Same Card - Two Versions

Well, we're off to a new week with all kinds of new possibilities!!

Hope yours is a great one!

Today I am sharing two cards that are the exactly the same, except for my choice of colors. I loved the design of this card that I saw on Pinterest and I wanted to see if I could make both a masculine and a feminine version by changing my color palette. Do you think I succeeded?

For my feminine version I chose a white card stock base with a soft color combo of pink and green.

And for my masculine version I went with a kraft card stock base and a bright color combo of red and blue.

Supplies used: card stock - white, kraft; patterned papers - Jillibean Soup; stamp - my stash; ink - Tuxedo Black by Memento; border punches - EK Success and Fiskars; twine - my Stash; Pop Dots

Get Your Pink On!!!

Hey everybody are you ready for some PINK fun!!!

The third annual linking party at Link Up For Pink is about to begin!!

Starting Oct 1st we are asking you to Get Your PINK On and help us spread awareness about breast cancer. Get out all your pink paper, pink ribbon, pink glitter, pink bling, pink anything and start making some cards. The linking party lasts for two weeks and you can link up as many times as you like. There are going to be all kinds of fabulous prizes you can win from our wonderful sponsors. The rules will be posted on the blog as well as a list of this years sponsors.

So help us spread awareness, GET YOUR PINK ON!!!!!!!!!

BOO!

Stopping by to share  two very different Halloween cards, but both inspired by the word BOO!

The first card was inspired by a cute creation by Karolyn Loncon. I cut the ghosts and my sentiment from my Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge.

I love the way the ghosts are layered on either side of the orange card stock.

Supplies used: card stock - orange, black; patterned paper - Charlotte A. Weaver in Boo! by American Crafts; embossing folder - James' set by Cuttlebug; Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge; spider stickers - JoLee's; Pop Dots

For my second card I cased a creation by Angie. I liked her simple use of Washi tape and labels.

I had these cute, tiny brads by Making Memories and I attached one through the holes of my button for a fun little accent.

Supplies used:  card stock - recycled white; patterned papers from Elegant Witch Mat Pad by Martha Stewart; Silhouette Studio cut files; scalloped oval and oval punches by Stampin' Up; Washi tape - Haunted Paper Tape by Martha Stewart; stamp from Heebie Jeebies by We R Memory Keepers; ink - Jet Black Archival; twine - American Crafts; button - my stash; brad - Making Memories; Pop Dots.

Enjoy your weekend!!

School Is Cool!

This is my second post today.

My friend Yolie sent me a super fun 6 X 6 paper pad called Hallpass by We R memory Keepers.
I just had to put it to use. I pulled out a cool "itty bitty" stamp set by Unity called Apple Of My Eye, my Rich Cocoa ink pad by Memento, a few Sugardot stickers and I was ready to start creating.

I thought I would link it up on the Unity Blog for their Friday Friends With Flair!!

Supplies used: card stock  recycled white; patterned papers from Hallpass 6 X 6 paper pad by We R Memory Keeepers; stamp - Apple Of My Eye itty bitty by Unity; ink - Rich Cocoa by Memento; Sugardot stickers in Delight by Prima; Pop Dots.

Have a fantastic weekend!!!

Eat Chicken

Yay, it's Friday!!!

Have a super weekend everyone. Take a few moments to enjoy the beauty of fall.

I wanted to play in the challenge this week at Freshly Made Sketches.

I decided to make a fall card with a cute little turkey sticker I had and a fun stamp set by Sweet Stamp Shoppe called Turkey Hotline.

He's so cute, you can't blame him for asking you to Eat-Chkn!!!!!

Supplies used: card stock - orange, brown; patterned papers from Autumn Song 6 X 6 pack by BoBunny; stamp from Turkey Hotline by Sweet Stamp Shoppe; ink - Rich Cocoa by Momento; turkey sticker - Harvest by Dept. 44

Thanks for stopping in!!

Skating By....

We are edging closer to the weekend, yay!!!! For me it means time in my craft room, which I love :)

I have a couple masculine birthday cards to share today. One is for the younger crowd and the other is for the older guys.

For the younger generation I cased a card by Chat Wszelaki. I used a Silhouette Studio cut file for my skateboarding dude.

Supplies used: card stock - white, black; patterned paper - Dylan in Pop Star by Rusty Pickle; Silhouette Studio cut file; embossing folder - James' set by Cuttlebug; brads, eyelets - Making Memories; font - SNF Sketch Black Out; photo corner and circle punches - EK Success; Pop Dots

Since my own mojo has gone on vacation, I cased another card by Sarah Moerman. Loved the design and the buttons.

Supplies used: vanilla, brown; patterned papers - Primitive in Archaic by Basic Grey and Accent Cuts in Emma's Shoppe by Crate Paper; vintage dictionary page; embossing folder - James' Set by Cuttlebug; Labels Fancy #4 Framelits by Sizzix; stamp - Greetings by TPC Studio; ink - Amaretto by Powder Puffs, brown by ColorBox and Rich Cocoa by Memento; ribbon - Michaels; buttons - my stash.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Pinterest Inspired Halloween Card and "Pinterest Inspired" Challenge

I hope everyone has a wild and wacky Wednesday! Do one thing fun today to add a little spark to the middle of the week!!!

Today I am sharing a Pinterest inspired Halloween card. I saw the following absolutely adorable card by Lisa of Poppy Paperie on Pinterest, as I was doing my nightly browsing. I loved the simple layout with the little windows. I pinned it immediately, thinking of the many possibilities.

This weekend I decided to whip up a card using this fantastic design. I thought it would make a darling Halloween card with some cute little monsters peeking out of the windows. I inked up some stamps I purchased at Michaels and colored them with my Copics. I mimicked her paper with some flocked harlequin paper by My Minds Eye. 

Supplies used: card stock - kraft, white; patterned paper - Harlequin in Haunted by My Minds Eye; stamps - Penny Black and Craftsmart; ink - Tuxedo Black by Memento; Copic markers; twine - my stash; Pop Dots

A fun, clean and simple, card design with so much potential.

I'd love to see your "Pinterest Inspired" cards, so I thought I'd try something new on my blog. 

Each Wednesday I'll post a new "Pinterest Inspired" challenge. To participate I ask that you:

1. Be a follower of my blog

2. Follow the challenge criteria.

3. Please leave a link back to your project and not just your blog.  

4. On your blog post please show the project you got your inspiration from. 

I will have a small prize each week. 

For the first week please link up your Halloween "Pinterest Inspired" card!

You've Put A Spell On Me

Is everyone enjoying their fall weather and, hopefully, cooler temperatures???

We are supposed to drop 20° tomorrow! I'm not sure if it's the beginning of fall or winter, lol.

I'm stopping in today to share a couple Halloween cards. On the first card I used a new Silhouette Studio cut file. I just love this sexy witch holding her potion!

I thought she deserved a little sparkle, so I used some glitter paper and a few rhinestones.

Supplies used: card stock - recycled white, black green glitter; patterned paper - Spiderwebs in The Apothecary Emporium by Echo Park; witch and banner - Silhouette Studio cut files; Labels Eight Nestabilities by Spellbinder; rhinestones - K & Co.; font - Frank Condensed; Pop Dots.

For my second card I cased an adorable card by Audrey Pettit that was in my Cards magazine. I just love the cute ghosts, which were fussy cut from patterned paper, holding the little banners. 

 I changed the tags Audrey used in her card to a fence, using a border punch to make the fence.

Supplies used: card stock - vanilla, red, black; patterned papers - October Night and Midnight Moon in Night Fall by American Crafts; ribbon - 3 Girl Jam; twine, button, stick pins - my stash; stamp - Magic Spells by BugBites; rub ons - American Crafts; border punch - Martha Stewart; sewing machine; Pop Dots

Have a wonderful day!!!!

Sneak Peek - LUFP

I have a little sneak peek of a card I made for Link Up For Pink!

I hope you'll stop by the blog and check it out.

Ladies - Don't forget your mammograms!!! Take care of your girls!

Nutty For You

Hi Everyone!

Stopping in the blog today to play in Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge Blog.

This week is the COOL SHADES challenge.

And the colors to work with this week are:

A little unusual for a fall card, but that's what a challenge is - makes you think outside the box!!

For my card I pulled out two Paper Smooches stamp sets: Falling For You and He Said, She Said.

I grabbed some papers in Night Fall by American Crafts and Bitty Dot Basics by Papertrey Inc. and went to work.

I added a little rhinestone on the heart to catch your eye.

S

Supplies used: card stock - vanilla, purple; patterned papers - Autumn Gathering, Autumn Feast, October Night all in Night Fall by American Crafts and Bitty Dot basics by Papertrey Inc.; stamps - Falling For You and He Said, She Said by Paper Smooches; ink Jet Black Archival Ink; rhinestone - Kaiser Craft.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Hello My Friend!

Hello my friends, happy Friday!!!!

Another week has come and gone, looking forward to some relax time this weekend. How about you?

I am sharing a card today that I made with an old phone book and some stamps from phone4you by The Stamps Of Life.

Supplies used: card stock - recycled white; phonebook pages; border punch and corner rounder - Fiskars; stamps - phone4you by The Stamps Of Life; ink - Tuxedo Black by Memento, Real Red by Stampin' Up; twine and button - my stash.

Merci

I have to admit that I pretty much, totally, "cased" this card from one of my magazines. It was absolutely to adorable to tweak it very much.

The fence and the rooster were both cut using Silhouette Studio cut files. I used Freebooter Script font to print my sentiment. The background is stamped with a chicken wire stamp and white ink by Hampton Art. I had the cute little button in my stash.

Supplies used: card stock - recycled white, black; patterned paper - Executive in Take Note by Studio Calico; stamp - my stash; ink - White in ala mode by Hampton Art; Silhouette Studio cut files; ribbon - Michaels; button - my stash; font - Freebooter Script; Pop Dots.

Halloween Cards

Happy Wednesday!!

I hope you are having a great week and perhaps getting some crafty time in.

I'm stopping in today to share a few Halloween Cards with you.

The first is really fairly simple. A kraft card stock base with some machine stitching around the edges. Some skeletons stamped on white card stock and fussy cut, then attached to the card base with pop dots.

Supplies used: card stock - white, kraft; stamps - Halloween Mono Assortment by Inkadinkadoo; ink - Tuxedo Black by Memento; Sewing Machine; Pop Dots

The second card I created around a bingo card I printed and cut from a Silhouette Studio cut file. I tied some twine around it with a cute little spider button I had in my stash. The rosette is made with a Tim Holtz die and I attached a sentiment die by Authentique on top of it. The bat doily it is all placed over is also a Silhouette Studio cut file.

Supplies used: card stock - black, orange, tan; patterned papers - Afterglow in Glowing by Authentique and Under Your Spell in The Apothecary Emporium by Echo Park; Silhouette Studio cut files; ink - black by ColorBox; rosette die by Tim Holtz; sentiment die by Authentique; button - Doodlebug; twine - Orange Licorice by trendy Twine; Copic marker; sewing machine.

For the last card I based mine on a card which I found in one of my Cards magazines. I used some papers and stickers in the Apothecary Emporium by Echo Park and I used the little bats that were cut out to make the doily in the previous card. It was double sided paper so I just used the reverse side. 

A few little rhinestones for some sparkle.

Supplies used: card stock - black; patterned paper - Under Your Spell in The Apothecary Emporium by Echo Park; stickers - Under Your Spell in The Apothecary Emporium by Echo Park; Silhouette Studio cut file; rhinestones - Kaiser Craft.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!

Sneak Peek - LUFP

I have a little sneak peek of a card I made for Link Up For Pink!

I hope you'll stop by the blog and check it out.

Ladies - Don't forget your mammograms!!! Take care of your girls!

To Cute To Spook

Halloween is my favorite holiday. Don't get me wrong, I am not into the gory stuff, just like a little bit of scary and some fun too. I decorate my whole house for Halloween and throw an annual bash.

I even go so far as putting a skeleton in the bed in my guest bedroom. He's life size, with a night cap on,  a bed tray in front of him and he's holding a cup of coffee.

Anyway, I also get the most fun out of making Halloween cards and I'd like to share a couple with you today.

The first uses some darling Halloween papers by My Minds Eye and a cute stamp by Imaginisce.

I stamped the skeleton on patterned paper, fussy cut a little bow and popped a rhinestone on it.

Supplies used: card stock - black, orange; patterned papers - Costumes, Neighborhood, Big Dots, Halloween Words and Pumpkins in Blackbird by My Minds Eye; stamp Skull Snag 'em by Imaginisce; ink - Tuxedo Black by Memento; scalloped circle and circle punches by Stampin' Up; border punches - Fiskars and Martha Stewart; word stickers - Authentique; rhinestone - Kaiser Kraft; brads - Making Memories.

For my second card I had some fun with papers and stamps by American Crafts.

I added a little bit of Black Diamond Stickles to the tops of the clouds. 

I noticed, after I took the picture, how different the cloud I stamped on white card stock is. Note to self -  next time stamp it on the same patterned paper as the background!!! Oh well!!!

Supplies used: card stock - orange, vanilla, black; patterned papers - Halloween Night, Night Light, Autumn Cider all in Nightfall by American Crafts and Tangerine in Poolside Collection by Lasting Impressions; stamps - Spooky Night by American Crafts; ink - Tuxedo Black by Memento; brads - Making Memories; Black Diamond Stickles; Pop Dots.

Sneak Peek - LUFP

I have a little sneak peek of a card I made for Link Up For Pink!

I hope you'll stop by the blog and check it out.

Ladies - Don't forget your mammograms!!! Take care of your girls!

@ Cup of Thanks

I'm popping in my blog today to share a card I mad for the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge.

The first week of the month is a Trend Watch challenge.

This week our inspiration is the following photo:

We are to create anything with FLOWERS as the focus or as part of the design! Follow it closely or use it loosely...just have fun!

For my card I used Paper Smooches Cyber Cafe stamp set and some paper from Chalkboard 6X6 paper pad by We R Memory Keepers. 

The paper I used for the cup has flowers and some pink similar to the pink in the photo. 

Supplies used: card stock - recycled white; patterned papers from Chalkboard 6X6 paper pad by We R Memory Keepers; stamps - Cyber Cafe by Paper Smooches; ink - Jet Black Archival; heart punch - $ bin at Safeway; Sugardot stickers in Delight by Prima; Pop Dots.

Birthday Cards

Happy Friday everyone!!!!!

I hope you have a fabulous weekend planned.

I'm just popping in today to share a couple of birthday cards I made. Really fairly simple and both turned out kinda cute.

The first card I simply used a Silhouette Studio cut file to cut out the Happy Birthday and then used Pop Dots to raise it up with a cute pattern paper underneath.

I happened to have some ribbon on hand that matched perfectly and added a little birthday hat charm for fun.

Supplies used: card stock - white; patterned paper - Carol Wilson Fine Arts; ribbon - Michaels; charm - Making Memories; Silhouette Studio cut file; Pop Dots

I saw the inspiration for my second card on Pinterest. I thought it was so fun and just had to make my own version. Again, I used Silhouette Studio cut files.

The pom for the hat I made with some bakers twine. Simply wrapped it around my fingers quite a few times, tied it together in the middle, cut the looped edges, fluffed it out and glued it to the top of my party hat.

Supplies used: card stock - white, black; patterned papers - Father and Big Guy in Family Man by Echo Park and Awesome Dots in Little Boy by Echo Park; sentiment rub on - Kelly Panacci for SandyLion; Silhouette Studio cut files; twine - my stash.

VCMP with OWH

This weekend there was a Virtual Card Making Party over at Operation Write Home's Stars and Samps Blog!

Every 3 hours on Saturday and Sunday a new challenge went live on the Stars and Stamps blog.  You clicked on the link to be taken to each hostess’ personal blog where you could play along, upload your cards to “their” inlinkz, and visit everyone else who played along, too!

Today I wanted to share the cards I made for Saturdays challenges.

The first challenge was to use the following sketch and link your creation to Scrap Happens blog:

I made my card using new Christmas papers by Authentique and a new argyle embossing folder I got from Darice.

Supplies used: card stock - recycled white, 2 shades of blue; patterned papers - Medley, Tinsel, Rudolph, Chimney and Enhancements from Tradition by Authentique; 1" square punch - EK Success; Argyle embossing folder - Darice; Pop Dots.

For the second challenge you were to create a card with elements that represent each letter of Operation Write Home and link it to All I need Is Paper and Ink...& Stamps and Copics.

For my card I represented the letters of OWH by an orange pumpkin for "O", wheat for "W" and a haystack for "H".

Supplies used: card stock - kraft, 3 shades of yellow; patterned papers in Forever Fall collection by BoBunny; Silhouette Studio cut file; stickers - Harvest by Dept. 44; sentiment sticker in "Thankful" elements by Authentique; border punch and corner rounder - Fiskars; twine - Liz's Paper Loft Boutique; ink - Cocoa by ColorBox.

The third challenge on Saturday was to use Seongsook's Triple Die Cutting technique, which she has a tutorial for on her blog Seongsook's Creations.

For my card I used some beautiful fall papers by BoBunny, a die by Tim Holtz, my Nestabilities, and a cute sticker by Authentique.

Supplies used: card stock - rust orange and green; patterned papers - Apple Cider Autumn and Apple Cider Stripe in Apple Cider by BoBunny; A2 Matting Basics A & B Nestabilities by Spellbinder; Rosette Die by Tim Holtz for Sizzix; scalloped circle and circle punches by EK Success; sticker in "Thankful" by Authentique; leaf stickers - JoLee's; stick pin - Yolee; beads - my stash; Glue Dots.

The 4th challenge was to use sketch #29 to make a "Love" card and link it to by Annette. 

I created my card with some fun stamps by Sweet Stamp Shop and a cute picnic tablecloth paper by Stampin' Up. I also turned the sketch on its side.

Supplies sued: card stock - recycled white, red; patterned paper by Stampin' Up; stamps - Perfect Match by Sweet Stamp Shop; ink - Tuxedo Black by Memento; Copic markers; bakers twine - my stash; twine - Liz's Paper Loft Boutique; brad - Doodlebug.

And for the last challenge on Saturday you were to make a card with the Masking Tape Block Stamping Technique. There is a great tutorial for how to do this on Donna's blog Donna inks.

For my card I used blue painters tape as I didn't have any masking tape in the house. My ink was from Stampin' Up and the pretty birds are by Inkadinkado.

Supplies used: card stock - recycled white, blue; painter tape - Home Depot; stamps - Birds Galore by Inkadinkado and sentiment from Everyday Sentiments by Whimsical Designs; ink - Brilliant Blue by Stampin" Up and jet Black Archival Ink; buttons - my stash; twine - Liz's Paper Loft Boutique.

Thanks for stopping by!!!!!