Motley Monsters Cards

I made these two cards to teach at my Halloween and Thanksgiving card class.  I tried to make them simple yet fun.

Card #1

The first card was all about featuring the Motley Monsters DSP. But I didn't want the busy pattern to completely overwhelm the card.  Enter the small polka dot page and larger sentiment oval. As an alternative, I made another card with black CS and white craft ink for the sentiment.  I may just like the black better...

• Stamps: Wacky Wishes
• Inks: Bermuda Bay
• Cardstock: Bermuda Bay; Crushed Curry; Tangerine Tango; Motley Monsters DSP
• Accessories: Brights Candy Dots
• Tools: Sponge daubers; Ovals framelits; Hexagon punch (banner ends)

Card #2

The card card was all about my new tag punch.  I saw a variation of this card on Pinterest, but wanted to add some more visual interest.  The inclusion of the pumpkin did just that!

• Stamps: Halloween Street;
• Inks: Tangerine Tango; Stazon Black
• Cardstock: Crushed Curry; Whisper White; Motley Monsters DSP
• Accessories: Tangerine Trim
• Tools: Scallop Tag Punch

Project Life 2014 W35-36

Week 35

Very simple this week.  So many pics included tie dye shirts that I went simple with the embellishments. The missing pockets are for two pics from our mom's night out that I forgot to print.  Will add those in later.

As for our activities, this week was all about parks and play. We visited two different parks (one new to us) and spent a ton of time at home playing.

Supplies:

• PL Turqouise
• SU Everyday Adventure stickers and embellishments
• Random stickers

Week 36

Another simplistic week.  Lots of pictures to showcase with some simple embellishments.  I love my little labels and stars.

Another big park week. Pictures were from two big park days. Plus, I got a shot of Arthur destroying the wax paper.  Cute even if that was half a roll wasted.

Supplies:

• PL Midnight
• My Mind's Eye die cuts

October Month of Cards Week 2 - Part 2

For October's big crafting goal, I am attempting to make a different designed card everyday.  Instead of flooding everyone's feed with tons of posts, I am just going to do a weekly wrap-up post with my cards.  Apparently this week was all about Halloween and Thanksgiving cards.  Next week I'm going to break out into non-holiday cards.

Day #8

I love the monochromatic look of this card.

• Stamps: For All Things
• Inks: Blackberry Bliss; Mossy Meadow; Really Rust (retired)
• Cardstock: Kraft; Vanilla; Mossy Meadow
• Accessories:
• Tools:

Day #9

A fun pattern play card for fall.

• Stamps: For All Things
• Inks: Mossy Meadow
• Cardstock: Mossy Meadow; Vanilla; Color Me Autumn DSP
• Accessories:
• Tools: Ovals Framelits

Day #10

I love the this simple card.  Not much to it, but very nice in person.

• Stamps: For All Things
• Inks: Hello Honey; Blackberry Bliss
• Cardstock: Kraft; Vanilla
• Accessories: Metallic Buttons; Brown twine (non-SU); Color Me Autumn washi tape
• Tools:

Day #11

Another card using just stamping.  I love the layered effect!

• Stamps: For All Things
• Inks: Mossy Meadow; Hello Honey; Really Rust (retired); Close to Cocoa (retired)
• Cardstock: Hello Honey; Vanilla
• Accessories:
• Tools:

Day #12

A repeat design from Day #9, but I liked it so much I wanted to make a variation.

• Stamps: For All Things
• Inks: Hello Honey; Mossy Meadow
• Cardstock: Kraft; Vanilla; Color Me Autumn DSP
• Accessories:
• Tools:

October Month of Cards Week 2

For October's big crafting goal, I am attempting to make a different designed card everyday.  Instead of flooding everyone's feed with tons of posts, I am just going to do a weekly wrap-up post with my cards.  Apparently this week was all about Halloween and Thanksgiving cards.  Next week I'm going to break out into non-holiday cards.

Day #6

• Stamps: Fall Fest; random Michael's stamp
• Inks: White Craft Ink; Tangerine Tango
• Cardstock: Black; Tangerine Tango; Crushed Curry; Motley Monsters DSP; Frightful Night DSP (retired)
• Accessories:
• Tools: Circles Framelits

Day #7

A simple negative image to make a fun 3D ghost.

• Stamps: September Paper Pumpkin (bats); Fall Fest (face)
• Inks: Basic Black; Tangerine Tango
• Cardstock: Whisper White; Basic Black; Crushed Curry; Motley Monsters DSP
• Accessories: Black and white twine (non-SU)
• Tools: Fun Fall Framelits

Sunday Haul #19

My October Paper Issues Swag Bag and extra goodies came.  I love the grab bag of embellishments.  All for $10! Plus, some boys stickers, an extra Christmas stamp and stickers, and map themed star stickers.

I also received my last Blitsy order.  Lots of Christmas supplies and a few extras cuteness.

Finally, I got my October SU order this week.  Lots of fun goodies!

• Paper Pumpkin refill
• Kraft journals (3 sets for an upcoming class)
• Petite Pairs stamp set
• Real Red ink (have old ink pad, wanted new foam one)
• Mossy Meadow CS
• Brights Variety CS

October PL Swaps (Part 2)

I joined a Project Life Swap group on Facebook a few months back and have really been inspired.  Basically every month, the admins post swap themes (8-10 usually).  You sign up for how many you want and commit to making usually 10 cards utilizing the theme.  Before the due date, you send your cards to the swap host.  She collects everyone’s cards, sorts them, and sends you back a packet of cards.

This month, I joined nine swaps.  I'll be showing three of the swaps today:

Leftovers -- Just grabbed 7 of the leftover cards from previous PL swaps. Didn't take a picture of the leftovers.

Open -- I grabbed a 6x6 pad of fun papers and a set of similar but different cards. I like the layers on this set.

Pumpkins -- I used SU's Fall Fest and Fun Fall stamps and die cuts for these cute pumpkins.  The patterned paper is actually a green polka dot (looks brighter in person).  And the sequins are from Studio Calico.  Simple yet cute pumpkin card.

October Month of Cards Week 1

For October's big crafting goal, I am attempting to make a different designed card everyday.  Instead of flooding everyone's feed with tons of posts, I am just going to do a weekly wrap-up post with my cards.

Day #1

I started the month of cards with a bang.  Instead of 1 card, I ended up making 12 cards with three different color schemes.  I promise the rest of the month will just be one or two cards a day, but today was special.

I found this ombre design on a random Pinterest page.  I recall seeing it, but don't think I actually pinned it.  With a little trial and error, I figured out my color schemes and measurements.  Each one of the four cardstock strips measures 4 x 1 1/4".  If you space them out correctly, they work on a regular sized card.  For some of the cards, I added a touch of bling with rhinestones and metallic dots.  I'll probably embellish the rest once I rediscover where I put my regular rhinestones...

• Stamps: Retired SU Sentiment (Happy Birthday); Work of Art (Thank You)
• Inks: Primrose Petals (retired, I don't have Melon Mambo ink), Island Indigo, Gumball Green (retired)
• Cardstock: Whisper White, Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink (retired), Strawberry Slush, Melon Mambo, Soft Sky, Bashful Blue (retired), Lost Lagoon, Island Indigo, Certainly Celery (retired), Pear Pizzazz, Wild Wasabi, Gumball Green (retired)
• Accessories: Rhinestones, Metallic dots (not SU)
• Tools: Butterfly punch

Day #2

I decided to play around with my Work of Art stamp set.  I had seen a ton of fun abstract cards and wanted to make my own.  I am not a huge fan of the placement of the stem and sentiment, but the flower section is well done.  I plan on making a variation of this card for day 3.

• Stamps: Work of Art
• Inks: Daffodil Delight; Pumpkin Pie; Wild Wasabi
• Cardstock: Daffodil Delight; Whisper White
• Accessories:
• Tools:

Day #3

My second attempt at an abstract flower card using Work of Art. I decided to mix all my purples together.  I managed to use all five of SU's purples in one card.  I think this one looks better in person than in pictures.  The colors doesn't seem to clash as much.  Still not an absolute favorite card, but fun and interesting to make.

• Stamps: Work of Art
• Inks: Daffodil Delight; Pumpkin Pie; Wisteria Wonder; Perfect Plum; Rich Razzleberry; Blackberry Bliss
• Cardstock: Elegant Eggplant
• Accessories:
• Tools:

Day #4

So simplistic, but I love the monochromatic effect. This card is just gorgeous!

• Stamps: Work of Art
• Inks: Basic Gray; Lost Lagoon; Coastal Cabana; Pool Party; Baja Breeze (retired)
• Cardstock: Pool Party; Whisper White
• Accessories:
• Tools:

Day #5

And to wrap up the first week of October Card a Day, I finishing with another Work of Art stamp. I was really loving that stamp set this week. The 2013-2015 In Colors have not gotten much love from me, but put all together they make a great rainbow.  The tag on this card is popped up on dimensionals to give it that extra visual interest.

• Stamps: Work of Art
• Inks: Tangelo Twist, Hello Honey, Mossy Meadow, Lost Lagoon, Blackberry Bliss
• Cardstock: Tangelo Twist; Lost Lagoon; Blackberry Bliss; Hello Honey; Whisper White
• Accessories: Rhinestones
• Tools: Scallop Tag Punch

As I've used the Work of Art stamp four days in a row, I need to switch it up for next week.

5 on 5

On the 5th of each month I'll be highlighting five pictures of crafty projects, inspiration pieces, or fun products.  I wanted to add some great pictures and give everyone a bit of insight into my creative process.

1. These two giant piles are for our October events.  We have Arthur's first birthday party, a preschool playdate that I'm running, and the fall social.  I've been buying supplies here and there.  Subsequently, they've all ended up in a couple of big boxes on the floor of the office.  I need to take a final inventory this weekend and figure out if I'm missing anything.  (probably am...)

2. Not a craft project, but definitely the reason why I'm not crafting that much this week.  Arthur is in destruction mode all the time!

3. Can't wait to use these pretty November/Thanksgiving themed project life cards.  Such prettiness.

4. Birthday party prep.  I've got the base of the display board completed; just need the photos. And I've labeled all the goody bags with the first letter of each baby's name.  I plan on adding a cute space themed tag to the bags.  

5. I grabbed this cute Thanksgiving craft kit at Michael's for 50% off.  I can't wait to use that same display board recovered with fun Thanksgiving decorations.

Sunday Haul #18

A fun grab bag of holiday goodies from a FB seller.  I got a ton of cut aparts for Thanksgiving and Christmas, PL value pack partials, a 6x6 baby boy paper pad, and some Christmas stickers and die cuts.

I finally decided to buy an enveloped punch board.  I got it for 30% off at Michael's while buying items for Arthur's birthday party, preschool playdate, and fall social.  And I've already used it!

Finally, I snagged a 6x6 paper pad on serious discount on Amazon.

My second order from Blitsy came on Friday.  Look at all those alphas!  So excited to be able to make actual words. And the embellishments are just perfect metallics.

October PL Swaps (Part 1)

I joined a Project Life Swap group on Facebook a few months back and have really been inspired.  Basically every month, the admins post swap themes (8-10 usually).  You sign up for how many you want and commit to making usually 10 cards utilizing the theme.  Before the due date, you send your cards to the swap host.  She collects everyone’s cards, sorts them, and sends you back a packet of cards.

This month, I joined nine swaps.  I'll be showing two of the swaps today:

Leaves -- I used a ton of scrap paper for this card.  Yeah for destashing!  I also added some die cut leaves from SU's Fun Fall framelits and the sentiment from SU's For All Things.  This is a simple card, but I really like the layering effect.

Banners -- For this swap, I again used a ton of paper scraps.  I decided to stick with the blues to give the set a uniform look even if they are different.  The banners are all cut between 1/2 and 3/4" and then free cut for length.  I used my trusty Hexagon punch for the banner ends.  So easy!