Big day

Today is a big day for us medically and because of such I will be posting Manly Monday later on in the afternoon.
Also please pray for the Serba family who have recently lost a beautiful daughter. My heart just aches for them. Be back later on. Thanks for understanding.

I Did it Creations Challenge

Welcome back to another week of I Did It Creations. Our theme for this weeks challenge is children and we are sponsored by Ellephantastic. I colored the little girl image in with my Copic markers and then paper pieced her clothes. The die cuts are by Spellbinders. I am entering this little girl in the challenge at Frosted Designs. The challenge is to color in an image and although I paper pieced the clothes I did color in the hair and face. Thanks for stopping by.

There's no place like home

I made this layout using mostly American Crafts products. The only things not AC would be the white cardstock, ribbon and the chipboard circle around the title.

I'm super busy this week finishing up a 50th wedding anniversary book. I will start showing those as soon as I get them edited. Thanks for stopping by.

Grandma card

I made this card for my husbands grandmother that turned 91 last week. I can only pray and hope to be that full of life in my 90's. She also makes the best angel wing cookies. 

The ribbon is by American Crafts; die cut by Jillibean Soup; red cardstock by SU. Sorry that's all I know.

More tomorrow so come back. 

Plus it is my blog anniversary month so I will be posting blog candy soon. Stayed tuned:)

Manly Monday

It's just being featured on Tuesday. Today's Layout is published in Scrapbook.com and you can find the article HERE

Christmas Cards all year Round monthly challenge

Christmas cards all year Round monthly challenge begins today. So that trumps Manly Monday and will be featured tomorrow.

This months challenge is to use 4 or more of the listed items.

Chipboard

Hand stitching

Ribbon

Inking

Stamping

Textured paper (embossed is good!)

Metal embellishments

Alphabet stickers or rub-ons for the sentiment

Stripes

Below each card, I have the four that I used. Remember you need to make five cards either all the same or five different ones to be eligible for the monthly prize.

For this one I did hand stitching, a rub on sentiment, inked edges and ribbon.

Flower by IM; die cut by SB; die cut PP by DCWV; ribbon by OF; rubon by Fancy Pants; sticker by 

MMBI.

I'm entering this card into the stitching challenge at:

Pattie'sCreation(F#27)

The Stamp Man(F#28)

For this card I did stamping, textured paper, metal (brad) and inking the edges.

Ink by Colorbox; sentiment by EP; stickers by Sticko; die cut by SB (both the label and the snowflake); brad by OTCo; embossing powder by SP; stamp by HA; ink by VM

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Stamps Fun- Creativity(M#58)-Christmas

Sweet Stampin(SU)-Christmas in July

Alphabet challenge(F)-M is for Metal (snowflake brad)

Crafty Catz Weekly challenge(F#93)-Christmas in July

Fun with shapes and more(F#88)-Christmas in July

Fussy and Fancy Challenge(F#42)-Christmas in July

Sassy Studios(M#5)-Let it Snow

Phindy's Challenge(F#66)-Diecuts (snowflake and the label are both by Spell binders)

I used stripes, a rub on sentiment, metal/brad and ribbon

PP by Best Creations; ribbon by OF; die cuts by SB; stickers by MMBI; rub on by KCo; card base by RE.

Lastly I used ribbon, metal/brad, a rub on sentiment and inking the edges on this card.

Brads by TPS; rub ons by K and Co; ribbon by OF; ink by RI; glitter glob by RE.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out the new challenge examples. See HERE  for the challenge specifics. See you tomorrow with Manly Monday.

Let's Dance Card

This week the challenge at I Did it Creations is DANCE. I love this little dancer getting ready in her tutu. Super cute image by Sylvie's Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look. See you tomorrow for the new challenge at Christmas cards all Year Round.

Brown Sympathy and Get Well Cards

I taught a class how to make this first card on Thursday and then another full group today as well. It is fun to teach. The only iffy thing I have about it is I make up the stuff so long ago that when it comes to the day of the class I have to remake the card or whatever so I am fresh with what I am teaching. I just made up another class that I won't teach until the middle of September. On that one I took a ton of notes on each little step that I did to make the layout. It's a good workout for my brain, that's for sure. So I taught the ladies how to distress the edges using different tools they probably already have at home. One being an emery board. It works like a charm on the embossed cardstock. I also have small pieces of sand paper in my stash that the husband gave to me. That works well too. I also use the emery board on the edges of the brown paper too. It just gives a little worn look to it. 

Isn't Crackle paint on that die cut fun to look at? I just adore Crackle paint right now. I love trying out new things to do with it. Did you know that Smooch ink dries on top of Crackle paint but doesn't dry on Liquid Pearls paint by Ranger? I found that out last week while playing around. It looks so cool applied to the Crackle paint. Next week I will have a project showing you what I did. But for now here are my two cards. I will quit talking now:)

The second card says Feel Better Soon. I'm not fond of the brown embossing powder that I am using. Does anyone have a suggestion of a good medium brown colored embossing powder that rocks? I am all ears. On this card I used a stamp by American Crafts Dear Lizzy Warable stamp set. I put distressing Stickles on the edges of the flower.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed the tip at the top of the page and will come back tomorrow for more inspiration.

3 Cards using American Crafts Products

I made the following cards using the American Crafts collection called Abode. I really love the bold colors of this collection and how I was able to take other collections from AC and add them together. This first card has ribbon by Dear Lizzy, the stamp is from the I Do stamp set and the flower is by an entirely different collection as well. I took the chipboard buckle by Colorbok and painted it with a bingo dabber and then sprayed it with Perfect Pearls and water. The flower had a glitch in the corner so I took some Martha Stewart glitter glue and went around the edges of it. Now you would never know that something was wrong.

This happy birthday card is all American Crafts products except the thread, which is by Gudebrod. Oh and the ink on the yellow rectangle is by SU

Almost all of this card is by American Crafts. That rectangle rub on is from an older collection of rub-ons. the ink is by SU and the card base by Studio G.

Thanks for checking out my cards today. See you again tomorrow for something new. I have things lined up to post until August 2nd. So be sure to come back each day for some new inspiration.

Baptism

I used a distressing tool and ink by RI to do the sides of the patterned paper. The doves matched the dove in the drape on the podium. They are stamps by We R Memory Keepers using Versa Mark ink and Stampendous gold embossing powder. I then fussy cut them out of the cardstock. The letters are by CM, small date circle by ES; PP as a border is by Cosmo Cricket; digital stamp by Robyn's Fetish, colored in with Copic markers and then distressed. Thanks for looking at my layout today.

Merry and Bright

I have a few Christmas cards to share today. I know it's super early but I like to do things a little bit early and then have a million other things to do as the time draws near. This one is inspired by Creative Belli's challenge Christmas challenge. See the photo on their blog. The PP is by Best Creations; sticker by Imaginisce and rub ons by K and Co.

This next one is left over scraps from a squashed album class I took on Saturday. I loved the papers so much I made them into this simple card. Stamped sentiment by CTMH; PP by K and Co; CS by SU and RE; center stamp and snowflake rubon by American Crafts; ink by Clearsnap and RI.

This last one is a nontraditional colorful Christmas card that I made using papers from DCWV and the card is by Studio G. The stamp is by TPCo; ink by Versa Mark; embossing powder by SP; rick rack by TPS, rhinestones by BG and snowflake stickers by Jolees.

Thanks for looking.

Christmas in July

Here is my Christmas in July card that I was going to use for CCAYR August challenge. Can you guess what our challenge will be? It's not that simple.

Using up some old supplies while using some new die cut shapes that I borrowed from a friend. One of those new to me things. I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut (SA7-23)-Reindeer

Simply Create(F)-Christmas Time

Craft your passion(M#68)-Christmas in July

Die cut dreams(M#94)-Animal Antics

Paper Creations Ink(M#5)-Christmas

Pollycraft(M#103)-Christmas

Christmas Inspirations(SU)-Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations Paint(SU)-Christmas

Creative Inspirations(SU#64)-Christmas

Designed to Delight(SA)-Christmas

Totally Gorguss(SA#90)-Die cuts

Fun with Shapes and More(F)-Christmas

Stampin 4 the Weekend(F)-Four legged animal

Delightful challenge(TH)-Christmas

Manly Monday Teenage Star Birthday card and a Toadily cute layout

My card is one I sent to our teenage nephew and I really liked how the Bo Bunny paper looks with the SU star stamps. The sentiment is by HA and ink is by Clearsnap. Brads by Bo Bunny and CTMH.

I'm entering this card into the following challenge:

Totally paper crafts(FR)-One for the boys

Digi Doodles(TH#68)-CAS

My Mums Crafts(W#15)-For a teen

Clear it out(TU)-Anything Goes

Lady bug Crafts(TU)-Summer birthdays

2 Sisters Challenge(SA#49)-Anything Goes

Send a smile for kids(SA)-Card for the boys

This week I have a layout and a card to share. I love this layout and it's not toad-ally manly. It's more little boy cute than anything else.

I'm not sure who the paper is by but the ribbon is by OF; letters CC; stamped letters LF; border punch by SU; green punched paper by CM.

I'm entering this layout into the challenge at Lasting Memories for the big bold titles challenge (#48).

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my "Manly Monday" post. Stop back tomorrow for some more inspiration. I still have a lot to show you for the month of July.

UPDATED 8-18-22

Bookmark I Did it Creations Challenge

This week at I Did it Creations we are sponsored by Robyn's Fetish and the challenge is to make a bookmark.

Thanks for stopping by today and checking out my bookmark.

Happy Birthday card

My card for today is a little bit busy for me but it's good to try something new. This card base was white and I used RI distressing inks to alter it's color. Also the tag started off as a nice BG tag and I heat embossed it with off white embossing powder-I'm not sure I like it-and then I inked the entire tag with distressing inks. 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Bearly Mine(TU#15)-Use a tag on your project

Ruby's Rainbow(W#8)-Vintage

Penny's Challenge(W#58)-Alter it. (the tag is by BG and I heat embossed it and inked with RI inks)

Paper Pretties(W#163)-Embossing

Southern girls Challenge(TH#23)-Happy Birthday

Sugar Creek Hollow(SA7-23)-Tag it

Crafty Ann's Challenge(SA#45)-Embossing

Stamp Man challenge(F#27)-Anything Tim (the distressing inks and tool used are TH)

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Purple encouragement

Purple clean and simple card to spice up Friday. I used a ton of old products on this one. I love using up old supplies. My mom snatched this one up for her collection right away. As for supplies, the chipboard is by Colorbok; flower and brad by LSS; scallop circle punch by EK Success and bigger one cut by CC Storybook cartridge; STickles by RI; PP is UK but the CS is by DCWV and TPCo; rub on by Kaiserkraft. 

I'm entering this Get well card into the following challenges:
CCEStampers(TH CCEE1129)-Encouragement card

Digi Doodles (TH#68)-Clean and simple

Sassy Studio designs (TH#82)-Clean and Simple

Shelly's Images(TH7/21)-Show us what you got challenge

Crafts and Me Challenges(W#44)-add a flower

The House that stamps built(ends 8-2)-glitter on your card. (The purple scallop edge 

has purple Stickles on it)

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Happy Anniversary

Today is my cousins anniversary so I felt an anniversary card should be seen in honor of a wonderful couple that has stayed together through thick and thin. They are a beautiful couple and I pray they stay together forever.

PP by KCo; background stamp by HA-ink by VM-embossing powder by SP; sentiment stamp by Fiskars-ink by RI; flowers and brad by LSS; Smooch ink by Clearsnap.

Thanks for looking.

Pink Wednesday Scrapbook Layout and Card

Today marks 14 months since my injury at work. Not a very good way to start the day so let's put something cheery out there for your viewing pleasure.

Nothing is cuter than this sweet baby girl in a very berry pink layout. I love pink. It just screams girlie!

And then a Happily ever after card to boost the pink-ness of today.

There is so much product to this layout. PP by KCo; bl CS by TPS-wh CS by RE- pink by Sunborn; die cuts by SB; stickers-square SRM and border by Doodlebug Designs; frame by MM; letters by CC Elegant Cake by PC; paint by Tulip-stamps by Heidi Swapp.

I'm entering this LO into the Shopping your Stash (TU#9) challenge of using an old technique. I chose to use paint and foam stamps on the black cardstock, which is something I haven't done in a long time.

CS by RE; PP by IM; flower by Prima; punch by EK; brad by BB; Stickles by RI; stamps-sentiment by Fiskars-ink by RI and background by HA- ink by VM and RI-embossing powder by SP.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Everybody Art challenge(TU#151)-Dots (in the background stamp)

Kaboodle Doodle (M#76)- embossing (heat embossed the background)

Simon Says(M)-embossing

Gingerloft (SU)-Make it sparkle (I added Stickles to the flower)

Paper Creators Craft (SA#3)-Weddings 

Thanks for looking. See you tomorrow:)

Cute little Dress stamp makes a cute thank you card

I made this fun yet simple card using two stamp sets from American Crafts. The dress is by Dear Lizzy Warble stamp set and the sentiment is from the Thanks stamp set

The gold paper is by CM; kraft paper is unknown; embossing powders by SP; ink by VM; card base by RE.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Kaboodle Doodle (M#76)-Embossing

The Kraft Journal (M)-My favortie things (clothes)

Simon Says (M)-Embossing

Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday

This week I bring to you a manly birthday card a little geared more towards fall but still approved by the hubby as Manly Monday worthy.

I used a rubber stamp and made a mask with Inkadinkado masking paper. Love that stuff for masking. Card base is CS by CM; white CS by RE; red CS by PC;
the leaf that is popped up has been painted with clear crackle paint by RI-distressing ink by RI;
circle paper by SEI-sprayed with gold Perfect Pearls and water-sentiment stamp by Fiskars-ink by RI
All other inks were by RI or CTMH.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out Manly Monday.

CAS card

This week at Wee Memories the challenge is for a CAS-clean and simple card. So I just made this card for such the occasion.

I'm also able to use this card for the Shopping our Stash challenge of something old and something new. That ribbon has been in my stash for eons but the rub ons from Kaiserkrafts and the ink is a new to me ink as well.
Other challenges:
Sundays with Crissy (M)-Distressing
Aud Sentiments (W#32)-two word sentiment
Thanks for stopping by:)

Don't Feed the Bears Frame for I Did it Creations Challenge

This week our challenge is sponsored by JLJ Designs and provided us with the bear image and both background papers. I wasn't sure what type of card to make out of the image we were given so I made it like I would make a card and then framed it instead. So this first photo is without the frame and the second photo is with the frame. This way when I can still make it into a card by just taking it out and adhering it to a card base.

I'm using my frame art for the challenge at Going Grey of 2 patterned papers and 2 embellishments (jute and chipboard circle and Do it with Digi's challenge of including an animal.

Thanks for stopping by and see you tomorrow for Manly Monday.

Mid Month reminder for CCAYR

Don't forget to submit your cards over at Christmas Cards all Year Round for the month of July. Now is the time to get those pesky things done and out of the way. 

July Challenge 
With summer weddings coming up, white should be a main "colour" and then we'lll need some bling - gems, plearls, glitter, etc. 
Added challenge for fun - Flower(s) of some kind too!!! 

I used white crackle paint on the white cardstock and after applying it I added glitter to it. The glitter then dried in the crackle paint and is embedded into it. 

Supplies: Crackle Paint by RI; flower by IM; leaves by Prima; 

snowflake die cut by SB-silver paper by CM

Sentiment by DCWV; card base by RE and brad by LSS.

Stop by Christmas Cards all Year Round and submit five cards for your chance to win a fabulous prize and get a head start on those Christmas cards.

I am also entering this card into the following challenges:

CES challenge(SA#45)-Christmas

2 sisters challenge blog(SA#48)-Christmas in July

Sparkles Forum(M-July)-Glitter

Stampin with the Dragon(F7-8)-Christmas in July

Loving cards

I'm showing a wedding card and a with love card today with similar colors. I really like the peach color and keep finding myself reaching for it over and over again.

This card has the following products in it: PP by KCo (I just cut with the wave of the paper free hand);
flowers & brad by LSS-Smooch ink by Clearsnap-embossing folder by SZ;
peach paper by MM-background stamp by HA-ink by VM-embossing powder by SP-distressing ink and tool by RI;
white CS by RE-sentiment by Fiskars-ink by Clearsnap.

 
This next card's base is by Studio G, which I buy at Michael's;
CS by Bazzill, RE and Dollar General;
PP by KCo (I drew the line of the card base on the back of the PP and free hand cut it out to match the card)
die cuts by SB-embossing folder by CB by PC-ink Tea Dye by RI;
flower and brad by LSS;
scallop circle punch by SU-spray/mist Smoochie by Clearsnap;
ribbon by OF; Border punch by EK; Rub on by Kaiserkrafts.

Thanks for stopping by a taking a look at my most recent creations. More to come for the next 4 days.

Imaginisce Prom Layout

This week I took a small break from the blog land action to work a few things out. So far it's been a better week then the previous 3 or 4 and with that I'm going to stay optimistic. Coping/dealing with the stress of medical issues has become a puzzle that needs to be solved. I have found a few pieces and have attached them for my own sanity, which I am thankful God lead me to those coping remedies and many other things. 

Today's layout features my niece's Prom pictures from this past May. I used the Garden collection from Imaginisce and love the way it turned out. The flower rub ons in the Spellbinders die cuts are from the Twitter patted collection. 

Trying the close up shots again.

CS is by Dollar General; cross is by Colorbok; embossing powder by The Powder Keg; circle stamp by CTMH; border punch by EK Success; Silver paper in title by CM; Stickles and liquid pearls by RI; kraft CS by OTCo; rhinestones by Basic Grey.

The title die cut comes from Cricuts cartridge Locker Talk. That one takes a while to get the best results but I was pleased with it's sparkle and how well it matched the patterned paper. Here's a few pictures of the production of decorating the die cut.

This first one is where I marked off where the frame would be so not to lose it in the glitter. Then I placed white Martha Stewart glitter glue down on the "ribbon" and topped it with MS green glitter for added dimension.

This next picture is the completion of the glitter on the "ribbon".

The picture below shows the start of the black Stickles for the frame of the die cut. Multiple layers of Stickles are needed to give the die cut full coverage.

And then I didn't (forgot to) take a photo in between the next step and the final product. The next picture is what the die cut looks like on the layout except I think I filled in that kraft colored corner )upper left) with Liquid Pearls by RI.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my layout.

Manly Monday

Sorry for the delay. I woke up to no power. I have a birthday card for you that is on the summer side of things. I used products from Echo Park; stamps by Lawn Fawn; ink by CTMH and the cardstock is from RE. The arrow was (I think) cut on my Cricut but it could have been a borrowed punch from a crop as well.

The second picture is the inside and the stamp is by Stampendous using ink by RI and sticker by Three bugs in a rug.

 I may have another one later on to share but this is all I have for now. My mojo has been a "no show" these past few stressful days/weeks. I hope this week is better then the past few. 

Ooh the mail guy just came knocking.........a new Stampin Up catalog is here for my viewing pleasure. Things just got better already. Gotta go dream I have a million dollars to spend in there and then have all the room to store everything:) See ya tomorrow.

I Did it Creations Challenge

This week at I Did it Creations are challenge is sponsored by Glitterbabe's and the theme is FLORAL:)
We received this beautiful silhouette flower as our image and I thought a get well soon card would be good. I picked a shade of blueish green for a calming effect. Idk, what do you think?

Rubons by Kaiserkrafts; ribbon by Pebbles; PP by K and Co and Daisy D's; CS by HL; card base by Michael's; ink by Stampin Up.

So be sure to stop by the blog and check out the other DT inspiration and join in on the fun at IDIC.

Don't forget about IDIC SNR (Scrapbook News and Reviews) group. If you post your card into the photo album or just let me know that you have linked up a card for this weeks challenge and then let me know by either a message or write on the wall I will get you a freebie from Robyn's Fetish. The only thing is you must be a member of the IDIC SNR Group. Otherwise-Easy as that.

Dancing layouts all with red

I have a few dance layouts to share with you. I made them in May but haven't had a chance to show them. These are double page layouts the first page being the left side and the second page being the right side. This first one is fun because the paper I used is made to correlate with Mickey Mouse embellishments. But with two all black costumes I needed to add some color in there and dance and stars go hand and hand. The little tags were for her to journal on. Since there were a lot of good pictures to showcase, that left little room for a spot to journal.

I'm not one to do my pages exactly the same on each side but I did for this particular set.

The next set are more what I do for left and right. Similar color scheme with maybe an embellishment in common. In this case the polka dot flowers and the opposite color of ribbon from the same place are on each layout. I love that the stars paper came out of a Christmas stack and I used it for a dancing layout.

The gingham paper in this one is super old by Creative Memories but it matched well enough for me to use it on her layout.

And the same goes for these last two side by side layouts. They share in common two patterned papers.

The big difference between these two would be one has everything corner rounded and the other is not but they still looked fabulous side by side.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my layouts. Leave a comment if you see something you like:)

Hugs,

Cindy