Sending a Summer - Always Happy Birthday #6

Friday June 1-30, 2018

 

I hope you're having a great year.. are you getting a great supply of birthday cards as you're playing along in our challenges?.. We are back with another fun challenge for June at 

Always Happy Birthday #6 and the theme is

BIRTHDAY ANYTHING GOES / OPT: SUMMER

 

 

I made my card using Simon Says stamps.. the HB is from Hero Arts.. I stamped the clouds and water with Stampin up ink. I added more color to the water with Ranger inks.. it just needed some filling in. I stamped the sentiments. I added a few sea gulls. I then stamped the flip flops on a pice of Quick Quote scrap and boat on some card stock and colored the boat with copics. I used a white gel pen on the flip flops and fussy cut everything out.

Challenges:
Word art Wednesday wk. 336-337 - anything goes
Artistic inspirations #201 - anything goes
Crafty sentiments - summer
Simon Wednesday - anything goes
Cute card Thursday #532 - hello summer
Penny's scrap shack #382 - anything goes
The daily marker - day 1

Gopher a coffee? Day 7

Thursday May 31, 2018

 

Day 7 of the Spring + Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop

 

Oh my I had so much fun making this card. I stared with Kraft card stock and I used Tim Holtz stencil and Ranger ink and made the coffee stains. I then used the coffee cups in the Gerda Steiner stamp set and stamped three. I also used the sentiment. On another piece of paper I stamped the Gopher I then used a My favorite things stitch die.. I love this cause it looks like he's coming out of his hole and the sun behind him and he's looking for some coffee. I colored the image with copics.  I added Spectrum Noir sparkle pen and glossy accents to his glasses.  This little critter makes me so happy.

 

 

Challenges:
Coffee Lovers blog hop - spring summer
HeARTful stamping - anything goes
Artistic inspirations #201 - anything goes
Tuesday throw down #394 - create your background
Creative moments #144 - anything goes / opt. animals
Crafty gals corner #166 - anything goes
Simon Wednesday - anything goes
Sugar pea designs #43 - photo or sketch (sketch)
 

The world needs more kindness

Thursday May 31, 2018

 

Today I wanted to share a card I made using left overs.. Last month or was it two months ago I made a card using the Mama Elephant 12 square frame.. I had these left over pieces that came out of the center.. the sq. part. Well I am not one to waste so I took my corner chomper and took off two opposite corners. Leaving me with the petal looking image. I used some Quick quote chalk ink and just dusted the sides. I then used some dark card stock and started to play around on a design.. I finally finished with this one. I added the pieces on foam dots. I took Honey bee stamp and die and heat embossed "the world needs more" and using shiny silver looking card stock die cut the kindness a couple times and layered and added them to the card. I added a half pearl for the dot on the I..cause I couldn't find the silver one.. This was fun trying to figure how to use the left over scraps.  

 

Challenges:
Everybody art #426 - for friends only
Word art Wednesday wk. 336-337 - anything goes
Artistic inspirations #201 - anything goes
Die cuttin divas #371 - anything goes
Simon Wednesday - anything goes

all the goodness of Life - Day 6

Wednesday May 30, 2018

 

Day 6 of the Spring + Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop

 

This is my fun summer coffee card. I created the background with my Gelli plate and it was created months ago.. Well now was the perfect time to use it. I stamped the cup with Stampin up stamp set. I stamped ice cube inside. I die cut the straw out of Quick quote scraps. I colored the coffee in the cup and then cut different area and weaved the straw through so it wasn't all in front if the ice cubes. I then covered the whole area with glossy accents so it was a wet looking glass of iced coffee. I added washi tape below for a base and then stamped the Verve sentiment.  I love iced coffee but it has to be blended.. But this does look good.

Challenges:

Coffee Lovers blog hop - spring summer
Artistic inspirations #201 - anything goes
Use your stuff #313 - washi tape
Crafty sentiments - summer
Die cuttin divas #371 - anything goes
Tuesday throw down #394 - create your background
Sugar pea designs #43 - photo or sketch (sketch)

Sorry I was so pig - headed -- Sunny Day Crafting #22

Wednesday May 30, 2018

 

Hello everyone..  Are you ready for June.. I know I am but I wish it would last a couple of months vs. just one month.. Only cause the months just seem to be going by so fast as I get older..

We are back with another

challenge at Sunny Day Crafting #22

Our theme for this week is PIGS

 

I started by creating the kraft using a Reverse Confetti curve die. I then added clouds to the white using my cloud template. Once those were done I then used My favorite things pig stamp and I though this single pig holding the flower would be a great look. I chose the sentiment from the same set and just curved it so it went with the cut curve. I colored the images with Prisma colored pencils and using the dies cut them out. I then used Lawn Fawn grass die and Quick Quote scrap and cut the grass. I layered all the elements together.

Challenges:
Everybody art #426 - for friends only
Word art Wednesday wk. 336-337 - anything goes
Artistic inspirations #201 - anything goes
City crafters wk. 414 - flowers
Creative moments #144 - anything goes / opt. animals

Wherever you go be KIND - Pause Dream Enjoy #22

Wednesday May 30, 2018

 

Are you getting excited that Summer is just around the corner if you're in this lucky part of the world?? I hope you have a great summer and if you're going on a vacation I hope it's an awesome one. If it's winter where you are.. I am sorry... unless you like cold wet winters. Sure there are those that love skiing and other winter sports. I hope it's an awesome one for you too. 

So the Orange team is back with a fun challenge at

Pause Dream Enjoy #22.. the theme is FLOWERS

 

 

For my card I used the Simon Says kit of the month stamp from last year.. I used silver embossing powder and heat set. I then used H2O paints to color in the design. I took a scrap of water color paper that I colored quite awhile ago and heat embossed the Honey Bee sentiment in white. I took some silver washi tape and added to the black card stock. I took a dark purple piece of card stock an ran it through an embossing folder then put the card together. In real life it's very pretty. I don't know how it comes across on your computer. I hope its inspired you to create a flower card.

Challenges:
Everybody art #426 - for friends only
Word art Wednesday wk. 336-337 - anything goes
Artistic inspirations #201 - anything goes
City crafters wk. 414 - flowers
Crafty gals corner #166 - anything goes
Simon Wednesday - anything goes
Use your stuff #313 - washi tape

you are one of a kind - Craftaholics R Us #22

Wednesday May 30, 2018

 

Thank you for coming back to my blog.

The Green team has another challenge for you at

 Craftaholics R Us #22 and the theme this week is GINGHAM

 

 

This card was fun and simple to create. I adhered the gingham ribbon and then using My Favorite Things stitched square die cut the square. The cute elephant is Simon Says and I painted it the summer of 2017 with my Mission water colors. The sentiment is heat embossed and also from SS.  I hope I have inspired you to create and play along. I love the black and white.

Challenges:
Everybody art #426 - for friends only
Word art Wednesday wk. 336-337 - anything goes
HeARTful stamping - anything goes
Artistic inspirations #201 - anything goes
Tuesday throw down #394 - create your background
Through the craft room door - anything goes
Creative moments #144 - anything goes / opt. animals
Simon Wednesday - anything goes

Brewin' up Birthday Wishes - Day 5

Tuesday May 29, 2018

 

It's Day 5 of the Spring + Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop

So looking around my desk I saw this striped paper scrap from Quick Quotes and some gray. I then remembered I had some pre scored light gray cards so I chose those three.. I then went to look at my scraps and found this Pink Fresh designer paper. I stamped the Simon Says coffee cup and then stamped the coffee part on a piece of Kraft and fussy cut it out and the coffee cup. I then went over the coffee piece with Versa mark which made it darker. I adhered this to the coffee cup. I found a piece of Quick Quote scrap red dotted paper so added this under the cup and added a Stampin Up leaf die cut from some scraps. I added some steam with Versa Mark. I then heat embossed the Reverse Confetti sentiment.  Fussy cutting images really makes me appreciate using dies.. But this was quite simple to cut out.. just handle area was a little tricky.

Challenges:
Coffee Lovers blog hop - spring summer
Artistic inspirations #201 - anything goes
Crafting from the heart #208 - anything goes
City crafters wk. 414 - flowers
Through the craft room door - anything goes

Way to go - Graduation card #1

Tuesday May 29, 2018

 

Hello and I am on another kick on making cards and this time they are Graduation cards. I have probably 7-10 to make.. Not sure yet, but I like this style I made so I think I will do them like this. Sweet and simple.  This is more feminine.

Quite some time ago I was over at my stamping and Stampin Up demo best friends house and I saw this sentiment and a congrats so I stamped up 7 of them. So that's why I am thinking at least 7 cards.. I saved them.. but funny couldn't remember where I put them. I'd say this was probably a year ago.. Well I am getting rid of some wooden stamps. I am clearing out about 75% of them (which are hundreds). They are ones I don't use and don't care for so I was boxing them up and just cleaning up and saw this little black file stand that is on a dresser I keep post it notes in and sure enough there they were.. Woo hoo that saved the day. So now it's just a matter of finding the right papers and creating.

For this card I used some designer paper which I don't know who it's by.. I took some type paper and cut a small rectangle and rolled it up over a paint brush and glued the edge and wrapped a ribbon around it and added this to the card. I debated adding gems or Nuvo drops but decided to just keep it CAS.

 

Challenges:
Everybody art #426 - for friends only
Crazy 4 challenges #C4C436 - graduation
Artistic inspirations #201 - anything goes
Crafting from the heart #208 - anything goes
Always fun #59 - graduation
Shopping our stash #356 - graduation/congratulations 

#1 DAD - Bugaboo new release

Tuesday May 29, 2018

 

End of the month so this is the last Bugaboo

New  re-release for May..

Check out the design teams creations over at Catch the bug

 

 

Just in time for Fathers day this image is called #1 DAD..

I kept this card CAS. colored the image with copics and used My favorite things die. I added a little Ranger ink around the edges.  

Challenges:
Word art Wednesday wk. 336-337 - anything goes
Hiding in my craft room #354 - any holiday 
Artistic inspirations #201 - anything goes
Simon Monday - masculine
Sugar pea designs #43 - photo or sketch (sketch)

I only need two things. Coffee, time to RELAX - Day 4

Monday May 28, 2018

 

This is Day 4 of the Spring + Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop

 

 

Once again looking at my spring and summer stamps I saw a Simon Says summer stamp set with this bikini die and since this is a spring/summer hop... So I used my Mission Gold water colors and created the water.. I used some Perfect Pearls and watered it down and splattered this on the page. I wanted a fun sentiment so I combined a couple Simon say sentiments. I then used Stampin up paper and dies and cut the short coffee cup and foam. I also die cut the bikini out of SU paper. I added some Nuvo drops to the bikini bottom ties and the coffee foam.  I agree I only need two things. coffee, time to relax.. We can pass on the bikini.. believe me I don't think I have ever been in one.. just sayin..

Challenges:
Coffee Lovers blog hop - spring summer
QKR stampeded #297 - anything goes
Crafty catz #418 - anything goes/opt. Christmas
Artistic inspirations #201 - anything goes
Crafting from the heart #208 - anything goes

Location: adventure - discover the world - Catch the bug

Monday May 28, 2018

 

Monday at Catch the bug is ABC - ANYTHING BUT a CARD...

 

 

I never know what to make for ABC so I do the usual either Journal page or Bookmark.. Well today it's bookmark..

I took a tan book mark and stamped in a light blue some stars. I then colored the image called wavy hair girl from the Bugaboo store with copics. I added this to the tag and added some Washi tape to the top and bottom. I then added some Tim Holtz words and went around them with black pen and around the edge of the tag with Distress crayon pen. I do like the way the tag turned out.

Challenges:
Crafty gals corner #166 - anything goes
The house that stamps built M2318 - anything goes
Jo's scrap shack #235 - anything goes
Artistic inspirations #201 - anything goes
Use your stuff #313 - washi tape

let's get caffeniated - Day 3

Sunday May 27, 2018

 

This is Day 3 of the Spring + Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop

I knew what I wanted to use for my coffee cups but wasn't sure how I wanted to display them. So I created my clouds then using my Mission Gold water color paints I created the ocean and sand. I used some white paint to create the shore foam.  I then used Lawn fawn tree dies and Stampin Up scraps and created the trees. I then stamped some Simon Says sea birds. I used scraps and created the male and female cups.. I added the fun Tech. Tuesday sentiment.  I love the way this came out. 

Challenges:
Coffee Lovers blog hop - spring summer
Color crazy wk. 21 - anything goes
Jo's scrap shack #235 - anything goes
QKR stampeded #297 - anything goes
Crafty catz #418 - anything goes/opt. Christmas
Inkspirational #161 - photo insp.

praying for you

Sunday May 27, 2018

 

Welcome back.. Today my card was made by using Stampin up dies and stamps.. Today I started by cutting the fun leaf strip and adhered this to Stampin up gray. I then stamped and die cut the leaves and flowers. I used some inks to add color. I added some Nuvo drops to the flower centers.  I finished with a Simon Says sentiment. I think I need to use this stamp set more often. I am loving that leaf strip up the side. 

 

Challenges:
Artistic inspirations #200 - anything goes
(Pin)spirational #216 - flowers
Everybody art #426 - for friends only
Shopping our stash #355 - April showers May flowers
Word art Wednesday wk. 336-337 - anything goes
Crafty gals corner #166 - anything goes
Simon Wednesday - use more than one stamp
The house that stamps built M2318 - anything goes

you're so sweet - Day 2

Saturday May 26, 2018

 

It's day 2 of the Spring + Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop

Are you playing along?

This is card #2.. I started with Stampin up designer paper background and then using an OLD Hampton Arts over all stamp stamped the coffee sentiments. I used Ranger ink and distressed the edges. I took a scrap from SU which is the other side of the base design and die cut the SU coffee cup. I used SU paper and cut the foam I added a vellum cover over the foam. I also stamped the Verve Stamp sentiment and heat embossed it on the vellum band on the cup.

Challenges:
The house that stamps built M2318 - anything goes
Everybody art #426 - for friends only
Artistic inspirations #200- anything goes
Coffee Lovers blog hop - spring summer
Jo's scrap shack #235 - anything goes
QKR stampeded #297 - anything goes
Crafty catz #418 - anything goes/opt. Christmas
Sugar pea designs #43 - photo or sketch

Life is an adventure - Catch the bug Saturday challenge

Saturday May 26, 2018

 

So those of you in the USA. so do you go camping for Memorial weekend.  That is what I thought of when I created my card. The theme for this challenge at Catch the bug is PHOTO INSPIRATION

 

 

This is the photo inspiration

This is my card. I used the AKV MOOSE image which you can find in the Bugaboo store.. I used it twice and one is a little bigger than the other. I fussy cut the moose out. I then used Taylored Expressions camper and fire pit and colored all of the images with copics and die cut the TE image out. I then used my Mission water color paints and painted the background.  I just wanted to get a hint of the scene.. I had fun creating this scene. I then added all the images. I added some stickles to the fire. I added the TE sentiment. 

 

Challenges:
Artistic inspirations #200 - anything goes
Try it on Tuesday - destinations
Word art Wednesday wk. 336-337 - anything goes
Simon Wednesday - use more than one stamp
The house that stamps built M2318 - anything goes
As you like it - flora or fauna (why not use both flora and fauna.. what would this fauna card be without the flora. The woods have both and give more interest to the scene.
Color crazy wk. 21 - anything goes 

Just wanted to espresso my thanks - Day 1

Friday May 25, 2018

 

It's that time on year again..

Spring + Summer Coffee Lovers Bloghop..

This is day 1

This is my card.. First off yesterday I got my awesome Simon Says monthly kit and it has a detailed embossing folder in it among other goodies. I had to try the folder so I just grabbed a scrap of paper and embossed it.. WELL it's so beautiful I had to use that embossed scrap. So I added this to a bright pink card base. Then I stamped some flowers from Simon Says with SS ink on a scrap of paper trying to place them in the right place as I kept lifting up the unstamped coffee cup. Once I was satisfied with the placement I stamped the coffee cup by Reverse Confetti and then stamped the coffee inside the cup with Ranger ink I then went over the coffee with Spectrum Noir sparkle pen. I fussy cut the cup out then using copics added some other colors to the cup ring and handle. I added some Nuvo drops to the flower centers. I didn't like it just sitting on the card so I adhered some Martha Stewart punched leaves under it so it had a base. I stamped the sentiment also from Reverse Confetti.   I tell you this embossing folder is unbelievable. I hope the computer gives it justice.. I hope you play along with this week long hop. 

Challenges:
As you like it - flora or fauna (for my card I liked the flora, it makes the card more feminine and so many colors can be used. Love nature
The house that stamps built M2318 - anything goes
Everybody art #426 - for friends only
Artistic inspirations #200- anything goes
Simon Wednesday - use more than one stamp
Coffee Lovers blog hop - spring summer

Happy Birthday - Bugaboo Free Friday

Friday May 25, 2018

 

Welcome to another Friday at Catch the bug

and Bugaboo Free Friday..

 

 

This cute image is called CB Monkey.. I found some awesome designer paper for the background so I used a My favorite things oval die so that it wouldn't take up too much space and the dp would show up. I colored the image with copics and stamped the happy birthday.. I added some Doodlebug dots.

Challenges:

Artistic inspirations #200 - anything goes
Everybody art #426 - for friends only
Crafty creations #367 - anything goes
Word art Wednesday wk. 336-337 - anything goes
As you like it - flora or fauna (love animals (fauna) and how you can pose them on a card with fun papers. They make the cutest cards

Sending a Summer hello - Aud Sentiments #204

Thursday May 24 - June 4, 2018

 

Welcome to another fun challenge at Aud Sentiments #204 

 Our theme is SUMMER + SENTIMENT

 

our sponsor is BUGABOO  and I used the image Sketchy Floral Teapot

 This is my card using the Bugaboo floral teapot and I used Simon Says sentiment. I thought this fit the sentiment theme. I used Marvy markers to color the stamp. I ran the yellow card stock through an embossing folder and added Nuvo drops in white to the lower half. I colored the Bugaboo image with copics.

Challenges:
AAA cards #115 - nature
Artistic inspirations #200 - anything goes
(Pin)spirational #216 - flowers
Everybody art #426 - for friends only
Shopping our stash #355 - April showers May flowers
Crafty creations #367 - anything goes
Word art Wednesday wk. 336-337 - anything goes
Crafty gals corner #166 - anything goes
Simon Wednesday - use more than one stamp