Paper Smooches DT call

Paper Smooches is having a DT call!

I used Paper Smooches "Word Up" stamps and Carta Bella "Winter Fun" papers to create a father's day card.  I enjoy using holiday papers in a non-traditional way.  I also used this sketch from Paper Smooches Sparks challenge:

Are you familiar with Paper Smooches stamp sets?  Here are some of my previous Paper Smooches creations:

I use the "Word Up" sentiments a lot, but I also adore their images like those fab trees and scooters.

Thank you for stopping by....wish me luck :)

Masculine Graduation card

  I made this graduation card for my nephew completely from Echo Park, MME, and card stock scraps!  I have been trying to create this card for about two weeks...the papers and stamp set were in a pile on my floor.  This morning I decided to either create a card or clean up the pile.  I am happy that it finally came together.

Details:  The bird is cut @ 2.25" with shadow from "3 Birds on Parade."  The green notebook paper is MME "School Daze" 6x6.  The solid teal is Echo Park "Winter Park" and the tassel, beak, feet, banner, and yellow check are all Echo Park "For the Record."  The sentiment is from the retired My Pink Stamper "School Days" stamp set.

  My motivation came from this Retro Sketches Challenge by Danielle Lounds:

  I am also entering my card at:

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge blog:  Congratulations Graduate

and

Shopping Our Stash:  Scrap Attack

Happy Sunday!

Sets of Girly Graduation Cards

   My husband has four little cousins (first cousins, once removed) that are graduating this year; two from college and two from high school.  

 I saw the Shopping Our Stash challenge:  Scrap Attack, and knew this was right up my alley!  I pulled out little scrap pieces of Glitz Design papers and die cut the grad caps and embellished with grey snaps.  I also saw the challenge at Little Tangles:  embellish it!  I used a sentiment from "Fresh Blooms" and embellished with some leftover MME "Fun day" rhinestones.

(a Neat and Tangled challenge blog)

And I based my cards on this sketch

at CAS(E) this Sketch:

Lastly, thanks to my blog friend Migdalia (aka Creative M), I am entering the current challenge at Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges:  Happy _______.

 But then I took a break and went out to get the mail, and I had some happy mail from Danielle of Neat and Tangled!  My Neat and Tangled gold metallic sequins had arrived!  So I made three more cards, but this time with off-white snaps, an Echo Park "Winter Park/Lift Tickets" chevron background, and I added a few MME rhinestones to the centers of some of the sequins (I had difficulty photographing):

   I like this set with the sequence even better!  I sense a sequins addiction coming on...

Happy Friday!

Cardabilites Challenge #75

  I played with my Carta Bella "Traditons" for National Scrapbook Day and I couldn't quite put it away.  I am drawn to the warm colors.  The previous week I had also won some SRM goodies, and this was my first opportunity to use the "thanks" stickers.  And of course a great sketch to ignite a little inspiration:

As you can see, I tend to use sketches literally.  I hope you will click over to Cardabilities and see some more interpretations by my very talented DT sisters!

I am also entering this in this week's challenge at Shop Pumpkin Spice challenge blog:  Flowers.

Happy Wednesday!

A Sweet Day for challenges

   Happy Mother's Day!  I am spending Mother's Day weekend organizing the 200+ blogs I follow an merging them onto Feedly and organizing them into categories, spending some time crafting, and enjoying time with my dh and our sweet girls.

  I hope to keep up with my favorite blogs better now that I have them organized (though I may have accidentally omitted a few in the tedium)!  I also created categories for my favorite challenge blogs like Little Tangles, Scraptastic Club, and Shop Pumpkin Spice.

 (a Neat and Tangled Challenge blog)

I used a sentiment from the "Fresh Blooms" stamp set.

  I added the Echo Park "Sweet Day" pennant flag sticker to a toothpick to meet the first May challenge at Scraptastic Club challenge blog:  Pennant and Banner challenge.

  Finally I feel that my Echo Park bike sticker with the basket of flowers works for this week's challenge at Shop Pumpkin Spice challenge blog:  Flowers.

Supplies:  all papers and stickers are Echo Park "Sweet Day"; the twine and toothpick were leftover from retired Artful Delight kits.

Happy Sunday!

Teacher Appreciation Gifts inspired by 365 Cards

  Today I am playing along with 365 Cards to create teacher gifts for teacher appreciation week.  I had never tried the chalkboard technique, and I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to try it out (rub a little talc on black card stock...looks better IRL.)  SRM Stickers is sponsoring 365 Cards this week and I recently won some SRM Stickers!  I used SRM Stickers for my sentiments.

Here is the inspiration photo:

  I chose papers from My Mind's Eye Six by Six "School Daze" and card stock from the Moo-ey Doodles kit sold exclusively from Shop Pumpkin Spice.  See the embossed apple?  It is already embossed (made by Bazzill); it made cute apples, didn't it?  The apple was cut @ 1.5" from the Cricut "Wrap It Up" cartridge.  My "chalkboard" was cut @ 1.75" from "Elegant Edges."

  A pretty easy project to mass produce (just add chocolate almond Hershey bars!)  I even decorated a little bag to hold them with paper scraps:

  Phew!  I am glad to have these completed...now I need to work on end-of-year teacher gifts :)

Happy Friday!

I think You're Amazing

  I created this card from papers I purchased at Shop Pumpkin Spice.  For a chance to win a $20 gift card to the store, link up to one of our 12 challenges (yes, 12!) by tomorrow, May 10th at 9pm EST.  Check out all 12 challenges here.

  I used this retired sketch from Cardabilties.

Supplies:

paper:  My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart "Be Happy"; vellum; white card stock

chipboard sentiment:  BasicGrey

border punch:  SU scallops

Happy Thursday!