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

Snippets Make Fun Cards!

I recently pulled out a little bag of Lawn Fawn and MFT plaid, striped and polka dot snippets and made a herringbone panel for a background. Once it was finished, I die-cut the center of it with a Lil Inker Stitched rectangle die, which left a narrow outer frame that I used on the card below. For this card I chose a stamped image I've had for years that someone sent me, and I have no clue who makes it, so if you know, please leave a comment and I'll give credit where it's due. EDIT: Janice M let me know in a comment that this image was by Elzybells - a company no longer in business - thanks Janice - I thought you sent me this one but wasn't sure) I colored the image with fluorescent and pastel Copics, adding some yellow glaze pen on the chick to look like feathers. The sentiment is from SU! Teeny Tiny Wishes.

I will share this card with the Make My Monday #119 challenge - to make your own background paper

Also sharing with the Tuesday Throwdown #454 - anything goes

Cute Card Thursday #628 - anything goes

For my 2nd card, I used the outer frame that was left from the die-cut panel in the above card. I also made a smaller piece of herringbone with the smaller strips and a snippet of white card. I die-cut this piece into a stitched tag, cutting a larger tag with a snippet of matching dsp to mat the main one. I added my last piece of lavender gingham ribbon which was just long enough to make a little bow, along with a sentiment made up of a stitched die-cut circle, an I.O. hugs die (cut and layered 3 times) and a few little gemstones and assorted stamps to make up the sentiment.

I will share this with Pixie's Snippets Playground #375 - must use snippets

Also sharing with A Place to Start April 2020 challenge - use ribbon or twine

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2014 - anything goes

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

Carol

Mother's Day Card

I think I have enough Easter cards, so it's time to get started on the mother's day stash. I pulled out one of my favorite all-time stamp sets called "Because of You" by Verve to make this card. I still have several of these beautiful hand-crocheted medallions that Jessi Fogan (R.I.P.) sent me several years ago in a blog candy and I cherish them. We lost Jessi a couple years ago, but I'm fortunate enough to still have some of these beautiful hand made medallions she made, so I only use them once in a while. I used one of 2 pink ones I still have left and die-cut a SB circle die to place right over the center. I stamped off the image behind the sentiment for a softer look and then added a piece of grosgrain ribbon, a pink panel, a DCWV panel of black designer paper that looks like fishnet lace, and embossed the background with an Anna Griffin/Cuttlebug embossing folder. Lastly I added a few tiny pink gemstones.

I based this card on the Try Stampin' On Tuesday Sketch challenge #451 which also has an optional theme of designer paper, so I'm linking there.

I'm also sharing this with the Paper Players Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #PP484 with this grid. I used the left side which includes ribbon, die cut, and pink.

Also sharing with Pammie's Inky Pinkies PIP2013 which is anything goes with a ribbon theme.

 Watch out for those April Fools Day pranks today :) I always used to put salt in the sugar bowl to get my husband on AFD, but now that he's a diabetic and no longer uses sugar in his coffee, I need to come up with another idea to prank him! Anyone have any ideas?

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

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

                                   

Easter Lamb

Today I have a card made with an older SU! image called Easter Lamb that's from the 2016 Occasions mini catalog. I haven't used it often, but decided to make a few Easter cards with it this year. I stamped the image in smoky slate ink, coloring softly with Copics and adding lots of stickles and nuvo glitter drops to the fur just for a little sparkle. I die cut the panels with Lil Inker stitched rectangles and embossed the background with a Darice embossing folder. The final touch was a little twine bow along with a Sweet n Sassy stamped sentiment.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Retro Rubber Challenge #129 - anything goes (stamps must be older than 1 year)

2 Crafty Critter Crazies challenge #36 - must use a critter

Pammie's Inky Pinkies challenge 2009 - anything goes

Thanks  for stopping by and I hope you have a great week ahead.

Carol

Encouragement Card

I made another Double Point fold card for a friend going through cancer treatments. I used some pretty American Crafts double sided papers I bought at Tuesday Morning several years ago. The adorable mouse image is by Gerda Steiner and I colored him with Copics. He just looks like he's got lots of confidence and I added a  SSS die-cut sentiment panel meant to give a little encouragement to the recipient. I added a few Nuvo glitter drops to the bottom of the image panel and did some doodling around the edges with a black marker.

I'll share this with Pammie's Inky Pinkies challenge #2008 - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and make it a fantastic day!

Carol

Thinking of You

While sorting through my stash, I found a lot of strips of plaid papers from a Lawn Fawn plaid paper pad just screaming to be used. I used them to make a herringbone panel on an A2 piece of white, then embossed it with a plaid embossing folder. I decided to cut out the center portion and make a frame, so I used 2 Lil Inker stitched rectangle dies to create the frame, saving the center for a future project. I pulled out my MB Prim Poppy die, and cut it twice from some green dsp in the pack, then cut the flowers from more snippets of the matching dsp and adhered them to the flower portions of the stems. I used a piece of SSS embossed card stock for the base, and added a SU! sentiment, heat-embossed with white on a die-cut label from MFT. The butterfly was cut with a GinaMarieDesigns die from a snippet of yupo watercolored paper, and the final touch was adding 3 tiny gemstones in blue, lavender and green. I was very happy with the way this turned out and what a great way to use those beautiful strips of pretty paper that I just can't bear to toss!

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

 Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - use two or more patterned papers

Happy Little Stampers February "Anything Goes with Dies" challenge

Pammie's Inky Pinkies challenge 2006 - anything goes

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge #376 - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great start to the 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

Lots of Hearts!

It's a new Year and time for the January Twofer #23 - with a theme of "hearts." I've chosen to make a valentine and "sending love" theme. I wish I could be more creative with the twofer as most are, but my brain always seems to make cards that are similar to each other, in spite of being different themes. I guess that comes from making duplicate cards for Operation Write Home for so many years, who knows?

I used Unity's "Alfie" stamp on each card, as well as the same CB embossing folder. I colored Alfie with Copics and used MFT stitched circle die cuts to give him a place to sit. The lower border was done with a SSS star parade die and some snippets of assorted red and white papers. The word "love" is a die cut from SSS and the white-embossed "sending you" on black was cropped from a Gerda Stein stamp. I added glossy accents to Alfie's heart and nose just for fun along with 3 tiny red heart-shaped gemstones from Recollections to the largest heart in the border. This card is going to a friend of mine who is battling for her life with liver cancer, and I think it's more meaningful than a get-well card under the circumstances.

I'm also entering this card into the Snippets Playground #369 - where you need to use snippets to make your card.

I will also enter this card into Pammies Inky Pinkies challenge #202 - which is "anything goes"

Here's the 2nd card of my twofer- a Valentine made with the same image and placed on some MFT die-cut banners. The vertical panel was done with a Martha Stewart heart border punch and a snippet of Recollections striped dsp, while the sentiment panel was die cut with a SU! Chalk Talk framelit die and heat-embossed with white using a Dr's Designs sentiment. I wrapped and tied some neutral twine and added a Recollections clear gemstone heart for some extra sparkle. Alfie's heart is covered with glossy accents to make it shine too.

I'm also going to enter this card into the Repeat Impressions Tic-Tac-Toe challenge J820 which uses the following grid:

I used the center horizontal line of twine, sparkle, and die cut.

Also entering into the 34th 2 Crafty Critter Crazies challenge for January - where you must use a critter on your card.

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

Carol

Festive Flowers

I was channeling Jennifer McGuire while making these cards with the Festive Flowers stamp set from GinaK designs/Simon Says Stamp. Her video was wonderful so I CASED her design using 3 different colors. The image was embossed with white and sponged with green ink on this one....

Island Indigo ink on this one, backed with Island Indigo card stock.

This one was done with Teal ink and card stock.

I added tiny gemstones on each one along with that great sentiment from the stamp set - which was a gift from a generous friend (thanks so much again!)

I'm still struggling with a new pc and photo editing. So far I'm unable to edit photos and save them as I've always done before, but I'm still trying. it's just that the holiday season has me preoccupied with other things right now and my brain is on overload. Hopefully I'll get the hang of it soon. For now I'm posting my pictures saved from the old PC.

I'll enter the first card into Pammies Inky Pinkies challenge #1950 - anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by and have yourself a great day!

Carol

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

Thanksgiving Bag-A-Lope

While reading Vicki's recent blog post, she made a Bag-A-Lope and posted a video showing how to make one. I was intrigued as I'd never seen one before, so of course I had to give it a try! I've had a pack of black envelopes for quite a while and seldom use them, so I figured I'd try to make one and this is the result. I like how it turned out and it's perfect for giving hand-made treats at Thanksgiving dinner! I used an unbranded mesh die along with some Lawn Fawn stitched leaves and added a punched SU! sentiment from the "Tags 4 You" stamp set. (Incidentally, if anyone knows of someone who has this stamp set and wants to sell it, please let me know!  Blogging friends have stamped a whole bunch of sentiments for me from this set and they're all just about gone, and I hate to keep asking for favors)

I added 3 different colored enamel dots from SU! along with a twine bow. I cut the top edge with a pair of deckle-edge scissors. I didn't add ribbon yet as I don't know what I'll fill this with, but I can easily add that later. Thanks for the tutorial Vicki - I just love this great little idea!

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge #1942 - anything goes

Happy Little Stampers October anything goes with dies challenge

LTCCB#39 - October Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Monday!

Carol