Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Digital Tuesday Challenge 'Punch it Out!'

Hello! Digital Tuesday Challenge Blog Holiday Break is finally over! Yeah, it was nice to have a break over the busy holiday season, but I'm happy to back to work too! Here is my first DTC Post for the New Year! Our challenge this week is "Punch it Out!" Simply make a card or project that uses punched shapes on it and be sure to include at least one digital element. Our sponsor this week is 'Spech Designer Stamps' and they are giving away three digis to one lucky randomly chosen winner.

To make my card, I used the Spech Designer Stamp 'Kei with Cocoa', designed by Widya. My layout is from MFT (MFTWSC52), and the paper is by Cosmo Cricket. The punches I used were the border punch beneath the image and the snowflake punch. The main image is up on dimensionals, and I also cut the mug out and popped that up on dimensionals as well. I put Liquid Applique on the ear muffs. If you'd like to play along with us this week, simply click on the Digital Tuesday Challenge Blinkie in my sidebar and it will take you directly to the Challenge Site with further instructions.

Have a great day! Amy

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Quick and Easy Anniversary Card

I needed a quick and easy Anniversary Card for some friends at church so I made this one in about 10 minutes using a pre-made tag and sentiment from 'Me and My Big Ideas' and paper from DCWV 'All Dressed Up'.

I personalized the card by hand writing the couple's names on the tag.

Have a great day! Amy

Monday, January 2, 2012

My 2011 FAVORITES!

Hello! Since it's the start of a New Year, I decided to spend some time scrolling through all the blog posts I've made this past year. It brought back a lot of memories: all the design teams I've worked with this past year, and the friends I've made because of them, all the images I've used, probably only once, and have since forgotten about, and even the reasons or occasions of why I made the card in the first place and who I gave them to. It's amazing how much you forget. I suppose that's one reason why we all need to reflect on the past year on New Year's Eve, and look forward to the future. I decided to pick twelve cards that I made this past year (one card for every month of the year) that I really liked. I couldn't believe how hard it was to narrow it down to just 12! There are just so many images I used that I really liked and enjoyed working with. Here they are:

I love this card because of the sketch and the lemon designer paper. The colors are so pretty together and I like the acrylic flower with the felt flower. I really love this card because of the colors/designer paper and the Christmas Message. It's so hard for me to make religious Christmas Cards. I don't know why. But I felt this card really worked.


I love the clean simplicity of this card, the doodled frame, and the colors.








The colors and the coloring of this card is really pretty. I love the snow accents too.



It's so hard to make 'cool cards' for teens, especially teen boys. I think this one would be a hit with just about any teen.









I just love how this one is so clean and simple, yet has so much interesting details at the same time. Great colors too! And I really love the dimension with this image.












I love all things Pure Innocence! It's impossible to make a bad card with one of these images. I love the unique color combination of this one, and the fluff on the hat.












I just like this one cause it's so different. And I actually used my Cricut Expression to make it. Most of the time that $200 + dollar machine just sits and gathers dust. I'm just not a die cut girl!
















I love coffee images, and this color combination the sentiment is great too!












This is a project my daughter and I did together as a Christmas Gift for the man in the photograph. I love the frame in the picture, but most of all, I just love the photograph. It's so hard to capture that perfect picture of someone: to grasp their personality in a single shot. Most pictures, especially professional ones, just aren't realistic. They are usually pictures of what people wished they really looked like or who they really wished they were, and not who they really are.





















I love the colors in this card, the image, and how I popped the image up against the designer paper.




















My last card I just really like the sketch, the colors, the hemp trim, the glazed apples. There's so many pretty little details in this card, yet, it is so simple.







I hope you enjoyed my year in review. I look forward to another great year of blogging with you!


Happy New Year! Amy