Hope...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and I have been touched by breast cancer in both my family and my circle of friends. This card is for my friend...a survivor...who just walked in the Walk for a Cure last weekend. I want to tell her how proud I am to have her as a friend!

My card uses a flower from Verve's One Person and the Hope circle from The Cutting Cafe's Think Pink set. The flower is colored with copics, dotted with a Queen & Co. pearl and popped up on top of the circle sentiment. I scored the paper and perfectly placed my pleats then cut them with a craft knife to shape. And what breast cancer card would be complete without a pink ribbon!

Challenges:
Mojo Monday #159 - fabulous sketch!
Moxie Fab World - Perfectly Placed Pleats
Raise the Bar #39 - Raise the BRA (pink, awareness)

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Raise the Bar Guest Designer

Good morning! I was so excited to be given the opportunity to be a Guest Designer (aka Bar-Tender) over at Raise the Bar this week! Joni is so sweet and I love the inspiration I get from their challenges!

I couldn't wait to ink up this adorable new TGF Flirty Anya stamp. Isn't she sweet?! It's my first time using their stamps and I think they are so cute and fun! I just love her polka dotted dress! I colored her with copics (listed below) and cut her out with my Spellbinders Standard Circles Large. The designer papers are from BoBunny Sophie collection. She has a flower in her hair that I did color, but when I realized this mini rose matches the card I just had to add it to her hair!

I love the sketch for this challenge. It allows the image to take center stage and still include all kinds of yummy elements with plenty of room...like my lace ribbon and matching flower, crystal dots and I can't forget about the sentiment...she's definitely a Girlfriend! The edges of all the papers are inked up with some ColorBox inks in pink pastel and blue lagoon. The was so much fun to make and I love the colors of this card...it's very me!

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamps: The Greeting Farm - Flirty Anya, CTMH Ms. Chillin' sentiment
Inks: Memento tuxedo black (image) and rich cocoa (sentiment), ColorBox pink pastel and blue lagoon
Paper: BoBunny Sophie, BoBunny double dot
Copics: BG000, C1, E000, E00, E13, E37, R20, R37, RV11, RV34, YR000
Spellbinders: Standard Circles Lg.
Other: Spare Parts lace ribbon, Fiskars scalloped circle punch, BoBunny Sophie sticker, Crystal Stickers pink dots, Recollections mini rose

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Summer Fun...

Edit - this card was chosen as a winner at The Pink Elephant Challenge #79!



Hi - I'm back with several cards tonight. I hate to post them all in one night, but with my work schedule, it's all I can do. So, this sweet pink card is for many challenges. I love it when that happens!

I started with this adorable little girl playing hopscotch...didn't you just love playing hopscotch on the playground and in the driveway or on the sidewalk...anywhere we could draw it! Anyway, this idea was inspired by the Flourishes Kids Play Challenge and of course there are several challenges asking for pink and pearls and anything girly this week, so it fits right in! I also goes along with the summer fun challenges too - hopscotch was so much fun as a kid and all you needed was a piece of chalk and a rock!

The papers are from a new paper pad by Tim Holtz called Vintage Shabby and you know I love vintage and shabby! It's all pinks and blues in various patterned vintage papers! I love it! (especially cause it was on sale at M's) So, I got my Bow Easy in the mail too - LOVE IT!!! A few pearls and a pearl scroll, a great sketch and you have it!

I hope you like it - I'll be back after dinner (my daughter's favorite - homemade chicken pot pie!) with more!

Challenges:
Flourishes The Kids Play Challenge - Kids game!
There She Goes #67 - Sketch
Sweet Stampin Challenge #38 - Pretty in Pink
Joan's Gardens #9 - Pink and white with Martha's punched corners
Wild Orchid #3 - One for the Girls
Raise the Bar #30 - Pearls
The Pink Elephant #79 - Summer fun!
Create Blog - Summer

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamp: Phindy's Place digi - Hopscotch
Inks: Memento Rose Bud
Paper: Tim Holtz Paper Stash - Vintage and Shabby
Copics: BG0000, C1, C3, E000, E00, E11, R20, RV11, RV34, Y21, YR000
Other: Bow Easy, AC gift ribbon, Spellbinders Big Scalloped Ovals Large, Prima Say It In Pearls, Recollections pearls, Martha Stewart eyelet lace corner punch

Thanks for stopping by!

Always...

Edit: This card was featured at Create (Cards Blog), honorable mention at Just Us Girls and Top 3 at Raise the Bar! Thanks so much for all the lovely comments!


I'm back with one more card...then I've run out of pictures since I'm at work so I'll give you a break. This beautiful card is for quite a few challenges. And I'm earlier than usual on the JustRite Friday Challenge...one of my faves by the way! This is also my fourth and final card for Moxie Fab World's Style challenges..this one is for the classy and elegant style. I don't know why I waited so long for this one...I did the others last week.

I really hope you like it!

Challenges:
JustRite Friday Challenge 029 - Sketch
The Play Date Cafe #40 - Color Splash - green
Just Us Girls #44 - Wild Wedding
Raise the Bar #29 - Sticky Situation - use a sticker
Create: Cards Challenge - pearls!
Wild Orchid Challenge #2 - Lovely Lace
Moxie Fab World - Let's Do Classy & Elegant
Really Reasonable Ribbon #5 - Black & White (mostly)
Dutch Dare Challenge #83 - anything goes!
The Creative Cottage #19 - texture

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamp: JustRite Square Decorative Frames
Ink: Memento tuxedo black
Paper: Creative Imaginations Narratives - cream stripe, Bazzill black
Spellbinders: Classic Squares Lg.
Other: CI Narratives Sticker Elements ("Always" sticker popped up with pop dots), Spare Parts ruffle ribbon, Petaloo flower, Recollections pearls, black lace from my stash

Thanks for stopping by!

Friend...

Well, I made it back one more time before I call it a night. I'll keep it really short and sweet! This card is for a friend at work who moved to a new location and I really miss her. I hope you like it!

Challenges:
The Shabby Tea Room #19 - From the Garden - color inspiration and flowers
Simon Says Stamp - Marine's sketch
Raise the Bar #28 - Distressed (edges of cardstock)
The Creative Cottage Challenge #19 - Touchy Feely - texture

Crafty Recipe:
Stamp: Fiskars Girls Night
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, ColorBox warm red
Paper: DCWV cdstk, MME Abbey Road
Other: Oatmeal Cream seam binding from Debbie's Etsy Shop - Simple Treasures, Heidi Swapp edge distresser, Q & Co pearls, Recollections pearls, Creative Imaginations Loolah stickers

Thanks for stopping by again!

sweet...

this is my second post tonight...just catching up...scroll down for more!




Ok, I almost forgot to post this one...and I really don't want to miss the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge using the photo above. Here are the challenges for this card:

Cupcake Inspirations #67 - photo
Simon Says Challenge - Let's Get Fruity
KL Stampin N Scrapping #39 - ribbon
Crazy 4 Challenges #46 - buttons
Raise the Bar #27 - old = papers, new = stamp, borrowed (gifted) - flower, blue= ink

Recipe:
Stamp: Dollar bin from Michaels, both leaf/stem and Sweet
Ink: Martha Stewart green and Memento blue sky, ColorBox chestnut roan (edges)
Paper: Making Memories Garden Party
Other: Prima flower, buttons and ribbon from my stash

I hope you think it's sweet too!


Have a great night!

TCP meets SFYTT and Raise the Bar...

Hi there - just popping in to share a little card I made last night...I finally got a second to get working on last week's TCP Tuesday #117 color challenge of golden yellow, lime and raspberry. I combined it with Raise the Bar's challenge #26 called baked goodies and I used the Sketch for You to Try for this week.

I love this color combination...it reminds me of summer. I chose my baked goodie to be this yummy violet cupcake stamp from Lockhart stamps. It's stamped with Memento tuxedo black and I used copics E11, Y15, YG05, RV14 and RV23 to color it in...then I dotted the center of the flowers with some yellow Stickles for a little sparkle! The cardstock is all DCWV and the dp and bumble bee are from Basic Grey's Urban Prairie collection....one of my faves. The HBD sentiment is from The Cat's Pajamas and the pearl is Queen & Co. The yellow buttons and twine are from my stash!

I'm working today, so I gotta run...I hope you like it. It's nice to make a simple and cute card that makes people smile!

Have a great day!

Happy Father's Day...and a card!

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there today! Today I have a card that I made for my 90 year old Grandfather. I made an easel card because I know he likes to display the things people give him and this will make it easy for him. It's for several challenges too...The Play Date Cafe #34 is a color splash challenge which means black, white and a splash of blue, the Sweet Stampin Challenge #31 is Clean and Simple, the sketch is from the Cute Card Thursday Challenge 117 and the Raise the Bar Challenge #23 is called "What a Special Guy!" I think my grandfather is pretty special!

I started with BoBunny double dot paper in black and made the base of the card. The paper and square buttons are from Making Memories 5th Avenue collection. I used DCWV white cardstock, blue cardstock and the dp to mat the Impression Obsession sentiment which is stamped with StazOne jet black ink. The black twill serves the sketch well and gives the pop I needed. On the bottom is a Hampton Art stamp inked up with Memento tuxedo black ink and the papers are edged in this too. Another piece of twill and an AC button serve as the easel stand!


I think the clean lines of the sketch and the use of only one dp serves the purpose of Clean and Simple here. Oh, and this is my first easel card I have ever made...I can see why they are so popular and I know I'll be making plenty more in the future! I hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Sunday with all those Dads!