Pretty Sassy & OTWC Guest Design News!

I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend! I've got so much news to share in the next couple of days. One bit of news that I can share today is that Kim Wilson at Off The Wall Craftiness has chosen me to be one of her Guest Designers. Thanks so much Kim! I can't wait to design for OTWC. You can read about her New Guest Designers HERE.

And here's a card that I made for the fun Inspiration Challenge going on over at OTWC this week.

Here's the inspiration photo. I love the pretty color combo.



I'm making cards for birthdays and this one I plan on giving to one of my co-workers. She loves shopping and has the most beautiful purses and bags that you will ever see. When I saw these cute purse embellies I knew it would be perfect for her card.

 It was cool and overcast today.

Hopefully I can get better photos tomorrow.

 

 Card Recipe:

Cardstock: Bazzill: Avalance; Chipboard: ColorBok; Flowers: Martha Stewart; Patterned Paper: Basic Grey - Urban Prarie "Hayloft"; Pink Scallops: from My Mind's Eye - Abbey Road - Whirlybird "Blossom" Growing Garden; Purse Embellishments - K & Company Amy Butler Grand Adhesions Sola Purses

Live With Gratitude & Thanksgiving!



With Thanksgiving fast approaching I am making some cards to give to several friends to "Thank Them" for all of their love and suppport that they have given to my life this past year. Here is one of the cards that I made.

I am also taking the time to thank God for his many blessings that he has given me. I am definately in a Thanksgiving kind of mood. It's my favorite holiday.

I drew inspiration for this card from several fun places on the web this week. Paper Issues is putting the spotlight on Thanksgiving so I linked up there to join in on the fun.

Also, the City Crafter Challenge blog is hosting a "Thank You" Challenge and Off The Wall Craftiness has this beautiful picture inspiration.


The Play Date Cafe is also playing with these beautiful colors.



I love to do pleating on cards now after I tried it a couple of weeks ago. Here's a close-up shot of my pleats for this one! I used some cute Teresa Collins paper to make them.

I also added an oversized tag and jewel.

I also love the Gratitude sentiment which is also from Teresa Collins - Giving Thanks collection.

I'm putting this scripture inside the card along with a poem. Here's the scripture - "Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving. Sing praises to our God...." - (Psalm 147:7)

And here is the Thanksgiving poem for special friends:

Thanksgiving is a time

For reviewing what we treasure,

The people we hold dear,

Who give us so much pleasure.

Without you as my friend,

Life would be a bore;

Having you in my life

Is what I’m thankful for.

By - Joanna Fuchs

What are you thankful for this year?

Reason to Celebrate!

Last week was really busy for me. I helped run a back to school camp plus I've been running around buying stuff to decorate my classroom this year. The busy school time has begun for us here in Texas.

After getting caught up on my emails and blog hopping I found some time to create a new card. I'm calling this one "Reason to Celebrate". 

I'm entering this into TWO fun challenges going on this week at Off the Wall Craftiness and over at Wee Memories.

For the first challenge, I used the yummy color combination at Off the Wall Craftiness.

Secondly, Wee Memories has a buttons, brads, or bling challenge going on. There's a lot of BLING and Shiny Embellies on my card so I had to enter it there too. Here's a close-up picture. I love the glitter embossed purple paper. I also love that the champagne glass has the words "Cheers" written on it. I also added blue shiny bling alongside of the champagne glass to dress it up a bit.

There is more blingy glitter around the chipboard sentiment. 

Love this shade of blue. And of course I added some ribbon to match. 

I'm headed back to my craft room to create another card. Stay tuned!!!

Entered in the following challenge:

♥ Off The Wall Craftiness - Inspiration Challenge #20
♥  Wee Memories - #18 Buttons, Brads, & Bling

Card Recipe:

Glitter embossed patterned paper - Bo Bunny, Cardstock - Stampin Up!, Chipboard Embellishments - Me & My Big Ideas, Blue Bling Embellishments - Martha Stewart Crafts, Ribbon - Celebrate It!

Enjoy Your Weekend!

Angi