Home Sweet Home Card

It's Monday! Today I had an unusually early start to my day. I've already been to the grocery store, ran a few errands and made this Home Sweet Home Card. This card was pretty simple to make. The sketch at Sketch Saturday was used for the layout and I used the colored version of the Whimsical Cat image by Bugaboo Stamps. All I had to do was cut the patterned papers, stamp the sentiment (With You I'm Home sentiment kit by Unity Stamps) and assemble the card. Three aqua glimmer dots were added for detail and that's it! So glad you stopped by and enjoy the rest of your day.

Challenges entered:

• Cute N Crafty: Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: Anything Goes
• Sketch Saturday: Sketch #528
• Use Your Stuff: Lots of Colour

Pansy Turtle Smile Card

Hello to the month of August! At this point I'm counting down the days until Fall/Autumn, which will arrive this year on September 22nd! I don't enjoy the summer heat in Oklahoma, so I spend a lot of my summer indoors in my craft room. :) This weekend I cleaned my craft room and found several digital images that I printed and set aside to use later. Then they got covered up and forgot about. This darling Pansy Turtle by Doodle Pantry was one of them. The size of the image was perfect for the sketch I found in the archives at Sketch Saturday. The sketch was from the April 6, 2013 challenge #253. I love using circles and this sketch was a lot of fun to use. This Pansy Turtle Smile Card was created for the following challenges:

• Sketch Saturday: Archive Sketch Week
• Doodle Pantry: Any Digital Image Goes
• Love To Scrap: Take Two, two butterflies
• Crafting When We Can: Squares
• Glitter 'N' Sparkle: Include a Butterfly

The finished size of this card is 5.25" square. All patterned papers are from the Dots & Stripes paper pads by Echo Park. The little butterflies were stamped using the Papillon Potpourri stamp set by Stampin' Up! and punched with the Bitty Butterfly punch. The sending a smile your way sentiment is from the new Love & Affection stamp set by Stampin' Up! and the final touches were some sequins and rhinestones for sparkle. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Kitty with Cupcakes Birthday Card

Hello! It's been a nice lazy Sunday at my house today. The hubby decided to take a nap, so I seized the alone time and made this Kitty with Cupcakes Birthday Card. I've used some of my favorite summer colors which include: light blue, lime green and coral pink. The layout is from this weeks challenge at Sketch Saturday. I used a new digital image from Di's Digi Stamps. It's called Cat and Mouse Cupcake Tower and it came pre-colored which saved some time. The background patterned paper is by Bella BLVD from the Family Frenzy collection and the sentiment by TPC Studios was stamped directly onto the paper using Memento black ink. For the side flares I used plaid paper by Lawn Fawn. Some lime green twine was added along with three sequins and this card was done.

This Kitty with Cupcakes Birthday Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Sketch Saturday: Sketch #416  
• Digi Designs: Favorite Color Combo
• 613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes w/ Optional Twist
• Morgan's ArtWorld: Happy Birthday

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

You are in My Thoughts Card

Hello! I hope you're having a wonderful weekend. The sun is nice and bright this morning and the birds are chirping. It looks like it's going to be a lovely day. Before my day gets busy I wanted to share this You are in My Thoughts Card. It was made for the following challenges:

• Sketch Saturday: Sketch #415
• Color Throwdown: Color, ctd395
• Just Us Girls: Birds, #346 
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: Anything Goes

The Color Throwdown challenge is to use Kraft, Green and Cream. It's a really calming color scheme and I thought it was perfect for a Thinking of You type card. It seems I can never have enough of these, they work well for many life situations. For this card I used the layout at Sketch Saturday and the keyword "Birds" from Just Us Girls. The green patterned paper is one of my favorites by October Afternoon and it was paired with a woodgrain pattern by Crate Paper. For the image I searched through all my options and found a bird from the Moon Lake stamp set by Stampin' Up! that I had never used. It was stamped using Timber Brown Staz On ink and colored with a blender pen and ink pads. The You are in My Thought sentiment is from Impression Obsession. To add a little more detail I used a scalloped stitched die by My Favorite Things and some linen thread by Stampin' Up! That's it! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Birthday Card for a Child

Happy Tuesday! This week at Tuesday Throwdown our theme is For a Child and we are sponsored by Digital Delights. My card is featuring their Birthday Mickey Monkey image and I paired it with patterned paper from the Cherry On Top paper stack by Stampin' Up!. The design team has some super cute inspiration this week. Click here to check out all the challenge details and design team inspiration. You have until mid-day on Monday, May 29th to play along.

The layout for this Birthday Card for a Child is from the Sketch Saturday Challenge. When I was coloring the image I noticed my lightest tan Copic marker is going dry, on top of that I tried a new white cardstock which did not allow the alcohol markers to blend well. So, I'm not really happy with how the coloring came out on this card. It's probably a good thing it's for a child, hopefully they won't notice.

This card is entered into the following challenges:

• Sketch Saturday: Sketch #413
• Crafting From The Heart: Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes

Flower Mouse For You Card

Good day and happy first day of May! My hubby was taking his Sunday afternoon nap, so I played in my craft room. Although I really need to stop playing and clean my desk, I pushed that back another day (that's not surprising).

For Mother's Day I usually send my aunts a card and this one is for my aunt who lives in Arizona. The layout is from Sketch Saturday #380, click here for the original post from September of 2015. I had fun mixing patterned papers from different paper stacks. The image is by Bugaboo Digi Stamps and it's called Mouse - Big Flower and it was colored with Copic markers. Three sequins were added and then I went crazy with the glue and some white loose glitter for a little extra sparkle (it looks better in person). Finding the perfect size sentiment was a little challenging but the For You sentiment from the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set by Stampin' Up! worked perfectly. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Flower Mouse For You Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Sketch Saturday: Choose Archive Sketch
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: Anything Goes
• Challenge Up Your Life: Critters
• Crafty Friends: All Things Cute
• Hiding in My Craft Room: Freestyle!
• Pile It On: Garden Creatures

Garden Bunny Mother's Day Card

Hello! I hope you're having a lovely and calm Sunday. It's laundry day here at my house, but there is always plenty of time to sneak in some crafting while the washer and dryer do their jobs. This Garden Bunny Mother's Day Card was made with several challenges in mind.

The challenges include:

• Catch The Bug: April Color
• Sketch Saturday: Sketch
• Crafty Friends: All Things Cute
• Suzy Bee's: Anything Goes w/ Lady/Girl Twist

With Mother's Day quickly approaching, I decided to make a few extra cards to give my hubby a choice for his mother. We always have conversations about the rabbits in our yards, so I thought this Garden Bunny image made the perfect choice. Using Very Vanilla cardstock the image was printed, colored with Copic markers and then die cut using a stitched square die by Lil' Inkers. It was then matted to a slightly larger piece of Pear Pizzazz cardstock. The patterned paper on this card is from the Easter Greetings collection by PION Design and was adhered to Perfect Plum cardstock. Using Memento black ink the Happy Mother's Day sentiment from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set was stamped onto Very Vanilla cardstock and punched with the word window punch. It was then layered to a punched piece of Perfect Plum using the modern label punch. The final touch was three 4mm Lime Sorbet sequins from Pink Posh. That's it! 

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day! 

Quick Easter Card

Hello! The next couple of days I'll be making several Easter cards to get them in the mail on time. Life just got busy the last couple of weeks and I didn't spend much time in my craft room. I do send out several, so I'll need Quick Easter Cards like this one.

To create this card I used the layout from this weeks challenge at Sketch Saturday. The digital image from Deedee's Digis (shop closed) came pre-colored, which saved some time. The image was die cut with a rectangle stitched die from Lil' Inkers and matted to a slightly larger piece of purple cardstock. Using the Papillon Potpourri stamp set from Stampin' Up! the butterflies were stamped onto Crushed Curry cardstock, punched with the Bitty Butterfly punch and accented with Basic Pearls. The Happy Easter sentiment was stamped using the Crazy About You stamp set by Stampin' Up! and punched using a 1 1/4" circle punch and then matted to a slightly larger pink scalloped circle. All patterned paper is from DCWV, the Girl Fille paper stack. Before adhering the patterned paper panel, some twine was wrapped around three times and secured to the back with tape. The card was assembled and that's it!

This Quick Easter Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Sketch Saturday: Sketch
• Card in Envy: Beautiful Butterflies
• Allsorts: Easter
• Sweet Stampin': Easter

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Cute Bat Trick or Treat Card

This weekend I searched Etsy for Halloween digital stamps and found some wonderful new to me artists. There were several I would love to add to my collection but I picked this Cute Bat image by MarinaNeira (click here to view). I think he is darling dressed up like a little devil and holding a Trick or Treat bag. He's definitely too cute to spook!

To create this Cute Bat Trick or Treat Card the image was colored with Copic markers and I chose warm gray to color the bat. I used a Lil' Inkers stitched rectangle to cut out the image and for the layout I used the sketch at Sketch Saturday. The patterned papers are by DCVW from the Eek-a-Boo stack. The sentiment and little frog are both retired stamps by Stampin' Up! That's it!

This Cute Bat Trick or Treat Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Sketch Saturday: Sketch
• Cards in Envy: Trick or Treat
• The Crazy Challenge: Orange, Purple and Green
• Glitter 'N' Sparkle: Halloween (Cute or Spooky)
• DigiDesigns: Too Cute to Spook

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Panda Flower Birthday Card

Happy Monday! This weekend I didn't do much crafting. I spent time with the hubby and we enjoyed just relaxing around the house. However, the Color Throwdown Challenge (CTD352) was still on my mind this morning so I sat down and created this Panda Flower Birthday Card.

The layout comes from this weeks Sketch Saturday Challenge. All papers for this card are from Stampin' Up! The bow is recycled from a cat toy that ended up not being safe for our kitty crew and the panda and sentiment stamps are by Crafter's Companion. The image was colored with Copic Markers and below the image panel are three bitty punched flowers accented with candy dots in the center. I really like these colors together and the sketch was just what I needed to get motivated. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

My Panda Flower Birthday Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Color Throwdown: Color
• Sketch Saturday: Sketch
• Wags 'n Whiskers: Recycle
• Stampin Sensations: Feature a Creature
• Make My Monday: Flowers   

My furry helper found a comfortable spot to take it easy under my craft desk.