Fairies for two

Ravelyn is a good friend of mine, and she asked me to make birthday cards for her two Moms, biological and step. Both share the same birthday ( can you believe that?), and both love fairies, so here was my chance to give these girls a go!

Hogs and Sketches January 2010 Challenge

This is my first time entering a Hambo sketch challenge, and I do believe my 2nd time doing a sketch challenge ever! I wanted to make a "thinking of you" type card.
I got this cute Hambo image from my very crafty friend Gloria. She turned me on to the world of cards, scrapbooks, stamping, sketch challenges, and all things crafty! The layout was designed by a very talented MacKenzie, whom I met recently. Both these women have been great inspirations to me!
This challenge was very easy for me to do, being a beginner. There is one challenge for each month, and 2 winners are picked! Both can score some free Hambo digi or rubber stamps! I'm glad just to have been part of the challenge. I love the small, yet meaningful "Smile". We all could use that!

For my love

My husband's birthday is this coming Monday. For Christmas he got me quite a few things to make my craft room that much more amazing, so I wanted to make him a nice card. I used this image my friend printed me out from Jeff Thomas. My husband always tells me I worry too much about him, or just worry too much in general (which I'm sure I do), so I thought this sentiment funny and sweet all at the same time. I used a sketch I got from the Mojo Monday blog, however the sketch was from 2009. I absolutely love this card, if I do say so myself.

BLOGOVERSARY BLOG CANDY

It's been too long since I've posted, let alone make a card. I decided to wait until after Christmas, being that all I asked for was craft stuff. Santa brought me what I asked for, so now it's on!

New to the blogging/crafting scene in general, I've found some very neat things thanks to some wonderful friends. I've recently started following many fellow crafters, and one I've found that today is Taylord Concepts. Go hop over there guys, her work is amazing. She's also celebrating her 1 year blogoversary, with some awesome blog candy to be had! Well, off to stamp and cut and color paste! Happy stamping everyone!

My First Time...

This was my first time ever entering a sketch challenge. This one came from Mojo Monday. I'm not sure if I made the deadline, but I'm very proud of this card none the less. I love the cute miniature Santa image. I'm also especially proud of the holly I made. You'd be surprised what scraps can do. Thanks Mojo Monday for the inspiration.

Happy Birthday, Baby.

My birthday was yesterday, and my husband tells me he couldn't find a card he liked to get me. Being that I've been very crafty lately, he decided he wanted to try his hand at it, and make me a card. This is what he made, his first time crafting ever! I'm a HUGE halloween buff, so this fit right in. I love this card, and love the fact that he thought to do something personal like this for me.

To Hawaii with love

My girlfriend needed a thank you card for her Godmother, so she asked me to make her one. Her Godmother lives in Hawaii, and loves gardening. She's Australian, and her husband is Japanese and loves to fish, so these cute Ian and Anya stamps had to be put to use! This took me a while to figure out, being that I had the most trouble picking my background paper. My girlfriend who needed the card ended up picking out that piece, so everything else fell into place. I love it, these characters are so cute. I hope the person it was intended for loves it too.