All Things Analyn

The top card was inspired by the colors of Glenda's weekly challenge but in my mind I wanted it to turn out much differently. The challenge was to use this picture for an inspiration: I've always want to see Cirque du Soleil, the closest I've come to it was walking by the theater in Vegas. *frowns* One day. My attempt to create a card with flying trapeze and strong men didn't turn out so well. Oh well...maybe I'll tweek it more and it'll work on something else. Since the picture also promoted Mother's day I added a Mother's day card.

The best card i ever made: saltbox studio - celebration saying hi, friend it "pops" out this is the best card i ever made i gave it to someone very special Romi I. <3 This week was not to use patterned paper and I almost used it! As I was about to adhere the pattern paper, I remembered! So I hope that the stamps doesn't count. ;) *wink* This card is a new technique card I learned from Hero Arts , I believe it was from Jennifer Mcguire. I wanted to add a link but I can't find it now. Sorry! If I find it I'll up date this entry. recipe: stamps: A Muse: essential oval set, oval frames, flower branch and saltbox celebration sayings. Notecard: A Muse chiffon green. Paper: DCWV latte matstack. The first technique cards are usually the hardest but as I make more I know it will be much simpler. Especially since I forgot to add the part where you pull to make the card "pop out."

This week Glenda's challenge is special because it comes with blog candy! Help her celebrate her 20th challenge by participating in her weekly challenge. She's posted the prize so get your creative juices flowing and you'll have a chance at the yummy winnings! This week she asked to create a card in 20 minutes. I honestly thought that it was fairly easy, until I started and realized that the most time consuming part of making a card is coming up with the idea of the card! I knew I wanted to use Kraft paper for the first time but when I inked up my stamp onto the paper, I didn't like how it turned out. So Plan B- Think Simple, Think A Muse. A Muse stamps, flower branch, pretty paper, kraft and hello sentiment.

Here's my card for Glenda's weekly challeng e. This week was to use scraps. This was a fairly easy since I have tons of scraps! The only thing is new is the stamps, newly inked. Does that count? I hope so. Glenda, thanks for this challenge because I got a chance to clean and purge my scrap box! It needs more organizing but I got it down to three scrap boxes: large scraps, medium, and small-but-usable scraps. There were a lot of white card stock pieces that I could now use instead of using a new full sheet! A Muse: stamps: three cups, what's brewing, other: twinkle stars, paper: vintage red, card base: wausau classic cardstock.

This week, Glenda asked us to create a card with a tool that we rarely use. I don't have many tools so they are used quite often. The one thing that I do have is my double square hole puncher. I used it to make a neater knot (I was attempting a bow, but bows don't like me very much...I'll blame it on the ribbon). Aloha and have a great week! Tomorrow is Monday, that means a new challenge! It's the only thing I look forward to on Mondays...

This week Glenda's challenge was to make a " monochromatic card with your least favourite colour" the only color I could think of was black. It's rare that I make a black card but now I'm beginning to think that black is okay. In the second card, I could not resist but to add a litte red to it. I couldn't think of a sentiment that goes along with the little guy and I thought "what do you say when you're in a tough spot?" *lightbulb goes on* "oh, it's just ducky!" What will Glenda think of next week?

Glenda's weekly random amusing challenge was to use "ribbon, hardware and punches." I love the ducky and the sentiment "just ducky" so I couldn't resist making this one. It ws fun stamping the images but I almost forgot to use punches. oops! Great recovery though...with the flower punch. The ribbons match the shadows, using MS pastel inks. There's also star dust stickles in the circles. :) I also spent most of my Saturday morning browsing through free blog backgrounds. I found this one from Aqua Poppy Designs. There's tons of free backgrounds to use and it's really easy! Check it out!

Glenda has Random Amusing Challenges posted on her blog every Monday and I'm excited to play for the first time! This challenge was to think of warm thoughts and make a card with flowers, so living in San Diego, most days in the winter is quite warm compared to snowy cities elsewhere. The Thinking of You sentiment is perfect because I'm sending warm thoughts to my all my friends! The only thing missing that I wanted to add to it is a pink ribbon across the the page where the flowers are. Recipe: A muse clear stamp (simple wishes), friskars flower punch, and pink twinkle star.