Happy Birthday

Hi there! How's your week going so far? 

                 Well the months are going by fast, aren't they??? 

Did you know, not only does Craft-Dee BowZ host a challenge, but they also post weekly inspiration projects each Tuesday?
Hope you will stop over at Craft-Dee BowZ and check out their inspiration posts. 

Since it's the 1st Tuesday of the month, it's my turn to share an inspiration project. 
The Craft-Dee BowZ challenge has already started and will be running until September 30

. I've been working on Christmas cards for a while., (I am preparing for a show in Cincinnati in November.) so I decided to take a break from Christmas and work on a birthday card. 

Let me share my inspiration piece 

and I hope it gives you some ideas to design a card or two.

This is my version of a clean and simple card.
And this is about as CAS as I can get.

On a white panel, I stamped the image in the center and without reinking,

 I huffed onto the stamp and stamped the image again to the left of the original image. 

Next, I huffed one more time and stamped again to the right of the original image. 

I used a stamp with dots on it to add some additional interest.

I mounted the stamped panel on a raspberry panel. 

I made my bow and attached it to the corner of this panel. 

Next, I cut a larger panel and used an embossing folder to add texture and attached the stamped panel on top. 

Finally, I attached all these panels to the front of the card.

Here is a closer view of my bow.

I used a 1/2" sheer ribbon. 

I actually made a single loop bow and then stacked a smaller single loop bow 

on top of the first bow

I then attached the stacked single loop bows onto the corner of the stamped panel. 

The sponsor for the Craft-Dee BowZ challenge this month is Beccy's Place

The prize will be  1 digital set

Don't forget,
 the challenge theme is always 
Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Hero Arts - Real Fuchsia, Stamps by Judith - 04 Dots Paper/Card Stock: White CS, Raspberry CS Ink: Distress Ink-  Peeled Paint, Picked Raspberry (used markers) Accessories: Ribbon, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam, Mini Words Peel off's, Darice Embossing Folder - Dots

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

• Artistic Inspirations -  #206 ANYTHING GOES (#18)
• Classic Design Team Open Challenge  Always Anything Goes (#36)
• Crafting from the Heart -  #218 ANYTHING GOES (#21)
• CuteNCrafty Challenge Blog - #8 ANYTHING GOES (#71)
• Morgan's ArtWorld Open Challenge  September - Anything Goes (#25)
• Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges - #1835 - ANYTHING GOES (#13)
• Paradise of Magnolia - #68 FLOWERS (#10)
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - STAMP IT ON (#34)
• Dragonfly Dreams -  (September)  Anything Goes (#17)
• heARTful Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes + Stamp (#12)
• Penny Black and More –  (September) Feminine   (#13)
• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge  Always Anything Goes (#95)

I hope you enjoyed my project and I hope you will submit your project in the Craft-Dee BowZ challenge. The challenge will close on September 30.  

I'd love to see what you've been working on. 

Your creative project could be our next monthly winner

Thanks for visiting my blog today, and I'll be back soon,
 sharing another fun and creative project. 

Memories

Hello,

Thanks for stopping in. Just a quick little card for everyone. 

I spied this stamp a while back and have just got around to using it today.

Behind that stamped panel is a paint swatch in the pink range. I love the curved top & bottom on that swatch. .And those pieces are layered onto a red card.

I used red and pink sequins and pink pearls.

Kind of CAS, definitely not my usual kind of card. 

I love the look of CAS cards but I usually don't make CAS cards,

I think mine always look naked. 

But I think this came out nice. 

Hope you like it as well.

LET ME SHARE WITH YOU THE I SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Hero Arts - Spring Gems Paper/Card Stock: Red CS, White CS Ink: India Ink - Black Dies Used:  Spellbinders Square LG Accessories: Sequins, Pearls, Large paint chip (hues of pink)

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:

• Inkspirational  #112 Anything Goes with Red  - (#53)
• Scrappers Delights  M, First Saturday of the M  July -  Anything Goes  (#52)
• Artbymiran Challenge -  No.62 - (W1 of 2) - Anything Goes (#24)
• Crafting-With-Friends - Anything Goes (#200)
• Creative Artiste Challenge -  July - Anything Goes (#56)
• Creative Corner -   - No.146 - Anything Goes (#54)
• Simply Papercraft -  No. 32 (W2 of 2) - Anything Goes (#150)
• Crafty Girls Creations - Always Anything Goes (#151)
• Addicted to Stamps and More -  #201 Anything Goes (#161)
• Inspiration Destination - W, F- #91 Always Anything Goes (#170)

Thanks for stopping in today. I will be back soon.

Just a Note

Hi Everyone,
Ahhhhh it's Friday, the end of the work week. Time to show the 3rd card from my April card class. This card turned out so cute, hope you like it!!

This typewriter just called to me so I had to use it in one of my card classes. I just happened upon some 12X12 scrapbook sheets that looked like they were typed and thought it would be perfect to use with the typewriter. Since the stamp just has the one sheet of typewriter paper in the image, I thought it would look great as if there were other sheets as well. So I made a template and cute two more sheets to look like the same as the sheet in the typewriter. I hand wrote the sentiment "Just a Note", but this stamp set comes with a few sentiments that will fit perfectly on the typewriter paper.I positioned the additional sheets as if they were flying out of the typewriter.

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Hero Arts - Typewriter Notes Paper/Card Stock: Red CS, White CS Ink:Black Dye ink, Red dye Ink Dies Used: None Accessories: Distress Markers, Sponge Daubers

I am submitting this card in the following challenges:

• ABC Challenge - J is for Just as you like it (#210)
• Imagination Crafts Challenge –  Anything goes (#103)
• Just B Creative Crazy -   Linky Party Anything goes (#347)
• Mema's Challenge - Anything goes (#190)
• One Crazy Stamper -  Anything Goes no digis (#138)
• Dream Valley - #80 Say It With Words (week 1) (#56)

Thanks for stopping in today and I will be seeing you soon.

You're in my Thoughts

Hi Everyone
Thanks for stopping in today. I want to share a few sympathy cards this week. These sympathy are cards from my February Card Shop card class. I had to postpone the February class because of the weather. The class was rescheduled for yesterday.

I will be back in a few days to show you card number 2 from the sympathy card class.

In the meantime, have a great day!!

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Hero Arts Silhouette Grass Paper/Card Stock: White, Brown, Gray Brown, Black Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa, Espresso Truffle, Distress Ink Old Paper Dies Used: Spellbinders - Labels Four Accessories: Ribbon,  Dimensional Foam, Sponge Dauber

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:

• 4 Krafty Girlz -  # 13 Anything Goes (#274)
  
• Aud Sentiments Challenge -  #102- Anything Goes (don't forget a sentiment) (#109)
• Crafty Ribbons -  Anything Goes with Ribbon (#74)
• Craftitude - No. 60 - (W2 of 2) - Anything Goes or Add a Little Green (#198)
• Fairy Tale -  No. 87 - (W1 of 2) - One Old Stamp (#7)
• Sister Act Card Challenge - No. 48 - Anything Goes (#109)
• Stampin' For The Weekend - Anything Goes (#105)

A challenge and a theme

Hi everyone
Last night was our monthly club meeting and we always have a challenge and a theme card to make. Well the challenge card was really a challenge for me because of the color of a piece of card stock we were given to use. We were given  a piece of CS that was 8.5" X 5.5" and a brad. Well the card stock is double sided but on one side there  are these  pink/purple apples , the other side was dotted. I wasn't to crazy about the color of the apples, though.

 So I thought on that one for a while. In the meantime I downloaded a free digi stamp from the Michelle Perkett Studio blog, its an apple, so my card was coming together at last. But what to do with those pink/purple apples. Well what else but color them red. So I used a red Spica pen and colored them. They look great with the digi apple now that they are red.

Next was the theme card, A Splash of Color. So I decided to use alcohol inks and I also used a stamp I have had for a while from Hero Arts. I have always loved this stamp.

I found a card in my stash that holds a picture and has a frame built in. The spot to hold a picture makes it easy to quickly frame a picture or a stamped image. All I had to do was slide the stamped panel up in it and it became a framed piece.It worked out perfect!!

We made the coolest ornament in our meeting, so stop in tomorrow to check that out.

Well thanks for stopping in today, see you soon.

Have a great day

Hi Everyone,
I mentioned in my last post that I worked a convention and used some Hero Arts/Sizzix Products. Well I brought home a stamp set with the dies and I designed this card. This was my favorite set. The  stamps and dies to cut out the images come packaged together. No more intricate cutting. How cool is that!!! I stamped the dogwood image 4 times and cut out each one, using the die that comes with the set. I colored the stamped images with those wonderful  Metallic Cream Chalks by Pebbles. The butterfly on the card is in the set as well. I just placed the dogwoods next to each other to form a swag, of sorts.

As I worked with the cream chalk product, I absolutely fell in love with the way this cream blends. Easy to use and the results are quite stunning!! And no chalky mess since this is a cream.And since this is a metallic cream you still get that beautiful metallic sheen.

Well, that is it for now. Stop back Wednesday for a post using Art Impressions stamps. 

Have a great day,