Swing on over sometime

Today at Catch the Bug it's Friday Freebie and we have this Swinging Monkey.  For my card I made a gate fold card and have a sentiment from TLC,Create.  I added lots of die cuts and flowers too.  This kept it green except for my monkey.  I feel that this has been such a crazy week that the world has become such a juggle out there. I have been a nurse for 30 years when there was the scare of HIV/AIDS. And now people are so afraid of the Coronovirus that stores are out of toilet paper and tylenol/ibuprofen. REALLY? I don't know that some people ever cared that much about having a "clean crack" before and now they have a butt load of paper.  So they are going to be admitted to the hospital for bleeding hemorrhoids instead, lol. And are they thinking that they bought enough beer and wine to be home for two weeks? And the <other> medically necessary items that they need, sure, I don't think that weed/pot dealers make home deliveries. I know that I am joking about this but my job involves doing inpatient authorization for hospital stays and I see too many people being admitted for alcohol withdrawl and drug overdoses, which is no laughing matter!!! I just don't want us to have riots over stupid things such as Lysol wipes and hand sanitizer.

Stay safe everyone!

  

 Left Inside                                               Right Inside

  

Left Outside                                             Right Outside

Patterned Paper:  Core-dination; Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Swinging Monkey

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Swing on over sometime

Punches:  EK Success

Dies:  Amy Designs; Scrapman

Flowers:  Prima; Recollections

Enamel Dots:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Crafty Animals - Ch. 36

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 36

DL Art Thankful Thursday - Ch. 255 Anything Green

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 162 Anything Goes with flowers

Crafty Sentiments - Add Flowers

Crafty Calendar - March more than one fold

Double D - Green or St. Patrick's

Happy Birthday To You

As a family we have spent a lot of time visiting Disney World, and then my step daughter has also been a performer there.  My husband was a conductor of the college band for a summer a LONG time ago as well. We would go several times a year so my children know all the rides and attractions.  So with a little help of my die cuts and punches I was able to make this card.  The sentiment is from TLC, Create.

Patterned Paper:  Recollection

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Happy Birthday to you

Spellbinders:  Small and large circles

Punches:  EK Success

Pearls:  Recollections

Bling:  Mark Richards

Ribbon:  Michel's

Challenges

Creatalicious - Ch. 147 Anything Goes with optional circles

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 547 Die Cuts or Punches

Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes with topping of die cuts or punches

Crafty Sentiments - Dies and/or punches

Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 111 Ribbon and/or Lace

Dreaded Birthday Monster

I made a birthday card using a retired image from Bugaboo and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I did paper piecing on the monsters.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Monsters1

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Dreaded Birthday Monster

Punches:  EK Success

Die:  My Favorite Things

Challenges

If you Give a Crafter a Cookie - Ch. 80

CHNC Patterned - November
Dream Valley - Ch. 166 Birthdays
Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes with optional kraft base

Wishing you a whole LATTE love

I have had this image from Mo Manning colored for quite sometime, but just haven't had an opportunity to put it together so I thought it would be perfect for the Fall Coffee Blog Hop.  I used a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I had meant to make some cards for the hop ahead of time; however, I had a water leak and it was quite an ordeal to get that fixed.  Then I healed my friend babysit her Grandson so she could go to an appointment, and tonight we took another friend out for her birthday.  This pup reminds me of my daughter's new dog, Gus he is not a Yorkie though; however, that is why I colored him the colors that I did, hehe.  It is also a good coffee color.

This is Gus from last weekend

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections; Paper Studio
Stamp:  Mo Manning - Pumpkin Spice Yorkie
Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Whole Latte love
Circle Punches: EK Success
Die:  Sugar Pea
Ribbon:  Offray

Challenges
Fall Coffee Lover's Blog Hop
Tuesday Morning Sketches - Ch. 420
Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 346 Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments - Ch. 188 Anything Goes with a sentiment
Crafty Sentiments - Dies and/or punches

All white Butterfly with sympathy

I like to have some sympathy cards in my stash, and I also make some each Christmas for my Mother.  I made this an all white card and embossed the background.  I used two Spellbinders, sentiments from My Favorite Things, and punched out butterflies with adding some pearls.  It is just so hard to photograph.

Cardstock:  Recollection

Sentiment:  My Favorite Things

Embossing Folder:  We Are Memory Keepers

Spellbinders:  Labels 58, Decorative Labels 58

Butterflies:  Martha Stewart; EK Success

Pearls: Paper Studio

Challenges

Double D - It's All White

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 187 Thinking of You/Sympathy

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 296-297 Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 137 Punches and/or dies

Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes

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

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

You make my TU-LIPS smile, Happy Easter

After roses, tulips are one of my favorite flowers.  I am so lucky that I have great friends.  Life has been challenging lately and last week my friend Teresa gave me a bouquet of pink tulips and last night my friend Barb gave me a red rose.  Even with all the difficulties I am so blessed with wonderful friends.
For my card, I made an easel card (one of my favorite layouts), using a Bugaboo image and a TLC sentiment.  The patterned papers are available at Imagine That Digistamp and on sale called Blossoms & Bugs.

Tulips from Teresa

Rose from Barb

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

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollectiions

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Tulip Hedgie

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - you make my TU-LIPS smile Happy Easter

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Spellbinder:  Picot Circle

Hemptique

Flower:  Prima

Ladybug Punch:  Martha Stewart

Pop dot

Challenges

Stella Says Sketch - Sketch 504

The Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 111 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Ch. 359 Thoughts of spring

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 466 Florals

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 174 Animals & sentiment

Crafty Sentiments - Spring

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 182 Funny card

Birthday Bash

I am trying to get my birthday stash built up so that I am not making last minute birthday cards this year.  Here is a card that I made using this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Magical Birthday Girl

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Verve - Birthday Bash

Ink:  Distress - Black Soot

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Spellbinder:  Bunting

Star Dies:  My Favorite Things

Divine Twine

Challenges

Mojo Monday - Sketch 485

CHNC Patterned - February

RRR - Ch. 158 Celebrate with ribbon/trim

Cardz 4 Galz - Ch.41 Crdz 4 Teenz

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 270 - 271 Anything Goes

Snowballs

I was able to squeeze in some time to play because my daughter wanted to work on some school work.  So I did this winter card.  I actually pulled out some stamps that I haven't used in ages and inked up. I also pulled out some embossing powder, punches, dies, pearls and washi tape.

Patterned Paper:  Echo Park

Cardstock:  Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Close to My Heart

Versa Mark

Embossing Powder:  Zing

Washi Tape:  Recollections

Punch: EK Success

Pearls:  Recollection

Die:  Die-Namics - Tab

Challenges

Try Stampin' on Tuesday - Sketch 302

CHNC - Ch. 313 Use a sentiment

CHNC Extra - December

CHNC Patterned - December

A Gem of a Challenge - Ch. 184 Anything Christmas

Alphabet Challenge - U for Use something Red

Christmas Card All Year Round - December Anything Christmas/Holiday

Crafty Boots - Winter Wonderland

Blessed are those....

Imagine That Digistamp came out with some gorgeous new Woodland Papers of which I used three of them for this card.  I also used Sweet Pastels to get the cloud paper.  The Acorn Bunny was a freebie on the Facebook page.  My sentiment is from TLC which is so appropriate for this card.  I added an extra branch from a die cut from Quic Kuts and made grass from a punch.

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

Cardstock:  Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Imagine That Digistamp - Acorn Bunny

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Blessed are those

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Branch die:  Quic Kuts

Distress Tool - Tim Holtz

Border Punch:  Martha Stewart

Challenges

CHNC Patterned - September

Cardz 4 Guyz - Ch. 139 Fall Colors

Melonheadz - Autumn

A snowflake promise - Ch. 29 Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Lamb of God

One week until Easter!!!!  This is a card that I made using a pre-colored image from Imagine That called Lamb of God and the sentiment is from TLC.  It is another card that I didn't use any design paper on. I used several different border punches and ribbons.  I can't wait to see my family next week.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

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

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Easter is God's triumphant LOVE

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Border Punches:  Martha Stewart

Ribbon:  Really Reasonable Ribbon; Offray

Flower:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Challenges

A Gem of a Challenge - Ch. 165 Easter

Robyn's Fetish - Ch. 308 Square or Rectangle Cards

Sweet Stampin' - Easter

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 417 Easter

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 222-223 Anything Goes

Crafty Boots - Easter