MOJO Birthday

This weekend my brothers are celebrating their 40th birthday! They are twins and younger than me. I have so many wonderful memories of growing up with them and could not ask for better brothers. They are wonderful dads, terrific husband and great friends! I love them both very much!
Here is one of the card I created using the Mojo Monday sketch...

 

I love Tangerine Tango and Bermuda Blue Together. I wanted to make this card as clean as possible with a few little details so I added the candy dots as well as the paper piercing to set this apart. I also added a little splash to the sentiment to make it a bit more bold...different from the rest of the card.

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Fun with Markers

At the Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge we are to use Markers! I love the SU! markers because you can do so much more than color images. Actually on the care I made for this challenge I did everything BUT color an image. Take a look...

 I used some doodling to create a fun festive border for this card. It reminds me a bit like streamers. I also used my Color Spritzer tool that uses a SU! Marker to give a little splatter to the background. Eventhough this is retired I still use the Color Spritzer tool ALOT! I used a Uniball white pen to create faux stitching on the Coastal Caribbean Banner. I also used the SU! Markers to color directly on the stamps for the sentiment and candles. I love the versatility of these markers!

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Happy Valentines Day!!

The first is a card I made today isfor the CAS(E) this Sketch, Color Throwdown and Technique Time Tuesday Challenges. I had a lot of fun combining all of these challenges and they were a great inspiration for this card I made for a wonderful friend of mine, Patty. She is always giving me encouragement in many different areas of my life and is a great cheerleader for me! ....Just the kind of friend everyone should have!

 

At Technique Time Tuesday the challenge is to use the Shaving Cream Technique on your projects. I decided to use it for my focal point image. The "U" is from my stash and is not SU! but I thought this was a perfect place for it. The little banners are Washi Tape and I added a few candy dots to continue the Valentine theme. This card was very simple and lots of fun to create!

On a side note... I have used this technique before on cards but last Easter we also used this technique to color Easter Eggs with my kids. Yes it was messy but they LOVED it!! We dipped the eggs in vinegar prior to placing them in shaving cream and they made the perfect Tie Dyed look.

Here are some pictures of the process.

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CAS(e) this Sketch #63

Here is a card to play along with the CAS(e) this Sketch Challenge#63. This is such a great simple sketch but I decided to try something a bit different for me.

 

I decided to use the negative space created when I used the Framelits. By layering some scalloped circles I was able to create a fun focal image. The sentiment is from the new Just Sayin' stamp set.

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Aimee

Happy Birthday Grandma Great!



Back in January I had made my grandma a Birthday card and realized I had not shared it on my blog yet! As any grandma she loves flowers and also loves anything I create for her! She is such a special lady!! I thought I would share it with the Anything Goes challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More and Seize the Birthday with Chevrons for toppings!

I loved used the Epic Day DSP and making something "girly" from it. Of course  it needed some Pearls and Ribbon...just what every Grandma loves!

I also wanted to share with you what my grandma made for me for my Birthday. (Our Birthday are only 3 days apart.) Here is a picture of her creation...

Attached to this was a note that was typed on a TYPEWRITER and it read,

"Now don't get excited and don't get misled, this is not for you but your dishes instead.

So untie all the bows, and take out all the stitches; Now you have two dish clothes but you just

LOST YOUR BRITCHES!!!"

She is HILARIOUS and I love her soo much!! She was surprised when I told her that I was going to keep my gift just as she gave it to me. She expected me to use those dish clothes!!

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Aimee



Subtle Sympathy

When I saw the challenge at Dynamic Duos this week I knew I had to join in. The colors, Pistachio Pudding and Blushing Bride are colors that I very seldom use. I also use some other SU! products that I hadn't used in a very long time. Here is the card...



This is a very simple card to make. The pearls added to the delicate nature of the card. I didn't have any Blushing Bride ribbon but I added the color to a white ribbon with sponging in on. These are very simple additions to add to a one layer card that make it shine.

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Aimee

Seize the Birthday!

I found a fun new to me challenge to try...Seize the Birthday! The challenge is to use chevrons on a birthday card. I also decided to use the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches too. Here is my card...

I love these colors together! It was so much fun to layer the focal image. I decided to use the swirls from Everthing Eleanor to give it more of a delicate look. Thanks for  looking!

Aimee