Sunday Sketch at 365 Cards

Here's the Sunday Sketch this week at 365 Cards:

And my card:

It's so funny, because the cards that are the simplest in design seem to take the longest to create! This card took me a couple of hours - lots of fussy gluing with these Cricut floral elements from the Tink cart. The stitching didn't take quite as long, but having to poke little holes to guide the stitching takes time. I'm really pleased with this one - thanks for stopping by!

Feeling Crafty

I had a little time to play in my scrap room today, so I thought I would pop over to Card Patterns and check out today's sketch (which happens to be #54). Happy belated blogversary Card Patterns!!

Here's my card and some details:

Patterned Paper: Imaginisce

Pearls: Basic Grey

Alphas: American Crafts Thickers

Rhinestones: Martha Stewart

String Art at 365 Cards

I'm glad I got the chance to share a card for today's challenge at 365 Cards, because I've always wanted to try this on a card.

It was definitely a learning experience for me, and I like how it turned out, but I think I could do a better job now that I have the idea.

Here's my card:

It ends up looking Clean & Simple, and yet it was quite a lot of work. I used little brads to help me with positioning. The design is an imitation of a curve-stitch design that I found here. I sort of guessed my way through it. What's nice is that by the time I was done, I felt that any additional embellishement would just detract from the string art, so I just added a sentiment and I was done.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Blogoversary 365 Cards!!!!

Well, we've officially reached a year at 365 Cards! It just flew by for me. When I first started the blog, I hadn't thought beyond the first year, but it's gotten such a great response and we had so much fun that I wanted to keep going.

Here is the final sketch from the last 365 year:

And my card:

Here's a close-up of the lines I drew using my atyou Spica glitter pens and a ruler:

I stared and stared at this card feeling as if something more needed to be added. I love my embellishments! But since the sketch had a clean and simple feel to it, I decided to leave the outside alone and decorate the inside:

Looking forward to another great year!!!

You Go Girls!

I'm so excited that I'm about to burst! Tomorrow I head into Canada to watch my very best friend, Natalie, curl in the Olympic games.

Last year at this time I was in Colorado at the Olympic trials for US Women's Curling and I had the great pleasure of watching her team win. Here's one of my favorite pictures from that event.

That was my first opportunity to give her a hug after the qualifying win!

So before I headed up here, I tried to think of something that I could give her that would properly show my support - and I know that my fellow card makers will agree that a handmade card is the way to go!

Here's the sketch I used from today's 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday challenge:

And my card that reads "You Go Girls" for the entire team:

This came together very quickly as I prepared to leave for my trip. I hope she likes it, and I hope you play along with us!!

Cool Caardvarks Challenge

Well, as I was giving my blog a makeover the other day, I realized that I haven't visited the Caardvarks blog for quite a while. So when I popped over there, I found this challenge, which is to create a wedding card.

Wedding cards are fun, but the prize is fab!!

So here's my card:

It's a wedding cake! It's hard to tell in the photo, but the cardstock from which I created the cake (looks like fondant, in my opinion) is shimmery. Those are Basic Grey rub-ons serving as the decoration on the cake, along with BG patterned paper and those gorgeous rhinestones.

Here's a peek at the inside of the card:

It is has a somewhat non-traditional look about it, and yet I think it is well-suited as a wedding card. Thanks for looking!!

365 Cards "Gloria's Sketch"

What a fun week we're having over at 365 Cards, and it's just begun!!

This week the Design Team is featuring a different sketch every single day. Today Gloria is up with her sketch, and here is my take.

I saw this chick stamp set from Unity Stamps at Craft Warehouse a couple of weeks ago, and it was a must have.

By the way, I just gave my blog a makeover - what do you think??

I'm going to try to play along every day this week, so I'll be back tomorrow with my take on Audrey's sketch...