Embellish Challenge-Vintage

Quick post today--still trying to get chores done here around the house before we head out with the kids to our friends' Halloween party tonight!  Owen's going as a Skeleton (although he's thinking he may want to be Woody from Toy Story instead); Caden's going as a green bug; and Mark and I are going as characters from the HBO series True Blood!!

This card's for the current Embellish Challenge--Vintage.  I'm do not typically do the vintage style, but here's my attempt.  The colours on my card match the challenge swatch SO much better in real life. The ribbon really is rust coloured (I Promise!).  Our camera broke this week, so I had to take the image with my husband's Blackberry.

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Curtain Call {Act 52}

LOVED these colours from this week's Curtain Call challenge {Act 52}:

Since they're not traditionally Christmas colours, I thought I'd challenge myself further with making a Christmas card--after all, I really need to get lots of them made both to sell at the spa and give away.
Here's what I came up with:

I used Glossy Accents to make that ornament look like a glass ball ornament!  And you can never go wrong with damask print either.  I think it will be all over my Christmas cards this year!!

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Curtain Call {Act 51}

Okay, I was away from blogging for months, but I've got myself on a role the last couple of days . . . perhaps because I've really been cranking out some cards . . . I got some killer mojo . . . and the ideas seem to be coming effortlessly . . . which I guess gives me the energy to post . . .
   Any way . . . I saw Curtain Call's current colour challenge, and I felt inspired to play along.

I've been using Perfect Pearls lately--finally got around to watching a tutorial on how to use them.  I love the subtle shimmer they add.  I also like this check box sentiment; you can check off what ever occasion you need.

I also made this card for my BFF today; she had a bad day at work on Friday, so I'm going to mail this to her work this week to keep her smilin'.  I used another one of those library cards I made on Word.  My BFF and I are both high school English teachers, so I thought I'd go for a TEXT theme.

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EBTKS Challenge 24

I haven't played with the EBTKS (non-sketch) challenge in a while, but when I saw their current challenge which uses this as an inpiration . . .

I couldn't help but think of a Studio G stamp I bought months ago, but had never used.

A closer look:

I kept the stamp out and stamped it with Versamark onto this die-cut label, and whipped up another card.  This one is not for the challenge.

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Embellish Challenge w/ Felt

I have to admit, when I looked at the current Embellish challenge, the colour combo threw me for a loop; however, the moment I thought of using woodgrain for the brown, this card sort just came together, and I'm surprisingly pleased with it . . . although, I'm thinking I need to add some twine somewhere.

 That centre label looks a bit peachy in the photo, but it is PTI's Sweet Blush.

Also, I thought I'd share my first Christmas Card Gift set I made this season.  It's for my aunt--she owns the spa where I sell my cards, so what better person to make a set for.  She sings in a choir, so I thought I'd incorporate sheet music into the cards as a theme. 

 Here's the whole set; I'll package them into a small red gift bag with the envelopes. I hope she likes it!!

It's Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada!  I have SO much to be thankful for, including the snippets of time I get to craft, and thankful 4 you taking the time to visit me!

Embellish Challenge

We'll I'm making another Embellish challenge deadline.  Keeping it short, because I have to tackle a pile of laundry that's reaching the height of a skyscrapper!!
Here's their great challenge:

Here's my first card:

 A closer look at the shimmer of Perfect Pearls on the butterfly:

Here's my second card:

Another closer look; I just made the Library card by creating a table in Word:

Sorry for the lighting in the photos; it's even thrown the colours off a bit :(

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