Birthday Wishes

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

Here is my card for your inspiration:

This is the card I made for my mom's birthday.  I saw the sketch and it really caught my eye and I had to use it!  Lily of the Valley are not blooming here in Southern New England, yet, but they should be starting in a couple weeks.  The ones we have around here are all white, but there are some very pale pink ones out there and that is how I colored mine up.  I fussy cut the image and draped it around the sentiment strip so neither the sentiment nor the image were covered up very much.  I think it adds a fun and interesting touch.  Before adhering both to the card, I added some gold embroidery thread and that was a really good choice if I do say so myself!  It instantly took the card from "meh" to eye-catching.  I finished it up with some pink pearls.  It is a smaller sized card: 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 so it would fit the sketch but not be too gigantic for the flower image.

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: Fred She Said "Lily of the Valley" digi; Verve "Be Blessed" sentiment

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched banner

Challenges:

Cards Galore #146--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #241--anything goes

Unicorn Challenge #119--use dies

Die Cut Divas--anniversary/birthday

Creative Inspirations--Easter/Spring

We Love Stamping--Spring

Moving Along with the Times #188--anything spring

Crafty Gals Corner #276--anything goes with the optional twist: spring

Aud Sentiments #336--watercolor AND/OR spring

Beautiful Blossoms #40--anything goes with flowers with the optional twist: inspiration picture

Love Those Pretty Papers--spring flowers

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #275--anything goes

Crafty Catz #711--anything goes

Creative Fingers #320--anything goes

Inkspirational Challenge #365--sketch

Word Art Wednesday #748--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Groovy

Yesterday, I had a bit of time to just play.  (I mean, I could have used that time for something more productive, but I didn't!)  This card was inspired by all these little scraps from a paper pack.  It started out with this card I made for my mom using some of the pieces from the paper pack.  And then since there were only scraps left, I decided to use a bunch of them up.  I created this card and a second card using the same layout that I will post at the beginning of next month.  The striped circle was already die cut and all the rest of the patterned paper pieces were scraps.  Even the stars were die cut from scraps as well.  This isn't normally a color combination that would appeal to me, but I do actually really like how it turned out!  And the patterns made me think of this "groovy" sentiment.  Such a fun card all around!

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Surely Goodness"

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; Verve stars

Challenges:

Unicorn Challenge #119--use dies

Crafty Calendar--dies/punches

Craft Rocket Challenge #135--Layer It Up

Word Power--sentiment as focal

Try A Sketch on Tuesday #693--sketch

Pixie's Snippets Playground #530--anything goes with snippets

Word Art Wednesday #748--anything goes with uplifting sentiment 

Creative Moments Template

Hello, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Gone But Not Forgotten (Use an image from a designer/company that is no longer in business).  I am using an image from one of my old-time favorites: Bugaboo Stamps.

 Here is my card:

Bugaboo Stamps images are so adorable and I was very sad when they went out of business.  I needed a birthday card for my dad, and I thought this fun image was just perfect!  I colored him up and used the die cutting out of the box technique.  Then I added some glossy accents to the balloon to give it a beautiful shine!  The fun image needed some bright happy papers The two striped papers are from a patterned paper pack that is almost used up (just little bits to use up!!) and was able to find a bright yellow from another pack to go along with them.  I finished everything off with some bright red enamel 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: Bugaboo Stamps "Bear Balloon 3"; MFT "Essential Sentiments"; PaperTrey Ink "World's Greatest" DAD

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched banner; unbranded stitched label die from Amazon

Challenges:

Cards Galore #146--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #241--anything goes

Unicorn Challenge #119--anything goes

Die Cut Divas--birthday or anniversary

Crafty Calendar--dies/punches

Craft Rocket #135--layer it up

Paper Funday #86--anything goes with the optional twist: die cut/punches

Colorful Options--yellow

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #275--anything goes

Crafty Catz #711--anything goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #320--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday--bright & cheerful

Double Trouble #214--Let's make this Air-mazing (#1: 3 patterned papers or special papers, 2 colors, 1 image; #3: any flying element (balloon)

1st Birthday

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

Here is my card for your inspiration:

We have a young family in our church who's little guy just turned one.  So, I decided to take this opportunity to make a first birthday card for him.  I had several of these stamped onesies left over (probably from the baby's baby shower) and thought it would be fun to create a little background using them.  Luckily, I managed to find the same patterned paper and stamped one more of the blue onesies and the reverse of the paper was the green, so I stamped four on that paper as well.  Because the originals had been mounted on white card stock, I had to mount the new pieces on white and cut them out as well.  It adds a texture to the background for a bit more fun.  I die cut a vellum circle to help the die cut "1" to stand out from the background and stamped "st" directly onto the circle.  I added the sentiment to die cut stitched banners.  I think it turned out so 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: SU! "By Ones and By Twos"; PaperTrey Ink "Big Birthday Wishes" st; My Favorite Things "Essential Sentiments"

Dies: PaperTrey Ink "By The Numbers"; My Favorite Things "Blueprints 13" stitched banner; unbranded circle die from Amazon

Challenges:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #274--anything goes

Crafty Catz #710--anything goes

Creative Fingers #319--anything goes

Pixie's Snippets Playground #529--anything goes with snippets (3 of the onesies were left overs and the others were fussy cut from a scrap of paper, all the die cuts were cut from scraps as well)

Double Trouble Challenge #213--SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing (#1: 3 die cuts, 2 patterned papers, one number one!)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--happy birthday

Little Red Wagon #852--M is for masculine

Krafty Chicks #814--birthday

Cards Galore Challenge #146--anything goes

Die Cut Divas--anniversary or birthday card

Paper Funday #86--anything goes with the optional twist: die cut/punches

Word Power--sentiment as the focal point

Butterflies galore

Happy April 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 went a little bit different than normal on this one.  I usually go with more animal animals, but as I was looking for something to use for the card, I came across this gorgeous butterfly cover plate die and decided to go with insect animal.  It took me a bit to get this to die cut well since it is so detailed, but the end result is worth it!!  I layered the die cut over a distressed patterned paper and added some stretchy lace trim--ruffling it onto some double sided-tape.  Then I added a die cut leaf stem and a beautiful flower I have had for ever!  I added some clear nuvo drops that kind of look like dew drops and I ended up with a pretty elegant card, I think!

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:

Dies: Papertrey Ink butterfly cover plate die and "Turning a New Leaf" die

Challenges:

613 Avenue Create --anything goes with the optional twist: things with wings

Crafty Catz #710--anything goes

Creative Fingers #319--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #274--anything goes

Shopping Our Stash #570--white out (no white)

Today is your day!

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

Here is my card for your inspiration:

My oldest daughter's birthday is this week and it just so happens that green is her favorite color, so I took the opportunity to use this "Forever Green" theme to create a birthday card for her.  She's turning 20, though I have absolutely no idea how that happened!  I felt like something a little different, so I created a gate fold card.  I die cut the paw print cover panel out of green card stock and adhered it to some green check paper.  Then I adhered the whole thing to one side of the card base and used a craft knife to cut off the overlap so it would fit perfectly on the other half of the gate fold base.  I used some brown glitter paper to die cut the "20" and also two paw prints that I layered on top of some of the green leftover pieces and inlayed back into the main panel.  I used some green mulberry paper to mat the sentiment circle and added a cute little pup to the bottom circle.

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 "Just Sentiments: Birthday"; Mama Elephant "Lunar Animals

Dies: Your Next Stamp pawprint cover plate die; Papertrey Ink "By the Numbers" border die; unbranded circle dies from Amazon

Challenges:

Cards Galore #145--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #240--anything goes

Crafter's Cafe #328--fancy folds OR anything goes

Creative Inspirations--cute critters

Paper Funday #85--anything goes with the optional twist: fur or feathers (I went with fur)

Crafty Gals Corner #275--make it green

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #214--clovers are green

Aud Sentiments #335--glitter/bling AND/OR St. Patrick's green

Colorful Options--green or rainbow

Love Those Pretty Papers--anything goes with the optional twist: circles

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Creative Creases #133--anything goes with more than one fold

Word Power--sentiment as focal

Shopping Our Stash #569--I'm counting on you

Crafty Catz #709--anything goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #318--anything goes

Inkspirational Challenge #363--greens

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #274--anything goes

Try a Sketch on Tuesday #691--sketch

Fab n' Funky #633--four-legged friends

Birthday Bunny

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

 Here is my card:

Obviously, the image was the start of the card, but the layout was inspired by the blue patterned paper square.  It's been sitting on my desk for quite a while and I found a sketch that was perfect for it!  There was a piece of vellum on my desk as well, and I thought it was perfect for the circle element and wouldn't cover up that beautiful blue paper.  I forgot to take a picture of it, but I added some gold glitter pen to the tutu and the balloon.  It adds just a bit of sparkle to the image.  I decided to pull out some embellishments that matched with the image and had a bit of fun adding more embellishments than I usually do.  But, once I've already made a square card, it won't be able to go in a regular envelope anyway, so why not??

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 "Birthday Party Bunny Balloon" digi; Verve "Better Together" sentiment

Dies: unbranded circle die from Amazon; My Favorite Things corner bracket die; Verve "Scalloped Trim Trio" left over tiny hearts

Challenges:

Cards Galore #145--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #240--anything goes

Cheerful Sketches--sketch

Creative Inspirations--cute critters

We Love Stamping--wildlife OR anything goes

The Paper Funday #85--anything goes with the optional twist: fur or feathers (I've chosen fur)

Love Those Pretty Papers--anything goes with the optional twist: circles

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--make it cute

Creative Knockouts #566--birthday wishes