Quick Spirit of Christmas card

Have you ever found a challenge that you just had to do?  Card Maker magazine has a new challenge this week: 

“We’ve all been there. You forgot a birthday, anniversary or other occasion, and you need a quick card. When trying to make a last-minute card, my problem is always narrowing down what materials to use. So, follow this recipe to get it done quickly: 1 cardstock sheet, 1 patterned paper, 3 ribbons or washi tape, 1 sentiment and 1 button.”

This challenge really peaked my interest.  It was a challenge filled with sub challenges: last minute, limited materials, a card subject you usually forget or need a quick card and there was no mention of using dies- which is a challenge for me.  Immediately I thought of Christmas...again.  That's right, my New Year's Resolution of not making last minute Christmas cards will be met this year.

Ok.  The challenge was on.  I grabbed white card stock, scooped up one of my fave Quietfire Christmas sentiment stamps and rapidly grabbed a sheet of sei's Silicon Valley patterned paper.  If I was really rushed then I would need a sketch to follow...MOJO Monday!  

I cut, I stamped, I embossed, added a lace ribbon, made a double bow, glued on a button.  Voila!  Quick Christmas card.  Whew!  That was a good test.  It feels like there should have been a long beep following the completion of the card:

'This has been a test of the emergency card making system.  If this had been an actual Christmas card making emergency it would have been followed by frantic photos, the removal of glue stuck on fingers and tape stuck in hair.  This concludes this test of the emergency card making system.'

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a good day.
Hugs,
Kathy Jo

This card is entered into the following challenges:
CardMaker, Last minute card
MOJO Monday, Sketch
Fantastic Tuesday, AG
Word Art Wednesday, AG
Loves Rubber Stamps, AG
Crafty Sentiments, AG
Sweet Stamps, AG
CDD, AG
Crafts Galore Encore, AG
Sisters of Craft, AG
Crafting from the Heart, AG
613 Avenue Create, AG

Bird Birthday Card

Happy Saturday!

It has been a few days since my last post.  In that time I have made four birthday cards and finishing up a fifth today.  A busy birthday card making week!

The first card made was for my friend Janice.  Her and I frequent crafty stores together so I decided to use paper we had both purchased on one of our shopping trips: sei Field Notes.  I also wanted to go with a bright, summery theme so the paper was a perfect fit. The bird image was taken from the paper and used as the main focus of the card front.  Yellow card stock paper was cut using Spellbinders Timeless Rectangle.  Vellum paper was embossed with a Cuttlebug folder.  I tied green twine around the front and added a Recollections flower embellishment.

The inside also contains the embossed vellum.  The sentiments "Friends fill you heart with joy, your soul with sunshine, and your heart with love" (TPC Studio set Card Crafting Hello) and "Birthday Wishes" (JustRite).

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Saturday!

This card is entered in the following challenges:
Allsorts, Feathers
Seize the Birthday, AG
TTCRD, AG
Shopping our Stash, Anything Summer