Bird Thinking of You Card

 

Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a great week. Mine went pretty fast and that is always a good thing. My card today was made for a sketch challenge at Created With Love Challenges. I love sketch challenges, it helps take the guess work out of where to start with your card design. This Bird Thinking of You card was made combining the sketch and colours from the weekly ColourQ challenge. I also used polka dotted paper to be included in the Use Your Stuff challenge. Three is usually my limit on combining challenges, any more than that and I'm never happy with the results. I hope you will play along at Created With Love Challenges!!! This week is a triple challenge week. Make sure you check out the other two challenges:

1. Monday- Sympathy Challenge
2. Wednesday- Furry Friends Challenge 

Bird Thinking of You Card Supplies:

• Paper: White card stock, gumball green and basic gray card stock by Stampin' Up! / tropical blue and tan card stock by The Paper Studio / and polka dot patterned paper by My Mind's Eye.
• Stamps: Birds Galore by Inkadinkado (97625), sentiment stamp by TPC Studio (Greetings ST93416), and Language of Friendship by Stampin' Up! (122752).
• Inks: ColorBox chalk ink in Charcoal by Clearsnap and classic stampin' pad in Crumb Cake.
• Other Stuff: Cricut machine (ovals and flourish), Boho Blossom punch by Stampin' Up! (119858), clear rhinestones, and stampin' dimensionals.

 

Furry Friend Hello Card

Good morning! Created With Love Challenges has a Wednesday challenge full of furry cuteness. The challenge is to create a card featuring a furry friend. My Furry Friend Hello Card features a digital stamp called Theodore Flowers from Bugaboo Stamps. I colored the image with Copic markers and added small purple rhinestones in the center of each flower. To create the design I used a sketch from the Stella Says Sketch challenge from the Catch The Bug blog. Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope you play along with the furry friends challenge.

Furry Friend Hello Card Supplies:

• Paper: Yellow card stock, red card stock, white card stock, and patterned paper by K & Company (Confetti designer mat pad, 30-626768).
• Stamps: Digital stamp by Bugaboo Stamps and sentiment stamp by Hero Arts (classic messages, CL414).
• Inks & Coloring: Copic markers (colorless blender, 100, C5, E00, E15, E27, E49, R29, V09, V17, and YG61), stampin' write marker in gumball green, classic stampin' pad in early espresso, and ColorBox chalk ink in lipstick.
• Other Stuff: Custom cutting system by Creative Memories, Fiskars deckle edging scissors, purple doodle twine, grape glitter buttons by Favorite Findings, and stampin' dimensionals. 

This card is also linked to:

•  Make It Monday Blog: Anything goes
• Simon Says Stamp: Anything goes
• The Paper Shelter: Layers on layers challenge

Great Birthday Card

It is evident that I have fallen behind on some of my favorite challenges. There are so many that it's hard to keep up. This afternoon I realized that I only had a few hours left to create a card for The Play Date Cafe's color splash challenge. Since I was pressed for time I went with my favorite glittered zebra patterned paper and created this Great Birthday Card. The splash of green is lucky limeade by Stampin' Up! and the bling is by Recollections.  Thanks for stopping by my blog!

 

This card is also linked to:

Make It Monday Blog: Anything goes

Live, Laugh, Love, and Craft!

Googly Eyes Halloween Card

Wow, this is my third post in one day! Don't get used to this, it probably won't happen again. This Googly Eyes Halloween Card was made using the Mojo Monday sketch. All supplies for this card are from Stampin' Up! unless noted. 

 

Googly Eyes Halloween Card Supplies:

• Paper: Howlstooth & Scaringbone designer series paper (126906), black card stock, tangerine tango card stock, and basic gray card stock .
• Stamps: Googly Ghouls (128063).
• Inks: Classic stampin' pad in basic black.
• Other Stuff: Googly eyes (127539), punches, orange rhinestones (source unknown) and stampin' dimensionals. 

This card is also linked to the following challenges:

• Make It Monday: Anything goes

Smallest Things Card

Good afternoon! I was sifting through the challenges on my desk and realized I needed to make a card for the CR84FN61 Color Challenge. I love color challenges and I love combining them with a sketch challenge. I found a wonderful sketch at My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club Challenge. The two challenges worked really well together to create this Smallest Things Card. Thanks for stopping by my blog and stay tuned for my MOJO Monday card.

Smallest Things Card Supplies:

• Paper: Aqua card stock, ivory card stock, Madeline Collection patterned paper by Prima Marketing, and Vanilla Sunshine Collection patterned paper by SEI.
• Stamps: Smallest Things by Stampabilities.
• Ink: Classic stampin' pad in early espresso and ColorBox dye ink in sugar cookie.
• Other Stuff: Floral embellishment by The Paper Studio and aqua colored pencil.

 

Stained Glass Sympathy Card

Good morning! Today is another challenge at Created With Love Challenges. The theme is to create a sympathy card with a Bible verse. For my card I used the stained glass cross digital stamp from Sweet n' Sassy stamps. I colored the image with various Copic markers and used diamond Stickles to accent the cross. For the design of the card I wanted to keep it simple. The stained glass image is beautiful and I wanted the card to have a classic look. To create the decorative edges I used a Fiskars three petal corner punch on the black patterned paper by My Minds Eye. The iridescent white ribbon helps to soften the look and I used foam squares to adhere the center image. Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope you will play along with the challenge. 

 

This card is also linked to the following challenges:

• The Sisterhood of Crafters: Sympathy Challenge
• The Pink Elephant: Sympathy/Thinking of You Challenge

Paisley Banner Thank You Card

Welcome to my late night Saturday post. Do you ever find yourself looking for excuses to buy a new crafting item? For the last several months I really wanted to buy the Cricut Pretty Pennants cartridge, but I always convinced myself to wait. Then, Friday morning I read the CAS-ual Fridays challenge is for banners and flags, and at that point I really wished I had purchased it. So what did I do? You guessed it, I went and bought it, and that's how I made the banner on this Paisley Banner Thank You Card.  I added the floral embellishment to give the card a little romantic flair. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Paisley Banner Thank You Card Supplies:

• Paper: Brown card stock, white card stock, and marmalade blast card stock by Bazzill Basics.
• Stamps: Curly Cute sentiment stamp set by Stampin' Up! (120510).
• Inks: Classic stampin' pad in early espresso.
• Other Stuff: Decorative corner punch by Creative Memories, Cricut machine, pretty pennants cartridge, floral embellishment by Recollections, and stampin' dimensionals.

This card is linked to:
CAS-ual Fridays: CFC67 Banners & Flags Challenge
Inspire Me Friday: Anything Goes Challenge

P.S. I did get the pretty pennants cartridge on sale, so it was worth the wait!