Happy Birthday Baby

Okay, I'm having too much fun with creating cards this week. And, with the anything goes challenge at Peachy Keen, I'm torn between what card to use...I like the Hello Kitty Birthday Card but I love this card that I made last night so much more! Check out my other blog posts while you are here. If you like this card style I tell you how to make one for yourself in an earlier blog! Until next time, be good crafters! Enjoy!

Center Cut Card

Hello fellow crafty friends! I am so excited about mastering a Center Cut Card for a 6.5" square envelope. The envelope is a bit bigger, but it leaves you room to float things off of the edges of the card. You need an A2 sized card for your liner (lighter in color than the color of the cardstock you will be using...I usually use white inside). The cardstock I use is a 6x12" size. One inch in from each side starting at 1.5" up from the bottom, I slice up to 7.5". I create edge folds at 1.5" (valley fold) and 3" (mountain fold) on each side only to the cut and again where the cut ends at 7.5" only from outer part of card to cut area. Then the center fold between the cuts is at 6". Or, you can skip the last 2 steps and just grab your bone folder. Make sure your first two folds, valley and mountain, have been done before lining up the 6 inch sides. Starting from that 6 inch edge using your bone folder, work your way to the top edge where your folds will be. I'm going to try this in a mini version in a few days...I'll post measurements on that once I do. I hope this leaves you with an idea or two in your head, or at least a smile on your face! Until next time, be good crafters!

3, 2, 1 and DONE!

I woke up this morning and got on the task of the Peachy Keen Connection's October Release Challenge #1 which was 3 buttons, 2 patterned papers, and 1 ribbon. Having looked at my stash of stuff before going to bed last night, I had an idea of what I wanted to make. This came together pretty quick. Which was great because I really wanted to enter these challenges to try and win some of my favorite stamps. I truly am addicted! Happy Monday! Enjoy!

Quick PK Challenge

Earlier this evening I spotted on the Peachy Keen Connection two challenges going on. So, I quickly threw together this Christmas card in order to enter one of the challenges. However, I don't even know if it got uploaded right. I used a mini stamp to make the background, then I added Santa and a sentiment. This challenge was backgrounds. Next challenge is 3 buttons, 2 pattern papers, and a ribbon. Lets see if I can throw that together tomorrow! Enjoy!

One, Two, Three!

Three days is all it took for my Peachy Keen stamp order to arrive! I was so excited because I ordered the Hello Kitty faces & wanted to stamp the face onto the Hello Kitty card I am creating for my niece. I took a PKSketch and really thought outside the box on this one, not something I can usually do easy. Most of the time I see a sketch and follow it shape for shape. Not this time! I was so proud of myself for being able to see it differently! I started by trying out a new fold that I had seen for an A2 sized card to make it 3D. It was very hard for me...but, I got it figured out. So, in looking at the sketch...big partial circle became Hello Kitty. The little circles off to the side became the balloons. The band stayed a band. And the small circle became the sentiment. Wow...how did I do that? I used 3 balloons because my niece turned 3. I also decorated them using Peachy Keen faces. First face teeth, next pacifier, and third for the big girl that she is now. Cute? Well, enjoy! If you'd like to know how I did the fold, feel free to contact me for more info! bluemooncreation@att.net
Until next time, be good crafters! Enjoy!