CAS-ual Fridays - Chipboard

I made this card for the current CAS-uals Fridays Challenge - to use Chipboard on your card. I decided to go very CAS this week. The sentiment is from a Hero Arts/Studio Calico stamp set called Home Sweet Home. The chipboard house is from Studio Calico. I colored it with a Copic Marker and added a little red glittery heart. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card. 

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White - Stampin' Up
2. Stamp - Home Sweet Home - Hero Arts/Studio Calico
3. Ink - Basic Black - Stampin' Up
4. Marker - Nile Blue - Copic
5. Sticker - Heart - K & Company

Hero Arts Flickr Group Saturday 90 Min Scramble - Stamp on Patterned Paper

I made this card for the current Hero Arts Flickr Group Saturday 90 Min Scramble. The challenge was to stamp on patterned paper. Here's what I came up with using a Hero Arts/Studio Calico stamp set called Home Sweet Home that I haven't used before. Thanks for taking a look!

Materials
1. Card stock - Whisper White - Stampin' Up
2. Patterned Paper - Amy Tangerine - American Crafts, Random - Crate Paper
3. Stamp Set - Home Sweet Home - Hero Arts/Studio Calico
4. Border Sticker - Studio Calico
5. Ink - Soft Suede, Basic Black - Stampin' Up
6. Markers - Assorted colors - Copic
7. Chalk Ink Edger - Olive - Jenny Bowlin

Play Date Cafe - Newsprint Bird

I made this card for the current Play Date Cafe Challenge to use Juniper, Mint and Vanilla. I just got my preordered Newspaper Bird stamp in the mail today and I was dying to use it. I think it's my favorite stamp from the new Hero Arts Catalog. Thanks for stopping by!

Here's my card.

Materials

1. Card stock - Baha Breeze, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up), Mint (Bazzill Basics)

2. Decorative Paper - Pixilicious (Cosmo Cricket)

3. Stamps - Newsprint Bird, Everyday Sayings (Hero Arts), Triple Treat Flower (Stampin' Up)

4. Ink - Iced Spruce (Tim Holtz Distress Ink)

5. Punches - Scallop Border, Flowers (Stampin' Up)

6. Die - Banner (PTI)

7. Button - Baha Breeze (Stampin' Up)

Gel-a-tins Wednesday - "Wishing You A Sweet Day" & Exciting News

I made this card with a Gel-a-tins Stamp set called Sweet Cakes. I wanted it to be girly and glittery! Check out the Gel-a-tins blog today for more info. Thanks for stopping by!

Here's the stamp set I used for this card. 

For the exciting news part, I found out yesterday that I was Tuesday Trigger winner on the Moxie Fab World Blog with my Stripe-tastic card. This was fun and exciting news and a great way to start off my paper crafting year!

Think Happy Thoughts - Part 2

I spent most of the weekend working on cards for magazine submissions so I don't have anything new to show today. But, I remembered that I forgot to include in my Top 10 post one of my most favorite cards of 2011. I got the idea for this card one night last June and woke up the next morning and made it in about 30 minutes which is pretty quick for me. I wasn't going to put a sentiment on it, but I looked in my stash of stamps and found this one that fit perfectly in the rainbow so I decided to use it. It's a great sentiment and it's from one of my Unity Kits of the Month. 

What shocks me about this card is the attention it has gotten and continues to get. It was featured on Facebook by Splitcoast the day I posted it and right now it has received 3954 views on my Splitcoast Page, been favorited by 79 people and has 24 comments. That's way more than any of my other cards has ever gotten! Plus, when I check my blog stats it gets viewed almost every day and has been posted on blogs around the world in languages I don't even know. I guess there is some type of universal appeal for buttons and rainbows!!


Since I have to go back to work today after a 2 week break, I thought I would send myself this card and do my best to Think Happy Thoughts!! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!