{Moxie Fab World Part 2}

  Hello back again with another card for a different challenge over at the Moxie Fab World. I created this card for the "Get Inspired Week"  Get Inspired By Fashion Challenge.  Here is our inspiration picture:

As you can see I took my inspiration from the houndstooth pattern, and the warm vanilla tones of the card. Seriously, I could use vanilla card stock for every card I make! The patterned paper I used on my card is from October Afternoon. I decided to make a Holiday card using PTI's Holiday Photo Finishers stamps, and matching die set. I think I captured the vintage feel of the picture by using actual antique embroidered lace that I picked up at an estate sale last year.  I finished off my card with a wooden button tied with twine. I am very happy with my little card, and I hope you like it to! Thank you for visiting my blog today and have a wonderful week!


                                                          

{Moxie Fab World Part 1}

  I just have to start out by saying I LOVE THIS CARD! I usually try not to gush (out in the open) about my cards too much, but this card turned out better than I could have hoped. Today I am posting a card that I created for the Moxie Fab World "Get Inspired Week" Pot Pourri Challenge. I used an "Itty Bitty" stamp set from Unity Stamp Company called "Brave Girl Boots". Here is the inspiration picture:

   Now how you ask did this picture inspire me to create my boot kickin',  lacey, velvet ribbon inspired card? Well, the chairs in the picture are so pretty, but to me the stamped boots capture the same lines, and designs as the chairs. I used vanilla satin ribbon from Offray, and beautiful patterned paper from Sassafras Las.  The font of my sentiment also matches the monogram "R" in the picture! I used PTI's Mat Stack #4 that I stamped the CHF Lace backgrounder stamp on using A Muse Studio Latte pigment ink. So subtle, yet so pretty. The punched border was created with the EK Success "Swirl" edger punch. (A punch I received in my PC magazine World Card Making Day prize package!) I hope you like my card as much as I do, and always, thank you for visiting my blog today!

                                                                     

{Something Totally Different - Moxie Fab Style}

           Wow, two days in a row I'm on a roll! Hah! Actually, I just have so much amazing inspiration all around me I just have to create! Today my inspiration comes from the latest Moxie Fab World  Tuesday Trigger:

                                                             Beads and Baubles   

I tried to capture the colors, floral theme, and some of the design elements of this weeks trigger.

                                      
    To create my card is used patterned paper from 3 Sassafras collections, Ellie's Tale, Sweetly Smitten, and Count Me In. I love, LOVE these papers! That beautiful daisy is from the Prima "Daisy Doodles" collection. The glazed brad in the center is from Basic Grey. The cute felt stitched letters are from Making Memories. The background stamping is the PTI set Retro Borders stamped in SU Crumb Cake ink. I am addicted to background stamps and truthfully I have to resist using them on EVERY card I make! I added two die cut/embossed leaves from Marianne Design that I distressed with a sanding block. The green gingham paper is from A Muse Studio. I love that it has a white core, perfect for distressing! To finish off my card I added a few rows of machine stitching with my handy dandy Janome Sew Mini.  I had fun making this card, and thought a bright, sunny card would be just the ticket. I hope you have a great week and always, thank you for visiting my blog today!

Today I am playing along with these challenges:

Create Me Pink Challenge #3 - Flowers


                                                            

{Turn Your Face To The Sun...}

......and the shadows will fall behind you. That is such a beautiful sentiment.  This week I am playing along with the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger, and here this weeks inspiration picture:

I chose the colors, and wood grain as the inspiration for my card this week. If you follow my blog than you already know I love wood grain, so playing along with this weeks challenge was a no brainer

                            

    First I stamped the text background in A|S Pebble ink using the PTI set Background Basics Text. Next I
stamped the sentiment from the PTI set "Faith and Hope" in SU Early Espresso ink. I added a line of machine stitching and distressed the top edge with my SU edge distresser. I added a punched border from the SU Ribbon Scallop punch. The wood grain background was created with paper from the "Core Impressions: Cosmo Cricket Collection" that I picked up just yesterday at one of my favorite places to buy crafting supplies, Hobby Lobby! I sanded the embossed wood grain to reveal the sandy brown core. I SO love this paper! The wood grain butterfly was created using the A Muse Studio Wood Grain background stamp, A|S Cherry card stock, and A|S Cherry pigment ink. Next I ran the paper through my Cuttlebug using the A|S Butterfly metal die collection. I added two brown rhinestones from The Paper Studio. I finished off my card with a French Roast button from A|S tied with twine. I am so happy with the way my card turned out, and I love the shadow that I was able to capture while taking a picture of my card this evening, seems fitting doesn't it? Today I am also playing along with this weeks CAS-ual Fridays Challenge CFC26 using this sketch:

I am also playing along with this weeks  Wee Memories Challenge #74 - Brads, Buttons, and Bows .

   I hope that your weekend has been a good one. As always thank you for visiting my blog today and have a great week!

                                                  

{MoxieFab Flowers!}

Wow, another weekend has come and gone. I wish they would last just a little bit longer! Today I am playing along with the Moxi Fab World Tuesday Trigger. Here is our inspiration this week:

For my card I used the Stampin' Up! set "Garden Greetings". I love the bold outlines of this set. I stamped the flowers in Crushed Currry, and the sentiment in Soft Suede. I used DSP from BasicGrey which I think is a PERFECT match to the main pattern of the sweater. I cut 2 strips of card stock again in Crushed Curry, and Soft Suede, distressed the edges, and adhered them to the DSP. I accented the center of the flowers with brads by Karen Foster, and a button from Making Memories.  I think my card matches the color, and design of the sweater in many ways, the DSP, the yellow buttons amd striped fringe on the collar. I am very pleased with my card! I am glad you stopped by to take a peek of my blog today, and hope you come back to visit!

{Create; Inspiration will find you.}

To "Create", isn't that what card making is all about? I LOVE the sentiment featured on my card today. There are so many ways to be inspired - pictures, colors, the list could go on and on! What inspires you? Well, my inspiration for today's card came from this picture that is the current Moxie Fab World Blog Tuesday Trigger .

I know I always say this but I LOVED working on this card! I knew I wanted my card to feature several different shades of red, and maroon, and I have a ribbon jar full of ribbon scraps that I am so glad I saved! I wanted my card to have lots of color, and texture, and I had the perfect ribbons to achieve the look I was going for. I hand twirled the paper rose (my very first time to try it) and added the SU Sweet Pea stitched leaf. The beautiful shade of red that I used for the card stock base is Stampin' Up! new color "Cherry Cobbler". I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder on the crumb cake card stock. If you are wondering why I have been posting so many cards lately I am kind of immobile at the moment. I am having major sciatic pain due to my pregnancy and I have a really hard time walking. Thank goodness my Dad had a pair of crutches I could borrow!

Anyways, there is still plenty of time to play along with the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger Card Challenge! Thank you for visiting my blog today!

{Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger}

Wow, what a week this has been! I can't believe Friday is already here! For my card today I decided to play along with the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger Challenge . The stamp set featured on my card is the Stampin' Up! set "Upsy Daisy". The sentiment is from the PTI set "Everyday Button Bits". The colors I used on my card are all SU, Pacific Point, Melon Mambo, and Daffodil Delight. Beautiful bright, and fun colors, and I think they are they are a perfect match to the colors in the Tuesday Trigger pic! I used my SU Mat Pac, and Crop-a-dile Big Bite to punch the holes in the corner so that the yellow from the layer behind would show thru. And I have to give my cute Hubby credit for giving me that idea. I love it when he critiques, and gives his "advice" on what I should add to the card. So cute. I used my Stampamagig to double stamp the daisy stamp. Once in Pacific Point, and the shadow was stamped with Bashful Blue. I used my Janome Sew Mini to add the straight stitch that is getting better every time I do it! I love the way my card turned out, and if you would like to play along with the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger you have until Sunday night to post your card! Thank you so much for visiting my blog and have a Happy, and Safe Labor Day weekend!