I'm Always Up for a Challenge!

There's a new challenge starting today on the Get Inky! Challenge blog.  Click on over there to see if you were one of the winners of the Good golly glitter challenge and see all the other inspiration posted there today. Today starts the Masculine card challenge. Here's the project I have posted, with a few details of how I made it:

I used the Get Inky! Stamps set Joyful Jar Drinks and did a little masking to get the sentiment for this. I bent the rules just a little bit and, instead of making a masculine card, I made a masculine project -- a gift card holder.  It's a briefcase gift card holder, found here in the Silhouette Store.  It will fit a credit card sized gift card perfectly.  Here's another angle of it:

 

 

 

The butterfly is a leftover from a Silhouette card I cut out awhile back. I put some Cotton Candy Stickles on it to bling it up a bit. And the flower was a discard from another project. It's blinged up with Peacock Feathers distress ink and Turquoise Stickles.  Oops. Did you notice that it was missing in the first pic? Sammy ate one and I had to make another.  He's my dog, not my husband, in case you're wondering. He eats almost anything.  That would be both my dog and my husband. I used Echo Park 12x12 paper on this, and tied a little Trendy Twine on for the finishing touch.

 

That's it for me today.  Have a great week!

 

I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp -- Masculine/Father's Day challenge

Reasonable Ribbon blog-- masculine with ribbon (or twine)

D.L. Art Thankful Thursday linky party -- anything goes

Crafty Creations -- one for the boys

Raisin Boat -- Challenge #11 -- Father's Day



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

Hawg Heaven for FWF

It's Tuesday evening and I'm writing my FWF post, scheduling it to go live Friday at midnight.  I'm leaving early Wednesday morning, heading across the state with my 3 Goldens, going on a road trip to see my BFF.  I hope to use her computer Friday morning to link up my FWF post before I head back home on Friday.

My husband bought a new Harley yesterday.  This is his second one.  I must ask, when do you have enough Harley's?  He went through a mid-life crisis at 45, got his motorcycle license, bought a motorcycle, and shortly traded up to a Harley, then a bigger Harley.  I thought we were done.  Silly me.  They built the bike of his dreams this year.  But he couldn't trade his other Harley.  IT'S his baby.  Well, if any of you have men with big toys, I'm guessing you can relate to this story.  And, you may be wondering why I'm sharing it and where I'm going with it.  His boss gave him the afternoon off yesterday so he could go buy his new bike, then RIDE it for the rest of the afternoon.  It was the first sunny, relatively warm day we've had in weeks, so he treasured every moment of it, riding his NEW dream bike.  The last bike he'll ever need.  Until the next dream bike comes along.

So, this evening, in the midst of packing, I whipped together a thank you card for his boss -- also a motorcycle rider.  And, here it is:

I used the Unity set called "Hawg" to stamp the bike.  The "thanks" sentiment is a Close To My Heart set.  I used Basic Grey PBJ 12x12 papers for the card.  The sky blue base of the card is CTMH. I stamped using CTMH Pacifica ink. Lifestyle Crafts circle cutters were used.

And, it's time to get back to packing! Those dogs need food while we're gone.

What's More Vintage than a 50's car?

The theme this week over at the Whimsical Wednesday Challenge is Vintage.  I thought about this long and hard.  Which way to go? A vintage woman in long, flowing gown, old fashioned looking papers, plenty of lace? Or, something fun and bright?  Maybe it's all the rainy weather  we've been having, but I wanted fun and bright, so I went with a vintage car themed project.

 

I used two Whimsical Designs stamp sets on this card -- Everyday Sentiments for the license plate "Woo! Hoo!" - so cute! (maybe I should get that on MY license plate)

and the Whimsical Fun vol. 1 stamp set for the "live out loud" sentiment.  It's perfect for the grill of this hotrod, don't you think?  I cut this car out on my Silhouette.  The file is from the Silhouette store, found here.  I used Echo Park Happy Day's papers in both 12x12 and 6x6. The heart shaped bling is from my stash.
That's it for me, but please, spend some time on the Whimsical Designs blog leaving a comment, then visit my design team sisters.  They're an amazing group of ladies and I am VERY proud to be a part of this team!

Whimsical Designs team -- here I COME!

Happy Monday, everyone!  This is going to be the shortest work week in history for me.  I work today and Saturday, with Tuesday-Friday off.  The 3 dogs and I are off on a road trip to my BFF's! Woohoo! Can't WAIT!

And, speaking of WOOHOO!  I have a new design team assignment to share with you!  If you follow my blog at all, by now you know how much I love to stamp.  I applied for the Whimsical Designs team, and was CHOSEN! YES! So ExCiTed!

Today's the day it becomes official, and I can finally "spill the beans", as the saying goes.

Each Wednesday, on the Whimsical Designs blog, there is a challenge, called Whimsical Wednesday Challenge.  This week's challenge theme is "recycling".  I made a project for the challenge so I can enter, too.

 

 

I used Whimsical Design's "Whimsical Fun-Vol. 1" for the "Oh Happy Day" sentiment on this.  The clip is recycled from some papers I got at work.  They make excellent picture holders, too.  I used various ribbons -- Basic Grey Cupcake fibers, 3 Girl JAM crinkle ribbon, and some other bits and pieces from my stash. I stamped the image with Hero Arts neon ink -- my new favorite.  The piece of paper covering the clip was laying on my craft desk. I don't know what company it is from.

 

I'll be back with another Whimsical Design project next Wednesday for the Whimsical Wednesday Challenge.  This is truly an "Oh Happy Day" for me!

 

 



Turquoise -- some words are hard to spell!

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Happy Saturday All That Stickles fans!  We're in the middle of the turquoise linky party and it's my day to share a little inspiration over on the All That Stickles blog.  I had so much fun making this card featuring turquoise Stickles.

 

 

I used turquoise Stickles on the big flower and on the ribbon, there's Star Dust Stickles on the smaller flower.  The silk ribbon started out white and so did the largest flower. I dyed them to match with Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers distress ink and turquoise Stickles.  Pretty cool, hunh?!? Love how they match the one girl's dress.

 

And, speaking of girls, they are a Unity/Phyllis Harris stamp, "The Heart of a BFF".  The sentiment is from Mama Elephant Stamps.  I stamped the girls on Cryogen paper with Memento black ink and colored them with Copic markers. I used some Creative Inspirations paints in Fairy Dust on the girls' dresses to make them shimmer.

 

The card is 6 1/2 x 5 inches.  I used Fancy Pants Park Bench 12x12 papers.  The flowers are Close To My Heart.  The brad is a My Mind's Eye Indie Chic.

 

 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Sister Act Card Challenge -- Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations Paints -- Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp -- Anything Goes