Have Yourself a merry little Christmas

Here was a card a made sometime ago and just hadn't taken the time to post using a Bugaboo image with prisma pencils and copics.  I colored this several years ago when I was on the Bugaboo DT. The sentiment is from TLC, Create.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections
Stamp: Bugaboo - Santa Presents
Sentiment: TLC, Create - Have Yourself a merry little Christmas
Divine Twine
Pom: Creativity
Die: My Favorite Things
Punch: EK Success
Pearls: Recollections
Prisma Pencils

Challenges
CHNC - Ch. 545 Anything Christmas with optional winter fun
Crafty Catz - Ch. 554 Anything Goes with optional Tag, you're it!
Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 35 Anything Christmas
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 493 - 494 Anything Goes
Dream Valley - Ch. 249 Die cuts and/or punches

To my Wonderful Friend on Mother's Day

One last one with bright floral design and sentiment from TLC, Create.  I had to add some butterflies also with bling and pearls.

Patterned Paper: Recollection
Cardstock: Bazzil; Recollection
Sentiment: TLC, Create - To my friend on Mother's Day
Punches: EK Success; Fiskars; Tonic; Martha Stewart
Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
Bling: Duct Tape
Pearls: Recollections

Challenges
Tuesday Morning Sketches - Ch. 601
Crafty Friends - Ch. 151 Ladies/girls
Creatalicious - Ch. 209 Anything Goes with optional slim line
Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 144 Slimline card
CHNC Patterned - April 2021 

I hope you know....

I just love this sketch by Atlantic Heart and wanted to add to my Valentine/Love stash so I made this quick and simple card. Just love the sentiment and I am loving heat embossing lately.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye
Cardstock:  Bazzil
Stamp:  Stampendous
VersaMark
Embossing Powder:  Zing
Heart:  Hobby Lobby
Stickers and Pearls: Martha Stewart
Spellbinder:    Circle

Challenges
Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge - Ch. 401
Allsorts - Wk 605 Anything Goes
Crafting Happiness - Ch. 77 New Year or Any Celebration (Valentines)
Crafty Friends - Ch. 148 Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments Anything Goes

Dove sympathy

Here is the other sympathy card that I made using another die cut and lots of layers.

Patterned Paper: Bo Bunny
Cardstock:  Recollection
Die:  Tutti Designs
Pearls: Recollections

Challenges
Sweet Wednesday Sketch 2 - Sketch 187
Love to Craft - Ch 53 Anything Goes
Crafty Animals - Ch. 45
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 45
Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 486 Anything Goes

Diamond Butterfly

For my Mom's Christmas present I make her a stash of sympathy cards and this year I have made this butterfly as a sympathy card for her. I love the bright colors. I don't think that sympathy cards need to be boring and dull since they need to celebrate the life of a special person.

Patterned Paper:  Core-dinations; Bo Bunny
Cardstock:  Core-dinations: Recollections
Die:  Cherry Lynn
Pearls: Michael's

Challenges
Sweet Wednesday Sketch 2 - Sketch 186
Love to Craft - Ch 53 Anything Goes
Crafty Animals - Ch. 45
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 45
Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 486 Anything Goes

Merry Christmas with pinecones

Growing up in Wisconsin and being raised out in the country, we always had lots of pinecones around. Now I love when I go into the craft stores or places where they have them scented with cinnamon. It just reminds me of the large trees from the woods and seeing fresh white snow on them during the winter. I just love this Tim Holtz die cut and it goes perfectly with the HSS sketch.

Patterned Paper: Paper Studio
Cardstock: Bazzil; Recollections
Dies: Tim Holtz - Festive Trims; QuicKutz
Stamp: Tim Holtz - Mini Holidays 2
VersaMark
Embossing Powder: Stampdendous
Pearls: Jolee
Bling:  Bo Bunny
Punch: EK Success

Challenges
Hand Stamped Sentiments - Ch. 350 Sketch
Sparkles Christmas - Ch. 117Vintage
Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog - Ch. 27
Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 499 Christmas
Simon Says Wednesday Stamp Layer it up
The Holly and the Ivy - Ch. 81
12 Months of Christmas Link UP - Ch. 70 Color Challenge
 CHNC - Ch. 513 Anything Christmas with optional make your own background

Baby Girl Pacifier Cards

I got a new die cut from Paper Rose and I made several variations. I used sentiments from a Fiskars stamp set from long ago.

Patterned Paper:  Core-dinations; Recollections
Cardstock:  Bazzil: Recollections
Die Cut:  Paper Rose - Dummy or Pacifier
Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black
Stamp:  Fiskars
Spellbinders:  Label & Picot Circle
Divine Twine
Ribbon:  Simplicity
Pearls:  Recollections


Challenges 

Sweet Wednesday Sketch 2 - Ch. 190
Creations in Pink - September
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 458-459 Anything Goes

Butterflies and flowers With Sympathy

Each month I try to keep up with a stash of cards for Christmas and sympathy. For this sympathy I went out of the box and made a slim line design using my new dies from Studio Katia. And I used a sentiment die cut from Creative Expressions.  Then I pulled out some punches from Tonic for the flowers and Martha Stewart for the butterflies.

Patterned Paper:  Recollections

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Paper Company; Recollections

Dies:  Studio Katia; Creative Expressions (see above for direct links)

Punches:  Tonic; Martha Stewart

Pearls:  Michael's

Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 454 - 455 Anything Goes

Creative Sketchy Girls - Ch. 51 Butterflies

The Sisterhood of Crafters - It's the thought that counts

JUGS - Ch. 551 Wild Card Butterflies

Watercooler Wednesday - ch. 286 All about occasions

Krafty Chicks - Ch. 522 All occasions

CIJ Day 3 at CTB Christmas Blessings Drummer Gift Bag

Today it's Day 3 at Catch the Bug Christmas in July celebration and the theme is Anything but a Card. For my project I actually used the Cheerful Sketch for the month on a gift bag using Deacon Drummer and the sentiment is a retired stamp from Verve. For July I kept with a Red, White and Blue theme for this project.

This was Julie's last project on 5/4. That day she posted how excited she was to be

scheduling her surgery. She was so positive and determined.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Winters Frost

Cardstock:  Core-dinations; Bazzil; Core-dinations

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Deacon drummer (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  Verve (retired)

Ink:  Distress - Broken China

Die:  My Favorite Things

Ribbon:  Michael's

Punch:  EK Success

Pearls:  Recollections

Challenges

Cheerful Sketches - July 2020

CHNC - Ch. 499 Anything Christmas with optional use die cut or punch

Not Just Cards - July

Sparkles Monthly - Red, White and Blue

Simply Create Too - Ch. 162 Red, White and Blue

May your Holidays Sparkle

I was having fun playing with some Distress Oxides and then I decided to use some for this sketch. They are not the traditional colors for Christmas, but that's was intrigued me. I also found some ribbon that I had recycled from a gift. I dry embossed the white background and then pulled out some snowflake die cuts and put a pearl in the center of the smaller ones. Then used a My Favorite Things Christmas Sentiment that I have had for quite sometime as a freebie set.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  My Favorite Things

Ribbon:  Stash (recycled from gift)

Pearls:  Jolee

Dies:  My Favorite Things; Sizzix

Inks:  Distress Oxides - Spun sugar; Fired Brick; Worn Lipstick

                                     Peacock Feathers; Picked Raspberry; Mustard Seed; Wilted Violet

Embossing Folder:  We Are Memory Keepers

Challenges

Christmas Card Throwdown - June Sketch (see above)

CHNC - Ch. 493 Anything Christmas with optional winter fun

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Ch. 73 

CCARY - June Recycle/Upcycle (ribbon)

613 Ave Create - Ch. 234 Anything Goes with optional twist create a blended background

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 442- 443 Anything Goes

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 23

Sister you are like my angel

I am continuing on my Mom's birthday card stash. Since she has so many sisters I found a sentiment that I liked on Pinterest and used that with lots of flowers, pears, gems, ribbon and a bow.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe 

Spellbinder:  Romantic Rectangles

Flowers:  Prima

Ribbon:  Michael's

Gems:  Recollections

Pearls:  Recollections

Ink: Distress - Dusty Concord

Challenges
Double D - Lavendars - Lilliacs - Purple Challenge

Seize the Birthday - Ch. 190 Monochromatic

Di digi design - Load on the flowers

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 634 Birthday

As You Like It - Favorite color to pair with purple (white) It looks so clean and crisp.

Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 121 Birthday

Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 207 For the Ladies
Alphabet Challenge - C for Checks

Best wishes Butterflies

I wanted to make a card using my Hot Foil Machine and the colors of the color throwdown I was drawn to.

Cardstock:  Core-dinations; Recollections
Spellbinders: Hot Foil Plates
Punches:  Tonic & Martha Stewart
Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts
Pearls:  Recollections
Sequins:  Stash

Challenges
Color Throwdown - Ch. 592
International Art & Soul - Ch. 83 Flowers & Butterflies
Crafting Happiness - Ch. 48 Anything Goes with optional Nature
Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 633 Anything Goes
Use Your Stuff - Ch. 397 Flowers and/or Butterflies
Crafty Friends - Ch. 135 Flowers

Some days life is sheer PANDA-monium

Today starts a new Stella Says Sketch and for my card, I used Zoo Bobblehead Panda Bear and a sentiment from TLC, Create. I wanted a bright floral background in contrast to my black and white bear. I am really trying to go for a full on spring blast.  And I had more of that than I wanted just a bit ago.  I was trying to finish up another DT card for later in the week and I thought I had some Nuvo drops that I have never used, but would be perfect. So I cut the tip off the bottle and squeezed and .....POP!!!!!! I had a beautiful blue that squished and flew all over my surface the carpet, wall and the only place that I had a perfect drop was in my bangs.  The whole bottle exploded.  I don't know what I did so I guess I will have to Youtube on to use these. And if anyone knows how to get it out of carpet I would greatly appreciate it.

See bangs for the only perfect Nuvo drops 

Patterned Paper:  

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Zoo Bobblehead Panda Bear (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Sheer Panda-monium

Dies:  Little B & My Favorite Things

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

Flowers:  Paper Studio & Prima

Pearls:  Recollection

Challenges

Crafty Animals - Ch. 38

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 38

the Paper Girls - Ch. 199 Happy May Day Image Photo Inspiration

little red wagon - Ch. 548 Flowers

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 349 Favorite Embellishment (flowers)

Crafty Friends - Ch. 135 Flowers

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 438 - 439 Anything Goes

Allsorts - Wk 571 - 572 Anything Goes

Strange Friends

Today starts a new challenge at Catch the Bug with the theme being "Ladies Night".  For my card, I used the image Make it Snappy - Friends and then a sentiment from TLC, Create. I added a pearl to the necklace, flower centers and the corner of the card. I put sequins with some bling scattered on the card. I have lots of layers with two pieces of ribbon/lace.
I have a group of friends that I have had for 30 years. We worked together in the hospital on a Medical/Oncology unit. When I say that we have been together through thick and thin that's putting it mild. I am so thankful for them since my family lives almost 2 hours away from me. So this card is perfect for any of the ladies and I will probably make a few more.  It's funny that our nights used to be wilder than they are now, but we still enjoy spending time with each other.

Patterned Paper:  Bo Bunny

Cardstock:  Core-dinations; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Make it Snappy - Friends (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Strange Friends

Ribbon/Lace:  Michael's

Pearls:  Jolee

Bling: Recollection

Flowers:  Prima

Border Punch:  Martha Stewart

Sequins:  Creativity

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

Let's Craft & Create - Ch. 159 Anything Goes with ribbon, lace or twine

Watercooler Wednesday - Ch. 270 Anything Goes with a feminine twist

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 166 Ladies

Sweet Stampin' - Funny That

Your Next Stamp - Ch. 138 Lots of Layers

613 Avenue Create - Ch. 233 Anything Goes with optional Lace and Diamonds

Dragonfly Dreams - Ribbon, Lace and/or Pearls

QKR - Ch. 397 Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 270 Anything Goes

Rose Oval Happy Birthday to You

Today at Catch the Bug we have an older image that is brought into the new store and it's Oval Rose Frame.  I used a sentiment from Stampendous and heat embossed it.  I added some pearls, lace and roses to finish the card.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Oval Rose Frame (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  Stampendous

VersaMark

Embossing Powder: Hampton Art

Dies:  My Favorite Things

Lace:  American Crafts

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearls:  American Crafts

Challenges

Dragonfly Dreams - Ribbon, Lace and/or Pearls

Always Fun - Ch. 161 Female/Mom

Crafty Cardmakers - Ch. 256 Celebrations

Joy of Sets - May  (Roses, Things that fly, Pearls)

Double Trouble - Ch. 56 Birthday Blowout

    Thing 1 Birthday
    Thing 2 Joy of Sets (see above)

Sweet Stampin' - Bright and Beautiful

Krafty Chicks - Ch. 505 Anything Goes

Happy Birthday TMS # 551

Today at Tuesday Morning Sketches we have a new challenge that starts with this sketch.  I used a die cut that I have in my stash and added some flowers to it to bring a spring design.  I used a variety of strips from a paper pack that was great to use  up some scraps.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye

Cardsotck:  Bazzil; Recollections

Die Cuts:  My Favorite Things; unknown sentiment

Ribbon:  Michael's

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearls:  Recollections

Challenges

CHNC Patterned - April

Creative Sketchy Girls - Ch. 47 Flowers

The Crafter's Cafe - Ch. 240 Flowers

Aud Sentiment - Ch. 249 10th Birthday

Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 477 Spots or Dots

Awareness Angel

Today at Catch the Bug there is an older image that is moved into the new store Ribbon Prim Angel 01.  For my card, I made it a breast cancer awareness and used a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I have a co-worker going through chemotherapy right now so this is perfect to give to her.  Even with all the crazy things happening she is getting her treatments and still working. Check out the Catch the Bug website for my co-workers did awareness of other conditions. So this image is great for so MANY things.

Patterned Paper:  Recollections; Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Ribbon Prim Angel 01 (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Beauty, Grace, Hope

Punches:  EK Success

Pearls:  Recollections

Die:  My Favorite Things

Spectrum Noir

Challenges

Sunday Stamps - Ch. 228 Sketch (see above)

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 434 - 435 Anything Goes

Dream Valley - Ch. 223 Things with Wings

Polkadoodles - Wk 15 Anything Goes

Happy Easter Cross

I made a bunch of background papers by blending my Distress Oxide Inks which is Just so much fun. I wanted to do more card for Easter and just haven't had time. One that I wanted to make for a special Aunt is used a Spellbinder Cross that is also embossed, a sentiment from Lawn Fawn, flowers and some pearls. She is an elegant and refined lady so I think this is perfect for her.

Patterned Paper:  Recollections

Cardstock:  Recollections

Spellbinder:  Cross

Flowers:  Paper Studio and Recollections

Pearls:  Recollections

Inks:  Distress Oxides:  Mustard Seed; Citron; Cracked Pistachio

Challenges

Dies R Us - Ch. 142 Anything Goes with any brand that DRU sells (Spellbinder and Lawn Fawn)

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 164 Easter/Spring

The Card Concept - Ch. 132 (Clean and Layered)

Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 206 Easter/Spring

little red wagon - Ch. 544 Mix'em up (Spellbinder and Lawn Fawn)

Crafty Cardmakers - Ch. 254 Easter

Always Fun - Ch. 157 Easter

Crafting Happiness - Ch. 43 Anything Goes with Easter

Watercooler Wednesday- Ch. 266 All About Ocassions

Wreath Happy Birthday to You

Saturday started a new challenge at Catch the Bug and it's Anything Goes. So for my card, I used Floral Wreath 01 and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  The patterned paper is from Bearly Mine which is retired and the ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  Sorry I'm late in posting, I've needed to spend more time wit my cat Snookie who is lonely and grieving the loss of her sister. She is eating, but I had to buy some baby food which she seems to prefer to her soft food. But I will let her eat it since she's at least eating.

Patterned Paper:  Bearly Mine

Cardstock:  Core-dinations

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Floral Wreath 01 (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Happy Birthday to you banner

Sakura Jelly Glitter Pen

Ribbon:  Really Reasonable Ribbon

Pearls:  Jolee

Challenges

Crafty Catz - Ch. 496 Anything Goes with optional flowers

Creations in Pink - Ch. 19

Seize the Birthday - Ch. 184 Anything Birthday with optional topping sentiment as focal image

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 624 Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks - Ch. 497 Stamp Act

The Sketchy Challenge - Ch. 161 Anything Goes

Make My Monday - Ch. 117 In the Pink