Flutter By Wednesdays #207

It's Flutter By Day!

Today's Flutter By Wednesdays challenge is the popular Anything Goes - just remember to include a butterfly or fairy on your project. Link up HERE and check out all the DT Inspiration!

I found a cool sketch at iClassygirl.com and rolled with that and some of the same supplies I used on last week's card - still loving the washi tape! Cardstock is PTI and patterned paper is Authentique Delightful.  Sentiment is from a Scrappy Moms stamp set and the butterfly punch is from Martha Stewart.

Here's the sketch~

I'll be back in a few hours with the SITS Girls Fall into Blogging Day 3 post!

A Sketchy Flutter By Wednesdays

Happy Wednesday!

Time for another FBW challenge! This week we have a fun sketch by our very own, Kathy!  Just remember to include a butterfly or fairy on your card.  You can enter it HERE.

Here is the sketch~

And here is my take on it~

I challenged myself not to take the sketch so literal (by using scalloped pieces) and used washi tape for my background. I LOVE how it looks!  Different and fun!  I must get more LOL!  The patterned paper is from Authentique Delightful and I used some PTI ribbon along with two different Martha Stewart butterfly punches.  The pretty quote is from the Verve Kind Words stamp set. 

TFL!

FBW #205 ~ Favorite color!

Happy Flutter By Day!

Today's Flutter By Wednesdays challenge is to use your favorite color along with a butterfly or fairy.  This week we have a sponsor ~ Paper Makeup Stamps! One lucky winner will receive a $15 gift certificate to use on PMS digi images.  Enter your creation {HERE} and check out all the wonderful DT samples too!

PMS was kind enough to provide the team with images to use, however I chose to use something from my vast collection of PMS.  I chose to use a WordArt for my card - Sing, Love, Dance, Live.

And some long time followers might be wondering when my favorite color changed from pink lol.  Last winter I fell in LOVE with some butterfly material at Joann's.  It's black with white, yellow and grey butterflies.  It has yet to be turned into curtains for my scrap room but I'm hoping my mom will be able to make them soon.  I plan to repaint my pink craft room grey in the next few months and add black/white accents and pops of color.  This Authentique paper is some of my favorite - its from the Blissful line.

My card was made using this week's Feeling Sketchy sketch ~ it was the perfect starting point for my WordArt!

Thanks for fluttering by today!

Flutter By Wednesdays #203

Happy Wednesday...halfway to a long weekend. Woohoo!

The challenge at Flutter By Wednesdays today is to create a card with a butterfly or fairy and decorate the inside of your card. Fun!!  I always love seeing the decorated insides of cards but rarely take the time to do it myself so this was a great challenge for me :)

I decided to make a Gate Fold card using THESE instructions on Splitcoast Stampers.

And here is the inside~

Be sure to join us HERE and check out the rest of the DT cards too.  Links on my left sidebar.

Supplies~
Stamps:  butterflies (Hampton Arts), smile from a Verve set, inside butterfly (Savvy Stamps), inside sentiment from My Pink Stamper
Paper: cardstock from PTI, patterned paper is from Authentique Carefree
Inks: Mocha Mama (Quick Quotes Powder Puff Chalk Inks), Antique Linen (Tim Holtz distress inks)
Other: die-namic from MFT (not sure of the name of it, sorry!)

Merry Bingo

TGIF!

Any plans for the weekend? I'm hoping to take advantage of some tax free clothing shopping and spend some time cleaning my craftroom.  The daily card challenge is taking its toll LOL!  I cleared off the desk on Sunday night and now it looks worse than it did before I cleaned it that day!

Today I'm sharing a Daydream Designs card. It was created for the daily Christmas card challenge on Monday. The prompt was to use "25" on our card.  I had the great idea to use a bingo card from the Christmas Bingo color set.

To make the "25" stand out, I decorated with a circle of yellow pearls and then filled in the rest of the 'bingo' line with some rhinestones.  The paper is more of my Authentique Festive...I will be so sad when I finish this pad up!  I finished off the card with a crinkle ribbon bow.

TFL!

SnC - CCC Day 14 and a new challenge blog!

Hello again - this is my last post for tonight!

Today's prompt for the Christmas card challenge is Santa!  Since I didn't want to cut the same Santa as yesterday's card, I looked through my cartridges and found a Santa on Joys of the Season.  Santa was a bit on the big side so I put together a simple card that really showcases him.

I used Authentique Festive papers and added a little Trendy Twine bow to finish off the card.

Did you hear about the new die cut challenge blog, Cut It Up?  You can check it out HERE.  They are giving away a really cool prize if you help them promote their new blog.  There's also a DT call going on now too!  You can check out all the info HERE and they also have a facebook page HERE.

Thanks for visiting!

SnC CCC - Days 8 and 9

Hello!

I made yesterday's card so late that I forgot to do a blog post, I'll share that one below.

First up is today's card!  The prompt was "bling".  Love bling!!

I knew I wanted to use these flowers...finding them was another task altogether but at least they were located!  I used an MFT die for the scalloped circle and a Hero arts sentiment.  I am submitting this card to Christmas Card Challenges - #36 Use something new.  I used my new Authentique Festive paper :)

The card layout is from SCS.

And here is yesterday's card. The prompt was Anything Goes so I made a quick card using Basic Grey Jovial papers and chipboard along with a Hero Arts sentiment.

TFL!

BFFs ~ a layout!

Good morning!

I'm sharing the page I created for the SNC 52 Week challenge and it's also for the June Sketch at My Scraps & More. Yes, I scrapped before Friday! It's a miracle! I told the girls at SNC that I wouldn't know what to do with myself on Friday night now LOL! Maybe I'll get wild and scrap a 2nd page. hehehe

This is a picture of my best friend, Courtney, and I.  Self portrait of us at the beginning of the year and it's been sitting in my 'to be scrapped' file since the May crop.  The papers are all from the Authentique Genuine collection. I sprayed the background paper with Mister Huey's Mists in Passport - most of it ended up covered up lol. I used my Gypsy to die cut the flower paper using a cut from Storybook and the flower buttons and flowers are from some ancient stash! I used some stickers from the Authentique collection to the right of the picture (click on the picture to see larger version).

TFL and stay cool!! It's going to be another hot day here in New England!


Supplies~
Paper: Genuine (Authentique)
Other: Thickers (American Crafts), stickers (Authentique), Mister Huey's Mists - Passport (Studio Calico), buttons from stash, flowers from stash, Storybook cartridge for the die cut shape (Cricut)

Mother's Day 2012 Layout

Yes it's two posts in one day from me!  Scroll down to see the adorable baby shower invitations I posted earlier this evening :)

Here is the layout I scrapped tonight, it's for the Lasting Memories "Celebrate Mom or Another Special Woman in your Life" challenge and it's my entry for the SNC 52 week challenge. These are pictures of my mom and I on Mother's Day. They were taken in front of my house.  The azaleas look so awesome in these pictures - sadly they don't last long enough. I added the journaling under the picture on the left. The date is on the tab where it pulls out.

I used a sketch from Sketch Inspiration for my page~

Supplies~

Paper: Authentique Uncommon, Papertrey Ink Vintage Cream cardstock

Other: Thickers, Prima flowers

Thanks for looking!

Happy Birthday for Birthday Sundaes #34

It's time for another Birthday Sundaes Challenge!

Today is DT Member Tracey's Birthday and she is sponsoring us. Happy Birthday Tracey!!

This is the prize that Tracey is offering, an assortment of Kaisercraft Christmas supplies. Aren't they pretty? I love Kaisercraft!

Our challenge today is an easy one - create a birthday card and include birthday wording on your card front. Easy peasy! Also we have Mary Beth joining us as a Guest Designer today, you can see her sample on the Birthday Sundaes blog and visit her blog {HERE}.  If you'd like to enter for a chance to win this fab prize, click {HERE}. Please be sure to abide by our rules when entering.

Here is my card~

I just LOVE the colors in this paper! It's Authentique Blissful and I got it from Susana's. My favorite source for 6x6 paper. I used 3 different Martha Stewart punches for the butterflies and the sentiment is from the Birthday Cheer stamp set from Paper Makeup Stamps. Speaking of PMS, I'll be back in a few hours with my sneak peek for PMS' new release tomorrow!

I am also entering my cheerful birthday card into these challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (plus a bit of bling)

Di's Digi Designs Challenge Blog - Ribbons & Bows

Annabelle Stamps - Say it with Sentiments

Clean & Simple Stamping - FTL165 sketch

It's Your Day

I needed some time to unwind a bit last night, so after cleaning my desk off I checked out a few challenges and made a quick fun card :)  I was inspired by the birthday challenges at Crafting For All Seasons and Top Tip Tuesday, and the Stickers challenge at The Paper Variety.

I just LOVE this paper! It's from the Authentique Splendid 6x6 pad that I got at Susana's Custom Art and Card Design. Susana is always getting in the latest and greatest papers. If you are a 6x6 pad addict like me (I got 2 more in the mail today!), you should check out her shop!

The stickers and metal embellies are from my ancient stash!

Now do I keep this card for my birthday stash or let my mom have it for hers? he he he