Buffalo Plaid Christmas

Most of my cards are for my design teams, but sometimes I just play around and make a card for fun.  Such as this white Buffalo check card...

This is pretty basic, too, other than my BG.  I found some stencils at Tuesday Morning that were intended for cookies, but they are in my craft room and will probably never ever make it to the kitchen!!  :D
I used the Buffalo plaid (AKA gingham) stencil and used my blending brush and added black ink to white cardstock.   I used 2 different sized snowflake punches and embossed them with CB Swiss Dots.  My sentiment is Pink & Main's Merry Christmas stamp and die set.

Challenges...
Christmas 24 #002 - anything goes
Christmas Crafts All Year Round Jan - anything Christmas or Holiday goes
Merry Little Christmas #18 - January anything Christmas goes
ABC Christmas A or B - A is for anything goes or B for bingo (I did A)
Little Red Wagon #532 - Christmas
Scrapy Land #130 - anything goes w/ brand SL sells (Pink & Main)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - use a stencil
Happy Little Stampers - January anything goes w/ dies


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

New toys! Had to play!

I had some Christmas money left and was able to indulge in some after Christmas and New Year sales!   This card is made with a set that I think is sooooooo cute!!!!

Take a look...

I just love the way this turned out!  I'm not good at CAS, but this set seemed to lean toward that, and I was happy with it.  Easy, peasy, and cute!  My stamp and dies are Lawn Fawn Year Eight Fortune Cookie.  The cookie is colored with a Spectrum Noir marker.  The DP is Pebbles Family Ties. 


Challenges...
Dies R Us #113 - anything new (stamp and die are new)
Die Cut Divas Jan '19 - anything new (stamp and die are new)
Scrapy Land #106 - anything goes w/ brand SL sells (Lawn Fawn)
Happy Little Stampers - Jan anything goes w/ dies
Seize the Birthday #157 - stamping only (if using a die is "illegal" then I'll just enter the linky party anything goes)

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!  (Come back again soon 'cuz I got a few more new things to play with and share!)

Merriest snowman wishes

While things are a little slower during the Christmas/New Year break, I'm trying to really use up a lot of the images, backgrounds, die cuts, and/or half done projects that are around my craft room.  
This card used 2 of them.  *pats self on back* ☺

Have you seen this?  I stole it from a few friends who shared  it on FB. ☺

Here's my card...

I've seen many cards on Pinterest and Instagram that have an inked BG and a snowman or house or church or something sitting on a hill and loved the look.  So I copied the idea and made my own.  My snowman and sentiment are Simon Says Stamp "Build a Snowman" stamps and "Snowman Parts" dies.  I created my BG with Studio G coordinating inks and added white heat embossed snowflakes. (From the SSS set.)  My "rolling hill" is Poppystamps Stitched Landscapes.  

Challenges...
Christmas Crafts All Year Round January - let it snow
Merry Little Christmas #6 - January anything Christmas goes
Cute N' Crafty Christmas #3 - Christmas/winter
Dies R Us #112 - anything goes with die from company carried by DRU (Poppystamps)
Scrapy Land #105 - anything goes with brand SL sells (Poppystamps)


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

On your special day - TMS #446

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  I'm so excited about my card today!!!!  It's my daughter's birthday card.  She is 20, but for years has loved and still loves Beauty and the Beast!  Check this out...

(I added the pic in a huge size so you can see the detail.)

This was really fun to make!!  If you visit regularly, you've probably heard me say I'm using up scraps and already printed images.  {{FYI my 6 month "I'm not buying anymore paper" spree has lasted over 8 mos!}}  In case, you're impressed with my self-control, I must admit I have purchased a few dies with Christmas money, and I did get some black cardstock that I "needed."  ;)  
I recently found this Disney Belle Enchanted die and was so excited because, as I said, my daughter loves Beauty and the Beast!!  I came home and began to play with it.  The tiny face stamp is included.  So cute!  I cut it twice in yellow.  I put tape on the back of the second one before taking it out of the die in order to keep the tiny pieces in the skirt.  I cut it in brown, cream, white, and red and trimmed to get the hair, face, dress trim, and rose. 

Supplies...
~the Paper Studio "The Linen Door" DP 
~Simon Says Stamp Tiny Tags
~Disney "Enchanted Belle" die
~CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles
~CottageCutz Stitched Ovals
~Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics
~My Pink Stamper Family & Friends clear sentiment 
~the Paper Studio adhesive enamel dots
~baker's twine


Here's our awesome sketch for this week...

Challenges...
TIME OUT Challenge #105 - be inspired by quote (birthday, love) 

Scrapy Land #86 - anything goes with brand sold by SL (Disney)
If You  Give a Crafter a Cookie #90 - photo (inspired by the colors)

Love to Craft #20 - March anything goes 
Happy Little Stampers - March anything goes w/ dies
Craft-Dee BowZ - March anything goes w/ handmade bow



Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...
Carol
Janice
Jenée
Melissa
Patti

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

It Is Well With My Soul

Sympathy cards.  I do not ever want to have to make them and really dislike making them, but on the other hand, I do enjoy it.  Only because I want them to be a blessing for the recipient.  I want them to know I care and am thinking of them and praying for them, so I often put more care into a sympathy card than another kind of card, but I've had to make too many recently!  The card I'm sharing today is one that a lot of love and effort went into.  It was made for a college friend who lost her husband after a great physical battle resulting from a stroke.  Too young!  Too soon!  But God had a plan, and their whole family was such a sweet testimony of God's strength and grace through it all.  Often in her updates on his condition, she often shared a song and what it had meant to her that day.

When I saw Sweet n Sassy Stamps' Hymn Blocks set, and I knew I wanted to get it and would use it often, so I ordered it.  When I needed to make her family a card, I knew I needed to use that set.   It has phrases from 6 songs, but I used "It Is Well."

I made it into an easel card...

Here's the inside...

Supplies...
~Sweet n Sassy Stamps Hymn Blocks
~Prima Nature Garden DP
~Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics
~Spellbinders Classic Squares Small
~Spellbinders Celebra-tions Pierced Squares
~DIY Delights lace tape
~TH distress ink
~Cuttlebug  Teresa Collins Timeless EF
~Memory Box Virtuoso Music die
~Recollections flowers
~the Paper Studio doily
~twine
~Die-Namites Budding Branch die
~Inside rubber sentiment from ??
~"Praying..." digital sentiment


Challenges...
Scrapy Land #78 - anything goes w/ die brand sold at SL (Spellbinders, Memory Box, Die-Namites)
Word Art Wednesday #310-311 - anything goes w/ uplifting sentiment
Crafty Gals Corner #151 - anything goes
4 Crafty Chicks #379 - anything goes
Southern Girls - anything goes
Crafty Girls Creations #42 - anything goes


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

White poinsettia

Another Christmas card tonight.  This one is all white!  (Except for the sentiment.)

I embossed the BG panel with Cuttlebug Holly Ribbons.  The poinsettia is Darice Layering Poinsettia.  My sentiment is Sweet n Sassy Christmas Tags.  It's stamped with Versafine Onyx and cut with Spellbinders Ribbon Banners.  It's not visible in this pic, but I used my Wink of Stella pen on the flower leaves, so they sparkle, too.


Challenges...
Glitter n Sparkle #257 - embossing
Sweet Stampin' Christmas Sept - anything Christmas
Christmas Cards All Year Round Sept - leaves
Aud Sentiments #189 - use 2 word sentiment
Scrapy Land #74 - anything goes *must use brand SL sells (Darice and Spellbinders)
Pile It On #134 - feather/scales and/or no patterned paper (I did no patterned paper)


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!!

Fall birthday wishes

My thoughts and prayers are with all of you who have been and will be affected by Hermine!   ♥

I've got a fall birthday card to show you today.  I love this fun owl!  I had planned to give him some googly eyes, but the eyes I have were either too small or too large.  Time to go shopping!!!  ;)

Isn't he cute?  This is one of the Birthday Fall Critters from Doodle Pantry.  My digi paper is from the same set.  My image and sentiment are cut out using Spellbinders Petite Ovals.  The leaves are Spellbinders Orchard Harvest Tags and Accents.   American Crafts ribbon and twine are from my stash.

Today, Doodle Pantry is sponsoring the challenge over at Send A Smile 4 Kids!   It's a great challenge and you can find the info there if you are interested in donating cards to them.


Challenges..
Scrapy Land #48 - use any image + brand of dies sold at Scrapy Land (Spellbinders)
Die Cut Diva's September - fall/fall holidays (my card is a fall birthday card... my birthday is in the fall... it might not be a holiday, but it should be!!!  LOL)
Crafty Ribbons #165 - anything goes + must use ribbon
Die Cuttin' Divas #281 - anything goes



Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Floral thank you

I wanted a masculine thank you.  I tend to struggle with masculine cards.  {{I think it's because I don't have much masculine paper.  Hey!!  Maybe I should go paper shopping!!!}}  I chose my paper and stamp with men in mind, but still am not thrilled with the masculinity of it.  Do you think it's masculine enough looking for a guy?  I hope so because it's going to be sent to one.

Supplies...
~Fancy Panty "it's the little things" DP
~Our Daily Bread  "Bird and Butterfly Labels" image
~Sweet n Sassy Christmas Tags sentiment
~Hemp
~the Paper Studio flowers
~MS branch punch


Challenges...
Our Daily Bread Designs ODBDSLC276 - Anything that Grows...with ODBD 
Scrapy Land #45 - anything goes w/ brand of die from Scrapy Land (Spellbinders) 
The Male Room #39 - use flowers (must be masculine project)
Cupcake Inspirations} #365 - photo inspiration (flowers)
 


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! 

Seek the Lord...

It's April, right?  Yep, that's what the calendar says.  If you visit my blog much at all, you know that I LOVE snow and that I was not happy this winter because we got almost none! :'( 
Now that it's April, we finally got some snow!  I think we got more this weekend than we had all winter long!  Half of it is melted already, but it sure was nice while it lasted!  See?

But since it's spring, I'll move on...


I love to make note cards with a Scripture sentiment.  They are so versatile and can be used as a simple note card, an an "I'm praying for you" card, or maybe a sympathy card.   Here is one I just made...

My DP is MME Indie Chic, and the back piece is embossed with Darice Cherry Blossom EF.  My sentiment is free word art from Word Art Wednesday a couple of weeks ago.   The pink frame is cut with Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Rectangles.  My sparkly, swirly brads are Recollections.

Challenges...
Word Art Wednesday #224-225 - anything goes/family friendly
Scrapy Land #39 - anything goes/must use die brand Scrapy Land sells (Spellbinders)
Creative Card Crew #110 - use a die

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!!

Have a "berry" sweet day!

Happy Monday to you!   We often groan when Monday comes around, but I hope you have a "berry sweet" day and a "berry sweet" week!! :) 

My image and sentiment are from Doodle Pantry Peaches & Huckleberries Color Plus.  Doodle Pantry is sponsoring Incy Wincy Designs challenge this week with a theme of "Shades of Green," so go check it out.  My DP is K & Co "Life's Journey" and it is embossed with Darice Large Petal.  I cut my image with Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A, framed it with Tile Works, added the branches cut from Foliage, and finished it off with a bow of crinkled ribbon that I colored with TH peeled paint. 

Challenges...
Crafty Girls Creations #15 - anything goes
Come and Get It #108 - favorite technique (dry embossing)
Di's Digi Challenge - use 2 or more dies (Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics, Tile Works, & Foliage)
Scrapy Land #37 - anything goes + must use brand of die sold by Scrapy Land (Spellbinders)
{PIN}spirational Challenge #160 - inspiration pic (inspired by the colors)

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!!