Simple Birthday

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

Here is my card for your inspiration:

Confession:  I have a whole, entire, large box of crafty items that I have never used and I've had them for probably 3 years (most of them anyway).  I've been thinking that I should just pull items out and use them instead of reaching for the things I use all the time.  So, while I was digging around in the box, I found this beautiful die set from Altenew.  I wasn't quite sure how to use it, so I went to the webstore and looked it up and found so much beautiful inspiration.    I die cut both layers from white card stock and then I inked up the underlayer with purple ink for the flowers and green ink for the leaves.  My small blending brushes were dirty, so it was a little challenging to get ink to be where I wanted it, but the white frame helps hide some of the overlap.  Then I trimmed out a little section for my sentiment (which I had to stack on top of itself instead of using it in a line as is intended.  I stamped the sentiment on a white card base and adhered the two layers of die cut to it.  Added some tiny purple pearls for interest.  I think it actually looks more CAS than it really is, but it reads simple in my book at least.

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: MFT "Something for Everything" sentiment set

Dies: Altenew "Layered Floral Cover Die A&B"

Challenges:

Cards Galore--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #88--anything goes

Creative Inspirations--anything goes

Moving Along With the Times #169--CAS

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: floral

NBUS--never before used Schtuff--first time using both the die set and the sentiment set

Beautiful Blossoms #19--anything goes with the optional mood board (I did not use it)

Triple B--anything goes with the optional twist: red (I did not use the twist)

Make My Monday #230--let's celebrate

Inkspirational Challenge #320--use products from 2 or more companies (Altenew and MFT)

Penny's Challenge #576--anything goes

Double D--basket full of posies

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #234--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday--add a sentiment

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--beautiful blooms

Yappy Day

 Hello, everyone!  It's time for the mid-month reminder for the challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is a sketch:

  I am using an image from one of our fabulous sponsor, Pattie's Creations.

 Here is my card:

Oh, my goodness!!  Isn't he the cutest??  My brother-in-law is on his second Frenchie and they are just adorable (in a funny looking kind of way)!  I made this for my nephew who is turning 10 this week.  I just realized as I typed that thought, that I should have added some "10" elements to the card as it is kind of a big deal to reach double digits!  Oh, well, maybe I'll get it right for the next one!  I used some fun, bright scraps on this one and a punny sentiment and finished it all off with some bright yellow 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: Pattie's Creations "French Bulldog" digi; Sweet n' Sassy Stamps "Cute Critters" sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" and "Classic Circles, Large"

Challenges: 

Cards Galore Challenges--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #220--anything goes

Cutie Pie Challenge--beginning with a "B"--bulldog

Crafty Calendar--add a sentiment

Sheepski Designs #88--anything goes

Creative Inspiration--anything goes

Paper Funday #67--anything goes with the optional twist: critter crazy

Crafty Catz #676--anything goes with the optional twist: make it cute

Creative Fingers #282--anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #576--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #234--anything goes

Merry Christmas

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

Here is my card for your inspiration:

Christmas cards are probably my favorite type of card to make, probably because I love Christmas so much!!  A couple months ago, I won a prize package from Not 2 Shabby that included two beautiful paper packs and a matching set of ephemera for each.  For today's card, I pulled out two sheets of paper, die cut a rectangle from each sheet and then cut the rectangles in half so I could use two different patterns on two different cards.  This way, they both have the stitching from the rectangle die.  I added a piece of wide satin ribbon across the join to hide it.  Then I die cut a fancy frame out of gold paper.  It's actually a solid piece, but I cut out the inside with a craft knife to create the frame.  Then I heat embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder onto a piece of white card stock, adhered a piece of ornament ephemera and glued the whole piece behind the frame.  Then I die cut  the layers of the poinsettia, inked the embossed veins and adhered them all together and glued on the card.  I finished everything off with some gold Nuvo drops.  Unfortunately, I forgot I had added them and was not being careful with the card and accidently smeared several of the drops with another piece of paper.  So, I carefully cleaned up the edges and remade them as best as I could.  I ended up with a few more in the bottom corner because I had to cover up some rogue spots.

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: Be Merry"

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle; Spellbinders "Fleur Di Lis Squares" and "Layered Poinsettia"

Not 2 Shabby paper and ephemera packs

Challenges:

Jingle Belles--my sweet emboss-able you (I heat embossed my sentiment)

Sparkles Challenge #162--handmade ornament or ornament card (I have ornaments on my paper and my sentiment panel)

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--anything Christmas goes

Die Cut Divas--winter wishes

Crafty Calendar--add a sentiment

Christmas Kickstart #88--Festive Frames

Tuesday Morning Sketches #764--sketch

Lil' Red Wagon #764--something you love! (I LOVE Christmas, patterned papers, and die cuts--specially fancy ones)

You are sweet!

 Hello, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is a sketch this month:

I am using an image from one of our fabulous sponsors: Pattie's Creations.

 Here is my card:

Oh, my!  This little pineapple with her sunglasses is just too fun!!  I chose some tropical themed papers to go along with her and added a bit of ribbon and some gold sequins to finish everything off.  So fun!!

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: Pattie's Creations "Pineapple with Sunglasses" digi; YNS "Love Bites" sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangle and "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #575null--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--stars AND/OR stripes (I have used striped paper on the circle layer)

C.R.A.F.T. #726--graduation OR anything goes

Crafty Catz #675--anything goes with the optional twist: add embellishments

Creative Fingers #281--anything goes

Di's Digi Designsnull--hand colored image

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Cards Galore--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #220null--anything goes

Crafty Calendar--add a sentiment

Sheepski #88--anything goes

Creative Inspirations--anything goes

Craft Rocket #116--summertime

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #194--aloha (I was inspired by the tropical colors)

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #233null--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday-Simon Says Stamp Monday--summer fun

Cow are you?

 Happy May 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 just love this sentiment paired with a cow image (and this particular image is so adorable!)!!  It's just too fun!  Overall this was a pretty quick and simple card which was just what I was going for!  I die cut both layers of the "hello" sentiment, stamped, colored and fussy cut the cow, adhered everything in place and stamped the rest of the sentiment and then finished it all off with some little pink hearts.  This is the first time I have used this "hello" die set and it definitely won't be the last! (Actually, based on chronological order of how my scheduled blog posts will post, this card will be posted after another card using the same die.  But this card was actually the first to use it.)

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 "The Whole Herd"; Cardz TV "More Critter Captions"

Dies: MFT "Essential Hello" die-namics and "Tag Builder Blueprints 5" hearts

Challenges:

Through the Purple Haze #216--anything goes

Creative Fingers #281--anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Creatalicious Challenge #278--anything goes with the optional twist: pastel colors

From the Whole Herd

 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:

I love this stamp set from My Favorite Things; the farm animals are so cute and the sentiments are just too fun!  I made another version of this card with the cow from the same set first and then I decided to make another one using some of the other animals.  So, I die cut both layers of the "hello" sentiment, stamped, colored and fussy cut the animals, stamped the rest of the sentiment and adhered everything in place on some plaid patterned paper that said "country/farm" to me.  I finished everything off with some die cut hearts and I added some glossy accents to those hearts to give them some shine and make them stand out more.  I actually used the base layer die of the "hello" set to cut the horse so he would fit perfectly around th.e sentiment as I didn't want to add extra bulk under the sentiment.

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: MFT "The Whole Herd"

Dies: MFT "Essential Hello" die-namics, "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle and "Tag Builder Blueprints 5" hearts

Challenges:

Through the Purple Haze #216--anything goes

Snippets Playground #483--anything goes with snippets (everything except the card base was cut from scraps)

Cupcake Inspirations #597--anything goes

Cardz 4 Guyz--masculine

World's Greatest

 Hello, everyone!  It's time for the mid-month reminder for the challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Men and Boys.  I am using an image from one of our fabulous sponsors: Mirtillamente.

 Here is my card:

This is my Father's Day card for my husband.  Who doesn't love a good burger with some fries?!!  Since the colors in the image where bold and bright, I used some bold, bright patterned papers.  I just love the pops of black; they really make everything else pop!  For the fizzy bubbles, I added some glossy accents which adds a fun touch.  You can see them in the photo below.

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: Mirtillamente "Bollicine" digi; PaperTrey Ink "World's Greatest"

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangle

Challenges: 

Cards Galore Challenges #124--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #218null--anything goes

Cupcake Inspirations #597--anything goes

Crafty Catz #674--make it masculine

Creative Fingers #280--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #232null--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #574null--anything goes

Open Road

My dad is a motorcycle guy.  This is the card I made for him for Father's Day.  The patterned paper has a map of the continental United States.  You can see Florida down there by the sentiment.  New Hampshire, where my parents live is up by the enamel dots.  I used a light gray card base and squares for my image panels (which were actually left over from die cutting the frame for this card that I posted the other day).  I used a light gray ink and inked the image up several times to get a darker, but still subtle image.  I added a strip of Ocean Tides card stock running down behind the image panels.  I finished it all off with some gray enamel dots.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions motorcycle and "Father's Day"

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle; Lawn Fawn frame die leftovers

Challenges:

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #23null--anything goes

Cards Galore #124--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #87--anything goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #280--sketch

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: for the guys

Double Trouble #168--We Dare You (Thing #1: masculine)

Penny's Challenge #573null--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'-null-Father's Day/Special Man

Crafting Happiness #178--outdoor toys (motorcycles are big toys!)

Cupcake Inspirations #596--for the guys

 

Cardz 4 Guys #349--father's day

Little Red Wagon #760--plains, trains, automobiles, vehicles of some type

C.R.A.F.T. #723--transport/sport

As You Like It--with words or without words (99% of the time, I include sentiments on the front of my card as I usually have an occasion in mind when I make a card.  Also, it doesn't seem finished if there is no sentiment)

Crafty Catz #674--anything goes with the optional twist: make it masculine

Creative Fingers #280--anything goes

Turning ONE!

 Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Feeling Blue (use blue as the predominate color)

Here is my card for your inspiration:

This weekend we are celebrating the first birthday of a sweet little boy in our family.  This is the card I created for him.  One of the best things about handmade cards is that you can personalize them to the recipient.  With this spelling of his name, he will never be able to find mass produced items with his name on it, but he will have a card with his name on it!  I die cut the frame and trimmed some scraps of blue patterned papers to fit behind the frame.  Then I die cut the letters of his name and the number "1" out of dark blue card stock.  I stamped the sentiment directly onto one of the patterned paper panels and then stamped the elephant on a scrap left over from cutting one of the other panels.  I added a little shading to the elephant with a gray marker and then fussy cut him out and adhered him to the fourth panel.  It is super cute and relatively easy--the hardest part was getting the letters squished together enough to fit in that panel!  It was a tight fit, but eventually I managed to do it.

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 "Emory"; PaperTrey Ink "Big Birthday Wishes"

Dies: PaperTrey Ink letters and number; Lawn Fawn frame panel

Challenges:

Cutie Pie #195--Dads AND/OR lads (I went with lads)

Crafty Calendar--for a child

Sheepski Designs #87--anything goes

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: for the guys

Make My Monday #227--B is for Blue and Birthday

Double Trouble #168--We Dare You (Thing #1: masculine)

Inkspirational Challenge #317--frame

Creative Knockouts #523--2 or more patterned papers

Cupcake Inspiration #596--for the guys

Tuesday Morning Sketches #760--sketch (I turned it horizontally)

Get Your Party On

 Hello, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Men and Boys.  I am using an image from one of our fabulous sponsors: Sheepski Designs.

 Here is my card:

Oh, my, I just love this image; it's super cute and the little bear looks wiped out from partying!  I created this card for my father-in-law who's birthday was this week.  As soon as I saw this image, I knew I had the perfect sentiment to pair with it.  I ended up using it on the inside as I didn't have enough room to use it on the front of the card.

It is also kind of fitting for my father-in-law as he gets up early and is very active so he goes to bed quite early at night.  I was able to use up some paper scraps on this card: the red, blue and yellow pieces were all scraps.  I actually pieced together the red piece behind the the image and underneath the blue strip--no one will ever know.  I really like how this one came out, I think it is all the black; it really sets off all the different colors.

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: Sheepski Designs "Party Animal" digi; MFT "Anything But Essential Birthday Sentiments"

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:

Creative Fingers #279--anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #231--anything goes

Cards Galore Challenge #124--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #218--anything goes

Cheerful Sketches #133--sketch

Sheepski Designs #87--anything goes

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: for the guys

Make My Monday #227--"B" is for . . . bear, balloons, blue, and birthday

Double Trouble Challenge #168--We Dare You (Thing #1: masculine, Thing #3: tails up--rainbow of colors; #2: play with Colorful  Options)

Colorful Options--Aqua or rainbow of colors (I use primary colors for my rainbow, although I didn't use purple--one of my balloons is orange but it looks more like yellow.  Anyway, I hope this counts)

Fab n' Funky #597--circles

Penny's Challenge #573--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--masculine

Double D--pick three: old, new, borrowed, blue (I use old: the circle die, new: the image, blue: paper)

Little Red Wagon #759--so cute

C.R.A.F.T. #722--masculine

Di's Digi Designs--furry friends

Sweet Stampin'--Father's Day/special man

Wishes

 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:

I had this adorable swan stamped and cut out and waiting in my bits and pieces stash and I figured now was the perfect opportunity to use her.  I stamped the crown and three lily pads from the same stamp set.  I used a strip of washi tape to mask off the waterline and blended on a little pond for the swan to swim on.  I added a few "waves" to add interest and I finished it all off with a sentiment.  I added gold wink of stella glitter pen to the water lilies and a gold glitter Spectrum Noir pen to the crown for a little bit of shimmer and sparkle.

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: Pretty Pink Posh "Pond Friends"; Raisin Boat "Flourishing Thoughts"; MFT "Otterly Love You" wave

Challenges:

Pattie's Creations #218--anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms #17--anything goes with flowers with an optional mood board

Creative Knockouts #522--anything goes

Double Trouble Anniversary Raffle #167--#1: Birthday (pink ticket)

Word Art Wednesday #680--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #572--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'--CAS

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Krafty Chicks #718--anything goes

Creative Fingers #279--anything goes

Love Begins

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

Here is my card for your inspiration:

My best friend's first child (oldest boy) is getting married this weekend!  It's hard to believe we are at that age already (well, actually, my children are a bit younger and not quite ready for getting married, but I'm almost there!).  This is the card I created for him and his soon to be wife!  There are a lot of roses, and gold, and embossing and all sorts of beautiful things going on here!  I started with the gorgeous roses!  These are hands down my favorite flower stamps.  The layering (if you can get them lined up correctly) is fabulous and they always turn out so beautiful!  Then I chose my sentiment--the main sentiment is one stamp and the three large words are individual stamps so you can create a sentiment with different colors.  I chose to use black ink for the main part and then heat embossed the large words with gold embossing powder for some extra glam!  I stamped the background piece with the same pink from the flowers and a light gray and then I heat embossed one of the design elements with gold embossing powder to add more shine and tie in with the sentiment.  I added a bit of gold glitter paper and a piece of gold satin ribbon down the side and finished it all off with gold Nuvo drops in the center of the background elements and as embellishments on the sentiment panel.

While in the middle of heat embossing my background, one of my cats tried to jump up on my desk and ended up scattering a whole bunch of things onto the floor including almost an entire jar of the gold embossing powder!!  Thankfully, I have tile floors, but still, I had to sweep it all up and now there is cat hair and other pieces of dirt in it.  So, moral of the story is: If you think to yourself "I should dump this powder back into the jar before moving on." DO IT!!  You will save yourself a mess and the aggravation of having to clean up that mess!

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 "The Sweet Life", "Guide Lines Two" and "Inside Out: Love"

Dies: Papertrey Ink "The Sweet Life"; Spellbinders "Labels 37" (even though I have had this for years and years and years, it may be the first time I have used the set); MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:

Paper Funday #65--anything goes with the optional twist: flower shoppe

Aud Sentiments #313--foiling AND/OR Flowers

Beautiful Blossoms #17--anything goes with flowers

MFT Card Cue--flower power

Sketch Saturday #751--sketch (I turned it on its side and adjusted the circle elements a little bit to fit my sentiment better) with the optional twist: use a die cut shape

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #230--anything goes

Double Trouble #167--6th Anniversary Raffle (#1: I chose wedding/anniversary--yellow ticket, #2: I partnered with Beautiful Blossoms, and Paper Funday)

Shopping Our Stash #522--how does your garden grow

Word Art #650--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #572--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday--lots of texture (I have smooth card stock, rough glitter paper, satiny ribbon and the dots from the Nuvo drops, as well as the gold heat embossing)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Sleepy Kitty

Hello, everyone!  It's time for the mid-month reminder for the challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Ribbons & Bows.  I am using an image from one of our fabulous sponsors: All Dressed Up.

 Here is my card:

I used this sweet sleeping kitty image to create a cute Christmas card.  I've had it printed out for quite a while and now was the perfect chance to use it.  I used a few scraps of card stock and some polka dotted ribbon to follow the sketch.  And I colored up the kitty's bow to match the ribbon.  

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: All Dressed Up "Christmas Kitty" digi; Verve "Peace On Earth" sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; MFT "Blueprints 13" washi strip and "Fancy Flourish"

Challenges: 

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #160--add ribbon or twine

Pattie's Creations #218--anything goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #277--sketch

Snippets Playground #480--anything goes with snippets (all the patterned papers were scraps, the sentiment strip was die cut from scraps and the image was printed for a project I never ended up creating)

MFT Christmas--anything Christmas goes

C.R.A.F.T. #721--Christmas

Creative Knockouts #522--anything goes

Jingle Belles--tree skirt tic-tac-toe (I used the diagonal: ribbon, red or green, silver)

Double D--polka dots

Krafty Chicks #717--all occasions

Eternity

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

Here is my card for your inspiration:

I have a wedding to go to this weekend and this is the card I created.  It feels kind of dark for a wedding card, as they seem to have lots of white, but I felt like using purple for the rose and then I spotted this fabulous, subtle gray patterned paper and I went from there.  The paper was a little dark, so I added a layer of adhesive vellum over top to soften it up a little.  I used a lot of silver card stock for shine and finished everything off with some white pearls sprinkled about.  You can see all the shine in the photo below:

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 "The Sweet Life" flowers and "Inside and Out Love" sentiment

Dies: Papertrey Ink "The Sweet Life"; MFT Stamps ornate corner die

Challenges:

Make My Monday #225--florals

Through The Purple Haze #215--anything goes

We Love Stamping--vintage AND/OR anything goes

Craft Rockets #114--flowers

Paper Funday #65--anything goes with the optional twist: flower shoppe

Moving Along With the Times #166--flowers

Aud Sentiments #313--foiling AND/OR Flowers

Beautiful Blossoms #17--anything goes with the optional mood board

Try a Sketch on Tuesday #646--sketch (I did flip the sketch upside down)

Word Art Wednesday #648--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Crafting Happiness #171--blooms or birds

Simon Says Stamp Monday--romance, wedding, anniversary

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--patterned paper

First Dance

Hello, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Ribbons and/or Bows.  I am using an image from our fabulous sponsors: All Dressed Up.

 Here is my card:

The oldest son of my best friend is getting married in two weeks!!  Two weeks ago, some of us at church threw his bride-to-be a wedding shower.  It was amazing!  This is the card I created to give her with my gift.  For some reason, my printed just decided it did not want to accept my card stock anymore, so I had to do a quick readjust and printed this out on printer paper which is definitely NOT a good medium on which to use alcohol markers.  So, I had to pull out my colored pencils which I rarely ever do.  Thankfully, there wasn't a lot of area to color as most of it is the bride's white dress!  I matted the image on black cardstock, then some torn mulberry paper before adding it to an embossed white panel.  I finished everything off with a fun sentiment, some pearls and a yummy black and white dotted ribbon and bow.

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: All Dressed Up "First Dance" digi; PaperTrey Ink "Together Forever" sentiment

Cuttlebug damask embossing folder

Challenges:

Through The Purple Haze #215--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #218--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #86--anything goes

Can You Handle The Pressure--anything goes with the optional twist: flowers

Art Impressions Stamps #378--just for you (I made this for the bride-to-be)

Simon Says Stamp Monday--romance, wedding, anniversary

The Paper Shelter #596--lots of layers

You are amazing

This is the latest installment of my attempt to use up this paper pack; it just keeps multiplying!!  This first card used up a TON of little strips of paper!!  I pieced each layer together (but I'll let you in on a secret: I didn't put strips on the portions that are covered by other layers) using different narrow strips of the paper.  It creates a lot of color and interest and is kind of fun.  I added a bit of ribbon and a single pearl to the body of the butterfly.

The second card also uses a herringbone piecing technique, but I was able to use more of the larger pieces.

I think this third card is my favorite.  I just love that yellow rose paper; it has a bit of gold foiling in the pattern.  It is so gorgeous!!

And the final card used a bunch of circles.  I had several squares that were just the right size for my circle die and voila!

That's it for now, but there will be more, probably several more--those scraps just keep coming.

Card 1:

Supplies:

Stamps: YNS "Whatnot Sentiments Thirteen"; Verve "Blue Skies"

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Challenges:

Creative Fingers #277--anything goes

Cards Galore #123--anything goes

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

We Love Stamping--vintage OR anything goes

Tuesday Morning Sketches #756--sketch

Lil' Red Wagon #755--create your own background

Card 2:

Supplies:

Stamps: YNS "Whatnot Sentiments Thirteen"; Papertrey Ink "The Sweet Life"

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Ovals, large"

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Make My Monday #225--florals

Craft Rockets #114--flowers

The Paper Funday #65--anything goes with the optional twist: flower shoppe

Moving Along With the Times #166--flowers

Aud Sentiments #313--foiling AND/OR flowers

Beautiful Blossoms #16--anything goes with flowers with the optional mood board

MFT Sketch #697--sketch

Card 3:

Supplies:

Stamps: YNS "Whatnot Sentiments Thirteen" 

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Challenges:

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #229--anything goes

Through the Purple Haze #215--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #86--anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner#255--anything goes with the optional twist: lace or pearls648

Word Art Wednesday #648--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Pixie's Snippets Playground #480--anything goes using snippets (all the pattern pieces and cardstock were scraps, and the butterflies were punched from a scrap of card stock)

Card 4:

Supplies:

Stamps: YNS "Whatnot Sentiments Thirteen" 

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Challenges:

Sketch Saturday #750--sketch

Unicorn Challenge #98--for the girls

Creative Inspirations--feminine

{Pin}spirational Challenge #313--patterned paper

Penny's Challenge #571--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--use dies