Purple Mojo

I just HAD to make a card for the Mojo Monday challenge.  I think I'm becoming obsessed with some of the card challenges and can't bear to let certain ones pass me by.  Most of those are the ones I've been with since I started blogging just to be able to post my cards to their challenge.  I realized the deadline was nearing, so I sat down and not-so-quickly made a card to follow this sketch:

Some sketch cards come easily to me and some not.  This one was a not.  Parts were okay once I decided on the paper but then I didn't like this and this didn't work and....... well you know what I mean.  My biggest obstacle was what to use in place of the flower.  Here's what I did.

The print paper is from an 8 x 8 stack from Papertrey Ink called Hodge Podge.  I found a coordinating purple from Core-dinations for the background and a piece of pink for the scallop trim from my scraps.  I cut the white scallop from the Wild Card cartridge but punched the circle.  I hand cut the flag and stamped it with Tattered Rose Distress Ink.  I also inked the edges of the white papers with it.  I looked through a few of my Cricut handbooks and saw this half butterfly in the Storybook cart and decided that was what I wanted to use.  I cut it from some old, old, paper I had, heat embossed it with sparkle powder and added a pearl for it's head and the top of the antenna.  You can't tell very well from the picture but the wings of the butterfly fan out and makes it look like it's in flight. 

It was a struggle but now that it's done I rather like it.  I hope the recipient does, too.

Have a Happy Easter everyone. 

Be My Valentine

At last there are some challenges I can enter.  Yay!  This card will go to
My Craft Spot - "Anything Goes"
Die Cutting Divas - "Anything Goes"
Cardz TV - "Be My Valentine"

This is an A2 card cut in white cardstock.  The next layer is a checked paper, then a white layer punched with a Fiskars punch.  The hearts are a cut from Wild Card in a textured Core'dinations paper.  I glued the main cut down flat and then took the three off-cuts and mounted them on foam.
Here is a close-up of two of the mounted, textured hearts.

 I think it's a sweet and easy card.

Red and Black

Just a quick post tonight to enter Celebrate the Occasion's challenge this week.  The challenge is to use red, black and white in a card and since these are my favorite colors, I didn't want to miss the challenge.  Here is my card.

Our high school colors are red and black so I made this as a graduation card.  It was cut from the Wild Card cartridge, one of the first ones I owned.

Better Days Are Coming

Aarrrggghh!  It's been one of those days.  Never try to make a card when you're tired and you have your mind on other things.  I finally got it done but oh the frustration.  Hence the title of this blog and sentiment on the card.  This card is for the Mojo Monday challenge.  Here is the sketch.

I decided to make the round one.  I'm not sure I'm real happy with it but here it is.

The circle card is cut from George and Basic Shapes.  So are the moon and star.  I cut a second layer in the card color so the fold doesn't show.  Then I cut a smaller circle out of some star paper that I've had for quite a while.  The moon is a gold shimmer paper and the star a white glitter.  The rectangles are cut from the top of a paper that was in a picture stack.  I knew I would never use that paper for much of anything and the color was right.  It actually looks like a better match in person.   I printed the sentiment on one and thought for quite a while about the other one.  It didn't look right plain, and I didn't have a print that would work.  What would go with a star and a moon?   I know!  Shooting stars.  Out comes my trusty white pen to make the lines and some tiny rhinestones at the top.  Okay, now it's done. 

Page Challenge

I saw a new challenge site today and thought "Hey, I have that cartridge.  Let me see what I can do with it."  This blog, MAG Challenge by the Page, does just that.  They pick a page from a cartridge manual and challenge you to make a card from it.  This week's challenge was page 49 in the Wild Card manual. You can ONLY use cuts from that page, plus graphics and/or embellishments.  I decided a Halloween card was in order.

This is the shape of the card cut.  I used an orange cardstock for the base, a candy corn print from a Cloud 9 seasonal pack for the layer cut and a black scrap for the frame.  The little treat bag is a graphic from pcCrafter, popped up on a dimensional.  Final touch was stitching around the edge.  This was one of the first carts I ever got and haven't used it in a while.  I guess I'd better take a new look at it.