Birthday Invitation

We are celebrating another birthday in this crazy house.  Ethan turned 9 yesterday....where does the time go.  We made little invitations to invite some neighborhood kids over for pizza and cupcakes.  Ethan picked out the stamp he wanted, which was a hard choice.

He finally decided on this Unity - Balloons to You little image for the front.  It's perfect since today is Friends with Flair at Unity.  I actually won this stamp from my blog friend Ms Julie at Muddy Paws Inky Fingers.  I believe it was from her blog anniversary blog hop last year, which is going on right now...how perfect. Check it out!

Ethan wanted each balloon colored a different color.  It was a simple and easy image to coloring.  SO happy he went with this image!!!  I die-cut two off white tags, one for the front and one for the back.  That way I could use a bigger tag for the center to add some color.  Tie some ribbon and twine, you got yourself an invitation.

Here's the back.  I used Stampin' Up Stamp Please Come.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Entering the following challenges:

Unity - Friends with Flair - one day only, showing off your Unity creation

stamps used: Unity-Balloons toYou, Stampin'Up-Please Come

paper used: Bazzill and SU Off White

die-cut used: MFT Traditional Tags Stax

embellishments: RRR brown twine, The Paper Studio-Ribbon Scrap Pack

The Male Room - Color Challenge

Hello and welcome to another challenge at The Male Room.  For the next two weeks, we are having a color challenge.  We want to see manly projects with blue, green and brown.

I created a birthday card for the young man across the street.  Which my younger boys went to his birthday party.  Ethan picked out the image, because he thought it was cool.

The image is Lacy Sunshine Biker Bob (which is now retired). They have adorable images, so check out their shop.  I colored this cool dude with my water and regular colorpencils.  He has blonde hair, because the neighbor boy has blonde hair.  The happy birthday sentiment is from Unity - party all day.  Thought the tag shape would be fun and added some twine.

The inside matches the outside. Just had Ethan write happy birthday to his friend.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Card Mania Challenges - CMC#41 Use a Sentiment

Cards Galore Challenges - #3 Use a Stamp or digi stamp anywhere

Craft Your Passion Challenges - #203 Birthday Bonanza

Craftin Desert Divas - Linky Party #26 - Birthdays

Digis Stamps 4 Joy - #87 Add a Birthday Sentiment

stamps used: Lacy Sunshine Biker Bob digi, Unity Party all day

paper used: Chocolate Lovers-Brown, MTF Sample Pack-Green, SU dp blue
die-cuts used: MFT Traditional Tag Stax, MFT Numbers
embellishments: RRR brown twine, MFT lime twine

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #25 - Back It Up!

Good Monday!!  It's time for another challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  For the next two weeks, we want to see you create a project using NO PATTERN paper.  Instead, create your own background paper.  

Our sponsors for this challenge :

Bugaboo Stamps will give the winner 7 images of their choice.

Eureka Stamps will give the winner 5 images of their choice.  How awesome of these sponsors!!!

I decided to work with the image Celebrating Kitty from Eureka Stamps.  Who doesn't love a cat that can party?  Anyway, I thought it would be a fun and cute image to work with.  The image is colored with water and regular colorpencils.  I tried to make the fur kinda look like fur, I think I've done better in the past.  For my handmade background, I used Stampin'Up Family Accessories stamps.  They had a birthday party hat and a little gift, that I stamped randomly on the white cardstock.  

I also made this paper using alcohol inks and glossy photo paper. Which is used behind the image and sentiment. Threw some ribbon on it for color.  Simple and easy!  Will probably give this card to a kid.

Hope to see you in the Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog challenge!

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Card Mania Challenges - CMC#41 Use a Sentiment

Challenges 4 Everybody - #39 Anything Goes

Craft Our Passion - #203 Birthday Bonanza

Craftin Desert Divas - Linky Party #26 - Birthdays

stamps used: Eureka - Celebrating Kitty digi, Unity - Party all day (sentiment), Stampin'Up - Family Accessories

paper used: White and hand made

die-cut used: MFT (My Favorite Things) - Jumbo Fishtail Banner Stax, Accent It - Labels & Tabs

embellishments used: Really Reasonable Ribbon - all the ribbon 

Sweet Pea Stamps DT Call

Sweet Pea Stamps is having a DT call.  To entry you must create a project that best fits your style.  You don't have to use a Sweet Pea Stamp, but it would be nice.  Sweet Pea Stamps has beautiful images made by talented artists, there's something for everyone.

Here's what I created for the DT call:

The image is Sweet Pea Stamps - Conie Fong's Little Blossom 2.  I thought she was just adorable. The image was colored with my water and regular colorpencils.  I decided to paint the metal corner pieces.  At first I thought white, but decided on pink.  

The character background was created by using Unity's Japanese background stamp.  A little bit of lace was added at the bottom.

I couldn't decide on a sentiment.  Tim Holtz has some neat sentiments in his word bands, that could have gone with the image.  This is the choosen one.  It's hard to read them, so, I painted it white and wiped of the excess paint from the top.  This left paint in the words, much easier to read.  Tied the sentiment with twine.

Here's the inside, which I kept simple.  Goodluck to all that are entering!!

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments Challenge - 101 Sentiment for a Girl

The Stamping Chef - #18 Anything Goes

The Pink Elephant - #239 Use the color Pink

stamps used: Sweet Pea Stamps - Little Blossom 2 digi, Unity - Japanese background

papers used: SU Black & Pink, MFT Smooth White

die-cut used: MFT(My Favorite Things) - Rounded Banner Stax

embellishments: Momenta - metal corner pieces, Tim Holtz - Word Bands, RRR(Really Reasonable Ribbon) - twine and lace

The Male Room Challenge - Retirement

Hi there!  It's time for another challenge at The Male Room.  For the next two weeks we want to see "Retirement" projects for men.  

The first thing that comes to mind when I think about men and retirement...golf.  I got this cute little stamp set at Unity - Fore!!!.  I actually won it in a grab bag (they give their winners a grab bag of rubber stamps...fantastic) and this is the first time being used.  My dad and brother play golf, so I can see this card going to one of them in the future.

I really try not to overdo men cards.  Just keep it simple if possible.  I did a little bit of coloring, but the golf cart had to stay white.  Couldn't bring myself to color it a different color, but I did color a racing stripe.

I put some twine on the side of the card and a couple of brads on the "par-tee" sentiment.  Everyone wants to party when they retired.  (Better retire young then :o))

Here's the inside.  Yes, I have a little OCD.

Hope to see you at The Male Room !!

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I'm entering this card in the following:

The Paper Players - #183 A Clean and Simple Challenge

Unity Stamp Co- Friends with Flare

Really Reasonable Ribbon - #89 One For the Boys

stamps used: Unity - Fore!!!

paper used: SU - Basic Brown, the rest is from my discount collections

die-cuts used: MFT Square Stax 1 & 2, , MFT Designer Label Stax Set 2

embellishments used: Really Reasonable Ribbon - Brown Twine

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #24 - Anything Goes

Hello again!  It's time for another challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  For the next 2 weeks we have an Anything Goes challenge.  Remember, we like to see a stamp or digital image or sentiment on your creation.  

We have 2 wonderful sponsors for this challenge, that means 2 wonderful winners.

Scribbles Designs will award the winner with 3 images of choice.

Lacy Sunshine Stamps will award the winner with 3 images of choice.

So, I got to work with the image Woolleys from Scribbles Designs.  Those woolleys are stinkin' cute.   I decided to put my image behind the blue and dark blue cardstock.  Then added some die-cut grass to go in front of the image.  I wanted a sentiment, but really didn't know what to use.  Yup, that's the one I decided was a good choice...."that stinks".  Just one of those days were everything just piles up..lol.

Maybe, they are giving their short friend a better view of the greener grass...haha.

The inside had to match the outside. 

Hope to see you at the Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog - Anything Goes 

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter in the following challenges:

Created with Love - #76 Friends

Cute Card Thursday - #308 Clever Cutting (lots of die-cuts used)

Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog - #27 Lots of Layers (6-7 layers)

One Stitch At A Time - #200 Use A Digi

stamps used: Scribbles Designs - digital #715 Wooleys, Unity - AH Crap

paper used: Bazzill - Vibrant Blue, Dark Blue, Recollections - Sage, MFT Smooth White

die-cuts used: MFT Oval Stax 1 & 2, MFT Photo Corners, MFT You Move Me (cloud), MFT Cloud trio, MFT Fresh Cut Grass

embellishements: MFT denim twine

A Friend with Chocolate

I'm a day late on this posting, but I figured February is the month for love.  One of my older boys wanted to give a gal pal something for Valentine's. So what's better than a chocolate bar?  A chocolate bar wrapped up special.

I went the image from MFT - I'm Raptor Round Your Finger.  I bought it a couple of years ago and haven't used it....until now.  I have a lot of stamps that I have gotten, just waiting for that perfect project. The sentiment is from Unity - Chocolate & Friendship stamp set, it was perfect.  In fact, my son laughed and said it was perfect.

The first thing that came into mind for making it fancy was having some lace around the edges.  I bought the lace in 2001 for a wedding project, but didn't use it.

I colored the image with water colorpencils and colorpencils.  He's just adorable!

Some heart die-cuts and fancy flourish die-cuts were needed.  Of course a little bling too.  I think she'll like it.  My son said "It's fine", I guess that means he liked it in boy talk :oD 

Have a great weekend!!

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I like to enter into the following challenges:

Crafty Boots Challenge - Bingo (Pink, Stamp, Die-cut)

Lacy Sunshine - #26 Use a Sentiment

Oldie but Goodie -  Valentine (lace from 2001 - stamp bought a couple of years ago, finally using it)

One Sweet Challenge - Love

Papertake Weekly Challenge - With a Heart

stamps used: MFT - DG I'm Raptor Round Your Finger, Unity - Chocolate and Friendship

paper used: MFT Cotton Candy. K&Company DP and scraps

die-cuts used: MFT Fishtail Flag Stax, MFT Heart Stax, MFT Fancy Flourish

embellishments: Lace, Adhesive rhinestones

Hang in There

I'm sharing a card I made for my brother.  Those of you that follow my crafty blog know he is going through cancer treatment.  As with any treatment, it has it's ups and downs.  He is getting closer to the finish line, but it's still a daily struggle.  I'm sending this card to him just to let him know, I'm thinking of him.

For some reason this image seem to suit.  Just looking for something happy and postive.  We climbed a few dozen or more trees in our lifetime.  A friend down the street had a treehouse with a rope to climb.

I kept it very simple and the color choices are from the current MFT Color Palette Challenge, which I thought were cheerful colors.  The image is MFT Tree Swing and the little dog watching is too cute.  I fussy cut the overalls, tree leaves and the dog, to bring some depth to the card.  Of course I used my water colorpencils and regular colorpencils.  I even made sure to put shading on the overalls.

MFT is one of my favorite companies.  I used to play in the sketch challenge, but life has gotten in the way lately.

Here's the inside.  I'm sure I'll write some encouraging words and let him know his little sister still loves him...lol.  

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:
MFT - Color Palette Monthly Challenge
Challenges 4 Everybody - #38 Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - #55 Kiss (Keep it Sweet & Simple)
Cute Card Thursday - #308 Clever Cutting (fussing cutting and die-cuts)
Simon Says - Kraft Paper
The Stamping Chef - #16 Anything Goes


stamp used: MFT Tree Swing
paper used: MFT Blu Raspberry, Yellow from MFT sample pack, Chocolate Lovers Kraft paper
die-cuts used: MFT Oval Stax 1 & 2, MFT Fishtail Flag Stax

Male Room Valentine Challenge

I'm excited to announce this is the first post for a new design team I'm on, The Male Room.  It's a perfect fit since I'm surrounded by boys and the challenges here are for manly creations.  It's a bi-weekly challenge blog and for the next 2 weeks we want to see manly Valentine creations.  It's also weird because we don't celebrate the Hallmark holiday of Valentine's in this house, but I love to make cards and things for the kids or friends that ask for a special card for their love ones.

I went for a simple design, nothing too over the top.  The image is from the Unity's stamp set Love Leads the Way.  The heart dp was a homemade paper I found and it's the last piece of scrap I have of it :o(  It had the hearts on the front and the deep red on the back (which was used for the sentiment).  Watercolor pencils and regular pencils were used to color in the image.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Hope to see you in our manly Valentine challenge.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

stamp used: Unity - Love Leads the Way

paper used: SU black & red, scraps

die-cut used: MFT Oval Stax 1 & 2

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #23 - Who Love Ya Baby!!

Welcome to another challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  It's February, the month for love (so they tell us) and that's the challenge.  Create a project with the word LOVE on it.  

We have two sponsors for this challenge.  So, that means we will have two winners!   

A Day for Daisies winner will receive a $12 gift certificate (equal to 3 images of choice). 

The winner for QKR will receive 5 images.

Here's my card for this challenge:

I got to play with the image In Love from QKR.  She can't help she's all that and then some.  I colored the image with my water colors and regular color pencils.  I even got the LOVE sentiment from QKR.  It's a patchwork sentiment, but I thought it was perfect for this image and challenge.  Hand drew some lines around the card and put a couple of die-cut hearts to add some finishing touches. 

Here's a close up and this lovable gal.  She even did her nails for the occasion.

For the inside of this card I kept it simple. Repeat the front and added a simple sentiment.
Hope to see your creation in the Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks - #170 AG
Allsorts Challenge Blog - Week 244 Love is in the Air
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - #99 Sharing the Love
Cards in Envy - Love is in the Air
Craftin Desert Divas - Linky Party #24 Pink, White and Red
Open-Minded Crafting - #3 Show Some Love

The Pink Elephant Challenge - #236 Inspiration Challenge (heart pic below)

stamps used: QKR In Love and LOVE, MFT Homespun Hearts
paper used: SU grey, MFT smooth white and red
die-cuts used: MFT oval Stax 1 & 2, MFT Designer Label Stax Set 2, MFT Heart Stax
embellishments used: Martha Stewart ribbon