Gnome Card and 100th birthday banner

I made this card and banner for our grandma’s 100th birthday. 

There was a lot of time making this card. The gnome is a Cricut cut in my stash.

The gnome is an inside family joke

Edited-I did look it up and the gnome is from the cartridge Fresh Picked.

 The brick paper is from Recollections and looks like real brick. 

I made the grass paper from scraps. I inked them with distress ink and cut slits in the top. 

I used dimensional adhesives to give the grass multiple layers. 

The mushroom and flower are stickers by K and Co. 

The lattice on the left was inspired by the heritage photos I'm scrapping.

 I took a vine-like ribbon and weaved it into the lattice die-cut by Cricut. 

That ribbon has been in my stash for probably 5 years

The flowers on the vine were made with a punch from Marvy.

 It felt good to use a lot of old supplies. And have it come out so cute. 

I hadn't been entering challenges but have recently found a few blogs I like. This card is perfect for the summer fun challenge at:

Bitten by the bug

I hoped Siri was correct. I stamped out those numbers. I love how it turned out.

Thanks for looking

Crabby Birthday card

I used a crab stamp by Stampin Up 

I stamped him on Strathmore watercolor paper and colored him in with distress ink.

The banner/pennants are a fabric stickers. I was going to stamp a letter into each pennant to make a sentiment but I was afraid that the fabric would soak up the ink and distort the letters.

The patterned paper is by Sunborn 

I used scraps of red paper from my stash.

There’s isn’t much to this card.

Thanks for looking

Celebrate Hot Air Balloon

For today's card I used a circle stamp from Lawn Fawn's Let's Bokeh. I started at the bottom with the lightest color of green ink and moved up from there with darker green ink. The balloon and banner die cuts are by Studio G. I covered them with Mod Podge to see what it would look like and didn't care for it. But it is what it is. I liked the die cuts with the background so I put it together. The green cardstock is by Sunborn and the black and white patterned paper is unknown.

Thanks for looking.

Swimming Layout

A new layout today uses a kit by Queen and Co but I added a few things to it. The two tags, one with a bikini and the other with swim trunks, were cut with my Cricut and the Life's a Beach cartridge. I set a splash eyelets to each of them. I also added labels of who each kid is by using an alphabet  stamp set by Lawn Fawn. I also added some circle stickers by Sticko/EK Success.

The other side of the layout was basically done with added touches such as the Cricut cut date. I think it is the cartridge Cricut Basic Font and shapes. The circle is stamped with a Close to my Heart stamp with Colorbox pigment ink. Then the center of the circle is a splash eyelet same as the left side. I also added the same Sticko/EK Success circle stickers to the bottom because there was originally these large, bulky rhinestone butterflies that I had to replace with flat stickers. Everything else is by Queen and Co.

Thanks for looking.

July 4th Up-Cycled with vintage ribbon Banner

There's a new challenge at Chalk Ah Lot which is re-purpose or recycle something with chalk. I choose to use the clear CDs that come on top of the large stack of CDs my department uses to burn patient images to take with them to other doctors or hospitals.

The base of the pennants is a clear CD with a red circle over the center. Oh, wait I actually put some vintage red white, and blue ribbon over the circle first. I used Stamp N Plus red powdered chalk on the heart in the pennant below.

The patterned paper is old and Idk who it's by. I embellished the banner with stickers by K and Co, a vintage bottle cap, corners by Making Memories {very old}, and a square sticker that I cut in half to use as corners by Sticko.

I die-cut the letters out using my Cricut and the Art Philosophy cartridge. Each letter has three circles and I placed a red sequin into each. The largest circle's sequins have a rhinestone in the center.

All this is held together by some red, white, and blue ribbon and ready for the summer to begin.

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:

http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com.au/ Just as you like

http://alteredeclectics.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://seemacrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ April vintage

http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://rheddandrosies.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes with ribbon

http://www.drsdesignsblog.blogspot.com/ I get around

http://wedodoobadoo.blogspot.co.uk/ Embellish it

http://craftyhandsdevon.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://creativecornerchallenges.blogspot.de/ What's in a name? {C for Cricut}

http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/No stamps

Mark's Finest Papers-Medallions
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

Freedom isn't free July Calendar Layout

Happy Fourth of July! 

This layout is the calendar month of July for my mom's calendar. That's my husband and me last summer. 

The banner was made using Cricut cartridge Country Life (or is it Living? not sure) 

The chipboard pieces are by The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby and the peace sign sticker by EK Success. 

Cardstock by Coredinations and patterned paper by My Mind's Eye. The stamps in the background are by Stampin up with ink by Close to my Heart. 

Thanks for looking.

Thank you to all of the men and women in the armed forces especially our nephew Aaron who is in active duty and away from his young family for 180 days. God Bless you!

Here's a little history lesson for you. Did you know that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both dies on July 4, 1826? They did. It was exactly 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. I find history very interesting. My reading is usually of the historical nature. 

Anyway.......

One Stitch at a Time challenge

This week at One Stitch at a Time the challenge is to use Red, White and Blue. My image is by Delicious Doodles called Steampunk Corner. There are so many awesome images to choose from. I really enjoy Teri's style.

So here is my graduation card that I made using the corner. I printed it on photo paper and then used blue alcohol inks to give it that rich blue color. Thanks for stopping by

Baby Laundry Hanging Card for the Chalk-Ah-Lot Challenge #1

Our fabulous ANYTHING GOES challenge over at Chalk-Ah-Lot Cafe is entering the 2nd week and I have a new card to share. I love this stamp of clothes on the line. It along with the sentiment stamp can be found at Stamp N Plus Scrap N.

I used Pearl Purple and Gem colored chalk with paint and a bit of water. If you haven't used these chalks you should definitely get some HERE. They are so easy and fabulous to work with.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope to see you join in the first challenge dedicated to using chalks.

Challenges:

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/(SU#23)-Anything Goes

http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com/(SA#31)-Anything Goes

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/(SU#96)-Anything Goes

http://panpasteluk.blogspot.com/(SU#1)-Anything Goes

http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/(SU#147)-Texture (the purple cardstock is textured along with the glitter on the flower and then the chalk also gives a texture)

Manly Monday Banner Birthday Card

I used some Basic Grey stickers and paper to make this guy card. The banner is from Maya Road, alphabet stamps by American Crafts and the font stickers are by Creative Memories.

Thanks for stopping by today. Be sure to check back on the May 12th-15th for Shannon's Sentiments preview of the new release and then blog hop. Best wishes for now. 

Manly Monday Holy Moly

I made the bottom of this card using the packaging from the Basic Grey stickers that are on the card itself. The banner stamp is from Maya Roads, the Holy alphabet is from American Crafts and the grow font is by Lawn Fawn. All the ink is by Stampin' Up.

Thanks for stopping by today. Be sure to stop by tomorrow as I will have some thing new to share. Have a great week. 

Congrats Grad 365 Cards challenge

All this week at 365 cards Shannon's Sentiments is sponsoring their challenges. Todays challenge is: 

Sometimes you have exciting news to share, and you just have to do it in a big, big way. 

That's what this challenge is about - just sayin' it right there on the front of your card.

Without a specific message, this is the kind of card you can leave blank on the inside ready for whatever big news lies ahead!

Well I didn't understand the  challenge as well as it is worded above and my example is not exactly what they had in mind but I'm going to show you anyway.

I did a graduation card with a big banner that is not gender specific and  could be used for any type of graduation.

I used the  striped pennants from the banner set called Shout Out. I used a gel marker in between the stripes and then inked the edges black. The paper that the borders is printed on has speckled glittery dots on it and I don't know who it is made by. The gel pen and all of the other paper is by Creative Memories, stamps by Stampendous and Recollections, embossing powder by Stampendous and ink by Versa Mark and Memento Inks.

So head on over to 365 cards and join in on the challenge where you can win a $10 gift certificate to Shannon's Sentiments store. I will be back tomorrow with another card for Tuesdays challenge.

I hope everyone is having a great Monday:)

Purple Dance Layouts

I'm making a book for a graduating senior about her life in dance. I have to say these are my favorite kinds of books to do; all girl, all pretty colors, flowers galore and bling. I'm just an all girl kind of gal. So here's the layout left side first then right. The journal spot is blank for her to write in when I give her the book.

Supplies: patterned paper by The Paper Studio, stamps by Unity, Technique Tuesday and Sei, floss by Karen Foster, Cricut cartridge Lyrical letters, ink by Versa Mark, Stampin' Up and Memento, purple border sticker by Creative Memories.

Patterned paper by K&Co, Carstock by Creative Memories and The Paper Co, Stickers by Me and My Big Ideas and Fiskars, Cricut cartridge Storybook, Stamps by Fiskars and Elle Studio, die cut (purple box) by Elle's Studio, (rectangle green) by Quick Quotes and (green journal spot) by Jillibean.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look.