Dancing Anniversary Couple

At the end of this month, my parents will be celebrating their 53rd wedding anniversary so I thought I better be prepared and get my card together. I used this fun set from Art Impressions again, Perfect Duo. Now my Dad has all his hair and hardly any gray/white so I tried to add hair to this bald image and it didn't go well so I made my own baseball cap which is fitting for him. I heat embossing the sentiment and dry embossed the background.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye
Cardstock: Bazzil; Recollections
Stamp: Art Impressions - Perfect Duo (see above for direct link)
VersaMark
Embossing Powder: Stampendous
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug
Dies: Tutti
Flowers: Prima
Brads: Recollections

Challenges
Art Impressions - Ch. 300 Celebrate with AI
Cheerful Sketches - February 2021
Aud Sentiments - Ch. 267 Love and a sentiment
Krafty Chicks - Ch. 544 Any Occasion
Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 488 Anything Goes

CIJ Day 4 at CTB Rock'n Christmas

Today is Day 4 and we are moving along on the Christmas in July celebration at Catch the Bug and it's a BINGO challenge. I always like to use all the elements for a full card which I did this time. The sentiment is from TLC, Create. I found an older post from 2014 of Julie's where she used blue and brown as my inspiration.

Julie's image from 2014

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Christmas Rocking Horse

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Hope you have a Rock'n Christmas

Punches:  EK Success

Dies:  Birch Press

Ribbon:  Michael's

Divine Twine

Brads:  Making Memories

Snowflakes:  Jolee

Tim Holtz Distress Tool

Ink:  Distress Old Paper

Challenges

CHNC - Ch. 499 Anything Christmas with optional use die cut or punch

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 - Ch. 187

Fezziwigs Festive Frolic - Christmas with Summer Colors

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 448 - 449 Anything Goes

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 24 Anything Goes

International Art & Soul - Ch. C. 88 Christmas card based on a carol or song (Rocking under the Christmas tree)

Crafty Calendar - July Add a ribbon

Stella and Tide pods

Today at Catch the Bug is Wednesday Humor Me and I chose to celebrate May 12 is International Nurses Day so I used Stella Nursing Better to Give along with my own sentiment. Stella is really sassy with this one!!! And I just happened to have a bottle of Nuvo drops explode for me the other morning at 3am so I happened to have a blob of Nuvo that looks like laundry detergent. lol Truly Coincidence...I think. And please don't eat any pods - it's only a joke!!!

Patterned Paper:  Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Stella Better to Give (see above)

Sentiment:  Computer generated

Nuvo drops

Flowers:  Prima

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Brads:  Paper Studio

Spellbinders:  Small and Large Petite Ovals

Challenges

QKR - Ch. 397 Anything Goes

CHNC Patterned - May

Sweet Stampin' - Funny That

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 166 Ladies

the Corrosive Challenge - Ch. 5 Anything Goes

Dream Valley - Ch. 225 Favorite Colors (Navy, turquoise, orange)

Let it Snow

We are scheduled for snow the next few days, and I am not trying to encourage anything. However, I got some new snowflake dies from Tim Holtz and Birch Press and just love how they look together. The papers on the inside are shimmer which don't show up well in the photo and then I added some brads. The snowflakes on the outside are glitter and shimmer along with sequins.

Cardstock:  Core-dinations; Paper Studio; Bazzil

Dies:  Birch Press; Tim Holtz; Creative Expressions

Brads:  Paper Studio

Sequins:  Stash

Challenges

CHNC - Ch. 473 Anything Christmas with optional use a sentiment

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 449 Layered die cuts

Crafty Sentiments - Winter

Hand Stamped Sentiments - Ch. 331

Sparkles Monthly - Ch. 124Winter Blues

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 158 Winter/Spring

Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 113 White ad Blue

Creatalicious - Ch. 179 Anything Goes with optional add a snowflake

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 333 Finish the inside

If you give a crafter a cookie - Ch. 133

So many birthdays under your belt

My Dad's having his 74th birthday on Monday, and I found a stamp set that I had from Raisin Boat and made this card for him. I am trying to make arrangements to visit him to give him his card and present, but my Mom and him are "too busy".  So I am frustrated since my children and I are wanting to celebrate his birthday. Don't get me wrong, I am glad that they are active and are able to go out and do things, but it is sad that they cannot find a couple of hours for their family.

Patterned Paper:  Echo Park
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Raisin Boat - It's a Guy Thing Again

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Dies:  Sizzix & My Favorite Things

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Brads:  Making Memories

Challenges

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Ch. 519

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 402 - 403 Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 122 For the men in your life

Dragonfly Dreams - Happy Birthday

Cardz 4 Guyz - Ch. 227 Celebrate

Let it Snow on day 4

Well we are cruising right along as today is Day 4 of the 9th Annual Christmas in July at Catch the Bug.  Today is a BINGO challenge along with the movie theme of ELF. So for my card, I have the image of  Elf Brat and Rudolph and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I put a die cut of New York city behind the image and made some snowdrifts for the roof.  I used Stickles for the snow.  I put Tim Holtz bell brads on the hat and shoes of the elf.

(Brad/ Sentiment/ Die-cut)
(Sparkle / Bugaboo image / Sentiment)

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Elf Brat and Rudolph (see link above)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - let it snow

Die:  My Favorite Things; Tutti

Stickles

Tim Holtz brads

Sakura jelly gliter pen

Challenges

CHNC - Ch. 447 Anything Christmas with optional die cut or punch

Crafty Catz - Ch. 471 Anything Goes with optional Christmas in July

CRAFT - Ch. 522 Christmas

The Male Room - Ch. 115 Christmas in July

Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 196 Christmas in July

Robin Thankful for you

My Aunt needed some thank you cards so this is one that I made for her using Susan Louise Clears which I haven't used in quite a while. It's a transparent film with an image. I have a dry embossed background and a sentiment from TLC, Create.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Susan Louise Clears

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Thankful for you

Punch:  EK Success

Brads:  Making Memories

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Divine Twine

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 394 - 395 Anything Goes

Dragonfly Dreams - Things with Wings

Crazy for Challenges - C4C491 Something with a bird on it

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 28 

Crafty Animals - Ch. 28 

Hi or Quack to you

This weather we are having is just crazy. We are under another storm warning so can't wait to see what happens....snow, rain, ice.....I am just tired of the extremes. I don't mind snow and winter, but to go from below zero to well above that and then bottom back down is just too crazy.  I haven't hit menopause yet, but feel like it because of these extremes.  So I decided to make a Spring card that cheerful and hopeful of flowers.  This adorable duck image is from Bugaboo called Spring Duck 2 and the sentiment is from Spellbinder.  I dry embossed the background with a floral design.

Cardstock:  Recollections; Paper Studio; Core-dinations

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Spring Duck 2 (see above for direct link)
Spellbinders:  Hi - sentiments; Banners

Flowers:  Prima

Brads:  Paper Studio

Bling:  Mark Richards

Ribbon:  Michael's

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Die:  My Favorite Things

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 372 - 373 Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 236

Color Throwdown - Ch. 529 (see photo above)
Feeling Sketchy - Ch. 210
Crafty Calendar - February Add texture and a ribbon

Only my sock monkey understands me

Today at Catch the Bug is Friday Freebie and it's a cutie...Bug Monkey Blocks and I used a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I made a Twisted Pop up Card as a 3.5" X 5" Notecard.  This is the first time that I made this layout, which was a lot of  fun.  I have a few monkeys in my life that I can give this to, lol.

Patterned Paper:  Across the Miles
Cardstock:  Recollections
Stamp:  Bug Monkey Block
Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Sock Monkey Understands
Flowers:  Prima
Brads:  Paper Studio & Recollection
Ink:  Memento - Rich Cocoa

Challenges
Crafty Friends - Ch. 91 Animals/Birds
Di's Digi Designs - Fancy Folds
little red wagon - Ch. 461 Old or New Trends
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 350 - 351 Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 395 Anything Goes

Someone is praying for you

Today there is a New Release at Catch the Bug and it's this Cat Silhouette.  For my card, I used a sentiment from TLC, Create.  Unfortunately, I have had another friend lose a furry loved one so this will be used as a pet sympathy card.  I left the cat black and white since my paper is so colorful, but it could easily be colored.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Be All There

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Cat Silhouette

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Someone is praying for you

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Flowers:  Prima

Brads:  Memory Makers
Dies:  My Favorite Things

Punch:  Martha Stewart

Challenges

Sketch Saturday - Ch. 525

CHNC Patterned - August 

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 346 - 347 Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar - August Dots and/or stripes

Show us your pussie cats - Ch. 33
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 17
Dragonfly Journeys - Ch. 124 Flower Power

Punny Thanks - Imagine That Digistamp NR

Imagine That Digistamp has a new release today of Punny Thanks. Everyone who leaves a comment on this set (on the Creative Playground Blog) will be in a drawing to win this set! Winner will be chosen and announced Friday, 6 p.m. PDT  I make a lot of thank you cards for my daughter who teaches 4th grade and is always getting items from her students/parents.  So this will be a cute one to give to her.  I kept it rather flat in case she mails it.
THIS IS A LONG POST BECAUSE I HAVE THREE CARDS!

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe 

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Twine:  Hemptique

Border Punch:  Martha Stewart

Challenges

Glitter 'n Sparkle - Ch. 261 Anything Goes

Gem of a Challenge - Ch. 205 Spots and/or Stripes or Halloween

I have another thank you card from the new release at Imagine That Digistamp called Punny Thanks.  This one is perfect for a male.  I have had a lot of project and remodeling done at my home so it does work well for me.  I also used the Woodlands Digi paper with this set.

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

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

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

Die:  My Favorite Things

Divine Twine

Brads:  Paper Studio

Tim Holtz Distress Tool

Challenges

CHNC Patterned - October

Cardz for Guyz - Ch. 180 Boo-Halloween or Autumn Thank You

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 304 - 305 Anything Goes

My third card, uses a sentiment from TLC, Create since I wanted to give it to a friend that needs a little support.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Handmade Happiness

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

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

Die:  My Favorite Things

Bling:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 350 Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 179 Anything Goes

Sending you piles of smiles

It is such a gloomy day here today that it was fun to make a bright card.  I used this adorable stamp from Art Impressions Duck Stackers.  I think it just a smile without really trying.  Then I had to make a pile of flowers.

Patterned Paper:  K & I; Recollections

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp & sentiment:  Art Impressions (see above for direct link)

Ink:  Distress - Mermaid Lagoon

Flowers:  Prima

Brads:  Making Memories

Dies:  Art Impression Slider Die; Die-Namices - Tab

Challenges

Art Impressions - Ch. 200 Spring Fling

CHNC Patterned - January

A Gem of a Challenge - Ch. 186 Hearts and/or flowers

Word Art Wednesday  Ch. 266-267 Anything Goes

QKR - Ch. 227 One for the Kids

Creative Corner - Very funny

Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 80 Must have flowers

White on White Merry Christmas

I made this White on White card and my boyfriend said to me, "Why is your card all white?"  when I explained to him that it was for a challenge he said do they all have specific rules, and I just laughed and nodded my head as I showed him on-line.  I always laugh about my card making is so that I relax and escape from the reality of life, but now my boyfriend doesn't understand since this life has lots of rules and restrictions too and I have to laugh.  I guess I just don't think about it the same way as I do about all the rules and regulations for Nursing and Home Care when it comes to Medicare and Medicaid and the such, hehe.

So here is my white embossed dry and wet (in silver) card.  It has a white pearl and two silver brads.

Cardstock:  Recollection

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Spellbinder:  Layered Poinsettia, Romantic Rectangles 2

Die:  Amy Dies - Poinsettia Corner

Pearl:  Recollection

Brad: Making Memories

Versa mark

Embossing Powder:  Ranger

Challenges

Crafting with Dragonflies - Ch. 70 White on white

CHNC - Ch. 306 Cute or anything Christmas

Craft your Passion - Ch. 339 Anything Goes

CHNC Extra - November

Crafting from the heart - Ch. 137 Anything Goes

Sparkles - Ch. 86 Christmas is coming

Sparkle 'n Sprinkle - November

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 256 - 257 Anything Goes

Polkadoodles - Wk 46 Anything Goes

Crafter's Cafe - Christmas is coming early

CRAFT - Ch. 390 Christmas

Love warms your heart

Pink Gems has this beautiful image of this snow couple, and Paulette at TLC had this sentiment this past week in her monthly club.  We have had warm weather for this time of year in WI we have had it in the 60's the past few days which is usually unheard of.  It is to change starting tonight and start cooling off.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe

Cardstock;  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Pink Gems - Chilly in Love

Sentiment: TLC, Create - Love warms your heart

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Divine Twine

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Brads: Paper Studio

Challenges

Pink Gems - Ch. 181 Snowflakes

Crafty Catz - Ch. 345 Add Snowflakes

CHNC - Ch. 306 Vintage or anything Christmas

CHNC Extra - November

CHNC Patterned - November

12 months of Christmas - BINGO (Twine, snowflakes, red, brads, embossing)