CPS 210 - Birthday card & Baby card

Hi! These two cards were made for the Card Positioning Systems 210 Challenge. I am keeping true to my resolution of using up my old paper stores. :)

Materials used:
Stamp - "Bliss" flourish (on brown background)
Ink - Versamark
Cardstock - misc light brown card, misc burgundy glitter paper

Patterned Paper - Basic Grey (name unknown)

Embellishments - Kaisercraft flowers, Kaisercraft pearls (Latte), Making Memories metal sentiment

Tools - Scallop Trim Border Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch

Materials used
Stamp - Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Ink - Marina Mist

Cardstock - Light Blue Bazzill, Lime Green Bazzill
Patterned Paper - misc 'baby' paper and matching die cuts, Stampin Up Island Oasis Turquoise DSP

Embellishments - misc epoxy hearts

Tools - Modern Label Punch, Word Window punch, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots EF

CPS 209 - Top Note Birthday Card

I'm into making cards this week out of scrap pieces as a way to reduce my stash - especially since I keep buying new paper!!! :)
I saw this sketch at Card Positioning Systems Challenge #209 and immediately thought of a Top Note patchwork card - so good for using up scraps. The photo colours aren't really accurate - the 'reds' are more fuschia pink & vibrant.

Materials used:
Stamp - So Happy for You
Ink - Rose Red
Cardstock - Whisper White and miscellaneous scraps
Embellishments - misc green ribbon, Kaisercraft rhinestones
Tools - Top Note die, 2 3/8 scallop punch, 1 3/4 scallop punch

CPS 206 - Aviary birthday card

Here's the card I made for the Card Positioning Systems Challenge #206. I orginally had a bright green base instead of the Sahara Sand, but I'm glad I changed it over. It is a lot more subtle now. :)

Materials used (all SU unless indicated):
Stamps - Well Scripted, Aviary
Cardstock - Choc Chip, Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla

Patterned Paper - Pink Paislee Eternal Love
Ink - Versamark (for edge of S. Sand), Chocolate Chip (for bird cage), Soft Suede (for bird), Basic Black marker (for edge of bird)

Embellishments - Kaisercraft Pearls - Latte, misc gold ribbon
Tools - Corner Punch, Bow Easy

CPS 204 - Fabulous Flowers

Here's a card I created for the Card Positioning Systems Challenge #204 .A very basic design template but still one that can be effective. I have been wanting to give this black magic technique a go ever since I saw it on a blog. The "Fabulous Flowers" set is a retired set now but I got mine on eBay - it is a good stamp set for this technique.

Materials used:
Stamps - SU Fabulous Flowers
Ink - SU Whisper White craft ink, SU Rose Red Classic ink (for sponging edges) SU Metallic Art Pencils
Cardstock - Basic Black, Whisper White, Rose Red
Patterned paper - Sweet and Sour DSP
Accessories - sponges, misc pink taffeta ribbon

CPS 203 - Baby card

I'm finally back in to making cards again, and this time with stamps!
I made this card for a work colleague who just had a baby boy. I used the Card Positioning Systems Challenge #203 as my template.

Stamp - SU Baby Steps
Cardstock - SU Baja Breeze & SU Very Vanilla
Patterned paper - Pink Paislee - Bow & Arrow
Ink - Baja Breeze
Accessories - misc velvet ribbon, brads, Fiskars border punch (Treading Water), SU sponges.

CPS Challenge #100

Greetings bloggers!

CPS is celebrating their 2nd anniversary and their 100th Challenge!! To celebrate this milestone, CPS is giving their bloggers a chance to get published in Cardmakers Magazine. Check out CPS for all the details. It is VERY exciting!!!
For my card, I wanted to create something lush with my Basic Grey Infuse papers. I was hoping for a bit of a "Moulin Rouge" kind of feel...very decadent & over-the-top! I embossed the middle plate in Swiss Dots for the brown frame & Textile Textures for the "Purify" PP. I lightly dusted the "Swiss Dots" with Versamagic Pixie Dust.

Here's my interpretation of the sketch.....I sorta ran out of room on the card for the literal sketch layout though....

materials used:
Bazzill CS - red, fuschia, dark brown
PP - Basic Grey - Infuse - Purify & Lace & die-cut flower
Flowers - Kaisercraft - red, pink & mint
Brad - Delish diamante
Kaisercraft - red rhinestone
Cuttlebug - Swiss Dots, Textile Texture
Ribbon - Queen & Co - red scroll
Misc red feather
Ink - VersaMagic - Pixie Dust

CPS #99

Hello blog land & card nerds!

I so enjoyed using my Basic Grey Gypsy papers for the previous challenge that I thought I would use them for this week's CPS Challenge #99.

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Materials used:

Basic Grey PP - Gypsy "Dragonfly" & "Harlow"

Basic Grey PP - Color Me Silly "Celebrate"
Versa Chalk - Aspen Mist
Kaiserflowers
Making Memories Brads
Chatterbox ribbon
Cuttlebug - Bloom Dots embossing folder

CPS #98

Hi there!

Here is my card for the CPS #98 challenge sponsored by Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps.

It is a card for a friend's daughter's birthday coming up. It's a bit OTT on the pink but I really like it. Unfortunately, as a card making novice, I don't own any stamps yet, so I embossed some cardstock with a cuttlebug plate and chalked over the Happy Birthday design.

Materials used:
Light pink & hot pink Bazzill CS
Karen Neuberger Patterned Paper
Queen & Co felt ribbon
Kaisercraft & Prima flowers
Cuttlebug embossing plate "Happy Birthday"

CPS #97

Hi there.

Long time no blog...but then again I am in the grips of new motherhood and cardmaking has slowed somewhat and my blogging is non-existent.

Here is my CPS #97 card....it was created for a friend's engagment party:

CPS #88

This is the card I made for the CPS #88 challenge The challenge was to use a stamp but since I don't own any stamps (something which I may need to rectify in the future), I used a middle panel of vellum instead.
Materials:
Bazzill CS
Vellum
Fancy Pants ribbon
Kaiser rhinestones & Kaiser flowers
Butterfly created using Cuttlebug 2-step butterfly cutting die

CPS #87

I decided to model my godson's 2nd birthday card after the CPS #87 challenge. I used Bazzill Bling Green CS, Bazzil Yellow CS, Sandylion PP - RM4 Outerspace, RM5 Stripe, RM39 Big Dots, K & Company Pillow stickers, MM happy birthday rub-on, ribbon scrap & an adhesive glitter '2'.