Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I'm a wee bit late getting this post up, but wanted to wish you all a great green day!~

the little owl punch used once again, with some wood grain stenciling .  Patterned paper. some punches and dies and there you go!

supplies:
Paper: Bella Blvd. patterned, Club Scrap cardstock
Stamp: Purple Onion Design
Punches: Stampin' Up, Martha Stewart
die: Tim Holtz Sizzix Tattered Banner

Cards from CKC February Kit

Here are a few of the cards I made with the supplies in my February kit, seen here.

Counterfeit Kit Challenge - March 2012

This month the CKC challenges us with a very cool kit from Birds of a Feather.  Denim and yellows are the basic theme, and after a trip to a LSS I can see that this color scheme is popular for spring this year.  This is the kit I got yesterday from Jennifer - we mail our kits to each other on the same day and usually it works out that we receive on the same day!  You can check out her blog to see the kit "Spring Fling" that I sent to her.

The kit she sent to me "Forever in Blue Jeans" has some great components.  The papers and cardstocks are all ofcourse great colors and work well together, plus a small piece of wood grain paper to try our hand at making our own title embellishment.  Then there are some "rare" Club Scrap papers and stickers that she must've been hoarding for awhile - but in keeping with our mantra of Use. Your. Stash, she's given them up to me.  Lucky.

The chevrons she cut with her Silhouette - chevrons are pretty popular these days.  Some neat button stickers - perfect to add a button to a card or layout without bulk. Lots of gems and brads and even some slide frames.  Not to mention a little stamp set.  I'm hoping to get going on this kit right away... my February kit is sitting neglected and I don't want that to happen again.

the papers - love the letter paper and the yellow with scalloped edges!

the goodies!

a few cards...

here's a little peek at what I've been up to lately, mostly making cards!  Some go in my "card file" and others will be donated to the Operation Write Home organization.

Weekly Chronicles

I always wanted to try those 365 projects where you take a photo a day.  I am afraid I would miss so many days that I just never tried.  This year at Club Scrap they are hosting a Weekly Chronicles project.  Karen supplies us with a prompt each week and we make a layout.  I'm doing mine in an 8x8 format - sometimes smaller is easier and this will just be one - albeit fat - scrapbook by the end of the year!

For these our prompts were PETS (I don't have my own so I scrapped my daughter's crazy cat Friday) and what would be  your PERFECT DAY.

Squirrely Challenge - Layered Masking

The Squirrely Challenge for the first week of March will be the Layered Masking technique which is in the Technique Junkie Dec/Jan 2012 issue!  Most of the stamps on my cards are from the Club Scrap Aurora Borealis kit, and the word background is from Stampin' Up.  Check the links to the Squirrel Girls on the right column to see what they come up with!

Card Making - Lots of Layers

I truly like having lots of layers on my cards. Not to say that I don't like a good Clean and Simple card now and then, but layers seem to be a favorite.  This card has lots going on when you break it down, but I don't think it's too busy.  

I started by embossing three colors of cardstock with embossing folders in the Cuttlebug.  The two lighter ones I ran Distress Ink Vintage Photo over.  Then I die cut the label shape and oval for the sentiment, adding Vintage photo onto those also.  I stamped the flowers, colored them with Prisma Colored pencils and cut out.  Add some vintage lace ribbon and put it all together!

supplies:
Cardstock: Club Scrap
Stamps: Club Scrap - Arts 'n Crafts kit
other: Cuttlebug, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, vintage lace