God Bless America

Monday June 25, 2012

Boy hard to believe that the 4th of July is just around the corner.. Well today is new release day from Paper Pretties and this little guy is one on the new releases.. This is Washington .. the other digi is Finnegan.. Sorry I don't have the new release sheet to show you the images and sentiments.. The theme for this challenge is INDEPENDENCE DAY.. Hope you play along and post to the blog above.

challenges:
raise the bar #107 summer
card makin mamas #48 red white and blue
gingerloft challenges #43 red white and blue
paper issues picnics & patriots



recipe: paper pretties washington and sentiment, bazzill, october afternoon, scraps su, copics, mtf die, spellbinder dies, su punch, stickles

Campers ..Nature's way of feeding mosquitos!

Saturday June 23, 2012

Catch the bug Saturday challenge.. BUTTONS, TWINE AND SENTIMENT

One of my favorites digi's from Catch the bug and I found this cool paper and then knew it would go well with this cute funny whimsical image of Stella and her funny thoughts. (I don't know how Jodie comes up with all these cute images and sayings.. she's an awesome digi designer).

My trick for keeping the mosquito's away.. and pretty much everyone else is eating a lot of garlic. I would make a cereal mix "nuts and bolts" with Cheerios and pretzels and lots of garlic we always took it when camping and the garlic really worked to keeping them away.

challenged:
stampin for the weekend #12 show us your style (whimsical)
totally papercrafts photo inspiration
raise the bar summer
dutch dare #170 summer
charisma cardz #24 summer

2 sisters #97 atg
recipe: stella -mosquito's ctb, kraft, botanical pad, buttons, bakers twine, copics

In your garden

Saturday June 23, 2012

Sketch challenge Unscripted Sketches with sketch #164 and the challenge "BLING"

I really kept this card simple but kind of elegant. I love both styles the easy, elegant, bling type and the funny whimsical ones. . It's fun changing gears now and then and to break out the rubber.

challenge:
frosted design make your own embellishments
stampin for the weekend #12 show your style (elegant and bling)
allsorts challenge #160 any die will do

2 sisters #97 atg

crafty ann's #68 memories

recipe: su papers, words from an old stamp, bling, pti die, button

I'm wild about you

Friday June 22, 2012

I am so glad it's Friday and I get to share this card and it's the new free image from Catch the bug
This is ELEPHANT TOPPER - meaning just the head and no body.. I decided to make her into a scene so it can be summer fun, going to the zoo, safari. She's quite friendly so I don't worry about the fence..

challenges:
pixie dust -movie (out of africa)
digi doodle #113 - farm yard or zoo
charisma cards #24 summer
crop stop #77 -lets hear it for the children
dysu #77 -inspired by a movie (out of africa)
dutch dare #70 - summer
cute card thursday #222 - here comes summer



recipe: ctb- elephant topper, glossy paper, very vanilla su base, scraps of paper for fence, pti fence die, grass is old stamps with out names now, trees ? i know but cant think of his name/sorry.. lots of ranger inks, copics

Hope I'm not bugging you

Thursday June 21, 2012

Today's card is for the challenge over at Cameo Creations with the theme being SUMMER.. And the challenge is being sponsored by Catch the bug I hope you get a chance to play along and summer cards are so much fun to make.
We had a nice summer day for WA state and it came the first day of summer, tomorrow is suppose to be nice too but then a cold fronts coming. Guess I will get a lot more cards done..

challenges:
make it monday #94 open
paper shelter #69 the great outdoors
stampin royalty #129 color challenge
by the cute and girly -cute as a button (ladybugs are buttons with shank cut off)

recipe: ctb digi deacon, crate paper, ek punch, su die, copics, mft words, ladybug buttons

Sunbonnet Sue occupation

Tuesday June 19, 2012

Sunbonnet Sue Occupation is the new release images over at Catch the bug I think this would make a cute card for that special someone who is starting a new job, or even used for the child going into school next fall. Cute to put this into a lunch bag..

Challenges:
the pink elephant #153 photo
make it monday #94 open
crafty sentiments bright colors

recipe: catch the bug digi, bazzill, sassafras, mft words, ek punch, copics

What's up?

Monday June 18, 2012

Happy Monday and new release day at Paper Pretties. http://paperprettiesblog.blogspot.com/

It's fun seeing some summer images and this week we have two digi sets with sentiments this one below is called Redmund and the next one, the one I used for my card is Birtle..

The challenge this week at Paper Pretties is RED, WHITE AND BLUE... Hope you play along..

challenges:

squirrel and the fox #20 - sparkle (stickles on buttons, clouds, stars) http://thesquirrelandthefox.blogspot.com/

craft your days away #47 -bingo (button, ribbon, die) http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/

just us girls - red, white and blue http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/

saturday challenge #190 - red, white and blue http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

recipe: birtle -paper pretties, su white, october afternoon, white ribbon, copics, stickles, old buttons, su punch, ranger