sui generis: adjective

constituting a class alone : unique, peculiar

pronunciation
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Moxie Fab  350 Cards and Gifts Week - Gift Card Holder Challenge
365 Cards - Day 131 Put it in your Pocket
All that Stickles - Cotton Candy Linky party

Inkspirational - Challenge #19

You know, put a pink glittery balloon on a gift bag and I'd be happy. Nope, it doesn't take a lot for me :) Of course, one that holds a gift card makes me a little happier and this one does slip out of the bag for ease of shopping! :)

 I love this background paper, it's a flocked embossed texture that feels so good to run your fingers over.

Added lace to the inside of the bag to emulate tissue paper. I do recommend adding a bit of wax paper into the bag to keep the glue from adhering the bag together. The handle is created the same way from a piece of twine.

The balloon is sitting on a glue dot and I tried to shape the balloon over it to give it a more rounded look. I spread some stickles over the balloon and then outlined with the same color. Filled in with some glossy accents.

Ranger - stickles ( cotton candy ), Glossy Accents

Really Reasonable Ribbon - twine

Making Memories - ribbon

Cricut - Everyday Paper Dolls, p. 43

Maya Roads - envelope
CARDZTV - stamp sentiment
Heidi Grace - paper is old, from 2007..I've been hoarding it that long! lol

fetter: noun

 a chain or shackle for the feet

or

 something that confines : restraint

 

 pronunciation

 

I am looking forward to freeing myself from the fetters of making Mother's Day cards!

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#29 of 30 Mother's Day cards in 30 days

( almost finished, working on the display for them now!! )

 

 

Cricut - Don Juan cartridge, p. 57 ( stitched )

Traveling Typewriter - font

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I always like to add seasonal birthday cards into the regular birthday cards that I sell on a regular basis, so I made this one and am entering it into:

Bitten by the Bug - Egg~ceptional Easter Egg challenge

Cricut - Paisley cartridge, p. 40 (butterfly)
Cricut Craft Room - Easter Seasonal cartridge
 ( to create base card and then card front and base )
Ranger - stickles
Making Memories - rub on sentiment
 

meritirious: adjective

worthy of reward, gratitude, honor, or esteem

pronunciation

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 Moxie Fab World - Card Creations Week

The Speech Bubble Challenge

Card Makin' Mama's - Green

 ( the pattern paper is a lime green but photographed yellowish )

 

#17 of 30 Mother's Day cards in 30 days challenge issued by the Art MoB.

I love speech bubbles, maybe it's because I wanted to be a cartoonist when I was a little girl, but this trend makes me smile!

 

I added Helmar's Liquid Scrapdots under the butterfly wings and used their Gemstone Adhesive  to glue the pearl body on. I also doodled around the outside edge of the base card to emulate the white dots on the speech bubble.

My Mind's Eye - Lime Twist "Happy Go Lucky"

pattern paper, speech bubble, and butterfly

Helmar - Liquid Scrapdots and Gemstone Adhesive

Reminisce - white pen

Making Memories - Diva Shimmer alpha sticker letters

American Traditions Designs - eggplant card stock

 



 

métier: noun

vocation, trade

or

an area of activity in which one excels : forte

pronunciation
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Simon Says Stamp Challenge Says Have A Heart
( stamped my hearts over the drawn and painted hearts )

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Challenge Ever After

( a classic tale, use a quote from a story, or just tell a once upon a time kind of story )

My card is based on the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland...
"Off with your head" if you don't like it! lol

If you like the Queen of Hearts coloring page, you can go to the previous post and grab it, I used it for the Tim Holtz 2013 tag too.

 

 Autumn Leaves - mini hearts and stars stamp
Stazon - ink
Faber Castell - Pitt pen, Aquarelle pencil
Ranger - Distress Markers, Distress Stains
Making Memories - sentiment rub on

I admit I haven't invested in water color paper in ages, but I am loving the techniques using Distress markers with Distress stains and my water color pencils so much, that I am going to have to purchase more.
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I'm having a birthday give away to celebrate getting older...ugh!
But it's always more fun if there are presents involved! right?

♥Go here to enter ♥

 

12 step program: noun



is a set of guiding principles (accepted by members as 'spiritual principles,' based on the approved literature) outlining a course of action for recovery from addiction, compulsion, or other behavioral problems

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I hear there is a 12 step program for just about everything these days and I am beginning to wonder if I need one because I am clearly on my way to becoming a stack-a-holic! lol

 For the DCWV September Template Challenge.

 I used the following DCWV stacks:

A Type of Art Cardstock stack

Stardust stack

Animal Crackers stack

Glitter Stack

and

 Really Reasonable Ribbon

Creative Imaginations chipboard letters

Making Memories velvet brad

 

Here is the sketch for the challenge which I rotated to the right and inverted the flags and journaling space since I couldn't write on the Stardust paper.

 

 

My favorite thing to do is to make embellishments, so I used some of my twigs from the backyard to make these adorable little flags, doodling and stitching around the green one.

The big solid brown ribbon is up cycled from something but for the life of me I cannot remember where I got it. I just re-discovered it recently during a "can't find anything, have to clean my craft room moment"..ever have those? lol All I can say is it had velcro on each end, but haven't a clue as to why.
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