Beach Girl

Sometimes being a practical person doesn’t allow work with card making! It is hard for me to make a card unless I see a “purpose” for it so when I saw the beach image this month as the Digi of the Month set I wasn’t sure what I would make with it. After tossing around several ideals I decided I like this even though I don’t know what I’m using it for yet…so the inside is blank. I used Sweet Sunday Sketch #234 as my inspiration. I printed a second image and cut the girl out so she is pop dotted in the scene.

CHALLENGES:

1. Imagine That…digis by Kris – Digi of the Month Challenge – make a project using the image provided.
2. August Card Challenge @ Scrapbook.com – favorites category – lifted the saved sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch.

SUPPLIES:

Digital Image: Beach Blanket Girl @ Imagine That…digis by Kris

Cardstock: Bazzill and The Paper Studio

Patterned Paper: Recollections

Inks: pre-colored image printed on Canon Inkjet Printer

Accents/Tools: brads

Float to your Happy Place

Oh I would love to be somewhere tropical or anywhere with water really (I’d even take a lazy river or pool!)….then I would be in my happy place! I realized that today is my really only day off till the end of the month since I’m getting my niece on Monday-Tuesday. So I decided I better get my Progressive challenges done. Which will shock them because I’m usually posting with only hours to spare! I decided to paper piece this image since my husband has been busy with work I didn’t want to ask him to color it. Took longer but I love it. I might ask him to color it in these colors when he has time so I can make more with my left over paper. Too hard to make more than one when you paper piece! I love how this turned out. It came together pretty easy since I found the perfect sketch at Mojo Monday and then found the color scheme at Colour Q.

CHALLENGES:

1) From the Heart Stamps – Digital of the Month Stamp Challenge – use the digital stamp provided and get next months image FREE!

2) Colour Q #300 – use the colors provided to make your project

3) Mojo Monday #407 – use the sketch provided to make your project

4) July Card Challenge @ Scrapbook.com – Product – Stickers – made my own with the xyron (circles and the paper pieced image)

5) 4 Crafty Chicks #256 – Sun, Sea and Sand – I hope this fits as the blue is there to represent water.

6) Aloha Friday Challenge #52 – Summer Fun

SUPPLIES:

Digital Image: Inner Tube Birdbrain @ From the Heart Stamps

Cardstock: Bazzill ( Flamingo, Glow, Red Devil, Cheddar, Blue Oasis, White)

Patterned Paper: My Mind’s Eye (Follow Your Heart), The Paper Studio (Tiny Polka – Turquoise)

Accents/Tools: pop dots, Xyron X sticker maker, EK Success Circle Punches

Water you up to?

When I saw this image and saying last month I knew it would be perfect to send to my friend this summer. I have kept up pretty good sending her a card a month…been late a few months…but still going strong. So I figured this would be perfect for July or August and it’s just so cute with that saying! It fit in perfectly for the “Beach” challenge at Outlawz CAS Challenge. Now CAS is not my choice of style for card making but I do like how this one came out.

I bought this embossing folder a couple months ago knowing it would come in handy…just looks like water or space ship to me! So I was so excited when I looked in my embossing folders and saw it! It’s perfect…at least I think so. I also used an EK Success border punch that also reminding me of bubbles in water. Paired that with a Clean & Simple Stamping Sketch from 01/14/2011 and this was the result.

CHALLENGES:

1) July Card Challenge @ Scrapbook.com – Favorites – lift a card or sketch that is in your favorites

2) Crafter’s Cafe Challenge #123 – Summertime Fun

SUPPLIES:

Digital Image: Diver Daniel @ Deedee’s Digis

Cardstock: Bazzill (Glow, Jet Stream), darker blue from Hobby Lobby

Inks: pre-colored digital image printed on a Canon Inkjet Printer

Accents/Tools: The Paper Studio Embossing Folder (Lines & Dots), EK Success Border punch, EK Success pop dots, X-sticker maker

A Sweet Day….just in time!

Made it just in time with 5 HOURS to spare but here is my Digi of the Month creation over at Imagine That…digis by Kris.

Even though I am usually one of the last to enter it wasn’t totally my fault this month!! 🙂 My computer died in the middle of the month. Then last week when I was trying to get stuff ready to go to the annual scrapbook retreat my printer started dying and wouldn’t print correctly. Apparently I print too much and wore down the print head! So hooked up my new printer last night just in time to get this challenge done.

I went pretty CAS on this card which is not my comfort zone but I like the design from SHEL9999 card at Scrapbook.com that is the “Lift card” for the July Card Challenge @ Scrapbook.com.

The patterned paper was from my scrap drawer and I can’t remember whose it is…but I’m thinking it was from Hobby Lobby but I’m not positive.

CHALLENGES:

1) Imagine That…digis by Kris – Digi of the Month Challenge – use the image provided and next month’s image will be emailed to you FREE!!

SUPPLIES:

Digital Image: Ice Cream Parlour – Imagine That…digis by Kris!

Cardstock: Bazzill (Raven, white)

Inks: pre-colored digital image printed on Canon Inkjet Printer

Hopping along with House of Cards!

It is the end of the third term over at House of Cards so they are having a “goodbye” and “welcome” new team members Blog Hop till the 15th with a bunch of prizes. Someone somewhere during the hop will win a $25.00 gift code to Deedee’s Digis just for playing along. How it work is you go to the blog (click here) and visit each team member that is listed in the post. Then make a card based on the following inspirational photo and link it up to the challenge.

This card took on a life of it’s own when I ended up combining 3 main challenges. So I looked at the inspirational photo and the flower in the frame keep drawing my attention so I decided to go with that. I found the flower in the Stitchy Fall set that I thought would work perfectly. In trying to figure out what color scheme I wanted to go with I saw the color challenge at ColouQ and started going that direction (I missed the deadline but that’s okay still got a cute card from it!) Then I remembered seeing a sketch at Feeling Sketchy that had a square with circles and thought that would go with how the flower looked in the photo above. So this is what I came up with when I mixed all that together. The only thing I think might have looked better is I mounted this on a black card base instead of just leaving it the blue but I still like it!

 

CHALLENGES:

1) Feeling Sketchy #122 – use the sketch provided to make a project.

2) House of Cards Blog Hop – use the inspirational photo to inspire your card

3) Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #140 – Stitching, faux or real. Around the edges of the flower and center piece are faux stitching.

4) Sweet Stamps Challenge #224 – polka dots. The center of the flower has polka dots.

5) Kitty Bee Designs – Aloha Friday Challenge #48 –  Sew Cute – use faux or real stitching

SUPPLIES:

Digital Image: Stitchy Fall @ Deedee’s Digis

Cardstock: Paper Studio (pink), Bazzill (Mexican Poppy, Intense Orange, Blue Oasis)

Inks: Colored digi in photoshop then printed on a canon inkjet printer

Accents/Tools: button, scrap ribbon, Coluzzle, EK Success 3-D pop dots,

Kids out of school time for Summer Time fun!!

I have two new stamps to show you since it is June’s Release Day of some very cool digital images at Clearly Digi Stamps!

First with the sun out nice and bright lately this digital stamp – Summer Fun will come in handy.

I found the saying on the internet and thought it was perfect!! This card took on a retro look all on its own….that wasn’t planned!! I love how this card turned out.

I used the sketch from Seize the Birthday #18 Sketch

CHALLENGE:

1) June Card Challenge on scrapbook.com – Theme category – summer.

Now with lots of times on their hands it is time to let the kids imaginations run wild with Make Believe fun!

My husband designed this set for all the kids that dress up and play!

Encourage someone to use their imagination with this Make Believe Digital Image.

I made mine a birthday card! I just love how fun and colorful this little mermaid is.

CHALLENGE:

1) June Card Challenge @ scrapbook.com – Sketch Challenge – they picked MOJO Monday Sketch 238

I thought this sketch was perfect to match the color blocking in the turtle!

2) 613 Avenue Create Challenge #23 – Celebrations

SUPPLIES:

Summer

Stamps/Images: Summer Fun
Cardstock: Bazill (orange-Cheddar)
Patterned Paper: Scenic Route
Inks: images colored in photoshop and printed on Canon Inkjet Printer
Accents/Tools: pop dots, black pen, Cricut, Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge

Happy  Birthday

Stamps/Images: Make Believe
Cardstock: Bazzill
Inks: pre-colored digital image printed on Canon Inkjet Printer
Accents/Tools: Cricut, Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge, small hole punch, black string
Sketch: MOJO Monday Sketch #238

BEWARE……Masculine Overload

With Father’s Day two weeks away I have a post FULL of Testosterone!!

Last month for the card class I teach at church we did 4 feminine cards in honor of Mother’s Day.

So this month I did 4 Masculine cards in honor of Father’s Day.

I used What’s Cooking Digital Image

Stamps: What Cooking Digital Image
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper:
Inks: pre-colored digital image printed on a canon inkjet printer
Accents/Tools: brads
Sketch: Tuesday Morning Sketches #125

I used Lifting You Up digital Image

Stamps/Images: Lifting You Up Digital Image
Cardstock: Bazill
Patterned Paper:
Accents/Tools: xyron
Techniques: paper piecing
Sketch: Sept 2009 Card Maps @ pagemaps

I used Smooth Sailing Lost at Sea Digital Image

CHALLENGES:

1) A Gem of a challenge #82 – Summer Time

2) Wags ‘n Whiskers Challenge #105 – Father’s Day

3) Card Crafter’s Circle #77 – Stripe me silly….stripes!

SUPPLIES:

Stamp/Image: Smooth Sailing/Lost at Sea Digital Image
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper:
Ink: pre-colored digital image printed on Canon inkjet printer
Accents/Tools: brads, cricut, cricut elegant edges cartridge
Sketch: Stella Says Sketch #135 (sss135)

The fourth card I posted this past Monday but I will re-post it for you!

There you have it a WHOLE POST dedicated to Men in our lives!!

Remember is you make a Father’s Day Card come play in the Clearly iStamp Father’s Day Challenge…..ends Friday June 7, 2013.

Flip Flop Birthday Card and Happy Anniversary

Flip Flop Birthday Card

All the ladies I work with are very supportive of my hobby and will even buy my cards! One of the ladies asked me to make a birthday card for her granddaughter that was turning 5. I asked her what her granddaughter liked and without hesitation she said, “flip flops”. Grandma is even making a flip flops cake….now that is talent! So I searched the internet and found an image I thought I could cut out and build my own flip flops! Oh and the birthday girl likes pink so that is why it is a main color! I had to put 5 flowers on each shoe and gems since she is a girly girl too!  The flower/splash chipboard behind the #5 was a happy accident. I tried circles and tags and nothing looked right. So I went to my pile of a million chipboard pieces I got for $5 at M’s and there it was the perfect shade of blue water splash/flower! It had cream lines on it so I took my white Signo pen (that I love) and changed the doodles to white. It was the perfect touch! Inside says: Happy Birthday!

CHALLENGES:

1) June – Use your Scraps @ www.scrapbook.com – 85% of your creation has to be made with scraps.

Well a 100% of this project is made with scraps! Flowers open bottle 1/2 full from 7 plus years ago, chipboard pieces left over from a HUGE pack, #5 from a partial used sticker sheet, paper from the scrap drawers and rhinestones  and brads from an open package!

2) Amber’s Crafts and Stuff – The Dog Days of Summer.  Make anything you want as long as it is about SUMMER TIME!!!

Flip Flops ARE SUMMER!

3) Card Makin Mamas – With a Child/For a Child. This is my second entry!

4) GAB Challenge #20 – Anything Summer! This is my second entry into this challenge!

SUPPLIES:

Border Punch – Fiskars threading water punch

Flowers – Bazzill

Gems – from H.L.

Brads – BoBunny

#5 – Doodlebug sticker sheet

Flip Flop pattern – internet

Inspired from CAS-ual Friday DT member Kryssi Ng

I saw Kryssi Ng’s card on CAS-ual Friday Challenge #7 and fell in love with it. It was simple but soft and pretty. The lady at work also wanted an anniversary card for her daughter’s 7th wedding anniversary. I felt this was the perfect design. Thank you Kryssi for the inspiration.

CHALLENGE:

1) June – Use your Scraps @ www.scrapbook.com – 85% of your project needs to be made with scraps.

Everything but the white card base is a scrap or from a used package.

SUPPLIES:

White Flower – can’t remember has been in stash for ever!

Brown Flower – Bazzill

Cardstock – Bazzill

Patterned Paper – stripes and flowers (Crate Paper), Green (BoBunny)

Pearl Brad – Hobby Lobby

Corner Punch – EK Success large corner punch