Friday, August 13, 2010

Serendipity!

Serendipity is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as "the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for." Sometimes in cardmaking or scrapbooking, the best projects are a result of serendipity. I'm sure that it's actually true in most creative circles! Today's posts are exactly that-results of serendipity!


I was making a card for my uncle for his birthday. I found a card in one of my idea books that I liked. As I started working on it, I thought, "wow! I'm going to make this into a birthday card/mini-album!" Obviously, I did not make it in pink for him! His was blue, red, & tan. Of course, I forgot to take pictures before I sent it!!



This card is for sale!
Price: USD $10





If you'd like to purchase a card like this with a different theme, please email me: charisma@catlover.com.


In another moment of serendipity, I created this adorable baby card that I just adore!! My ultimate goal was to use this patterned paper that I got from a friend. It was a single piece & I didn't really have anything that coordinated with it. As I was looking at the paper, I remembered that on the Cricut cartridge Paper Dolls for Everyday, there was an engineer. And, his extras are a train. A circus train, to be exact! How awesome is that!



So, I started designing (with my Gypsy). As I was preparing to cut the animals, I was trying to figure out what papers I was going to use to cut the layers of the animals. It suddenly occurred to me that I should try cutting the animals out of white & color them using my Copic markers (my newest technique I love to use)! So, off I went. And, I must say, I was very pleased with how they turned out!


I also decided that I wanted the train to be up off the card itself. So, I decided to 3D it! Then, I decided that the elephant's belly needed to be puffy! The pictures really don't do it justice but they were the best I could do!

This card is for sale!
Price: USD $10






If you'd like to purchase a card like this with a different theme, please email me: charisma@catlover.com

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Done With My Sabbatical!!

Well, it was wasn't REALLY a sabbatical. More of a "I-couldn't-get-blogger-to-work" thing. I finally figured out that it just doesn't work on my PC but it's all good on my Mac. Hmmm...

Anyway, without further a-do, here is some of my recent work. Both layouts & cards. I will try to start posting more often now that I know it does work on the Mac!!












I will post some more later this week! Keep watching!!