Happy Birthday

Hello Everyone

August has arrived, do you believe it!!!Yep it's another new month. 

Boy time just goes faster and faster.

 It's time for the August Challenge over at Craft-Dee BowZ.

The theme for the CDB challenge is always Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow.

Let me share with you my inspiration card.

Oh that baby chick is so cute, I just had to use it for my card. 

The bow on my card is a triple loop bow. Making the bow using the CDB tool lets me create that triple loop bow, easy peasy. Check out the Craft-Dee BowZ YouTube videos to watch and see how easy these bows are to make.

Click here to see the other CDB designers' inspiration projects for August.

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps: Digital - Cute as a Button Paper/Card Stock:White CS, Celery Green CS, Magenta CS Dies Used: Spellbinders Ovals sm    Accessories: Ribbon,  Color Pencils, Gamsol, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks -  #257 Anything Goes (#62)

As You Like it Challenge - Fur or Feathers (& Why)( My why - Who doesn't like birds. They sing beautiful songs and brighten my day) (#13)

Crafting with an Attitude -  #5 Anything Goes (#286)

Southern Girls  #116 Anything Goes (#31)

Crafting By Designs - August Anything Goes (#84)

Wonderful Wednesdays -  Always Anything Goes (#22)

Digi Choosday Challenge - #30 - Animals (#28)

Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes (#113)

Crafting from the Heart - W, E3 - Always Anything Goes  (#186)

Thanks for stopping by today, see you soon.

July Progressive Freebie Challenge

Hi Everyone
I am strapped for time so here is a quick post. I am adding this card to the Outlawz Progressive Freebie Challenge for July

This cutie is ready to go fishin' at his favorite spot.

Here is a closer view of this little guy.

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps: Digital - Blueberry Bear ; rubber stamps all from Stampscapes Paper/Card Stock: Yellow, brown, purple CS Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Summer Sky, Bamboo Leaves Accessories: Ribbon, dimensional foam, twine, ribbon, Copic Markers

I am also submitting this card in the following challenges:

City Crafter Challenge  #272 - Masculine Birthday Card (#13)

Artistic Inspirations -  Anything Goes (#211)

Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes (#61)

Crafting from the Heart -  Always Anything Goes(#130)

The Paper Girls - Forever in Blue Jeans (#7)

Southern Ridge Trading Company Summer (#3)

The Sisters of Craft Anything Goes (#210)

Sweet Stampin  Boys & Their Toys (#21)

Digitally Sweet - - No. 140 - July - Anything Goes (#176)

Thanks for stopping in today. Have a great week, whats left of it. 

Winter Wishes

Hi there

Thanks for stopping by today. This is the 3rd card from last Saturday's class. 

I think this card is kind of classy.  Silver and gold embossed trees and some white snowflakes are the only stamped images on the panel.

I made my own corners out of gold card stock. I cut a square and then cut it diagonally. I then added a gold corner on two opposite corners and the sentiment was stamped and embossed  in gold on a label shape and that finishes this card off in no time.

You will notice that as I stamped the tree, I overlapped and changed the colors of the embossing powder as I went along. Stamp from one side to the other. (I started on the right and worked to the left.) I started with the gold tree, heated that one, next stamped 2 trees and embossed with silver. Then reverted back to gold and then back to silver for the last tree. 

After the trees were done I stamped the snowflakes and used white embossing powder

The stamping was done on a black panel that was then attached to a cream card. The cream card seems to fade into the white background of this pic (sorry).

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SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps: Woodware - Forest Paper/Card Stock: Black CS, Cream CS Ink:VersaMark Dies Used: Spellbinders Labels One Accessories: Embossing powder - Black, Gold, White detailed; VersaMark; dimensional foam

I am submitting my card to the following challenges:

• Cardz 4 Guyz - #80 Christmas in July (#13)
• Deep Ocean Challenge #107 - Christmas in July (#103)
• Die Cuttin' Divas  - #225 Christmas in July (#18)
• Through The Craft Room Door  Always Anything Goes (#64)
• Tuesday Throwdown  #255 Christmas in July (#32)
• Artistic Inspirations -  Anything Goes (#81)
• Card Mania - Anything Goes (#522)
• Cards in Envy - Christmas in July(#15)
• Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas - Christmas in July (#16)
• Dream Valley Challenges - Embossing, wet or dry (#26)

I am finishing up on all the prep work, cutting and kitting for my 3 classes at Stampaway. I will be glad when this is finally done. LOL Stampaway classes start in less than 2 weeks. Click here to see the classes that are still available.

Thanks for dropping by and I'll be seeing you all soon.

Have A Wonderful Christmas

Hi there
Welcome back to my blog.

In my last post I mentioned that I taught a class last Saturday and the cards were Christmas themed. Here is card number 2 from that class.

I used DP from SEI and I just love that it has a resist design built in. Coloring with a beautiful blue ink applied with a sponge applicator brings out that gorgeous design.

I popped that on a silver mirror panel and attached the panel to a blue CS.

Next I made a flap, this is used to open and close the card.

Here is the card opened

The white panel inside hides most of the hinge piece. That scalloped circle has the sentiment on the front and I added a second scalloped circle on the backside, again to finish off the flap and hide the end of the hinge.

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps: Heartfelt Creations HCPC 3552 Bright Christmas Paper/Card Stock: Blue CS, White CS, Silver Mirror CS, DP SEI Ink: VersaMark, Memento Danube Blue Dies Used: Spellbinders Scalloped Circle Accessories:Silver Detailed embossing powder

I am submitting this card in the following challenges:

• Amusing - Anything Goes  (#60)
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends -  #14 Anything Goes (#41)
• Penny Black and More –July - Anything Goes with a sentiments (#118)
• Pile It On - #78 Christmas/Winter in July (#13)
• Crafty Calendar July - Christmas in July (#153)
• My Time to Craft  Christmas 1  (fortnightly for July) (#25)
• Outlawz Challenges  Christmas in July  (#157)
• Cut it Up-  No. 74 - (W2 of 2) - Word(s) as your focal point(#25)
• Simply Papercraft - No. 9 - Anything Goes (#104)
• Card Mania #70 Anything Goes (#474)

Thanks for stopping by today. Thursday, I will be showing my 3rd card from last Saturday's class. Hope you will be stopping back to take a peek.

Have a great week