Two Any Occassion Cards

Just wanted to share to cards I recently made.  

This was given to a neighbor as a Get Well card.  I asked my mother to crochet little doilies for me since I have no clue how to do it...and I don't want to learn!..lol  I think it adds such a special touch to the card.

This was a Sympathy card given to a neighbor who lost her adult son to cancer.  

HoneyBee Showcase-Corrugated Cardstock

Today at Betty Bee's Buzz, the HoneyBees are showing their take on this week's Monday Motivational by HoneyBee June; CORRUGATED CARDSTOCK!!..

This challenge gave me a chance to dust off my Fiskar's crimper!  I'm sure we all have those tools that we forget we have, but come in so handy when needed.

For my card, I cut scallop circles using my Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge.  For the vase (bowl) I used my Sizzix die and my Cuttlebug die for the leaves.

Be sure to check out Betty Bee's Buzz and share with us you CORRUGATED design!!

HoneyBee Showcase 1-26

What a fun technique I just learned!!..Thank you to Tori for showing us how to do any easy silhouette on Betty Bees Buzz Motivation Monday.

I found a Christmas photo of Ian and mom puckering up to kiss.  How perfect!!  After cutting out the two heads, I pained them with Americana Deco Art acrylic paint.  So easy!!!  After it was dried, I then painted in the opposite direction. 

Head over to Betty Bees Buzz to see what our design team has to share with you and give it a try!!..We would love to see you Silhouette!

Fred She Said Digital Stamp

I am so excited to announce that Fred, She Said will be sponsoring us this month at Betty Bees Buzz!  Here is a card I made a while ago from one of Tracy's stamps. 

This was painted with LuminArte H2O with Flower Soft added in the middle.  Be sure to stop by Betty Bees Buzz and become a follower!  We don't want you to miss out on all the cool projects the Honey Bees have to share with you.  On Monday, November 8th, HoneyBee June has a technique to share with you for our Monday Motivation forum.  Then, you will be invited back on Wednesday to share with us your take on the technique.  So, are you curious as to what technique I'm talking about?  Well, guess you will need to stop by on Monday to find out!!  :)

Be Inspired Wednesday 10-6

It's that time again at Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot to inspire you with our designs and creativeness.  In honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, our theme is anything that reflects what this month is all about.  It could be a card of encouragement or reminder to take get your mammogram.  Sometimes, just a "thinking of you" card to a breast cancer friend or family member means so much. 

For my card, Think Pink, I could add a sentiment of "Thinking of You" or "Just a reminder to get your mammogram".

Stop by Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot to see what our design team has for you today!

Be Inspired Wednesday #103

In honor of World Card Making Day (October 2) the Design Team was asked to make cards for the occasion.  If you are a seasoned card maker or just starting out, be sure to head over to Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot to see what our Design Team has to share with you this week.

 I decided to have fun with a color combo that I thought would look striking together on my card.  First I embossed my card with my Plum Blossoms, then added a border cut with my Martha Steward lattice punch.  The bird stamp is a digital stamp, but unfortunately, I don't remember where I found it. That was colored in with my Copic markers and then cut with my Nestability die.  The tag was also cut with a Nestability.  Flowers are from Wild Orchard and the branches were cut with a Sizzix die. A little touch of Sakura Gelly Roll Metallic and Stickles were added along with several colors of chalk.

Be Inspired Wednesday #102

Our sponsor this week at Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot is Whoopsi Daisy who gave us the cutest digital stamps. 

For my card, I colored in this cute little girl with my Copic marker and added just a little dab of Stickles to her bow.  My flowerpot was cut using a Sizzix die and embossed with the Herringbone embossing folder, branches from my Martha Stewart punch and flowers from Wild Orchard.  The blue border was embossed with my Swiss Dot embossing folder and designed with my Marth Steward border punch. Cardstock used is from Prima

Be sure to stop by Cuttlebug Challeng Blogspot to see what our Design Team has to share with you today!!

Don't forget to take our Be Inspired Wednesday challenge and you may win a prize from our sponsor, Whoopsi Daisy!!

Be Inspired Wednesday #99

It's time once again for our Be Inspired Wednesday at Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot! Our sponsor this week is My Pink Stamper who was kind enough to send the design team these cute little clear stamps.  For my project, I made an anniversay card and the little stamp 'on your special day' was perfect.

Both the card and popped chipboard frame were embossed with my Victoria embossing folder.  The frame was 'colored' with a metalic rub-on from Craft-T Products.  The flowered cartdstock is from DCWV and using my Smooch I painted in the leaves for a little color.  The cluster of flowers were done with Wild Orchard flowers with cut pieces of string pearls for a little added flair.

Be sure to check out what our design team has to share with you this week and don't forget to take our Be Inspired Wednesday Challenge.  The prize for this week will be a set of the Punny-Licious Stamps!!

Be Inspired Wednesday #96

Our challenge this week at Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot was to do a project with acetate or acrylic. I used a transparent folding envelope box that was a perfect size for my 5x7 Asian folder, Plum Blossoms.  Once I cut the piece I needed from the box, I then adhered it to black cardstock.  For my geisha I used my Kimiko embossing folder and Core'dinations cardstock. After cutting her out, I outlined her with American Crafts Metallic Marker and then brushed across the embossing with my Palette inkpad, vintage cream. Once that was done, I used pop dots to adhere her to an embossed black cardstock that was done using my Bamboo folder. That cardstock was also lined using my American Crafts marker. I pop dot that to gold cardstock by DWVW and finally to a black card.  The finishing touch was adding a charm Orient Express from Blue Moon and Mizuhiki paper cord from Yasutomo and gold glitter glue on the fan.

Stop by Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot and see what our Design Team has to share with you this week!!

Be Inspired Wednesday #94 Cha Cha Cha

Because this week is CHA in Chicago, the Design Team was asked to do a fun project with a musical flair.   After looking through my Cricut cartridges, I found the cutest duckie in the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge.  With this cut, you also get the musical notes; how perfect was that! I embossed a white card with Swiss Dots and then lightly went over the embossing with blue ink from K&Company.  Martha Steward daisy flower was trimmed down, a little orange chalk on the duck, Stickles on the musical notes and some pearls to dress up 'miss' duckie. The butterflies were punched with my Fiskars punch, green Cor'dinations sanded for the bottom with computer print on vellum.  I thought blue google eyes would maker 'her' look even cuter..!!

Thank you for stopping by and don't forget to check out Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot to see what our design team has to share with you. 

Sponsor Challenge S.E.I.

S.E.I. was our sponsor for June and July at Have Your Way With Paper and wow!! they were so generous with their paper product.  I was able to choose the line 'Claire' and love the colors and prints and how well they all worked together.  I wish you could see the strands of gold in the plaid print!! 
If you would like to see what the other design team members at Have Your Way With Paper did, please stop by.  Each DT member received a different line and some also used SEI from their own stash to make some of the cutest layouts on the internet!

Products used: SEI, Martha Stewart, Prima, Spellbinders, Wrights Hem Tape, Fiskars, buttons and small flower unknown.

Cuttlebug Challenge #91

Thought I would take the time today and do a challenge for Cuttlebug Challenge.  Today's challenge was doilies and lace, so I pulled out a paper heart doily and lace ribbon to see what I can do.  I brought my supplies to my friend Kristi's house and made use of her cuttlebug embossing folder.  Sorry, I forgot to write down the name of the one I used.  Simple card, but I love the colors and how well my lace matched the new flowers I just bought.

Digital Delights Patriotic Challenge

This is a card I made for Digital Delights Patriotic challenge using Farmergirl Maggie by Digital Delights by Louby Loo.  The fence was made using my Pooh and Friends cartridge and the flag was taken from another digital stamp called Lanni by Toni Walters.

Other products used were Copics, Prima, Bic, Nestabilities, Stickles, Color Box Liquid Chalk, Fiskars Star punch, DCWV and chalk from the Stencil Collection

Card Challege at Have Your Way With Paper

Here is a card I made for January's card challenge at Have Your Way With Paper.  As moderator for the Card Forum, I chose to make this challenge 'hearts'.  Your card can be for any occasion, but must show hearts.

My hearts are chipboard sprayed with Glitter Mist.  I used Tim Holtz distressing ink to give my card a vintage look. 

Stop by Have Your Way With Paper and take my January card challenge!!

Sunflowers and Dragonflies Challenge

I made this card for a challenge at Sunflowers and Dragonflies where we were asked to make a fairy tale card.  Now, perfect would be the cute set of stamps, Alice in Wonderland, that Beth has. However, if you didn't have those stamps any fairy tale stamp would do. The prize is the complete set of the Alice in Wonderland stamps and oh boy, would I love to win!!!..

Here is my 'Tinkerbell'.  You can't get any more 'fairy' tail then that..lol..

For my card, I used Prima flowers
Marth Steward border punch
K & Co pre-folder card and printed cardstock
Stickles
ColorBox chalk ink
Quick Quotes inkpad
Miss Elizabeth sticky lace paper ribbon

Be sure to check out Beth's site for some great inspiration from her design team!!

All Purpose Cards

That cute little butterfly on the green card is from Sweet N Sassy digital stamp that I downloaded. It was perfcct for printing on transparency and then adding just a hint of Stickles.

Erin's March Mystery Challenge

For Erin's March Mystery Challenge, we received feathers!..I had an idea of what I wanted to do with a card and this is it!!..I used H2O to shade in the butterfly and leaves (clipart stamp). The fun part is cutting..lol..Tucked in some feathers and 'dressed' it up with a few more embellishments and stickles. You can find this challenge at www.haveyourwaywithpaper.com

thinking of you

Not sure what this technique is called, but I call it the tent card..I will be giving a demonstration Saturday showing how easy this is to do. I don't remember where I found this technique, but the design possibilities are endless.

Cuttlebug Challenge Wednesday-Sketch

Two of my favorite color combos!..This was done for a sketch by the talented Valerie Salmon at http://www.cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com/ Papers used were DWWV and K&Company. Prima bling and flowers. Fiskars border punch and cuttlebug embossing on the bird and brown card.

Just for You

This challenge was called 'One True Love' and was to be monochromatic. This was easy for me since I love the new papers I bought and my orange Prima flower!