Birthday Pug Card

Hello! My birthday card stash is really low, so I made this Birthday Pug Card. Although I was thinking masculine when I made it, I really think it works for male or female.

The cute little pug image is from the Pug Hugs stamp set by Newton's Nook, it was colored with Copic markers and die cut with the coordinating dies. To make the background distress inks in: Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Salty Ocean were used along with the Bubbly stencil by Newton's Nook. A little black and white paper along the edge and the panel was matted to Tempting Turquoise cardstock by Stampin' Up!. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day.

Challenges entered:

• Cards in Envy: Feeling Blue and "Distressed"
• Cute Card Thursday: Circles
• Inky Paws: Cute Animals
• The Cutie Pie: Spots & Dots

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

Embossed Circles Card

In my craft room the heat gun is not getting the love it used to, so I decided to break out the embossing powder and turn that heat gun on high. All the supplies on this card are retired by Stampin' Up!. It's easy to forget about the older supplies but every once in awhile I try to bring out my favorites. For this Embossed Circles Card the Lacy & Lovely stamp set was used for the circles and the sentiment is from Fabulous Four. Since my sewing machine was close by I added stitching around the edge using brown thread. The colors on this card are Tempting Turquoise and Early Espresso. For the finishing touch a large button was stitched on using Whisper White twine and that's it. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Embossed Circles Card was inspired by the following challenges:

• The Paper Players: Circles
• Simon Says Stamp: Stamp It
• The Crafter's Cafe: Use Two Patterned Papers

Bold Birthday Card

Good day! Becca at The Damsel of Distressed is celebrating her 30th birthday with a photo inspiration and link-up on her blog. To wish her a happy birthday I made this Bold Birthday Card using the colors from her photo along with a circle element for the focal area. The background was made using watercolor paper, pink and turquoise glimmer mist, blue watercolor ink, sour apple sparkles dimensional paint by Tulip and Stickles. There is really a lot of sparkle on this card that doesn't show up in the photo. The center circle stamp is by Close to My Heart and the birthday sentiment is by Hero Arts. Bright yellow cardstock was used to mat the circle and yellow twine wrapped three times for detail. Three sequins were added for some extra sparkle and that's it! I had a lot of fun making this card and I hope Becca likes it.

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

This card is linked to the following blogs:

• The Damsel of Distressed: Birthday Celebration
• Seize the Birthday: Bold & Bright
• Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes

Inspiration Photo:

Circles with Bling Birthday Card

This morning when I saw the new Tuesday Morning Sketch created by Jessi Fogan, I knew I had to play along. My favorite basic shape is circles, so I took the sketch as it was created and used circles. For the background I decided to use some aqua Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist that I bought several years ago and have hardly used. It was sprayed onto a piece of Soft Sky cardstock  and dried with a heat gun. Then I stamped the circles from the So Many Smiles stamp set by Close to my Heart with VersaMark ink and then heat embossed with Basic Black and Melon Mambo embossing powders. The Happy Birthday sentiment is by Hero Arts and was also heat embossed with Melon Mambo. This card will be given to my teenage niece, so I had to add some bling. All bling is from Recollections. That's pretty much it!

This Circles with Bling Birthday Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch
• Where The HeART is: Sparkle/Bling Anything Goes
• Eureka Stamps: Add Some Bling
• Shopping Our Stash: Think Ink (no coloring)

Thanks for stopping by and come back again soon!

Circle Shaped Easter Card

Hello and happy Tuesday! Today is the start of another challenge at Tuesday Throwdown and this week we want to see your circle cards. Our sponsor is Lacy Sunshine and I've used their Rory's Eggstra Delivery digi on my Circle Shaped Easter Card. This was my first attempt at making a circle card and when it came to adding embellishments I wasn't sure what to do. So, I added a sentiment and a butterfly and stopped. The image was colored with Copic markers and the size of this card is 5". I would love to see your circle cards this week and hope you will play along in the challenge. You have until mid-day next Monday, March 21st to link your creation. Click here for all the challenge details and to see the fantastic inspiration from the design team.

This card is entered into the following challenges:

• Come and Get It: Easter/Spring
• Robyn's Fetish: Easter Cards
• Crazy 4 Challenges: Circles and/or Pies
• Suzy Bee's: Anything Goes with Easter Twist

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

Circles Happy Birthday Card

There are only hours left in the month of May and for the current Colour Me... Playful! Challenge. The colours feature some of my favorites and include: Blackberry Bliss, Rich Razzleberry, Lost Lagoon, Pumpkin Pie + Neutral. I've used a sketch from Crazy 4 Challenges for the design and I had fun playing in my patterned papers for these challenges.

Most supplies are by Stampin' Up! unless noted, supplies include: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Lost Lagoon and Pumpkin Pie cardstock. Patterned paper from Bohemian dsp (released on June 2, 2015), Sweet Taffy dsp and Moonlight Paper Stack. Two You circle birthday stamp by Stampendous!. Blackberry Bliss stampin' pad, Zig Zag embossing folder, 3/4" circle punch, 1" circle punch, dazzling details and stampin' dimensionals.

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

Umbrella Mouse Sorry Card

Hello! I hope you're having a lovely week. Mine has been pretty quite so far. My latest card is this Umbrella Mouse Sorry Card created using the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches. Their sponsor this week is Bugaboo Digi Stamps and I was happy to color up this cute Umbrella Mouse to play along. After selecting my image, I started looking through my patterned papers and found what I think looks like big rain drops on a sea of Lost Lagoon by Stampin' Up! (Moonlight paper stack). Perfect! I decided to use Tangerine Tango and Daffodil Delight for accent colors and punched circles for my embellishment detail. Then I decided it needed a small sentiment and the little mouse looks like it wants to apologize for something so I went with the Teeny Tiny Wishes sentiment, I'm So Sorry. Cute critters make everything better! Hopefully, I won't need to say I'm So Sorry, but if I do I hope this card makes forgiveness easy. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day.

My Umbrella Mouse Sorry Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch
• Lawnscaping: Critters Galore
• Crafty Boots: Anything Goes

Circles Thank You Card

Good afternoon! I have a quick post to share my newest card. This Circles Thank You Card was made using the colours from the current challenge at ColourQ. The only problem was I didn't have stamp pads that even closely resembled Concord Grape or Pretty in Pink. For that reason I decided to play with patterned paper. The layout comes from the sketch challenge at Try Stampin' on Tuesday.  I ended up with what I think is a fun card and the only thing stamped was the sentiment. All patterned paper and Sassy Salutations Thank You sentiment is from Stampin' Up!. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

My Circles Thank You Card is entered into the following challenges:

• ColourQ: Colour
• Try Stampin' On Tuesday: Sketch
• Party Time Tuesdays: Anything Goes

Adorable Owl Baby Card

Good evening! I hope you had a lovely weekend. We are still waiting for cooler weather to arrive here in Oklahoma but each day it gets a little closer. I'm looking forward to the big "cold front" to move in. Until then... the heat is my excuse to play in my craft room. The card I'm sharing today is one that took me over two hours to make. I'm not a speedy crafter and I kept changing things which didn't help. This Adorable Owl Baby Card is my result after being inspired by a baby bath towel I found at a specialty gift shop. It had a blue swirled fabric edging and featured a cute brown, green and blue owl on one corner. I immediately thought it would make a cute card. I used my Cricut machine and punches for the various size circles. The owl was made using the owl builder and bird builder punches by Stampin' Up!. Punches and die cuts are a great way to use up scrap pieces of card stock. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week!

My Adorable Owl Baby Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Allsorts: Baby Baby
• Cut It Up: Labor Day, Pregnancy or New Baby
• Craftin' Boutique: Anything with an Owl
• Hiding in My Craft Room: Super Scraps Saturday
• A Creative Romance: Dies or Punches 

Neon Embossed Card

This Neon Embossed Card was made for my teenage niece. I find it challenging to make a card for a teenager. I'm always worried it won't be "cool" enough. Well... whether it's cool or not, I had a lot of fun using my heat gun and neon embossing powders to make it. I do have a TIP to share- when heat embossing I use a silicone pinch grip to keep from heating my fingers. It works really well and you can find them in the kitchen section of most big box stores.

The design for this card is based off this weeks sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. I love using circles and knew this sketch would make a fun card for my niece. When selecting the colors I went with her favorite Neon Pink and then played around until I settled on Tempting Turquoise, Neon Green, White and Black. The black panel was in my scrap bin and only needed a little trimming. I love it when I find a scrap that fits! The final touch was three white brads that I heat embossed with Neon Pink embossing powder. Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic Friday!!!

My Neon Embossed Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Freshly Made Sketches: Sketch
• Top Tip Tuesday: Embossing
• Craftin' Boutique: Anything Goes

Silicone Pinch Grip

 

Hello Card

I hope you're having a wonderful weekend! This morning I planted a flat of petunias in my front flower bed. Then I spent some time in my craft room creating this Hello Card. I used the BINGO challenge at Simply Create Too for the design elements of my card. I used the "I" row which called for: Green, Banner, Gems, Embossing and Circles.  I heat embossed the Lacy & Lovely circles by Stampin' Up! with Gumball Green and used Black and Melon Mambo as accent colors. The green patterned paper is from the Amy Tangerine collection by American Crafts and the sentiment stamp is from TPC Studios. The design is simple but I really love the bright green with the black contrast. Thanks for stopping by!


My Hello Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Simply Create Too: BINGO
• Creative Moments: Circles
• 613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes
• Sister Act: Anything Goes

Circles Happy Birthday Card

Hello! This afternoon I've been playing with the scraps on my craft table and I ended up having fun with circles. This Circles Happy Birthday Card is a casual design with a contemporary feel. I used punches and my Cricut machine to make the various sizes of circles. The Pacific Point polka dot strip was a discarded idea from earlier this week. I masked and sponged the Pacific Point and then heat embossed the polka dots using the Distressed Dots stamp by Stampin' Up! (the Distressed Dots stamp is on the retiring list, so get it while you can). Overall this was a pretty simple card. Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day!

My Circles Happy Birthday Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Charisma Cardz: Polka Dots
• Rudy's Rainbow: Round & Round
• CAS-ual Fridays: Birthday Bash
• AUD Sentiments: Happy Birthday
• Penny's Paper-Crafty: Anything Goes

Circles Happy Birthday Card Supplies: Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, and Gumball Green card stock by Stampin' Up!, 1" circle punch, 1-3/8" circle punch, Cricut machine, George and Basic Shapes Cartridge, classic stampin' pad in Pacific Point, StazOn Jet Black stamp pad, VersaMark watermark stamp pad, Zing! white embossing powder, Distressed Dots stamp by Stampin' Up!, Happy Birthday stamp by TPC Studio, heat tool, Big Shot, polka dot embossing folder, clear rhinestones, and stampin' dimensionals.

Lucky Shamrock Card

Happy Friday! For the first day of March I couldn't think of anything better to share than a St. Patrick's Day Card. These Lucky Shamrock Cards are a casual design that is easy to duplicate. When I was creating this card I wanted something simple that I could make multiples of quickly. I mixed it up a little and made one card with the opposite papers, just for fun. All supplies by Stampin' Up!

Lucky Shamrock Card Supplies:

• Paper: Sunshine & Sprinkles Designer Series Paper (126922), Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight, and Whisper White card stock.
• Stamps: Lucky Day stamp (129177).
• Inks: Classic stampin' pad in Lucky Limeade.
• Other Stuff: 2 3/8" Scallop Circle punch, 2" circle die cut, 4" circle die cut, Itty Bitty Shapes punch, basic jewel rhinestone, Whisper White twine, and stampin' dimensionals.

My card is entered into the following challenges:

1. Broken Box Stock: St. Patrick's Day
2. Simply Create Too: St. Patrick's Day or use mostly Green
3. Creative Corner: Use Designer Paper
4. Card Makin' Mamas: GREEN

 

Happy Birthday Circles Card

If you were to ask me what's my favorite colours??? The answer is purple and green! This Happy Birthday Circles Card was made combining my favorite colours and a few challenges.  My card is entered into the following challenges:

• CASology: Circles
• CAS-ual Fridays: Hi Ho Silver
• The Pink Elephant: Anything Goes
• Sweet Stamps: Embossing Folder + Die(s) + Stamp
• Love to Create: Wrap It Up - String, Twine or Fibers

If you've been following my blog, then you know I love working with circles! They are a fun element that can be used in many ways. I wanted this card to have a carefree and fun feel to it and that's why I used the Lacy & Lovely stamp set and added twine. The twine gives the card a little more style and extends your eyes horizontally . Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Happy Birthday Circles Card Supplies*:

• Paper: Silver folded card by The Paper Company, Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade and Whisper White card stock by Stampin' Up! and Chalice Silver Metallic card stock by Wausau Paper.
• Stamps: Lacy & Lovely stamp set by Stampin' Up! and Happy Birthday sentiment stamp by Hero Arts.
• Inks & Colouring: Classic stampin' pads in Rich Razzleberry and Lucky Limeade and silver stampin' emboss powder.
• Other Stuff: Big Shot, Chevron embossing folder, Cricut machine (circles), Lucky Limeade brad, Lucky Limeade twine, silver circle rhinestone embellishments by Recollections, and stampin' dimensionals.

*All supplies by Stampin' Up! unless noted.

Butterflies and Circles Card

Butterflies and circles make a great combination. Don't ya think? I love this weeks Mojo Monday sketch by Mary Fish. The circles are a fun element and I really enjoyed making this card. I used small butterflies to go along with the Verve sentiment and rhinestones for a little sparkle. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Butterflies and Circles Card Supplies*: Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Basic Gray, Baja Breeze, and Old Olive card stock, Twitterpated dsp, classic stampin' pads in Riding Hood Red, Basic Gray, Baja Breeze, and Old Olive, Lacy & Lovely stamp set, Papillon Potpourri stamp set, Verve sentiment stamp, Cricut machine (circles), Bitty Butterfly punch, Basic Gray 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, gray rhinestones by Recollections, and stampin' dimensionals. *All supplies by Stampin' Up! unless noted.

My Butterflies and Circles Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Mojo Monday: Sketch
• Flutter By Wednesday's: Butterfly or Fairy  (Top 3 Featured Entry)
• Daring Cardmakers: Fly Fly Butterfly
• Lady Anne's: Anything Goes

 

Stampin' Up! New Year Card

The first day of 2013 was a super lazy day for me. I didn't even leave my house. I watched Grumpy Old Men and did a little laundry. I cooked a pot of beans and made this Stampin' Up! New Year Card. It was a great day! Tomorrow it's back to work and the official end of the holidays. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

All supplies by Stampin' Up! except the multiple circles corner punch by Fiskars.

This Stampin' Up! New Year Card is entered into the following challenges:

• The ABC Challenge: Embossing
• Crazy Amigo Challenge: Happy New Year
• Party Time Tuesdays: Celebrate Anything
• Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes

 

Inspired Card

It's another great Friday and a fabulous CAS-ual Friday challenge.  This weeks challenge is to use two circles.  I'm hoping brads don't count!  The wonderful sponser this week is The Twinery.  Since I prefer to use twine instead of ribbon, I couldn't wait to play along.  This inspired card features a beautiful and bright circle fabric sticker by American Crafts, it's from the Amy Tangerine collection. 

Inspired Card Supplies: White cardstock, patterned paper by American Crafts (Amy Tangerine collection, Charlotte's Shade, 35684), inspired fabric sticker by American Crafts (42242), bright green twine by Doodlebug Design Inc., green glitter brads, and foam tape.

Contemporary Card

For this weeks ColourQ challenge I wanted to do something different.  Over the last couple of days I've been experimenting with my artistic abilities.  I have a painting that I made in college that inspired this card.  I would sum up this contemporary card by saying it is clean, simple, modern, and fun.   

Contemporary Card Directions:

1. Make card from white cardstock.  Finished size: 4" x 5.5".
2. Trim blue cardstock slightly smaller than card, wrap and secure twine, and adhere.
3. Punch 1 1/2", 1", and 3/4" circles, layer circles, adhere middle circle with dimensionals and outer circles directly to card.
4. Stamp sentiment and adhere rhinestones.

My artwork from college.

If the Crown Fits Card

One of my favorite brands of patterned paper to work with is Basic Grey.  When I read they were having a Diamond Jubilee Challenge, I decided to play along.  My cats are treated like Queens, so I really wanted to find a digital stamp that featured a cat with a crown.  After a quick image search I found a great digital stamp at www.pjgscrapbookheaven.com called Queen for a Day by Jamie Kay.  The digital stamp was the starting point for my design inspiration.  My style isn't frilly so I took a bling approach to this card.  The Basic Grey patterned paper is from the out of print collection and the circles in this pattern gave me the idea for the cut out circles in this design.

If the Crown Fits Card Supplies:  Pink cardstock, white cardstock, patterned paper by Basic Grey (out of print collection, publication/ m-out-3324 and olivia collection, amelia/ m-via-2642), glitter cardstock by Recollections (179532), patterned paper by My Minds Eye (Lost & Found Two by Jen Allyson, LF2065), Fiskars edge punch, Bling on a Roll adhesive rhinestones by Recollections (174752), Cricut machine, Cricut cartridge (George and Basic Shapes, for 2" circles), computer, printer, digital stamp by Jamie Kay, corner punch by Creative Memories, 1.25" scallop circle punch by Marvy, ink stack by Martha Stewart Crafts (sea lavendar), and rhinestones for crown by Recollections.