Have Yourself a merry little Christmas

Here was a card a made sometime ago and just hadn't taken the time to post using a Bugaboo image with prisma pencils and copics.  I colored this several years ago when I was on the Bugaboo DT. The sentiment is from TLC, Create.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Stamp: Bugaboo - Santa Presents
Sentiment: TLC, Create - Have Yourself a merry little Christmas
Divine Twine
Pom: Creativity
Die: My Favorite Things
Punch: EK Success
Pearls: Recollections
Prisma Pencils

Challenges
CHNC - Ch. 545 Anything Christmas with optional winter fun
Crafty Catz - Ch. 554 Anything Goes with optional Tag, you're it!
Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 35 Anything Christmas
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 493 - 494 Anything Goes
Dream Valley - Ch. 249 Die cuts and/or punches

It's You and Me against the world

I have been seeing everyone's gorgeous cards and I had to make just one. I have been overwhelmed by life, but had to take the time since I have so many coffee "things".  So I grabbed two different Tattered Angel Mist brown sprays for the background. I had some paper scraps of  paper that I had made by blending my Distress oxide inks together and die cut a small Spellbinder coffee cup.  I had a sentiment from TLC Create.  Then added a some twine, Spellbinder butterfly circle and flowers. There now I won't feel so jealous and left out, but I will need the coffee since I stayed up later than usual, lol.

Cardstock: Recollections
Sentiment:  TLC, Create
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist
Flowers:  Prima, Recollections
Punches:  EK Success
Spellbinder:  Butterfly Circle, Coffee set
Distress Oxides: unknown what colors I used
Divine Twine

Challenges
2021 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop
Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 516 Flowers
Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 143 Tea or Coffee Time
Crafty Creations - Ch 419 Anything Goes
Allsorts - Wk 616 Spring flowers for the first day of spring 

Christmas Chickadees

I like to get several Christmas cards done each month so that I don't have to scramble at the end of the year. I found in my stash that I had printed a free picture quite some time ago of these beautiful Chickadees and had this evergreen scrap of paper I don't know the maker of either of them. I embossed a woodgrain background and die cut a pine cone with glitter and liquid pearl. I didn't add a sentiment since I was trying to keep it simple and peaceful.

Patterned Paper:  Unknown

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Unknown

Dies:  My Favorite Things; Lifestyle Crafts; Sizzix

Button:  My Favorite Things

Divine Twine

Liquid Pearls

Glitter:  Unknown

Embossing Folder:  Darice

Challenges

Get Creative - Ch. 94 Sketch see above

CHNC - Ch. 504 Anything Christmas with optional embossing dry or heat

Christmas Kickstart - Ch. 36 Christmas Birds

Krafty Chicks - Ch. 521 CAS

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 648 Embossing

The Paper Girls - Ch. 206 Emboss like a Boss

CIJ Day 6 at CTB Stella Dear Santa note

Today it's Day 6 of the Catch the Bug Christmas in July celebration and the theme is to use an Old but Goodie image with the photo. For my center step card I used Stella Dear Santa Note.  I also put a banner with bling over the image and a charm in the corner. The patterned paper and two corners have poinsettias.
For Julie's card I chose a card from back in 2015 when she had a similar layout using sassy Gus.

Julie's July 2015 post

Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey; Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Stella Dear Santa note (see above for direct link)

Divine twine

Charm
Bling:  Michael's

Banner:  Verve

Poinsettia:  Hobby Lobby

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

CHNC - Ch. 499 Anything Christmas with optional use die cut or punch

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 448 - 449 Anything Goes

Allsorts - Wk 581 & 582 Flowers all over

ABC Christmas - O for Over the top

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 24

CIJ Day 4 at CTB Rock'n Christmas

Today is Day 4 and we are moving along on the Christmas in July celebration at Catch the Bug and it's a BINGO challenge. I always like to use all the elements for a full card which I did this time. The sentiment is from TLC, Create. I found an older post from 2014 of Julie's where she used blue and brown as my inspiration.

Julie's image from 2014

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Christmas Rocking Horse

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Hope you have a Rock'n Christmas

Punches:  EK Success

Dies:  Birch Press

Ribbon:  Michael's

Divine Twine

Brads:  Making Memories

Snowflakes:  Jolee

Tim Holtz Distress Tool

Ink:  Distress Old Paper

Challenges

CHNC - Ch. 499 Anything Christmas with optional use die cut or punch

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 - Ch. 187

Fezziwigs Festive Frolic - Christmas with Summer Colors

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 448 - 449 Anything Goes

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 24 Anything Goes

International Art & Soul - Ch. C. 88 Christmas card based on a carol or song (Rocking under the Christmas tree)

Crafty Calendar - July Add a ribbon

Happy Birthday TMS 562

Today Tuesday Morning Sketches is celebrating 11 years! So they are having a party with SIX prizes to give away and some special prizes. Melissa is having the first sketch she designed as the layout. For my card, I made a birthday card using a new die cut that I got from My Favorite Things.  I added some fun paper that I found on the bottom of my stash from the Paper Studio and added some twine and star sequins. I thought this would work for a masculine card which I never seem to have enough of.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Sentiment:  My Favorite Things - Happy Birthday

Divine Twine

Sequins: Stash

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 446 - 447 Anything Goes

613 Ave. Create - Ch. 235 Anything Goes with the sentiment as the focus

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 170 Birthday

Get Creative - Ch. 93 Birthday

Let's Craft & Create - Ch. 161 Anything Goes with optional stars and stripes

Make My Monday - Ch. 126 Stars and/or stripes

Sexy I just love you

This week at Tuesday Morning Sketches 559 I have 3 different samples using the same Show Ponies Hot Glimmer Plates.  For one I used a sentiment Sexy from the Hey Beautiful Glimmer Hot Foil Plate.  And for the other two I heat embossed a sentiment from a PI stamp set from My Favorite Things.  There is washi tape on two of them and just some scraps on the one of designer paper.

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Spellbinders Show Ponies Hot Glimmer Plates

Spellbinder: Tourquise Foil

Sentiment:  My Favorite Things PI

VersaMark

Embossing Powder:  Hampton Art

Washi Tape:  Recollections

Twine:  Divine Twine

Bling:  Mark Richards

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Spellbinders Show Ponies Hot Glimmer Plates

Sentiment:  My Favorite Things PI

Spellbinder: Silver Foil

VersaMark

Embossing Powder:  Hampton Art

Washi Tape:  Recollections

Twine:  Pebbles

Bling:  Recollections

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Gliter Cardstock:  Recollections

Spellbinder: Tourquise Foil

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Spellbinders Show Ponies Hot Glimmer Plates

Sentiment:  My Favorite Things PI

Bling:  Recollections

Challenges

Crafty Animals - Ch. 39

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 39

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Metallic

Aud Sentiment - Ch. 253 Anything Goes with a sentiment

Allsorts - Wk 576 Embossing Dry or wet

Creatalicious - Ch. 189 Anything Goes with no designer paper

International Art & Soul - Ch. 85 Under the Sea

Some angels have fur

Well three days in a row with cat cards. Now I don't know why, but like I said before I have my family and friends that are going through a streak of losing their furry ones. Hence another sympathy card was needed after I just made a batch last week. My cousin just lost her 21 year old cat.  For my card, I embossed the white and black and for the photo I couldn't get the black dry embossing to show up. The stamps are from Newton's Nook.

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp & Sentiment:  Newton's Nook - Furr-ever Friends (see above for direct link)

Ink:  Versafine

Embossing Folders:  Sizzix

Divine Twine

Ribbon:  Offray

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Challenges

Mojo Monday - Sketch 538

Show us Your Pussycats - Ch. 55 Furrything Goes

Crafty Animals - Ch. 39

Artsystamper Digitals - Ch. 17 Black, white and 1 other color

Do-Al(1) Kreatives - Ch. 42 Black, white and 1 other color

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Hug your Cat Day

Today at Catch the Bug it's Humor Me Wednesday and June 4th is Hug Your Cat Day so I made this card using Stella Calendar May with my own computer generated font. I added some Glossy Accents to Stella's glasses. I put some bright buttons and a couple of flowers on the card which are my favorite embellishments.

Patterned Paper:  American Craft

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Stella Calendar May

Sentiment:  Computer generated

Buttons:  Stash

Divine Twine

Hemptique

Flowers:  Recollections

Glossy Accents

Challenges

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 472 Anything Goes

CHNC Patterned  - June

Crafty Animals - Ch. 39

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 39 

Inkspirational - Ch. 214 Funny Sentiments

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 152 Flowers and sentiment
Show Us Your Pussycats - Ch. 55 Furrything Goes

Patriotic Eagle and Flag Vintage

I have a bunch of vintage images from TLC,Create and I just don't get a chance to play with them as much as I would like. Since it's Memorial Day Weekend I was inspired to use this wonderful eagle. I was able to pull out some buttons, ribbons, twine, hemp and do some distressing.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  TLC, Create - Patriotic Eagle and Flag Tag Vintage

Ribbons:  Michael's

Buttons:  JHB & LeButton

Hemptique

Divine Twine

Tim Holtz distressing Tool

Challenges

The Card Concept - Ch. 135 (see above, Vintage)

Daring Cardmakers - Birds of a Feather

Scribbles - Ch. 89 Brads, Buttons or Bows

Crafty Catz - Ch. 507 Spots and/or stripes

Path of Positivity  - Ch. 80 Furry or Feathery Friends

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 351 Embossing Delight

Pearly Sparkles - Ch 51 Add a ribbon and/or bow

Crafty Friends - Ch 136 Add embellishments

Pet Sympathy Cards

We are struggling with the lockdown and challenge of not knowing what to expect and stress of change. However, it also affects our critters. I am amazed at home many pet sympathies I had to make. To I made a group of 4 similar CAS designs since I need so many. I have had two lose cats and 2 lose dogs.  One that lost a dog also had their cat get seriously injured.  So then that's just another stress losing a pet during this difficult time. I lost a cat a few months ago and I know my other cat is still struggling with the lose of her sister. So we can just love our critters and I know that they are trying to help us cope.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Spellbinders:  Dog D-lite, Cat D-lite, Heart

Die:  Paper Rose

Embossing Folder:  Darice

DivineTwine

Challenges

Simon Says Monday - It's a Dog's Life

Simon Says Wednesday - Animal Fun

AAA CAS Game - Ch. 165 Up to one third with repeating image

Happy Little Stamper - May Die Cuts

Crafty Animals - Ch. 38

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 38

Unicorn Challenge - Ch. 54 Use dies

Show Us Your Pussycats - Ch. 54 Furrything Goes

Sharing the Joy

I have my second Christmas card for this month so that I keep up with the stash.  For this there is a challenge at Christmas Card Throwdown for a Silhouette card so I thought it would be perfect to use my Spellbinder die cut. I dry embossed the background and used a sentiment from TLC, Create. I wanted to add a little color so I added some strips with banners the end along with some twine and snowflakes.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Recollections

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Sharing the Joy

Punches:  EK Success

Spellbinder: Building a Snowman

Bling:  Recollection

Divine Twine

Embossing Folder:  Creative Expressions

Challenges

Christmas Card Throwdown - May Theme Silhouette 

Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Anything Goes

12 Months of Christmas Link Up - Ch. 65 Anything Christmas with optional Deck the Paws

CHNC - Ch. 490 Anything Christmas with optional candy canes

Winter Wonderland - Favorite Color Combo (Red, Green, Kraft)

Sparkles Christmas - Ch. 112 Add ribbon, lace or twine

Krafty Chicks - Ch. 507 Christmas

Crafty Catz - Ch. 506 Anything Goes with optional outdoors

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 22

Happy Birthday to You TMS 549

Today we have a new sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches and for my card I made a monochromatic red card using a die cut from My Favorite Things and also heat embossed a sentiment from the All About You.  I dry embossed the white paper and put a white flower with a red enamel center on one side of the sentiment and a button with twine on the other.

Patterned Paper:  Recollections

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp: My Favorite Things -   All about You (see above for direct link)

Die:  My Favorite Things - You (see above for direct link)

Punch:  Martha Stewart & Tonic

Divine Twine

Embossing Folder:  Sizzix

Embossing Powder:  Stampendous

VersaMark

Enamel Dots:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Color My Heart Color Dare - Ch. 387 Red Monochromatic

As You Like It - Favorite Buttons or pearls and why? (Buttons, because you can add them plain or with twine for additional color and texture)

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 432 - 433 Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 248 Anything Goes

International Art & Soul - ch. 80 No focal point

Krafty Chicks - Ch. 501 Stamp Act

Birthday Chick

Today starts a new Saturday Challenge at Catch the Bug and the theme is Things with Wings. So for my card, I used Easter chick flower and a sentiment from TLC, Create.

Have a great weekend!

Patterned Paper:  Core-dinations; Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Easter Chick Flower (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Birthday Chick

Dies: Tutti; Spellbinder

Flowers:  Recollection

Embossing Folder:  Sizzix

Divine Twine

Challenges

Crafty Animals - Ch. 36

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 36

QKR - Ch. 389 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 430 - 431 Anything Goes

Allsorts - Wk. 563 Lots of Dots

Watercooler Wednesday - Ch. 262 All about Occasions 

CCC Digi Creations - Ch. 112 Embossing

What the CLUCK?

Well I really was trying to do some cleaning, but ended up making a card. I had some items that have been in a drawer in my desk forever. The image is actually from Doodle Pantry (which is retired...Farm Critters Barn) and the sentiment is from TLC, Create.  I just thought that they were perfect for this weeks Sketch Saturday so I put them to use.  I dry embossed the background and found some fabric washi tape.

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dination; Recollection

Stamp:  Doodle Pantry - Farm Critters & Barn (retired)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - What the cluck?

Punches:  EK Success

Spellbinder:  Eyelet Circle

Die:  My Favorite Thing

Embossing Folder:  Sizzix

Divine Twine

Washi Tape:  Recollections

Flower:  Recollections

Challenges

Sketch Saturday - Ch. 596

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 35

Crafty Animals - Ch. 35

Crafty Catz - Ch. 492 Anything Goes with optional embossing

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 620 Anything Goes

Double Trouble - Ch. 49
   Thing 1 Repeat Use circles
   Thing 2  Use Your Stuff - Ch. 391 Critters

   Thing 3 Critter

I woof you

Well, yesterday I had the card for my daughter and now I have the card that I made for my daughter to give to her boyfriend. So naturally it has another dog to look like Gus, their dog. It is agreed that he is spoiled and the love of their lives. I used a stamp and sentiment from Hero Arts, Merry Woof. This is using the Tuesday Morning Sketch 541, this is a re-visited sketch chosen by Melissa.

Prize for this week

Patterned Paper:  Core-dinations

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Stamp:  Hero Arts - Merry Woof (see above for direct link)

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Spellbinder:  Morian

Divine Twine

VersaMark

Embossing Powder:  Hampton Arts

Dies:  My Favorite Things

Challenges

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Ch. 144 cute and cuddly animals

Crafty Cardmakers - Ch. 250 Love is all you need

Crafty Catz - Ch.492 Anything Goes with optional embossing

If you give a crafter a cookie - Ch. 135

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 244 Love/Valentine with sentiment

Dream Valley - Ch. 218 Love

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 35

Crafty Animals - Ch. 35

Valentine Greetings Vintage card

I have an image from a freebie site from many years ago and I didn't save who the maker was. I distressed the edges as well as distressed the edges of my paper.  This reminds me of my Grandmother who I miss greatly. She always gave such vintage looking cards and had doilies at her home.

Patterned Paper:  Authentique

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Stamp:  Unknown
Doily:  Wilton
Divine Twine
Flowers:  Recollection
Tim Holtz Distress Tool

Challenges
Crafty Cardmakers - Ch. 250 Love is all you need

Double D - Hearts

Aud Sentiments - Love/Valentine with sentiment
Dream Valley - Ch. 218 Love
Always Fun - Ch. 149 Love/Valentine
Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 126 Add a Heart
Allsorts - Wk 558 Add a Heart
Sweet Stampin' - All you need is love
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 424 - 425 Anything Goes

Bear Angel Tag

Today at Catch the Bug it's Anything but a Card and I made a tag using Jesse Bear Angel Star Cloud and a sentiment from TLC, Create. Jodie has the image on sale this week. I stenciled the clouds on the tag the added the image and sentiment. Thought it would be perfect for a baby gift or shower.

Tag:  Jolee

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo 

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Small packages

Stencil:  My Favorite Things

Ink:  Distress Oxide - Broken China

Divine Twine

Spectrum Noir

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

 Not Just Cards - Anything Goes

Crafty Animals - Ch. 35

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 35

DL Art Linky - February