Hummingbird Birthday Card

Hello and Happy Tuesday!

Just a quick post for you today - I wanted to share the birthday card I made for my grandma.  She loves hummingbirds.  For as long as I can remember she has had a hummingbird feeder on her patio and when we visit she will tell me about the different hummingbirds that she sees regularly.  She would probably sit and watch those little fellas all day if you let her!!

Anyway, a while back I was shopping at a little local scrapbooking store and saw a package of brads that had 2 hummingbird brads in it.  I knew when I saw it that I could use them in some way on a card or creation for my grandma.  Here's what I came up with:

Thanks for coming by to take a look!  I hope you're having a great week so far!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern paper from my scrap stash
Flowers from Pagoda cut at 4 inches
Hummingbird brad
White Sakura gel pen
Twine from My Craft Spot

Thank You

Good evening!  This week has been going by fast for me - perhaps because I'm excited for the weekend!  :)  My sweetie worked a little late today, so I was able to do some crafting before he got home.

This is one of the cards I made this evening.  I need a few more thank you cards and I was inspired by this week's challenge over at Die Cuttin Divas.  They're having a sketch challenge this week and I think those are so fun!  I tend to fall into patterns with my cards and they all tend to look similar, but following a sketch spices things up a bit for me!

Here is the sketch from the Die Cuttin Divas challenge:

And here is my creation:

Thanks for coming by to take a look!  I hope you are all having a great week!!

Recipe:

Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections

Pattern papers from DCWV

Branch and flowers from Pagoda cut at 1.1 inches

Oval from Plantin Schoolbook

Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Sweet Baby set

i-rock gems
Stickles

Pop dots

If Friends Were Flowers....

It's finally Friday!  I've been trying to keep myself busy with my sweetie being away on his camping trip this week.  I'm so excited to finally have him back home this weekend!!

Last weekend I got together with a good friend and she taught me one of her favorite crafts - crocheting.  I had learned to crochet when I was a kid, but it had been years since I've picked up some yarn and a crochet hook.  Well, it's safe to say that she has me hooked!  I have two scarfs that just need some finishing touches, and I'm giving my first hat a try.  I'm going to get together with her again this weekend so she can help me finish up the scarfs - I'm so excited!

I wanted to make a thank you card for her, not only for teaching me yet another fun craft, but also to let her know how much I appreciate her friendship.  She likes things with an Asian theme, so I found this flower image on the Pagoda cartridge and used some Bo Bunny paper with an Asian flair.

I'm going to link this card up to the challenge over at Krafty Girls.  They are hosting their last challenge for a while, so I wanted to be sure to take part.  Thanks for coming by to take a look!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from Bo Bunny
Flowers in vase from Pagoda cut at 3.2 inches
Frame from Elegant Edges cut at 4 inches
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Everyday Life set
Crinkle Ribbon
Brown chalk
Pop dots

Pagoda Fan Thank You

This card filled a want and a need.  I got the Pagoda cartridge for Christmas last year, but had not yet used it.  I think there are so many neat images on it, but just hadn't found the right project for any of them.  I needed to make a thank you card for my parents and decided I was going to use the Pagoda cartridge for it.  I flipped through the book and found the two fan images and thought one would look neat on a card.  The fan was a simple image with only one layer.  I used pop dots on the fan, added some ribbon and a 'thank you' rub on for an easy but classy looking card.  Since the card base was navy, I used a white Sakura Jelly Roll pen to write my note.  The white ink stood out on the dark card well, which I really liked.

Recipe:
Cardstock from DCWV
Fan cut from Pagoda at 3 inches
Ribbon from KI Memories
'Thank you' rub on