Lantern Mushroom It's Your Birthday

Here is a second card that I made with the another Lavinia stamp set the Mushroom Lantern Set and the Fairy Bugs. I was just having too much fun with my Distress Oxides and had to make another background.

Cardstock: Core-dinations; Recollections
Stamps: Lavinia - Mushroom Lantern Set; Fairy Bugs
Ink: Versa Fine Black
Distress Oxide: Speckled Egg; Kitsch Flamingo; Rustic Wilderness
VersaMark
Embossing Powder: Ranger

Challenges
Incy Wincy - The Colors of Spring and/or Embossing Wet/dry
Allsorts - Wk 621 Pick 3 colors of the rainbow
the Sisterhood of Crafters - How does your garden grow?
Sparkles Monthly - Ch. 139 April showers bring.....
Pattie's Creations - Ch. 181 Birthdays
Let's Craft and Create - Ch. 170 optional add flowers
Dragonfly Journeys - April showers bring May flowers
Aud Sentiments - Ch. 273 Birthday
Creative Knockouts Ch. 398 Wings and Things

Poppy Group It's Your Birthday

I have a bunch of Lavinia stamps and I just love the silhouette images. I needed a couple of birthday cards so I just grabbed my Distress Oxide inks, painters tape and blending brushes and picked three colors. Then I stamped my flowers and added a cute butterfly from the Fairy Bugs set. I heat embossed the sentiment from Hero Arts.

Cardstock: Core-dinations; Recollections
Stamps: Lavinia - Group Poppies; Fairy Bugs
Ink: Versa Mark Black
       Distress Oxide - Stormy Sky; Scattered Straw; Twisted Citron
Versa Mark
Embossing Powder: Ranger

Challenges
Incy Wincy - The Colors of Spring and/or Embossing Wet/dry
Allsorts - Wk 621 Pick 3 colors of the rainbow
the Sisterhood of Crafters - How does your garden grow?
Sparkles Monthly - Ch. 139 April showers bring.....
Pattie's Creations - Ch. 181 Birthdays
Let's Craft and Create - Ch. 170 optional add flowers
Dragonfly Journeys - April showers bring May flowers
Aud Sentiments - Ch. 273 Birthday
JUGS - Ch. 581 Photo inspiration 

Let's STICK TOGETHER Forever

Again I wanted a Valentine card that was of non-traditional colors and design. I used this cactus set from MFT BB Let's Stick Together.

Patterned Paper: Core-dinations
Cardstock: Recollections; Papercut
Stamps: MFT - BB Let's Stick Together (see above for direct link)
Ink: Versafine
VersaMark
Embossing Powder: Zing

Challenges
My Favorite Things - MFTWSC525
Aud Sentiments - Ch. 266 Anything Goes with a sentiment
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 475-476 Anything Goes
Krafty Chicks - Ch. 543 CAS
Creative Knockouts - Ch. 385 Anything Goes

Sending you OCEANS of LOVE

I like to make Love/Valentine cards that are non-traditional colors. So using this cute Mermaid is just fun. I am just having fun with my sparkly papers as well.

Sparkly Paper: Recollections
Cardstock: Bazzil; Recollections
Stamp: BB Mermazing
Ink: Versafine; Distress - Mowed Grass
VersaMark
Embossing Powders: Zing
Die: Sugar Pea

Challenges
My Favorite Things - MFTWSC524
Always Fun - Ch. 197 Use your Favorite Products (embossing)
Incy Wincy - Anything Goes
CRAFT - Ch. 582 Anything Goes

Misson Control, We have a Birthday!

I needed to have a masculine birthday card so I used this adorable astronaut to make my card.

Patterned Paper:  Recollection
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection
Stamp:  MFT - BB Space Explorer
Ink: Versafine
VersaMark
Embossing Powder: Zing
Punch: EK Success
Die: Sugar Pea

Challenges
My Favorite Things - MFTWSC524
Incy Wincy - Anything Goes
Seize the Birthday - Ch. 205 addl topping Snowy Background
The Cutie Pie Challenge - Ch. 155 Boys are Back in town
CRAFT - Ch. 582 Anything Goes

Panda Birthday

I actually got my Copics out after months of having them packed in the corner of my office. since I put away my Christmas and put out my Valentine decorations....I decided to do some coloring. I also needed to make a birthday card for my son's girlfriend who is into pandas.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio
Glitter Paper:  Recollections
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Stamps: MFT - retired panda
Sentiment: Hero Arts
Ink: Versafine
VersaMark
Embossing Powder: Ranger
Flower: Prima
Pearl: Recollection
Die Cut: Sugar Pea

Challenges
My Favorite Things - MFTWSC524
Always Fun - Ch. 197 Use your Favorite Products (embossing, flowers)
Incy Wincy - Anything Goes
Seize the Birthday - Ch. 205 addl topping Snowy Background
Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 487

I hope you know....

I just love this sketch by Atlantic Heart and wanted to add to my Valentine/Love stash so I made this quick and simple card. Just love the sentiment and I am loving heat embossing lately.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye
Cardstock:  Bazzil
Stamp:  Stampendous
VersaMark
Embossing Powder:  Zing
Heart:  Hobby Lobby
Stickers and Pearls: Martha Stewart
Spellbinder:    Circle

Challenges
Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge - Ch. 401
Allsorts - Wk 605 Anything Goes
Crafting Happiness - Ch. 77 New Year or Any Celebration (Valentines)
Crafty Friends - Ch. 148 Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments Anything Goes

With Heartfelt Sympathy and butterflies

I gave my Mom a whole gift bag of sympathy and birthday cards so I figured better get working on the next batch.  I find it symbolic to add butterflies to sympathy cards. As we have a rebirth into a new life.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye
Cardstock:  Bazzil
Stamp:  Verve
VersaMark
Embossing Powder:  Ranger
Punch:  Martha Stewart
Spellbinder:  Large Circle: Picot Circle

Challenges
Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge - Ch. 401
Allsorts - Wk 605 Anything Goes
Crafty Friends - Ch. 148 Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
Krafty Chicks - Ch. 540 Anything Goes 

Happy Birthday to You with buttons

I gave my Mom a whole gift bag of sympathy and birthday cards so I figured better get working on the next batch.  I tried to make this one a little more masculine so I used buttons instead of flowers.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye
Cardstock:  Bazzil
Stamp:  Stampendous
VersaMark
Embossing Powder:  Ranger
Buttons: stash
Twine: May Arts
Spellbinder:  Small Circle: Eyelet Circle

Challenges
Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge - Ch. 401
Allsorts - Wk 605 Anything Goes
Crafting Happiness - Ch. 77 New Year or Any Celebration (Happy Birthday)
Crafty Friends - Ch. 148 Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments Anything Goes

Let’s Get Sheet Faced

 I had a Halloween card that I wanted to make because I just think that the sentiment set is too funny. 

Patterned Paper:  My Minds Eye

Cardstock: Recollection 

Die: My Favorite Thing

Sentiment: My Favorite Thing 

VersaMark

Embossing Powder: Stampendous

Washi Tape: Recollection 

Corner Rounder: Creative Memories 

Challenges 

My Favorite Things -  MFTWSC511

Aud Sentiments -Ch. 262 Halloween/Fall Sentiment

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 656 Halloween

Try It on Tuesday - Halloween

 CHNC Patterned - October

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 468 Funny Sentiment

Incy Wincy - Halloween and/or Fall/Autumn colors

Just Be Gauze

Well I had to do a Halloween one too. I've had this PI Mummy and die cut and thought it was about time that I used it. I also purchased some Glow in the Dark embossing powder from Moxy so I put that on the black paper. It didn't photograph the best. I put cheesecloth that I have also had forever around cardstock to match the mummy. 

 Patterned Paper: Sweet Shoppe

Cardstock: Bazzil

Stamp: PI - Mummy

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

Cheesecloth: stash

Challenges

My Favorite Things - MFTWSC510
International Art & Soul - Ch. 94 Halloween
Pearly Sparkles - Ch. 56 Use Black and/or Purple

Unicorn - Ch. 59 Spooky/Cute
Dragonfly Dreams - Spooky/ Cute

Have a Sweet Day

I just love the sketch from My Favorite Things and took advantage to make several cards this weekend since I needed some birthday cards. I used this BB Sweet Birthday Wishes and then I embossed the sentiments.

Patterned Paper: Sweet Shoppe
 Cardstock: Bazzil; Recollections
Stamp: My Favorite Things - BB Sweet Birthday Wishes
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black
Versa Mark
Punch: Marks  Stewart
Embossing Powder: Zing

Challenges
Seize the Birthday - Scraps
My Favorite Things - MFTWSC510
Penny's Paper Crafy - Ch. 481
CHNC Patterned - October
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 460 - 461 Anything Goes

Dream higher and deeper

Well here is something totally different that I did. I finally played with my Lavinia Stamps and made a scene with VersaFine ink. I made an two easel cards and on the inside I heat embossed a Lavinia sentiment and then added some die cuts and a button to have it stamp up. I just love seahorses and this Sebastian. He's so intricate.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections
Stamps:  Lavinia - Sebastian (see above); Seaweed, Seaweed2, Sea Bubbles
Sentiment:  Lavinia Deeper than the ocean
Ink:  VersaFine - Black
        VersaFine Clair - Green Oasis, Verdant, Paradise, Blue Belle, Fantasia
Button:  Stash
Hemptique
VersaMark
Embossing Powder:  Stampendous
Dies:  Paper Rose & Cottage Cutz

Challenges
Lavinia World - Ch. 32
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 450 - 451 Anything Goes
little red wagon - Ch. 560 Give us your backgrounds
DL Art Thankful Thursday - Ch. 264 Animals
Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 172 Oceans
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Ocean / Beachy
If you give a crafter a cookie - Ch. 147

Let's Celebrate Happy X 3

I have been trying to get some male birthday cards in my stash so I used this stamp Happy Happy Happy Birthday by My Favorite Things and inked it up and heat embossed "Let's Celebrate" to make the card following this weeks sketch.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Happy Happy Happy Birthday (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  All about You
Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo black

VersaMark

Embossing Powder:  Hampton Arts

Challenges

My Favorite Things - MFTWSC497

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 446 - 447 Anything Goes

Pearly Sparkles - Ch. 53 3 of  a Kind

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 461 Polka Dots

Allsorts - Wk 580 I spy something starting with "B" (blue, black, blank space)

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

Embossed tulips you are in my thoughts

Today I made a card with blending distress oxide inks for the background then I heat embossed Early Tulip Bouquet from Picket Fences Studio in white and the sentiment in a dark purple.  I added some white butterflies and then distressed the edge with ink. I have been playing with my inks and having fun.
Welcome to my new followers. Just and update and thank you for your prayers, Jessica, my cousin is home from the hospital and will be recovering at her parent's home. I believe that prayers help so much more than we can ever know. Hugs.

Patterned Paper:  Recollection

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Picket Fences Studio - Early Tulip Bouquet (see above for direct link)

VersaMark

Embossing Powder:  Hampton Arts; Stampendous

Inks: Distress Oxides - Picked Raspberry; Peacock Feathers; Wilted Violet

Punch:  Martha Stewart

Challenges

Allsorts - Wk 576 Embossing wet or dry

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 354 Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Dream Valley - Ch. 227 Summer Colors

Crafty Friends - Ch. 137 Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Ch. 133 Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar - June Flowers

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 442- 443 Anything Goes

O come let us adore Him

I have to let you know that I just love sketch challenges and I am wanting to get my Christmas card done for the month. So I was actually cleaning the other day and found a magazine with some stamps and decided to use them with this Nativity set and my Distress Oxide.  I heat embossed the sentiment and die cut some snowflakes.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio
Cardstock:  Recollections
Stamps:  Creative Stamping - Issue 77 Phill Martin
Ink:  Versafine - Onyx  Black
       Distress Oxide - Frayed Burlap; Mustard Seed
Bling: Recollectiions
Dies: My Favorite Things
VersaMark
Embossing Powder:  Hampton Arts

Challenges
Christmas Card Throwdown  - June Sketch
Fezziwig's Festive Frolics - The Christmas Story
The Holly and Ivy - Ch. 73 Anything Goes
613 Ave Create - Ch. 234 Anything Goes with optional a blended background
CHNC - Ch. 493 Anything Christmas with optional winter fun
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 442 - 443 Anything Goes

Never Stop Dreaming

I have another card with a cat today which is not sassy. Also please note on my previous sentiment, I am a registered nurse and hold a professional license. At my job I could be drug tested at any point in time so I can honestly say that I have never even tried them out of fear of not being able to do my childhood dream. Which is what my card is about today. I have a Hero Art Sleeping Kitty and a sentiment from Newton's Nook, Cosmic Newton. I heat embossed the sentiment which I have been having fun doing lately.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp: Hero Arts - Sleeping Kitty (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  Newton's Nook - Cosmic Newton (see above for direct link)

VersaMark

Embossing Powder:  Hampton Art

Buttons:  Stash

Hemptique

Challenges

Staying Crafty with Hero Arts - Ch. 9 Sketch

Crafty Animals - Ch. 39

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 39

Show Us Your Pussycats - Ch. 55 Furrything Goes

Path of Positivity - Ch. 81 Anything Goes with optional Success

Sweet Stampin' - Cute

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Favorite Technique (heat embossing)

Walk on the Wild Side

Today I wanted to make a more masculine birthday card for my Mom's stash. I found this lion in my pile which is from TLC, Create and I added a heat embossed sentiment from Art Impressions. I found some left over ribbon pieces which were the perfect colors and distressed my papers.

Patterned Paper:  Out and About at the Zoo

Cardstock:  Bazzil and Recollection

Stamp:  TLC, Create - Walk on the Wild Side Lion Vintage Tag

Sentiment:  Art Impressions - Birthday Wishes

Embossing Powder:  Stampendous

VersaMark

Ribbon:  Offray, Michael's MayArts

Hemptique

Die:  My Favorite Things

Tim Holtz:  Distress Tool

Challenges

QKR - Ch. 398 Anything Goes

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 38

Crafty Animals - Ch. 38

CHNC Patterned - May

Watercooler Wednesday - Ch. 272 Anything Goes with optional masculine twist

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 635 Critters

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 457 Tic Tac Toe  (Image / die / embossing)

Rose Oval Happy Birthday to You

Today at Catch the Bug we have an older image that is brought into the new store and it's Oval Rose Frame.  I used a sentiment from Stampendous and heat embossed it.  I added some pearls, lace and roses to finish the card.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Oval Rose Frame (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  Stampendous

VersaMark

Embossing Powder: Hampton Art

Dies:  My Favorite Things

Lace:  American Crafts

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearls:  American Crafts

Challenges

Dragonfly Dreams - Ribbon, Lace and/or Pearls

Always Fun - Ch. 161 Female/Mom

Crafty Cardmakers - Ch. 256 Celebrations

Joy of Sets - May  (Roses, Things that fly, Pearls)

Double Trouble - Ch. 56 Birthday Blowout

    Thing 1 Birthday
    Thing 2 Joy of Sets (see above)

Sweet Stampin' - Bright and Beautiful

Krafty Chicks - Ch. 505 Anything Goes