Birthday wishes

 Hello, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Wings and Things.  This challenge we are honoring Alex, a former teammate who has since passed away.

 Here is my card:

I created this card for my mother-in-law's birthday--she also is a big fan of butterflies, so it was perfect for this challenge.  I used some beautiful fall papers (they really don't look like fall necessarily, but they are and the colors are so rich--I love them!) all from the same paper pack.  I decided to have a little fun and used an embossing folder on the sheet of paper in the background.  I stamped the large butterfly on the same paper before die cutting it, and I also punched the little butterflies from a scrap of the same.  I matted everything with brown card stock and finished it off with gold pearls.

The picture above is a close up of that fabulous embossing!  It naturally cracked the paper just a little bit so a bit of the white core shows through; I think it really adds a fun look.

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: Picket Fence Studios "Butterfly Beauties"; Verve "Be Blessed" sentimet

Dies: Picket Fence Studios "Butterfly Beauties"

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Challenges: 

Cards Galore Challenges #152--anything goes

Creative Inspirations--anything goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #337--sketch 

Can You Handle the Pressure--anything goes with the optional twist: birthday

Lil' Patch of Crafty friends #287--anything goes

Crafty Catz #721--anything goes

Creative Fingers #331--anything goes

Happy 90th

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Use More than 1 Die Cut.  

Here is my card for your inspiration:

My husband's grandfather tuned 90 this year!  This is the card I made for him.  He worked in construction his whole life and still putters around building things here and there.  I thought the tool theme was perfect for him!

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: Paper Trey Ink "Big Birthday Wishes" th

Dies: Paper Trey Ink "By the Numbers" 90; MFT "Pegboard" cover die and "Happy Trio"; Taylored Expressions tools; window box (I can't remember the brand)

Challenges:

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #286--anything goes

Pixies' Snippets Playground #542--anything goes with snippets (all the die cuts were cut from snippets, except the pegboard)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Crafty Catz #720--anything goes

Creative Fingers #380--anything goes

Krafty Chicks #840--birthday

Cards Galore #152--anything goes

Blessed

Hello, everyone!  It's time for the mid-month reminder for the challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Colors of Fall.  I am using an image from our fabulous sponsor: Kit & Klowder.

 Here is my card:

I used this beautiful Ash Leaf image from our sponsor.  I didn't feel like coloring (even though the company is a coloring company!) so I printed it out on a patterned paper and added a little bit of shading with my markers.  Then I fussy cut it out and adhered it on top of a die cut vellum layer which helps it stand out from the busy background.  I die cut the "blessed" three times and adhered them together for some texture.  I finished it all off with some random orange and yellow rhinestones.

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: Kit & Klowder "Ash Leaf" digi

Dies: Unbranded stitched label die from Amazon; Unbranded "Blessed" die from Amazon

Challenges: 

Creative Inspirations--Hello, Autumn

Crafty Gals Corner #280--anything goes with the optional twist: fall foliage

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #286--anything goes

Atlantic Hearts Sketch #701--sketch

Word Art Wednesday #772--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Little Red Wagon #878--autumn

Crafty Catz #720--anything goes

Creative Fingers #330--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'--autumn

Inkspirational Challenge #377--photo inspiration (I used the fall colors and leaves)

Crowing

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 was browsing through some challenges and came across one whose theme "chicken" and I immediately thought of this fun little set that I have had for a very long time.  I was planning to create a birthday card for my mother-in-law who runs a mini farm with lots of chickens.  But it seemed a little masculine so I turned it into a retirement card for a family member.  I started out with a sketch  (as I usually do) and these cute little chickens.  I colored them up like Rhode Island Reds, which we have raised in the past.  We have had several roosters, so I had to include the green tail.  I used several pieces of patterned paper from a fall paper pack that was already on my desk.

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: There She Goes "Farm Fresh" rooster, chickens and main sentiment; Sugar Pea Designs "Great Catch" retirement sentiment

Dies: Sweet n' Sassy Stamps fence die; MFT "Blueprints 13" banner

Challenges:

Creative Inspirations--Hello, autumn

A Gem of A Challenge--anything goes

Cardz 4 Guyz #390--Fall/autumn colors

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #286--anything goes

Try A Sketch on Tuesday #705--sketch

Shopping Our Stash #583--Chicken!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Little Red Wagon #878--autumn

Crafty Catz #720--anything goes

Creative Fingers #330--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'--autumn

Inkspirational Challenge #371--inspirational prompt (I used the fall theme and colors)

 

Turning 40

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

Here is my card for your inspiration:

So, I always struggle with color combinations in challenges and when I saw black and orange for this challenge all I could think of was Halloween.  And I don't do Halloween, so I was at a bit of a loss at to what to do.  When I saw that several of my teammates had managed to create orange and black cards without being Halloween related, I realized it was possible.  My brother-in-law was turning 40 this week, so I decided to make a card for him using this color combo.  I pulled out some definitely NOT Halloween paper and that was the beginning of this card.  I forgot to take a photo of it, but the "40" was die cut out of black glitter paper.  Yes, I did manage to use both glitter AND ribbon on a masculine card and I think it works perfectly!  The ribbon was recycled from some gift or something like that I had received a couple years ago and all the little stars are the left overs from the star border die I used down the side of the card.  I added a few more inside to surround the sentiment and added another die cut "40", this time in orange to contrast with all the black inside.

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"

Dies: Paper Trey Ink "By the Numbers" border die; Verve "Scalloped Trim Trio" star border die; Spellbinders "You are Here" arrow die; Stamps of Life star; unbranded label die from Amazon

Challenges:

Cards Galore Challenge #151--anything goes

Die Cut Divas--recycle, re-use & repurpose

Craft Rockets #140--use dies

Word Power--anything goes with sentiment as the focus

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #285--anything goes

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #699-sketch

Crafty Catz #714--anything goes

Creative Fingers #329--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #770--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Pixie's Snippets Playground #541--anything goes with snippets (Almost everything was die cut from snippets and I reused the little stars left over from the border die cut)

Amazing

Hello, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Colors of Fall.  I am using an image from our fabulous sponsor: Kit and Clowder.

 Here is my card:

I used this beautiful leaf image and printed it nice and large so it would be the star of the show.  I die cut it with a stitched rectangle die,  colored it up in shades of yellow and then stamped over it with a light gray ink and a French script stamp.  I then die cut "amazing" out of the image, cut out the word two more times and layered them all together for dimension and then adhered it back into the negative space.  It adds such a fun touch without letting the sentiment overwhelm the image.  I stamped "you are" over the die cut stack to complete the sentiment.  I added a few yellow gems sprinkled around to finish it all off.

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: Kit & Clowder "Dogrose Leaf"; My Favorite Things "Essential Sentiments" (I masked off the rest of the sentiment to fit with my die cut); Hero Arts "French Script"

Dies: "My Favorite Things "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle die; STAMPlorations "amazing"

Challenges:

Cards Galore #151--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #246--anything goes with handcolored sentiment

Creative Inspirations--Hello, Autumn

We Love Stamping--trees & leaves

Craft Rockets #140--use dies

Crafty Gals Corner #280--anything goes with the optional twist: fall foliage

{Pin}spirational Challenge #341--inspirational photo (I was inspired by the leaves)

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #285--anything goes

Atlantic Hearts Sketch #699--sketch

Crafty Catz #719--anything goes

Creative Fingers #329--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'--CAS

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--CAS

Shape it Up!

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

Here is my card for your inspiration:

This has been a year of celebrating ALL the things.  Back in May, we celebrated my husband's grandfather turning 90.  We also celebrated his wife turning 80!  This is the card I made to celebrate her birthday.  She is a very classic white and black type of person, so I went with this classic, elegant combo for her card.  This die set is one of my favorites; it is so gorgeous, so it was definitely the time to pull it out.  the ribbon was left over from another project and the rhinestone ribbon slide was part of a craft kit one of my girls had and didn't want any more.  I think it turned out so pretty!

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" th; Verve "Be Blessed" sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "Radiant Rectangles"; PaperTrey Ink "By the Numbers" border die numbers

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #768--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Creative Knockouts #578--lots of layers

Krafty Chicks #836--birthday

Creative Fingers #328--anything goes

Sweet Stampin' Challenge--use a die cut

Cards Galore #151--anything goes

Unicorn Challenge #124--not square

Die Cut Divas--recycle, re-use, repurpose (the ribbon and ribbon slide are repurposed)

Word Power--anything goes with sentiment as the focus