Happy Birthday with New Stuff

Hello Everybody!

I hope everybody had a great and crafty National Scrapbook Day.  I spent Friday and Saturday at the Scrapbook Expo.  I took 101 and 102 book binding and met Melissa Francis!  She is super nice and so creative.

I also took a class from Clear Scraps and the owner is super awesome and thanked us for taking her class and supporting her business.  So of course I had to go check out her booth after the class.

So I got so much fun stuff and I was able to use some on this birthday card for a nice lady that my husband works with.

The papers are Pink Paisley.  The lady and banner are part of a stamp/framelet set by Tim Holtz.  It comes with an oval frame too.

Here is a close up.  I used some brown gems from Mon Ami Gabby-new!  :)  The butterfly is from Martha Stewart.  And you know the front cover that comes with paper packs?  That is where I die cut that butterfly from, the square showing the grey paper.  (Not that I am low one paper-that is not the case my friends-but if you can use it-why not?)

And this is light modeling paste with grey and yellow gelato blended in it.  And this Harlequin stencil-new from The Crafters Workshop.  I used some Weathered Wood and Tattered Twigs Distress in some places.  Oh and scattered straw for the yellow color on the banner.

I was totally inspired by the sketch at Retro Sketches for this card.  It is challenge #113 and here is the sketch:

Thank you all for stopping by and leaving sweet comments.  I really do appreciate it!  Also, I just started an InstaGram account (Iliketocutandpaste).  If you are on there check me out.  And if you follow me I will follow you!  :)  

Until next time my friends...good night! 

Little Valentine Card

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Tonight I made a Valentine's Day card for the challenge at Retro Sketches Challenge #45:

Here's my card: 

I am also linking up to 52 Card Pick Up 2.2.  Thank you Patrice!

Here's a closeup of the focal point.  I used a Cuttlebug Valentine folder for the background and Swiss Dots for the pink strips.  I had a scrap of the hearts that I cut with a Spellbinders square (I love these things!).  And the 2 hearts are Maya road.  The red one is painted with a red crackle paint.  The pink one is painted with pink acrylic paint and once that dried I put Rock Candy crackle paint on it.  I really like how the pink one turned out!

I got the idea for the hearts from Jen Mitchell who is the January headliner at Retro Sketches.  I thought that's so cute!  The other DTs samples are great too!  Go check 'em out! :)

Until next time my friends...It's Friday! :)

Dark Pink, Black, and Kiwi

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There's a new challenge blog in town!  It's called Inkspirational and this week's challenge is a color challenge using dark pink, black, and kiwi green.  You can get all of the details for the first challenge here.

But in order to make my card work, I went over to see this weeks sketch at Retro Sketches: #44:

I am also linking up to Simon Says Stamp Challenge for Something New-the stamp sentiment is new

So with colors and form I present to you my card.  :)

I think the paper is My Mind's Eye.  Except for the black card stock.  It's Recollections and it's embossed with polka dots.  The flower is from Making Memories.  The sentiment is from Technique Tuesday-Ali Edwards.  I got it for Christmas and this is my first time using it.  I have a wish list at Simon Says Stamp and my sister got this stamp from Simon Says using my wish list plus a few other goodies.  :)  Thanks Georgia! :)

Thanks for stopping by today!  Until next time Happy Friday! :)

A Distress Stained Halloween Card

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Hope all is well!  Happy Labor Day to those who don't actually have to labor on it! ;)

Tonight I made card for Halloween.  I am entering it into the following challenges:

retro sketches #27

Our Creative Corner: Resist and Wings

Simon Says Stamp Blog: Anything Goes

Here's my card!  I made the colored papers with white card stock and Distress Stains: spiced marmalade, stormy sky, and bundled sage.  The background paper has all three and then each layer after is each color by itself.

The pumpkin is the resist.  I used clear embossing powder on the Martha Stewart Stamp.  After I heated it, I swiped it through the Spiced Marmalade Distress Stain.  I used a Martha Stewart spider web punch for the bottom of the black layer.  I used Maya Arts twine.

The wings are the 2 bats (I didn't think I had the wings....and then I found these little bats from Cloud 9).  Yay!! :)  The sentiment is a plastic embellishment from Recollections at Michael's.

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...no tricks--only treats :)

Father's Day TV Card

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Whew!  Father's Day is right around the corner!  And I don't know about ya'll but I have about 4 cards to make--my husband, my dad, my husband's dad, and my uncle.  I have one made and with this one-there are 2 cards left.  No pressure! ;)

The awesome folks at Retro Sketches had a great sketch (#14) that inspired this card.  There's still time to play!  Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

I used the DCWV Guy Stack for the moustache paper and the polka dot paper strip.  The TV and sentiment are from Paper Smooches Boob Tube collection.

On the inside I used a stamp from G Studio.  I was a little too close when I took the inside picture!  LOL!

Until next time my friends...Honor your dads! :)

Greetings from Sunny Florida Card

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So usually for Earth Day I make my friends and family Earth Day cards and send them out.  This year I am changing it up.  Easter took a lot out of me!  So this year I decided that instead of Earth Day cards (which is April 22nd) that I would make summer cards and send them out in June.  I have lots of beachy things (stickers, Cricut, etc.)

So to get me started on this summer journey, I found this inspiring sketch at Retro Sketches:

Here is my card:

The state of Florida and the sentiment are both stamps from Custer's Last Stamp.  The hammock is from A Muse Artstamps.  I stamped Florida on a transparency so that the paper would show through.  The paper is very Florida (but I don't know who made it-sorry).  I used colored pencils to color in the hammock stamp.  To my dismay I don't have a brown Copic marker!

Here is a picture of my card angled to show off the Florida outline.

And here is my card again.  Until next time my friends...get out the sunscreen!