Sweet Happy Birthday

Hello crafty bloggers!! 

I just wanted to share a birthday card I made to put into my stash.  Very sweet and simple.

The image is from MFT (My Favorite Things) called Stylish Friends, it's a retired line now.  (I think you can still find the set online through other companies.)  I colored the image with my color pencils.  I wanted to keep the design very simple and girlie.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Crafting For All Seasons - #113 All Dressed Up/Girly
• Crafting With An Attitude - #9 Anything Goes
• Crafty Girls Creations - #8 Anything Goes
• Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes
• Stampavie and More - Pearls & Swirls

stamps used: MFT Stylish Friends, Unity Party All Day (sentiment)
paper used: the Paper Studio-black & white, Recollections pink, Michele R Designs-Whimsy Romance
embellishments: Simplicity lace, Recollections faux pearls, the Paper Studio pearls

Extra Life - Dr. Digi

I have some exciting news!!  I'm now on the Dr Digi's House of Stamps Design Team.  This opportunity took my by surprised and made me one happy gal :o)

Here's my first DT post.

An unusual first post for some, but I wanted to make a "Get Well" card for the gamer in your life.  I went old school arcade. My oldest son thought this was SO cool, 2 thumbs up.   The cool designer paper is also from Dr. Digi called Arcade Addict Paper Backing.  I thought the sentiment would be funny for a get well card, which is part of the Techy Sentiment Sheet from Dr. Digi.  What gamer doesn't want an extra life and when you are sick, that's what you are hoping for.

I used Arcade Machine from Dr. Digi as my main image.  Bet you are wondering about the pac-man screen on the machine.  The screen is actually the Arcade Addict Paper Backing.  I shrank it down to fit the screen, but you couldn't really see the details.  So, I enlarged it slightly so you can see the pac-man details.  This was done in Photoshop using a masking technique.  The image was colored in colored pencils.  I fussy cut the pac-man and his ghosts to put on the side, they are part of the sentiment sheet.  This was a lot of fun to make.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)  

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

• Cardz 4 Guyz - #95 Hope U Feel Better Soon
• Crafts Galore Encore - #23 Use a Stamp or Digi Image on Your Project
• Craftyhazelnut - November Patterned Paper 
• Not Just Cards - #26 November Anything Goes
• Try It on Tuesday - Lots of Layers

stamps used: Dr. Digi's-Arcade Machine & Techy Sentiment Sheet, MFT-Better Get Better (inside sentiment, clear stamp)

paper used: Dr. Digi's Arcade Addict, the Paper Studio-black & white, yellow discount paper

die-cut used: MFT Fishtail Flag Stax

Meet Me Under the Mistletoe

Hello fellow crafters!  Christmas is fast approaching and I need to get my cards made.  I have some friends with corny sense of humor, so this hot mama will go to one of them. 

The image is from Just Ink Lined called Maude Merry Christmas.  She's a hot mess of a woman:o) Since she's all puckered up, I decided to use a sentiment of a mistletoe.  She is most ready with bells on...note the jingle bells hanging from twine.

The image was colored with color pencils.  I made sure she had leather boots on.  I'm sure this will be a big hit for my sassy friend.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)  I hope you didn't damage your eyes too bad :oP

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

• 52 Christmas Card Throwdown - #44 Pick Previous Theme (#35 Bells)
• Allsorts Challenge Blog - #335 Christmas
• Crazy 4 Challenges - #310 Christmas
• Kleuren met Potloden - Christmas
• Mod Squad - Bold & Beautiful
• Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes
• Through the Purple Haze - Baby It's Cold Outside, But Hot Inside
• Winter Wonderland - Anything Goes with Christmas

stamps used: Just Ink Lined-Maude Merry Christmas, MFT-Santa Baby

paper used: MFT wild cherry & jellybean, Michele R Designs, SU

punch used: corner punch

embellishments: twine & jingle bells

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #65 Bling It, GF!

I can't believe it's November already!  

Hello fellow crafters :o)  Now that Halloween is over and everyone is on a sugar high and got an extra hour of sleep, let's use some of that energy for a new challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  For the next 2 weeks we want to see projects with lots of "BLING".

We have 3 wonderful sponsors and that means 3 wonderful winners will be chosen.

Winner will receive 3 images.

Winner will receive 7 images.

Winner will receive $12 gift certificate.

Thank you sponsors :o)

For this challenge I made an over-sized tag using Puppy Girl from Bugaboo Digi Stamps.  I knew I could bling this sassy girl and her puppy up.  I also was able to use some of my dp scraps, which is always a score.

Even though I don't like wearing pink too often, when I think of girlie girls, pink comes to mind. I colored this image with my colored pencils and sponged the sky with ink.  Stickles was added to ALL the bow polka dots. 

I used a bling brad to tie up the ribbon on top (which they have shimmer to them).

thanks for looking and reading :o)  Please check out the rest of the DT for inspiration.

I would like to enter this tag into the following challenges:

• Crafting with Friends - #9 Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - #299 Let's Tag It!
• Crafty Gals Corner - #43 Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday - #391 Sparkles
• Jo's Scrap Shack - #112 Anything Goes
• Polka Doodles - Wk 42/43 Add Sparkle, Bling or Glitter

stamp used: Bugaboo Digi Stamps-Puppy Girl

paper used: Michele R Designs-shabby vintage, My Mind's Eye-graceful circles, MFT-grout gray, the Paper Studio-white

embellishments: Simplicity lace ribbon, Stickles-pink, the Paper Studio-ribbon scrap pack & flower brad, Recollections adhesive rhinestones, Really Reasonable Ribbon, 3 Girl Jam-halloween harvest ribbon, recycle ribbon from a gift

Scrapping4fun #53 NON Traditional Christmas Colors

Hello fellow crafters!!  It's been a terribly busy week around here.  Tomorrow is my baby boy's 5th birthday.  Where has the time went?  At least he still loves Mickey Mouse and does not want to grow up too fast.  We have a busy weekend with a birthday get together tomorrow night and Halloween fun Saturday. With all that fun happening, who's ready for another fun challenge at Scrapping4fun?

For the next 2 weeks we want to see projects that contain NON-Traditional Christmas Colors.  Get ready to put on some shades ;o)

Here's the inspiration photo.  As you can tell by my card, which one of these pics really stuck out.

I don't know why, but that hot pink was screaming out me.  I design a card with hot pink and lemon lime colors.  I first stamped the sentiment in a Rose Pink, but it looked too red to me.  So...change of plans, the neon green worked out better.  Some die-cut snowflakes, a lime green ribbon and some bright colored stripes where added to make it complete.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)  Please check out the rest of the DT inspiration projects.

I would like to enter my BRIGHT card into the following challenges:

• 4 Crafty Chicks - #270 Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - #80 Anything Goes
• Crimbo Crackers - #92 Pink
• Fab'n'Funky Challenges - #279 Christmas

stamp used: Unity - Peace Tree

paper used: Bazzill-Granny Smith & Hot Pink, My Mind's Eye-Alphabet Soup
die-cuts used: MFT Oval Stax1 & Stax2, Fishtail Flag Stax
embellishment: Really Reasonable Ribbon

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #64

Hello and happy Autumn!  I went to the Apple Festival this weekend and got apple cider, apple cinnamon doughnut, BBQ, and a hayride, so I'm ready for the cooler weather now :o)

It's time for another wonderful challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  For the next 2 weeks, it's Anything Goes, but remember, there must be some stamping rubber/clear or digital on your project.

Thank you to our 3 wonderful sponsors.  That means 3 wonderful winners will be chosen by the DT.

Winner will receive $10 gift certificate.

2 images of choice to the winner

Winner will receive $10 gift certificate

For my card I used a sponsor image from Dr Digi called Blunder Woman.  I giggled when I colored this image.  I thought of so many different sentiments and ways to use this image.  Then I was asked to make some birthday cards for older people at a office, so this one became a birthday card. I just typed up the sentiment, something I've seen a hundred times and it's fitting.

This hero of a woman was colored with my color pencils.  I found the dp by googling super hero paper, there are so many companies that make paper to buy for images like this.  

Here's the inside.  With a sassy outside sentiment, I needed a witty inside sentiment.  I stamped 2 sentiments inside this card

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Crafting With An Attitude - #8 Anything Goes
• Crafting With Friends - #8 Anything Goes
• Crafty Girls Creations - #6 Anything Goes
• Jo's Scrap Shack -#110 Anything Goes
• Sisters of Craft - #17 Anything Goes
• The Outlawz - Twisted Thursday (must sign-in) (twine, digital image, different layers)

stamps used: Dr Digi-Blunder Woman, Unity-party all day & eat all the cake

paper used: MFT wild cherry, the Paper Studio white, RevideviPaper SuperheroRBlue

die-cuts: MFT star stax & fishtail flag stax

embellishments: twine, 3 Girl Jam button

Aged to Perfection

Hello Friday!!  I use Unity Stamps all the time, but forget to post them on Friday to play Friends with Flair with Unity.  (I guess they changed the posting, it's Tuesday through Friday to link up your Unity projects, which helps me out some...lol.)

I was asked to created a card for a neighbor going to a surprise birthday party.  The guest of honor is a wine fanatic, so the theme was "Wine & Friends Aged to Perfection".  Lucky me I have some Unity stamps to use for this.

Here's the tri-fold front of the card.  I used Let's Uncork and Wine&Friends stamps for the front.  Of course, cork ribbon had to be used.

Inside the card I used 2 more stamps from Unity that was in a grab bag, the glasses and wine bottle.

I typed up the sentiment for the inside of the card to match the theme.

Since I knew the card was going into a basket the neighbor made, I also did the outside of the envelope for her.

Here's the pair together.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Unity

stamps used: Unity - Wine&friends, Let's Uncork and Time for Friends & Wine

paper used: MFT wild cherry, the Paper Studio white & vintage black toile

die-cuts used: MFT Square Stax 1 & Stax 2

embellishments: Cork Ribbon, Martha Stewart metal corner embellishments

Scrapping4fun - #52 Thanksgiving

Hello fellow crafters!  I hope everyone is enjoying the weather where there at.  I'm taking the kids to the Apple Festival at a farm around the corner this weekend.  They have fresh apple cider (adult and kid friendly), pumpkin doughnuts (that they make right there), a hayride with Johnny Appleseed and lots of other Fall activities.  Can't wait :o)

I hope you are ready for another challenge at Scrapping4fun.  We will be celebrating Thanksgiving here in the States in just a little over a month.  My family comes in town and I do A LOT of cooking.  With that said, for the next 2 weeks we want to see projects about Thanksgiving and/or giving thanks to someone special.

For this challenge, Aliciabel is sponsoring this challenge and has a prize for a lucky winner.

For this challenge I used the digital image Turkey Thumbs Up by Just Ink Lined.  (As I linked the image up for this post. the image is a FREEBIE right now).  He's a goofy looking turkey, that's why I liked him.  The image was colored with my color pencils.  I typed the sentiment up, because I thought this is probably how my family feels when they leave the table at Thanksgiving.  

After our Thanksgiving dinner, we like to play games.  Also, every year we put a big puzzle together as a family.  This turns into, who worked the hardest putting all the pieces together, into someone hiding the last piece of the puzzle, that way they can be claimed as the master puzzler.  It's always lots of fun that week.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #107 Anything Goes with a Twist Autumn Colors
• Ruby's Rainbow - #115 Autumn Leaves
• The Crafty Addicts - #3 Autumn Colour

stamp used: Just Ink Lined - Turkey Thumbs Up

paper used: MFT tangy orange, the Paper studio white & kraft, Tracy Wray (MiRan) designer paper

die-cuts: MFT circle stax 1 & stax 2

embellishment: twine

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #63 - Ribbon or Lace, Oh My

Happy Fall!!  Been hit with a lot of rain this last week and lots more the last couple of days.  I just hoping for some sunshine very soon to dry things up a little.  Hurricane weather is never fun.

I hope you are ready for another challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  For the next 2 weeks we want to see projects with Ribbon or Lace.  Don't forget, we also want to see some stamping rubber, clear and/or digital on your project.

We have 3 wonderful sponsors for this challenge.

The winner will receive 20% off gift certificate for website.

The winner will receive 2 images of choice.

The winner will receive $10 gift certificate.

Thank you wonderful sponsors :o)

I got to work with this sponsor image from All Dressed Up called Magical Day.  I thought this was a cutie.  Since I printed the image pretty big, a gift bag was in order.  Maybe a great treat bag :o)  The image is colored with my color pencils.  I know Halloween cats are suppose to be black, but I have 3 of the cutest white kittens I'm weaning right now.  (There is a total of 5 kittens: 3 white and 2 black with a little bit a white.  They are all cuties.)  So, this little girl has a white kitty.  

Here's the image close up.  I created a moon and night background for this image.  Yes, the background is also done with color pencils.  Lots of layers of coloring.  If you color with pencils, quality pencils, make sure you have a piece of paper or napkin under your hand.  This will keep you from smudging your image and getting it all over your hand.  I also spray my finish image to keep it from smudging or from rubbing off.  It's a UV archival matte spray made for color pencil work.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• All Dressed Up Challenge - #42 Anything Goes
• Animal Friends Challenge - #31 Halloween
• Crafty Calendar Challenge - Halloween
• Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Halloween or make a card for October
• Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C306 Halloween Treats
• The Corrosive Challenge - #234 Halloween Bingo (The color black, free space & Witch)
• The Pencil Case - #3 Creepy/Autumn Colors
• Through The Purple Haze - Halloween/Magical

stamp used: All Dressed Up Stamps-Magical Day

paper used: Me & My BIG ideas-mambi sheets, Echo Park Paper-the apothecary emporium

embellishments: 3 Girl Jam-Harvest Orange & jute, Tim Holtz buckles

Scrapping4fun #51 - Pumpkins

Hello fellow crafters!  Can you tell it's Fall with all the pumpkins and Halloween stuff around? Autumn smells of pumpkins, cinnamon and apples is heavenly.

I hope you are ready for another challenge at Scrapping4fun.  For the next 2 weeks we want to see pumpkins on your projects.  Can't wait to see!!

We do have a sponsor for this challenge.  Please take a look at the challenge blog for more information.

For this challenge I'm getting a head start on some goodie boxes for Halloween.  My youngest will be turning 5 on the 30th and he wants a Mickey Mouse, Police and Dinosaur party....hmmm.  I'm sure someone will like these boxes. 

I used a milk carton die-cut from Sizzix to make the boxes.  Just make sure you have the paper the correct way before die-cutting.  As you can see, one of the boxes the paper is upside down...oopps.  That is rare for me to do that, but it happens.  I made sure pumpkin die-cuts and a pumpkin ribbon was added to complete my pumpkin challenge.

I did a all diamond design on this one.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I like to enter my treat boxes in the following challenges:

• Decorate to Celebrate - #110 Anything Goes

paper used: Me & My BIG Ideas-mambi sheets, Echo Park Paper-the apothecary emporium, Jillibean Soup-country pumpkin chowder

die-cuts used: Sizzix-milk carton, MFT Lisa Johnson designs-primitive pumpkins

embellishments: twine, Michael's-Halloween ribbon