Flyby 2

Last week I shared the birthday card I made for my middle child.  I have twins, so the middle and the youngest both have the same birthday.  This is the card I made for the youngest, who's favorite color is green.  It's similar to the card for the other, but different just as the twins are similar but really quite different.

They were both so excited to open their cards as they love these cute little dragons as much as I do.  Here is a close up of the little cutie:

I added some clear wink of stella to the wings because, obviously, dragons have sparkly wings. : )  Thanks for stopping by.

Challenges:
Cutie Pie--cute and no designer paper
Pattie's Creations #128--birthdays
CAS Mix Up--stamping + masking+your choice (I stamped the dragon, masked it and used a scalloped oval as a mask to sponge the clouds--my choice elements are sponging, die cutting, dimensional pop dots, enamel dots)
Sugar Pea Designs #21--sketch

Crafty Creations #328--animals
Creative Knockouts #167--outdoor fun
Aud Sentiments #168--anything goes
Crafty Catz #346--anything goes

Savior

Here it is mid-November already!!  Only a little over a month until Christmas!  Gasp!!  And right now, it's time for some mid-month inspiration for Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra.

 I decided to create a card with a fun twist on a gatefold.  I folded the pink layer top and bottom and then trimmed the flaps into triangles.  Then adhered the snowflake element on top.  It opens up as you see in the photo below:

I'll have to get a little creative with the writing/greeting on the inside so it doesn't show through when the card is closed, but it's a fun fold, so I think it's worth it.  I hope you get a chance to play along with us this month, there is still plenty of time left.  Hop on over to the CHNCC2 blog for the full details and to see the inspiration from the rest of the DT.

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI "Fab Flakes"; Verve "Peace On Earth"; Hero Arts "French Script"
Dies: PTI "Fancy Flakes"; Verve "Vintage Oval"

Challenges:
Unicorn Challenge #15--snow/snowflakes
Creative Craft Cottage #75--Christmas
Word Art Wednesday #256--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Inspiration Destination #111--anything goes
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday--anything goes
C.R.A.F.T. #389--winter
Time Out Challenge #70--Home Sweet Home Photo Challenge (inspired by the white, pink and tan/kraft color combo)

Aud Sentiments #168--anything goes
In the Pink #167--winter
Brown Sugar #224--anything goes
Crafty Catz #346--anything goes
Open-Minded Challenge #11--Christmas
Fashionable Stamping #117--'Tis the Season
Craft Your Passion #338--anything goes
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps #357--non-traditional Christmas colors

Give Thanks

Welcome to another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week is a Designer's Choice and Cheri chose "Being Thankful".  A perfect challenge for this time of the year, right?

I saw a tutorial for creating the Bokeh technique and decided to give it a try.  I LOVE how this turned out.  I changed it up a bit by first stamping the maple leaf in SU!'s Creamy Caramel before I did the sponging.  It really builds the leaves right into the background.  The colors I used for the sponging are green (new leaf from PTI), yellow (lemon tart from PTI) and orange (orange zest from PTI), I finished it off with some antique linen distress ink around the edges and to soften the orange a bit.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Maple Leaf Sil.", "Oak Leaf Sil." and "Let Us . . ."
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle die

Challenges:
Cards Galore Challenge--anything goes
Through The Purple Haze #112--add embellishments
Divas That Cut--be thankful or thank you cards
Scrapping Everyday Miracles--scripture challenge: Psalm 136:1 Give thanks to the Lord . . .
A Bit More Time to Craft #31--anything goes
Hiding In My Craft Room #274--Fall colors
Craft Your Passion #338--anything goes
Time Out Challenge #69--give thanks with a grateful heart
Shopping our Stash #277--Gobble 'til You Wobble--thanksgiving or thanks card
Die Cuttin' Divas #291--Fall Harvest

Flyby

I've got some birthdays coming up this weekend, so I need two birthday cards.  This one is for my middle child.  All my kids think this Magical Dragons set from MFT is the cutest thing, so of course, I had to use it for their birthday cards.  The favorite color is blue, so here it is:

 I stamped the dragon first, and then masked it so I could sponge the clouds using a scalloped oval as a second mask.  I added some clear Wink of Stella to the wings for some sparkle.  You can see it better in this next picture.

Isn't this dragon just soooooo cute?!  Love him, and I LOVE this set.

Supplies:
Stamps: MFT "Magical Dragons"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle and stitched strip to cut off the bottom corner of the rectangle; Paper Smooches "Cute Clouds"

Challenges:
Pattie's Creative Challenge #128--birthdays
Through The Purple Haze #112--add embellishments
CAS Mix Up--stamping + masking + your choice (I used sponging, die cutting)
Cuttlebug Mania--tic tac toe (I chose the animal, die cuts, sentiment row)
CAS(E) this Sketch #197--sketch

Di's Digi Designs--handcolored image
Simon Says Stamp Monday--shine as bright as a diamond (silver rhinestones)
Southern Girls--Pop It Up (the clouds are popped up on foam tape)

Special Request

Back in September I made this birthday card for my Brother-in-Law using this "Holy Crap" set from Repeat Impressions.  He loved it so much (still has it pinned on his bulletin board at work) that he asked me to make one for his brother using the same set.  So, here it is:

 His brother's favorite color is blue, so I went with that as my starting point.  The dark blue paper has a really great shine a texture to it that added just enough interest so I didn't have to add any embellishments really.  Here is the inside of the card:

 And a picture of the shaker element in action.  The brown sequins were considered the "must have". : )

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Holy Crap" series
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Ovals, large"; Verve "Flag It" banner

Challenges:
MFT #305--sketch

Pattie's Creations #128--birthdays
Crafting with An Attitude--anything goes
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Penny's Challenges #302--anything goes
Inspiration Destination Challenge #110--anything goes
DRS Designs #251--trash to treasure (the acetate came from some stamp packaging--I always save those pieces to use like this)
Brown Sugar Challenge #223--anything goes
Craft Your Passion #228--anything goes

Fancy folds

Hello, and welcome to the new challenge from The Love To Scrap Challenge Blog.  This challenge is: Fancy My Fold! (your project must contain more than one fold).  Our awesome sponsors are:

Oddball Art Co.

Star Stampz

All Dressed Up Stamps

I was given this adorable set of images from All Dressed Up Stamps.  Their images are always so cute and I love these adorable, fashionable little ladies.

 I decided to create a pocket fold card with a pull out tag.

 So, I put two of the girls from the set on the outside and the third was hiding inside on the tag for a fun little surprise.

 I used this sweet sentiment from Verve "You are one of my nicest thoughts."  Combined with the cute little "friend" tag, this will be perfect to send to a friend.
And here are the three little cuties all together:

I hope you will take time to play along with us.  Don't let the fancy folds scare you, it's really quite fun and there are so many options you can use.  Hop on over to the LTSCB blog for the full details and to see the rest of the projects from the DT.

Supplies:
Stamps: All Dressed Up Stamps "3 Autumn Girls" digi; Verve "Text Objects" friend and "You are one of my nicest thoughts" plain jane

Challenges:
Craft Dee Bow-Z--anything goes with handmade bow
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Card Mania Challenge #86--Tag You're It!
Scrapper's Delights #61--anything goes
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Penny's Challenge #302--anything goes
Inspiration Destination #110--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--thinking of you
Little Miss Muffet #150--anything goes
Crafty Ribbons #174--anything goes with ribbon or lace
Brown Sugar Challenge #223--anything goes
Di's Digi Designs--handcolored image
Word Art Wednesday #254--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Aud Sentiments #167--cute
All Dressed Up Challenge--anything goes using an ADU image
Aurora Wings #39--My Favorite Quote

Sleigh Full of Treats

Hello, everyone, welcome to November and welcome to another challenge from Jo's Scrap Shack.  These week is a fan favorite: Anything Goes!!

Our Sponsors this week are The Cutting Cafe and A Day For Daisies.  I was given this beautiful sleigh cutting file from The Cutting Cafe to work with.  The file comes with so many different layers and pieces that you could make this sleigh as simple or as fancy as you would like.  And it comes with a PDF file and an SVG file.  Since I don't have an electronic cutter, this one was definitely a labor of love from me to you!  I had to cut everything out by hand!!  It took forever, but I do think the end result was worth it!

I started out printing all the layers until plain copy paper so I didn't waste any cardstock and I could transfer the different pieces to the color cardstock I was going to use.  Then I started with a white cardstock base, cut the the runners and the decorate swirl at the back out of black cardstock, the sleigh body out of red that I first embossed with a damask embossing folder, the top trim out of black and finally the white portion between the runner and the body is a separate layer.  Then I adhered them all together sort of like a puzzle.  Included in the files are pieces in both orientations, so you can decorate both the front and back sides of the sleigh.  Also included in the file is a set of tags.  I chose to use the Merry Christmas tag and layered it onto red cardstock before tying it on with a bow to my treat bag.    I had the tag all colored and was adding it to the treat bag when I realized I had smeared the center part (which I had colored with a gold paint pen) all over the flower.  Arggghhh.  So I printed out a second and was going to make the whole tag over again when I realized I could just color and cut out part of the flower and create a really beautiful dimensional poinsettia.  This time I added a pearl instead of bothering with that paint pen!!

I apologize for my recent haphazard posts and my lack of being around; last week my cat managed to fry the mother board of my computer and I had to get a new one.  Didn't get it until Wednesday and had to be out of town all day Thursday for a funeral.  So, I'm back and am figuring out how to work everything on the new computer.  Hopefully, that will happen soon and I plan to get caught up with commenting and actually getting posts posted on time within the next day or two!  Meanwhile, I hope you will hop over to Jo's blog for the full details and to see what the rest of the DT has created.  A few of our new members are joining us for this challenge so you will have lots of eye candy to look at.

Supplies:

Cuttlebug Damask embossing folder

The Cutting Cafe "Sleigh Treat Box Set" cutting file

Challenges

Craft Dee Bow-Z--anything goes with handmade bow

Crafting Musketeers #43--Christmas Wishes

Card Mania Challenge #86--Tag You're It!

Crafting with an Attitude #21--anything goes

Crafting By Designs--anything goes

Crafty Ribbons #74--anything goes with ribbon or lace

Cute Card Thursday #450--anything but a card