Seize the Birthday Surprise Party Guest!

Hello and welcome friends!

I'm beyond excited to be guest designing with the

ladies at Seize the Birthday!

For the current challenge, the topping is to add a star on

your birthday themed cards. But if the topping isn't your

thing, anything goes is good too, as long as it's a birthday card.

Here's what I came up with:

A star shaped shaker balloon? Yes please!

The shaker was made by die cutting the frame 8 times, and the solid

shape once from the blue card stock and again from acetate.

Seven of the frames were stacked and glued onto the solid blue piece.

I added the confetti then glued the acetate piece onto the stack,

then the last frame. I found some fun balloon paper for the

background panel to use also!

Here's the finished inside:

Thank you, ladies, for the honor of guesting with you!

Thank you for visiting, and I hope to see you joining in

the 'Add a Star challenge' at Seize the Birthday!

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Wavy Sayings; Sunny Studio - Inside Greetings: Birthday

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Doodlebug Design - Hey Cupcake

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: STAMPlorations - Star shaker balloon die; Lawn Fawn - Wavy Banner die; Avery Elle - double pierced rectangle dies; Taylored Expressions - confetti; Grafix - acetate; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; Bearly Art glue

Tropical Happy Birthday

 Hello friends and happy Friday!

I'm just popping in to share

a card that I just made:

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I must say that I was influenced by Nancy's card. I loved

that white die cut panel on the white card base, and her

gorgeous hibiscus flowers. I die cut the white panel

from the Bloomtangled #1 cover plate. Since the edges were

'open', I added two thin strips of green card stock on each side.

I used some stamp layering flower and leaf images for

my focal point. I then fussy cut them all out,

and added some rhinestones.

(Note to self: buy the dies for this set. That palm frond! Ugh!)

I finished the inside with another stamped sentiment:

This was a fun sketch, so I hope there will

be more of them on future challenges.

Thank you for visiting. Have a great weekend!

I'd like to enter this at The Flower Challenge #92

Supplies:

Stamps: Sunny Studio - Radiant Plumeria, Inside Greetings: Birthday

Ink: Memento - Lilac Posies, Lu Lu Lavender, Dandelion, New Sprout, Pear Tart, Cottage Ivy, Northern Pine, Simon Says Stamp - Lemon Chiffon; Hero Arts - Butter Bar, Orange Soda; Altemew - Puffy Heart, Rose Quartz; Taylored Expressions - Lime Zest, Jalapeno

CS: Neenah; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: STAMPlorations - Bloomtangled #1 cover plate; MISTI; Recollections - rhinestones

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; SA - tape runner, 3D & thin 3D foam squares 

Flying by to say...

 Hello and Happy Father's Day to all!

I'm just popping in with a card

I'd like to share with you:

I recently purchased this fairy set and I'm having fun

coloring these wee cuties up and making some

cards with them.

Here is the inside:

I stamp and colored up a bunch of these images, so now

I'm working on getting them on cards. 😊

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

 Freshly Made Sketches #640

AAA Birthday #62

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn - Fairy Friends & dies, Really High Five, Wavy Sayings

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Queen & Co. - The Great Outdoors

CS: Spectrum Noir; Neenah

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Lawn Fawn - scalloped rectangle die, Wavy Sayings Banner die; Sunny Studio - stitched circle die; Nuvo Glitter Drops - White Blizzard; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, 3D foam squares; Ranger - MMM

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #251 - D is for Die Cut

 

Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

It's a new month (how did THAT happen?!),

and so, a new challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

As the amazing graphic by our sister, Lee, shows,

we want to see die cuts on your projects.

Here's what I made:

 

I must state that this was a case of a card I saw somewhere, maybe Pinterest,

but I neglected to make note of who I cased, so if this seems

familiar to you, thank you so much for the inspiration!!

This is a mix of newly die cut items and UFO's,

(UnFinished Objects - items that for some reason I die cut but didn't use)

The "stencil" was even a die, cut into printer paper, then

used to sponge the ink onto the center of the panel. Pretty

much everything was die cut, but for the sentiment, 

which I fussy cut.

I added some Nuvo glitter drops to the wildflowers

for a bit of sparkle.

I hope that you find time this month to play along in our die cut challenge at the

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more inspiration, do check out what my sisters and our 

newest reigning Queen, Gail, have created for your viewing pleasure!

Thanks for visiting. Have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Taylored Expressions: Signature Sentiments

Ink: Taylored Expressions - Fruit Punch

CS: Neenah

Accessories: Taylored Expressions: Frayed Edge dies; Honey Bee Stamps - Spring Leaves cutting plate; Sunny Studio - Frilly Frames Lattice die; Poppy Stamps - Daisy Stems dies; MISTI; Nuvo Glitter Drops - white blizzard

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, foam squares; Ranger - MMM

You Rock

 Hello and welcome friends!

As I mentioned on this post, I needed to create

another card using the other drum set I die cut.

Ta-Da! Here it is:

For some reason, I felt compelled to use orange on this card.

Gotta say, I'm digging it! LOL!

Since I still had the stamp out, I used the same one on the inside:

I'm happy to have yet another dude card ready. 😊

Thank you for stopping by. Enjoy your day!

I'd like to enter this at The Paper Players #691

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Knick Knacks; Picket Fence Studios - My man my friend

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Reminisce - Got Ink?/ Bazzill - gold & silver mirror

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; Neenah; Bazzill

Accessories: Pink & Main - Zig Zag circle die; Sunny Studio - stitched circle die; My Favorite Things - Keep On Rockin' dies; Cuttlebug - Swiss Dots EF; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, 3D foam squares; Ranger - MMM

Cactus birthday wishes

 Hi there and welcome!

I'm back with another card that

I made this week:

I combined a couple challenges for this card, and I love

how it came out! Shades of coral and teal paired 

with this fun sketch!

A simple sentiment finishes the inside:

Well, back to work. My birthday card stash is, as always,

seriously depleted. Got to make some more! LOL!

Thanks for visiting. Enjoy your day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Color Hues #87

Freshly Made Sketch #637

Supplies:

Stamps: Hampton Art - Plant Life (& dies); Honey Bee Stamps - Birthday Wishes (& dies)

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Altenew - Lagoon, Coral Bliss

DP: PhotoScraps

CS: Thunderbolt; Neenah

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; Sunny Studio - Wonky Windows die; MISTI

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives- tape runner, 3D foam squares

Hope your day rocks

 Hello and welcome friends!

I've been rather MIA lately.

Between a vacation, yard work, getting my veggie

garden going, planting flowers, and mostly

just not having any desire to craft,

it's been rather a ghost town here on my blog.

Well, I finally discovered some crafty mojo this

week, and here's one of the cards I made:

This drum set die was picked out of my NBUS pile. I purchased it earlier

this year, and as usual, I'm only getting around to using it now.

It's cut from both gold and silver mirror paper. 

The idea for the background was to make a dark stage with

stage lights pointing down on the drums.

You get it, right??

I used a Tim Holtz rays stencil with Mustard Seed DOX sponged

onto the black panel. I then matted that with more gold mirror paper.

The sentiment is heat embossed in silver.

Mirror paper is SOOOO hard to photograph!

Another sentiment finishes the inside:

Yay, I have another dude card made! Now I just have to

make another card with the other drum set. 😊😊

That's it for now. Thank you for taking time to visit.

It's much appreciated!

Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Seize the Birthday #248 - use metallics

NBUS Challenge #62

Supplies:

Stamps: Paper Smooches - BeBoppin; Picket Fence Studios - My Man, My Friend

Ink: Ranger DOX - Mustard Seed; Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Bazzill - gold and silver mirror

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; Thunderbolt

Accessories: Stampers Anonymous/TH - Rays stencil; MFT - Keep On Rockin' dies; Taylored Expressions - Frayed Edge die; Whispers - Silver EP; heat gun; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner; Ranger - MMM

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #250 - O is for Outdoors

 

Hello and welcome snarky peeps!

Isn't this graphic absolutely amazing?! Cudos to Sister Lee

for yet another outstanding creation!

This month at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS

we'd like to see your outdoor-sy creations.

Here's what I came up with:

I came across this video by Gina K and Jennifer McGuire

creating different techniques using embossing folders.

I liked it so much I created the above panel.

I may have also made 5 more:

I've been challenging myself to use items from my

NBUS stash. These lure dies are so fun to

piece together, and the color combos are endless.

I was going to use actual fishing line to tie the lures,

but it wouldn't have showed up as well, so silver

floss was used instead. Here's a glimpse into my

madness: I Googled how to tie the fishing line

and these are legit tied correctly. 😜

Another sentiment finishes the inside:

I hope that you'll play along this month in our Outdoors challenge

at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more inspiration, please do check out what my Sisters, and

our reigning Queen, Cornelia, have created for your viewing pleasure.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Hooked On You & dies

Ink: Ranger DI - Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain; Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Cardstock Warehouse; Thunderbolt; scraps

Accessories: Darice - Woodgrain EF; Honey Bee Stamps - Lovely Layers: Lures dies; Martha Stewart - score board; Stampendous - gold EP; heat gun; MISTI; Faber Castell - black Artist PITT pen; DMC - silver floss

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, foam squares; Ranger - MMM

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #249 F is for Fold It (Fancy Fold)

 

Hello and welcome!

It's time again for a new challenge at the 

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS!

This month, we'd like to see your FANCY FOLD creations!

I tried making a shutter card for the first time:

Wow, this was definitely a labor of love. I bought this shutter card die 

set a few years ago from Crafter's Companion, 

and it's the first time using it. Lots of die cutting, coloring, and gluing

later, and this is how it turned out!

I hope that you'll find time this month to play along in our fancy fold

challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! If you need more 

ideas, do yourself a favor and check out what my sisters,

 and our reigning Queen, Fran, have created.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Inkspirational Challenge #313

Addicted to Stamps & More #465

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Just Beecause & dies; Stampendous - Birthday Wish

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Toffee Crunch, Rich Cocoa; Taylored Expressions - Cilantro, Jalapeno

DP: My Mind's Eye - Follow Your Heart

CS: Spectrum Noir; Thunderbolt; Recollections

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; free beehive clip art; Computer & printer; MISTI; Nuvo Glitter Drops - white blizzard; Die'Sire by Crafter's Companion - Shutter Card dies; Paper Smooches/Queen & Co. - Forest dies

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - MMM