CAS-ual Fridays: Color Blocks

Hi everyone,

Happy Monday.  I'm here today with a card challenge entry.  I'm really happy today because I found out I was one of the contenders for the last CAS-ual Friday competition.  Although I didn't win, I am still happy that my card was recognized.

Today I have my card for the next challenge which is all about color blocks.

Since Valentine's Day is around the corner, I thought I'd create a card for my dear Mr C.  I stamped speech bubbles onto vellum and then embossed it with white embossing powder.  To bring in the color, I used different shades of pink/red with my Spectrum Noirs.  I wanted to add a bit of glam to the card so I used some gold dots to finish off the card.  The stamp set is from Studio Calico.  I hope my dh loves the card.  He truly supports and encourages me in all my crafty endeavors.

Cheers,

Janet

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!

Today I'm here with a card post for CAS-ual Friday's Challenge.  I thought the challenge was a perfect way to ring in 2014.  The challenge is to create a card based on a word that you hope for the new year. My immediate thought was "happy".  To become more happy I have to try to become more optimistic and healthy for the new year.  I also wish that everyone around me will also be happy and healthy.

This is the card I created.  I wanted it to be super bright with a burst of sunshine and stars.  I made a little banner and stamped it using my distressed inks. 

HAPPY new year!

Cheers,
Janet

Merry Christmas!

Hello all,

Just wanted to pop by to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year  :)  Thank you for all the wonderful support throughout the year.

- Janet

Needle Felted Bear

Hi everyone!

Brr, it's chilly here lately.  How is the weather in your part of the world? Today I have a furry friend to share with you! I've always wanted to create a teddy bear out of wool and I finally did it.  After some trial and error I've come up with this little grey sweetie. 

Drum roll please..... here's Mr Bear! I'm hoping to personalize these little friends soon with my alphabet die set (it's still in the mail... boo :P).  I've been trying to put in more effort into Dear Janet Creations so please stay tuned for new and exciting projects.

 

Mr Bear will be in my Etsy shop on Friday, so please check it out!

Take care,

Janet

 

A Heart Felt Handmade card

Hi everyone,

I can hardly believe it's Thursday.  Just one more day until the weekend.  Hang in there. 

Lately I've been trying to come up with new design ideas.  I've been splitting my time between needle felting and card making, so I had always wanted to incorporate the two.  Yesterday, my Mr C suggested I make a card with a felt heart.  Genius! Why didn't I think of that earlier?

This is the finished product :) a heart felt card for someone special.  I absolutely adore it. 

Like what you see? Check it out in my Etsy. 

10 Minute Craft Dash #31

Hi everyone,

I can't believe it's December already.  It's below zero today in Washington, so it's chilly (burrrr).  Not as cold as Toronto, but cold enough to bring out the puffy Eddie Bauer jacket. 

Today I have a card that I created for the 10 Minute Craft Dash on Pretty Pink Posh!  The theme colors are light yellow, bright red, and green.

http://prettypinkposh.com/2013/12/10-minute-craft-dash-31.html

It's my first timed challenge and I must admit it was pretty challenging!  When I hit start on my timer, I realized too soon I was very disorganized.  I wasted precious time wondering... where's my tape?! Where's my ruler...aacck.

Here's what I came up with.  I finished with 25 seconds to spare.  The card was finished in 9 minutes and 35 seconds.  I cut out circles to replicate ornaments and I stamped circles with my trusty "Lots of Dots" stamp set from SSS.  I tried to recreate bokeh of light, but didn't have enough time to make it what I had wanted.  Overall I'm pretty happy :)  I have another Christmas card to add to the collection. 

Cheers and stay warm!

Janet

CAS(E) Sketch #55

Hi everyone,

Thanks for joining me for this week's CAS(E) sketch.  I just love these card contests because they help me get out of my comfort zone.  Here is my take on the CAS(E) sketch this week:

http://casethissketch.blogspot.com/

Here's my card!  

 My card was inspired from the sentiment "I love you to the moon and back" from the "Miss you so much" Studio Calico stamp set.  From there I decided to use my distressed inks to make a starry night background.  I added some water to make it look like water colors.  I think it came out pretty well.  The dark to light purple color is supposed to mimic the bars found on the challenge template.  Next, I added a gold embossed moon and some wooden Studio Calico stars as my embellishments. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you were inspired :)

Cheers,

 Janet