seize the sketch #9

greetings!
found a few minutes amid the holiday craziness to sit and play along with this yummy sketch #9 from
seize the sketch

I flipped the elements on my card, but remained pretty close to the sketch!

I used Heidi Swapp papers and a Craft's Meow stamp (Season's Greetings, designed by my oh-so-talented friend, Nina Brackett!!)
This was a fun one, thanks for the inspiration!!
Back to the holiday hustle & bustle!!
thanks for stopping by!!
xoxo
rae

Moxie Fab Thanks! - Blog Hop for Cath

Hello, and welcome!

If you are following along in order of the hop, you have arrived from the darling and oh-so-talented Amy Tsuruta's blog

I am thrilled to be the next stop on the Moxie Fab Thanks blog hop!!
It is incredible that 285 card makers from across the globe have come together to share their appreciation of the MOXIE FABULOUS Cath Edvalson, Trends Editor for Paper Crafts Magazine. We all just learned that she will no longer hold that position, and to say that it came as a huge surprise is an understatement. The Moxie Fab World and Cath will always be inseparable in my mind; they both will be sorely missed.
I have a few words of thanks for Cath...

I have long been a fan of Cath's Moxie Fab World challenges, and to say that they (and she!!) will be missed is an understatement. While my participation may have waned over the past few years (darn full-time job taking away my crafty time), I read the Moxie Fab blog regularly and am always inspired by everything that Cath posts. I truly credit Cath and the Moxie Fab World with teaching me myriad things about my paper crafting hobby.

Cath/MFW really taught me to step outside of the box when it came to color challenges. When looking at the colors in a color challenge, I often thought, "Really?".... but was encouraged to give it a try, and in the end was always pleasantly surprised by the final result.

Tuesday Trigger challenges were always a favorite. Although I normally took what I thought was a very literal interpretation of the challenge, I greatly enjoyed pulling colors and textures from the inspiration photo and interpreting them via various elements on a card. 

Trends. Trends. Trends. Cath taught and inspired me with her trend watching ... from sharing products from the floor of the National Stationery Trade Shows, to highlighting hot new products from the floors of CHA.... from sharing the pages of fashion and home decor catalogs, to spotlighting trendy mages from Pinterest and all over the web... I will be forever grateful for this education and learning how to look at print/ads/the world around me with a creative eye.

For all of this, I am very thankful. And Cath, I send you my sincere thanks...

Thank you for your inspiration, encouragement and developing this amazing community of paper crafters that I am honored to be hopping with today.

I am extremely grateful to have had the pleasure of meeting you at CHA-Chicago several moons ago;

 it was an honor to have made your acquaintance. Cath, you will surely be missed.

I compiled a "MOXIE FAB FLASHBACK" of all of the cards that I created for Moxie Fab challenges over the past five years. I really enjoyed looking back at all of the challenges, hope you enjoy!

Here is my first Moxie Fab World challenge card, way back in 2008 (wow, that was a LONG time ago!!)....

Thanks/Gratitude/Thanksgiving card in a purple/orange color scheme

To my last MFW challenge card from just last week:

Enthralled with Fall

And all of the cards in between....

It's all green to me

 Wood You? challenge

 Luminous Layers

 Light Bright

 Not Your Regular Ruffles challenge

 Perty and Flirty

 Sweet Christmas

 Turquoise and Gold challenge

 Pyrex Effect

Yellow and Gray challenge

 Taintor-tude challenge

 Double Fun

 Bicycle challenge

 Lovely as a rose

Thank you Cath, thank you paper crafting friends, thank you fellow blog hoppers for this AMAZING celebration of one very MOXIE FAB chick... Cath you ROCK!!
Next stop on the Moxie Fab Thanks blog hop is the blog of super cute and super talented

Erin Lee Schreiner

Here is a complete list of the members of the Moxie Fab Thanks blog hop... can't wait to hop around!! Enjoy!!

Believe in Pink - MFT sketch 147

Couldn't resist making a card based on this great sketch from My Favorite Things 

Here is my interpretation: 

The 'Believe in Pink' stamp is from My Favorite Things set 'Clearly Sentimental about Audrey Hepburn' - love this set!! I spritzed a doily with Heidi Swapp Color Shine (Primrose), and individually placed the circle of little pearls. The ribbon is a sticker from MAMBI. I love how this card turned out!

Thanks for the great sketch MFT!!

And thank YOU for stopping by ;)

xoxo

rae

Enthralled with fall - Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger

I don't know about you, but I am a HUGE fan of fall. When I saw this gorgeous trigger photo 

I knew I had to play along with this challenge in Moxie Fab World: 

http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2013/10/tuesday-trigger-enthralled-with-fall.html?m=1

Here is my take:

I chose papers by My Mind's Eye that evoke the colors of the leaves and the  brown circle die cut represents the gorgeous wooden bowl.

Such a fun challenge to tackle on a beautiful fall day!

Thanks for stopping by!!

xoxo rae

World Card Making Day 2013 - SCT-123

A holiday just for us card makers... how sweet is that?
Hope your WCMD was full of paper crafting fun... mine sure was!!
I worked on some cards for a publication call, and participated in a challenge too :)

Scrapbook and Cards Today had a oodles of great card ideas posted by their designers, tons of great sketches, and a fun card challenge -
Gather together some Stickers, Chipboard and Twine, along with 1 envelope, 2 pieces of cardstock, and 3 pieces of patterned paper to create a beautiful “thank you” card to send to someone who always gives you the lift you need…when you need it! We all have those great friends in our lives so now is the time to tell them how much you appreciate them! 

Inspired by this challenge, I gathered up my supplies and created this beauty...

 

I love how bright and cheery this card turned out, and know just the person that I am going to give it to!! 
I definitely miss playing along with challenges, and hope to participate in more in the near future!!

Thanks for stopping by!!
xoxo
rae

friends like you

... are far and few

Greetings friends! Back today to share a card that I made based on My Favorite Things sketch #142. I LOVE my new "Grand Greetings" set by Lisa Johnson, which is what I used here.

I love how this one turned out!! Other products used were: papers from Authentique's "Summer" paper pad, Tim Holtz alpha stickers, Heidi Swapp heart, EK Success border punch, and some Clearsnap chalk ink.

Thanks for stopping by!! :)
have a fabulous day!!
rae

my Spellbinders design team competition experience

hello friends!
long time no see, sorry about that.

Today I have some fun projects to share with you.
As you may, or may not, be aware, I decided to try out for the Spellbinders 2013 Design Team competition. to my surprise, I made it through Round 1, Round 2, and the final round!
Unfortunately, yesterday rather than a congratulatory phone call, I received an email informing me that I was not one of the eight chosen for the new team. And I'm okay with that. I truly believe that things happen for a reason, and apparently my time and talent is needed elsewhere.

I am excited to share the projects that I made throughout the competition, so here we go:

For my initial entry, I designed a card and matching envelope.

For the second round, we were asked to create an altered project and provide a hands only video tutorial on how that project was made:

I decided to create a magnetic chalkboard message center. If you are interested in seeing the video on how I created the project, you can see it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYBumYy6cs8

And for the Final Round, we were sent two sets of Spellbinders dies and asked to create a scrapbook page incorporating said dies.

I think you know me well enough to know that I am *NOT* a scrapbooker. 

I am, however, happy to report that I am proud of my VERY FIRST scrapbook page.

Yes, VERY FIRST page. I ordered Instagram prints from my daughter's (large) collection of Instagram selfies!

 

 And since I do not plan on creating any more scrapbook pages, this page will be going in a 12 x 12 frame and hung in my daughter's room as a decoration (she really likes it!).

So, that's that. I am thrilled to have been asked to continue on throughout the entire competition, and I am looking forward to seeing where my paper crafting journey will take me next! :)

thanks so much for stopping by today!!

xoxo

rae