Cowboy Birthday

A dear blogging friend of mine sent me some great western-themed die cuts, and this is one of them. I made a water color background with distress inks, adding a little Copic coloring to ground the horse, then stamped a MFP sentiment (the company has closed) and called this one done. Now if only I knew a cowboy I could send it to!? LOL

I'm sharing this with Pammie's Inky Pinkies challenge PIP 1943 - anything goes.

Also sharing with the LTSCB #127 - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day. I like that we're back to standard time again - it's great waking up to daylight instead of darkness! 

Carol

Birthday Rose

I'm constantly trying to use the paper I've had for eons, so today's card includes a piece from a very old DCWV paper pad called "Once Upon a Time." The rose is by Gina Marie Designs and was cut from white as well as some glittered SU! cardstock. I swapped the negatives for a different look, and added some hand-cut leaves from snippets of green cardstock that I ran through a paper crimper. The pink panel was a snippet done with a Martha Stewart doily punch. The "Happy" was done with a Simon Says Stamp die from the "Oh Happy Day" set, while the word "Birthday" was done with a Gina Marie Designs die. I think I might have to add a tiny butterfly beneath the sentiment as the space beneath it looks like it needs something there :) Since I die-cut the rose in 2 different colors, that gave me a 2nd rose for another card I'll post in the future.

I'm sharing this with the Seize the Birthday challenge #167 - anything goes

Also sharing with the Love to Scrap LTSCB #122 - no rulz 3

as well as Addicted to Stamps and More challenge #345 - Birthday
(they're celebrating their 7th birthday)

Thanks for stopping by - here's to a fabulous Friday for everyone!

Carol

2nd Birthday Card

Here's a birthday card I made for my friend's grandson who recently turned 2. I used a Bugaboo image for this, coloring with Copics in bright colors. I die-cut the image panel with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle die, placing it on a Pacific Point card base. The sentiment panel was done with both a SNSS stamp and ticket die but trimmed a bit to fit the panel. I added a die-cut negative star from a SSS star border die. The balloons were done with a Martha Stewart punch and embellished with Quickutz die-cuts to show his age, and the final touch was to add some colorful twine balloon strings.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Dies R Us Challenge #116 - for the med/boys in our lives

The Male Room Challenge#105 - a/g *optional no designer papers

Love to Craft challenge LTCCB#32 - March anything goes

Love to Scrap challenge LTSCB #119 - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and have yourself a fabulous weekend!

Carol

Alfie Valentine

Today I'm sharing a card I made with Unity's Heart & Soul Alfie image. My friend's grandson will be celebrating his first Valentine's day, so this is for him. I colored the image with Copics, die-cut it with a stitched square die, then used a SB scalloped die to make the mat. The dsp is from SU! (retired) and the little tag was done with an ancient SU! set of tag punches along with a cute (r) SU! stamp I saved that coordinates with the punches. I added a littleglossy accents on Alfie's heart as well as the tiny red heart on the tag; then finished with a double twine bow

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - anything goes

Dies R Us challenge #114 - use the color "red"

Love to Craft Challenge LTCCB#31 - February anything goes

Love to Scrap Challenge LTSCB#118 - a/g with optional monochrome

Addicted to Stamps and More #326 - anything goes

Cute Card Thursday #567 - Valentines

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Carol

Thinking of You

I sponged a panel with some distress inks before stamping this Stampendous tree poem image in Versafine black ink. After it dried, I lightly dotted glue on the tree leaves only and then added glitter for a beautiful subtle sparkle. Unfortunately, it was a cloudy day when I took this photo so the glitter just doesn't show up too well. I put it on a pool party card base, and added a little snippet of pool party for the Sweet 'n Sassy stamped sentiment.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Little Red Wagon #478 - Hey Newbie! (new stamp)

LTCCB#30 - January anything goes

LTSCB#117 - anything goes

Wishing you a wonderful Friday and a great start to the weekend. Thanks for stopping by!

Carol

Halloween Matchbook Treats

I have lots of Halloween dsp left over from last year, so I decided to make a few matchbox treats for this year. Here is one of them with a Memory Box die-cut spider and I dotted his eyes with a white gel pen to make him creepier. When you open this up, here's what's inside...

The photo on the left shows the inside with the double-sided paper found at Tuesday Morning years ago. The Trick or Treat sentiment is by Lawn Fawn, and I added a little IO die-cut ghost that was embossed with Lawn Fawn glow-in-the-dark ep. The photo on the right is the inside of another matchbook that was made with SU! dsp, a Unity white-embossed sentiment punched with an EK ticket punch, and what these treats are filled with - a WAWA coffee thin! I wish I'd never discovered these wafer-thin coffee/chocolate bites of deliciousness because they are a bite of heaven!! If I enjoy them this much, I'm sure other coffee/chocolate lovers will too, so those are my treats for this Halloween. I'm grateful they are sold individually and NOT sold in bags, or I'd be in a sugar coma by now!

Here is the assortment I've made using all stamps, dies, stickers and elements from my Halloween stash. These are SO much fun to make and a great way to use up those little bits of dsp and cardstock too! 

If you need any specifics for products used, just email me with your questions. My email address is on the sidebar. I used the Splitcoaststampers tutorial for making these.

I will enter this project into the following challenges:

Just for Fun Rubber Stamps October 2018 Challenge - Halloween

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge October 2018 - use patterned paper

Memory Box Challenge #42 - Halloween or Candy themed

 LTCCB #27 - October Anything Goes

LTSCB #114 - Fall Back *make any fall creation*

Dies R US #106 - A/G using dies by companies carried at the Dies R Us store

Thanks for spending a few moments of your Monday with me, and I wish you a wonderful week ahead! Happy Crafting :)

Carol