Dear Santa: I want it all!

Today at Catch the Bug there is a new challenge which is a BINGO challenge.  For my card I used all the items. I chose to use image, Kidz Christmas Santa and a sentiment from TLC, Create.
Sorry I'm late on posting...I was going to set up for an auto post; however, I didn't have time to set up before I left town to go spend the day with daughter for her birthday. I spend the day with her in her classroom which I was fortunate enough to do anything this year and took a Princess cake to share with her class.  She also many times takes her dog to school on Fridays which she also did on her birthday and it is funny because he patrols the classroom as if he owns it and he is great with the students.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Kidz Christmas Santa (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Dear Santa I want it all

Washi:  Recollections

Snowflakes:  Jolee

Brads:  Making Memories

Divine Twine

Bling:  Recollections

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Sequins: stash

Challenges

CHNC - Ch. 456 Anything Christmas with optional "Joy"

Cute 'n Crafty Christmas - Ch. 18

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 404 - 405 Anything Goes

ABC Christmas Challenge S for Sparkle

Winter Wonderland - Favorite Embellishments

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 14 

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Christmas with optional Christmas Decorations

Wishing you a joyful Christmas

I am trying to keep up with the goal of doing several Christmas cards each month, but I have to make up for the beginning months when I didn't get some completed. This is a stamp called Make it Snappy - JOY from Bugaboo and the color scheme from Color Throwdown.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Make it Snappy - Joy (see above for direct link)

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Ribbon:  Michael's

Embossing Folder:  JoAnn's

Gem:  Mark Richard's

Dies  My Favorite Things

Challenges

Color Throwdown - Ch. 542

CHNC - Ch. 437 Anything Christmas with optional a tree or two

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 10 Anything Christmas

Christmas as Sweet Stampin' - May Anything Christmas with optional snowflakes

Sparkle Christmas - Ch. 100 Let's see some holly

JUGS - Ch. 487 Bold letters

Somebunny Love You

Saturday starts a new challenge at Catch the Bug and for the first weekend it's Anything Goes.  I actually made two samples today.  So for my first card, I used one of the images from Valentine Circle Sentiments.  For this card, I used my Scalloped Heart Spellbinder Die Cut  on a piece of white cardstock and then sprayed it with Glimmer Mist to get the splatter effects. I added a heart gem and then some sequins.

Patterned Paper:  SEI

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Valentine Circle Sentiments

Spellbinders:  Small and Large Circles; Scalloped Heart

Heart:  Paper Studio

Sequins:  Stash

Glimmer Mist

Challenges

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 23

Crafty Animals - Ch. 23

Sketchy Challenges - 150 Love/ Valentine's Day

Brown Sugar - Ch. 287 Love / St. Valentine's Day

Creative with Stamps - Ch. 35 Love

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 567 Valentines

Love is two hearts beating as one

Today there is a new challenge at Catch the Bug and the first Saturday of the month is Anything Goes.  This is my second sample card and it's using the Newsletter Freebie Two Hearts.  So I colored the birds with Copics and then added the clouds using a stencil and distress ink.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe; Core-dinations

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations

Stamp:  Bugaboo - NL Freebie Two Hearts

Gem:   Paper Studio

Ink:  Distress - Broken China

Stencil:  My Favorite Things

Corner Rounder:  Creative Memories

Challenges

Cute Card Thursday - 567 Valentines

Alphabet Challenge - W for Wings

Pattie's Creations Design - Ch. 155 Love, Love, Love

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 23

Crafty Animals - Ch. 23

Spaghetti

Here is a fun card that I made using a digital stamp from Paper Shelter, called Trattoria Chef and the sentiment is from TLC, Create.  For this card, I pulled out some old fibers that I had stashed away that I thought looked like noodles. I punched out a fork and made an embellishment.

Patterned Paper:  Jan Hadfield

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Paper Shelher - Trattoria Chef (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Owe to Spaghetti

Spellbinders:  Small and Large Petite Ovals

Fiber:  Authentique

Heart:  Recollections

Gem:  Mark Richards

Punch:  EK Success

Challenges

The Paper Shelter - Ch. 366 Digital Image

Cheerful Sketches - January

CHNC Patterned - January

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 235 Anything Goes

Creative Crafters - Ch. 12 Anything Goes

Take time to chase the Snowflakes

I had planned to post this last week, but with the Catch the Bug Birthday Bash I got too busy, but this was last weeks Sketch Saturday. For this card, I used a Bugaboo image called Winter Puppy Dog and the sentiment is from TLC as well as the patterned paper.
This pup reminds me of my daughter's dog....my grandpup, Gus.

Patterned Paper:  TLC, Create - Snowflake Shimmer Papers 4
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dination; Recollection
Stamp:  Bugaboo - Winter Puppy Dog (see above for direct link)
Sentiment;  TLC, Create - Take time to chase the snowflakes
Snowflake:  Fiskars
Gem:  Recollection
Button:  Stash
Hemptique
Spellbinder: Pennant
Ink:  Distress - Broken China
Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges
Crafty Sentiments - Winter Challenge
Creatalicious - Ch. 155 Anything Goes with optional Winter Fun
Crafty Cardmaker - Ch. 225 Winter
CHNC - Ch. 421 Anything Christmas with optional use a sentiment
CCAYR - January Let It Snow
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 22
Crafty Animals - Ch. 22

So sorry

Unfortunately I needed a sympathy card for my Aunt that had her guy friend pass away on Sunday.  She has had two husbands also pass away so she has been through a lot.  I find it hard to make sympathy cards since a man passes away, but you are giving it to a female so not sure which way to go male or female.  So I made it male colors with a more feminine design.

Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey
Cardstock:  Bazzil
Stamp:  Hero Arts
Sentiment:  Memento - Tuxedo Black
Spellbinder:  Pennant; Delightful Circle
Pearls and Gems:  Recollections
Flower:  Jolee
Embossing Folders:  Cuttlebug & Sizzix

Challenges
Atlantic Heart Challeges - Ch. 251
Cardz for Guyz - Ch. 188 Something beginning with L (loss)
Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 194 Anything Goes
Love to Craft - Ch. 19 Anything Goes
Southern Girls - Mix it Up (3 or more patterned papers)
Dream Valley - Ch. 172 Use 3 Patterned Papers

Hugs & Kisses FMS

My kids were here for the weekend which was great, but I wanted to spend sometime playing with my Distress Oxide Inks.  So I made a couple of cards with the Freshly Made Sketches for this week.  I masked the sentiment area with a banner die.  Then inked the Oxide Ink on, spritzed it with water and with the blotting of the paper towel it left an interesting pattern on the paper and I liked the texture.  I heat setted it, inked the sentiment and stamps.  Then I added a gem and sequins.  I kept it as a simple Valentine card.

Cardstock:  Recollection

Die:  My Favorite Things

Ink:  Distress Oxide - Fired Brick

        Memento - Tuxedo Black

Stamp:  My Favorite Things - X's and O's

Sequins: stash

Gem:  Mark Richards

Water & Paper Towel

Challenges

Freshly Made Sketches - Ch. 321

Dragonfly Journeys - Ch. 110 Power of Red

Card Mania - Ch. 100 Monochromatic

Mix it Up - Ch. 9 Anything Goes optional masking

Mandala Merry and Bright

Yesterday I got my new items from My Favorite Things so I had to make another card using the sketch with the Mandala die.  The sentiment is from Verve that I heat embossed.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Silver Bells

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations

Stamp:  Verve

Versamark

Embossing Powder:  Stampendous

Gem:  Paper Studio

Die:  My Favorite Things - Mesmerizing Mandala

Challenges

My Favorite Things - MFTWSC358

CHNC - Ch. 359 Anything Christmas optional reindeer

CHNC Extra - November

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 503 Sparkles

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 103 Winter Wonderland

Pierrette Thinking of You

Here is my card for the Thursday Inspiration at Imagine That Digistamp using the image Pierrette and the paper from the set Pandas.  I added a gem on the cheek, three in the corner and a rose so to keep it rather simple.  I used the pre-colored version of the image.

Patterned Paper:  Imagine That Digistamp - Pandas (see above for direct link)

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp & Sentiment:  Imagine That Digistamp - Pierrette (see above for direct link)

Die: Sizzix

Flower:  Recollections

Bling:  Mark Richards

Challenges

Sketch Saturday - Ch. 486

Crafty Creations - Ch. 353 Anything Goes

Cardz 4 Guyz - ch. 181 Remembrance/Sympathy/Thinking of You

Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 98 Use a sentiment

Polkadoodles - Wk 42 Anything Goes

Autumn is in the air

Here is was to be a beautiful day.....however....we are having rain again even though on the news last night they said it was only a 10% chance.  So with it being overcast and cool it does seem like fall has arrived.  When I went for a walk through the park the other day all the leaves had fallen off a tree, but they had not even changed color so it is just an odd year.  For my card, I used an image from Pollycraft and I tried to find it at Little Miss Muffet and I don't know if it is retired, but it is called Russel and the sentiment is from TLC, Create.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Celebrate Thanksgiving

Carstock:  Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Pollycraft - Russel

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Autumn is in the Air

Ink:  Distress - Old Paper

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Die:  Die-Namics - Wonky Rectangle

Brad:  Richard Marks

Challenges

Little Miss Muffet - Ch. 170 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 298 - 299 Anything Goes

Crafter's Cafe - Ch. 180 Boys will be Boys

Digistamp 4 Joy - Ch. 140 Anything Goes with optional warm colors

4CC - Ch. 366 Anything Goes

Easter Blessings He is Risen!

I have a few Easter cards that I am finishing and her is one that is using the sentiment and image from TLC.  For this image, I used my Prisma Colored Pencils.  On the sentiment, I distressed it with Tim Holtz inks as well as the papers being distressed with the Tim Holtz distress tool.  I embossed the background and added a gem and flower of the bright purple.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  TLC, Create - Easter Cross Vintage Sketch

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Easter Blessings He is Risen!

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress - Old Paper, Weathered Wood

Tim Holtz Distress Tool

Gem:  Duct Tape

Flower:  Recollection

Challenge

ATC with TLC Create - Ch. 9 Anything Goes

Crafting with Dragonflies - Ch. 78 Easter

Crafty Catz - Ch. 365 Easter

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 472 Easter

Allsorts - Ch. 410 Bring on the bling

International Art & Soul - Ch. 5 Distressing

Christmas Cheer Santa is near

I had this image colored so I wanted to get it posted.  The problem is that it is rather late....and I am going on a field trip tomorrow with my daughter's 4th grade class.  I do not usually work with children so this always stresses me out.  That is why I should be sleeping instead of posting a card; however, crafting does relax me.
For this card the image is from Sweet Stamps and the the sentiment is from TLC.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe

Cardstock:  Paper Company; Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Sweet Stamp - Santa Head

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Christmas Cheer, Santa is near

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Corner Rounder:  Creative Memories

Embossing Folder: Sizzix

Pearls & Gem:  Recollections

Challenges

Sketch Saturday - Ch. 438

CHNC Extra - November

CRAFT - Ch. 390 Christmas

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 452 Christmas/Holidays

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round - Santa or Elf

Sparkles - Ch. 86 Christmas is Coming

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 78 Christmas

Crafter's Cafe - Ch. Christmas Comes Early

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 320 Add Gems/Pearls

Pearly Sparkles - Ch. 10 Anything Goes