Ewe Rock

Today is the Friday Freebie at Bugaboo and here is my card that I made with the image.  It is a funky sheep playing the guitar in which I added some buggy eyes and wild colors and Stickles to the guitar.  I distressed the sentiment with ink.  I thought this would be good for a masculine card.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Ewe Rock

Ink:  Distress - Peacock Feathers

Eyes:  Darice

Stickles

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 306-307 Anything Goes

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 102 Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 353 Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 181 Anything Goes

Crafter's Cafe - Ch. 184 Music

Abundant Blessings

My Mother-in-law, surprisingly passed away yesterday morning at an Assisted Living Facility.  My husband passed away 3 1/2 years ago and now his Mother passed away.  She was a very independent woman the reason that she wasn't able to live alone anymore was that her vision was so bad that she was blind.  She had attempted several eye surgeries which were not successful.  My sister in law received the call that she took her pills this am and when they went to check on her later they found her so it appeared that she had a major heart attack or stroke.  So I wanted to send some sympathy cards to my step-daughter and step-son that live far away and I'm sure will not be able to attend their Grandmother's funeral.  So when I made the cards from this wonderful set that I just got from Unity, I also made a birthday card.  I made the card according to a video that I saw at Unity.

Cardstock:  Recollections

Velum:  Paper Studio

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black
        Distress - Aged Maghony; Fired Brick

Stamps:  Unity - Abundant Blessings (see above for direct link)

Challenges

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 189 Two word sentiments

Crafty Creations - Ch. 351 Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 142 Anything Goes

4CC - Ch. 370 Black, white and 1 other color

Here I am!

I colored this image a LONG time ago when Eureka was still doing their own challenges and just haven't put a card together until now.  This image is called Parachuting Squirrel and the sentiment is from TLC, Create.
I added some 3-D Acorns from Recollections.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Eureka - Parachuting Squirrel (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - And here I am

Ink:  Distress - Old Paper

Acorns:  Recollections

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Challenges

Try Stampin' on Tuesday - Ch. 341
QKR - Ch. 262 Anything Goes or embossing
Creatalicious - Ch. 123 Anything Goes with optional leaves
Gem of a Challenge - Ch. 203 Fun Outside

Sister 70

I was asked by a friend to make a birthday card for a Sister who was turning 70 so I did this monochrome floral card.  I added a  stamp from TLC, Create and then heat embossed 70 on the corner.  For the inside I also used a sentiment from TLC.  Unfortunately, my friend that it was too frilly and too many flowers.  So, I will try again.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Stamp:  TLC, Create - Sister Valentine Painted 5
             EK Success - 70
Versa Mark
Embossing Powder:  Stampendous
Spellbinder:  Labels 42 Decorative
Ribbon:  Offray
Flowers:  Recollections
Ink:  Distress - Concord Grape

Challenges
CRAFT - Ch. 432 Embossing
CCC Digi Creations - Ch. 80 No patterned paper
Paper Shelter - Ch. 308 Lots of Layers
Crafty Cardmakers - Ch. 195 Monochrome
RRR - Ch. 171 Anything Goes with Ribbon
As You Like It Challenge - Flora or Fauna and why? (Flora, because you can have a color like purple and do a monochrome so well)
Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 359 - Punches and/or dies

I Love Mew

Here is a cat card that I made for the MFT Camp Create Day 4 Monochromatic Magic.  I used the stamp set I Knead You and the Pawprints background stamp.  I wet embossed the sentiment.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp & Sentiment:  MFT - I Knead You

Versa Mark

Embossing Powder:  Stampendous

Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon

Twine:  Natural Fibers

Ink:  Distress:  Black Soot; Scattered Straw, Dried Marigold, Wild Honey

Corner Rounder:  Creative Memories

Challenges

MFT - Camp Create Day 4 Monochromatic Magic

MFT - MFTWSC 346

Cardz for Galz - Ch. 54 Cats or Kittens

Show Us Your Pussie Cats - Ch. 21

RRR - Ch. 170 Anything Goes with Ribbon

You turn me on

Here is a card that I made for the MFT day 3 Camp Create Background Bonanza.  I used a stencil from MFT which is retired called Equalizer.  I used the stamp set Keep on Rockin' which is also retired.  I put to punched notes in the corner.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollectioins

Stencil:  MFT - Equalizer

Stamp: MFT - Keep on Rockin'

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

        Distress - Scattered Straw, Dried Marigold, Festive Berries, Mowed Lawn, Blueprint Sketch,                       Seedless Preserves

Punch:  Paper Studio

Challenges

MFT - Day 3 Camp Create Background Bonanza

Crafty Friends - Ch. 64 Anything Goes 

Brown Sugar - Ch. 264 Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Add a sentiment

That's Crafty - Only Cards

Happy Holiday Cheer to You!

I have a lot of My Favorite Thing stamps so I decided to do a few of the Camp Create projects today.  Here is one for the day 2 for Masking.  I used Distress Inks to create the background for the fire/sky.  I used a stencil from Newton's Nook for the sky to add the stars.  I heat embossed the sentiment.

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp & Sentiment:  Toasty Greetings

Versa Mark

Embossing Powder:  White Stampendous

Spellbinder:  Large Petite Oval

Die:  My Favorite Things

Pearls & Bling:  Recollections

Stencil: Newton's Nook

Ink:  Distress - Scattered Straw; Blueprint Sketch

Challenges

My Favorite Things - Camp Create Day 2 Masking

CHNC - Ch. 347 Anything Christmas optional make it Girlie

CHNC Extra - August

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round - August Yellow

Winter Wonderland - Embossing Wet or Dry

CRAFT - Ch. 429 Christmas

TLC Create Summer Fun Blog Hop

Paulette at TLC, Create has a wonderful freebie for you of this gorgeous vintage girl with flowers.  I distressed the edges with a Tim Holtz distress tool.  I made the background paper by putting Distress inks on my craft sheet and then spraying them with water and running my white paper through it to soak up the paper and then heat it with a heat gun, and repeat the process until I liked the finished product of colors.  Check the TLC site for the sentiment which is also in my second card.  I made that in a tri-shutter card.  You should have arrived here from Lisa D's blog if not, you might want to see the list below, and start from the beginning so that you don't miss out on any of the wonderful freebies.

Desire  

Edwina 

Faith 

Hetty   

Ileana 

Lisa D 

Lisa Lynn   YOU ARE HERE

Lynne 

Rhonda 

Carol 

Shelly  

Vicky  

Wendy 

Tlc 

FREEBIE - Right click on image and copy and save

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  TLC, Create - Summer Fun Flowers Vintage

Sentiment:  TLC, Create Life is better in Summer

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Ribbon:  Simplicity; Michael's

Ink:  Distress - Worn Lipstick, Fired Brick, Peeled Paint, Broken China, Mustard Seed

Tim Holtz Distress Tool

Flowers:  Recollection

Patterned Paper:  Craft Smith

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Life is better in Summer

Spellbinder:  

Die:  My Favorite Things Mini Doily

Flowers:  Recollection

Bling:  Recollection

Butterflies:  Martha Stewart

Ink:  Memento - Angel  Soft

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 292 - 293 Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 487 Summer Colors

Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 360 Use a Patterned Paper

Crafty Sentiments - CAS or Fussy and Fancy

fun in the HOT HOT SUN

Well we haven't had it hot instead we keep having rain.  Actually they are saying that we are to get 2-4 inches of rain in the next 3 days so there is fear of flooding.  I don't consider it a DIY craft project to make sand bags, but it may come to that.  I usually don't have water problems, but it doesn't matter when it comes to rain like this if the rain spouts can't keep up it need to go somewhere.  The one issue that I am running into is that I have quite a few trees and dark areas, and now I'm running into mosquitoes, so when I went for a quick walk this evening they were out in swarms.
For my card, I used an image from Imagine That Digistamp called Beach Girl Framed and I colored her with copics and cut her out of the frame and put her on my background that I made using a stamp set from Stampendous and inks from Distress-Tim Holtz.  The sentiment is from TLC, Create.  I added some water to the ink to give it that look.  Then I added Glossy Accents to the sunglasses.

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Imagine That Digistamp (see above for direct link)

             Stampendous

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - fun in the hot hot sun

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Glossy Accents

Ink:  Distress - Tim Holtz - Salty Ocean & Frayed Burlap

Water 

Challenges

A Gem of Challenge - Ch. 197 Summer Colors

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 165 Anything Goes

Crazy for Challenges - C4C391 Some form of water on your card

JUGS - Ch. 399 Photo Week

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 93 Summer

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 483 Seaside/Beach

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 288 - 289 Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 90 No patterned paper

Bonus Dad

Here is the card that I made for my Dad for Father's Day using a stamp from Unity called Bonus Dad.  I inked it with Tim Holtz Distress inks and then blotted several inks around the image and smeared some water on the green and blue.
My Dad has been helping me with projects around my home, but he hasn't been around for awhile due to somethings that he has needed to do at his area.  Now, this past week we have had it in the 90s and I went to turn my air conditioning on and it would run, but I didn't have any cold air.  So I finally had someone come out today.  Just to find out that the 220 volt electricity had been turned off which I'm sure happened when the guys were doing some work for me since my Dad put new light fixtures to my garage and office.  So oops after the cats and I have been suffering for days and it cost me a visit today, argh.  I still love DADDY!

Patterned Paper:  Simple Stories:  Basic Grey

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Unity - Bonus Dad

Ink:  Distress - Tim Holtz - Walnut Stain, Chipped Sapphire, Evergreen Bough

Spellbinder:  Large Circle

My Favorite Things:  Die-Namics - Double stitched circle

Divine Twine

Bling:  Recollection

Challenges

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 - Sketch 114

Dream Valley - Ch. 158 Square Cards Only

International Art & Soul - Ch. 10 For Men

QKR - Ch. 247 For the Guys

Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 354 Marvelous Men

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 481 Boys/Men

Crafty Calendar - June Boys will be Boys