Just some lines

 It's Saturday again already!!!

Don't you just love this fabulous new digi from Just Some Lines??

The challenge is still up to use 3 embellishments,

This week I've used 3 different types of embelishments.

Buttons, Flower, and Ribbon.

On top of that I made this fun little card in 9:47.

Yep, it's that time again, the 10 minute craft dash is upon us again!

I will confess that I had already colored up my image a few weeks ago, and was just waiting

to make this cute card!  

The papers are from Crate Paper's Party Days line (I'm in love with this companies papers, and literally stalk them whenever I'm out and about!!)

The buttons are of course from my stash, and the flower I assembled myself!

The little strips of ribbon are from an estate sale find back in April!

I hope you enjoy this little gem, and also that you'll play along at Just Some Lines!

Linking up with:

Shopping our Stash: Thanks

Tuesday Morning Sketch: #233

House of Cards: Color Challenge

Card Makin Mama's: Thankful Tidings

Oozak: Anything goes with Thanks

Diva's by Design: Use a digi

10 minute Craft Dash: Feature buttons

Thankful

 Yep, ever now and again I'm able to post a couple times in one day!

Seeing as my Just Some Lines DT post was on autopilot, this one is not!

I posted yesterday to the Hard Core Crop Challenge, and today I have another posting for that set of challenges!

I made this fabulous banner using different core'dinations card stock that I

dry embossed with my big kick.

Then I sanded down the paper to bring out the beautiful designs.

Here are a couple of close ups...  

 

Then I used my circle punch and some leftover scraps to made the circles.

Added a quick glittery letter, and we are all set!

For the picture I had the banner set up outside, 

but it will be gracing a small wall in my livingroom!

 

As it gets closer to Thanksgiving here in the US, I begin to think of all the things I'm

Thankful for, and I know having the ability to create some fabulous pieces is definitely up there on the list!

 

I hope you are taking some time out of your busy weekend to craft a little something!

 

Linking up with:

Core'dinations Hard Core Crop: Shaped Banners 

Robyn's Fetish: Thanksgiving

Crafty Creations: Autumn Colors

Desert Islangs Crafts: #6,7,8

Oozak: Anything Goes with Thanks

Just some lines thank you

 I rescently had the great opportunity to go through training at my new job.

I was lucky enough to have an amazing trainer,

I made her this card using the new Just some Lines digi.

There is a brand new challenge up to use 3 embellishments on your creation.

Don't you just love this new digi??

I colored her up using my copics, and the paper was a scrap I had laying on my desk!

I do love how versatile this digi could be! 

I hope you will come and play along with us this month!  

 

linking up with:

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Anything goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything goes

Card Makin Mama's: Thankful Tidings

Oozak: Anything goes with Thanks

 

 

Art Cat

 This week was my last week with my newest amazing trainer at work!

We had so much fun, and soooo very much in common!

We both have funny and fun cats, so I decided to try my hand at an art doll

My dear friend Mary first posted this fabulous tutorial, and I decided to tweak it a bit and make mine into a cat instead of an owl!

I think I'm going to try to make a bunny rabbit next, with floppy ears, and a puffy tail!

So this guy was made using some very inexpensive canvas

I first cut out the pattern, and then sprayed the canvas down with

my spray inks, used some stencils, and some distress paints to fix him up a little

made the eyes using some more canvas, and some found buttons, then some twine for his whiskers,

and a button nose!

I had wanted the tail to curl around him to help stabalize him, but that didn't work out quite as planned, so that tail just sorta flops around!

He's a cutie though, and a great present for a brand new Friend!!! 

 

Linking up with:

Oozak: Anything Goes with Friendship

 

 

Life is good

 Today was my first day of working at 6 am, and getting out at 4pm.

Yeah!  So I had some time to finish up this card that I had started yesterday!

I used my daisy from Stampendous, but colored it up to look like a sunflower!

I loooove how big and versatile this stamp can be!

Sooooo after stamping and coloring,

I cut it into pieces.

Yep, so that I could put it back together in a grid pattern!

I've never tried this technique before, and thought this is the perfect image to do it with!

My pieces did turn out a little lop sided, but live and learn right???

I have been super lucky with the challenges at Stampendous, and am hoping this month will be just as lucky in their fall fun challenge!

Their challenge is Fall Fun, and to me a bright yellow sunflower just screams fall!

I'm also linking up with the Technique Challenge at

Just Us Girls

and also the Clean and Simple Challenge at Love to Create

While I'm at it why not link up to the Fall Challenge at Oozak?

 Also linking up with the sunflower challenge at curtain call. 

I hope you feel inspired to create today!

And if there are any of my fabulous creations that you just love, or would like something similar, I am happy to create and sell to you! Just contact me by email!

 

Octopode card

It's hard to believe that I've made so many cards this week!

After finishing this one I said to myself...

I gotta play in my journal!

So here she is...

the image is from Ocotopode, I colored her up weeks (maybe months) ago!

then I die cut her out and distressed along the edges.

All the papers I used were from my crap pile

(well except for the music book one)

But I ripped that out of the music book, and it's my card base!

I colored up the music washi tape with my distress stain (peeled paint)

added the flowers, and

then I punched out a couple of flowers along the top of the card,

and I made some paper for the new Hi stamp that I got from Unity Stamps

and I punched that out too!

Then added glossy accents to the top.

wanna see a close up??

Pretty huh?? 

Ok, so hopefully something other than cards for tomorrow!!

(Oh wait, I will have another birthday card for my sister to post!)

Then no more cards!!!!

Linking up with: 

Octopode Factory: Inspired by music

Tuesday Morning: Sketch: #198

Shopping our stash: Scrap attack

Card Makin Mama's: Punches

Kinsale Creations: Link up Party

Love to Create: Flowers

Oozak: Earth Tones

**I'll also be linking this up with the unity friends with flair on friday!