Today is looking better

Hi all just thought I would pop in and post a card before I get to working on some deadlines.
This acorn and sentiment stamp is by TPC Studio; butterfly by MS; ink by RI; CS OTCo and RE; pen by CM. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

 I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Craft us Crazy(TH)-Autumn colors or favorite embellishment (my favorite are stamps)
Lexi's Creations(MO#48)-Autumn
Flutterby Wednesday(W)-Anything goes with a butterfly
Stampin Sisters in Christ(SU#105)-nothing bright
Creative card Crew(TU)-Anything goes

Wednesday

Yesterday was a horrible dy and I am still feeling a little blue from it. Therefore that is my theme for today's post-the color blue.

This first card I heat embossed the background and then inked the edges of the blue cardstock and the white die cut. Die cuts by Spellbinders-Label #4.

Next blue card the patterned paper is by DCWV. I inked the edges of this one as well. The layers of flowers I cut out using my Cricut Storybook cartridge. Then the top flower is by Sassafras Lass

This layout is a calendar page for Sept 2012. I used alcohol inks to makes the leaves and the center circle. PP by DCWV and Sunborn; ribbon by Fancy Pants; eyelets by Making Memories and felt embellishment by Pink Paislee.

Thanks for stopping by.

Thank you cards

I am thankful for the long weekend spent with my family. So because of that, I am just showing you a couple of new Thank You cards I have made. Thanks for looking:)

Thanks for looking
UPDATED PICS AND LABELS 9-30-21

Manly Monday

Here are a few male layouts I did for the in-laws wedding book for their 50th anniversary.

Thanks for looking.

Random Sunday

fabric cupcake

Camera Girl Image for I Did it Creations Challenge

IDIC Theme of the week is Girly Girl. Fab image by Kelley Kids

Thanks for stopping by:)

Random Saturday

stamps by LF

stamps by Fiskars

Stamp by HA-love the handmade flower. Super easy to make. See the side bar.

Random Friday post

I have to pack and get everything together for the weekend. So my next posts will be vague. Leave me any questions in the comments. Have a great weekend.

Use Your Stash Christmas Cards

Christmas Cards all year Round September challenge: This month we are having a stash challenge and the only "rule" is that anything you use on your cards needs to be at least a year old - stamps, papers, embellishments: everything!

Almost everything on this card is over a year old. The ribbon is super old from my mom's sewing stash. Supplies: red paper and Santa sticker by Lily Bee Design; PP by SU; ink by Colorbox; embossing powder by Stampendous; stamp by Scrappy cat and Fiskars

Supplies: ribbon by AC; Sticker by Lil yellow bicycle; ink by Colorbox; PP by Rhonna Farrer for Autumn Leaves (2007) and the other is by K&i

Supplies: Stickers by EK Success and Lily Bee Designs; punch by Fiskars; Copic markers; floss from my mom's stash; CS Bo Bunny and  RE. The stamp is unknown. I stamped a bunch of them at crop about four years ago. At that time I wasn't concerned with who made what.

Thanks for stopping by

Smile Digital Stamp of Girl taking a picture

I made this card with patterned papers from Deja Views, a border punch by MS; tags by TH; an image from Kelley Kids; Copic Markers; a card base by Studio G; stamps by Fiskars, and TPC and RI distressing inks. Thanks for looking.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Calendar(Mo)-Hot colors

Lia Stampz(M#2)-Birthday

The Kraft journal(MO)-Celebrations

Stamps R Us(MO)-Anything Goes

VO Stamps(MO#15)-Birthday

Happileigh Scrappin(MO#37)-Birthday

Daisy Doodles(MO#41)-Anything Goes

Red Christmas card

I made a Christmas card for today. Sorry I am late posting it. I have had a head ache and it's really dragging me down. Supplies: PP by Anne Griffin; brads by AC; stickles and Liquid Pearls by RI; ribbon by SU;circle punch by Marvy; scallop circle by CC; mist by Clearsnap; Stamp by ES and ink by SU.

Thanks for stopping by and see you tomorrow:)

Stampin Sisters in Christ(SU)-brad, swirls and ribbon
Sparkles forum(SU#19)-Punch it (circles)
Scrappy Frogs(SU)-Bling (glitter/Stickles)
Christmas Inspiration(SU)-Clean and Simple
Sunday Sketch and Stamp(SU#70)-Sketch
Christmas Stampin all year Round(F)-Monochromatic
Crafts 4 Eternity (F#34)-Christmas Theme
Divas by Design(W#9)-Christmas in August
Paper Pretties(W#168)-Make your own background (Glimmer Mist)
Bah Humbug(F#34)-Christmas Girly
Phindy's Place Challenge(F#70)-Make your own embellishment (Scallop circle is chipboard cut out using the Cricut, painted red and Liquid Pearls dotted on the scallops
Charisma Cardz(TH#34)-Glitter it
Stampin' for the Weekend(F#15)-Holidays

Manly Monday

This weeks Manly Monday I am using Making Memories products and a Cricut cartridge that I had to have but haven't used yet. It's called Stamping and I just used it for the title. The chipboard is by MM, brad by Coorbok, CS is UK, grey paper is CM, embossing folder is Cuttlebug and ink by SU and CTMH. Thanks for looking.

I Did it Creations Challenge

The I Did it Creations challenge for this week is nature. Toucan Scraps provided us with our images this week.

Thanks for stopping by and see you tomorrow for Manly Monday.

Saturday's Rock!

I'm so happy that it's the weekend except when my husband reminds me that the weekend is not a time to get off my schedule. Boo! to him. Sucking the fun out of staying up late and sleeping in. So he tells me I have to be in bed by 1:30. Guess that means no more babbling and on with the cards.

This first card is very simple but I do love the butterfly so I had to post it.

In this second card, I used fabric to make the flower and the peace sign is also fabric.

 I'm entering this card into the challenge at Patties Creations(F)-Birthday

Truly Scrumptious(W#64)-Mostly pink

Sisterhood of Crafters(W)-Flowers

Creative Card crew(TU)-Handmade flowers

Tuesday Throwdown(TU#63)-Dimension

Just add Ink(F#82)-Something from my stash (fabric)

Thanks for looking and see you tomorrow:)

Off white Bday and TY

Love to do blocking on my cards. It just adds such a clean feel to the design. I won this lovely stamp made by La Blanche. I used distress inks Frayed Burlap on all the edges and for the stamp too. The flower in white is by SEI. I use wax paper and my blending tool from Ranger to ink my edges. The ink that was on the wax paper and a dab from the Tea Dye ink pad sprayed with water was the source of my ink for the flower. I just took the stamp and smeared it around the wet mess on my wax paper and stamped the image onto white cardstock. I hope that makes sense. That is how I got the flower to look the way it is.

Other supplies include: Cuttlebug dry embossing, ribbon by Queen and Co and HB stamp by ES.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Aud Sentiments(W#35)-Anything Goes

Craft us Crazy(W#15)-Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey(TH#17)-Anything Goes

Fresh Brewed Designs(W#61)-Emboss it

This second card is a different dimension than I normally do. It's almost 6 inches by 4 inches. The stamps I used on this card are by Fiskars. The chipboard sentiment is by SEI with black and white cardstock by Pioneer and grey CS by SU.

I'm entering this card into the challenge at Paper Pretties to create your own background paper.

Thanks for stopping by. I have to go to bed. I have a busy Friday ahead of me. God Bless!!

Blue Wednesday

I'm not really blue/sad I just feel odd. Some may say that is normal for me but I don't listen to them anymore. I guess it's more of an unmotivated feeling that I have today. I can't make a decision. Am I hot or cold? Do I clean up my desk or just continue to place the keyboard on top of the stuff? Do I spend hours on end on the computer or work my paper magic? Do I do all the things other people want me to do for them or do what I want but what is it I want to do? Honestly I want to go back to sleep and wake up in my old life when I liked what I was doing and life wasn't so uncertain. That's probably asking too much. 

I think I will clean my table first and see what's underneath the keyboard for me to play with. It's a small mystery just like everything else in my life.

Have a fabulous day and I will see you tomorrow with something new.

Cupcakes, Coffee and Tea

This cute little cupcake is fabric my mom gave me. I just love how easily it runs through the Xyron machine for  a sticky back. I'd never run fabric through my machine. New to me. I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Simon says Stamp(W)-Food or drink

Craft your days Away(SA#27)-Cupcakes

Kelley's Kids(W#3)-Pink and Brown

The next card is coffee and the stamp is by Stampin' Up. It's an old one though. I colored it in with my Copic markers and then matted it on Spellbinders dies. The PP is by RE and sentiment by TPCo. I'm entering this card into the Thank you card challenge at Do you Stack Up?

This next card is making me angry. It looks so blurry once I put it on blogger but it's clear in my photo editing software. grrr. Maybe my glasses are dirty. Anyway.

This lovely image is by Robyn's Fetish at I Did it Creations. Every Tuesday Susan has a post on the IDIC blog where she posts cards sent to her that feature Robyn's Fetish images. I think what she's doing is so awesome and wanted to tell you about it. If you win a Robyn's Fetish image from somewhere, and she is sponsoring all over the place in blog land, use your won image on a project and then send a picture of your project to Susan to post on Tuesday. If you do so, you receive another free image. What a deal and a great way to build up a collection of free images. 

Robyn is also having a sale of 20% off her entire stock of images and papers until the end of the month. HERE is a link

Manly Monday

This week for Manly Monday I have a couple of cards to show you. This first one the stamp set is by Unity and therefore I am entering into All Things Unity Anything goes challenge this week.

This next one is a TY card that I made for a friend using a SU background stamp; ink by CTMH; die cut SB.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Using the same background stamp on the small blue paper. The only difference is I sprayed it with water for a different look. PP by DCWV and PC. die cut by SB and stamp by ES with ink by SU.

Thanks for stopping by today come back tomorrow for some pink cards.

Fly to your own Music

I made this card for the following challenges:

                                                        One Stitch at a time(SU)-Bling

Simons Says Stamp and Show(MO)-Bling

Scrappy Frogs(MO)-bling

Mark's Finest (SA#69)-Emboss it

Just some lines(SA)-Embossing

Cuddly Buddy(F)-Swirls and bling

Thanks for checking out my card. See you tomorrow for Manly Monday

Man in a Fishing boat card for I Did it Creations Challenge

This week at I Did it Creations our challenge is a sports theme and we are sponsored by

STITCHY STAMPS

PP and CS by AC; CS by SU, RE and Pioneer; ink by RI and TK; markers by Copic; stamp by TPCo; card base by RE.

Thanks for stopping by today. See you tomorrow for Manly Monday.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

Wee Memories(SA#64)-Masculine card

Sparkle Forum(SU#18)-One for the guys

Stampin Sisters in Christ(SU#103)-Try something new (mine is the creating the sky and the water by masking and using a blending tool with distressing inks)

Creative Inspirations Paints(SU)-Clean and simple

My Mum's craft stop(W#19)-Summertime

Thinking of you

Here are a few Thinking of you cards I have recently made for the people going through tough times these days. There seem to be so many of them. It just breaks my heart to see friends sad and going trough hard times. I hope my card can give them a small smile. 

This first one I made using the emboss/resist technique. The stamps are from SU, ink by VM and embossing powder by Stampendous. The ink used to resist is by RI. PP by Scenic Route. Die cuts by Spellbinders.

This next one is a little more manly in a way. The PP is by DV; die cuts by SB; stamps by TPC Studio and Stampendous as well as the embossing powder; ink by VM and SI.

Thanks for taking a look at my card creations today. Stop back tomorrow for more inspiration.

My niece is 18

My lovely niece is having her 18th birthday today. In honor of her I am going to post a few layouts I just made for her graduation book.
This first one is 1994 when she was an infant. PP by Three Bugs; border sticker by Doodlebug; twill by Karen Foster; brad UK; journal box 3 bugs and label die cut by ES.

I love the colors of this next one. It is so old that I don't know manufacturers names. When I made this LO I didn't take note of them.

Some of the PP in this Christmas layout are by DCWV; letter stamps by SU; ribbon by OF; brads UK and tabs by Colorbok.

These pictures of the layouts aren't the best-sorry. 

One more:

There you have it some layouts from my nieces graduation scrapbook that I made her in June. Thanks for looking and see you tomorrow.

Odd shaped cards

This first card is a mini card I created using a Spellbinders die. The green is the largest size folded in half and then the die cut on the front I made that blue color by using alcohol inks and silver metallic Adirondack mixatives. The rick rack is by Fancy Pants and the middle hounds tooth stamp is by Sizzix. I used Colorbox green ink and clear embossing powder by Stampendous. The metal embellishment is by MM.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Anything Goes Challenge blog (Mo)-Birthday

Shopping our Stash(TU#13)-Weakest link (mine is buying stamps. I bought this stamp set that is for traveling and I don't travel. But it was such a good deal I couldn't pass it up.)

This next card is using a digital image from Robyn's Fetish (where there is a 20% off sale until August 31st) and goes toward the SNR I Did it Creations group challenge of a school themed project. I used distressing inks by RI to color in the ruler, stickers by Creative Imaginations, card base by Studio G; PP by PC; black cardstock by Pioneer. I'm entering this card into a challenges: 

My Sketch World to mat with black to make embellishments pop.

Die Cuttin Divas(TU#28)-Back to School

Tuesday Throwdown(TU#62)-Non stamped sentiment (mine are stickers)

Creating Memories in Time(Mo)-Back to School

Lil Red Wagon(W)-Back to School

Paper Pretties(W)-Back to school

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge(W)-Back to school

Thanks for looking and see you tomorrow.

Baby Katy layouts

I used the following right side sketch from Let's Scrap for the layout below. 

Supplies: PP by BG & Imaginisce; natural CS by CM; stickers by K & Co and Sticko; tags by MM; brads by Imaginisce.

This next one I did for a challenge at Two Peas and a Bucket. The challenge was to do the stamp resist technique which I did on the circles with the flower using Broken China blue. I'm also entering this one into Lasting Memories challenge of do something new, which is the stamp/resist technique.

This next one comes from using a sketch from Nuts about Sketches. Supplies: ribbon by AC; PP by BG and Scenic Route; CS by Coredinations, Recollections and DCWV; metal sccent by MM; flower stickers by Jolee's from EK Success; rub ons by AC and title by CC by PC Home Accents.

Thanks for checking out my layouts today. Back tomorrow for something new.