Warm wishes - SCC #104

It's time for Sparkles Christmas Challenge #104 - Winter Wishes!  Here's my snowman wishing you some warm winter wishes!

I used Simon Says Stamp Build a Snowman clear stamps and Snowman Parts dies for the snowman and sentiment.  My DP is American Crafts Jack Frost.  The snowy hill is Poppystamps Stitched Landscapes embossed with CB Swiss Dots EF.

Christmas is getting closer, so come play along!! :)

Challenges...

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Aug - anything goes or snow people

Cute n Crafty Christmas #17 - anything Christmas goes

Cut It Up #181 - outdoor fun (nothing more fun that making a snowman!!!)

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Cancer is so limited...

I've got a pretty card to share today, but I wish I never had to make this kind... it's for a friend battling cancer.  This is actually the third card like this that I have made and sent recently. :(
But I really love the truth of the verse on it! 

In case you can't read it in the pic...

Cancer is so limited...
It cannot cripple Love.
It cannot shatter Hope.
It cannot corrode Faith.
It cannot eat away Peace.
It cannot destroy Confidence.
It cannot kill Friendship.
It cannot shut out Memories.
It cannot silence Courage.
It cannot reduce Eternal Life.
It cannot Quench the Spirit.


Supplies...
My Time Made Easy "Be Supportive" sentiment (I LOVE this set! Click the name to see it.)
Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles
Memento Potter's Clay ink
Crate Paper "Farmhouse" DP
AC ribbon


Challenges...
Polkadoodles #31 - anything goes
Really Reasonable Ribbon #169 - anything goes w/ ribbon
Craftaholics R Us #30 - die cuts
The Paper Shelter - anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #294-295 - anything goes w/ uplifting sentiment/family friendly
Cut It Up #127 - friendship/must use dies (I think being there for a friend in the midst of their cancer battle is true friendship!)


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Birthday greetings - #393

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!    My card this week is a wordy birthday card...

Supplies...
DRS Designs Wordy Birthday Greeting
Pebbles Birthday Wishes DP
Spellbinders Petite Ovals and Petite Scalloped Ovals
Memento Angel Pink ink
Sizzix Banners #2 die 


We've got a great sketch for you this week...

 

 Our sponsor for this week is DRS Designs!  They're so generous and provided stamps for the DT to work with... thank you!!

 

 
Challenges...
Seize the Birthday - anything goes birthday
Brown Sugar #240 - anything goes
Cut It Up #116 - birthday cards (must use die cut)
Polkadoodles #8 - anything goes 
 

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Janice
Jenée 
Melissa
Patti
Wanda

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Cherishing the memories

**Scroll down or click HERE for my Tuesday Morning Sketches post**

My second post of the day is a sympathy card.  Sadly, I've needed several of these recently.  

This showcases one of my favorite Doodle Pantry images... Calla Lilies from Lily Collection.  I absolutely LOVE calla lilies!!!  The sentiment is from Sweet Sympathy Sentiments.   My DP is Prima Epiphany.  I used Spellbinders Petite Ovals and Ribbon Banners.  Both cuts are inked with TH tea dye.  A bit of ribbon from my scrap box and brown adhesive pearls finished it off.

Today, Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Stamp Art Papel's challenge with the theme of "anything goes."  It's been so crazy lately that I didn't get my card done soon enough to make it in the DP post on the blog. :(

Challenges...
Cut It Up #94 - spring flowers/must use die cut
Crafting With Friends #18 - anything goes
The Ribbon Girls - April "use any image"
{Cupcake Inspirations} #356 - photo inspiration (inspired by flowers)

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Sweet treats!

I'm taking a break from baking caramel corn to write up this post.  {I'm at about my 10th batch for this year -- most for gifts.  Today's is going to my DD's co-workers.}   For a couple of parties recently, I made some treats for everyone.  Our homeschoolers got "Reindeer Noses."  Our printer was having issues, so I could not print out any of the cute sayings for them, but they were pretty cute anyway.

The reindeer is from Create a Critter cut at about 2 1/2".  I cut the largest Spellbinders Labels Eight and folded it over.  Stamped a few snowflakes in white and hand wrote the words (*cringe* I did warn you that the printer was down!).

With the reflection on the bag, it is hard to tell, but there are 8 brown noses -for Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen- and one red nose for Rudolph! :)  They are Whoppers and a Cherry Sour. 

Challenges...
Fantabulous Cricut #191 - anything but a card holiday edition
Die Cuttin' Divas #146 -  "happy holidays"
Anything but a Card #30 - anything goes w/ holiday twist
Cut It Up #34 - Christmas
D.L.ART Thankful Thursday #123 - Christmas

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For our ladies Christmas fellowship at church, I made peppermint patty snowmen.  I saw them on Pinterest (click HERE to see original) and thought they would be cute.  I also thought they'd be quick and easy.  Nothing is ever as quick and easy as you think it will be!  Especially when you are making 40 of them!! :-P   

I used 2", 1 1/2", and 1" punches for the circles.  The edges were rubbed with TH faded jeans.  I made my own hat and nose and cut them in MTC.   The faces are Peachy Keen Assorted faces, but I put a corner of paper down as I stamped so that only the eyes stamped on the face.  The arms are MS branch punch with the lower branches removed.   There is a peppermint patty between the bottom circles.  The original had a bow, too, but I left these to the last minute and didn't have time left that off. ;)

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Summer fun!!

Am I the only one who feel like this summer is just flying by!!!  I hope you're getting in some summer fun!!  We would probably be at Six Flags today if my dryer wasn't broken. :(  So instead of riding roller coasters, I am waiting for the repair man to show.   But that's ok if it means I don't have to go the laundromat.  With 6 people in our family, we make piles and piles of laundry!!!   Will you feel sorry for me if I tell you that my vacuum is also in the shop?   No problem... if I can't clean, I might as well craft!! ;)

Back to summer fun... here's a birthday card I made for a boy who LOVES to swim!!!  

It's a spinner card!

 

I kept the design simple so nothing would 'catch' while he was spinning.  I did stamp and emboss tiny dots to make it look like water drops...

Supplies...

~DCWV paper 

~boy from accessories from Everyday Paper Dolls

~Peachy Keen Character Face Assortment

~TPC Studio sentiment 

~baker's twine

Challenges...
Fantabulous Cricut #172 - "make a splash"
Cut It Up #24 - Celebrate summer + die cut
Peachy Keen 13-31 - anything goes (must use PK stamp)

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!  I hope to be back with more creations later today.  I spent most of last week sewing  things that HAD to get done, so paper crafting was low(er) on my priority list.

Happy Father's Day - take #2

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a card that I had made to send to my dad for Father's Day.  A friend wanted to buy it, so I sold it and thought, "I have lots of time to make another."  Today I suddenly realized I'd better get one made and in the mail if I hope to get it to him on time!!   [My mother's Mother's Day card was late, so should his be late, too?? :) ]

Many challenges have father's day as the theme so it was easy to find inspiration.  It didn't take too long to make and I'm thankful as I don't have much energy because I'm trying to recover from a miserable cold!!

Here it is...

 

I used the same image as last time because he really can fix just about anything!!

Supplies...
~7 Gysies DP
~Doodle Pantry precolored Handy Ants image and Doodle Pantry Handy Birdie sentiment
~Nestabilities Large and Small Label dies (My Cuttlebug really gave me a hard time!  I hope it's not ready to die!!!!)
~Darice 'Plaid' and 'Dots' embossing folders
~letter brads from ???  (I've had them FOREVER!!)

Challenges...
Pile It On #22 - plaid and/or stripes (2nd submission - hope that's ok)
Little Scrap Pieces Fun Friday - Father's Day
Cut It Up #20 - Father's Day
Clearly iStamp - Father's Day
Cardz TV #30 - Father's Day
Simon Says Stamp - masculine/Father's Day
Paper Pretties PWC 261 - 'Fantastic Fathers'
Tuesday Throwdown #150 - embossing
Terrific Tuesday - Father's Day
Wags 'n Whiskers #105 - Father's Day
Cards for men challenge 11 - dad
Clear It Out - male + metal (my brads)
My Craft Spot #100 - dad
Die Cuttin Divas #118 - sketch

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great weekend!!!

Chalkboard Valentine

Wow!  Did I ever 'get my sparkle on' this week!!  I have made 9 cards in the last 2 days!  I posted one of them this afternoon, and I've got 2 to show you now.  The others are for design team commitments, so they have to wait.  (It's nice to be ahead a bit!!)  That's also why I haven't been visiting your blogs!

For this first card, my image is from the Chalkboard Valentine Love Digi Set from Daydream Designs.
I used the sketch from Mojo Monday 278 (sketch round or square).

This chalkboard set is awesome!!

The DP is from the Retro Paper Pack - Warm.

I also used a MS border punch, Colormates cardstock, Kraft paper, Paper Studio wood grain embossing folder, scalloped punch, Flora Doodle flower, and ribbon from my stash.

This second card also has Daydream Designs images...

I'm submitting this to Cut It Up! Challenge #11 - Love is in the air

I used...

Love Me True Digi Paper Pack

Snowbaby Love Color Digi Set

Snowbaby Love Sentiments

I also used Swiss Dots embossing folder, Spellbinders Circles and Scalloped Circles, baker's twine, and a large brad.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!