Birthday card

I had so much fun making this birthday card for a friend. I used a variety of glitters and embossing powders, all from Sparkle N Sprinkle, one of my favorite places to spend money. I created the background using Sparkle N Sprinkle's sticker paper and three different glitters from the company (Priceless Peacock on the top and bottom, then Sparkling Snow, and finally Hanauma Bay in the middle). This is a modification of a Technique Junkies technique.

The flowers were embossed using two powders from Sparkle N Sprinkle. I got the stamp at an eBay auction, and so have no idea what kind of flower that is.

All in all, I think it turned out OK, though I doubt I'll enter it in a contest. I need some more practice with embossing.

Thanks for stopping by!

First Christmas Tilda of the year

I actually have finished a few Christmas cards, and I think I'm already in better shape for Christmas 2012 than I was ever in for Christmas 2011.

One of my New Year's resolutions is to not neglect my crafting so much. By spending so little time on my craft last year, I've gotten out of practice on coloring with Copics. I hope, though, that it's like riding a bike (which is probably a bad comparison, seeing as how I haven't ridden anything but a stationary bike since I was 15!).

Anyway, here is my first Tilda Christmas card of the year. I borrowed the design from a magazine (Just Cards! Holidays). I don't think I've ever used that much cardstock on a card before. The cardstock came from my stash. I used Tilda with Christmas Stockings and colored her with the aforementioned Copics. I may add a flower or some crystals to the card, but I haven't decided yet.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment! More to come (I hope)!

Rough semester

This past semester was a rough one, and I am just now getting back to my card-making.

I started out with a simple Christmas card (I need to get a head start on next year, as I expect my last semesters of grad school to be quite busy). The card uses a green metallic cardstock base and is topped with a dp that came in a pack that I bought at Hobby Lobby (how's that for specific?). I spritzed the dp on the card's front with Dazzling Diamonds from Tattered Angels. I didn't do anything to the dp on the inside. The iridescent cream cardstock came from my stash.

I added a little bow to the front of the card, and made the glitter "ribbon" using glitter from Sparkle N Sprinkle (one of my favorite online stores). The sentiment is from a Crafter's Companion (I think).

With any luck, I'll finish a few more cards before classes resume. Until next time!

Flowers for a friend

I have fallen in love with the stamps at Heartfelt Creations. I saw their products at the Great American Scrapbooking Convention back in June and could not get them out of my head. I've placed two orders since then!

For this card, I modified an old sketch that I had saved to my computer. I apologize for not saving the information regarding who created the sketch. I just loved it, and so I copied to my desktop. If it's your sketch, please let me know so I can give proper credit.

I colored the roses and leaves with my Prismacolor pencils, and used Stickles on the petals. The glitter stripes I made using Scor-Pal tape and glitter from Sparkle N Sprinkle. The card stock that I used as my base is, I think, from Wausau Papers.

On the inside of the card, I used a digi-paper from the Nitwit Collections. The quilted purple digi is part of the Fairy Tale Too collection. Using my Nesties, I cut out the two scalloped ovals so that I could write a message to the recipient.

I'm sending the card to a friend of mine who just recently had an emergency surgery to repair two strangled hernias. I hope the card can cheer her up.

I'm entering the card into the following contests:

GingerloftChallenge: Make It Sparkle
Jellypark Friends: Favorite Embellishment (glitter is now and always will be my favorite embellishment!)
Mami Doodles: Challenge #31 Flowers
The Poodle's Parlour: Round and Round the Garden
Wags 'n Whiskers: Sparkly

Thanks for stopping by. As always, I appreciate comments and suggestions!

Christmas easel card

May I present to you my second easel card! I apologize for the quality of the photos, but I was anxious to get her posted.

I used the Foxy stamp from Sugar Nellie and colored her with my Copics. I decided to use traditional Christmas colors this time around -- something about that combo of green and red makes my heart happy.

The dps came from a Paper Wishes Christmas card kit. I don't recall where I got the stickers, but you can probably tell that I didn't think through the placement of one sticker. Oh well. That's why I call my blog Crafty by Accident.

The sentiment on the inside is actually a cardstock sticker that I mounted on a couple additional pieces of cardstock. I then adhered the sentiment to the card using a dimensional adhesive.

I am entering this card into the following contest:


Christmas inspirations: Anything goes
Just some lines: Easel cards
Christmas Stampin All Year Long: All about you
Class Act Insider: Chapel Road Challenge

For my great-aunt

I made this card for my great-aunt's 90th birthday. I made the flower using a stencil, Dreamweaver embossing paste and Pearl-Ex pigment powders. The jewels came from Michael's, and the cardstock from my stash. It is a pretty simple card to make, but you have to give the stenciled image time to dry.

I'm dreaming of a pink Christmas

I thought I'd try a Christmas card in some nontraditional colors this time. This little Magnolia angel -- Christmas angel -- was colored with Prismacolor pencils and a gold Sakura pen.

I got the dp at Michael's. I'm still trying to decide what embellishments to add to the card, so it's not quite done. I would appreciate some advice!