Cards N Stuff

Peachy Keen Merry Christmas Snow Friend

2009-11-29T08:36:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone! I made this cute little snowfriend with the new Cricut Snowfriends cart. If you like snowmen you will love this cart. The Peachy Keen challenge here is to use any Peachy Keen face stamp. I used one of the winter faces available here for this one. I see that Peachy Keen is having a great sale through the weekend so you may want to check that out, too. Since I cut this little guy so big I had to put him on 6x6 card and there still wasn't much room for anything else. I added a red checked wagon (the checks don't really show up in the pic) cut from Paper Doll Dress Up and filled it with snowballs hand cut from glitter paper. The flocked paper is from last year's Making Memories stack I think. The snowflake is cut with a Cuttlebug die. The snow is embossed with the Divine Swirls folder and both are stickled with Crystal Stickles. The sentiment is printed from my Polkadoodles CD available here. The challenge over at 2 Red Bananas is to make a Christmas/Winter card. Their DT made some great cards and there is a precious image for the winner. Thank you for visiting here. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Brown and Pink or Blue Challenge

2009-11-26T08:44:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Over at A Spoonful of Sugar the challenge this week is use brown with blue or pink. I made this Get Well Card with a Stampavie stamp called Ruffles Get Well Soon that I just got from 7 Kids College Fund here. One of my daughter's friends has a broken leg and I thought this was perfect for her. The flowered paper is from Making Memories "Chloe's Closet" collection. The blue is Bazzill's Dotted Swiss.

I colored him with Copics. I'm still not that great with shadowing and highlighting, but I keep practicing. Have a great weekend and please come back again!

Chef Tilda Loves Chocolate

2009-11-20T08:51:00.000-08:00

Happy Friday! I got Chef Tilda and this Chocolate stamp a while back and decided to make a birthday card for a friend who loves to cook. The paper is from DCWV's Sweet Stack. I colored her with Copics, but forgot to put some Glossy Accents on her shoes. I'll go back and do that later. I had some Chocolate scented embossing powder that I used for the stamp. It smells great now, but I don't know how long that will last, but it does make it look shiny. The swirls are Thickers that I found for $1.00 at Big Lots. The aqua pearls are Recollections brand from Michael's. The flowers are Primas . Hope everyone has a nice weekend and please come back!

Tutu Cute for Cupcake Craft Challenge

2009-11-18T07:51:00.000-08:00

Thank you for being here! I can't believe it's Wednesday already. I feel like I've really been busy but I sure don't have much to show for it. I made this card using a digital image for the challenge over at

Cupcake Craft Challenge. I love this image called Tu-Tu Cute fromMo's Digital Pencil.I colored it with copics. The colors look better in real life, but I need to get some more pink shades. The paper is DCWV's Baby Girl Nursery paper. I love that paper! The charm is from Hobby Lobby. I used a clear glitter pen on the stars and tutus. I cut the corners with an EK Success punch. I hope you like it. Have a great day and please come back !

Thanksgiving Invitations

2009-11-15T06:54:00.001-08:00

Happy Sunday! Yesterday my daughter came over and we made these invitations. She's having Thanksgiving dinner at her house for her in-laws. Yikes! We made 12 variations of the ones in the photo. Many thanks to Kelly here for sharing the precious images. We used the Cuttlebug and Nestablities circles and scalloped circles for all the cutting. I first saw them on Sharon's blog. They are super easy to do. Hope you are enjoying your weekend and please come back!

House Mouse "Smile"!

2009-11-11T06:32:00.000-08:00

It's Wednesday already! Thank you for stopping in to see the card I made for this week's House Mouse Challenge. The challenge was to use some or all of these:

Colour theme - Brown and Cream

Spotty/patterned paper

Brown Ribbon

Silver thread

Charm

Stamped image

Sentiment

Swirl die-cut (or something similar)

Embossed card (brown or cream or both)

Pearls (or diamontes)

I had this little image for the MCPT (Magic Colored Pencil Technique) challenge on the Cricut Message Board. I did use brown and cream, patterned paper (Martha Stewart's Golden Woodland from last year),

a HM stamped image, the sentiment "Smile" from Walk in My Garden(cut twice and then a shadow and layered), and the brown strip was embossed with the Moraccan Cuttlebug folder. I didn't have any silver thread so the stitching is brown. Does jute count as brown ribbon? The "swiss cheese" strip is an EK Success border punch. I hope you like it and thank you for stopping here. I love reading your comments!

"Cow-nt" Your Blessings"

2009-11-08T07:28:00.001-08:00

Happy Sunday! I hope everyone is having a nice weekend. I've worked on this card off and on for a few days and finally got it finished. First I have to thank Sharon at Gramma's House of Cards here for the inspiration for this one. It seems that she and I both love the cow on Paper Doll Dress Up and she was so nice about sharing the idea for the cow and the word play "cownt". If you haven't seen her work I think you will love it.

Here's the recipe:

Card: 6x6

Grass: embossed with old Fiskar's plate in my Cuttlebug

Cow: Paper Doll Dress Up (about 3 1/4" on DS)

Thought bubble: Paper Pups

Fence: Paper Doll Dress Up ( about 1" on DS)

Barn: Everyday Paper Dolls (about 3 1/2" on DS)

Sun: Everyday Paper Dolls (about 1 1/2" on DS)

Turkey: My Community (about 1 1/2" on DS)

Hay: Martha Stewart punch

Sentiments: Computer generated.

The inside says "Happy Thanksgiving! Hope it takes a long time to "cownt all your blessings!"

I hope you like it. It was a lot of fun to make and I think my parents will love it. Thanks again Sharon!!!!

The Spoonful of Sugar Tuesday challenge this week is to create a scene. I posted this on Sunday and hope I'm not stretching the rules by submitting this one. There are some great cards posted by their DT if you have a chance to hop over there.

Gobble Gobble

2009-11-07T15:19:00.001-08:00

Happy Saturday! I finished another Thanksgiving card today. I love cardmaking while the football games are on TV. Instead of just listening though I'll probably actually stop and really watch Clemson play Florida State tonight. I used a digi stamp from Pink Cat Studio , colored it with Prismas and OMS, and used my favorite fall paper from Recollections.

I hope everyone is having a nice weekend. Go Tigers!

Happy Turkey Day Card

2009-11-05T06:37:00.000-08:00

Good morning! I've been busy making cards for Thanksgiving with this great paper by Recollections. It's unusual for me to find a paper pad that
I love every sheet, but I think I will use every single piece in this one. It is double-sided and good quality paper. I made this card using the sketch from this week's Spoonful of Sugar challenge. The image is a Pink Cat Studio digi stamp here. I colored it with Prismas and OMS, but I think I'll try Copics on the next one so the colors will be brighter. The Pink Elephant challenge is to use brown, yellow, a neutral, and one other color . It is yet another challenge for me to combine challenges. If you haven't visited those blogs I think you'll love the cards posted by their Design Teams. I hope you have a great Thursday and thank you for visiting with me.

Cute Card and Mojo Monday Challenges

2009-11-04T05:01:00.000-08:00

Happy Wednesday! My husband has gone fishing for the rest of the week so I have all week to work on my To Do List. So far I've finished this birthday card for the challenge over at Cute Card Thursday which was to make a card/project with a drink/cocktail theme. I got this digi image from Fresh Brewed Designs here (cute images!) and colored it with my Prisma pencils and OMS, used Glossy Accents on the cake frosting, yellow Stickles on the flame, and liquid applique on the whipped cream. The "flower" was cut with a Cuttlebug die once with the DP and glued it to one cut from thin chipboard to add dimension. I used the sketch from this week's Mojo Monday challenge.The paper is my favorite birthday paper from Imaginesce because I have the brads that match. Thank you for visiting here and now I'm going to start on all those things I've been
wanting to make. Have a wonderful day!

Happy Thanksgiving

2009-11-02T11:59:00.000-08:00

Happy Monday! I learned a lot making this little Thanksgiving card.

I sized everything with Design Studio and cut the card and frame with the card feature on Stretch Your Imagination. It was really easy, but my paper had a white core so it needed a lot of inking. Next time I'll use solid paper. "Happy Thanksgiving" was cut from Wild Card. I used my Cuttlebug to cut the leaves. I need to get some twine to use for the ribbon, too. I think I'll put this one in with my "samples" since I inked so much that the back is all messy. Anyway, it was fun. Thank you for visiting my blog and leaving comments.

Blog Candy on Going Buggy

2009-11-01T02:59:00.000-08:00

Happy Sunday! I don't have a card ready to post today, but I did see a post on Going Buggy here for some generous blog candy that you will want a chance to win. Head over there and check it out! Today I'll be getting started on Thanksgiving cards. Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Spots and Stripes Papertake Weekly Challenge

2009-10-27T10:30:00.000-07:00

Happy Rainy Tuesday! The challenge this week at Papertake Weekly is called Spots and Stripes. I just got this little penguin digi image from Pink Cat Studio here and thought he'd be perfect for this. I used my Prisma pencils and OMS to color him, added some Glossy Accents to his candy cane, and put liquid applique on the fur. The paper is from last year's Martha Stewart Christmas paper. The sentiment is computer generated. I've finished two Christmas cards now!

Cute Card Thursday and Just Magnolia Challenges

2009-10-25T17:27:00.001-07:00

I didn't realize that I hadn't posted anything at all last week. Anyway, I have now made my first Christmas card for this year. Over at Cute Card Thursday the challenge is to make a candy/sweet themed card. I got this 60's Tilda stamp from 7 Kids College Fund a while back and thought she'd be perfect for it. I colored her with Copics and added pink stickles to her lollipop, rain dot hearts, and pink pearls on the snowflakes. I used the sketch from the Just Magnolia Challenge. I liked this Christmas paper from Hobby Lobby with the pastel colors. The pink is Bazzill Dotted Swiss which I love. I sprayed the whole thing with Shimmerz Spritz "Baby's Breath" so it has a nice shimmer, but it doesn't show in the picture. I am pretty happy with this one. Check out both of these challenges. The DT teams have some beautiful things posted and

thank you for visiting here!

Cute Card Thursday Challenge

2009-10-15T03:39:00.000-07:00

Happy Thursday! I made this card for the Cute Card Thursday Challenge. I just love this stamp. It's called Sugarplums Cow Emma available here. I colored her with Copic markers and inked the area around her to look like nighttime. I used my Martha Stewart spiderweb corner punch,added a spider sticker, some Halloween Dress-It-Up buttons for the candy, stickled her pumpkin and she was done. My husband and I are headed off for a long weekend (yay!) , so have a great weekend. Thank you for visiting here. I love your comments.

Santa Card for Copic Color Challenge

2009-10-14T12:30:00.000-07:00

Well, it's a cool and rainy day in the South so I have spent the day card-making. Yay! The Copic Color Challenge this week is use Copic Markers G02, Bg05, and R27 or the closest color you have to those. This week I had all three of the colors ! I've been waiting a while to color this Santa stamp from Whippersnappers and I thought those colors would look great on him. I tried my new Polar White Flower Soft on the snowy parts and was a little disappointed with my effort. After it dries I'll go back and fill in the bald spots. Anyway, I loved the colors with this stamp.

Thanks for looking!

House Mouse and MCPT Challenges

2009-10-14T07:20:00.000-07:00

Good Morning!

I made this card for the Magic Colored Pencil Technique Challenge over on the Cricut Messageboard. Every month we get an image to color with our Prisma colored pencils and OMS (odorless mineral spirits). I LOVE seeing what everyone does using the same image. This month we got this House Mouse image. I colored it and used papers from my stash. The spider , web, and bat are stickers I found on sale at Michael's. The fence is the Martha Stewart Spooky Fence punch. I stickled the little dragon costume with Lime Green stickles. The inside says.."Halloween..It's all about the candy corn. " I've seen that on several cards and thought it was perfect for this one.

The House Mouse Monday Challenge here has a challenge to use a House Mouse image and give it a movie title. I think this one looks like the children's movie " Dragon Tales". I hope you like it.

Thanks for visiting today!

Boss's Day Card

2009-10-13T07:47:00.000-07:00

Happy Tuesday!

My daughter asked me to make a card for her group to give to their boss for Boss's Day. I used Christmas Cheer for the cup and steam and cuttlebugged the cup with my Distressed Stripes folder .The green part is embossed with my new folder, Morrocan Screen. I love it! I inked most of the edges with Jim Holtz Distress ink (brushed corduroy).

The best thing about the card is that it smells like coffee. I used Scent My Cards Coffee available at Stamping Scrapping here. I love the way it makes the card smell. I have Coffee, Baby Powder, and Snickerdoodle scents and like all three of them.

Thanks for visiting my blog. Have a great day!

Vintage Wedding

2009-10-09T17:24:00.001-07:00

We're back from the beach. I was sad to see that Artful Legacy is closing their storefront. It was a great scrapbook store and I looked forward to going there whenever we were at the beach. They are still going to have an online store and will be going to festivals and conferences though.

My daughter asked me to make a wedding card so I quickly made this one with an image from my Vintage Wedding CD Vol.1 from

Peggy's Vintage Images . The wedding rings are from Hobby Lobby . The rest is just some wedding paper I had in my stash and a ribbon. Super easy !

Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend!

Bella and Riley Halloween Cards

2009-10-03T05:10:00.000-07:00

It's Saturday and today is World Card Making Day! Over at SplitCoasterStampers it looks like there will be lots of fun and prizes all day. My husband and I are leaving today for our fall beach trip today, so I won't be able to play along, but I will post two Halloween cards before we leave. The first one is a Riley Moose and was really a simple card to make. The swirly purple was in my box of scraps but seemed perfect for him. The bats , black dots, and pumpkin are acrylic stickers.

The second one is a Bella stamp. I still love the Bella stamps, but it seems that I don't see many cards being made with them lately. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss pumpkins on the orange cardstock and cut the Trick or Treat bag with my Cricut and Paper Doll Dress Cartridge. The eyelets for the ribbon were easy to do with my Crop-o-Dile. I love it! Both were colored with Prisma pencils.

Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend!

*****Edited to add that over at 2 Red Bananas there is challenge to make a Halloween card.

Since I'm at the beach and not crafting I'll submit the cards above for the challenge. Head over there and see what their talented DT has posted. ****

Two Challenge Cards

2009-10-02T06:34:00.000-07:00

Happy Friday! I have two cards today.

The first one is for the Copic Color Challenge. The challenge was to use the colors G02, Y11, and V15. I don't have V15 so I substitued V12.

I used a digital stamp is from Mo's Digital Pencil. She has the cutest images for sale and I have fallen in love with digital stamps. This one is called Kimono and she was so much fun to color. I am just learning to use Copics, but I keep practicing. I used Glossy Accents on the teapot and cup to make them shiny. The flower was make with my circle scalloped Nestabilities and added Martha Stewart copper glitter beads for the center. The butterfly is a M Stewart punch.

The second card is a Baby's First Birthday card I made for the challenge over at Cute Card Thursday. The challenge was to make a card for any "first". I used a vintage baby image from my Peggy's Vintage Child's Birthday Vol.1 CD available here: There are several awesome blogs that have beautiful cards made with these images that have inspired mine.

One is here and I hope she won't mind the link.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Snowflakes and Sparkles...

2009-10-01T00:53:00.000-07:00

The Pollycraft Challenge this week was to create something with at least 2 of these 5 "S" things: snowflakes, sparkles, spots, stripes, and swirls.

With this card I tried to get in all 5. I cut the snowflakes with my cuttlebug, used glitter on the border and Stickles for the snow, the spots on the scallops were made with a white gel pen and embossed on the sentiment, the snowman has stripes on his scarf, and since the swirls on the paper didn't show in the photo I added one under the brad for good measure. This was a really fun challenge and they have cute images for sale, too.

Thanks for visiting here today.

Calendars for 2010

2009-09-30T07:59:00.000-07:00

Happy Wednesday! I made these calendars for Christmas gifts this year.

I used coasters from the Michael's dollar bin, covered with patterned paper , and decorated with Changito stamps and a cut from my Paper Pups cartridge. They were so easy to put together with my Bind-It-All.

I love it! The months were computer printed using a file from SplitCoastStampers. Thank you for visiting here today.

Spooky Card

2009-09-29T13:16:00.000-07:00

Today I made a card using a stamp from the Michael's dollar bin. Such a cute little mummy he is. I cut his tag using a Sizzix die in my Cuttlebug, traced over the stamping with a gel pen and added some hand doodling, inking, and a ribbon. " Spooky" is a rub-on also from the dollar bin.

I added some gauze for the second ribbon and "Halloween" is from a Dress-It-Up set of buttons. After missing out getting a Drippy Goo punch last year I am loving having one this year. The papers and little bat were in my stash.

Over at A Spoonful of Sugar the challenge is to make a Halloween card so I'm going to try my luck with this one. Their DT has some great cards posted if you want to take a peek.

Thanks for visiting today!

Halloween Cards

2009-09-26T15:27:00.000-07:00

Today was a cool, rainy day so I spent the afternoon making these two cards. I used my Cuttlebug and Core'Dinations paper for the haunted house card and added "Dress It Up" buttons and some googly eyes.

I used my Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge for the Frankenstein card.

Thanks for looking!

Baby Girl Gift Card

2009-09-25T06:21:00.001-07:00

This morning I made this little gift card for a baby shower this weekend.

I used my largest scalloped square Nestabilities die to cut the card. The stamp is from WhipperSnapper Designs called Action Baby. Thanks for looking!

At Last!

2009-09-23T13:47:00.000-07:00

I have now entered the world of blogging. This will be a way for me to share my love of cards and scrapbooking and stay in touch with friends and family.

So here is my first card. I made it for a challenge on Roses on Paper. I used my Waiting Tilda stamp and colored her with Copic markers. I am just learning to use them, but was pretty happy with the way she looked. Thanks for visiting here.

Have a great day!