4th Birthday Card

 Kids like lots of colors, so I made this card for a youngster who was turning 4. I used a PTI die and added lots of snippets of colored cardstock, along with die-cut stitched circles and punched balloons. The sentiment is a die-cut from GMD and I layered it on some lavender cardstock and fussy cut around it. The number 4 is an I.O. die cut and the "th" was done with an alphabet stamp set in white ink. I added assorted stickers to the balloons along with some colorful twine strings and a few bits of gold and silver cord tied into bows on the bottom of each balloon.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

the Alphabet Challenge "J is for Juvenile" - young person or child

Word Power #8 - make the sentiment the focus of your card

the Sisterhood of Crafters July 24 - Balloons

As always, thanks for stopping by and have a great Friday.

Keep Smiling 😊

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

Neon Birthday Card

 My friend's grandson will soon be celebrating his 5th birthday so I put this little card together for him. I made a panel of colorful strips of PTI bitty box basics dsp that I've had for probably a decade or more and placed it on a black card base. I used many different die cut pieces to put this together and if you want to know any specifics, let me know in a comment and I'll get back to you with those. Those 5 tiny candles were done with a tiny birthday candle die and I added glaze pen accents to the flames. I added a pre-printed SSS sentiment, then added 5 gems to the number 5 just to bring more color onto the card. I don't often use black for a child's card, but I think this works with all the different colors.

I'll share this with:

 the October 2023 Colorful Options Challenge - Neons

The Happy Little Stampers October Birthday Challenge - A/G

 

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day!

Carol

Birthday Card

 I pulled out my old Martha Stewart balloon punch to make some colorful balloons from snippets and that's where this card began. I embossed a background snippet of SU! cardstock (I think it's Coastal Cabana) with a Tim Holtz woodgrain embossing folder and found matching pieces of polka dot and striped dsp to match. The stitched frame was die-cut from a snippet of wood-grain dsp. and placed on top. That cute little mouse was done with a Gerda Stein stamp, colored with Copics and fussy cut and placed inside the window. the sentiment was done with Gina Marie Designs dies and some SSS white embossed cardstock, and I tied all the balloons together with some aqua twine. I was pretty pleased with how this turned out :)

I'll enter this into these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - layer it up

Happy Little Stampers May Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

(the Copy/Paste feature is working again with Blogger so I can easily add these graphics to my posts again)

Thanks so much for stopping by and have yourself a great weekend! 

Carol

Turning Five

 Friends of ours have a grandson who turns 5 in a couple more weeks, so I made this card for him. I used an unknown digital image and colored it with Copics, adding a MB die-cut little dachshund puppy (because his grandparents have a little Dachshund that he plays with all the time.) I added a diagonal strip of polka dot paper die-cut with a Lil Inker stitched die, and placed it on a lavender card base. I die cut the card base and image panel with Lil Inker stitched rectangles and then added a birthday sentiment I fussy cut and placed on matching cardstock. The 5 was die cut with my QuicKutz and placed on his shirt just for fun.

I'm sharing this with the Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge #288 -

Something beginning with the letter "P"

Purple, Puppy, Polka Dots

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you're all staying warm where you live. It's brutally cold here in PA today but by mid week it's supposed to warm up considerably. Take good care and stay safe!

Carol

Valentines for the Kiddies

I found a retired SU! paper pad that I'd barely touched, so I knew it was time to use it to make some valentines for a couple little ones we know. I designed these little envelopes and put die-cut stitched hearts on the outside where their names will go.

I used Lawn Fawn stamps and a stitched tag die to create this one. I've always loved this cute little stamp set and added a snippet of striped paper along with some glittered washi tape to the bottom. I colored the hamster with Copics and colored the wheel with glaze pens. The reverse side says "Have a sweet valentine's day."

Here's the 2nd tag made with another Lawn Fawn stamp set. I used some Wink of Stella on the skunk and dotted the flowers with some black Nuvo drops.

I couldn't just give valentines without a little treat to go along with it, so I made these little boxes and filled them with valentine M&M's, adding a little stamped punched sentiment on the outside, done with a retired SU! set called "A Little Something."

Now that I've taken the photos, I'll tie each card and box with matching twine. I'm sure they'll be fun for these wee ones to open on Valentine's day!

I'm sharing these with the Little Red Wagon Challenge #636 which is to 
"pick patterned paper"

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great Friday!

Carol

 

December 25th

 I've been working hard to use up my Christmas paper pads to make cards (so I can buy new ones for next year) and this card was made with some snippets from Photoplay Kringle & Co. I used 3 strips that I thought looked good together, and added used a SB labels 25 die to cut the word "December" from a sheet of scrapbook paper. I used a red marker around the edge of the die before removing it. The stitched circle is from MFT, and the glittered red 25 was cut with Impression Obsession dies. I fussy cut that cute little Gerda Steiner critter and placed him on the bottom, then added some black and red gemstones to finish this card.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

CARDSTV- a/g challenge #155

Repeat Impressions - the House that Stamps built 

Theme Challenge D821 Christmas - use patterned paper

DiesRus Challenge #182 - a/g using dies sold in their store

(Spellbinders, Impression Obsession)

The Happy Little Stampers December A/G with dies

Thanks so much for stopping by today - I hope your day will be a good one!

Carol

Little Boy's Birthday Card

There's a little young fellow I know who's going to be celebrating his 3rd birthday in a couple weeks, so I made this birthday card for him.

I die-cut a window from some retired SU! woodgrain paper with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle set and placed a snippet of PTI bitty box dsp inside. The card base is SU! Coastal Cabana and the little guy hanging out the window is from Gerda Stein - colored with Copics and fussy cut. The balloons were done with a Martha Stewart punch and tied together with twine, and I think

the sentiment is from Lawn Fawn.

I'm going to enter this into the Paper Players PP556 Tic-tac-toe challenge

I used the horizontal grid of birthday, die cut/punch, masculine

Thanks for stopping by and have yourself a great day!

Carol

Birthday Gnome

 I made this card for a young fellow celebrating his 4th birthday. A friend had given me this gnome die as a gift and I thought he'd be just as cute on a birthday card as a Christmas card, so I chose some bright primary colors. The orange background was embossed with a CB birthday ef, and the navy oval was cut with a MFT stitched die. I used a snippet of striped paper for his hat and used a Martha Stewart punch for the balloons, stenciling in the #4 with glaze pens. The sentiment was from a SSS stamp set, heat-embossed with white on navy bits.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Seize the Birthday #220 - stripes

Cardz 4 Guyz #277 - age is just a number

Happy Little Stampers August Anything Goes with Dies challenge

Cute Card Thursday #691 - anything goes

(bright colors theme optional)

I hope this little gnome brought you a smile today as well as the recipient of this card. Take good care and have a fantastic weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Carol

Hearts for Valentine's Day

 Here's another Valentine I made with the SSS cute little Bear Hugs die. I started with a pink card base and added a piece of large polka dot pink and white paper. I started stamping tiny hearts all over it with Platinum Planet ink, but when they didn't show up too well, I stamped a few small circles too which improved the overall look a bit more. The hearts were done with a set of nested, stitched heart dies and I embossed the white heart with a Sunny Studios ef which has itty bitty hearts on it. The little bear was die cut with kraft and red, swapping out the little heart and ears with the red. The Happy Heart Day sentiment is from a long-retired SU! set, heat embossed with white on black, then die-cut with a Lil Inker stitched die.

I'm sharing this with these challenges:

Let's Squash it Challenge #4 - use any embossing folder and an animal

 The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Layer it Up

Thanks for stopping by and I wish everyone a good weekend!

Carol

BOO!

 BOO!! 

I know it's early for Halloween, but I made this card for the occasion.

It started with an older clothing tag that I wrapped with torn pieces of SU! Halloween dsp (r). After I finished wrapping it all up (leaving an opening for his big googlie eyes to peek out) I coated the torn edges of the papers with some sparkly Stickles. I die-cut a witch's hat from Darice and then added a Lawn Fawn die-cut bat to the hat just for fun. The BOO! sentiment was die cut with a Lil Inker die I bought last year. The herringbone background was made with strips of dsp from the same SU! pack of paper and the only other thing I added was a black marker to go around the eye opening. This is going to a cute little young man who will probably get a kick out of it :)

I'll enter this into the Dies R Us Challenge #155 - BOO!

Thanks for stopping by and I will try to get around to visit as time allows. Life has become quite busy for me lately and unfortunately I just don't have the time to devote to blogging that I'd like to.

Take good care of one another :)

Carol

A Birthday Card for a 2-yr old

It's not often these days that you see two cards in two days from me, but I was in need of making a birthday card for a 2 yr-old and was inspired by a sketch challenge to make this.

The card base is navy blue and I embossed a white piece with a WRMK gemstone ef, then took 2 bits of GinaK designs cardstock in bright colors and cut them to size. I embossed the blue one with a CB Birthday ef, and embossed the smaller panel with a CB numbers ef. adding a die-cut #2 done with glittered gold cardstock. The balloons and hat were from the Tim Holtz crazy dogs & cats add-on collection, with the balloons being heat-embossed with gold on yellow and green cardstock; while the hat was heat-embossed with white on navy and colored with glaze pens to add even more fun colors. The sentiment was heat-embossed with white on navy with a Tim Holtz sentiment. I added 3 gemstones for a little more fun. The twine is from my stash.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches challenge #451

Seize the Birthday challenge #198 - add gold

the Double D Colorful Challenge with this mood board

Cute Card Thursday challenge #650 - anything goes

Wishing my American friends a wonderful holiday weekend as we celebrate Labor Day. Thanks for stopping by and I wish all my friends everywhere a wonderful weekend as well.

Carol

 

Koalified to Party

I have a birthday card to share today made with lawn Fawn stamps, dies, and papers. I added some stitched die-cut tags along with a SNSS birthday die-cut sentiment. The enamel dots are from T.E. and the twine was from my stash.

Here's what the inside looks like......

Just a fun little card for a child that I'll add to my stash.

I'm going to share this with the PIP challenge #2018 which is always anything goes.

 My internet is super slow today with many windows and programs not opening, so I'm going to dig out a jigsaw puzzle and work on that for the next couple of days. It's just one dramatic situation after another these days.........sigh

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great Monday!

Carol

Good Egg Easter Card

I'm still working on my box of snippets and for this card I pulled out some strips of Lawn Fawn pattern papers and adhered them to a piece of scrap card to make the background. The colors and patterns remind me of spring, so I went with the colors of the season. I used a retired SU! stamp set from 2017 called "Hey Chick" to stamp the eggs with legs (LOL) and the square sentiment. I used snippets of pastel cardstock to make the mats for the squares. I used a $1 stamp set I've had for years to create the eggs, and colored them with glaze pens before fussy cutting and then adding a little piece of die-cut grass with each one - done with a SNSS grass border die.  The HAPPY EASTER sentiment was done with another $1 stamp set, and I die cut the words with MFT label dies in 2 different sizes. has anyone saved all those precious $1 stamps from years gone by? I still have a drawer full of them that I often forget to use. 

I'm sharing this with the Retro Rubber Challenge #131 which is a tic-tac-toe grid. I used the diagonal from the top left which is eggs, die cut or punch, patterned paper.

I'm also sharing this with the Cute Card Thursday Challenge #627 - Easter

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you all a healthy and happy day. Keep smiling - at least that doesn't cost anything yet!  :)

Carol

Dachshund Birthday Cards

A sweet and generous blogging friend gave me this Dachshund stamp a long time ago and then more recently gave me a few sheets of this fun dsp paper. While sorting through my snippets box, I found the papers and decided to make a couple cards with it. This card is going to a child who is turning 10 in April. I stamped the image on a piece of PTI soft stone card stock, then colored it with Copics and glaze pens. I die-cut it with a GMD stitched square, then matted with a SB scalloped square die in chocolate brown. The sentiment is by CASual Fridays, heat-embossed with white ep on a chocolate chip die-cut Lil Inker stitched sentiment die. The balloon was done with a MS punch, and colored with a neon pink Copic marker, with the string hand drawn with a black marker. The numbers were die cut with my Quickutz. The card base is Cool Caribbean, does anyone remember that beautiful color? 

I made a 2nd card for my birthday stash, using circles this time instead of squares. This too was colored with Copics and the sentiment was heat-embossed with white ep on some chocolate chip cardstock. The dsp was matted with strips of matching cardstock found in my stash, and the card base is Pool Party

I'll share this with the following challenges:

Shopping our Stash #146 - Happy Birthday

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2012 - anything goes

Addicted to Stamps and More #382 - Make Your Mark (use markers)

Seize the Birthday #186 - Cards for Kids

  

                                     

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope everyone is sheltered down and staying happy and healthy! 

Carol

                                   

Third Birthday

I have a need for a 3rd birthday card for a child, and I used this Penny Black Piggy Love stamp because of the 3 balloons. I colored the image with Copics, adding clouds with Tumbled Glass ink. The frame was made with 2 Lil Inker stitched rectangle dies and a piece of Lawn Fawn plaid paper. The card base is Coastal Cabana by SU! The 3 was die cut with an I.O. number die and the sentiment is from a SSS stamp set.

I'll enter this into the Penny Black Saturday challenge which is "anything goes" optional love is in the air. Since those balloons are heart-shaped and this little piggy is floating in the air, I think I nailed it :)

Also entering into Seize the Birthday #182 - creatures great and small

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a peaceful and fun weekend.

Carol

Kids Valentines

My friend and neighbor has 2 grandsons that will hopefully enjoy these little valentines I made for them! I found a packet of matching cards and envelopes in a soft lilac color in my stash that I'd forgotten about and decided to use them for Valentines. Valentine's day doesn't always have to be about the color red does it? LOL

For the first card, I used a Sunny Studios embossing folder, dotting all the hearts with Copics to add extra color. The crayons were done with Lawn Fawn stamps, colored with Copics and covered with clear detail embossing powder before heating and fussy cutting. The big heart was die cut from the 2nd card front (below), using a SSS thank-you heart die. I added a few red heart stickers just for fun. The inside of the card says "Happy Valentine's Day" and I've stamped lots of X's and O's. I also heat-embossed some white hearts on the envelope front but cropped it out when editing the photo LOL

Here's the second card, done also with a Lawn Fawn stamp set. I found a small snippet of white that had been embossed with hearts, so I decided to use that to replace the heart that I die-cut for the first card. I used the same SSS heart thank-you die to cut it and just popped it in place where I die-cut the heart for the first card. I added the little wheel and hamster along with the matching sentiment which was done with an old Marvy ticket punch. I added some very tiny stamped red hearts to the big heart, and added some sparkly red stickers to the card base before calling this one done.

I will enter the first card in Pammies Inky Pinkies challenge #2005 which is  anything goes.

The second card will be going into the Shopping our Stash SOS#413 - 

My Heart is on Fire (or Valentine's Day)

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you're having a great week!

Carol

Lil Dino

I found this older House Mouse stamp called Lil Dino in my stash and decided to make a card with it for my friend's grandson who's just 3. I love that it shows kindness without being scary which is appropriate for the wee ones. I colored the image with Copics, adding touches of fluorescent Copics to the pumpkin and candy corn. The stars were done with a very old (r) SU! set and then colored in with gold and silver markers and glaze pens. Both the image panel and card base were die-cut with Lil Inker stitched rectangle dies. 

The sentiment is by Tim Holtz.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

HMFMC#302 - A/G with an option of using a white on white background and coloring only the image.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Halloween

Dies R Us # 131 - pumpkins and/or apples

the Male Room #122 - Halloween

Thanks for stopping by and have yourselves a great day!

Carol

One for the Frogs

Recently I heard a story from a child whose "pet frog" ran away. I decided to make a card to bring a smile, and I placed the frog inside the jar so it can't run off like the real one did. LOL

I used some papers and card stock from Lawn Fawn, embossing the panel with a Next Level Gemstone ef from WeRMemoryKeepers. 

The frog, jar, and sentiment are all from the 2004 Stamp set "All Wrapped Up" and I fussy cut the jar and lid after coloring and embossing them with clear detail ep. 

I based the design of this card on the MFT Wednesday sketch challenge #446

 I used an old, retired stamp set as well, so I'll enter this into the Retro Rubber Challenge #115 -Color Me!- which is to use the colors of purple, green, and yellow and always use a stamp more than 1 year old.

I used leftover snippets and I'll enter this into the Snippets Playground #357.

Also entering into the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies 28th challenge since there's a critter on this card :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a hoppy Monday.

Carol

Cards for Kids

I have a couple cards today made with kids in mind. I used an Inky Antics stamp set along with some snippets of pacific point and pool party card stock. I colored the image with Copics, adding a die-cut border of waves done with a SNSS die, adding some white gel pen accents. The little stars are brads and the sentiment was done with a SNSS ticket die. The background was done with a SU! decorative dots ef. When I die-cut the waves, there was a negative portion left, so I made a 2nd card with that one..

I'll share this with the Just For Fun JFF July 2019 challenge - "at the shoreline"

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

Carol