Pink Paisley Hearts

My Creative Time Designer Challenge. Colors and Design. I love the little key from Chunky Jar Charms.

DESIGNER CHALLENGE -* Dream * Believe *

It is another Designer Challenge over at MyCreativeTime and I got inspired. I did most of my Christmas in red and white this year so it was refreshing to use some other traditional colors.


http://www.creativetimeforme.com/2014/12/designer-challenge.html

The banner swings freely on the raffia ribbon.

Here is a tip: When I have a color challenge I pull out my collection of paint chips! Then I am able to design with the required colors.

The sets I used for this card:

Build a banner
Believe from Boughs of Holly
Uppercase Fun Dies
Scallopped and Stitched Ovals

Hats off to You!!!

Good Morning friends As one of our Godchildren gets promoted to Middle School we are having a graduation celebration!

The cute little owl is cut a 4" from Give a Hoot and the mortar board was cut at 2" from Locker Talk.

Attached it all on an Action Wobble foe some added fun.

I'm a Big Sister!!!!

Preparing for the "call". Our Grandson Isaac is due any time and we are waiting. His Big Sister Makayla is super excited. Not wanting her to feel left out of all the fuss, I made her this card.

The little girl and sentiment are from Peachy Keen Life is Good Babies. I put the little girl on an Action Wobble. So cute! Hope you like it! This is one excited Nana!!

Rainbow Bright

A bright cheery thank you note to make someone special smile.

 

Glow in the dark paper makes these gift tags super fun for those end of the year treats!!

Happy 33rd Birthday Darling Daughter

Every year on our annual camping trip we celebrate our daughters' birthday! This year is no exception except that our son and his family won't be there since our grandson is due in a few weeks. She was born at 8:20am on the 28th and I wake her up at that time on that day every year! We replay the 12-hour labor (I really should keep her up from 9pm on!!) and have cupcakes after breakfast! Here is her special card. With flowers and ribbons in some of her favorite colors.

Congrats Grad

Our nephew-in-law graduates from Boston University this weekend and we are very proud of him. Has a job secured already making it that much sweeter. Keep up the good work Chris. Your future awaits you.

Used Nate's ABCs for the 2013 at 1" and the U at 3". Boston is cut from good old 50 States...already welded...thank you very much! The mortar boards and the stamp "GRAG" are from MyCreativeTime Here's Looking at You coordinating stamps and dies set.

Happy Mothers Day

I wanted to coordinate cards for our daughter, daughter-in-law, my mom and mother-in-law. I chose the colors of lime, purple and pale yellow. I knew I wanted ladies and flowers and bows. The prego girl is from New Arrival. One of my original Cricut Cartridges...now 7 years old! The skinny mini is from Forever Young and the Cameos are from Heritage. The flowers are from MyCreativeTime Stitched Daisy and Scalloped and Stitched Circle. The sentiment is from MyCreativeTime All Around Everything and the tulip is from All Around Everything Accessories.

A Little Birdie Told Me

I am the Featured Designer over at Action Wobbles today. I am working extra hours this week and had a busy weekend. Well here you go!! Everybody is lovin' the Angry Birds. I had bought our grandson some Fruit Snacks for his lunch snack and the boxes had these great characters. ALREADY ON CHIPBOARD!!! I carefully cut them out and put them on a wobble. Created a background using paper and making a little varsity stripe to coordinate. The stamp was from the $1 bin at Michaels a couple years ago. Great upcycle!!! Can be used for just about anything.

Enjoy~

Close Up of Card

 

Placement of the Wobble

 

Wobble in Action

 

 

Hand-Picked for you!!!

It's another Peachy Keen Sketch Challenge and I just love how this card went from my head to my hands to the finished design!

Here is the sketch:

 And here is my card!

I took it at an angle so the light would catch my little jar! Lots of goodies used here but having the right tools makes the assembly go soooooo fast with a great outcome! The little jar is from MyCreativeTime Stitched Chunky Jar Dies. The flying banner is from MyCreativeTime Fly away with Me Sentiments (with Coordinating dies). The daisies are from MyCreativeTime Stitched Daisy Die. And the cutie patootie faces that make this card so special are from Peachy Keen Stamps Sweet and Silly Faces! Trying my hand at CAS (clean and simple). So hard not to add ribbon, bling, jewels or embellishment of any kind. I just love the clean look of the white on white. Embossing the background did make it look dimensional. The daisies are 3 layers each and only glued in the middle so the petals stick up and look realistic..

Entered in the following challenges:
http://thekraftjournal.blogspot.com/

Bloom

As luck would have it...a patient ran overtime and I was asked if I wanted to shorten my lunch and leave a half hour early! Don't have to ask me twice and knew just what I would do!!! Run home and finish my card for the Peachy Keen Color Challenge. I chose another Tulip! This one is from Freshly Picked. The background is from Pretty Pennants and the cute face is stamped with Peachy Keen Wide Eyed Kids! Phew! Even got a little pen stitching in there. So with 3 hours and 37 minutes to spare...here is my entry! Now I think my husband would appreciate dinner. LOL

Tulips Tulips Tulips

Yes I have Tulips on the brain 24/7!!! Hello my friends. Today I am the featured Designer over at Action Wobbles and I realized I hadn't done any Tulip cards, Tulip  tags or 3D Tulip Projects this year yet! Well...here you go...

I used Cricut Cartridge Art Nouveau and cut one of my favorite cuts. The ivory background cut is from Pretty Pennants. Not just for pennants you see!

I inked the edges of the flowers and stems and my fingernails! I love the look that peach and lavender have when you use them together. Add some ivory and this is such a soft and beautiful look.

Have you gotten your Action Wobbles yet? You can order them HERE!

The Card

Wobble in Action

 

Attaching the Action Wobble

 

 

I Mustache you a Question

I love this card!!! It matches a sweater I got recently that says I heart Mustaches! Good thing 'cause my hubby of almost 34 years...sports a big 'stache!!

I used white and pink cardstock and embossed the white with Cuttlebug Geometric Rings. In the center of each ring I adhered a little pink acrylic gem. The mustache stamp is from Kay Andrews Designs Mustache Fun. The sheer pink ribbon is fro my stash.

 Entered in the following challenges:

http://pausedreamenjoychallenges.blogspot.com/

Oh Brother

Getting a jump on the card making as one of my brothers celebrates his birthday next month. This card is cut using Cricut Cartridge Birthday Bash. The sentiment was created using MyCreativeTime Dies Lower Case Dies and the eyes on the cute gator were stamped with PeachyKeen ABC Animal Faces. I think they were for a fish but they were perfect for the gator! No masking needed. The balloons are accented with Twine from the Twinery. And the little red rhinestone cheek is from my stash.

Tag Challenge

Here a Birthday Tag made with assorted scraps in colors I love! Some homemade paper, some crunched up paper, a scrap of trim, a pretty button and some chunky glitter. Topped off with lots of beautiful sheer ribbons. Made this for a Tag Challenge and now I cannot locate the BLOG to enter it!! Oh my goodness I have to write these things down!!!

 

Entered in the following challenges:

 

http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com/2013/04/monday-challenge-93-tags.html

 

Hooray! It's Your Birthday

Something different. My friend Cassandra is hosting the April Challenge #2 over at PeachyKeenConnection. It is her birthday month and she chose the theme BIRTHDAYS!! For this card, I cut the Octopus and the balloon bouquet from Cricut Cartridge Birthday Bash. The clouds are a MyCreativeTime Die from Fly Away with Me. The sentiment is from MyCreativeTime Celebrate Good Times. The adorable smiling face is stamped with PeachKeen Dolly Dumplins at 1 3/8". I accented the face with a white Gelly Roll Pen and some peach chalk. For the background, I tore some paper to look like the beach with sand, ocean with white caps and sky. The balloons are accented with the last of my Glossy Accents. I am going to need to go get some tomorrow since I use it all the time! Then I can add some to the edges of these balloons and the eyes! I can't believe I ran out! The Happy Birthday ribbon and narrow satin ribbon for the bows are from my enormous ribbon stash. We are going to our great nephews 2nd birthday party next weekend and I think this card will be super cute.

Hello Spring!

Over at PeachyKeen the Challenge is Spring with a Rainy Day Theme! My rainboots are pink with white polka dots but I thought these bright cheery colors would work well together. The rainboots are cut from Cricut Cartridge Nates' ABCs and the little daisies are from good old George! I had him out for my other project and it was the perfect little daisy. The Sentiment Hello Spring is stamped from MyCreativeTime Hello Spring Set! The cute little faces are stamped from PeachyKeen Just Baby Faces. Enjoy!!!

Fluttering over the Rainbow to say Hello

Pinterest Insipred...here is a colorful card for the Rainbow Challenge my dear friend Cassandra has going on over at MyCreativeTime this week. I love the look of rainbow colors. Always makes me smile. This card looks way more complicated than it is! First I gathered some scraps of cardstock in a rainbow of colors. I used my original Cricut Cartridge George (that is over 7 years old and never gave me wonky circles!!) and cut squares at 1 1/2" and circles at 1". I just didn't feel like punching them all and this went super fast!! After I adhered the squared onto white cardstock, I embossed the whole thing. The circles cut in white lent a nice break up to the colors and I mounted the finished piece onto some black cardstock. The butterflies were cut from the same array of colored cardstock using MyCreativeTime Chunky Jar Accessories. The Hello Sentiment and the little label are also from the same set!! I thought less is more on this one as I tried adding twine, buttons, ribbon or bling and it all seemed too much. It felt so good to create!! My treat to myself after weeding a whole flower bed! Yuck I hate weeding.

Ooooh I almost forget

I am the Guest Designer at Action Wobbles today!! I am glad I checked my calendar again!! I made this cute little card as a reminder and wrote my Design Team Obligations in it!!! This cute little hand with the ribbon around the finger is from Cricut Cartridge Designer Calendar! The papers, trim and buttons are from my wonderful stash of goodies. Make sure to pick up your Action Wobbles today!

 

 

 

 

Baby Tulips Ready to peek out

You'd never know it by the weather but Spring is here and the tulips are starting to sprout! YAY!!!! It's a sketch challenge over at PeachyKeen Stamps and I am rushing to get my entry in on time!! The tulip is cut from Forever Young and the star is cut from Sophisticated. I added some washi tape, green raffia and some flower blingage to finish it off. The cute baby face is from Peachy Keen Just Baby Faces Assortment at the largest size of 1 3/8".