Birthday Boy Medallion

HI!  Glad you came by today because it's time for a new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown!  This week we are sponsored by 2 Cute Ink and our theme is......ANYTHING GOES!  I thought this cute little image was just begging to be put on a medallion!

How fun is that? Now come on over and join in the fun!!!


Supplies: 

2 Cute Ink image-Cowboy Kid
Papers-Best Occasions 
Spectrum Noir markers


I'm entering this project here:

Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes
Cardz TV - 3D birthday
Craftitude - anything goes or music themed
Love to Create - anything goes
Cutie Pie Challenge - spots & dots
Cupcake Inspirations - picture inspiration

Vintage Birthday Card

Hello!  I'm so glad you are here!  It's time for a new challenge at My Sheri Crafts and this time we are hosted by Sue.  She has challenged us to make a Vintage Guy Card.  No clean, crisp cards, thank you!  Let's get inky!

Now cards for guys are a challenge for me, but add vintage to it and I'm really having to get to work!  But here's what I came up with:

Not too bad, I suppose.... ;p

Supplies:
Patterned cardstock - Paper Loft
Sentiment stamps - Fiskars
Tag - Winter Woodland (I think....it has been laying on my worktable waiting to be used for quite awhile)
Rope - recycled from a package received
Stickers - Rebekah Sower
Key - one of the many found when we cleared out Dad's house 
Distress Inks - Tim Holz

This was really a fun project, once I got started.  So come on over to My Sheri Crafts and join in the fun and get inky!


I'm entering this card here:

Cardz TV - birthday
Open Minded Crafting Fun - monochrome
Really Reasonable Ribbon - one for the boys

"Roses Are Red, Dear, Violets Are Blue..."

"Angels in Heaven, know I love you.  Know I love you dear, know I love you.  Angels in Heaven know I love you!"  Did you know that is the 2nd verse of "Down In The Valley"?  I think I learned it when I was a kid but had forgotten it.  When I think of it now, in my head I hear that great big prisoner in the movie "Green Mile" (I think) singing it.  He had a beautiful voice and that was such a touching scene. 

Anyway......it's Tuesday Throwdown day!  Our theme is "Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue" and we are sponsored by Simply B Stamps.    Boy!  She has some awesome stuff!  I was honored to get to use her "My Funky Valentine Betty" and here's what I created:

 I did a lot of practicing on this girl before I got her colored good enough to use!  I colored 3 images before I got the clothes right and 2 more trying to get the hair right!  But in the end, I'm very happy with this card!

Supplies:

Digi- Simply B Staamps "My Funky Valentine Betty"
Image mounted on Spellbinders Die
Markers - Spectrum Noir
Label - Lacy Labels (stretched and sized with Gypsy)
Gems - Studio G
Ribbon and Rose in my stash (from yard sales!)
Feathers - gifted to me
Glossy Accents (on her eyes)
Ink - Stampin' Up

There you go and thanks for stopping by!  Now head over to Tuesday Throwdown and check out all the beautiful inspiration there and then join us!


I'm entering this card here:

Open Minded Crafting - show some love
Polka Doodles - Love Is In The Air
ABC Challenge - E for embellish (feathers, gems, ribbon, rosette)
Digi Galore - valentine
Kaboodle Doodles - For my sweetheart
More Than Favors - valentine
Catch The Bug - Love
Fantabulous Cricut - Love
Oldie But A Goodie - valentine (stash-rosette & feathers)
Whoopsi Daisy - use a sentiment
Craftitude - valentines
Cut It Up - valentines
Love To Create - use red
My Craft Spot - sketch

What are Little Girls made of????

Hello and Happy Saturday!  I hope you had a good week and are thoroughly enjoying your weekend.  It's time for a new challenge at My Sheri Crafts and we are hosted by Sandy.  She asked us to add at least one heart to our card/project.

 I used a sentiment from Bugaboo and simply colored the hearts then mounted it onto a Spellbinders cut.  Back in the summer I bought a Sew Crafty Mini  and finally decided to try it out.  Well.....after I broke the needle, replaced it and inserted it wrong, downloaded the instructions and fixed my error, I finally got a little stitching done on this card! (and then covered up most of it!) But I did stitch the lace on the bottom and you can still see most of the stitching across the top.  ;-)  

These paper flowers from Creative Memories really add a lot of dimension along with the lace from my stash and ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Scraps and another paper flower on the inside finish this one.  Hmmmm.....NOW I see that I should have stamped "Congratulations" on the inside, so imagine that in there, okay?  It'll be there by the time this post goes live! LOL

Come on over the My Sheri Crafts and join in the fun!  Maybe you can snag one of our new "Ooh-La-La" buttons!  

Thanks for checking in today!

I've entered this card here:

Catch The Bug - anything goes
Eclectic Ellepu - anything with texture
Southern Girls - new
Crafter's Cafe - ribbon and/or lace
Jo's Scrap Shack - celebration
In The Pink - diecuts or punches

Welcome Baby!

Good morning!  It's Tuesday Throwdown day!  Our challenge is sponsored this week by My Grafico and the theme is to make a one-layer card. 

 It was so hard not to add some ribbon!  ;)  This cute image is from My Grafico.  I wanted to keep it really simple, so I only colored in a few spots.  The sentiment I made with Bradley Hand font.  The dots are glue dots with glitter.  I embossed some lines down the side and across the bottom, using my Martha Stewart score board, but they don't show up very well in the pictures.  Be sure to heard over to Tuesday Throwdown and check out all the beautiful inspiration, then join in the fun!

This card entered here:

My Craft Spot - polka dots
Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes
Try It On Tuesday - celebrations (new baby)
Creative Creations - less is more

I'd Be Lost Without You!

Hello Blog Buddies!   It's been awhile since I welcomed new followers and I see that we have almost reached 100!  Wow!  Welcome to all of you and thank you for joining me here!  When I first started this I seriously doubted I would get 15 or 20.  How exciting!   When we do hit 100, I will have a giveaway to celebrate, so keep an eye out for it!

It's time for another challenge at Creative Craft Challenges and we are having a recipe challenge this time.  Use 1 image, 1 sentiment, 2 patterned papers and 2 different embellishments. 

I used a Whoopsi Daisy image, a sentiment I created in Microsoft WORD, papers from Provo Craft and , and my 2 embellishments are buttons and ribbon/tag.

I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers

The sentiment is printed on Safemat paper and adhered onto a tag cut with Tags, Bags, Boxes and More.  

Well, I've had a great time working with the Creative Craft Challenges team, but this will be our last challenge for awhile.  Life gets really busy sometimes and Sandra, our blog leader, is just covered up with things happening right now.  So after this challenge we will be taking an extended break, so please come over and join us for this last challenge!  Hope to see you there!

This card entered here:

Kaboodle Doodles - Baby it's cold outside
Craftitude - something fluffy
Crafts for Eternity - tic tac toe - blue/buttons/white
Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes
Pile It On - animals
Artistic Inspirations - animals

Happy Retirement

Hello!  Today I would like to share a card I was asked to make for a retirement.  It was a little tricky as the retirement is state required and the man isn't really happy about it.  I didn't think a "congratulations" type card was in order, so I went with this:

 With ALL the paper pads I have stashed away, I just didn't find the paper I wanted, so I used Stampin' Up stamp pads Chocolate and Berry to make stripes, then I lightly brushed the Chocolate pad over the stripes to blend.

This digi stamp is from Beccy's Place.

I made both sentiments on my computer.  With a little bit of black sheer ribbon and 3 black metal brad tops, it's complete!  Sure hope he likes it!

Thanks for stopping by!  I've entered this card here:

Addicted to Stamps - flowers
Challenges for Everybody - anything goes
Dream Valley Crafts - no designer paper
Beccy's Place - anything with her images
Aud Sentiments - any sentiment
Crafting with Dragonflies - anything goes
Polkadoodles - anything goes
Try It On Tuesdays - celebrations (retirement)