Summer is on the way...

Hello all of my crafty friends.

I was purusing around blog-land this morning and decided to sit at my craft table to create a few cards of my own.

I colored this image the other day while waiting for one of my husbands specialist appointments. (The doctor was over 2 hours late...) Having been through this before I came preparred with a bunch if copic markers and some prestamped images and made good use of my time. In total we spent 4 hours at the doctors so needless to say, I colored a BUNCH of cute images.

This card was created using the colors at : Color Q

Love this little sweety from Lily of the Valley.

And nothing says summer like picking dandilion and watching them blow in the wind.

That's why I feel this card fits into the Summer challenge at : Paper Romance.

This card also qualifies for the following challenges :

The recipe challenge at : Crazy 4 Challenges

3 - patterned papers

2 - flowers

1 - button

Our Creative Corner - floss (on the button)

Stamp Something - wings

Just Add Ink - flowers

I know I used alot of challenges, they all just seemed to work together.

I hope you like and have a good day!!

~Alexis



Paper Flowers

Happy Monday Everyone,

I just popped in to show you a quick card that I created using the Card Patterns sketch.

Here is my take :

I love the unique combo of light green and peach.

I am also entering this for the paper flower challenge at Paper Romance

I tried my hand at creating my own rolled flowers. I love that they are so small and the paper coordinates with the other patterned paper that I used.

Well, I hope you like.

Have a great day!!

~Alexis



LOVE

Hello Everyone,

Hope you are enjoying your Sunday. I just wanted to pop in and share a card that I made for a few challenges. I create it using the sketch from The Sweet Stop.

It's a sketch with a SPIN. The spin this time is "winged things". I went with this adorable winged fairy. This is the first time I've used her on a card. I think she's pretty cute. What do you think?

And I was trying to find a new blade for my paper trimmer and found the crochet flower in a random pocket in my scrapbook bag so I thought it would be perfect for this card.

Love it!!

I am also submitting it for the current challenge at Paper Sundaes : texture.

I decided to add texture with the crochet flower and the rain drop flowers.

Okay, well I'm off to finish my tea and then I'm off to step class. Aggg. But excersize is important and I always feel better once it's done.

Have a good day. Take some time for yourself!!

~Alexis

Easter Goodness

Happy Saturday!!

I had a pretty uneventful day day. Just the way I like it after a LONG week at work. When I was doing my morning blog hopping I found some surprising news. I was one of the TOP 3 at :
 The Sweet Stop.
Yeah!! That was a great way to start off my morning. Thank-you ladies.

Once I actually got my day started, I went grocery shopping and stopped by my LSS and picked up a few new goodies. They have a new gift wrapping section and I was inspired to create a pretty package for my niece for Easter. Here are the results.

I made this adorable 4 pack mini milk carton set. I know my niece will get a kick out of it. Each box is filled with different goodies. And she can use the little milk cartons after in her pretend grocery store.

I used a template that I found online at :

http://www.bellesprintables.com/free-templates-1.html

(great website)

It was super easy. I just printed out the template from my computer, directly on the patterned paper. I then cut and scored it and viola! Easy, peasy.

Here's a little picture of the money that I colored for the tag.

And here's a picture of the wrapped package, all ready to go!!

I am entering this for the following challenges :

Delightful Sketches : Easter

OCC : 3D Easter project

Crazy 4 Challenges : 3D Easter project

I hope you like this project and I better run and create a few more packages for my other niece, my daughter and my nefew. Have a good day. Thanks for taking a look.

~Alexis

A Little Easter Inspiration

Hello Everyone,

I was just scrolling through some old photos and stumbled across a great idea that I wanted to share.

I originally posted about this last year :

http://beinspiredbyalexis.blogspot.com/2010/04/i-know-i-know-its-been-awhile.html

It's the cutest idea for an Easter project.

MINI JELLYBEAN CARROTS

I think I may revisit this one again this year.

The Easter carrots were a big hit last year and they are so easy.

Well, I hope you like my little inspiration!!

Have a good day!!

~Alexis

Happy Birthday

I have a really quick post for you this morning. I am on my way out the door for work but I wanted to get this card posted before I left.

I made this card using the sketch from Card Patterns.

I love that I found a way to put red and green together and it not be Christmasy.

What do you think? Is it Christmasy?

For the cupcake I used Liquid Applique and a heat gun.

(A must have for dimension - and it's so fun to watch it rize)

Okay well, I really should run but I hope everyone has a great day!!



Bella Challenge

It's been a long time since I have participated in one of my favourite challenges.

I LOVE Bella Stamps.

They are some of the cutest out there.

This week, the challenge was a sketch :

I decided on this little cutie from the Ketto line :

I love the way this turned out. It's so yummy. And the butterflies are velvet. Mmmm, velvet.

Well, I hope you like. Chow for now!!

~Alexis