Winged Beauties

Happy July 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 wanted to try something a little different for me.  I don't do a lot of CAS cards, but I have been creating them more and more lately.  I chose three butterfly images and lined them up down the center of my panel using my mini misti.  I then chose three inks from the same family and stamped the butterflies in an ombre look beginning with the lightest at the top and moving down to the darkest ink on the sentiment (which looks black, but is really a very dark purple).  Then I die cut the panel with a wonky stitched die and adhered it to a plain white base.  I really like how simple it is and how pretty the butterflies turned out.

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: Picket Fence Studios "Butterfly Beauties"; MFT "Something for Everyone" sentiment

Dies: wonky stitched die (I can't remember where I got this from, but it is an actual company!)

Ink: Altenew "Enchanted Garden" mini quartet

Challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations #638--anything goes

Crafty Catz #716--anything goes

Creative Fingers #325--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'--anything BUT birthday

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #280--anything goes

Fab n' Funky #640--something beginning with B (butterflies)

Word Art Wednesday #759--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Water color chair

Hello, everyone!  It's time for the mid-month reminder for the challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Pastel or Bright.  There is no sponsor this month, we are playing just for fun.

 Here is my card:

Several years ago, my mother-in-law and I went to a stamp convention and took a class with Art Impressions.  It was so fun and we came away with a number of beautiful water colored images.  I had forgotten all about them until I pulled one out for a different card.  I thought this one was so pretty and perfect for the quick birthday card I needed to make.  I pulled out some soft papers to match the image and added some purple mulberry paper to frame the image.  This isn't exactly pastel, but the colors are soft and definitely not bright.

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: Art Impressions Stamps (various water color stamp images); Verve "Be Blessed" sentiment

Dies: wonky die (unknown)

Challenges: 

Cupcake Inspirations #638--anything goes

Crafty Catz #716--anything goes

Creative Fingers #325--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #280--anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky #650--something beginning with B (butterflies, blue)

Thinking of you

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

Here is my card for your inspiration:

This card was made almost entirely out of scraps, most of which were already on my desk.  The three different patterned papers I used were scraps from the same paper pack--still sitting on my desk from a different card I had made recently.  The butterfly and the sentiment were actually stamped and die cut from the same scrap of blue patterned paper from the background panel of the card.  I had to go dig out some silver card stock for the frame and the blue mats were not from scraps, but everything else 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:

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios "Butterfly Beauties"; MFT "Something for Everyone"

Dies: Pickled Fence Studios "Butterfly Beauties"; MFT "Blueprints 13" sentiment strip; Atlenew frame

Challenges:

Cards Galore #148--anything goes

Die Cut Divas--anything goes

Cupcake Inspirations #638--anything goes

Crafty Catz #716--anything goes

Creative Fingers #325--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'--anything BUT birthday

Inkspirational Challenge #370--leftovers

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #280--anything goes

Pixie's Snippets Playground #535--anything goes with snippets

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #687--sketch

Programmed to Party

 Hello, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Pastel or Bold.  We do not have a sponsor for this month, it's just for fun.

 Here is my card:

I went with bold for this challenge.  I created a fun little card for my "nephew" who just turned 3!  I had this fun border made with scraps of paper from an old paper pack; it was sitting on my desk just waiting for this card to be made (I've had it in mind for a while).  I cut a very thin strip of orange scrap card stock to bridge the border and the card base.  I stamped the images and colored up my little robot and it was good to go!

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: Verve "Geared Up for Fun" all images and sentiment

Challenges:

Cards Galore #148--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #243--anything goes

Crafty Calendar--all about the Men/boys

Craft Rockets #137--birthday

Paper Funday #84--anything goes with the optional twist: polka dots AND/OR stripes (I created a stripe of stripes!)

Sweet Stampin'--something for the boys

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #279--anything goes

Pixie's Snippets Playground #534--anything goes with snippets (the border piece was created with snippets)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--add a sentiment

A boy and his truck

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: One for the Boys (Man/Men)

Here is my card for your inspiration:

This is the birthday card for my soon to be son-in-law.  He just turned 20 and he is all about his TRUCK (and my daughter, of course!)  I have a really fun pickup truck die set that I used to make a truck as similar to his as I could.  Obviously, I was limited by the die set, but I customized it as much as I could. I even had to create my own mirrors, because he has these giant towing mirrors! I believe he was quite pleased with it.  I wanted to create a scene to go along with the truck, so I pulled out the "Landscape Silhouettes" stamp set from Sweet n' Sassy Stamps (which I believe has another name now, but I'm not sure what it is.)  I started by stamping the mountains (we live in Rhode Island, so we don't really have mountains, but both he and I come from New Hampshire where there are plenty of mountains).  All of the silhouette stamps were too narrow to fit the width of the card, so I had to do some selective masking to make them look continuous.  Also, the mountains were too short for what I was looking to do, so I used the direct ink to paper technique to give them a taller look.  It left some streaking, but that actually adds depth to the mountains by looking like I added highlights!  Then I stamped the trees.  I masked off the bank and ink blended in the river before stamping the grass in the foreground.  I finished off the bottom by inking in a road, and I added a bit of blue ink to the sky.  I stamped the sentiment (which was from a set I had won and had actually arrived that day, so perfect timing!)  I wanted to make it interactive so I created a slider element at the bottom for the truck to "drive" along.

As usual, I forgot to plan it out first, so had to do some adjustments on the fly, but no one except you knows that!  I used a slider die to cut the slot, but had to create my own pull tab to go along with it.  Overall, I was pleased with how it turned out and I think he thought it was quite fun!

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: Sweet n' Sassy Stamp "Landscape Silhouettes"; MFT "Essential Sentiments" sentiment inside the slider; ? unknown name for the main sentiment set

Dies: unbranded truck die set from Amazon; MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle and "Launch Party" for the slider slot.

Challenges:

Cards Galore Challenge #148--anything goes

Die Cut Divas--anything goes

Crafty Calendar--All about the men/boys

We Love Stamping--sports/hobbies OR anything goes (his hobby is working on his truck; does that count?  Or I can go with anything goes)

Craft Rockets #137--birthday

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: crafty or hobby (working on his truck is his hobby)

Sweet Stampin'--something for the boys

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #279--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday--masculine

Double Trouble Challenge #218--My Guy (Things #1: 3 washi tape/paper scraps (all the truck parts were cut from scraps of card stock/specialty paper), 2 die cuts, 1 sentiment; #3: his favorite hobby/activity/sport--he enjoys working on his truck--though maybe not right now; it's broken!)

Word Art Wednesday #756--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--add a sentiment

Little Red Wagon #862--O is for outdoor

Crafty Catz #715--anything goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #324--anything goes

Hello

Happy June 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:

This card was made almost entirely from scraps.  I'm not sure why it was there, but the green plaid piece was on my desk; I only had to trim off a narrow strip which I turned into the banner on the right hand side.  The kraft strip was on my desk from another project, I trimmed it to length and then trimmed off a little bit down the whole side to make it narrower.  I used most of the rest of the full width strip to create the kraft banner.  The white, stitched banner was trimmed off from a previous project.  So, I think they only thing that wasn't a scrap was the card base and the enamel dots.

I stamped this sweet dragon directly onto the card base and colored him up with markers.  I layered the banners together and stamped the sentiment and it was all set to go!

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 "Magical Dragons" and "Something for Everyone" sentiment

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched banner

Challenges: 

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #278--anything goes

Double Trouble #217--8th Anniversary Celebration (Thing #1: Father's Day/Masculine; Thing #3: Kraft paper)

Creative Knockouts #571--real or faux stitching (on the white banner)

Crafty Catz #714--anything goes

Creative Fingers #323--anything goes

Inkspirational Challenge #368--for the guys

Creative Inspirations--anything goes

We Love Stamping--all creatures great and small 

Krafty Chicks #822--masculine

Sending Hugs

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  But before I get to that, I have an announcement to make:

Cut It Up Challenge is trying to get to 1000 followers!!  Right now we are at 990.  When we get to 1000, there will be a random drawing for a box of crafty goodies!!  All you have to do is head over to the blog and follow us.

This week, the challenge is: Friendship

Here is my card for your inspiration:

This card is made from a lot of bits and pieces that were left over on my desk from other projects.  The black die cut was a mistake from a previous card, but it was perfect for this heat embossed sentiment!  One layer of the roses was already stamped, so I added the first and third layers and die cut them out (after misstamping the same image on the other side of the cardstock!).  The ribbon isn't a scrap, but the roll of it has been sitting on my desk for a while.  The patterned paper was a scrap that I trimmed down to size and the leaves were die cut from scraps before stamping them.  I finished everything off with some pale pink pearls.

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 "Luke 1:45" plain Jane; Papertrey Ink "The Sweet Life"; MFT "Something for Everyone" sentiment

Dies: PaperTrey Ink "The Sweet Life"; Spellbinders "Radiant Rectangles"

Challenges:

Snippets Playground #533 --anything goes with snippets

Creative Inspirations--anything goes

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: May flowers

Word Art Wednesday #754--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Make My Monday #278--say it with flowers

Crafty Catz #714--anything goes

Creative Fingers #323--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'--flowers

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes