Another Happy Birthday and a Ribbon Card

So....I didn't realize my neighbor (who I made a card for that I showed in my last post) was making her birthday party as a joint party for both her and her husband, since his birthday was not too long ago. So I decided to make him a card, too. I reallllllly don't see this card as manly AT ALL, but it's cheerful and at least not girly, so that's the best I can do. I used the E.A.D. design summer color challenge colors and I just had fun with it!

And...here's the back, where I usually just put the "handed stamped by" stamp, which I sign underneath of. This time I had smeared some inky spot on the back by accident, so this is my funky way of covering it! Cute! (Tooting my own horn here...)

Supplies:

Off-white card stock

MSE Happy Birthday stamp set (I used the dot, the sentiment, and the hat on the back from there, and I used a Happy Birthday sentiment on the inside which I didn't taker a picture of)

K&Company hat sticker -it was a different color but I covered it with the yellow paper to make it match the challenge colors and I drew stripes on it.

Ranger Adirondack ink in Red Pepper and Denim

Yellow paper and olive-y paper (It's olive!! It just photographed really dark...)

Fiskars threading water punch

Black ink

Since I was already making cards, I decided to make one using ribbon, since I feel like I've abandoned my poor ribbons lately.

I used a technique a lot of people have used- not quite sure of the official name for this, but it's just the "laying across a bunch of ribbon scraps in a window kind of look" technique, I guess.

Not to many supplies here, since I honestly don't know where most of my ribbons are from, but let me try to guess, haha:

I think the striped on with the white background is K&Company, while the orange one is Autumn Leave and the rest are from an MSE grabbox or from a random drawer in my house...

To make the grey frame, I used my paper trimmer and carefully took a 3" by 4" rectangle and cut line 3/4" around each edge. I tied the ribbon on one side, did some faux stitching and writing with my Uni-Ball Signo Broad gel pen, and put some foam adhesive underneath before sticking it to an off-white card stock base. Easy!!

I love it, so let me know what you think!

Comment, please!

-Haylie

Happy Birthday window card

It's my neighbor's birthday today so I wanted to make sure the card I made for her was extra special! It may not look like much, but it took me forever to decide on what to do, find my elements, and cut all those darn circles! I'm still getting the hang of my Martha Stewart circle cutter, so bear with me.

Here's the card:

I like the idea of having a window cute out with a cute element poking through from inside. I was happy to find the little cake- I think it's from K&Company, as are the patterned papers. I used this brown card base from Hero Arts- they come as note cards with matching envelopes.

Btw, my handwritten "happy birthday" isn't to shabby, huh? I always thought I had terrible handwriting!

Here's how the card rests on a surface:

Here's the inside:

And I doodled on the matching envelope!

You can see my nail polish, lol.

Speaking of which, how cool is this color? It's Mint Candy Apple from Essie. Yum.

So, I hope you enjoyed!

Pretty please leave lots of comments!

-Haylie

Party Time!

Hey! Quick post, just a birthday card I made for a friend who turned 18!

I tried to use colors from a challenge and a sketch, but I have issues with sticking to a design, so I decided the card didn't really qualify for either. (The challenges were the Color Cue one and I forgot the other...whoops.)

But I still like it. Actually, I'm obsessed with it.

Supplies:

• Making Memories Pattered parer
• White, yellow and grey card stock
• 1 1/2 inch circle (I used a Martha Stewart circle cutter)
• Uni-Ball Signo Broad white gel pen
• K&Company birthday sticker
• Making Memories brad
• Scallop punch (Fiskars threading water punch)
• Rub-on (Not sure what company, sorry, but most likely K&Company or Making Memories)

And here's a card I made a few weeks ago and never posted.

I Gave it to my cousin for his 3rd birthday last week. He's so cute!

Supplies:

• Light green card stock
• K&Company birthday sticker
• K& Company Wild Saffron patterned paper
• Uni Ball Signo Broad white gel pen
• Off-white buttons
• Brown embroidery thread (DMC)

Thanks for stopping by!

Please leave a comment and follow!

-Haylie

Thanks and Baby cards

Lots of good news!! :-)

1. I got my driver's license!! Whoohoo!

2. My teacher had a baby! (Girl) Mazel tov!!

So I made a card (or 2) for her!

Card #1:

I used this as a tag on a Purim basket I'm giving her.

It's an idea I'm pretty sure I made up myself (unless I somehow unconsciously stole the idea from somewhere else) , and I'm pretty darn proud of it! How cute is it?

It's a mini version of this card I origionally made:

Card #2:

I'm also giving her this card, which I posted long ago in this post. I love how it can be for a girl baby or a boy baby!

And heres card #3:

It's a thank you card (obviously)

and it's the first time I've ever made 2 of the same card. I really like it. I was asked by my mother and my friend to make a thank you card, and this is what I thought of!

Just one of them:

Papers used are from the K&Company paper pads I always use, Que Sera Sera and Wild Saffron. The black and white paper is from a Marcella by K paper pad. The card base is Kraft and the heart is punched from Walmart glitter paper. The gel pen is Uni-ball Signo Broad and the other papers are off-white and purple. The sentiment is a MSE stamp.

So, hows everyone doing?

I'd love to hear in a comment!

-Haylie

"Less is More" 3 squares and Waltzingmouse #36 Challenge

Hello, everyone!

I decided to really try again and make an actual simple card this time for the "Less is More" blog challenge. I also used the Waltzingmouse challenge #36 sketch for it.

With flash:

Without flash:

Supplies:

White cardstock

Grey (Autumn Leaves) and purple (Making Memories) paper

Ranger ink in "Stonewashed"

Black ink

MSE stamp (sentiment)

K&Company Que Sera Sera stamp (butterfly)

Please comment and check out the rest of my blog!

-Haylie

Birthdays- CPS #207

Whew!

I just got back form a 2 day vacation with my school to a hotel- cuz why not? My school is so cool! But I managed to make 2 cards the night before I left since it was my sister-in-law's birthday and my neighbor's birthday over the weekend.

Here's the one I made for my sister-in-law:

I love her so much and I hope she liked the card.

Look at all the sparkles!! Yay!

Supplies:

K&Company Wild Saffron paper

EK Success Jolee's Boutique cupcake sticker

MSE Birthday stamp

Black ink

Brown and cream cardstock

Scallop edge punch (Fiskars threading water punch)

Glitter chipboard circle- ? No idea!

Look at the sparkles!

Speaking of cupcakes, I really want this stamp set from Pure Innocence, mainly for the cute cupcake sentiments, since I love using cupcakes on cards, even non-birthday ones!

And here's the card for my neighbor:

He turned 16, so i wanted a more fun card, but it may have come out to young for him. Oh, well. At least it's not girly.

So I thought I could do this for 2 challenges, the CPS one and the "Less is More" (3 squares) one, but I wasn't so sure this was "clean and simple" but I figure "what the heck?" No one's going to get mad at me- hopefully. Next time I'll make it simpler!

The squares are from this old Making Memories scrap I had. Seriously, I keep everything as scraps- and here, I was glad I did. The scrap was tiny, bit I was able to get 3 1 1/4" squares out of it- perfect! I hope it's "cool" enough for my neighbor!

(Side note- isn't the picture a lot clearer this time? I think I'mm take pictures on my dining room table more often; the lighting is better there!)

Supplies:

Kraft, orange and beige cardstock

K&Company Wild Saffron paper- big surprise there!

Making Memories paper (squares)

Uni-ball Signo Broad gel pen

Marcella by K sticker

If you're here from the challenge pages, please take a minute to check out the rest of my blog and let me know what you think! Thanks!

-Haylie

Lots of Stuff!

It's kinda pathetic that it took this long for me to get back into card making, and only when I was sick. Yes, sadly, today I stayed home from school because I felt sick and while I was supposed to be sleeping, I made a few cards! I'm loving how much color there is in them!

Goodness, I'm sure you all see how often I use my K&Company paper packs! (Que Sera Sera and Wild Saffron) I got them for about $3 to $5 each and I seriously use them for EVERYTHING!!! So I barely need to tell you where my papers are from!

Here are the cards:

Supplies:

Making memories flowers, paper and brad

Hero Arts stamps

Ranger ink

Kraft cardstock and off-white cardstock

Brown marker (crayola)

EK Success corner rounder punch

Supplies:

Que Sera Sera papers (green and pink)

Brown cardstock (scallop) with Fiskars threading water punch

Wild Saffron paper

MSE stamps

Ranger ink (pink)

Colorbox chalk ink (brown)

Random textured cardstock- rubbed with sandpaper

Supplies:

Beige, brown, and yellow cardstock

Que Sera Sera paper (cut at a curve)

Hallmark cupcake sticker- sooo cute!

1 inch circle punch with blue textured cardstock

Uni Ball Signo Broad gel pen

Supplies:

Brown and yellow (Making Memories) cardstock

Offray ribbon

Making Memories brad and flower

off white cardstock

MSE stamp

Colorbox chalk ink

EK Success corner rounder punch

This last one I made a little later, because I forgot to make a card for my friend's family who hosted my over my winter vacation. (How rude of me!) I love the card, although it didn't photograph all that well.

Supplies:

Off white cardstock and light blue cardstock

Wild Saffron paper

Embroidery thread

Making memories purple paper and Fiskars threading water punch

EK Success corner rounder punch

It's sorta weird, but I've been sitting on the floor, watching TV and making cards. Weird combo, I know but apparently it works!

Also, I'm not sure if anyone's interested, but I had to make a collage representing myself or how I'd like to be seen for an Art History class in school and I decided to make mine look "artsy." I know it's not a card, but I used a lot of card elements in it so I thought it would be cool to show on here! (If you like any art things, I can also show all the projects I've had to do for art class in school- so much fun!) Let me know if you like this too! (I blacked out my full name and family picture, but you get the idea.)

Supplies:

TOO MANY TO MENTION!

And there's still more! I made a poster thing for my mother, who is getting some sort of higher degree in college (not sure which letters it is, but whatever!) It's (obviously) on hypertension, and it came out pretty good, if I do say so myself! It's due tomorrow, so I hope she gets an A!

Supplies:

Obviously- the K&Company packs, with some Marcella by K papers (like the heading- isn't that the prettiest paper ever?)

And, last but not least, I've been obsessed with making paper flowers! I saw it in a Jennifer McGuire video, although I can't find it now :-( It took some practice, but I think I got the hang of it! My friend loved them so I made her these:

So pretty, huh? I love making them with a large scalloped circle punch (I only have a 3 inch one, but I use it all the time! Count how many are just in this post!) and adding Stickles to the edges! (it's on the green one!) Oh, and I think you know where the papers are from!

Whew! Long post! But I feel good!

Comments are welcome! (Pretty please!)

Good night!

-Haylie!

My Mommy's Birthday Card!

I know, I know, I haven't posted in forever! Trying to get back into the swing of things after finals, vacation, and all that craziness!

While I was away on vacation, I finally got around to buying those products I really needed to repurchase but had been holding off on, like foam adheisve and a good brown ink pad! So it got me excited to start making cards again!

I started with this card, since it was my mother's birthday on Saturday. (Happy Birthday!!!)

I know it's a little "childish" but I love the cheeriness of it!

I used these Hallmark glittery cupcake stickers that my sister got for me as a birthday present back in the summer and I never used! I'm so glad I did- they're just adorable! I love how the frosting is like different hairstyles!

(I heat set the sticker a little, because the glitter was flying all over the place, and it really helped!)My mother loved it (or at least she told me she did- what else would I expect her to say?) and I'm happy with the card!

I hope to be posting more soon!

-Haylie

Supplies:

Cardstock/ patterend paper- I don't really know where any of it's from! Most is either basic cardstock or stuff I've had since I made a scrapbook in 5th grade! The green paper is something I got in a grabbox which I've wanted to use for ages!

Uni-ball Signo Broad white gel pen- whoohoo! I finally got a new one!

Hallmark cupcake sticker

MSE Birthday stamp

Versamark Ink + White embossing powder (heat set)

Fiskars Threading Water punch