Get Well Twist

 I water colored this white background piece with pastel blue and green inks and once it dried, I embossed it with a WRMK next level gemstone ef. Next I added a SU! doily underneath the SU! sentiment which was layered with a SB grommet tag using some Cool Caribbean card stock. I fussy cut the sentiment and placed it on the blue panel, then looped some pastel green gingham ribbon on the sides. I added some pale green Kaiser pearls to the top and bottom and called this one done. The inside sentiment says "and sometimes it's a pain in other places too." 

I'm sharing this with the TT349 challenge which is "creative borders." I'm thinking the layered tag with ribbon would be a creative border of sorts. I guess the challenge police will decide that for me :)

Thanks for stopping by and have yourself a great day!

Carol

The Sky's the Limit!

When my buddy & stamping friend was here recently, she brought this sailboat die along with her and I cut several of them in different colors. Of course I had to swap the negatives for a variety of options, and this is just one of those. The background was done with a long unloved SB impressabilities plate and softly water colored with Tumbled Glass distress ink before embossing. It has seashells and starfish and I thought it would work well with this die cut image. The Bermuda Bay cardstock was die-cut with stitched rectangles and the Art Impressions sentiment was matted with red to match the tiny sailboat. 

I'm sharing this with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which is "anything goes. They're featuring Art Impressions products this week.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day!

Carol

Hey Chick! Get Out of that Feed Bucket!

As you can see, I'm still having fun with that new I.O. bucket die I found at my craft store last week. I stamped and colored a chick from the SU! set "Hey Chick" and fussy cut her, sticking her into the bucket of chicken feed! Hah! I stenciled the image background piece with data dots and bubble stencils in potters clay and summer sky inks, die cutting it with a GMD stitched square die afterward. The scalloped border was done with turquoise and a SB scalloped square die, and both designer papers are from MFT. I used a stamp by Judith to add the weeds around the bucket with vintage photo distress ink and dotted some chicken feed at the top of the bucket with orange and yellow gel pens. (click to enlarge photo) The eggs were stamped from the SU! Hey Chick set, and I turned them over and cut the legs off as the stamp is an egg with legs (?) and attached them with glue to the horizontal border. The candi dots are by SU! and I tweaked the sketch by turning them horizontally as they just didn't look balanced to to me when they were placed according to the sketch.

Here's the sentiment for the inside which is why I added eggs to the front of the card. I stamped this at my friend's house years ago and knew it would be the perfect sentiment for this card! I punched the mat corners with a retired SU! punch to give it a touch of a country feel :)

I'm entering this into the Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge #409.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you're having a fabulous Tuesday!

Carol

A Bucket filled with Flowers

On a recent trip to my favorite craft store, I spotted this cute little I.O. bucket die and for some reason I immediately thought of filling it with little flowers?! LOL I found a tiny snippet of smoky slate cardstock and cut it, adding some Copic coloring on top. The grass was a snippet of green grass I found in my stash, so I added that beneath the bucket. The flowers were all pre-punched with a SU! mini flower punch and dotted with black and clear gemstones in the centers. (Whenever I have tiny snippets left from a project, I usually punch them into flowers or tiny elements and keep them in a container for future use.) There are some punched MS ferns and an unknown die-cut stem in the center. I die cut the image panel with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle die, adding black and pink mats, then die cut the SU! dsp panel with stitched rectangles and matted with black, putting it all on a pink card base. The sentiment is from SU!'s the Herd, and the inside says "and I hope you're feeling better."

 I'm sharing this with the Snippets Playground weeks #287 & 288.

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great Monday!

Carol

Rudolph Days

Today I have a Christmas card I made using snippets of retired SU! dsp and a Lawn Fawn stamp set. I stamped the gingerbread cookie image on kraft cardstock, and fussy cut it, placing it on a die-cut MFT stitched circle cut with  white. The sentiment was heat-embossed with white ep on kraft, fussy cut, and matted with red. I added 2 tiny clear gemstones for the gingerbread boy buttons. I still had some leftover snippets, so I decided to make another one.

The only difference between the two is the sentiment panel. I embossed the sentiment panel with white ep on red card stock, and then matted it with kraft.

These Rudolph day challenges seem to be whizzing by so quickly my head spins! They run from the 25th of the month until the month ends.

Obviously, I'm sharing with the June Rudolph challenge which helps me keep that Christmas stash going all year long!

Thanks for stopping by and have yourself a fabulous day!

Carol

Birthday Medallion

A dear friend of mine made and sent me this gorgeous crocheted medallion and I based the entire card around it. I die-cut several SB circles and scalloped circles to mat inside the medallion, adding a die-cut digital birthday sentiment I had on my computer with no name attached for credit. I found a piece of unknown pastel pink striped dsp and used that for the background as well as the largest circle die. I used a Cheery Lynn flourish die and cut it in white, adding some pink punched flowers done with a retired SU! mini punch. For the final touch, I added some clear gemstones to the flower centers and all around the sentiment circle for a little sparkle.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

 Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which is to use patterned paper.

Dies R Us challenge #75 which is "celebrations." 

 Seize the Birthday anything goes challenge.

Thanks for the visit and I hope you found something inspiring while you were here.  Go have yourself a fantastic day now :)

Carol

You Color my World

I made this fun card with yellow, blue and red cardstock which will be included in my next box for cards for hospitalized kids. I made the herringbone background with strips of cardstock, then embossed the entire piece with a square lattice embossing folder. The 3 square panels were water colored with matching inks, and the Lawn Fawn cute crayon was colored with Copics. The sentiment is also from Lawn Fawn, and I cut it apart so I could make it fit on the card.

I based this card on the Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge #408, but instead of a square card, I opted for the A2 size.

I'm also sharing this with the Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 7 - watercolor

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope your world is colorful too!

Carol

Season's Tweetings

Here's another Christmas card I made with Lawn Fawn's Season's Tweetings stamp set. I borrowed a window die from my sweet friend and die cut it with some pastel grey and white cardstocks, inserting the white negatives into the grey frame. I stamped each negative with the images, coloring with Copics, then tied some red & white twine around the bottom, placing it all on a piece of SU! retired Christmas paper. I may have to borrow this window die again because it's perfect with this stamp set!

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

CHNC #338 - anything goes/Christmas - optional use silver

CHNC challenge extra for June - anything goes/Christmas

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge for June - use patterned paper

Thanks for stopping by and have a fun day!

Carol

Open Sea

I pulled out my SU! Open Sea stamp set and had a play with it recently, resulting in this card. I used vanilla, cool caribbean, kraft, and early espresso cardstock colors. The kraft panel was heat embossed with white ep using a Kaisercraft background fishing net stamp. The ship was stamped with early espresso ink and tied with some teal colored twine. The blue panel was embossed with a SU! seaside ef; adding some brown enamel dots, while the card base was embossed with a SU! decorative dots ef. The anchor was cut with metallic gold using a Marianne die and I wove some neutral twine through it. The sentiment is a single stamp from SU, heat embossed with white on espresso card stock, and I used a light colored Spectrum Noir marker to add a touch of blue color.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Words 2 Craft By W2CB#42 - keep love in your heart 

(my take on the challenge is that no matter how far you travel, you'll always be in my heart)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Emboss it

(I did both heat and dry embossing)

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day!

Carol

Happy Father's Day

Here are the last of my father's day cards I made this year. This is similar to the one I made here, but I added a clip and sentiment to the tie with a silver bead. Those tiny silver buttons on the shirt collar are brads.The sentiment is by MFP heat embossed with white ep on black.

This card started when I stenciled on a piece of dsp that has light tones of tan, pink, and blue. I used a Tim Holtz stencil with white ink, creating the rocks in the background. The border was done with an EK bricked punch in black, and the Inkadinkado sentiment was heat-embossed with white on a kraft panel. I added 3 small copper brads to finish this one off.

Happy Father's day to all the dads out there - I hope you all have a relaxing and happy day!

Carol

A Hunter's Father's Day Card

Today I have a father's day card made with a hunter in mind. I had been given this sheet of burlap by my thoughtful friend/blogger and die-cut it into an oval using GMD stitched oval dies. I die-cut the Kaisercraft stag with black and placed it on top. The corner accent was die-cut with a Poppystamps Tulisia corner collage die and backed it with a snippet of orange cardstock - the best match I had in my stash to coordinate with the orange burlap oval. I stamped a MFP sentiment and added a few negatives cut from a SSS pinpoint border and put it all on a kraft cardbase.

That's it for me today, but here's wishing you a great weekend, whatever you do!

Carol

Summer Paradise

I have a big paper pad of black and white dsp I bought for a song, so I pulled out a piece of text paper and decided to ink it up with some distress inks by sponging randomly until I liked the result. I had a play with a Cheery Lynn French Lattice die using some GinaK blue raspberry cardstock to make the coverall for the sponged text dsp. I stamped a SNSS image on white, and paper pieced the umbrella with some of the sponged text dsp, then colored in the rest with Copics and markers. The image panel was cut with a MFT stitched circle die, while the yellow mat was die-cut with a GinaMarieDesigns stitched square. I have an old set of wooden stick stamps with a summer theme, so I added a little pineapple cocktail to the chair, and some flip-flops to the sentiment panel that were both colored with glaze pens. I had a large piece of sponged paper left, so I made a matching envelope flap to mail this card in.

I'm entering this card into the Use Your Stuff #267 challenge which is to use warm, summery colors.

Thanks for stopping by and have yourself a great Friday!

Carol

Twin Owls

I pulled out my SU! owl punch and had a play with it recently, making this birthday card for my stash. It started with a water-colored background piece of cardstock that was embossed with a Sizzix folder. I used several different distress inks and finished it with a few Copic highlights. The owls and branches were done with snippets, and the upper tree branch was done with a MB Woodland branch die and some soft suede cardstock, where I added some punched leaves for greenery. The stamped sentiment from SNSS was heat-embossed with white ep on black and it's all on a pumpkin pie card base.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

the Snippets Playground #285 & 286 - must use snippets

HLS June Anything Goes with dies challenge - I used a MB woodland branch die

Addicted to Stamps and More - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - emboss it!

Thanks for the visit today and I hope your day is just perfect!

Carol

My Friend

I have a collection of doilies that have been collecting dust, so I pulled one out and made a card with it. The big flower is a stamp from Hero Arts that I stamped 3 times, then fussy cut the pieces out and layered them with dimensionals to make it pop. I curled the petals on the top flower with a knitting needle to make it more life-like. They were stamped with Versafine and heat-embossed with silver ep first, then colored with Copics. The center is dotted with silver Stickles. The swirl is a Cheery Lynn flourish, and the leaves (also silver embossed) were included with the flower in the unmarked stamp set. I found a piece of silver embossed cardstock in my stash and split it in half for the 2 vertical panels, then used a pre-printed (unknown) sentiment found in my doo-dad box. For the final touch, I added some Nuvo glitter drops randomly. The card base is turquoise while the greenery is old olive.

 Here's a close up so you can see the Nuvo glitter drops a bit better.

My card today is based on this Tuesday Morning Sketch #407, so I'll be sharing it over there.

Thanks for the visit today - may your Wednesday be just perfect!

Carol

Father's Day Card

Every father's day I make my husband a card with a horse image on it, because he had a pony as a boy, and later we owned a couple horses when we first got married. This year I used an inkadinkado image, stamping him in dark brown ink on a vanilla panel. I embossed the kraft background with a Darice horseshoe ef and then darkened the horseshoes with a Copic marker. I used a SU! teeny tiny wishes father's day stamp; inked with Versafine ink, then heat-embossed with white ep on an early espresso cardstock panel. I added some brown and white twine, die-cut the card base and both panels with Lil Inker stitched rectangles, and added an old SU! hodgepodge hardware square clip to the side  for a fun masculine accent.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown #347 - for the men

Cuttlebug Mania challenge - Father's Day

Thanks for checking in today and have a great Tuesday!

Carol

Thank You

Today's card is a whimsical thank-you, done with a Whipper Snapper image Colored with Copics. I added some random pieces of pale green and blue dsp along with a Lawn Fawn sentiment and an Island Indigo card base and called this one done.

I'm sharing this with the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies challenge #3 - use a creature

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great Monday!

Carol

A Colorful Day

Just a fun card to share with you today using bits of MFT dsp. I cut 1" squares and glued them to a card stock panel, then embossed it all with a CB decorative tiles ef. I stamped the Inky Antics image, and colored the cat and dog with odd colors to go with the theme of having a colorful day. The SNSS sentiment was heat-embossed with white ep on black and fussy cut.

I was going to enter this into the Snippets playground but the gates have already closed, so I missed the party.........

Have a colorful day and enjoy it whatever you do!

Carol

Because I Care

I was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest recently to pull my SU! bird punch out again and have a play with it. I had a few snippets of blue cardstock on my table, so I punched the bird along with 2 squares to add underneath the corners of the image panel. The designer paper is Bazzill Basics and I punched the bird's wing from that paper and I like how everything looks coordinated. I added a black gemstone for the eye, along with a retired SU! sentiment, and called this one done.

I'm sharing this with the Double D Blue and White challenge which has the following inspirational photo:

May the bluebird of happiness visit you soon! Have a fabulous day :)

Carol

Military Father's Day Card

I haven't made a military-themed card since OWH closed, but I enjoyed making this one today. The patterned paper is by BoBunny and I used it for the image panel, the smaller star, as well as the horizontal panel beneath the blue. The navy and dsp star were both die-cut with a Sizzix Stars#2 bigz die. I matted with red and kraft, then embossed the white background with a Darice tiny stars ef. The white MFP father's day sentiment panel was die-cut with a SNSS ticket die, and the kraft mat was hand-cut from kraft, using deckled scissors on the ends to match the ticket edges. I added assorted sizes of red, white, and blue brads for the finishing touch.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - make it masculine

Dies R Us challenge #74 - masculine

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fantastic day!

Carol

Christmas House Mouse

I had this House Mouse image stamped and already colored, so all I needed to do was die-cut it with a MFT stitched circle die and add some liquid applique to the fur on his Santa hat. I die-cut a green panel with a Gina Marie Designs stitched square die and added some tiny square geo sparkler stickers. The horizontal border was done with a SU! scalloped border punch, adding 2 pieces of retired SU! woven golden ribbon, along with 2 square gold geo sparkler stickers on either side of the image panel. The sentiment is by SU! teeny tiny wishes and was done with retired SU! label punches, adding 2 tiny round geo sparklers to the sides. The dsp is by Bo Bunny.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

the Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge #406 where I used the following sketch:

CHNC challenge #336= a/g as long as it's Christmas - optional: winter fun

CHNC challenge extra for June - a/g as long as it's Christmas

Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge for June - a/g as long as you use dsp

It might as well be Christmas today as our high is going to be a mere 60 degrees! Summer temps in the 90's will be here by next week, so we're sliding up/down on the temperatures for a few days. This old body is having a hard time adjusting to these drastic changes too! LOL Have a great day and keep smiling :)

Carol

For a Gardener

I've had this ODBD image for a while and finally inked it up to make a card. I colored it with Copics and some silver and gold metallic paint pens, then die cut it along with the other panels with Lil Inker stitched rectangles. I pulled a snippet of polka dot dsp out and matted with it, as well as 2 different green cardstocks. The sentiment from MFP was heat embossed with white ep on black and I called this one done!

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope your garden continues to thrive and grow!

Carol

July 4th Birthday

I've had a life-long friend who celebrates her birthday on July 4th, and loves that there are fireworks on her birthday every year! I started by making a panel of red, white and blue squares of dsp and cardstock, then matted it on a white panel. The Inky Antics image was colored with Copics and cut with a Gina Marie Designs stitched square die. The card base is Pacific Point and I stamped assorted fireworks with Versafine ink and a Winnie and Walter Sparkle stamp set, embossing the images with red, silver, white and gold ep. I added a few Nuvo glitter drops in blue to add to the festivities. The word Sparkle was gold embossed on red, while the "On Your Day" portion of the sentiment was embossed with white on navy.

I'm sharing this with Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge for June 2017

Thanks for the visit, and I hope to be back again soon! Have a great weekend!

Carol

Anniversary Shaker Card

I thought I'd try making a card with hearts in a color other than red, so for this one I used some Hello Honey and white. I made my first shaker card using tulle after receiving a beautiful one from a sweet friend. (Thanks Judy)

I die cut 2 stitched hearts to create the frame for the shaker and added an assortment of white, gold, and silver sequins. Next I decided to add some flower detail to the side to balance things. The large flower was done with a SU! flower shop stamp in versamark, then heat-embossed with white ep and fussy cut by hand. The smaller flowers (both honey and white) were done with SU! punches. The flourish was die-cut with a small Cheery Lynn fanciful flourish, and all the clear gemstones are from Pizzazz Aplenty. The sentiment is a peel-off sticker. What I really like most about this card is that the shaker is flat enough to mail without extra postage, plus the gems inside shake freely without getting stuck on the sides! That's a win/win for me :)

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

The Cuttlebug Mania challenge - to frame it

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - anything goes

Thanks for checking in again today and I wish you a day filled with sunshine and happiness :)

Carol

Father's Day Card

Here's a father's day card for those men who like to hunt. I used a Kaisercraft die for the deer head and placed it on a kraft panel that was die-cut with a GinaMarieDesigns stitched oval. The DCWV dsp from the naturals paper pad was cut with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle die, as was the vanilla card base. The sentiment is SU! and was heat-embossed with gold ep on a vanilla banner. This one was quick and easy but I really like how it turned out.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Dies R Us Challenge #74 - masculine

Tuesday Throwdown #TT345 - stitching

Thanks for checking in with me today and make this a great day!

Carol