Polka dot birthday - C4G #243

 Happy Thursday to you!  It is time for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!   I got to pick our theme for this challenge and it is "polka dots"!  Here's my card...

My recipe:

• Papertrey Ink Dotty Biscotti DP
• Echo Park Stitched Hexagons
• Sunny Studio Hawaiian Hibiscus layering stamps
• Poppystamps Orchard Leaves die
• KatScrappiness Stitched Fishtail Banners
• sentiment from my "extras" box
• enamel dots

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday - bright & cheerful

Beautiful Blossoms #25 - Anything Floral Goes (w/ opt mood board - I just did florals)

Fab 'n' Funky #609 - include stamped image

Word Art Wednesday #685-686 - AG family friendly

We'd love to have you come play along with us at Cardz 4 Galz!  

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Birthday wishes - C4G #178

 Good morning!  It's time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  The theme for this challenge is "Black, and white, and 1 other color."  This opens up so many fun options!

The black and plaid paper from my stash were cut with Spellbinders A2 Fancy Postage Edge. The sentiment is from Raisin Boat You Said It! and cut with the same set.  My rose is Altenew Cartoon Rose.  Quick and easy and cute. :)

Challenges...

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky #556 - anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #553-554 - anything goes family friendly

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes w/ dies (July) 

Please come play along for these next 2 weeks at Cardz 4 Galz!  

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

From our house to yours - SCC #115

It's August and time for Sparkles Christmas Challenge #115, and I've got a super fun card to share! At least, I think it's super fun! :D   Our theme is "from our house to yours" and here is my interpretation...

  

Isn't this cute??!?  I love the little puff of exhaust!!  My car full of snowmen is MFT Cool Christmas stamp and die.  It's colored with my Spectrum Noir markers.  My DP is MME Vintage Christmas.  I'm sad because I've had this 6x6 pad awhile and am down to the last 2 or 3 sheets. :(  The hills and road are made with Poppystamps Stitched Landscapes.  The Merry Christmas is from Sweet n Sassy Christmas Joy, stamped with VersaFine, and heat embossed.  The trees and tiny snowflakes (see pic below) are from Raisin Boat Merry Nature.  "from our house to yours" is computer generated and cut out with Kat Scrappiness Stitched Fishtail Banners.  

Here's a closeup of the heat embossed sentiment...

And in this pic, you can see the tiny snowflakes that I added in the "sky"...

Challenges I'm entering...

Fab 'n' Funky #492 - Christmas

Creative Knockouts #361 - tic tac toe (I did down the middle... embossing (sentiment is heat embossed), image, sentiment

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge week 30 - anything goes w/ coloring

We'd love to have you come play along at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Joy to the World - SCC #98

Happy March!  Time for Sparkles Christmas Challenge #98!  Our theme this month is to make a vintage card.  I had so many ideas in my head... none of them came out as planned, but I had finally settled one of the cards I made and even had my blog post all ready.  Then I remembered this die and went a whole new direction.

My BG is Textured Cream Sheet Music from the Paper Studio.  I used Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Circles to cut down the Recollections doily.   My carolers are Die-Versions.  The musical staff is Memory Box Virtuoso Music.  The sentiment is from Sunn Studio Christmas Chapel.  It's cut out with Simon Says Stamp Tiny Tags. Ribbon, flower, and twine are all from my stash.  With the height of the flower, this will definitely need to be hand delivered!! :)


Challenges...
Simon Says Stamp Monday - vintage/past times
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #376 - #377 - anything goes w/ uplifting sentiment
Fab 'n' Funky #429 - feel the music
Sweet Stampin' Christmas - February anything goes
The Holly and the Ivy Christmas #44 - anything Christmas goes
Crimbo Crackers #179 - anything goes Christmas


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!  Please come over and play at Sparkles Christmas Challenge #98!

Christmas carolers

The beginning of this week was FRIGID, so I stayed home unless I absolutely had to go anywhere and spent some extra time in my craft room. :)  I colored up a few images and had time to make a card with one of them afternoon.   It's a Christmas card...  I know Christmas was just a month ago, but I did not get enough cards made to send in 2018, and I want to change that for 2019!

The image is ChristmasCarols from the Paper Shelter.  These cute carolers are colored with my Spectrum Noir markers and cut out with CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles.  My DP is Paper Studio Pine St Square.  The musical die is Find It Trading Holly Jolly Music. My sentiment is from an old Momenta clear sentiment set, and I think this is the first time I've used this one!  It's stamped in Versafine Black Onyx and heat embossed.  It's cut out with a stitched banner die from Cheapo Dies.  The snowflake is a MS punch, and the twine, button, and rick rack are from my stash.


Challenges...
ABC Christmas - A for anything Christmas goes
Sweet Stampin Christmas - January anything goes
Cute N' Crafty Christmas #5 - Christmas/winter
Fab n Funky #424 - creating for Christmas
Watercooler Wednesdays WWC205 - all about holidays
52 Christmas Card Throwdown January Technique - heat embossing (my sentiment is heat embossed)

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Baby congrats - TMS #468

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Here's my card for this week...  {{Sorry my post is a couple of hours late!!!}} 

I made this because I was going through my dies and realized I had never used this adorable little cow and that it would be perfect for this sketch!  Isn't she cute??!??   The die is an unbranded one from Cheapo Dies.  It's framed with Spellbinders Petite Ovals.  The clear sentiment is Pebbles "Baby."  It's cut with a fishtail from Spellbinders Lacey Pennants.  My paper is AC "My Baby."  A button and twine from my stash finished it off.

Here's our sketch for the week...

Challenges...
Fab 'n' Funky #405 - babies
Cardz 4 Galz #78 - dies and/or punches
Fussy and Fancy #219 - anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #348 - #349 - anything goes w/ uplifting sentiment
Polkadoodles #34 - anything goes
Happy Little Stampers Aug - anything goes w/ dies


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

Carol
Jenée
Melissa
Patti

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

Tie down the tree!

I've got a Christmas card to share today.  I was a DT member of a Christmas card challenge, but it closed in December, so now I need to find other inspiration (and motivation) to get my cards done.

This card features Stampabilities "Tie Down the Tree" rubber stamp colored with my Spectrum Noir markers,  the Paper Studio "Cozy Lodge" DP, Sweet n Sassy Stamps Star die, CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles dies, Cuttlebug Swiss dots EF, MS branch punch, an unidentified sentiment die, and a bit of red twine from my stash.   I used my Wink of Stella pen on the tree...

Challenges...
Happy Little Stampers - February Anything Goes w/ Dies
The Merry Christmas Challenge #8 - anything goes Christmas w/ optional twist: elves (I did AG)
Fab 'n' Funky #382 - Christmas
Crimbo Crackers #152 - anything goes Christmas or festive
Sweet Stampin' Christmas February - anything Christmas goes


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Ornaments - CCC #14

Good morning/afternoon/evening to you!  [That depends on where you are in the world. ;) ]  I pray you're having a blessed Sunday!

It's time for Christmas Card Challenges #14 and here is my card...

Supplies...
First Edition A Christmas Story DP
Slice silver paper
Darice Crackle EF
CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles
Die-namites Budding Branch
Die-namics Christmas Ornaments
Sweet 'n Sassy Christmas Tags clear sentiment
Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics
Flowers and brad from my stash

Our challenge's optional twist is a photo inspiration...Silver & Red

  

Challenges...
A snowflakes promise #40 - anything goes Christmas
Fab 'n' Funky #353 - Christmas
Sweet Stampin' Christmas May - anything goes
The Holly and Ivy Christmas #7 - anything goes Christmas
Allsorts #418 - Christmas in June
Die Cuttin' Divas #319 - anything goes
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas #336 - anything goes Christmas or optional theme (I did AG)


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Rosy hello

Wow!  It's been awhile since I've had 2 posts in one day.   Earlier, I had "rosy congratulations" and now I've got a "rosy hello"....

I had some extra time to craft this afternoon, so I made this card to play along at Mojo Monday.  Mojo Monday was the first challenge I ever played with when I started my blog in 2011, but I haven't played along in quite awhile.  I loved this sketch, so I created this card.

Supplies...

Crate Paper DIY Shop

Spellbinders Heart Circles die

Memory Box Virtuoso Music die

QuicKutz Rose die

Art C small doily  

Hobby Lobby ribbon

JustRite "Greetings From London" sentiment

    Here's a closeup... it's hard to notice in the big pic. ;)

Challenges...
Dies R Us #68 - something new + must use die (Rose die and doily are new)
Fab 'n' Funky #341 - music or inspired by a song (I did music)
Scrapy Land #61 - anything goes w/ die brand SL carries (Memory Box, Spellbinders, QuicKutz)
the Paper Shelter #284 - circles/dots/stripes (I used circles)
Mojo Monday #487 - sketch

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed weekend!  Stay warm... our temps are dropping way down again.  Brrrr!!

Quick recovery

Happy Wednesday to you!   I've got a card for a friend wishing a quick recovery... unfortunately, my making and sending wasn't as quick as it should have been!   But I got it finished, and it's in the mail today!

The friend had surgery, not an accident, but I think he'll enjoy this.   My image and sentiment are Doodle Pantry's Boo-boo Birdie & Ants.  My DP is Graphic 45 Come Away With Me and is distressed with my Distrezz It All.  The image is cut out with Die-Versions Stitched Nesting circles and framed with Spellbinders Classic Circles.  The sentiment is cut with Sizzix Framelits Banners #2.

Today, Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Fab 'n' Funky's challenge with a theme of "things with wings" so pop over and play along!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Autumn Delight - TMS #367

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!    Are you ready for fall?  In our area, some leaves are already turning!  I love to see the leaves turning!  The trees are gorgeous, but it also means fall and cooler weather are on the way, and then WINTER and that (usually!) means SNOW! :)  But I'm getting ahead of myself.  Here's a fun fall card for you...

This was fun... the leaf punch that I used in the squares was my FIRST EVER punch I bought.  I got it for some fall scrapbook pages.  The squares are from a CM square punch that I got very soon after the leaf.   They are OLD!!! :D  My image is Autumn Delight from Miss Daisy Stamps.  The DP is digi paper from the Just Autumn Collection from We Are 3 Shop. 

Our sponsor this week is actually two sponsors and there are 3 prizes!!!!  First up we have our very own awesome former teamie - Grandma Bonnie!!!!  She now has her own digital paper shop!  WE ARE 3© SHOP. 

Bonnie's store is within the Miss Daisy Stamps shop, who is also sponsoring our challenge.

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Here's the sketch by Patti...  use can really use your imagination on these elements!!

Challenges...
Crafting While We Can #126 - dies and punches (I used 2 very old punches)
Robyn's Fetish #331 - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - It's Hip to Be Square
Polkadoodles #34 - Something beginning w/ F or anything goes (it's a "fall" card)
Fab 'n' Funky #316 - anything goes   


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

Jenée
Jessi - on hiatus
Melissa
Patti
Wanda

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

Birthday dinosaur

Happy Wednesday to you!! 

With "dinosaur" in the title, you may have thought this would be a boy's card, but I've got a birthday card for a little girl.  It's a princess dinosaur! :)

It's a Doodle Pantry princess dinosaur.  Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Fab 'n' Funky's challenge this week, so head over and play along.  The theme is tic tac toe.  My card was made with the middle line across... die cut, digi image, flower.

The image and "princess" are from Doodle Pantry's Kid Toys.  The "happy birthday" is a clear sentiment.   They are all cut with Spellbinders Celebra'tions Squares.  The banner is CC Designs.  All my DP is from my scrap box.  The flower is Prima.

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Merry Christmas!

Happy Wednesday to you!  I've got a Christmas card to show you today...

My card is a Kraft base.  My blue and grey cardstock are both pieces from my scrap box.  I used the wavy blade in my cutter on the edge.  My white panel is embossed using CB Swiss Dots.  My image is Elegant Ornaments from Imagine That...digis by Kris.   It is cut using Spellbinders Standard Circles and Petite Scalloped Circles. The bow is Offray grosgrain ribbon.

Challenges...
Tuesday Throwdown #294 - embossing
Fab 'n' Funky #305 - no designer paper
Scrapy Land #42 - lots of layers + must use brand of dies sold at Scrapy Land (Spellbinders)
A Snowflake Promise #22 - anything goes
Holly Jolly Christmas #72 - lots of layers
12 Months of Christmas #17 - anything goes Christmas/December w/ optional theme non-traditional colors
52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown - colour challenge

 Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

With this ring...

Wedding season is upon us!  This card was made for a very special couple who just "tied the knot" today!  ♥

I made it an easel card...

Here's the front when closed...

My image is True Love from From the Heart Stamps.  It is colored with Spectrum Noir markers and cut out using Spellbinders Standard Circles.  The DP is Prima Something Blue.  It is embossed with CB Love Language and Darice Lace border.   The sentiments are clear sentiments from Stampendous.  "to have and to hold..." was cut using Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A.  A scrap of ribbon and some adhesive pearls finished it off. 

Challenges...
Fab 'n Funky #303 - 3 or more layers
The Paper Shelter  #247 - love is in the air
Scrapy Land #41 - anything goes (must use brand sold at Scrapy Land - I used Spellbinders)
Word Art Wednesday #228-229 - anything goes/family friendly
Addicted to Stamps and More #192 - make your mark (I used Spectrum Noir markers)
Alphabet Challenge - E for Embossing Folders
i {heart} sketches w/ a twist #150 - sketch and/or twist (I used sketch)

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Wishing you a quick recovery

I've got a get well card to share today...

It was pretty quick and simple to put together.  Then, of course, I realize I had mismeasured, so it wasn't the proper size for the card base. :/  I didn't want to mess it up by pulling it apart, so I left it.
The colored image is Doodle Pantry's Mini Rose Pot Color Plus and the sentiment is from Boo-boo Birdie & Ants.  These were cut using Spellbinders Circles and Petite Ovals.  The DP is Prima Something Blue.

Challenges...
Creative Moments #89 - anything goes
Crafty Girls Creations #17 - anything goes
Fab 'n' Funky #297 - flowers


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

What's up chickadee?

I've got a quick note card to show you today...

My image is "Chubby Chickadee" from Doodle Pantry.  The digi paper is from "Canada Goose."   The chipboard button, brown hemp, and ribbon are all from my stash.  The LO of my card is a previous sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches (I'm on the TMS DT). 

As I was putting this all together and preparing my post, I had to smile.  I guess we can say "it's a small world" or "great minds think alike" or something like that.   Get this...
~Chubby Chickadee set was released in Oct 2014.
~Late October 2014, Doodle Pantry (I'm also on the DP Creative Team) sponsored Tuesday Morning Sketches.
~This was the sketch from that challenge!
~When I went to get the link for Chubby Chickadee, I realized that Ellen, who is also on the DP Creative Team, used Chubby Chickadee for her card (using this sketch) for that DP sponsorship post.  So if you click, the Chubby Chickadee link, you will see Ellen's card made using the same image and sketch as mine.  :)
I just thought that was kind of neat!

This week, Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #290 with a theme of "All creatures great and small."  So make a card with a creature and play along.  Remember that if you use a digital image, you can enter Doodle Pantry's Ants in my Pants Digital Challenge 14, too.


Challenges I'm entering...
Word Art Wednesday #219 - anything goes family friendly
Creative Moments #86 - anything goes w/ opt twist (I went anything goes)


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Happy 14th birthday!

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Hello!  Are you trying to keep warm in your part of the country?  Or maybe you/re preparing for the huge storm this weekend in the mid-Atlantic/Northeast?   Not me.  We're pretty much normal temps but, sadly, barely any snow. :(
If you get the snow, go play in it and think of me! ;)

I've got my son's birthday card to show you.  A question and then an explanation...
Have you ever played "Punch Buggy" or "Slug Bug"?
My husband and I and one of our daughters went to Brazil last June to work with some of our missionaries.  We had such a wonderful and blessed time!!  Driving across/around Sao Paulo can literally take hours, so we played games in the van.  There are LOTS of VW  Beetles there.  The Brazilian name is "Fusca."  Sooooo... when we saw a Fusca, we'd yell "Fusca." (But we did not punch anyone!)  We came home and when I saw a Beetle, I said it and we had to explain to the rest of the family about it.  So we don't play Punch Buggy; we play Fusca now.  My son is always on the lookout for them.  It's become quite a joke and has taken on a life of it's own, so I used a yellow Fusca -actually 14 of them- on his card.  (A yellow Fusca is worth 2 pts!)

Here it is...

We did have to tell him that he could NOT bring this card into the van as we drive and count these! LOL

Supplies...
~ Classic Bug & Gas Can colored image from Doodle Pantry (the sentiment it DP, too, but I forget which set it's from)
~computer "edited" sentiment
~baker's twine
~Studio Calico Story Time DP
~Recollection adhesive "rain drops"

Challenges...
Fab 'n' Funky #288 - buttons or bows or both (I have a bow)
Seize the Birthday - anything goes birthday and/or CAS topping (I went anything goes)

Cupcake inspirations #343 - photo inspiration colors or theme "Around the World" (I kind of got both... my colors match and the theme is from Brazil!)

****Please don't forget to visit my blogiversary post + giveaway!*****

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

Ewe are the sweetest thing!

I'm having fun making cards with my DD in mind.  In this day with texting and emails, handwritten notes are few and far between for most people, but I'm sending her notes because I remember how eagerly I watched my mailbox for letters from home when I was in college! 

I've used Doodle Pantry's Lucky Lamb for this card.  The DP is Crate Paper "Pretty Party."  I used Spellbinders Classic Ovals and Labels Eighteen.  The EF is Darice "Dots."  Everything was inked with TH tea dye.  My ribbon is seam binding.  I bought a roll and now need to crinkle and stain some of it! :) 

Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Fab n Funky Challenge #274 that begins today with the theme of "Cute Critters."  So find yourself a cute critter like I did and play along!  This little lamb is cute, IMHO, but I have to share a couple of pics of lambs that I took when in Scotland in '11.  The lambs running across the fields were so fun to watch!

I wish this pic was clearer!  These were brand new lambs!  Obviously, just born because the mother (not to be gross) was still bloody and was still cleaning them off!!  Soooooo cute!!

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!!

Easter Blessings!

Happy Saturday to you!  I've been cleaning and decided I needed  a break for something fun.  I've got an Easter card for you...

My image and sentiment are FTHS's Easter Trio.  I received it free for playing along with the Feb Free Stamp of the Month Challenge.  It is colored with Spectrum Noir markers.  My DP is DCWV Spring & Summer 6x6 Corrugated Stack.  A bit of grosgrain ribbon and 2 brads (that match better IRL!!) were all I needed.

Challenges...
FTHS March Digital Stamp of the Month Challenge - must use Easter Trio
Sister Act #98 - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #365 - spring fever (anything spring related)
Addicted to Stamps and More #136 - anything goes
Fab 'n Funky #251- spring into colour
Stamp and Create March - Is it spring yet?
{PIN}spirational Challenge #136 - photo inspiration (flowers)
Addicted-to-Stamps #100 - Celebration (there is no greater even to celebrate than what we celebrate at Easter - the resurrection of Jesus Christ!!!) 
Word Art Wednesday #175 - anything goes with Scripture or uplifting sentiment


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

Cotton candy!! :)

I've got a "sweet" kid's card for you today.  It's got cotton candy on it!  {I love cotton candy even though I'm not a kid!!  My kids buy it for me at Christmas. :)}  It does seem that there are fewer and fewer places to find it fresh which is very sad!   I know it's pure sugar, but it's soooooo yummy! 

So here's my cotton candy card...

My image and digi paper are from Doodle Pantry's Cotton Candy Ants.  The sentiment is cut using Spellbinders Ribbon Banners and the image is cut with Petite Ovals.  The are both inked with TH faded jeans distress ink.  A few buttons and some AC ribbon are all my simple embellishments.

Challenges...
Chocolate, Coffee, and Cards #86 - for a child
Crafting From the Heart #50 - anything goes
Fab 'n Funky #250 - focus on the image
Sister Act #97 - anything goes plus blog hop
Through the Craft Room Door Mar 10-16 - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!