Take a moment to remember - Creative with Stamps #5 mid month reminder

Monday August 15, 2016

 

It's mid month so a little reminder that you still have more time to enter your card.

Creative with Stamps #5 challenge. 

 

(remember you can only enter 3 different cards per month)

 

 

This is my mid month reminder card.. I have this stamp set and have not used it so thought since the challenge is Geometric these hexagons would fit the challenge.. I just chose 4 different ranger inks and stamped the hexagons around and then added the awesome Paper trey ink sentiment.

I hope you play along and if your not sure what to do head over to our blog and see what the other design team members did for their cards.. Have fun.

 

Challenges:
Creative corner - favorite color combo and why (blue/yellow/red/green - bright happy colors)
Sweet stampin - favorite stamp
Glitter n sparkle #201 - anything goes
Love to scrap #84 - anything goes
Craft your passion #325 - anything goes
Crafting from the heart #123 - anything goes
Word art Wednesday wk. 242-243 anything goes
CCC digi #55 - shades of blue
A bit more time to craft #26 - anything goes

Wedding card #3

 

 

Sunday August 14, 2016

 

Well this is card #3 for the Wedding cards for a friend. So do you have a favorite yet? I love all of them and I have one more to make. I am sure she will love them not matter what. She requests cards from me all the time and so I think she will like these.

I did the same on this card as I did to card #1 and 2. well this one like #1 has the embossed strip.

 

 

Challenges:
Brown sugar #211 - anything goes
Creative corner - favorite color combo and why (white and browns- just gives a rich color feel)
Inkspirational #115 - pattern paper
Sweet stampin - favorite stamp (Simon Says -congratulations)
Glitter n sparkle #201 - anything goes

Wedding card #2

Saturday August 13, 2016

 

Well if you saw Wednesday post you saw that I am making 4 wedding cards for a friend who requested 3.. I couldn't decide on papers to use.. Well this is card #2.. what do you think of this paper choice compared to #1 card. Same design and all just different papers. (which will be the same for #3- #4)  I hope you like and it inspires you to just grab and make using your instincts. 

 

Challenges:
Addicted to stamps #206 - anything goes
Penny's paper-crafty #290 - anything goes
Simon Wednesday - lets go wild (flower)
Creative moments #99 - anything goes/opt. circle
Crafty addicts #21 - anything goes/opt. emboss it
Word art Wednesday wk. 242-243- anything goes
The sisterhood of crafters - close to nature
Crafty girls creations #24 - anything goes
Julia spiri -#23 - anything goes/vintage
As you like it - favorite flower and why (this flower is a camellia - but it looks like a gardenia which is my most favorite flower (to the carnation) and I love the smell - love the elegant look and the dimension it shows)

Congratulations card #1

Wednesday August 10, 2016

 

Well since we are on vacation at Catch the bug I have had some ... very little .. but some time to make some cards.  A co-worker wanted some of my Congratulations /wedding cards. She ordered some last year and loved them and got raves from people who saw them.. She only wanted 3 but I was pulling papers and said OH I love these... OH I LOVE these... Oh and Oh an so on so ends up I will make 4 when I am done.. or will I find more papers????. I will post separate cards over the next few days as I make them.. I have a feeling she will take all 4 of them.. if not I know I can sell it elsewhere or use it for someone..

This is the first one. I used scrap of designer paper, the black strip has been put through an embossing folder. The leaves are Stampin Up and the flower is my favorite of all times from My Favorite things. The sentiment is from Simon Says. I used my mini stamper thingy and loved that I could go over the sentiment 3 times and perfect line up (the little dots in the sentiment are in the stamp. it's just the way it's made)..  I am going to love that tool. What do you think? Did I chose some awesome colors?

 

Challenges:
Craft your passion #324 - anything goes
Crafty sentiment - use dies
Digi choosday wk. 32 - anything goes
TTCRD 8-9- anything goes
Artistic inspirations #162 - anything goes
Crafty boots - use a stamp
Word art Wednesday wk.242-243 - anything goes

I ruff you - Inspiration Destination #98

Wednesday August 10, 2016

 

Welcome to another challenge at Inspiration Destination #98

The challenges are always Any thing goes

 

Our sponsor is The cutting café

 

I have never tried The cutting café patterns this is the Card set but I only used one of the patterns.. I don't have a cutting machine.. well I do have a cricut but have not used it but once or twice and don't even know if these are for them and if so how to tie the two together so it would cut out the pattern... so I just measured and used my spellbinder dies to get the frame area.. I do like the card but took me too long to make it.  I have a paper clip at the top just to keep it closed.. see below the partly opened card. 

 

This is the partly opened card. The brown dog is on the inside of the card. The blue side folds in on the right and has the smaller frame. the left side of the card is the yellow and it has the larger frame.

 

Challenges:
Creative fingers #113 - anything goes
Alphabet challenge - L - for love
Patties creations #125 - anything goes
Art by Miran #64 - anything goes
Color crazy wk. 19 - anything goes
The pencil case wk. 25 - anything goes
CCC digi creations #54 - anything goes
A bit more time to craft #25 - anything goes
Love to craft #1 - Aug- anything goes
Creative ladybirds #18 - anything goes
613 Ave. create #188 - anything goes
Craft your passion #324 - anything goes
Crafty sentiment - use dies
Digi choosday wk. 32 - anything goes
TTCRD 8-9- anything goes
Artistic inspirations #162 - anything goes
OLLCB #210 - ribbon and bows
Melonheadz friends - favorite stamp set (lawn fawn- cute dogs)
Crafty boots - use a stamp
Word art Wednesday wk.242-243 - anything goes

Being beautiful, feeling lovely - Catch the bug ABC

Monday August 8, 2016

 

We are on vacation at Catch the bug from Aug. 6-19  so we have no challenges or new releases. But I wanted to post this card anyhow even though it's not over at Catch the bug.

 

It's Monday and that means at Catch the bug it's ABC - Anything But a Card day

It's time for another ABC /anything but a card.. And if you have been following me you know that means a Journal Inspiration page... This one really hits home with me. I have ALWAYS been a heavy person (or as my grandmother would say I sure am healthy..little did she know by todays standards) anyhow I have body issues and do not like my body issues.. I have tried so many diets over the last 60 plus years..I'm sure you know how it goes.. you loose and it comes right back on.  I have a little note at work on my computer that says "I need to be thinner love myself"..   For this journal page I found this quote and I keep reading it and know that "being beautiful, feeling lovely and offering feminine allure have absolutely nothing to do with your weight, our age or the shape of our bodies"  I wrote in the speech bubble I (heart) myself!   and I have to keep reminding myself of that. I did use this particular image from bugaboo called Girl speech bubble  as she fit the message.

I added some purple high-lights to her hair.. if I was younger I would do it. but with the grey it wouldn't look too good. It would look like my grandma's when she put the rinse in her hair, it always gave a purple tint.. lol

Challenges:
Word art Wednesday #242-243 - anything goes
Crafting by design - Aug. anything goes
Creative corner - anything but a card
Creative fingers #114 - anything goes
Alphabet challenge - L - for love
Patties creations #125 - anything goes
Art by Miran #64 - anything goes
Color crazy wk. 19 - anything goes
The pencil case wk. 25 - anything goes
CCC digi creations #54 - anything goes
A bit more time to craft #25 - anything goes
Love to craft #1 - Aug- anything goes
Creative ladybirds #18 - anything goes
613 Ave. create #188 - anything goes

Snappy birthday - Aud Sentiments #161

Thursday August 4 -16 2016

Welcome to another challenge at Aud Sentiments #161 This calling theme is

For a child + sentiment

We don't have a sponsor this week so we can use anything we want.. so I chose a Your next stamp .. image.. I thought with it being a child card this would be perfect for a boy card.. and since I have problems making boy cards this fit.. I used some washi tape to kinda ground him

I hope you find time to play along. Have fun.

Challenges:
Crafting with friends #26 - anything goes
Simply paper craft #34 - anything goes
Your next stamp #44 - colors
A gem of a challenge #174 - animals
The daily marker day 31
Craft your passion #323 - anything goes
Crafty boots - use a stamp
Simon Monday -celebrate
Crafty sentiments -anything goes
Digi choosday wk. 31 - anything goes
Artistic inspirations #162 - anything goes
Word art Wednesday #242-243 - anything goes
Lemon shortbread #21 - anything goes
Crafting by design - Aug. anything goes