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

Autumn Colors and Leaves

I've had a paper pad by Debbie Mumm for much too long, and wanted to finally USE these pretty Autumn themed papers. First up is a card where I used some GinaK Coral Reef orange, along with some celery colored green card stock for the background. I love this sketch design and it makes great cards with those little snippets of dsp. I added some leaves that were colored with alcohol inks and die-cut with Lawn Fawn stitched leaf dies. The sentiment is from SU!

I'll enter this card into the Cuttlebug Mania "Hello Autumn" challenge

Here's another of the same design made with a gold card base, some grass green card, and a larger Lawn Fawn stitched leaf die cut. The dsp is from the same paper pad, but a slightly different color than the one above. I added a Northwoods stamped greeting in dark brown ink.

I'll share this one with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which is "fall/autumn colors

 Thanks so much for stopping by and taking time to leave a comment. I wish you all a wonderful day!

Carol

Easter Bunny

I have another Easter card to share today. This was a stamped image I've had in my stash for quite some time. I have no idea who makes it, but that little bunny in the decorated egg is so cute! I colored the image with Copics, and added some stitched oval die cuts from GMD along with a scalloped oval die cut from SB and placed it all on a Soft Sky piece of designer paper. It was quick and easy and fun to make.

I'll share this with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which gave us this Spring mood board to base our cards on...

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a happy spring.

Carol

Halloween Twist "n Pop card

I made this twist 'n pop card for Halloween for one of our granddaughters. I started with this piece of SU! designer paper, stamping a MFP cat on the fence, and a witch flying in the sky with a SU! stamp, plus bigger bats done with a stick stamp by Judith. I added a punched-out element from an old Halloween kit by Teresa Collins. It measures 5" x 5-1/2" folded flat, so I'll have to make an envelope to fit this before mailing.

Here's what it looks like opened, with all sorts of Halloween die-cuts and elements. A raven on a branch with a graveyard beneath, and mummy jar with eyeballs on top, a dangling spider or two and some toxic slime in a bottle. Oh, yes, and there are tiny little die-cut mice snooping around as well. The bottom portion has a computer-generated sentiment panel, complete with a drippy goo border, a pumpkin border, a black cat and another little spider web with a tiny spider. I used lots of stickles, glossy accents, white gel pen, glaze pens, and fluorescent Copics on the elements.

Here's the back, with a glittered die-cut "BOO" I got several years ago in a blog candy prize. I love how it looks on this SU! dsp of bricks and I might just add a few die-cut ghosts here before mailing :)

I had fun making this and I made another one for another DGD that I'll post at another time.

I'm entering this into the Wednesday Simon Says Stamp anything goes challenge

There are too many details to list everything I used, but if you have any questions, just email me - my email address is on the sidebar. If you leave a comment with a question - PLEASE leave a way for me to contact you to respond!

Thanks for the visit and do have yourself a great day!

Carol

Military Father's Day Card

I haven't made a military-themed card since OWH closed, but I enjoyed making this one today. The patterned paper is by BoBunny and I used it for the image panel, the smaller star, as well as the horizontal panel beneath the blue. The navy and dsp star were both die-cut with a Sizzix Stars#2 bigz die. I matted with red and kraft, then embossed the white background with a Darice tiny stars ef. The white MFP father's day sentiment panel was die-cut with a SNSS ticket die, and the kraft mat was hand-cut from kraft, using deckled scissors on the ends to match the ticket edges. I added assorted sizes of red, white, and blue brads for the finishing touch.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - make it masculine

Dies R Us challenge #74 - masculine

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fantastic day!

Carol

Fluffles the Cat

Here's a fun card I made with Fluffles the cat caught in the flower pot! LOL I stamped him with Memento ink, then colored him with Copics. The pink rectangle was colored with a fluorescent pink Copic and die-cut with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle die. The horizontal panel was die-cut with a MFT diagonal die and colored on each end with Fluorescent Copics in blue and purple to match the colors of the flower pot. The sentiment is MFP.

I'm sharing this with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - a hint of pink

as well as the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies #2 challenge - use a critter on your creation.

Thanks for stopping by and have a grand old Wednesday!

Carol

Shifting into Easter Mode

I'm trying to use up my overflowing box of doo-dads and printed images, so I dug out all the Easter-themed prints and made a few cards. For this one, I began with the Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #389 for the overall design. I wanted to play along with the Shopping our Stash SOS#289 challenge too - which is "winter blues." They're asking us to make a card using mostly blue, but not use a winter theme. I used Island Indigo because it closely matched the little vest the bunny is wearing, and I embossed it with a Darice basketweave ef. I added some punched borders of Blackberry Bliss cardstock with a MS doily and EK tiny scalloped dots punches. The pretty ribbon was a gift from a fellow blogger (your know who you are *wink*) and the tiny bunnies were die-cut with GinaMarieDesigns tiny bunny dies.

Finally, I'm entering this into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which is "cute." I think this bunny and sentiment are adorable - but unfortunately I have no idea how it came to land in my hands. It was a pre-colored digital image and that's all I know.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your day is fantastic. We are supposed to hit record temps of 63 today and then tomorrow we're getting dumped with 4-8 inches of snow!  I think I may be in the midst of a nightmare!? LOL

Carol

Distress Ink Background

I used Twisted Citron distress ink to create this background over some white-embossed Hero Arts floral images. The sentiment panel was heat-embossed with white on a strip of black cardstock that was cut with a diagonal stitched die. I knew as soon as I saw the result that my Versamark ink pad needed re-inking because it didn't look as sharp as I hoped it would.

I'm sharing this over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which is
"Fabulous Florals" and they're featuring Hero Arts products.

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great Thursday :)

Carol

You Are So Hot!

I have another Tim Holtz crazy bird image that was colored with fluorescent Copics. I added a stamped/fussy cut hat to her head along with a little punched flower and gemstone in the center. The split sentiment is from the Simon Says Stamp "Hello You" set, with the black square being embossed with white embossing powder. The striped dsp is a snippet from my stash, and the square panels were cut with Gina Marie stitched square dies.

I'm taking this over to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which is "things with wings."

Stay cool, and thanks for stopping by!

Carol

Sparkle

Here's a card that makes use of a stamp set from Winnie & Walter that Lisa Haines of the Purple Place gave me as a gift when I bought some of her stamping supplies she was selling. She's having the battle of her life, so please click the link and leave her some love.

I used some snippets of Basic Grey dsp I've had for ages, placing them in random fashion and cutting with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle and embossing with a CB decorative tiles folder. The main panel was stamped in razzleberry ink with matching punched circles popped up on foam tape to make the centers for the fireworks. Razzleberry is the card base which was also done with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle.

I'm sharing this at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which is "anything goes."

Thanks for stopping by and have yourself a fantastic day!

Carol

Full Pleated Cards

I saw this card on Pinterest that included a tutorial, so I decided to make one of my own. Last year I scored a big pack of this pretty double sided dsp (Soho Garden by American Crafts) at Tuesday Morning for a great price, so I paired it with some Midnight Muse and white cardstock. The layered flower was done with 3 different SU! punches, and the centers were done with a little circle die from the Poppystamps holly & berry leaves set. I popped up the flowers with foam dimensionals after curling them a bit with a bone folder. The sentiment is (r) from SU! I decided to make a 2nd one.........

 I reversed the dsp sides and paired it with some SU! Coastal Cabana cardstock; otherwise it was done exactly like the first one. I think this design would make a very pretty Mother's Day card too, because it's so feminine and frilly.

These will be heading to the Snippets Playground #226 where you need to use your snippets.

I'm also sharing them over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which is to "make it girlie."

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Carol

Quilt Card for a Sister

I decided to make use of a pretty paper pad from DCWV called Linen Closet and made a quilt card. I believe this is the churn dash quilt pattern. Using a 1" punch, I cut 2 blue squares, and 3 floral squares, and cut one of each color in half on the diagonal, and one of each color in half lengthwise. I left one floral square uncut for the center. I punched flowers and added mini brads, along with a SB Shapeabilities Fancy Tag which was stamped with "Sister" - a stamp by Verve.

I'm sharing this over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which is to "make it girlie."

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a wonderful day filled with warm sunshine.

Carol

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Let's Polka!

The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge is featuring Lawn Fawn products this week, and the challenge is "Let's Do the Polka" / use polka dots.

I pulled out a Penny Black image and created the background with Lawn Fawn Polka Dot papers and some MFT Stitched Strips dies. To coordinate the left panel with the image, I added some twisted blue, green and white twine and placed some punched red hearts on top using foam tape. The sentiment is by SNSS.

I'm also sharing this over at the Snippets Playground #224, since I used scraps of polka dot dsp to make the background.

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day!

Carol

Easter Lamb

My SU! order arrived yesterday, and as soon as I opened the box and spotted  this Easter Lamb stamp, I got right to work making a card. I stamped the image on white and colored it with Copics, adding some liquid applique for some "fur." I die cut the focal image using a Nestability Beaded Oval die, and colored the "beads" with a BG10 marker while it was still in the die. I wove a narrow piece of white ribbon through the tiny holes and tied a tiny bow on the bottom. The panels and frame were all die cut with Lil Inker stitched rectangles using some double-sided Bazzill embossed cardstock and my Big Shot.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown #283 - Frame it

Cuttlebug Mania - Welcome Spring (use die cutting machine)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - add texture (fur on lamb)

Darnell's NBUS #6 - use something new (Easter Lamb stamp)

                                       

Thanks for stopping by and make it a fantastic day!

Carol

I Care

I have a caring card to share today that makes use of a SB Shapeabilities Floral Border die in black. I sponged the background with red, orange and yellow inks, adding some tiny stamped birds and a butterfly to the sky. The sentiment is SU! embossed in white on black and it's on a plain black card base.

I'm sharing this over at the SSS Wednesday challenge blog which is "anything goes."

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!

Carol

Valentines for Kids

I made a lot of Valentines and matching coin envelopes for my DGDs and today I'm sharing 2 of them. I used Lawn Fawn stamps, along with snippets of dsp & cardstock for the card bases and envies. I added some stickles to the bunny's tail and colored the hearts in with a red & pink markers.

Here's one for the boys with a bottlecap envie and some cute socks on the card.

I'm sharing the first bunny valentine with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which is to "Create with Critters." They're featuring Lawn Fawn products, and this Lawn Fawn Valentine stamp set is my favorite for making cute kid's cards.

I'm also sharing with the Snippets Playground #213 since they're both made from snippets of paper and cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you're warm where you are. We have about a foot & a half of snow already, with no let-up in sight! It's really coming down and bitter cold out there, so we're feeling very fortunate to still have power and heat! Take care and have a great weekend!

Carol

Still Working on Valentines

I'm still working on filling a box of Valentines for the Cards from the Heart Drive because I'll need to get them mailed within the next week or two to meet the deadline. Click the icon on my sidebar to get all the details if you want to donate some cards to this great cause.

I started with some blushing bride cardstock, and added a panel of die cut hearts dsp that's made by Hampton Arts for KI Memories. It's called Lace Love This. Next I made a tag from light grey cardstock using a SU! scalloped top tag punch, then embossed it with a Sizzix hearts ef. On top of that I added a SU! note tag punch and added a Lil Inker die cut heart which was stamped with a small valentine greeting. The black arrow is from a new SB arrow die set I found just before Christmas at a bargain price, so I treated myself, knowing it would be perfect for the valentines I planned to make. The ribbon was from my stash, and the twine is from Lawn Fawn.

I'll be sharing this over at the Snippets Playground #210 - which is always to use snippets.

I'm also sharing it with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - which is "something new." The arrow I used is new.

Thanks for spending a few minutes of your busy day with me here - it's always nice to see you :)

Carol

Coral Birthday Card

I made a simple birthday card using a leftover snippet of dsp from the Making Memories Wedding stack. I used a Memory Box prim poppy die to cut the white flowers, placing them on a coral colored piece of cardstock. I matted both panels with black after cutting them with Lil Inker stitched rectangle dies, and stamped little flower centers on the dsp with matching ink. Finally, I added a white-embossed birthday sentiment on another snippet of black cardstock.

I'm sharing this over at the Snippets Playground #207; as well as the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which is "die crazy."

Thanks for stopping by and as always, have a fabulous day!

Carol

Christmas Tags

Every year I make lots of tags from snippets of cardstock and give them away to friends and neighbors who can use them. I always keep those small bits of paper and cardstock that can be useful for small items like tags. This was made with a very old Quickutz die called "Cookies" and some glittered gold cardstock. I used a Lil Inker diagonal stitched die to make the sentiment panel and added mini brads all over the tree for decorations.

I used the same Quickutz die for this tag, cutting both panels and layering them. The top layer cuts holes for ornaments, so I added some glittered gold negative cuts along with a red gemstone for the top. I added a snippet of red & green dsp for interest.

I'm sharing these tags over at the "Tag it" Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.

I'm also taking them over to the Snippets Playground #207 which is to use snippets on our projects.

Happy Monday, and thanks for stopping by!

Carol

Let it Snow

 My card today is for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which is "Let it Snow." I'm using an Elizabeth Craft Designs 5-part pine tree die which I popped up on foam tape for some dimension. I added a white-embossed sentiment on black, some softly fallen embossed snow for the background, a gold glittered star, and some liquid applique on the branches for some more snow.

Thanks for stopping by today - I hope your day is going well.

Carol