Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Starsandstripes


This is a spinner card. The moon travels up and down the path. It is a birthday card for a friend who’s birthday is July 3. The complete sentiment is “Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” All materials are from my stash. The moon is recycled from a store bought card.

It fits the following challenges;

365 Cards Day 121 - Spinner Card.
Birthday Sundaes #15 - Stars & Stripes Birthday.
Crafts and Me #41 BIRTHDAYS.
Die Cut Dreams #92 - Red, White and Blue
Penny’s Challenges - #56 The theme is "Red, White & Blue".
Tuesday Throwdown #55 Our challenge is Red, White, & Blue.

Monday, June 27, 2011

Shadow


This card is to a friend of mine from her dog. I’m dog sitting while she has surgery and the dog asked me to make her a card. The dog on the card has blue bead eyes because the real dog has blue eyes. All materials are from stash.
It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards Day 113 - Tuesday Trio is Beads, Floss, Stamped Image.
Crafts and Me challenges We are in stitches I would love to see you using stitches.
Cutie-Sunday #143 we would like to see *Animals*.
Gingerloft Challenge #21 we want to see you add beads to your project.
One Stop Craft Challenge #137 - Get Well Soon.


Sunday, June 26, 2011

1950's


My decade, school dances, record hops. No computer games, no cell phones, our favorite toy was the record player - old 78’s - before high fi. The old clay records that only had two songs, one on each side and don't drop it.. All materials are from my stash.
It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards Day 117 - Do That Decade The decade for this challenge? The 1950's
Challenge up your life #46: Circles.
Sketch Saturday # 161 Sketch.
Your Next Stamp #45 color scheme - Black White and one other color - red.

Favorites


My favorite tool is Nestabilities. I think I use one nearly every card. My favorite technique is embossing (wet or dry). The embellishment that I use most are the layered flowers. The large main flower’s layers were cut with the Spellbinders Nestabilities set “Dahlia.“ The matching flower set was embossed in white.

It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards Day 116 - So "fan"tastic Use one technique, one tool, and one embellishment that you are just crazy about on your card.
Card Patterns #121 Sketch
The Craftypad # 127 - Soft Pastels
The Secret Crafter Saturday - EMBOSSING This can be dry or heat or even both.
A Spoonfull of Sugar # 157 - Ribbon and Bows.
Stampin’ for the Weekend #11 And now onto this week's challenge. Our challeng is "My Favorite Things".

Peach blossom


. The ribbons are stickers. The back ground peach cardstock is from Cor’dnations.All other materials are from my stash

It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards Day 115 - Just Peach-y So I'm titling this challenge "Just Peach-y", which requires peach to be the dominant color, and let's give those cards a summery theme.
Clean and Simple Stamping - sketch.
Dutch Dare-Card Challenges #118 June 23- Clean & Simple
Moving Along with the Times # 104 - Clean and Simple

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Friendship

This card is opposite of paper pieced. The skirt is cut out and fabric placed behind the figure. It is a card of friendship. All materials are from my stash. The digi image is from Telen’s Place Designs.  The saying is "A friend is someone who reaches out for you hand and touches your heart.

It fits the following challenges;

365 Cards - Day 114 - Fun With Fabric
Meljen’s Designs - Our challenge for you this week is: Stripes and/or Plaid 6.29
Rainbow Lady - The topic is 'DIGI DAY'.... which means you should use at least one digi image on your creation.
Stampin’ ”B”s  - Use a Friendship Sentiment.
Tellen’s Place - A Challenge in which you MUST use a Tellen's Place Designs digital image.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Tulips


This card is paper pieced - the vase is pieced with the same Damask patterned paper that is used for the backing. Stamps are from three different sets - the vase is on the leaves a second and the last is the tulips. I masked the vase while stamping the flowers and leaves.

It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards Day 112 - Paper Pieced. 
Cooking it up with Katie #67 - This week's ingredients are: Start with a current Sketch - Make it for a Birthday - Use a little Yellow.
Crazy Amigo - Use as litle as possible on your card!
The Paper Players # 52 Sketch.


Christmas ornaments


Another early Christmas card. Santa peeks out from the inside of the card. Cardstock and paper are from my stash. The ornaments and holly leaves are party confetti. Red Stickles make the berries. The rub on sentiment is from MiniMarks.
It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards Day 111 - Super Sketchy Sunday.
Crafty Creations # 124 - Let It Shine Add anything sparkly.
Crazy 4 Challenges #92 - All you have to do is add twine, floss, string, etc. to your card.
Everybody-Art-Challenge #147 *Anything Goes*.


Monday, June 20, 2011

Penguins


A father’s day card for a Pittsburgh Penguin fan. The backing paper is from Crafty Ann’s Funky Collection. The penguins were cut on a Cricut.
It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards Day 105 - Mega Movie Monday - Mr. Popper's Penguins
Cricut Cardz Challenge #79 The challenge for this week is to make a card for Father's Day using any colors or cartridges you'd like. - I used the Animal Kingdom cartridge for the penguins. 
Little Red Wagon # 85 - For Dad.


Sunday, June 19, 2011

caterpillar

 

This is a slider card. The caterpillar “transforms’ into a butterfly when the tab is pulled. All material are from my stash. The butterfly stamp is highlighted with Stickles

It fits the following challenges;
365 CardsDay 109 - Mega Movie Friday - Transformers.
Crafty Calendar Challenge - June Challenge - Things With Wings!
Delightful Sketches - Anything Goes Challenge!
Flutterby Wednesdays - Color scheme.
Polkadoodle #24 Challenge - All Of A Flutter.
Simply Create #46: Fly with us For the next two weeks, we would like you to share your creations that have wings somewhere on them.
Stamp with Sarah Kay - The theme is BUTTERFLIES.

Friends


The saying is "A best friend is a sister destiny forgot to give you". 
Some of the materials are from a Card Maker Kit others are from my stash.
It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards Day 110 - Mega Movie Saturday
Creative Card Crew - Ribbons and Brads. Brads are in center of the flowers.
Penny’s Challenges #55 Today June 8th is Best Friends Day, so in honor of that the challenge this time around is "Best Friends”.
There's Magic in the Air pick two of these elements: Flowers, Ribbons, Pearls/Gem and/or die cut and use them on your project in any way. I picked Flowers and Ribbon.
Top Tip Tuesday #38 - OPEN CHALLENGE!! 6.20
Your Next Stamp #44 - Seeing Shapes I love shaped cards so that's your challenge.

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Green Lantern


An early Christmas card. The digi is from Print Shop. All materials are from my stash.  I used Stickles to highlight the picture.

It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards Day 107 - Mega Movie Wednesday - Green Lantern
Crafty Ann’s Challenge #43 Our theme is Christmas in June.
Southern Girl’s Challenge # 21 - Anything goes.
Totally Stampalicious - ANYTHING GOES.

Friday, June 17, 2011

Antique Car


A father’s day card.    The digi image is from Digital Tuesdays.  All materials are from my stash. 
It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards Day 108 - Mega Movie Thursday.
Craft Your Days Away - Monochrome.
Crazy Challenge #71-Monochromatic.
Do You Stack up #24 - Use A Star.
Polkadoodle # 23 - Something for Dad.
Stampin’ Sisters in Christ #93 - Make a father's day card.
Stamptacular Sunday #115 - Dads or GRADS
Sweet Stop Sketches #112 - Sketch.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Teen Girl


The digi image on this card is from Tellen Place. All materials are from my stash.
It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards Day 106 - Mega Movie Tuesday
Crafty Hos Color scheme.
Paper Sundaes #73 Paper Sundaes Challenge - Girly Girl.
Stamping with Dragon - The theme is Friendship.
Sunday Sketch and Stamp #59 Sketch.


TeaBag Flower


Another labor intensive card - tea bag folding. Lots of work, but again, worth it. All materials are from a Card Maker Kit.

It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards Day 104 - Super Sketchy Sunday.
Kaboodle Doodles #67 - Your challenge this week will be to make a project using flowers as your main focus. 
Lexis Creations #42 - This week's Challenge the theme 'NO SENTIMENT'.

Monday, June 13, 2011

Happy Birthday

The backing paper is DIY. I stamped different colored candles all over the paper.  The sentiment was cut on the Cricut - George Cartridge.   It is cut from metallic paper.   The cake is recycled from a store bought card. It is up on pop dots.

It fits the following challenges;


365 Cards Day 103 - Imagine This: Frosting.
Sweet Stampin’ "Food Glorious Food". Something that has been stamped and something relating to food. The candles on the DIY backing paper are stamped.

Beaded Flowers


I would really love to get a beaded card. They are so-o-o-o much work, but well worth it. I wish I had time to do more of these. Made with material from my stash (did have to dig into my jewelry making stash.)
It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards- Day 99 - It's My Party the birthday card that you would want to get if one was designed especially for YOU!

Butterflies

This was a fun card. I tried to find as many different types of butterflies as I could, so they are metallic, bling, Stickled, stickers and embossed. All the materials used are from my stash. Had to take the picture from an angle as everything was reflecting too much light.

It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards - Day 98 - Lucky 13 - It can be ANYTHING, as long as there is EXACTLY 13 of that item on your card. - 13 Butterflies.
Just-Hanna-Stamps #97 Sketch
Truly Scrumptious - ‘Summer Sparkle’ - summery colours, gems and bling or sparkly flowers, butterflies, etc

New Home

This card was made to welcome a new neighbor to our neighborhood. Made from materials in my stash. The digi image is from Digital Tuesday.
It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards - Day 102 - Keep Your Distance try to keep as few design elements from overlapping as possible.
The Paper Players - Color scheme.
Totally Gorjuss - Get your flowers out and lets see them!

Sunday, June 12, 2011

words of wisdom

A male oriented card. All materials are from my stash. The tree is a punch.


It fits the following challenges;

Belli Challenge #119 - Branches Have fun adding "branches" to your project!
Card Inspirations # 115 - Card For Man In Your Life!
Crazy 4 Challenges # 91 Your challenge is to make a masculine card.
Stamp Challenges - Something Punched - The tree is punched.

Porch Swing

Its summer (or nearly) at last. Time to do some serious porch sitting. My favorite place - the porch swing. The digi image is from Digital Tuesday. The papers are from my stash. The bling by Darice.
It fits the following challenges;
4 Crafty Chicks - I'd like to see your HANDMADE flowers!
365 Cards - Day 100 - My Happy Place
Bee-Crafty # 51 'Summers Here!' You must use a DIGI IMAGE.
Theme Thursday – Lots of Color!
Totally Paper Crafts #70 - Summer.

Friday, June 10, 2011

Happy Birthday

A quick card. The panels are Core’dinations paper sanded to bring out the embossed pattern. The pattern was made by Cuttlebug folder “Perfectly Paisley. The Happy Birthday is embossed with Blue Sparkle powder.

It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards - Day 97 - Super Sketchy Sunday - sketch.
Digi Doodle Shop’s Best This weeks challenge is 'No Backing Paper's Allowed'.
Do You Stack Up #23 - Birthday.
The Play Date Cafe #85 Colors - Cream, Dusty Rose and Blueberry.

Thursday, June 9, 2011

buttons



Some of the buttons are real and some are stickers…you guess which. The digi image is from Digital Tuesdays. All materials are from my stash.
It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards - Day 94 - Button Blitz - Use at least TWENTY buttons on your card and be sure to stack at least SIX of them.
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes.


Fiona Fairy

The Digi is from Tellen Place Designs- Fiona Fairy. The materials are from a Card Maker Kit.

It fits the following challenges;

365 Cards- Day 95 - Mixed Messages - Combine 4 ways to add a sentiment to your card I used one computer generated, two is rubber stamped, three is embossed and four is in the little blue flower..
Crafts and Me Challenges #38, Stamp use a stamp on your creation.
Flutter by Wednesdays #153 we want to see those polka dots on your creations along with your butterfly, fairy or angel!
Stamping 411 #206 - Sketch

Circles

A good card to use up scraps. Inside it says “I hope you will soon be up and around!!”
It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards = Day 91 - Color Scheming 
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #85 - Lots of Circles.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Cherry


A card to match my favorite ice cream, Whitehouse ( Cherry Vanilla). The digi is from
Meljen Designs. The die cut circle is from Spellbinders Shapeabilities Pendants “Contemporary Hearts.“ All materials are from my stash.

It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards - Day 92 - My Favorite Thing - Today's challenge is to imagine your favorite flavor of ice cream and use it to inspire your card.
Crafts 4 Eternity #22 - Sketch
Moving Along with the Times #101 - No Designer Papers.
Sassy Studio Designs #75 Make a card without any patterned paper. Solid papers only.
Stamp Challenges It's digi day!!! So just print out something digi, make a project and play along!

Monday, June 6, 2011

Flowers


I tried using several color of Flower soft on this card. It worked out rather well. All other materials are from my stash.

It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards Day 96 - Ad Inspired.
Flutter by Wednesdays Challenge this week is OPEN!

Bulletin Board

A quick and easy card. All materials are from my stash.
It fits the following challenges;
365 Cards - Day 93 - Bulletin Board - Create a "Bulletin board" sort of card.


Beary Christmas

An early Christmas Card, an Easel Card. The bear is from Sweet ‘n Sassy Digis. All materials are from my stash.
It fits the following challenges;  
365 Cards Day 90 - Super Sketchy Sunday - Sketch.
Alphabet Challenge  - E is for Ease Card.
Creative Inspirations #114 - Cute Bears.
Digital Tuesday #113 - Animal, and don't forget to include something digital in your design. 
Just-Hanna-Stamps #96 - Blue & White.
Party Time Tuesdays #18-Anything Goes!
SouthernGirls’ #20 - A Christmas Challenge.