Summer Time -- for All Dressed Up Stamps

Woohoo!  Summer!  My husband and I hope to be on the Harley today.  That's how we know it's summer and the weekend.  We love our Harley summer days -- freedom!

This is also a huge celebration over at Kit and Clowder.  Have you joined in on all the fun?  There are 20 days of giveaways and prizes.  Today, All Dressed Up Stamps has a freebie image for you to grab.  I'm on the design team, so I got the image early and colored it to give others some inspiration.  Here's what I did with Summer Time:

I colored Summer Time with Copic markers, then fussy cut her (hardest part of the whole project!).  Papers on this card are from We Are 3 Digital Shop.  They are this month's new release, At The Beach. The sentiment is an acrylic stamp set from Joy's Life.  The sun was cut out on my Silhouette Cameo 3 with a design I found in the Silhouette Design Store.

At The Beach

You'll find the Kit and Clowder Facebook Group here.  You'll find the All Dressed Up Facebook Group here.   Color up the Summer Time image and enter it in the All Dressed Up Challenges on Facebook and at the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog. There's great prizes to win, so you'll be glad you did! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Craft Rocket Challenges -- summer
D.L. Art -- July Linky Party
Not Just Cards -- ATG
Crafty Calendar Challenge -- Totally Girly
Scrap N Craft Inspiration -- Summer

A Taste of Summer Blog Hop

 Lisa D. from Décosse's Dynamite Doodles is this month's

Featured Artist in the Through The Craftroom Door Magazine.

She created a brand new digital kit to mark the occasion and asked several

of her crafting buddies to help out by creating samples for the July/August edition!

We've all come together to celebrate this event by bringing you a blog hop

featuring projects made with items from Lisa's brand new digital kit called...

 A TASTE OF SUMMER

 

If you are arriving here from Suze's blog, you are right on track! 

If you are just starting, you can find a full list of all the hop stops at the bottom of this post.

To kick off the event, Lisa is providing a free summer themed

word art creation that you can find on her blog.

 Comment at EACH stop along the hop for your chance to win

the full digital kit as shown in the preview above.

One lucky person will also have the chance to win a

1 year subscription to the TTCRD Magazine!

Please be sure to head to Lisa's blog to read the full details

 on how to qualify for both of these prizes! 

For a chance at winning the Patterned Papers section of this kit...

 

Simply leave a comment on this post and be a follower of my blog!

You have until 11:59 p.m. EDT on Friday, July 8th, to submit your

comments for a chance to win one of the above mentioned prizes.

For the hop today, I used 3 different portions of Lisa's kit -- A Taste of Summer Elements, 2 papers from A Taste of Summer Natural Textured papers, and 2 patterned papers from A Taste of Summer Patterned papers. 

I cut this card shape out on my Silhouette Cameo, with a file I found in the Silhouette Design Store.   The fish and backing layer were cut out with a Lawn Fawn stitched die.  The sentiment is from a Joy's Life Pun in the Sun sentiment set, cut out with a Spellbinders die.  Some sequins from Close To My Heart finished up the card. 

Next stop on the blog hop route is Pat's blog.  Click HERE to head there now! 

If you miss any of the stops along the way, here is the complete list. You are definitely going to want to check out what my fellow hoppers have in store for you:

LISA

SUSAN 

MARJI

PIPPA

HELEN

    

DONNA

KATRINA

SUZE

  

JULIE

PAT

 Hop on, and have fun!

 

 

It's all Aboat the Good Times -- for Crafty Sentiments

I'm excited!  It's another new release day today at Crafty Sentiments Designs, and today's rubber stamp was soooo much FUN!!   This month, the new releases are all about Josh.  Today, I'm debuting 'Josh in his Boat':

This rubber stamp is big, and fun to color!  I colored Josh in his Boat with Copic markers, then used a Banner Die cut Set from Craftin' Desert Divas to construct the rest of the card.  The papers are from Authentique.  They have a definite nautical flair to them.  The compass charm is from Tim Holtz. The sentiment is from Joy's Life Pun in the Sun.

Check out the Crafty Sentiments Inspirations blog this week to see all the New Releases.  They are so delightful!  I can't wait to get my hands on ALL of them!  The rubber stamps will be available in the Crafty Sentiments Designs Store on August 23. 

Swimming by to say Hi -- for Crafty Sentiments Designs

There are new releases today at Crafty Sentiments Designs. I always get excited for new releases!  The images are so much fun to work with.  I'm never sure what I'll get, but they are always a delight!  Today is no exception!

Meet Josh - Underwater...

How's that for fun?  Doesn't Josh - Underwater look like he's having a great time?  I love that happy expression on his face!  He was so much FUN to color, with that mask on (good practice for 'opaque').  

The fun porthole card shape is a cutting file from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons. I thought it was a great fit for my "Josh-Underwater" rubber stamp.  The sentiment is from Joy's Life. The new releases started yesterday on the Crafty Sentiments Inspirations blog. There is another new release today, plus new releases the next few days, so check the Crafty Sentiments Inspiration blog to see them all, plus the wonderful creations with them from the design team. All the new release rubber stamps will be available for purchase on August 23. 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges::
Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Challenge -- Under the Sea
TTCRD -- ATG (1 of 2)
Sister Act Card Challenge -- ATG
D.L. Art -- July Linky Challenge
Word Art Wednesday -- ATG
AUD Sentiments -- ATG

Wishing You Blue Skies -- for Joy's Life

It's Hump Day, everyone! Can't you just see that camel swinging down the aisle, saying, "Mike, Mike, Mike?"  I don't watch much TV, but I laugh every time I see or hear that commercial.

I have another shaped card on the Joy's Life design team blog today. I love shaped cards!  Today's is a cut file from The Cutting Café.

 

 

I used the Joy's Life stamp set, "Pun in the Sun".  I just love this set! I think I've used it more than any other Joy's Life set I have, and they've all seen a lot of ink!  The cutting file from The Cutting Café can be found HERE. The papers are from Fancy Pants 12x12 Love Story collection. The bling is from my stash.

I am "wishing you blue skies."

 

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Raisin Boat -- Hurray for Summer

Sister Act Card Challenge -- Anything Goes

D.L. Art Thankful Thursday Linky Party -- Anything goes



Summer in 3D blog Hop -- with Joy's Life

 

For the Craft Lovin' Challenge Blog hop, please click HERE!

 



 

 

This is it! You are in for a treat! The entire Joy's Life Design Team is sharing their 3D summer themed projects with you, plus there's blog candy along the way.  Grab your favorite beverage, sit back and relax, and enjoy the hop.  Here's the entire lineup in case you get lost along the way.

 

Joy: http://joyslife.com  
Dawn: http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com
Kendra: http://luv2scrapnmakecards.blogspot.com
Jennifer:  http://creativecricutdesigns.blogspot.com
Patty: http://craftykitten1.blogspot.com
Cyndy: http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com
Julie: http://muddypawsinkyfingers.blogspot.com (you are here)
Laura: http://www.laurascraftsandmore.com (go here next)
Stacey H: http://staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com
Maria: http://asimplefive.blogspot.com 
Lori: http://got2bcrafting.blogspot.com
Megan: http://thoughtsoftraveling.blogspot.com

 

I found the inspiration for this project while on a motorcycle ride through NW WI a couple weekends ago.  The daisies were in full bloom.  We went past field after field of daisies.  They were so beautiful.  They were truly inspirational, and I wanted to make something to remember our great ride by, so I came up with this:

 

 

I found this box file in the Silhouette store here.  I thought it was perfect for what I had in mind.

Here's another view of my 3D box...

You can see the depth of the box a little better in this view.  The box is layered, first being made out of green, then there's the white layer on top.

I used the Joy's Life "Pun in the Sun" stamp set on this box.  It is a very versatile set. I find myself using it ALL the time!

 

I have blog candy to give away! I have a 6x6 paper pad, some ribbon, stickers, and bling.  To be eligible, please follow my blog and leave a comment on this post.  To increase your chances to win, you can comment on the posts from Thursday through today (there are quite a few!).  I will choose a winner early next week.

Now, for even more great inspiration, hop over to Laura's blog.  You'll LOVE what she has for you! 

 

I'm entering this in the 2 Creative Chicks -- 3D challenge

Crafty Creations challenges -- summer



It's Friday! -- Yeehaw! (and FWF!!)

It's Friday, and this is supposed to be the start of a 2-week vacation for me.  However, my oh-so-wonderful boss is making me come in to work Monday morning for CPR recertification.  Yeah.  I bet he'd interrupt HIS two weeks for it.  Oh well.  I have a job!

Remember last week's post? I posted early, heading out on my first ever scrapbook retreat? Well, it was a wonderful experience.  I would do it again tomorrow (or as soon as I catch up on sleep).  Here we are, my online friends from CropChocolate.com

 

 Our Tees say, "chocolate is usually the answer".  Don't they just look like a great bunch of scrappers?  Yup, they were!  We shared supplies, some techniques, lots of food, and even more stories and laughs.

 

I promised you the "serious" card that I gave my BFF for her birthday last week, and here it is:

 

 

I used one of my favorite Unity sets, Tulips & Daisies.  I've colored the tulips a few times, but this was a first for the daisies.  They were colored with Copic Markers.  Then, I used a little Creative Inspirations Paint Fairy Dust on the petals for some lustre. I used Fancy Pants Hopscotch 12x12 papers on this card, a Lifestyle Crafts doily die, and Spellbinders die, a sentiment from Get Inky! Stamps, a chipboard border from Close To My Heart, and chipboard confetti circles from my friend DeeDee, and UmWow Studio.

The birthday card used a sketch from Cardabilites:

 

I'm going to post a couple other cards that I had on my blog earlier this week.  I really like both of these.  They both have Unity stamps on them and neither one got much traffic.  I want my FWF audience to see them, too.

I made this butterfly card for a tutorial on the All That Stickles blog.  You can find the tutorial HERE.

 

 



I used Unity's Bold Butterfly (Donna Downey) on this card.  The sentiment is from Joy's Life "Pun in the Sun".

My last card was a fun one.  I made it for the Unity {Show & Tell} party happening this week on Facebook.  It hasn't gotten a lot of attention.  I think I entered it too early in the week.  So, I thought I'd show it here.  Maybe it will inspire you to go "like" it on FB ;)

 

 

 

It uses, of course, the free digi image from Angie Blom. I loved the way this turned out.  The colors of the digi matched the papers so well.  The papers I used are Simple Stories Vintage Bliss 6x6. I used 3 different Spellbinder dies on this, and a corner rounder.  I added some bling from Close To My Heart and some pearls from my stash.  The cream crinkle ribbon is from 3 Girl JAM's coffee bundle. And, there's some Stickles on the flower's centers.

I have more blog candy to give away this weekend.  Karen Nofziger won last weeks.  Tomorrow, I'm hopping with the Joy's Life design team so I'm giving blog candy away to celebrate that event.  To increase your chances of winning, you can comment on any of my posts from Thursday, July 25 (there are 2) through Sunday, July 28 (there are 5 more posts Friday and Saturday).  I'll announce the winner on Monday, July 29.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

 

Sister Act Card Challenge -- anything goes

Oozak.com -- anything goes with texture

Pin and Tack -- anything goes
D.L. Art Thankful Thursday Linky Party -- anything goes

Color Me Creative Challenge -- Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations Paints -- inspired by ribbon and bling
Crafty Creations Challenges -- Summer





Two Shade of Blue -- for Cameo Creations Challenges

If you are looking for the 3 Girl JAM post, please click here!

 

It's time for another challenge on the Cameo Creations Challenge blog.  This time, it's a 2 shades of blue challenge.  Since I love blue, it was a perfect challenge for me!

 

I used a piece of Echo Park Wintertime double sided cardstock for my 2 shades of blue.  The card is a file from the Silhouette store. The sun is a digi stamp from Get Inky stamps that I colored with Copic markers. The sentiment is from the Joy's Life stamp set, "Pun in the Sun".  That's it for me, I'd love to see your two shades of blue project!

Watercolor butterflies

Happy Tuesday, everyone.  I promised to announce the winner of my blog candy today, and I will, but I want to share a couple cards with you first.

I have a tutorial on the All That Stickles blog today. It's Tips and Techniques Tuesday.  I used a "watercolor paints and Stickles" technique to create this card:

 

 

The card was made using an inexpensive watercolor paint set, a 5x7 watercolor paper card by Strathmore, Crystal Stickles, & May Arts white silk ribbon dyed to match the butterfly (and painted with Stickles).  The butterfly is a Unity stamp called "Bold Butterfly".  The sentiment is from the Joy's Life "Pun in the Sun" stamp set. I used Tim Holtz distress ink in Stormy Skies on the butterfly and distress stain in the same color on the ribbon.  The sentiment was stamped using Close To My Heart Outdoor Denim ink.

The second card is for the Unity Show & Tell group, using the free Unity digi from yesterday (7-22).  Unity is having a Creative/Color contest, and I'm entering this card in the Show & Tell group to be eligible.

 

 I love the free image by Angie Blom.  It was very fun to create with.  The sentiment is by Joselyn Nielsen.
Here's the Copic colors I used:

The one Ciao marker is YG 63.
 

And now, I promised a winner for the blog candy from Sunday's All That Stickles blog hop! 

I used the comments from all weekends' blog posts (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday).  Random.org chose -2 -- Saturday's post.  Then, using Random.org again, it chose "3".  That comment is Karen Nofziger.  Her comment?  "Super cutie patootie"  You gotta love that one!  Congratulations, Karen!  You win the goodies.  More Stickles coming your way, plus other stuff.

I'm hopping with the Joy's Life team this Saturday and will have more blog candy from this weekend's posts, (I'm counting 7 from Thursday-Saturday) so visit often to increase your chance to win!

 

 

I'm entering these cards in the following challenges:

 

Sister Act Card Challenge -- anything goes

Oozak.com -- anything goes with texture

Pin and Tack -- anything goes
D.L. Art Thankful Thursday Linky Party -- anything goes
Color Me Creative Copic Challenge Group -- anything goes



Flip Flopping Fabulous Summer!

The Joy's Life design team is kicking off summer all week long. I have this flip flopping fabulous  card on the Joy's Life blog today.  There are many pictures to it, so I wanted to share it in its entirety here:

Here's the front of the 4-flap nesting window bracket card, cut on my Silhouette Cameo. 

 

 

I used the Joy's Life Pun in the Sun stamp set found in the Joy's Life store.  

 

Here's the first layer opened up:

 

 

the second layer opened up:

 

 

another layer:

 

 

and, the inside of the 4 layer bracket window card, with the sentiment inside.  The flip flops were also cut out on my Silhouette. They can be found here. The arrows were cut out on my Cameo, too. The "flip" is part of the sentiment.  I stamped the whole sentiment, then cut the part I needed, gluing it to the white arrows.

 

 

Here's one last picture, a close up of the fun sentiment.

 

 

I used Echo Park Summer Days 12x12 paper on the card, and American Crafts white cardstock. The "flip"s and sentiment were stamped with Close To My Heart tulip ink.  I had a great time making this card.  I hope you enjoy it!

 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

 

Little Scrap Pieces--Fun Friday Summer Lovin' Challenge

AUD Sentiments -- Challenge #83 Summer

Sister Act Card Challenge -- Anything Goes

D.L Art Thankful Thursday -- Anything Goes

Pin & Tack -- Spark your Creativity Now Challenge - Anything Goes

Best Fishes, Dad!

My brother took my 82 year old father fishing yesterday.  He uses a walker, so even getting him in a boat is interesting.  But they caught some fish, and they spent time together on the water.  It sounds like it was a great day of father/son bonding.  Life is good when you're on the water, the fish are biting, the sun is shining, and the wind isn't blowing.

 

Knowing that my father loves to fish, and with Father's Day just around the corner, when I was asked to make a masculine card for Joy's Life, I knew a fishing card was in order.  Here's what I came up with:

 I used the Joy's Life Pun in the sun stamps set for the "Best Fishes" sentiment on this card. Isn't it punny?

 

 

and, a bit of a side view so you can get the easel effect of this card.  I cut the card out on my Silhouette.  It made for a very easy easel card. The fish image came from the Silhouette store.  It can be found here.  I used some Distress Stickles in Forest Moss to make it look a little more like a Northern or a Musky. All paper is Close To My Heart. I used a Viva Décor Pearl Pen for the eye on the fish.

And, that's it for this card.  Please check out my other post for today, too.  I have a Print and Cut card for the Silhouette Challenges blog. Come play along with us! Win great prizes!

 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

 

Raisin Boat -- Father's Day challenge

Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog -- masculine/Father's Day

D.L. Art Thankful Thursday -- Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge blog -- anything Goes

Crafty Creations -- one for the boys
Creative Inspirations Paints -- Father's Day challenge

 





Butterflies and Sunshine -- for Silhouette Challenges

It's my first post for Silhouette Challenges blog and I couldn't be more excited to be here! This is a great group of ladies working very hard to make this fairly new challenge blog a success.  If you are like challenges and have a Silhouette, PLEASE play along!  And if you need any help learning how, there's tons of help to be found from any of these ladies on the design team.  They are the BEST!

This month's challenge is Print and Cut.  Hmm. Well.  I had never used that feature on my Silhouette before, so you see, already I'm learning.  So, with some help from fellow DT members, and using this tutorial from Joy of Joy's Life (she's another of my bosses. I work on her design team), I've figured out the basics of P&C.  I've got more to learn, obviously, and more ideas to try out swirling around in this brain of mine for a day with a little spare time, but for now, here's my print and cut project for Silhouette Challenges:

I used white American Crafts cardstock.  Everything is print and cut except for the sentiment.  The "Hello, Sunshine" is a stamp from the Joy's Life Pun in the Sun stamp set.

That's it for this post.  I also have a masculine card posted today, and it's on Joy's Life, too.  Now hurry off to make something for our Print and Cut challenge! You have until June 30.  Have fun!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
D.L. Art Thursday Linky Party-- anything goes
Sister Act Card Challenge -- anything goes

Wishing You Sunshine -- and a prize winner

Happy Tuesday everyone!  I hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend.  It was cool, cloudy, and off and on rainy here.  I worked yesterday, so the holiday was short, but it was still enjoyable.

I have a tutorial today on All That Stickles, showing how to make your own glitter domes.  To showcase the technique, I made this card:

 

 

She seemed like the perfect image for a cool, rainy weekend! I used Kaisercraft Fine & Sunny 6 1/2 inch papers, Sparkle Creations Rainy Day Ruby stamp, Copic Markers, Cryogen paper, Spellbinders dies, Turquoise Stickles (so I can enter this in the current All That Stickles Linky party), and a free sample of ribbon from Ellen Hutson.  The "wishing your sunshine" sentiment is from Joy's Life Pun in the Sun stamp set -- lots of great sentiments on this one!!

 

I promised you a prize winner.  If you commented on my blog during the Joy's Life Super and Everyday Hero hop this weekend and follow my blog, you are eligible.  I used random.org to pick the winner.  Comment #4 was chosen:  Crafty_ma_am.  Congratulations, Crafty_ma_am!  Please let me know where to send your goodies.  You can leave an email address with a comment here and I'll be in touch.

 

I also want to let my followers know about some challenges that I am a part in.  I know some of you love challenges and I'm helping with some new, fun ones.  There's the All That Stickles linky party that I mentioned earlier in this post.  The current Stickles color is Turquoise.  If you can spell it, you can use it, LOL! Do you like digital stamps? Get Inky! Stamps Challenge blog has a new challenge every two weeks.  The current theme is glitter.  Embrace it, enter, and you might win digis of your choice.  Do you have a Silhouette?  There's a new challenge blog on the block.  Take a look at Silhouette Challenges.  The current challenge is "Anything Goes", but you have to be quick, because it ends May 31.  A new challenge starts June 1.  And, speaking of June 1, a brand new challenge blog launches on June 1! The Craft Lovin' Challenge Blog! We're going to work hard to make it one of the best challenge blogs out there. This new blog is sponsored by Tabitha's Designs ( you will find her new shop here -- digi papers and BRAND NEW digi stamps -- really fun stuff that can be won in the challenges!) and My Crafting Channel.

 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Sister Act Card Challenge -- anything goes

D.L. Art Thankful Thursday -- anything goes