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

Coffee very seriously

Here is another coffee card using a single Verve retired digi and a sentiment from TLC, Create. This is another background that I did blending stripes of distress oxide inks to make a red, white and blue background.

Cardstock:  Recollection

Watercolor Paper:  Stratham

Stamp:  Verve digis

Distress Oxides:  Salty Ocean & Candied Apple

Stars:  Darice

Challenges

2020 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop

Mojo Monday - Ch. 537

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 636 Stripes

Krafty Chicks - Ch. 509 All occasions

Polkadoodles - Wk 22 Anything Goes

Love to Scrap - Ch. 133 Anything Goes

Three Cheers

Well I had to make a few more coffee cards to complete the Coffee Hop.  This is from an older Verve digi set from years ago. I made the background by blending distress oxide inks on some watercolor paper. I tried to keep it in stripes for a red, white and blue effect.

Cardstock:  Recollection

Watercolor Paper:  Stratham

Stamp:  Verve digis

Distress Oxides:  Salty Ocean & Candied Apple

Stars:  Darice

Challenges

2020 Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Hop

Mojo Monday - Ch. 537

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 636 Stripes

Krafty Chicks - Ch. 509 All occasions

Polkadoodles - Wk 22 Anything Goes

Love to Craft - Ch. 46 Anything Goes

Patriotic Eagle and Flag Vintage

I have a bunch of vintage images from TLC,Create and I just don't get a chance to play with them as much as I would like. Since it's Memorial Day Weekend I was inspired to use this wonderful eagle. I was able to pull out some buttons, ribbons, twine, hemp and do some distressing.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  TLC, Create - Patriotic Eagle and Flag Tag Vintage

Ribbons:  Michael's

Buttons:  JHB & LeButton

Hemptique

Divine Twine

Tim Holtz distressing Tool

Challenges

The Card Concept - Ch. 135 (see above, Vintage)

Daring Cardmakers - Birds of a Feather

Scribbles - Ch. 89 Brads, Buttons or Bows

Crafty Catz - Ch. 507 Spots and/or stripes

Path of Positivity  - Ch. 80 Furry or Feathery Friends

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 351 Embossing Delight

Pearly Sparkles - Ch 51 Add a ribbon and/or bow

Crafty Friends - Ch 136 Add embellishments

Exercise pushing my luck

Today at Catch the Bug is a new Saturday Challenge and our theme is "Funky Folds".  For my card, I used image Stella Push My Luck.  For my card fold, I used Spring Fold Card.

Patterned Paper:  Fancy Pants

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dination; Recollection

Stamp & Sentiment:  Bugaboo - Stella Push My Luck

Star Dies:  Spellbinder

Dies:  My Favorite Things

Glossy Accents

Challenges

Brown Sugar - Ch. 298 February 2020

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 160 Die Cuts/ Punches

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 245 Anything Goes with sentiment

Dream Valley - Ch. 219 Hand colored image

Crafty Sentiment - Anything Goes

Incy Wincy - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 265 Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 451 Use your favorite color (Red, white and blue)

Oh say can you see...?

So sorry I am so far behind this week.  I share a job with a co-worker and she is off this week so I have to do the work by myself so I am overwhelmed.  I have been working long hours to keep up, then add that I am switching off this antibiotic sinus rinse to now a 21 day oral antibiotic regimen....and I am already exhausted. So if I don't get to your blog to visit this week please forgive me since I am having to make it to birthday, graduation and Father's Day parties. Some days just don't have enough hours in them, lol. Or my geenie, elf, fairy, or whoever is willing to help I don't discriminate has not arrived yet.
For this card, I used an Oldie Stella Calendar July USA.  On the right side I added a strip of red washi tape.

Enjoy your Friday and upcoming weekend.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - This is Life

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp: Bugaboo - Stella Calendar July USA (see above for direct link)

Flower:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Washi Tape:  Recollections

Challenges

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 302 Washi Wonders

CHNC Patterned - June

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 245 Anything Goes

Alphabet Challenge - F for Flowers

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 229 Anything Goes & Sentiment

Flower Watering Can

For those of you in the countries that celebrate it Happy Memorial Day!

For my card, I used image from Bugaboo called Flower Watering Can and this is one that I colored a LONG time ago using Derwent Watercolour Pencils.  The sentiment is from TLC, Create.

Patterned Papers:  We are Memory Keepers

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dination; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Flower Watering Can (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - a cause for Celebration

Spellbinder:  Small circle, small floral circle

Punch:  EK Success

Divine Twine

Flowers:  Recollection

Heart:  Recollection

Pencils:  Durwent Watercoulor 

Challenges

Color Throwdown - Ch. 544 (see above)

Creative Sketchy Girls - Ch. 36 (see above)

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 388 - 389 Anything Goes

little red wagon - Ch. 498 Flower Frenzy

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 583 Square

Happy Birthday Slugger

Today it's Friday Freebie at Catch the Bug.  I can't believe another week has come and gone and that we have gone past the tax day.  Today for my card, I used JB Baseball and a hand written sentiment. So get this cutie this week for the young and old guys.

Patterned Paper:  My and my Big Ideas
Cardstock:  Bazzil; Core-dinations; Recollections
Stamp:  Bugaboo - JB Baseball
Pens:  Copic Spica; Sakura Jelly White Pen
Punch:  EK Success
Baseball:  Dress it Up

Challenges
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 - Ch. 158
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 382 - 383 Anything Goes
Dream Valley - Ch. 200 All about bears
Crafty Sentiments - Just for the Boys
Dragonfly Dreams - Include an animal