A Bunch of Blessings

Time to count your blessings? The fall always reminds me to be thankful for the many blessings that I have. I can count YOU as one of my blessings because your creative blogs help me to grow in my hobby!

Here is a cheery card that I made using a sketch over at Jitterbuggin's Challenge #18 - An apple a day.

Cartridge used: Doodlecharms (basket and apples)

Paper: Bazzill cardstock, DCWV Autumn, Imaginisce Apple Cider

I stitched a zig-zag border around the edge of the card. I added an Offray ribbon, some twine, a couple of buttons and some inking. I used a mini tag punch (Martha) for the sentiment "splendor" and a heart punch (Fiskars) on the apple.

I guess when fall finally shows up I'll be ready for it! Thanks for looking.

Doggie Doodle Dandy

I just recently got some paper (on clearance, dontcha love it?) that is perfect for pet lovers. It is from K*I Memories and it is super cute. In the summer I promised 5 friends that I would make them something handmade. This is one of the gifts that I will be giving to a friend. She owns a pet sitting service in the Denver Metro area and I thought she'd like this card set to write little notes on for some of her clients.

I made a card for her, a gift bag, and a set of 5 - 3x3 notecards. The all have the same paper so it all goes together nicely.

Cartridges: Doodlecharms (dog cut at 2 1/2" for the large card and 1 1/2" for the notecards); TBBM (gift bag cut at 5 3/4")

I used 2 different kinds of patterned paper, 2 different kinds of ribbon, and 2 buttons (on the dog tag) to go along with Cupcake Craft's Challenge. I also used the layout from Card Patterns Sketch #77 for the main card.

Here is a picture of the gift bag and the mini notecards that go inside.

Challenges:

Cupcake Crafts - Challenge #104 (2 papers, 2 buttons, 2 ribbon)

Card Patterns - sketch #77

Cricut Cardz Challenge - Anything goes

Thanks for looking!

So Sweet Baby

This ended up being a really cute baby card. I am hoping my friend is having a girl so I made it kinda girly-squirrel-ly. :) I was also able to get a really great sketch from Jitterbuggin' and for me it all comes together when I have a great sketch to start with!

The color palette came from the ColourQ blogsite. I made this squirrel to hold a baby bottle instead of a nut and added a flower and a bow to her hair(?). I used some silly border stamps from Recollections (the squiggle stitch border and the clouds border that I made into a background). I used a Tim Holtz Alterations folder (swirls). I also did a little inking around the edges and added some bling-bling on the flowers.

Cartridges used: Give a Hoot (for squirrel and flowers) and Doodlecharms (for bottle). Teardrop for sentiment.

Challenges:

Jitterbuggin' - baby card, sketch, ribbon

ColourQ - Regal Rose, Wild Wasabi, Tempting Turquoise, Early Espresso, and White

Papercutz- Squirrel, hedgehog, skunk or monkey

Thanks for looking!

You're the Bomb!

I always loved the sound of the Ice Cream Truck as it made its way through our neighborhood when I was a little girl. And the best thing to get after a swim at The Plunge (our community pool) was a Bomb Pop! Pure summertime goodness. Mmmmmm.

So I made this silly little card for fun. I used the Doodlecharms cart to make the popsicle (I cut out the layer three times; one in red, one in white, and one in blue. I tore off a little of the white and red to fit on the blue). I added some stickles, some hand doodling, and a swirly background. I also used some checkered ribbon (I think I picked this up at Hobby Lobby) and made a tag (using TBBM) to stamp "Sweet" on.

Challenges:

Card Patterns - Sketch #75

FCCB - Challenge #21 (Summer BBQ)

Back to School Treat Bag Cover

I cannot believe that it is already here! My two boys start school next week. Wow, the summer really flew by. I recently was at Michael's with my mom and we were looking for some paper that had the back to school theme in mind. I picked up a few sheets of TPC's School Days paper because it was sooooo cute in a very masculine sort of way. I wanted to make a little something for my boys (who are still in elementary school) and thought that I'd make them a little treat bag for their first day back.

I got the tutorial for this treat bag cover off of Split Coast Stampers website. It was really simple to make.

Cartridge: Doodlecharms (cut the backpack out at 2 1/2")

MS punch - mini tag (I used this in the pocket of the backpack and wrote their name on it)

EK Success border punch - notebook

MS writing pen for stitching

hemp twine for the ribbon closure

Here is a close up of one of them:

Challenges:

ColourQ - color challenge # 43 (Peach Parfait, Bermuda Bay, Early Espresso, Old Olive, white)

NSD Challenge #4- (Least used cartridge)

This Challenge was to use a Cricut cart that either you don't like very much or is least likely to be used. I don't have very many to choose from but I think that out of them I just don't use Doodlecharms enough. Not that I don't like it. It's just that I got a couple of the more recent carts that came out and I put this one on the back shelf. Thanks to this challenge for getting me to bring it to the craft table again. It also gave me a good excuse to make a card with my feline friends in mind.

Materials-

Cardstock: kraft, pumpkin, light green, rose, white

Pattern Paper: (stripes) DCWV

Ink: (Really Rust) Stampin' Up; (black) versamagic; (rose) Kaisercraft

Tools: Cricut Cartridge - Doodlecharms (cat)

Clear Stamps: (sentiment and paw prints from Kitty set) Studio G

Fibers: hemp twine

Other: gel pen (black, white) and light blue rhinestones

NSD- Challenge #2 (Scrappy Happy)

Challenge #2 is to use up some paper scraps I have left over. I wanted to make a fun card for Father's Day. It is a challenge for me to make cards that are masculine. I really like the DCWV paper pack that is called "The Guy". The colors go together so well and the patterns are manly. :) okay, well at least they're not flowers.

I used:
Cricut Cartridge "Doodlecharms" for the star (cut at 2")
Cardstock- brown, white, kraft
Pattern paper - The Guy (DCWV)
Clear Stamps- from Studio G (Happy Father's Day set)
Ink - Tea Leaves (Versamagic), Teal (Kaisercraft)
Accents- buttons (brown, tan)
Fibers- hemp cord