card love: buntings and landscape

i wanted to sneak in just one more post...  i wanted to share some cards that i made today.  lil' man and i had a few hours of arts and crafts.  we played with some play doh, he cut some paper with scissors and my tonic cutter, he also learned how to use wood mounted rubber stamps.  we even sang along with the songs on the radio.  basically, it was a perfect day...

here's lil' man's stamping work

here are the cards that i made today:

bunting cards

bunting card detail - i love the button brads!

landscape card (front) - inspired by a design from paper crafts magazine.

landscape card (inside)

handmade stamp and my name :)

well, i'm off to have a baby tomorrow morning...

have a great weekend!!!
xo, carla

card love... the latest

i just wanted to share some of the cards i made for some special people:

"birds"

 "oh happy day"

 "a little bird told me..."

 "butterflies"

"8"

i hope you are enjoying the sun (wherever you are).  it's finally summer in my neck of the woods!!!

happy wednesday!
xo, carla

card love with kioshi

i attended another card class at precious memories last thursday.

the class was taught by a very creative and an amazing lady, colleen...  it was so much fun!   so, here are the cards from the "classic cards with kioshi".  this is also another reason why i'm falling in love with purple.  basic grey's kioshi line of scrapbooking/cardmaking goods are so beautiful, and the color combinations are so zen!

card # 1 butterflies - my favorite card!

 this third image is 

of what i created on the inside of the card with punches 

- inspired by the main design of the card

card # 2 flowers:

card # 3 bouquet:

card # 4 bird:

card # 5 - my 2nd favorite!

after all those cards, we even got to take all of this home, chipboard stickers and a 6x6 inch paper pad!

to check out class schedules at precious memories, click here.

i hope you enjoyed it!  happy monday!
xo, carla

10 year anniversary invitation

last year, my brother and sister-in-law, rudy and jazz, asked me to help make their 10th wedding anniversary invitation.  we saw one online for roughly $6-10 each...  so i made up some templates for them, i think i ended up making at least 7 and showed 3 to them...  each layer of cardstock was measured individually to complement the whole... this is what i ended up making for them, inspired by the invitation we found online:

this would've been the original look they were looking for, unfortunately, the store ran out of the patterned paper.  so i helped jazz with the paper choices and this is the final result... isn't it pretty?  it actually turned out better than the first one!

custom card love

just wanted to share one of the custom cards i love to make from time to time.  this card was made for a very special baptism.  i used products from dymo, sassafras lass, paperbilities (at walmart), making memories, the "dollar" store (yes, there's a tonne of stuff there!), and DCWV embossed cards.

the hearts are hand-cut by moi.

a closer view, the stamp sticker inside the making memories grommet  is ...

from the dollar store!  can you believe it?  it's sooo cute!

a space above, for a personal message.  

i don't know if you can see it but i had to erase my message up there (thanks picnik!).

hand-cut embellishment... i wanted it to be a singing bird! 

paper from sassafras lass - loooves it!

i guess this would be the trade mark for my cards - lol!  (bcd - bryan, carla, and dominic!)

i hope you like it!

happy sunday everyone!  now, i'm off to work...

xo, carla