Well, Hippie Hippie Birthday!

Kris at Imagine That Digistamp came out with a wonderful new stamp called Hippie Aud which I used in this card and the sentiment is from TLC.  I added glossy accents on the glasses and some Stickles on the flowers to add some glitter.
Remember there is still a chance to win a $10 voucher to the Imagine That Digistamp store as a treat for my birthday which as last week by leaving a HAPPY BIRTHDAY comment on my post from last week by Friday August 5th.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Brain Freeze

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Imagine That - (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Hippie Hippie Birthday

Ink:  Distress Concord Grape

Doily - Michael's

Ribbon:  Recollection

Flowers:  Recollection; Paper Studio

Twine:  Natural Fibers

Charm:  Connectables

Glossy Accents

Stickles

Challenges

Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 82 Anything Goes

JUGS - Ch. 353 Let's Hear it for the Girls

4CC - Ch. 309 Your Favorite Designer/Paper/Company

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Batman Birthday Wishes

I made this card for a friend who is into Batman who had a birthday back in May, but I couldn't post it since I didn't see her until recently to give her the card and gift.  I used the pre-colored image from Digital Delights and had fun creating a background using the die-cuts from Die-Namics and cut one in black and one in gray to look like a shadow.  She loved the card so it was worth it.

Cardstock:  Recollection:  Paper Studio

Stamp:  Bat Brian

Sentiment:  Verve - Beautiful Things

Ink:  Distress - Black Soot

Dies:  Die-Namics - New York Skyline

Spellbinder:  Small Circle

Bling:  Mark Richards

Challenges

Digital Delights - Ch. 12 Anything Goes

OSAAT - Ch. 267 Anything Goes with dies

Brown Sugar - Ch. 209 Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 160 Anything Goes with a sentiment

Time for a Birthday Sugar High

On Monday it was my birthday.  I am so blessed that I have wonderful family and friends. I worked the day, and my co-workers were great and decorated my office with notes and post-it notes, balloons, cards and flowers. My boyfriend and I had a late dinner at Flemings and had some Carrot Cake for dessert. He spoiled me with a HUGE bouquet of flowers that Casio, my cat, wants to eat. Just miss my kids.

Kris, at Imagine That Digistamp is allowing me to give a $10 voucher to someone of my choice for my birthday which is just so generous of her.  So if you are interested in the voucher to use at the store just leave a comment and put "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" in the comment and I will know you are interested in this, please do so by Friday August 5th 9:00pm CST.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Paper Studio; Recollection

Stamp:  Imagine That Digistamp - Brontosaurus Cake

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Time for a Birthday Sugar High

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Spellbinder:       Oval

Flowers:  Recollection & Paper Studio

Gem:  Recollection

Challenges

Sweet Wednesday Sketch 2 - Sketch 94

Dragonfly Journeys - Ch. 67 Sugar Rush

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 304 Happy Birthday

Creative Knockout - Ch. 151 Birthday Wishes

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 160 Anything Goes plus sentiment

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 122 Anything Goes

Craft Your Passions - Ch. 322 Anything Goes

Vintage Vacation with TLC Blog Hop

You should have arrived here from Lisa D's site, if not see the links below.  Paulette st TLC, Create has done a great job with some wonderful freebie images for you so make sure to give her some thanks and love.  She has already been having many pre-vacation goodies on the site.  For my card, I have an image from Verona, Italy.  I also used her background papers and sentiments.

(Freebie, Right click to save)

Now off to the talented, Lynne

Deanne

Desire

Hetty

Karen

Lisa D

Lisa Lynn

Lynne

Rhonda Sue

Edwina

Faith

Jen

Patti

Shelly

Challenges

Creatalicious - Ch. 95 Anything Goes with optional flowers

4CC - Ch. 307 Flowers

Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 313 Add a sentiment

Southern Gals - Floral Frenzy
Anything Goes with a TLC Element - Ch. 1
Paper Shelter - Ch. 257 Holiday Time

May your Christmas be Shiny & Bright

Here is a card made using a pre-colored image from Imagine That digistamps called Red Nose Reindeer.  I added a glitter gem to his nose,  It worked perfectly for this layout.

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

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

Spellbinder:  Pennant; Large Circle

Gems:  Recollection

Challenges

Mojo - Sketch 456

CHNC - Ch. 290 Cute or anything Christmas

CHNC Extra - July

Cardz 4 Guyz - Ch. 128 Christmas in July

Proud to call you Brother

Here is a card that I made for my Brother's birthday.  It is made using a sentiment from TLC and a pre-colored image from the Paper Shelter.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Paper Shelter - Casual Boy (see above for direct link)

Ribbon:  Really Reasonable Ribbon

Buttons:  Stash

Hemptique

Die:  Sweet Pea

Punches:  EK Success

Challenges

Tuesday Morning Sketches -  Ch. 360

Come and get it - Checks or stripes

Creative Knockout - Ch. 150 Favorite Embellishment (Buttons)

Glitter 'n Sparkle - Ch. 197 Anything Goes

JOY

Today is the final day of the Catch the Bug Challenge and it is color challenge.  I used the wonderful image JOY image.  And, with the way my week went at work I can't believe that I was able to complete all the days except that it was a great diversion.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Stamp:  Bugaboo - JOY

Flowers:  Recollection

Gem:  Recollection

Punch:  Martha Stewart

Dies:  Sizzix

Challenges

Catch the Bug - Friday Freebie and Color Challenge

12 months of Christmas - July

CHNC Extra - July

4CC - Ch. 307 Flowers

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 238-239 Anything Goes

Sparkles - Christmas in July

Cheers to a warm and toasty Christmas

Living in Wisconsin, we tend to have snow for Christmas so I can't imagine a tropical or beach Christmas; however, I do have some friends that I send cards to that are in areas like that.  For this card, I used sentiment from TLC, background paper and surf board from Imagine That Digistamp and image from Bugaboo.

Patterned Paper: Imagine That Digistamp - Beach Blanket Girl(see above for direct link)

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - tropical Santa drink

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Cheers Warm and Toasty Christmas

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Gem:  Mark Richards

Challenges

Catch the Bug - Thursday Photo Inspiration

CHNC Extra - July

ABC Christmas Challenge - N for No Rules

Dragonfly Journeys - Ch. 65 July Jingle Bells

Robyn's Fetish - Ch. 324 Anything with water

A Gem of a Challenge - Ch. 173 Let's get krafty

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie - Ch. 48 Christmas

It's beginning to cost a lot like Christmas

I just love the Stella Bugaboo stamps because she tells it as it is.  Here is the same sentiment from TLC  which I like the layout better.  Today is to have scallops, layers and bling.  I had to do a different color scheme since I have been doing so many purple colors lately so now I went olive, hunter green and burgundy.

Crystal Accents on the glasses

Patterned Paper: 

Cardstock:  Paper Company, DCWV

Stamp:  Stella Christmas Cost

Sentiment: TLC, Create

Ink:  Versa Mark - Cottage Ivy

Ribbon:  Michael's 

Gems:  Recollection

Spellbinder:  Decorative Label 8

Glossy Accents

Challenges

Catch the Bug - Day 5 Humor Me Wednesday

Stella Says Sketch - Ch. 411

CHNC Extra - July

CCAYL - July

Dragonfly Journeys - Ch. 65 July Jingle Bells

a season filled with sweetness

Here is another purple Christmas card that I made using a Bugaboo image and a sentiment from TLC.  Today the fun at Catch the Bug was a BINGO and I did have an overload with this one.  The ribbon has a metallic silver snowflake and swirls on it.  I inked the embossing purple.

(Ribbon, bugaboo image, snowflake)

(stripes, bugaboo image, embossing)

(Shiney, bugaboo image, texture)

(Ribbon, Shiney, Embossing)

Patterned Paper:  Recollection

Cardstock:  Recollection, Bazzil; Core-dination

Stamp:  Bugaboo - BugWKID01

Sentiemtn:  TLC, Create - season of sweetness

Dies:  Sizzix

Embossing Folder:  Darice

Ink:  Tim Holtz Lillac

Ribbon:  Michael's

Flower:  Prima

Challenges

Catch the Bug - Tuesday New Release & Bingo

Try Stampin' on Tuesday - Ch. 279

CHNC - Ch. 289 Color purple

CHNC Extra - July

12 months of Christmas - July

Brown Sugar - Ch. 206 Monochrome

Let it snow tag

Here is a tag that I made for the Catch the Bug Christmas in July event.  I had fun with these colors.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Let it snow tag

Spellbinder:  Small and large circles

Dies:  Die-namics pierced labels

Ribbon:  Michael's

Challenges

Catch the Bug - Monday Tag You're It

CHNC Extra - July

Cardz 4 Guyz - Ch. 128 Christmas in July

Crafty Boots - Christmas in July

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 238-239 Anything Goes

let the flakes fly

With as hot and humid as it was here today....I will bite my tongue as I will say I would have like to have the flakes fly for about five minutes, but that is all.  This wonderful sentiment is from TLC.  There will be a wonderful blog hop on July 17th at 8:30am PST or 10:30am CST.  It will be Vintage Vacation with freebies along the way.

For my card I used an image from Bugaboo and colored it purple - I don't know why, but I have a purple thing going right now.  I added Sakura jelly glitter pen on the snowflakes on the image.

Patterned Paper:  Recollection; Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Snowfriends

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - let the flakes fly

Twine:  Darice

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Gem:  Paper Studio

Die:  Cherry Lynn

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

Sweet Wednesday Sketch 2 - Sketch 93

CHNC - Ch. 289 Color purple

CHNC Extra - July

CHNC Patterned - July

Catch the Bug - Saturday Challenge snowman or snowflake

12 months of Christmas - July

A snowflake promise - Ch. 26 Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Ch. 206 Monochrome

Joy in July

Here is a card that I made using the Joy Birds from Imagine That Digistamp.  I made a Decorative Corner Card.

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Cardstock;  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Joy Birds (see direct link above)

Ink:  Versa Mark 

Punch:  EK Success

Die:  Sizzix

Stickers:  Jolee

Pearls:  Recollection

Challenges

CHNC Extra - July

12 Months of Christmas - July

ABC Christmas Challenge - N for No Rules

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round - July

Crafty Boots - Christmas in July

Dragonfly Journeys - Ch. 65 July Jingle Bells

Incy Wincy - Fancy Folds

613 Ave Create - Ch. 184 Anything Goes with optional birds or feather

Sweet Stampin' - Sentiment as the Focus

Tis the season for Friends and Fun

Well I thought I better get on the Christmas in July bandwagon since I am behind in my Christmas card making.  Here is one using a sentiment from TLC and Bugaboo image.

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Xmas brat girl candy cane

Sentiment: TLC, Create - Friends and Fun season

Ribbon:  American Crafts

Spellbinder:  Picot Circle

Twine:  

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Challenges

Catch the Bug - Sketch Day 2

CHNC Extra - July

12 Months of Christmas - July

The Glory of Christmas Challenge - Ch. 88 Anything Goes

A Snowflake Promise - Ch. 25 Anything Goes

ABC Christmas Challenge - N for No Rules

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round - July

Crafty Boots - Christmas in July

Dragonfly Journeys - Ch. 65 July Jingle Bells

Sending sunny thoughts

This weekend we had beautiful weather here so it was perfect to be outside.  We were able to go to an Art Fair and see many gorgeous things and then I have thoughts of re-doing my entire house.....if I could only afford to do that, not.  Instead the only item I bought was a toad house.  I have a shaded back yard so I have lots of toads in my grass and when I go out to cut it they are always hopping out of my way.  When I saw this find I thought it was too funny so I had to get me one.
For my card, I used a pre-colored image from the Paper Shelter and then I created my own background.  I embossed the sun background and sponged on some ink.  Then I sprayed on some Krylon paint to look like sand.  Now I could  go for some fruity drink, but it seems like I'm "on-call" for work all the time.  The sentiment is from TLC.

Cardstock:  Bazzil: Recollections

Stamp:  Paper Shelter - Summer Holidays

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Sunny Thoughts

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Ink:  Distress - Mustard Seed

Paint: Krylon

Embossing Folder:  Sizzix

Flowers:  Prima

Gems:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Paper Shelter - Ch. 256 Sunny Days

Crafty Sentiments - Flowers

4CC - Ch. 306 Summer

Aud Sentiment - Ch. 159 For a girl

OSSAT - Ch. 266 Elements of Nature

That's Crafty - Feminine Challenge

Come & Get It - Make your Own Background

I think you're spectacular

I am doing some cleaning and I am finding that I have LOTS of rubber and cling stamps; however, I tend to mostly use digital.  I have inks in every color which I don't use that often so I thought I really need to pull these out because I have invested in them as well as that they are adorable.  I pulled out some of "My Favorite Things" stamps and used it for this card.

Patterned Paper:  

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  My Favorite Things - LLD Geek is Chic

Ink:  Distress - Black Soot & Pine Needles

Die:  Sweet Pea

Corner Rounder:  Creative Memories

Challenges

My Favorite Things - MFTWSC288

Crazy for Challenges - C4C344 Encouragement

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 238-239 Anything Goes

Naughty or Nice - Ch. 29 Anything Goes

Floral Birthday wishes

I made a bright rainbow of colors birthday card for a friend that has an upcoming birthday this next week.  She always has a smile and is so cheery so I needed a card like that.  I used a Verve stamp and some fun papers from Echo Park to do that.

Patterned Paper:  Echo Park

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Stamp:  Verve - Beautiful Things

Ink:  Distress - Black Soot

Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon

Die:  Sweet Pea

Bling:  Mark Richards
Flower:  My Favorite Things

Challenges

Viva La Verve - July Sketch 1

CHNC Patterned - July

CI - Ch. 365 Flowers

Crafty Sentiments - Flower Challenge

RRR - Ch. 144 Summer Flowers with Ribbon

Polkadoodles - Wk 26 Add ribbon or twine

My heart belongs to soldier in uniform

My card is using Soldier Sam from Imagine That digistamp and the paper is from TLC.  Since it is the 4th of July, I thought it would be a perfect card for the occasion.  Thank you to all of those who serve and have served our country.

Patterned Paper:  TLC, Create - Proud to be Patriatric

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations, Recollections

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

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Button:  My Favorite Things

Jute:  May Arts

Spellbinders:  Banner

Stickers:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 432 Add a banner/flags

Dragonfly Journeys - Ch. 64 A Star is born

Glitter 'n Sparkle - Ch. 195 Red, White & Blue

CHNC Patterned - July

Happy 4th of July

Today starts a new challenge at Imagine That Digistamp with the theme being Fancy Folds or Shaped Cards.  So for my card, I made a patriotic card using the American Pride Kit.  It's perfect for the 4th of July holiday.  I made a side step card.  I also used the papers from this kit.

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

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

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

Stars:  stash

Sparklers & fireworks:  My favorite finds

Challenges

CHNC Patterned - July

Craft your Passion - Ch. 318 Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 118 Anything Goes

The Crafter's Cafe - Ch. 152 Things with wings

Word Art Wednesday - Ch.236-237 Anything Goes

Happy 4th to my American friends!!!