Sending you Stars to wish on

 I have another beautiful image from Gecko Galz for the Monthly card Challenge which is to use this unicorn. I used glitter papers in silver, black, turquoise and blues. I used lots of different styles and sizes of bling and gems. And there are Spellbinder dies, star punches and roses. 

Hello Spring

 Today we have it raining all day and I have large puddles all over my yard. The birds were playing in them and it was driving my cat crazy. I know we need the rain, but I want more sun and some warmer weather. I made this card at the beginning of the month, but just haven't had a chance to post it. It is using some dies that I have had and just not used. 

Patterned Paper:  Recollections
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Sentiment:  Tim Holtz
Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black
Dies: My Favorite Things; Tutti
Punches: Fiskars
Gems: Hobby Lobby

Challenges
Cheerful Sketches - April 2022
lil Red Wagon - Ch. 650 What did you make for Easter?
Alphabet Challenge - B is for Blossoms
Creative Knockouts - Ch. 449 Wings and Things or Furry Friends
Time Out Challenges - Ch. 212 Spring

Winter Wishes

In trying to keep up with my Christmas cards for the month here is number 2. And I guess that they were more Winter cards. I tried to follow a couple of themes which was to use a reindeer, house, trees, red/gold, no stamping, ribbon which just fits with my own goal of using some of my die cuts that have been collecting dust. I had fun creating this scene.

Cardstock: Bazzil; Recollections
Dies: Sizzix
Ribbon: Michael's
Paint: Acrylic Folk Art
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Clear Shimmer

Challenges
CHNC - Ch. 538 Anything Christmas with optional house or building
ABC Christmas - H House
Christmas 24 - Ch. 32 Reindeer
Christmas Craft Creations - No stamping

CCAYR - Something that starts with G or H (House)
Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Oh Deer
Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 33
Sparkles Christmas - Ch. 123 Trees
The Holly and Ivy - Ch. 92
Winter Wonderland - Peace on Earth
Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 682 Ribbon/twine
Allsorts - Wk. 620 Add a ribbon 

Thanks teacher

Well the end of the school year is fast approaching so getting a card together for that thank you. This has been such a crazy year for teachers/students.  My daughter has taught 5 days a week all year which is amazing!

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Dies: Sugar Pea and Spellbinders
Random paper clips
glue dots

Challenges
Tuesday Morning Sketches - Ch. 601
My Time to Craft - Ch. 455 Use Stationary
Sweet Stampin' - Use something not normally used for crafting (paper clips)
Dies R Us - Ch. 167 Anything Goes
Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 144 Slimline
Creatalicious - Ch. 209 Anything Goes with optional slim line

Butterfly foil TMS 553

Today starts a new challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  For my card, I used my Spellbinder Glimmer Hot Foil System to make the Glimmering butterflies. And I had some DCWV paper with butterflies that had some metallic pages in the pack that went well with this image.  I found a butterfly embossing folder for the background. I didn't put a sentiment on it since I thought I could use it for a birthday, thinking of you or sympathy depending on my need.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Rrecollections
Spellbinder:  Glimmering Butterflies (see above)
Dies:  Little B
Embossing Folder:  Sizzix
Foil:  Rose Gold

Challenges
Crafty Animals - Ch. 38
Allsorts - Wk 570 Butterflies
Crafty Catz - Ch. 504 Anything Goes
little red wagon - Ch. 547 White( or any color) space
Love to Craft - Ch. 46 Anything Goes

Snow be It

Well so far I'm getting my Christmas cards done at least a couple each month so I'm happy about that. This week at Christmas Card Throwdown the challenge is to do a herringbone technique. The have links for it on the site.  Lately I have been like I don't have time to learn new things, but since I can't go shopping at non-essential stores I found some extra time, lol. Since I still haven't found the desire to clean. Getting supplies right now is taking FOREVER, even with Amazon Prime. So I was fortunate that Target had some spray adhesive so that's what I used to adhere my strips.  I cut them 1/2 and 3/4 inch wide and oh my I had FUN! My sentiment is from TLC, Create. I did some die cuts and a bling and there you go!

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio; Recollectiions

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Snow be it

Spellbinders:  Romantic Rectangles

Dies:  Tutti & My Favorite Things

Bling:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Christmas Card Throwdown - April technique Herringbone

CHNC - Ch. 487 Anything Christmas with optional for a child

CHNC Patterned - April

Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 479 Christmas

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Anything Christmas/Winter or Snowbuddies

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 436 - 437 Anything Goes

Make you a basket case

Today at Catch the Bug there is a new Stella Says Sketch Challenge. And for this I used Happy Easter to ewe and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I had to use some googly eyes on this silly sheep and make him a "black" sheep. I always tell it as it is so that's why I love the black sheep.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Core-dinations; Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Happy Easter to Ewe

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Wisdom all work

Spellbinder:  Label 10

Border punches:  Fiskars

Ink:  Memento - London Fog

Flowers:  Recollection

Googly Eyes:  Creativity

Challenges

As You Like It - Favorite Spring or Easter and why? (Easter - It's such a wonderful celebration with everyone getting dressed in their Sunday best and kids getting excited for finding their Easter baskets)

Crafty Animals - Ch. 36

little red wagon - Ch. 540 etc.etc.etc (3 columns of paper)

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Easter

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 162 Anything Goes with add flowers

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 341 Border time (pink border under patterned paper and blue borders around middle column of patterned paper)  

Sparkles Monthly - Ch. 126 Easter

PINspirational - Ch. 258 (rainbow of colors)

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

Swing on over sometime

Today at Catch the Bug it's Friday Freebie and we have this Swinging Monkey.  For my card I made a gate fold card and have a sentiment from TLC,Create.  I added lots of die cuts and flowers too.  This kept it green except for my monkey.  I feel that this has been such a crazy week that the world has become such a juggle out there. I have been a nurse for 30 years when there was the scare of HIV/AIDS. And now people are so afraid of the Coronovirus that stores are out of toilet paper and tylenol/ibuprofen. REALLY? I don't know that some people ever cared that much about having a "clean crack" before and now they have a butt load of paper.  So they are going to be admitted to the hospital for bleeding hemorrhoids instead, lol. And are they thinking that they bought enough beer and wine to be home for two weeks? And the <other> medically necessary items that they need, sure, I don't think that weed/pot dealers make home deliveries. I know that I am joking about this but my job involves doing inpatient authorization for hospital stays and I see too many people being admitted for alcohol withdrawl and drug overdoses, which is no laughing matter!!! I just don't want us to have riots over stupid things such as Lysol wipes and hand sanitizer.

Stay safe everyone!

  

 Left Inside                                               Right Inside

  

Left Outside                                             Right Outside

Patterned Paper:  Core-dination; Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Swinging Monkey

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Swing on over sometime

Punches:  EK Success

Dies:  Amy Designs; Scrapman

Flowers:  Prima; Recollections

Enamel Dots:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Crafty Animals - Ch. 36

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 36

DL Art Thankful Thursday - Ch. 255 Anything Green

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 162 Anything Goes with flowers

Crafty Sentiments - Add Flowers

Crafty Calendar - March more than one fold

Double D - Green or St. Patrick's

Cake in Tiers and Joy to the World Snowman

Tuesday Morning Sketches has a long sketch for challenge 545.  I made two different samples. The first is a wedding card with a stamp from Tiddly Inks which is now only on FaceBook and the sentiment is from TLC, Create.  It's an image that I had colored quite sometime ago and was waiting to be put together. I added some Stickles to add some sparkle.
The second card is using a die from Spellbinder that I put together to make the snowman and a separate one for the background. I added a ribbon and some poinsettias.

Patterned Paper:  Core-dinations

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Tiddly Inks:  Wedding

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Cake in Tiers

Stickles

Challenges

Color My Heart Color Dare - Ch. 384  (Grey, Pink, Green)

Creations in Pink - Ch. 19

Crafty Catz - Ch. 496 Anything Goes with option of flowers

QKR - Ch. 388 Anything Goes

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Spellbinders:  Snowman; Valiant Honor

Flowers:  Hobby Lobby

Ribbon:  Michael's

Challenges

CHNC - Ch. 480 Anything Christmas with optional Santa

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 20

12 Months of Christmas - Ch. 63 Ice, Ice Baby (snowman)

Crafty Sentiments - Flowers

Exercise pushing my luck

Today at Catch the Bug is a new Saturday Challenge and our theme is "Funky Folds".  For my card, I used image Stella Push My Luck.  For my card fold, I used Spring Fold Card.

Patterned Paper:  Fancy Pants

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dination; Recollection

Stamp & Sentiment:  Bugaboo - Stella Push My Luck

Star Dies:  Spellbinder

Dies:  My Favorite Things

Glossy Accents

Challenges

Brown Sugar - Ch. 298 February 2020

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 160 Die Cuts/ Punches

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 245 Anything Goes with sentiment

Dream Valley - Ch. 219 Hand colored image

Crafty Sentiment - Anything Goes

Incy Wincy - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 265 Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 451 Use your favorite color (Red, white and blue)

Floral Die cut for TMS 537

Starting off the New Year at Tuesday Morning Sketches we are looking back at DT favorite's sketches from 2019 to re-use.  So for this week we are using Debbie's favorite. We had 18 players - we can do more than this! Our prize this week is a gift pack of some really fun ribbons! They would be perfect for this sketch to create those strips/flags.
For my card, I used some paper that I got as a gift from a friend this past summer and some Spellbinders.  I didn't put a sentiment on it so I could use it for a birthday, hi, thanks or sympathy depending on my need. 

This is the card that I made for the challenge in 2019

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections

Die Cuts:  Pennant; Eyelet Square; 

Pearls:  Recollections

Challenges

Allsorts - Wk 554 Say it with flowers

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Ch. 122 Anything Goes

CHNC Patterned - January

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 157 Anything Goes

Dear Santa I need more

I colored this digital stamp from Whimsy Classic Santa and had it sitting on a pile so I thought I would put it together. I used a sentiment from TLC, Create that I thought was appropriate given the size of his bag, lol.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Whimsy - Classic Santa (see above)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Dear Santa I need more

Dies:  My Favorite Things

Spellbinders: Valiant Honor; Romantic Rectangles

Ribbon:  Michael's

Bling:  Recollections

Divine Twine

Liquid Pearls

Challenges

If you Give a Crafter a Cookie - Ch. 132 (see above)

Sugar Pea - Ch. 62 (see above)

CHNC - Ch. 469 Anything Christmas with optional saying "Christmas"

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 17

Crafting Happiness - Ch. 27 Christmas

Minnie Merry Christmas

My friend asked me to make a card for her Granddaughter for Christmas.  She loves Minnie Mouse so I thought this would be perfect for her. I kept it simple.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Ribbon:  Michael's

Snowflake:  Hobby Lobby

Stickers:  Pebbles

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Spellbinders:  Small Circles

Dies:  Quic Kutz

Challenges

CHNC - Ch. 468 Anything Christmas with optional use "Merry"

DL Art Thankful Thursday - Ch. 250 Christmas

Inkspirational - Ch. 202 No stamping

Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 202 Tis the Season

Christmas Card Throwdown - 2019 past challenge (July technique - ribbon)

Summer taste it

Today at Catch the Bug it's Stella Says Sketch and for my card I used, Revel (which I now realized is retired). The sentiment is from TLC, Create. This just reminds me of my children in the summer and they loved popsicles. And the fighting for the flavors.
I spent the night tonight with my kids watching fireworks. They are done near one of my Dad's fields so we have access to sit and watch them near a campground. Pictures don't do justice for the wonderful display, but it was a lot of fun with my parents, kids and nephew.

Patterned Paper:  Echo Park

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Revel

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Summer taste it

Spellbinder:  Fancy tag; Pennant

Challenges

Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 120 Summer

Pattie's Creations - Ch. 160 Food/Drink

DL Thankful Thursday - Ch. 245 Summer

Incy Wincy - Rainbows Galore

Polkadoodle - Wk. 27 Anything Goes