just because...anything goes for PaperCutz #101!

TGIF!! Any weekend plans? So far the highlight of my weekend will be picking up my new glasses tomorrow, can't wait to get them!

Today I'm sharing my card for PaperCutz Challenge #101.  The challenge is Anything Goes...that's right create a card, layout or project using any themes/colors you'd like! Please enter your creation HERE and check out the DT samples while you are there!

Here is my card~

I used a FTL sketch from a few weeks ago. I always find their sketches to be great starting points when I'm not sure what I feel like creating.  And when in doubt, always bring out the butterflies :)

Other challenges that inspired me~
Do You Stack Up #29 - Wings
Craft Us Crazy #13 - Anything Goes
Flutter By Wednesday #163 - Open w/butterfly, fairy or angel

Card Supplies~
Stamps: Everyday Sayings by Hero Arts
Paper: Emma's Shoppe by Crate Paper
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Other: Marvy Scallop Circle punch, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Recollections pearls, American Crafts ric rac

TFL!

Happy, Happy Birthday with Birthday Sundaes!

Good morning!

Today's Birthday Sundaes Challenge is to use Embossing - Wet or Dry on your birthday card (don't forget birthday wording/greeting!). I happen to like dry embossing much better than heat embossing lol...less mess and frustration.  At the moment I can't even heat emboss if I wanted to as I never unpacked the gun and it's in one of the many unpacked boxes I still have LOL! 

Of course I had to use my Happy Birthday Cuttlebug folder, it's one of my favorites and I'm finally remembering to use it more often! I also used up some scraps from the FBW card I posted on Wednesday.  This was a quick and easy card! 

I used the new FTL layout, love this site!

Supplies Used:

Papertrey Ink Stampers Select White cardstock

My Mind's Eye Stella & Rose Gertie paper & brad

Happy Birthday Cuttlebug folder

Polka Dots Cuttlebug folder

Memento ink

Click HERE to check out the awesome samples from the DT and to enter your card!

Flutter By Wednesdays #156 - Clean & Simple

Today's Flutter By Wednesdays challenge is to create a Clean & Simple Card, don't forget your butterfly, fairy or angel! Click HERE to link up your creation.

I had fun putting this card together to share with you all.

Hopefully it still looks like a CAS card...I couldn't stay away from the patterned paper LOL!  I used my Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe for the first time along with some trim that I got when I went to Hobby Lobby on Saturday.  The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch and the sentiment is from the Verve Kind Wishes stamp set.

I used this week's FTL sketch.

Be sure to check out my teammates who I am sure will rock this challenge! Links are on my left sidebar and on the FBW page.

PaperCutz Challenge #82 - Color Challenge!

TGIF!

We have a color challenge for you at PaperCutz today.  We want to see red, blue, yellow, black and white ONLY on your project!  Surprisingly I actually found this pretty easy, I didn't think I would lol!

Basic Grey has an awesome line called JuneBug and it has all of these colors, unfortunately I couldn't find my paper pad but I was able to make a card just using the Woolies embellishments and created a CAS card. I like it! The background was embossed with a Sizzix folder.

I used a CAS layout from one of my favorites sites, you can see it HERE.

To play along with PaperCutz, please click HERE. You can also check out more inspiration from the DT using the links on my left sidebar!

Have a great day!

Your Choice @ PaperCutz this week!

Easy challenge this week at Paper Cutz!

YOUR CHOICE - make a card, layout or craft project with any theme/colors you'd like!

I created a congratulations card for one of my co-workers that had a baby boy a few weeks ago. I used my favorite baby set from Stampin' Up - Cuddles & Tickles. I picked it up at a scrapbook store tag sale a few years ago and always turn to it when I need to make baby cards!

I used this FTL sketch for a starting point~


To play along, please upload your creation HERE and for more inspiration, please check out my fellow dt members' blogs located on my left sidebar!

TFL!

PTT #18

Happy Tuesday!

I finally have a PTT card to share with you all!

This week's challenge is a color challenge, when I was coming up with challenges I thought it would be fun to name some of them after cakes so this one is called "Carrot Cake Challenge" and the colors that should be used are orange, brown and white/ivory and don't forget the birthday wording on the front of your card!

I created this card for my FIL's birthday on Sunday. The paper is from the SEI Moonrise collection, the leaf was cut from the Stretch Your Imagination cricut cartridge and the sentiment is from the Paper Makeup Stamps Birthday Cheer set.

I used an FTL layout from last week~

To join in the Party Time Tuesdays fun, please click HERE where you can enter and also see all the wonderful samples from the design team!

Card Supplies~

Stamps: PMS Birthday Cheer

Paper: SEI Moonrise

Ink: Memento

Other: Stretch Your Imagination cricut cartridge, American Crafts ribbon, SU corner rounder, chocolate spica pen

Lasting Memories Challenge #11

Good morning!

I hope you all are enjoying your weekend. I started on prednisone (steroids) yesterday, so hopefully this cough will be gone soon! Yesterday my DH and I spent the day shopping - new clothes for both of us and some frames & art for our dining room. It was a lovely day

Today's Lasting Memories Challenge is to MAKE handmade flowers and use them on your layout. I did not follow the directions, oops - we can blame that on being sick all this time right? LOL

The flowers are my page are from THIS Etsy shop - so cute!! Not too easy to stick though - any suggestions? I've got glue dots on the leaves and pop dots on the flowers but they are all ready to fall off :/

The paper is from the Basic Grey Perhaps line and the pictures are more for my Magic Wings album...4 years later and I'm still working on it LOL

To play along, please enter your challenge HERE and check out the rest of the inspiration from the design team!

With Sympathy & Flowers

I put this card together tonight for a few challenges...

Challenges:
Lollipop Crafts #5 - Sympathy
The Shabby Tea Room #25 - Old Meets New - (old is prima flowers, new is paper & stamp)
Sentimental Sundays #18 - Clean & Simple plus a sentiment
Anything Goes Challenge #14 - Say it with Flowers
FTL#106 - sketch (I flipped it just to be different lol)
Card Supplies: Stamps: Forever in Our Hearts ~ Verve Stamps Paper: DCWV Linen Closet Stack Ink: Memento Other: prima flowers, apron lace border punch, brads from stash

TFL!

Max & Whiskers Birthday Card

Happy Thursday!

It’s almost the weekend, yaaaaaay!!!!

Here’s a quick card I made on Sunday night for one of my co-worker’s birthday ~

 

Everything but the scrappers floss and sentiment is from the Taylored Expressions Pet’s Place Project Pantry Kit.  I just love these kits!  They make cardmaking so quick and easy. The sentiment is from a new Fiskars set called Make a Wish Quotes.

The wonderful layout is from the Clean & Simple Stamping Blog~

Off to work! Have a great day!

Flutter By Wednesday #107

Happy Wednesday!

This week's challenge was issued by team member, Debby. She would like us to make a clean & simple card using a butterfly, fairy, or angel.

In other Flutter By news, this week we say goodbye to Chris and Shana. We will miss you girls!!


As soon as I saw this sketch at Clean & Simple Stamping, I knew I'd be using it for this week's challenge! This site is a fantastic source for making CAS cards!

If you'd like to play along with Flutter By Wednesday, please link your CAS challenge card using a butterfly, fairy, or angel to the FBW blog! For more CAS inspiration, please visit the blogs of my fellow team members. They rock!

Other challenges I was inspired by:
Paper Play #16 - No Patterned Paper (shocking, isn't it?? I didn't think I'd be able to not use dp!)
Kaboodle Doodles #29 - Embossing (still having lots of fun with my embossing folders!)
Splitcoast Stampers CAS64- CAS birthday card using orange for Miss Boo's birthday
Jacksonbelle Embellishments - Get Krafty (use kraft as a base, I thought this would look awesome with the orange!)

Card Supplies ~
Stamps: Birthday Greetings ~ Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps
Paper: PTI Kraft, misc. orange/white scraps
Ink: Memento
Other: Martha Stewart Monarch butterfly punch, leafy branch & swiss dots cuttlebug folders, Recollections pearls

Thanks for fluttering by!

Saturday Spotlight #20

So when I saw this Saturday Spotlight challenge "Clean It Up" - make a clean & simple card....ack, really??? I think I make simple cards but they tend to have lots of busy paper which makes them look less simple (if that makes any sense at all LOL!!!)

I've been wanting to try last week's Clean & Simple Fall to Layout #79 and thought both challenges together would work out well and I was right!


I made this card last night to send to one of my cousins that had a baby boy last week. The adorable image is from my friend Terry.

Here is the layout ~

Card Supplies
Stamps: House Mouse, Inkadinkadoo
Paper: DCWV, misc. cardstock
Ink: Memento
Copics: B21, B23, R81, E00, T1, T3
Other: Marvy punch, Swiss Dot Cuttlebug folder

TFL! Come back in the morning for another Flutter By Wednesday!

A few more hearts

Here is card #2 using scraps and just a few more hearts :)

I love how this card turned out, I had fun with the hearts and used Glossy Accents on two and diamond stickles on the other two. The Just for You and two stickled hearts from the CTMH set Love of My Life and the other two are from the Sweet N Sassy Stamps set Key to My Heart.

I used the FTL #76 sketch for the layout, I think this will be a go to sketch quite often.


I am also entering this card in these challenges:
If the Shoe Fits #21 - Red, Pink & White
Raise the Bar #4 - Hearts
Stampin' for the Weekend - Valentines themed

To see what the rest of the Weekend Crew is doing with their scraps, check out my right sidebar.

Thanks for stopping by...come back shortly, I will have at least one or two more cards to share!