Are you ready to ring in the New Year tonight?? I have a lot of crafting to do before counting down to 2011, but I wanted to share a few things first. I have been busy making more birthday cards, this time for my Grandma's Birthday Calendar - thankfully we decided to celebrate Christmas on January 2nd with my mom's side which gave me more time to get her book in order and filled with cards! Here are just a couple that I have made. (I can't wait until I can take pictures outside again, it's so hard to get good lighting in my house.)
When I get bored with birthday cards, I switch to quilting. Here's a shot off all the fabric cut into strips just waiting to be stitched together. From the blue print to the first set of thin brown strips will be one quilt and from the green print to the second set of thin brown strips will be the other.
Yesterday, I managed to sew all the strips for one quilt together and get them cut into squares!! And even though it was late, I couldn't resist laying the squares out to see if I actually liked the fabrics we picked. Good News: I do!!
The agenda for today includes more birthday cards and a few anniversary ones as well and sewing the strips for the second quilt! Sometime this afternoon we will be heading down to some friends house to welcome 2011! I even bought myself a bottle of sparkling grape juice for the celebration!
Have a wonderful, safe and happy New Year's Eve! Thanks for stopping by!
~Anika
A Birthday card using Color Couture that I made for my best friend last month.
I LOVE this color scheme! And I finally got to add some ruffly ribbon to a card!
I am loving this polka dot stamp from the Round and Round set! (Go figure!)
I used Star Prints and A Little Argyle on the card. The ink is True Black and Enchanted Evening, and Peeled Paint and Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks. Cardstock is Stampers Select White and New Leaf.
I used Damask Designs and Asian Fusion stamps, Pure Poppy Ink, Stampers Select White and Pure Poppy Cardstock. The die cut was cut with my Cricut.
No stamping on this one! I ran the Dotty Biscotti paper through my Cuttlebug with the Giga Guidelines Impression Plate. Then I cut an embellishment from Color Couture Volume 3 and put it all on a Stampers Select White card base.
I used some Pretty Pastels paper on this card along with Stampers Select White and Melon Berry. I used the small Scallop Die for the strip on the left. The stamps are from Scattered Showers and Fancy Flourishes and are stamped in Dark Chocolate and Antique Linen Distress Ink. To finish it off I tied some white floss around the mat layer. 
I was able to use my Fiskars Circle Cutter to cut out both circles since I was able to cover up the 'uneven spot' with that big button - every time I try to cut a circle, no matter how careful I am, the cutter moves just enough to make a notch at the end of the circle. I really need some Nesties so I can avoid this!
The only requirement is to somehow incorporate each of the 3 seeds she has listed. I love crystals and flower stamps, but rarely use yellow. I enjoyed working with my Lemon Tart cardstock though!
I stamped the small flower from Year of Flowers: Violets in Versamark Ink then embossed with with American Crafts ZING! Clear embossing powder. 
I stamped the big violet onto some Pretty Pastels PP and the leaves onto Bitty Box PP in Spring Moss using Dark Chocolate ink. Then added three Gems (purchased at Archiver's) to the center of the flower.