Friendship and Feathers

I love drawing inspiration from challenges- especially when it's a really tough color scheme, like this weeks colourQ challenge.  Or CAS(E) this Sketch! challenges- which give me a template to build off of. 

This friendship and feathers card fits both challenges- and was so fun to make.  I would say it 'kills two birds with one stone', but that somehow doesn't seem appropriate for this card...

I was having a really hard time figuring out how to incorporate the colors in this card- until I found the All Abloom DSP Stack in my stash.  It's a stretch- the Melon Mambo is a little pinker than Poppy Parade.  I like it though- busy and colorful- like walking through a garden in full bloom.  This paper really is gorgeous- and it's retiring soon so it's on sale!

 I tried something new with my ribbon- I looped and doodled with it trying to create a stitched look with no-sew simplicity.  I just used little dots of hot glue to hold it where I wanted it, and added buttons to hide the imperfections.  The bird stamp is from 'A Happy Thing', a Sale-a-Bration set that is no longer available but I just had to use for this card.

Stay tuned for a grad themed card coming later this week!

Merry Cards

So much productivity with the holiday being so close!  I actually got laundry, dishes and vacuuming done today and still had time to craft!  

It seems like pattern mix and match is trend in the crafting world right now.  These fun cards are a little mix of everything merry and bright!

 

What do you think of pattern mix and match?

Christmas Gift Boxes

I haven't posted for a while, mostly because finals were right after Thanksgiving so I've been really busy.  On the plus side- I almost got straight A's this semester!  Studying hard is worth the feeling of satisfaction.

I had a lot of tiny treat boxes left from my Thanksgiving post, so I paired them with fun Christmas prints and voila!  I love this paper, it feels traditional and warm--like home!

I wanted to create the look of curling ribbon around this box.  It's actually made of 1/4" strips of paper, curled using my bone folder.  Awesome technique!

This bow was created by layering loops of paper in alternating pattern, using glue dots to hold it all together.  It's really cute and tiny!

I can't wait to fill this little boxes with treats and give them away!

As it just so happens, the Fancy Friday theme this month is pretty packages!  Check out some other great ideas from the blogosphere.