cute card thursday, Crafty Purple Frog, Stampin' for the Weekend; Sweet Stampin; Totally Gorjuss

Hi all!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday challenge #209 is an anything goes.
Crafty Purple Frog challenge #37 also is an anything goes.
Stampin' for the weekend challenge #6 also is an anything goes.
Sweet Stampin' also is an anything goes.
Totally Gorjuss challenge #124 had us using spots and stripes.

Here's the card:

I can't believe how crummy my coloring gets after not practicing it for a while. Maybe it's the pills. I'm due for physical therapy sessions because the pain hasn't gotten better with just pills. So I'm still pretty doped, and you can probably tell. You don't know how many times I moved around the stuff on this card before I was somewhat satisfied with the results. I even had started another card before this one which just did not work at all, so I left it on my little basket of works in progress and hopefully someday I'll see it with fresh eyes and manage to work it out. 

supplies used:

stamps: The Greeting Farm- Oh Boy! Ian; Papertrey Ink- Mega Mixed Messages

ink: Memento in Tuxedo Black

Copic colors: E000, YR12, G94, Y11, Y13, Y15, R27, B34, B37, B39

card stock: Neenah solar white 80#; Stampin' Up!- Kiwi Kiss

patterned paper: Fancy Pants Design- To the Moon collection

accessories: labels 1 nestabilities

Thanks for looking! 

DCC314

Hi all!

This is my card for The House That Stamps Built's DCC314 which was to make a sympathy card.

Here's the card:

I will need to get back to you on the supplies. In a short summary, they were:

stamps: Stampin' Up!- On Angel Wings; Fiskars stamps: Papertrey Ink-Mega Mixed Messages

ink: Memento in Tuxedo Black

card stock: Georgia Pacific white and a scrap of black I had lying around

I know I haven't been posting much, here's the story:

The other two of my dogs started getting territorial about food. I thought just separating the food bowls would work, but my Corgi is too big a bully and she picked a fight with my huge Retriever, Bella. There was blood drawn and the Retriever actually clamped down on the Corgi's head and wouldn't let go. However, she didn't leave puncture marks on the Corgi, just a gash from a fang scratch. No, the one with puncture bites was me on my hands. I also got a few gashes and bruises in the process. The worst is over- the bloody parts have healed and closed. What worried me the most was when the bites on my hands turned into huge blisters and were seeping liquid. I thought I'd lose a finger from infection. Thank God no such thing happened. However, from the tension I suffered a back spasm on a very vulnerable area between my neck and shoulder, which had gotten really hurt in a car accident a few years back (I had a huge lump on there for several months after the accident and looked like I was growing another head!) and I've been on pain medication and anti-imflammatory drugs for a few days now. I wish I could create more but I'm VERY drugged and groggy and sleeping most of the day (and night!). So I'll be on a short break for a while. I'll be posting, just not every single day like I was. Hopefully this will be temporary. I miss creating and having something to do all day, lol. But nothing seems to come out right when I'm drugged. I mess up stamping, cutting, everything! So bear with me, sweet followers, and thanks in advance for your patience. 

Thanks for looking!

ps- the dog issue's been resolved by feeding them one at a time in the morning and one at a time during late afternoon. I'll feed them one by one twice a day and that way there's no single source of food left around for them to want to fight over. Before, there were 3 feeding stations inside (each one belonged to a different dog) and I served each one their portion during early morning and took it away by 9:30 pm if anything was left. I haven't had problems with this set-up before but I guess they've been hormonal or something. In fact, the Corgi just got her rabies shots so maybe she was feeling cranky and icky. 

One Stop Craft; CropStop; BasicGrey; Pile it On; allsorts

Hi all!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

One Stop Craft challenge #174 was to make handmade flowers. I used My Favorite Things mini rolled roses dies to make the felt flowers I used on my card.

CropStop challenge #63 was butterflies. I used a BasicGrey butterfly patterned paper and a The Greeting Farm image of Anya with butterfly wings.

BasicGrey challenge #65 was to make a mother's day or girlie project. I went with girlie, and the BasicGrey product I used was Urban Prairie patterned paper.

Pile it On challenge #12 was an "up in the air" theme. I used Flutter Anya stamped image which has butterfly wings and also used butterfly print patterned paper.

allsorts challenge #146 is three in a row. I used three felt roses and also used two bunches of three fern sprigs each.


Here's the card:

supplies used:

stamps: The Greeting Farm- flutter anya

ink: Memento in Tuxedo Black

Copic colors: 0, W5, W7, W9, R32, R85, E30, E31, YR21, YR30, G82, BG53

card stock: Georgia Pacific white; Neenah Solar White #80; Die Cuts With a View blue textured card stock

patterned paper: BasicGrey- Urban Prairie; the punch-out ferns are from an old Stampin' Up!

accessories: MgGill fern punch; Kaisercraft adhesive pearls; dark pink felt; My Favorite Things mini rolled roses Die-Namics; lacey oval nestabilities; oval nestabilities

Thanks for looking!

Paper and Such; Penny's Paper-Crafty; Top Tip Tuesday; Papertake Weekly; Crafty Creations

Hi all!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Paper and Such Design provided the sketch for my card.

Penny's Paper-Crafty challenge #75 gave us a recipe. We were to use three buttons, two patterned papers and one ribbon. I used the three buttons on the top right corner of my image panel, and matted the image with a peachy patterned paper from Provo Craft and the strip of striped paper behind the image is Basic Grey with a lime green ribbon.

Top Tip Tuesday challenge #72 was to make a girly creation.

Papertake Weekly also challenged us to make something girly.

Crafty Creations challenge #161 had a Mother Goose/fairytale theme. I used a Fairy Queen stamp by Stampendous!


Here's my card:

And a close-up:

supplies used:

stamps: Stampendous!- Fairy Queen 

ink: Memento in Tuxedo Black

Copic colors: 0, T0, C00, W9, E25, E27, Y17, YR000, R01, R11, R21, R24, R29, R81, RV21, YG06, YG09, YG13, YG25, BG10, B0000, B00, B01

card stock: Georgia Pacific white; Neenah solar white 80#; Papertrey Ink fine linen

patterned paper: Basic Grey- sultry; Provo Craft- Emotion

accessories: buttons from stash; ribbon from stash

Thanks for looking!

pile it on; Simon Says Stamp; Wags 'n Whiskers

Hi all!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

pile it on challenge #11 had a St. Patricks or shades of green challenge.

Simon Says Stamp also challenged us to use green on our creations.

Wags 'n Whiskers was the third to challenge us to use green on our creations for their #75 challenge.


Ok, so here's the deal. This was my first attempt, which I was so happy with until I messed it up. The problem? I used a machine to stitch, but do you know what happened? I forgot to flip down that thing that holds down the paper on the first two sides I stitched. Sigh.

So I went ahead and salvaged what I could and came up with the second version:

supplies used:

stamps: Sweet Pea Stamps- Forever Valentine

ink: Memento in Tuxedo Black

Copic colors: 0, G20, G40, E00, E30, E50, YG03, YG05, YG07, YG09, R21, Y11, Y21

card stock: Papertrey Ink- kraft; Georgia Pacific white; Neenah solar white 80#; Bazzil bling green

patterned paper: K & Company-Classic K Margo Mat Pad

Thanks for looking!

Flourishes FLLCMARRW2

Hi all! This is my entry for Flourishes FLLCMARRW2. For this challenge, we were to use the same image as both a focal and background image. I used the crocus from Flourishes A Year in Flowers 1.

Here's my card:

I decided to keep the card clean and simple because to be honest this is not my first try at this challenge and the first few attempts came out horrible. I stamped the image with Versamark on the base of the card and with Memento Tuxedo Black for the main image on the nestabilities labels 1 cut-out and colored it with Prismacolor pencils. Added a white lace trim and glued a second, smaller cream lace trim on top.

I colored the embossed edge of the nestabilities cut-out with the white prismacolor pencil. Finished off by stamping the sentiment with the black ink and adding a few adhesive rhinestones underneath. 

supplies used:

stamps: Flourishes A Year in Flowers 1; Urban Design communique curves sentiments

ink: Memento in Tuxedo Black

prismacolor pencils: PC938, PC1026, PC956, PC932, PC911

card stock: Papertrey Ink- kraft

accessories: adhesive rhinestones; nestabilities labels 1; white lace trim; cream lace trim

Thanks for looking!

FLourishes FLLCMARRW1

Hi all!


I am entering my card into Flourishes noon time challenge FLLCMARRW1 which was to make a round card. I made my card using Flourishes Orchids set. When I need a beautiful floral image to color in, that's always the set I reach out for. Orchids come in so many colors, so you can find a photo of one for any color scheme you'd like and then just match the colors to your coloring medium and go to town. I wanted to use purples so I googled "cattleya orchid" and picked a pic to base my coloring on. And the stamps on this set are big enough to use as a focal image. 


Here's my card:

supplies used:

stamps: Orchids by Flourishes; Papertrey Ink Mega Mixed Messages

ink: Memento in Tuxedo Black

Copic colors: T0, G07, YG67, V0000, R85, Y15, BV000, BV01, BV02

card stock: Papertrey Ink lavender moon; Neenah solar white #80

accessories: Lush by My Mind's Eye green rhinestones; scallop circle and circle nestabilities

Thanks for looking!

Penny Black Saturday; Ladybug Crafts Ink; Creative Craft

Hi all!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Penny Black Saturday challenge #192 was to make something for a child. I made a little girl card.

Ladybug Crafts Ink has an anything goes.

Creative Craft challenges had an inspiration picture. I pulled the colors pink, black and white from the inspiration.


Here's my card:

I colored and cut out the image from my stash of images, but otherwise this is a one layer card. I LOVE it. Can rarely do CAS which I'm satisfied with (they all seem too white!) but this one I'm very satisfied with.

supplies used:

stamps: Fiskars- Shapes n' Such; Inkadinkado- Dot Flourishes; Papertrey Ink mega mixed messages; unknown Penny Black cat stamp

ink: Memento in Tuxedo Black; Versamark

Copics: C00, W0, R20, R21, black BS (to go over the stamped ribbon image)

card stock: Georgia Pacific white

accessories: Kaiser adhesive pearls; American Crafts Zing! embossing powder in rose; Fiskars corner rounder punch

Thanks for looking!

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #160

Hi all!

This is my entry for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #160 in which we were to use scallops and lace.

Here's the card:

I saw this post on Flourishes blog made by Cindy in which she showed us how to align the border punches to make beautiful borders on the edges of our cards. I am so, so thrilled I saw that video. I used my Fiskars scallop edge punch to make the scalloped border on the right side of my card. Cindy is a bad enabler lol because now I will have to go get new border punches! 

supplies used on my card:

stamps: Flourishes a year in flowers 1; Urban Design communique curves sentiments 

ink: Memento in Tuxedo Black

Copic colors: 0, Y15, G21, E27, YR04, YR07, YR16, YR18

card stock: Georgia Pacific white; Neenah solar white; Papertrey Ink kraft and spring moss

accessories: Me & My Big ideas adhesive rhinestones; textile texture Cuttlebug embossing folder; lace; lacey oval nestabilities; orange ribbon; Fiskars corner rounder and scallop edge punch

Thanks for looking!

Stampin' for the Weekend; Paper Sundaes; sketch saturday

Hi all!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Stampin' for the Weekend challenge #5 is a photo inspiration. I took inspiration from the colors- light green, different pinks, light blue, white.

Paper Sundaes challenge #111 is feminine flair. We we to make something girly. I added the paper flowers and diamond stickles to the edges of the flowers to make them extra girly.

sketch saturday challenge #198 provided the sketch for my card. I flipped it counterclockwise.


Here's my card:

I'll try to put in as many supplies as I can but I was using lots of scraps from the scrap basket.

supplies used:
stamps: unknown Tilda by Magnolia
ink: black
Copic colors: B00, RV10, G0000, G40, G12, E30, E31, E42, E43, E44, E55, 0, C00
patterned paper: I think it's by Stampin' Up
card stock: Papertrey Ink fine linen, lavender moon, spring rain, sweet blush; Georgia Pacific white
accessories: oval nestabilities; diamond Stickles; Rangers glossy accents (as adhesive); D'vine Swirls cuttlebug embossing folder; Fiskars scallop edge punch; Fiskars corner rounder punch; rub-on sentiment

Thanks for looking!