A Circle of Birthday Wishes

Hi, hope everyone is having a great weekend and all 

prepared for the big game tomorrow.

Today I have a card to share with your that I made following the sketch 

over at "What if Wednesday - sketch challenge J3019"

This challenge is posted by The House that Stamps Built blog and sponsored by Repeat Impressions stamps.

This is the sketch.  You have till February 5th to play along.

Here is the card I made.

My great-granddaughter turns 8 tomorrow so I made her this card.
The papers I used are from the CTMH Confetti Wishes pack.
I stamped the sentiment using a Rubbernecker stamp.  I loved the way this circleof birthday wishes fits perfect for this sketch. I cut it out using a stitched die
and then backed it with a couple of die cut scalloped circles.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope to get more into the groove
of creating a posting for regularly.

A couple fun cards for boys

Hi, hope everyone has great plans for the weekend.

Not much going on here, but we need the rest since we had 

a very busy week last week with family here.

Today I have a couple quick cards to share with you.

I made them a few weeks ago as I had to make a little boy birthday card.

I'll explain later why I made 2.

Both cards were made using digital files from

NitWits Digital Collections.

It was so fun and easy to create this card using the 

From the Sea collection and my Cricut Explore.

The entire card is made using elements from this collection, even the papers.

I imported all the pieces into my DesignSpace and arranged them the way I wanted.  The "water" paper I used to fill a rectangle then added the octopus

and the sea weed leaving part of the sea weed hanging over the edge.  I then did print then cut with my Explore.  The other pieces were all print then cut with the Explore.  I stamped the sentiment using a Rubbernecker stamp.

I made this card for a little boy that is like a grandson to us that wasturning 3.  When I showed it to my hubby he said I should have made him a

card having to do with a farm, since he lives on a place that has animals

and tractors and such. 

So here is what I came up with, again using NitWits Collections.

They have horses and chickens so I had to incorporate them into the card.

For this card, I used the "Funny Farm" collection.

Again all the papers and patterns are from the Funny Farm collection.

The sentiment is also a Rubbernecker stamp.

I so love how these 2 cards came out and thanks to NitWits and my 

Cricut Explore they were pretty easy to create.

I would love hear what you think of my 2 cards, we all know

sometimes making a boy card can be difficult these collections made

it easy. 

Shabby Paper Birthday

Hi, back to share another card with you.

I am on the design team for A Bit More Time to Craft where

Lozzy has some fabulous digital papers.  There is an anything goes challenge twice a month and freebie papers on Fridays, so be sure and check it out.

This time, I used paper from the Shabby paper pack and made this card following the sketch this week at Mojo Monday.  

I printed the papers on just plain white cardstock and matted it on some darker pinkish paper.  The flower I cut using my Cricut Explore and embossed it to 

give it some texture.  The scalloped stitched circle is a Gina Marie die that I just got. :) The center sentiment is a Rubbernecker stamp and I thought it went

perfectly in the center.

Well that's it, thanks for stopping by and be sure and join in the challenge at

A Bit More Time to Craft!

Challenge entered:

Mojo Monday - sketch ends 10/2

Crafty Girls - Anything goes ends 10/4

Creative Moments - Anything goes twist 2 patterns ends 10/12

Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes ends 10/5

Pretty Poppies

Hi, I hope everyone had a fabulous long Labor Day weekend

and hopefully had a little bit of time to craft.

My hand is doing much better after my carpal tunnel surgery

so I was able to get some things done.

So today I have a card to share with you that I hope will brighten

your day.

I stamped these beautiful very large Poppies from  Unity Stamps
by Donna Downey on watercolor paper then heat embossed them using white embossing powder.
Then colored them using Zig Clean Color brush markers.  I love those things!
I masked off the flowers so some looked like they were behind others, but I messed up a bit and should have masked the big one and stamped the one
up in the corner so it would be over the big one, but I guess it came out looking ok anyways peeking out in the back.
These stamps are pretty big the front one measures about 4 inches.  Then
I stamped a border across the middle to set off the sentiment a little.  I saw someone do this (wish I could remember who) and liked the touch it added.
The sentiment is a Rubbernecker stamp.
I wish it would show up in the picture because I covered the poppies with
clear Wink of Stella so they are all sparkly.

Thanks for stopping by, I would love to hear what you think
of my card.

Challenged entered:

Crafty Sentiments - Anything goes ends 9/12

Digi ChoosDay - Anything goes ends 9/20

Lemon Shortbread - Anything goes ends 9/11

Sunny Day Crafting - Anything goes 

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything goes ends 9/12
Work it out Wednesday - what you're working on 9/30

Cooking with Wine................................

....................and drinking it too, of course!

Hi I have a fun card to share with you today.

I am on the design team for the Crafty Awesome Challenge 

at the Crafting Circle.

This month our sponsor is Bloobel stamps.  Lisa is a fabulous artist and draws some of the cutest quirkiest images you will ever see.

So here is my card I created using one of the Bloobel images. 

Isn't she cute in her own way?  The image I used was

One Glass of Wine. 

I colored her using my Zig Clean Color markers, I love using these they

work like watercolors.

I cut her out using a Gina Marie wonky stitch die and inked the edges with Distress Ink.  I added some white polka dots to her dress using a white gel pen.

I cut out the label using a Spellbinder label die and then stamped it with Rubbernecker Stamp.  I love this stamp and it is so me, he he he.  

It must be inherited, both my Mom and I have to have a drink on the counter 

while we are cooking, me wine and Mom has her beer.  So you see I do 

"cook" with wine, although I have to admit mores goes in me than 

goes in the food.  LOL

So there you have it, make sure you head on over and check out

Lisa store, Bloobel Stamps.  And make sure you color up an

image and put it on a project and enter the Crafty Awesomeness Challenge at the Crafting Circle.

Challenges entered:
All Sorts - use at least 2 dies ends 9/3
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes ends 9/4
Coloring in Scrapland - Anything goes ends 9/3
613 Avenue - Anything goes ends 9/2
Cards Galore - Anything goes ends 9/30
Simon Says Stamp - Work it out ends 9/6
The House that Stamps - Anything goes ends 9/6

Beautiful Day

Hi, I am back to share a card with you that I 

made following a sketch. (of course LOL)

In fact, it fits into 2 sketches from different challenges.

I thought this card looked like a beautiful day so that is why chose

to use that Rubbernecker sentiment stamp.

I cut the bottom piece from a piece of CTMH paper using my 

Sugar Pea Designs die.  I love this die.

The sun I printed and cut using my Cricut Explore and then covered the

glasses with Crystal Lacquer.  I cut the clouds from pearl paper so they have

a sheen to them.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you are having a beautiful day.

This will be entered in the following challenges.

Tuesday Morning Sketches - sketch

CraftingCircle - crafty awesomeness

Lemon Shortbread - anything goes

Crafting with Friends - anything goes

Flowers to brighten your day

Hello, hope everyone had a great weekend

and had a chance to do some crafting.

Today I made a card following the sketch this week over 

at Mojo Monday.

If you know me I can not create or make a 

card without following a sketch, at least rarely. 

The papers I used in the background are from K & Company's

Garden Cottage stack.

I cut the flower using one of my Heartfelt Creations dies.

The sentiment is a stamp from Rubbernecker stamps.

Since it is the 1st Monday of the month the challenge at

Mojo Monday is a prize challenge.  You could win your choice of a

set of Verve stamps, so go on over and join in.

I'll also this card over at:
Just Us Girls Challenge - Flowers
Crafty Friends Challenge - Floral

Nautical Birthday

Hello blogging friends, I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.

Today I have a card to share with you that I made using digital papers I printed from Nit-Wits (I know a funny name huh?) Coastal Collection that I purchased and downloaded.  There are some really neat things in this collection besides just paper.

I made this card following one of the sketches from a challenge on the Cricut message board.   I am thrilled with how it turned out.  I think card reminds me of Summer and vacationing on the coast.  We are planing a trip to Maine later this summer, so the challenge this week at Sentimental Sundays is "Summer" so I will enter this card there.

The life preserver was cut using the Life's a Beach cartridge and the sentiment is a Rubbernecker stamp.

I will also post this on the Tic-Tac-Toe challenge over at The Paper Players. 

Here are the choices.

So I used the top row  Twine-Blue-Birthday.

Come on over and at Paper Players you have July 4th.

Thanks for stopping by.

Watercolor Poppy Birthday

Well hello, I am back with a post today of a card I made using my Rubbernecker 2 step stamp set Poppy Fields .   Rubbernecker has some beautiful sets and also some of the funniest saying stamps I have ever seen.

I made this card following the sketch this week at Mojo Monday.

The theme is "tall & Skinny", my card measures 8.5 x 4 inches and fits into a business size #10 envelope. 

It took me a couple tries to line of the two stamps but then again it is not supposed to be perfect.  :.) The happy birthday is a Verve stamp.  I did some faux stitching around the flower and also in the scalloped circle.

The background paper I made using watercolor paper and my water soluble crayons.  I am having funny making some of these papers.  I first spritz the watercolor paper with water then scribble on it with the color crayons I wanted, then sprayed it again pretty heavy with water so the colors would blend together.  After it was all dry I sprayed it with Tattered Angels spray so it has a sparkle to it.  Over at Sentimental Sundays this week the challenge is to make your own background paper so I will be entering this card in that challenge also. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog.  I hope you enjoyed my card today.