Silver & Lavender Friendship Card

Hello!  I'm so glad you stopped by today.  I've been a bit out of pocket lately, so I'm posting a card I made a week or two ago.  It was so simple, but turned out so pretty!

I first embossed a premade card base with an Mbossibilities heart folder.  Then added this beautiful ribbon that I found on sale at Michaels.  I love the silver edging on it!  The gems are from Say It In Crystals

The sentiment stamp is from Just Rite Stamps on Spellbinders, Labels Four labels.

Super simple, right?   But I love how it turned out! 

Thanks for coming by, please leave me a comment.  I love reading them!


This card entered here:
CASual Friday - Add Silver
Little Scrap Pieces - Emboss It
Bloggers Challenge - Friendship
Lady Anne - Sentimental Friday
Joyful Stamper, Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes

My Sheri Crafts #104 - Time to go Fishin'!

Hello all!  I'm so glad you stopped by today.  It's time for another fun challenge over at My Sheri Crafts.  This week our challenge runs through March 1st and "It's Time to go Fishin'! "  March 1st is the first day of Trout season.  I live near a state park so March 1st is a big deal in our town.  We even let out school for the first day of Trout Season!  So in this challenge I've asked everyone to include a fish in your project.  Here's mine:

The paper is from Die Cuts With a View and the cuts are all from Animal Kingdom.  

I cut the fishbowl and the shadow cut from an old clear cutting mat cover so it would look like glass and you could see through it, just as you would a real fishbowl.  Then I made an outline cut of the bowl with silver metallic paper so I could glue the two pieces together with the fish, water and plant in between.  I used some old shell and sand stickers from my stash.  

Doesn't it look like real glass?

The sentiment cut is also from Animal Kingdom,  with another coulple of "O"s and a bubble welded to it.  I bit of doodling with my white gel pen and a few gems from The Paper Studio and there you have it!

OK---your turn!  Head on over to My Sheri Crafts and join in the fun!  Be sure to leave some bloggie love for all the design team!  Hope you have a great week!

Tuesday Throwdown #134 - Bee You!

Hi! Welcome to my blog and another challenge at Tuesday Throwdown! This week we are sponsored by    

                      And it's an Anything Goes challenge!

The Cutting Cafe shared some cute digis for the team to play with. Here's what I came up with:

Isn't that fun? I colored the images with Spectrum Noir markers. The dotted paper is from my stash and has no name on the back. I think it was in a bunch of paper I bought at a yard sale last summer.

The sentiment is computer generated. I saw this on a church sign recently and thought it would make a great card! The mat for it was cut from George & Basic Shapes.

Each bee is pop-dotted and the wings are bent slightly upward. I bent each body around my finger so they are curved a little bit and it really does make them look rounded like a fat bumble bee. It's hard to see that in the picture, but I really like how it turned out.

You can see the "fat" body a little better in this pic. Also each bee has a little bling on their back.

Simple finishing out on the inside and there you have it!

Your turn! Head on over to Tuesday Throwdown, check out the team's inspiration and link up your project! Don't forget to leave a little love!

See you there!

Teddy Bear Heart Shaped Card

Hi!  Glad you stopped by 'cause it's time for another fun challenge over at Creative Craft Challenges!

  This we we are sponsored by Robyn's Fetish and our theme is "Hugs and Kisses".  Here's my fun card

I created the card base on my Gypsy by welding the shadow cut of a  heart shape from the Lovestruck cartridge.  The patterned paper layer is the base cut of the same heart cut.  The paper is from The Paper Studio.

This cute digi is from Robyn's Fetish, colored with my Spectrum Noir pens.  I was really please with how he turned out, considering this was my first attempt at coloring an animal!

And look!  He wobbles!!  I've tried several times to make an action wobble, but they've never turned out just real great.  This one actually worked!  He sits level, moves freely and...well...everything he was supposed to do!

So now it's your turn!  Gather up your lovey-dovey papers, digis, die cuts, etc. and join us!  Head on over to Creative Craft Challenges and check out all the wonderful DT inspiration, then link up your project!  Anxious to meet you there!



This card entered here:

My Paper Crafting.com - It's all about the hearts
Fantabulous Cricut - Queen of Hearts
More Than Favors - Valentine's Day
Tammy's Scrapin Corner - Valentine
The Crafter's Cafe - Love/Friendship

Quilled Valentine for My Sheri Crafts #103

Happy Saturday!  I hope you are having a great weekend!  Welcome to another My Sheri Crafts Challenge!  This week we are celebrating Valentine's Day, "showing some love to the ones we love"!

I started this card with a scrap that I had cut a heart out of for another project (cut with George & Basic shapes).  It grew from there!

If you've followed by blog much, you know I've just learned quilling lately.  Flowers seem to be the thing I've practiced on most, so I thought I better use some of them! 

 The fun heart paper is from The Paper Studio.  The flourish is a Ornamental Iron cut, but I trimmed off the bottom part of it. 

The sentiment font is Pooh Font, sized and welded with my Gypsy.  These flowers on the inside are some quilled stickers I've had in my stash for a looooong time!

I don't know why, but it seemed like I really struggled with valentine cards this year.  I put this one together, but was stuck as far as a sentiment.  So I let it sit for a couple of days, then went back and the sentiment came so easy!  Now, if that will just work for the other card I've started, I'll have all 3 grandkid's cards made!

Your turn!  Start showing some love and share your valentine's with us over at My Sheri Crafts!  Be sure to check out the fantastic inspiration of the rest of the team!

This card entered here:

Crafty Calendar - Love & Marriage

My Time to Craft - Love is in the air

Cut it Up - Love is in the air

Die Cuttin Divas - anything goes

Flutter by Wednesday - Open (include fairy or butterfly)

More Than Favors - Valentine's Day

 

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #132

WooHoo!  This is my first Design Team post with Tuesday Throwdown!  I've been truly blessed and honored this year to be on three teams.  What a wonderful group of ladies I'm associated with!  Thank you to ALL my DT sisters for letting me join in your groups!

Anyway, back to the challenge!  This week we are sponsored by Lilly Patch Stamps.  Stop by her shop and check out her stamps.  She's having a sale! 

and our theme is "Bling It on!".   I used the "Flower Girl" image from Lilly Patch:

Isn't she pretty? I used two images of the girl, colored with Spectrum Noirs, and pop dotted the second girl over the first image so she stands out from the flower just a little bit.  I couldn't find just the right color of background paper so I pulled out my alcohol inks and made my own, adding a little bit of silver metallic for some more shine.  I'm not very practiced at that, but it worked this time!  The corner punches are from Fiskars and the pearls are from Say It In Crystals.  The butterflies are brads from Recollections. 

Lot of texture and shine!  Now head on over to Tuesday Throwdown and check out all the great projects from the rest of the team.  Then join in with lots of bling and fun!

This card entered here:

Creative Card Crew - girly
Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
Tuesday Alchemy - Anything Goes
Lady Anne's Challenges - Anything Goes
Eureka Stamps - use Teal or Turquoise
One Stop Craft - Sparkle & Bling

I Won Some Blog Candy!

Welcome to another challenge at Creative Craft Challenges!  This week we want to see you "Bling It Up"!  Our sponsor for this challenge is Dustin Pike.  

A while back Michele over at Thoughts of a Card Making Scrapbooker gave away two Garden Soup cartridges.  I was blessed to be one of the winners!   YAY!!  I made her a Thank You card using the cartridge to show her how much I appreciate the gift.  I'd like to share that card with you today:

I cut the base at 5 1/2 x 6 from yellow textured cardstock.  The striped paper is from    and the green floral paper is from .

This flower is cut at 2 1/2" and the leaves are 1 1/2".  The flower layers are only glued in the middle so the edges could be curled to add some dimension.

 I really liked this cute border cut that matches the flower.  I used to of them to go across the card.

The sentiment cut is the only one not on this cartridge.  It comes from Cindy Loo.  There is no shadow cut for it, so I cut it once in pink at 1"  and again in green at 1.2"

I did some doodling with a white gel pen and added some bling until I thought I better stop before over indulging! :)

The inside is finished out with some scraps of the patterned paper and there you have it!

Thanks for stopping in today!  I hope you are having a wonderful week and get your bling on and join us!!!


This card entered here:
Aud Sentiments - Bingo (die cut, Thank, You)
Bitten By The Bug 2 - Cricut Fonts
One Stop Craft - Thank You