Magical birthday

Happy September 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 know this is stretching it a little bit, but if we can use mythical creatures, then why not a mythical birthday cake creature?  I mean it's a unicorn cake, right?  I won the chance to purchase this set as part of a GIANT box of goodies from Jennifer McGuire several years ago.  So much fun stuff in there, but almost all of it has sat around in a box ever since.  So, I'm working on using some of the sets and this one came out to play.  There are several different decorations that can be used to decorate this fun cake.  I decided to keep it relatively simple and just added some piping around the bottom and a few flowers and she was done!

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: Hero Arts CM438 cake set (I'm pretty sure it's discontinued); CAS-ual Fridays "Magical Unicorn" sentiment

Dies: Hero Arts cake set

Challenges:

Pattie's Creations #245--anything goes with hand colored sentiment

Creative Knockouts #577--favorite embellishments (I love using gems and these yellow ones I've had for a very long time)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #767--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #284--anything goes

Creative Fingers #328--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'--use a die cut

Hanging out

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

 Here is my card:

Oh, my goodness!!  The cuteness of this panda is just too much!  He looks a little bit sad, maybe because he's thinking about his friend whom he misses.  This was a very simple card all around.  I printed out the image, die cut it, colored it, added the sentiment and adhered it to the card base and, done!

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: Polkadoodles "Noodle Panda Hang Out"; Cardz TV "Just Sayin'" sentiment

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:  

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: play time

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #284--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Creative Fingers #328--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'--use a die cut

Watercolor truck

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

Here is my card for your inspiration:

Several years ago, my mother-in-law and I went to a stamp convention and we took a class with Art Impressions Stamps.  They have a lot of images that you can "water color" with and they work together to create beautiful scenes.  This scene was one that we created during the class and I had never put it onto a card.  My father-in-law loves classic cars so when Father's Day rolled around this year, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to pull out this image and finally use it!  It all came together pretty quickly since the image was already water colored.  I just had to die cut it and find some masculine looking papers and it was good to go!

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: All image stamps were from Art Impressions but since I used them in a class, I don't know the names; PaperTrey Ink "World's Greatest" sentiment

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched banner die; I have no idea where the stitched rectangle die came from.

Challenges:

Cards Galore Challenges #150--anything goes

Unicorn Challenge #123--layer it up

Creative Inspirations--anything goes

Craft Rocket #139--transportation

ART Impressions #434--Boy, oh, boy!

 

Happy Thoughts

Hello, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Make It Cute.  It doesn't get much easier than that!!  I am using an image from our fabulous sponsor: Polkadoodles.

 Here is my card:

Isn't this panda super cute!?!  As soon as I saw him, I knew I wanted to use him for this "Cute" challenge.  As always, I was in a bit of a hurry so I created a very CAS card to show him off.  I die cut the main panel with a stitched rectangle die, colored up the image and stamped the sentiment and a row of little hearts and it was done!  After I adhered it to a black card base, that is.

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: Polkadoodles "Noodle Panda Relax" digi; Pretty Pink Posh "Thoughtful Greetings" sentiment and hearts

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:

Cards Galore Challenges #150--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #245--anything goes with hand-colored image

Creative Inspirations--anything goes

Crafty Gals #279--anything goes with the optional twist: summer vibes

Aud Sentiments #340--alcohol inks AND/OR summer and a sentiment

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

CRAFT #786--summer holiday OR anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #765--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

As You Like It--favorite coloring medium (my favorite is alcohol markers.  I love how well the blend, how many colors there are and how vibrant the colors are.)

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #283--anything goes

Whopper of a day

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

Here is my card for your inspiration:

This is for my brother's birthday.  He just recently became hooked on fishing because his kids took a fishing course and he thought it was pretty fun.  So, I created this fun card to celebrate that new obsession.  I had a lot of fun and used a lot of dies to create this cute scene.  I started with a medium turquoise card stock and used several different distress oxide inks to give it a more watery feel.  Then I die cut it with the waves coverplate die and attached it to a lighter turquoise card base.  I die cut some grass out of green card stock, a sun out of yellow, and some clouds out of white to create the rest of the scene.  I stamped, colored and fussy cut my image, but instead of leaving it with the tiny fish that was originally part of the image, I substituted a much larger fish showing the skill of the fisherman!  I stamped the sentiment and it was good go!

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 "Great Catch"; YNS "Sea Creatures #2"

Dies: Hero Arts "Wave and Sea" cover plate; Sweet 'n' Sassy Stamps grass border die; MFT "Blueprints 13" sun die; Paper Smooches "Cute Clouds"

Challenges:

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #283--anything goes

Cards Galore Challenge #150--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #245--anything goes

Creative Inspirations--anything goes

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: play time

Aud Sentiments Challenge #340--alcohol inks AND/OR summer with a sentiment (I used alcohol inks to color my image and fishing is a summertime activity)
A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Cardz 4 Guyz #388--summer theme

Pearly Sparkles #122--summer holidays

C.R.A.F.T. #786--summer holiday/vacation/anything goes

Krafty Chicks #832--birthday

Simon Says Stamp Monday--Happy Birthday

Yarn Birthday

Happy August 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 birthday card is for my nephew; he just turned 12!  A couple years ago, he and his two siblings were super into stuffed animal kitties.  Hopefully he will still appreciate this cat themed card.  I had some fun with this one.  I chose a bright and happy background and then chose the rest of my color scheme from there.  I stamped the cat bed on an melon card stock and then again on a scrap of paper from the same pack as the background piece.  Then I fussy cut them both out and pieced them together so the bed has a pretty cushion inside.  I stamped colored and die cut the kitty and stamped and cut out the yarn ball.  I thought it would be "fun" to give it some texture so I cut tiny pieces of twine and glued them in place over the lines on the ball.  It worked, sort of.  It didn't turn out exactly as I thought and there was a lot of glue stuck to my fingers!!  But in the end I think it added a fun touch.  I used the same twine to tie to the balloon and made it look like it connected to the yarn ball that the kitty is playing with.

I stamped the sentiment and some matching images from the same set on the inside.

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: Lawn Fawn "Meow You Doin'"

Dies: Lawn Fawn "Meow You Doin'"; MFT "Blueprints 26"

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #763--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Krafty Chicks #831--anything goes with the optional twist: summer mood board (I was inspired by the bright dots in the lower right corner

Creative Fingers #327--anything goes

Shopping Our Stash #579--What's the good Word? (mine is "happy")

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Be Merry

Hello, everyone!  It's time for the mid-month reminder for the challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Shimmer and Shine.  I am using an image from our fabulous sponsor: Love to Color.

 Here is my card:

I had it in my head that I wanted a pink dragon.  I think it's because I have made a couple card recently with non-traditional Christmas color schemes and felt like I wanted to do another.  So, I have a pink and green dragon all ready for Christmas.  I created my background by cutting half inch strips of pink, red, and green card stock and I also cut thin strips of gold card stock as accents.  Then I just adhered them onto my card base.  Quick and easy and fun!  I matted my image with the same gold card stock and added a  sentiment and some gold sequins and it was done!  I added some Nuvo gold silver sparkle pen to the wings; you can see the sparkle in the photo below:

And the shine from the gold cardstock is fabulous!!  

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: Love to Color "Flamesnort Santa Hat"; Papertrey Ink sentiment

Challenges: 

C.R.A.F.T. #785--Christmas

Creative Fingers #327--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Lil' Red Wagon #869--one thing (I used one image and one sentiment)

Pattie's Creations #244--anything goes

Crafter's Cafe #332--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas in July