Birthday presents

 The birthday rush begins now in my family and circle of friends.  There are several in the next 4-6 weeks.  So, I'll be making lots of birthday cards.  This one is for a little friend of my daughters'   I think it is sooooo adorable.  I've had this stamp for quite a while and haven't used it yet.  I will definitely be using it again.  Every piece is paper pieced, even that adorable little elephant.  So cute!  I added glitter pen to the stars and the pompom on top of his hat.  The first picture shows the sparkle better, then second (below) shows the little vellum banner better.  I couldn't decide which photo I preferred, so I posted both. : )

Challenges:
Raisin Boat #19--It's a girl thing
Art Impressions #130--sheer perfection (use vellum)
V's Sweet Ideas #21--"kids" theme
Your Next Stamp #10--sketch or inspiration photo (I chose the sketch)

Lacy Sunshine #88--spring colors
Crafty Creations #258--happy birthday
Digi Stamps 4 Joy #87--use a birthday sentiment
Crafty Ribbons #79--anything goes with ribbon
Sister Act #47--anything goes
Crafty Catz #221--Paper Piecing
Fussy and Fancy #109--birthdays
Verve March Diva Dare--do the polka
Treasured Times Rubber Stamps Challenge#13--anything goes with lots of layers

Supplies:
Stamps: Wild Rose Studio elephant with presents; PTI "Hands of Time" sentiment
Dies: spellbinders rectangles, and file folder tab; Verve "Pennant Trim Die"; Fiskars Upper Crest border punch

Blessings

A young lady in our extended family is getting baptized on Sunday.  This sweet card is for her.  I don't have any baptism stamps, but I think this elegant church building gets the idea across. : )    The church image and one of the pearl flourishes was in my "bits and pieces" stash; I was just playing around with the color, but it really worked well with this color scheme.  Unfortunately, by cutting the circle out of the square panel, I added two more pieces to the stash. So net gain = 0.  The polka dotted circle is pretty cute, I should be able to use it up a little more easily than some other items.  The sentiment is a bit hard to read sideways.  It says "I'm proud of you".

Challenges:
Dis Digi Designs--make it green (the aqua tides card stock is green though it reads kind of gray in the photo and the flourishes are mint colored)
One Sweet Challenge--Scream for green
Crafts Galore--stamp or digi
Sentimental Sunday #196--sketch

Twisted Tuesday #71--live a clean, green life (no distressing and no inking, though I really wanted to ink the edges of the sentiment piece)
Word Art Wednesday #122--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
C.R.A.F.T. #249--Mother's Day or for a Female
Stamping with Dragon--Let's go green
Sister Act Card Challenge #47--anything goes
Pattie's Creations #87--green for St. Patrick's Day
Sweet n' Sassy release challenge--stamp on die cuts
Verve March Diva Dare--Do the Polka
Raisin Boat #20--It's A Girl Thing

Supplies:
Stamps: Emma Canning "Church" digi; PTI "The Sweet Life" roses; Verve "Take Note" sentiment
Dies: spellbinders circles, large, Floral Doily Motif,  and File Folder tab; PTI "The Sweet Life" die

Little Cutie

Good morning, everyone!!  Today marks the beginning of the first challenge(for this year) from Christmas Stampin' All Year Round!  Yeay!  It's been a couple months so I hope you are all ready to pull out your Christmas supplies and get to work.  We have a beautiful inspiration photo for this challenge:

Here's my take on the challenge:

 It's a really fun gift card holder made out of an A2 size envelope.  All the hard work is already done for you. : )  The scalloped circle and stamped circle sentiment were in my "bits and pieces" stash as was the snowflake paper oval.  I am slowly whittling it down!

Now, it's time to hop on over to the CSAYL blog for the full details and to see the other projects from the DT.  We have a bunch of new faces joining us this year, so there is lot's of eye-candy.

Challenges:
Crafts Galore--use a stamp or digi
Christmas Card #14--heat embossing (my sentiment and the 'to' and 'from' inside are heat embossed)
Mojo Monday #335--sketch

Eureka Stamps #79--anything goes
Loves Rubberstamps--anything goes
Paper Pretties #300--lots of layers
ABC Christmas--"E" is for enclosed=a box, gift bag, etc

Supplies:
Stamps:
Kaiser Kraft round sentiment; Verve "Ornamental Christmas" sentiment; Your Next Stamp "Holiday Snow Globe" snowman, snowflakes and 'to' and 'from'; SU! "All Occasions" holly
Dies/embossing folders: spellbinders circles and scalloped circles, large and ovals, large; Sweet n' Sassy "Small Snowflakes" die; cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder

Proud of you

A brother and sister in our extended family are getting baptized on Sunday.  I don't have any "baptism" stamps, but I did have this as-of-yet not inked up cross.  I thought the whole grunge look worked for the guy.  I gave it a few other masculine touches to go along with it.  No pieces from my bits and pieces stash on this one.  I just didn't have anything that would work.  It is getting harder and harder to use the pieces that are left.  Now, I just have to make something for the young lady.

Challenges:
Desert Island Crafts Challenge #72--use at least 3 of the following (I used #2, 3 {as long as metal items work}, 4 {it's tiny, but there is text in the background of the stamp and I used a sentiment} and 6)
1.  Asian theme
2. use lots of red
3. metallics
4. text
5. mythical creature
6. vellum
7. found object from nature
8. stripes
9. use chalk
10. make it glow
Word Art Wednesday #122--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
My Favorite Stamps #166--sketch

Divas By Design--Let's hear it for the boys
Creative Inspirations #255--anything goes with the option of a sketch (I didn't use the sketch)
Art Impressions#130--sheer perfection (use vellum)
Our Daily Bread Designs #193--metal or sweets (I used metal brads)

Supplies:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs "Grunge Cross"; Verve "Take Note" sentiment
Dies: spellbinders oval, large

Sympathy

Sympathy cards are never fun to have to make.  I really should make some to have in my stash, because I usually end up not sending anything since I don't have anything made.  This one has a specific recipient, though.  The "button" is from my "bits and pieces" stash.  I almost wasn't able to make the stash work for this one, but the button happened to be a close match for the Berry Sorbet ink.  Yeay!

Challenges:
Paper Nest Dolls #5--anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #122--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
The Stamping Chef #19--anything goes
Cas-ual Fridays #129--two shades of gray

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI "The Sweet Life" and "Boutique Borders:Sympathy"; DRS Designs "Chevron border" stamp
Dies: PTI "The Sweet Life" and Boutique Borders: Sympathy" and Button die
Inks: PTI Sweet Blush, Berry Sorbet; SU! real red

Glitz

I don't usually use gold as I am more of a silver person, but gold definitely has more of a glitzy look to it.  Unfortunately, the gold reflects a lot in the camera light;  it looks so much better in real life.  I managed to use an item from my bits and pieces stash: the sentiment panel.  It actually is the back of patterned paper, but a white oval, is a white oval; specially when you're not sure you'll use the pattern on the back. : )

Challenges:
{Pin}spirational Challenges #96--inspiration photo (I think you can see my inspiration)

Die Cuttin' Divas #154--mardi gras inspired (the gold and the ornate look)
Stampin' Chef #18--anything goes
Milk Coffee--emboss it (the sentiment is embossed with gold embossing powder)
Sister Act Card Challenge #46--anything goes
Crafty Catz #22--anything goes
My Favorite Things #165--sketch


Supplies:
Stamps: Verve "Beautiful You" sentiment
Dies: spellbinders ovals, large; MFT "Die-namics Moroccan Tile Border Trio" (used to make the background)

Celebrate

Another item from my bits and pieces stash: the shell stamped main panel and it was just screaming to be a masculine card.  It was so hard not to put embellishments on the banners, but I really didn't think a guy would appreciate gems. : )

Challenges:
Timeless Tuesday #262--stamped image NO coloring
Cuttin' and Stampin' #19--All Boy
Creative Inspiration #254--It's a boy thing
Southern Girls--swinging in the breeze (banners or pennants)
Creative Knockouts #26--1 border, 1 image, 1 sentiment
Brown Sugar Challenges #83--color combo

Sweet n' Sassy Stamps #4--stamped borders
Fussy and Fancy--sketch


Supplies:
Stamps: SU! shell wheel stamp (I haven't used one of these in forever!); Verve "Joyful Blooms" sentiment; unknown sheel image
Dies: Verve "Pennant Trim" die