Birthday Clock

 Some time ago I cut leftover bits of pink, black, and grey snippets into strips, and put them all together into a herringbone pattern and used half of it for this card, and today's card makes use of the other half. I die-cut it with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle and laid it on top of an embossed panel done with a Sizzix embossing folder. The clock is a die from I.O and I die cut it from silver mirror paper, black, pink, and grey snippets and inlaid all the bits into the clock design. The sentiment panel was done with a SU! Chalk Talk die and another snippet of black, and I added a SSS pre-printed sentiment panel and called this one done.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

The Snippets Playground #494 Challenge - must use snippets

the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - A/G

Can You Handle the Pressure? challenge - must use wet or dry embossing

with an optional twist of "winter fun." 

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the many Thanksgiving good wishes too. Have yourselves a fabulous weekend!

Carol

Birthday Card with Gold

 I made this card for a friend of mine who recently celebrated her birthday. I found a pretty snippet of striped paper (not sure who makes it) and a strip of coordinating cardstock to design the card. I used a mini stencil from Creative Expressions on the side with some distress inks to add a little interest, and added a die-cut golden stem along with the rosette that a thoughtful friend sent me. The sentiment is gold-embossed with a SU! stamp and die combo (also a gift from another thoughtful friend) and I added some small flowers done with a (R) SU! mini punch and added random clear gems to the centers and the sentiment panel as well. For the final touch, I added a ladybug brad to the center of the rosette and used a fine red marker to outline the dots on the sentiment panel.

Sharing this with these challenges:

The Stencil Fun Challenge for October - use a stencil *opt. Halloween

The NBUS Challenge #67 - never before used stuff (stencil, sentiment stamp & die)

the Triple B October 2024 Challenge - birds, butterflies, blooms. Use 1,2, or all 3

The Allsorts Challenge week #803 - use pattern papers

Thanks for stopping by to visit and I wish you a wonderful day.

Carol

Birthday Flourish

I made this card using a Cheery Lynn Flourish die and some black, white, and green cardstock. After I cut the pieces and assembled them, I had to make a second one with the flourish going in a different direction.

 They were easy to create and all I did was add a Simon Says Stamp pre-printed birthday sentiment to each one with a couple sequins for sparkle and I had two birthday cards finished.

I'm sharing the first card with the Little Red Wagon Challenge#777 -

black, white and one other color

Also Sharing with the Allsorts Challenge #801-

falling leaves or the optional Anything Goes

That's it for me today. Thanks for stopping by and make it your best day.

 Prayers going out for the residents of Florida who are bracing for a 2nd hurricane in less than 2 weeks which is more powerful than the first one. I hope evacuations were able to happen with the shortage of gasoline in that state. I feel awful watching this happen to anyone and not being able to help. These are such sad times we're living in.

Carol

Birthday Cards

Years ago on a vacation trip, I visited a craft store in TN that was the size of a giant supermarket and bought a couple sheets this of this colorful plaid paper that I couldn't resist. I've used it sparingly through the years but now I'm down to the last few snippets. I paired it with some pink checkered papers, grey and white cardstock and made 2 birthday cards.

The first one is a masculine version in spite of the color pink. Back in my youth, pink and black were popular colors even for the guys, so with that in mind I just moved forward. The sentiment is from Sweet 'n Sassy and I punched a few stars with tiny snippets of black and white designer paper and added some silver brads to the centers.

 Here's the feminine version with a tiny die-cut flower, 2 leaves run through the  crimping tool and fussy cut. I added a black Nuvo drop to the flower center and added another Sweet 'n Sassy sentiment. All the mats and die cut circles were made with snippets as well as the papers.

I'm sharing with the Snippets Playground #488

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day!

Carol

Birthday Sweet peas

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 I'm guest designing for the Allsorts challenge 796 this week with a floral birthday card. The challenge is to "add a sentiment."

 I dug deep into my stash and found this pretty Flourishes Sweet Pea stamp. Sadly Flourishes closed quite some time ago but this stamp still looks as pretty as ever.  I stamped the card base with the Sweet Pea image as well as another panel which I cut with a Cheery Lynn Designs French Lattice cover plate and then carefully placed it over the card base, matching up all the images as closely as possible. I colored everything with Copics and added lots of tiny black Nuvo Dots before adding a pre-printed Simon Says Stamp birthday sentiment. This was the first time I tried this technique and I love how it turned out. 

Also sharing with these challenges:

Triple B August 2024 Challenge - birds butterflies, blooms - use 1, 2 or all 3

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - A/G

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #20 - A/G Floral with optional mood board

Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to seeing the gallery filled with your designs with sentiments for this week's challenge.

Carol

Birthday Balloons

 Recently a very thoughtful friend surprised me with these heart-shaped balloon dies (thank you again) and I just love them! I had some snippets of polka dot papers on my table so I just used them to add some fun, colorful balloons to this birthday card. I used some purple cardstock along with a GMD set of dies to create the sentiment and used a CB birthday embossing folder. I added small bits of colored twines and some random gemstones to add a little festive sparkle to this card.

Sharing with these challenges:

the Sisterhood of Crafters July 24 challenge - Balloons

Can you Handle the Pressure? - A/G using an embossing folder

with an optional twist of Things with Wings

Thanks for the visit and I wish you a wonderful weekend.

Carol

Born Free

 I CASED a friend's card (who no longer blogs) to make this one, and used some remnants of striped papers from my stash along with a snippet of distressed dsp. for the image panel. I stamped the image of the horse (I think it's by Inkadinkado) on the distressed panel, and matted it with grey and placed it off the edge, adding an ancient large metal brad that SU! made years ago. I placed a decorative metal brad inside that for a rustic masculine look. The sentiment is by Mark's Finest Papers (no longer in business) and I added 2 tiny silver metallic stickers just for fun.

Here's how I decorated the inside with another MFP stamped image, sentiment, and a strip of matching dsp.

Sharing with the CardsforGuyz #352 challenge - Metals, Colors, Hardware 

as well as the Snippets Playground #485 - must use snippets

Thanks for the visit and I wish you a wonderful day.

Carol

A Flag Maker's Birthday Card

 A friend of mine asked me to make her a birthday card for someone we both used to work with at the Flag Factory years ago. I didn't have any flag images, so I went with the red, white, and blue color theme of our US flag, and added stars and stripes. The background paper was bought at Tuesday Morning years ago before they closed. It's double sided with the stripes on one side and the blue panel with white stars on the reverse side. I die cut 3 different sized circles from cardstock, split them in half and placed them on the white panel which was embossed with a Darice tiny star ef. I added some tiny mirror paper punched stars done with a retired SU! mini star punch, along with stamping her age on 2 tiny die-cut circles. The base and image panels were both die cut with Lil Inker Stitched rectangles, and I added some red and blue gemstones to add a bit more sparkle to this card.

Sharing with these challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure Challenge - A/G using embossing with a twist of stripes and/or checks

The Allsorts Challenge Blog #790 - Flowers or A/G

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Add some Sparkle

A Cut Above - Use Die cuts and Start this Challenge with a Bang!

Thanks for the visit and I wish you all a fantastic weekend!

Keep smiling 😉

Carol

Birthday Butterfly

 I found a sketch I wanted to play along with and brought out my Memory Box Vivienne and Darla Butterfly dies along with some polka dot papers to make this card. I die-cut the butterfly from white as well as all the polka dot paper colors and swapped the negatives for a colorful butterfly. I've learned that I'm not as good with swapping those tiny pieces anymore like I once was, and had a difficult time with doing my favorite technique, but I'm OK with the results and hopefully no one will look too closely to see the oopsies! LOL

I used a Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder for the center panel in keeping with the polka-dot theme and added a pre-printed Simon Says Stamp sentiment and called this one finished.

I'll share this card with the following challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #636

the Double D challenges - Polka Dots

the Triple B May 2024 challenge - use birds, blooms and/or butterflies

(use one, two, or all three)

Can You Handle the Pressure? May 11, 2024 - A/G using an embossing folder with an optional twist of using flowers.

The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - use Patterned Paper

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day whatever you're doing.

Carol

A Herringbone Birthday Card

 I had quite a few strips of pink and grey cardstock on my desk, so I decided to make a herringbone panel with them. I made an A2 panel and cut it in half to make 2 cards. I'll post the other one in the future.

I die-cut the herringbone panel with a Stitched rectangle die, and then embossed a white panel with a Cuttlebug Cape Cod EF, adding an assortment of die-cut butterflies left over from those strips of pink cardstock. I added some black and grey diamond dots to those butterflies that were left over from a wall hanging project. The sentiment is a pre-printed one from Simon Says Stamp and that's my card for today.

I'll share this card with the following challenges:

The Snippets Playground Challenge #480 - must use snippets

Can You Handle the Pressure May 11th, 2024 Challenge -

A/G using an ef with an optional twist of "flowers."

Wishing all the moms out there a great Mother's day today.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

Carol

Birthday Bird

 I made one of these book binding cards last year and decided I'd make another one because they're fun to make. I used pieces of SU! Coastal Cabana cardstock and matching dsp for this one, stenciling the blue skies with some Tumbled Glass ink. The bird and branch were done with a SU! punch and I added a tiny black gemstone for the eye. The ribbon was a generous gift from a thoughtful friend and I just love how it blends with this color scheme. The sentiment is a pre-printed one from Simon Says Stamp matted with some black cardstock to match all the black-matted panels.

I'll share this with the Allsorts Challenge #779 - More than One Fold or A/G

Also sharing with the Triple B  May 2024 challenge - 

Birds, Blooms, and/or Butterflies. Use 1,2, or all 3

Wishing you all a great day whatever you're doing. Thanks for the visit as always and keep smiling :)

Carol

Black Magic Birthday Card

 I have a friend who is celebrating a milestone birthday today and her favorite color is pink, so I made this card for her. I used some Black Magic cardstock for this. It's black on one side and pale pink on the other. I embossed a piece of the pink side for the card front and embossed another piece of the black side for the sentiment panel and then sanded it so the pink shows through. I used an Anna Griffin embossing folder along with a Gina Marie Designs Venetian label die as well as a Gina Marie Designs sentiment done with pre-embossed white cardstock. I recently completely a candy dots project and had quite a few of the dots left over, so I used several of the pink and black ones on this card instead of gemstones. 

I will share this with

  the Embossing Challenge -

Can you Handle the Pressure? - 

must use an embossing folder with a twist of "feminine."

Thanks for the visit and may you enjoy a crafty and fun-filled day.

Carol

Birthday Balloons

 I found this stitched die-cut oval in my stash and decided a silver mirror birthday greeting would work with it, so I die cut the sentiment with a GMD set of birthday dies. The balloons were done with a MS balloon punch and I added some blue and white twisted twine for the balloon strings along with a few die-cut tiny silver stars done with a border punch from SSS. The background was done with a new Creative Expressions bubbles stencil I won recently and some blue distress ink.

I'll share this with:

  the Allsorts challenge week #777 - which is balloons or the optional A/G

the Word Power Challenge # 4 - use your sentiments

the NBUS challenge #61 - never before used schtuff (stencil)

the April Stencil Fun Challenge -  A/G using a stencil or the optional Spring/Flowers theme

That will do it for me on this Saturday but thanks for stopping by and I wish you all a wonderful weekend.

Carol

Masculine Birthday Card

 I'm pulling older supplies from my stash and having fun with them. 

I found a half-used pad of Black Magic cardstock if anyone remembers that gem from years gone by? It's heavy black cardstock on one side with pastel colors on the other side. If you emboss and then sand it, those pastel colors magically appear on the black side. I found one piece that was white on the reverse side so I embossed that side with a CB diamond plate EF and lightly  swiped an ink pad of Brilliance Platinum Planet ink over it to add a touch of shimmery glow to the raised portions of the embossing.  Next I took a piece of that same cardstock and flipped it to the black side, cutting it with a Gina Marie Designs Venetian label, embossed it with the same EF, then sanded it to show the off-white colors. I die cut the GMD Birthday sentiment with gold mirror card and added the small deer head done with a DiesRUs die and a snippet of light brown cardstock.

I'll share this with the Male Room Challenge #185 - embossing

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day!

Carol

Blue and Green Birthday Cards

I don't know what this design is called but I enjoy making cards like this. I found an old retired SU! paper pad with green and blue colors so I die-cut 3 circles in different sizes, cut them in half, and placed them in a circle pattern with a sentiment strip across the front. The embossing folder is an older retired one from SU. The sentiment is from Sweet 'n Sassy.

 Here's a slightly different card with the same papers and colors, but made with a Darice embossing folder. I added 3 tiny blue and green gemstones on both cards for the finishing touch.

I'll share the first card with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which is "Happy Birthday."

Thanks for stopping by on this Wednesday and I wish you all a happy and crafty day!

Carol

Birthday Wishes

 Today I have a card put together with snippets of papers and cardstock bits. I used an assortment of dies and punches to create the pail filled with flowers, stems, and a bow. The flower centers were dotted with black Nuvo drops and the butterflies (cut with a very old SU! die) were dotted with tiny gemstones. I used leftover strips of dsp from Sunny Studios and the SNSS sentiment was stamped and colored with glaze pens to add a little more color.

I'll share this with the Snippets Playground #474 since it was entirely made from snippets

Also sharing with the Butterfly Challenge #192

I used 5 of the six colors to choose from,

included borders, birthday wishes, and of course added 3 butterflies.

The Triple B Challenge for February 2024 - use 1,2, or all 3 of

birds, blooms, butterflies with this inspirational photo

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your day is a good one.

Carol

Birthday Number 7

 A friend of mine has a grandson who will soon be celebrating his 7th birthday, so I made this card for him using some bright colors and a die-cut number 7. I pulled out some older Nestabilities dies to cut the red and yellow panels and then used a stitched circle die to place the 7 on. I added a few matching mini brads to match. The side panel was done with a SSS hexagon border die that I've had for ages. I die-cut strips of colorful cardstock too and inserted the negatives into the little hexagon holes to add more color and fun. The sentiment was cut twice and layered for a little dimension. I like how it turned out and I hope this little boy likes it too :)

Sliding in by the seat of my pants just before closing to share with 

the Little Red Wagon Challenge #742- numbers

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are having a great Tuesday. 

Carol

Birthday Balloons

 I made this card some time ago and never posted it, so today it gets it's outing. It's done in my favorite colors of purple and was put together with mostly bits from my box of snippets. The embossed frame was a gift from someone and the birthday sentiment was made with a Kat Scrappiness die. The balloons were done with a Martha Stewart punch and I added bits of twine to them while the final touch was a few lavender gemstones.

I'm sharing this over at the Word Power #2 challenge where the sentiment is the focus of your card.

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a great weekend!

Carol

A Milestone Birthday Card

 I made this card for someone who recently celebrated an incredible number of birthdays. I decorated the stitched oval panel with a Tim Holtz stencil and matching ink that looks like bubble wrap, and decorated the die-cut large numbers with little black gems. The background was embossed with an older Cuttlebug birthday embossing folder and the little flower was done with SU! mini punches and a cut-off portion of a die-cut stem. The sentiment is a pre-printed one from SSS matted with black cardstock.

I will share this with 

Seize the Birthday #275 - Embossing, Wet or Dry

Can you Handle the Pressure? January 13th, 2024 -

A/G using an embossing folder with an optional twist of snow people

Craft Rocket Challenge #110 - use Embossing

Here in PA we're having another snowstorm today with very cold temperatures, so it's a good day to stay indoors and craft! Thanks for stopping by and I hope it's warm where you are! Take care everyone.

Carol

Birthday Card

 I needed to add birthday cards to my stash and I often use this simple design because it makes great use of snippets and it goes together quickly. The embossed background was made with a retired SU! embossing folder and the main image was made with 3 die-cut circles in 3 different sizes; split in half and arranged to create the circle. The sentiment was heat-embossed with white ep on a strip of black and I added a tiny clear gemstone accent to finish this one.

I will share this with the Colorful Options challenge for January 2024 which is celebrating the colors of Iceland. Use one color, or any combination of colors shown in the photo below, or make a rainbow colored card if you wish.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope everyone had a nice time welcoming in the new year. Have a great day!

Carol