Basketball - Thanks

Hello friends,

I am sure most of you are starting to get busy with your Thanksgiving preparations. 

Today, I have a quick CAS card to share with you. Yes, this girl made a CAS card that took me under 15 minutes to make (and part of that was travel time to the basement where my Cameo is housed).

My son recently had a birthday, and on his actual birthday he and a buddy went to a Washington Wizards basketball game. These two played basketball together last year, so naturally, he wanted me to make his friend a basketball card to thank him for going with him and for the gift he received.

I started with a Brown Kraft Cover Weight cardstock base which is not visually seen from the front. I covered the Kraft base with patterned paper from Cosmo Cricket that I have had FOREVER! Digging into my leftover scraps, I found a piece of solid green cardstock (pulling the green from the patterned paper) and added to the center. I die-cut the word thanks in black from a My Creative Time set. 

Next, my trip to the basement to cut the basketball out using my Cameo. I have a very thin left over piece of Orange Cardstock and I added that to give a border on the green cardstock (want not waste not). I added the basketball to the center adding the sentiment just below to complete this very simple card.

Hopefully his friend will like it and remember their special time to their first NBA game.  Here is a picture of the boys and their basketball coach watching the game intently.  

 

I am sharing at Amusing Challenge - Thanks.

A little humor before I sign off.

I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday! 
~Tammy~

Happy 10th Birthday!

 Hi!

Today, is my favorite guys golden or magical birthday. 10 on the 10th! Where does the time go? It seems like yesterday I was getting up for those midnight feedings and now he is double digits. 
   
My slugger loves baseball, so I made him a shaker card where I added a few die-cut baseballs to mix in with the sequins. I have to admit that I never can photograph shaker cards well. To me, they are always cuter in person then can be captured in a photograph.

Baseball is America's Pastime, and I can't help, but go Patriotic. I used the Take Me Out To the Ballgame ribbon on his card last year, and I will continue to do so till it's all gone...why...because he picked it out last year, and asked if I ever make him a card could I please use "this" ribbon.

 

Products

Baseball Stamp: DeNami Design

Happy: My Creative Time

Birthday die and number: PTI

Papers: scraps

I don't often post personal pictures, but I thought I would leave you with a few. This is my handsome guy (on the right) and his handsome friend. They are both turning 10, so they are showing how old they are going to be.

His Travel Team

At bat on one of the coldest days this fall. He did awesome despite the cold.

The view of life for a Mom on the other side of the fence!

#20 My love!

Where does the time go?

My heart is so full for this boy! Life is not always easy, but he has my heart! 

Little Man, in case you read this one day: I love you, My little fiery tempered, spirited spit fire of a boy. Your presence has always been one that makes a statement, #20.

Thank you for letting me share my piece "Somewhere Under The Sun" 

I am also sharing at Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes and D.L. Art - November Linky Party, Pause, Dream, Enjoy - Anything Goes.

Have a wonderful day!

~Tammy~

Baseball Player Birthday Card {Day 3}

Hey again,

{I'm honored that this card was chosen as "Take The Cake" Winner on 11/5/15 at Seize the Birthday}

My blog doesn't know what to do with postings everyday this week, and I will have one tomorrow too! 

I am back with Day 3 of baseball cards as I work on getting these ready for my son to give his teammates. Again, I worked with scraps and stuck to the travel team colors as you have seen over the last few days. :)

I started with a Navy Blue card base onto which I added a layer of Brown Kraft Cardstock. I took some patterned paper scraps and pieced them together to layer on top of the kraft. I added a felt border trim I had in my ribbon stash.

I die-cut, stamped and embossed the pockets from Wplus9 -A Pocketful of.  Next was the fun part adding the baseball elements.  You have seen these incorporated the last few days and they are from PTI. The sentiment which I built and stamped on a tag are from Wplus9 -A Pocketful of.

I am honestly getting my money's worth out of my baseball stamps. Please share if you know another company with cute baseball or a sports theme. I know I will be making baseball cards for years to come. 

I found inspiration at Seize the Birthday - A Pocket Card. (Toppings)

"A Pocket Card"

I am also joining one last time at Pink and Main - Birthday. 

 

Thank you again for visiting. I will give you a break tomorrow from baseball cards! :)

Have a Fantastic Friday!

~Tammy~

Baseball Player Birthday Card {Day 2}

Hello~

{Happy and Honored to have this card selected as a Design Team Pick at Can You Case It on 10/31/15} 

Yesterday I shared a baseball birthday card, and I am back with another today. My son has three teammates who are having birthdays soon (and my son will also be in that mix in a couple of weeks), so I am trying to crank out a few to have ready. My poor boy usually gets left out of the mix because his Mama runs out of time to make a card for him. I am going to make an effort this year to make him one. Although, I think last year I was successful! :-)

 

I started with a Brown Kraft Coverweight card base. I cut a scallop frame using my Silhouette Cameo from textured Navy cardstock. The baseball is also a file from the Silhouette Store.  I die-cut and stamped the bats and crossed them in the center of the scalloped Square adding the baseball to the center.

I stamped the sentiment on a banner that was die-cut and added it to the lower left  of the card. It came together pretty fast! I stuck to the colors again of my son's travel team.

I used the sketch at Can You Case It for inspiration. I took some slight creative liberties! :-))))

I am also joining in at Pink and Main - Birthday.

 

Thank you so much for popping by today! 

~Tammy~ 

Baseball Player Birthday

Hi!

Some of you who follow me know that I have a ball player in the house.  So that means I have a lot of baseball cards to make on various occasions either as Thank-You's or Birthday cards.

I took advantage of using some scrapss and much loved stamps and dies to put this together along with the help of The Papers Players sketch.

That background paper has a velvet texture. The Helmet, bat, and ball are from Papertrey Ink. The sentiment is one found at Jaded Blossoms. I stuck to my son's team colors which are Navy and Columbia Blue. When it comes to boys, I don't usually get too fancy. They are not interested in the card so much. I think only my guy is because he has grown up with this.  :)

Here is the sketch! 

I am also joining the fun over at Pink and Main - Birthday Theme.

 

Thank you so much for stopping by to check out this baseball birthday card for the Short Stack's friend. 

Have a great day!

~Tammy~

Baseball Birthday Card

Hello all~

{Thank you to Retro Sketches for giving this card a "Shout Out" on 9/12/15}

I know I have pretty much been MIA. Life takes over and summer was busy, out-of-state baseball tournaments, and during his break from baseball, my son and I went on a three week road trip...then my beloved computer just stop working on our trip....no warning...just the end of it's life cycle. So with school, and baseball starting back up...it's taking some time to sort out getting a new computer and getting my files off the old. I had to have an expert start working on it since the thing would no longer power up.

Having said that...I have not been around to visit or post, so I am sorry.

I was forced back into the craft room since my son has a birthday party to go to this weekend. I have not been in there in almost two months. I worked ahead for some DT assignments, so I had to really knock the dust off.

Inspiration was provided (thank goodness), by Retro Sketches!

I used the Sports Mania Cricut Cartridge for the ball and bat, and the sentiment is from Jaded Blossom.

As mentioned, inspiration found at Retro Sketches! 

I hope you have a TERRIFIC Thursday! 

~Tammy~

Grand Slam Birthday - TKJ

Hi!

For this week's Boys will be Boys challenge, I decided to create a Baseball Birthday Card. I am in need of these quite often, so it's never in my stash for long. I started with a card base of Brown Kraft Cardstock next layering a navy blue layer of cardstock followed by Buff Ivory Cardstock which was decorated with various die-cuts, a stamped sentiment and sequins. The baseball bats were die-cut from Brown Kraft Cardstock and stamped with kraft ink. A baseball was created using Buff Ivory Cardstock and added to the center of the crossed bats.  

It's perfect for mailing and fitting for a big guy or a little guy...

Please be sure to head over to the The Kraft Journal to check out the projects by the other talented ladies.  We hope to see your Boys will be Boys creations in the gallery this week for your chance to be featured on our "Feature me Friday" post as well as be entered to win a $15.00 gift voucher from The Kraft Outlet store.

 

Have a great week!

~Tammy~

CAS Ribbon or Twine {The Kraft Journal}

Hey there! 

We have a fresh new challenge at The Kraft Journal this week and that is to use Ribbon or Twine on a CAS project.  

I started with a card base of Brown Kraft cardstock. I then found a piece of plain blue scrapbook paper from my stash and placed it over the card front leaving a strip of kraft peeking below. I stamped a sentiment from Paper Smooches in the lower right corner in black ink. 

I took a length of Red Baker's Twine and wrapped it around and tied in a bow! Three baseballs were cut and stamped placed at an angle. Lastly, a few sequins were added to give an extra bit of sparkle. 

Please be sure to head over to The Kraft Journal blog to see the projects created by the other talented ladies.  We hope to see your CAS - Ribbon or Twine creations in the gallery this week for your chance to be showcased in the "Feature me Friday" post as well as be entered to win a $15.00 gift voucher to The Kraft Outlet store.

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you have a GREAT start to your week! 

~Tammy~

Hope you have a ball...

Good Monday Morning!

It's Take Your Pick week at The Kraft Journal! Yay! I always enjoy these! They are so fun! Basically, you can go with any theme or occasion as long as you pick THREE things from the list below and use Kraft cardstock or items that can be purchased from The Kraft Outlet. 

I have a Basketball themed birthday card to share this week! 

I started by creating a 5 x 5 card base of Brown Kraft Cardstock.  I then adhered patterned paper to the base which incorporated the color coral. Another of the pick three this round is to use Blue, so I incorporated it as the liner to my patterned paper strip as well as the star. The star base is created from Chipboard.  I stamped my sentiment inside my star and added a cute "funny" face at the top from Peachy Keen Stamps.

View of Chipboard base

I cut the basketball and hoop from the Sports Mania Cricut Cartridge.  I took a length of Orange Baker's Twine and wrapped it around the card front and tied in a Bow. A final embellishing touch was adding a few enamel dots.

Please join us with your creations this week. Here is what you have to choose from for the Take your Pick!

Please be sure to head over to the The Kraft Journal to check out the projects by the other talented ladies.  We hope to see your Take Your Pick creations in the gallery this week for your chance to be featured on our "Feature me Friday" post as well as be entered to win a $15.00 gift voucher from The Kraft Outlet store.

Hope you have a wonderful week!

~Tammy~

Thanks Coach - You're a Slam Dunk!

Tuesday Greetings to you!

I don't know about you, but we have been having some brutal cold weather! Last week we were in the single digits with windchills in the negative numbers! Our temps are highs in the 30's today, and after last week that feels like a heatwave! Bring on spring! However it was 7 degrees when I woke up this morning! 

Well, I had a card I needed to work on for my short stack to give to his Coach at the end of the basketball season.  My little guy lucked out with a great coach. His team didn't have a coach, and this awesome guy stepped up and volunteered and he is amazing! He doesn't have a child on the team, so he is doing it purely for the love of the sport and mentoring kids. He is such a positive influence, and he NEVER gets upset with them. He always has something good and encouraging to say! 

I used a Deconstructed Sketch for inspiration of my layout.

The Star and Basketball were created by using my Cameo.  All the papers are bits from my stash.  The sentiment is from Jaded Blossom: Go Team, Washi Tape: The Kraft Outlet.

Here is the sketch:

I am also joining in at City Crafter's Challenge: Use It Up!

and at Simon Says Stamp: No Rules

Thanks for popping by for a look!

Have a fantastic Tuesday! 

~Tammy~