Happy B...day - C4G #275

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our fun theme is "bees"!  We'd love to have you buzz on over and play along! ;) 

Supplies:

• Pebbles Garden Party paper
• DCWV Spring & Summer Corrugate Stack
• There She Goes Bee Happy bee stamps
• Creative Worship Script Sentiments
• Echo Park Stitched Hexagons
• Sizzix Impresslits Sweet Friend honeycomb die
• Cuttlebug Honeycomb EF
• TH brushed corduroy distress oxide ink
• MS branch punch
  
  

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamps Wed - Anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #750-751 - Anything goes family friendly
Tic Tac Toe #TTC291 - center column: die cut, embossing, layers

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

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Thinking of you - C4G #271

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  I got to choose the theme for this challenge, and as I LOVE all forms of embossing, that's our theme.  Dry embossing or heat embossing, we want to see it all.  I used both on my embossed card...

Spring is coming, so I wanted something fun and bright.  I dry embossed the yellow polka dot panel with Spellbinders Poinsettias 3D embossing folder.  With the bright colors and inking, you might not have noticed that my flowers were poinsettias.  We can use all sorts of our supplies for things other than their intended purpose. :)  I fussy cut one of the extra flowers and popped it up. 
My heat embossed/die cut sentiment is Creative Worship Script Sentiments.  

Challenges:

Die Cut Divas March - must dry emboss and/or die cut with manual machine

Word Art Wednesday #742-743 - AG family friendly

The Paper Shelter #666 - AG w/ opt twist embossing

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

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Sleigh bell Christmas - C4G #265

 Hi!  Time is flying by, and it is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  This is our last challenge for 2025!  

Our theme is "Christmas sparkle" and here's my card... 

I am not a fan of glitter, but I do like shimmer and shine.  My jingle bell is SSS Sleigh Bell.  The bow is Poppystamps Little Bow and String.  My paper is DCWV the Christmas Glitter Matstack.  (This is very old paper, but I love it because it is sparkly but DOES NOT shed any glitter!!!  Whoo-hoo!!)  My BG is navy cardstock that I dry embossed with Sizzix 3D Snowflakes after swiping Cloud 9 Lisa Horton Opaque White ink on the flat side.  My "merry" sentiment is Hero Arts Merry Stamp & Cut and "Christmas" is from a freebie I received years ago.  The tiny stars are from MS Diamond Star border punch.    

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Sparkle and shine
Word Art Wednesday #728-729 - AG that's family friendly
Die Cut Divas December - Christmas/winter

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

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

happy birthday to my sweet friend - C4G #262

 Hi!  It is time for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  This time our theme is colouring.  I'm not very skillful in my colouring, but I played around and tried to blend a few markers.  Not very impressive, but it's better than I used to be able to do...

My flowers and sentiment are Honey Bee Stamps Darling Dahlias.  The background paper was in my scrap box.  The sentiment was kind of lost against the busy background, so I added a piece of vellum across the bottom and it really helped it stand out.   I added a few tiny silver circles to finish it off. 

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #722-723 - anything goes that's family friendly

Addicted to Stamps and More #504 - any occasion (I did birthday)

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

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Warmest wishes

 I have made a lot of design team cards lately, but haven't just played in awhile, so this morning, I perused Paper Playful's list of challenges and found lots of inspiration for a card...

I created the background by smooshing ink on my glass plate, adding water, and dragging the white cardstock through it.  Once it was dry, I randomly rubbed VersaMark and heat embossed with clear EP.  I like the texture and shine it added! (see closeup below) My sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Build Me a Snowman.  My cup of cocoa is Honey Bee Stamps Love You S'More.  Branches from a MS punch and green cardstock and a PaperTrey Button (cut from extra background) finished it off.  

Here are the challenges I'm entering...

A Cut Above Sept - AG with a die cut
Addicted to Stamps and More #500 - die cuts and/or stencils (I used die cuts)
As You Like It - layered or flat **I chose layers because I just love layers!  I also love CAS/one layer cards, but I am never satisfied with how mine turn out.  I always end up adding layers. :) 
Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #45 - coffee, tea, or cocoa
Creative Knockouts #554 - lots of layers 
jingle belles - cardstock Christmas (no patterned paper) 
Just Us Girls #791 - die week
Merry Little Christmas #64 - AG Christmas and family friendly 
Simon Says Stamp Monday - Stamp It
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Stamp It
Word Art Wednesday #714-715 - AG family friendly

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

Happy forevering - C4G #254

 Time for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Summertime often means wedding season, so I've been busy creating wedding cards.  "Wedding" (or wedding anniversary) is our theme this challenge, so here is one of the cards I made...

This was pretty simple to make, but it is still very pretty.  My image is Happy Forevering from Colorado Craft Co.  I colored it, added the sentiment, cut it out, and all done.  

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #706-707 - AG family friendly
Heart's Quest Celebration of Love #7 - BEWAS (mine is wedding)
Addicted to Stamps and More #496 - Make your mark (I used Spectrum Noir markers)  

Please come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!  

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

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! 

Praying for you - C4G #239

Happy Thanksgiving to my friends in the USA!  

It's time for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz.  We are asking you to create a card for a gal in your life using your favourite colour combo.  This was not easy for me!  I love red, but I don't necessarily love red cards.  So I looked through what I've made over the last several months and what really caught my eye were the cards made with blue and yellow, so I guess that is my new favourite colour combo. :)

My paper is AC Jack Frost.  My flowers are Sizzix TH Small Tattered Flowers.  I added a panel of vellum to tone down the busy pattern of the BG.  My sentiment is one of many like it that I've had printed for a long time.  It is leftover from a ministry at our former church.  We had a Romans 12:15 ministry... "Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep."  I made cards with this sentiment, and we wrote notes and sent them to families in our area on the anniversary of a loved one's death.  (We also sent happy cards to new mothers.)  

Challenges:
Crafty Gals Corner #261 - AG w/ opt. twist - use 3 layers
Word Art Wednesday #675-676 - AG that's family friendly

Please play along at Cardz 4 Galz and share your favourite colour combo! (Or one of them.) 

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day! 

sending love - C4G #233

Happy Thursday to you!  It's time once again for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme is "It's hip to be square!"  We want to see you use squares on your card or make a square card.  Here is mine...

I started by trimming an A2 card to make it square.  I cut a Kraft panel with Spellbinders Postage Stamp and dry embossed it with TH (Sizzix) Air Mail EF.  I inked the edges with ColorBox Cocoa.  My sentiment panel and dotted strip and butterfly were all cut from Simple Stories simple vintage botanicals.  Easy peasey, but fun.  

Challenges...

Crafty Gals Corner #258 - AG w/ opt twist of embossing folder

Word Art Wednesday #663-664 - AG uplifting/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!

Just BEE-cause - C4G #225

Hi!  Glad you stopped by!  It's time for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  May 20 is World Bee Day, so that is our theme for this challenge.  Here's my bee-utiful card... ;) 

My paper is Crate Paper Bloom.  My images are There She Goes Bee Happy.  The honeycomb and tiny bee die cuts are Sizzix Impresslits Sweet Friend.  This set also has words and an EF which I used on the pink panel.  It embosses and cuts the hexagons.  

Challenges:
Word Art Wednesday #647-648 - AG as long as it's family friendly
Try It On Tuesday - small things
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - use patterned paper
The Paper Shelter #596 - lots of layers

Be sure to come check out the DT creations and play along with us at Cardz 4 Galz!  

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

I know that my Redeemer lives! - TMS #750

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Oops!  I'm late getting my post up. :O  It's been a busy few weeks with  my daughter getting married.  But the "I do" is all said and they are man and wife! <3  My body and brain are in after-the-wedding-release-crash-mode, but I'll get back into the groove of things soon, hopefully. ;) 

Here's my card... 

This was simple to put together.  The sentiment/image was in my box of printed digis, so I cannot remember where it is from.  It is cut out with CottageCutz Double Stitched Ovals.  I did not create the extra frame shown in the sketch below, but I thought the frame in the image itself and the double stitching on the die would count. :)  The BG panel is Crate Paper Bloom and inked with Color Box Cat's Eye Merlot. 

Here's the sketch...

We'd love to have you play along with us!! 

Here's one pic from the wedding.  It's just a snapshot of our family. <3

And if you don't know what my card means or don't have a personal relationship with God, we'd love to have you tune in to our Easter program this Friday evening at 7 PM EST or Sunday morning at 10 EST as we celebrate the resurrection of the Jesus Christ who is our Redeemer.   You'll find it at fbcm.live or on our FB page...   https://www.facebook.com/fbcmilford

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #639-640 - AG w/ uplifting sentiment
Word Power #3 - words as focus of card
C.R.A.F.T #716 - Easter/Spring
Papercraft Challenge #104 - Easter 

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

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

Ps 143:8 - TMS #748

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  4 days until the wedding! :O 

Here's my card...

My DP is AC Dear Lizzy Neapolitan.  (It was still out from last week's card.)  I cut the frame with Stitched Scalloped Rectangles.  The Bible verse is a digi from Word Art Wednesday from long ago that was printed and waiting.  

Here's our sketch...

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

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

Hitched - TMS #711

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I rarely say this because I rarely feel this, but I really love my card this week!!  It was so fun to make, and I think it turned out great!  

I made a fun wedding card for a wedding I went to this past weekend.  I embossed a panel of the Paper Studio The Linen Door with Darice Cloudy Sky EF.  The car is Spellbinders Sunday Drive and all the embellishments on it are Sunday Drive - Hitched.  The cans were personalized to the bride and groom... Sprite and Diet Coke. :D

Here's our sketch... 

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #599-600 - anything goes family friendly

Happy Little Stampers - June anything goes w/ dies 

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

Tangii

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

Smiles across the miles

 This card I just made for fun (and to enter into a few challenges).  I have to say it was VERY fun to make!!  I saw this die set months ago and wanted it, but it was out of my budget at the time.  A couple of weeks ago, I was in Hobby Lobby, and they had quite a few dies with sale stickers.  This was one of them.  I was very excited!!  I bought it then went looking for the coordinating stamp set.  I found it (It was on sale, too!!), and voilà... my card...

I created the BG with Paper Rose Abstract Trees stencil and TH stormy sky Distress Oxide Ink and TH peeled paint Distress Ink.  The car die that I was so happy to find is Spellbinders Sunday Drive.  Both sentiments are from Sunday Drive All-Occasion Sentiments.  "Miss you" is cut out with Kat Scrappiness Stitched Fishtail Banners.  Both were stamped and heat embossed.  

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday - AG uplifting/family friendly

Dies R Us #200 - AG w/ die brand DRU sells (Spellbinders)  Sadly, this is their last challenge. 

Happy Little Stampers - HSL Sept stencil challenge

Happy Little Stampers - HLS Sept AG with Dies

Simon Says Stamp Monday - stamp it

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!

Come unto me - TMS #657

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I hope my card this week is an encouragement to you!  2020 may be long over, but I know the struggles of life are still ongoing!  I pray you know the Lord and can take your burdens to Him!  

 

My BG paper is Papertrey Ink Dotty Biscotti.  The Kraft ovals are cut out using CottageCutz Double Stitched Ovals.  My verse is a free digi from Word Art Wednesday from long ago that was in my printed-and-ready-to-use folder. It's cut out using the half-cut technique since I didn't have a rectangle with these dimensions.  

Here's the sketch...

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Raechelle

Tammy

Tangii

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

Sometimes God calms the storm...

I'm not working today, so I've got some extra time to clean my house and craft! Probably will do more of the latter. :D 

Last week, I found a Visa gift card in my wallet with some $ still on it. Yay!  I had a realization that a couple of stamps on my Sweet n Sassy Stamps wish list that had been out of stock were now back in stock, and my gift card had enough to get them.  :)   (I'm going to need to find a few hundred dollars worth of gift cards to get all my wish list items! LOL)

Here's a card I made with one of them.  (I'll use the other soon and share it, too.)

Maybe you need this reminder right now, so I pray this card a blessing to you. It's going in the mail today to some friends going through a rough time, and I want it to encourage them.   

My sentiment is "Calms His Child" from sweet n Sassy Stamps.  My paper was from my scrap box.  It is one piece that changes color.  I embossed the top with Sizzix Cloudy Day and the bottom with CB Distressed Stripes.  My border is MFT Die-namics Stitched Ric Rac.  I used Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics, Spellbinders Classic Squares, and Spellbinders Pierced Squares.  I can't remember which one it is, but one of the squares was just slightly smaller giving the this black border on the sentiment which I think really sets it off. This was all adhered to a black card.  (I almost always use black for my foundational layer on a white card, but I'm really loving the look of the black card base.  

I am entering this into a few challenges...

Cuttlebug Mania 9/15 - anything goes

Aud Sentiments #260 - anything goes + sentiment

Word Art Wednesday #458-459 - anything goes family friendly w/ uplifting sentiment

Crafty Sentiments Designs 9/22 - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Handmade cards because...

I am so excited about this card!!  I just got this sentiment stamp in the mail today and HAD to make a card.  I think you'll understand why I love it...

Isn't this sentiment awesome??!??  It's "Keepsake" from the Project Bin.  It is stamped with VersaMark Black Onyx and heat embossed with clear EP and cut out with CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles.  My DP is Bo Bunny Early Bird.  The tape measure ribbon is really cute... you just can't see it behind the sentiment panel. :D  The flower is Prima, the greenery is a MS punch, and the twine is from my stash.

And I also got this stamp for the back of my fun cards.... :D  (This is "Hand Made" from the Project Bin.)

Challenges...
Cardz 4 Galz #108 - something that begins with "S" (sentiment)
Southern Girls - anything goes
Happy Little Stampers - October anything goes w/ dies (CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles)
Mod Squad Challenge - Sentiment Says It All
Word Art Wednesday #410-411 - anything goes w/ uplifting sentiment


Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

You are beautiful - TMS #520

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  This week's card is one I made to send my daughter at college...

My DP is Bo Bunny Early Bird Collection.  The main panel is embossed with Darice Ranunculus. My clear sentiment is Neat & Tangled "Bloom" that I stamped with VersaColor Lapizlazuli and heat embossed with Ranger Ultra Thick embossing powder. (LOVE this stuff!!  See how thick it gets in the close up below.)  I finished it off with some adhesive dots.  

Here's our fun sketch...

Challenges...
Simon Says Stamp Monday - stamp it (no digis)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - stamp it (no digis)
Word Art Wednesday #402 - #403 - anything goes w/ uplifting sentiment
Brown Sugar #293 - anything goes
If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #125 - photo inspiration (I was inspired by the colors)

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

Andrea

LJ

Melissa

Patti

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

Sharing in your sorrow - TMS #519

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  My card this week is a sympathy card.  I've needed too many of these recently so am trying to replenish my supply. 

I stamped my sentiment from JustRite Sympathy Handwritten Sentiments on Kraft and heat embossed it with clear EP.  I'm so proud of myself... ALL of my paper is from my scrap box.  :)   I used Spellbinders Standard Circles, Petite Scalloped Circles, Darice Swirl Vine, a MS border punch, and KI Memories adhesive ribbon.

Challenges...
Word Art Wednesday #402 -#403 - anything goes w/ uplifting sentiment
Crafty Gals Corner #198 - emboss it (I heat embossed my sentiment)
Polkadoodles #35 - anything goes
Make My Monday #104 - use shapes


Here's our sketch...

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

Andrea

LJ

Melissa

Patti

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