HB You don't look a day over fabulous

The DT is on vacation, but there is still a Friday Freebie at Catch the Bug and it's these beautiful Heels Big Bows and I included a sentiment from TLC, Create. Grab this freebie this week, it's perfect for birthdays, Mother's Day, wedding and girlfriends.

Patterned Paper:  Echo Park

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Heels Big Bows

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Happy Birthday Fabulous

Spellbinders:  Small and Large Petite Ovals

Doily:  Wilton

Flowers:  Mark Richards

Challenges

CHNC Patterned - August

Dream Valley - Ch. 207 Hand colored image

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 443 Anything Goes
DL Art - Ch. 246 Thankful Thursday Birthday
Creations in Pink - Ch. 13

Calm seas don't make a skillful sailor

I am always looking to add masculine cards to my stash since they are usually sparse. So I made this nautical card using a Spellbinder stamp set and dies along with anchor embossing.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp & Dies:  Spellbinder Rough Waters
Dies:  My Favorite Things

Embossing Folder:  Darice

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Challenges

Double Trouble - Ch. 35

    Thing 1  3 Colors 2 DP 1 sentiment

     Thing 2   TSOT - Ch. 420 Sketch

      Thing 3 Nautical
International Art & Soul - Ch. 64 Embossing
Dragonfly Dreams - No patterned paper
Southern Girls - Father's Day / Masculine
Inkspirational - Ch. 193 Travel
Heart to Heart - Adventure awaits

Let's party our tails off!

I got this stamp from Newton's Nook from the New Release called Zoo Party.  And then I created my own background with the Tropical Leaves Stencil and three distress oxide inks. I added some fir branches on the corners to make this fun card.

Cardstock:  Recollection

Stamp:  Newton's Nook - Zoo Party (see above for direct link)

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

       Distress Oxide - Peeled Paint, Pine Needles, Twisted Citron

Dies:  Sizzix

Stencil:  Newton's Nook - Tropical Leaves (see above for direct link)

Challenges

Double D - It's a Jungle Out There

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 233 Animals & Sentiment

The Male Room - Ch. 117 6th Birthday

Dragonfly Dreams - No patterned paper

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 29

Crafty Animals - Ch. 29

DL Art - Ch. 246 Thankful Thursday Birthday Party

Hope your day is Pand-tastic

I have another AI coffee card with a cute panda. I just love making this one a black and white card. This is a fun one.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations

Stamp:  Art Impressions - Pand-tastic Set

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Bling:  Michael's

Ribbon:  Offray

Die:  My Favorite Things

Challenges

The Paper Players - Ch. 454 Black, White and one other color

Art Impressions - Ch. 262 Coffee Card

Do - Al(1) Kreatives - Ch. 32 Sketch

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 310 Furry Friends

Gone from your side

My co-worker that I share an office with had to put her dog down on Thursday. I gave her a card already, but then made this card for all the staff to sign for her.  She was devastated. Our furry friends become part of our family and mean so much to us so I totally understand.
I used Distress Oxide on the pawprint stamp with two different shades and then spritzed it with water...thinking of her tears.  I heat embossed the sentiment. I put the heart on a pop dot.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  My Favorite Things

Ink:  Distress Oxide - Faded Jeans and Peacock Feathers
      Memento - Ladybug

Versa Mark
Embossing Powder:  Hampton Art
Spellbinder:  Grand Circle

Flowers:  Recollection

Hemptique

Challenges
My Favorite Things - MFTWSC449
Word Art Wednesday - 398 - 399 Anything Goes
Love to Craft - Ch. 37 Anything Goes
DL Art Linky

Sloffee Break

My daughter and I talk to each other almost daily. On Thursday, she told me she had to stop to pick up some BBQ chicken wings because her boyfriend needed a "pick me up" because he was having a rough day at work. I thought to myself and even said to her, "Really? He doesn't want ice cream?"  As a woman, I don't understand. I guess that's why they write such books like Men are from Mars. lol. So I was going to try to support him and laugh about it that a "pick me up" would be something like coffee and send him a gift card to Starbucks. We all have those days though.

Patterned Paper:  Core-dinations
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations

Stamp:  Art Impressions - Sloth some Set

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Die:  My Favorite Things

Spellbinders:  Pennant

Bling:  Recollections

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Challenges

Mojo Monday - Ch. 520

Art Impressions - Ch. 262 Coffee Cards

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 310 Furry Friends

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 233 Animals & Sentiment

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 29

Crafty Animals - Ch. 29

Double D - Critters in the Jungle

Glue thank you

Here is another card that I made for my daughter, who is a teacher. This is using Darcie's Stick Together.

Patterned Paper:  Recollections

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Darcie's Stick Together (see above for direct link)

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Challenges

Try Stampin' on Tuesday - Ch. 419

Your Next Stamp - Ch. 120 Thank You

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 398 - 399 Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Ch. 292 August Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes