Simple Baby Card - Aloha Friday Challenge - Buttons

Happy Aloha Friday!!!  Our challenge this time at Kitty Bee is Buttons.  We are sponsored this fortnight by Stamp Your Life on Etsy!

Be sure to stop by the Kitty Bee blog and check out what the rest of the DT have created! Here's my project:

Stamp Your Life on Etsy has great digital papers.  I cut one to size (so cute, right?) and kept the rest of the card simple so you could really see the paper.  Just added a corduroy button, twine, a sentiment, and light yellow card stock for the backing.

Can't wait to see what you guys create! Don't forget to see what's what in the Kitty Bee etsy shop!

Custom Card Monday...err.. Tuesday! Lavender Baby

It's a brand new week, which means a new custom card!  I didn't post it yesterday as my design team post for Lia Stampz was yesterday. :)

I had someone on Etsy ask me to make one of the cards I had in my shop, but purple. I blogged about the original in this post. So instead of pink, I made it purple!

The digi is called Baby Girl and it is by Lia Stampz (you can get it on Whimsy).  I colored it with Copics and added some Dazzling Diamonds.  The paper is from DCWV Vintage Flora. I added some Stampin Up cardstock, ribbon, and baker's twine.  Also backed the image with a paper doily.

Entering this in the following challenges:

Kitty Bee - Baby

Craftitude: Flowers or Lace

Dream Valley - Monochrome

Stampin For The Weekend - Anything Goes

Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes

Through The Purple Haze - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes

Custom Card Monday - A 21st Birthday at the Casino!

I had someone contact me on Etsy asking for a custom card for their nephew who was turning 21.  They were going to give him a gift card that he could use at a casino.  Here's what I came up with:

The digi is by Kenny K and I colored her with Copics.  I added some paper from DCWV Guy Stack.  The cards are an embossing folder from Tim Holtz.  I added some green distressing.  The poker chips are from some retired Stampin Up paper and I just punched them out and popped them up.  Added some linen thread and a distressed birthday banner.

Inside was simple space for the gift card.  Just added more of that retired SU paper and created a little pocket.  Also has a little room for writing!

Entering this in the following challenges:

One Stitch at a Time : Use a Digi

That Craft Place : Men

Through The Purple Haze : Attitude

Oh La La : Father's Day or Male

Papertake Weekly : Anything Goes

Craftitude : Pop it Up

Chocolate Coffee Cards : Embossing

Bearly Mine : One For The Boys

Crazy 4 Challenges : Man Made

Custom Card Monday - Indian Wedding

I'm actually a little embarrassed to even show this card because it has a date on it!  It shows how behind I am in posting cards here on my blog! (Feburary 2013... eep!) But, I guess that is why I created Custom Card Mondays... so I could catch up and get these all posted!

This one came in from Etsy and the buyer wanted a wedding card that matched the bride and the groom, who were having a traditional Indian wedding:

The stamp is from The Greeting Farm.  Colored the couple with Copics and tried to get them in traditional dress (thats why I love this stamp... you can customize it to the wedding!) The gold cardstock is from Stampin Up. I colored the Stampin Up pearls with gold Sharpie and used a gold gel pen for the finishes.  The paper is from Deja Views home collection. 

Entering this in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks: Anything Goes

IDIC: Anything Goes

Custom Card Monday (a little early!) - Christmas in the Spring

I had someone ask me if I could start on their Christmas cards.  One of them had to be for a family that loved turtles (Dad, Mom, and Baby), and lived in San Diego.  Here's what I came up with:

The turtles were cut from the Create a Critter cartridge.  Made a Dad, Mom, and baby! All papers are from my scrap pile (score!), and added a very San Diego sentiment.

Entering this in the following challenges:

The Pink Elephant - Photo Inspiration (pink, green, ivories)

Crafty Catz - Animals

C.R.A.F.T.- Xmas

Simply Create - No digis or stamped images

Custom Card Monday...err...Wednesday!

Busy beginning of the week here at Hawaii Paper Party! A couple of design team posts and a blog hop! Whew! So my Custom Card Monday post has turned into a Custom Card Wednesday post this week! (I feel funny posting twice in the same day. Kind of like I'm not giving posts their full day of being-looked-at potential. LOL, does anyone else feel that way?)

Anywho, here's my card!

Someone asked me to make a card that looked exactly like a painting their Mom had in her living room.  Unfortunately I didn't have a photo of the painting, just the description! It was "a pagoda on an island that can be accessed by a bridge, and cherry blossoms all around." This represented Springtime in Vietnam. She also wanted that sentiment for Chinese New Year and some lanterns. Here's what I came up with!

All cuts are from Pagoda, but added more pink flowers with a SU punch for dimension.  Also sponged the sky and water with some SU inks. 

Entering this in the following challenges:

Crafting for all Seasons: Punches and Dies

Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes

Kaboodle Doodle: Spring

Cute Card Thursday: Floral

Little Miss Muffet: Anything Goes

Stampin Boutique: Own Background

Hope you enjoyed my custom card this week!

Custom Card Monday! The Chicken Florist

So I'm going to start a new thing here on my blog... I feel like its been a little neglected ever since I opened my Etsy shop and YouTube channel! I have made TONS of cards without posting them to my blog. Shame on me! So, I devised a plan (insert evil laugh).  Every Monday I'm going to post a custom card that I've made for a customer, friend, or family member.  These always are a bit out of the ordinary and deserve a place in cyber space!

Here's my first one:

I had someone who wanted a birthday card for her sister.  She is a tropical flower florist and also a chicken in the Chinese zodiac.  Behold, the chicken florist! :)

Got the chicken from the Country Life cartridge. The tropical flowers are from various Cricut cartridges.  I know I used luau and accent essentials.  I also hand punched some flowers and added pearls.  Love the colors together.  I used Stampin Up's Coastal Cabana, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Rich Razzleberry, and Tangerine Tango. LOVE this color combo!  I also sponged a sky background.

Hope you enjoyed my first installment of Custom Card Mondays!

Entering this in the following challenges:

Pink Elephant - Fave Color Combo

Fantabulous Cricut - Birdie

Crafting for all Seasons - No DSP

Cute Card Thursday - Wild Life

Milk Coffee - At least 2 flowers

Emergency Crafters - Flowers

One Stitch at a Time - For a Woman

Love to Create - Bingo (flowers, yellow, sparkle)

12 Days of Christmas - 3x3 Card Sets - MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas! Its the final day of my 12 Days of Christmas series! Whoopie!!!

Happy 12 Days of Christmas!

On the 12th day of Christmas I created 3x3 card sets:

Mini 3x3 card sets are probably my bread and butter of my Etsy shop.  I am constantly making these!  I have made tons, but these were the most popular this season.

Paper by Basic Grey 25th and Pine.  Stampin Up card stock, ink, framelit die, and rhinestone. 

Created a punch art wreath out of scallop circle and circle punches.  Added some liquid pearls and ribbon to finish them off!

Thanks so much for hanging out with my during my 12 days of Christmas series!  If you missed a day or two, you can scroll down and see all of the Christmas items I posted.  :) I actually went to visit family  for Christmas and am not near a computer (oOoOOoooO eerie posting this in the future!) but I'll be making it back on Christmas day so I can comment on your blogs! Mahalo for reading and Merry Christmas to you and yours!

12 Days of Christmas - Cricut Card

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas! Well, not yet, but there are 1 MORE DAY 'till Christmas!!!  I've been a crazy holiday craft machine.  I've been stocking my Etsy shop since October with holiday cards, tags, and other paper products.  Now with 12 days left until Christmas, I thought that I would share the best sellers here on my blog. :) I'll be posting once per day until the 25th!

Happy 12 Days of Christmas!

On the 11th day of Christmas I created this Cricut card!

This cutie penguin was cut from Create a Critter.  Just popped him up on some Basic Grey 25th and Pine paper.  Baker's twine and a punched out sentiment finish it off.  

Hope you liked my 11th installment of The 12 Days of Christmas! See you tomorrow!

Entering this in the following challenges: 

Die Cuttin Divas: Holidays

12 Days of Christmas - A Sponged Background Card

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas! Well, not yet, but there are 2 MORE DAYS 'till Christmas!!!  I've been a crazy holiday craft machine.  I've been stocking my Etsy shop since October with holiday cards, tags, and other paper products.  Now with 12 days left until Christmas, I thought that I would share the best sellers here on my blog. :) I'll be posting once per day until the 25th!

Happy 12 Days of Christmas!

On the 10th day of Christmas I created this sponge colored card!

This one was a huge hit and I was sold out within a day! I masked and sponged the sky.  The stamp is from the Stampin Up stamp set called Lovely as a Tree.  Added glitter to the tree tops and on the ground.  Sentiment is from a photopolymer set.  I also made a bunch of these and this went out to my Paper Pumpkin subscribers for the month of November (I send them a card every month)!

Hope you liked my 10th installment of The 12 Days of Christmas! See you tomorrow!

Entering this in the following challenges:

Milk Coffee: Christmas

Creative Craft: White on White

AUD Sentiments: Christmas

Tuesday Throwdown: What Christmas Means to You

Crafty Boots: Snow and Sparkle

My Mum's Craft Shop: Winter

DL.Art Thankful Thursday: Christmas

12 Days of Christmas - Present Card

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas! Well, not yet, but there are 4 MORE DAYS 'till Christmas!!!  I've been a crazy holiday craft machine.  I've been stocking my Etsy shop since October with holiday cards, tags, and other paper products.  Now with 12 days left until Christmas, I thought that I would share the best sellers here on my blog. :) I'll be posting once per day until the 25th!

Happy 12 Days of Christmas!

On the 8th day of Christmas I created this present card!

I like to keep cards of all different price ranges in my shop so off I went to make a really simple and inexpensive one.  I just used some paper from DCWV Le Tres Chic stack that I thought looked like poinsettias.  Added some Stampin Up taffeta ribbon and a cute sentiment, and I was done!

Hope you liked my 8th installment of The 12 Days of Christmas! See you tomorrow!

12 Days of Christmas - Oodles of Gift Tags!

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas! Well, not yet, but there are 5 MORE DAYS 'till Christmas!!!  I've been a crazy holiday craft machine.  I've been stocking my Etsy shop since October with holiday cards, tags, and other paper products.  Now with 12 days left until Christmas, I thought that I would share the best sellers here on my blog. :) I'll be posting once per day until the 25th!

Happy 12 Days of Christmas!

On the 7th day of Christmas I created some gift tags!

These were easy: Just covered some manila tags with paper from the Fabulous Christmas stack.  Used a Stampin Up photopolymer set for the banner.  Added a paper reinforcement, rhinestone, and baker's twine.

I used the Stampin Up Chalk Talk framelits to make these.  Paper is from The paper Studio All Seasons II Stack.  Stamps, ribbon, ink, and twine are all Stampin Up.

More covered manila tags.  More paper from Fabulous Christmas stack.  The stamp is from the Happy Hour set from Stampin Up.  I bought the larger red clips from Etsy.

Also made a tag set! Everything is retired Stampin Up product that I got on sale and I just added little embellishments like new stamped greetings, rhinestones, and ribbon or twine.

Stamped on these manila tags for a vintage Christmas look.  I used several Stampin Up stamp sets that had snowflakes.  Everything is Stampin Up on this one (except the manila tags). Loved the color combo!

Hope you liked my 7th installment of The 12 Days of Christmas! See you tomorrow!

12 Days of Christmas - Gift Card Holders

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas! Well, not yet, but there are 6 MORE DAYS 'till Christmas!!!  I've been a crazy holiday craft machine.  I've been stocking my Etsy shop since October with holiday cards, tags, and other paper products.  Now with 12 days left until Christmas, I thought that I would share the best sellers here on my blog. :) I'll be posting once per day until the 25th!

Happy 12 Days of Christmas!

On the 6th day of Christmas I created some gift card holders!

Gift card holders are always a huge seller.  I made close to 2 dozen and they all sold out quickly.  

I'm a fan of the belly band!  Stamp is from a retired Stampin Up set called Tags til Christmas. I got great  use out of this set over the years.

Here is another style.  I also made these with penguins, snowmen, and reindeer on the front.  I used the retired Stampin Up stamp set called No Peeking.

Hope you liked my 6th installment of The 12 Days of Christmas! See you tomorrow!

Entering my gift cards in these challenges:
Craft Your Passion - No cards
Crafting For All Seasons - Christmas;  not cards
Little Scrap Pieces - Linky Party

12 Days of Christmas - Small Christmas Tags

Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas! Well, not yet, but there is 10 MORE DAYS 'till Christmas!!!  I've been a crazy holiday craft machine.  I've been stocking my Etsy shop since October with holiday cards, tags, and other paper products.  Now with 12 days left until Christmas, I thought that I would share the best sellers here on my blog. :) I'll be posting once per day until the 25th!

Happy 12 Days of Christmas!

On the third day of Christmas I made a set of small Christmas tags: 

Used various Stampin Up stamps and punches on this set.  I used two old retired sets called Tags Til Christmas and Gifted.  The center circle one was from a current photopolymer stamp set.  Just added some sticky strip to the back of them and they were good to go!

Hope you liked my third installment of The 12 Days of Christmas!

(I have a few sets of these left in my shop, if you'd like to purchase one!)

Crabby Patty Portfolio

Hey guys!  I'm participating in a beach bash themed BNR this week and wanted to contribute something beachy.  I wanted to make some note cards with some laser die cuts I had so I started trolling the internet to find some ideas of housing them.  I stumbled upon Mandy's Stampin' Spot and CASED her crab.  He's so stinkin' cute! I put him on a notecard portfolio:

Cardstock, ink, ribbon by Stampin Up.  Cuttlebug swiss dot and swirls and curls embossing folders.

The inside houses 4 note cards, envelopes, and sentiment so the recipient can customize their card!

Entering this in the following challenges:

Sparkles Forum Challenges - Summer

Crafty Sentiments - Summer

The Poodles Parlour - Cute or Cuddly

'Till next time!

New Challenge at Party Time Tuesday - All Things Mechanical

There's a new challenge over at PTT! Our theme this week is "All Things Mechanical."  We are generously sponsored this week by The Robin's Nest (who mailed the DT some yummy papers and embellies, including lots of Dew Drops!), The Stamping Boutique, and Robyn's Fetish.

Here's my project using a digi from The Stamping Boutique:

Inked the image up with Copics.  Background paper and dew drop headlights by The Robin's Nest.  Cardstock by SU.

I wanted to add something stationery-like that was a little on the masculine side to my Etsy shop, so I turned this into a notepad holder. :)  

Entering this in the following challenges:

One Stitch at a Time - Man

Moving Along With The Times - No cards

Can't wait to see what you guys create! :)