Merry Christmas

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's been too long since I have made a Christmas card, so the Anything Goes challenge was the perfect opportunity to make one.  Isn't this little moose the cutest?  I got him a while ago and this is the first time I have inked him up.  It definitely won't be the last time!!  He's so adorable.  I kept this one simple, but the pattern of the patterned paper gives it a real pop!
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 "Merry Christmoose", "Holly Sprig" and "Christmas"
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Stick It Down--sketch

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #22--anything goes
Winter Wonderland--favorite color combo (I am definitely a traditionalist at heart, so my favorite color combo for Christmas is red and green)
Christmas Craft Creations--use a die cut
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #378--anything goes with snippets (the circle was die cut from a scrap and the patterned paper is a scrap)
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #132--anything goes
Incy Wincy Designs--anything goes
Use Your Stuff #398--patterns (pattern on my paper)
Double D--begins with "M" (I use a moose and Merry Christmas)

C.R.A.F.T. #556--Christmas/first
Cute Card Thursday #635--critters
Cardz TV #115--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #491--anything goes with the optional twist: use silver (I did not use silver)
Pink Gem Challenge--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday--going around in circles

Happy Anniversary

I had a fun time piecing together this background to create a sweet anniversary card for my cousin and his wife.  This is such a great way to use up beautiful patterned paper scraps.

Supplies:
Stamps: Papertrey Ink "Inside & Out: Love" sentiment
Dies: MFT "Stitched Heart STAX"

Challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #46--anything goes
Southern Girls--anything goes
Use Your Stuff #398--patterns (I used lots of patterned papers)
Crafty Catz--anything goes with the optional twist: spots and/or stripes (I used spotted paper)
Cardz TV #115--anything goes
Crafty Friends #136--add embellishments (pearls)
Pink Gem Challenge--anything goes
Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Penguin Anniversary

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

The challenge this time is: Include a Sentiment
And here is my card for your inspiration:

This sweet little anniversary card is for my sister and her husband who will be celebrating their 12th anniversary this weekend.  For the background I inked the face of an embossing folder before running it through my die cutting machine (with paper in it of course!) to create a fun background.  I don't think I've tried this technique before, and I really like it!  I die cut two borders and a tag out of white card stock.  I added the thin strips of black to cut down the sweetness of all that pink!  I stamped the sentiment and then cut around it, attached it to my image which is popped up on foam tape.

I added clear Wink of Stella and a glitter pen on her veil.  You can see it in the photo below.  I also add some gold glitter marker to the champagne glass and added Glossy Accents over top. 

I finished the card off with a sheer ribbon and some pink pearls.  You can also see the texture from the embossing in the photo above.

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 "Penguins Wedding Day" digi; PTI "Inside & Out: Love Stamp Set" sentiment

Dies: STAMPlorations "Coffee Tag" die set; Altenew "Creative Edges: Lace Die"

Darice damask embossing folder

Challenges:
Cardz TV #115--anything goes
Alphabet Challenge--"D" is for dry embossing
Time Out Challenge #162--free
ART Impressions #283--all layered up
Cute Card Thursday #635--critters
As You Like It--favorite embellishment and why (my favorites are ribbon and pearls; I like to make feminine cards and these two embellishments are perfect for adding that feminine touch.  They are also both elegant and I like that, too.)
Crafty Sentiments--anything goes
Try Stampin' On Tuesday #458--sketch and optional twist: texture

Cuttlebug Mania--just tag it
Incy Wincy--anything goes
Sweet Stampers #44--animals/birds
Creative Fingers #186--anything goes
Aud Sentiments #251--anything goes
Penny's Challenge #471--anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown #457--tic tac toe (I used the diagonal: embossing, a die cut, an image)

2 Crafty Critter Crazies #38--anything goes
Cutie Pie Challenge #146--pretty in pink

Monster Wishes

I needed a masculine birthday card and I had these YNS "Silly Monsters" on my desk.  I thought it would be fun to use one of them for the card.  I just love these little guys!

 I colored him up with my Spectrum Noirs and added some glossy accents on his eyes.  You can see it in the photo below:

I stamped the sentiment and finished everything off with some enamel dots that match my monster.

Supplies:
Stamps: YNS "Silly Monsters"
Dies:  Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangle

Challenges:
Krafty Chicks #508--Clean and Simple
Time Out Challenge #162--free
MFT #490--sketch

Double D challenge--begins with "m" (Monster)

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes
Double Trouble #57--brown-bag-it day (Thing #1: kraft paper or paper bag it)
Incy Wincy--anything goes
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #132--anything goes
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #186--anything goes
Aud Sentiments #251--anything goes
Penny's Challenge #471--anything goes
Artsy Stamper #15--It's a guy thing
Creative Craft Cottage #129--make it masculine
Penny Black--boys and men
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #46--anything goes

Class of 2020

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

And here is the card I created:

I was inspired by the purple and pinks on the right hand end of the color palette.  The daughter of a good friend is graduating from high school this month, so this is for her.  I started out with a smooshed background on water color paper using purple and pink distress oxides and a bit of water.  Then I sprayed a sparkly, white shimmer spray over the entire background piece.  You can see the shimmer better in the photo below.

After the spray, I added some stars with the same purple distress oxide ink.  I die cut the 2020 from the background and also some dark purple card stock.  I layered them together and placed them back in the negative space using the eclipse technique.  I stamped the "Class of" sentiment on a strip of white card stock and finished everything off with a stamped, fussy cut graduation cap.  You can't really see it, but I added some gold sparkle to the tassel with a Spectrum Noir glitter pen.

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 "Class of", "Grad's Cap and Diploma" and "Star Cluster"
Dies:  MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle; PaperTrey Ink numbers border die

Challenges:
Unicorn Challenge #54--use dies
Crafts Galore #75--anything goes
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #46--anything goes
Dies R Us #145--graduation/congrats
Creatalicious #186--anything goes with the optional twist: pink & purple
Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #207--for the ladies
Penny's Challenge #471--anything goes
CAS(E) #372--sketch

Aud Sentiments #251--anything goes
Creative Fingers #186--anything goes
Cut It Up Challenge #200--shoot for the stars
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #132--anything goes

Marvelous

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 bottom row: Ribbon/twine, bright colors, flowers.  I also used: The left column: Die cuts/punches, embossing, Ribbon/twine.  I also used gems.  This was a fun board!  The flower panel was in my scrap pile of white card stock; I had it stamped for a different card and I only used part of it.  So, when I saw it, I thought it would be perfect to color up with some bright colors.  Purples, yellows, and a bit of turquoise really make a fabulous color combo!  The piece of purple ribbon was in my bits and pieces stash and now it is finally used up!  I grabbed some yellow grossgrain ribbon and added some mulberry paper to mat the sentiment panel and it was done!

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 "Flower Power Background", "In all things"

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle
Sizzix Embossing folder

Challenges:
Unicorn Challenge #54--use dies
Creative Sketchy Girls #47--flowers
Sheepski Designs #38--for the girlz
Creative Inspirations--fabulously femine
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #182--sketch (I turned it on its side)

Crafty Creations #409--anything goes
Moving Along with the Times #118--flowers
Use Your Stuff #397--flowers and/or butterflies
Crafter's Cafe #241--anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #439--anything goes with an uplifting sentiment
Cute Card Thursday #633--anything goes
Krafty Chicks #506--stamp act
Cardz TV #114--anything goes
STAMPlorations Spring Fling Linky--spring
Crafty Friends #135--flowers

Thinking of you

A month or so ago, I won a gift certificate from DRS Designs.  This brick wall and the gnome were two of the stamps I got with it.  I intended to use them just like this when I picked them out.  I also have a few other ideas in mind.

I started out by stamping the gnome, then I created a mask for him so I could stamp the brick wall and stencil the clouds.  After coloring both, I stamped the sentiment and the birds and added the die cut grass along the bottom.

Supplies:
Stamps: DRS Designs "Brick Wall" and "Peeking Gnome"; Cardz TV "Just Sayin'" sentiment; Repeat Impressions "Sandcastle" the little birds
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle; Sweet n' Sassy Stamps grass die
Taylored Expressions cloud stencil

Challenges:
Crafty Sentiments--anything goes
A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes
Cardz TV #114--anything goes
Krafty Chicks #506--stamp act
Cute Card Thursday #633--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--use dies and/or punches
Crafty Creations #409--anything goes
Creative Craft Cottage #129--make it masculine
Penny Black--boys and men
Pattie's Creations #170--anything goes
STAMPlorations Stencil Challenge--anything goes with a stencil

Cut It Up Challenge #199--friends
Creative Fingers #185--anything goes

Love you, Mom

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

The challenge this time is: Load on the Flowers
And here is my card for your inspiration:

If you are looking for super adorable images, make sure you check out Di's Digi Stamps!  I just LOVE here adorable, sweet little critters!  This is one of my favorites and I colored it up for my mom for Mother's Day.  I usually color my kitties gray because I've always loved gray cats, but now we have a sweet, little black kitten.  So, I colored up this little kitty to look like our Bagheera (the panther from Jungle Book).  I so happen to have both yellow and deep purple tulips blooming in my garden right now, so that was the basis for the color scheme.  My sister suggested the blue for the watering can, and I really do like the overall color combination with that addition.  I don't have many (if any, really) purple patterned papers, so I made my own using the "Guide Lines 2" stamp set from PTI.  I've had this set forever and it is still a favorite to pull out and play with.  I kept the focus on the yellow and purple, but did add in touches of blue to tie in with the watering can.  Once I finished stamping the pattern, it seemed a bit too bold and bright, so I softened it by covering the whole panel with a piece of vellum.  I also added softness with a bit of mulberry paper (yes, I still have tons and tons!) behind the image panel and the sheer ribbon (only a tiny piece left of it now).

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 "Watering Can Bunny" digi; Flourishes "Jewish Proverbs" sentiment; PTI "Guide Lines 2" background; Hero Arts "Delicate Snowflake" background stamp on light purple panel
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:
Cardz TV #114--anything goes
PaperTrey Ink--Mother's Day
Krafty Chicks #506--stamp act (my image is a digi, but the rest are all actual stamps)
Cute Card Thursday #633--anything goes
As You Like It--what is your favorite color to pair with purple (the first color that came to mind is yellow as it is the complementary color to purple.  It's also a really fun, happy color combo.)
Little Red Wagon #548--flowers
Mod Squad--Mother's Day
Fab n Funky #480--cute critters
Crafty Sentiments--anything goes
Cuttlebug Mania--Mum's the word
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #131--anything goes
Use Your Stuff #397--flowers and/or butterflies
Moving Along with The Times #118--flowers
Crafty Creations #409--anything goes
Artsy Stamper #15--mum's the word
Kat Scrappiness--celebrate moms
Dare 2B Artzy--in the garden
The Paper Funday--anything goes with the optional twist: Mother's Day
2 Crafty Critter Crazies #38--anything goes
Creative Inspirations--fabulously feminine
Sheepski Designs #38--for the girlz
Cheerful Sketches--sketch

Creative Sketchy #47--flowers
Your Next Stamp #138--lots of layers
Shopping Our Stash #419--Happy Mother's Day

Mom's like you

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is a Designer's Choice Challenge and Joy has chosen "Spring Flowers"

And here is the card I created:

As usual, I started my card with a sketch and went from there.  This is the first time I have used this flower stamp; it's so pretty!  I wanted to have a little "fun" (meaning, make a lot of extra work for myself), so I stamped the image and created a mask so I could stamp the Marquee frame over it.  After I colored the image, it seemed to need something else, so I fussy cut around the image inside the frame.  I loved being able to see the patterned paper behind the image, but it was a little too bold, so I added a piece of vellum to the back of the frame before I popped it up with foam tape.  I finished everything off with some punched butterflies and white pearls.

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 "Mom's Like you . . .", "Bouquet Stencil", and "Marquee Frame, Large"

Punches: Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Challenges:
Shopping Our Stash #419--Happy Mother's Day
Penny's Challenge #470--anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #632--feminine
Krafty Chicks #505--anything goes
Creative Fingers #185--anything goes
Your Next Stamp #138--lots of layers
Crafts Galore #75--anything goes
Pattie's Creations #170--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Creative Sketchy #47--flowers
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #46--anything goes
Sheepski Designs #38--for the girlz
Creative Inspirations--fabulously feminine
Dare 2B Artzy--in the garden
Kat Scrapiness--celebrate moms
Artsy Stamper #15--mum's the word
Moving Along with the Times #118--flowers
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #377--anything goes using snippets (all of the patterned papers except the base layer are scraps.  And the image/frame combo was stamped on a scrap of white.)
Use Your Stuff #377--flowers and/or butterflies
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #131--anything goes
Sketch Saturday #608--sketch

Warm Wishes

I've been working on organizing and actually using some of the stamping goodies I've gotten and have not had the time to play with them.  I got this stencil from Newton's Nook several months ago and just now got a chance to play with it.  It took a LOT of masking to get all the different colors on there, but the end result looks really fabulous, I think.  I had the two mugs in my bits and pieces stash; they were made a while ago when I was using up the last scraps of a favorite paper pack.

I didn't want to cover up the fabulous background , so I die cut a vellum rectangle to ground the mugs.  I added a die cut snowflake that was also in my bits and pieces stash and placed it behind the sentiment strip which was popped up on foam tape.

Supplies:
Stamps: Lawn Fawn "Thanks a Latte" mugs and sentiment
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle (background panel); Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" vellum rectangle; Memory Box "Lindeman Snowflake"

Challenges:
Crafty Sentiments--anything goes
Crafter's Cafe #241--anything goes
Christmas Craft Challenge--Use a stamp
Holly and Ivy #71--anything goes
Crimbo Crackers #209--use your old stash
Southern Girls--anything goes
STAMPlorations Stencil Challenge--anything goes with a stencil

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #487--anything goes with the optional twist: include a bell (I didn't use the twist)
Unicorn Challenge #54--use dies

Digger, Dump Truck

My nephew just turned 3!  He LOVES construction vehicles, specially "diggers" and dump trucks.  So, I created the fun card for him.  As you pull the tab on the right hand side, the "digger" motors along until it can dump its load into the dump truck's bed.

A couple of the dirt hills had been in my bits and pieces stash since Valentine's Day, when I made him a card using the "digger" image.  I stenciled the clouds onto the background and added a die cut sun and clouds to finish it off.

Supplies:

Stamps: Your Next Stamp "Keep on Truckin'" and "Silly Faces 2"

Dies: My Favorite Things "Double Slot Slider" and sun; Paper Smooches "Cute Clouds"; Lawn Fawn "Stitched Hillsides"

Taylored Expressions cloud stencil

Challenges:

Alphabet Challenge--B is for boys card

Cardz TV #113--anything goes

A Gem Of a Challenge--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #470--anything goes

Aud Sentiments #250--masculine

Krafty Chicks #505--anything goes

Creative Fingers #185--anything goes

STAMPlorations Stencil Challenge--anything goes with a stencil

Crafts Galore #75--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #170--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #131--anything goes

New Home

A new month has arrived and that means a new challenge from the Love To Scrap Challenge Blog.  This month's challenge is Anything Goes.

And here is the card I created:

My church hired a new pastor in January.  He had some responsibilities to take card of in the church he was in, so he and his wife were not able to move to the area until this past weekend.  I made this card for them to welcome them to their new home.  I have had this paper for years and years!  The house pattern is perfect for a new house card.  Since the patterns are bright, I paired them with some kraft cardstock.  I was even able to add some enamel dots that I've had for a long time as well.  You can't really see it in the photos, but the green dot and one of the blue dots have little silver hearts on them.  I thought it was a cute addition.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Head on over to the LTSCB blog to see what the rest of the team has created and to get the full details of the challenge.  Then get inky and play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.

Supplies:

Stamps: Fun Stampers Journey ; Verve "So Happy"

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A"; PaperTrey Ink loopy border die

Challenges:
Krafty Chicks #505--anything goes
Mod Squad Challenge--Get your Happy on
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes
Penny's Challenge #470--anything goes
A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes
Cardz TV #113--anything goes
Try Stampin' On Tuesday #454--sketch with optional twist: your favorite

Incy Wincy--decoration or image beginning with the initial of your first name (I used house for "H")
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #130--anything goes
Dare 2B Artzy--pastel colors