Chubby Butterfly Card

Hello and happy July 1st! There a lot of people with holiday/vacation plans this week since the 4th of July falls on a Wednesday. I hope you will have time to enjoy with family and friends. Please remember to keep your animals safe during fireworks! The 4th of July results in many animals running away from home or getting injured because they were scared.

This Chubby Butterfly Card was made with a couple of challenges in mind. I used the recipe challenge at Catch The Bug to use Kraft and a BRIGHT POP of color. Dry and wet embossing were used to play along at The Crafty Catz and I'm also linking this card to the anything goes challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the holiday week!

Pet Sympathy Card

Pets are family and when one of our family members passes away it can weigh heavy on our hearts. My friend's dog recently passed away and I made this Pet Sympathy Card for her. The design is simple and could be used for the loss of a cat or dog. The paw print stamp and the brown plaid paper are by Recollections. The paw prints were stamped with black ink and punched using a 1" circle punch and layered with a 1-1/4" scallop punch. I used a premade kraft card from The Paper Studio for the base and layered Early Espresso card stock by Stampin' Up! with the patterned and embossed white paper.  The sentiment is from the Hero Arts With Sympathy stamp set and I added a little twine for detail. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!


My Pet Sympathy Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Love to Create: Condolence and Support
• Crafting When We Can: Keep it Simple
• Love To Scrap!: Anything Goes
• An Inky Situation: Anything Goes

Leopard Happy Birthday Card

This afternoon was a little "wild" in my craft room. Well... not really, but I did recycle a leopard kraft shopping sack for this Leopard Happy Birthday Card. The store my hubby bought my Valentine's Day present at placed my gift in this leopard sack. My hubby wrapped my present before he gave it to me but he saved the sack. He said he knew I would want it, and he was right. It was perfect for this weeks challenge at The Paper Players to use a recycled or re-purposed item. I have to say this card was a lot of fun to make. Thanks for stopping by!

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

• The Paper Players: Use Recycled Items
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes
• Catered Crop: Use Twine

Leopard Happy Birthday Card Supplies:

• Paper: Black folded card by Recollections, Whisper White and Basic Black card stock by Stampin' Up!, Kraft card stock by The Paper Studio, and Leopard Kraft paper sack by Green Way.
• Stamps: Happy Birthday sentiment stamp from Sassy Salutations stamp set and Secret Garden stamp set both by Stampin' Up!
• Inks & Colouring: StazOn Jet Black, VersaMark watermark stamp pad, and Zing! black glitter finish embossing powder.
• Other Stuff: Fiskars deckle scissors, glitter tape by Recollections, heat tool, Bitty Butterfly punch, Secret Garden Framelits, black glitter brad, rhinestone basic jewels, and Big Shot all by Stampin' Up!, charcoal twine by The Twinery, and dimensionals. 

Leopard Kraft Sack

Chevron & Flower Thanks Card

Hooray for the weekend! I took advantage of some free time this evening and made this casual Chevron & Flower Thanks Card. The theme for my card comes from a combination of this weeks CAS-ual Fridays (Chevrons & Flowers) and Moving Along With the Times (Let's Get Krafty) challenges. I LOVE using the kraft corrugated card stock with my blossom punch. It adds just enough texture without overpowering the card. To contrast the kraft card stock I used Pool Party card stock and the chevron patterned paper from the Sunshine & Sprinkles dsp both by Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by and have a FABulous weekend!

Kraft Thank You Card

Hello! I hope you are having a wonderful day. This afternoon has allowed me some time to create this Kraft Thank You card for the following challenges:

•  CAS-ual Fridays: Kraft on 
• Hiding in My Craft Room: Thankful

In keeping with casual style this card has one main focal point. The corrugated punched flower helps draw the eye to the sentiment. There you have it, a pretty simple casual card. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Kraft Thank You Card Supplies*:

• Paper: Very vanilla and basic black card stock, corrugated kraft card stock (source unknown), tan glitter card stock by DCWV (Christmas glitter matstack),wood grain kraft patterned paper by Pebbles (Fresh Goods collection, #751191 Come Again), and black polka dot patterned paper by Fancy Pants Designs (it's the little things collection, #1155 Shuffle).
• Stamps: Itty Bitty Banners and Mixed Bunch.
• Inks: Black dye ink by Stampabilities.
• Other Stuff: Finishing Touches Edgelits, Blossom punch, 1" and 3/4" circle punches, Cricut machine (large circle and leaves), Bitty Banners Framelits, black glitter brad, and stampin' dimensionals.

*All supplies by Stampin' Up! unless noted.