympathy card

I actually got to craft a little bit on Sunday, YEAH!! and finally got to play with my Cuttle Bug (oh how I missed it so).
Today I have a sympathy card, actually two, as I made them in two different colors I really need to have some of those on hand, just in case. Those are the type of cards you always hope to never have to use, but unfortunately you do end up needing them :(
Well, here is my card...
The sentiment is printed on the card itself and then the embossed card stock is attached on top of it. I used crocheting yarn around the card to add little more character. There is also a little bit of stickles around the sentiment (though it's hard to see it). This is a dark purple card stock, but unfortunately the color does not show correctly on the picture.
And then I made the blue one...
Here I combined two different folders and also used beads to crisscross my yarn...

I popped those corner rectangles on dimensionals to allow for the yarn to hang, which also helped the beads to not stick out so much :)

This card is for: Cuttlebug Challenge - to make a sympathy card.

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays - no image, just sentiment

Thank you for stopping by today. Enjoy your week!

Home sweet Home...

Happy Tuesday and thank you for stopping by my blog!
My today's card is for Stretch N' Bubbles challenge using "House on the hill" from SNB store. I made this card for my hubby's grandmother (she's moving right now), so I thought this would be perfect for her...
Unfortunately it's totally impossible to see my CB embossed background on this picture, but it is there :). For some reason when I use vellum on my cards I have hard time getting a good picture - just another thing I need to work on improving :)
Thank for dropping by! Stay cool and enjoy what's left of the summer!!!

last one for July...

oh my gosh, where has the time gone? It's the end of July... Can't believe it :)

My today's card is for Create with TLC challenge. I've been reading Paulette's blog for last few weeks and always wanted to participate in one of her challenges, but I always get home late and never get enough time to work on something. Today however I had plenty of time and here is my card using her beautiful Gem of the Sea image and sentiment.
I raised the center of the sentiment with dimensionals

This card is also for Aly's Sunday challenge - under or by the sea...

Oh yes, finally - embossed background! :) Though I already had this background and card base.

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you're enjoying your summer!

...in vino veritas...

Another week and another challenge at Designed2Delight. This time it is to use digi image "Vino" and for challenge at DoubleDelight, which is to use embossing (so I figured I'll use my new Cuttlebug)I attempted to make my own paper by printing "In vino veritas" ("the truth is in the wine" in latin) in different fonts and colors, embossed and used different blue chalks... but it didn't work :( Well, may be next time!

I layered the flower and then curled up the ends of the petals (sorry, it's hard to see it on this pic).

Thanks for visiting!!!