Birthday blessings

 I've had this paper pack sitting on my desk and have made several cards recently using it.  I have had it for a very, very long time and it is down to just scraps and pieces.  One of my very favorite things to do in card making is use up full patterned paper packs, so you will be seeing many cards using up the last little bit of this one, coming soon.  This card is a birthday card for my mom.  The piece of paper with the roses on it is gorgeous and it is has some gold foiling on it, so I heat embossed the sentiment and the top layer of both the rose and leaf layering images.

It's hard to see it in the photos, but in real life it is so sparkly and shiny!  Really beautiful.  The ribbon also has been sitting on my desk--it goes perfectly with this paper pack as it has a nice gold shine to it.

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Love Deepens" sentiment; PaperTrey Ink "Life is Sweet" rose and leaves

Dies: PaperTrey Ink "Life is Sweet"

Challenges:

Unicorn Challenge #97--use dies

Crafty Calendar--dry or wet embossing

Craft Rockets #113--layer it up

Beautiful Blossoms #16--anything goes with optional mood board (I did not use the mood board)

Triple B--birds, butterflies, or blooms with optional mood board

Cupcake Inspirations #592--flowers

Creative Fingers #276--anything goes

Shopping Our Stash #520--Mamma Mia (for a mom)

Fab n' Funky #594--embossing

Penny's Challenge #570--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Mom

Hello, everyone!  It's time for the mid-month reminder for the challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Cute and Cuddly.  I am using an image from our fabulous sponsor: Beccy's Place.

 Here is my card:

This cute little mouse is a freebie from Beccy's Place and he is just adorable!!  I decided to create a card using a fun fold.  The pink panel opens up to reveal more of the sentiment.

And then that panel opens up to reveal another sentiment and to provide a place to write a message.

The idea for this fold came about because I already had the pink shaped piece die cut and it had a little bit of the white border on it from the part of the pad that connects the sheet of paper to the binding.  So, it made me think of folding it along that line and then it all went from there.

You have all month to play along.  So, get inky and link up your creation; I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Beccy's Place "Little Mouse" freebie digi; Verve "Love Deepens" sentiments

Dies: Spellbinders "Labels 4" and "Floral Doily Motifs"

Challenges: 

Cards Galore Challenge #422--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #217--anything goes

Unicorn Challenge #97--use dies

Sheepski Designs #85--anything goes

Craft Rockets #113--layer it up

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #254--anything goes

Creative Creases #80--fun fold

Di's Digi Designs--scraps & stash

Try a Sketch on Tuesday #645--sketch

Creative Fingers #276--anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #228--anything goes

Everything's Better with Frosting

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Something that begins with "B".

Here is my card for your inspiration:

This is for my sister's birthday which happens to be today (April 19)!  The two of us have a love for food, specially yummy treats, so this card is very fitting for her.  We also both run and exercise quite a bit so we can eat those yummy treats!  My "B"s on the card are Better, Birthday, Bunting and Banner on my cupcakes.  I am coming to the end of this paper pack, which I have had for a very long time.  The papers are gorgeous but I am down to small pieces so I'm trying to find ways to use it up.  The sketch I used was great for using up some of the larger scraps.  The gold die cut doily pieces came into being in order to cover up a bit of the green that had a different pattern on it.  Now, no one will ever know (except all of you!).  The ribbon was also added to make the green piece seem a bit larger.  The pink rhinestones were actually left over from some tile/sticker kits my girls had several years ago that they didn't end up using.  And since I am never one to throw things away, they've been in my stash for a while.  Using up bits and pieces of things is my favorite!!  Even the little gold dots on the cupcakes are the left over pieces from the die cut doilies.  And yes, I am one of "those" people!  You can see the foil in the pink paper shimmer better in the photo below.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps: PaperTrey Ink "Baker's Dozen" cupcakes; MFT "Delicious Birthday" sentiments

Dies: PaperTrey Ink "Baker's Dozen"; MFT "Small Doilies" and "Blueprints 12" stitched rectangle

Challenges:

Pattie's Creations #217--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #85--anything goes

Paper Funday #69--anything goes with the optional twist: sweet treats

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #254--anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Di's Digi Designs--scraps & stash

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #573--sketch

God's Love

Some Christmas cards that you receive in the mail are just too pretty to throw away.  I have several in a bin near my desk waiting for some inspiration to strike.  The one I used today has been sitting on my desk in the midst of being cut up for a while.  So, today, I finally pulled together a card using the sentiment and I'm working on a second one that will use the image and other parts of the card.  Also sitting on my desk was the piece of scrap paper that I use to protect my desk when I'm inking, stenciling, embossing, etc.  I've thought for a while that it would make a really fun background, and today was the day.  One side of the paper had a lot of gold from a paste and the other side had more blue/purple/black from blending ink and off stamping.  I really thought I was going to use the gold as it was so pretty, but the blue fit much better.

I matted my sentiment on gold card stock and die cut some snowflakes out of a gold glitter paper.  Then finished it off with some irridescent blue/purple rhinestones that I had had for YEARS and never used as they don't match with very many other colors (or at least my style!).  You can see the shimmer and glitter in the photo below:

The background piece has a bit of silver sparkle on it in places, I don't remember if it was from a shimmer spray, or just some diamond glitter that doesn't brush off.  Either way, it adds a nice little sparkle that's hard to catch in a photo.

Supplies:

Dies: MFT "Cute Snowflakes"

Challenges:

Sparkles #159--non-traditional colors

Cards Galore #122--anything goes

ABC Christmas--H is for hats, I is for inky (I chose I for inky with my inky background)

Unicorn Challenge #97--use dies

Craft Rockets #113--layer it up

Crafty Gals Corner #254--anything goes

Try a Sketch on Tuesday #644--sketch

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #275--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #227--anything goes

Girlz Creative Christmas  Challenge #67--no red

Fab n Funky #593--add a sentiment

Word Art Wednesday #643--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Krafty Chicks #711--Christmas

Jingle Belles--Peace On Earth Day (use at least one recycled element--Christmas card and the pieces of scrap paper) 

Prayer for you

 Hello, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Cute and Cuddly .  I am using a Freebie image from one of our fabulous sponsors: Beccy's Place.

 Here is my card:

A saw this sweet little bear in the shop and thought he was too cute to pass up!  I did flip him vertically to fit my card design better.  I colored him up with my Spectrum Noir markers and added a sentiment about prayer (because, obviously, he is praying!)  I finished it off with a scalloped patterned paper panel and some gold ribbon to match the gold foil in the paper.  A quick and easy card that's also Cute & Cuddly!

You have all month to play along.  So, get inky and link up your creation; I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Beccy's Place "Prayer Bear" freebie digi image; Papertrey Ink "Inspired: Prayer"

Dies: MFT "Stitched Scallop Trio"

Challenges:

Cards Galore #122--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #217--anything goes

Cutie Pie Challenge #193--simply cuties

Sheepski Designs #85--anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #253--anything goes

Incy Wincy Designs--Inspired by a movie, song, book (I was inspired by the book "I Prayed For You"

Once Upon a Time #21--inspired by "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?"

Double D--cute little animals

MFT #692--sketch

Crafty Catz #669--anything goes with a cute critter

Creative Fingers #275--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #227--anything goes

Experience

 Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is a recipe challenge: Use 3 gems, 2 die cuts, and 1 sentiment.

Here is my card for your inspiration:

Sometimes it is challenging to use more than one die cut and other times it is challenging to use ONLY 2 die cuts!!  I had a card I was working on, but it had waaaaaay more than 2 die cuts, so wanting to stay true to the challenge, I had to create a completely different card.  I love the softness of this one with the light gray and shades of pale, wintery blue papers.  I realized after I was all finished that I should probably have used black for the sentiment as it is a bit challenging to read when you are not holding it in person.  It says "May you experience the richness of God's love this holiday season."  But if I had used black, I think it would have stood out too much against all the softness.  My strips of paper were all cut from scraps from the same Christmas themed paper pack.  The pack was already on my desk and needed to be put away, which I did AFTER I used some of it.  My two die cuts are the white rectangle panel and the silver snowflake.  This is one of my favorite snowflake dies; it's so delicate and elegant.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Blessed Beyond Measure" sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangle; Memory Box "Lindeman Snowflake"

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #642--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #568--anything goes

Snippets Playground #477--anything goes with snippets (all my paper strips were cut from snippets --leaving a little bit more for next time!)

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #571--sketch

Sparkles #159--non-traditional Christmas colors

Christmas Craft Creations--Designer paper

Crafty Gal's Corner Challenge #253--anything goes

It's your day

 Happy April 1st!!  It's time for a new challenge on the Critter Crazy Challenge blog!  As always, it is a month long challenge: Anything Goes as long as you feature a creature.  Here is my card for your inspiration:

I can't believe it: my baby turned 18 this past week!  Where has the time gone??!!  She has a big Rottweiler named Hawkeye, so I tried to color up this little pup to look like him.  But, at least for me, Rotties are really hard to color!!  They are mostly black with a little bit of brown thrown in here and there.  I had this fun paw print cover die that I had not used yet and thought it was the perfect backdrop for the little pup.  I used a couple of the hearts left over from the die cut panel to add a little embellishment to the image circle.

Thanks for stopping by!  Hop on over to the Critter Crazy blog and check out the details and the rest of the projects from the Design Team.

Supplies:

Stamps: Pretty Pink Posh "Playful Pups" image; PaperTrey Ink "Just Sentiments: Birthday"

Dies: Your Next Stamp pawprint cover die; Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; PaperTrey Ink "By the Numbers" border die

Challenges:

Creative Inspirations--anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner #259--anything goes

Alphabet Challenge--Z is for zoology

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #641--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #568--anything goes

Simon Says Wednesday--anything goes

Lil' Red Wagon #749--animal antics

Krafty Chicks #709--all occasions

Di's Digi Designs--lots of layers

Sweet Stampin'--birthday girls (this is not girly, but it is for my girl)

Try A Sketch on Tuesday #643--sketch (unfortunately, I was too late with my entry)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

NBUS--never before used schtuff (the pawprint die has been sitting in my stash for quite a while and this is the first time I've used it.)