Prayers

Hello....

Here today with a super quick sympathy card.

Embossed with a folder, spritz with Sheer Shimmer, stamped sentiment.

Butterfly was die cut and spritzed also.

Scrapy Land  -  #37 Anything with a die cut

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday  -  Touch Feely

Simon Says Stamp Flickr  -  #40 Sparkle & Shine

 

Corner Scroll embossing folder  (Darice)

Prayers stamp set, Teal ink  (Simon Says Stamp)

Sheer Shimmer Spritz  (Imagine Crafts featuring Tsukineko)

Pippi Butterfly die (Memory Box)

Thanks so much for stamping by...

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Magenta Birthday

Hey....

A friend of mine has a daughter having a birthday on Christmas eve.

She asked me to make a card for her, but no Christmas on the card.

So the card front has no Christmas images, but I couldn't resist adding a little holiday to the sentiment.

Top sentiment is stamped, bottom half is heat foiled.

The bottom butterfly is heat foiled also with the young ladies name.

The rest of the card was eBrushed with Copic markers.

Penny Black:  Sentimental stamp set

Darice:  Butterfly Swirls embossing folder

Memory Box:  Vivienne Butterfly, Isabella Butterfly dies

Imagine Crafts featuring Tsukineko:  Memento Rose Bud ink

Copic:  RV02, RV04, RV66

Craftwell:  eBrush & eBosser

May Arts:  Magenta twine

Laminator and heat foil

Thanks so much for stamping by...

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Black & White at Outside the Box

Hello and happy October....

My debut as a Designer for Memory Box isn't really happening until October 5th, but I just couldn't help myself by adding my creation to the challenge blog this month along with several other designers.

Come on over to Outside the Box and see what the rest of the team has in store for you and play along.

Prizes you ask. Of course there are!

Thanks for stamping by...

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 Each Friday I will give a shout out to all new Followers (click on "Join This Site" Button on the right side) and if you have a blog, I will make a link to you also.

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Breast Cancer Awareness at Words 2 Scrap By

Happy October and Breast Cancer Awareness Month

I am very excited to be hosting the challenge blog Words 2 Scrap By this month as it deals with Breast Cancer which most of you know I endured last year.

I passed my one year anniversary as a Survivor and there is no better feeling!!!

Have you heard the song "Fight Song" by Rachel Platten?

You can bet it is the theme song of each and every person dealing with Breast Cancer:

This is my fight song

Take back my life song

Prove I'm alright song

My powers turned on

Starting right now I'll be strong

I'll play my fight song

And I don't really care if nobody else believes

Cause I've still got a lot of fight left in me.

Breast Cancer can happen in to anyone...there does not need to be a history of it in your family.

1 in 8 women (and a few unfortunate men) will develop Breast Cancer.

SCARY!!!!

So we at Words 2 Scrap By want to get the word out there in a fun way, by having a Breast Cancer Awareness theme this month.

Come on over to the challenge blog to see what we gals have created for you:

We also hope you play along...prizes are involved.

Make a card, play along for your chance to win. Then if you don't personally know someone with Breast Cancer, take your card to your local Oncology center and ask that the card go to their newest Breast Cancer patient.

She/he will love it and you will feel good about making someones day!

Thanks so much for stamping by...

I love reading your comments! If you have a question, be sure to add your email address also, otherwise I have no way to answer you. :) 

Each Friday I will give a shout out to all new Followers (click on "Join This Site" Button on the right side) and if you have a blog, I will make a link to you also.

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Picture Day at Imagine Crafts

Hello there....

Did you know it is Picture Day at Imagine Crafts?

Come on over for full reveal along with a tutorial and shopping list:

I love reading your comments! If you have a question, be sure to add your email address also, otherwise I have no way to answer you. :)

 Each Friday I will give a shout out to all new Followers (click on "Join This Site" Button on the right side) and if you have a blog, I will make a link to you also.

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Popped into my Life

Hello...

"Popping" in today to play in a couple of challenges.

CASology is looking for a project with POP:

Who doesn't love popcorn?!?

Because I needed to simplify this card for the CASology challenge, I actually made two cards.

I am also entering this at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge (even though there is not a Simon product to be found on this card...say what?) They are looking for a Summer card.

Card was completely made with Silhouette Cameo.

Panels were stamped and deciding they were too bright, I toned down the ink with gesso.

After embossing the tickets, I ran an ink pad across the top to highlight.

Sentiment is computer generated.

More Clean & Simple card

Not so simple card

 How did I achieve that great popcorn you ask?  Imagine Crafts has a wonderful product called Amplify!. It comes in all the neon colors as well as black and white.

Using the yellow and white Amplify! I just squirted small dots of each and then watch the magic begin when you use a heat gun over it.

It really is like watching corn POP.

Challenges Entered:

Simon Says Stamp Monday  -  Summer

CASology  -  POP

Let's go Shopping:

Silhouette Cameo & Popcorn file

Penny Black:  Letter background stamp

Imagine Crafts featuring Tsukineko:  Memento Love Letter ink, White & Yellow Amplify!

Darice:  Movie theme embossing folder

Sequins

 Thanks so much for stamping popping by.....

I love reading your comments! If you have a question, be sure to add your email address also, otherwise I have no way to answer you. :) 

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Retirement & Welcome newbies

Howdy do.....

I have been commissioned to make some cards for a company that sells to police officers/firefighters/emt. Yay me!!!

Today I have a fun retirement card for someone who is completing their tour at the Sheriff's Department.

I originally made the card with a bus cap hanging off the sentiment. After showing it to my police sergeant husband, he informed me the hat was all wrong for that kind of law enforcement ...who knew?!?

So I googled it like any respectable investigator would do, and it turns out he is right...I hate that!

In making the card I die cut the "happy" 3 times, stacked and adhered together, then eBrushed with Copic markers.

Hat was die cut with Silhouette Cameo, colored and coated with Pico Shimmer.

I fashioned my card after this spectacular creation loving the large sentiment
across the middle and the ribbon hanging down.

Challenges Entered:

Winnie & Walter  -  ReRun

Let's go Shopping:

Winnie & Walter:  In a Word Trio die cut

Darice:  Diamond Plate embossing folder

Craftwell:  eBrush

Imagine Crafts featuring Tsukineko:  irRESISTible Pico Shimmer, VersaMark ink, White embossing powder

Copic markers

Silhouette Cameo & hat cut file

Tiny handcuffs

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It;s Friday...woohoo!!!

I would like to give a great big WELCOME to a few newbies to the blog this week:

Deanne @ Three Trees - click her name...great blog!

Anita Liedtke

CreaNancy

Thanks so much for stamping by....

I love reading your comments! If you have a question, be sure to add your email address also, otherwise I have no way to answer you. :)

 Each Friday I will give a shout out to all new Followers (click on "Join This Site" Button on the right side) and if you have a blog, I will make a link to you also.

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Thanks

Hidey ho....

Playing along at Paper Smooches, yet this card will then go to a special someone who supported me in the Relay for Life walk that I took a couple of weeks ago.

It's Anything Goes at Paper Smooches this week...YAY!

I love this embossing folder by Darice. It is not just specific to Breast Cancer, so you could decorate it in any color or style according to your recipient.

I stamped the butterfly in Memento Angel Pink, then using a stencil I eBrushed it with a Copic marker. Butterfly was spritzed with Sheer Shimmer Sparkle and ribbon was tucked behind it.

Using the Misti made it super easy to stamp this sentiment with two different stamps.

Challenges Entered:

Paper Smooches  -  Anything Goes

Let's go Shopping:

Paper Smooches:  Graceful Beauties, Hope stamp sets

Penny Black:  Hot Rod stamp set

Darice:  Awareness Ribbon folder

Imagine Crafts featuring Tsukineko:  Memento Angel Pink, Radiant Neon Coral ink pads, Sheer Shimmer Sparkle

Craftwell:  eBrush

Copic marker: RV21

Ribbon

Faux Pearls

Misti

Thanks so much for stamping by....

I love reading your comments! If you have a question, be sure to add your email address also, otherwise I have no way to answer you. :) 

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Hello Spring at Imagine Crafts

Hello....

Need some ideas to get your mojo going?

I am on the Imagine Crafts Blog today with this faux Letterpress:

I love reading your comments! If you have a question, be sure to add your email address also, otherwise I have no way to answer you. :) 

Each Friday I will give a shout out to all new Followers (click on "Join This Site" Button on the right side) and if you have a blog, I will make a link to you also.

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Another Year Wiser

Hello, hello...

Playing along today at Reverse Confetti with their sketch challenge:

I made this specifically for someone who loves Owls. I hope she enjoys the whimsical feature of the shaker portion of the card.

Oliver the Owl was colored with Copics. His glasses were stamped and sent through my Pixscan software so I could cut them out with my Silhouette.

Lots of Stitched die cutting on this little cutie from Lil Inkers. His eyes and glasses have Pico Shimmer applied.

Challenges Entered:

Reverse Confetti  -  Sketch

Let's go Shopping:

Reverse Confetti:  Quirky Owl stamp set, Tag Me die set

Lil Inkers:  Stitched Circles and Stitched Rectangle Mat dies

Darice:  Movie Theme embossing folder

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Versafine Onyx Black ink, irRESISTible Pico Shimmer

Shaker filler:  Sequins, Flakes, Glitter

Thanks so much for stamping by today.....

I love reading your comments! If you have a question, be sure to add your email address also, otherwise I have no way to answer you. :) 

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Be Strong

Woo-Hoo...

 this card is on the SPOTTED feature at 

Simon Says Stamp!

Hi.....

Is this tooooo stinkin' cute?!?

Adorable stamp set from Simon Says Stamp. When I saw it released a couple of weeks ago, I immediately thought...No! The word Work Out is just cruel and my old body before its time (it really is the meds I have to take), doesn't get much exercise beyond walking the treadmill.

However..... I loved the image of the girl with dumb bells and the sentiments were quite cute and most of them would be appropriate for Breast Cancer Encouragement cards, which I make and give to women at Club Chemo  (ok, ok, it's the Oncology center but Club Chemo sounds more fun).

I stamped the boxing gloves, used Pixscan in my Silhouette software and made die cuts out of them. In love with my Pixscan...you can take any stamp, make a cut file and size it however you like.

Used a little Hope for the embossing and the Silhouette for that tiny 1/4 inch awareness ribbon on her headband.

Just as a service announcement:  Have you done your self breast exam lately? 

No....while you are in the shower tonight think of me and this card, do the exam...it might just save your life!

Challenges Entered:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday  -  Things that Fly (since I added the boxing gloves, I consider that fists can fly while fighting)...hehehe!

Now...Let's go Shopping:

Simon Says Stamp:  Work Out stamp set

Paper Smooches: Hope stamp set

Darice: Hope embossing folder

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Versafine Onyx Black ink, irRESISTible Pico Shimmer

Copic markers

Ribbon

Silhouette Cameo

Craftwell:  eBosser

Thanks for stamping by...

I love reading your comments! If you have a question, be sure to add your email address also, otherwise I have no way to answer you. :) 

Each Friday I will give a shout out to all new Followers (click on "Join This Site" Button on the right side) and if you have a blog, I will make a link to you also.

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Another Year Wiser

Whoo - Whoo...

Another birthday card to add to my stash!!!

Playing today at Reverse Confetti with this sketch challenge:

Now make a 1/4 turn to the left...better!

My tree branches are the long and short rectangles and the wise owl of course is the large square in the sketch.

I love black (ok, grays also) and white cards with just a pop of color.

Challenges Entered:

Reverse Confetti - Sketch #21

MarkerPop  -  Anything Goes #62

Let's go Shopping:

Reverse Confetti:  Quirky Oliver, Fresh n' Fruity & Forever Fall stamp sets

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Memento Luxe Gray Flannel, Tuxedo Black & Bahama Blue ink, irRESISTible Pico Shimmer, Versafine Onyx Black ink

Copic markers

Darice:  Cloud embossing folder

Silhouette Cameo & PicScan (for branches and eyeglasses)

Thanks so much for stamping by.....

Each Friday I will give a shout out to all new Followers (click on "Join This Site" Button on the right side) and if you have a blog, I will make a link to you also.

Thanks for stamping by, and an extra special {mwah} for leaving a comment and/or following my blog..

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Butterfly Swirls at Words 2 Scrap By

Happy February!!!

Today I am over on the Words 2 Scrap By blog.

Our mission this month is to try something different. 

I have a confession to make.....I have all these beautiful Designer pads of paper and I forget to use them.

Or

I am saving them.

Or

I only have 3 sheets of this pattern and I don't want to waste it if I mess up.

Is any of this sounding familiar to you?!?

So another of my new Resolutions this year besides making birthday cards, is to use these pads of paper!

Come on over to the challenge blog and play along:

Challenges Entered:

Scrapy Land - Spots

Let's go Shopping:

Darice:  Butterfly Swirls folder

Penny Black:  Eloquence stamp set

My Mind's Eye:  Breeze 6 x 6 pad

Memory Box:  Isabella Butterfly die, Vivienne Butterfly die

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  Memento Cottage Ivy ink, Sheer Shimmer Spritz

Faux Pearls

Each Friday I will give a shout out to all new Followers (click on "Join This Site" Button on the right side) and if you have a blog, I will make a link to you also.

Thanks for stamping by, and an extra special {mwah} for leaving a comment and/or following my blog...

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Fancy Butterfly

Woohoo for the weekend.....

I don't normally like to welcome newbies to the blog on Fridays by using a Sympathy card, but it could not be helped...I just had to show off this gorgeous butterfly!

The butterfly was cut with my Silhouette Cameo and acrylic card stock (is that what you call it?)

You know...clear sheets of acrylic you use for shaker cards and such.

I then stamped the butterfly with StazOn Teal Blue ink.

I am soooo loving this effect!!! So you know I made several, in different colors.

Challenges Entered:

Penny Black - Simplicity Challenge

Let's go Shopping:

Penny Black:  Gratitude & Eloquence stamp sets

Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko:  StazOn Teal Blue ink, irRESISTible Pico Wedding Dress

Darice:  Oblong Doily embossing folder

Faux Pearls

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It's Friday and I want to welcome a few new people to my blog. I really enjoy reading your comments and answering your questions. I hope you return here often and find something that inspires your artistic side.

Welcome please:

Tammy Hair

Kim Ross - visit her blog

Kerry Urbatch

Elizabeth Sarkisyan - visit her blog

Sylvie Colledge

Desire Fourie - visit her blog

Beverly - visit her blog

Thanks so much for stamping by....

Each Friday I will give a shout out to all new Followers (click on "Join This Site" Button on the right side) and if you have a blog, I will make a link to you also.

Thanks for stamping by, and an extra special {mwah} for leaving a comment and/or following my blog..

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