Buttons and Bows

To all my friends that celebrate here in the US - Happy Mother's Day! Whether you have children, furry family members or a pet rock it doesn't matter. And especially during these Covid pandemic times when we can't always be with our loved ones it makes it so much harder. Hugs to all.
I found an image that I had in my stash and finally got it put together from Paper Shelter My Style and the sentiment is from Create with TLC. It reminds me of one of my daughter's dance costumes.

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey
Cardstock:  Stampin' Up; Recollections
Stamp:  Paper Shelter (see above for direct link)
Sentiment: TLC, Create - Buttons and Bows
Ink: Distress - Old Paper
Lace: Hobby Lobby
Border: Fiskars
Die: Lifestyle Arts
Hemptique
Buttons: Stash
Punch: Martha Stewart
Ribbon: Michael's
Spellbinder: Pennant

Challenges
Paper Shelter - Ch. 468 Color It
Cheerful Sketches - May 2021
Dies R Us - Ch. 168 Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Ch. 550 Anything Goes with optional flowers, twine, gems
CHNC Patterned - May 2021
Creative Knockouts - Ch. 400 Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 685 Anything Goes

Happy Birthday to You with buttons

I gave my Mom a whole gift bag of sympathy and birthday cards so I figured better get working on the next batch.  I tried to make this one a little more masculine so I used buttons instead of flowers.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye
Cardstock:  Bazzil
Stamp:  Stampendous
VersaMark
Embossing Powder:  Ranger
Buttons: stash
Twine: May Arts
Spellbinder:  Small Circle: Eyelet Circle

Challenges
Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge - Ch. 401
Allsorts - Wk 605 Anything Goes
Crafting Happiness - Ch. 77 New Year or Any Celebration (Happy Birthday)
Crafty Friends - Ch. 148 Anything Goes
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

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

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

Sisters can never get lost

Today at Catch the Bug it's Friday Freebie and I just LOVE the image.It's called Two Girls.  It's perfect for young ones, friends and sisters. My Mom comes from a family of 10 girls so she needs a lot of birthday cards. So I made this easel card for her stash.

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Stamp:  Bugaboo Two Girls

Sentiment:  Computer generated

Flowers:  Prima

Buttons:  Stash

Hemptique

Corner Rounder:  Creative Memories

Challenges

the Sisterhood of Crafters - Happy Birthday or Fun Fold or both

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 436 - 437 Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 632 Feminine
Crafty Sentiments - The Girl Challenge
Make My Monday - Ch. 121 Use a Digital Stamp
Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 470 Anything Goes

Christmas Bauble

Today at Tuesday Morning Sketches I have a card on my "off" week for challenge 550.  Last week I made a Red and White Birthday Card so this week I have a Red and White Christmas card.  I embossed both white background pieces and added some bling, buttons and banners.  So check out what my other teamies have made.

Cardstock: Bazzil

Die: Tonic; Verve

Buttons: Stash

Hemptique

Bling:  Michael's

Embossing Folders:  Sizzix & Cuttlebug

Corner Rounder:  Creative Memories

Challenges

Christmas Card Throwdown - April Color Challenge Red and White (see above)

Simon Says Stamp - Monday Challenge - E Embossing

CHNC - Ch. 485 Anything Christmas with optional Snowman, snowwoman, family

Krafty Chicks - Ch. 502 Christmas

Creative Knockouts - ch. 345 Buttons

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 21

Pets make life sweeter

Well today I had to go pick up Jazzy who was cremated from the vet office.  It is so sad. I made this card for my vet and her staff. It is using a stamp set from My Favorite Things BB New Best Friend. And I thought it was purrfect for my Siamese.

Patterned Paper: Recollections

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  BB New Best Friend

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Buttons:  Stash

Hemp:  May Arts

VersaMark

Embossing Powder:  Hampton Art

Embossing Folder:  Darice

Challenges
My Favorite Things - MFTWSC480
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 430 - 431 Anything Goes
Crafty Animals - Ch. 36
PINspirational - Ch. 258 (buttons - see photo above)
Show Us Your Pussycats - Ch. 52 Furrything Goes
little red wagon - Ch. 540 etc. etc. etc (buttons)

Trio sheep on Day 7 of the Birthday Bash

It's the FINAL day of challenges so it is Day 7 of the Catch the Bug Down on the Farm 10th Annual Birthday Bash. Today we have this Sheep Trio as a Friday Freebie with a Photo Inspiration. There are daily prizes so you don't have to play everyday. But you can only enter each challenge once. If you participate in ALL the challenges then you have a chance for grand prizes which are awesome. PRIZES:

Grand prize winners 

1st Place - 7 Free per month for 6 months ($126 value)

 Must Participate in all Challenges

 Free Bugaboo monster bash images

3 month Guest Designer Term

2nd Place -  $50 Gift Certificate 

 Must Participate in all Challenges

 Free Bugaboo monster bash images

2 month Guest Designer Term

3rd Place –  $25 Gift Certificate 

 Must Participate in all Challenges

 Free Bugaboo monster bash images 

1 month Guest Designer Term

Daily Challenge Winners-

Our Normal 10, 7, 4 image winners daily!

 Free Bugaboo monster bash images —Daily Winner 

All winners will be chosen via Random.org and will be announced and contacted by 1/22/19!

ALSO!..win this Baby Birthday Sret! 

Patterned Paper:  Fancy Pants; Recollections

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollection

Stamp & Sentiment:  Bugaboo - Birthday Ewe Trio

Ribbon:  Michael's

Buttons:  Stash

Jute:  MayArts

Spellbinder:  Pennant

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

Do-A1(1) Creative - Ch. 37 Three of a Kind

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 422 - 423 Anything Goes

Watercooler Wednesday - Ch. 254 All about occasions

The Creative Crafter - Ch. 24 Anything Goes

Double D - Balloons

Hay there....

Well it's almost here the Catch the Bug 10th Annual Birthday Bash which starts on Saturday, but to get ready there is a perfect Friday Freebie with this horse that comes in two versions. My sentiment is from TLC, Create.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Hay there

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Many, many more

Spellbinder:  Pennant

Buttons:  Stash

Hemptique

Twine:  Natural Fibers

Challenges

Stick it Down - January Card

Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 125 Anything Goes

Use Your Stuff - Ch. 389 Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 332 Celebrations

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 420 -421 Anything Goes

Wishing you comfort 342

Unfortunately I had to go to a funeral of a friend from high school whose husband passed away. It was a tragic incident.  So I pulled together a more masculine looking card from strips of paper to follow this sketch and used a sentiment from TLC, Create.

Supplies - will list later, short on time this afternoon

Challenges
Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge - Ch 342

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 412 - 413 Anything Goes

CHNC Patterned - November

QKR - Ch. 372 Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 124 Add buttons and/or bows

Happy Twerky Day

Today at Catch the Bug it is a New Release day or an image is added to the new store from the old store. Today for my card, I have AKV Turkey and a sentiment from TLC, Create. I just had to eye some wonky eyes to this poor turkey.

Patterned Paper:  Fancy Pants

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp: Bugaboo - AKV Turkey

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Happy Twerky Day

Dies:  My Favorite Things

Ribbon:  Offray and Michael's

Buttons:  Stash

Hemptique

Wonky eyes:  Creativity

Challenges

Feeling Sketchy - Ch. 228

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 153 Thanksgiving/ Thank you / gratitude

Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 124 Add buttons and/or bows

little red wagon - Ch. 522 Talk Turkey

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 607 Anything Goes

Creative with Stamps - Ch. 44 Turkey
If you give a crafter a cookie - Ch. 129
CIC - Ch. 482

Time to TOUCHDOWN another year

I'm late posting the Friday Freebie for Catch the Bug with this adorable Bugaboo Brat Football. I made this a center step card.   I colored him for the Green Bay Packers and the sentiment is computer generated. Since I graduated from UW-Madison I am also a big Badgers fan so he would also look good in Red and White, lol. I have also attended Packer games because most of Wisconsin is a Packer fan if they were born here.  Actually a couple of weeks ago I went to visit my children and we were all dressed in our gear for the game.

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo Brat Football

Sentiment:  Computer generated

Buttons:  Stash

Hemp:  May Arts & Natural Fibers

Ribbon:  Michael's

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 412 - 413 Anything Goes

QKR - Ch. 371 Anything Goes

Polkadoodles - Wk 45 Anything Goes

Seize the Birthday - Ch. 178 Anything Goes with optional topping off the edge

Creatalicious  - Ch. 174 Anything Goes with optional for a man

Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 124 Buttons and/or Bows

Let's get metered!

Today at Catch the Bug is New Release day and there are two new images since this is near and dear to me...I made two cards using both images.  For my first card, I used Bugaboo Brat Diabetic Boy who is testing his blood glucose.  The sentiment is computer generated.  Since I have been diabetic since the age of 11 so for 40 years these are just adorable. I will donate these cards to my Diabetic Nurse Educator to give to new diabetic children that are diagnosed.

If you have...fatigue, thirst, hunger, unexplained weight loss, excessive urination, frequent infections or infections that won't heal, blurry vision, dry mouth, headaches, tingling in your fingers or toes please see your doctor for a blood test for diabetes.

my meter that I carry in my purse with me

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Hey Daddy Yo

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo Brat Diabetic Boy (see above for direct link)

Punch:  EK Success

Buttons:  Stash

Hemptique

Spellbinder:  Pennant

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 410-411 Anything Goes

QKR - Ch. 370 Anything Goes

Love to Craft - Ch. 40 Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments  - Ch. 239 Anything Goes with a sentiment

Creatalicious - Ch. 174 Anything Goes with optional for a man

For you...

Today at Catch the Bug is New Release day and we have the image Frame it - For you.  I did my card in Fall/Autumn colors since it is the beginning of season.

Patterned Paper:  Bo Bunny

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Frame it - For you (see above for direct link)

Washi tape:  Stash

Buttons:  Stash

Hemptique

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Spellbinder:  Grand Circle

Challenges

Cheerful Sketches - September 2019

Crafty Cardmakers - Ch. 241 Autumn Colors

Creatalicious - Ch. 171 Anything Goes with optional circles

Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 199 Fall colors

Brown Sugar - Ch. 293 Anything Goes