For the Mommy to Be

Just trying to get ready for all the spring cards that I need and here is a fun one. The sentiment is from TLC, Create. I kept it to yellow and green since they don't know if they will be having a boy or girl.

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye
Cardstock: Bazzil; Recollections
Sentiment: TLC, Create - For the Mommy to be
Spellbinder
Bling: Recollections
Flowers: Prima
Enamel Dots: Paper Studio

Challenges
Sketch Saturday - Ch. 654
Sweet Stampin' - Special Woman
Creative Knockouts - For the Girls
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 485 - 486 Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments -Ch 272 Anything Goes 

Limes bringing smiles or Tequila

I have two cards that I made using a stamp step from Picket Fence Studios and then I used my own sentiments that I printed off on the computer. For both of these card I used my Distress Oxides to make a blended page using Squeezed Lemonade, Pine Needles and Twisted Citron. On the one card I dry embossed a piece of the cardstock. Lately I just have a taste for some zesty limes and I tend to add it to my water....along with some lemon, oranges and strawberries for a fruity flavored water.

Patterned Paper: Paper Studio; Recollection
Cardstock: Bazzil; Core-dination; Recollection
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black
         Distress Oxide - Squeezed Lemonade, Pine Needles, Twisted Citron
Spellbinders: Small and Large Circles
Enamel Dots: Paper Studio
Flowers: Prima
Embossing Folder: Sizzix

Challenges
Creative Sketchy Girls - Ch. 50
Mix it Up - Ch. 40 Anything Goes with optional Embossing
Crafting Happiness - Ch. 61 Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 252-253 Anything Goes

CIJ Day 7 at CTB Knobby Knees Christmas Sack

Today is the last day, day 7 of the Christmas in July at Catch the Bug and the theme is a Friday Freebie with a Color Challenge. You don't have the Friday Freebie.  For my card, I used a sentiment from TLC, Create.  This is emotional since this is my Design Team post. Due to all the demands with working full time as a nurse it has been difficult to meet the requirements of all that's required for the DTs.  I have met so many wonderful people and have gained such inspiration along the way.
And the inspiration for the design for my card, came from a card that Julie made back last August after she returned from having surgery and she was so excited to return. So it's just the opposite of what I am doing, but it was also a watermelon photo.

Julie's inspiration from August 2019

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Knobby Knees Christmas Sack

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Christmas Things

Pom:  Creativity

Stickles

Ribbon:  Michael's

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Prisma pencils

Enamel Dots: Paper Studio

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 448 - 449 Anything Goes

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

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 644 Christmas in July

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 24

Crafty Calendar - July Add a ribbon

Flowers from the same garden

Well as I keep working on some cards for my Mom I was having fun with some backgrounds.  I used my watercolor paper and played with my distress oxides and then added a Tim Holtz stencil keeping it monochromatic.  So I found a silly birthday saying to add and added a couple of flowers.

Cardstock:  Recollections

Watercolor Paper:  Strathmore

Stencil:  Tim Holtz

Sentiment:  Computer generated

Distress Inks: Cracked Pistachio, Pine Needle, Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint, Lucky Clover

Flowers:  Prima

Enamel Dots:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Color My Heart Color Dare - Ch. 394

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 251 Anything Goes

Love to Craft - Ch. 46 Anything Goes

Love to Scrap - Ch. 133 Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 207 For the ladies

International Art & Soul - Ch. 84 Humerous

Bloom with sympathy 362

Have to try to get my weekly sympathy card done.  I made two of this one using a new die a got from Creative Expressions and added some enamel dots that I had in my stash.

Patterned Paper:  K & Company

Cardstock:  Recollections

Die:  Creative Expressions

Enamel Dots:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Atlantic Heart Sketches - Ch. 362

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 248 Anything Goes with a sentiment

Allsorts - Wk 556/7 Something Old / Something New

Dragonfly Dreams - Add a flower/flowers

Love to Craft - Ch. 45 Anything Goes

International Art & Soul - Ch. 80 No focal image

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

Blossom Word Block

Welcome to my new follower Tania B, leave me a message so I can follow you too. Today at Catch the Bug we have a new release which is Blossom Word Block. I did two different variations of this image. I had a lot of fun with it. First, I pulled out my distress oxide inks and did some smooshing of the inks.  I added some bling to the butterfly in the image and then added to die cut butterflies along with some enamel dots.  I ran a strip of washi tape diagonal across the patterned paper. For the second card, I used my Copic Markers and colored the image and high lighted the word blossom. I added a doily and ribbon. It just makes me hopeful for spring.

Update on the sad side, yesterday I got the bad news that my wonderful cat was not responding to the treatment at the UW Veterinary Clinic at noon.They now believe that she had lymphoma. So I finished work with a required meeting I had then I went to pick Jazzy up and brought her home so that her sister from the same litter would have a chance to say good-bye. We then we to our regular vet and my little girl is now in heaven with my husband. I sent her with an extra kiss to give to him since I know that she will cuddle up with him and give him my kiss. 

Card 1

Patterned Paper: Paper Studio

Cardstock: Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Blossom Word Block

Ink:  Distress Oxide - Worn Lipstick; Cracked Pistachio; Squeezed Lemonade

Enamel Dots:  Paper Studio

Bling:  Recollections

Washi Tape:  Recollections

Punch:  Martha Stewart

Card 2

Patterned Paper:  Recollections

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Blossom Word Block

Doily:  Recollections

Ribbon: Michael's

Challenges

CHNC Patterned - March

Mix it Up - Ch. 35 Anything Goes and Smooshing

Crazy Catz - Ch. 495 Anything Goes with optional pretty papers

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 623 Spring Fever

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 161 Anything Goes

the Sisterhood of Crafters - Patterned Paper

the Sketchy Challenge - Ch. 161 Anything Goes

QKR - Ch. 387 Anything Goes

Have a MOO-velous Birthday

Today it's a Sketch Challenge at the Catch the Bug Down on the Farm 10th Birthday Bash. For my card, I used the image Pretty Cow and the sentiment is from TLC, Create.

Patterned Paper:  Core-dinations

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Pretty Cow

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Have a Mooo-velous Birthday

Spellbinder:  Small Petite Oval

Enamel dots:  Paper Studio
Flowers:  Recollections

Challenges
CRAFT - Ch. 540 Anything Goes

QKR - Ch. 380 Anything Goes

Inkspirational - Ch. 204 Word Prompt - Fauna

Dragonfly Dreams - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Ch. 297 January Anything Goes

White Christmas? Santa should move South

Today starts a new challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches and for my card I used some wonderful stamps and dies from Creative Vision Stamps called Elf This.  I dry embossed the background with snowflakes and heat embossed the sentiments.  I also used a Cherry Lynn snowflake die for the center with an enamel dot.
I just got new tires for my vehicle so I'm ready for the snow....argh they cost so much!!!

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Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Creative Vision Stamps - Elf This

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Die:  Creative Vision Stamps - Elf This; Cherry Lynn

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Versa Mark

Embossing Powder:  Hampton Arts

Enamel Dot:  Paper Studio

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Challenges

CHNC - Ch. 467 Anything Christmas with option Quick and Easy

Make My Monday - Ch. 111 Anything Christmas

Crafting Happiness - Ch. 26 Winter

Allsorts - Wk. 549 Snowmen and/or Snowflakes

Always Fun - Ch. 140 Snowflakes

Addicted to Stamps - Ch. 180 Cold and Frosty

Alphabet Challenge - S for Snow

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round - Santa, Mrs. Claus or Elves

Stella Clean Vodka

I spent Thanksgiving home alone this year since I had to work Friday and drove the three weekends to where my kids/parents live for a funeral and family gatherings. So I haven't been home much and didn't have a chance to get my cards posted.
The Friday Freebie at Catch the Bug is Stella Clean Vodka.  I colored my bottles looking like wine bottles instead of being clear....guess what was on my brain....Merlot, lol. I found some fun digital papers and popped the image up on foam dots.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Meal time Mayhem

Cardstock:  Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Stella Clean Vodka

Divine Twine

Bling:  Recollections

Foam Dots

Enamel Dots - Paper Studio

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - 414 - 415 Anything Goes

QKR - Ch. 374 Anything Goes

Penny Paper Crafty - Ch. 458 Anything Goes

Polkadoodles - Wk 48 Anything Goes

CHNC Patterned - December

Thankful for Heroes

Today at Catch the Bug is Humor Me Wednesday and I have a card that was for Monday Veteran's Day, the image is AKV Army Salute. The sentiment is from TLC, Create. I gave the card to my son who is in the Army Reserves.

Patterned Paper:  Colorbok

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - AKV Army Salute

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Thankful for Heroes

Spellbinders:  Pennant

Die:  My Favorite Things

Enamel Dots:  Recollections

Challenges

Sketch Saturday - Ch. 589

Crafting Happiness - Ch. 22 Fall Thank You

Crafty Cardmaker - Ch. 245 Thankful

DL Thankful Thursday - Ch. 249 Thankful

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 607 Anything Goes

I'm so pumped!

Today is a new release day at Catch the Bug and for my second card I used the image Bugaboo Brat Diabetic Girl.  The sentiment is computer generated and I punched out the flowers.  I have been diabetic since I was 11 so it's been 40 years now.  And I have had an insulin pump for over 20 years. I plan to donate these cards to my Diabetic Nurse Educator to give to new diabetics.

If you have...fatigue, thirst, hunger, unexplained weight loss, excessive urination, frequent infections or infections that won't heal, blurry vision, dry mouth, headaches, tingling in your fingers or toes please see your doctor for a blood test for diabetes.

my insulin pump that is attached to me like a leash, lol

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Carolina Coast

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo Brat Diabetic Girl (see above for direct link)

Flowers:  Tonic Punch

Enamel Dots:  Recollections

Spellbinder:  Pennant

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 410 - 411 Anything Goes

Allsorts - Wk 544 Make your own flowers

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 239 Anything Goes with a sentiment

Crafty Calendar - November Cute and Girly

Polkadoodles - Wk 44 Anything Goes

Welcome back Teacher

I have been making cards for my daughter to give to her students/parents and now this one is for her. I am so proud of her being a teacher and she is so good with her students. She has already told me when her field trip is when they come to Capital so I will meet them there and help her so I took the day off for that as well as her birthday.
For my card, I used a stamp from My Favorite Things Class Act (which is retired) and sentiments from Darcie's All Write. The background I sprayed with Angel Mist Spray which doesn't show that wonderful shine and sparkle in the photograph.

The new back pack I bought my sweetheart for school...just like when she was a kid, lol.

Patterned Paper:  Recollection

Cardstock:  Recollection

Stamp:  My Favorite Things - Class Act

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Enamel Dots:  Paper Studio

Angel Glimmer Mist

Challenges
My Favorite Things - MFTWSC451

CRAFT - Ch. 525 Back to School

Pinspirational - Ch. 246 (see picture above)

QKR - Ch. 360 Anything Goes

Polkadoodles - Wk 34 Anything Goes