Saturday, September 18, 2010

Birthday Pinwheel

About 4 pm on Friday, I realized I did not have a birthday card on hand for the birthday party we were going to attend on Saturday. Since I have seen some really cute cards with pinwheels over the last few weeks, I decided to try one. This card was so quick to put together and I love the way it turned out.


I wasn't able to get a project for the new Sentimental Sundays challenge finished this week. The new theme is "Weddings" and I would love to see what you create. As always, Ann Vento from Raindrop Echo Designs has created some digi freebies that you can download on the Sentimental Sundays blog this week. I hope I see you over there.
Thank you for looking!
Challenges:

Supplies:

  • Stamps - Celebrate the Occasion from Close To My Heart
  • Inks: Chocolate from Close to My Heart
  • Papers: Cutie Pie DP from Stampin' Up, Kraft CS from PaperTrey
  • Tools: Paper piercing tool, Big Shot, ProvoCraft Swiss Dots embossing folder
  • Embellishments: Stampin' Up So Saffron ribbon , Bazzill Basics White Rick Rack, PaperTrey silk ribbon, Zig chocolate marker, misc. button
  • Techniques: Faux Stitching

54 comments:

~Jeri~ said...

awwww what a great card! love the embossing and that pinwheel is awesome!! Very fun and awesome card!

Thanks for joining us this week at Sew Many Challenges!

Lori Turner said...

Hi Cheryl! Your pinwheel card turned out excellent! I love the swiss dots embossing folder :) Thanks for playing with us at 4 Crafty Chicks!!

Lori - 4 Crafty Chicks DT

Unknown said...

Ohhh...this is really cute! Love the embossing and and the stitching!

Karen B. said...

The pinwheel is fabulous, what a fantastic idea.

chris said...

Love the idea Cheryl, special as always. hugs chris xx

~amy~ said...

gasp! I love this...pinwheels are something that always make me smile...fabbie card!

Alison said...

This is so cute! Love it with the embossing!

Kathy and Lucky said...

This is great, love the pinwheel and the papers are perfect. I always love the dots embossing folder, it is fun and elegant all at the same time. Hope you had fun at that party!

Micah said...

*flail* I LOVE THAT PAPER. I use it all the time lol

Great card, thank you for sharing!

mudmaven said...

This is so cute! I love the colors too. Everything just works so well together - dotted swiss, rick rack and that adorable pinwheel. ~chris

Jaspere said...

Love that pinwheel. Thanks for joining us at the TownScrapper this week.

Asia King (aka Joanna K) said...

Great card Cheryl, I love the pin wheel and the embossing. Very cute, yummy colours, too! x

Robyn Scherzer said...

Love that you put the pinwheel off to the bottom. I tend to center everything!
Nice job.

Unknown said...

I love pin wheels - they are what double sided paper is for!

Maria@Crafty Cre8tions said...

Ooooh, I love the pinwheel!! It' pops off the card perfectly!!!
The ricrack and embossing is terrific too.........I love that you drew the black line around the card too - really works great :)
Maria

Anne Marie Hile said...

I love everything about your card! That pinwheel is so HAPPY! Great colors and the ric rac looks fantastic! :)

Kathy said...

The pinwheel is such a fun embellishment, would be great for kids' cards.

Susan (peebsmama) said...

What a great pinwheel. Makes a fun accent to your card.

Laura (scrapnextras) said...

Oh I just love this! Your design is clean but not without fabulous detail...that pinwheel is awesome!

Pat (mspfd) said...

I love this. Your pinwheel just pops right off the page!

Maria Matter said...

what a sweet card Cheryl!!! love the ric rac & pinwheel!

Isn't it funny how we cardmakers create cards almost daily and still rush to make one right before an event that needs a card! lol I do it ALL the time! lol
You did a brilliant job and I'm sure it was well rec'd!
hugs & blessings!

Lindsay Weirich said...

very cute, love how simple the layout it, nice~!

Pam said...

Love that big beautiful pinwheel - fab card!

Anonymous said...

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I would appreciate if a staff member here at shestamps.blogspot.com could post it.

Thanks,
Peter

kim.mom said...

AWESOME!!! LOVE that pinwheel!!! TFS with us at SMC!!!

Faye said...

Oh this is fabulous. I love the clean, fresh lines, the simplicity and elegance and the gorgeous colours! xx

Tamie said...

Hi Cheryl, your pinwheel card is perfect. Swiss Dots is one of my favorite folders and I just love how you used both ribbons to accent you card. Thanks for playing at 4 Crafty Chicks this week. Just love your birthday card.

Tracey said...

Hi Cheryl, this is a fab card I love pinwheels & yours in a particularly pretty one :)

Hugs
Tracey
xx

Annika said...

Beautiful use of ricrac - and I love the pinwheel, so cute!
Hugs
Annika

Suzi Mac said...

Fabulous pinwheel card Cheryl, I love the Swiss Dots embossing folder, one of my favs. Thank you so much for joining us at Fairy Fun Friday this week with your lovely creation.
Hugs
Suzi x

Unknown said...

Great card - love the colours & the pinwheel is fabby! Thanks for joining the Alphabet Challenge x

1CardCreator said...

Beautiful card Cheryl, I love the pinwheel and the tracing around the border adds so much to this card! I always learn something new here. ~Diane

Anonymous said...

well, it suppose to be in 3D, can I download and watch? will it show normally?

Thebug415 said...

I love that pinwheel! Super cute. Thanks for pulling an old Button from the stash and joining us for the Creative Belli Challenge!

Joan Ervin said...

What a darling pin wheel...it looks sooo cute with the button and the awesome background you created!!!! Thanks for joining us in the Belli challenge!!!!

Betty Wright said...

Cheryl, the layout and design with the layered triple row of ribbon with the texture between is a fabulous look! Then, to add a pop of a pinwheel patterned flower on top just makes for a fabulous card! Lovely design!

Marlene said...

This is gorgeous!! That pinwheel makes this such a fun card. Lovin' it!

Carolina said...

Adorable card.
Thank you for joining the alphabet challenge

Scrap It Girl, Kimberly said...

Love the card.. your pin wheel is sooo much cuter than the one I gave out at the bday party! lol awesome card as always.

Micki said...

oohhh I love it. Been meaning to create some pinwheel bouquets.... love your card.

PS: lol, yeah next time the swat team may be coming to get me, hehehe.

Shelly Schmidt said...

I love this card Chreyl! The pinwheel is awesome and I really like the rick rac. Thanks for joining us at the Creative Belli challenge

Stef H said...

wow cheryl! this is fabulous! that pinwheel is awesome and i love the paper you used! wowza!!!

hugs :)

Tammy said...

Lovely card. Perfect for a birthday.

Anonymous said...

Very pretty, love the pin wheel!

Anonymous said...

Very pretty, love the pin wheel!

whoistracy said...

What a fun fun card! I just adore that little pinwheel you added.

Riet said...

What a gorgeous card Cheryl.

Hugs Riet.x

Rose said...

how fun is this?! love your pinwheel and rick rack :) thanks for joining us on SD and 365 this week

Kelly Schelske said...

What a gorgeous card Cheryl! Thanks for playing along with us at The Town Scrapper!

Hugs, Kelly

Lori said...

Great embossing, but that flower is really stealing the show, gorgeous, thanks for joining our embossing challenge, don't forget to check back in tomorrow for our new challenge we'd love to have you back again at Fairy Fun Fridays!

made by fifi said...

fab pinwheel - great card -thanks for joining in the alphabet challenge x

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Made by Mandy said...

Gorgeous card!! Love the simple layout and the textures.

Thanks for joining in our Clean & Simple Challenge at Crafty Cardmakers :)

Pat (mspfd) said...

Great design. Love the colors and awesome pinwheel!