Enjoy! for Scrapbook Stamp Society

Hello, stamp lovers.  I'm posting today on the Scrapbook Stamp Society Blog.

 I love the Fluffy Besties, and I'm so glad they are being showcased this month on the Scrapbook Stamp Society blog.  What fun!!

Today, I have Image #054, made into a card: 

Isn't she wonderful?  She certainly seems to be enjoying that glass of wine, and life itself, for that matter!  

I colored Image 054 with Copic markers, then found some papers and twine to match to create the card.  I hope you enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed creating it for you! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
IDCB -- ATG
Not Just Cards -- ATG
D.L. Art -- May Linky Party
Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog-- ATG
My Bestie Aussie Challenge - ATG
My Besties International -- ATG, Girls Just Want to Have Fun
My German Besties -- ATG
My French Besties -- ATG
My Dutch Girls Besties -- ATG, Fancy Pants
My Brazil Besties -- ATG
The Outlawz Twisted Thursday -- something to wear
Ellibelle's Creative Wednesday -- For Ladies Only

Bloom -- for Crafty Sentiments Challenge Blog

It's Tuesday, and that means it's time for a new challenge at Crafty Sentiments Challenge Blog. This week, the theme is "flowers".  Easy!  You can stamp them, color them, die cut them, or add them from you stash -- any creative way you can think of.  We just want to see  a flower (or many) on your creation.

I used the adorable Crafty Sentiments Designs rubber stamp, Flourish, to create this: 

I stamped Florish, then used Copic markers to color her.  The cross stitch oval die cuts are from Die-namics.  The card base and flower were cut out on my Silhouette Cameo with a design from the Silhouette Design Store.  The designer dot paper is an Echo Park Dots & Stripes 12x12 paper.  The "bloom" sentiment is from The Cutting Cafe Shop. 

I hope you join the Flower challenge this week at Crafty Sentiments Challenge Blog.  There's also a monthly challenge in the Crafty Sentiments Facebook Group. Join them both, because there's great prizes, and I'd love to see what you make!

3D Tags -- get those Gifts Finished! For SDS

It's Christmas Eve, and if you're still wrapping gifts you may need a quick, but cute gift tag idea to finish the wrapping in a snap!  

I'm posting today for Snapdragon Snippets.  They have lots of tag ideas, but these appealed to me because I could make a few quickly.  Each would be unique, but the process would be the same.

I made 8 tags total:

Most paper is from Close To My Heart.  There is a little Echo Park Dots and Stripes, too.

I left them without ribbons or twine until I adhere them to packages or bags so I can match colors then.

The crinkle ribbon is from 3 Girl JAM. 

These 3D tags are available in the Snapdragon Snippets Store. 

I wish you and your a meaningful and blessed Christmas season!

Fall Pumpkins for SVG Attic

September 1st?  How did that happen?  I'm still waiting for summer! We still haven't hit 90 degrees where I live, and we might not now.  We went from winter to a little warmer and we're heading back into winter.

September 1st starts a new contest at SVG Attic and Snapdragon Snippets.  Any Fall themed item will do -- Autumn, Halloween, even School will work. You have all month, and there are gift certificates to be won!

Here's what I made, with a fall theme --

3D Pumpkin Boxes!  

These are part of the JGW "Sam the Scarecrow" kit, found in the SVG Attic store.  The boxes are perfect for home decor or for storing a small gift.

This is the tallest of the boxes:

Here's the smaller one:

These were very fun to make, and they look very Fall-like and festive sitting in my living room. Bring on Fall!

I'd like to enter this in the following Challenge:

Double Click Connections -- Fruit

I'm Recycling, and saying Goodbye -- for Pinque Peacock

Hello, and happy Friday!  Today, I'm posting for Pinque Peacock.  It is my last post for Jessica and her wonderful products.  I will miss the great camaraderie I've experienced with this team, but know I'll "see" many of these gals around blog land.

I received a bar of soap awhile ago, and thought to myself, "I could do  something with that box."  I saved it, recycled it, and created a treasure box of Pinque Peacock products.

This is what the box looked like when I received it with the bar of soap inside.

Here's the front of the box, recycled:

I covered the box with some Echo Park Dots & Stripes paper, tied a bow out of May Arts silk ribbon, and added a big, bold Pinque Peacock 1.5 inch fabric covered button.

Inside the box...

I tucked some 3/4 inch Pinque Peacock fabric covered buttons.

Make sure to visit the Pinque Peacock blog for tons of inspiration, and check out the Pinque Peacock Challenges and Link ups for the latest Challenge.

Black and White for DigiStamps4Joy

It's time for some mid-challenge inspiration on the DigiStamps4Joy Challenge Blog. The current challenge is "Black and White" (gray and skin tones allowed).  So, black and white, it is!

I used the DigiStamps4Joy digi "Art Deco Beauty" to make this card.

The butterfly has been colored in shades of gray, using Copic markers.  Some black pearls make up the body of the butterfly.  It was fussy cut and attached to the card with foam tape.

The designer paper is a strip of Echo Park Dots & Stripes.  I used a We R Memory Keepers Scallop Corner Chomper on the edges. Some Timeless Twine in Tuxedo Black finishes up the card.

This "Black & White" Challenge goes until Tuesday, August 5.  Come join in the fun!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Sentiments Designs -- ATG

Try it on Tuesday -- Things With Wings

2 Cute Ink challenges -- ATG

Craft Dee BowZ -- ATG with a Homemade Bow

Crafting from the Heart -- Always ATG

Make My Monday -- Butterflies

Melonheadz Friends -- Things with Wings or Tails

My Craft Creations -- ATG

Sister Act Card Challenge -- ATG

D.L. Art Thankful Thursday -- July Linky Party

So Sweet Berries -- for SVG Attic

Hello, and happy Tuesday!  We've had a cool, wet summer here in NW Wisconsin, so strawberry season is going longer than usual this year.  I love berry season!  That was the inspiration behind today's project for SVG Attic.

This shaped card from SVG Attic is called the "Sweet Sentiment Card SVG Collection".

Cards like this are so fun because you can get many different looks depending on the papers you use.  The designer papers on this card are all Echo Park Dots and Stripes. 

I hope you enjoyed this berry sweet card -- gotta go pick berries!

I'm Showing My Stripes for Friends With Flair!

It's Friday, and we have LOTS of end of the school year things happening at the nursing home this week.  Today, our pen pals are coming from a neighboring town.  They are in 4th grade.  They write us letters all year, and visit several times each year.  Today is the final visit.  It's so fun to see their writing skills improve as the year progresses.  The high school choir is also coming over today to perform for us.  Again, by the end of the year, they sound so GREAT!  We love the community involvement!

Oh, but back to Friday.  And Friends with Flair -- my Friday tradition.  I have a confession.  I have trouble using striped paper.  Patterned paper -- no problem.  Dots -- love it. Flowers -- bring 'em on.  But stripes?  It's the last paper I reach for every time.  So, to challenge myself.  I chose a piece of striped paper FIRST and made myself compose a card around it.  Here's what I made:

I used two Unity Itty Bitty stamps on this card:  "A Lovely Butterfly Day" for the sentiment, and a Stamp of the Week, "A Floral Hello".  I colored the image with Copic markers, choosing bright colors to match that striped paper.  I wrapped some of my favorite Timeless Twine around the striped layer in Simply White Timeless Twine. Then, I added a layer of dot paper, just to make me feel more balanced.

Papers are Echo Park Dots & Stripes.  Anyone need some striped paper? I've got more!

Enjoy your weekend!

Back to School -- with Joy's Life

It's time for school here in my town, and it's also the start of my 2nd term with the Joy's Life design team.  We've got some great Fall/Winter ideas coming up, so stay tuned!

I'm also starting on the Cutting Cafe design team, and I think these two teams are going to compliment each other brilliantly.  Today is the perfect example!

 

 

Isn't this Bus-shaped card fun? It's from The Cutting Café.  And, of course, this sentiment from the Joy's Life stamp set, Punny Animals, works perfectly on this card. 

 

I used Echo Park Dots and Stripes DP on this card, along with Close To My Heart Whisper and Black card stock. The sentiment is stamped in CTMH black ink. The card was cut out using my Silhouette Cameo. CTMH journal pens are used for the black faux stitching, and a white gel pen for the white faux stitching.

Wouldn't it be fun to tuck in a lunch box on the first day of school, or leave on your favorite teacher's desk?

I'll be back tomorrow for my first official Cutting Café design team project.  I'd love it if you stopped by for another visit!



Banners, fabric, and Milestones Layout

Back in January, a friend and I walked to her husband's ice fishing shack on the local lake.  We took my 2 dogs along and they had a blast running on the ice.  I used one of my favorite photos of the day for this layout. Don't they look like they are having fun?

I used a few papers from the Fancy Pants Winterland collection for this layout -- Cards, Shiver, Blustery, and Coat.  Two Echo Park papers were used -- Dots and Stripes Soda Fountain Aqua Tiny Dots and Style Essentials Dark Pink Damask.  I used some fabric on this layout.  There is a felt border and 2 oversized canvas buttons that I inked with Tim Holtz Worn Lipstick Distress Ink.   The buttons are October Afternoon. Close To My Heart hemp is threaded through the buttons.  I also cut a page out of a book with a scallop punch and layered it on top of the square canvas button.  I used several Cricut cartridges on this layout.  The banner shapes and the journaling box were cut out with the Art Philosophy cartridge.  Type Candy Font, Cricut American Font and Cricut Classic Alphabet were used.

And here, my photographic assistant, Molly, makes sure the layout meets up to her approval.  After all, she's the star.