August 30, 2015 Happy Halloween

I'm not totally in the mood yet for fall - in fact it is upper 80's here today but I had a new set from Lawn Fawn  that has 21 Halloween stamps and then the dies were sold separately "but" since my punch card from the Stamp Pad was full I thought what the hey!!!  My friend Pat got together for a "girls day".  We started out with a pedi - oh pretty pretty toes in a nice rich fall color.  Then back to my house for lunch and a little bit of craft time.  I used AMuse Studio papers, bling, and twine.  This card went together very simply and love the Lawn Fawn dies that are so easy to cut the image,  So I have 1 Halloween card ready.  Challenges:
     Chocolate, Coffee cards - use a sentiment
     Crafting with Friends - anything goes

August 25, 2015 Cupcake Kitty

Another Gerda Steiner digi - I love kitties an d cupcakes plus I had the DP with glitter cupcakes that I thought would go well with the kitty.  Colored with copic markers - sprinkled with some "new" mini sequins from AMuse studio (they come in 10 delicious colors).  By stamping the sentiment Have a sweet day cupcake on the outside I thought I could put a Happy Birthday or a Take Care or Just Because on the inside - whatever the need was.

August 22, 2015 - Hippo Hi

Another one of Gerda Steiners digi images.  Hippos seem to be "popular" now - and a lot of special request for Chemo Angels the favorite animal is hippo and giraffe.  This "big" guy is so cute and fun to color up.  I love gray and yellow together and I found a crouched yellow flower in my stash that was just the extra i was looking for to finish this card.

August 20, 2015 Merry Christmas

Every year I "challenge" myself to make a Christmas card using nontraditional stamps.  I was using this set from AMuse for a swap I was in and I immediately thought Christmas.  Finished making my swap cards and die cut out a few extra images, stamped them, and saw that they needed a bit of sparkle so out with the "glitter".  Some bling for eyes some bakers twine for bows stamped a Merry Christmas and I think it turned out pretty cutesy.  Challenges:
     LiveLoveCards - Holiday card
     613 Avenue - anything goes
     Penny's Paper - anything goes

August 19, You've got This

In real life this card is so much more "metallic" and really shines.  I made this card totally for a challenge over at The House of Cards which this month was "metallic".  I was looking through my supplies of "hoarded" stuff and ran across this and I don't even remember what it is called or where I got it but I know I have had it for a long time!!!  I embossed the sheet of Metallic cs with an embossing folder,  then embossed this flower from SU on a white ice silver curious metallic cs from The Paper Cut fussy cut it out as well as the sentiment.  Found some sheer ribbon with metallic threads and the card was complete.  I really like the way it turned out.  Challenges:
     House of Cards - metallic
     Crafty Sentiments - anything goes
     Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes
     Tuesday Throwdown - texture

August 16, 2015 Ballerina Bunny

One of my "goals" was to use those darling little fun stamps that are at the checkout at your favorite stamp store and this is just one of several - she is just so darn cute - got to love her with her little ballerina tutu on and her arms out ready for a twril.  I had some paper (in my stash) that I thought went very well with this image and used a sheet of it.  Some tiny sequins (from AMuse) and this card is ready to go - and I think I already know who is going to get this in the mail!!!

August 13, 2015 Sending Smiles

Again saw my "stash" of wide chevron twill ribbon and designed my card around my ribbon. A couple of weeks ago I reorganized my clear stamps and you know all those small cute ones that are either at the checkout or on a "special" rack for under $2.00 - well this is one of those.  I'm so enjoying watercoloring so this one is watercolored on Tim Holtz watercolor paper which works very well.  Some "stashed" AMuse big polka dot cs and a bit of twine through the ribbon and with a card like this it won't stay in my basket long before it goes out as a special request.