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!!!!!