Wednesday, January 31, 2018

I have a BIG HUG...

I made this card using a sentiment and paper from TLC, Create along with this bunny with outstretched arms from QKR.  There are days that we all need an extra hug.



Hug from my son who is visiting

Patterned Paper:  TLC, Create - Candy Heart Papers Val 2
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection
Stamp:  QKR - digi 11707
Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Big Hug Waiting
Border Punches:  Fiskar
Doily:  Recollection

Challenges
QKR - Ch. 280 Anything Goes
CHNC Patterned - January
Loves to Craft -  Ch. 18 Anything Goes
Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 107 Anything Goes
International Art & Soul - Ch. 25 Do something digital

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

You have a very special place in my heart

Today at Bugaboo there is a New Release of this image Clyde Be Mine.  My sentiment is from TLC, Create.  I have Glossy Accents on the heart.





Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Little Red
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection
Stamp:  Bugaboo - Clyde Be Mine
Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Very Special Place
Spellbinders:  Heart; Scalloped Heart
Flowers:  Recollections
Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug
Glossy Accents

Challenges
Sugar Pea - Ch. 39 Sketch
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 318 - 319 Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet - Ch. 181 Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' - Valentine/Love
Kraftin' Kimmie - Ch. 415 - Love & Hearts

Monday, January 29, 2018

AI Love is in the air!

I've had this stamp for quite some time, and finally decided I better get him inked.  When my husband and I were first married he had a pair of boxers like these so I just find this so funny.  Unfortunately, he passed away but this is how I see him as a cupid at this time of year anyway, hehe. He had a wonderful sense of humor so he would find that funny.  For the background, I used a cloud stencil from "My Favorite Things".





Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection
Stamp:  Art Impressions - Love is in the Air
Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black
        Distress - Broken China
Sakura jelly glitter pen
Spellbinders:  Ribbon pennant; Heart
Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug
Heart:  Hobby Lobby
Washi Tape:  Recollection
Stencil:  My Favorite Things - Cloud

Challenges
Art Impressions - Ch. 224 Feel the Love
Sweet Stampin' - Valentine/Love
QKR - Ch. 280 Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 376 Anything Goes

Sealed with a kiss love bug

Here is the other card that I made using the Distress Oxide Inks.  See here for my process.  This is my pink card.



Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio
Cardstock:  Recollection
Die:  My Favorite Things
Stamp:  My Favorite Things - free set
Ink:  Distress Oxide - Picked Raspberry
        Memento - Tuxedo Black
Flowers:  Recollection
Heart:  Recollection
Water & Paper Towel

Challenges
Card Mania - Ch. 100 Monochromatic
Mix it Up - Ch. 9 Anything Goes optional masking
Kraftin' Kimmie - Ch. 415 Love and Hearts


Hugs & Kisses FMS

My kids were here for the weekend which was great, but I wanted to spend sometime playing with my Distress Oxide Inks.  So I made a couple of cards with the Freshly Made Sketches for this week.  I masked the sentiment area with a banner die.  Then inked the Oxide Ink on, spritzed it with water and with the blotting of the paper towel it left an interesting pattern on the paper and I liked the texture.  I heat setted it, inked the sentiment and stamps.  Then I added a gem and sequins.  I kept it as a simple Valentine card.



Cardstock:  Recollection
Die:  My Favorite Things
Ink:  Distress Oxide - Fired Brick
        Memento - Tuxedo Black
Stamp:  My Favorite Things - X's and O's
Sequins: stash
Gem:  Mark Richards
Water & Paper Towel

Challenges
Dragonfly Journeys - Ch. 110 Power of Red
Card Mania - Ch. 100 Monochromatic
Mix it Up - Ch. 9 Anything Goes optional masking

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Kindness is like snow...

Today starts a new Challenge at Catch the Bug and it is a photo inspiration.  For my card, I used, Winter kidz girl and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I added snow to my image by masking it with Moltow drops then coloring the sky and then rubbing the masking drops off.  I put Sakura jelly white pen drops over the image.  I colored her clothes in a rainbow of colors and the background paper in a rainbow to go with the photo inspiration picture.




Pattered Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Treat Yo Self
Cardstock:  Bazzil; DCWV; Recollection
Stamp:  Bugaboo - Winter Kidz Girl (see above for direct link)
Sentiment:  TLC, Create - 
Poms:  Creativity
Sakura jelly white pen
Moltow masking pen

Challenges
Little Red Wagon - Ch. 430 Bundle Up
Hanna & Friends - Ch. 290 Winter
Sisterhood of Crafters - Dashing through the Snow
Merry Monday - Ch. 274 Let it Snow
Aud Sentiments - Ch. 195 Anything Goes

Friday, January 26, 2018

Bee my honey

My final card for today is the Mo Manning image, Bee my honey.  She reminds me of Tinker Bell.  I added Sakura jelly glitter pen on the antennae and wings.  I distressed the paper edges and ink distressed them also.  The papers are from Imagine That Digistamp.



Patterned Paper:  Imagine That Digistamp - Going Buggy (see above for direct link)
Cardstock: Core-dinations
Stamp:  Mo Manning - Bee my honey (see above for direct link)
Buttons:  Paper Studio
Bling & Pearls:  Prima
Ink:  Memento - Black Tuxedo
Distress Tool - Tim Holtz
Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges
Dream Valley - Ch. 171 Love
Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 191 Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 318 - 319 Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 514 Buttons
CRAFT - Ch. 452 Distress your project/Vintage
The Crafter's Cafe - Ch. 188 Lots of Bling
Crafty Cardmakers - Ch. 203 Bling's the Thing

You stole my heart

Mo Manning just came out with some new images and I just had to grab them.  This is one, called She stole my heart.  I made this an easel card.





Patterned Paper:  Bo Bunny
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Stamp:  Mo Manning - She stole my heart (see above for direct link)
Spellbinder;  Large petite oval
Border Punch:  Martha Stewart
Label:  Pink Paislies
Button:  Stash
Divine Twine

Challenges
Dream Valley - Ch. 171 Love
DL Thankful Thursday - Ch. 221 Love
Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 514 Buttons
Creative Knockouts - Ch. 230 Finish the Inside
Dragonfly Journeys - Ch. 110 The power of red
Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 191 Anything Goes


Love Bird

I realized that I had this adorable image from Mo Manning and I printed it along with a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I thought this would be nice to send to my parents for Valentine's Day.





Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Authentic
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection
Stamp:  Mo Manning - Lovebirds
Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Love Bird
Divine Twine
Flowers:  Prima; Paper Studio
Pearls:  Mark Richards

Challenges
Atlantic Heart Sketch - Ch. 248
Color Throwdown - Ch. 477
DL Thankful Thursday - Ch. 221 Love
Crafty Creations - Ch. 359 Anything Goes

There is no man like a SNOWMAN

This is a one of the newer snowmen from Bugaboo from the Goofy Snowman Set and the sentiment is from TLC, Create.  Today I dealt with both my ex husband and ex finance so I will just say that I say that I really like this sentiment, and it sums up my life right now, LOL.  I actually went to take some chocolate chip banana bread for my best friend who had surgery on Friday and she was with her grandsons and I got hugs and kisses from a 3 and 6 year old and there was no expectations with it so it was a great, hehe.
I put Stickles on the snow on the ground and Sakura glitter jelly pen on the snowflakes in the sky.







Pattered Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Big Ideas & Being Me; Recollection
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection
Stamp:  Bugaboo - Goofy Snowman Set (see above for direct link)
Sentiment:  TLC, Create - There's no man like a Snowman
Sequins - stash
Sakura jelly glitter pen
Stickles
Ribbon:  American Crafts

Challenges
Creative Sketchy Girls - Ch. 21 Sketch
Color Throwdown - Ch. 477
12 Months of Christmas - Ch. 37 A touch of Frost
CHNC - Ch. 369 Anything Christmas with optional use a sentiment
ABC Christmas - A for Antlers B for Birds
Hanna & Friends - Ch. 290 Winter
CCAYR - January
Merry Monday - Ch. 274 Let it Snow

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

LOVE is patient, LOVE is kind 1Corinthians:13

Well, I actually wanted to clean my craft room tonight; however, I played instead....naughty.  This is the last card that I made.  It is using a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I then put a bunch of pearls on a Spellbinder and it was fun.



Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - This time of year -February
Cardstock:  Bazzil
Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Love is patient Love is kind
Spellbinder:  Untamed heart
Pearls:  Mark Richards
Divine Twine

Challenges
Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 191 Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 318 - 319 Anything Goes
ATG with TLC, Create - Ch. 17
Dream Valley - Ch. 171 Love
Crafty Sentiments - New Beginnings
Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 378 With a number

Happy Cuddling Weather

We keep having such unusual weather....one minute it's raining and then the next it's snowing so we just have a MESS!  So I think it is best to just stay inside and cuddle since the roads have ice and the temps are going up and down.  So I made this card, using the adorable Polar Bear from Bugaboo and a sentiment from TLC, Create.





Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Holly Jolly; Basic Grey
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Stamp:  Bugaboo - Polar Bear
Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Happy cuddling weather
Ink:  Distress - Old Paper
Spellbinder:  Pennant
Die:  My Favorite Things
Border Punch:  Martha Stewart
Gems:  Mark Richards
Ribbon:  Michael's

Challenges
Winter Wonderland - Embossing dry or wet (embossed paper)
Dragonfly Journeys - Ch. 110 The Power of Red
Hanna & Friends - Ch. 290 Winter
CHNC - Ch. 369 Anything Christmas with optional use a sentiment
CCAYR - January

Butterfly tag So sorry for your loss

I am needed to replenish my stash and here is a sympathy card that I made.  I used a tag from Bugaboo and a sentiment from Imagine That Digistamp.  I put Glossy Accents on the water drops.  For this project I actually used Prisma pencils and Gamisol.




Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Whatever the Weather
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Stamp:  Bugaboo - Tags Word Butterfly bubbles (see above for direct link)
Sentiment:  Imagine That Digistamp - Sentimental Thoughts (see above for direct link)
Ribbon:  Bazzil; Hobby Lobby; Michael's
Glossy Accents
Prisma pencils
Gamisol

Challenges
4CC - Ch. 386 With Sympathy
Aud Sentiments - Ch. 195 Anything Goes
Incy Wincy - Tag
Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Wk 451 Butterflies

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

I hope your day is as Magical as me

Bugaboo just had it's 8th Birthday Bash which was a whole week of Challenges, right now there is a BINGO and Stella Sketch going on.  Today there is a New Release which was the prize set from the Birthday Bash.  Here is my card and the sentiment I used on the inside.  I put Glossy Accent on the balloon.




Pattered Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Her name was Lola
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Craft Smith; Recollections
Stamp:  Bugaboo
Glossy Accents
Ribbon:  Really Reasonable Ribbon
Bling:  Mark Richards
Border Punch:  Martha Stewart
Ink:  Memento - Angel Pink
Die:  Sizzix
Corner Rounder:  Creative Memories

Challenges
Di's Designs - Birthday Challenge
Crafting with Dragonflies - ch. 96 Anything Goes
CHNC Patterned - January
Crafty Girls Creation - Ch. 43 Anything Goes
Always Happy Birthday - January Pink Card Base


Bring a song to your heart

Since I mailed out around 100 Christmas cards, I figured I better get started on making my stash for the upcoming year.  So I had this image colored from Lili of the Valley - Christmas Robin and the sentiment is from TLC, Create.  I used both a Marvy and Liquid Applique for the snow on the branches.  The brown paper is embossed.  We are actually getting some snow right now.





Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection
Stamp:  Lili of the Valley (see above for direct link)
Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Season bring joy
Punches:  EK Success
Dies:  My Favorite Things
Sakura jelly glitter pen
Ribbon:  Aria
Sequins:  Stash
Snow:  Marvy & Liquid Applique

Challenges
Sketch Saturday - Ch. 497
CHNC - Ch. 369 Anything Christmas with optional use of a sentiment
12 Months of Christmas - Ch. 37 A Touch of Frost
ABC Christmas - A for Antlers and B for Birds
Winter Wonderland - Embossing dry or wet
Merry Monday - Ch. 274 Let it snow
CCAYR - January