Card Positioning Systems Sketch 232

Hello...I'm back with some cards. Finally got a chance for some "me" time this past weekend. And I actually made some random card this time without really thinking of an occasion. I mostly wanted to use my new stamp, thanks Eva!

I thought the sketch this week at CPS kind of went with a zen, minimalist, Japanese style :-)

Anyhow, pretty basic, just Papertrey Ink cardstock and stamps. The stamp is Kiyomi from Sister Stamps, so cute! I forgot where Eva got it from, but sounds like they only sell it locally in Hawaii. Kiyomi is colored with pencils, (still debating about going the marker route, especially now that I see Promarkers all over the place and Copics at Hobby Lobby and Aaron Brothers). But at least pencils seem pretty forgiving, just blend away or layer another color over. I ended up cutting the antennae off the butterfly. Anyhow, I also wanted to use my Spellbinder Lattice rectangles, finally got that from Hobby Lobby after using my previous coupon on gel pens for my kid's school supplies. I stamped the backgrounds from the only 2 Asian stamp sets that I own, the stem is from a Stampin Up set and the flowers on the Rustic Cream cardstock are from a Hero Arts Asian girl set. I tried to find relatively matching distress ink, I think I used old paper and bundled sage.

Comments

eva said…

cute card! that's the best colored kiyomi hair i've seen! i'm glad you posted something--i haven't been crafting much. my hubby thinks kiyomi looks a lot like your daughter.

August 22, 2011 at 8:54 AM

Cheryl said…

Ha! You're too nice! I still don't know how to color, just doing whatevers. Yes, now her hair looks even more like Kiyomi since I cut the straggly ends, it's more like a longish bob now with the chawan bangs!

August 22, 2011 at 11:46 AM

Jennie said…

Sweet card! Love that cute image. Great job on the CPS sketch and thanks for playing along this week :)

August 23, 2011 at 2:03 AM

Lea L. said…

This is super cute!! Thanks for playing at CPS this week!

August 23, 2011 at 6:48 AM

Lorraine said…

This is so cute! And awesome coloring of that cutie's hair!

August 24, 2011 at 8:57 AM

Snowman gift card holder

Hi! I was planning to post this last night but I was just too tired to write or think of complete sentences. It's been a busy week with the boys on Fall break and still trying to finish up a bunch of crafts. I have been trying to make some crocheted crafts to put in my Etsy shop and finally I'm done with one. It's a crocheted snowman that can hold a gift card or anything actually that is small enough to fit in the pouch. The pattern is designed by ChiWei Ranck of One Dog Woof and can be found HERE . Here's the little snowman with his arms folded over in the front to look like he is hugging the card. I added this fun card that I stamped. You can definitely add in a gift card too behind this card. The gift card reaches under his nose. This is how the little opening of the pouch looks. I hope I can make more of these little guys. These would be so cute for teachers and I think it would be easy to put a little wire through the hat and then use it as

coffee cup shaped cards

Hi! I think after this post I may need a little nap! My right shoulder is actually feeling worn out from all the typing and photo editing I've been doing lately. And this cooler weather is making me drowsy. It's getting cold here already! I made a bunch of these coffee shaped cards using a die from Honey Bee Stamps . It's a cute coffee set but the die is extra long so it would probably help to have a longer platform to diecut. I just have the standard sized one so I would pass it through once in my Big Shot and then rotate the cardstock and die carefully to cut the other end. Manageable but the longer platform would be more convenient! I embossed the front of the card with some pretty snowflakes. I think this is a Sizzix embossing folder. And then stamped the coffee sleeve with some Lawn Fawn stamps. This is the inside. The gift card slot does not come with this coffee cup die set. I cut that opening with one of the dies from MFT's gift card dies.

Knuffle Bunny

Hi! The Greeting Farm had their Customer Challenge & Chit Chat Night "A Night at the Bookstore" and introduced a few challenges. I have to say chatting was too fast for me and I couldn't really keep up. It was still early here, and I had to pick up the kids from school and activities and make dinner and eat and so I guess the timing didn't really work out with our schedule. You can check out the challenge details on the SCS forum HERE . I made this card for Favorite Child's Book category. It is based on the Mo Willems book Knuffle Bunny . It's one of my kids' favorites and it's such a cute story. We actually love reading Mo Willems' books especially his Elephant and Piggie series. Those books are hilarious! This challenge also made me realize that I haven't read many books recently except kids' books. I used to love reading but just haven't given it much time lately. Anyway, here is my card. If you've read the story

crafting this and that

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