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 

Celebrate Graduation

I know that graduations are so different, unusual, unique than we have ever had them before. I am still making some regular graduation cards for my stash.  Here is a new die that I got from Frantic Stampers that I used along with some of my older dies. And a star embossed background.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Just Rite

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Dies:  Frantic Stamper; My Favorite Things

Spellbinders:  Small and Large Circles

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Challenges

Dies R Us - Ch. 145 Graduation/Congratulations

Happy Little Stamper - May Anything Goes with Dies

Double Trouble - Ch. 57 Brown Bag
    Thing 1 Use Kraft
    Thing 2 Partner with Crafting Happiness - Ch. 50 Anything Goes with optional use red
    Thing 3 Use Red

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 440 - 441 Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks - Ch. 508 CAS

Happy Birthday to You TMS 549

Today we have a new sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches and for my card I made a monochromatic red card using a die cut from My Favorite Things and also heat embossed a sentiment from the All About You.  I dry embossed the white paper and put a white flower with a red enamel center on one side of the sentiment and a button with twine on the other.

Patterned Paper:  Recollections

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp: My Favorite Things -   All about You (see above for direct link)

Die:  My Favorite Things - You (see above for direct link)

Punch:  Martha Stewart & Tonic

Divine Twine

Embossing Folder:  Sizzix

Embossing Powder:  Stampendous

VersaMark

Enamel Dots:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Color My Heart Color Dare - Ch. 387 Red Monochromatic

As You Like It - Favorite Buttons or pearls and why? (Buttons, because you can add them plain or with twine for additional color and texture)

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 432 - 433 Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 248 Anything Goes

International Art & Soul - ch. 80 No focal point

Krafty Chicks - Ch. 501 Stamp Act

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

Rose Embossed Birthday Card

Today starts a new challenge at Catch the Bug and it's to make a CAS card. Now I think that I have said this many times, but they freak me out with white space. And especially if it is flat and not dry embossed. So this week, I made two cards just to force myself to have to do it.  It is using the image from a set, Mini Set Roses and I flipped the one image so it would be facing the other direction. I then heat embossed the sentiment. I put the panel on a piece of patterned paper and let just a 1/4 of an inch show before mounting that onto white cardstock. Then I did one in yellow.

Patterned Paper: Echo Park

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Mini Set Rose (see above for link)

Sentiment:  Stampendous

Versa Mark

Embossing Powder: Hampton Art

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 402 - 403 Anything Goes
AAA - CAS Ch. 147 Along the edge and inspired by a song
Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 445 Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge - L for Lemon/Lime
Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 198 Emboss It

All you need is LOVE

Today starts a new challenge at Catch the Bug and it's a BINGO. And I chose to do all the items...I know I like to be an overachiever, hehe! For my card, I used Valentine Jar and a sentiment from TLC, Create. The image is raised on pop up dots.

Pattered Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Valentine Jar

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - All you need is love

Ribbon:  Michael's

Enamel Dots:  Paper Studio

Charm & Clip:  Unknown
Embossing Folder:  Darice
Sakura jelly glitter pen

Pearl:  Jolee

Stickles

Punches:  EK Success
Spellbinder:  Small and Large Petite Ovals

Challenges
The Crafter's Cafe - Ch. 213 Fancy Folds or Embossing (dry embossing)
Scribbles - Ch. 74 Three or more layers
Creative Knockouts - Ch. 285 Love is in the Air
Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 425 Falling Hearts
Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 185 Love is i the Air
Crafty Cardmakers - Ch.. 227 Love, Love, Love
Double D - Hearts

If you give a crafter a cookie - Ch. 110

Happy Valentine's Day BINGO

At Catch the Bug Saturday Challenge today starts a BINGO.  For my sample card, I used Make it Snappy - Girl Valentines Day - blank included.  I made this for Lyra, my BFF's Granddaughter.  I used all the items on the BINGO chart.

Cardstock:  Craft Smith; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Make it Snappy - Girl Valentines Day - Blank Included (see above for direct link)

Ribbon:  Michael's

Divine Twine

Charm:  Paper Studio

Enamel Dots:  Paper Studio

Stickles

Pearls:  Mark Richards

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Sandpaper

Sakura jelly glitter paper

Challenges 

Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 159 Add a Heart 

Little Red Wagon - Ch. 433 Luuurve

Crafty Cardmakers - Ch. 205 Love & Romance

Crafty Friends - Ch. 77 Love is in the Air

Di's Design - Lots of pink and/or red

If you Give a Crafter a Cookie - Ch. 87

Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 104 Love is All Around

Get Creative - Ch. 66 Use ribbon or washi tape

Love to Scrap - Ch. 106 I love you

Heart Quilt

I have a Valentine card that I made using a freebie that is available at Pattie's Creation Design this month.  I kept it CAS for mailing.
Yesterday I went shopping with my Mom for her dress for her 50th Anniversary and the party that she is planning to have.  WOW - dresses are sooooo expensive and that doesn't mean that they are made well.  When you are paying that amount of money, then the material is so thin so then you have to purchase such ridiculous undergarments besides.  I am diabetic and have an insulin pump, where do you put that in a dress??? and then have access to it when you need to shut off an alarm or give insulin???  Almost forgot the shoes and alterations and that I basically need a second mortgage.  I do love my parents and I give them lots of credit for being married for 50 years and they deserve a fun reception.  I'm just looking for another excuse to wear this outrageously priced dress again, hehe.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Recollection

Stamp:  Pattie's Creations - Postal image stamp hugskisses

Challenges

Pattie's Creation Design - Ch. 143 Love's in the Air

Brown Sugar - Ch. 275 Valentines Day

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 196 Valentines or Love Sentiments

AAA CAS Game - Ch. 108 All you need is Love

Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 380 Valentines - Say it with words

Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 104 Love is all around

If you give a Crafter a cookie - Ch. 87

Cupcake Inspirations - Ch. 439 Love

Di's Design - Lots of pink and/or red

Allsorts - Wk 454 Love is in the Air

Crafty Friends - Ch. 77 Love is in the Air

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

Happy Cuddling Weather

We keep having such unusual weather....one minute it's raining and then the next it's snowing so we just have a MESS!  So I think it is best to just stay inside and cuddle since the roads have ice and the temps are going up and down.  So I made this card, using the adorable Polar Bear from Bugaboo and a sentiment from TLC, Create.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Holly Jolly; Basic Grey

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Polar Bear

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Happy cuddling weather

Ink:  Distress - Old Paper

Spellbinder:  Pennant

Die:  My Favorite Things

Border Punch:  Martha Stewart

Gems:  Mark Richards

Ribbon:  Michael's

Challenges

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Ch. 437

Winter Wonderland - Embossing dry or wet (embossed paper)

Dragonfly Journeys - Ch. 110 The Power of Red

Hanna & Friends - Ch. 290 Winter

CHNC - Ch. 369 Anything Christmas with optional use a sentiment
CCAYR - January

Thank You That was so sweet of you

Today is the start of a new challenge at Imagine That Digistamp.  It will be an anything goes, but if you use an Imagine That image then you will get the Baby Mermaid set which is sooooo adorable.  Check out the site for my teammates who made samples with the new set.  For this month, I used Kimmie's Lemonade Stand and colored the image and the sentiment is from that set too.  I made my card red, white and blue for the month of July.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

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

Spellbinders:  Small and Large Petite Ovals

Ribbon:  Really Reasonable Ribbon

Lace:  Simplicity

Bling:  Recollections

Flowers:  Recollections

Challenges

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 - Sketch 115

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 165 Anything Goes

Dream Valley - Ch. 159 Bling, Lace and Ribbon

Dragonfly Journeys - Ch. 95 Red, White & Blue-tiful

Creatalicious - Ch. 118 Anything Goes with optional Red, White and Blue

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 288 - 289 Anything Goes

CRAFT - Ch. 422 Add ribbon & Sparkle

International Art & Soul - Ch. 11 Flowers

Wishing you a Happy Birthday - tulips

I'm still on a roll trying to get some birthday cards made.  For this card, I pulled out a stamp that I've had and just haven't had a chance to ink up from My Favorite Things LJD Spring Tulips and the matching dies.  I just love tulips especially in the spring and hopefully I'll have a few pop up in my back yard.

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp & sentiment:  My Favorite Things (see above for direct link)

Ink:  Distress - Black Soot
        Versa Magic - Lady Bug

Embossing Folder:  Sizzix

Dies:  My Favorite Things - Die - Namics (see above for direct link)

Ribbon:  Michael's

Challenges

JUGS - Ch. 382 Photo Inspiration 

Atlantic Heart Sketch - Sketch 201

Crafty Catz - Ch. 359 Thoughts of spring

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 466 Florals

Southern Girls - Nature Inspired

Glitter 'n Sparkle - Ch. 228 Anything Goes

All you need is LOVE and a teddy bear

I was wanting to get this done for Valentine's, but I didn't get it done in time.  This is using an image from Digital Delights called Luv U Teddy and a sentiment from TLC.  I made this as a center step card.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio; American Crafts

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Digital Delights (see above for direct link)

Ink:  Versa Magic 

Ribbon:  American Crafts

Hearts:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Digital Delights - Ch. 19

Sasyaki Glitter Challenge - February - Red

Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 82 Tic Tac Toe (Pearls/Gems     Red    Ribbon)

Sparkle - Ch. 89 Love

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 270-271 Anything Goes

Have a Warm Birthday

I have been working lots of hours and haven't had a chance to craft.  So the other night, I just had to make a quick card to try to relax.  So I used the Mojo Sketch and stamped a sentiment for a birthday card since I need several for this month yet.  This is what I was able to save my sanity with this week.

Patterned Paper:  Authentique; Recollection

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Stamp: My Favorite Things

Ink:  Versa Magic - Real Red

Spellbinder:  Label Twenty Six

Rose:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Challenges

Mojo - Sketch 435

Melonheadz - Birthday Challenge

Card Mania - Ch. 77 Add some red

Naughty or Nice - Ch. 24 See some red

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 220 Anything Goes