Advice from a flower

Tulips are my favorite spring flower.  Today there is a Friday Freebie at Catch the Bug, using this beautiful image of Bug Jar Tulip and I used a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I put Glossy Accents on the vase and outlined the images with Sakura jelly glitter pen.  I used lots of buttons for all the colors.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bug Jar Tulip

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Advice from a flower

Glossy Accents

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Buttons:  Stash

Hemptique

Spellbinder:  Pennant

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 328 - 329 Anything Goes

Sisterhood of Crafters - Spring Flowers

Aud Sentimets - Ch. 200 Spring/Easter

Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 68 Buttons ad/or bows

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 373 Anything Goes

Cat on bookshelf bookmark

Today is a quick post...I meant to get this done sooner, but life got crazy.  I had the image colored and finally put it together.  Since the image had books....I wanted to make a corner bookmark and followed the tutorial on making it which is the first time I made this one.  This is the progressive challenge at Gerda Steiner using Cat in Bookshelf.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye

Cardstock:  DCWV; Recollection

Stamp:  Gerda Steiner - Cat in Bookshelf (see above for direct link)

Flowers: Paper Studio

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Challenges

Gerda Steiner - March

Show us your Pussies Cats - Ch. 28 Furrything Goes

Crafty Animals - Ch. 12 

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 238 Border Time

Not Just Cards - March

Congratulations, You Two

Well I made it through the first week of my new job and today slept half the day away.  I wanted to make a wedding/engagement card for my stash.  I recently purchased this Splendid Swans set just for this purpose.  I used my distress oxides to make the background.

Cardstock:  Core-dinations; Recollections

Watercolor Paper:  Strathmore

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

        Distress Oxide:  Salty Ocean, Broken China, Faded Jeans, Peacock Feathers

Challenges

My Favorite Things - MFTWSC377

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 199 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 326 - 327 Anything Goes

Mix it Up - Ch. 11 Make your own background

Double D - Just wing it

Sisterhood of Crafters - Birds

Crafty Animals - Ch. 12

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 12

Brat Easter

Today there is another Friday Freebie at Catch the Bug and I used the Bug Brat Easter 02 image with a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I can't believe that Easter is right around the corner.  So if you need to make a few cards here is a great image to grab for a cutie.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye

Cardstock:  Craft Smith; Recollection 

Stamp  Bugaboo - Bug Brat Easter 02

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - April Words

Bling:  Mark Richards

Lady Bug:  Dress it Up

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Ink:  Distress - Broken China

Challenges

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 533 Easter

CRAFT - Ch. 460 Spring/Easter

If you give you a crafter a cookie - Ch. 90 Easter

Crafting with Dragonflies - Ch. 100 Easter

A Gem of a Challenge - Ch. 215 Easter

We are Strongly Bonded

I am really liking my new job, but suffering from crafting withdrawl.  Also, sitting so much is making my muscles and joints stiff and sore so that I can't wait to see my massage therapist tomorrow.  Besides getting up early and learning new material everyday is physically exhausting.  My co-workers are supportive and it is a positive work environment.  So it has been an adjustment.  I had to make a card.  I made this yesterday, but went to bed because I was too tired to post.  I played with my distress oxide ink which I haven't done in quite sometime and some embossing.  I just had to flip the side of the sketch.

Cardstock:  Recollection

Watercolor Paper:  Strathmore

Stamp:  My Favorite Things - Retired Chemistry Set
VersaMark

Embossing Powder: Stampendous

Enamel Dots:  Recollection & Paper Studio

Inks:  Distress Oxide - Broken China, Cracked Pistachio, Spiced Marmalade

Challenges

My Favorite Things - MFTWSC377

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 199 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 326 - 327 Anything Goes

Mix It Up - Ch. 11 Make your own background

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 372 Anything Goes

the Glory of Easter

Well I survived my first two days of work.  I feel exhausted though when you have to learn things. I feel badly that I have not been online to view and comment on everyone's cards.  I had a few minutes before work this morning so I put together a card from an image that I colored a couple years ago.  The sentiment is from TLC, Create.  This lamb is a cutie from Cuddly Buddly, Spring Lamb.

Patterned Paper: Pebbles

Cardstock:  Recollection

Stamp:  Cuddly Buddy - Spring Lamb (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - the Glory of Easter

Punches:  EK Success; Martha Stewart

Flowers:  Recollections

Ribbon:  Hobby Lobby

Challenges

Cheerful Sketches - March

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 199 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 326 - 327 Anything Goes

Crafting with Dragonflies - Ch. 100 Easter

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 237 Spring is on the way

CRAFT - Ch 459 Animals

Crafty Animals - Ch. 12

Christmas Brat Boy Stocking

Today starts a new Stella Says Sketch at Catch the Bug.  For my card, I made a Christmas card to try to keep up with my Christmas stash.  Being from WI he is wearing Packer colors naturally.  This image is Christmas Brat Boy Stocking and I used a sentiment from TLC, Create.
Well yesterday spent the day with my daughter shopping for a dress for her for my parents' Anniversary party.  My daughter is 4'11" and has poor self esteem about her appearance.  So we disagree about what she should wear.  I know that she is beautiful and thin, and she doesn't agree so she picks out clothing that doesn't flatter herself.  She tells me that I just say those things because I'm her Mom, and if I put a picture of the dress she chose online without her hair done she would never forgive me.  We finally purchased one that is gorgeous...so now just have to get some alterations.

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Cardstock:  Paper Crafts; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Christmas Brag Boy Stocking

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Stocking Heavy, Heart Light

Doily:  Momenta

Ribbon:  Michael's & Waverly

Ink:  Memento - Rich Cocoa

Challenges
CHNC - Ch. 377 Anything Christmas with optional no patterned paper
Merry Christmas - Ch. 11
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 326 - 327 Anything Goes
QKR - Ch. 287 Anything Goes
Aud Sentiment - Ch. 199 & BINGO (Pattern Paper, Digi, Favorite Color)  (Green)

precious. little. One

Today at Catch the Bug there is a Friday Freebie of this Cute Troll.  For my card, I used a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I think this troll is just so adorable and colored it for a baby boy card.

Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Cute Troll

Spellbinder:  Large circle; Eyelet circle

Button:  Stash

Hemptique

Flowers:  Prima

Challenges

CHNC Patterned - March

Tuesday Throwdow - Ch. 383 Buttons

little red wagon - Ch. 437 Focus on Family (baby card)

Polkadoodles - Wk 10 Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet - Ch. 184 Anything Goes

along came a Spider...

I colored this image from Mo Manning, Miss Miffet, several years ago and had it sitting in my stash.  So when the challenge at Allsorts came out for Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes I knew that I had to put it together.  I used a sentiment from TLC, Create and inked the edges.  I also found a spider from my Halloween collection.  I put Sakura jelly glitter pen on the string from the spider on the image.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye;  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Stamp:  Mo Manning - Miss Muffet (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - along came a spider

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Ink:  Memento - London Fog

Ribbon/Lace:  Thread trends

Pearls:  Mark Richards

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Spider:  Recollections

Challenges

Cheerful Sketches - March

Allsorts - Wk 458 Fairy Tales & Nursery Rhymes

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 198 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 326 - 327 Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 371 Anything Goes

Crafty Friends - Ch. 79 For a special lady

Multiply like bunnies

I keep seeing these cards on Pinterest and I just had to make one.  Since I have so many die cuts and punches I figured that I could easily do this and I was right.  I decided to make it an easel card, which is just one of my favorite layouts.  The sentiment is from TLC, Create.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe; Core-dinations

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Spellbinders:  Small and large petite ovals, Heart

Punches:  EK Success

Dies: My Favorite Things

Sakura jelly white pen

Ribbon:  Really Reasonable Ribbon

Border Punch:  Martha Stewart

Twine:  Darice

Buttons:  Stash

Flower:  Prima

Marker:  Zig

Challenges

The Paper Players - Ch. 384 Any shade of Pink

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 235 Die Cuts/Punches

Brown Sugar - Ch. 276 Spring/Easter

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 383 Use buttons

Egg-cited about Easter

My kids aren't around anymore so I am thankful that I don't have to buy any jellybeans.  However, I do miss hiding Easter baskets and dying eggs.  We always made sugar cookies and they kids had sprinkles everywhere. For my card today, I used an image from Bugaboo, Bug Brat Easter 01 and a sentiment from TLC, Create.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Spring Forward

Cardstock:  Core-dinations:  Paper Studio; Craft Smith; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Bug Brat Easter 01

Sentiment:  Egg-cited about Easter

Egg:  Celebrate It

Pearls:  Mark Richards

Butterfly:  Recollections

Flowers:  Prima

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Spellbinder:  Grand Circle

Challenges

Sketch Saturday - Ch. 504

Simon Says Challenge Monday - Easter/Spring

Crafty Sentiments - Easter Challenge

Let's Craft & Create - Ch. 135 Anything Goes with optional Easter

Brown Sugar - Ch. 276 Spring or Easter

Happy St. Patrick's Day to Ewe

Today there is a new release at Catch the Bug and just in time for the upcoming holiday on Saturday.  I embossed three strips of green paper.  And I have to get out all my cards for my Irish friends.

Patterned Paper;  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - St Patrick's Day to Ewe

Flower:  Recollection

Ribbon:  Offray

Embossing Folder:  Sizzix

Die:  My Favorite Thing

Challenges

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 - Ch. 131

Di's Design - Lots of Green

DL Thankful Thursday - Ch. 224 Green

Card Concept - Ch. 88 Monochromatic Green (Classy and Elegant)

Pattie's Creation - Ch. 144 Lots of Green

Crafty Animals - Ch. 12

There's no one else on earth like you

Here is a center step card that I made using the Mo Manning image, Lydia and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I thought this would make a perfect Mother's Day Card since my Mom's favorite color is yellow.
I added Sakura jelly glitter pen to the fairy wings of Lydia.

Patterned Paper:  American Craft
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Craft Smith; Recollection
Stamp:  Mo Manning - Lydia (see above for direct link)
Sentiment:  TLC, Create - No one else like you
Punches:  EK Success
Flowers:  Paper Studio; Recollections
Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges
Mo Manning - Facebook Color Challenge (see colors above)
A Gem of a Challenge - Ch. 214 Mother's Day
Get Creative - Ch. 66 Fantasy, Mythological
Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 105 Make it Feminine
Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 384 Mother's Day
Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 520 Mothers
Crafty Friends - Ch. 79 For a Special Lady
CCC Digi Creations - Ch. 90 For the Girls
Pearly Sparkles - Ch. 26 Flowers

Blooming Beauty

Here is a vintage card that I made using an image and sentiment from TLC, Create.  The pansies remind me of  my Grandmother.  I distressed the edges of my papers and ink distressed my sentiment.

Patterned Paper;  My Mind's Eye

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dination; Recollection

Stamp:  TLC, Create - Spring Flowers Journal Card

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Blooming Beauty

Divine Twine

Flowers:  Prima & Recollection

Ink:  Distress - Old Paper

Distress Tool

Bling:  Duct Tape

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 324 - 325 Anything Goes

Try Stampin' on Tuesday - Tic Tac Tuesday #2 (Ribbon/Twine/Flowers/Dots) (Purple/Flowers/Glitter)

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 197 Anything Goes

Dream Valley - Ch. 174 Vintage

Pearly Sparkles - Ch. 26 Flowers

Crafty Catz - Ch. 407 Anything Goes with optional layer it up

Christmas Bear

I wanted to get some things crossed off my list and that was to get a few more Christmas cards made.  So here is one using the Bugaboo image, Christmas Bear and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I embossed the circle behind the bear.

Patterned Paper:  gcd

Cardstock:  Paper Studio; Bazzil

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

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Bringing Joy to large and small

Spellbinders:  Small and large circles

Embossing Folder:  Sizzix

Pom:  Creativity

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

Tuesday Morning Sketch - Ch. 443

12 Months of Christmas - Ch. 39 Beary Merry Christmas

CHNC - Ch. 376 Anything Christmas with optional Santa Claus

CRAFT - Ch. 458 Christmas

ABC Christmas - E Emboss F Frill G Glitter (Emboss)

International Art & Soul - Ch. 28 Emboss & use a die cut

Butterfly Thanks

I like to make Thank You notes for my daughter who is a teacher.  Her students/parents are great to her.  Even when I went to a few weeks ago they had treats for Valentines Day and they had A LOT!  One of the parents sent money instead of sending a treat so that she could purchase something.  Obviously she didn't need the money so she wrote a thank you note and sent it back to the parent.
For this card I used some dies that I haven't used in some time.  Again, I am hoping that Spring comes soon.

Patterned Paper:  Pebbles
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dination; Recollection
Spellbinder:  Words
Dies:  My Favorite Things - Butterflies
Pearls:  Michael's

Challenges
Atlantic Heart Sketches - Ch. 254
QKR - Ch. 286 Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 370 Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 324 - 325 Anything Goes
Polkadoodles - Wk 10 Anything Goes

Candy Cane Bear Merry and Bright

Today starts a new challenge Catch the Bug with the topic being Nature's Wonder Big and Small.  So you are to make a card using a creature on it.  I used Candy Cane Bear and a sentiment from TLC, Create because I am trying to keep up with my Christmas stash.

Patterned Paper;  gcd; Recollection

Cardstock:  Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Candy Cane Bear

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Merry and Bright

Spellbinder:  Small and large circles

Lace:  Hobby Lobby

Border Punch:  Martha Stewart

Ribbon:  Michael's

Bling:  Recollection

Challenges

12 Months of Christmas - Ch. 39 A Beary Merry Christmas

Christmas Card Throwdown - March Colors - Kraft & Red

ABC Christmas - E for Emboss F for Frill G for Glitter (frill)

CRAFT - Ch. 458 Christmas

A Snowflake Promise - Ch. 48 Anything Goes

CHNC - Ch. 376 Anything Christmas with optional Santa Claus

Hip & Hop and Big News

Well I have been wanting to make this card for sometime to re-cycle or upcycle.  I used a tag and twine that I got from a Black Sheep that I bought as a decoration for Easter.  I thought  it looked vintage and was perfect for a card.  I pulled the twine out and cut it into three pieces and put it back into the tag.  I also have some BIG news that I got a nursing job so I have to start working full time on March 19th so I have one more week of freedom.  It will be great to have health care benefits again instead of paying for horrible insurance.  It has been nice to not have stress and I have to knock on some wood, but I have not had any colds or sinus infections this past year and I have been exercising regularly so I just hope that I continue with my good behaviors when I go back to work. I will also have to go to bed at a decent time.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio
Cardstock:  Bazzil
Doily:  Recollections
Tag:  Hip & Hop
Ribbon:  Michael's
Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Challenges
Crafter's Cafe - Ch. 191 Recycling
Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 66 Furry Friends
Crafty Animals - Ch. 12
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 12
613 Ave Create - Ch. 207 Anything Goes optional reuse/upcycle
Dream Valley - Ch. 174 Vintage
Let's Craft & Create - Anything Goes with optional Easter
Pearly Sparkles - Ch. 26 Flowers
Crafty Calendar - Add a tag or make one