Butterfly Birthday Wishes

I used a sentiment by Stampendous, along with a butterfly image by Stamplorations from the Trendy Butterflies stamp set, and a label die by Spellbinders ro this birthday card. The paper is very old stash, and I used another doily. I even added a couple of pink rhinestones for sparkle. I think this would make the perfect springtime birthday card, don't you? 

 Stamplorations Summer Cutplorations challenge.

 Stamplorations AG challenge, use Stamplorations product

Word Art Wednesday
Double D Challenge, gems or pearls
SSS Monday challenge, S is for string
Butterfly Spot challenge 127, I used kraft and the colors Kobi and Kobe.
Creative Inspirations August challenge, seasons. I went with spring this time
Cardz TV 97
Crafty Hazelnut's Sept PP challenge
SSS Work it Wednesday, Celebrate

Warmest Thoughts

Yes, it's another Christmas card, but this is the last one. I'm of to my daughter's for a couple of days to help with  grandkids so won't have time to stamp and make cards. I've been making cards to donate but this one is for my own stash. Thinking I can make this in multiples for several different recipients. The label die set is by Spellbinders as is the little holley die. I just added tiny red rhinestones for berries. I so rarely use colored rhinestones that I felt very daring this week since I used several different colors!

CHNC challenge 452
Creative Inspirations August challenge, seasons. I chose winter and Christmas
Crimbo challenge 191
Word Art Wednesday
SSS Wednesday challenge AG
CH Patterned paper challenge for August
Stamplorations Summer Theme and and sketch challenge

Happy Holidays

I've had this Hero Arts stamp set for a long time (Happy Holidays) and so I dusted it off and made this yesterday. The founded snowflake border was made with the WeRMemory Keepers Mini-8 punch. I was lucky enough to win an entire set of them when they first came out years ago and recently pulled them out from my cupboard. I need to remember to use them because there are a lot of nice borders that can be used on layouts or cards. 

CHNC challenge 452
SSS Wednesday challenge
Creative Inspirations August challenge, seasons. I chose winter
Stamplorations Summer Sketch and Theme challenge

Word Art Wednesday 402-403
Crimbo Crackers 191
SSS Monday challenge, S is for stitching

Christmas Greetings

I used papers from a packet that came free with a craft magazine, and added a kraft doily from my stash along with a die cut snowflake by Little B. The tag had a printed logo on it that I didn't want, so I just fussy cut some holly leaves and adhered it right over the unwanted element!

CHNC challenge 452
CH August PP challenge
Creative Inspirations August challenge, seaonal. I went with winter again
Crimbo Crackers 191
Word Art Wednesday
SSS Wednesday challenge AG
Papercraft Challenges 44, stripes
SSS Monday challenge, S is for stocking
Stamplorations Summer Tagplorations challenge

Wishing You Peace

Here is another Christmas card that I made from papers that I won from Diana Larson in one of her DL.Art monthly linky parties, along with a vintage image that someone gave me. I just added a stamped sentiment and some seam binding ribbon and a tiny enamel glitter star. The labels are by Spellbinders. I've been hoarding all of my enamel dots and glitter shapes but it's time to start using them!

CHNC challenge 452
CH August PP challenge
Crimbo Crackers 191
Creative Inspirations August challenge, seaons. I went with winter
Word Art Wednesday 402-403
SSS Wednesday challenge AG
Papercraft challenge 44, stripes
Tuesday Throwdown 439, stripes. I used striped washi tape
SSS monday challenge. S is for scarf and seam binding ribbon
DL.Art August linky
Stamplorations Summer Theme and Sketch challenge

Noel

I have been working at using up some of my really old Christmas stash and so I managed to make several cards today. Many of these papers that I have are over 10 years old and I am determined to use them up. Why is it that they seem to reproduce right in the closet and drawers?? This one uses the last bit of paper from a pack by Current Inc that I bought 15 years or more ago. I combined it with a tag die by Spellbinders, an eyelet (also really old stash) and an element from a set of card ideas that someone gave me. The snowflae die is also by Spellbinders

CHNC challenge 452
CH August PP challenge
Creative Inspirations August challenge, seasonal. I used winter as my inspiration
Crimbo Crackers 191
DL.Art August linky
SSS Wednesday AG
Stamplorations summer tagplorations challenge

Thank You for Teacher

Here is the second card that I made for Teacher Appreciation Week. This time I used adorable stamps by Imaginisce and a stamped sentiment from my stash. All I needed to do was add an enamel dot and some patterned paper.

Double Trouble challenge 36. I did Thing 1 (round), Thing 2 (tic tac toe and enter Joy of Sets), and Thing 3 (school)
Kat Scrappiness August challenge, school
Joy of Sets challenge 8, tic tac toe
Crafty Hazelnut's august PP challenge
SSS Monday challenge, S is for school

Stamplorations summer theme and sketch challenge

 DL.Art August linky

Teacher Thanks

My granddaughters are both in school now so I whipped together a couple of Teacher Thank You cards for them to have ready for Teacher Appreciation Week. This patterned paper was at the bottom of my stash so I trimmed it and used it as a card base. I combined it with stamps by BoBunny and Niki Sivels (both are really old stamps). The sentiment is from a set by Concord and 9th. I even added some washi tape and a round enamel dot.

 Kat Scrappiness August challenge, back to school
Double Trouble challenge 36. I used Thing 1 (something round), Thing 2 (tic-tac-toe and entry in Joy of Sets challenge), and Thing 3 (school)
Joy of Sets challenge 08, tic-tac-toe. I used yellow, animal, and school
Crafty Hazelnut's PP challenge
DL.ARt august linky
Papercraft Challenges 44, stripes. I used a striped washi tape
SSS Monday challenge, S is for school

Peace and Joy

I work on Christmas cards all through the year and donate the majority of them to nursing homes and a women's shelter. The problem with donating so many cards is that I sometimes find myself in December without enough cards to send out myself!
I used a stamp and sentiment from my stash and tag die by Neat and Tangled on this card. Even used a little washi tape along the bottom of the tag. The embossed lines on the strip of red card stock were made on my scoring board. This is quick and easy card that would be great for multiples.

CHNC challenge 452
Crafty Hazelnut's August PP challenge
Creative Inspirations August challenge, seasons. I went with winter and Christmas
Crimbo Crackers 191
DL.Art August linky
ABC Christmas challenge, R is for Reindeer
Papercraft challenge 44, stripes
Tuesday Throwdown, stripes. I used embossed stripes on the red strip and striped washi tape

White Christmas

I have been inspired by my blog friend, Janis (Her Peaceful Garden), who has been using patterned papers with large designs to make cards. Those larger designs have kind of languished in my supply stash because I don't use bold papers for my layouts, but didn't quite know how to translate them to cards. This paper by Autumn Leaves has a winter- town border along the bottom that worked perfectly on this card. I only needed to add a large stamped sentiment, which I cut with stitched flags by LDRS. Some inking and two tiny enamel hearts finishes this heartwarming design.

 CHNC challenge 452
Crimbo Crackers challenge 191
Cardz TV challenge 96
DL.Art August linky
Creative Inspirations August challenge, seaons. I chose winter
Crafty Hazelnut's August PP challenge

Santa's Sleighride

I have a friend who often sends me her craft magazines from the UK after she's read them, and they always include a free set of stamps or dies. My friend apparently likes to read through the magazine but almost never keeps the free gifts...so she passes them onto me, yay! I die cut Santa and his sleigh ( by Helen Fitzjohn) and added it to a background that I fashioned from old, old paper by Paper Adventures. All it needed was a heat-embossed sentiment, cut with stitched flag dies by LDRS. The hardest part about this card was adhering the die cut, but I pulled out my trusty old Sticker maker and ran it through.

August Rudolph Challenge by Scrappy Mo
CHNC challenge 452
Crimbo Crackers 191
DL.Art August Challenge
Crafty Hazelnut's August PP challenge
Creative Inspirations August challenge, seasons. I chose winter
SSS Wednesday challenge, CAS
Cut It Up challenge 181, outdoor fun with a die. what's more fun than a flying sleigh?

Butterfly Birthday

While I had my green and yellow papers out, I decided to make yet another butterfly card. Again, I used Stamplorations stamps (Trendy Butterflies 2), and a tag by Pretty Pink Posh. The die cut background is by Stephanie Barnard and I used the ink smooshing technique to add that splash of color behind the butterfly.

 Butterfly Spot challenge 126. I used the elements of Jade, Jasmine, and Jute.
 Stamplorations Tagplorations Summer challenge

Stamplorations Anything Goes challenge

 Pixie's Snippets challenge 359. 
DL.Art August linky
Cardz TV challenge 96
Creative Inspirations, something seasonal. I chose Spring
Crafty Hazelnut's August PP challenge
Stamplorations Summer Cutplorations challenge. use a die and Stamplorations product

Butterfly Garden

I am off to spend a couple of days helping out with the grandkids, so managed to squeeze in two butterfly themed cards today, using Stamplorations stamps. This one uses Trendy Butterflies, along with layered Spellbinders dies and sentiment by MFT. A little inking and fussy cutting, and a subtle stamped background with a script stamp by Finnabar finishes it off.

 Butterfly Spot challenge 126. I used the elements of Jade, Jasmine, and Jewels
Stamplorations Cutplorations Summer challenge, die with Stamplorations product

Stamplorations Anything Goes challenge

Virginia's August show and share
DL.ARt August linky
Crafty Hazelnut's August PP challenge
Creative Inspirations August challenge, seasonal. I chose Spring for my card
Cardz TV challenge 96

Butterfly Joy fold

The Butterfly Spot challenge this month includes the Joy Fold as one option, and I was determined to give this a try. I've done a fold in the past that was called a Joy Fold, but it looked different from this one. Thanks to a wonderful tutorial on the blog, complete with measurements in inches (yay!), I was able to put this together tonight. The paper is by K&Co, and the butterfly is by Tim Holtz. I added some paper lace and a bit of jute for texture. The inside of the card is stamped with "Thinking of You". This came together so easily that I might add it to my card repertoire! I didn't add too much to this card because of all the patterned paper, and because it was enough just for me to keep all the folds straight, ha!

Butterfly Spot challenge 126, J is for Joy Fold, jade, jasmine,juicy orange, jewels and  jute. I used the second option of theme and color, and the third option of Joy Fold and butterfly. Oh my goodness, I just realized that I even completed all of the options when I added jewels!
DL.ARt August linky
Cardz TV challenge 96
Crafty Hazelnut's August PP challenge
Creative Inspirations Aukgust challenge, seasons. I chose Spring, when the garden is filled with butterflies

Happy Holidays, and a bit of gold glitter

I mentioned that I've been unearthing a lot old stamped backgrounds and left over odds and ends from past projects lately, and have been trying to use at least a few of them. That pile isn't getting any smaller, but I give myself a pat on the back anyway! This card base was stamped with an old, wood-mounted background from Stampin'Up (flourish background), and I added a deer image from my stash, a fancy doily die and star die by Spelllbinders, and even some glittery gold ribbon that I found way at the bottom of a drawer. Isn't it fun when you can just shop your stash??

SSS Wednesday challenge, use a die
CHNC challenge 450
Word Art Wednesday
Crimbo Crackers challenge 190
Stamplorations summer theme and sketch

Cardz TV challenge 95
Lost Coast Designs August challenge 81, AG

TTCRD August challenge, AG
The Artistic Stamper August challenge, AG
Creative Inspirations August challenge, something seasonal. I chose winter and Christmas
ABC Christmas challenge, R is for Reindeer
Craft Stamper August challenge, AG with stamping
DL.Art August linky

Noel

I recently won this beautiful Christmas die set by Creative Expressions so just had to pull it out and die cut some layered GLITTER sentiments! I have quite a few glitter sheets in my stash that I never think of use, so why not now? The hem-stitched rectangle is by Spellbinders, the deer head is by Little B, and the snowflake is by also by Creative Expressions. This was all made from scraps, including the snowflake, which was cut from an envelope. All I had to add was some seam binding ribbon and an embossing folder by Darice.

Pixie's Snippets challenge #358, use snippets
SSS Wednesday challenge, use a die cut
ABC Christmas challenge, R is for Reindeer
CHNC challenge 450
Word Art Wednesday
MFT Color challenge 123. I was inspired by the colors of purple, raspberry, gray and white
Creative Inspirations August challenge, something seasonal. I chose winter and Christmas
DL.Art August linky
Virginia's Show and Share

Happy B-day

I decided to make another bee-themed card while I had my bee stamps out, and even managed to use my hexagon embossing folder by Darice to mimic honey-comb. The bee is a Michael's Crafts bargain wood-mounted stamp, and the wood-grained stamp is by Winnie and Walter. I layered a label die by Gina K with a tag die by Avery Elle. Some bakers twine and a sentiment by MFT finished it off.

MAWTT Challenge 103, bees
Word Art Wednesday
Virginia's Show and Share
Through the Craftroom Door
Creative Inspirations
DL.Art August linky
Stamplorations Summer Tagplorations challenge

 SSS Monday challenge, birthday
SSS Wednesday challenge, add a die cut
Cardz TV challenge 95
Cut It Up challenge, die with sentiment
Die Cut Divas August challenge, dies with hot colors
Cardz TV challenge 95
Cards und more August challenge, summer colors
Lost Coast Designs challenge 81, AG

Craft Stamper August challenge, AG with stamping

Busy Bee

I used to do cross-stitch, until my eyesight wouldn't allow it anymore, so I have a LOT of aida cloth in my craft stash. What better way to use it than to add texture to paper craft projects, right? I used an old wood mounted stamp by Anita's stamps, and a computer generated sentiment on vellum The textured base was made by rubbing a Distress Ink pad direct-to-paper, and the bee is by Rubber Stampede.

MAWTT challenge 103, bees
Word Art Wednesday
 Creative Inspirations, something seasonal
 Virginia's Show and Share challenge, AG
Through the Craftroom Door, AG 
DL.Art August linky
 Stamplorations summer theme and sketch, AG

 Cardz TV 95
Craft Stamper august challenge, AG with stamping
The Artistic Stamper August challenge, AG
Lost Coast Designs challenge, AG

SSS Summer Kid's Challenge, Lots of Love

We also had our other granddaughter, Remi, here for several days, so of course she also got into the act.  Remi, at age 8 is able to use my Big Shot with supervision. She loves flipping through my dies and choosing paper scraps to cut out. These bunnies are from a spring Spellbinders set, and she handwrote her sentiment. She added Stickles glitter glue to some flowers from my stash, and glittered up her sentiment strip. The stitched heart is by My Favorite Things, and she punched hearts with a Fiskars punch.

SSS Summer Kid's challenge, sparkle
DL.Art August linky

SSS Kid's Summer Challenge, Sparkly unicorn

I have two granddaughters who just love to craft, so that's one thing we share together. My 5 year old granddaughter, Blair, also loves unicorns and glitter. So, when she spent several days at our house, she made this birthday card for her older sister. The unicorn stamp and die are by Concord and 9th and she colored the unicorn with Pentel markers, with LOTS of Stickles glitter glue. I didn't have a rainbow die or stamp large enough, so she just drew hers on with marker. Blair has an incredible amount of patience for a 5 year old and worked on this card for about 45 minutes. She was SO excited to give this to her big sister!

SSS Summer Kid's Challenge, Sparkle
DL.Art August linky

Christmas Tree Two-fer

For those of you who have already seen these cards individually, please skip on ahead! When I finally inked up this Christmas collage stamp by Deep Red, I decided to make two different card designs with it. This just happened to fit the Two-fer challenge on Christmas Kickstart #16, so here they are. I entered them separately in a few other challenges, but put them side-by-side for this one. The one on the right is heat embossed with gold embossing powder and I added a metallic gold bakers twine. The one on the left is stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa, and the glitter die cuts were made with a die set by Little B.

Christmas Kickstart Challenge 16, two cards with the same stamp

Trendy Garden

My daughter has been having trouble linking her Flickr account posts to a few challenges so I suggested that she use my blog to link to the challenge she had trouble with . So here is her card and description.

"I've been making a lot of Christmas cards this summer and then realized that I didn't have a single card to give my friend when her birthday came around. So I pulled out a baggie of punched flower shapes that I had made our of random card stock scraps, and layered them to make these embellishments. The flowers weren't standing out enough against the bold stripes so I die cut a few circles from black card stock to add an extra layer. Popped them up on foam tape and added a stamped sentiment by Altenew."

 Pixie's Crafty Playground challenge 357