We'll Miss You Friend

Today at school, we threw a semi-surprise going away lunch for Sonia, one of our favorite friends, whose family is moving to North Carolina next week. She knew about the lunch, but didn't know it was in her honor. We had to stop her when she was about to drive off to buy some goodies for the potluck. Our son's are in the same classroom, so I know my son will miss his friend too. Here's the over-sized card I made for all of us to sign.

The card uses paper I've had for a long time which was a gift from my friend, Ericka. The lettering is chipboard Thickers. I need to use Thickers more often, since I have a large supply of them! (Don't we all?)

Thanks for stopping by! It is so cold here today. It's raining. I need to go downstairs and make a cup of tea; my hands are so cold.

Card Ingredients

Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts (SU!)

Paper: white (JudiKins), lavender and patterned paper from my stash)

Ink: VersaMark

Tools: embossing gun, Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), Scallop Trim Border Punch (SU!)

Other: ribbon (BasicGrey), button (Papertrey Ink), white embossing powder, foam tape (3M), Tombo Mono Multi Liquid Glue, Hat Box Thickers (American Crafts), white gel pen (Sakura)

Friend to Friend Medallion

Thursday was fun! One of my best friends (and crafting buddies), Ericka, was in town for a day of crafting. We didn't get much accomplished (because we went shopping), but at least she finished a card. I was showing her how to use my QuicKutz Silhouette.

On Thursday night, I got to play with new Stampin' Up products at my friend Peggy's house. I didn't design this card, but I love the layout. I love the Medallion stamp. I added a large Martha Stewart pearl to the center when I got home.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Medallion, Boho Backgrounds, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Whisper White, Crushed Curry
Ink: Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango
Tools: Modern Label punch
Other: Crushed Curry Polka Dot Grosgrain ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, pearl (Martha Stewart)

Friendship

I'm running so late with this card. My weekend was packed, so here I am on Monday morning trying to submit this card by 8AM. We took a very excited Kalino to see "WALL-E". We all loved the movie. Well done, Pixar!
This card is for Taylor's Cupcake Challenge #22. I wanted to use this chick from Imaginisce. Of course, he's not colored a traditional chick colored...oh, well! Since the sketch had a vintage window feel, I used some vintage looking designer paper.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Chick (Imaginisce), Think Happy Thoughts, By Design
Paper: Purely Pomagranate, So Saffron, white, designer paper (Daisy D's..blog candy from Theresa)
Ink: Versamark, Pink Passion
Punches: 1/2", 3/4", 1 1/4", and 1 3/8" circle punches, 1/16" hole punch
Other: Black embossing powder, Prima, ribbon (Taylored Expressions), Sakura pen, paper piercer, foam tape, SU brads, slot punch

Friendship - Theresa's Scrapalicious Challenge

This week's challenge from Theresa was to only use scrap paper for the layers on the base card. I should definitely force myself to use scraps more often.

I do save every bit of paper. The hardest part is organizing these bits and pieces. What I started doing recently is using my paper punches (scallop, circles, squares, tags, etc.) on smaller scraps of paper that are too small to be a layer on a card. Jenn at Kiyomi Krafts has a great tip about using her flower punch and ziploc bags to keep her scraps organized. This challenge forced me to separate my pre-punched papers into ziploc bags.

I started this card with Certainly Celery cardstock. A while back when I first got my Martha Stewart Circle Cutter, I cut a bunch of 2-inch circles out of a piece of cream textured cardstock. I was left with a sheet of paper full of holes. I attached the "holey" paper to the Celery cardstock and trimmed off the excess. I didn't stamp a single thing for this card and all these circles were already punched. I taped them into place and trimmed off the excess. The popped up friendship layer was already stamped and had mounting tape. I just added a crystal brad to it.

Card Ingredients
Stamps: Think Happy Thoughts
Paper: Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Groovy Guava, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie. The other cardstock is unknown scraps.
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Wild Wasabi
Other: SU brad (Thanks, Theresa!)