Happy Birthday Card

 Hello Friends!

Hope all is well with you! :) I bought this Rupert Die Cut by Tim Holtz a little while back. I have made 3 Ruperts and this is the first one on a project. Yay! :) 

It's for my nephew whose favorite color is blue.

I used a circuits embossing folder for the white panel (tim holtz). I saw a Rupert on Pinterest and the person used that folder and it reminded me that I had it. LOL. This is the pin here.  The balloons are a die also from Tim Holtz. And then of course Rupert. Everything else the twine and paper were from my stash.

I am entering this in the following challenge:

Use Your Stuff: Anything Goes #430

Thanks for stopping by! 

Heart Swing Card (2)

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Today I am showing you a second heart swing card that I made (there's 5 altogether). The story about the heart swing cards is here if you would like to know a little more. :)  Thank you stopping by today! This is Day 4 of my 14 Days of Valentine's Craftiness :)

For this card I used some old but very well loved Crate scrapbook paper for the background. I wrapped twine in the first part. The flower was in my stash-and is an acetate flower that I had made. I stamped it and then painted it with glue and glitter. Then I took a paper heart and put it for the center of the heart and added glitter glue.  The forever heart was a chipboard piece also in my stash. :)  Yay! Using up some pieces! LOL :)

Here is the card folded like it would be in the envelope. The elephant is from The Silhouette Design Store and is a print and cut. So cute!  And the butterfly was in a bag of sparkly kind of material butterflies that were given to me.

Here's a picture of starting to open this card. 

Here is the other side of the heart. This is a Tim Holtz sentiment and some hearts from a die cut. And the flowers are from K & Company.

Here is the card extended out. 

I am so excited to give these out. :)  Thank you for stopping by! 

Butterfly Thanks Card

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I feel energized by the new year.  I hope it lasts! 

I got out my Queen and Company bin. It's not an enormous bin but I would like to work on using the things in there. That way I have a better excuse to buy new stuff ;) LOL

This is a fun shaker card that I made. 

I have the butterfly die but I am now out of the foam bottoms that came with it.  However, I bought a pack of 4 sheets of foam and actually cut out my own. (It is Q&C foam sheets.) So I cut out the paper which I couldn't find my pack of q and c paper (Boo!) so I chose this so it would compete too much with the fun shaker on the inside. All those bits, the gems on the side and and thanks is a die from Queen and Company. The twine is from Hobby Loby. :)

Here is a close up. I love all of these little bits!

I am submitting this card to the Watercolor Wednesday Challenge:303 Karen's A/G Twist: Feminine Challenge.

Thank you for stopping by! :) 

Christmas Layout

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I am so happy about this layout!  I have been wanting to scrap this photo-but I couldn't find the right sketch until yesterday! The sketch at Sketches in Thyme was perfect.

My friend and I went to Disney Springs and had the best time.  We ate, shopped, saw decorated Christmas tress--and then we got to see Santa Claus!

I used a lot of Doodlebug Home for the Holidays for this layout.  I sprinkled red smooch spritz (yeah that's old!) on the white card stock background.  Most of the stickers are from Doodlebug too.  There are a few rub ons and letters from Making Memories.  At the top I used twine and jute for the tags.  

I would like to submit this to the following challenges:

Challenge YOUself: #64 Favorite Holiday--Christmas is definitely one of my favorite holidays!  I'm on the right :)

Sketches in Thyme: Here's the sketch:

Use Your Stuff:  #356 Use String, Yarn, or Twine --The 3 tags at the top left have twine or jute.

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...It's starting to look a lot like Christmas...(ok it's not but I do love Christmas!) :)

Cute Halloween Card

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At House of Cards this month we are all about die cuts!  I'm on the Cute team so here is what I came up with:

This cute bear in a costume is from the Create a Critter 2 Cricut cartridge.  This cartridge is one of my favorites-there are so many great images!

The twine is Maya Arts, the word stickers are Tim Holtz, and the papers on the background and behind the bear are from DCWV.  

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope we see your card!

Until next time my friends, have a bear-ific day! ;)

Friday Fun with Great Impressions

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It's Friday!  Woo Hoo!  And it's my turn to show a fun card using Great Impressions Stamps at the Great Impressions Blog.

Great Impressions has great Halloween stamps.  I love this silhouette of two witches hanging out drinking brew.  This stamps is G433 Witches Brew.

I used papers from DCWV-Eek-a-boo and the fall and Halloween combo cardstock stack.  It papers come already matched my life just got easier!  ;)

I used Tim Holtz's Distress Paints for the square with the witches.  The witches are heat embossed, so they resisted the paint.  I used seedless preserves, ripe persimmon, and crushed olive and water.  Then I blotted the seedless preservatives around the edge to help make it stand out.  I used ripe persimmon down the center of the card.  I did this to help the green spider web punch stand out better.  (That punch is from Martha Stewart.)

For the sentiment I used B217 Have Some Brew.  I stamped it in black then cut out the words.  Using a pen, I outlined the words so they would stand out better against the background.  The purple brackets on each side are from a Tim Holtz mover and shaker shape that I cut in half.

Be sure to check out the challenge going on at Great Impressions.  You can also be inspired by our Facebook Page and Pinterest Boards!

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...have some brew!  Where are you rushing off to?  ;)

Cute Cowboy

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I am so excited to be apart of the House of Cards Team!  Each week we showcase a different style-but we all have the same challenge.  Personally, I love to see the different takes on challenges.  Everyone is so creative!

The challenge is to use a bow or more.  I am on the Cute and Fun Team.  So for my Cute card, I used this super cute Cowboy set from Stampin' Up that a friend of mine gave me (awesomeness!).

I used a shattered kraft core cardstock by Tim Holtz for the background.  I used Copic Markers for the coloring.  For the inking around the image and sentiment I used spiced marmalade and faded blue jeans distress inks.  The twine is from Queen and Company.

Thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope that you will play along.  We would love to see you cards with bows! :)

Until next time my friends...have a good day partner! :)

Little Birdie

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I had fun this evening making my tag for the Compendium of Curiosities III Challenge with Linda Ledbetter.

This is the paint marble technique on page 43.  I can't tell you how to do it-you'll have to read the book!  (Do you remember those Time Life book commercials?  I always wanted to know more about those aliens but my mom said we couldn't buy the whole set.  Bummer.)  ;)

Here is my tag and the colors I used.

Here is my tag decorated.  I used everything Tim Holtz except the twine (Queen & Company) and the burlap tag tie-that's from Spare Parts at Hobby Lobby.  Even the embossing powder on the cage is Ranger-it's platinum.  I love the color!

Here is a close up of the quote.  If you look in the background there are birds flying in the sky.

Here is my little caged bird.  Awe....poor little guy!  I colored him with broken china and then used the white distress marker in strokes to give him some dimension or feathers or dimensional feathers (haha!).

Even this tag is Ranger.  That is so awesome!  :)  Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...be free. :)

Happy Birthday Card

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I went to Hobby Lobby yesterday-FUN!  I bought a new set of banners and matching stamps from Sizzix.  And it's always fun to get to use them right away!

So here is my card:

At the House of Cards it is Anything Style Goes as long as you use the photo inspiration.  So here is the photo:

That's a nice breakfast nook!  So I was inspired by that accent wall that I interpreted to be mint green.  And on that same wall is a display of spoons.  That is why I incorporated the silver banners (my cool new sizzix banners and stamps).  And I used yellow twine because the pillows and seat cushions have yellow in them.

I dabbed TH Distress Paint Picket Fence around the edges of the card to soften it.  The background paper is Echo Park.  I pop dotted my sentiment and my wooden treble clef is the same size as the pop dots. :)

I am also entering this card in the challenge at Unique Laser Designs-Use Unique Laser Designs products.  I used the treble clef and painted it white.  

Also, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Happy Birthday.  They are 5 years old!  Happy Birthday! :)

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...have a great weekend! :)

Citrus Thanks!

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This card placed in the TOP 5 at Inkspirational! 

There is a sketch challenge going on at Inkspirational this week.

This is one of those great sketches where you can do all sorts of things.  So I had too many choices.  I looked through stamps and paper.  So what I decided to do was a technique I saw on Simon Says Stamp.  She uses Ranger Pipettes to move the color around.  You can see the tutorial here.

So I bought some pipettes and went to work.  I have London Blue, Squeezed Orange, and Fresh Lime Dylusions ink spray.  So with my pipette and straw I went to town after I embossed thank you.

The I masked the bottom with a stencil and just used the blue dylusions.  I used green twine from Doodlebugs.  It has a citrus feel hence the name of this blog post.  I hope you like it.  I think it came out good for my first try.

Thanks for stopping by!  Until next time my friends...have a happy day! :)

New Home Card

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This month at Sparkle N Sprinkle the challenge-SNSSC18-is to use a digital stamp.  This cute little mushroom house is from Sparkle N Sprinkle and the artist is Becky Muir.  I printed it twice so I could make some extra flowers.  One of the flowers I used a pop dot to make it dimensional.

I colored it with Copics and added some Martha Stewart twine.  New Home are words from the Tim Holtz chit chat collection.

Here is a picture of the dimensional flowers.

The challenge goes until the end of the month and you can play with whatever images you have!  Until next time my friends...have a good night!

Happy Easter!

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Happy Easter!  This is a cute little Easter card I made for the Sparkle N Sprinkle Challenge #SNSSC17-Glitter.

The sentiment and bunny are both from Sparkle N Sprinkle and I covered the Sentiment with a the red line glue paper and used Sparkle N Sprinkle's Waterscape Glitter.  I dry embossed the background panel.  This is a 6.5 by 5 inch card.  I used Copic markers to color the sentiment and bunny.

Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time my friends--have a wonderful Easter! :)

Witch Card

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I have another Halloween card to share.  I used some stamps I bought about a month ago from Great Impressions.  The witches are super cute!

I am submitting this card to the Great Impressions Blog Challenge: Fall.

Supplies used:

Sentiment, Main Image-Great Impressions stamps
Orange Embossing Powder-Zing
Twine-Maya Arts
Various scrap papers in my bin :)

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

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 :)

USA Card

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I am back from the Scrapbook Expo and playing with my new stuff! :)  You can Like me on Facebook and get a sneak peak for some of my cool new goodies.  

My first stop was at the Sparkle N Sprinkle booth.  I got to meet Margaret the owner--how cool!  So I bought two stamp sets-one Fourth of July and the other music (notes, guitars, and an old record player).  

This is the monthly sketch on the Sparkle N Sprinkle blog--SNSSC07.  I am also submitting my card to Simon Says Stamp and Show--Anything Goes!

Here is my card using Doodlebug paper, Martha Stewart Twine, Tear-ific paper (an adhesive paper I used over blue cardstock and put glitter on), SNS Stamp Set 433 Patriotic Icons, and Brick Red Distress ink for the Circles.

The definition and USA are from the stamp set.  I really like how it turned out and I am glad that I have 1 card ready to go for 4th of July! :)  Until next time my friends....stay glittery!

Sweet Umbrella Card

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I made this card this evening and I think it's sweet-so I hope you do to! :)

I had umbrellas on my mind from the challenge at Inspired By #18.  Here the inspiration picture:

And as I write this there are about 12 hours left to play at this weeks Freshly Made Sketch #29.  Their sketch help me get my card finished-umbrella included! :)

Here is my card.  The umbrella is from a piece of scrapbook paper by 3 Bugs in a Rug.  Then there is paper from Authentique (grey background), Echo Park (pink writing) and the hearts are from 3 Bugs also.  the blue is scrap and I don't know where it's from.  The letters are Making Memories.

Here is a closeup of the bird on the umbrella.  I embossed the pink cardstock.

Until next time my friends...stay dry :)

Happy Easter!

Hello Everybody!

I hope this day finds you well and at peace.  It is a beautiful day and, we are enjoying our family!

I wanted to share with you a couple of more Easter cards!

This card is sprayed with the October Afternoon spray that I got in my Random Acts of Kindness (I love this spray!)  I stamped on the doily directly.  I colored it with my Copics and used some Flower Soft to make the grass.  I wish I could say that the grass under my little egg was completely my idea...but it wasn't.  I saw it in the March 2012 issue of Cardmaker Magazine-with a different egg.  I thought that's brilliant!

Here's a close up of the little chick and grass.  The stamp is Sparkle N Sprinkle.  I used a fine sage Flower Soft and then a baby green (I think).

Here's my next card with the Sparkle N Sprinkle bunny stamp and a G Studio sentiment.  And a little twine if you please! :)

I used that fantastic spray again here and added stickers :)

Easter also means that Lent is over.  I can now buy scrapbooking supplies!  (Much to my husband's dismay!  Haha!)  But I cannot go out tomorrow and break the bank.  In May there is the Scrapbook Expo, and I have to try to save for that.  But at least if I see something or need some adhesive or cards I can get them.  And it makes going to garage sales more fun! :)

Hope you have a Blessed day!  Until next time my friends...Have a beautiful day!

Maps and Flowers Card

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Tonight I am sharing with you a card I am putting in 2 challenges.  Both were inspirations that help put this card together!

Moxie Fab World:  Map to Your Heart Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.  This challenge is to use maps in an innovative way.  And there is still time to play so come on!

CAS-ual Fridays:  CFC34: Using chipboard.  This challenge is to use chipboard.  Go check it out!

Here is my card.  I took chipboard and covered it with maps from a map book.  I used My Mind's Eye Twine for the background-just wrapped it around the card.  The letters are from Kaiser Scrapbook/Kaiser Craft.  The center of my flower is a crystal sticker from Michael's.  Scroll on down, and I'll show you what I did!

Here is my map book or atlas :)  Yup 1996 and only $4.27.  Wow how things have changed! It looks like a cut a piece out for a previous project!  LOL!

My chosen maps.

My chipboard flowers which I don't know what brand they are, but I have had them for a long time.  :)

I put glue on the front of the flowers and spread it out.  I used a makeup sponge applicator because I want to make sure the glue gets all the way to the ends of the flower.  I used Glossy Accents, but a craft glue can do the same thing.  I did use a brayer to make sure there were no bubbles.

I used an exacto knife and scissors to make cut these out.  I did not punch out the centers.  There isn't any need to.

I inked the edges with a black Copic marker.  It's so nice to get into the small spaces!  The flowers needed something to stand out.  I like the maps and the miss you.  I think it's a sweet way to let someone know that you do miss 'em! :)  Until next time my friends...send a card to a far away pal!
 

Kraft and Twine Card

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I am playing with all of my new fun things that I got at Christmas!  Plus I went to the scrapbook store and couldn't help myself!  But I did exercise some caution so I didn't come back home with way way more stuff--just a litte bit more stuff ;)

The card I have here I am entering into 3 challenges:

CAS-ual Fridays: CFC33 Create a clean and simple project using Kraft and Twine

Simon Says Stamp:  Anything goes!

Wee Memories:  WMC80 Anything Goes!

So here's my card...Scroll on down and I'll show you what I did!

Here is my blank Kraft canvas.

Here's my blank chipboard canvas. ;)  I painted them white (which I don't have a picture of but trust me, I painted them.)

Here is a little treat I got from my local scrapbook store.  Lime green twine by My Mind's Eye.  Fun!

So after my chipboard letters dried, I wrapped the twine around them.  I used a little glue on the front and taped the back with the winding piece.  Here is the dot of the eye.  I used a clothes pin to help the glue dry.

Here is the back of the h.

Here's the front.

I adhered the letter with Glossy Accents to the Kraft card.  Then using a fine black pen I doodled a frame around the edges.

I have Martha Stewart twine-which I like-but I found the twine from My Mind's Eye to be a little thicker.  So I thought that was cool and I would tell you in case you are shopping around for twine.  :)

Until next time my friends...enjoy the last days of December...and 2011!