Have A Blast Appu!

Here is a birthday card that was sent out before I had a chance to take a picture of it with my camera.  My kids took this picture with my phone, so the quality is not so good.  :(

This card was heavily influenced by my two kids (Sumitra and Ajay) along with the help of their cousins (Priya and Neena).  It was for their grandfather's birthday and they wanted it to be a fun card...not sure if they just didn't trust my idea of a fun card or they just really wanted to help since it was for their Appu!  :)

With the exception of the red cardstock, everything is from the Rocket Age Collection from October Afternoon. 

Celebrate - It's Your Day!

Here is a birthday card that I made using this week's Card Patterns Sketch 129.  September is a busy month for me with lots of birthdays and anniversaries, so using challenge sketches is a stress free way for me to create and still have fun in the process!  :)

DP is from My Mind's Eye, Lime Twist (Fly A Kite collection) and sentiment is from Jillibean Soup, Birthday Party stamp set.

Here is a picture of the sketch:

Biker's Birthday Card

This is a birthday card that I made for my husband's boss who is a biker.  Masculine cards are not my favorite cards to make but I was pretty happy with the way this turned out.  

DP is from Simple Stories Destination Collection and stamp is from Hero Arts, Bicycles.  I colored the bicycle handles and added black pearls to the hubs on the wheels.  I also distressed the papers for that rugged masculine look!  :)

BBQ Birthday Card

This is a card that I made for my brother's birthday.  He loves to cook and BBQ so I thought this DP from DCWV, The Guy Stack would be great for him.  I used this week's Clean & Simple Stamping sketch 152 for this card.

I was very tempted to add something else to this card, as I thought it was very simple, but then decided to stay true to the sketch.  DP is embossed with a glossy finish so I cut an extra BBQ grill out and popped it up on top of the original to add some dimension to the card. 

Here is a photo of the sketch:

Happy Birthday Babe!

Happy Birthday to my darling husband!  My kids and I are so richly blessed and lucky to have him in our lives!  Here is the easel card that I made for his birthday!

I used the square sketch from this week's Mojo Monday 201 Challenge to make the top part of my easel card.

This is a side view of the card standing up! 

This is what the card looks like when it's closed.  Patterned papers are from October Afternoon's Schoolhouse collection, heart tag is from Making Memories.  

Here is the sketch from Mojo Monday:

My kids wanted to make their own cards this year and they were so proud of their work that they insisted I post them to my blog....so here they are:

Soccer card made by my son who loves to play soccer and it happens to be one of my husband's favorite sport.

Fun card made by my daughter...this truly reflects her fun and happy personality!

Dino card made by my son...he was in a "let's play around with mommy's tools" mood, so he made a second card.

More Awards!

I received two more blog awards which I have yet to pass on...I am so horrible at picking them up.  You ladies are amazing and you sure know how to brighten my day!  :)

Thank you Ashley for passing on The Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award to me!  Please take the time to visit her blog for some very fun and creative inspiration!

I also received the Best Friend Blogger Award from Dr. Sonia S V.   Thank you so much for passing this on to me and for your super sweet comment about my blog!  Please stop by and check out her blog for some very talented inspiration.  You have to check out the flower vase that her adorable daughter made! 

I am passing these awards on to the following talented bloggers. Please take the time to visit their blog for some great inspiration!

Pam - Craftycards4U2

Mallika - Miss not so good with words...
Mary Pat - Siehled With a Kiss

Lisa - Dreaming of Creativity

Gopi - Create Me Pink

Diana - 2Kids, A Hobby and A Clinic

Sue - Crafty Sue

Hope you all have an amazing day!  :)

July Papertrey Blog Hop

It's Blog Hop time over at PTI!  Here is the card that I created to play along with this month's challenge.  I have been using butterflies a lot lately and after my last card I told myself I wouldn't use them for a while.   Well, that was until this morning when I saw PTI's photo inspiration!  So here we go again...

I wanted to keep this card simple so I started out using Card Patterns Sketch 125 but it just wasn't turning out like I expected.  I had very little time to play around with it, so this is what I ended up with.  I also tried to use the colors from the 3 pillows on the right as well as the stripes from the middle pillow...and of course, the butterflies! :)

Here is the photo inspiration from PTI along with the sketch from Card Patterns Sketch 125: