Stars and Stripes - Tuesday Throwdown #154

Hello!  Welcome back!  It's time for another throwdown with Tuesday Throwdown.  We are sponsored this week by Robyn's Fetish and our theme is "Stars and Stripes".  I used Robyn's Fetish Apple Pie digi and had a lot of fun with this card.

I love the bright colors of this and that ribbon! 

I think this is the first time I've used vinyl on a card. 

Does anyone else walk around with your head down and pick up stuff people have dropped 'cause you "just might be able to use that"?  I found this star in the parking lot about 2 years ago!  Finally found the perfect spot for it!

More vinyl on the inside.

Supply list:
Markers - Spectrum Noir
USA - Stand & Salute
Celebrate - Gypsy Wanderings
Scalloped square - Lacy Labels
Paper - The Paper Studio
Doily - paper doily from my mom's stash
Embossing folder - Cuttlebug Stars
Ribbon - The Ribbon Factory
Glossy Accents


Now this challenge subject is an easy one, so there should be lots of you joining in this week.  Head on over the Tuesday Throwdown and check out the rest of the team's great inspiration with some really fun images from Robyn's Fetish!

I've entered here:

Bitten by the Bug2 - Patriotism
Cut it Up Challenges - New Nations
Kaboodle Doodles - National day or flag colors
Paper Playtime - Red, White & Blue
The ABC Challenges - Q for quite a few- several layers
Creatalicious Challenges - Summer

Camping Card - My Sheri Crafts Challenge!

Hello all and welcome to my blog today!  I have just a quick post today. 

 

It's time for another challenge at My Sheri Crafts and this week we are celebrating Summer solstice with projects that represent your summer evenings.  Here's mine:

 

For the past 3 or 4 years, my immediate family has been getting together for a weekend campout and I love those evenings around the campfire just talking and spending time with my brothers, sister, in-laws, nieces and nephews.

I used the Old West cartridge for the fire, Potpourri basket for the tent and grass, and the Gypsy Wanderings for "Summer".   Then I sponged some orange ink over it to soften up the picture and give it all that rosy sunset glow.  Hope you will join us this week!

God bless you this week!

Entered here:
Aud Sentiements - anything goes

A Little Pink & Orange

Hello again!  I'm so glad you stopped by today because I have a card to share with you that I just LOVE!   The challenge over at Love To Crop is to use orange, pink and one more color.  I chose brown as my other color and here's the card I came up with:

 This card measures 4 3/4" x 5 1/2" and cut from dark brown cardstock.  Patterned paper is from Anna Griffin.  The brown lace trim is paper lace that I colored with a brown marker.

The butterflies are all cut from Gypsy Wanderings at 1 1/5" from pink and orange cardstock scraps.

 This tag is cut from a cuttlebug folder.  I found the perfect little clear stamp in my stash.  It's from Stampabilities, spring set. 

 For added dimension I pop-dotted the card face and all the butterflies are glued down only in the body area so I could curl the wings a little.

I finished out the inside with more scrap paper in pink and orange with a leftover strip of the paper lace and another butterfly cut.  Everything is inked with dark brown.

I hope you like it, it came out even better than I had pictured!  Thanks again for stopping by today and I pray you have a blessed day!

Card entered here:

Love To Crop - Pink & Orange

Fantabulous Cricut - Fancy Trims

Going Buggy - Lace & Butterflies

Whimsical Designs - Time flies; clocks or winged things

Flutterby Wednesday - Photo Inspiration (pink)

Scrappy Moms - Tag, you're it!

Pink Cricut - Link Up Party

Mother-in-Law's Birthday card

Hi again!   Today I have the birthday card I made for my MIL, which I also got done at the crop I went to this past weekend.  I just love the way this one turned out.

I originally cut this card from some BEEEUUUtiful K & Co. double sided cardstock at 5 1/4" x 12" to make the card 5 1/4 x 6 finished size.  I cut out the label cut with Gypsy Wanderings and just wanted to see if the cuts lined up well and was going to cut down the brown to fit the inside of the top so it would be a floral card with the brown "lining" inside the cut.  But when I laid the two pieces together and saw that brown edge I just fell in love with it!

The sentiment is from Pink By Design and originally said "Fishing you a Happy Birthday", but as you can see, I used a brush marker (Stampabilities) to only ink up part of the stamp.

The rose 3D sticker is from La Petit' and the inner mat is from Creative Memories.   Their vintage papers matched up exactly in coloring!  I just LOVE this paper and the way this card turned out! 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderfully blessed day!

Entering this card here:

My Craft Spot - anything goes

Kaboodle Doodles - make it girly

Crafts 4 Eternity - What are you up to?

First Challenge of 2012 at My Sheri Crafts!

Hello!  We are back!!!! It's time for the first challenge of 2012 over at My Sheri Crafts!  The theme is "Time For Change", create a card or project with a clock on it.   

I used a digi from Whoopsi Daisy, sheet 320 for my card.  I colored this cutie  with Crayola colored pencils.  Then added silver clock cut-outs from the Old West cartridge, sized to fit the digi on my Gypsy.  The background cut is from Paper Lace and the sentiment is from Gypsy Wanderings. 

 The silver paper adds lots of shine!  This paper is from Die Cuts With a View and the flower and brad are from my stash.

The patterned paper is from Basic Grey

I hope you like the card.  I enjoyed making it, but now it's time for you to get to work on your project!  The winner of the challenge gets to be Guest Designer for the next challenge and it just might be YOU!  Link up your designs...the clocks are ticking!! ;-)

Be sure to keep an eye out for news of new challenge ideas that may be coming your way from My Sheri this year!

I'm also entering this card here:

Kaboodle Doodles - Celebrate

Simply Sunday at Getting Cricky- Celebration

Pink Cricut Link Up Party

Designed to Delight - Winter Flowers or any flowers

Mouse & Cupcake Birthday Card

I got a chance to play along with the Designed2Delight digi stamp challenge again this week.  It's been a long time since I was able to get in on the fun.  Each week that you play along, you get a free digi stamp on Friday to use for the next challenge.  This week is the Cupcake Mouse.  Here is the card I came up with:

The "Party" stamp is from Studio G, the dragonfly is from my ages old stash.  The background paper is DCWV "Nana's Kids" stack.  I used Gypsy Wanderings to cut out the digi stamp in the cupcake shape.  I cut it at 3.5" and the shadow layer at 3.75" The shadow cut of the cupcake is pearlized paper from Colorbok.  The cute cupcake ribbon is from Hobby Lobby.

I colored the picture first with colored pencils, then filled the "icing" with light pink glitter glue.  After it dried, I added dark pink glitter glue for the "sprinkles" and a small gem on her little flower. 

The inside is cut from Lacy Labels.  I used my Gypsy to make it longer to fit the page, and I cut some of the cirles from the scrap piece left from the front to complete the look.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Designed2Delight free stamp of the month

Saturday Designer's Challenge-Bling

Birthday Sundaes

Fantabulous Cricut Let's Get Buggy

We finally got some rain and things have cooled off and greened up a little bit.  We are so very thankful!!  Hoping our friends and family to the south get rain soon, too.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you like the card.  Have a wonderful day!

Congrats Graduate Card

I actually completed ANOTHER project this week!  Woo Hoo!  I've admired so many of the tri-fold cards made with the new "Just A Note" cartridge.  Since it is exclusive to the E2, I don't have one.  SO, I got to work with my Gypsy and created a template to make them. 

So how did I do?  I used rectangles from George & Basic shapes, welded together.  The "Congrats" is from Gypsy Wanderings  and the "Graduate" from "Alphalicious".  The grad hat is from "A Child's Year.  I didn't have a diploma cut, so I cut the scroll from "Calligraphy" and just used the bottom of it.  The patterned paper  and the gems are from  The Paper Studio and then I used my white gel pen.  Oh, and the stars are also from "George". 

I hope you like it!  I'm entering this one in the challenge over at
My Craft Spot. 

I hope you have a great weekend.  I get to host an all day crop tomorrow!  YIPPEE!!!

Mother's Day Card

Here is a Mother's Day card made with a digi stamp called "Ladybug Balancing Act" from Designed 2 Delight challenge.  This blog will give you a free digi stamp each week if you use it to make a project and post it to their challenge.  Very generous!

                        This is for my mother-in-law, who has 3 sons.

 I can only imagine the scary situations a mom of 3 boys has come upon. :)

                                I love pop dots!

         Little, simple finishing touches inside make a huge difference.

The card base is from Hobby Lobby; base paper is handmade paper from The Paper Studio; ladybug is cut from Doodle Charms; the sentiment tag cut from Gypsy Wanderings; the sun is from Life is a Beach with the face hidden with the Gypsy and a Peach Keen stamp instead; ribbon is from Michaels and the sentiment is computer generated.

I'll be entering this in these challenges:
Designed 2 Delight
Peachy Keen Let's Face it Friday