Sliding Barn Door

Hello!  It's Tuesday, so another fun challenge is opening up at Tuesday Throwdown!  This week we are sponsored by
 
and out theme is "Missing You".

I've used this neat Barn Door image from our sponsor to make this slider card:

I knew what I wanted to do as soon as I saw that door!  This was so fun to do!!!

All the cuts are Cricut cuts and I used the Writing feature for the sentiment.  

Thanks for stopping by now come on over and join the fun!

Green Hope Ribbon

Hello!  This week at Tuesday Throwdown we are sponsored by  All Dressed Up
 and our theme is "For A Cause". 
I know October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but I kind of wanted to give a little attention to some other cause.  I looked on the Awareness Ribbon Color Chart and found that the Green Ribbon covered MANY causes, including Mental Health and Mental Illness. I chose this because I've just recently learned the "rest of the story" of a sweet little boy my friends adopted who occasionally had behavior problems.  Those behaviors became more extreme and more frequent.  They finally had to place him in a facility to get help.  They found this poor little boy had been so abused in his early childhood that he had developed 15 different personalities!  FIFTEEN!  Imagine the horrible things he endured to cause this issue.  Thankfully, he is getting the help he needs, but imagine all the people who can't pay for this treatment. 

Anyway, here is my card:

I used our sponsor's image "Oriental Girl" and colored her with Spectrum Noir markers.  The ribbons are a Circut cut.  The top floral paper is a scrap and the name is gone.  The bottom paper is a Cricut print. 

I felt it needed a little bling, but no more busyness, so I used Glitter Gel Pens to highlight the ribbons and various places on the image.

So thanks for stopping by and hearing a little bit of my heart.  I hope you'll join us with your projects and your cause! 

"I Call on The Lord" Easel Card

Looking at my draft posts, I found this one that I never posted.  It was a DT card so I've edited the post.  I don't know why I never got it online, but here it is now.

I've used an image from The Stamping Boutique called "Blanket Flower"

 I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers, then inked up the edges and mounted it on a Spellbinder's oval.  The card base is Cricut's "Folk Art Tulip Card" and I welded a square over all the fancy cuts to get a plain base.  The papers are from Die Cuts With a View "Pocket Full of Posies" 6x6 pad.  The bow is my first hand-tied triple bow!

The inside sentiment I made with the Write then Cut feature.

 This scripture sentiment is from Just Rite's "Cast All Your Cares" stamp set.

I love how this one turned out and it's going to a good friend who is going through a rough patch right now.

Thanks for stopping by!

I've entered this card here:
Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge -  Wk #43 Anything Goes
Crafter's Cafe - #183 Shaped Cards
Digi Chooseday -  #42 anything goes
Creative Craft Cottage -  #98 Use A Sentiment
Crafting With An Attitude - #32 anything goes

"I Call on The Lord" Easel Card

Hello!  Today I have a sweet easel card to share with you for our new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown.  We are sponsored by

 

and our theme is "Easel Cards".  I've used our sponsor's image "Blanket Flower"

 I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers, then inked up the edges and mounted it on a Spellbinder's oval.  The card base is Cricut's "Folk Art Tulip Card" and I welded a square over all the fancy cuts to get a plain base.  The papers are from Die Cuts With a View "Pocket Full of Posies" 6x6 pad.  The bow is my first hand-tied triple bow!

The inside sentiment I made with the Write then Cut feature.

 This scripture sentiment is from Just Rite's "Cast All Your Cares" stamp set.

I love how this one turned out and it's going to a good friend who is going through a rough patch right now.

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope to see you over at Tuesday Throwdown!

I've entered this card at Crafty Card Makers

Making It Sparkle!

Good Morning!  It's time for another new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown!  This week we are sponsored by 

and our theme this week is "Make It Sparkle"!  

I've used Honey Bee Stamps "Country Wreath" digi stamp, colored it with pencils then added some glitter glue.  The background paper is The Paper Studio's "Barnwood Pretty", one of my favorite pads!  You know how you have one of those pads of paper that you love so much you hate to use them?  Yup!  That's it!  I just want to keep thumbing through the pad and look at it instead of using it!

Thanks for checking in!  Please come join us this week!

Monochromatic Mums!

Hi!  We are going Monochromatic at Tuesday Throwdown this week!  We are sponsored this week by
                                             and they were generous enough to let us select a digi stamp or digi paper set from their collection.  I chose "Mum's The Word" stamp set for my card.

The image is cut with a Spellbinders die and mounted with foam dots over a paper doilie, which is mounted on a purple doilie that is a Silhouette cut.  The inside stamp is one I've had for at least 2 years and this is the first time I've used it!  It's from Stampabilities and I believe I'll be using it some more!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you over at Tuesday Throwdown!

Teddy Bear Prayer

Good Morning!  We have a new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown for you!  This week we are sponsored by  and our theme is "Furry Friends"

 I used our sponsor's image "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep" for my card:

I think this is such a cute image!

The image is colored with Spectrum Noir markers, the papers are from Colorbok, the ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon, the stamp is from My Sentiments Exactly and the buttons are from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll head over to Tuesday Throwdown and see all the great inspiration there, then join us!

Prayers for a Friend

Hello!!!  This week at Tuesday Throwdown we are sponsored by the awesome

And she is also on our Design Team!  Our challenge theme this week is _You Have My Support".

I used CraftyGirl Creations "Pansies" for my card.

Supplies:  Spectrum Noir alcohol markers

Spellbinders Fancy Oval die set

Paper - freebie from Cardmaking & papercraft magazine

Sentiment stamp - My Sentiments Exactly 

Thank you for stopping by!  I hope you'll join us this week!

Sweet Thinking of You

This week we have a new challenge at My Sheri Crafts.  DT Sister Raquel chose the theme "Long Time No See--make anything with missing you, thinking of you, etc.". 

I made this Thinking of You card with the free image from Maken It Crafty that I got through the freebie progressive challenge at The Outlawz.

I've been needing to practice on coloring hair and this image gave me a LOT of practice! It didn't turn out too bad, I guess.  The image is colored with Spectrum Noir markers and the sentiment is a Cricket cut.  That lace butterfly was a really fun find!  I have a bag of lace that I bought at a yard sale last summer. I've dug through it a few times and used some bits from it, but this time I found a butterfly cut out that measured about 6" and gorgeous!  I don't know what I'm going to male with that but then I found a little clump of lace that had a pin in it.  When I took out the pin, 2 of these butterflies fell out along with a couple of side-view butterflies and some other little cuties!  How fun is that?!

Anyway, I embossed my card base with a Paper Studio folder and a few sequins finished this one off for me.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you over at My Sheri Crafts!

Hello Sunshine!

Hello!   This week at The Outlawz Twisted Thursday our theme is Anything Goes with the twist "Fantasy!".  We are sponsored this month by 
                                  

I've used our sponsor's cute "Umbrella Mouse" image this week.

                    
 The sentiment stamp is from Stambabilites.  Inside I used a marker with my Cricut Explore for the first time and wrote "I Miss You!"  Doesn't he look like he's missing his sunshine?  :-)

He's colored with Spectrum Noir markers, the paper was in my scrap stash and I added a few Recollections gems.

I hope you'll join us over at The Outlawz this week!

CAS Best Wishes card

This week at The Outlawz Twisted Thursday we are using the twist of "Step Cards" and we are sponsored by
                                             

This week's twist is ANYTHING GOES!!!
I made a very CAS card with some Print then Cut dies from Cricut.  I added a little bow and a few gems, and there you go!
                                              

Thanks for stopping by and  hope to see you at The Outlawz!

This week at Twisted Thursday, our theme is "Anything Goes With a Twist" and our Twist is "Use Die Cuts!" How fun and easy is that?

                                                       We are sponsored by the fantastic 
                                                         

My daughter needed a "Going Away" card at work so I used cuts from Cricuts "Old West" cartridge to make one for her.

The "Good Luck" cut actually came from a different cartridge, I think. I found it through an image search.  Inside I used the Old West font and cut out "and Best Wishes" with brown vinyl.  

Head on over to The Outlawz Twisted Thursday and see all the great inspiration there, then join us!

Pink & Yellow with Bling!

Hello!  Its Tuesday Throwdown time!  This week we are sponsored by the awesome 

And our theme is "Missing You"

I've used their "Sentimental Flower Doodledallion Set" to make my card.

Since my card is 6x6, I made a matching envelope for it.  

Thanks for coming by and I hope you'll join us!

The Lord Gives Strength

This week at The Outlawz Twisted Thursday our theme is Anything Goes with the twist "Anything Goes!".  We are sponsored this month by 

Stitchy Bear

This image is called "Tree On A Hill"

I used a distressing tool from Creative memories to rough up the edges of the image, then used Tim Holtz Distress Ink to antique it a bit. The burlap was a scrap piece left over from my candle projects that was just the right size.   The two different lables are Cricut cuts that I had in my stash, waiting to be used. 

The outside stamp is from Just Rite and the inside stamp is from Close To My Heart.  The papers are all scraps and I LOVE it when i can use up stuff I've been saving!

Come on over to The Outlawz and check out the rest of the teams beautiful work and link up for a chance to win some great prizes!

Tuesday Throwdown #216

It's Team A's turn to post at Tuesday Throwdown and we are sponsored by  

  with the theme "Button Up!"   I used RF image "Daisy Days" to make a "Thinking of You" card:

I've had this ribbon for  couple of years and I think I've used it once before!  The stamp is one I bought at a yard sale at least 4 years ago and it doesn't even have a name on it.  Other than that I've used Spectrum Noir markers, a Spellbinders die and buttons from my Mom's button stash.

Please check out all the DT inspiration over at Tuesday Throwdown and I hope you'll join us!

Card & Envelope set - Praying for You

It's time for a new challenge at My Sheri Crafts.  DT sister Sue has set a theme of "3 in a Row" and here's the chart:

I went with "Emboss, Pearls, Flowers" and made a card with matching envelope:

 The Pearls are the gold "pearls" in the center of the flower.  I know I'm stretching a little bit on that, but hey, it was a hectic week and I had a major need to use my new toy, I mean tool!!!

I watched Darsie Bruno's Tuesday Tutorials using the We R Memory Keepers envelope board and decided I needed one of those!  You can see her great tutorials here and here.

The sentiment stamp and oval stamp are from Just Rite, plain ovals are cut with Creative Memories oval cutting system, fancy oval is Spellbinders.  The beautiful patterned paper is from Die Cuts With a View and I added a Prima flower and some Paper Studio flowers, half of a doilie and two ribbons from Wal-Mart.  The envelope is embossed with a Cuttlebug folder.

I love how this set came out and think I'll be making more!  Loving my new envelope board!!

I hope you will join in the fun at My Sheri Crafts this week!

This project entered here:

Just Rite Friday Challenge - card & envelope sets
Catch The Bug - June Anything Goes
Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes
Craftitude - pop it up
Little Scrap pieces - show it off Saturday
ABC Challenge - M=Monochromatic
Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge - anything goes

New Creative Craft Challenge

Hello!  Are you ready to play some Tic Tac Toe?  It's game time over at Creative Craft Challenges!  Here's the gameboard:

 

This week we have two great sponsors! 

  and

 

 

I chose the middle line, Gems, Flowers, Ivory and made this card with some scraps and precuts that were on my work desk.

 

I found the kraft mat that I had already used the corner punch on and the lable cut from Winter Woodland that were both laying on the desk.  I mounted them onto a card base and rounded the corners of it.  Then I added some Prima Flowers and cut the butterfly from Cricut Ultimate Creative Sampler 3 times, adding some gems to it.   The flowers already had gems in their centers.  The stems in the flowers are from........well, I can't remember what cartridge those were on!  :p

I stamped the frame and sentiment with a  Just Rite stamp set, turning the frame on a corner.  I embossed the stamps with Copper embossing powder.

Here you can see the shine of the copper embossing powder.  I finished out the card with a strip and a knotted bow of dark brown ribbon.

So there it is!  Now what do you say you head on over to Creative Craft Challenges, check out all the great inspiration there and then join in the game!  See you there!

Entered here:

Going Grey with Scrap Creations - anything goes
Loves Rubber Stamps - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Through the Craft Room Door - always anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday - embossing
Craft Room Challenge - tic tac toe (butterfly, kraft, pearls or gems)