Sending my love...

I am really happy with how this card turned out.  I spent a lot of time on it.  I am planning to send it to my grandmother.

Here's the details:
I used the sketch from Magnolia Ink Magazine, Magnolia Tilda blowing Hearts stamp, Staz On Ink in black and brown, Patterned Paper by K & Co, Cardstock by The Paper Company, Nestabilities Label 4, Martha Stewart Lace Hearts border punch, Prismacolor pencils and gamsol (Process red, deco pink, light peach, dark brown, & terra cotta), Gelly Roll white pen, Creative Memories scallop corner punch, Prima flowers, Bic Marker in woodsy brown for inking, hand cut hearts, hand written sentiment, Michael's adhesive pearls, and Robin Brand metallic rub on in cameo pink.  The heart stamp on the inside is by Alota Rubberstamps.

This card also applies to the Magnolia Down Under distressing challenge and the La-La Land Pink challenge.

Christmas Card with Alf

Here's another Christmas card.  This time, I used the Magnolia Alf stamp.  I used Nestabilities, Studio G stamps, an EK success border punch, ribbon and buttons from my stash, and brads.

Here are the challenges:
1. Just Magnolia - sketch
2. Winter Wonderland - open theme
3. Our Creative Corner - holiday book or movie (Elf with Will Farrell)
4. One Stop - celebration
5. Easy Breezy - xmas theme - red, white, and green colors
6. Crazy for Challenges - 3 shapes (square, rectangle, oval)
7. Daring Cardmakers - my favorite things (xmas, Magnolia stamps, ribbon, buttons, nestabilities, border punches, ribbon, brads, pop dots, Studio G stamps)
8. Whimsey Stamps - embossing (Nestabilities - the tag with the sentiment)
9. Stamp TV - let it snow
10. Hand full of stamps - lots of layers
11. Treehouse Stamps - embossing (Nestabilities - the tag with the sentiment)

Clean and Simple Tilda Xmas Card

The challenge this week at Magnolia-licious Highlites is to make a Tilda card that is "clean and simple."

These are the rules:

-less than 3 layers

-uncluttered and lots of white space (so there is only one focal point)
-simple embellishments and simple in design
-can be mass produced easily


Magnolia-licious Highlites is also hosting a blog hop right now for these clean and simple cards.

I used Magnolia Tilda w/ Xmas Stockings, sharpies to color her, Martha Stewart Loops punches, ribbon from my stash, and my score pal to score lines above and below the ribbon (they are a little hard to see in the photo).

Winter Wonderland's challenge is Christmas Stockings.  Since I used Tilda w/ xmas stockings (and stamped a stocking inside the card) I figured that it would apply.

~Lauren

Cherry Tilda card for a friend

I made this card for a friend of mine. I hope she likes it! I just got Cherry Tilda from Magnolia-licious, so I was dying to use her! I got the cherry stamp from Studio G and the cherry ribbon from the dollar bin at Michael's. I got the cherry die cuts from someone on the Cricut messageboard - I think they are from the Hello KItty Font.

I used the Martha Steward Lace Heart punch, stickles on the cherries inside the card, and rhinestones on the front.

Here are the challenges it fulfills:
1. Just Magnolia - friendship
2. Sketch Saturday - sketch
3. ABC Challenge - A is for Anything Goes
4. Secret Crafters - fancy corners (inside card)
5. Stamp something - summer vacation (cherries always make me think of summer!)
6. Pollycraft - favorite things (I love cherries!)
7. Cupcake Craft Challenge - something sweet

~Lauren

For Somebirdy Special

Inside:

This card was made using the Magnolia-licious Highlights August sketch.

I used Magnolia's Tilda with Birdcage stamp. I also used Basic Gray's birdcage stamps (and a VersaMark pad for the front of the card). I used the Martha Stewart lace heart border punch, and a Creative Memories Scallop Corner Punch.

~Lauren

Christmas Stamping All Year Long Challenge #18

Here is this week's sketch from Christmas Stampin' All Year Long:Here is my card:

I used my Martha Stewart snowflake punch, stampin up ticket punch, EK success snowflake edge punch, and stamps.

~Lauren

Scrapbook Card

I made this card for my friend and scrapbooking buddy, Jess.

Front:Inside:

The Studio G clear stamps ALL came in a pack for $1 and the ribbon was $1 too. Everything came from Michael's dollar bin. I also used brads and paper scraps.

A little fairy told me...

Front:

Inside:

Close up of the fairies:

This card is for a Cricut Card Fairy mission for a 5 year old's birthday. I thought that the fairies were so appropriate, since I am a card fairy.

The fairies are clear stamps by Studio G - I got them (they came in the same pack) for $1 in the Michael's dollar bin!!!!

I used brads, $1 ribbon from Michael's, stickles on the fairy wings, and the Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch.

2 simple cards for Fairy Missions

These two cards were very simple to make. I used Martha Stewart's Doily Lace punch for the edges. I used Plantin Schoolbook for the flowers on the first card. On the second card, I used chipboard buttons I got in the $1 bin at Michael's. I also used adhesive rhinestones from the $1 bin at Michael's for the centers of all the flowers.

~Lauren

Wedding Scrapbook for my best friend

I was the Matron of Honor in my best friend's October wedding. For Christmas, I made her a wedding scrapbook. She lives in New York and hasn't been home to Philadelphia since the wedding. She comes home next week for spring break and I am so excited to present this gift to her (although she DOES know I made her a scrapbook).
I really like this layout - especially the picture of the "high five" between bride and groom while they were up in the chairs. As a Catholic girl, I was unfamiliar with Jewish weddings and customs. Hava Nagila was SO much fun!
PS - If you look at the bottom right picture, that is the bride in the center and me to her right.

This is the final page of the wedding scrapbook and this quote seemed appropriate.

I used the font on Wild Card for both of these pages - I love that font! I also used the Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch for the second page.

~Lauren