18th Birthday

 Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: I've Got the Blues (use blue as your dominant color).  

Here is my card for your inspiration:

My twins turned 18 yesterday!!  This is the birthday card I created for one of them (I will be showing the other on December 1st!).  She loves monkeys and her favorite color is blue, so this card was designed just for her.  I die cut all the layers and then adhered them together before stamping the "th" part of the sentiment.  Then I stamped, colored and fussy cut out this adorable little monkey.  I adhered him in place and then used DMC embroidery floss to create the bow and string.  I finished it off with some blue color rhinestones that I have had forever!!

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: Sugar Pea Designs "Cheeky Monkey"; Papertrey Ink "Big Birthday Wishes" th

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 29", "Happy Trio"; Papertrey Ink "By the Numbers" border die

Challenges:

Birthday Hugs

I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!!!  Life has been busy and crazy and full and I am getting my post of a little late this month!  

Happy November 1st (or in this case the 4th)!!  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:

This card came about, in part, because of the two, fun pieces of orange patterned paper.  I had used them on another card and these were the left over pieces.  They had been sitting on my desk for a couple weeks just begging to be used and I finally found a great sketch to use them on.  The bit of orange ribbon was also on my desk from a previous project and the stamp set with the lion had been on my desk for almost two years, I think!  Don't worry, it's been put away now.  So, I colored up this cutie added him to the layout and added some giant gold sequins that I have also had for years!  Man, it feels good to use older things!

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 "Lovely Lions"; ART Impressions "5735 Birthday Sentiments"

Challenges:

Creative Fingers #332--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'--colors of Halloween (I used orange)

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #289--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #776--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Lil' Red Wagon #883--anything goes

Cards Galore Challenge #153--anything goes

Crafter's Cafe #335--anything goes with the optional twist: no cards (I did not use the optional twist)

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Snippets Playground #544--anything goes with snippets (already listed)

 

Thankful

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

Here is my card for your inspiration:

This card was made almost entirely out of products that were already on my desk.  The kraft paper and the patterned papers (even the die cut border) were all there, I just had to cut a card base and get the brown cardstock out for the sentiment.  Even the butterflies were punched from scarps from the same paper pack.  I finished it off with some gold pearls as it just seemed to need something.

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: Repeat Impressions "Wide Pumpkin", "Tall Pumpkin", and "Pumpkin

Dies: PaperTrey Ink border die; unbranded "thankful" die from Amazon

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Challenges:

Creative Inspiration--anything goes

Paper Funday #192--anything goes with the optional twist: pumpkin spice & everything nice

Cupcake Inspirations #642--fall

Fab n' Funky #642--3 of something (pumpkins)

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #288--anything goes

Double D Challenge--wings (my little butterflies)

Crafty Catz #722--anything goes

Creative Fingers #332--anything goes

Inkspirational Challenge #379--fall inspiration photo

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #705--sketch

Double Trouble Challenge #228--Snicker Doodles (Thing #1: 3 doodle style images, 2 layers, 1 sentiment)

Prayer

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

Here is my card for your inspiration:

My aunt is battling breast cancer and since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, it was the perfect opportunity to combine it with the pink theme.  I had a bit of fun creating the background for this one.  I got quite a bit more inky than usual and I really like how it turned out in real life.  I started out with a piece of pink cardstock and ink blended around the edges with Worn Lipstick and Black Soot Distress Oxide inks.  Then I ran it through with an embossing folder and realized I had used the folder backwards and it was actually DE-bossed on the side I had already inked.  Rather than starting over, I decided to use the same Worn Lipstick directly on the embossing folder, place the sheet back in the folder and ran it through again (I actually had to do it two times), which put darker ink in the recessed parts.  Then, I decided to add a little more, so I added a French script stamp with white Craft ink.  You really can't see it much because of all else that is going on, but you can see it around the edges where it stamped on the black ink.  I really wanted this panel to be the star of the show, so I created a dotted frame with two rectangular dies.  The left the perfect place for my ribbon (which was a scrap that was lying on my desk).  I used the same pink cardstock and the same Distress Oxide inks to create the sentiment strip, stamped the sentiment segments and added it over the center of my card.  I finished it off with some pink pearls.  I have had them for years and years and finally managed to use them up!

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: Hero Arts "French Script" rubber stamp; PaperTrey Ink "Inspired: Prayer" sentiment

Dies:  Elizabeth Craft Designs "Garden Notes Frame It Stitched Rectangles"

Challenges:

Cards Galore Challenges #152--anything goes

Creative Inspirations--anything goes

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: think pink

Can You Handle the Pressure--anything goes with an embossing folder with the optional twist: birthday (I did not use the optional twist)

Word Power--anything goes with the sentiment at the focus

Fab n' Funky #643--3 of something (I used 3 different colored inks: black, pink, white)

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

As You Like It--favorite fabric embellishment (I love ribbon.  I don't use it a lot, but it is the fabric I use the most of.  I have way too much!)

Crafty Cats #721--anything goes

Creative Fingers #331--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday--think pink

Word Art Wednesday #774--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Little Red Wagon #880--use a frame

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)