Feel Better Bear Card

Hello! I hope you had a wonderful day. Mine was much better than yesterday. It was a calm day which I really needed. Earlier this week my brother-in-law had surgery. I just finished making him this Feel Better Bear Card. I used this weeks sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches. The adorable bear, named Barry, is an image from Stamp Fairy. I colored him with my Copic markers and added a little heart punch to the bandage. The patterned papers are by 7 Gypsies from the Venice 6 x 6 paper pad. I bought this paper specifically to make masculine cards. The feel better stamp is from the Sassy Salutations stamp set by Stampin' Up! Well, that's it for me. Have a great night and a pleasant tomorrow!

My Feel Better Bear Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch
• The Pink Elephant: Masculine
• Crafty Boots: Animals
• Tammy's Scrapin Corner: Use a Digi
• Addicted to Stamps and More: Anything Goes

Gently Falling Thankful Card

Oh boy, today was crazy! The saying is true, "when it rains, it pours". My day didn't go as planned, but I did get to make a card this evening. This Gently Falling Thankful Card has me dreaming of the crisp autumn air. I love the colors autumn brings and this card features some of my favorites:

• Cajun Craze
• Crumb Cake
• Early Espresso
• Garden Green
• Pear Pizzazz
• More Mustard
• Soft Suede
• Very Vanilla

The layout for this card comes from the sketch at The Paper Players from LeAnne Pugliese. I found the narrow image panel challenging for the stamps I have, but I think the Gently Falling* leaves work well. I used the rock-n-roll technique for the bottom stamped image and then heat embossed the accent layer with Early Espresso embossing powder. I fussy cut the smaller leaf to add a little more interest. I used my favorite jute twine and heat embossed the Thankful sentiment from Bo Bunny. The leaf patterned paper is by The Paper Studio and all other papers are by Stampin' Up! The final touch was three antique brass brads and this card was done. Thanks for stopping by and have a great night!

My Gently Falling Thankful Card is entered into the following challenges:

• The Paper Players: Sketch
• Use Your Stuff: Twine
• Craft-Room Challenge: Heat Embossing

*Gently Falling stamp set by Stampin' Up! is available in WOOD or CLEAR stamps.

 

Koala You're So Sweet Card

Good evening! We had a wonderful weekend and I hope you did too. Yesterday I found a fun sketch from The Sweet Stop and I created this Koala You're So Sweet Card to play along. The image is a colored digi called Kiwi Koala's Watermelon by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. I sponged on the clouds using two different sizes of scallop circle punches and bashful blue (retired) ink by Stampin' Up!. The patterned paper is from American Crafts and the ribbon is from Offray. I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder. The sentiment is from the Thankful Accents stamp set by Verve Stamps.  The final touch was three soft sky colored Candy Dots by Stampin' Up!. Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

My Koala You're So Sweet Card is entered into the following challenges:

• The Sweet Stop: Sketch
• Crazy 4 Challenges: Picnic
• Chocolate, Coffee & Cards: Animals
• Dream Valley: Summer Days
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes 

Blooming Birthday Card

Happy Friday night! I'm really glad the weekend is here. Starting my job this week gave me very little time to craft. I missed playing along with all my regular challenges. This evening I took some time to unwind and created this Blooming Birthday Card. I made this card for the following challenges:

• Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch
• 'ABC' Challenges: Doubly Embossed
• Bloggers Challenge: They Say it's Your Birthday
• Shopping Our Stash: I don't really need another one

The challenge at Shopping Our Stash is to use something that is your weakness, something you buy when you really don't need another one. Well, I have more than one weakness!!! The one I used is heat embossing powder. I have 38 different colors and I still want more. How many embossing powders do you have? Is my stash excessive or do you have more?

Until this card I had never embossed patterned paper. I've seen others do it, but I always seem to forget to give it a try. I used a polka dot embossing folder for the dry embossing and heat embossed the sentiment with Gumball Green embossing powder by Stampin' Up! The focal image is stamped using the retired Blooming with Kindness stamp set on watercolor paper and colored using a blender pen and stampin' pads. The embosslit butterfly with pearls was the finishing touch. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Fun Colors Thank You Card

Hello! I started a new job on Monday and I'm super tired, so this post will be really quick. Since I haven't worked full-time in over five years, I had forgotten what it's like to have very little time at home during the week. Tonight after dinner I went to my craft room and made this Fun Colors Thank You Card. The colors are from this weeks challenge at Color Throwdown. One thing I love about color challenges is they push me to use color combinations that otherwise I would never think of. The colors are:

• Coastal Cabana*
• Crisp Cantaloupe*
• Strawberry Slush*
• Rich Razzleberry

Three of these colors are part of the 2013-2015 In Colors* by Stampin' Up! The Coastal Cabana is one of my new favorites and I must say I love it paired with the Rich Razzleberry. The layout for my card comes from the sketch at this weeks Paper Players challenge. I had a hard time deciding what stamp set to use in the circle so I went with the Lacy & Lovely stamp set. I was just too tired to think of anything different. The Coastal Cabana background patterned paper is from the Eastern Elegance dsp and the Rich Razzleberry patterned paper is from the retired Summer Smooches dsp. Well, that's it for me! Have a terrific night or day and thanks for stopping by!

My Fun Colors Thank You Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Color Throwdown: Color
• The Paper Players: Sketch
• Divas by Design: Anything Goes

All supplies by Stampin' Up!.

One Day at a Time Card

Good evening! I hope you enjoyed your weekend. Mine went by way too quickly! The weekend was spent running errands and doing laundry. We did rent a couple of movies and I spent a little time in my craft room while my hubby was out mowing the lawn. All in all it was a pretty uneventful weekend.

This One Day at a Time Card was made for a family friend who recently lost her husband. I bought the sentiment stamp from Verve Stamps and I had her in mind when I made my purchase. Sometimes when we are faced with a tragedy it's the small things people do for us that make a difference. I'm hoping this card will bring a small smile during a difficult time. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week!

You may notice the clouds on the image panel are a little sparse... well here in Oklahoma clouds are rare in summer so, I kept the sky mostly blue.

My One Day at a Time Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Digi Haven: Any Animal
• Hiding in My Craft Room: Freestyle
• Crafting When We Can: Floral
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes
• Catch The Bug: Bingo (Sparkle, Summer Image, Choice/ribbon)

One Day at a Time Card Supplies:

• Paper: Pink folded card by The Paper Company, African Daisy card stock by Bazzill Basics, Lucky Limeade card stock by Stampin' Up!, yellow glitter card stock by DCWV and Hello Summer collection patterned paper by Echo Park.
• Stamps: Tall Flower Bear image by Bugaboo and sentiment stamp by Verve Stamps.
• Ink & Coloring: VersaMark stamp pad, white Zing! embossing powder, classic stampin' pads in Bashful Blue and Lucky Limeade (both retired), Copic markers (E15, E23, E31, E55, R22, R32, R35, YG06, YG17) and Orange Peel and Lemon Ice Stickles.
• Other Stuff: Heat Tool, Bitty Butterfly punch, Daffodil Delight ribbon, and basic rhinestone jewels all by Stampin' Up!.

Halloween Happiness Sneak Peek

Hello! I hope you are enjoying your day. Yesterday afternoon UPS delivered a box of Stampin' Up! goodies and I couldn't wait to dig in. The first thing I wanted to ink up was the Halloween Happiness stamp and cut into the new Witches' Brew Designer Series Paper. Both will be available beginning August 1st in the new Holiday Happiness Catalog.

To create this Halloween Happiness Card I used the sketch from the A.R.T. Card Challenge . The colors in this card are Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Starfruit and Very Vanilla. To ink up the stamp I masked the leaves and sentiment while I used my classic stampin' pad in Pumpkin Pie. Then I removed the tape and used stampin' write markers in Basic Black and Summer Starfruit. The final touch was the addition of pumpkin pie candy dots. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

My Halloween Happiness Card is entered into the following challenges:

• A.R.T. Card: Sketch
• Rhedd and Rosie: Anything Goes
• Brown Sugar: Anything Goes

All supplies by Stampin' Up!.