On the Road

My job takes me away from home periodically. It's a good month when I have fewer than 5 days of travel. A great month when I don't travel at all! The last time that happened was November '07. I am crossing my fingers for a good month in April.

This week, I was in Fishkill, NY, for 3 nights. Knowing I would be in one place for sequential nights, I brought some cardmaking supplies with me on this trip and made 5 cards last night.

Woo hoo!!

For this first one, I was inspired by the gears Quickutz die sitting in the binder having yet to be used. It just so happened, too, that I had a 3"x3" silver cardstock leftover piece in my bag 'o goodies to cut out the gears. Yeah me!

I stamped the background with a Stampin' Up background image. The coordinating-color circles are also QK dies, stamped on using the QK Sophisticate stamp set and heat embossed using SU powders. The ribbon finished the card off nicely, I think.

This awesome double-sided cardstock was just begging to be made into a card. It was the scraps I had available and, again, the QK Sophisticate stamp set that inspired the theme of the card. I used copper archival ink and clear heat embossing powder for the phrase. The prima flowers and pewter stickles set it off just right.

Do the scissors look familiar. I used a scrap piece from the card directly above to cut these scissors from a QK die. These trips from home actually force me to use the scraps I am reluctant to use at home. I took larger scrap pieces from other projects and tilted them until they each touched the edges of the larger layer behind. The vellum piece is held onto the orange polka dot piece with copper-color brads.

The same copper-colored paper used as a layer in the card above is used here again for the two phrase pieces. The font? What else but QK Sophisticate?!

The butterfly is a SU image from a whimsy-named stamp set and heat embossed in brown. The top wings on the butterfly are popped up from the card. The ribbon is knotted and threaded underneath the butterfly. I just love the knotting look to the ribbon. I have used this with the scissors on two scrapbook-themed pages I've created. (Perhaps I should post those some day.)

From a clear stamp set a bought ages ago, I used VersaMark to stamp this little butterfly - oh so subtle - on the two phrase pieces.

I purposely brought these two SU stamp sets to create this card I have been creating in my head for some time. The green paper has this great texture - looks like grass. I found it as this great art supply store someone introduced me to in West Hartford, CT.

Finally, I used the "thanks" card template from the previous posting to create this more colorful version. A couple of differences: I used Prima flowers and stickles instead of a ribbon and the border across the bottom was replaced with QK flourish stamp images.

I actually feel fairly accomplished with these creations. The irony is, though, that with all the travelling this week, I will probably be too tired to create anything this weekend.

I am still working on the next music and scrapbook page posting. Until then, you should definitely check out my mom's new creations posted on etsy!!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=10008686

Until then, take care and happy creating!