Stars & Stripes birthday card

This card has stars and stripes, though not really the July 4th kind.  :D

This is for...
Birthday Sundaes - stars and stripes and birthday wording
Tuesday Morning Sketches - sketch

Thanks for looking!!!

Red, White, and Blue LO's

We always have a picnic at our house on July 4th and invite our whole church family.  It is so much fun and I love to scrap the pics (when I remember to bring the camera out!!)!

This year, I am trying to scrap our year as we go.  I'm a little behind in that but these pages will help... they are for July 4th so all I need to do is put the pics in after that day.  

Challenges...

Fantabulous Cricut - use red, white, and blue

Celebrate the Occasion - July 4th: use red, white, and blue

Sketchy Thursdays - sketch (I did both pages of the sketch)

What I used:

~DCWV paper

~Kraft paper frames

~stars welded in MTC

~2011 from Stone Script

~Labels for journaling Nestabilities

~hemp, flower, beads, and brads from my stash

Thanks for looking!!!

Red, White, Blue thank you

With July 4th just around the corner, 'red white & blue' is the theme for many challenges.   This is a thank you card in those colors.

Submitting to these challenges...

Mojo Monday 197 - sketch

Stampin' Sisters in Christ - red, white, blue thank you

"Recipe"-

~Kraft paper card 4 1/2" square

~Red cardstock embossed with Swiss Dots folder

~Blue cardstock run through a crimper

~Inkadinkadoo stamp on 1 3/4" circle

~Blue 2" circle

~Red 2 1/4" scallop

~Flowers, pearl, bow from my stash

Thanks for looking!!!

Simple Christmas card and tag

This is just a simple card and tag to add to my growing stash for December!

Challenges...

Tuesday Morning Sketches ~ follow sketch

jingle belles ~ "Lonely this Christmas" aka tag along with Opus Gluei

Order of the Opus Gluei ~ tag along with jingle belles

~I think this is some of the very first Christmas paper I ever bought years ago!  

~I made an A2 card from Kraft paper, and a Kraft paper 5" tag from PS.  

~Ribbon, brad, pearls are all from my stash.  

~The "Celebrate" tag is from a Colorbok Christmas pack.

Thanks for stopping by!!!!!

"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!!!

Warm Holiday Wishes - Mojo & jingle belles

Yay!  I got my Christmas card done for this week!  

I will submit this card to the following challenges...

Mojo Monday ~ follow the sketch

jingle belles ~ "all bundled up" with 3 or more layers

How I did it:

~A2 card made from Kraft paper

~red cardstock from J's

~Wintertime by Bella Rosa paper

~Inkadinkadoo sentiment stamp

~digi stamp from Crafty Pad Designs
~Shapelies from Penny Duncan

~Ribbon Boutique ribbon

~snowman button from my stash

Thanks for looking!!!!

Sweet blog award!

Wow!  Thank you to Donna from http://donnasdreamworks.blogspot.com/ and Nita from http://niftynitanotes.blogspot.com/ for "The Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award"!!  You will want to check out these talented ladies' blogs!!

 

For this award, I must thank the sender(s), list 7 things about me, and send it on to 7 bloggers.

7 things about me:

1.  blogging is frustrating me this morning! :D

2.  our family is done with our homeschooling for this year!  woot!!

3.  I speak a little French and Spanish

4.  we plan to vacation in VA this summer

5.  Colm Wilkinson once sang "Happy Birthday" to me!

6.  my new favorite website is cropchocolate.com

7.  my daughter plays the French horn well  

        (it's my favorite instrument so I chose it for her when she was 9)

Here are the blogs of some wonderful crafters that I am passing this award to!

Congratulations to...

~ http://nonnascraftcorner.blogspot.com/

~ http://kwilliamskreations.blogspot.com/

~ http://inkdwings.blogspot.com/

~ http://thisandthatbygwen.blogspot.com/

~ http://paperdeckerations.blogspot.com/

~ http://raqcreations.blogspot.com/

~ http://scrapinmomofoneinspiringlittleboy.blogspot.com/

Go check them out!!

Thanks again Donna and Nita!!

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!!!

Christmas card from sketch - jingle belles

I've missed a few weeks of the jingle belles challenges, but I really want to keep up so I have Christmas cards ready when December comes!  This week I am slow getting at it and not really happy with the result so this one may never be sent!!  

I followed the sketch and it looked much better in my mind!!  :-o  Maybe it needed some red on it! :-)

I used:

~Basic Grey paper

~Colorbok snowflakes punchouts

~Nestabilites for the shape

~Fiskars threading water punch

~Tim Holtz peeled paint ink

~stamps from my collection

Thanks for looking!!

Father's Day - SSIC

I have been making lots of father's day cards lately, but this one my kids love and it is going to my husband.
The theme this week as Stampin' Sisters in Christ is Father's Day, so I'll share this one there. 

What I used:
~Basic Grey paper for the background
~Bazzill cardstock
~tweed stamp
~olive grosgrain ribbon
~Fastenater (had not used that in years!)
~pewter tag and slide that I've had forever

Thanks for looking!!!

#1 Dad - Father's Day card

This card is for my dad.  I've made several for others to give but this is for my dad who loves cars!!  He and a friend once owned a Model-T that had a checkered paint job!!  That would have been cool to make one on the card, but I used a digi I have.

Challenges to which I will submit this card....

Cards for men ~ blue and black

Fantabulous Cricut ~ #1 Dad

Celebrate the Occasion ~ Father's Day

Whimsical Wednesday ~ Father's Day

What I used:

~Core'dinations for the card - embossed with Distressed Stripes Cuttlebug folder and sanded

~Background shape from Sentimentals cut at 3 1/2" and 3 3/4"

~Vintage car digi from Stitchy Bear Stamps

~ribbon and brads

Thanks for stopping by!!!!

50th Anniversary card - Mojo

A friend needs a 50th anniversary card for her parents, and when I saw Mojo Monday's sketch this week, I thought it would work well for it.  

What I used:

~pre-made 5x7 card

~K & Co  paper

~Fiskars treading water punch

~computer generated sentiment

~ivory grosgrain ribbon

Thanks for looking!!!

Teddy bear birthday card

I finally got to spend a couple of hours in my craft room crafting! :-)  I've not been able to do much lately and have missed a lot of my favorite challenges, but hopefully, I'll have more time now that we are about finished with school!!   My 9th grader has a few lessons left and 2 of the kids have achievement tests and we are DONE!!!

I got some new digital stamps and was eager to try them out.  I used one on this card that is for a little girl who is turning 2.   

challenges I will submit it to:

Birthday Sundaes ~ anything goes b'day with b'day wording

Stampin' Sisters in Christ ~ Jn. 13:34-35...something new (my new digi stamp!)

Tuesday Morning Sketches ~ follow the sketch

~I think my dsp was from a DCWV stack

~digi stamp from Stitchy Bear Stamps 

~buttons, cardstock, stamp from my stash

Thanks for stopping by!!!

We Three Kings - jingle belles

It has been really hot here, so thinking of Christmas is difficult!  But I found a Christmas pack at Big Lots yesterday so it was easy to make a card for the  jingle belles challenge this week... 

"We Three Kings" ~ use at least 3 different design papers.

All the papers and the stickers are from the Colorbok pack

Brads and ribbon from my stash

Shape cut is Nestabilities

a little chalking the edges, a little doodling and Voila!

Thanks for looking!!!

Anniversary card - BBTB2

This week at BBTB2, they inspired us with the flying bird on Florals Embellished.  I don't have that cart, but I liked this image from ACY.  Since I need to make several anniversary cards, this worked great for me.  (Sorry the pic is not totally in focus!)

~dsp from the Paper Studio Mirabelle stack 

~shimmery white paper by Slice

~heart from Bazzill

~birds are from ACY, cut twice and just used the heart in red

~pearl accents

~EK Success ribbon

~stamp hand cut for the shape

Thanks for looking!!!!

best DAD - father's day card

I've been working on my card 'order' that includes the need for 4 father's day cards.   I don't know these men really well, but I do know that one of them just got his motorcycle license.  Inspiration!!

Challenges...
Mojo Monday - sketch
Cards for men - no dsp
Fantabulous Cricut - blue and cloud

I used...
~Cordinations cardstock
~Distressed stripes and Diamonds in the rough Cuttlebug folders
~motorcycle from EDPD - I cut it in red, black, and silver and pieced it
~cloud from EDPD
~ brads, tag, and string from my stash
~since for a man, I tore the paper rather than use a 'pretty' punch

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Birthday Wishes

Birthday cards are always fun and good to have on hand.  This one was made according to the sketch and recipe for a couple of challenges...

Tuesday Morning Sketches ~ sketch

Birthday Sundaes ~ lace and pearls, birthday wording

~Mulberry textured cardstock from J's for the card and shadows

~shimmer paper from Slice

~dsp from the Paper Studio Mulberry stack from HL

~computer generated sentement

~lace, pearls and bow from my craft and sewing stash

Thanks for stopping by!!

***** this card was chosen as a Super Sundae!!!!  See it HERE!!

Visions of sugarplums - Christmas card

I'm getting behind in my Christmas card making!!  For several weeks, I have missed the challenges at jingle belles.  This week the inspiration was a photo and the theme was visions of sugarplums.  I think I have mentioned that I am a traditional red, green, and gold Christmas person.  Sooooo... purple???  

I tried it... purple, dangling, sparkling.   I really like how it  turned out.

What I used:

~premade 5x7 card, vellum, Bazzill lt purple, silver Slice paper

~vellum embossed with Swiss dots Cuttlebug folder

~ornaments from Christmas Noel cart cut at 2 1/2" and 3 1/4" with blackout

~MS branch punch

~hemp, brads, and stamp

Thanks for looking!!

A 'note' to cheer

Note cards are wonderful to have on hand and this one will be fun to use to encourage someone.  Literally, it is a note (actually it's two notes) to cheer.  

For 2 challenges....
Stampin' Sisters in Christ ~~~ Prov. 10:20-21 - encouragement with a touch of silver
Whimsical Wednesday Take Shape ~~~ a shaped card

I had the eighth note in my shapes in MTC.  Shadowed it, copied the shadow, flipped it and welded for the card itself.  I cut the shadow once in the silver for the background and so that the front would be whole and not have a flat side on my note.  Cut the notes in black.  Printed the sentiment (it is actually on pink paper, but it doesn't look like it), tied with ribbon and put it on with pop dots.

Thanks for looking!!!

"enjoy the ride" masculine birthday

I'd much rather make a girly card than a masculine one, but since there are men in the world, it is necessary.   This is for a man in his 20's.

The car and 'enjoy the ride' are from Graphically Speaking.  All others were cut with my trimmer.  The dsp is Basic Grey Recess.  The silver is paper for the Slice but my Cricut loves it!!

I'm posting this in 2 challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut (rectangle and triangle)
Cricut Cardz Challenge (masculine birthday)  **Just realized that though I have a car, I don't have wheels! 

Thanks for stopping by!!!

floral birthday - crayon resist technique

New techniques are always fun and this is no exception... crayon resist.  That was the challenge over at Tuesday Morning Sketches this week.  They have a couple of links to great tuts, so go check it out!

I am also submitting this to Whimsical Wednesdays'  back-to-basics challenge to go 'old school' - no Cricut.  

This card is for a girl who likes petunias, so I found clipart, printed it, crayoned, oops, I mean colored,  and inked it.

cardstock, ribbon, brads, stamp all from my stash

Nestabilites for the shape

Thanks for looking!!!!

Happy Birthday - "we woof you"

I have not had much time for the craft room lately, but I got an 'order' for 11 cards yesterday.  I'd better get moving!!  Got 3 done last evening, so I'm off to a pretty good start.  

This card is for some kids to give their sister.  The inside says, "we woof you"!   (If you are like my kids and don't get it, that means 'we love you') 

Since I haven't done many challenges lately, I will submit this one to a couple...

BBTB2 -- sunglasses
Birthday Sundaes -- at least 3 circles, birthday wording

I used:

DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies paper

DT greeting at 2 1/2"

EDPD puppy at 3 1/2"

EDPD sunglasses (the paper is glittery but doesn't show in pic)

Bazzill circles at 2"

flower brads from J's

 Thanks for stopping by!!

Happy Birthday Dad

Here's a male birthday card for 'dad'   I need to start on Father's Day cards soon, but this came together better for a birthday.  My kids could use it for my hubby... his birthday is not until Nov.  If I use it, my dad's birthday is in Dec, so I'm really ahead of the curve this year!! :D

For 2 challenges....

Mojo Monday ~ sketch
Cards for men ~ for someone special

I used:

~Me & My Big Ideas family stack paper

~Inkidinkadoo b'day stamps
~Shapelies for the label

~'dad' tag

~grosgrain ribbon and buttons from my stash

Thanks for looking!!!

"Berry" special birthday card

I finally got back to making cards and then Blogger was down for 2 days, so I couldn't post anything!  Seems we're back in business now! :D

This is for 2 challenges...

BBTB2 ~ strawberry
Birthday Sundaes ~ 2 dsp, 3 embellishments, birthday wording
 

As soon as I saw that BBTB2 was asking for strawberries, this birthday card idea popped into my head.  I looked and "Oh no!"  I have no berries on any of my carts!!  

Soooo... I took the egg from DC and played with it in DS.  The stem is the bow from the package on DC, turned upside down and a little piece added.  (I forgot to weld the little piece)

I used:

~Doodlecharms for 'berry' (egg) and stem (ribbon upside down)

~Doodletype for 'happy birthday' shadowed

~DCWV summer stack paper

~Bazzill cardstock

~hand cut tag tied on with hemp, ribbon, and gel pen for doodling

Thanks for looking!!!!

Shoes, shoes, and more shoes!!

I am surrounded by 80 pairs of shoes!!!  Unfortunately, they are not size 6 1/2!  They are made of paper.   They are the favor holders for our church's Mother/Daughter Luncheon on Saturday.   They were fun to make except when I had to fight with my adhesive.  Grr!! 

Here they all are with the candy treat...

I found the Marie Antoinette shoe HERE  (* I did a pixel trace into MTC and widened the upper so that I could fit the treat in it)

I found the mule pattern HERE

Making this many, I did not have time to really make them fancy, but I am pleased with the result.  (And I just found out that there may be more ladies so I need to make a few more!)
I used the Paper Studio Mirabelle paper and K & Co Classic K 2 sided.   They took a LOT of adhesive, too.  I used my ATG because the little runners did not hold well enough.

update... here are a couple of pics of these set on the tables

Thanks for stopping by!!!

'Queen' Mom ~ Mother's day card

Finally! I found time to get back into my craft room!  We had a WONDERFUL trip to Scotland!!  I was all back to normal from the time change... then I get up early today to watch the Royal Wedding.   It was worth it!

This mother's day card will be submitted to several challenges...

Cricut Cardz Challenge #72 ~ use card feature, Mother's day, flower

Fantabulous Cricut #57 ~ "Mom's the word"

BBTB2 ~ crown

Celebrate the Occasion #11 ~ Mother's Day

What I used:

~card feature from BB

~'MOM' from Street Sign

~crown from PDDU

~Basic Grey paper

~Bazzill cardstock

~the Paper Studio flowers and pearls

~brad and ribbon from J's

Thanks for looking!!!!

Scotland!!!

We had a wonderful trip so Scotland!!!  Eight people from our church, including my husband, our 14 yr old daughter, and I, went to visit one of our missionaries.  The Lord worked and the missionaries were very encouraged!  

We had great weather!!  It was warm and sunny most of the time there!  (Then we came home and it snowed a little the next day!!)  Here's just a few pics (just a few of the 1,197 I took!) that don't even come close to truly showing the beauty of this wonderful country!  But I tried! :D

The coastline as we flew into Aberdeen

Beautiful countryside!

Picturesque town of Macduff

The town of Cullen on North Sea

The ruins of Findlater Castle

Duff House in Banff

(I got to play a 1890's fully restored Bechstein here!!)

Gorgeous scenery everywhere!!

Sand dunes along the North Sea just north of Aberdeen

Loch Ness

Portsoy Harbour... built in the 1700's

Dunnottar Castle in the fog... kinda creepy!

Fyvie Castle

Coastal town of Pennan

St. John's Kirk... built in 1004!!!

How cool is this???  It's Windsor Castle as we flew into London

I saved the best 'til last.... 

Oh my goodness!!!  There's Nessie!!!  :-)

One of our group made took this.  ;-)

 

Thanks for looking!! 

Almost ready to fly!!

Hi all!

I appreciate so much everyone's visits to my blog and all your nice comments!!  I have not posted much this week as we have been getting ready for Scotland!!!!!!!!!  Plus I've been fighting a head cold or sinus infection or both!  We're praying it totally goes away before we get on a plane tomorrow evening!

We'll be gone for 10 days and then I'll be back at it!  ...once I recover from my jet lag!  :-)

Debbie

Embroidered baby blankets

I made two baby cards in January for for sisters-in-law that had babies a day apart.  I am just now making their blankets, I am ashamed to admit.  They were not difficult or very detailed, I just hadn't sat down at my machine.  Let's hope they hold to the philosophy 'better late than never'!!

They are receiving blanket size in a really soft fleece.

These designs are from Embroidery Library.  I also put each name and birth date along the edge.

Thanks for looking!!!