Whale Thanks a Ton

Today's card features a Christmas present from my niece. She bought me the Clearly Besotted stamp set Whale Done that includes the whale, spout, and sentiment. I cut the image die cut out with my Cricut and the When I Was A Kid cartridge. I used Hero Arts Shadow ink Charcoal and Stampin Up Daffodil Delight ink for the whale. Then the sentiment is stamped with the same HA  ink onto a Spellbinders die that I cut the edges off to do something different with the same old dies. The cardstock is by Recollections and Die Cuts With a View. For the rest of my card I used pearls by Want 2 Scrap, embossing folder by Provo Craft, and patterned paper by Basic Grey.

Thanks for looking.

Mason Jar Friends

I'm here today with a friend card. I die cut the yellow and white die cuts in the center out from my Cricut. I stamped the Inkadinkado mason jar with black Hero Arts ink on the white and then again on some red cardstock. I cut out the red to form a label on the jar and stamped the word "friends" inside of it. In retrospect I should have stamped the sentiment in black so you could see it better but I stamped it in red. Then I stamped a bunch of the same heart inside the jar with red and yellow ink by Stampin Up using 1st through 3rd generation stamping. The card base is by Recollections and I adhered a piece of Pebbles red patterned paper to the top. The bottom is Basic Grey patterned paper that I fussy cut the design out on the bottom (I use the other piece of the cut out paper in tomorrow's card). I covered the seam of the two papers with Karen Foster twill and embellished with a few pearls.

Thanks for looking.

Gold 50th Anniversary card with Mosaic Stamp

Today's card is for a 50th anniversary. I made about four of these but all a little different since I don't have that many gold papers/supplies. The gold border paper is by Creative Memories which is old and I'm running out of it. The other gold paper is a scrap from a store bought card.

The two stamps I used in my card are both by Deep Red stamps.

Behind the 50 is the Floral Mosaic stamp and the second stamp is the Vintage border stamp at the bottom. I stamped both with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed them with gold embossing powder by Stamp N Plus. I fussy cut the border stamp and covered part of it with the gold recycled piece of paper. 

I cut the numbers out using my Cricut and the border is a die by Spellbinders.

Thanks for looking.

http://sweet7challenge.blogspot.com/ Lucky Gold
http://cuttinandstampinchallenges.blogspot.com/ Gold
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes
http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes
http://www.addalittledazzle.com/dazzling-diva-challenge-66/ Anything goes
http://ema-ginationstation.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes
http://vandicrafts.com/category/cards/artistry-challenge/ Emboss it
http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://eurekastamps.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes
http://sparklensprinklecreativechallenges.blogspot.com/ Embossing powder

Dreamweaver's Marching into Spring

Ready for fresh air, sunshine, new leaves, and flowers blooming? Well, the Dream Team is right there with you! Our challenge for the month of March is...coincidentally...Marching into Spring. Per usual, we'd love to have you play along with us, and link your own creations to the Inlinkz tool on the Dream It Up! blog, or at the bottom of this post. Play as many times as you'd like. Those of you who work Dreamweaver and/or Stampendous products into your projects receive bonus points, but everyone has an opportunity to be the winner who receives the stencil of their choice.

Here's my hint of Spring:

I inked the Birdbath Stencil with distress ink by Ranger and was able to get into some of the smaller spots by using nibs that they have. Then I used some Bazzill patterned paper, a sentiment sticker by Pebbles and some May Arts ribbon to finish it off. It turned out quite pretty.

The "B" team would love to share their interpretations of this theme:

Dream It Up!

Louise Healy

Alison Heikkila

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Hornschu

Gill Wilson

Cindy Groh

An InLinkz Link-up

To A Great Pair-Anniversary Card

Today my card is an anniversary card that I made for the hubby's cousin and his wife. The background patterned paper is by Making Memories and the grey is by TPC Studio. The jar and bug stamps are unknown because I stamped them at a crop using someone's stamps and I wasn't blogging back then. The sentiment stamp is by Impressive Stamps with black Hero Arts ink. 

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:
http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.com/ Use green
http://stampedblessings.com/ Green
http://eclecticellapu.blogspot.co.uk/ Go Green
http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/ Green
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ AG twist Green
http://www.gloriadesignschallenge.blogspot.com/ Go Green
http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/ Use lots of green
http://getcreativechallenges.blogspot.com/ Must have green in project
http://melonheadzfriends.blogspot.com/ Use green
http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ Green
http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.com/ Green

Corvette for Old Guys who Rule

Today starts a new Anything goes challenge at Through the Craft Room Door. The theme is always

Anything Goes 

and we love to see your creations.

My card features a digital stamp by

Fitztown

I printed the car out on Cryogen cardstock and colored it in with Copic Markers. Then I die cut it out with a Spellbinders die cut. I masked the car off and while the image was still in the die I inked the inside with Ranger's distress ink. The cardstock for my card is by Recollections, patterned paper by Creative Imaginations, sentiment stamp by Hero Arts and ink by Stampin Up. The gear brad under the word "day" is by Eyelet Outlet.

Thanks for looking and I hope to see your creation linked up at

Through the Craft Room Door.

Challenges:

http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com.au/ Anything goes

http://www.scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

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

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

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

http://getcreativechallenges.blogspot.com/ Must have green

http://blog.markerpop.com/ Anything goes

http://www.throughthepurplehazechallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://challengeupyourlife.blogspot.com/ Masculine

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

Manly Monday Dinosaur

Welcome back to Manly Monday. Please click on the blog name to be directed to the masculine card. We have a couple younger cards, including my own, but a couple for the dad's too. In other words we have a great mix of cards to share today. 

Daffodil Cards

Crafted by Jules

Guylaine Seyer

Papers, Markers, Inks, Oh My

Purple Princess Diaries- Scroll down

Stamp N Play

Indiana Inking 

I made another dinosaur card using the Stampendous Dinosaur stamp Set, I did the same thing as my card on Friday with the triceratops. I stamped the dino onto Ranger watercolor paper with Hero Arts black ink and colored it in with Peerless watercolors and a paint brush. I pulled out some of Ranger's crackle paint (Rock Candy) and covered the Spellbinders die cut with it. I fussy cut the stamp out and adhered him to the die cut. The polka dot patterned paper is by Making Memories, twine by Tim Holtz, and stamped the sentiment onto Creative Memories sand colored cardstock with Stampin Up brown ink.

Hey I just wanted to say thanks for looking and if you like what you see could you please become a follower? It would warm my heart to know my efforts of doing this Monday post is being seen by people like you. Thanks.

http://www.fairytalestamper.blogspot.de/ Anything goes

http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com.au/ Anything goes

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

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

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

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

http://www.throughthepurplehazechallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://www.flonzcraft.com/vsc/ Olde Worlde

http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.com/ Add a sentiment

http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/ Monochromatic

Stampin Up card

I made this card with patterned paper and stamps by Stampin Up. The leaf is heat embossed with Ranger platinum embossing powder. The flower is stamped with Hero Arts ink and then I colored it in with Picket Fence Distress paint with Stampin Up ink Daffodil Delight. It softened the yellow color a bit. The sentiment sticker is by Pebbles. I saw this design for my card on Splitcoast Stampers and of course I can't find it. 

Thanks for looking.

http://www.fairytalestamper.blogspot.de/ Anything goes

http://anyaoddiesandothers.blogspot.com/p/all-others.html Anything goes

http://www.fashionablestampingchallenges.com/ Springtime

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/ Spring is in the air

Elsa My Friend

For today's card I used a bunch of die cuts. The Elsa image has been die cut with a Sizzix oval die. The blue oval around the image has deckled edge and was cut out of my Cricut. The label die with the sentiment is cut from my Cricut as well as the two larger  snowflakes (cartridge Creative Memories Holiday tags and more or something like that). Then the scallop border is by Spellbinders. 

For the rest of the card I used ribbon by Offray, Copic cardstock is called Cryogen, and I inked the inside of the image with distress ink. The image is by Sassy Studio Designs which I colored with Copic markers and then covered her cape with Stardust powdered chalk mixed with paint (both by Stamp N Plus). I don't know the manufacturer for the patterned paper or the other snowflake punch. The sentiment stamp is by Stampendous in black ink by Hero Arts.

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:

http://kitandclowder.ning.com/challenges Movie inspired

http://www.craftforthecraic.blogspot.ie/ Die cut, sentiment, image

http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.com/ For a child

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ Let it go

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

http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.ca/ More than 1 layer

http://just-hanna-stamps.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/ Die cuts

http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.com/ Girly girls

http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/ Movie madness

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ One for the girls

http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ For the girls

Stampendous Dinosaur

I think this is a triceratops dinosaur and she makes me think of the movie "The Land Before Time" with Cera, Little Foot, Spike and Ducky. I stamped the Stampendous dino onto Ranger distress watercolor cardstock with Hero Arts black ink. Then I colored her in with Peerless watercolors. After she dried I inked the edges with distress ink and matted her onto some kraft cardstock. I stamped the sentiment with brown ink and mated it to a piece of brown cardstock. The patterned paper is by Basic Grey (I think) and the brown cardstock is by Bazzill. 

Thanks for looking.

http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/ Movie madness

http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/ For a boy or man

Winner

http://blog.red-rubber-designs.com/ For the boys

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

Lawn Fawn/Simon Says Stamp

I made this card for a challenge on Flickr. I needed some inspiration and came across a tweet that looked interesting. I love what I came up with for the challenge which is to use kraft with Lawn Fawn and/or Simon Says Stamp products.

I started with Tim Holtz/Coredinations kraft core cardstock. I dry embossed it with a Spellbinders M Bossibilties folder and filed out the raised design with a nail file. I also roughed up the edges of the cardstock. I stamped a square by Simon Says Stamp onto kraft cardstock with SU Bermuda Bay ink and die cut it out with a Spellbinders scallop square die. Then I punched the hole out of the center with a Creative Memories square punch. I die cut GCD Studios patterned paper with a Spellbinders die to place behind the the smaller square and bring in some of the redish color. I received a prize from Simon Says Stamp a while back that had some Basic Grey paper and embellishments. In there I found this sentiment which was perfect for the them of my card. I adhered the die cuts to card front and wrapped some Lawn Fawn twine around to a bow on the left side. 

After all that I stamped and die cut the Lawn Fawn butterfly with Hero Arts ink. I colored the image in with distress ink and a paint brush. The edges needed some color so I brushed them with Antique Linen distress ink as well as some Peacock Feathers. I finished the butterfly with some clear Wink of Stella to make it shimmer.

 Thanks for looking

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

Christmas Critter

New this month at Christmas cards all Year Round we are challenged to use little critters in our Christmas cards. I made this one with a Close to My Heart stamp set. It's quite old but fit the challenge so well. 

I stamped the Christmas lights onto the card base. I turned the stamp before joining the next line of lights. I think there are only four lights that are connected together. I colored the lights in with distress markers. I stamped the reindeer onto pearlized cardstock by Recollections with Her Arts black ink. After it dried completely I die cut and embossed the image out with a Spellbinders die. The patterned paper is by Martha Stewart (red closest to the image), Basic Grey (corners), and October Afternoon (blue polka dots). The cardstock is by Recollections and the sentiment is a Hero Arts stamp. 

Thanks for looking.

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes
http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.com/ Add a sentiment
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Furry Friends
http://hjcchallenge.blogspot.ca/ Punches/dies
http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/ Anything goes
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes

Manly Monday Kayak

Welcome back to Manly Monday. I have an awesome set of talented ladies sharing their cards today. Please click on the blog title to go directly to the masculine card. Hey if you like what you see on this post you should become a follower. I post almost daily and would love to take you along my journey.

Tangle Street Colorway

Stamp N Play

Afternoon Stamper

Crafting with Cotnob

Paper Crafty's Creations

My Crafty Creations

Ink it Up

Linda's Crafty Piece of Heaven

My card is similar to the last few Manly Monday cards. I used the same TPC Studio stamp set along with the de-bossing technique. The patterned paper in the background is by Basic Grey and the camouflage paper is by The Paper Studio. The green and brown cardstock is by Stampin Up and the kraft cardstock is by Oriental Trading Co. I used Hero Arts ink for the kayak and the paddle and inked them with distress ink. The sentiment is heat embossed using Versa Mark ink and Ranger's platinum embossing powder on green vellum that I found at a dollar store. 

Thanks for looking

http://cagichallenge.blogspot.ca/ Emboss it

http://vandicrafts.com/category/cards/artistry-challenge/ Emboss it

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

http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ AG w green

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

http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/ Use lots of green

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://melonheadzfriends.blogspot.com/ Use green

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

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

http://sparklensprinklecreativechallenges.blogspot.com/ Embossing powder

Thanks a Ton

My card tonight uses a stamp set by Clearly Besotted. This cute little whale stamp set is a cutie. I die cut the the yellow and white die cuts using the Cricut. I stamped the whale with Hero Arts charcoal die for the body and Stampin Up for the yellow ink. The sentiment is a Spellbinders die cut that I cut the ends off of and stamped one of the sentiments on it. The white cardstock is by Recollections and the yellow is by DCWV/Die Cuts with a View. The patterned paper is by Quick Quotes and the ribbon by Offray.

Thanks for looking.

Thanks for looking