Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #71

Happy Tuesday!  This week over at Die Cuttin Divas we want to see your projects with a summery fruit or vegetable!  I don't know about you but with this HEAT in Michigan my garden has taken off!  I mean it has literally doubled in size in just a few days!  I'm READY for some fresh veggies!  Here is my DT project!!

I went with a CAS card today.  I'll be honest though....I chose the sentiment first and had to find a fruit or veg that was a 'bunch'!    I just love this stamp!  I used Preserves Cartridge for the grapes and D'vine Swirl embossing folder for the background of the card.  I stamped the sentiment (Stamps by Judith) on vellum and heat embossed it.  Added some bakers twine and Peachy Keen faces! 

 

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Thanks a Bunch

I'm still playing with some of my goodies I collected at the Great Lakes Mega Meet last weekend!  I just finished sorting through my craft room, moving things around, taking stuff out, putting stuff in, hanging storage on the walls, trying to fit more paper in my organizer.  So with that done I sat down for a little bit to do some coloring!  I think I doubled my Copic supply in just one day!  I took an image from The Alley Way Stamps, combined it with a sketch from Made Especially For You, used 'just elements' and came up with this card:

 

I think it turned out cute!  I'm not sure if a group of mushrooms is called a bunch but I can only assume the recipient won't know either!  I will reiterate how much I LOVE decorating the inside of my cards!  This will be a regular occurrence!

Supplies:
The Alley Way Stamps (TAWS) - Fun-gi digital stamp
Echo Park This & That paper stack - paper on front cover
Jillibean Soup - ribbon,  paper on inside of card
Studio G - ink for edges
Stamps by Judith - Sentiment, brown ink
Copic Markers

Challenges:

Get Inspired with ChatterScene Just Elements Challenge #4

 

The Alley Way Stamps Be Inspired Challenge #4

 

Made Especially For You Sketch Challenge

Market Street Stamps April Block Party

I'm trying my hand for the first time in the MSS Block Party!  I had a lot of fun playing with their image!  Here is what I came up with:

 

I colored the lower section of the image with Copics using a 'flick' method I found.  I was trying to get a tulle sort of look.  Then I added some pearl adhesives from OTC and a little ribbon!  I had a lot of fun creating this card!  I have a feeling I'll get a lot of use out of the dress image!  Thanks for looking!

Die Cuttin Divas September Sketch Challenge

Another Tuesday morning.....except it's the first day of school for my big boys!  They are so excited!  We had a great summer but we are all ready to have some sort of routine again!

Since it's the first Tuesday of the month it's our sketch challenge over at Die Cuttin Divas.  I had a lot of fun playing around with this sketch!  It incorporated everything I love putting on cards!  Take a look!

I finally added some new cartridges to my collection!  I used Home Accents for the die cut.  The stamp is from All Night Media and I coated the top layer with Glossy Accents. It made the stamp really stick out!  The ribbon is from Celebrate It and I used the Scallop Diamond border punch from ek success.  I embossed the entire background layer of the card with D'vine Swirl.  I've never done that before and I think it turned out pretty neat!

Hopefully you can find some extra free time this week to play around with our sketch.  Be sure to submit your card HERE for a chance to win our weekly prize!

Peachy Keen Sketch Challenge #53

My project today was inspired by a wonderful local business called Noodles and Company. Our local facility generously donated a mac and cheese lunch to the classroom at our elementary school that collected the most Box Tops for Education this year! I am the head of that fund raising committee and I counted, cut and submitted every last box top that was turned in. Fancy enough, my kindergartner's class collected the most! So last week my co chair and I brought in mac and cheese for 24 kindergartners! They LOVED it! Most of them had 2nd and 3rd helpings! The woman at Noodles and Company is such a fantastic lady. She was willing to do basically anything to support the school. What a neat experience for everyone! SOOO I wanted to send her something to thank her for her generosity. I decided to make a card for the Peachy Keen Sketch Challenge #53 with a twist, where the twist was to use a sponging technique. I've been learning how to ink the edges of my papers but I wanted to try something a little different. Here is the Peachy Keen Sketch:
and here is the card I created:


I immediately thought of the bowl and noodles image from Create a Critter when I decided to make this card! I mean how perfect! I sponged the edges of all of the papers but I also cut out the sentiment Thank You and sponged through the shadow onto my background sheet. I think it turned out pretty neat! I finished the sketch by using Glossy Accents and some Martha Stewart glitter! I really like the look of this card! I cannot wait to bring it into Noodles and Company!

Create a Critter cart - noodles, bowl, chopsticks
Gypsy Wanderings cart - thank you sentiment
Technique Tuesday - yellow ink
Rubber Stampede - black ink

Thank Ewe!

I had so much fun making this card! I am able to enter in 2 challenges. Flaunt it Fridays Challenge #18. We were to use the sheep cut from the Country Life cartridge. I don't have that cartridge so I decided to use the sheep cut from Just Because Cards. The second challenge is the Paper Cutz Challenge #86. We were to use an image of a bunny, lamb, chick or Easter egg. and here is what I did :)


The card shape is from Gypsy Wanderings. I just welded 2 shapes together with my gypsy. The inside frame is just a smaller version of the same shape and I inked the edges a bit. The sheep is from Just Because Cards and I embossed him with D'vine Swirl. The sentiment and it's background frame is also from Just Because Cards. I added some of my hemp cording on the side to finish it up. Thanks!

Yet another Thank You Card

So as I was doing the 'guy thank you card' a few days ago I had simultaneously started a girly, frilly one! I mean how can you resist right?! Actually it was my 7 year old who thought of the idea. He saw me color the guy flowers blue and recommended I color them pink! and I'm so happy I did! I just love this little card! (well big card actually!) and as an added bonus I could enter it in Paper Sundaes Challenge #63 Spring Blossoms!


First I love love love pink and brown together! The card is 4x9. The floral stamp and sentiment are both from Inkadinkado. I used some prismacolor pencils to color in the flowers. The guy cards had stars and buttons on them but I had to think of something different for this one. The brown flower is from Imaginisce, Bitty Blossoms. I grabbed a button from my stash and some ribbon. The butterflies are from Create a Critter cut at 1.5 inches. I layered them and flared the wings. I'm glad I could finally finish this thing!

Another Thank You Card

Well the idea for this card was to try to make it as guy-ish as possible. Our Mother's Group is having a speaker come in (a guy) at our next meeting. I was trying so hard to make it simple but as you can see I can never resist 'stuff' all over my cards! I was also able to enter it into Amber's Crafts and Stuff Challenge #3 April Flowers.

I think this was the first time I didn't use a single cricut cut on a card! I decided to do a 9x4 card (or 4x9 if you will). Both the floral and Thank You stamps are from Inkadinkado. I used my prismacolor pencils to color in the flowers. The stars were cut with my Creative Memories star punch, 3 layers. I 'stitched' bakers twine around the buttons and just glued those to the stars. Any feedback would be appreciated.....is this too girly for a guy?!!!!

Spring is in the air!

Wow did I have fun doing this card!! I have to say that sometimes it's the paper that makes a card fantastic. I'm so happy with how this turned out. It is nothing like I thought it would be but I found this paper and had to use it. I wanted bright glittery colors too. The idea for the card came from Cricut Cardz Challenge. Their recipe was to make a Thank You card with yellow, blue and white, and to also use a border cut. I also put it in the Cards Cupid Blog Challenge and Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #7 which was to create a Spring Inspired Card. Hope you like it!



The background paper I used is from the Doodlin' Around stack. I used Stretch Your Imagination for the sunflowers and Create a Critter for the butterfly (both were cut at 1.25 inch). I used Gypsy Wanderings for my Thank You border cut (it was the only cartridge I have that has border options!). And then added some brown cording to finish it off. I just love it! It's so bright and springy! (too bad we've got sleet and freezing rain outside).

Tall Thank You Card

Hello fellow bloggers!  Finally the creative juices are flowing again thanks to yet some more inspiration.  Over at Cricut Cardz Challenge I was to create a tall 9x4 card using any cartridges and theme I wanted.  Since I had yet to create a flowery card I thought it was about time.  Here is what I came up with.

The card itself is just a basic rectangle and I just used some scraps that I had lying around.  I used the Recollections border punch on the sunflower paper.  The tall flower is from Stretch Your Imagination and I got the flower tag from Tags, Bags, Boxes & More.  I stamped the flower tag with my Stampendous block stamp.  It's hard to tell but I embossed the it with Swiss Dots and hung it with some bakers twine.  Really easy and basic but I think it totally fits my personality!  I just love it!