Sprinkled with Fun Birthday Card

Hello and Happy Sunday!  I hope you have had a great weeken!!  After a long, busy week I had a nice weekend and got a little crafting time in today!  Yay!  I made a birthday card just for fun and to join a few challenges that I've been missing lately. 

The green pearl/swirl is from Zeva and was a gift from my great friend (and Design Team Leader) Sheri Holt.  Thank you Sheri!

This cute little girl is from Whoopsi Daisy.  I colored her with Crayola twist up pencils and pop dotted her onto a cut from Lacy Labels.  I resized them on my Gypsy.  I love being able to do that!  The little butterfly is cut from Imagine More. 

 The patterned paper doesn't have a name on the back, so I don't know the company.   I think I bought it at Michael's?  The sentiment is from Pink By Design's "Take The Cake" set.  I used 3 different stamps on that set to make it.

The inside is finished with another of the Lacy Labels cut, inked in red.  The card base is from Wal-Mart.

This card went together pretty quickly and I'm happy with it.  I'm entering it here:

Whoopsi Daisy - things with wings
Crafters Cafe - Pearls & Swirls
Bitten By The Bug 2 - Birthday & Pearls
Paper Playtime - anything goes with a sentiment
Pink by Design, PbD03 - Red, White & Blue

Cowboy Baby Shower Decorations

Hello again and welcome to another challenge at My Sheri Crafts!  Today our challenge is titled "Oh I Love America!"  It's time to celebrate our freedom so let's see your Patriotic cards or other projects, or use Red, White & Blue. 

I titled the challenge from a song I heard at my granddaughter's Veteran's Day program a couple of years ago.  I was going to do a layout with pictures from the program for this challenge, but life kind of got in the way these past couple of weeks and scrapbooking just didn't happen!  My sweet father just had his 90th Birthday on the 18th so we had a BIG party on Father's Day.  He's having a really rough time health wise, but that day was a very good day.  Thank you Lord for that one really good day!  Since then he has started dialysis and had two ER visits, is currently fighting a bad infection and just really struggling.  My heart hurts for him and I would appreciate any and all prayers for him.

So anyway, I had an order for baby shower decorations with a cowboy theme.  When I finished it, I realized I had primarily used Red, White and Blue and what's more American than the Great American Cowboy?  So it qualifies for this challenge!

First we have the diaper cake:

The topper is cut from A Child's Year and mounted with pop dots onto Martha Stewart paper.  The paper is 8x8 bandanna print and I trimmed out the center of the print.

 Each layer is banded with wood print paper from The Paper Studio.  The bands are decorated with cuts from A Child's Year and Old West, mounted on punched squares of the Martha Stewart bandanna print papers.

Next we have the banner!

 The onesies are from the New Arrival cartridge and the bandannas, hats and letters are all from the Old West cartridge.  I used the Gyspsy to get the bandannas sized to fit the onesies.

The "It's a Boy" ribbon is from Wal-Mart.  I threaded it through the detail slits cut in the sleeves of the onesies.

So that wasn't too much of a stretch to say it qualifies for this challenge, right?  :)

I hope you like the decorations.  They were so fun to work on!   Now it's your turn to join the fun and head over to My Sheri Crafts!

Thank You to a Police Officer

Hello!  I'm so glad you stopped by today!  I hope you have had a wonderful weekend and off to a good start on your week.  Today I have a card to share with you that my daughter asked me to make.  One of the city police officers is leaving the force after a long term of service.  She requested "a thank you/best wishes kind of card".  Here's my interpretation of that request:

I also wanted to enter a card in the Just Rite Challenge.  I've never entered their challenge before, but I really like their stamps and have purchase a few sets.

 This sentiment and border is from the Old Friends set.  I found a cut from Lacy Labels that matches the border stamp perfectly.  The patterned paper is from My Minds Eye and the ribbon is from Hobby Lobby.  I added a little bling with my I-Rock.I found this badge on Google images and handcut a mat for it.

I finished out the inside on both sides so everyone can sign it and the "Thank You" stamp from Stamp Craft is the finishing touch.  I hope he likes the card, and we do appreciate his years of service. 

Please let me know what you think, I love to read your comments!

This card entered here:
Just Rite Challenges
Going Buggy

Simple Father's Day Card

Hello and Happy Saturday!!!  It's time for another challenge at My Sheri Crafts and this week we are recognizing Father's Day.  Let's Celebrate The Men In Our Lives!

My card is pretty simple, but I like the way it turned out.  It's made completely from scraps!

The background is made with  the negative pieces left on the mat after I cut a background page from Paper Lace. 

I used a gold gel pen and doodled around each piece, then placed them on a diagonal.  The sentiment is backed by a scrap of shiny gold cardstock and then I used a Fiskars border punch across the bottom.  Easy Peasy! 

So now it's your turn!  Celebrate your men and join us at My Sheri Crafts.  You just may be our next Guest Designer! 

Whoopsi Daisy Make A Wish Card

Hellooooo!!!  I'm so glad you stopped by today!  I have a little card I put together this afternoon that I'd like to share with you.  I've been coloring some digi stamps and decided it was time to make something with 'em!  So here's a card I made with a cute Whoopsi Daisy image:

The card is  A2 size, cut from the light blue cardstock used on the front.  The yellow paper is from my stash and I've had it forever!  The satin ribbon is Tinkerbell ribbon from Wal-Mart and I added a button brad, also from my stash.

I colored the image with my Crayola colored pencils, and used pop dots for a little dimension.

The banner is hand cut from scrap cardstock with buttons from Wal-Mart and a sentiment stamp from Pink By Design.

I didn't take my usual picture of the finished inside, but I mounted a piece of white and cut another green banner to go across it.

I hope you like the card and I appreciate any comments you would leave!  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day.  Blessings to you!!!

This card entered here:
Kaboodle Doodles - Anything Goes
Card Patterns - sketch #167
Celebrate the Occasion - Anything Goes
My Craft Spot - Buttons & Bows
Whoopsi Daisy - Include a Fairy

Summer Gazebo Layout

Hello!!!!  We are lookin' for some Summer Lovin' over at My Sheri Crafts this week!  Create a project with a summer theme...cards, layouts, altered project, etc. 

I've been wanting to use the Gazebo cut on the Freshly Picked cartridge so I decided this was the perfect time!  The background paper is from Karen Foster Designs and the paper used for the mats is from Paper Pizazz.

 The border is made by welding two gates and two fences from this same cartridge.  I just love this gazebo!  The hardest part of the whole project was getting the vines cut!  I cut two sets in the light green and one set in the dark green and 4 sets of the flowers.  I added a pink dot in the center of each flower with a pink gel pen.

The borders on the photo mats are a Fiskars punch--one of my favs!

I didn't have any pictures printed to use in this layout, so I decided to leave the title mat blank for now.  The mat is an Imagine pre-loaded cut.  As you can see, I used the extra flowers to embellish the mats and just here and there!


I hope you like the layout, please tell me what you think of it!  And then get to your craft area and let's see your summer project!  You also need to check out all the things created by my Design Team Sisters and our Guest Designer, Barb of Bug Bites.  They all do such beautiful work, you're sure to find some inspiration from them!  Don't forget to have fun with it! 

I hope you have a blessed week and come back and see me again soon!

Stamping my own Wrapping Paper!

Hello and Happy Wednesday to you!  Today I have a project that is a first for me.  I was getting ready to wrap my neice's wedding shower gift and wanted it to match the card I had made but didn't have any paper that would work. 

I figured that since my granddaughters are 10 & 11 now, I'm probably past the Barbie wrapping paper stage,

so I turned it wrong side out and stamped it!  I used a Studio G clear stamp inked with red & black.

And here it is with the "matching" card!  Nothing too fancy, but it worked!  Emily was unwrapping it and stopped after the first tear, and just looked at it a little bit and then asked me "Did you stamp this paper?  I really like it!"  I believe that was the reaction I was looking for!


Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a great week and be sure to check back Saturday for a new challenge at My Sheri Crafts!

Project entered here:
Stamp Scrap & Doodle - Flowers
Anything Goes Challenge - Black and one other color
Tuesday Throwdown - 3D