Make A Splash

I'm here to share a card with you today that I created for the challenge over at Addicted To CAS.

The code word this week is Splash!

I was going through my stamp sets trying to figure out what I'd like to do for this challenge.

I came upon this cute Lawn Fawn set called Gnome Sweet Gnome. When I saw the bird bath and the little birdie, I knew just what I wanted to do.

I stamped the images on watercolor paper and used my new Prima watercolor pencils to color them.

The little birdie is fussy cut and attached with a Pop Dot for dimension.

Supplies used: card stock - white pink; watercolor paper; Stamps - Gnome Sweet Gnome by Lawn Fawn and boots4rain by The Stamps Of Life; ink by Memento; Prima Spring & Fall watercolor pencils; Pop Dots

Die Cuttin' Divas Anything Goes Challenge

Since Tuesday has arrived it is time for a new challenge over at Die Cuttin' Divas.

This week the challenge theme is easy peasy because "Anything Goes"!!

Its been pretty hot here, and whats better on a hot day than a nice, cold glass of lemonade?

That was my inspiration for this card.

It is a Silhouette Studio cut file - lemonade glass shaped card by Lori Whitlock, Design ID #80000 

The seeds on the lemon, the ice cubes and the sentiment are from lemonade2drink stamp set by The Stamps Of Life

Supplies used: card stock - white, yellow; patterned papers by Pebbles, Papertrey Inc. and Pink Paislee; cut files by Silhouette Studio; stamps by The Stamps of Life; twine - Trendy Twine

Now pop on over to Die Cuttin' Divas and see all the fabulous inspiration the rest of the design team has come up with.

Hope to see you playing along with us!!!!

Masculine Argyle Birthday

Over at Seize The Birthday this week the "Toppings" challenge is "Nothing But Neutrals"

I thought that sounded like the palette for the perfect masculine card.

For some reason Argyle popped into my head, so I went about trying to figure out how I wanted that to happen on my card.

I found this distressed looking argyle cut file at the Silhouette Studio store. It kind of reminded me of something Tim Holtz might do. It is called destroyed argyle and is Design ID #12049.

I think it looks perfect in black and white on the kraft card stock.

Supplies used:  card stock - kraft, black, white; Silhouette Studio cut file; Sentiment by Lil Inker; ink by Memento; staples - Making Memories.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Sail Away With Me

I'm slipping in at the last minute to enter the challenge over at Casology.

The Challenge this week is Nautical.

I decided to create a cute slider card for my entry.

I used a file over at the Silhouette Studio - sailboat sliding card by Sweet Afton, Design ID #63494

I wanted the card to have more water motion so I cut out the waves three times.

Supplies Used: card stock - white, red, two shades of blue; Silhouette Studio cut file; stamps by Simon Says Stamp, ink by Stampin' Up.

Thanks for dropping by!!!

Die Cuttin' Divas Wedding Challenge

I had a wonderful weekend visiting my family!!

Along with Fathers Day on Sunday it was also my sisters birthday and we had a lovely day! So great to share a delicious meal and precious time with everyone.

Since Tuesday has arrived it is time for a new challenge over at Die Cuttin' Divas.

This week the challenge theme is Wedding or Anniversary.

For my card I used a Silhouette Studio cut file - tandem bicycle single fold square card by Jamie Koay - Design ID #36417 

Supplies used: card stock - white; patterned paper by Pebbles; cut files by Silhouette Studio; stamps and dies by Paper Smooches; pearls - Kaiser Craft; ribbon - Michaels

Now pop on over to Die Cuttin' Divas and see all the fabulous inspiration the rest of the design team has come up with.

Hope to see you playing along with us!!!!

What's The Buzz? Paper Smooches Challenge

I'd like to share a card I created for the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge this week.

June Picture Perfect challenge!

For my card I used three stamps sets by Paper Smooches and some papers by We R Memory Keepers and Bo Bunny.

The sentiment is from Cyber Cafe,  the cute little bee is from Green Thumb and the bee's tracks are from Graceful Beauties.

Supplies used: card stock - kraft; patterned papers from Chalkboard 6X6 by We R Memory Keepers and Lemonade Stand 6X6 by BoBunny, Chalk Studio Enamel Dots by My Minds Eye;  stamps - Green Thumb, Cyber Cafe and Graceful Beauties by Paper Smooches; Ink Jet Black Archival; Sewing Machine

Die Cuttin' Divas Masculine Theme Challenge

Sunday is Father's Day and time to honor all the Dads who work so hard for their families!

So, over at Die Cuttin' Divas our challenge this week is to create something with a masculine theme

For my card I used a Silhouette Studio cut file - gift card holder: father's day shirt by Lori Whitlock, Design ID #60409 .

I also added glasses in the pocket by using hipster glasses by Michelle Renee, Design ID #68334 and a pen using echo park pen pencil and paintbrush by Echo Park,  Design ID #30582 

You can use the card as is or you can slip a gift card in the pocket as shown in the following picture.

Supplies used: card stock - black, white, grey, blue; patterned papers - Family Man by Echo Park; button brads - my stash

Now pop on over to Die Cuttin' Divas and see all the fabulous inspiration the rest of the design team has come up with.

Hope to see you playing along with us!!!!

Teacher Gift - Insulated Water Tumbler

I wanted to share with you a teacher gift I created for my grandson's teacher.

I purchased a case of colored tumblers from Amazon. Here is the link. The colors are fabulous, I was happy with the quality and for just a little over $3 a piece, they make an inexpensive little gift.

I put some tissue paper in so the photo would turn out better. My daughter is going to fill it with some little gifts.

I used three different fonts to create the wording in my Silhouette program.

I used Ariel Black,  LD Letter Jacket and SW Par-tay Thyme.

The school colors are blue and white and the mascot is a mountain lion so they put a paw print on everything.

I used Design ID #75727 for the paw print  and Design ID #32640 for the superman shield, both from the Silhouette store.

Supplies used: Insulated Tumbler Cups - Amazon; Vinyl - www.expressionsvinyl.com; Silhouette Studio cut files

Die Cuttin' Divas Sea Challenge

I think summer has arrived in my neck of the woods, quite hot here today!!

It's time for a new challenge over at Die Cuttin' Divas.

This week we are celebrating National Aquarium Month  and the challenge is to create something you'd find in the sea.

I must admit I cased this card from one I found on Pinterest.

To create my card I used Create A Critter and From My Kitchen Cricut cartridges .

I added a piece of transparency, cut in the shape of the fishbowl, over the top of the card to give the impression of glass.

Supplies used: card stock - black, 2 shades of blue, 2 shades of orange, green, brown; Transparency paper - Staples; twine - my stash; stamps - $ bin at JoAnn's; ink Jet Black Archival.

Now pop on over to Die Cuttin' Divas and see all the fabulous inspiration the rest of the design team has come up with.

Hope to see you playing along with us!!!!

Mr. Fix It

Happy Sunday everyone, I hope you are enjoying your day!!

I'd like to share a Father's Day card I created for the Masculine challenge over at The Paper Players.

For my card I chose to use a cut file by Jamie Cripps - Design ID #60346  and a stamp from Alex Guy by Unity.

I popped the peg board up for a little dimension, and curled the edge of the post it note.

Supplies used: card stock - kraft, yellow, red, silver metallic, black; Silhouette Studio cut file; Alex Guy stamp set by Unity; Jet Black Archival ink; Pop Dots.

Thanks for popping by!!

Die Cuttin' Divas Sketch Challenge

Another week has come and gone and we have a new challenge for you over at Die Cuttin' Divas.

This week we have a sketch for our challenge.

To create my card I used a Happy B-Day cut file from the Silhouette Studio store. 

I just purchased the new Patriotic Picnic collection 6 X 6 paper pad by Doodlebug. It is chock full of the cutest papers. I fussy cut the fireworks rocket from one of the sheets.

I cut the word Happy out 4 times and glued them on top of each other to give i some dimension. I used pop dots to raise up the little banners that spell B-DAY.

Supplies used: card stock - red; patterned papers for Patriotic Picnic Collection 6X6 pad by Doodlebug; Silhouette Studio cut file; star sequins - my stash; rhinestones - Pebbles; Pop Dots.

Now pop on over to Die Cuttin' Divas and see all the fabulous inspiration the rest of the design team has come up with.

Hope to see you playing along with us!!!!

Love You Most

They have a fun sketch this week over at Case This Sketch!

It really had my mind swimming with possibilities.

I ended up altering a border cut file from Silhouette Studio for my take on the sketch.

To create my card I first started with a heart border cut file from Silhouette Studio. I duplicated the border file and took one of the borders and turned it upside down. To do this I hit Object, then Mirror, then Flip Vertically.  I then lined one on top of the other so that the straight line part was superimposed. I used the eraser tool to remove two hearts from the top right and the bottom left of the borders. I used the font "Perfect Susan" to type my sentiment "love you Most". I put "love you" on the top right corner where I had removed the hearts and put "Most" on the bottom left spot where I had removed hearts. I then used the welding tool to weld it all together,

Now, for some reason, when I welded the shapes together it removed the little cut out heart and I had to add those back again to each heart.

Then I just added a few little heart sequins.

Supplies used: card stock - white, red; Silhouette Studio cut files; sequins - Martha Stewart.