Baby 'congrats' card

With the news that a friend is expecting, babies have been on my mind.  (Though not for me... we're done!)  I started this one thinking it could be for either boy or girl, but I did not have a good blue so with all the pink, I think this will end up for a girl.  

This card will be entered in 3 challenges this week:

~ Stamping 411 - sketch #194

~ BBTB2 - chick or duck

~ CTO - new arrival

~ pre-made 5x7 card

~ paper, ribbon, button, and chalk all from my stash

~ duck from New Arrival cut at 1 3/4"

~ Fiskars oval  with sentiment from ???? inside

~ SU crushed curry ink

Thanks for looking!!

"Heard you caught a bug" get well card

Ladybugs... that is the theme for this week at BBTB2.   

I used to think they were so cute.  But where we live, there are so many, many, many of them because of the farms.  They are everywhere!!  So live ladybugs just bug me now.  But all is not lost... there are many cute ones on carts including this one from Doodlecharms.   So this wasn't too traumatic for me. :-)

The inside is stamped 'feel better soon'! 

~ Jar from DC cut at 2 1/2"

~ Ladybug from DC cut at 1"

~ Basic Grey Recess patterned paper

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Happy Birthday to one of a kind

When making cards, even for challenges, I like to have someone in mind for whom I am making it.  No problem with this one!  This sentiment could work for a LOT of people I know!! ;-)

Fantabulous Cricut asked for any type of tree or a tree branch this week.  

What I used:

~ branch from Camp Out

~ birds from 50 States (Washington's I think)

~ Perfect Paisley Cuttlebug folder

~ Fancy Pants patterned paper

~ grosgrain ribbon

~ computer printed sentiment

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"Hoppy Hoppy Birthday!!"

A friend called and said her daughter needed a birthday card for a friend this weekend and she wanted my daughter to make it and that it needed to have a frog theme.  So we worked together.  My design, but her paper choices and I made her do all the work. :-)

"We" are submitting this to this week's challenge over at Cricut Cardz - 9" x 4" tall card.  Ours just fell over ;-) 

 What we used:

~ Fancy Pants paper for the card and background

~ Colorbok for the frogs cut from PDDU

~ Bazzill for the sentiment

~ Ribbon from ????

I have 3 girls and I hope they will all learn to love paper crafting, too!!

Thanks for looking!!

Musical note card

I love music!  I enjoying listening to it, playing the piano, and singing.  Whenever I see musical paper, I grab it.  This note card will be entered in 2 challenges....  

~ Stampin' Sisters in Christ - stamped flower 

~ Mojo Monday - follow the sketch

I  made the flourish, scalloped circle, and music border in MTC.   All the paper and embellishments came from my stash.  

Thanks for looking!!!!

 

Chip n Dale and a Wedding cake?????

Yep!  I made files for Chip n Dale and a wedding cake for my newest LO's.  

You can relax, they are not on the same LO!!!

Our youngest 2 love each other to death... except when they don't!   If you are a parent, you understand that!!  LOL!  But they really are good buds and I liked this pic, 

so was inspired by my DD's pants for the Chip n Dale and title.  

They love the cat!  He loves them (sometimes), too!

I made the Chip n Dale file from a coloring page in MTC.  The font is Cheri.

Fancy Pants paper

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At our church, my husband, who is the pastor, preaches a series once a year on the home.  Then we have a special service when all the couples can renew their vows.  He always makes a cake and punch for a fellowship time afterward.  He made the cake, taught us all to make the flowers, and decorated everything. 

The cake was made in MTC from a coloring page online.  The flourishes are from Sentiments.

The font is LokiCola.  The tags are cut with my Nesties.

The bakcground paper is glittery swirls Slice Specialty paper. 

I got 25 sheets for $2.99!!!!!  Found several deals at Ollie's in WV.

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What a ham!!!

The trench coat figure is from webdings.  The font is Waterfalls.

The magnifying glass was cut in MTC from clipart.

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A LO of several cute pics of our kitty playing.

The font is Loki Cola

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It snowed a LOT this winter!  I love it!!!  These 2 pgs are during and after 3 different storms.

The font is Cheri.  DCWV Holiday stack paper.

Snowflake punch and mitten brads.

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Encouragment card for a man

This is the first card I've made using a digital stamp.  I need to learn some more about sizing, etc before I print, but they are really neat!!

I wanted to use this stamp and wanted to do a card for the Cards for men challenge which is to make a card with water as the theme.  It wasn't really birthday material, so thought just a more masculine card to give encouragement.

What I used:

~  Fancy Pants patterned paper

~ Cardstock from my stash

~ grosgrain ribbon

~ 'Like a river' stamps both designed by Laurie Wilson of Doodle Pantry that I got 

             over at Clear Dollar Stamps

~ watercolor pencils  -since I don't have any Copics... yet!  :D

Thanks for looking!!

Bible Charade fun LO

Even though I am trying to keep up with this year's events in my scrapping, I am still working on January.  One Sunday night, we had a teen afterglow at our house and played Bible Charades... teens vs. parents.  

I forgot to put my camera on the sport setting, so some of the pics aren't totally in focus, but we had so much fun that I wanted to do a LO anyway.  I followed the sketch from and am submitting this to Sketchy Thursdays.

I used Colorbok paper for the background, Bazzill for the mats, and some Bible words paper I've had awhile.  "Bible Charades" is Sybil Green font and shadowed in MTC.  Flowers are from some scrap paper that matched.

And just in case you can't read it... the last journal tag says "Parents won!!!!!"  :-D

Thanks for looking!!!!

"Thank You" card

When I made my first card a few years ago, it took me hours, literally!!!  It doesn't take near that long now, but I will have to admit that doing challenges and following sketches helps so much!!

This card follows the sketch from Stamping 411 for this week.  I love looking at all the cards from the DT and submitters to see how differently we all end up from the same sketch! 

What I used:

~ Cricut white cardstock to make the 5x5 card

~ Bazzill bling for the blue shadows

~ Patterned paper from DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies

~ Fiskars 'thank you' stamp - SU soft sky ink

~ Scalloped circles made in MTC to match the numbers of scallops in my stamp

~ Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and Floral Fantasy embossing folders on the white

~ Ribbon and brads from my stash

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 for the Holidays" card

I'm really enjoying making a Christmas card each week along with the jingle belles where the theme was "home for the holidays"!  This card will also be submitted to Celebrate the Occasion for this week's challenge of green, white, + another color.  I chose red!  And Christmas is my favorite 'occasion'!!

The "home for the holidays" theme gave me several ideas, but probably my favorite part of Christmas, as well as something that brings back wonderful memories of home, is the music!   We always did, and still do, go caroling to older folk, but as a child, our extended family would gather round the piano and sing all Christmas evening.  It was wonderful!!   

What I used:

~ DCWV glitter mat stack for the red and green

~ DCWV holiday stack patterned paper

~ clipart printed on my computer, cut in a 2" circle

~ 2 1/2" green circle

~ 2 3/4 red scalloped circle

~ grosgrain ribbon

~ 'Merry Christmas' stamp

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!!!!

"U R 2 cool!" shaped note card - Fantabulous Cricut

This week over at Fantabulous Cricut they are asking for shaped cards.  I'm making Christmas cards, following sketches, and making men's cards, so I decided to do something to bring a touch of summer to these winter days.  I do still love winter, but this made me think of warm summer days that will eventually be here.  (And we'll all be complaining of the heat, right?!?)

Recipe:
~ Pressed Petals CS for the card base 
~ 2 popsicles from Doolecharms welded and cut at 5" for the card base
~ popsicle (with sticks) cut at 5" in Bazzill CS
~ popsicle (without sticks) cut in Bazzill CS
~ "U R 2 cool!" is Doodletype cut at 1" - I cut this then went back and 'cut' again 
                with a pink Cricut marker
~ American Crafts ribbon
~ white gel pen

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Travel note card - Mojo 180

I find making cards from sketches enjoyable because a lot of the thought is done for me.  LOL!  Then I just pick the paper and occasion I want.    This week's Mojo sketch is for a round or square card.  I NEVER make round cards, so thought I'd try it.  This travel paper has been calling to me lately so it finally got used!

This is a good size for a note to say 'good-bye' and maybe tuck in some $ for a trip.  Or it could be a 'welcome home' note.  Maybe even a 'we're having fun' card to write home.

I made all my cuts and made my 'border punch' in MTC.  I even made an envelope for it to fit into in MTC since I don't have any square envies.

What I used:

* Pressed Petals CS for the card

* Gartner Airplane Voyage collection 2-sided paper 

* Fiskars travel stamps

* Craft Essentials grosgrain ribbon

Thanks for looking!!!

Another Christmas card - jingle belles

Making Christmas cards in February is kind of fun.  Not being under pressure to get them done is nice!  :D

The jingle belles prompt for this week is "text me."  That means use some paper or have a text on your card somewhere.  I chose to use paper with a text... Merry Christmas!  Appropriate for a Christmas card, don't you think?  

I will probably make more like this using Coke paper that I have.  My hubby collects Coke memorabilia and I am addicted to really like diet Coke, so it would be cool.  I think the Coke ads with the bear are so cute! 

What I used:

~Tan cardstock cut at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" for card

~black linen texture cardstock

~'Merry Christmas' paper from DCWV Christmas holiday stack

~polar bear from Joys of the Season cut at 2 1/2" and shadowed - *Edit-  I obviously forgot to add the shadow!! Grr!

~scarf cut from DCWV glitter mat stack

~glitter glue to add some sparkle to the stars

~ribbon from my stash

Thanks for looking!!!

"Some bunny loves you" Easter card

I just finished and posted my one St Patrick's Day card for this year, so now it's on to Easter!  I do know that Easter is the day we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and it is not about candy, and eggs, and new dresses!  

But looking at some clipart a couple of weeks ago, I decided that I could make my own little bunny in Make the Cut.  This is the result.  If you are a member of MTC_Tuts or on the MTC forum, you can find the file if you are interested.  This is based on the sketch from Stamping 411 for today.  Shhh!  Don't tell anyone that it doesn't have any stamping on it!  Oops!

Not much to the 'recipe' - paper, brads, and ribbon that I've had for ages all put on a pre-made 5x7 card.  Computer generated sentiments inside and out.  Inside shape cut with my Nestabilities.  Highlighted with a white gel pen.   Except for her shirt, the bunny is all Bazzill cardstock.

Thanks for looking!!!

Best friend St Patrick's Day card

I'm not Irish and we don't usually 'do' St. Patrick's Day, so when this week's Cricut Cardz challenge was to make a card without using a shamrock, I had no clue what to do.  But I like a challenge... pun intended!! ...so I found this quote and made this card for my best friend.  She is not Irish either... she was born in Dominica! :-)   She'll get a good laugh out of it even though it has a nice sentiment!

What I used:

~pre-made A2 green card
~Colorbok green and yellow paper
~friends cut from ACY at 2 1/2" and shadowed  
      (for the first time in forever, I cut without DS because the shadow 
          didn't fit when I cut in DS for some reason) *I figured it out... I had real size checked!)
~hat from ACY
~computer printed sentiment
~DCWV Summer stack 'rainbow' paper
~American Crafts ribbon
~Studio 18 rhinestones

Thanks for looking!!!

Masculine note card

Masculine cards tend to be a challenge for a lot of us, so when I found a blog dedicated to cards for men called... you'll never guess... Cards for men, I was happy to check it out.  This week I have made my first entry to one of their challenges.  

The challenge asked for- 

1 image 

2 design papers 

3 embellishments

This could be a blank note card or a card of encouragement for someone in the ministry or even a special occasion card depending on what I decide to put on the inside (or not).  

What I used:
Me and My Big Ideas paper
cardstock from my stash
ivory grosgrain ribbon
stamp - not sure who made it
buttons

Thanks for looking!!!

"Fishing was good" hanging plaque

I had a busy weekend so hadn't planned to get much made, but I messed up some of the plans when I totaled our van! :(  My daughter was with me, and PTL we are both ok!!  Sore sternum from the seat belt doing its job, but we have sooooooo much to be thankful for!!!!  

I've taken it easy, but today, I needed to get back in my craft room, so this is my third and final post of the day.  Then I'm going to bed!

Ever since I found this slate at my MIL's, I have been wanting to use it.  The BBTB2 challenge was to use the little fishing boy from ACY.  I did a search for fishing quotes and found this one!  My husband's office is decorated with fishing paraphernalia so this will be his....

What I used:

~slate that had a wire already on it! :D

~boy from A Child's Year cut in black outdoor outdoor vinyl - he's cut at about 5" but I stretched him in DS a little to fit my tile

~words from Lyrical letters & Stamped cut at about 1"

~'sign' behind words - shape from Stamped shortened in DS and cut wood grain contact paper

Hope you like it!  Thanks for looking!!

Embossed Wedding Card

More challenges, more fun, and more cards!!  (Actually only one more, but 'more card' isn't very proper!)   The sketch at Stamping 411 this week is simple but beautiful, and a wedding card came to mind right away.  Fantabulous Cricut is asking for embossing this week, so I combined again for these challenges with this card.

What I used:

~Cricut pastel cardstock

~Colorbok Love/Amour patterned paper

~MS ribbon

~Cuttlebug 'formal circles' embossing folder around the rings and sentiment

~Fiskars 'best wishes' stamp

~MS gold stamp distressing and highlights

Thanks for stopping by!!