Hello, everyone! Here is a mid-challenge reminder for our sketch challenge over on the Creative Moments Challenge blog. You still have almost 2 weeks to play along with us. We have two sponsors and the image I used today came from Hetty Clare. Here is the sketch:
Monday, September 25, 2023
Party Penguins
Friday, September 22, 2023
Fa la la llama
Happy Friday!!! It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog. This week, the challenge is: Inspired by a song or book
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Love
Monday, September 11, 2023
Thinking of you
Hello, everyone! It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog. The theme is: a sketch!
I am using an image from one of our fabulous sponsors: Hetty Clare.
Friday, September 8, 2023
2023 Grad
Happy Friday!!! It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog. This week, the challenge is: Back to School
Friday, September 1, 2023
Elephant 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:
Isn't this little elephant so sweet?!! I decided to give him a little pair of denim paper pieced overalls as I am not very good at denim coloring and I had the perfect paper! I used the same paper on the top panel of the card and mixed in a jute pattern to go with my twine bow and some brick patterned paper at the bottom to help give an edgy, modern look. I also stamped the elephant onto gray cardstock to cut down the coloring on his head/body as well. I added a little shading to both elephant and overalls with a darker marker and called it done! I heat embossed the sentiment with black embossing powder so it would stand out and finished everything off with some gray enamel dots. Just before I was getting ready to take the picture, I felt like it needed "something". So, I went and stamped the clusters of little stars and I think it added so much!Saturday, August 26, 2023
My Grace
Last month, I needed to send cards to two friends who were coming up on the anniversary of the loss of a loved one. I wanted something simple as I was going away and needed to be able to finish them up without a lot of supplies.
I stamped the flowers and then stamped the three part sentiment. It's fun that it comes in parts because you can use different colors of ink like I did here. I intended to color the flowers on both cards blue to match the blue ink in the sentiment. But my coral colored markers caught my eye and I had to use them for the second card. I didn't even use any embellishments, so nice and CAS.Friday, August 25, 2023
Birthday Fishes
Happy Friday!!! It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog. This week, the challenge is: Under the Sea
We've got a crab on land waving hello, two dolphins playing in the waves, a narwal swimming along, and a cute little fish playing among the coral and seaweed.
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Class of 2023
When you open it up, there is a little pocket to hold the money, and it is quite easy to just pull right out. I added some acetate to the back of the front panel to make it so the money won't catch on any edges. I just love it!
It was a little time consuming, because I had to die cut the numbers through so many layers: the card base, the background paper, the kraft mat and the patterned paper layer. But it was worth it.
Monday, August 14, 2023
Remembering
Hello, everyone! It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog. The theme is: No Line Coloring (of course, you are always welcome to play along using the Anything Goes option). I am using an image from one of our fabulous sponsors: Sheepski Designs.
Friday, August 11, 2023
Cat Shenanigans
Happy Friday!!! It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog. This week, the challenge is: Create A Scene
When you pull the pull tab, the little guy on the robo vacuum slides on over to the other to say hello (or maybe "happy birthday!" It's so fun! I finished off the inside with another kitty from the same set and a fun combination of sentiments that refers to the shenanigans those kitties are getting into. (I highly doubt my nephew will know what shenanigans are, but I liked the sentiment!)
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Little cutie
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:
July is one of our very busy family birthday months. We have 5 birthdays and 1 anniversary! As I was looking through my stash of never before used stamps, I came across this sweet little elephant and knew I HAD to use her! The card is pretty straight forward except, I took a little strip of paper leftover from the background paper and stamped the bow from the image on it. Then I fussy cut it out and paper pieced it onto the bow on the image on my card. It is such a great way to added pattern and interest and it makes her even more cute! The flowers were die cut and I added some color with my markers, then added some blue gems in the centers.Friday, July 28, 2023
I moosed up!
Happy Friday!!! It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog. This week, the challenge is: Animals on Parade
As you pull the pull tab, the panel with the moose slowly rises and reveals the hidden sentiment: "I Moosed Up . . . Happy Belated birthday" I didn't forget this birthday, we just usually combine the celebration with the recipient's sister's birthday as they are both in July. But, I know the young man will get a kick out of both the interactive element and the sentiment.
Friday, July 21, 2023
Strong Anchor
Look who's 40!
When you open it up, you can see the "40" again, but also a second greeting. This isn't the exact greeting I had planned on using, but the other one was too large and it showed through to the front a little when the card was closed.
Friday, July 14, 2023
Up in the sky
Happy Friday!!! It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog. This week, the challenge is: Look Up In the Sky
