Peony birthday - C4G #204

 It's time for our new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz.  Our theme is "P is for..." (Anything that starts with the letter "p.")

Here is my card with peonies on it...

I dry embossed a Kraft panel with Darice Honeycomb.  The peonies are The Ton Stamps Peony Cardmaking Memories.  The leaves and "happy" were in my box of extras.  The heat embossed "birthday" is Raisin Boat.  A few sequins finished it off.  My placement of the sequins is not the best, but the one I wanted higher was the last one I placed, and it fell off of my jewel tool on that spot, so I couldn't move it without leaving an ugly glue spot. LOL

Be sure to come over and play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Faith, Hope, Fight, Love - TMS #717

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  The card I've got today was simple to make, but not easy to make.  A dear friend has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, so I made this for her... 

I don't have much purple and thought the lavender would work, but I realized it was too light.  I cut 2 layers of Die-versions Whispers Awareness Square in lavender and one in black, layered them for some dimension, then colored the top layer with a purple Spectrum Noir marker.  

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

Tangii

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

I donut know... - TMS #716

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I've got a fun card for you...

My paper is American Crafts Story Time.  My image and sentiment is Honey Bee Stamps Love You S'More stamps and dies.  Using the sentiment frame die, I cut 3 in black and layered it for some dimension.  

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

Tangii

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

Happy birthday cool cat - C4G #203

 Happy Thursday to you!  Thanks for stopping by to check out my creation for Cardz 4 Galz #203!  Our theme is "cats or kittens" so we've got some adorable cards!  Stop by the blog to see them!  Here are my kitties...

These cute kitties and sentiment are MFT Love You Furever.  My paper is DCWV Playful Pets.  The frames were easy as I used Sizzix Stacked Tiles and was able to cut all 5 at once! The sentiment is cut with Kat Scappiness Wonky Wavy Stitched Fishtail Banners.  A triple twine bow and some adhesive dots finished it off.  

I need to take a photography class... this looks dull and dark, but it is bright and cute and girly IRL.  

And here are my real kitties!  We currently have 3...

Pixie is the definition of 'fraidy cat! LOL  But she's beautiful! 

These boys are proof that all orange cats share one brain cell!  LOL  

But they are fun! 

Please come and play along at our Cardz 4 Galz kitty challenge!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Christmas in July - TMS #715

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I know it's summer, I know it's hot, but I'm celebrating Christmas in July, so I made a Christmas card. ;)  (Actually, I got a new stamp set and really wanted to use it!) 

My ornament is Concord & 9th Yuletide Ornament.  I colored it with a couple of Copics and then used my Wink of Stella pen so it shimmers.  My paper is Graphic 45 Christmas Carol. 

You ever plan a card then have to change it mid-creation?  I did!  I had the card laying upside down, so I glued the banners on the bottom corner.  Grrr!  Fortunately, I realized it quickly and pulled them off, but there was some glue damage. :/  The sentiment had to go there instead of on the lower part of the ornament as I'd intended.  Oh well!  

Here's our sketch (I made it tall)...

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!

Thinking of you - TMS #714

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Here's a card I am sending to a dear friend who is struggling with some physical trials right now...

Both of these paper scraps were sitting on my desk and the flower and banner were in my "extras" pile, so I ut my diamond shape, stamped my sentiment, and put it all together.   The flower is Sunny Studio Hawaiian Hibiscus and the sentiment is from Raisin Boat Stunning Silhouettes. 

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

Tangii

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

Jingle all the way - SCC #150

 Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian family and friends!!  I'm still hoping to one day spend Canada Day in Ottawa! 

And since it's July 1st, it's also time for another challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenges!  This month's theme is "include gold."   I heat embossed my sentiment in gold on my card...

My paper is Recollections Christmas Plaids.  My sentiment is Colorado Craft Company Merry Everything.  My image is actually from a Stampabilities wedding set. LOL  Hey, a bell is a bell. :)  I colored it in with a VersaMarker pen and heat embossed it.  

Here's the sentiment up close...

The year is officially half over, so come play along at Sparkles Christmas Challenge and get your Christmas cards ready early. :) 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Paper hug - C4G #202

Happy Thursday to you!  It's time for Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme for this challenge is "more than one fold."  There are so many different folds you can try, so this will be fun to see what everyone creates!

Here's my card...

This was pretty easy to make and makes a fun fold.  I was inspired by >this card<.   My paper is Prima Romance Novel.  My heat embossed sentiment is from Poppystamps Marzipan Greetings.   The inside sentiment is a long-ago-printed digi.  I used Kat Scrappiness Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangles and CottageCutz Double Stitched Ovals.  The little roses were fussy cut from the same paper pack.  

There are many fancy or simple (like mine) folds to try, so find one and share it with us at Cardz 4 Galz! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Together forever - TMS #713

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Here's my card for this week's challenge...

My paper is Prima Romance Novel.  My sentiment is a vellum sentiment from an old DCWV wedding pack.  I cut it out with CottageCutz Double Stitched Ovals.  I put my glue on the outer rim, but it left it looking wonky, so I colored the edge with a marker.  Honestly, it looks much better IRL even though it looks nasty in this pic. :/   The organza ribbon is from my stash.  

This card was for my daughter-in-law-to-be's shower last night.  I realize it looks more like a wedding card than a shower card, but you gotta work with what you've got! LOL  I really need to find some products that work for showers! 

Here's our sketch for the week...

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!

Blessings on Father's Day - TMS #712

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  This week I'm sharing the Father's Day card that I sent to my father...

My DP is Pebbles Warm & Cozy.  The image and sentiment are Our Daily Bread Father's Day.  I heat embossed both of them and inked the moose with TH Stormy Sky and Peeled Paint. Easy peasey!

Here's our simple sketch... 

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!

Happy Birthday - C4G #201

 Happy Thursday to you!   It's time for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme is "dies and/or punches."  My dies did all the work for me on my card...

My flower is Hero Arts Mum Stem stamp and die set.  I colored it with Spectrum Noir markers.   The sentiment is Poppystamps Marzipan Greetings stamp and die set.  I ink blended a few distress inks.  (It's not quite as dark IRL.)  My BG was in my extra pile.  I'm not sure what I did to it because several weeks ago, I spent some time trying to create some backgrounds.  I was not really happy with most of them and most ended up in the trash.  But I kept this one though I do not remember how I created it.  I think I may have just used a small paint brush and shaken some alcohol ink refill onto the cardstock.  Who knows!?! 

Get out your old punches or your new dies and create a card for a gal in your life and share it with us at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

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!

Just a note - TMS #710

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  And no grad card this week! LOL  Just a note card...

My image and sentiment are Sizzix Floral Hello.  It's framed with CottageCutz Double-Stitched Ovals.  My DP is Studio Calico Story Time, and the strips are Recollections washi. 

Here's the sketch...

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!

Slimline birthday - C4G #200

Good morning!  It's time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme is "slimline birthday" for these next 2 weeks.  I do like slimline cards, but I've made A2 for so long, that I find it challenging to lay out the card in a way that looks good.  This design is not original with me.  I saw something similar on Pinterest, but didn't pin it right away and couldn't find it again. :/   Anyway, here's my slimline birthday card...

I tried to hard to get a good pic of this, but none of them really showed it well, but here it is.  My DP is a 12 x 12 love pack from Crate Paper.  My flowers are The Ton Peony Memories Card Making.  The sentiment is half of "Happy Christmas" freebie die that's on a Kat Scrappiness Stitched Fishtail Banner.  "Birthday" is TH Alphanumeric Stretch Upper dies. 

Please come play along with us and try your hand at a slimline birthday card for a gal in your life! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Snow globe Christmas - SCC #149

Happy June 1st!  Another month, and another challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenges!  Our theme this month is "trees."  Here are my trees...

I cut my BG panel from Recollections Christmas Plaids DP.  I stamped the trees from Raisin Boat Nature's Reflection in Hero Arts Lime to Forever Green Ombre ink.  I used my Versamark pen and white EP to create snow.  I forgot to use my anti-static powder, but I kind of like the extra snow. LOL  It was cut out with Darice Snow Globe die.  I cut a few leaves with MS branch punch.  My sentiment is from Sunny Studio Christmas Chapel and cut out with SSS Tiny Tags die.  A twine bow finished it off.  

The colors didn't photograph very well, but it is very pretty IRL.  

Keep working on your Christmas cards and share them with us at Sparkles Christmas Challenge! 

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Congrats Grad - TMS #709

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  As promised, more grad cards...  (And I promise I will show you my daughter's grad card soon.  It's my favorite!)

The paper is DCWV All About Boys.  The stamp, die, and sentiment are all from Sweet n Sassy Graduation.  I like the striped one best even though it's hard to see that it actually follows the sketch!  :) 

Here's the sketch...

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!

congratulations - TMS #708

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  And time for another grad card...

This one was fun!  I created the BG by stamping the mortar board from Sweet n Sassy Stamps Graduation on the woodgrain paper from my scrap box.  I cut the sentiment twice from 110 lb black cardstock so it has nice dimension.  It is from an unbranded set of words that I got free with an order years ago.  The banners are from Spellbinders Ribbon Banners. 

The grad parties are still happening, so I'll have another grad card next week. :)

Here's this week's fun sketch...

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!

Praying for you - C4G #199

 Good morning to you!  It's time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme is "backgrounds" which opens up soooo many possibilities!!  

My last couple of weeks have been very busy with work, travel, and graduations, so I was happy to find a BG that I had created a couple of months ago just waiting to be used! :)

Here's my card...

I had colored the background with some water color pencils.  I didn't add any water, so you can see it was just colored and not blended, but I liked it.  I added a BG stamp to it.  This is Neat & Tangles Punchinella stamped with Memento Bamboo Leaves.   My flower is Hero Arts Mum Stem colored with my Spectrum Noir markers.  The sentiment is from The Project Bin Defined cut out with a fishtail banner from Spellbinders Lacey Pennants.  I know that I recently made a similar card with this stamp and sentiment, but I have many friends who need this encouragement right now!   

Please come over and join us at Cardz 4 Galz!!   Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Congrats grad - TMS #707

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  And it's graduation season, so I'll have a few grad cards to share over the next couple of weeks.  Here's this week's card...

I dry embossed a panel of the Paper Studio The Linen Door paper with Lifestyle Crafts Whimsy embossing folder.  The cap and sentiment are Sweet n Sassy Stamps Graduation stamp and die set.  The stars are a Martha Stewart border punch.  

I mentioned that it's graduation season.  Though this isn't her card, this past weekend, we were in FL for my youngest daughter's college graduation. She finished in December but wanted to march and see all her friends.  Here's our beautiful grad!! 

Here's our fun sketch...

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

Debi - on leave

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

Tangii

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

Someone I love was born today - TMS #706

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Here's my card...

This is put together with bits and pieces of papers that matched. :)  I cut 2 wide fishtail banners and hid the ends behind the stitched circles.   My sentiment is The Project Bin Born Yesterday.   It could work for anyone, but it has a more masculine look to it.  I tend to struggle making masculine cards, but I think this turned out great, so I may CASE it in the future. 

Here's the sketch...

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!