Sending you a great big THANKS

Today we start another challenge at Catch the Bug and being the last Saturday of the month it's a Recipe which is: 1 Ribbon, 2 Flowers, 3 Layers. For my card I used, 3 Square Floral Thinking of You and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I used the other portion of this image a couple of weeks ago. Since I make cards for my stash and my family members this one goes to my daughter who is a teacher. I have now put gift bags in my office so each person gets their cards put in their bag so I can keep track of where everything is going.

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - 3 Square Floral Thinking of You (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Sending you a great big THANKS

Spellbinder:  Pennant

Ribbon:  Offray

Embossing Folder:  Sizzix

Flower:  Recollection

Challenges

Arty Divas - Ch. 22 Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 152 Flower and sentiment

QKR - Ch. 399 Anything Goes

Crafting Happiness - Ch. 50 Anything Goes with optional red

Crafty Friends - Ch. 136 Add embellishments

Love to Scrap - Ch. 133 Anything Goes

Hand Stamped Sentiments - Ch. 340 (see photo above)

But first coffee

My last coffee card is using an image and coffee paper are from TLC, Create. I just love these colors. I am just hoping soon to be able to get together with friends for coffee.

Patterned Paper:  TLC, Create - 

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  TLC, Create - but first coffee

Spellbinders:  Small and Large Circles

Flower:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Challenges

2020 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop

Mojo Monday - Ch. 537 

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 458 Color Challenge (see above)

Hand Stamped Sentiment - Ch. 340 Photo Inspiration (daisy - see photo above)

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 440 - 441 Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 152 Flower and a sentiment

Coffee very seriously

Here is another coffee card using a single Verve retired digi and a sentiment from TLC, Create. This is another background that I did blending stripes of distress oxide inks to make a red, white and blue background.

Cardstock:  Recollection

Watercolor Paper:  Stratham

Stamp:  Verve digis

Distress Oxides:  Salty Ocean & Candied Apple

Stars:  Darice

Challenges

2020 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop

Mojo Monday - Ch. 537

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 636 Stripes

Krafty Chicks - Ch. 509 All occasions

Polkadoodles - Wk 22 Anything Goes

Love to Scrap - Ch. 133 Anything Goes

Three Cheers

Well I had to make a few more coffee cards to complete the Coffee Hop.  This is from an older Verve digi set from years ago. I made the background by blending distress oxide inks on some watercolor paper. I tried to keep it in stripes for a red, white and blue effect.

Cardstock:  Recollection

Watercolor Paper:  Stratham

Stamp:  Verve digis

Distress Oxides:  Salty Ocean & Candied Apple

Stars:  Darice

Challenges

2020 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop

Mojo Monday - Ch. 537

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 636 Stripes

Krafty Chicks - Ch. 509 All occasions

Polkadoodles - Wk 22 Anything Goes

Love to Craft - Ch. 46 Anything Goes

Good Coffee Friends

Today is Oldie but Goodie day at Catch the Bug and I made a card using the image, Coffee Time - May your cup and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  It works out well since the 2020 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop is going on and this is my first card that I am making.  It's a problem now that work is getting busy and that I don't have time to make cards when I want to since I don't have as much free time, lol. Well knew that lull wasn't going to last long.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Sugar & Cream

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Coffee Time - May your cup (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Good Coffee Friends

Spellbinders:  Small Circle; Lacey Circle; Small and Large Square

Flower:  Recollection

Challenges

2020 Spring/Summer Coffee Lover Hop

Hand Stamped Sentiments - Ch. 340 Photo inspiration (see above)

Simon Says Wednesday - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 440 - 441 Anything Goes

Aud Sentiment - Ch. 152 Flowers and a sentiment

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

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

Perfect Fit - Happy Father's Day

I made a card for my Dad for Father's Day using an image from Scribbles, Nut and Bolt and a computer generated sentiment.  I am frustrated now that I am posting it because I realize that my spellcheck changed it from "you're the"  to "your" so I am going to have to re-do the sentiment. I used Tim Holtz Woodgrain distressed cardstock and strayed it with Distress Spray.

Patterned Paper: Echo Park

Cardstock:  Tim Holtz Woodgrain Cardstock; Recollections

Stamp:  Scribbles - Nut and Bold

Sentiment:  Computer generated

Spellbinder:  Heart; Small Circles

Button:  Stash

Hemptique

Ink:  Old Paper

Distress Spray:  Walnut Ink

Challenges

Cardz 4 Guyz - Ch. 245 Sketch

Scribbles - Ch. 89 Brads, buttons or bows

Alphabet Challenge - D for dry embossing

As you like it challenge - Favorite embellishment and why (buttons, great for a masculine card when you don't want to look to frilly)

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 440 - 441 Anything Goes

Watercooler Wednesday - Ch 272 Anything Goes with a masculine twist

Time Out Challenge - Ch. 162 Visual Image

Artsystamper Digitals - Ch. 16 It's a guy thing

Flowers from the same garden

Well as I keep working on some cards for my Mom I was having fun with some backgrounds.  I used my watercolor paper and played with my distress oxides and then added a Tim Holtz stencil keeping it monochromatic.  So I found a silly birthday saying to add and added a couple of flowers.

Cardstock:  Recollections

Watercolor Paper:  Strathmore

Stencil:  Tim Holtz

Sentiment:  Computer generated

Distress Inks: Cracked Pistachio, Pine Needle, Twisted Citron, Peeled Paint, Lucky Clover

Flowers:  Prima

Enamel Dots:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Color My Heart Color Dare - Ch. 394

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 251 Anything Goes

Love to Craft - Ch. 46 Anything Goes

Love to Scrap - Ch. 133 Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 207 For the ladies

International Art & Soul - Ch. 84 Humerous

Patriotic Eagle and Flag Vintage

I have a bunch of vintage images from TLC,Create and I just don't get a chance to play with them as much as I would like. Since it's Memorial Day Weekend I was inspired to use this wonderful eagle. I was able to pull out some buttons, ribbons, twine, hemp and do some distressing.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  TLC, Create - Patriotic Eagle and Flag Tag Vintage

Ribbons:  Michael's

Buttons:  JHB & LeButton

Hemptique

Divine Twine

Tim Holtz distressing Tool

Challenges

The Card Concept - Ch. 135 (see above, Vintage)

Daring Cardmakers - Birds of a Feather

Scribbles - Ch. 89 Brads, Buttons or Bows

Crafty Catz - Ch. 507 Spots and/or stripes

Path of Positivity  - Ch. 80 Furry or Feathery Friends

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 351 Embossing Delight

Pearly Sparkles - Ch 51 Add a ribbon and/or bow

Crafty Friends - Ch 136 Add embellishments

Celebrated every day TSOT 457

Well I had fun make this card with this month's freebie at Pattie's Creations along with a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I added some Glossy Accents to my martini. And the fun colors are also the Green Bay Packers football colors, lol. I have found I have been using these colors quite a bit lately. Enjoy your Saturday.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Pattie's Creation - Martini (see above for link)

Sentiment;  TLC, Create - Someone like you

Glossy Accents

Spellbinders:  Grand Circle

Challenges

Try Stampin' on Tuesday - Ch. 457

Pattie's Creations - Ch. 170 Anything Goes

QKR - Ch. 399 Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 251 Anything Goes

Inkspirational - Ch. 213 Shake

Dream Valley - Ch. 225 Favorite colors (Green, yellow and kraft)

Celebrate today and every day

Today starts a new challenge at Catch the Bug and it's a Photo Inspiration. For my card I used, Bugaboo Flower Teddy and a sentiment from TLC, Create. I dry embossed a background piece. The animals are keeping their social distance to be good examples for all of us.

Patterned Paper:  Core-dinations; Recollections

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Flower Teddy (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Celebrate today and every day

Spellbinders:  Small and Large Ovals

Flower:  Prima

Brad:  Paper Studio

Embossing Folder:  Sizzix

Challenges

Alphabet Challenge - D for Dry embossing

Crafty Catz - Ch. 507 Spots and/or stripes

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 167 Animals/Flowers

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 440 - 441 Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 635 Critters

Papercraft - Ch. 58 Spring

Have a Purr-Fectly Delightful Day

Today it's Friday Freebie at Catch the Bug and we have Kitty You are Purr-fect and I have a sentiment from TLC, Create.  Since I have a Siamese cat that is how I colored this fluffy cat.  I added sequins mostly blue to match my cat's eyes. The background is dry embossed with pawprints.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Kitty You are Purr-fect

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Purr-Fectly Delightful

Dies:  My Favorite Things; Tutti

Flowers:  Prima

Gems:  Mark Richards

Sequins:  Creativity

Embossing Folder:  Darice

Challenges

Cheerful Sketches - May 2020

Crafty Animals - Ch. 38

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 167 Animals / Flowers

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 351 Embossing Delight

Show us your Pussycats - Ch. 54 Furrything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 635 Critters

Alphabet Challenge - D for dry embossing

Don't try to worm out of it

Well I have another masculine card that I made for Mom's stash.  The image and sentiments are from TLC, Create.

Patterned Paper:  Bo Bunny; Recollections

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  TLC, Create - Fish Gold Vintage

Sentiment:  Don't try to worm out of it; Happy Birthday Big Guy

Spellbinders:  Small and Large Petite Ovals & Pennant & Fishig D-Lites

Dies:  My Favorite Things

Punch:  Martha Stewart

Hemptique

Challenges

Creative Sketchy Girls - Ch. 48

Watercooler Wednesday - Ch. 272 Anything Goes with a masculine twist

Scribbles - Ch. 89 Brads, buttons, Bow

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 251 Anything Goes with a sentiment

the Paper Girls - Ch. 200 All About Boys

Walk on the Wild Side

Today I wanted to make a more masculine birthday card for my Mom's stash. I found this lion in my pile which is from TLC, Create and I added a heat embossed sentiment from Art Impressions. I found some left over ribbon pieces which were the perfect colors and distressed my papers.

Patterned Paper:  Out and About at the Zoo

Cardstock:  Bazzil and Recollection

Stamp:  TLC, Create - Walk on the Wild Side Lion Vintage Tag

Sentiment:  Art Impressions - Birthday Wishes

Embossing Powder:  Stampendous

VersaMark

Ribbon:  Offray, Michael's MayArts

Hemptique

Die:  My Favorite Things

Tim Holtz:  Distress Tool

Challenges

QKR - Ch. 398 Anything Goes

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 38

Crafty Animals - Ch. 38

CHNC Patterned - May

Watercooler Wednesday - Ch. 272 Anything Goes with optional masculine twist

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 635 Critters

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 457 Tic Tac Toe  (Image / die / embossing)

Have a TOADally unFROGettable day!

Today I have card that I made for fun since I enjoy using the Mo Manning images. I have a stamp that I got as part of the Patreon Program.  It's a cutie called Beau. And my sentiment is from TLC, Create.  I dry embossed the background and followed the sketch for Mo's challenge for this month.  I just had to make it monochromatic.

Patterned Paper:  Core-dinations; Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Mo Manning - Beau

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Have a TOADally unFROGettable day

Ink:  Distress - Mowed Lawn & Distress Oxide - Broken China

Spellbinders:  Small and Large Circles

Flowers: Prima and Recollections

Embossing Folder:  Darice

Stencil - My Favorite Things

Challenges

Mo Manning - Ch. 291 Sketch (see above) with Mo Manning image

the Paper Girls - Ch. 200 All about Boys

Crafting Happiness - Ch. 49 Anything goes with optional for the kids

The Creative Crafters - Ch. 28 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Ch. 506 Anything Goes with optional twist Outdoors

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 471 Anything Goes

Eat, Drink and Be Merry

I can't believe we are over half way into May already so we are going to need those Christmas cards before you know it. So to help with that I used the new Tuesday Morning Sketch 555.  For this I used my Minc to foil the sentiment from Creative Visions Stamps.  I added bling and a die cut from Paper Smooches and I put some Glossy Accents in it and colored it with a Copic marker. It's a fun non-traditional monochromatic Christmas card.

Patterned Paper:  Cosmo Cricket

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations

Vellum:  Paper Studio

Bling:  Jolee and Recollection

Glossy Accents

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Corner Rounder:  Creative Memories

Foil:  Creative Vision Stamps

Challenges

CHNC - Ch. 490 Anything Christmas with optional Candy Canes

As You Like It - Favorite Color Combo with purple (gold - it's so elegant)

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 22

Krafty Chicks - Ch. 507 Christmas

Polkadoodles - Wk 20 Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 251 Anything Goes with a sentiment

Hope your Birthday is a Grand Slam!

Today at Catch the Bug it's New Release or when an older image gets put into the new store. We have this fun image, Baseball Catch 2 and my sentiment comes from Imagine That Digistamp, Baseball & Softball Sentiments. I made this a shaker card and colored it to look like the Milwaukee Brewers since I live in Wisconsin.

Patterned Paper:  Core-dinations

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo Baseball Catch 2

Sentiment:  Imagine That Digistamp - Hope your Birthday is a Grand Slam

Ink:  Distress 

Stencil:  My Favorite Things

Shaker container:  My Favorite Things

Sequins:  Darice & Pretty Pink Posh

Challenges

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 251 Anything Goes with a sentiment

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 634 Birthdays

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 438 - 439 Anything Goes

Artsystamper Digital - Ch. 16 It's a Guy Thing

The Paper Girls Challenge - Ch. 200 All about the Boys

Inkspirational - Ch. 213 Shake

Pet Sympathy Cards

We are struggling with the lockdown and challenge of not knowing what to expect and stress of change. However, it also affects our critters. I am amazed at home many pet sympathies I had to make. To I made a group of 4 similar CAS designs since I need so many. I have had two lose cats and 2 lose dogs.  One that lost a dog also had their cat get seriously injured.  So then that's just another stress losing a pet during this difficult time. I lost a cat a few months ago and I know my other cat is still struggling with the lose of her sister. So we can just love our critters and I know that they are trying to help us cope.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Spellbinders:  Dog D-lite, Cat D-lite, Heart

Die:  Paper Rose

Embossing Folder:  Darice

DivineTwine

Challenges

Simon Says Monday - It's a Dog's Life

Simon Says Wednesday - Animal Fun

AAA CAS Game - Ch. 165 Up to one third with repeating image

Happy Little Stamper - May Die Cuts

Crafty Animals - Ch. 38

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 38

Unicorn Challenge - Ch. 54 Use dies

Show Us Your Pussycats - Ch. 54 Furrything Goes

Sharing the Joy

I have my second Christmas card for this month so that I keep up with the stash.  For this there is a challenge at Christmas Card Throwdown for a Silhouette card so I thought it would be perfect to use my Spellbinder die cut. I dry embossed the background and used a sentiment from TLC, Create. I wanted to add a little color so I added some strips with banners the end along with some twine and snowflakes.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Recollections

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Sharing the Joy

Punches:  EK Success

Spellbinder: Building a Snowman

Bling:  Recollection

Divine Twine

Embossing Folder:  Creative Expressions

Challenges

Christmas Card Throwdown - May Theme Silhouette 

Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Anything Goes

12 Months of Christmas Link Up - Ch. 65 Anything Christmas with optional Deck the Paws

CHNC - Ch. 490 Anything Christmas with optional candy canes

Winter Wonderland - Favorite Color Combo (Red, Green, Kraft)

Sparkles Christmas - Ch. 112 Add ribbon, lace or twine

Krafty Chicks - Ch. 507 Christmas

Crafty Catz - Ch. 506 Anything Goes with optional outdoors

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 22