A little argyle

 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:

In need of a masculine birthday card, I decided to have a little fun with the "2in Diamond Silhouette" and a ruler.   I created my own argyle pattern with the diamond image.  I stamped them in a row, using my mini MISTI to stamp them as many times as needed to get a nice full impression.  Then I used my ruler and a red sharpie to add the details.  Then I die cut the panel with a stitched rectangle and stamped the sentiment.  I finished it off with a ribbon from my stash and added a star brad for just a little bling.  Mounted it on a red card base and called it done.
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 "2in. Diamond Silhouette" and "Birthday"

Dis: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:

Sweet Stampers #55--CAS

Creative Fingers Challenge #202--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #152--anything goes

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #409--sketch

Cupcake Inspirations #513--red, gray, beige

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Daffodil Bear

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

The challenge this time is: Shaped Card--No Squares
And here is my card for your inspiration:

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 "Daffodil Bear" digi; PTI "Just Sentiments: Birthday"

Dies: Spellbinders "Radiant Rectangles"

Challenges:

Unicorn Challenge #62--use flowers

Through The Purple Haze #177--1 ribbon (my bow), 2 word sentiment, 3 layers

Creative Inspirations--animal antics

2 Crafty Critter Crazies #47--anything goes

Crafter's Cafe #260--lace and/or pearls

Alphabet Challenge--W is for Woodland animal

Incy Wincy Designs--animals and/or add buttons

Fab n Funky Challenge--birthdays

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--favorite technique (my favorite technique is fussy cutting.  I LOVE it!  It's so soothing.)

Flower birthday

 This is a card I made a couple weeks ago for a woman at our church.  I had the flower panel sitting in my "this didn't work on the card I had planned" pile.  It's a little tiny bit blurry as I stamped it colored it and tried to restamp it again with my mini MISTI.  Unfortunately, I had trimmed the bottom of the panel already and the stamp didn't line up anymore.  I thought I had aligned it perfectly, but I guess I was off a little tiny bit.  It didn't work for the card I was making at the time, but it does have a little bit of an artsy vibe, so I knew it could be used at a different time.  This was that time.

A little patterned paper, scalloped die cut, a bit of ribbon and a sentiment finished it off perfectly!

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Flowers in Bloom" and "Essential Sentiments"

Dies: MFT "Stitched Scalloped border"

Challenges:

Unicorn Challenge #62--use flowers

Through The Purple Haze #177--1 ribbon, 2 word sentiment, 3 layers

We Love Chocolate Baroque--flowers/butterflies/birds

Fab n Funky--birthdays

Penny's Challenge #457--anything goes

Crafty Catz #539--anything goes with the optional twist: in the garden

Creative Fingers #202--anything goes

Oh Boy!

I made these a while back and haven't had a chance to post them.  It was for a bridal shower for a woman at our church.  These are the invitations; they were all the same style, but I had 4 different patterned papers.  I pulled out an OLD SU! called "By Ones and Twos" that I got when I was pregnant with my twins 12 years ago!  It has a lot of twin themed sentiments, but it also has this adorable onsie which you can personalize with several different little baby related icons.  I chose to just use the onsie outline and I stamped it on the same paper as the base of each card.  I started by stamping the image directly onto the white panel so I would have the clothes hanger portion, then I stamped and fussy cut the image from the patterned paper and adhered it over the image on the panel.  It worked out perfectly.  Then I added a sweet little boy sentiment underneath.

Here is a closer look at each one.  The first one is my favorite, I think.  I love the pattern and the colors.  For each invitation, I also stamped the envelope with a fun baby boy themed image from another really old SU! set.

On this one, I ended up stamping the onsie on the paper in the opposite direction of how it is oriented on the background; I think it adds a fun look.

This is another fun design, just with different colors from the one that is my favorite.  You can really see the nice piercing detail on the white panel.

And the last one uses a fun paper that has a lot of sentiments that are little boy related.  Another super cute one.

The last picture shows the little cupcake toppers I made for the cupcakes.  Really easy but super cute.  My sister die cut the stars for me and then I stamped them with the sentiment.  It needed a little something else and I was looking at adding a copper glittery star on it somehow when my sister pointed out it would be really cute to put a tiny one in the center of the "O".  She was absolutely right and the little copper glittery star was the perfect embellishment!  Then we hot glued them to popsicle sticks and stuck them in the cupcakes.

Supplies:

CARDS:

Stamps: SU! "By Ones and By Twos" image and "O, Baby" image on the envelope; Verve "To the Moon" sentiment

Dies: Lawn Fawn "Double Slider Surprise" stitched panel

Challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper

Cardz 4 Guyz #264--CAS

Sweet Stampin'--cards for teens/kids

Sweet Stampers #53--CAS

Cuttlebug Mania--Tic Tac Toe (I used the top row: stamps, patterned paper, dies)

The Paper Shelter #457--shades of blue

Word Art Wednesday #419--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Krafty Chicks #547--CAS

CUPCAKE TOPPERS:

Stamps: Verve "To The Moon"

Dies: Stamps of Life flip it die set with stars (I think it may be retired)

Challenges:

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #55--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #490--anything goes

Creative Fingers #202--anything goes

Milk and cookies

 So, all month I've been working on creating my Valentine's Day cards using a one-sheet wonder template.  You can see my other cards, here, here, and here.  These are my last two.  (I think there is supposed to be one more, but somehow I lost the last piece of patterned paper.)  

The first one is for my niece: she's 8.

I covered the little die cut hearts with glossy accents for a nice shine.  You can see it in the photo below:

The second card is for one of her brothers: he's 6

I created the background by stamping the little cookie image and the word "cookies" with red ink to create a subtle pattern.    I also added glossy accents to the heart on this one.  

I curved the main part of the sentiment for a fun touch.  Also, I didn't have to find a separate place for it that way.

CARD #1:

Supplies:

Stamps: Sugar Pea Designs "Better Together" (unfortunately it seems to be retired)

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 14" banner and "Smartphone" small heart; Sweet n Sassy Stamps larger heart

Challenges:

Pattie's Creations #179--love, love, love

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

Crafty Calendar--dies/punches AND ribbon/twine

Dare 2B Artzy--love

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #216--add a heart

Pixie's Crafty Workshop #395--anything goes with snippets (my stamping and fussy/die cutting was all done on snippets, and the light gray mat was a snippet.  And I think using a one-sheet wonder is the ultimate snippets use; you're not left with a single bit of paper!)

Time Out Challenge #181--inspiration photo (inspired by the hearts and the red)

Sweet Stampin'--cards for teens/kids

Double Trouble #77--Layer it on (Thing #1: use at least 3 layers; I have 5 where my sentiment overlaps my images)

Atlantic Hearts Sketch #408--sketch

CARD #2:

Stamps: Sugar Pea Designs "Better Together" (unfortunately it seems to be retired)

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:

Cutie Pie Challenge #156--hearts & flowers (Valentine's Day or Mother's Day--I chose Valentine's Day)

Creative Craft Cottage #137--Happy Valentine's Day/Love

Craft Rocket #88--love

Crafty Creations--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #151--anything goes

Cupcake Inspirations #512--for those you love

Cardz 4 Guyz #264--CAS (for my little nephew)

Creative Moments #208--anything goes

Aud Sentiments #268--anything goes

Cardz TV #134--anything goes

Sweet Stampers #53--CAS

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Cuttlebug Mania--tic tac toe (I used Stamp, DSP, Dies.  also used and pink on my cookies!)

Penny's Challenge #490--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #479--anything goes

Double D--anything with a heart

MFT #529--sketch

Because I care

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built and the theme this week is: Get Well.

 And here is the card I created for your inspiration:

A woman at our church fell two weeks ago on her way home from church in a snow storm and ended up breaking her ankle and fracturing her knee.  So, this challenge was the perfect time for me to create a Get Well card for her.  I only have two get well sentiments from Repeat Impressions and both of them have a play on words that goes with an animal image.  They are really fabulous, but I didn't think either would work for this woman in this situation.  So, I looked through my sentiments and found this one that says "Just because I care".  Even though it doesn't say "get well" I thought it would work for a get well card.  

I think I have only used this butterfly die once before, but after using it on this card, I think it might make some repeat appearances--it's so pretty!!  To keep the bottom half of that panel from looking so plain, I masked off the die cut corner and then used the "Postcard" image and light gray ink to add some subtle interest.  I stamped the butterfly image, colored it and fussy cut it out and then layered it on some mulberry paper for some soft texture.  I added some sheer ribbon and some pearls to finish it all off.  I did also add some sparkle to the butterfly with a Spectrum Noir glitter pen, but forgot to take a photo of it and this card is already in the mail!
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 "Daisies and Butterfly", "Postcard", and "Because"

Dies: Spellbinders "Butterfly Corners"

Challenges:

Unicorn Challenge #62--use flowers

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #55--anything goes

Crafty Calendar--dies/punches AND ribbon/twine

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2--sketch (I turned the sketch upside down and moved the ribbon since it would have been in the way of the butterfly)

Crafter's Cafe #260--lace and/or pearls

Creative Moments #208--anything goes

Aud Sentiments #268--anything goes

Cardz TV #134--anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday--add some texture (the organza ribbon, pearls, mulberry paper and fancy die cut)

Double Trouble #77--layer it on (Thing #1: at least 3 layers--I have 4 where the image panel overlaps the sentiment panel and/or the ribbon; Thing #3: lace and/or pearls; Thing #2: enter with Crafter's Cafe)

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

We go together

 I have finished a few more of my Valentine one-sheet wonder cards.  To see some of the others, you can see this post and this post.  I've been having lots of fun with this technique and this adorable stamp set.  I think I have three pieces of the sheet left--so three more cards.

This first one is my favorite of today's post.  These little peanut butter and jelly images are the cutest.

This second card is for my middle daughter.  She saw me making cards and thought I should add a little monkey to some of them (she loves monkeys and has a bunch of monkey stuffed animals).  So, I made this card for her and added a little monkey hanging out with the peanut butter and jelly.  Oh, he's so cute!

I decided to have a little fun with this third card and had the peanut butter and jelly playing around; making a tower.

The last one is a mini slimline card.  It is the same width as a slimline card, but a bit shorter to fit the sketch (and piece of patterned paper) better.

And here is the inside where I finished the sentiment from the outside:

CARD #1:

Supplies:

Stamps: Sugar Pea Designs "Better Together"

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Ovals, large"; MFT "Stitched Scalloped Trio" border and "Smartphone" larger heart; Verve "Scalloped Trim Trio" small hearts left over from the border die

Sizzix Embossing folder

Challenges:

Creative Sketchy #56--sketch

Crafty Calendar--dies/punches AND ribbon/twine

Crafty Creations #418--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #478--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Cupcake Inspirations #512--for those you love

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Creative Knockouts #388--love/Valentine's

CARD #2:

Stamps: Sugar Pea Designs "Better Together" and "Chunky Monkey"

Dies: Spellbinders scalloped, heart border die (the heart embellishments are the negatives from the border die and I covered them with gray nuvo drops to give them some dimension)

Challenges:

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

Sheepski Designs #47--romance and/or use red

Creative Inspirations--animal antics

2 Crafty Critter Crazies #47--anything goes

Crafty Friends #149--animals/birds

Cuttlebug Mania--put an animal on it

Your Next Stamp #157--young at heart

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2--sketch

As You Like It--what is your favorite: clear, rubber, or digi (I definitely prefer clear because they take up less space than rubber and I like the fact that you can see where you are stamping.  I'm not a hug fan of digis because it takes a lot more forethought to find the image, size it and print it.  Also, I can stamp on scraps, but can't do that with digis)

Sweet Stampin'--cards for teens/kids

CARD #3:

Stamps: Sugar Pea Designs "Better Together"

Dies: Verve "Scalloped Trim Trio" hearts are leftover from die cutting the border from another card then I coated them with nuvo drops for shine and dimension

Challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches #592--sketch

Incy Wincy Designs--sports and/or mainly red

Shopping Our Stash #438--love is in the air

Crafter's Cafe #259--anything goes

Creative Fingers #201--anything goes

Creative Moments #208--anything goes

Time Out Challenge #183--inspiration photo (I was inspired by the colors and the hearts)

Cardz TV #134--anything goes

Pink Gem Challenge--anything goes

CARD #4:

Stamps: Sugar Pea Designs "Better Together"; Verve "Happy Valentine's Day" plain jane (inside sentiment)

Dies: MFT "Stitched Scalloped Trio" border die and "Pierced Heart STAX" larger heart; Sweet n' Sassy Stamps small heart

Challenges:

Pattie's Creations #179--love, love, love

Craft Rocket #78--love

Fab n Funky #510--love/heart

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #151--anything goes

Mojo Monday #553--sketch

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--slimline card

Aud Sentiments #268--anything goes

Cut It Up #219--all you need is love

Heart beat

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built and this week it is a theme challenge: LOVE! It is perfect for this Valentine's Day week.  And here is the card I created for your inspiration:

I created a super CAS card.  I'm still not 100% sure I like it--I am definitely one who likes a bit of layering and embellishing.  But I also, kind of love it!  I started by stamping the heart from the Love Stencil image with red ink and then stamped the "love" part of the image underneath with black ink (I admit, I cut this stamp apart so I could use the heart and the word separately and use them just like this).  Then, I hand drew the heartbeat element.  Don't get scared now, it was really easy!  I drew a light pencil line horizontally across the heart, then traced the beginning and end of the line with a black fine-line pen.  Then I drew random, jagged lines in between, making sure they connected to both endpoints.  I really wanted to add some embellishments to it, but nothing seemed right.  So, in the end, I left it as it is, and I think it's better this way.

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 "Love Stencil"

Challenges:

As You Like It--true love (Valentine's) OR fabulous friends (this one will be for my true love--my husband.  Not sure if it will end up being for Valentine's Day or not, but it really couldn't be for anyone else could it?)

Crafts Galore #84--anything goes

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #55--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #47--Romance and/or use red

Craft Rocket #78--love

Paper Funday #26--anything goes with the optional twist: love is in the air

Kat Scrappiness--love/hearts

Crafty Creations #418--anything goes

Moving Along With The Times #127--valentine's love

Penny's Challenge #489--anything goes

Mod Squad--All about LOVE

Double D--Valentine/love

Cute Card Thursday #672--anything goes

Krafty Chicks #545--stamp act

Crafty Catz #537--anything goes with the optional twist: love/valentine/anniversary

Cardz 4 Guyz #264--CAS

I mean it!

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

The challenge this time is: 1 or more hearts
And here is my card for your inspiration:

This little bunny is so sweet!  I usually color her up in gray, but today I decided to color her white; so cute!  I die cut a little fence to add to the scene.  Then I added some die cut hearts that were leftovers from a border die I cut.  It didn't end up working out on this card, but the little hearts were perfect embellishments.  I added some pink Nuvo drops on top of the hearts, so now they look like enamel hearts.  I think I will be doing more of this in the future.

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 "Hearts for You" digi; MFT "Essential Sentiments"

Dies: Sweet n' Sassy Stamps fence die; Verve "Scalloped Trim Trio" the little hearts; left over from cutting out a border die cut.

Challenges:

Aud Sentiments #267--sending love

Simon Says Stamp Monday--love/hearts

Use Your Stuff #415--hearts

Crafting Happiness #82--hearts

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

Creative Inspirations--animal antics

2 Crafty Critter Crazies #47--anything goes

Paper Funday #26--anything goes with the optional twist: love is in the air

Kat Scrappiness--love/hearts

Moving Along with the Times #127--Valentine's/love

Crafty Friends #149--animals/birs

Shopping Our Stash #438--love is in the air

Cuttlebug Mania--put an animal on it

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Fab n' Funky #509--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #489--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--love is in the air

Word Art Wednesday #477--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Mod Squad--All About Love

Double D--Valentine love

Little Red Wagon #587--total eclipse of the heart

C.R.A.F.T. #585--love/Valentine

Cute Card Thursday #672--anything goes

Crafty Catz #537--anything goes with the optional twist: love, valentine, anniversary

Creative Fingers #201--anything goes

Your Next Stamp #157--young at heart

Cheerful Sketches--sketch

One Sheet Wonder Valentine's Cards

 So, last month, I created a set of Christmas card using a one-sheet wonder template.  You can see those cards here is you so desire.  It was so much fun, and such a great way to use up an entire sheet of 12 x 12 paper, that I decided to do a Valentine's Day set this month:  I posted my first card at the beginning of the week.  Here are my next 5 (I have 6 left to go):

Obviously, I used the same patterned paper for all of them (all from one sheet) and images from the same sugar Pea Designs set.  I added some different black accents to most of them.  The first card uses some black pearls as well as a black die cut "love" that was a leftover from some bridal shower cupcake toppers I made a while ago.  Both the "love" and the gold glitter heart were from the shower.  I die cut a tag and a little bow and added some ribbon to finish everything off.

Card #2 uses a different set of images from the same stamp set.  This time I heat embossed the sentiments with white embossing powder on black card stock.  I added some die cut hearts that I covered with glossy accents and used them as embellishments.

Card #3 is my Valentine's Day card for my hubby!  I love the sentiment paired with this cute little peanut butter and jelly couple!  It's so fun and sweet.  And my husband still loves peanut butter and jelly (specially strawberry), so this is perfect.  I did a little stenciling with a sun ray stencil and added some more glossy accents covered hearts as embellishments.

For Card #4 I actually cut one of the strips from the template into smaller strips to go down the side of the card.

Card #5 is probably my favorite of the bunch.  I used an embossing folder for the background and I just love the texture it gives.  I added a die cut border and used some of the little leftover heart pieces to embellish the image panel.

Which one is your favorite?  Have you ever given the one-sheet wonder technique a try?

Card #1:

Supplies:

Stamps: Sugar Pea Designs "Better Together" (unfortunately it seems to be retired from the shop) images and sentiments

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" tag die; Sweet n Sassy Stamps small heart; Elizabeth Craft Designs ornament bow; the "love" die I had borrowed from my mother-in-law

Challenges:

Pixie's Crafty Workshop #375--anything goes with snippets ( I used leftovers from other projects and the tag, bow and images were cut from scraps)

Atlantic Hearts #406--sketch

Paper Funday #26--anything goes with the optional twist: love is in the air

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday--love/hearts

Mod Squad--All About Love

Krafty Chicks #543--Stamp Act

Card #2:

Supplies: 

Stamps: Sugar Pea Designs "Better Together"

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Ovals, large"; Sweet n' Sassy Stamps small heart (for the larger heart); MFT smartphone (for the smaller heart)

Challenges:

A Gem of A Challenge--anything goes

Incy Wincy Designs--sports and/or mainly red (I chose mainly red)

Kat Scrappiness--love/hearts

Crafter's Cafe #259--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #477--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Little Red Wagon #587--total eclipse of the heart

Crafty Catz #537--anything goes with the optional twist: love/Valentine/Anniversary

Card #3:

Supplies:

Stamps: Sugar Pea Designs "Better Together"

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle; Sweet n' Sassy Stamps small heart (for the larger heart); MFT smartphone (for the smaller heart)

Taylored Expressions "Here Comes the Sun" stencil

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--love is in the air

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

Sheepski Designs #47--romance and/or use red

Fab n' Funky #509--anything goes

Paper Shelter #453--for the one I love

MFT #527--sketch

Creative Fingers #201--anything goes

Card #4:

Supplies:

Stamps: Sugar Pea Designs "Better Together"

Challenges:

Cards Galore #84--anything goes

Love To Scrap Challenge Blog #55--anything goes

Moving Along with The Times #127--Valentine's/love

Double D--Valentine/love

Sugar Pea Designs Mix it Up Challenge #76--sketch

C.R.A.F.T. #585--love/Valentine

Card #5:

Supplies:

Stamps: Sugar Pea Designs "Better Together"

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle; Verve "Scalloped Trim Trio"

Sizzix embossing folder (unfortunately, it doesn't have a name on it)

Challenges:

Use Your Stuff #415--hearts

Crafting Happiness #82--hearts

Shopping Our Stash #438--love is in the air

Try Stampin' on Tuesday #492--sketch and optional twist: love is in the air

Penny's Challenge #489--anything goes

Cute Card Thursday #672--anything goes

Your Next Stamp #157--young at heart (most little kids love Peanut Butter and Jelly)