You're So Foxy Card

This weekend while cleaning I came across this cute fox image by Meljen's Designs. It was already cut into a circle and partially colored, so I decided to finish coloring and feature it on a card. The fun colorful circle paper is from the Hello Sunshine paper pad by Doodlebug Designs Inc. and the yellow gingham is by Paper Pizazz. It's been awhile since I've used a charm, so I added the little butterfly with some orange twine. The sentiment is by Taylored Expressions and was punched with a 1 1/4" circle punch then matted to a scalloped circle punch. I used an edge punch for the white accents and that pretty much sums up this You're So Foxy Card. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Challenges entered:

• Cute Card Thursday: Charms!
• Craft Rocket: Animal Kingdom
• Dragonfly Dreams: Animals
• Challenge Up Your Life: Circles

Cat Couple Love Card

Hello and Happy World Cat Day! There are only hours left to join the fun at the Cat Lovers Blog Hop organized by Janis at Her Peaceful Garden. I wanted to make one more card, but crafting on the weekends can be a challenge for me. The hubby is home and our time is usually spent doing other things, but luckily this afternoon he took a nap (smile).

Since I didn't have a lot of time I decided to case one of my old cards that I made my hubby for Valentine's Day 2013 (click here). I used the exact same layout and image. The image is by Meljen's Designs and it came colored. To mix it up, a different sentiment was used which I heat embossed with white embossing powder. The patterned papers are different but similar and three blue hearts were used for detail. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Cat Couple Love Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Crafting with Dragonflies: Spots and Stripes
• Moving Along With The Times: Cute Animals
• Alphabet Challenge: R for Recipe (Sentiment, Digi/Stamp and embossing)

Apple Pie Give Thanks Card

Mmm... Apple Pie is my favorite kind of pie and it's a must have at Thanksgiving! However, it must be homemade and not a store bought pie, there is a big difference.

The image used on this Apple Pie Give Thanks Card is by Meljen's Designs. It came pre-colored which makes life easy when I make multiple cards with the same image. I bought this image before Meljen's changed her store, not sure you can buy it individually anymore. The layout is from the challenge Tuesday Morning Sketches and this sketch was designed by Jessi Fogan. Click here to see her card. The background patterned paper is from the Sweater Weather paper pad by DCWV and the banners were made from scraps. The edges were sponged with Frayed Burlap distress ink (I may have gotten a little carried away with this process). The Give Thanks sentiment is from the retired hostess set called Good Greetings by Stampin' Up! To add the "stitching" detail from the sketch, I used a little punch with woodgrain paper and added little brown rhinestones for some sparkle. That's it! Thanks for stopping by! 

Do Small Things Card

Good afternoon, I hope you're having a wonderful day! This morning I was playing around in my craft room and although I really needed to clean (ha!). I ended up making this Do small Things Card. The Dove image is by Meljen's Designs and I colored it with my Copic markers. When deciding which patterned papers to use I wasn't sure these two would work together, but I went with it. In the end I really like how it turned out. The polka dot paper is from Recollections and the green is by American Crafts. For the cardstock colors I used Coastal Cabana and Lost Lagoon by Stampin' Up! The sentiment is from Hampton Arts and the green rhinestones are from Recollections. Well, I still need to clean my craft room since the cleaning fairy has not found her way to my house. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!!!

My Do Small Things Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Crafting By Designs: Use a Sentiment
• Suzy Bee's: Anything Goes
• Chocolate, Coffee and Cards: For the Birds
• Fairytale: Use a Digi Stamp
• Sister Act: Anything Goes

Hop Along Bunny Easter Card

This afternoon I realized there is only 17 days until Easter and I have made zero cards for this holiday. Then I realized I only have 12 days to put them in the mail. That means I need to make a card every day to have enough for my family. No pressure! To get started, I made this Hop Along Bunny Easter Card using a digital image and sentiment by Meljen's Designs. I colored the image using my Copic markers. The patterned paper is from the Spring 6 x 6 collection by American Crafts. I love the green in this collection!!! (Is it crazy to go buy another paper stack to hoard away)??? There were several punches used on this card: bitty butterfly punch, scallop edge punch, scallop oval punch and the boho blossoms punch all by Stampin' Up!. I now have one Easter card with 11 more to go. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will stop by again soon!!!

My Hop Along Bunny Easter Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Digi Haven: Easter with Twist
• Crafty Boots: Easter
• City Crafter: Easter/Spring
• Handmade Harbour: Spring or Easter
• 4 Crafty Chicks: Color a Stamped Image
• Animal Friends: Spring/Easter
• Delightful Challenges: Hip to be Square

Won't You Be Mine?

This morning I was able to snag a little crafting time before my afternoon shift at work. You may recall that I am NOT at all fast when it comes to making cards!!! Therefore, I decided to participate in Meljen's Designs Time's Up! challenge. I set the timer for 30 minutes and made this Valentine's Card for my niece. I'm pretty sure the clean desk helped with this challenge because I didn't have to dig for anything. The layout comes from this weeks Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge. The sketch was simple and only having 30 minutes to make a card made this sketch perfect. I didn't have time for layering so I added a little stitching for detail. To participate at Shopping Our Stash this week I used all supplies that have been in my stash for over a year. I'd say this Won't You Be Mine Card is a Cutie, wouldn't you? In that case I'm entering it in the Cutie Pie challenge to make a Valentine Card. Since I made it for my niece I might as well enter the challenge at My Craft Spot where the challenge is Valentine's for Kids. Well, that's about it. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day/night!!!

Sweet Little Donkey Card

Good morning fellow card enthusiasts! This weeks challenge at Card Makin' Mamas is titled "On the Farm" and it's the perfect challenge to use the Sweet Little Donkey image by Meljen's Designs. Many of you may already know that I grew up living in the country. My grandpa raised cattle and I had many neighbors who had donkeys. My sister and I always begged my parents for a donkey....but it was to no avail. It's not like we needed one, we just thought they were cute and therefore we should have one. Evidently that wasn't a convincing argument! Oh well... now I have my own sweet little donkey digital stamp and no feeding is required.

The design for this Sweet Little Donkey Card comes from the Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge. I've colored the image with my Copic markers using warm gray colors and the patterned paper is from the On Trend collection by Crate Paper. Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by!

My Sweet Little Donkey Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Sweet Sketch Wednesday: Sketch
• Card Makin' Mamas: On the Farm
• Digi Haven: Anything Goes with Digital Image
• Stampin' for the Weekend: Cute
• Alphabet Challenge: "I" for Image

Here is a photo of me with a cute donkey taken while I was visiting one of my neighbors.



Summer 1997

Colorful Butterfly Card

I love butterflies, they just make me happy! Each week at Flutter By Wednesday's they have a challenge to use a Butterfly or a Fairy on your card creations. This week they also have a sketch to follow designed by Kathy Curry. The sketch is for a square card and it's been awhile since I've made one, so I figured today was as good as any. This Colorful Butterfly Card features the Daisy Butterflies digital image by Meljen's Designs. I used many different colors of Copic markers to color the image. The green strip of paper was sponged with Pistachio Pudding (a new In Color for Stampin' Up!, available May 31st) and then stamped the script with Garden Green. The striped patterned paper is from the Collectable "Memorable" collection by My Mind's Eye. Thanks for stopping by!

My Colorful Butterfly Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Flutter By Wednesday's : Sketch + Butterfly or Fairy
• Meljen's Design: Words with Friends
• Rudy's Rainbow: Squares
• Card Mania: Spots and/or Stripes
• Addicted to Stamps and More: Anything Goes 

Cheer Girl Congrats Card

Thank goodness for Friday! This week has been busy for me and I had a couple of unexpected things pop up over the week, but it's all good. Last weekend my youngest niece was in a cheer hip hop dance competition and they won first place. She was very excited and had a lot of fun. Since I live a couple of hours away and can't give her a hug, I decided to make her a card. This Cheer Girl Congrats Card was made using the Cheer Girl digital image by Meljen's Designs. Her team colors are purple and that's where the color scheme comes from. I colored the image with my Copic markers and while doing so I really wished I had a light purple color for highlighting purposes, but I didn't, so I made do with what I have. The light purple background paper is a recycled envelope from a birthday card I received last year. For a little sparkle I sprayed the entire card with ice glimmer mist, it doesn't show up in the picture but is a nice finishing touch. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your weekend.

My Cheer Girl Congrats Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Meljen's Design: Recycle
• Daring Cardmakers: Child's Play
• Crafty Boots: Recycle
• Sparkle N Sprinkle: Use a Digital Image
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes

My Love... Valentine Card

Good afternoon! I've been busy today, cleaning and making this My Love... Valentine Card. To create this card I used this weeks sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches. I've used the Kitty Love colored digital stamp by Meljen's Designs and heat embossed the sentiment. I added a couple of hearts and a little bling and I was done. A super easy sketch that reminded me of a card I made back at Thanksgiving, Pumpkin Pie Thanksgiving Card. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

This My Love... Valentine Card is entered in the following challenges:

1. Digital Tuesday Challenge: Hearts & Digital image
2. Top Tip Tuesday: Romance and/or Hearts
3. Vickie's Challenge: Anything Goes

Little Duck Baby Card

Hello and happy Monday! Are you looking for a fun card challenge to participate in? The theme challenge this week at Created With Love Challenges is Baby Shower Cards. Our sponsor is Meljen's Designs and my Little Duck Baby Card was created using the Little Pull Duck image. I kept the card gender neutral because I never know which one I'll need. The design for my card comes from the Deconstructed Sketch no. 86 by Jen Shults. I coloured the image with my Copic markers and added Stickles to the duck for a little sparkle. The pacifier paper is by The Paper Studio and the Sweet Baby stamp is from the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set by Stampin' Up! I hope you will play along with us this week and link up your baby shower card creation. Thanks for stopping by!

This Little Duck Baby Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Make It Monday: Anything Goes
• Songbird Challenges: Baby Mine (New Baby)
• Use Your Stuff: Colouring

 

Frog Prince Valentine Card

Let the record show that I think frogs are cute! Not in a cuddly, pick it up and love on it cute, but cute nonetheless. When I found the Frog Prince digital image by Meljen's Designs I immediately added it to my cart. The image was already colored, so this card came together very quickly. Hopefully this cute Frog Prince Valentine Card will put a smile on the recipients face. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

 

This Frog Prince Valentine Card is entered into the following challenges:

 

1. Card Makin' Mamas: Clean & Simple

2. Pink By Design: Kids Valentines

3. Whoopsi Daisy: Use a Digi

 

Frog Prince Valentine Card Supplies:

• Paper: Whisper white and Bashful Blue card stock by Stampin' Up! and patterned papers by American Crafts.
• Stamps: Frog Prince digi by Meljen's Designs and sentiment stamp by Craft Smart.
• Inks: Classic stampin' pad in Primrose Petals.
• Other Stuff: Heart edge punch by Fiskars, Fashionable Hearts Embosslit by Stampin' Up!, and stampin' dimensionals.

Have a great day!

 

Be Mine Card

 

Good afternoon! I hope you're having a great day!!! For a Wednesday, I can't complain. I did have fun putting this Be Mine Card together today. I used a sketch from Whimsie Doodles and used a digital image from Meljen's Designs. The digital image was already colored, so don't be impressed, I didn't color the image. The XOXO paper is by The Paper Studio and it's not a true red but it matches perfectly to the Rose Red card stock by Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by!

 

This Be Mine Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Through the Craftroom Door: ANYTHING GOES
• Fashionista Challenge: RED AS MAIN COLOR
• Paper Playtime: PETS

Party Cat Birthday Card

Good morning fellow card enthusiasts! We had a very cold weekend here in Oklahoma. So, I spent a lot of time in the house. Part of my weekend was spent cleaning my crafting space. It's amazing how I found things I forgot I had by just cleaning and looking through my stuff. Other than that, I really didn't do a lot this weekend. Now it's Monday and time for another challenge at Created With Love Challenges. This week our theme is Critter Birthday. That means you need to make a birthday card with a critter on it. I used a cat, which is my favorite critter! Our sponsor this week is the Scrapbook Stamp Shop, they feature a variery of products and embellishments to make one of a kind projects. My Party Cat Birthday Card was made using a sketch from the Clean & Simple Stamping Blog. The colored Party Time Cat digital stamp is from Meljen's Designs. Since the image was already colored it made this card come together quickly. Thanks for stopping by my blog! I hope you will play along and make a critter birthday card for our challenge.

 

This Party Cat Birthday Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Make It Monday: ANYTHING GOES
• Crafting When We Can: FAVOURITE THINGS (favourite critter = CATS and favourite technique = HEAT EMBOSSING, used on the sentiment).
• Sweet Stampin' Challenge: IT'S TIME FOR SOME GINGHAM
• 613 Avenue Create: ANYTHING GOES

 

Have a great day!!!

Pumpkin Pie Thanksgiving Card

Hello! I hope your Saturday is wonderful. It's very windy today in the Tulsa, OK area. A great day to stay inside and work on handmade Thanksgiving cards. This Pumpkin Pie Thanksgiving Card was made to be easy to recreate. I have procrastinated and have only made six Thanksgiving cards and I need sixteen. So, I wanted a card that I didn't have to spend a lot of time on and it still looked nice. I purchased the colored pumpkin pie digi stamp from Meljen's Designs to make this a quick and easy card. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Pumpkin Pie Thanksgiving Card Supplies:

• Paper: Shimmer brown folded card by Recollections, Thanksgiving Words and Green Country Crackle patterned papers by The Paper Studio, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, and More Mustard card stock by Stampin' Up!
• Stamps: Pumpkin Pie Color digital stamp by Meljen's Designs and Teeny Tiny Wishes by Stampin' Up!
• Inks: Classic stampin' pad in Soft Suede.
• Other Stuff: Computer, printer, corner punch, word window punch, modern label punch, brown rhinestones, and stampin' dimensionals.

This Pumpkin Pie Thanksgiving Card is linked to the following challenges:

1. Card Makin Mamas: Thanksgiving / Thank You
2. Lady Anne's: Use a Sentiment
3. DL.ART: Thanksgiving
4. Make It Monday: Anything Goes