Happy Father's Day

Here's  quick card I made for my dad from the PTI stamps set and dies called On the Links. I like this set because it has several different golf images can use and I have used it for several years now.  It's also the set I used for a Father's Day card that was the last card I had published in PaperCrafts Magazine before it closed. I used paper from October Afternoon and the ink is Not Quite Navy from Stampin' Up. Thanks for stopping by!

Play Date Cafe - Happiness Always

I made this card for the current Play Date Cafe color challenge. I made the lilac flower from Tim Holtz tissue tape. I watched the video how-to he made and decided to give it a try. Click here if you would like to watch the video. Before I made the flower I colored the tissue tape with Dusty Concord Distress Stain and I used one of his Accoutrements for the center of the flower. Thanks for stopping by!!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Very Vanilla, Blue - Stampin' Up
2. Stamp - Happy Greeting - Stampin' Up
3. Ink - Basic Black - Stampin' Up
4. Tissue Tape - Tim Holtz
5. Distress Stain - Dusty Concord - Tim Holtz
6. Seam Binding - Very Vanilla - Stampin' Up
7. Die - Nestabilities
8. Rhinestones - Kaisercraft

Happy Dirtday!!!

For those of you who have read my blog for a while you know I have a special little man in my life named Reece. He's my friends son and my parents and I have basically adopted him. He even calls my parents Grandmommy and Grandaddy - which is great since my brother and I have no children! Reece is turning 3 January 18. I made him this card for his birthday. He is absolutely crazy about construction equipment so I bought him this cute stamp set from Stampin' Up called I Dig You. I got him the wooden stamps so they would be easier to use and he loves to stamp all the construction vehicles. I borrowed the set from my mom to make this card. I hope he likes it. 

Here's the inside.

Here's a picture I took of Reece a couple of weeks ago when we were riding on the Merry Go Round. We were at the zoo to see the Christmas lights.

Tuesday Trigger - By the Numbers

I made this for the current Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World. Click here to join in on all the fun. I was mostly inspired by the numbers. Then, yesterday I got my Studio Calico Kit of the Month and it had this awesome Hero Arts/Studio Calico number stamp in it. I thought it would be perfect to use for this challenge. I used the Stampin' Up new In Colors. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card. 

Materials
1. Card Stock - Whisper White, Island Indigo - Stampin' Up
2. Ink - Island Indigo, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade - Stampin' Up
3. Ribbon - Calypso Coral - Stampin' Up
4. Die - Sizzix
5. Stamps - Numbers - Hero Arts/Studio Calico, Sentiment - So Happy For You - Stampin' Up

Play Date Cafe - Newsprint Bird

I made this card for the current Play Date Cafe Challenge to use Juniper, Mint and Vanilla. I just got my preordered Newspaper Bird stamp in the mail today and I was dying to use it. I think it's my favorite stamp from the new Hero Arts Catalog. Thanks for stopping by!

Here's my card.

Materials

1. Card stock - Baha Breeze, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up), Mint (Bazzill Basics)

2. Decorative Paper - Pixilicious (Cosmo Cricket)

3. Stamps - Newsprint Bird, Everyday Sayings (Hero Arts), Triple Treat Flower (Stampin' Up)

4. Ink - Iced Spruce (Tim Holtz Distress Ink)

5. Punches - Scallop Border, Flowers (Stampin' Up)

6. Die - Banner (PTI)

7. Button - Baha Breeze (Stampin' Up)

Stamp Camp Cards

It's been a month and now it's time for Stamp Camp again. Here are the cards we'll be making this month. We'll also be making the Tim Holtz Christmas Tag Day 4 and a crackled grunge board ornament. I'll show those later. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies (All Stampin Up)

Stamp - Triple Treat Flower

Card stock & inks - Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade

Designer Paper - Sweet Shop

Punches - Flowers, 1/2 circle, 2.5 inch circle

Die - 3 inch circle

Ribbon - Lucky Limeade Organdy

Stamp Set - Patterned Party

Card stock & Inks: Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade

Twine - Calypso Coral

Punch - Scallop Border

Stamp Set - The Best of Everything

Card stock - Whisper White

Inks & Twines- Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Island Indigo

Tim Holtz Tags Day 2 - Inspiration Tag

I made this tag after being inspired by Tim Holtz Day 2 of his 12 Tags of Christmas event. Here is his tag. 

 And here's my tag.

So here's what I did. I don't have his music paper so I took my Tim Holtz tag and rubbed Picket Fence distress ink all over it. Then I stamped the Hero Arts background stamp in Iced Spruce Distress Ink. Then I stamped the holly & berries using Evergreen Bough & Festive Berries Distress Ink. The holly & berry stamp is from Stampin' Up. Then I stamped Seasons Greetings on the side in Festive Berries - also a Stampin' Up Stamp. And I inked the edges with my Gold dabber.


The Reindeer is of course a Tim Holtz die and I made him from grunge board. And, since I missed participating yesterday and I don't have any sticky back canvas, I decided to glitter up my deer. I combined 3 different Martha Stewart glitters - Copper, Smoky Quartz, & Florentine Gold to get this nifty color (I didn't want it to be so shiny gold). I tied a little Stampin' Up Jingle Bell around his neck with a silver cord. 


For the bottom of the tag I punched a scallop border in grunge board and covered with the Gold dabber. The brads are from Tim Holtz of course. For the top, I rubbed Festive Berries Distress Ink on a canvas ribbon that had frayed edges and tied on the tag. Then I made the snowflake from grunge board using the Tim Holtz Snowman die. I covered the snowflake with Picket Fence and then covered it with Rock Candy Distress Stickles and tied a silver cord to it. Then I attached it to the tag with the #25 Tim Holtz Safety Pin. 


Thanks for taking a look!!

Thanksgiving at Stamp Camp

Here are the two Thanksgiving cards we're making tonight at Stamp Camp. Sorry the pictures aren't great - it's hard for me to get good pictures when I don't have daylight!! The one with the leaves uses Stampin' Up Day Of Gratitude and I CASed it from Understandblue on Splitcoast. The one with the tree uses Stampin' Up's Season of Friendship and I CASed it from Bon2Scrap on Splitcoast. Thanks for taking a look. Hopefully I'll have some of my new creations up soon!!

Christmas Stockings

Here's another card for this week's Stamp Camp. All the materials are from Stampin' Up. I used some scrap Decorative Christmas Paper to punch the stockings with the really cute Stocking Builder Punch and for the top strip I used the Scalloped Border Punch. The papers are Old Olive and Very Vanilla, the stamp is Four The Holidays, and the ink is Cherry Cobbler. Thanks for stopping by!!

CAS Christmas & more

I've been super busy making some things I can't share here lately, so I haven't had time to make cards for all my favorite challenges. But, I made a few simple CAS Christmas cards for Stamp Camp on Thursday. The ladies make a lot of cards in 2 hrs so I try to keep them relatively quick and easy to make. The first one uses Festive & Fun by Stampin Up and the second one is Merry Winter. I still have to come up with a few more cards. I've also included a pic of our crafty area which is amazingly clean this far ahead of time. I was busy this weekend picking things up. 


Today is my birthday, but I'm doing most of my celebrating next week. I'm taking a long weekend next week to Charleston with my good friend and I can't wait!! Thanks for stopping by!

Buttons & Bows

I made this card for the current Cupcake Crafts Challenge - Buttons & Bows. The buttons are from Stampin Up and the sentiment is from Hero Arts. Thanks for taking a look!!

Play Date Cafe Challenge #103

I made this card for the current Play Date Cafe Challenge #103. This week's colors are Rust, Storm and Deep Sea. The stamps are all from Stampin Up Spooky Bingo Bits, Out on a Limb and All Holidays. I thought the Pumpkins would go nice next to a door so I cut out the door and started from there. It didn't turn out exactly the way I thought it would, but I still think it's kind of cute. Thanks for taking a look!!

 Here's my card. 

Materials 
1. Card stock - Whisper White, Cajun Craze, Basic Gray, Pool (Stampin Up)
2. Ink - Black (Stampin Up)
3. Stamps - Out on a Limb, Spooky Bingo Bits, All Holidays (Stampin Up)
4. Brads (Stampin Up)

5. Twine (The Twinery)

CAS-ual Fridays Halloween Card

I made this card for the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #24 to create a Halloween card with no orange. The witch is from a Stampin Up set called Out on a Limb, the broom is from a Lawn Fawn set called Making Frosy Friends and the sentiment is from Impression Obsession. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Lucky Limeade, Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White (Stampin Up)
2. Ink - black (Memento)
3. Markers - assorted colors (Copic)
4. Twine - The Twinery
5. Stamps - Sentiment (Impression Obsession), Broom - Making Frosty Friends (Lawn Fawn), Witch - Out On A Limb (Stampin Up)

Punchy Halloween Card

I decided to get punchy with this Halloween card. I used the Stampin' Up Owl punch for the Owl and Ghost, the Stampin' Up Bird Punch for the tree limb, the Stampin' Up Word Window and Modern Label punches for the sentiment and the Martha Stewart Gate punch for the black gate. I made this card for the Cupcake Inspirations and Cupcake Craft Challenges this week. Thanks for taking a look!!

Here's my card.

Materials

1. Card stock - Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Black, Daffodil Delight, Soft Suede (Stampin Up)

2. Stamp - Teeny Tiny Wishes (Stampin Up)

3. Ink - Basic Black (Stampin Up)

4. Decorative Paper (K & Company)

5. Embossing Folder (Stampin Up)

6. Punches - Owl, Bird, Word Window, Modern Label (Stampin Up) Gate (Martha Stewart)

7. Die - circle (Sizzix)

Happy Halloween!

I made this card for this week's Wee Memories Challenge #66. I used a super cute new stamp from Stampin Up and some great papers from DCWV. I was trying to think of some more embellishments, but I think the decorative paper is enough. Thanks for taking a look!!

Here's my card.

Materials

1. Card stock - White, Black (Stampin Up)

2. Decorative Paper - The Midnight Spell Matstack (DCWV)

3. Stamp - Festive & Fun (Stampin Up)

4. Ink - Black (Memento)

5. Markers - Assorted colors (Copics)

Sassy Shoe

I made this card for 2 challenges this week. Since school started back I just don't have as much time as I would like to make cards!!! I'm entering it in Skipping Stones Design Sketch Challenge and CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #17 using Stickers. The sketch this week is by Teri Anderson. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card. 

Materials

1. Card stock - Confetti White (Stampin Up)

2. Decorative Paper - Razzleberry Lemonade (Stampin Up)

3. Stamp Set - Sassy Shoes (Skipping Stones Design)

4. Ink - Black (Memento)

5. Markers - Dark Pink, Mustard (Copic)

6. Stikers - Sale-A-Bration (Stampin Up)

7. Dies - circle, scallop circle (Nestabitlities)

Cupcake Inspiration - ABC123

I made this card for the current Cupcake Inspirations Challenge. It's a back to school theme and since I don't really have any school or kids type stamps, I decided to use this paper I got in my Studio Calico Kit of the Month that has some of the reds and blues from the inspiration photo. I also used this new awesome denim ribbon from Stampin Up - I really like it. Thanks for taking a look!

 Here's my card.

Materials

1. Card stock - Crumb Cake (Stampin Up) Navy (Studio Calico)

2. Decorative Paper - Armstrong (Studio Calico) ABC (Sassafras Lass)

3. Ribbon - Denim (Stampin Up)

5. Corner Rounder - Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)

Lawnscaping Challenge #16 - One Layer

I made this card for this week's Lawnscaping Challenge #16 to make a one layer card. I tried out my new oval embossing folder and embossed the glasses and sentiment in silver on Elegant Eggplant paper. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Another View

Materials
1. Card stock - Elegant Eggplant (Stampin Up)
2. Stamp Set - Happily Ever After (Lawn Fawn)
3. Embossing Folder - Designer Frames (Stampin Up)
4. Embossing Powder -Silver (Stampin Up)

Warm Thoughts - Play Date Cafe

I made this card for The Play Date Cafe Challenge #94. I just got these really big buttons from Stampin' Up and didn't really know what to do with them, then I realized two of them matched the colors at The Play Date Cafe this week. I usually go bold on these challenges and this week is no exception. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Materials

1. Card stock - Taken with Teal, More Mustard, Soft Suede (Stampin Up)

2. Stamps - Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches)

3. Ink - Soft Suede (Stampin Up)

4. Buttons - More Mustard, Soft Suede (Stampin Up - new Holiday Mini)

Instructions

1. Create card from Teal card stock - finished size is 5x5

2. Cut smaller yellow and brown panels and adhere to card

3. Cut 1.75 inch squares in Teal and adhere to card

4. Adhere button to card with foam tape

5. Cut yellow strip, snip ends to make it look like a banner, stamp sentiment and adhere to card

Button Buddies and Easy Events for Stamp Camp

Today I'm sharing some cards we made last night at stamp camp. We made two cards using Stampin Up's new Button Buddies stamp set and a set of four 3x3 cards using their new Easy Events set. Thanks for taking a look!

Materials for 3x3 Set
1. Card stock - Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Regal Rose, So Saffron, Certainly Celery)
2. Stamps - Easy Events
3. Ink - Black 
4. Markers - assorted Stampin Write Markers
5. Dies - Circle (Stampin Up), Scallop Circle (Nestabilities)


Materials for Button Buddies - all supplies Stampin Up
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1. Card Stock - Ivory, Pretty In Pink
2. Decorative Paper - Lap of Luxury 
3. Stamps -Button Buddies
4. Ink - Pretty in Pink
5. Button, Ribbon - Pretty in Pink
6. Circle Dies
7. Modern Label and Word Window Punches


Cherries
1. Card stock - Real Red, Whisper White
2. Decorative Paper - Just Add Cake
3. Stamp - Button Buddies
4. Ink - Garden Green, Real Red - Stampin Write Markers
5. Buttons, Ribbon
6. Circle Dies
6. Modern Label and Word Window Punches