:-(

Sad story: I won a prize from E.A.D. designs but I didn't find out until today! Whoops... so I lost the prize :-(

I don't blame her... I should have checked up on it.

Oh, well.....

-Haylie

Thanks!

So I haven't posted on here in a while, because I was really busy and my computer wasn't accepting my camera so I couldn't put my picture on my computer! But it's okay because it worked today!

Last weekend I went away as a "delegate" for my school at a convention of private schools! I had a really great time meeting girls from all over the US and Canada.

Before I left, I made a quick thank you card for my host, who turned out to be the sweetest girl ever! (We were set up in homes in the place we stayed.)

Here it is:

Supplies used:

brown cardstock

EK Success 3 inch scallop circle punch

K&Company cardstock (Que Sera Sera pad)

Uni-ball white gel pen

Ranger ink

MSE stamp

random ribbon!

Sorry this is such a lame post! School has been so busy lately!

Please leave a comment! :-)

-Halyie!

Purse card!

My neighbor asked me if I could make a card for her friend's birthday. She was organizing a bunch of people to chip in for a nice bag for this woman and they're giving her a gift certificate for the bag. So my neighbor asked that the card have a purse-theme or bag-theme. So, of course, I went straight to my subscriptions on YouTube to see if any of them had any cute idea. And I found the CUTEST idea from Dawn Griffith on her YouTube channel! The best part is, it's not just a card, it's a gift card holder! Exactly what I needed!

Check out the video on it here and subscribe to her channel! Here is the blog post on it. All measurements can be found on her blog post or YouTube video.

So here's my take on the card:

Close-up:

The inside:

I added a little gift-card pocket by using a 4 1/2" by 2 1/2 (I think!) piece of cardstock and scoring it by 1/4" on 3 sides. Then I cut away the bit where the score lines overlapped in the corners, then folded the scored parts in, added a ton of adhesive, and stuck it down. Oh, and I cut an opening with a 1" circle punch.

The card in it is just a random card I had so I could make sure it fit.

What it looks like when I hold it up!

Oh, it's so cute!!

I had to improvise a little because I don't have a die cutting machine so I don't have the Top Note die. But I found a picture of it online, and I resized it and fiddled around a bit and it turned out okay.

Supplies used:

K&Company Wild Saffron paper

Cream cardstock

MSE stamp (Birthday)

Uni-Ball Signo white gel pen

random ribbon (haha!)

velcro

EK Success 1" circle punch

Button Ups adheisive button

I showed it to my neighbor and she really loved it so I hope her friend does, too!

Again: ALL CREDIT FOR THIS ADORABLE IDEA GOES TO DAWN! Let her know what you think :-)

Thanks for stopping by!

Please leave a comment and let me know what you think!

-Haylie

Skipping Stones Design Challenge #48 SSSC21

My family planned a surprise birthday party for my aunt on Saturday night at her daughter's house. It was so much fun- all my cousins and their children were there and I had a blast! My mother, of course, asked me to make a card for her sister. I really only had a few minutes before we had to leave, so I quickly used a Sweet Sunday Sketch from Skipping Stones Design that I had copied down the other day. It's the last sketch Karen Giron will be doing as SSD's guest designer.

I've always loved cards like this- with squares for backgrounds! (My squares are 1 1/4" and the card is a standard 5 1/2" x 4 1/4")

My card:

A close-up of the sentiment: (It looks a little unfocused in the picture.)

I love how this card turned out! My aunt seemed to love it, but then again, I guess her job as an aunt is to love anything her nieces make for her... hee hee!

I just wish I had made my stitching lines a little straighter...oh well :-)

Supplies used:

Kraft cardstock

MSE stamp (Birthday set)

K&Company Que Sera Sera paper pack

K&Company sticker (Tim Coffey)

Uni-ball Signo Broad white gel pen

Black ink

So there you go! Hope you enjoyed. Please visit the rest of my blog and leave lovely COMMENTS!

-Haylie

CPS #190

I know someone who was really upset yesterday because she was having trouble in school with people being mean to her. :-( So I decided to make her a card! I love this sentiment: "Sending you love, friend!" and I really wanted to use it! I used this week's sketch from Card Positioning Systems (CPS).

Here's a close-up:

In the end, I liked the card, but it was too "old" and not fun enough to give to a teenager to cheer her up. You know what I mean?

So I asked my mother what she thought and she agreed with me, so I ended up giving this ( <--- click it!! It's the second card in the post) card to her instead, which I already had lying around. It used the same sentiment, so I was happy. She seemed really happy to get the card, so now I feel good!

But I still have this card so I decided to share!

Supplies used:

Brown cardstock

Light purple cardstock

Patterned paper ( I got it in a grabbox, so I'm not sure where it's from)

American Crafts Letterbox paper (Sincerely) <--- most useful paper ever!

Fiskars Threading water punch

Ranger Adirondack Ink in Espresso

MSE stamp (from Love Friend set)

Offray ribbon

Uni-ball Signo Broad white gel pen

I hope you enjoyed! Please feel free to check out the rest of my blog!

Leave comments!

Have a great weekend :-)

-Haylie

Great Giveaways!

Hey, so I hope it isn't annoying when I make a post about a giveaway, but I'd really love to win these, so sorry!

The first giveaway is at E.A.D. Designs and it's a Tria marker givaway! I'd love to win this because I don't own any fancy-shmansy markers like these or Copic markers. I'd love to try them out!

If you'd also like to be entered click on the link! The blog says all you need to know to enter!

The second giveaway is from The Stamping Boutique- and it's $250 worth of products! Including 36 Copic markers! How awesome?? Check out the blog to enter!

The third is from Little smiles From White Ribbons! It's a bunch of cools stuff including Jenni Bowlin, Basic Grey, and American Crafts products! Go check it out!

The fourth is a Tim Holtz giveaway from Scrap With Stacy! How sweet is that? I wish I cold win all that awesome blog candy! Go to her blog to fin out how to enter!

I hope this was a chance for you to find out about giveaways that you didn't know about!

(P.S. I'd like to do a giveaway of my own, but I want to wait until I have more followers! Please spread the word about this blog so I can start doing giveaways!)

-Haylie!

Oh, Alice!- chess card

I just found this AMAZING blog the other day and I'm seriously surprised that I didn't know about it before! It's called Oh, Alice! and it's Alice in Wonderland themed!!! I know, it's awesome, right?

So they have an Alice in Wonderland challenge each week using a different idea from the book. It's like this blog was made with me in mind!

So this week's theme is Chess or anything chess themed, such as a chessboard pattern.

This is my card:

I incorporated a chess theme with the checker board patterned background, and the birthday "queen" idea.

I'm really happy with how it turned out.

I wrote the "birthday" with a white gel pen- the only thing I don't like is my terrible handwriting!

Here's the crown:

I didn't own a crown embellishment, so I googled "cartoon crown," printed it out, and cut it out over a blue paper. Then I used a sliver paint marker to add a border and details, along with some silver paper and some pearls.

Pretty cool, huh?

Supplies used:

Kraft cardstock

K&Company K-Ology Addison Chipboard letters

Purple Making Memories paper

Blue paper (?)

Random silver paper (I think it's from a school project)

Marcella by K pearls

EK Success metallic silver paint marker

Uni-ball Signo broad white gel pen

Prima stamp

Fiskars Threading Water punch

Zing! clear embossing powder

(I also entered this int the ABC Challenge. G is for glitter, and these letters are glittery, so I hope that counts!)

So... what do you think? Please let me know with a comment!

Don't hesitate to check out the rest of my blog!

Gotta go study for midterms! (help!)

-Haylie

Waltzingouse Challenge #20- Make a Wish!

Hello, hello! I hope everyone had a great weekend! I know I sure did!

I really like Waltzingmouse's Sketch this week- it's simple, and gives you a lot of room to work with! I usually don't use tags on my cards, so this was a great chance for me to work on something new!

Here's what I came up with! I love making birthday cards- you always need them!

All three stamps I used are from MSE's Birthday stamp set. I thought I needed to add a little bit more purple to bring out the purple behind the hats. So I used a sentiment as a background, and I think it came out nice! I love how the squiggly sentiment makes it more fun!

Here's a little close-up on the tag:

Supplies used:

Kraft cardstock

White cardstock

Purple cardstock

MSE Birthday stamp set

DMC brown thread

Ranger Adirondack ink in: Purple Twilight, Sunshine Yellow, Sunset Orange, Watermelon, and Stonewashed

Thanks for stopping by! If you came here from the challenge page, leave comment and let me know what you think! If you could take a second to check out the rest of my blog, I would really appreciate it :D

Wishing everyone a great week!!

-Haylie