Guy Puppy Card

Hello paper lovers,
I made this cute card for my husband's birthday. It's so challenging for me to make manly cards for grown men. Most of my cartridges and supplies are very girly girl. But I managed this cutie pie card anyway. The puppy is cut from Animal Kingdom and the face was stamped with a Peachy Keen Face Stamp. The pretty Lagoon (turquoise) colored ink is from Close To My Heart. I  stamped the mouth first and then each of the eyes separately because the stamp was too big for the size of the dogs face, so the eyes had to be stamped closer together. Then I decided to make a second dog that I thought was sooo cute too, also cut from Animal Kingdom. So now I have an extra card for my stash.

I will enter the first card in the challenges at 

1. Peachy Keen Stamps Blog - challenge 17 May sketch 

2. Little Claire's Designs -Male Theme.

Down On The Farm Challenge- Have A Moo-velous Day!

Happy Mother's Day!

Here is a fun card I for My Craft Spot' challenge. The theme was "Down on the farm". I cut my farm scene from Nate's ABC at 3.75" and the cow is cut at 2" from Animal Kingdom. I used a black gel pen and inked the edges of cut marks and edge on the cow to give it more detail. This is the first time I used either of these cuts and I think they look fantastic.

I use they eye on one of these Peachy Keen Stamps.

Be sure to check out my entire blog...I've posted a lot today :0)

Bee Happy Card

I made this cute little bee card for the challenge at Bitten By the Bug 2. You are to use a bee or ladybug on your project. I had a lot of ideas on this card and decided I wanted a tree on the card that I've been wanting to cut. I tweaked the tree in size a bit with my Gypsy and made the tree more narrow and skinny that what it is normally. I cut the bee from Create-A-Critter at 2". The wings are cut with blue vellum. I stamped the face with a Peachy Keen Face Stamp, made some blush on the checks with chalk, stamped a bit of a blue cloudy background and I also used some gel pens to make some doodles and sparkle. I also Cuttlebuged the base of the tree with a wood grain folder.

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May Specials

Here is May's beautiful stamp of the month. 

There are some sentiments and some pretty sunflowers. It can be yours for $17.95 or if  you place an order of $50 or more you can get this FABULOUS stamp set for just $5! This is a savings of $12.95!

There is still time to get your hands on this fabulous pack of papers

When you place an order of $35 or more in products from the Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book between April 17 and May 31, you may add the Dotty for You paper packet, valued at $19.95, for just $5. Dotty for You includes 24 specially designed, coordinating B&T Duos^® sheets (2 each of 12 patterns) and an artwork idea insert to get your creative juices flowing. 

Baby Boy Duck Card

Hello Crafty friends,

I have here a cute little duck card that I made for my stash. I currently do not know anyone having a baby boy right now, but that didn't stop me from making it- LOL.

 Here is where I got the PKS eye from on the duck. I only stamped one eye on the duck (see how versatile the stamps are)

Supplies I used:
-K& Company- Chocolate Neapolitan Stack
-Peachy Keen Stamps- Critter Faces Set A Medium
-Cricut New Arrival
-Sizzix- Three Dots embossing folder
-Orange crinkle ribbon
-EK Sucess- Dotted Wave Edge puncher
-Sakura- Souffle pens and white gel pen
-Momento Brown ink
-Clear embossing powder
-My Pink Stamper sentiment

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:
1. Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge - Challenge 14 Color Inspiration (red, orange, yellow, blue green).
2. Docerela Creations - Baby theme using pink or blue.
3. More Than Favors - Baby or Pregnancy theme

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April- May Special

When you place an order of $35 or more in products from the Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book between April 17 and May 31, you can add the Dotty for You paper packet, valued at $19.95, for just $5. Dotty for You includes 24 specially designed, coordinating B&T Duos^® sheets (2 each of 12 patterns) and an artwork idea insert to get your creative juices flowing. But that’s not all! There are two ways your customers can get this darling paper packet FREE!

CTMH has another fabulous stamp set to offer this month. It includes a nice pattern and great sentiments. It can be yours for $17.95 or if  you place an order of $50 or more you can get this stamp set for just $5! This is a savings of $12.95! Shop with me by clicking on my CTMH Shop with Mebadge or the shopping cart at the bottom of the blog page.

Chick In An Egg Easter Gift Tags

Hope everyone had a blessed Easter.

Today I'm sharing some tags I made to go on the kids goody bags I made I this Easter. I made 6 of these total. I just love the way it turned out. This has to be one of the cutest images on the Doodlecharms Cartridge. Instead of using the entire face the image came with I stamped the chicks eyes with a PKS animal eyes stamp. I made some girl tags colored tags and some boy tags colored ones. I also used some eyelets in the hole for the tags. I love the way the eyelets bring additional color and detail to something as simple as a tag. 

I will entering this tag into an Easter/Spring challenge at:

More Than Favors.

My Craft Spot

Scrappy Moms Stamps

Scrapalicious USA 

Thanks for looking! And as always, new Crafty friends are always welcome to follow my blog and journey with me on my Crafty adventures. 

Have a great day!

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Don't forget you can shop with me 24/7 for your Close to My Heart products.

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CTMH has another fabulous stamp set to offer this month. It includes a nice pattern and great sentiments. It can be yours for $17.95 or if  you place an order of $50 or more you can get this stamp set for just $5! This is a savings of $12.95! Shop with me by clicking on my CTMH Shop with Mebadge or the shopping cart at the bottom of the blog page.

Challenge- Holiday Thank You Card

Well, I thought I had promised the last of my winter season & Christmas cards. But, I found a challenge that called for me to make another holiday themed thank you card so here it is.

I cut the gingerbread girl from Winter Frolic at 4.5" and stamped a PKS face on it. I used white 3D paint so it would look like icing pipped onto the cookie. I tied a bow on her head, added some red heart iRocks and popped this cutie up on some pop dots. The edge of the card has been inked with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. The sentiment is from Joy's Life.

I will be entering this card at Docerela Creations: Design Team Post #4 Holiday Thank You Card

PKS Challenge- Designers Choice

Hello Happy almost Christmas Eve,

I made this cute little elf card to enter in a PKS challenge. I cut the elf from Jolly Holidays at 4.5 inches. I've been trying to cut my images as big as I can and fit them on a card still because it makes piecing them together so much easier. I added some black Glossy Accents to the lights string and some Stickles and clear Glossy Accents to the lights. I also used a Snow Marker I got at Joann in the isle with the fabric markers and it doesn't work that well at all. I distressed the edge with a Winter Seasonal Distress Ink called Iced Spruce. I will be sticking to my Liquid Applique. I stamped his little face with one of my PKS assorted faces stamps. Here is my elf cutie...

Have your elf a merry little Christmas!

Christmas Theme & More Challenge

Hello my Crafty blog buddies,
Today I have a card that I made for multiple challenges. There are several things I needed to incorporate to cover everyone's challenge. Here are the things I was required to incorporate between all the challenges: Christmas theme, PKS faces, fabric, follow a sketch, snowflakes, sparkle, use a Dilly Beans Digi stamp, add a bow or ribbon, use red embroidery floss and use the colors lime, pink and teal. OMG, I must tell you this was a challenge for sure to me to create a card that incorporated everyones requirements and still looked pretty, flowed well and kept with my style. I used my Copic markers to color the snow family, Cricut Art Philosophy for the 2" snowflakes, a punch for the tiny snowflakes,  The challenges I will enter are listed at the end. But without further a do here is the card I created and LOVE.

Here is a view to see where I added Liquid Applique to create some 3d snow.

I used some left over felt fabric for the snow on the ground.

Here are my Peachy Keen Faces stamps. They are stamped in an aqua blue and I sprayed on the snowflakes with some shimmer mist. (This ended up making them harder to see, but they are still adorable). Here is also my bow and ribbon.

I added some Stickles glitter glue on the hats and scarves for some addition sparkle and love it.  

You can see more of my sparkle here on the heart, buttons and scarves. Here is were I incorporated the red embroidery floss I strung through the button on the snowman. 

I actually made some doodles on the blue hat with my Glitter get pen for a different type of sparkle.

Challenges I am entering:
1. Peachy Keen-- Fabric Scraps. http://www.peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/
2. Skipping Stones Designs-- Sketch. http://skippingstonesdesign.com/decembers-first-sketch-challenge/
3. The Pink Elephant Challenge--Snowflake & Sparkles. http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/12/pink-elephant-tpe128.html
4. E.A.D Designs-- Color Challenge #19. http://stencilwords.com/blog/2011/12/08/ead-designs-color-challenge/
5. Trendy Twine--Tic Tac Toe December 2011 Challenge. http://trendytwine.blogspot.com/2011/12/december-trendy-twine-tuesday-challenge.html
6. More Than Favors--Wacky Wednesday #61 Christmas. http://morethanfavors.blogspot.com/
7. Dilly Beans Challenge--Snow Family. http://dillybeanschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/11/snow-family-challengegiveaway.html
8. Scrappy Moms--Terrific Tuesday Challenge Christmas. http://scrappymoms-stamps.blogspot.com/2011/12/terrific-tuesday-challenge-christmas.html
9. Robin's Creative Challenge-- Ribbons & Bows Challenge #2. http://robinscreativecottage.blogspot.com/2011/12/rcc-challenge-2-ribbons-and-bows-stamp.html
10. Docerela Creations --Pink Christmas. http://docerelacreations.blogspot.com/

Challenge- PKS Holiday Recipe Card

This cutie pie (no pun intended lol) recipe card was created for a challenge at PKS. I love the way it turned out. I made a the card for a recipe that my family has been using since before I was a born. Its a pie called Lemon Ice Box Pie. It is delicious, cold, cool and lemony. We usually make it around the holidays, but I enjoy it best in the summer. Its served cold from the freezer usually and since its a summer type fruit it taste all the better on a hot summers day. I will be making one later tonight matter of fact, so I will try to remember to post pictures of it.

I cut the lemons from the Cricut Preserves cartridge at 1.25. They are stamped with faces from two different PKS. Don't you just love the shy lemon peeking from behind the ribbon? The pie came on the From My Kitchen cartridge cut at 1.5. The recipe card base is from Cricut Imagine Imagine More Cards (I changed the colors) cut at 4.7. I added some pretty green gingham ribbon which is the perfect touch. I printed onto the card to get the neatest and smallest writing possible to fit on the card. I LOVE the way it turned out, so glad I played along. I might just keep going and make more for our family recipes.

Challenge- Themes Native American, Thanksgiving, Turkey...

Here is a card I made for some challenges.

Over at Cooking with Cricut the theme is Thanksgiving.
http://www.cookingwithcricut.com/2011/11/challenge-60-lets-talk-turkey.html

At Die Cuttin Divas the theme is Native American, which is in honor of Navtive American Heritage Day on November 26th.

Also, I am entering this card in a challenge at My Sheri Crafts Challenge.

I made the frame on the card from Elegant Edges and the brown border as well. I cut the tag from Art Philosophy and stamped it with the phrase "Indian Summer" and hand wrote Thankful. My turkey is from Animal kingdom cut at 2.5 inches and jazzed up with some markers. I cut the Indian girl from Paper Doll Dress Up at 4 inches. I stamped her face with some PKS. I have to say this card is a little bit out of my style. I wanted to try something new by cutting a background mat from the Cricut into a shape or something other than your standard rectangles and squares. I also usually punch my borders with a punch, this time I cut one from a cartridge. Its taking its slow time to grow on me...perhaps we'll get there lol.