Happy Birthday

Hi and welcome to my blog! I have a birthday card to show you today, made with a Penny Black hedgehog from the Critter Party stamp set.

I made the frame using Martha Stewart punches. The saying is a piece of confetti. I stamped, colored and fussy cut the image and added it to the dotted embossed background. I used numbers patterned paper for the background and "lawn."

Thanks so much for stoppng by. Have a super day!

Challenges entered:

Penny Black:  Anything Goes

Craftyhazelnut Patterned Paper Challenge: Patterned Paper

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Frame It

Two Crafty Critter Crazies: Critter

Colorful and Happy

Happy New Year! 2016 just flew by for me. How about you? I want to show you my card for the Just For Fun challenge that I made with a New Year's wish. Don't you love this saying from Just for Fun? "Colorful and happy is how I want your life to be." This is my New Year's wish to you!


So here is the first challenge of the New Year. It is a free for all, so anything goes! We hope to have you join in. You could win and receive a gift certificate to the store! You can see all the details here. Also check out the Just For Fun 40 % off sale!




                                      



                                                    Now onto my card.

The first thing I did was to stamp the Jumping Girls onto watercolor paper. Then I taped together the Spellbinders small circle dies and embossed them on the paper.

Next I added Color Bursts in areas at the side and bottom of the paper and sponged some stars at the bottom using a stencil. I also added confetti stars and sequins.

Thanks so much for stopping by. 

Happy New Year!

Challenges entered:

Simon Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday #262-263 :  Anything Goes

Halloween Tag

Hi Everyone! It is time for making another tag for Tim Holtz's tag challenge! Each month he is combining 2 techniques from the past to use on the tag. You can see this month's techniques here.

I cut up a sheet of  Tim Holtz's Halloween patterned paper from the Seasonal pad and made a collage with them. I applied clear crackle paint over the entire tag and let it dry. I took a black watercolor crayon and smudged it around the seams and edges of the tag.

I used a cuttlebug pumpkin die and cut from bronze metal. I then ran the pumpkin through a polka dot embossing folder and colored the dots using a black Sharpie pen.

The spider web is an svg that I added to the upper corner of the tag. I also adhered some confetti bats to the tag. The saying is a stamp from Just For Fun.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day!

Challenges entered:

Tim Holtz:  12 Tags of 2016 - October

Dies R Us:  Fall ( Including Halloween )

Happy Independence Day!

Hi Everyone! Happy Independence Day! This weekend we will be celebrating our country's independence. Among all the fun activities let us remember to thank those who have fought for our freedom and remember those who have paid the ultimate price with their lives. We live in a great country and may we pray that it will stay that way. God bless America!

I found this star svg and thought I would use it to make a patriotic card. The star is backed with white card stock that was embossed with Sparkle embossing powder by Sparkle N Sprinkle. I added the free standing stars by cutting thin strips of acetate and gluing star confetti to them. I also added some curled streamers using wrapping paper ribbon. The white background was made by using a chevron embossing folder.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful and safe 4th!

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes

Crafty Creations:  Anything Goes #318

Sparkle N Sprinkle: Anything Goes With Loose Glitter/Embossing Powder/Flocking

Birthday With Friends

Hi and welcome to my blog. What can be better than celebrating a birthday with friends? My stamping friends and I celebrate our birthdays at a favorite scrapbook store where we spend the day stamping, chatting and eating cake! It is always a fun day. We just celebrated a birthday the first of this month and we are ready to celebrate again in July. I want to show you the birthday tag I made with these cute House Mouse friends. I just bought the stamp and numbers dies today!

I followed Tim Holtz's techniques for his June tag. I sponged a tag with Distress inks. I then took out some white tissue paper and stamped the music and birthday on it. I covered another tag with white school glue and adhered the stamped tissue paper on the tag and smooshed it around a little to make wrinkles. When this dried, I used Tim Holtz's numbers dies on the tag. I adhered this tag over my background tag for the colors to show through the numbers. The image was stamped, colored with Spectrum Noir markers, fussy cut and pop dotted to the tag. The ribbon was colored using Distress inks. I also added stickles glitter to the cupcake.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you are having a wonderful day!

Challenges entered:

House Mouse and Friends:  A Day Spent With Friends

12 Tags of 2016 :  June

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Animal Magic

Altered Dies #12

Hi Everyone! I have another altered die card to share with you today. This one is a wild card for a boy's birthday as you will see! The background was made by using dot resist watercolor paper and adding blue Color Burst. I added confetti stars for embellishments. The "cute" little monster was stamped, colored with Spectrum Noir markers and fussy cut.

Here is the inside of the card. I cut a strip of orange card stock and added numbers washi tape over it. I also added some confetti stars under the sentiment.

I used the saucer and tea bag from the Tea Time dies by Tim Holtz. I turned the saucer over and attached the tea bag to the top for it to look like a flying saucer! I punched circles on the saucer for windows.

This was a fun card to make. I hope you enjoyed how I altered the saucer and tea bag to make my UFO! Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!