This weeks challenge at Shopping our Stash  was to add an extra fold or pleat. I just saw this card in our local scrapbook store and knew I had to make it, it is a cascading card and has several folds. It was quite a coincidence that folds were this weeks challenge. the red one is for Addie's bday tomorrow and the thank you card is for my sister who I will be staying with in Aug for a week. This is a fun card to make. thanks for looking

 

this week's challenge at Shopping our Stash is Triple threat....I used a doily, pearls, flowers and also did a cool technique with embossing paste and glitter on the cameo.  There is also a really neat hat pin included by the doily...kind of hard to see in the picture but it also has pearls on it....

Challenge #131 OpusGluei

I had to  make an anniversary card for a special couple so I decided to try my hand at embroidery. I came up with this card. and this week opus gluei's challenge is Sew What? whatever you can do with a needle and thread so I am entering it in their challenge number 131. visit their site at
http://opus-gluei.blogspot.ca/

sos challenge #52

this is my first attempt at a waterfall card. I would certainly do it a bit different if I did another. oh well, I was doing it first because I wanted to try the waterfall card and secondly to enter the Shopping Our Stash challenge this week.  I have a BINGO down the N's......  although the colors don't look exactly on, the card has purple, distressing, buttons (embossed)  and jewels.  I'm entering this in challenge  # 52 at http://shoppingourstash.blogspot.ca/

Monday challenges

we finally got our Tim Holtz markers so I have been playing with them. I did these two cards using Tim Holtz markers, ink and paper. the blue one looks cockeyed, but it's just the way I cropped it. (truly it is straight; ) the  yellow one I made for my niece's bday on May 3rd, and Happy bday is stamped on the bottom but it looks like I cut it off when I cropped it. (hopefully I'll get better at that.) for this one I used the markers directly on the stamp and it worked quite well. for the blue card I stamped the image then colored it, I then used the ink to cover the whole image and give it a bit of an antique look. I dipped the white ribbon in the corresponding ink to have it match the flowers, I am entering them in the following challenges.
www.heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.ca   flowery creations
www.craftybootschallenges.ca    Yellow theme
www.cutedaisymay.blogspot.ca  Pile on the Flowers
hopefully I did this right

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closed card

opened telescope card

I had to make an anniversary card for a 50th wedding anniversary. what a milestone. so I came up with this. I used my new Martha Stewart paper and a new technique called a telescope card. one picture shows the closed card and one shows it opened. inside there is a verse. I also got to use my peel offs that I haven't used in ages. the round one just seemed to go perfect on this circle. The 50 and best wishes were stamped and embossed with gold. I also put some pop dots in the layers that don't move to give it some dimension and when the telescope part is closed it looks like a cake. I added a bit of bling on the top layer, and my embellishments are a heart and key, ribbon and heart brads.
I'm entering this card in the following challenges
www.opus-gluei.blogspot.ca   - using a technique you haven't used in a while
www.cceestampers.blogspot.ca  - using 3 or more embellishments
www.doyoustackup.blogspot.ca   - glitter and bling

Jenny's card

my friend Jenny turned 87 years young today, so I made her this card with the leftovers of my sisters card.