For the Game Enthusiast

 Here's a birthday card I made for my BIL who is a cards/game enthusiast. He likes to play poker, cards and board games, so this retired SU! dsp was made for his card. I cut the paper into strips and fishtailed the bottoms by using a hexagon punch and placed them on a red card base. The main panel and sentiment were cut using Gina Marie Designs dies and the birthday sentiment was cut with some red glitter paper. I added some black Nuvo drops randomly to finish this card.

I'm sharing with the AAA Birthday Game #55 - use a large sentiment.

also the Happy Little Stampers November Birthday challenge - A/G birthday

I hope you're off to a good start of another week and thanks for stopping by!

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 Cards

My friend Wendy is celebrating her birthday today and this is the card I sent her. I used a Gina Marie Designs Leaf Quilt die to put this card together. I used Lawn Fawn designer papers along with some off-white and aqua cardstock, adding a few clear gemstones and a pre-printed sentiment from SSS. When die-cutting all the elements, I used the negatives to create a 2nd card.

I know blue leaves aren't the "norm" but I was pleased with how these cards turned out. Soon we'll have leaves falling around here and they'll be brown in color, so I decided to brighten things up a bit. In the craft world, anything goes, right? 

 Here they are side-by-side.

Entering the first card into the following challenges:

The Happy Little Stampers September Birthday Challenge - A/G Birthday

the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge  - A/G

The Allsorts Challenge week #744 - Sunflowers or A/G

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day whatever you do!

Carol

Birthday for a Friend

 While trying so hard to part ways with crafty items I've had for years, I discovered an old Sizzix fold-over die called Flower Burst that I pulled from the cobwebs to make this card. I still have a plastic bag of left over snippets of 3 retired "In" colors of SU! paper that I just can't seem to toss away. One color is Wild Wasabi, and one is Groovy Guava but I can't remember the name of the other one. I cut the flowers, and used a SU! Bouquet Bunch set of dies to create the greenery. The stenciled background was done with a ARTplorations Gridlocked stencil and some Abandoned Coral oxide ink. I used another Sizzix (SU!) foldover die to cut the tiny butterfly and added a pink gemstone to the body and hand-drew the antennae. The ladybug was made with a MB die and the sentiment is by Sweet 'n Sassy from a stamp set called Poppies and Greetings from 2009. For the final touch I added 3 tiny black gemstones to the centers of each flower. Sometimes everything old is new again.

I'll enter this into the following challenges:

the Triple B August Challenge - birds, blooms, and/or butterflies (use 1 or all)

The Butterfly Challenge #185 - Flowers with your Butterfly

the Four Seasons Challenge Blog August 2023 - A/G Summer

the Happy Little Stampers August Birthday Challenge - A/G Birthday

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Summer

the Retro Rubber Challenge #212 - A/G must use stamps older than 1 year

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and thanks so much for stopping by today!

Carol

Playing with Paper Squares

 I had a lot of small bits of dsp from a Sunny Studio paper pad that I just couldn't throw away, so I punched them into squares and just laid them down in this fun design, adding silver candi dots to the corners. The die-cut birthday sentiment was also done in silver mirror card to match the candi dots and this card took very little planning or thinking to put together. I just love those summery bits of designer paper in all those great colors!

I'll share this with these challenges...

The Happy Little Stampers July Birthday Challenge - A/G

Shopping our Stash SOS501 challenge - no stamping allowed

That's it for me today and thanks for taking time to stop by! Have a great Friday everyone 😊

Carol

Epic Birthday Card

 I made this card for my cousin who celebrated an epic birthday. He's still going strong and I couldn't be happier for him. For the background I used some Nuvo shimmer powder and spritzed it with water, adding some silver metallic highlights. After it was dry, I embossed it with a Sizzix Hello Friend ef. I die-cut the numbers from silver mirror cardstock, and matted them with matching blue cardstock, white and a silver panel, then added a silver-matted Simon Says Stamp pre-printed sentiment and called this one done.

I will enter this into the Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge for July which is Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day. Keep smiling 😊

Carol

Dogwood Birthday

 I unearthed this stamped image that I've had for years and decided it was long overdue to make it into a card. I'd previously made the card base with some dark purple cardstock and 4 strips of colored cardstock that I cut from leftover snippets. I lined them up into an embossing folder and afterward spaced them evenly on the card base and then covered it all up with the image panel. 😄 I colored the image with Copics and glaze pens then die-cut it with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle. I added a sponged, punched butterfly with a pink gemstone, drawing in the antennae with a fine black marker. The sentiment was pre-printed from SSS.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

The Triple B June Challenge - Birds, Butterflies, and/or Blooms

The Happy Little Stampers June Birthday Challenge - A/G

Seize the Birthday Challenge #262 - Make it Pop or A/G Birthday

Allsorts Challenge Week #731 - Use Your Dies *Option A/G

Thanks for stopping by today and I wish you all a great day!

Always remember to keep smiling 😁

Carol

Floating Cow Birthday Card

 I found this stamped cow image in a box that I must have had for a decade or more. I'm pretty sure it's a Penny Black image but I was unable to verify that because it's probably been long retired. Either way it's a cute one and it's long overdue for being used! I made the background with some Sunny Studio papers and stenciled the clouds in with some Tumbled Glass ink. I colored the image with Copics and a black marker, adding color to the balloons with glaze pens. I was stumped for adding a sentiment, so I leaned on a good friend for suggestions and she gave me this one which was perfect! It was computer generated and snipped apart to fit on the image.

I'll share this with the following challenges:

 the Triple AAA Birthday Challenge #49 - Balloons

The Retro Rubber challenge #206 - Tic Tac Toe

(I went across the top line with birthday, stencil and pattern paper)

The Happy Little Stampers May Birthday Challenge - A/G

The Critter Crazy Challenge #74 - A/G featuring a critter

(Calling a cow a critter may be a stretch, but I'll enter anyway 😉)

the May Stencil Fun Challenge - A/G using a stencil  *optional flowers

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your Wednesday is a great one!

Carol

A Polka Dot Birthday Card

 I found a few snippets from my Sunny Studios paper pack and decided to make a birthday card with them. I had previously made the birthday sentiment panel with a SNSS sentiment and a long-retired SU! corner punch that I still like using. I die-cut the 3 little mice with a Gina Marie Designs die set and used a retired SU! punch to make the black cat. I added a pre-cut Lawn Fawn border die cut along the bottom that just happened to be lying on my table. The background paper is from an old paper pad bought at Tuesday Mornings years ago that no longer has the cover, so I don't know who makes it. The little banners were done with a set of Sizzix thinlet dies, and I added a green and blue tiny gemstone over top of each set of banners just for a little sparkle.

I have a friend who is quite fond of cats, so I'll save this for her birthday coming up in August.

I'll share this with the following challenges:

the Alphabet Challenge blog - C is for Cats

The Critter Crazy Challenge #74 - A/G featuring a critter

the Happy Little Stampers May Birthday Challenge - A/G

We have some bright sunshine today and blue skies and soon those temperatures are going to feel more like spring! YAY!

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day!

Carol

From the Snippet Box

 I've been trying to use some of the snippets I've accumulated for eons, so I dug into that overflowing box once again to create this card. I found 2 die-cut circles in there, one black and one mint green. The mint green circle was  cut from a Lawn Fawn die-cut background with wind swirls, while the black circle was plain. I embossed the black circle with a SU! Petal Burst embossing folder and then sanded it a bit to show all the embossed petals. The die-cut bucket was made with an Impression Obsession die and some grey cardstock; while the greens were done with Precious Maricke and SU! dies. The little bow was made with a Sizzix die from 3 colors. The flowers were done with a SU! mini flower punch, and dotted with Nuvo drops in assorted colors, adding more black drops to the overall design of the card. The birthday greeting was a pre-print that came in a paper pad. I placed this on a Berry Burst cardstock base by SU!

Here's a small sampling of some snippets I used to make this card.

I'm going to share this with the following challenges:

The Snippets Playground #452 - must use snippets

Freshly Made Sketches #582

Happy Little Stampers April Birthday Challenge  - A/G

Triple AAA Birthday Card Challenge #438 - Layer it Up

Craft Rocket Challenge #102 - Layer it Up

Can You Handle the Pressure Challenge - A/G Embossing *Option of Clouds

Whew, I'm sliding into that last challenge with less than 2 hours to go before it closes!  😊 LOL

Thanks for checking in today and I wish you a great day whatever you do!

Carol

Colorful Birthday Card

 Today I have a fun little birthday card made with snippets of polka dot and striped designer papers. I just glued all the strips down in a diagonal pattern and placed the panel on a yellow card base. I've had this Stampendous stamped image forever. (thanks to Wendy and Di for letting me know the manufacturer). I colored it with Copics and glaze pens; then die cut both the image panel and the red mat with stitched square dies. The red sentiment panel was done with a MFT stitched die, and the word "Celebrate" was cut with a Lil Inker die from navy cardstock 3 times, stacked and covered with glossy accents.

Sharing with these challenges:

The Snippets Playground #449 - A/G must use snippets 

Critter Crazy Challenge #72 - A/G featuring a critter

Craft Rocket Challenge #101 - for the girls

Allsorts Challenge week #718 - A/G *optional 4-legged friends

AAA Birthday Game#47 - Stripes and/or Dots

Happy Little Stampers March Birthday Challenge - A/G

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Carol

Birthday Time

 Today's card was done with the colors of lime green and navy, and I rather like the combo now that it's finished! I used all snippets for this design, cutting 3 different border dies by Sweet 'n Sassy stamps and swapping the alternating negative stars for a fun look. The big stars were done with a very old SU! Sizzix die called stars#2 and I added a navy star brad along with a Teeny Tiny Wishes sentiment from SU! The background was done with a Cuttlebug birthday embossing folder and this card was done!

I'll share this with the following challenges:

The Color Hues Challenge #48 - use the colors of Lime Green and Navy

This challenge is also celebrating their 2nd anniversary, so they are asking for birthday cards and coordinating their challenge with the Seize the Birthday Challenge which follows below.

Seize the Birthday #246 - coordinating with the Color Hues Challenge above

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #551

Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge for September

The Snippets Playground #436 - must use snippets

For my American friends, I hope you're all enjoying the Labor Day holiday weekend and doing something fun and my wish is the same for everyone else too! Thanks for stopping by, I'll see you again soon!

Carol