Teddy bear love - Tuesday Morning Sketches #181

Happy Tuesday to you!!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches #181.  We've got a fun sketch for you, as always, but this week is a judged challenge with a twist!  

Our sponsor is Stamp Fairy!  They generously provided the team with some fun images to play with!!  Thank you, Stamp Fairy!!   Play along and you could win!!

The sketch...

The twist... use 2 ribbons on your creation.

My card...

~Stamp Fairy Patches Love 1 colored with Spectrum Noir markers
~Quickcutz scalloped circle embossing folder
~hearts from George and Basic Shapes
~ribbon and ric rac from my stash

You'll want to check out the creations from the rest of our DT...

Angela

Bonnie  

Dawn
Jenee

Jessi

Laura
Theresa

Melissa

Thanks for stopping!!  Be sure to come and play along with us this week Tuesday Morning Sketches!!

Spring-y "welcome" wreath

Isn't it funny how quickly we get spoiled?  We've had almost 2 weeks of nice warm weather (60's, 70's and a couple of 80 degree days) but today was only about 50 and it felt so chilly.  Of course, if this had been a normal spring, we would have been thrilled with today's temp!  But whatever the temperature, spring officially arrived this past week, and so it's time for spring crafts!

In the fall, I made a wreath that has been hanging on our school room door, and I had intended/hoped to change it every season or holiday.  Well, I missed a few - ok, I missed a bunch! - but at least spring is covered now! :)

Challenges...
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #103 - "Celebrate Spring" with at least 3 flowers
BBTB2 - "Welcome"
Celebrate the Occasion #55 - "Welcome Spring"
Krafty Girls #3 - "Get Growing" with handmade flowers
Whimsical Wednesdays - "Celebrate Spring"

~wreath from JOTS cut at 10 1/2"
~flowers from GBS at 2", 2 1/2", 3", 3 1/2"
~D'vine Swirls, Distress Stripes, Perfect Paisley, Swiss Dots, and Floral Fantasy Cuttlebug folders
~"Welcome" from Ashlyn's Alphabet cut at 2 1/2"
~Core'dinations and DCWV cardstocks

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Anniversary card

This is the card I made this weekend for my parents anniversary... I am late... I just totally missed it... they have been married for 52 yrs!!!   It is basic and says "happy anniversary" on the inside and leaves room for me to write a note.

After this post, I'll be absent for a few days.  There was a death in my family this weekend, and we will be taking off tomorrow for NB to be with family and for the funeral later this week.  

Challenges...
Cricut Cardz Challenge #102 - "a stitch in time" (real or faux stitching)
iSpy Sketches ISSC03 - sketch
Card Crafter's Circle Challenge #10 - "to die for" (use die cuts)
Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge - "wedding bells are ringing" (wedding or anniversary)

~Fancy Pants "it's the little things" dsp
~grosgrain ribbon and tiny brads from my stash
~Fiskars sentiment stamp
~Fiskars scallop punch
~oval from George and Basic Shapes
~faux stitching - Cutterbee bug to pierce and black gel pen

Thanks for stopping!!!

Tiny Valentine card

Here is a little 3x3 card.  It looked better in my mind when I was planning than it came out.  :(    My camera had trouble focusing, too.  I think it was because of the plaid paper.  Oh well, here it is...

Challenges...
Mojo Monday 226 - sketch (round or square)
Fantabulous Cricut #96 - 3x3 Valentine card
Cricut Cardz Challenge #101 - Valentine card

~made with all scraps and odds and ends from my stash :)
~cuts are from G&BS

Thanks for looking!!!

"I Love You" Valentine card

Here is a quick Valentine card that is a little less 'cutesy' than I normally would make, but I like how it turned out.  I love the muted colors in this paper. 
It could work to give to just about anyone that I love. :)

Challenges...
Mojo Monday 225 - sketch
Stampin' Sisters in Christ - make a heart stand out  ...I have 4 ;-)

~Basic Grey Wassail dsp
~Inkadinkado sentiment
~hearts from George cut at 1 1/4"
~ribbon from my stash

Thanks for stopping by!!

"Have a ball" boy's b'day card

Flowers and ribbons and all those type of embellies are so fun to add to my cards, so I find making cards for girls is much easier than for boys!   But once I decided on this image, coming up with something for a boy card was easy!!   I am really pleased with the result because those little 'gumballs' are just so cute!!

Challenges...
The Stamping Boutique #23 ~ "twelve" (I used 12 mini brads)
Birthday Sundaes #38 ~ birthday card
Celebrate the Occasion #45 ~ child's birthday
Fantabulous Cricut #93 ~ "Man Time" masculine card
Card Crafter's Circle #5 ~ "Happy Birthday"

~DCWV 'All About Boys' dsp
~Bazzill cardstock
~The Stamping Boutique digi image
~used GBS and the center cut feature on my E to cut out the image 
~Copic, American Crafts, and Zig markers, gel pen
~computer generated sentiment
~mini brads from J's
~J's grosgrain ribbon

Thanks for stopping by!!

"cool wishes" summer birthday card

The Cricut Cardz Challenge #82 asked for a card with summer apparel or accessory.  Sunglasses seemed like  a good choice and when I started thinking about that, "cool wishes" seemed appropriate.  

~A2 card from Kraft paper

~DCWV Hippie Chic cardstock

~Echo Park Splash patterned paper

~flower from George

~'cool wishes' from OA welded

~sunglasses from EDPD, 3 layers of shiny Slice paper

~Paper Studio brad and a little bit of bling

Thanks for looking!!!!!

"sunny days" summer birthday card

Summer seems to be the theme for a lot of challenges lately.  It's hard to be inspired... we had a couple of weeks of 90 degrees in May and since them it's been cool with rain, rain, rain!  I hope that wasn't all the summer we are going to get!!  

This is a summer birthday card wishing 'sunny days' all year long on the outside and 'happy birthday' on the inside.

Challenges...

Birthday Sundaes - shaped card

Celebrate the Occasion - sun

Fantabulous Cricut - sun

BBTB2 - "sunny days"

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - doodling

"Recipe"...

~Bazzill cardstock

~Slice glittery paper for the wording

~sun 4 1/2"  from George, welded, one cut in yellow for the front, extra center cut in orange

~'sunny days' from Alphalicious, welded

~MS "Happy Birthday" ribbon

~MS pen for doodling

Thanks for looking!!!!  And I hope summer truly arrives soon!! :D 

**Thank you Birthday Sundaes for choosing this card as a Super Sundae card!!!

For You - Argyle Father's Day card

I realized that I am almost out of time for the challenge over at Cricut Cardz this week.  Obviously, I made it at before Father's Day, but the weekend was so crazy that I didn't post.  The inside says "Happy Father's Day". 

What I used:

~Basic Grey Recess paper

~Bazzill cardstock

~Circles, square, rectangles from George

~Argyle Cuttlebug folder

~Baker's twine

~brown brads

~Fiskars 'for you' stamp

Thanks for looking!!!

"50 is not old" birthday card

My oldest sister will turn 50 next week.  I wanted to be sure and mark the occasion in a 'special' way even from a distance.  :)  So this is the result...

I thought of doing the "no matter how old you get, I'll always be younger than you are" but that's been done before - I'm the youngest.  So I thought I'd start out nice and encouraging...

But here's the inside...

Good thing I'm several hundred miles away! :)

This card will be submitted to--
Fantabulous Cricut - spring
Tuesday Morning Sketches - the sketch
Birthday Sundaes - spring birthday


Thanks for stopping by!!!

"Nuts about reading" bookmark

At our house, we really do love to read!!  My mother makes embroidered bookmarks for my kids, so I usually leave that to her, but this week over at Cricut Cardz the challenge is to make a bookmark.  I found a quote that I like and agree with but it was a little too much unless I computer generated it.  Maybe next time.  

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” ~Oscar Wilde

It is a rounded rectangle from GBS welded to the squirrel shadow from Winter Woodland for the base.  I cut the shadow again in dark brown.  Cut the squirrel body in the light color.   A patterned paper rounded rectangle from GBS.  "nuts" is cut at 1" from Alphalicious.  "About reading" done with an alphabet stamp set.  (My 'u' is a little too tipsy!)  Accented by criss-crossing the "I".  Outlined 'nuts' since the colors were so close.

Thanks for looking!!!

"home tweet home" card

I don't have either "Straight from the Nest" or "Stretch Your Imagination" they suggest over at BBTB2 for this week's challenge and blog hop, but I do have DS, so I made my own birdhouse.  

How did I do it?

I cut the dreidel from JOTS, turned it upside down, trimmed the handle, and cut a circle from the middle for the house itself.  Welded a couple of shapes from GBS for the roof.  Used a rounded rectangle for the 'floor'

~ Bazzill cardstock

~ Blossoms and Butterflies paper

~ swirl border from Joys of the Seasons

~ bird from A Child's Year

~ 'home tweet home' is from Tear Drop cut at 1"  

~heart and branch are from Sweethearts (I wanted to use the kissing birds, too, but they didn't cut well that small)

Thanks for looking!!!!

"Classic" masculine birthday card

Another card for a challenge.  I discovered a great blog... Celebrate the Occasion.   It has challenges to celebrate the occasions throughout the year.  This week, challenge #2 it to make a masculine birthday card.  This is my submission. 

I have not put any sentiment on the inside yet.  With this front, I will probably write something about the recipient being 'old enough to be a classic'! :D

What I used:

~Basic Grey Granola paper (colors are perfect for 'manly' stuff!)

~distressed the edge

~crimped the GBS shape behind the car

~car from Heritage cart 'decorated' with silver gel pen

~stamp -I have no idea where I got it

~ribbon

Thanks for stopping by!!

Summer card!

I'm not tired of winter yet... in fact, I still want more snow so we can ski!  But many are tired of it, so when I saw Fantabulous Cricut's Challenge Me Monday #47 to make a seasonal project, I decided to put some warmth in it.  (And because I don't have the pics printed yet for the winter LO I'd really rather do!)  The sketch is from Mojo Monday 178, so this card will go for both of those challenges.

What I used:

• Bazzill Bling cardstock in yellow and orange  (I cleaned my M's out of these - 40 8x8 sheets for $2.99!!!)
• PP from DCWV Summer Stack
• George for rectangles and circles
• Old West for sun
• Stamp from ??? 
• corner rounder
• grossgrain ribbon
• pop dots
• CM metallic pen

Thanks for looking!!!

'Choose Life' bumper magnet

When I first saw that Fantabulous Cricut's Challenge Me Monday was to make a project for your favorite cause, I wasn't sure what to do.  I remembered that Sanctity of Life Sunday was Jan 23.  'Choose life' and 'It's a child, not a choice' both immediately came to mind but then I remembered I had seen the words done like this.  My prayer is that it touches a heart and makes a difference!!

What I used:

magnet sheet (crinkle cut on my new YourStory trimmer!)

permanent vinyl

NA for feet

DT for A..O..TION

PF for the D and P

Street Sign for 'choose life'

GBS for the X's

Boy and girl baby pop-up cards

Pop-up cards are so cute!  Check out Capadia Designs blog for instructions. 

I used GBS, NA, MM, and SB for all cuts and set it up in DS to make an A2 card.  My truck and carriage were cut at 2" and next time I'll make the carriage larger.  Embossed with my Scor-pal and used the Cutter Bee Bug on the girl's.  Some ribbon, brads, and a little inking.  There cards are for the babies of 2 friends who are sisters-in-law and delivered less than 24 hours apart. :D

Thanks for looking!  Try one... they are fun to make!

Mojo Monday 174 entry

Monday came again and with it another Mojo Monday sketch.   Set it up in Design Studio yesterday -to get the sizes just right- and cut and made card today.

MOJO174

What I used:

Made all cuts in DS using GBS, MM and SWH

Boysenberry linen testure cardstock for the card

Black linen texture cardstock for the shadow and scalloped square

PP from DCWV Love & Wedding 8x8 kit in a stack -found it on clearance at J's :-)

Small hearts are cut from cardstock in the kit

Embossed with Cuttlebug swiss dots folder

Black gross grain ribbon, some bling, and 'love' stamp

*Sorry I just realized that I must have knocked off a sparkle when tying the ribbon. :-(