Father's Day

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  As it is the 5th Wednesday of the month, we have a fabulous sketch for your inspiration:

And here is the card I created for your inspiration:

As soon as I saw the sketch, it reminded me of a frame and while I was creating a different card a couple weeks ago, I came across this woodgrain paper.  I thought they would work together perfectly to create a masculine card of some type and I decided on a Father's Day card.  I used screw head brads and even though it may look like I didn't really follow the sketch, I did!  I just used the same paper for the 4 "frame" panels.  You can see that a bit better in the photo below:

 I went with the tool theme as it went with the woodgrain paper and I had the two corner "peg board" pieces in my bits and pieces stash.  I die cut the tools out of silver paper and finished off the screw drivers with some red card stock.  I had a tiny strip of the woodgrain paper left so I added it to the inside to fancy it up a bit.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you hop over to the House blog for all the details and to see what the rest of the team created.  And if you need any of the stamps I used, make sure you check out the 10% off your entire order coupon over in my left sidebar.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "A father is . . . " and "Father's Day"
Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangle; Taylored Expressions "All the fixings" and Lawn Fawn pegboard

Challenges:
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #353--anything goes with snippets (the tools were all cut from snippets, the peg board pieces were in my bits and pieces stash and the strip inside was a throw-away-able scrap)
Simon Says Stamp Monday--frame it
Double D--frames
Cardz TV #90--anything goes
A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Birthday Wishes

Happy Friday!!  It's time for another challenge from Jo's Scrap Shack.  As always, we are now an Anything Goes challenge and our sponsor for this week is Little Blue Button Stamps. 

And here is my card for your inspiration:

What do you need to do to enter?

Challenge Rules

1.  Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge entry project, using the linky tool on Jo's blog.

2.  Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into.

3.  THREE entries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4.  For all entries-NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED--the date on your blog post should be dated between the start date and the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge prizes.

5.  You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering.

*All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo.

All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until May 31st at 12:00AM  (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of June 3rd.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create.

Supplies:

Stamps: Little Blue Button Stamps "Charming Jessica" digi; Verve "Surely Goodness" sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; MFT "Blueprints 13" banner

Challenges:

Double Trouble Challenge #29--National Brown Bag It Day (I used kraft as my card base and used the sketch from Try Stampin' On Tuesday)

Try Stampin' On Tuesday #409

Creative Moments #169--anything goes

Crafty Friends #110--anything goes

Soul Music

A couple months ago, I was asked to be a guest designer for the C.R.A.F.T. challenge blog team!  Today begins the challenge I am guest designing for!  Yay, so exciting!  The challenge for this week is: Father's Day/Male and the sponsor is The Paper Shelter:

And here is the card I created for your inspiration:

The Paper Shelter has tons of fabulous images, including this one!  I won it a while back and this is the first time I've had it out to play.  I think it will be a birthday card either for my brother-in-law or his grandfather.  They are both very good pianists and I think they would appreciate the musical theme of it.  I used a musical score stamp for the background.  For the red panel, I scored it several times horizontally to mimic the pleats on a cumberbund.  It actually started because I had a pieces of red card stock that was scored in one place; I just added more score lines to go along with it.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head over to the C.R.A.F.T. blog for the full details and to see what the Design Team created.

Supplies:

Stamps: The Paper Shelter "Music Director" digi; PaperTrey Ink "Rhythm and Soul" sentiment; Hero Arts music background stamp

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" largest panel, image panel and sentiment panel (trimmed a little to fit the sentiment better)

Challenges:

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Incy Wincy Designs--embellishments (enamel dots)

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #106--anything goes

Crafty Friends #40--anything goes

Creative Fingers #164--anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Crafter's Cafe #219--shaker card or tag AND/OR something beginning with "M" (music and Maestro)

Cheerful Sketches--sketch (I tilted the main panel a bit)

Happy Anniversary

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built and this week it is a fan favorite: Anything Goes!! And here is the card I created for your inspiration:

It seems as if I am always in a rush to create my DT card, and once again, that was the case this week.  So, I needed something simple and quick.  I already had the pattern paper strip in my bits and pieces stash, so I just needed to stamp the main panel and put it together.  Luckily, it did come together quite quickly.  I finished it off with some nuvo drops.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the House blog to see the rest of the DT's creations and then get inky and play along with us.  And if you need any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your ENTIRE order coupon code over in my left sidebar.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions Flower Power Separates "Daisy Solid Small", "Leaf Cluster Solid", "Flower Cluster Solid", and "Happy Anniversary"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" Stitched rectangle

Challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Papers--anything goes with patterned paper
Divas That Cut--flowers
Creative Inspirations--May flowers & showers
Sheep Ski Designs #26--flower power
Brown Sugar #290--flowers
Cute Card Thursday #582--stitching
Crafty Catz #462--anything goes with the optional twist: use buttons or flowers
Creative Fingers #164--anything goes
Sweet Stampin'--celebrating families (married couple--my cousin and his wife)
Crafty Friends #40--anything goes
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #106--anything goes
Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Happy Birthday Bear

It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.

The challenge this time is: Make it Masculine
And here is my card for your inspiration:

Isn't this little guys super sweet!!??  I picked some fun papers (most of which are scraps) and bright embellishments to create a masculine birthday card that I think could work for a guy of any age.  The little bit of orange ribbon was in my bits and pieces stash; it was the perfect size for adding this fun little tab.

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.  And make sure you hop over to the Di's Digital Designs blog to see what the rest of the team has made for this challenge.

Supplies: 

Stams: Di's Digi Stamps "Party Boy Bear" digi; PTI "Heart 2 Heart #1" sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangles both for the image and sentiment

Challenges:
Cutie Pie Challenge #135-- bingo (I used the diagonal: buttons, punches/dies, and gems/pearls/enamel dots.  I also used ribbon/twine, stripes and I have spots on one of the little gifts, but I don't know if that counts)

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #34--anything goes
Cheerful Sketches--sketch

Stinkin' Inkers--all tied up (my button is tied up with twine)
2 Crafty Critter Crazies #26--anything goes
Cardz TV #89--anything goes
Sweet Stampers #32--animals
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #352--anything goes with snippets (all the papers except the woodgrain were scraps as well as the sentiment panel and the bit of ribbon,)
Penny's Challenge #430--anything goes
Crafty Catz #462--anything goes with the optional twist: use buttons or flowers

Anniversary Love

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week we have a beautiful inspiration photo for you:

Mmm . . . don't you love those colors?!  So fresh and spring-like!

And here is the card I created:

As you can see, I went with the color scheme.  We have two anniversaries in the family at the end of May, so I took the opportunity to use these beautiful swans to create an anniversary card.  I also used my favorite Flower Power Separates flowers and leaves to create the background.  And the little banner behind the image is actually two pieces of paper that were in my bits and pieces stash.  Oh, and the oval was also in the bits and pieces stash.  It was just the perfect size for the swans. 

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this photo.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Swan Love", "Daisy Outline large", "Daisy Solid large", "Leaf Outline large", "Leaf Outline solid", "Random Dots", "Happy Anniversary" and "Calm Water"

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Ovals, large"; MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:
Cards Galore #63--anything goes
Crafting with an Attitude #51--anything goes
Divas That Cut--flowers
Creative Inspirations--May flowers and showers
Sheepski Designs #26--flower power
Brown Sugar #290--flowers
Creative Craft Cottage #118--use ink
2 Crafty Critter Crazies #26--anything goes
Dare 2B Artzy--flowers
Stamplorations--things with wings

Crafty Friends #109--use more than one die
Shopping Our Stash #395--May flowers
Crafty Creations #390--anything goes
Creative Moments #168--anything goes
Krafty Chicks #454--stamp your own background
Cardz TV #89--anything goes
Sketch Saturday #563--sketch (turned it on its side)

Sweet Stampers #52--animals

Scrap Bits

It's my day to share my Pick of The Week on The House That Stamps Built blog.  I'm a big fan of using up my "bits and pieces." These are little bits that are leftover from making other cards: bits of ribbon, die cuts that I didn't end up using or I used the negative instead of the positive, etc.  I keep them in a stack on my desk so they are always in front of me.  This is what my stash looks like right now:

Some of the pieces I know I will use without much difficulty, but there are always some that I don't think I will ever use.    Sometimes I know what I want to do with certain pieces and other times, like today, I find a sketch that reminds me of a piece or two I have in the stash.  I really liked this sketch from Try Stampin' on Tuesday:

And here are the pieces I pulled out of my stash to work with it:

And here is the card I created:

I used "Vase of Tulips" and "I'm so glad . . ." to create this beautiful Mother's Day card from my Mother-in-law.   The background was created by embossing a sheet of vellum.  I don't think I've done that before and it is sooooo gorgeous!!!  I finished everything off with some yellow rhinestones to pull in some more of the yellow from the patterned strip.

I had time to create another card, and I had just seen this sketch from MFT:

I forgot to take a photo of the two items I pulled out for this one: the white fishtail banner on the top right and the bit of black ribbon on the top left:

And here is what I came up with:

I used "Distant Glow" (it says, "I thought of you today as I gazed longingly at the distant glow on the horizon . . . I assume it was caused by the candles on your birthday cake.  Hope it was yummy!) to create this fun masculine birthday card.  I think I will probably send it to my brother or perhaps my cousin.  They are both younger than me, so I'm sure they will appreciate it, ha!  I used a sunburst stencil create the "distant glow", the black ribbon to show the horizon, and a number impression plate to emboss the background.

So, there you have it, 2 cards and 4 pieces gone from the bits and pieces stash!!  I hope this inspires you to look at your "bits and pieces stash" and see what you can use.

Card #1:

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Vase of Tulips" and "I'm so glad . . ."

Dies: Spellbinders "Standard Ovals, large"

Cuttlebug "Damask" embossing folder

Challenges:

Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Crafting with An Attitude #51--anything goes
Divas That Cut--flowers
Creative Inspirations--may flowers & showers
Dies R Us #126--flowers
Sheepski Designs #26--flower power
Brown Sugar #296--flowers
Penny Black--anything goes with the optional twist: feminine
Creatalicious #162--anything goes with the optional twist: flowers
The Paper Funday #5--anything goes with the optional twist: something for mother
Dare 2B Artzy--flowers
Aud Sentiments #226--feminine
Your Next Stamp #113--how does your garden grow (right now mine is growing tulips!)
Shopping Our Stash #295--May flowers
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--for a special lady

Card #2:

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Distant Glow"

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" fishtail banner

PTI numbers impression plate

Taylored Exrpessions "Here Comes the Sun" stencil

Challenges:

Crafter's Cafe #218--make your own background and/or use punches and dies

Addicted To CAS #159--horizon
Creative Craft Cottage #118--use ink (I used ink with the stencil and ink for stamping the sentiment)
Stamplorations Mixed Media--anything goes with stencils

The Paper Girls #175--typography
MFT #436--sketch



C.R.A.F.T. #312--Annual Blog Hop Birthday
Creative Knockouts #297--funny card

Tidings of Comfort and Joy

Happy Friday!!  It's time for another challenge from Jo's Scrap Shack.  As always, we are now an Anything Goes challenge and our sponsor for the week is Lemon Shortbread.  

And here is the card I created:

I've been feeling like I need to get a move on making my Christmas cards and it just so happened that I had this beautiful image to work with.  I had the ornament on the right already in my bits and pieces stash (I used some red flocking and gold glitter to create it), so I die cut a second one out of dark red card stock for the sentiment.  The patterned papers strips were the perfect size, I just had to trim some length off them to fit the card.

What do you need to do to enter?

Challenge Rules

1.  Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge entry project, using the linky tool on Jo's blog.

2.  Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into.

3.  THREE entries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4.  For all entries-NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED--the date on your blog post should be dated between the start date and the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge prizes.

5.  You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering.

*All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo.

All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until May 17th by 12:00AM  (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of May 13th.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create.

Supplies:

Stamps: Lemon Shortbread "Winter Cardigan Shoujo" digi; Flourishes "Old Fashioned Christmas" sentiment

Dies: Elizabeth Craft Designs "Beautiful Baubles"

Challenges:

The Crafter's Cafe #218--make your own background and/or dies and punches

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2--sketch

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--Christmas ornaments

Cards Galore #63--anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Creative Craft Cottage #118--use Ink (I used an ink pad to stamp the sentiment and alcohol ink markers to color my image)

Merry Little Christmas #10--anything goes

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge--anything goes

Creative Fingers #163--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday--add something metallic (gold glitter and gold paper on the ornament tops)

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Fab n Funky #439--anything goes

The Paper Shelter #382--colour it

Crafty Creations #390--anything goes

Yummy cupcake

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week we have a fun Tic Tac Toe board for you:
  

Here is what I created for your inspiration:

I used the center row straight across: Pink & Yellow/Shimmer or Sparkle/Stitching: Real or Faux.  I also used the diagonal starting in the top left: Mom's/Shimmer or Sparkle/Die Cuts.  I happened to have all the papers (which are all little bits of scraps) sitting on my desk and they were perfect for this challenge.  I added my sparkle with some rhinestones and some micro fine glitter on the cupcake frosting. 

And here is a picture of my helper:

I take my pictures in my bathroom because I have really bright lighting in there (definitely the best in the house).  Well, the cat thinks she must drink out of the sink faucet.  So, while I was taking my pictures, she thought she needed a drink and then she thought she needed to check out my card and, as you can see, knocked it over.  I actually think she was trying to scratch her chin on it.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this photo.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Cupcakes" and "Mother's Day"

Dies: Lawn Fawn "Double Slider Surprise" I used one of the stitched panels to selectively die cut the patterned paper panels; MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Cuttlebug Mania--for a mom
Crafting with an Attitude #51--anything goes
Penny Black--anything goes with the optional twist: feminine
Three Amigos--food and/or drink
The Paper Funday #5--anything goes with the optional twist: something for mother
If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #116--inspiration photo (inspired by the colors)

Aud Sentiments #223--feminine
Krafty Chicks #453--anything goes with the optional twist: celebration
Cut It Up Challenge #173--mother's day
Stamplorations Theme and Sketch Challenge--stamps & cupcakes and the sketch


Crafty Friends #109--use more than one die
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #103--anything goes
Double Trouble #28--Thing #1: spring/summer months (mother's day); Thing #2: link up to Three Amigos food and/or drink challenge

Gift Card Holder

It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.

The challenge this time is: Anything But a Card
And here is my creation for your inspiration:

 It is a gift card holder that I used for giving a gift card to my sister for her birthday.  I like to give gift cards as the recipient can get what they want, but it always feels a little lame to just give a gift card.

I started by stamping the background with a French script stamp, then embossed it with an embossing folder.  Afterwards, I used an orange ink pad to swipe some color over the raised areas.

 I used a gift card holder die on the inside to actually hold it in place.

 A couple weeks ago, I created a card (you can see all the details here) and I made the gift card holder to match the card.  Here they are together:

Such a girly set!  I just love it!!

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.  And make sure you hop over to the Di's Digital Designs blog to see what the rest of the team has made for this challenge.

Supplies: 

Stams: Di's Digi Stamps "1920's Candy"; Hero Arts "Old French Writing"; Skipping Stones Designs "Timeless Textures"

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large" and "Scalloped Circles, large"
Darice Damask embossing folder

Challenges:
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Crafter's Cafe #218--make your own backgrounds and/or use dies or punches
Penny's Challenge #428--anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #580--anything goes
Southern Girls--anything goes
Creative Fingers #163--anything goes

Joy to the World

I had a few more free minutes to just play yesterday and I managed to create a Christmas card and use something from my bits and pieces stash.  Bonus!!  I've also been working on getting my clear stamp sets organized a little better.  I bought a large lot of empty CD jewel cases at a yard sale last summer and I finally bought a label maker, so I've been putting the clear sets in cases and labeling them.  During the process, I've been reminded of a few sets that I have that haven't even seen any ink even though I have had them for quite a while.  I was able to use two of these sets on this card.  Double Bonus!!  Anyway, here is my card:

 The ornament die cut was the piece that was in my bits and pieces stash.  I started by coloring it blue with a marker and then stamping the world map in  a medium green.  Then I just had to cut the accessory pieces.  I mounted the ornament on a circle of vellum to give it a little distinction from the background.

Supplies:
Stamps: Altenew "Mini Atlas" world map; JustRite Stampers "Christmas Applique Vintage Labels Seven" sentiment
Dies: Elizabeth Craft Designs  "Beautiful Baubles"; Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"
Cuttlebug: Snowflake embossing folder

Challenges:
{Pin}spirational Challenge #237--inspiration photo

Tuesday Throwdown #430--sketch (unfortunately, I missed the deadline!)

Crimbo Crackers #183--anything goes
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Penny's Challenge #428--anything goes
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--Christmas ornament
Cards Galore #63--anything goes
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #34--anything goes
Merry Little Christmas Challenge #10--anything goes
The Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge #48--anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #580--anything goes
Krafty Chicks #453--anything goes with the optional twist: celebration (celebrating Christmas)