Tidbit Tuesday-A little hand and some old papers go a long way!

Hello Everybody!

How's that for a title?  I've been  a little busy this past couple of weeks getting things ready for my little's one's birthday party that was Saturday.  It was a success but talk about wearing me out!  Then I added Thanksgiving cards to my list-and succeeded!  Let me take care of business and then I can show you what I made!

I am submitting this card into the following challenges:

I am also linking this up to Pin and Tack: Spark Your Creativity-Anything Goes! Thank you Corrinne for telling me about this challenge! :)

Clear It Out Challenge:  Ugly Sweater (use up never used papers) Plus what a great name for a challenge!

For Fun Challenges:  Thankful-I'm thankful for the little hand I borrowed to make these cards :)

Here's my card.  I painted my son's hand multiple times.  I made different variations, but I was in spaz mode trying to get them made and sent out that I realized it too late.  I took only one picture.

Do any of ya'll still have these paper pads from Provo Craft?  I have 2 for Fall, one for Christmas, and made 2 or 3 others.  They are like circa 2000.  LOL.  This is a country look that I am not really into anymore!  But they work great for Thanksgiving!  :)  I would use a full sheet to cut backgrounds and then used the scraps on other cards because I could only make 3 (I think) backgrounds from each sheet.  They are 8X11 (or so) and my cards are 5.5 inches by 4 inches.  It reduced scraps which is nice.

 Here is my stack of Thanksgiving hands.  My son would only make 12 so there were a few people on my list I wasn't able to send a card too.  :(  I hope they won't be mad.

I painted each finger and his hand and thumb with acrylic paint (over and over again).  Then I put googly eyes on the turkeys.  This costs a little extra at the post office.  But goggly eyes are so fun! :)

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...it's time to do something with that ugly paper!

A Warm Christmas Card

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I made this card for the challenge at For Fun Challenges.  The challenge is to make a card for Christmas and it can be cold or warm-like where you live during the Holidays.  I live in Florida so it's generally warm for Christmas.  The first year it takes some getting used to but now it would be weird if it were cold.  We still decorate with snowflakes and give scarves for Christmas for the week in January or February when it will be cold enough to wear them for a week or so.  LOL! :)

The snowflake paper is from DCWV.  The silver glittery paper I bought from Joanne's.  The flamingo is a stamp from Close to My Heart.  The Christmas is a sticker from Making Memories.  The Greetings...is a stamp from Custer's Last Stamp.  I colored the flamingo using Copics.

I am sending this card to the Card Drive that Vera Yates is doing.  You can find out more details here.  She and Jennifer McGuire are collecting Christmas cards to send to seniors.  I think it's fantastic and hope to make a couple of more before time runs out! :)

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...have a good night! :)

A Tim Holtz Halloween Card

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I made this card using the techniques that Tim Holtz shows on his 12 tags of 2012-October.  You can check out his tag and tutorial here.

I am also linking this card to For Fun Challenges-Fall Favorites (I love Halloween!) and Simon Says Stamp Challenge:Dies/Punches-the which is a die cut from the Slice Machine Spooky Alley.

So here's my card:

Technique 1: The background is TH tissue paper that I used orange paint and black dabber paint on.  It didn't seem to be enough so I sprayed purple Smooch on it to give it some splatter.  I used a gold dabber around the edges but then used some black stamp ink around the edge.  Technique 2: The 31 are numbers from a grunge board set I have.  I painted those and then used an orange and pitch black alcohol ink to mix with rock candy dry glitter.

This is an awesome product.  Whatever color alcohol inks you have is how many (plus a clearish color) glitter you will have.  Awesome!

The skeleton also came from a grungeboard letter set.  I used white Distress crackle paint on it.  The witch is from my Slice machine-Spooky Alley.  She is made out of a white piece of cardstock.  Then I painted clear rock candy Distress crackle paint on her.  I applied alcohol inks to her was able to give her some personality.  :)

I felt that my witch got lost against the background so I applied a little gesso to sort of outline her.  Then it was too white.  So I used dusty concord distress ink to tone it down.  I used pop dots on the witch, also.

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...there is still more Halloween fun to come! :)

Candy Corn Witch

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I made this card for this month's sketch challenge at Sparkle N Sprinkle.  They have a new home-so go check 'em out!

I am also linking this to For Fun Challenges: Fall.  I don't know about you but I love all the different kind of candy corn candies in the fall! :)

Here is this month's sketch:

I am in total Halloween mode so I used this cute Candy Corn Witch from Sparkle N Sprinkle.  She is available as a digi stamp or a rubber stamp.  She is designed by Michelle Perkett.  They have a couple of other little witches too.  I have her in the digi form, so I printed her out and colored her with Copic Markers. I also used pop dots to give her some dimension.

The spider webs are a Martha Stewart border bunch.  And the I put Halloween stickers on the bottom.

I love this background.  I used a shimmer clear from Smooch for the white.  The masked the middle using Dylusions orange spray, and then I masked the bottom layer for yellow Smooch.  Then I sprayed a little more clear onto the orange so it would sparkle.

I was all about candy corn as you see that that is what the triangle is made out of.

Here's a close up.  I was trying to capture sparkle but I don't know if I achieved it.  (I am kinda thinking I didn't!)

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...it's candy corn time! :)

Trick or Treaters

Hello Everybody!

This is my 2nd post today to show you a Halloween card I made featuring stickers.  It's for the challenge going on at For Fun Challenges: Let's Sticker Together.  For this challenge you must use stickers as the focal point.

These 3 stickers are from Me And My Big Ideas (Mambi).  I put them on white paper and then cut them out.  It keeps their colors vibrant (especially against the black paper).  The orange piece is like a velvety ribbon.  And even the sentiment is a sticker. :)  The kid in the chicken costume is adhered on by using pop dots.

Here is the inside.  This sentiment is a stamp but that little bat is a sticker from Cloud 9.

Until next time my friends...no tricks only treats :)

Mom's Day Card

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My Mojo is flowing!  Not only did I just finish a 2 page layout, but I made a card tonight as well.  Yay!  So this card was created for the challenge at For Fun Challenges.  This week's challenge is to use the colors green, blue, and cream.

So let me show you my card and then I can talk about it a little better :)

The main part of the card was dipped in water and alcohol inks.  For more details you can go here. The centers of my flowers were made with this punch.  If you have the little machine for making your own brads, you may have a few of these.  They make great flowers! :)

Here is what the dictionary page looked like after I used the punch.

The out flower is from Kaiser.  I used Shabby Shutters and Broken China Distress Inks and a little water on the Kaiser flowers and dictionary centers (no water on the centers).

Here is a close up.  I used a Martha Stewart butterfly punch for some other papers that I had "dyed" with the alcohol inks.  Then I outlined them in green Stickles.  The top butterfly is popped up.  I used a thank you stamp for the middle on the base of the card.  I used Stormy Blue Distress ink and colored the stamp partially.  Then I put the cream colored decorative tape on the card.  That's from We R Memory Makers.

Mom is made from a Cuttlebug Alphabet collection.  I tried to make all 3 letters out of foil but that didn't work.  Just the O did which is ok.  I used Meadow (green) and Sailboat Blue Alcohol Inks to color them.  The M's are out of regular cardstock so it was cool to see the alcohol inks create such a rich color.  Lastly, the gold hearts are from Prima.

Here's my card again.  Until next time my friends...Mom's Day is this Sunday! :)

Anything but a Card!

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Today is Wednesday so that means that there is a new challenge at For Fun Challenges!  And they let me be the Guest Design Team Member again-so Yay! :)  This has been so much fun!  Hopefully they will let me do it again (hint! hint!).  :)

This week's challenge is to make anything but a card.  It can be a scrapbook page, altered item, etc.  I altered a wood frame.  So come over and play!  I can't wait to see what you make!

I have collected a few wooden frames.  And I thought this is the perfect opportunity to dust one off and give it new life!  So here's my project.  Scroll down, and I'll show you some highlights!

I bought this 3 pack of frames from Ikea.  They just need a little jazzin' up!

I painted it with white acrylic paint.  Then once it dried, I put a 2nd coat on it.

This little tower of goodies is from Martha Stewart.

Everything here came from that tower except 2 of the pearl middles.  I used Glossy Accents to glue everything on.

These are Tim Holtz fragments.  This paper I think is Karen Foster.

I love keys!  So look at this wee little key!  This looks like the perfect place!

Here's my frame again.  I used Glossy Accents to put the fragments on too.

Here's another close up of the flowers.  I'm closeup happy! ;)

And here is a close up of the fragments.  I can't wait to see what ya'll create for this challenge!  Until next time my friends...step away from the cards :)

Tag Time!

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I am soooooo excited!  This week I am a Guest Design Team Member for For Fun Challenges!  I am so excited about this!

So the challenge for this week is tags.  Whether you just make a tag or a tag is part of the project, it's all about the tag!  This week Paper Shelter is sponsoring the challenge.  They are giving away $20 to spend at their store!  Go check them out-they have such cute digi stamps!  And come play at For Fun Challenges so you can have a chance at winning a shopping spree!

Here is my tag using one of those cute digi stamps...

First is used different Ranger Distress inks and distressed a white tag.  I used Blue Jean, Walnut Stain, Rusty Hinge, and Shappy Shutters.  At the top are 2 gold rub-ons from Jenni Bowlin.  I used a polka dot stamp from Close to My Heart for some of the tag background.  I used Rusty Hinge for the ink.  Then I had a piece of scrapbook paper from the DCWV stack Far East and distressed it with Blue Jeans and a distressed tool blade to rough up the sides of the paper.  I printed the digi stamp Japanese Cute Doll and cut her out of the cardstock.  I used the Distress Ink around the edges.

Here's a close up.  I had bought some Asian brads at Michael's awhile back and was so happy to use them!  Then I put lace on both sides of the tag.  And I put a butterfly on the top of the tag.

I hope that you like my tag!  I had a lot of fun using this Japanese Cute Doll!  So stop by For Fun Challenges and link up your tag!

Until next time my friends...Sayonara :)

Circles and Glimmer Mist-A Fun Combination

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I realize that as I am typing that today is Tuesday.  With only like an hour left for being Tuesday and I totally spaced doing the Tuesday Tidbit.  My brother-in-law was in town for 6 days (hence no postings) and we took him back today and it didn't even occur to me!  Yikes!  Sorry about that.  Hopefully this will make up for it!

I am entering this card in 2 challenges.  The first one is For Fun Challenges: Circles.  The second one is for Simon Says Stamp and Show: make your own background.

Here's my card.  Scroll down and I'll show you what I did!

I got out my shadow box and circle punches and masks.  And I have Smooch Spray and Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.  (Although not enough colors in my opinion!) LOL

Start with the lightest colors and go dark.  It's easier to add then take away.  Here is a yellow Smooch and Jack o' Lantern from the Angels.  This is white cardstock from Recollections (Michaels house brand.)

So I took masked and spayed and masked and sprayed.  So fun!

Here is a piece that is a little more calm.  :)  I cut some circles using my Coluzzle and since they are sprayed they are now pretty die cuts.

This is the beginning of my card.  I took the sprayed circles and mounted them on a piece of black cardstorck.  Then I added the 2 circles near the right hand upper corner.

Here's a picture of the circle on the Xron machine.  I used the Xron for the circle paper as well.  This is so it will be flat.  I just liked the way this look.  Like a cool frame.  Maybe for later down the road!

Here's a side view of my card.  There is one little circle that has been pop dotted. :)  And the green circle in the fore front does come off of the card a little bit.  Salutations is a sticker from DCWV sentiment stickers from way back in the day.  I am using them but I love them!

Here is my card again.  Until next time my friends...time to play with spray!  :)

This card's gone to the dogs! ;)

Hello Everybody!

Tonight I made a card for Just For Fun Challenges.  The challenge is to use a cat or dog as the main focus.  That's a challenge for me because I don't usually use furry friends on my cards.  Scrapbooking yes but generally for cards...no.  And I wanted to make sure I participated in this weeks challenge because last week I ran out of time.

Last week was sponsored by K'n'K Designs.  And I missed it!  They have some really cute designs for digital stamps so go check 'em out!  (Reasonably priced too...and if you are saying why haven't you bought some...remember I can't buy any scrapbooking stuff until April 8th!)  :)

So here is my card...

The background is Reminisce and brown cardstock from Bazzill and red cardstock from Cricut.  The dog is a sticker from Imagination Project, Inc which I've had for a little bit of time...ok a big bit of time ;)  The sticker I put on a white piece of cardstock and then cut out the sticker.  I didn't want the dog sticker to get lost in the brown cardstock.

On the inside I used a hello friend stamp...

So get out your dogs and cats and come join in the fun!  Until next time...aarrfff!!  :)

The Journey Card

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I have finished all of my Let's Scrap Blog stuff and you would think that I would be in bed by now.  At least I thought that...but I could not resist the challenge at For Fun Challenges.  It's getting close to the end of this challenge, but visit because there will be a new challenge tomorrow!

The Challenge is to use the sentiment as the main image, 3 brads or buttons, and 2 different ribbons.  I can't resist a recipe for fun!

So here's my card...The Journey Awakens the Soul stamp is from Tim Holtz.  On the left are my 3 buttons and the bow is out of lace and there is a ribbon on the bottom.

Here is a close up of the lace bow.  I distressed the sentiment with Tim Holtz/Ranger Distress Inks.

Until next time my friends...enjoy the journey and send a post card! ;)

I Love You Snow Much! Leap 26

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I have been busy making cards!!  And it's so fun.  I printed out the sketches on the Let's Scrap Blog Hop and I feel like I am cramming for a test.  I go back and forth and if my original plan doesn't work out, I find a different sketch to make it work.

But I also like visiting other challenge sites to give me a an idea for a card.  I recently joined For Fun Challenges and realized I could participate in the current challenge...Snow! And snowmen too!

So here is my card.  Scroll down, and I will show you the sketch I used by a very talented lady named Debby de Wilde.  This is also for Leap 26 in the Blog Hop.

There wasn't a lot of space on the front of the card, so I put the sentiment inside...

I used a Fiskars embossing plate to make the embossed snowflakes on the white cardstock.  The printed paper is Paper Pizzazz and the snowman and stickers are from Me and My Big Ideas.  The ribbon is just some that I have.

Here's a close up of the embossed snow flakes.

Here is the sketch I used for this card.  It is stop number 26 on the Blog Hop.

Here's my card again.  Until next time my friends...stay warm!