For the Girls

I'm sorry I'm late posting this.  In case you were looking here for my challenge card that is on the Wag 'n Whiskers blog.  This week's challenge is called "For the Girls".  If you have made any new cards that are for the girls - why don't you add it to the challenge?!

Make sure you read the challenge rules that are posted at the

top of the Wags 'n Whiskers blog.  

One lucky participant will win a free Wags ‘nWhiskers Rubber Stamp!

You don’t have to use a Wags ‘n Whiskers image on your card, but if you do, you will be entered into a 2^nd drawing for a free Wags ‘n Whiskers Digi!

Here is my card:

 This is Let's Do Lunch.  This image just cracks me up.  It's what I look like when I'm "hangry".  :-)

This is a digi and it was printed onto watercolor paper and colored with Twinkling H2Os.  

 The sentiment comes from Ginger's House.  It's such a true statement.  

Other card details:

Base: PTI Orange Zest

DP: K & Company

Ribbon: The Dollar Tree

Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges this card is linked up to:

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge- Anything Goes

Sister Act Challenge #73- Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

The Stamping Chef Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Stuffed with Blessings

Can you believe it's almost fall of this year already????? 
Christmas is only ___ amount of days away.

I don't really know how many days away Christmas is.  I don't even want to think about it yet! :-)  Too soon.  Not ready.  Nope.
September 1 is just around the corner.  Holy cow!  

I have a fall card to share with you.

 This stamp is from High Hopes called Guard Duty Rudy.  It doesn't look like he's very effective at his job.  That's okay.  He's just too stinkin' cute.  I've owned this stamp for a very long while.  This is the first time I've inked him up though.
He is stamped onto watercolor paper and colored with Twinklin' H2Os.

 Other card details:

Base - PTI Pinefeather

DP - Recollections Comic Heroes

Yellow circle - stash

Pears - Basic Gray

The sentiment is one I made.  You can download it here.

Thanks for hanging out with me!

Challenges I am entered in:

Aud Sentiments - Any sentiment other than birthday

Brown Sugar - Anything Goes 

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Flat Friends Challenge - Use a quote

High Hopes - Use fall colors

Loves Rubberstamps - 2 or more pattern papers

Simon Wednesday and Challenge - Anything Goes
The Squirrel and the Fox - Spring or Autumn

Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge: Back to School/For a Teacher

Hey there!  Another challenge at Wags 'n Whiskers is going on.  

It is "Back to School/For a Teacher". 

Make a card for a teacher or child or anyone going back to school.  I'm sure there are quite a bit of you out there that are sending yourselves or your kids back to school. Make them a card!  Or make the teacher a card. 

Or just be mean - like me - and remind them that summer is over!  

Muahahahaha (say it in the evil laugh way).  It sounds cooler. :-)

**Please read all of the rules at the top of the blog**

One lucky participant will win a free Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber stamp!

You don't have to use a Wags 'n Whiskers image on your card, but if you do, you will be entered into a 2nd drawing for a free Wags 'n Whiskers Digi.

Here is my card:

 This card has the sweet "Say a Prayer" stamp.  I have used this one very often.  Like I have said before, very versatile.  She is stamped and embossed onto watercolor paper and colored with Twinling H2Os.  

I also used an old sketch from My Favorite Things #MFTWSC182.  I like using sketches when my mojo needs inspiration.  I usually have colors picked out and even the papers.  Where I want it on the card is usually what takes me forever.  My Favorite Things have all their sketches on their blog.

 On her wings you can see that I've added stickles for that extra little sparkle.

 Other card details:

Base:  PTI Pure Poppy

DP: retired SU Summer Picnic

Cabochon: SU Vintage Flowers

Sentiment: I made it.  You can download it here.

I made two cards.  One for my friend's girls who are two blond cuties and the brunette one for my niece.  

Thanks for hanging out with me.

I am entering into these challenges:

Crafts Galore Challenges: Anything Goes

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper: Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday: Back to School

Delightful Challenges: School Daze

Inky Chicks: Fairies and/or angels

Love to Scrap: Anything Goes

Loves Rubberstamps: Wings (Angels, Fairies, etc)

Milk Coffee Challenges: Add Stripes

Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge: Birthdays

It's challenge time at Wags 'n Whiskers!

Super easy challenge again - Birthdays.  Do have a birthday card you made or will make in the next two weeks?  Add it on to our challenge!

Rules, rules rules - Make sure you read the challenge rules that are posted at the

top of the Wags 'n Whiskers blog.  

One lucky participant will win a free Wags ‘n Whiskers Rubber Stamp!

You don’t have to use a Wags ‘n Whiskers image on your card, but if you do, you will be entered into a 2^nd drawing for a free Wags ‘n Whiskers Digi!

Here is my card for this challenge:

Tiny Dancer is just super cute.  She is such a sweet image.  I have used this stamp quite a few times here, here, and here.  This is an image that can be used for so many different occasions.  She is stamped and embossed onto watercolor paper and colored with Twinklin' H2Os.

Other card details:

Base - SU Lavender Lace

DP - SU Afternoon Picnic

Flowers - Prima

Brads - my stash

Happy Birthday stamp - PTI Inside and Out Birthday

Jewels - Queen & Co. Grass Green

Linking up to these challenges:

Crafty Girls Challenges: Anything Goes

Bearly Mine: Anything Goes

Delightful Challenges: Anything Goes

Love to Create: Anything Goes

Loves Rubberstamps: Anything Goes w/Stripes

Thanks for hanging out with me!

Sweets and Monkeys

I just made this birthday card with the High Hopes stamp - Cherry Chip Chimp.  This image is so cute.  He is drawn by Dustin Pike.  I have used this stamp quite a few times.  Here is another time I've used it.  There were more times but I don't have pictures of those cards.  It was usually a quick card I had to whip up for a birthday.  

 Chimp is stamped and embossed onto watercolor paper and colored with Twinklin' H2Os.

Base: PTI Poppy

Blue DP: Joann's 

Red DP and Lt. Blue cardstock: my stash

Buttons: my stash

Twine: Divine Twine Cherry

Rhinestones: Queen & Co. Sunflower Yellow

Sentiment Stamp: SU Felicidades Siempre

 In the next pic, you can see that I added glaze on the cherry and the sprinkles.

Challenges I am linking up to:

High Hopes: One for the boys

Alphabet Challenge: M is for Men Only

Craft your Passion: Sweet Treats

TSC Challenge: Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenge: Birthdays

Thanks for hanging with me!

My Favorite Kind of Glitter

Seriously...glitter.  It's gets everywhere.  If you have visited my blog before, you know my hate/love relationship with glitter.  It started when I began working at a preschool.  Those little ones get glitter in places you didn't even know they could get them...of course, the days we worked with glitter would be the days I always had some kind of errand to run right after work.  So I had glitter on my face, my eyelid, my shirt, my pants....

Try cleaning that mess up.  Hateful, hateful craft item...

But...I like the way it looks.  It adds a nice element to your project.  But...it's a hateful item.  

In comes that wonderful item - Stickles!  Stickles does not offend me at all.  I can add glitter and sparkle without the evil mess.  If only they made Stickles in huge bottles that are preschool friendly...

 This is a card I made for my mother in law to give to someone who had just had a baby girl.  The stamp I used is a Whimsy stamp called Angel Angie.  She is embossed onto water color paper and watercolored with Twinkling H2Os.  I added Stickles to her angel wings.  

Base and Matte: SU Blush Blossom

Cloud DP: SU Whisper White embossed with Darice Cloudy Sky

Ribbon: Dollar Tree 

Jewels on the string with the Star and Pearls: Queen & Co.

Sentiment: SU Felicidades Siempre

 On the picture below you can see the Stickles better on the wings/feather and the stars.  I also added a teeny amount of glaze on the ladybug. 

Challenges I'm linking up to:

Glitter and Sparkle Challenge: Add Glitter and Sparkle

V's Sweet Ideas: Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

All Sorts Challenge: Favorite Things

Crafty Calendar Challenge: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Wags 'n Whiskers Challenge: Polka Dots

It's time for a new challenge at Wag 'n Whiskers!

Polka Dots!  So easy! Polka Dots.  I mean, who doesn't own paper with polka dots?  And if you don't - you can draw - or even better - stamp some of your own polka dots.  Big or little dots.  Any dots.

Ok - I'm done.  ;-)

Make sure you read the challenge rules that are posted at the

top of the Wags 'n Whiskers blog.  

One lucky participant will win a free Wags ‘nWhiskers Rubber Stamp!

You don’t have to use a Wags ‘n Whiskers image on your card, but if you do, you will be entered into a 2^nd drawing for a free Wags ‘n Whiskers Digi!

Onto my cards:

To be honest, I started making these cards for the Fancy Folds challenge.  I had the entire concept in my head and I had already stamped and colored my image.  I just never finished the card because I went out of town.  The picture above is taken with the cards lying down so that you can see how it's supposed to look when it's closed.  The picture below is taken with the cards standing up.  On the outside you can see the little conversation bubbles.  Those were printed on SU Whisper White and then I cut them out.

The picture below you can see how it looks opened up.  

I used the stamp Hey Grandma.  So very cute!  

The next two pics shows a closer pic of the stamp:

I stamped him onto watercolor paper and colored with Twinkling H2Os.  I then carefully cut him out.  

Card details:

Base - SU Cherry Cobbler

DP - SU Polka Dot Parade

Jewels - SU

The "What's Up?" sentiment I made.  You can download it here.

Thanks for hanging out with me.

I am linking up to these sites:

Simply Create Too: For a Child

That Craft Place: Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Emboss it

Crafty Girls Challenge: Anything Goes

Super Simple Birthday Wishes

Super simple cards for birthdays are good to have on hand.  Maybe you don't really know the person but really want to give them a handmade card...or maybe you want to make a bunch to package together to give as a gift.

Here is one idea for a simple layout you can make quickly:

If you scroll down through the pictures you can see two versions with the same layout but different colors.  Just a small detail changes.

 Card details:

Base - SU Basic Black

DP - SU Tempting Turquoise stamped with SU Baroque Motifs

Lace - Dollar Tree

Sentiment - Studio G stamped onto SU Whisper White

(the shape is a PDC shaplie cut with my Silhouette)

 The flowers from the card above and below are ones that I crocheted but can easily be replaced with a paper flower.  I sat down watching TV one day and crocheted a whole bunch at a time in different colors so that I would have them on hand when I needed them.

The metal flower is a spacer I bought from Stamp and Create attached with a brad from my stash.

 The only difference with this card is the DP is done using SU Rose Red and the flower has a button from PTI Pure Poppy attached with black twine.

Thanks for hanging out with me!

I am adding these to the following challenges:

Stamp and Create Challenge: Birthdays

Seize the Birthday: Always Birthday with option Twine or String

Milk Coffee Challenge: Birthday

Inky Chicks: Happy Birthday

Glitter n Sparkle: Birthday

W&W Challenge: Anything Goes

***We have a design team call at Wags 'n Whiskers!  Go check out the details on the blog.***

Summer brings lazy days...for some people anyway.  My summer has been stinkin' busy.

We have done some home remodel/organization and we traveled to New York.  Going to New York was nice...home improvements...not so much.  I mean, it's nice.  We have nice new rugs in the bedrooms and some nice furniture pieces we got from Ikea.  I got a new desk.  I'm really excited about that.  I also got some modular cubes from the Recollections collection at Michael's.  (I will share pix as soon as I'm satisfied with how I want it.)  We have been able to purge lots of things that we have been accumulating in our home for the 14 years we've lived here.  I like purging.

It's just that it has been a long process of moving everything out of our rooms and then moving everything back.  Really, I'm not complaining.  It is totally worth it.  It's just that all that pretty much took most of June. :-)

Aaaaand - I have not been able to read as much as I would like.  So there's that.  I love to read.  I read The Fault in Our Stars on our way to New York.  (Am I the only one that did NOT give that book 5 stars?  I was not that impressed with it.)

Onto the challenge and card:

Wags 'n Whiskers is having an Anything Goes Challenge! Yaaaaaaaayyyyy!

I know that is everyone's favorite challenge.

Make sure you read the challenge rules that are posted at the

top of the Wags 'n Whiskers blog.  

One lucky participant will win a free Wags ‘n Whiskers Rubber Stamp!

You don’t have to use a Wags ‘n Whiskers image on your card, but if you do, you will be entered into a 2^nd drawing for a free Wags ‘n Whiskers Digi!

 I like this stamp so much just because of the fact that the girl is reading!

She is doing my favorite thing (other than crafting...obviously).

This is a digi stamp called Bedtime Story.  It is also available as a rubber stamp.  I printed it onto watercolor paper and colored with Twinkling H2Os.

Other card details:

Base - SU So Saffron

Red DP - My stash

Words DP - PTI Background Basics Text Style stamped onto SU So Saffron

Twine - The Twinery Solid Denim

Key - Michaels

The "storybooks" word art is from Ginger's House.

She has a fantastic site with free word art.  Go give her some love!

I'm linking up to these challenges:

Love To Scrap: Anything Goes

Through the CraftRoom Door: Anything Goes

Crafts Galore: Use Stamp or Digi Stamp

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper: Anything Goes

Bearly Mine: Let's Go Digital

Scootin' By

Hey crafters! How's it going?  

There's a new challenge up at Wags 'n Whiskers!  Go and say hello and leave a message for the fabulous ladies whose cards are amazing! (I'm not talking about mine...I'm humble like that! :-) )

It's a color challenge: Orange, Yellow, White and Kraft

Make sure you read the challenge rules that are posted at the

top of the Wags 'n Whiskers blog.  

One lucky participant will win a free Wags ‘nWhiskers Rubber Stamp!

You don’t have to use a Wags ‘n Whiskers image on your card, but if you do, you will be entered into a 2^nd drawing for a free Wags ‘n Whiskers Digi!

I used the same image and used three different elements and sentiments.

For all of the cards:
Image used: Scootin' By digi (She is also available as a rubber stamp).  She is stamped onto watercolor paper and colored with Twinkling H2O's.
She is popped up with dimensionals by Stampin' Up.

Base: PTI Orange Zest

DP: K & Company

Buttons: PTI Orange Zest

Kraft Paper: PTI embossed with Cuttlebug Bloom Dots

Now for the sentiment on each card.

Twine:  The Twinery Lemondrop

This card has Prima flowers with spacers from Stamp and Create held together by yellow brads. 

The sentiment I made.  It can be found here.

For this card the flowers are also Primas but it's held down with Eyelet Outlet's Orange Rhinestone brads. 

This sentiment can be found here.

 The flowers on this card I found at the Dollar Tree a long time ago.  Super cute.  They are felt and the already came with the bling.

The Just roll with it sentiment can be found here.

Thanks for hanging out with me!
I am linking up to these challenges:
Chocolate Coffee & Card Challenges: Embossing
Craftitude Challenges: Pop it up
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
The Stamping Chef Challenge Blog: Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesday Challenge: Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant Challenge: Anything Goes

One for the Boys

***Edited to add:  So lucky to have been chosen to be a winner at the Flat Friends Challenge blog!  Thank you for the opportunity!***
Wags 'n Whiskers has a new challenge that is up and running today!  Go check it out!

This week it's One for the Boys - it's perfect for those of you that are making Father's Day cards.  Link up dearies - link up!

Remember:

Make sure you read the challenge rules that are posted at the

top of the Wags 'n Whiskers blog.  

One lucky participant will win a free Wags ‘nWhiskers Rubber Stamp!

You don’t have to use a Wags ‘n Whiskers image on your card, but if you do, you will be entered into a 2^nd drawing for a free Wags ‘n Whiskers Digi!

 I'm using Home Run.  He is perfect for Father's Day, Birthday, Any Occasion.  

He is stamped onto watercolor paper and colored with Twinkling H2Os.  

Cardstock used: SU Kiwi Kiss and SU Ballet Blue

DP: My Stash

Twine: The Twinery in Solid Denim and Charcoal

Glove and Shoe Brads: Eyelet Outlet

The baseball is one I made using a clipart from ClipArtBest.com and added the words.  You can download it here.  I made it about 1.4" so that I could punch it out with a 1.5" circle punch.

Linking up to these challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches

CraftyHazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Anything with Patterned Paper

Challenges 4 Everybody: Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog: Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge: Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Challenges: Anything Goes

Flat Friends Challenge: Dies and/or Punches
Thanks for Hanging with me!