My blog is called "Creative Smiles" because my designs are the result of incorporating mistakes. With fumble fingers that drop whatever they are holding - repeatedly, it takes a lot of giggles, smiles and creative patience during my crafting process. xx

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Showing posts with label La La Land. Show all posts

Sunday, February 23, 2025

Remember Those Cute Bugaboo Characters?

Hello, my friends! Another post from me! (giggle)

Today's cards are doubly sweet - made with fond thoughts of Jodie (former owner of Bugaboo Stamps), and also for a dear friend who loves her little white mischievous puppies! Her birthday is drawing near, so it was the perfect opportunity to showcase Jodie's silly images for a person who will appreciate them. 

Copics, inks, paper-piecing techniques, and recycled ribbon comprise this 5 inch square card. 


Does anyone know the name of this fun fold card? 

I think it might be called the Triple Panel Pop Out Fold?

Anne Buckingham taught me the mechanics in making the fun fold last year, but I don't know the name of the fold. It's really simple to make. Cut a piece of cardstock that matches the card base - 4 inches wide by however tall your card is (in this case, it is 6" tall). Score the piece at one, two and three inches. Fold into a "square tube". Apply adhesive to the two ends of the "tube" - first and last segments - and adhere both on either side of the card base fold. Be sure to fold the card while your glue is drying to make sure you have placed it perfectly on either side of the card fold. NOTE: It was easier adhering the sentiments after the tube was in place. Decorate with all sorts of ephemera, images, sentiments, die cuts - so cute ~ !




Thanks for popping by!


Products: Baxter Puppy from Bugaboo, digital sentiments, Dies: Darice Nested Ornate Rectangles, Surprise Creations Large stitched rectangles, Tutti Stitched Rectangles, LaLaLand Flag Banner, Spellbinders Fleur de Lis, Embossing Folder: We R Memory Keepers Next Level Woven 2, Coloring: Copics and Distress inks, Patterned Papers and cardstock from stash, Glitter, Ribbon

ALWAYS THANKFUL FOR THE DESIGN TEAMS AND HOSTS OF ON-LINE CHALLENGES:

  1. Critter Crazy Challenges #95 (final challenge SOB!) AG with Featured Critter 2/25
  2. Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2508 AG 11/25
  3. CD Sunday Plus #152 Anything Goes (3 digital images, several digital sentiments as shown on the fun fold card - I hope it fits the rules of your challenge). 2/25
  4. Snippet's Playground Challenge #500 CELEBRATE 500! (in the fun fold card I used snippets for interest in the bottom portion of card front, and lots of snippets from scraps of designer papers in the flags/banners. The yellow glitter border is the "negative" left over portion of a die cut. The interior also uses several snippets of left over lengths of cardstock and pattern paper - thanks for the fun challenge! 2/25 (playing JFF for top 3 spot)
  5. Love those Pretty Papers (a D&D challenge) Feb 1 Use pattern papers 3/1
  6. Creative Fingers Challenge #295 Anything Goes 3/8 (products I used are listed above - hybrid layering. Thank you!)
  7. Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love Challenges Blog #2 (Feb2) BEWAS - using birthday cards, one is pop out. 3/2
  8. Halloween & Other Occasions Crafts Year Round (Feb 1) Birthdays and Dogs 2/28
Stamping Hugs,

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Non-Traditionally Colored Valentine for my Sweetie


Happy Valentine's Day, friends! My bestie is also the love of my life, so it was fun making a card for him.

 Actually, my time creating the card felt like I was in Leslie Miller's craft room. We both enjoy Bugaboo's fun, quirky images (so sad Jodie is no longer on-line). We both are married to wonderful guys who love the outdoors (Leslie with Rich, I with Jack) and who prefer comical to mushy. 

Will share my major boo-boo at the bottom of this post.

Valentine Bird is colored with Copic Markers, and distressed with the inks shown at left.

The brads were also colored with Copic Markers.

Being inspired by many of my dear crafting friends, I attempt to use "old stuff" from my stash on each card. Here three yellow star brads were utilized - each was altered with a different color yellow alcohol marker for visual interest.  OLD OLD OLD burlap is a "break" between two designer papers, which are also at least 7 years old.


At the very end of assembling this card, I picked up a "love" stamp, inked it up and promptly dropped its wet, inky self onto the image, picked the stamp up again and dropped it again, so TWO "love" images ruined the main element. Then I pondered stamping "love" multiple times, thinking it might look intentional. THAT DID NOT WORK. So here is the boo-boo scene:


Fortunately, a quickie home-made sentiment die cut with a tag, covered up most of the mess.


Because the message was exceedingly corny, and personal, I blurred out the bottom message in Photos, but thought you might enjoy seeing the finished product:



Who could possibly resist this love-struck little birdie full of happiness?


Products: Image: Bugaboo Valentine Bird #2,  Dies: La-La Land - Flag Banner,  Surprise Creations Double Stitched Tags, LifeStyle Quickutz Nesting Hearts,   Papers: Studio G designer & SU "turquoise", Colored with Copics, Inks: DI Speckled Egg, D Oxide Stormy Sky and Iced Spruce, Other: Star Brads, Burlap

Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges I would like to play in please:

  1. Try It On Tuesday - Feb 6 - Hearts and/or Flowers (heart balloon, die cuts, heart eyes, little flowers) 2/20 (check 2/27)
  2. Dragonfly Dreams Challenges Feb 4 - Hearts (heart balloon, heart die cuts, heart eyes) 3/3 (check 3/10)
  3. Allsorts Challenges #767  Feb 10 Hearts- (heart balloon, heart die cuts, heart eyes) 2/16
  4. Inkspirational Challenge #309 Feb 10 Hearts (heart balloon, heart die cuts, heart eyes) 2/20 (sep post)
  5. Cut it Up Challenge #297 Feb 9 - Have a Heart (LifeStyle Quickutz nesting heart dies) 2/21
  6. Pearly Sparkles Challenges Feb 1 #92 - Love/Have a Heart 2/28 (check 3/1)
  7. Moving Along With the Times #163 Feb 1 - Love/Hearts 3/1 (scroll down in post)
  8. Crafty Gals Corner #252 Feb 14  Add a Heart (heart balloon, heart die cuts, heart eyes) 3/13 (sep post) 
  9. Critter Crazy Challenge #83 Feb 1 - AG with a Featured Critter (bird here) 3/1 (sep post)

Sending Friendship your way,

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Thursday, September 01, 2016

We're All A Little Different {Beccy Muir}

Greetings, sweet friends!
Hoping you and your families are doing well, and enjoying Life.

It is still quite hot here, with next-to-unbearable humidity.
The only thing growing in the garden is Okra, which I cut up and roast in the oven, making it crispy without the "gooey sliminess". LOL 

This past week has given us humidity in the mid ninety percentile, making us EXTRA grateful for air conditioning. We have also had an extremely active lightning season, but fortunately no tornadoes.

Well, enough about that. (laughing)



It's time for another Crafts Galore Encore Challenge! 



Our theme this month is: Anything Goes. Cards, tags, anything at all!

This month's sponsor is...
     The fabulous...
          The famous...
               The fantastically talented...

My projects feature an OH-SO-FUN stamp set called "Milton the Giraffe".


We're all a little different, and it is that "difference" that makes each one of us so special!
My cards reflect that specialness, too!

Milton's sister Melissa is joining us for a 

breast cancer support card. 

(sounds like the narration for a fashion show) giggle.

Colored in Copic Markers, Melissa is standing tall in her battle against breast cancer. 

The background panels are heat embossed with Princess Rose Cosmic EP387:


HOWEVER:

While the same EP was used on the entire background, the underlying colors are different:


You can barely see the difference - the words are darker than the hearts and ribbons:


This technique would be wonderful with Sparkle EP or some other semi-transparent EP, especially if it has glitter in it.

TIP FOR SENTIMENT ON TAG:

The sentiment on the tag was stamped using MISTI because I did not have the right color of EP or ink. To achieve the desired color,  the sentiment is inked and stamped using dye-base Wild Plum.

The stamp is cleaned in place, and inked with VersaMark. Stamp perfectly atop the Wild Plum image. Fnally, Strawberry Sherbet Cosmic semi-transparent EP248 was sprinkled on the wet sentiment and heat set achieving a coordinating color which is slightly darker. 

(NOTE: you could also ink your stamp with VersaMark and then color the inked image with a marker, huff on the image, and stamp. Immediately apply the EP and heat set.)


A little Mauvelous Glitter sparkles up the pink layer of the sentiment AND the scallops:

To Achieve the Pink Sparkly Scallops:


Use one sided or double-sided tape, sticky part down. Turn panel over, burnish glitter into the stick-y-fied scallops, brush off excess, and flip back over. If using regular tape, glue will be needed to adhere the panel to your card. If using double-sided tape,  remove the protective cover and adhere panel.

"Melissa" could not be happier with her achievements. (smile)


Meanwhile, Brother Milton is Catching Snowflakes:


Beccy creates the sweetest images, and they are always fun to color.
Brother Milton is colored with Copic Markers.

The shiny edges of the tag are created with chunky Diamond Dust Glitter. 
The larger the glitter-chunk surface, the more light is reflected and shimmered. (that was your trivia question answered for the day, even though you technically did not ask it) giggle.


Blue Jewel Glitter highlights some of the other snowflakes:


It's difficult capturing that glitter-i-ness on each element at the same time.
But the card itself is lots of sparkly fun:

The pretty papers are from K and Company - probably 10 years old if a day.
(hanging head in shame):


The blue card was quick and easy - simply color, layer, some die cuts, add glitter:


Quick on the inside using more sentiments and leftovers:


Thanks for stopping by today! We enjoy being inspired by your creations on the



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Pink Card:
Products Used:
Pink Card Challenges I'd like to play in please:

  1. Aud Sentiments Challenge #163 Anything Goes + a Sentiment 9/12
  2. Classic DT Open Challenge #6 (Sept) CGE DT Cards 10/1
  3. C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #379 Embossing (please see the tutorials-tips above regarding embossing powders on the pink sentiment and embossing powders on the background) 9/7
  4. Craft Your Passion Challenges #327 - Anything Goes 9/5
  5. Crafting By Designs (Sept) "Anything Goes 9/25
  6. Crafting from the Heart Challenges #125 Anything Goes 9/5
  7. Crafty Awesomeness Challenge (Sept) Hand Colored Images 10/1 (48 hours)
  8. Crafty Gals Corner #87 Anything Goes 9/5
  9. Cutie Pie Challenge Blog #102 Anything Cute at work rest of play (mine are playing) 9/12
  10. Die Cutting Divas Challenge #281 Anything Goes 9/4
  11. Digi Choosday Crafting Challenges #38 Anything Goes 9/4
  12. Inspiration Destination Challenge #101 Anything Goes 9/7
  13. Love to Craft Challenge Blog #2 Anything Goes 10/1
  14. Paper Minutes Challenges #450 Pennants (pink card has "wish" pennant at bottom, and vellum white pennant on top left) 9/5
  15. Shopping Our Stash #SOS267 - Learn Something New - using my MISTI, I documented above how to stamp twice (once with VersaMark pigment ink, and then once with marker or die base ink) in order to change the color of an embossing powder on a single image.) 9/6
  16. Simon Says Wednesday Challenge (Aug 31) Anything Goes 9/6
  17. Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenges "Anything Goes with Glitter or EP" 10/1
  18. Sunny Day Crafting #12 Anything Goes 9/6
  19. Through the Craft Room Door (Aug 30-Sept 5) Anything Goes 9/6
  20. World Wide Open DT Challenge (Sept) 9/15
  21. Just Keep on Creating (Sept) Anything goes 10/1
PLEASE NOTE: FOR SOME REASON, BLOGGER PUBLISHED THIS POST TWICE. I DID NOT WANT TO DELETE THE COMMENTS OR POSSIBLE LINKY PROBLEMS. IF THE CHALLENGE IS NOT APPEARING HERE, WILL YOU PLEASE CLICK HERE AND SEE IT LISTED? THANK YOU.


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Blue Card:
Products Used:

Blue Card Challenges I'd like to play in please:

  1. Aud Sentiments Challenge #163 Anything Goes + a Sentiment 9/12
  2. Christmas Card Challenges #38 "Anything Goes Christmas" 9/4
  3. Classic DT Open Challenge #6 (Sept) CGE DT Cards 10/1
  4. Craft and Smash (Sept 1) Use Light Blue 10/1 (left in comment)
  5. Craft Your Passion Challenges #327 - Anything Goes 9/5
  6. Crafting By Designs (Sept) "Anything Goes 9/25
  7. Crafting from the Heart Challenges #125 Anything Goes 9/5
  8. Crafty Awesomeness Challenge (Sept) Hand Colored Images 10/1 (48 hours)
  9. Cutie Pie Challenge Blog #102 Anything Cute at work rest of play (mine are playing) 9/12
  10. Die Cutting Divas Challenge #281 Anything Goes 9/4
  11. Digi Choosday Crafting Challenges #38 Anything Goes 9/4
  12. Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges #79 Non-Traditional Colors 9/4
  13. Inspiration Destination Challenge #101 Anything Goes 9/7
  14. Love to Craft Challenge Blog #2 Anything Goes 10/1
  15. Paper Creator Craft Challenges (Sept) Christmas 10/1
  16. Simon Says Wednesday Challenge (Aug 31) Anything Goes 9/6
  17. Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenges (Sept) "Anything Goes with Glitter or EP" 10/1
  18. Sunny Day Crafting #12 Anything Goes 9/6
  19. Through the Craft Room Door (Aug 30-Sept 5) Anything Goes 9/6
  20. World Wide Open DT Challenge (Sept) 9/15
  21. Just Keep on Creating (Sept) Anything goes 10/1
PLEASE NOTE: FOR SOME REASON, BLOGGER PUBLISHED THIS POST TWICE. I DID NOT WANT TO DELETE THE COMMENTS OR POSSIBLE LINKY PROBLEMS. IF THE CHALLENGE IS NOT APPEARING HERE, WILL YOU PLEASE CLICK HERE AND SEE IT LISTED? THANK YOU.

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On a Personal Note:

Please forgive my inability to leave as many comments as I was once able to do.
The cognitive and physical portions of my abilities has decreased substantially this year,
and I'm just not able to do as much as I once did.
Thanks for understanding, sweet friends.
It certainly is not because I don't care, because I do - just not able.


Stamping Hugs,
(this is me, wearing my giraffe colors)






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We're All A Little Different {Beccy Muir}

Greetings, sweet friends!
Hoping you and your families are doing well, and enjoying Life.

It is still quite hot here, with next-to-unbearable humidity.
The only thing growing in the garden is Okra, which I cut up and roast in the oven, making it crispy without the "gooey sliminess". LOL 

This past week has given us humidity in the mid ninety percentile, making us EXTRA grateful for air conditioning. We have also had an extremely active lightning season, but fortunately no tornadoes.

Well, enough about that. (laughing)



It's time for another Crafts Galore Encore Challenge! 



Our theme this month is: Anything Goes. Cards, tags, anything at all!

This month's sponsor is...
     The fabulous...
          The famous...
               The fantastically talented...

My projects feature an OH-SO-FUN stamp set called "Milton the Giraffe".


We're all a little different, and it is that "difference" that makes each one of us so special!
My cards reflect that specialness, too!

Milton's sister Melissa is joining us for a 

breast cancer support card. 

(sounds like the narration for a fashion show) giggle.

Colored in Copic Markers, Melissa is standing tall in her battle against breast cancer. 

The background panels are heat embossed with Princess Rose Cosmic EP387:


HOWEVER:

While the same EP was used on the entire background, the underlying colors are different:


You can barely see the difference - the words are darker than the hearts and ribbons:


This technique would be wonderful with Sparkle EP or some other semi-transparent EP, especially if it has glitter in it.

TIP FOR SENTIMENT ON TAG:

The sentiment on the tag was stamped using MISTI because I did not have the right color of EP or ink. To achieve the desired color,  the sentiment is inked and stamped using dye-base Wild Plum.

The stamp is cleaned in place, and inked with VersaMark. Stamp perfectly atop the Wild Plum image. Fnally, Strawberry Sherbet Cosmic semi-transparent EP248 was sprinkled on the wet sentiment and heat set achieving a coordinating color which is slightly darker. 

(NOTE: you could also ink your stamp with VersaMark and then color the inked image with a marker, huff on the image, and stamp. Immediately apply the EP and heat set.)


A little Mauvelous Glitter sparkles up the pink layer of the sentiment AND the scallops:

To Achieve the Pink Sparkly Scallops:


Use one sided or double-sided tape, sticky part down. Turn panel over, burnish glitter into the stick-y-fied scallops, brush off excess, and flip back over. If using regular tape, glue will be needed to adhere the panel to your card. If using double-sided tape,  remove the protective cover and adhere panel.

"Melissa" could not be happier with her achievements. (smile)


Meanwhile, Brother Milton is Catching Snowflakes:


Beccy creates the sweetest images, and they are always fun to color.
Brother Milton is colored with Copic Markers.

The shiny edges of the tag are created with chunky Diamond Dust Glitter. 
The larger the glitter-chunk surface, the more light is reflected and shimmered. (that was your trivia question answered for the day, even though you technically did not ask it) giggle.


Blue Jewel Glitter highlights some of the other snowflakes:


It's difficult capturing that glitter-i-ness on each element at the same time.
But the card itself is lots of sparkly fun:

The pretty papers are from K and Company - probably 10 years old if a day.
(hanging head in shame):


The blue card was quick and easy - simply color, layer, some die cuts, add glitter:


Quick on the inside using more sentiments and leftovers:


Thanks for stopping by today! We enjoy being inspired by your creations on the



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Pink Card:
Products Used:
Pink Card Challenges I'd like to play in please:

  1. Aud Sentiments Challenge #163 Anything Goes + a Sentiment 9/12
  2. C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #379 Embossing (please see the tutorials-tips above regarding embossing powders on the pink sentiment and embossing powders on the background) 9/7
  3. Craft Your Passion Challenges #327 - Anything Goes 9/5
  4. Crafting By Designs (Sept) "Anything Goes 9/25
  5. Crafting from the Heart Challenges #125 Anything Goes 9/5
  6. Crafty Gals Corner #87 Anything Goes 9/5
  7. Cutie Pie Challenge Blog #102 Anything Cute at work rest of play (mine are playing) 9/12
  8. Die Cutting Divas Challenge #281 Anything Goes 9/4
  9. Digi Choosday Crafting Challenges #38 Anything Goes 9/4
  10. Inspiration Destination Challenge #101 Anything Goes 9/7
  11. Paper Minutes Challenges #450 Pennants (pink card has "wish" pennant at bottom, and vellum white pennant on top left) 9/5
  12. Shopping Our Stash #SOS267 - Learn Something New - using my MISTI, I documented above how to stamp twice (once with VersaMark pigment ink, and then once with marker or die base ink) in order to change the color of an embossing powder on a single image.) 9/6
  13. Simon Says Wednesday Challenge (Aug 31) Anything Goes 9/6
  14. Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenges "Anything Goes with Glitter or EP" 10/1
  15. Sunny Day Crafting #12 Anything Goes 9/6
  16. Through the Craft Room Door (Aug 30-Sept 5) Anything Goes 9/6
PLEASE NOTE: FOR SOME REASON, BLOGGER PUBLISHED THIS POST TWICE. I DID NOT WANT TO DELETE THE COMMENTS OR POSSIBLE LINKY PROBLEMS. IF THE CHALLENGE IS NOT APPEARING HERE, WILL YOU PLEASE CLICK HERE AND SEE IT LISTED? THANK YOU.


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Blue Card:
Products Used:

Blue Card Challenges I'd like to play in please:

  1. Aud Sentiments Challenge #163 Anything Goes + a Sentiment 9/12
  2. Christmas Card Challenges #38 "Anything Goes Christmas" 9/4
  3. Craft Your Passion Challenges #327 - Anything Goes 9/5
  4. Crafting By Designs (Sept) "Anything Goes 9/25
  5. Crafting from the Heart Challenges #125 Anything Goes 9/5
  6. Cutie Pie Challenge Blog #102 Anything Cute at work rest of play (mine are playing) 9/12
  7. Die Cutting Divas Challenge #281 Anything Goes 9/4
  8. Digi Choosday Crafting Challenges #38 Anything Goes 9/4
  9. Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges #79 Non-Traditional Colors 9/4
  10. Inspiration Destination Challenge #101 Anything Goes 9/7
  11. Simon Says Wednesday Challenge (Aug 31) Anything Goes 9/6
  12. Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenges (Sept) "Anything Goes with Glitter or EP" 10/1
  13. Sunny Day Crafting #12 Anything Goes 9/6
  14. Through the Craft Room Door (Aug 30-Sept 5) Anything Goes 9/6
PLEASE NOTE: FOR SOME REASON, BLOGGER PUBLISHED THIS POST TWICE. I DID NOT WANT TO DELETE THE COMMENTS OR POSSIBLE LINKY PROBLEMS. IF THE CHALLENGE IS NOT APPEARING HERE, WILL YOU PLEASE CLICK HERE AND SEE IT LISTED? THANK YOU.

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On a Personal Note:

Please forgive my inability to leave as many comments as I was once able to do.
The cognitive and physical portions of my abilities has decreased substantially this year,
and I'm just not able to do as much as I once did.
Thanks for understanding, sweet friends.
It certainly is not because I don't care, because I do - just not able.


Stamping Hugs,
(this is me, wearing my giraffe colors)






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