Pierrette with balloon HB

Imagine That Digistamp has Thursday Inspiration and here is the card that I made using the pre-colored image from the Pierrette stamp set.  I put Glossy Accent on the balloon.  I sprayed the flowers with Glimmer Mist and distressed the sentiment with ink.  I am trying to add some cards to my birthday stash.  I just love this stamp set since it comes with a bunch of wonderful sentiments.

Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey; My Mind's Eye

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections

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

Die:  My Favorite Things

Ink:  Versa Magic Angel Soft

Bling:  Michael's

Glossy Accents

Glimmer Mist

Flowers:  Recollections

Challenges

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 - Sketch 113

Crafting from the Heart - Ch.161 Anything Goes

CHNC Patterned - June

QKR - Ch. 245 Birthday Cards

Cardz 4 Galz - Inspired by a Song (Happy Birthday)

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 284-285 Anything Goes

Aunt like a MOM only cooler!

My Mom comes from a family of 13 children so I have 9 Aunts and 3 Uncles on that side of the family.  There are a few Aunts that I am rather close to, and have a great relationship to.  I actually laugh that when my Mom goes on vacation that I call them because they are my substitue Moms or Mom #2.  They laugh about it and are always willing to fill-in.  So this is the image of the month from Gerda Steiner which is adorable and I thought would be perfect for one of my Aunts.  The sentiment is from TLC.  I did a rainbow of colors in the flowers.

Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey - Knee High

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Gerda Steiner - Flowers to You

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Aunt like a Mom only cooler

Circle Punch:  EK Success

Ribbon:  American Crafts

Challenges

Gerda Steiner - May Flowers for You

Try Stampin' on Tuesday - Sketch 323

CHNC Patterned - May

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 330 Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 124 2+ Designer Papers

Cast all your cards on Him

Here is another card that I made for my friend who needs a little extra support.  I used a new Verve stamp that I got and embossed it in black.

Patterned Paper:  Recollections; Paper Studio; Core-dinations

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Verve - Faith Medley (see above for direct link)

Embossing Powder:  Hampton

Versa Mark

Bling:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Mojo Monday - Sketch 498

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 284-285 Anything Goes

Come & Get It - Emboss It

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 330 Anything Goes

Just wanted to Brighten your day

I needed to get a card to a friend that is going through a rough time so I used a sentiment from TLC.  I printed the sentiment directly on the patterned paper.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - World Travels

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Paper Studio

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Just wanted to Brighten your day

Flower:  Paper Studio

Die:  My Favorite Things:  Sizzix

Challenges

Atlantic Heart - Sketch 213

Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 47 Add some texture

Sweet Stampin' - Things that go round

CHNC Patterned - May

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 160 Anything Goes

Sympathy for Karen's Mom

One of my good friend's had her Mother pass away on Saturday morning.  I have known her for 28 years and we have been nurses together and have taken care of end of life people; however, it is different when it is your family.  I know from taking care of my husband until his last breathe so I feel for her taking care of her Mother in the same way.  Her Mother fought her all the way.  For example, she was filling with fluid at the end so her underwear wasn't fitting and her Mom was a very vain person that would ALWAYS have her hair and make up done everyday no matter how she felt so when she wasn't able to wear her undergarments because they were too constrictive for her, she was so upset with her daughter who she thought took away all her dignity.  I'm surprised that my friend, Karen, didn't put an iron in her coffin since she ironed everything including her underwear.  As far as it can go....she did look good in her casket.  So here is the card that I made for my friend, Karen and her family.  The perfect sentiment is from TLC, Create, and one I use a lot.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - A Mother's Love

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  TLC, Create - (see above for direct link)

Spellbinder:  Parisian Accent)
Punch:  EK Success

Flowers:  Recollection

Washi tape:  Recollection

Challenges
Mojo Monday - Sketch 498

Brown Sugar - Ch. 251 Washi tape

Crafty Catz - Ch. 371 More than 2 layers

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 180 Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 344 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 282 -283 Anything Goes

Livin' the high life!

Imagine That Digistamp has a new release today called Giraffe with Butterflies.  I was wanting to post this first thing this morning, but I had a few problems....I filled my hard drive yesterday and had to get a new one.  It's not that you have to purchase a new one (and there are lots of options when choosing one) then you have to install it) and that seemed to take FOREVER.  Apparently my computer didn't understand that I had an agenda today.  So here is my card.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

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

Doily:  Lifestyle Crafts

Jute:  May Arts

Flowers:  Recollections

Buttons:  Stash

Challenges

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 160 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 282 - 283 Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 88 Include an animal

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 180 Anything Goes

Sparkles - Ch. 92 Four or more legs

Crafting with Dragonflies - Ch. 81 Animals

Powered by Christmas Spirit!

I need to add to my Christmas stash since I wanted to do a card a week, but I have not kept up with that goal.  I usually sent out 50-60 cards each season so that is why I had that goal.  Here is an adorable image from Imagine That Digistamp Candy Cane Teddy.  The sentiment is from TLC.

 

Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

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

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Powered by Christmas Spirit

Punches:  EK Success

Corner Rounder:  Creative Memories

Liquid Applique

Snowflake:  Dress it Up

Bling:  Recollections

Pom:  Creativity

Challenges

Try Stampin' on Tuesday - Sketch 322

CHNC - Ch. 334 Anything Goes with optional candy canes

CHNC Extra - May

CHNC Patterned - May

CRAFT - Ch. 416 Christmas

Crafty Catz - Ch. 371 More than 2 layers

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round - Precipitation

Sparkles Christmas - Ch. 76 Snowflakes

Winter Wonderland - Use your favorite Christmas color combo

12 Months of Christmas - Ch. 29 Cute Christmas

You are my WORLD

Imagine That Digistamps has Thursday Inspiration and this is the card that I have for that in which I used a freebie set called You are My World and the papers are from Owl Always Love You papers.  I used the pre-colored image and I inked around the sentiment.  I added some heart gems.

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

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Wirlwind; Recollection

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

Ink:  Memento - Lady Bug

Gems:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Sweet Wednesday Sketch 2 - Sketch 112

CHNC Patterned - May

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 159 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 282 - 283 Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 329 Anything Goes

You are simply amazing just the way you are

I won this Verve stamp set so I am so excited to be able to use it, it is Simply Amazing and I mean that, hehe.  I heat embossed three stamps in gold.  I dry embossed the mint green background with a small floral pattern.  The pattern paper is a beautiful velum.

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Velum:  Paper Studio

Sentiment:  Verve (see above for direct link)

Embossing Powder:  Stamp craft

Versa Mark

Pearls:  Recollection

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts; Recollections

Lace:  Wrights

Embossing Folder:  We are Memory Keepers

Challenges

Mojo Monday - Sketch 497

Brown Sugar - Ch. 250 Embossing

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 282 - 283 Anything Goes

Allsorts - Wk 415 Ring of Ring O'Roses

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 90 Ladies

4CC - Ch. 350 Celebrate Women

Sending you loads of Birthday Wishes

I have a nephew that I needed to make a birthday card for this month so I thought I would use this dump truck punch to make this card.  I generated a computer sentiment when I realized that I didn't have one to fit this the way I wanted.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Sentiment:  Computer generated from Adobe Photoshop

Punch:  Martha Stewart

Border Punch:  EK Success

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Challenges

Atlantic Hearts Sketch - Sketch 212

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 159 Anything Goes

Crafter's Cafe - Ch. 173 Birthday

Scribbles - Ch. 53 Big Wheels keep on turning

CRAFT - Ch. 415 Birthday

Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 350 Kid & Teen-ager Birthday

Thank you from the bottom of my heart

I made this card for one of the doctors that I have worked with.  The sentiment is from TLC, Create and the die cut is from Taylored Expressions.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Thank you from the bottom of my heart

Die:  Stethoscope - Taylored Expressions

Punches:  EK Success

Spellbinder:  Circle Delight

Button:  Stash

Jute:  May Art

Challenges

Try Stampin' on Tuesday - Sketch 321

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 158 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 282-283 Anything Goes

Crazy 4 Challenges - C4C384 Thank You (Medical Field)

Making Memories Crafting - Ch. 5 Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 477 Dies & Punches

You are a blessing

Here is a card for Imagine That Digistmp for the Thursday Inspiration that I made using the image of Autism Awareness Kids.  This set also comes with the paper to coordinate.  The sentiment is from TLC, Create.  I used the pre-colored version of the image.  My daughter is a 4th grade teacher and has several students with Autism in her class.

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

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollectioins

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

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - You are a blessing

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Spellbinder:  Heart Circle

Ribbon:  Michael's

Buttons:  Stash

Twine:  Darice

Challenges

Cheerful Sketches - May

Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 87 Three of a Kind

Crafty Sentiments - Bright Colors

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 328 Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 477 Dies & Punches

2017 Congratulations Grad

My step-son is graduating from Charleston University of SC with an Education degree this upcoming weekend.  His Father taught college for 36 years and would be so proud of him, and it is unfortunate that he is not on earth to see it.  I know he will be watching from the stars and I plan to send this card and a gift for him.  He has worked so hard to get through the program as well as working.  This image is from Gerda Steiner and the sentiment is from TLC, Create.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio; Recollections

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections; Paper Studio

Stamp:  Gerda Steiner:  Graduation Owl

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - 2017 Congratuations Grad

Ink:  Memento - Rich Cocoa

Challenges

Try Stampin' on Tuesday - Sketch 320

Gerda Steiner - Share your desings

CHNC Patterned - May

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

A snowflake promise - Ch. 40 Anything Goes

It's a boys life

Paulette at TLC, Create had this adorable image as part of the last monthly club and I just had to use it.  The sentiment is also from TLC.  I distressed the papers and the sentiment I distressed with ink also.

Patterned Paper:  Fancy Pants

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  TLC, Create - A boy and his dog vintage sketch

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - It's a Boys Life

Ink:  Tim Holtz Distress - Old Paper

Tim Holtz distress tool

Ribbon:  Really Reasonable Ribbon

Buttons & Clock:  Recollection

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Challenges

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 158 Anything Goes

CHNC Patterned - May

International Art & Soul - Ch. 7 Vintage

Sweet Stampin' - Cats and/or Dogs

Crafty Friends - Ch. 57 Cute

Glitter 'n Sparkle - Ch. 238 For the kids film (My Dog Skip)

Life's better when shared with a friend

Today starts a new challenge at Imagine That Digistamp.  It is a monthly challenge.  Please see the site for the details of the challenge.  Here is a card that was made using the recent release of Girls Night In from Imagine That Digistamp.  I love how it turned out so nice and bright.

Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

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

Spellbinder:  Circle Delights

Gems:  Duct Tape

Ribbon:  Really Reasonable Ribbon

Ink:  Tim Holtz Distress - Seedless Preserves

Challenges

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 - Sketch 111

Card Mania - Ch. 92 Life is Colorful

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 157 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 280 - 281 Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 327 Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Grandma's are down to earth Angels

I have another Mother's Day card that I made using a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I just love this patterned paper from My Mind's Eye that has metallic gold in and is so elegant.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye

Cardstock:  Recollections

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Grandma's are down to earth Angels

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Heart Punches:  Spellbinder & Fiskars

Pearls:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Challenges

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 341 Sketch

Southern Girls - Ch. 159 Use an actual punch

Creatalicious - Ch. 114 Anything Goes girls/Mother's Day

Anything Goes with a Create with TLC - Ch. 10

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 280 - 281 Anything Goes