HB with stars TMS 561

Today I simple card using several Spellbinder dies for a masculine birthday card. I just never seen to have enough of them around. Be prepared next week is a big celebration at Tuesday Morning Sketches and there will be LOTS of prizes!

Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Sentiment:  Computer generated

Spellbinders:  Stars; Pennant

Challenges

The Male Room - Ch. 139 Use Die cuts

Crafting Happiness - Ch. 55 Anything Goes

Inkspirational - Ch. 216 Sketch

Dream Valley - Ch. 228 All Occasions

Foil Ornament

I had to make another foil Christmas card and I am just having so much fun with this new toy. Especially when I don't have much time to sit and color these days. For this card I pulled out some gold ribbon that I re-cycled which matched perfectly. Also did some die cutting.  I flipped the sketch.

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections; Core-dinations

Foil:  Spellbinders Starburst

Die - Ornament Glimmer Hot Foil Holiday 2019

Spellbinders: Renaissance Jubilee

Ribbon:  Michael's

Bling:  Mark Richard's

Challenges
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 - Ch. 184

CHNC - Ch. 496 Anything Christmas with optional snowflakes

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 444 -445 Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland - Christmas Decorations

Christmas Card Throwdown - June Upcycle/Recycle (gold ribbon)

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 23 Anything Christmas

Dream Valley - Ch. 228 All Occasions

the Holly and the Ivy - Ch. 74 Anything Christmas

Watercooler Wednesday - Ch. 277 All about occasions

Fezziwigs Festive Frolic - Photo Inspiration

Sparkle

I wanted to post a card for the Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 Challenge since my dear friend Kathie makes such wonderful sketches and I just love them. I made two Christmas cards. Both of them using my foil machine. The first with a snowflake design and lots of bling.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations: Recollections

Foil:  Spellbinder

Foil Die: Spellbinders; My Favorite Things

Die:  My Favorite Things

Spellbinders:  Small and Large Circles

Punch:  EK Success

Bling:  Michael's

Challenges

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Ch. 185

CHNC - Ch. 496 Anything Christmas with optional snowflakes

12 Months of Christmas Link Up - Ch. 66 Anything Christmas with optional Gingham

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 444-445 Anything Goes

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 23 Anything Goes

Dream Valley - Ch. 228 All Occasions

the Holly and the Ivy - Ch. 74 Anything Christmas

Watercooler Wednesday - Ch. 277 All about occasions

Christmas Card Throwdown - June cluster embellshiments (bling)

Sad people like the rain...

Today there is a New Release at Catch the Bug called Skelekinz aint no sunshine.  I have a computer generated sentiment. I added some flowers and sequins. I have some family going through some rough times so this will be perfect. I think that we all go through rough times in life and need support of others.  And we have been having a LOT of rain these past few days.

Patterned Paper:  Core-dinations

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Skelekinz Aint no Sunshine

Sentiment:  Computer generated

Die:  Tutti

Sequins:  Stash

Flowers:  Recollections

Flourish:  Sizzix

Ink:  Distress Oxide - Broken China

Stencil:  My Favorite Things

Challenges

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 473

CHNC Patterned - June

Do-Al(1) Kreatives - Ch. 42 Black, white and one other color

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 444 - 445 Anything Goes

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 169 Anything Goes

the Creative Crafters - Ch. 29 Anything Goes

Flat out

Well my work has just been busy and life has gotten crazy. So I have nothing wrong, just not much time to craft or post. The other thing is that I have had a life of not sleeping much during the week so that I could stay up late or early into the morning with only getting a couple hours of sleep. And then trying to catch up on the weekends. My Mother, kids and doctor are after me that this is not healthy! And as a nurse I know that it is true. I just have looked at it as I have always behaved my entire life and now was my time to be "naughty" and do what I wanted. However, my doctor is threatening me that I am setting myself up for a heart attack. So.....I have been trying, and it's difficult to get more sleep. Since my husband passed away, my finance broke up with me, my cat and I have our own schedule. So working nights for years has allowed me to get away with little to no sleep, but I do have to take care of myself so I can enjoy my grandpups and children.
Here is a card using a stamp and sentiment from Judith and Heather. And I actually made a CAS card which is a big accomplishment for me.

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Stamps by Judith & Heather Flat Chicken  & sentiment

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Challenges
AAA - CAS Challenge - Ch. 168 One corner stamping with optional masking
Krafty Chicks - Ch. 512 CAS
little red wagon - Ch. 554 Animal Antics
Crafty Animals - Ch. 39
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 39
Alphabet Challenge - F Flora or Fauna

Sexy I just love you

This week at Tuesday Morning Sketches 559 I have 3 different samples using the same Show Ponies Hot Glimmer Plates.  For one I used a sentiment Sexy from the Hey Beautiful Glimmer Hot Foil Plate.  And for the other two I heat embossed a sentiment from a PI stamp set from My Favorite Things.  There is washi tape on two of them and just some scraps on the one of designer paper.

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Spellbinders Show Ponies Hot Glimmer Plates

Spellbinder: Tourquise Foil

Sentiment:  My Favorite Things PI

VersaMark

Embossing Powder:  Hampton Art

Washi Tape:  Recollections

Twine:  Divine Twine

Bling:  Mark Richards

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Spellbinders Show Ponies Hot Glimmer Plates

Sentiment:  My Favorite Things PI

Spellbinder: Silver Foil

VersaMark

Embossing Powder:  Hampton Art

Washi Tape:  Recollections

Twine:  Pebbles

Bling:  Recollections

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Gliter Cardstock:  Recollections

Spellbinder: Tourquise Foil

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Spellbinders Show Ponies Hot Glimmer Plates

Sentiment:  My Favorite Things PI

Bling:  Recollections

Challenges

Crafty Animals - Ch. 39

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 39

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Metallic

Aud Sentiment - Ch. 253 Anything Goes with a sentiment

Allsorts - Wk 576 Embossing Dry or wet

Creatalicious - Ch. 189 Anything Goes with no designer paper

International Art & Soul - Ch. 85 Under the Sea

Embossed tulips you are in my thoughts

Today I made a card with blending distress oxide inks for the background then I heat embossed Early Tulip Bouquet from Picket Fences Studio in white and the sentiment in a dark purple.  I added some white butterflies and then distressed the edge with ink. I have been playing with my inks and having fun.
Welcome to my new followers. Just and update and thank you for your prayers, Jessica, my cousin is home from the hospital and will be recovering at her parent's home. I believe that prayers help so much more than we can ever know. Hugs.

Patterned Paper:  Recollection

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Picket Fences Studio - Early Tulip Bouquet (see above for direct link)

VersaMark

Embossing Powder:  Hampton Arts; Stampendous

Inks: Distress Oxides - Picked Raspberry; Peacock Feathers; Wilted Violet

Punch:  Martha Stewart

Challenges

Allsorts - Wk 576 Embossing wet or dry

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 354 Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Dream Valley - Ch. 227 Summer Colors

Crafty Friends - Ch. 137 Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Ch. 133 Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar - June Flowers

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 442- 443 Anything Goes

Deer Scene Happy Birthday Brother

I made a bunch of blended ink backgrounds and punched out this deer landscape.  So here is a birthday card that I made for my Mom's stash. I used some washi tape, dry embossed the navy piece and framed the landscape.
Well I did it! I went out to dinner with 2 other nursing friends tonight and we went to a restaurant. We actually ate outside since it was cool, but sunny. Then we went to one of my friends places to continue our conversation. Now as I said when I did my Stella post previously I may talk smart, but I don't usually drink alcohol and I didn't tonight, but my girlfriends were celebrating that we were able to finally get together. I did have a piece of carrot cake.

Cardstock: Recollections

Deer Landscape Die:  Unknown maker

Die:  Tutti

Inks:  Distress Oxides:  Faded Jeans; Peacock Feathers; Salty Ocean

Washi Tape:  Recollection

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Challenges

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - It's a Man Thing

613 Ave Create - Ch. 234 Anything Goes with optional create a blended background

Allsorts - Wk 494 Embossing Wet or Dry

Sweet Stampin' - Die Cuts and Punches

Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 208 You're the Man

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 638 Masculine

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 459 Special Guy

Crafty Animals - Ch. 39

Dragonfly Dreams - Make It Masculine

Alphabet Challenge - E for earth bound animal

As you like it - Scene or not and why? (Scene, looks more realistic and 3D)

Have a PAWFECT Birthday

Well my son has a German Shorthair that just turned one. So I had to make a birthday card for my Grandpup. My son just loves his dog so both my kids who grew up with cats have converted to dogs. Which works out for them. I used a stamp from Newton's Nook Furr-ever Friends.

My Grandpups

Patterned Paper:  DCWV

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp and Sentiment:  Newton's Nook - Furr-Ever Friends (see above for direct link)

Ink:  Versafine

Bling:  Mark Richards

Challenges

Mojo Monday - Sketch 538

Inky Paws - Ch.125 Color Challenge (see above)

Crafty Animals - Ch. 39

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 39

Watercooler Wednesday - Ch. 275 All about occasions

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 242 - 243 Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 253 Anything Goes with a sentiment

Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 485 Feature a Creature

Happy Pawther's Day

Today we start a new challenge at Catch the Bug and the theme is "The Man, The Myth The Legend".  Now I had my Father's Day card done so I made a card for my daughter's partner.  And since they have a dog together I used, Guy Walking Dog and made my own sentiment. She loved it!
On a sad note for the Catch the Bug DT, I just want to let you know that earlier this week my fellow DT member Julie Temple passed away from surgery complications. She will be greatly missed for her wonderful creations and sweet personality. Hugs and prayers go to her family.

Patterned LillyBee & Echo Park

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Guy walking dog (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  Computer generated

Ink:  Colorbox

    Distress Oxide Broken China

Stencil: My Favorite Things

Spellbinders:  Pennant; Dog D-lite

Pop Dots

Challenges

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - It's a Man Thing

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 442 - 443 Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 208 You're the Man

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 638 Masculine

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 459 Special Guy

Dragonfly Dreams - Make it Masculine

Cardz 4 Guyz - Ch. 246 Father's Day

As You Like It - Scene or Not and why (Scene, helps make it look more realistic)

Always Fun - Ch. 166 For Dad

O come let us adore Him

I have to let you know that I just love sketch challenges and I am wanting to get my Christmas card done for the month. So I was actually cleaning the other day and found a magazine with some stamps and decided to use them with this Nativity set and my Distress Oxide.  I heat embossed the sentiment and die cut some snowflakes.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio
Cardstock:  Recollections
Stamps:  Creative Stamping - Issue 77 Phill Martin
Ink:  Versafine - Onyx  Black
       Distress Oxide - Frayed Burlap; Mustard Seed
Bling: Recollectiions
Dies: My Favorite Things
VersaMark
Embossing Powder:  Hampton Arts

Challenges
Christmas Card Throwdown  - June Sketch
Fezziwig's Festive Frolics - The Christmas Story
The Holly and Ivy - Ch. 73 Anything Goes
613 Ave Create - Ch. 234 Anything Goes with optional a blended background
CHNC - Ch. 493 Anything Christmas with optional winter fun
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 442 - 443 Anything Goes

May your Holidays Sparkle

I was having fun playing with some Distress Oxides and then I decided to use some for this sketch. They are not the traditional colors for Christmas, but that's was intrigued me. I also found some ribbon that I had recycled from a gift. I dry embossed the white background and then pulled out some snowflake die cuts and put a pearl in the center of the smaller ones. Then used a My Favorite Things Christmas Sentiment that I have had for quite sometime as a freebie set.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  My Favorite Things

Ribbon:  Stash (recycled from gift)

Pearls:  Jolee

Dies:  My Favorite Things; Sizzix

Inks:  Distress Oxides - Spun sugar; Fired Brick; Worn Lipstick

                                     Peacock Feathers; Picked Raspberry; Mustard Seed; Wilted Violet

Embossing Folder:  We Are Memory Keepers

Challenges

Christmas Card Throwdown - June Sketch (see above)

CHNC - Ch. 493 Anything Christmas with optional winter fun

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Ch. 73 

CCARY - June Recycle/Upcycle (ribbon)

613 Ave Create - Ch. 234 Anything Goes with optional twist create a blended background

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 442- 443 Anything Goes

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 23

You're PLANE awesome

Here is a one layer card with lots of clouds made with a stamp set from Lawn Fawn called Plane and Simple. I am trying to get out of my comfort zone of making layered cards to making more one layer and CAS cards. I feel like a fat person wearing a bikini. There is NO patterned paper, yikes. And I lived.

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamps:  Lawn Fawn - Plane and Simple (see above for direct link)

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

        Distress Oxide - Broken China

Stencil:  My Favorite Things

Challenges

Lawn Fawnatics - Ch. 78 Make a scene

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - It's a Man Thing

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Masculine

CRAFT - Ch. 558 Masculine

Sweet Stampin' - Masculine

Dragonfly Dreams - Make it Masculine

Pearly Sparkles - Ch. 52 For the Boys/Men

Double Trouble - Ch. 58 Gear it Up for the Guys

   Thing 1 Masculine

   Thing 2 Use Your Stuff - Ch. 399 Masculine or Father's Day

   Thing 3 Circles (wheel on airplae, window on jet)

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 459 Special Guy

Love to Scrap - Ch. 138 For the Boys

To the Sweetest Man I Know!

Today at Catch the Bug it's a New Release day and we have Dad Cupcake.  I added my own computer sentiment on my brown monochromatic card.

Patterned Paper:  Recollections

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Dad Cupcake (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  Computer generated

Ink:  Tim Holtz Distress - Old Paper

Spellbinders:  Small and Large Circles; Stars

Ribbon:  Offray

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - It's a Man Thing

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Says Masculine

Sweet Stampin' - Masculine/Father's Day

Always Fun - Ch. Ch. 166 For Dad

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - Make it Masculine

CRAFT - Ch. 558 Masculine

Cardz 4 Guyz - Ch. 246 Father's Day

Pearly Sparkles - Ch. 52 For the Boys/Men

Dies R Us - Ch. 146 It's Dad's Day

Double Trouble - Ch. 58 Gear it up for the guys

   Thing 1 Masculine Project
    Thing 2 Use Your Stuff - Ch. 399 Masculine or Father's Day
   Thing 3 Circles

Love to Scrap - Ch. 134 For the Boys

Rainbow Unicorn

Today starts a new Stella Says Sketch at Catch the Bug and I just love this sketch. I used Sweet Unicorn 01 for my card.  I added a couple of extra Martha Stewart punched butterflies with some bling added to the center.  I outlined the clouds and the path of the butterflies with Sakura jelly glitter pen so I have sparkle and shine on this card also with the ribbon base. This sketch will be until July 5th since we have monthly sketches for the summer.
Now on my philosophical side, the meaning of the rainbow is of God as listed in Genesis, and the clouds of destruction. I think that we are going through lots of challenges at this time and whether you believe in God or not we need a positive focus. And I believe that the rainbow does that even if you just see it as the light that shines after the rain. I don't usually ask for personal favors, but I have a family member, Jessica my cousin who is struggling with life right now and is in the hospital. Her family isn't able to visit her due to the Covid precautions. So if you could please send happy thoughts and prayers for her, I would greatly appreciate it because she feels alone and is need of support. Thanks so much.

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Sweet Unicorn 01 (see above for direct link)

Ribbon:  Michael's

Bling:  Recollections

Punch:  Martha Stewart

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 472 Anything Goes

Get Creative - Ch. 92 Fantasy

Pattie's Creations Challenge - Ch. 171 Things that fly

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 637 Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 130 Anything Goes

As You Like It - Scene or Not (why?)  Scene because it looks more realistic

Some angels have fur

Well three days in a row with cat cards. Now I don't know why, but like I said before I have my family and friends that are going through a streak of losing their furry ones. Hence another sympathy card was needed after I just made a batch last week. My cousin just lost her 21 year old cat.  For my card, I embossed the white and black and for the photo I couldn't get the black dry embossing to show up. The stamps are from Newton's Nook.

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp & Sentiment:  Newton's Nook - Furr-ever Friends (see above for direct link)

Ink:  Versafine

Embossing Folders:  Sizzix

Divine Twine

Ribbon:  Offray

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Challenges

Mojo Monday - Sketch 538

Show us Your Pussycats - Ch. 55 Furrything Goes

Crafty Animals - Ch. 39

Artsystamper Digitals - Ch. 17 Black, white and 1 other color

Do-Al(1) Kreatives - Ch. 42 Black, white and 1 other color

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Never Stop Dreaming

I have another card with a cat today which is not sassy. Also please note on my previous sentiment, I am a registered nurse and hold a professional license. At my job I could be drug tested at any point in time so I can honestly say that I have never even tried them out of fear of not being able to do my childhood dream. Which is what my card is about today. I have a Hero Art Sleeping Kitty and a sentiment from Newton's Nook, Cosmic Newton. I heat embossed the sentiment which I have been having fun doing lately.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp: Hero Arts - Sleeping Kitty (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  Newton's Nook - Cosmic Newton (see above for direct link)

VersaMark

Embossing Powder:  Hampton Art

Buttons:  Stash

Hemptique

Challenges

Staying Crafty with Hero Arts - Ch. 9 Sketch

Crafty Animals - Ch. 39

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 39

Show Us Your Pussycats - Ch. 55 Furrything Goes

Path of Positivity - Ch. 81 Anything Goes with optional Success

Sweet Stampin' - Cute

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Favorite Technique (heat embossing)

Hug your Cat Day

Today at Catch the Bug it's Humor Me Wednesday and June 4th is Hug Your Cat Day so I made this card using Stella Calendar May with my own computer generated font. I added some Glossy Accents to Stella's glasses. I put some bright buttons and a couple of flowers on the card which are my favorite embellishments.

Patterned Paper:  American Craft

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Stella Calendar May

Sentiment:  Computer generated

Buttons:  Stash

Divine Twine

Hemptique

Flowers:  Recollections

Glossy Accents

Challenges

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 472 Anything Goes

CHNC Patterned  - June

Crafty Animals - Ch. 39

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 39 

Inkspirational - Ch. 214 Funny Sentiments

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 152 Flowers and sentiment
Show Us Your Pussycats - Ch. 55 Furrything Goes

Intertwine Squares TMS 557

Today at Tuesday Morning Sketches we have a new challenge. For this card I dry embossed the background with little roses and then die cut the squares and put the flowers in the middle.  I didn't add a sentiment since I am undecided on what occasion I will use this for.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye

Cardstock: Bazzil; Recollections

Embossing Folder:  We are Memory Keepers

Die:  My Favorite Things

Flowers;  Wild Orchid Crafts

Challenges

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Make your own Background

Always Fun - Ch. 165 Layers

Crafty Catz - Ch. 508 At least 2 layers

Love to Craft - Ch. 47 Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 152 Flowers and a sentiment