One Mouse - Two Syles

Today I have something a little fun for you. I have taken the same stamp and made two completely different looking cards.

Here is the first :

I used the sketch from Just Add Ink

And for the second card :

I used the sketch from Just Us Girls

and the glitter and bling inspiration at Stampin' Royalty

Well, I hope you like these cute little mice cards.

Have a great day!!

As always, thanks for stopping by.

~ Alexis

Birthday Wishes

Hello Ladies - (and Gentlemen??)

It's Thursday and that means only one more day until the weekend!!

Yeah!!

This weekend will be bitter sweet for me...

My brother is moving away and I am so excited for him. He is leaving to go to a new city because he got a promotion at work. I am so happy for him but I can't help but feel selfish and want him to stay!! But I do hope he enjoys himself and I know he'll be home for the holidays. I guess I better get on making him a good bye - good luck card,

but for today I have a quicky card. I created it using an image I colored a few days ago, so this card came together really quickly. I used the sketch at Stampin' Royalty :

Okay well, gotta run.

Today is a busy one. I have to work and then daughter has swimming and then I'm off to teach a class at my LSS. If you live locally you should check it out :

http://www.myscrapbookshop.com/

Have a good day,

I'll be back with another one tomorrow!

~Alexis



Stampin' Royalty and JUGS All Rolled Into One

Just a quick post this morning - I'm supposed to be running out the door for work!!

It's a card I created for the sketch at Stampin' Royalty:

And the colors are from the current challenge at JUGS :

I have actually already given this card away. I made it on Saturday morning with the intentions of giving it to my husband's cousin. We had a family dinner on Saturday to say goodbye to him. He's moving away for work so I wanted to give him and his girlfriend a little something,  and this is what I came up with :

and a quick shot of the copics I used to color the suitcase :

Have a good day - gotta run!!

A Little Trio For You!!

So, when making cards I don't often stray from my usual A2 (4 1/4" X 5 1/2") size. But the current challenge over at the Cards blog is to create mini cards. I thought this would be fun to try. The stipulation on the size is : NO BIGGER THAN 3".

In the first photo I will show the cards with a typical 500ml bottle of water - just so you can get a feel for the actual size. I REALLY enjoyed making these and I think they turned out adorable. I used digital images from Dustin Pike. If you haven't seen his images - you NEED to check him out and he often releases freebie downloads too!! And all his images are too cute for words. This is a great way to get images for different sizes of cards. All I did was resize it before I printed it off. Too easy.

 Anyways, here they are :

I used the current sketch over at Card Patterns for the first one I'm going to show you.

And it also fits in to the Stampin' Royalty challenge : GREEN

Card # 2 used the sketch over at 2S4Y :

and a close-up of the image :

I really like the effect that the soft feather gives. Stay tuned for other "feathered" cards. (I picked up some great ones the other day and haven't had a chance to use them yet - but I will soon!!)

and Card # 3 used the sketch from The Sweetest Thing

and a closeup of the image, again

I colored all of the images with Copics.

Told you - the images are SO cute. You REALLY need to hop over and check out Dustin Pike's blog!! I'm a huge fan of his work!! And you can be sure to see me use other images, soon. I bought the whole March 4th release. (and think it's all adorable) If you want to see another card I made using images from Dustin Pike

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Well, I hope you like all of the cards. Leave me a comment and let me know what you think!! I love reading everyone's comments and then I usually end up purusing your blog, aswell!! I love new inspiration and ideas.

Have a good Wednesday!!

~Alexis

Bright and Sunny Tuesday

Atleast, that's how I feel. Lol!!

I'm not even going to open my blinds until I have finished my tea and had a snuggle with my baby girl!!

This morning I am going to show you a fun and springy card.  

It is using the sketch over at CP :

and the color challenge at Stampin' Royalty :

My card :

I'll be back later to post some more...

hopefully!!

Happy Hump Day!!

Don't forget to click here for the blog candy giveaway!!

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Well, it's half way over... and that means we are on cruise control to the weekend!! Yeah!!

Yesterday I spent the day at home with my daughter because she has a bad cold and didn't go to school. I had time to do a few cards and here's how they turned out!!

This is for the :
 challenge over at the CARDS blog. (mix fabric and valentine's to make a card)
Stamping Royalty - valentine's
and
the Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab

It's been awhile since I pulled out the 'ol sewing machine, so excuse the stitching!!

And here is a card I made using the sketch challenge over at The Sweet Stop :

Love the fresh paper for this circle card!!

(Come bakc and check out tomorrows post for what I did with the scraps!!)

And for the sketch over at Card Patterns

and

Bella Challenge - Lovely Dovey

(I just love this girl. She's so cute and smitten)

The copics I used :

I love how this turned out. Not a typical colour combo for me but I think I love purple and orange together. The paper was an incredible inspiration!! Love it!! (If I do say so myself??!!)

Have a good day and just remember - the worst half of the week is behind us!!

~Alexis

These are for the boys!!

Don't forget to click here to be entered into a draw for a huge score of blog candy!!

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So, I often am asked to make cards for birthdays, holidays, parties, weddings ect. So, this was no different. I was asked to make a birthday card for a little boys first birthday. It's for the grandson of a lady that I work with. Now, you have to understnad, the lady that I work with is the BEST!! She is one of the sweetest, funniest people that I know!! We spend many hours a week together because we share an office and I've really grown to love her!! Trust me - if you knew her you would too!! - So, I wanted to spend a little extra time on this card and here's what I came up with :

It conviently fits into 2 challenges.

The Color Dare

and

The Sketch challenge over at Stampin' Royalty

The animals and the number "1" are cut with my cricut and with suede textured paper. So cute!! I hope she likes it.

And as a bonus - you'll see my next card used the sillouette left from the puppy of the inside (of the birthday card) as the middle focus. The inside of the card reads : Have a dog-gone good day!!

The layout is from the My Grafico Sketch

I chose to use a square instead of a circle.

But I love how this simple card turned out.

And it was all scraps just lying on the table. Gotta love that!!

I'll be back later to post a few more cards!!

~Thanks~

Challenge Entries

So as you may / or may not know...

I'm kinda new to this whole blog world but already, I've caught the bug. One of my favourite parts of the day is sitting at my computer with a cup of tea and pouring through all of the amazing blogs out there in blog-world!! This week I have made 3 cards for a few different challanges.

The first is for a challenge over at Stampin Royalty. The challenge was to use these colours :

Here's my creation :

I'm also submitting it for a challenge over at

 There She Goes

~the challenge was to use 3 different embellies.~

 *I used ribbon, fun flock, and a jewelled felt flower*

The second card is for 2 challenges

1. EBTKS - sketch

This is my take which also incorporates the current challenge over at Our Creative Corner

~to use green and blue~

I just love the simplicity of this card.

And for the last card :

It's for the 2S4Y Challenge

Here's their sketch this week

And Colour Throwdown's challenge was to use these colours :

And here's my take :

Well, have a great weekend, I'm off to spend the day with my niece. Her and my daughter or watching t.v. and getting restless so gotta run!!