World Card Making Day!!

I love making cards :) I love everything about cardmaking--I love designing it, putting it together, and I especially love that something I enjoy doing can bring someone else some joy by doing what I LOVE so much :) SO, that's why I thinkWorld Card Making Day is so fun! A whole day dedicated  to making cards :)

And sharing the fun of cardmaking with others all over the globe.There is even a whole site dedicated to World Card Making Day. If you  came to my blog for World Card Making Day from the Moxie Fab site, WELCOME!!! I'm so glad you stopped by :)(if you haven't yet, you should definitely check out the WCMD site here.) There are tons of fun things to check out, including some gorgeous cards made by lots of very talented ladies. So much inspiration :) World Card Making Day is actually Oct. 3rd. But each day leading up to it, there will be new cards going up on the site for you to check out, along with links to cardmakers all over the world. If you create a card for World Card Making Day, you can upload it to the  gallery  there for a chance to win a prize :) SO, do you have any plans for World Card Making Day? Making cards at home? with a friend? Leave me a comment and let me know what your plans are! (or just say hi!) and it will give you a  chance to win a huge prize too :) Also, go check out the Moxie Fab site!! You'll find another card by me :), along with a bunch of other talented ladies, AND if you leave a comment there, it will give you another chance at winning the fabulous prize, full of products from DarkRoom Door, Spanish Memories and Basic Grey. It's worth $330! wow :)

Here are some cards I made to celebrate World Card Making Day:) Since its NEVER too early to start on Christmas cards:

Simple, but I just love those little trees :) (these stamps are from Papertrey Ink, the die cut trees are from Quickutz)

And this one because I always have so many things to be thankful for:

Isn't this little bug so cute? I love how he looks with his rosey cheeks:) (buggie is Bosskutz, flower stamps are fancy pants.)

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I'm always glad to share my love of creating with others! I hope you were inspired to create a card to celebrate World Card Making Day:)

fall...

Well, it finally feels like fall. And it is officially fall, right? Yay!! I am definitely ready for some cooler weather :) Although, I have to admit I do like the summers a lot more than I used to. Now that I have all my cuties :) there are so many fun things to do with them in the summer :)

Miss Emma is 4 months old now!! I honestly cannot believe how fast time has flown by!! I want her to stay small...*sniff* She also got her first vaccination on Friday. That was not fun :( But she did well :) Isn't she so cute ?! She looks alot like Leah :) The outfit she's wearing here was Leah's :) She also had her 4 month check up too ( or as Levi likes to call it, her "ketchup" lol). She's doing great, but she's also alot smaller than all 3 of the others. Dr. just says she's petite :)

And I did some more scrapping :) yay me :) If I get into a groove of making cards, sometimes I forget just how much I like making layouts. I really like how this one came out. It has some of my favorite pictures on it :) It is a two pager. Seriously, if you had told me a few months ago that I would get into making 2 page layouts, I wouldn't have believed you lol. But I love the extra room to play with.

    

Sorry the pictures are a little wonky... I just couldn't get this layout to photograph well. I hand stitched the circle. Lots of my favorite goodies on here too--Fancy Pants papers and felt, verve stamps, and Quickutz letters :)

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to enjoy these fun fall-ish days. I intend to :)

supplies:

cardstock: die cuts with a view

pattern paper: fany pants

felt shapes: fancy pants

stamps: verve

letters: quickutz

label die: spellbinders

buttons: autumn leaves

the last one!

I did it! I did all 7 sketches for Caardvarks' Sketchfest  :) I was afraid I really wouldn't get to do today's, even though it was the last one because we were out ALL day. But I did :) This one actually took me the shortest time of all the sketches to make... not sure why lol! here it is:

This card has a whole bunch of Fancy Pants goodies on it. I love just about everything Fancy Pants :)

Ok, that's it for today--here in Japan it is after midnight, and I have to get at least a little bit of sleep tonight :)

Thanks for stopping by!!

supplies:

cardstock: papertrey ink

pattern paper: fancy pants

felt shape: fancy pants

stamp: verve

buttons: autumn leaves

gems: hero arts

sketchfest continued...

After I had gotten 5 of the sketches done so far, I was really hoping I would get a chance to try out sketch #6 at Caardvark's sketchfest. And I did :) My cuties played really hard with their cousins today and were all tuckered out, which means they went to bed early. Early bed for them means scrappy time for me :)

When I first saw this sketch I thought it would come together really quickly, but for some reason it took me awhile to find what I wanted to do. And it took me forever to decide on the colors... but in the end I think it turned out ok :) and..... I did the inside again!! he he:) Can you tell I'm proud of myself? lol

I only have one more sketch to go-- I hope I get a chance to do one tomorrow too!!! Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to check out the Caardvark's site and see what all the other ladies have been making :)

supplies:
cardstock: core'dinations
pattern paper: inque boutique
stamps: verve
ink: papertrey ink
ribbon: papertrey ink
button: autumn leaves
other: gems

#5 at caardvarks

Well, I REALLY didn't think I would make it this far!! But here I am, finished with sketch #5 at caardvark's sketchfest I had a hard time with this sketch... the big circle just wasn't working for me.... Here is what I came up with though:

It's a 4x4 card. I actually started with a 5x5 card and tried 2 hand cut a big circle.It was not a pretty sight lol. So I made a smaller card that went well with my scallop circle :) I absolutlely LOVE this stamp from Papertrey. I t comes in a set with lots of fun garden images.And, I did the inside of this one too!! Yay me! :)

It's really simple, but still adds a fun touch I think.

Thanks for stopping by!!

supplies:

cardstock: from my stash

pattern paper: fancy pants

stamps: papertrey ink

ink: colorbox

button: papertrey ink

gems: hero arts

accessories: nestabilities, twine

more caardvarks fun!!

Can you believe it?! I did it :) I made a card for Wednesday's sketch at Caardvark's.

This sketch didn't seem quite as intimidating as yesterday's did lol. I *heart* these papers from K&Co--espcecially the pale purple one. Isn't it so pretty? :) And I even decorated the inside of this one:

I have been trying to pretty up the insides of all my cards lately :) I haven't gotten so that I do all of them yet, but maybe half? Not a bad start, right?! The white cardstock for this card is from PTI. I had heard lots of people rave about it, so I thought I should try it :) And wow, it really is nice and thick. I love it, but unfortunately that means I want to hoard it...lol

Thanks for stopping by again! I hope you've been enjoying the Sketchfest as much I have :)

supplies:

cardstock: papertreyink

pattern paper: k&co

stamps: verve

other: ek success butterfly punch, circle punch, gems

on a roll :)

I'm really surprised that I have gotten all 3 of the sketches done so far!! But I have been having fun :) I'm sure part of the reason I have gotten them all done so far is that my hubby Tomio has been out of town for the past 2 days. We'll see if I have time to get the rest done after he comes back tomorrow :) Anyway, here is what I made for Tuesday's sketch at Caardvark's for the Sketchfest going on all week:

I struggled with this one a little bit at first. But I like what I came up with in the end :)

supplies:

cardstock: core'dinations, papertrey ink

pattern paper: k & co

stamps: verve

buttons: autumn leaves

By the way, am I the last one to find out about "blogger draft?"  I discovered it when I was figuring out how to schedule a post for later. Wow, it is so much easier to add pictures, links or do just about anything! I'm sure I'm probably the last one to discover this, but it still made me happy :)

ANYWAY :), thanks for stopping by! I hope you liked  the card!!