Panda Birthday

I actually got my Copics out after months of having them packed in the corner of my office. since I put away my Christmas and put out my Valentine decorations....I decided to do some coloring. I also needed to make a birthday card for my son's girlfriend who is into pandas.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio
Glitter Paper:  Recollections
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Stamps: MFT - retired panda
Sentiment: Hero Arts
Ink: Versafine
VersaMark
Embossing Powder: Ranger
Flower: Prima
Pearl: Recollection
Die Cut: Sugar Pea

Challenges
My Favorite Things - MFTWSC524
Always Fun - Ch. 197 Use your Favorite Products (embossing, flowers)
Incy Wincy - Anything Goes
Seize the Birthday - Ch. 205 addl topping Snowy Background
Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 487

Winter Wishes Winter Fairy

Today at Catch the Bug it's Friday Freebie and we have this adorable Winters Fairy. For my card I stamped the sentiment from a Verve (retired stamp set). I was on a monochromatic theme with this mint green and added sparkle with clear Spectrum Noir pen and Sakura jelly glitter pen.
Welcome to my new follower Autumn Zenith.

Patterned Paper:  Core-dinations

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Winters Fairy

Sentiment:  Verve

Ink:  Distress - Pistachio

Die:  Sizzix; My Favorite Things

Punches:  EK Success

Sequins:  Stash

Flowers:  Recollections

Spectrum Noir

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Pearls:  Recollection

Challenges
CHNC - Ch. 478 Anything Christmas with optional gold
The Sisterhood of Crafters  - Patterned Paper
Your Next Stamp - Ch. 133 Inside and Out
Crafting Happiness - Ch. 37 Anything Goes with optional flowers
Creative Knockouts - Ch. 160 Die Cuts/ Punches
Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 19 Anything Christmas
Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round - February Hearts or Love
Sparkles Christmas - Ch. 109 Ornaments

Hello Gnome

I have so many designs of things that I want to do, but then I get caught up with having to make the required cards for my DT work, family/friend birthdays/events and then that regular job that interferes with my crafting. So I was so excited today when I got a chance to make a fun card for my OWN stash. This is using mint and black some colors that I really like.  I took an image that from Pattie's Creations Party Gnomes and only used one of them. I added Glossy Accents to the heart.

Patterned Paper:  Core-dination

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Pattie's Creation - Patty Gnomes (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  Sizzix

Washi Tape:  Paper Studio

Glossy Accents

Hemptique

Flower:  Prima

Pearl:  Recollection

Challenges

Sketch Saturday - Ch. 598

Pattie's Creation - Ch. 167 Love, Love, Love

Double D - Hello

Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 204 Add a Heart

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 451 Use your favorite color

Krafty Chicks - Ch. 495 CAS

Crafty Sentiments - Favorite color combo

Incy Wincy - Anything Goes

Alphabet Challenge - W anything you wish (washi tape)

lil red wagon - Ch. 537 Have a Heart

hi

Today at Catch the Bug, it's Anything but a card and I made a gift tag for a hand soap from Bath and Body Works to give to a friend.  I used two of the four squares from 4 Square Floral.

Cardstock:  Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  4 Square Floral

Flower:  Prima

Pearl: Jolee

Die:  My Favorite Thing

Corner Rounder:  Creative Memories

Challenges

Not Just Cards - May

Creatalicious - Ch. 164 Anything Goes with optional blue

Love to Craft - Ch. 35 Anything Goes

All you need is LOVE

Today starts a new challenge at Catch the Bug and it's a BINGO. And I chose to do all the items...I know I like to be an overachiever, hehe! For my card, I used Valentine Jar and a sentiment from TLC, Create. The image is raised on pop up dots.

Pattered Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Valentine Jar

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - All you need is love

Ribbon:  Michael's

Enamel Dots:  Paper Studio

Charm & Clip:  Unknown
Embossing Folder:  Darice
Sakura jelly glitter pen

Pearl:  Jolee

Stickles

Punches:  EK Success
Spellbinder:  Small and Large Petite Ovals

Challenges
The Crafter's Cafe - Ch. 213 Fancy Folds or Embossing (dry embossing)
Scribbles - Ch. 74 Three or more layers
Creative Knockouts - Ch. 285 Love is in the Air
Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 425 Falling Hearts
Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 185 Love is i the Air
Crafty Cardmakers - Ch.. 227 Love, Love, Love
Double D - Hearts

If you give a crafter a cookie - Ch. 110

Let it snow

Welcome to my new follower Cheryl.
The temperatures around here have been so weird. On New Years we got 2 inches of snow (it looked like more, but it wasn't that much).  The on Monday January 7th it was 50 degrees and raining so the snow is gone, Tuesday it was 36 and Wednesday it was 20 windy so it felt like 10 and now we will start to warm up again and be around 40 for weekend.  This is crazy! Then it's no wonder that on Monday that I am having sinus surgery because our bodies can't adjust this fast, lol.
For my card, I used an image from QKR called Bundled Up and the sentiment is from a stamp set from Hero Arts. I added some snow with Stickles and a Spellbinder mitten.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  QKR - Bundled Up (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  Hero Arts

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Stickles

Punches:  EK Success

Spellbinder:  Mitten

Pearl:  Jolee

Challenges

Tuesday Morning Sketch -  Ch. 485 

QKR - Ch. 329 Anything Goes

Creative with Stamps - Ch. 34 Mittens

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Make it Sparkle

Creative Craft Cottage - Ch. 114 Winter

Winter Wonderland - It's Snowtime

CCAYR - January Let it Snow

Merry Elfing Christmas

Today at Catch the Bug, there is a new Challenge which is a BINGO.  For my card, I used the Elf 004 image and a sentiment that I asked Paulette to make for me from TLC, Create.  I used all the BINGO items except 2 merged images.  This will be the last challenge for the year.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Elf 004 (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create Merry Elfing Christmas

Spellbinder:  Small and Large Circle; Grand Circle

Die:  My Favorite Things; Sizzix

Pearls:  Recollection

Spectrum Noir

Ribbon:  Really Reasonable Ribbon

Divine Twine

Lace:  Wrights

Embossing Folder:  Darice

Challenges

CHNC - Ch. 416 Anything Christmas with optional things with wings

Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 420 Cute Christmas

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 560 Embossing

Crafty Cardmakers - Ch. 224 Christmas

Addicted to Stamps - Ch. 169 Christmas non-Traditional Colors

Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 86 Non-Traditional Christmas Colors

Brown Sugar - Ch. 285 December Holiday or Winter

Santa has the right idea...visit people once a year!

Today at Catch the Bug is Friday Freebie and you can't miss this one. The image is C Cathy Xmas Right Idea and she is crabby this Friday.  I did a pastel, non-traditional Christmas card.  I love this color combo which was a suggestion of the Christmas Throwdown a few weeks ago of pink, blue and green.  Hope that you have a better Friday and that you go to this week to get this wonderful image.

Also remember that starting on Saturday December 1st is the Holiday Chaos at Catch the Bug and we will have a week long of challenges.  I will have a post and project everyday!!!  My teamies have some wonderful creations and you can win some daily prizes so join in to make one, two or seven items.

Patterned Paper:  Recollections

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - C Cathy Xmas Right Idea

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Divine Twine

Pom:  Recollection

Pearl:  Jolee

Snowflake:  My Favorite Things

Bling:  Recollections

Challenges
CHNC - 413 Anything Christmas with optional create your own background

12 months of Christmas - Ch. 47 All tied up

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Christmas

International Art & Soul - Ch. 47 Funny Christmas

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 217 Winter / Christmas

A Mother is love

My Mother's birthday is the first week of May so this is a card that I made for her using a sentiment from TLC, Create. Not sure if this will be her Mother's Day card.  The flower from Prima flower came with bling in it so I added bling and pearls in the die cut.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - A Mother is Love

Spellbinder:  Small and Large Circle; Picot Edge Circle

Flower:  Prima

Bling:  Paper Studio

Pearls:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Die Sketch Tanten - Ch. 43

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 527 Pretty in Pink

DL Art Thursday - Ch. 277 Mother's Day

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 377 Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 164 Anything Goes

Happy Holiday Cheer to You!

I have a lot of My Favorite Thing stamps so I decided to do a few of the Camp Create projects today.  Here is one for the day 2 for Masking.  I used Distress Inks to create the background for the fire/sky.  I used a stencil from Newton's Nook for the sky to add the stars.  I heat embossed the sentiment.

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp & Sentiment:  Toasty Greetings

Versa Mark

Embossing Powder:  White Stampendous

Spellbinder:  Large Petite Oval

Die:  My Favorite Things

Pearls & Bling:  Recollections

Stencil: Newton's Nook

Ink:  Distress - Scattered Straw; Blueprint Sketch

Challenges

My Favorite Things - Camp Create Day 2 Masking

CHNC - Ch. 347 Anything Christmas optional make it Girlie

CHNC Extra - August

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round - August Yellow

Winter Wonderland - Embossing Wet or Dry

CRAFT - Ch. 429 Christmas

Naughty or Nice? I have outfits for both

Here is my card for the Catch the Bug Christmas in July Day 4 Bingo Challenge.  I used another sassy JJ Christmas Candy Cane  image and the sentiment is from TLC, Create.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Naughty or Nice Outfits

Ink:  Memento - Lady Bug

Die:  Sugar Pea

Embossing Folder:  Sizzix

Twine:  Pebbles

Ribbon:  Michael's

Bling & Pearl:  Paper Studio

Stickles

Glossy Accents

Challenges

Sketch Saturday - Sketch 472

Catch the Bug - Christmas in July day 4 BINGO
(Sparkly, Bugaboo image, ribbon)  (Embossing, Bugaboo image, Pink, white & Gold)

Cardz 4 Guyz - Ch. 174 Christmas in July

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 352 Tic Tac Toe

(Ribbon or twine, embossing, gold)

CHNC- Ch. 342 Christmas optional die cut

CHNC Extra - July

RRR - Ch. 167 Anything Goes with ribbon/twine

Happy Birthday from the cat

Well last night I had a little mishap and I fell down a couple of my stairs.  It's so embarrassing, and I feel like such an idiot, but the point of the story is that my cat was there to comfort me when my foot was in throbbing pain and I was crying.  My oldest cat which is my male, Casio was licking my tears.  My boyfriend works nights and I text him and he did offer to come be with me and I didn't want him to leave work because there wasn't anything he could do for me, and like I said Casio had it under control and was doing all he could to comfort me and help me with the pain.  Now one of my girls, Jasmine likes to sleep on my feet, and she couldn't understand why I get kicking her off last night.  My third Siamese cat is Snookie and well she just didn't care.  I have bought them soft and fuzzy beds; however, they like to sleep in hard plastic hospital wash basins so they are lined up on the bottom of my bed when I go to work.

Siamese all in a row

Patterned Paper:  DCWV

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Paper Company; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Bug K Kitty 02

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Happy Birthday from the cat

Spellbinder:  Pennant, Small and Large Circles

Punch:  flower- Tonic

Ink:  Memento - London fog

Pearl:  Recollection

Leaves:  Die-Namics

Challenges

Viva la Verve - October Sketch 1

Cat Lovers Blog Hop

Craft your Passion - Ch. 335 Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 133 Anything Goes

Rain or Shine

I made this card for a friend of mine and just love the sentiment which is from Verve.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye

Cardstock:  Recollection

Stamp:  Verve 

Ink: Distress

Twine

Gems:  Recollection

Flower:  Tonic

Pearl:  Jolee

Challenges

Mojo - Sketch 465

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 248 - 249 Anything Goes

Craft your Passion - Ch. 329 Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 127 Anything Goes

CHNC Patterned - September

Have Yourself An Exchanging Exciting Engagement

Here is a card that I made for a co-worker that just got engaged.

Cardstock:  Recollections

Spellbinder:  Wedding

Stamp:  TLC, Create 

Pearls:  Recollection

Flowers:  Recollection

Stickles

Butterfly:  Prima

Embossing Folder: Sizzix

Challenges

The Sisterhood of Crafters - White on White

Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 28 Monochrome

QKR - Ch. 203 Things with wings

Alphabet - L for Love

Digistamps 4 Joy - Ch. 127 Anything Goes optional add a rose