Card patterns sketch # 70

Sitting here wondering where the weekend went??? I was so stinkin' busy!! I was able to get into the craft room for a bit to do a quick card a friends Birthday. I used card patterns sketch # 70 for my inspiration.

Here is this weeks sketch:

This is my card:

I have been making grunge flowers again! so much fun to!! Card stock is from Stampin up. The gorgeous DP is "Heartstrings" by the Pastiche Collection. love love this paper collection! The ribbon & pearls are scraps from my stash & the flower is hand made by me using Nesties, an old book & glimmer mist. :) You can't really tell by the picture but the flower & the butterflys are all glittery.....acually very pretty!

well that's all I have for this weekend. Have a great week!!!!!

 

2sketches for you challenge #54

Good Morning fellow bloggers! Today is my Friday YEA!!!!! I have a quick post for you this morning...a card I put together last night for 2SFY.

This is the sketch:

This is what I came up with:

I got this new stamp set this past weekend & as soon as I saw it I just HAD to have it!!!! Love every piece of this set!!! It is  Star Spangled Celebration from the craft lounge. SO much USA goodness :)

 Most everything else for this card was made with scrap stash I had laying around just begging to be used.

Oh the window is a separate stamp & that is from Taylored Expressions. Well I said quick & that's it ....gotta get off to work....make more money....buy more stamps & crafty stuff!!!! :)

CPS Sketch, bee happy

Whooooooa baby!!! I'm on a roll!!! 3 days of posts in a row!! So many fun challenges & so much fun stuff to play with!! Today I got my inspiration from this weeks sketch from CPS. I love this clean & simple sketch.....so much you could do with it!  this is the sketch:

this is my card:

I chose to do really quick & easy....I just love this paper from my little We are Memory Keepers pad. Such bright summer colors! The bird houses are PTI , colored with copics. The ribbon is from my stash & the green paper is SU. The tiny little bees & the bee happy are from a set by Niki Sivilis. That's it! super duper easy!!!!  I could make a ton of cards with this sketch!! I'll have to keep this one on hand. Thanks for popping in!!

The sun is shining in the Shabby Tea Room & ride your bike to Moxi Fab

Greetings from Arizona! I have a card to share with you today that celebrates Fun in the sun...  It is this weeks challenge  in the Shabby Tea Room & also I Want to Ride My Bicycle Challenge over at the Moxie Fab World.
So get out your bike stamps & lets celebrate summer!!
 I try to  ride my bike nearly every day, specially in the early morning, just after sunrise when the air is fresh, the birds are singing and the sun is shining......aaaaahhhhhhh.....I truly do "enjoy the ride" !!!!! :)

This is my sunny card:

The paper is from a tiny little 4x6 paper pad by We R Memory Keepers called 72 & sunny....so stinking cute!!!  The Bike is from PTI, Button Bits, Buttons are PTI colored with copics. I used a little stickles for the sun & the fringes on the handles. Just makes me want to go jump on my bike :) As always....I really appreciate your visit!

Have a relaxing day

Back again with another really quick card. This one is for Sentimental Sundays challenge. The theme is to simply make a summer card with a sentiment. What says summer more then a tire swing!!

I remember my sister & I playing on ours for hours on those carefree, childhood ,summer days!

This is my card.

Very quick & easy!! This card combines 3 different company's stamps. PTI, the branch. Technique Tuesday the pink flowers, The Tire swing & sentiment are Impression Obsession. The CS is also PTI. Well guess that is going to have to do for today....better start getting ready for the week ahead. Thanks for today's visit!!

Taylored Expressions Sketch 117

WOW! where did the weekend go! Sunday already...busy, busy, busy. Feeling a little better getting a few things crossed off my to-do list. The big, big one being that I have my dads card & gift ready to go in the mail tomorrow!!!!! WOOTY WOOT WOOT!!! I always struggle with what to get him & then....a GUY card...ugh! My dad collects all things route 66 which is where the theme for his card came from along with the help of this weeks sketch from Taylored Expressions.

This is this weeks sketch:

This is my card for my dad:

what do ya think?? not bad for a guy card :) the CS is PTI, the truck stamp is print works colored with copics, SU punch, CB folder, the little route 66 signs were cut from a piece of SB paper I got at Hobby Lobby it just had road signs all over it & sorry not sure what the company is. FATHER sentiment is PTI.White colored pencils to make the road. WHEW!! so glad that's done!!! Thanks for today's visit!!

Grunge flowers

As soon as you see this card you will know right away that this is not something I came up with on my own! LOL!!! I had the opportunity this past weekend to take a class given by the oh so talented Terre of

Terre's Scrap Therapy

Isn't it beautiful! she taught us how to make these beautiful grunge flowers & then made the lovely card too! I just really love it! The flower is made with Nesties Peonies, old book pages & tattered angles glimmer mist.
I can't wait until this weekend to try & make some of my own!! 

I just really wanted to share this beauty with you all!!! have a great week!!

Happy Fathers Day

Good day all! it is hot hot hot here still!! lows at night in the 80's...so what else to do...CRAFT!!!!! :) Every year my husband watches the WHOLE US open golf tournament...I mean takes Thursday & Friday off work so he doesn't miss anything! It is always on fathers day weekend & when his dad was alive he would watch with him every year & now watches with our son & even the girls (pretend) to watch & be excited about it....just for him :)

So I used Taylored Expressions Friday sketch to create just the perfect card for him. This is the sketch:

This is my (his) card:

Ha ha...I think it is perfect! I have had the stamp for ever...If you have been to my blog in the past you may have seen it. Colored with copics. The awesome green DP is Jillibean......LOVE IT!!!!!! 

The chipboard golf balls & sentiment are stickers from creative imaginations. That's it for this one!!! still need to get one done for my dad...have an idea...just need some more product!! thanks for today's visit!!!

Hearts in the Tea Room

Happy Friday!!! It is going to hot hot hot this weekend here is sunny Arizona, 110 degrees! YIKES!! Beautiful in the early morning though...I went for a bike ride this morning for about an hour...just gorgeous!
I made this card a couple of days ago & have been contemplating posting it. This is my first time making a card for the shabby tea room & it is a bit intimidating...you see I love the look of all the vintage/shabby chic stuff but not really sure how to achieve the look I love so much!! The challenge this week is to create a card or project using hearts. Sounds easy enough right?? Not so much lol!!!

this is my card:

Needs something....any suggestions??? The hearts I cut with a little cuttlebug die & glittered with MS glitter, the pretty paper is Melissa Francis...I added touches of MS glitter here & there. CS is PTI. The little roses are from my local SC store...also glittered. The sentiment is PTI.

Also used: EK success border punch, cuttlebug embossing folder & ric rac from my shash.
That's it for this one & now on to the next project!! oh sooooo much paper & so little time!!! LOL!!

have a fantastic weekend!!! see ya around!!!

JURY DUITY DAY :P

Greetings fellow bloggers! I am waiting to go to Jury duty this AM so I have a little time to post a card I made this weekend. My card is for 2 different Challenges. 1) OCC challenged us
 to make a card using texture & only black & white. 2)  Just Us Girls challenged us to make a card using dry embossing.

So much texture & dimensional goodness!! For my Dry embossing I used my old standby cuttlebug swiss dots. all paper & DP is PTI. I used Marvy mega flower punch (doctored up a bit) for my flower. Just free hand cut the leaves & used SU scallop punch (doctored  that a bit too) for the bottom layers. I love how fun & easy this was to make!! Here is a different view.

That's it for this one....better get ready to go!! Thanks for todays visit!!

Taylored Expressions Sketch 115

Happy Memorial Day everyone!! It is nearly over....7:30 pm here at the time of my post. All company is gone, everything all cleaned up, nice long weekend coming to a close. I actually made this card a couple of days ago but just not had the chance to post it. It is for Taylored Expressions sketch challenge #115.

Here is this weeks sketch:

And this is my card:

At first I wasn't in love with it....but it is growing on me.....does that ever happen to you?? The brown CS is PTI, DP is double sided from October afternoon. The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions, MS fence punch & SU scalloped punch. The darling little flower is something I found at my local scrapbook barn.

That's it for another TE Sketch!! Thanks for stopping by! See ya on the weekend!!

 

Miss you

Well here we are again...Just another Saturday night!! Watching Baseball, basketball & Hockey on Stevie the TV with my husband. While he is flipping channels I decided to post this card I made today :) I am playing along with  The Happily Ever Crafter challenge again this time. For this challenge we are simply to make a card or project using the color Red, orange, and or yellow. I chose red & yellow. For my lay out I found this sketch over at the paper crafts blog....I think it may actually be from the go to sketches book.

This is my card:

Sooooo quick & easy!! Love those sometimes!! Both my paper are PTI, Stamp sets are PTI Mega messages & Beautiful blooms. Ink is SU. That's it!! so cute!! :)  Well I better get back to the ball games & my hubby!! see ya later!!!

Just Because Just Rite Stamps

Happy Holiday weekend fellow bloggers! We are enjoying beautiful weather in Arizona! hope where ever you are....you are too!!!! Today I had a little time to spend in my (newly organized) craft room :) I decided to play along with JRS sketch challenge today. This is the super fun, easy sketch:

AND this is my card:

Super fun & easy sketch!! All papers are PTI, Stamps: Round Just Rite Stamps, EK success punches, Spellbinders dies, cuttlebug folder. Ribbon & bling are old from my stash. That's it for this one! I hope to get to a few more challenges this weekend...loooooove long weekends!!!!! Thanks for visiting!!!

Happily ever Crafter challenge #6

Greetings fellow bloggers! I found the MOST challenging challenge!! Thanks to my BBGF Marge...Thanks Marge!!  :) The Challenge is from the blog Happily ever Crafter 

You will have to go check it out for yourself to get your challenge as they are not all the same ;) my challenge was to make a card using...a tree, some ric rac, purple paper and some stitching!!  see...cool & very challenging right! I am not exactly in love with my card but it was a blast trying to figure it out.

This is my silly little card:

I know, I know...from a design stand point I am sure their are a bazillion things wrong with it! The only ric rac I had that even sort of went with purple was this rasb. fiz I cut at Marge's house the other day using her new PTI Die. I really don't like stitching so I used this MS stitching rub-on....at least it matches LOL! Marge also gave me some of this scrap burlap that was out on my table (not yet put away) The Stamp is from stamps by Judith. The little brads have been in my stash for a long time. All paper & other stamps are PTI. That's it for this one! If you get the chance you should check it out...I think it runs till the end of the month.
Thanks for the visit! have a great day!!!

Red White & Blue Just us Girls

Happy Monday & a half day off for me!!! I decided to play along with the JUGS this week & make a card of red, white, Blue & craft. Feels good to be getting back in my craft room.

This is my card:

All Materials are Yankee Doodle Dandy from Piggy Tales except for the rbbon & that is from Michaels. The 4th of July is a rub on.  Oh...the tooth pick is from my kitchen hee hee!!! that's it!!! soooo quick & easy!! thanks for today's visit!!! Catch ya later!

happy birthday cake

I am adding this cake to TODAYS CREATIVE BLOG 

If you like anything Crafty you need to visit every day (like I do)

Well I have spent most of my day in the kitchen today & very little in the craft room. My daughter needed a cake for a bithday at work & asked for my help. Well .....I made the cake while she napped! Oh well I love to bake but I SHOULD NOT be eating stuff like that!!! :) SOOO I didn't mind at all. This is the most delicious cake! It is dark chocolate with peppermint butter cream frosting!!! YUMMO!!!! The recipe is from the book "The Cake Doctor"  Instead of frosting decorations I made these little paper ones to stick on.....so cute!!!!

This is a close up of the decorations

The paper is really really old from denami,  punches are giga flower by marvy & scallop circle from SU. Stamp set I used is from PTI. The "40" was chippboard from my stash that was glittered with MS glitter. The sticks are "candy" sticks from Michaels. The fronts & back of the flowers are the same. That's it for today!!! Now that I have the kitchen all cleaned up....my craft room is in serious need of my attention!!!! Thanks for todays visit!!!

Cute card Thursday....For someone special

Greeting from Sunny, Hot Arizona!!! Sorry so long since my last post. Sometimes life just does not allow me to get in the craft room. Today's card is for my BBGF (Best Blog girlfriend) Marge. I am entering it in the Cute card Thursday challenge #112. The challenge is to make a card for someone special. I made this card & gift bag set for her...she is a very special friend!! She helped me set up my blog & always lets me know of all the cool, fun stuff going on in blog land!! She knows everything about all the latest & greatest products & always willing to share her knowledge!!! We got to have lunch together today & craft a little....I got to play with all her new PTI stuff !!!! SOOOOOOO fun!!! Except now I am going to have to order a bunch of stuff of my own!!! She is such an ENABLER!!!!

 HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY GOOD FRIEND!!! 

This is my entry:

I am just in love with these Cosmo Cricket papers!! I know Marge is too & that's why I chose to use them today. The birthday mesage is PTI, The flowers I made using my Marvy punch & buttons colored with Copics. The Ribbon is stampin up & the lace is something from my stash.

This is a closer look at the card:

Well that's all for today, Thanks for the visit!! Hope to get back to my regular posting!!!

Card Patterns #62

Well here we are...Sunday again AND May!!! where is the time going?? Needed a card for my sister & today I used Card patterns sketch #62 for my inspiration. I haven't done a round card for a really long time. I was determined to make this card with no flowers or bows.....Seems EVERY card on EVERY blog has a flower of some kind on it! Now don't get me wrong, I love flowers!! I just really felt the need to be different today ;) this is the sketch:

This is my card:

No flowers. No Bows....just a lot of bling!!! The cute little stamp is from American art stamps. some of it paper pieced & some of it colored with copics. All the paper is PTI, the bling of all sizes is all just from my stash. Really pretty easy! I love my MS circle cutter. That is it for this weekend :( now I must go get ready for the busy week ahead. Thanks for todays visit!!!