Thankful

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Thankful or Grateful

Here is my card for your inspiration:

I bought this beautiful die set on Amazon a couple of years ago.  The leaves are just fabulous and I love the font on the sentiment.  It was the perfect choice to create a CAS "thankful" card.  I started by inking up a dotted background stamp with a pale blue ink and a blender brush to get a nice soft stamping.  Then I die cut the two leaves and inked the edges of the orange leaf with some red ink.  I die cut the sentiment once with the gold and two more times with white cardstock and layered them all together for some dimension.  I finished everything off with some really, really old orange and yellow gems.

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 "Better Together" dotted stamp

Dies: unbranded leaf and sentiment set

Challenges:

Fab n' Funky Challenges #603--Autumn/Halloween

Penny's Challenge #583--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

CRAFT #738--anything goes

ART Impressions Stamps #380--fall challenge

Creative Knockouts #533--Halloween or Fall

Krafty Chicks #740--anything goes

Crafty Catz #681--anything goes with the optional twist: use dies or punches

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Comfort and Joy

Happy November 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'm trying to work on recycling some commercial Christmas cards that I received last year.  This horse image was one of those cards.  I cut it down and then did the spotlight technique with die cutting to draw attention to this beautiful horses.  One of the star border die cuts was sitting on my desk since it didn't make it onto a previous card, so I die cut two more to go along with it.  I stamped the sentiment several times in black ink so it would stand out on the image.

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: Flourishes "Country Time Christmas" sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; MFT western border die

Challenges:

Penny's Challenge #583--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

CRAFT #738--anything goes

Krafty Chicks #740--anything goes

Crafty Catz #681--anything goes with the optional twist: use dies or punches

Jingle Belles--While Shepherds Watched their Flocks (use animals)

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

ABC Christmas--U is for unusual Christmas colors, V is for velvet (I went with unusual Christmas colors

Creative Sketchy Girls #96--sketch

Birthday Wishes

 Hello, everyone!  It's time for the mid-month reminder for the challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Monochromatic.  I am using an image from one of our fabulous sponsors: Mirtillamente.  Our other sponsor for the month is Pattie's Creations.

 Here is my card:

I chose this beautiful "Rose Mandala" image and decided to go with t a pink color scheme.  I did add a neutral gray to keep it from being to boring.  I actually used pink nuvo drops on all the little dots around the image, but when they dried on the black printing, they changed into gray.  They must have soaked up the color, which was kind of disappointing, but I also kind of like it!  They should have been pink like the ones flanking the sentiment.  What do you think?  Do you like the gray, or wish they had stayed pink?

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: Mirtillamente "Rose Mandala" digi; Verve "Better Together" sentiment

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges: 

Penny's Challenges #583--anything goes

CRAFT #738--anything goes

Crafty Catz #681--anything goes with the optional twist: use dies or punches

A Gem of A Challenge--anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms #22--anything goes with the optional mood board

Noel

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Add Embellishments

Here is my card for your inspiration:

It's getting chilly, so I'm in the mood for Christmas!!  Actually, my cats knocked over a box of stuff on one of my work stations a while ago and I just got around to picking the things up this week.  Most of the stuff was Christmas cards that were waiting to be recycled and there were also these metals letter stickers (which I have had so long that the adhesive has dried up!)

Anyway, I picked a card with this pretty little cardinal couple and decided to create a card around them.  After picking my papers and matting them with a blue cardstock that pulled out the blue in the scarf, I added some metal letters with glue and then added my embellishments.  I consider the letters as embellishments since they add a great bit of texture and were something I had to glue on.  I also added a bunch of (previously die cut) holographic snowflakes and little dots (that are kind of like enamel dots, but flat) to add interest and I finished it off with a die cut snowflake border that someone had given me years and years ago after I commented how pretty their's was.

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:

Dies: PaperTrey Ink "Snow Globe" snowflakes and dots; the snowflake border is either from Memory Box or Whimsy Stamps (again, it was a gift)

Challenges:

ABC Christmas--U is for unusual Christmas colors and V is for velvet (I chose unusual Christmas colors of blue and grey)

Die Cut Divas--anything goes for World Card Making Day

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Christmas with the Cuties--feature a creature

Triple B--anything goes with the optional twist: crimson (my cardinals are crimson colored)

Little Patch of Crafty Friends #239--anything goes

Fab n' Funky #602--Fur or feathers (feathers for this one)

Word Art Wednesday #670--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Creative Knockouts #532--use your favorite embellishments (I love to embellish using die cuts, specially small ones.  They add interest but no bulk, so perfect for mailing)

Tuesday Morning Sketches #778--sketch (I turned the sketch on it's side)

 

Mothers

Hello, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Monochromatic.  I am using an image from one of our fabulous sponsors: Pattie's Creations.

 Here is my card:

I created this card for my mother-in-law's birthday which was earlier this week.  Her favorite color is purple, so the monochromatic color scheme was an easy choice!  I colored my image and fussy cut it out and then picked some patterned paper to coordinate.  I layered up some different purple ovals and the white sentiment oval.  I finished everything off with some dotted crystal dots.

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: Pattie's Creations "Gerber Daisy in Vase" and Flourishes "Jewish Proverbs"

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Ovals, large" and scalloped oval (I can't remember the name)

Challenges:

Cards Galore #128--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #223--anything goes

Die Cut Divas--anything goes for World Cardmaking Day

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #91--anything goes

Creative Fingers #286--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #239--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday--patterned paper

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #598--sketch

Word Art Wednesday 3669--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #582--anything goes

70 amazing years

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Inspired by a Song (please let us know which song you were inspired by)

Here is my card for your inspiration (I was inspired by the Happy Birthday song):

A family member is celebrating his 70th birthday this weekend and that deserves a special card!  I created a gatefold card, which is actually a little difficult to photograph as it doesn't want to stay flat!!  But I think it adds a fun twist.

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 "Big Birthday Wishes" both sentiments

Dies: PaperTrey Ink "By the Numbers" border die; Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; MFT "Blueprints 13" banner; Verve larger 3 stars; Stamps of Life smaller stars

Challenges:

Creative Creases #92--anything goes with a fun fold

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #597--sketch

Double Trouble #176--Something, Anything, Everything (Thing #1: anything goes)

As You Like It--What is your favorite card shape and why?  (I almost always create A2 rectangle cards.  Why?  Well, you can get two card bases from one sheet of 8x11 card stock.  And A2 envelopes are inexpensive and easy to find.)

Cards Galore #128--anything goes

{Pin}spirational Challenge #318--shapes (I used rectangles, circles, and stars)

Snippets Playground #490--anything goes using snippets (other than the card base and the blue star paper, everything was cut from scraps.)

Moo

Happy October 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 took my favorite cow and turned him into a Christmas cow!!  Actually, I have a set of punny Christmas sentiments and I found this one that says "Merry Christmas to Moo!" and I knew I had to pair it with this adorable rolly polly cow!!  Ooo . . . I just love him!!  Other than figuring out those wonky paper strips, this was a pretty quick and easy card.  I stamped, colored and fussy cut the cow and winter hat, die cut 3 of the snowflakes and layered them together for dimension and finished everything off with a tiny strip of gold cardstock and several clear rhinestones.  Before adhering the snowflake to the card, I spritzed on some white shimmer which you can see better in the photo below.

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: MFT "The Whole Herd" cow; Pretty Pink Posh "Penguin Pals" hat; Cardz TV "Christmas Critter Captions" sentiment

Dies: PaperTrey Ink "Fancy Flakes"

Challenges:

ABC Christmas--S is for stencils, T is for Traditional Colors (I chose traditional colors)

Pattie's Creations #222--anything goes

Creative Fingers #285--anything goes

Sketch Saturday #760--sketch

Fab n funky Challenges #601--add gems or pearls (I added clear rhinestones)

Inkspirational Challenge #325--headwear

Penny's Challenge #581--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Art Impressions #388--Farm fresh (farm elements)

Krafty Chicks #735--all occasions

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Simon Says stamp Monday--Christmas or winter card

Girlz Creative #92--anything (Christmas) goes