Thinking of You

I made this a set, and here is another card also using the Atlantic Heart Sketch. This one I added a ribbon and some punched ferns around the sentiment.

Patterned Paper:  Core-dinations
Cardstock:  Bazzil
Sentiment:  American Crafts
Punch: Tim Holtz; EK Success
Ribbon: Simplicity
Die: Spellbinder
Embossing Folder: Darice

Challenges
Atlantic Heart Sketch - Ch. 416
Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 682 Ribbon/Twine
Make My Monday - Ch. 146 Checks/Plaids
Mix it Up - Ch. 48 No stamping (sentiment is punched out of American crafts 12 x 12 paper)
Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 519 Embossing

Poinsettia with embossing

The past few years it has been my goal to make at least 2 Christmas cards each month and I have done well.....until this year. I'm quite behind in my holiday cards. I have tried to do some cleaning in my craft area and I found this wonderful freebie from Beccy's Place that I colored long ago and had sitting in a pile waiting to be put together. So I played instead of cleaned....again. I dry embossed the background and heat embossed the Tim Holtz sentiment.

Patterned Paper: Sweet Shoppe
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Stamp:  Beccy's Place (see above for direct link)
Sentiment:  Tim Holtz
VersaMark
Embossing Powder: Stampendous
Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Challenges
Christmas Card Throwdown - March Sketch
Beccy's Place Challenge - March
CHNC - Ch. 532 Anything Christmas or optional Father Christmas
CCAYR - March something that starts with e or f (embossing)
CRAFT -  Ch. 589
Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 32
Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Vintage

Christmas Tree Peace

Well I used to be a DT member of Tuesday Morning Sketches and I just loved this sketch. So I made a monochromatic Christmas card using some patterned paper and dry embossing the background with stars. I used some die cuts and punches to make this quick and simple card.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio
Cardstock:  Recollections
Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug
Die:  Sizzix and QuicKutz
Punch:  Hobby Lobby

Challenges

Tuesday Morning Sketch - Ch 585
12 Months of Christmas Link Up - Ch. 72 Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 472 Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 470- 472 Christmas
the Sisterhood of Crafters - Christmas/Winter
Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 182 Christmas or Winter
Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Last minute makes

Sweet Holiday Wishes

I haven't done much posting, because I have been cleaning my house which I really have neglected for quite some time. I always had an excuse, work, design teams and I just needed to get it done. Now that I have been working from home, it was driving me crazy to have my office be the only clean area. I found cards that I started and just never finished and here is one of them. I had this pre-colored image from Paper Shelter and had some liquid pearls on it. So I put it together with some papers I embossed and distressed and a left over piece of Christmas paper that I don't even know who the maker is and now this is how I feel after doing my cleaning, lol.

Patterned Paper:  Unknown
Cardstock:  Recollections
Stamp:  Santa Collection
Sentiment:  Retired Verve digital stamps
Ribbon:  Really Reasonable Ribbon
Punches:  EK Success
Embossing Folders:  Cuttlebug & Sizzix
Holly:  Hobby Lobby
Liquid Pearls
Tim Holtz Distressing Tool

Challenges
The Paper Shelter- Ch. 451 A Christmas Card
Dream Valley - Ch. 238 Christmas
CHNC - Ch. 518 Anything Christmas with optional things with wings
Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 135 Christmas/Winter
Creative Knockouts - Christmas Delight
Scrapping 4 Fun

Be Good this Christmas

I have been wanting to make at least two Christmas cards per month. With all that is happening in life and the added stresses for everyone, I have been making my cards that have some sarcastic humor.  I think that we need to laugh and that is the only thing that we seem to be able to do for fun lately. I got a new stamp set from Whimsy with these Christmas girls and added my own sentiment. Now I think that I will be on the naughty list forever. I actually want to make a red-headed version of this same card and send it to my ex-husband, lol.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio
Cardstock:  Bazzil; the Paper Shop, Recollections
Stamp: Whimsy - Gossip Holiday Girls
Memento - Tuxedo Black
Snowflake:  Recollections
Sentiment:  Computer generated

Challenges
CHNC - Ch. 514 Anything Christmas with optional something with the letter "H"  (horns)
Aud Sentiment - Ch. 263 Anything Goes with a sentiment
 CCC Digi Creations - Ch. 120 Christmas is on the way
Creatalicious - Ch. 198 Anything Goes with optional humor
Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas/Winter
Incy Wincy - Color Challenge

Plaid Floral Birthday Wishes

Welcome to my new follower Darcy. I am having fun playing with my inks...especially my Distress Oxides.  For these two birthday cards that I made for co-workers for this week I used two pink shades and blended the inks and stamped an old set of Hero Art stamps that I have had in my collection for a LONG time along with a retired Verve sentiment.

Patterned Paper: Core-dinations

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamps:  Hero Arts Fashion Flowers

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

      Distress Oxide - Spun Sugar & Picked Raspberry

Ribbon:  Stash

Challenges

AAA CAS - Ch. 170 Use maxi white space with optional flowers

Creations in Pink - Ch. 24

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 360 Flora or Fauna

Krafty Chicks - Ch. 517 All Occasions

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 171 Birthday

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

Happy Pawther's Day

Today we start a new challenge at Catch the Bug and the theme is "The Man, The Myth The Legend".  Now I had my Father's Day card done so I made a card for my daughter's partner.  And since they have a dog together I used, Guy Walking Dog and made my own sentiment. She loved it!
On a sad note for the Catch the Bug DT, I just want to let you know that earlier this week my fellow DT member Julie Temple passed away from surgery complications. She will be greatly missed for her wonderful creations and sweet personality. Hugs and prayers go to her family.

Patterned LillyBee & Echo Park

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Guy walking dog (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  Computer generated

Ink:  Colorbox

    Distress Oxide Broken China

Stencil: My Favorite Things

Spellbinders:  Pennant; Dog D-lite

Pop Dots

Challenges

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - It's a Man Thing

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 442 - 443 Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 208 You're the Man

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 638 Masculine

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 459 Special Guy

Dragonfly Dreams - Make it Masculine

Cardz 4 Guyz - Ch. 246 Father's Day

As You Like It - Scene or Not and why (Scene, helps make it look more realistic)

Always Fun - Ch. 166 For Dad

Sister you are like my angel

I am continuing on my Mom's birthday card stash. Since she has so many sisters I found a sentiment that I liked on Pinterest and used that with lots of flowers, pears, gems, ribbon and a bow.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe 

Spellbinder:  Romantic Rectangles

Flowers:  Prima

Ribbon:  Michael's

Gems:  Recollections

Pearls:  Recollections

Ink: Distress - Dusty Concord

Challenges
Double D - Lavendars - Lilliacs - Purple Challenge

Seize the Birthday - Ch. 190 Monochromatic

Di digi design - Load on the flowers

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 634 Birthday

As You Like It - Favorite color to pair with purple (white) It looks so clean and crisp.

Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 121 Birthday

Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 207 For the Ladies
Alphabet Challenge - C for Checks

Happy Birthday Doc

Today at Catch the Bug it's Friday Freebie and it's Kidlet Doctor.  For this I made my own sentiment. It happens that being a nurse I work with several doctors and one more than others so this will be a perfect card for the young doctor who really has a baby face, lol. I made this a center step card. I added some dies of a band-aid, stethoscope and push pin.  This works as a Halloween costume, get well as well as a doctor's day card. So grab the freebie this week.
Welcome to Hazel my new member who also lost her cat this past week. My little girl Snookie has not been wanting to eat since she is so lonely and upset. She is walking around the house crying, wanting to be pet and held which is not like her and would not play. So I tried to get her special foods to encourage her to eat. She ate an Arby's roast beef sandwich, a little rotisserie chicken and some baby food. I was getting desperate since she wouldn't eat her soft food and was falling over because she was getting dehydrated. So I think that we are slowly making some progress. I'm trying not to stay at work late so she doesn't have really long days home alone.

Patterned Paper:  Fancy Pants

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Kidlet Doctor

Sentiment:  Computer generated

Ink:  Colorbox;  Memento - London Fog

Dies:  QuicKutz; Taylored Expressions; My Favorite Things

Challenges

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 428 - 429 Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 624 Anything Goes

Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 471 More than 1 Fold

Do-A1(1) Kreatives - Ch. 39 Male Birthday

Joy 531

Today there is a new sketch/challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches. And if you can believe it I did a card with no coloring just patterned paper and die cuts.
The prize this week isn't a physical one.  Melissa is offering a guest spot for our Annual Anything Goes challenge that begins 12/24/2019.

Patterned Paper:  Echo Park
Cardstock:  Recollection
Sentiment:  My Favorite Things
Dies:  Sizzix

Challenges
CHNC - Ch. 465 Anything Christmas with optional something beginning with R (red)
12 Months of Christmas Link Up - Ch. 59 Red and Green
Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 110 Ready for Christmas
International Art & Soul - Ch. 72 Christmas with no image
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes or optional trees
CCC Digi Creations - Ch.109 Christmas
Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas/Winter
Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 16

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

Rusty Tractor

For my Dad's birthday I also made some cards for my children so they could give them to their Gramps.  So my daughter chose one with a vintage tractor which is perfect for my Dad who is a retired farmer who belongs to an Antique Tractor Club. I don't even know where the sentiment is from I just found it in my stash with all my papers so I used it.  I did some distressing with ink as well as a Tim Holtz distressing tool. The stamp is something that I have had forever from Deep Red, called Rusty Tractor.

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Deep Red - Rusty Tractor (see above)

Ink:  Memento - Rich Cocoa

        Distress - Old Paper

Tim Holtz distress tool

Spellbinder:  Pennant

Bling:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Allsorts - Wk 539 from Boys to Men

Sweet Stampin' - Distressed

QKR - Ch. 365 Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Ch. 399 Anything Goes

Crafty Friends - Ch. 119 Special Occasion

Happy Holidays SSS716

Today at Catch the Bug is a new Stella Says Sketch. For my card I used Peekers Winter Friends, and the sentiment is from TLC, Create. I dry embossed the background. I put Liquid Pearls on the hat, Stickles on the snow, Sakura jelly glitter pen on the snowflakes and added some sequins.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Peekers Winter Friends

Sentiment: TLC, Create -  Happy Holidays

Pearls: Mark Richards

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Sequins:  Stash

Stickles

Liquid Pearls

Challenges

CHNC - Ch. 457 Anything Christmas with optional someone special

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 406 - 407 Anything Goes

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 14 Anything Christmas

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

Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 450 Christmas

Hey Girl Happy Birthday Gift Card

Today at Catch the Bug is New Release day and it's a revamp of Frame it - Hey Girl.  I made a pocket behind it which is perfect for a gift card....but who is looking at the gift card? Seriously if we got a present delivered by a good looking guy really we would just want him to make dinner and clean the house, lol.

See gift card above???

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio; Core-dinations

Cardstock:  Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Frame it - Hey Girl (see direct link above)

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 404 - 405 Anything Goes

Double Trouble - Ch. 38 Something Plaid

   Thing 1 Plaid
   Thing 2 Use Your Stuff Challenge Ch. 375  (Tags and Frames)
   Thing 3 Include a tag or frame

Addicted to Stamps - Ch. 177 For lady/girl

Crazy for Challenges - C4C502 Dots on your card

YNS - Ch. 122 Celebrate

Let's Craft & Create - Ch. 151 Anything Goes with optional put some layers on

September

Today at Catch the Bug is New Release day and on my card I have September Word.  I used it as the main image and my teammies used it with other images.  I have a hard time with CAS cards since white space freaks me out so I did this with black, hehe. I just added washi tape in the corners.

Enjoy the remaining days of summer!

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp: Bugaboo - September word (see above for direct link)

Washi Tape:  Recollections

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

Brown Sugar - Ch. 292 Anything Goes

Pinspirational  - Ch. 246 (see photo above)

Polkadoodles - Wk 34 Anything Goes

Scribbles - Ch. 80 Include a sentiment

Plaid Loss of your Husband

Here is the card that I made for the Groom's Mother who just lost her husband. I used a sentiment from TLC, Create.  It's been a rough week being an emotional roller coaster. Sometimes that is how life is....

 

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Loss of your Husband

Punch:  EK Success

Spellbinder:  Teardrop circle

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Ribbon: Really reasonable ribbon

Challenges

Try Stampin' on Tuesday - Ch. 421

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 147 Deepest Sympathy or Get Well

Aud Sentiment - Ch. 234 Masculine and a sentiment

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 596 Embossing

Scribbles - Ch. 80 Include a sentiment

Sweet Day

Today at Catch the Bug it's New Release day and the image is Christmas Cupcake and the sentiment is from TLC, Create.  For this one I used a quilt die cut and did lots of playing to get all the pieces.  Then I have Flower Soft on the fur of the hat and Glossy Accents on the frosting.
This is 50% for the week so this a wonderful time to grab the image because the Christmas in July Celebration is coming up next week!

Patterned Paper: Paper Studio; Core-dinations; Echo Park

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

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

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Sweet as Cupcake Frosting

Ribbon:  Michael's

Die:  My Favorite Things

Glossy Accents

Flower Soft

Challenges

CHNC - Ch. 446 Anything Christmas with optional use some red

12 Months of Christmas - Ch. 55 Plaids

Christmas Card Throwdown - Color Challenge (see above)

little red wagon - Ch. 505 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Alphabet Challenge - H for Hat

Patties Creations - Ch. 160 Food/Drink

Bon appetit

Today it's Freebie Friday at Catch the Bug, and today it's Cp Platter, and I used a sentiment from TLC, Create.
oops. I started the post...and didn't get back to it. That's been the problem this week.  I went to see the ENT doctor and found out that I still have pus that is growing in my sinus cavity.  When I had my sinus surgery in January they only drained 2 of the 3 sinus cavities so I am still having problems. So...after they got a culture of the nasty stuff, now I have an antibiotic that I have to add directly to my sinus rinse which I agree is better than taking it orally, but I have to do it three times a day so I have to do it at work too, YUCK! So I am hoping this helps, if not I have to have a re-do of the surgery.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio; Recollections

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Cp Platter

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Bon Appetit

Ink:  Distress - Old Paper

Die:  Sugar Pea

Divine Twine

Challenges

Dream Valley - Ch. 203 Only Boys Allowed

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 244 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 388 - 389 Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 432 Anything Goes

Mom I'm Awesome

Welcome to Shona my new follower.
Today is New Release Day at Catch the Bug and this cutie is Flower Pot Seeker and the funny sentiment is from TLC, Create. This is last weeks Sketch Saturday, but I loved it with this image. I can't wait to see my Mom's reaction to this sentiment, lol.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Recollection; Bazzil

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Flower Pot Seeker

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Mom I'm awesome

Ink:  Memento

Spellbinder:  Large petite ovals

Ribbon: Michael's

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 384-385 Anything Goes

CHNC Patterned - April

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 242 Anything Goes

Allsorts - Wk 517 Mother's Day / Feminine

Crafty Catz - Ch. 459 Anything Goes with optional sentiment