Birthday Sundaes Challenge #31

Good morning! 

I'm here with another fun challenge for Birthday Sundaes!  This week the challenge is to create a tall (or long) birthday card.  Click {HERE} to enter your card and to check out the wonderful samples from our Design Team and Guest Designer!

We are being sponsored by:

The winner will get to pick 3 digital images of their choice from the Sweet 'n Sassy shop!

SNSS also provided the Design Team with images to use - thank you SNSS!

I used Fall Arrangement which I've had in my digi collection since sometime last year and this is the first time that I remember using it.  I am so pleased with how the image looks, I haven't been coloring much but taking my time really helped me get back on track. I was inspired by the tiny flowers on the image to use this patterned paper from an old DCWV fall stack.  The layout was inspired by a CPS sketch from a few weeks ago. 

I am also entering my card into Challenge #11 - Fall Flowers/Pumpkins at Crafting for All Seasons.

Card Supplies~
Papertrey Ink cardstock - Plum Pudding, Summer Sunrise, Kraft
Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps - Fall Arrangement digital image
sentiment from Hero Arts
Copics
DCWV patterned paper
Fiskars threading water border punch
leaves from stash
mini pop dots

It's All About the Brads for Birthday Sundaes #22

Birthday Sundaes has another fun challenge for you today!  One of my favorite embellishments to use since I started scrapping have been brads. So we'd like to see birthday cards with at least 3 brads on them ~ along with a birthday greeting/sentiment/wording. 

I used some scraps from {Friday's card} to make my card for today~

I thought the dots on the present were fun to fill in with the brads :)

Please click {HERE} to enter your birthday card and check out the wonderful samples from our Guest Designer, Laurie, and the rest of the design team!

Have a great day!

Birthday Sundaes Blog Hop!!

Good morning!! I am so excited that today is finally here!  Are you ready to hop??

If you came here from the Birthday Sundaes blog then you are on the right track! If you just happened to stop by for a visit, please go check out the Birthday Sundaes blog to see all the details of our hop and this week's challenge.  There are a few prizes to be won and you won't want to miss your chance!

Our blog hop theme and challenge is 'Cakes and Cupcakes Birthday Cards' (and don't forget a birthday sentiment/greeting!) We are saying farewell to some members and welcoming some new members to our DT. You can enter your creation HERE.

Here is my card - I love cupcakes so I had to use one of my favorite Stamping Bella stamps - Cuppacakeabella.

I love how my card came out, especially the cupcake! It was fun to paper piece it, something I don't do often enough.  I also realized I miss my Bellas and need to get them inky more often!

and here is what I am offering for blog candy~

 

Some of my favorite birthday stamps from Paper Makeup Stamps!  They do come unmounted and I can include some EZ Mount if the winner needs it. The winner will be announced next Sunday, August 7th!

Now it's time to hop along to Michelle, one of our design team members who we are saying farewell to.  I will miss seeing your inspiration every week, Michelle!

Card Details~
Stamps: Stamping Bella Cuppacakeabella, Sweet N Sassy Stamps #1076 Birthday Greetings
Paper: Image was stamped on Cryogen cardstock, Papertrey Ink Kraft cardstock, My Minds Eye Lime Twist Life of the Party
Ink: Memento
Copics: E00 (skin), E25, E29 (hair, dots on dress), R43 (dress/shoes), BG11, B32, BG34 (cupcake top)
Other: Fiskars Threading Water border punch, Smooch, Happy Birthday Cuttlebug folder

Thanks for hopping by!

Birthday Sundaes #17 - A Summery Color Challenge!

Good morning!! I hope you are enjoying your weekend, I am!

Today's Birthday Sundaes challenge is to create a birthday card using the colors orange, green & white! As always, a birthday sentiment/greeting is required on your card front. Click HERE to play along and check out all the awesome design team samples!

I'll admit I really stumped myself with this challenge and I'm the one that came up with it LOL! I was going to use popsicles but ended up using them on Friday's card. Thankfully inspiration kicked in and I was able to create a card that I love. 

I started with Papertrey Ink Simply Chartreuse cardstock and embossed it with a Cuttlebug folder. Then I punched a bunch of different butterflies from scraps of American Crafts Everyday designer papers and some scraps of white cardstock.  I adhered them all with Diamond Glaze and added Basic Grey Bling it rhinestones and EK Success Halloween gems.  The sentiment is from an old Sweet 'N Sassy stamps set.

TFL!!

Watermelon Cocoa

It's summer and one of the many things that scream summer to me is watermelon.

So...I whipped up this simple card tonight to celebrate summer's arrival.

I was inspired by THIS sketch while creating my card.  I wanted to show off my some new purchases. I was in the neighborhood of my LSS last week so I stopped in and picked up some of Little Yellow Bicycle's Sweet Summertime paper and I also got the coordinating cardstock stickers.  The adorable image is digital Watermelon Cocoa from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps. I've had him printed out forever and he was perfect to use with this paper! 

I am entering this card into the following challenges: 

• SNSCD7 - All About Summer
• The Paper Variety - Summer Project

Supply List

Stamps: Watermelon Cocoa - Sweet 'N Sassy Digi Stamps

Paper: Georgia Pacific, Little Yellow Bicycle Sweet Summertime 

Copics: R11, R20, R24, R27, R29, G20, YG63, YG67, T1, T3

Other: Marvy Giga Scalloped Circle Punch, Basic Grey Wander brads, Little Yellow Bicycle cardstock stickers

TFL!

Write Soon Cocoa

This is a bit of a different card for me - color wise. I brought a bunch of newer 6x6 pads with me yesterday and one of them was Echo Park's For the Record. I thought it would be fun to use this text paper with Write Soon Cocoa from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps. I have tons of Cocoas printed out and was happy to finally get one on a card!

I used TECC48 for the layout and a Hero Arts sentiment. 

I am entering this card into Crafty Creations #118 - Anything Goes.

Now I am off to create my layout for Day 15 while I'm watching the Red Sox/Yankees game. Go SOX!!!

PaperCutz #79

TGIF!

It's time for another PaperCutz challenge! This time we are challenging you to create a child's birthday card with a country or western theme. You can enter your creation HERE and check out the rest of the DT's creations while you are there.

I decided to ink up Taylor from the Victoria Case for SCACD collection. This card is geared more towards a teen than a child but I really LOVE how it came out!! I really took my time with coloring and think she looks great.


The fabulous layout is from last week's Sketchy Thursday at Eat Sleep Stamp. I flipped it to accommodate my image.


Supplies-
Stamps: Taylor (Victoria Case for SCACD), Birthday Greetings (Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps)
Paper: Basic Grey Granola, Georgia Pacific cardstock
Ink: Memento
Copics: E00, E30, E31, E35, E39, R20, R29, B21, B23, B97, B99
Other: flowers & brad from stash, SU corner rounder

Have a great day!!

PTT #11

Happy Tuesday!

This week’s Party Time Tuesdays challenge is the every popular “Anything Goes Birthday CARD”, just remember to include a birthday greeting/sentiment on your card front and you’re good to go!

We also have another guest designer joining us this week and her name is Jan! She’s a frequent PTT player and Top 3 winner! Please be sure to check out the PTT blog for her fabulous creation along with the DT’s awesome samples!

Here is my card~

Yes, another easel card LOL!! This one has been made for almost a month, I made it for my mom to give my neighbor for her birthday.  I so love how it came out!  It was my first time using the MFT Lovin’ from the Oven set, it was fun to paper piece the image!  The sentiment on the card base is from the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps birthday greetings set – my favorite go to sentiments set!

To play along with PTT, link up your newly created ‘anything goes’ birthday card (with a birthday greeting/sentiment on the card front) to the PTT blog by next Monday night. If you’d like to be considered for the Top 3, have your card posted by 8pm EST on Sunday. 

PTT #10

Wow, 10 challenges already! It doesn't seem possible that it's been that many already!

Today's Party Time Tuesdays challenge is to create a summer birthday card, don't forget the birthday greeting/sentiment on the front! PTT is also kicking off a month long party with new Guest Designers each week - this week the GDT is Colleen! Check out her sample on the PTT blog along with the fabulous DT samples - amazing summery goodness!

Here is my card ~

This was created for my good friend Shirley's birthday, she loved it :) I also love how it turned out, easel cards are my new favorite to make!

To join in, please link up your newly created summer birthday card to the Party Time Tuesdays blog before 8pm next Sunday to be included in a chance for the Top 3!

Card Supplies~
Stamps: Swimming Lucy ~ Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps, birthday greetings ~ Sweet N Sassy Stamps
Paper: Bo Bunny, PTI
Ink: Memento
Other: copics, smooch, spica pens, butterfly from etsy, misc. brads from stash

TFL!

PTT #8

It’s Tuesday and time to PARRRRR-TAY!

I love today’s challenge, it’s to make a POCKET card (birthday themed of course!!)  I used a tutorial from SCS which you can find here.

This is the first time I’ve ever made one and it was SOOO easy, why did I wait so long to try it?? LOL

I made this for my niece who is turning 13 next month, the pocket is perfect for some cash or a gift card! The image is from the TGF set Rain, Snow Shine.  She was lots of fun to color!

Here is the insert ~

To play along please link your birthday themed pocket card to the PTT blog. For more inspiration, please visit my design team members blogs, links on the left sidebar and on the PTT blog.

Card Supplies~
Stamps: Rain, Snow, Shine ~ The Greeting Farm; Birthday Greetings ~ Sweet N Sassy Stamps
Paper: Sunkissed ~ Bo Bunny
Ink: Memento
Copics: E00, V05, YG23, Y32, Y35, Y38
Other: EK Success scalloped border punch, fishy brads from the LSS, Labels One nestabilities, Kaiser rhinestones

Patriotic Cocoa

2nd post of the day - please scroll down for the Lasting Memories blog hop post!

This is my one and only card that I made to celebrate the 4th of July. When I saw Patriotic Cocoa the other day, I just had to have him!


I used sketch ICS72 for the layout.


And here's some yumminess to share, Mike and I made it last night! It's delicious!


Card Supplies:
Stamp: Patriotic Cocoa ~ Sweet N Sassy Stamps
Paper: DCWV
Ink: Memento (Rhubarb Stalk)
Copics: R46, B99, T1, T3, RV21, E53

TFL! I'll be back later with my Christmas in July card!

Olive the Otter

Isn't she the cutest otter you've ever seen?

Olive arrived in the mail today and I inked her up right away (that is a definite FIRST lol!!!) I was heading out with my sister and decided to use Olive on her birthday card.


I used the sketch at Cute Card Thursday ~


I also decorated the inside a little bit ~

My sister just turned 29, so I just had to use this stamp when I saw it LOL. I also added some comments about her turning 30 next year {giggle} and yes, I can tease her all I want since I'm 3 years older! he he he

Card Supplies~
Stamps: Olive the Otter ~ Paper Makeup Stamps, front sentiment ~ Studio G, inside ~ Birthday Greetings from Sweet N Sassy Stamps
Paper: PTI cardstock, SEI Happy Day designer paper
Ink: Memento
Copics: R81, R85, B000, B01, E31, E25, E29
Other: Scalloped border (EK Success or Fiskars, can't remember which lol), MM brads

TFL!

My first easel cards!

Today I am finally getting a chance to show off my newest thing - easel cards!

I made this one a few weeks ago and I refuse to give it away LOL!! I really love how it turned out and it matches my room perfectly


I got this Northwoods stamp a few months ago and thought it would be perfect for the space I had to fill on the card front. I also finally got my flower soft to stick, I used Glossy Accents - it's a little shiny under the flower soft but I'm just thrilled it stuck. Seems like anything else I tried didn't work. The dp is BG Infuse.


My mom liked the card when I showed it to her, so I decided to make her one for Mother's Day. She loves lilacs so when I saw this cute digi from Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps, I just had to get it! Cocoa was so much fun to color!

I used my BG Green at Heart, love this paper!! I had to get another stack of it even though I didn't finish the first one yet, that's how much I love it...this time I also got the matching ribbon doilies, can't wait to try those out!

I spotted a lot of challenges for easel cards this week, I'll have to get busy and make a few new ones!

Have a great day!

Happy Birthday!

Here is a quick card I made tonight for a friend's birthday. She loves sunflowers so I always make her a sunflower card :)

This pretty sunflower image is from Squigglefly, illustrated by the fabulous Lynn Stansbery. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I just {heart} her flower images!

Paper is Basic Grey Origins and the Happy Birthday is from the Sweet N Sassy Birthday Greetings set, one of my favorite go-to sets for birthdays! The sparkle is from copic spica pens in lemon and garnet, really love how much they shimmer!

That's all for tonight...come back tomorrow night for some Squigglefly sneak peeks! There's a big release on Saturday...and once the Squigglefly blog gets 300 followers, there will be a discount code of 30%! So why not follow today and while you're there check out this week's challenge! Also check out the SNR group, Holly has a great challenge going over there too!

Sentimental Sundays meets Sketchy Thursdays!

TGIF!!! It's been a very long week here, so happy the weekend has finally arrived and so has the nice weather! We actually had to use the heat a few times this week, thought we were done with that a few weeks ago!

Anyways, the reason you are here...I made this card last night for two challenges, a new one called Sentimental Sundays. Great challenge that reminds you to put a sentiment on your card front, I don't always do that and need to remember to, after all it's one of the reasons I'm always buying sentiment stamps LOL! Challenge #1 is call Blooming Gorgeous and needs to include a flower and sentiment. Both my image and sentiment are from the same Sweet 'N Sassy Digi set called Fluttering By, it's so pretty!


The layout is the new sketch from Sketchy Thursdays, perfect for the image I was using!

Card Supplies~
Stamps: Fluttering By ~ Sweet 'N Sassy Digi Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey Green at Heart
Copics: V04, V06, V09, Y15, RV13, YG25, B000, YR65, YR68
Other: EK Success scalloped scallop border punch, lemon & spica pens

That's all for now! I'll be back tonight with the end of the month round-up!

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!

TESC100 + 3 other challenges

Here's my last minute entry into the TESC100 Sketches Celebration, the deadline is tomorrow at 8:00 PST!

How cute is this Sweet N Sassy Cocoa stamp?? I love cupcakes and Cocoa, so I had to get him. Korin has drawn up a bunch more Cocoas that will have to find their way to my computer soon LOL.

Sorry the picture is a little off, the shimmerz are Choc-o-lot and a little hard for me to capture just right.

Here is the sketch -


I am also entering this card into the following challenges:
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #54 - "All About Me" - use your favorite things (my favorites are Basic Grey, Cocoa the Mouse, cupcakes, copics, the colors pink & brown)
Cute Card Thurdsay #100 - Metal Mania
CCEE Stampers - Sweet - incorporate a sweet treat

Thanks for looking!!

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!

Stamping Bella Weekend - Last Card!

This is my last card for our Stamping Bella weekend. I had such a good time making cards! You still might see a bella or two pop up in posts this week, he he he! You can check the first post {Stamping Bella Weekend} from yesterday to see all the ladies that participated.

For this card, I chose my new AllBoxedUpabella, when I saw her I knew she'd be perfect for birthday cards and Christmas cards.

So here she is on a birthday card :)


Here is the layout I used - I love the Sweet Sunday Sketches!


Card Supplies:
Stamps: AllBoxedUpabella ~ Stamping Bella, Birthday Greetings ~ Sweet N Sassy Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey Lemonade
Ink: Memento
Copics: E00, E55, E57, R89, RV34, B01, YG25, B02, Y21
Other: Nestabilities Labels 3, Shapeabilities Tags Trio, brad from stash

Thanks so much to all that stopped by to leave comments this weekend!

2 more cards!

I'm on a roll today! I have 2 more cards to share with you and possibly one more later.

The first one is Birthday Cake with a Stella in it. I've stamped images of her so many times, but I think its the first time she's made it to a card.

I used the Whimsical Wednesday sketch and the Colour Q Challenge (hopefully you can see the orange, I went a little overboard on the pinks LOL!)



The second card is made with another of my all time favorite bella stamps, the Valentini! This is another one from my first order that I've used a bunch of times :)

I used this week's Sweet Stop Sketch


Card Supplies:
Card 1 -
Stamps: Birthday cake with a Stella in it ~ Stamping Bella, Birthday Greetings ~ Sweet N Sassy Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey Perhaps
Ink: Memento
Copics: Eoo, E27, R89, YR24, YR21, R81, R85
Others: Stampin' Up eyelet border punch, Kaiser rhinestones, glossy accents, diamond stickles

Card 2 -
Stamps: Valentini ~ Stamping Bella, Key to My Heart ~ Sweet N Sassy Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey Blush
Ink: Memento, Stampin' Up Pretty in Pink
Copics: G00, BG07, BG09, R24, R27, R89
Others: glossy accents, clear spica pen, prima flowers, brads from stash

Thanks so much for stopping by!