Spring! (Compliments of Beccy’s Place)

I love being a "Contributor" for Beccy Muir at Beccy's Place. It’s fun to receive an invitation every few months to create cards and other paper creations using one of Beccy’s new and not-yet-released digi sets. This set named Easter Joy worked beautifully for an Easter card plus an “I love you” card.

For the Easter card I stamped, colored and fussy-cut the sweet little fluffy duck and set her aside. I then made a variation of a pop-up front-step panel card, using the instructions HERE but just following the first seven steps. I attached the little Duck and one of the sets sentiments. Then, to add a bit of Spring color to the sentiment, I copied another one of the little Ducks and cropped the image down to the flowery headband. I reduced the size so that two of them could drape the sides of the sentiment (check the photo of the card) and then printed two copies.  A bit more coloring and fussy-cutting and they look lovely perched on each side of the sentiment.

 

Supplies: 

·    Image and Sentiments- Beccy's Place Digital Set (Easter Joy)

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Instructions for pop-up front card found HERE

·    Assorted background papers from my stash

Entered into:  

Cute Card Thursday- Challenge #628 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge- Anything Goes #500 (Optional twist- For the Girls) 

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- April                                

For the second card I stamped, colored and fussy-cut the little bunny and four of the carrots. I couldn’t resist the idea that the little bun was thinking about carrots… hence the thought balloons, which were actually made by cutting clouds from the background paper (pictured.) I added one carrot to the inside sentiment. The final touch was to add a bit of fuzzy texture to his tail with a bit of glue and a few pinched of white flower soft. So cute!

 

Supplies: 

·    Image and Sentiments- Beccy's Place Digital Set (Easter Joy)

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Assorted background paper from my stash (the thought balloons were cut from cloud paper!)

·    Polar White Flower Soft on the tail- (From my stash. I am not sure where you can purchase this anymore. It is hard to find!)

·    Glue-Tombow Mono Aqua Liquid Glue Dual Tip

·    Circle templates from my scrapbooking stash.

Entered into:  

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #432-433 Anything Goes                   

Polkadoodles Challenge-Week #14 Anything Goes                                

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays                                                       

2craftycrittercrazies Challenge- April 2020 #37                                    

Bugaboo Stamps- April Anything Goes       

It’s 50 degrees outside today here in northern Wisconsin, so I have a bit of spring fever. Plus, it’s April and we’ll soon be seeing showers. So I dug through my Beccys Place digis to find the wonderful set named Splish Splash and had fun creatin’! I printed one of the umbrella digis onto rainbow stationery paper, trimmed it into an oval and attached it to a very simple card base by folding a cardstock circle in half and clipping off the ends so it would fit into an A2 envelope. Added one of the sentiments from the digi set and adorned it with a bit of ribbon and some clear blue enamel dots.

 

Supplies: 

·    Image and Sentiments- Beccy's Place Digital Set (Splish Splash)

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Rainbow stationery, sheer lavender ribbon, and clear blue enamel dots.

·    Oval templates from my scrapbooking stash.

Entered into:  

Outlawz Sunday Challenge- Songs and Rhymes- Raindrops 

Incy Wincy Designs- Spring Fling                                                          

Outlawz Challenge- Saturday Paper Ala Mode- Rainbows                     

Beccy’s Place Challenge- April      

Do-Al[l] Kreatives #40 Swing Card

Three Seasons of Greetings

It’s Friday, so time for another challenge at QKR Stampede!  Stop by the challenge, which is always “Anything Goes” and several prizes are awarded. Maybe you’ll be inspired to enter a card or two yourself? My DT card features a powerful Easter image and sentiment. I added some muted coloring to the digi image and created a “wooden” cross with strips of brown cardstock that I’d embossed with a woodgrain folder. After taping the cross together on the backside, I draped the velvet ribbon and also taped it down. I trimmed the ends of the ribbon and adhered the cross to the card front. Gold photo corners add a little bit of elegance to the card, and an upcycled butterfly added to the inside sentiment, adds wonderful symbolism of new life (which is what Easter is all about!)

 

Supplies: 

·    Digi- QKR Digital Stamp (Cross)

·    Inside sentiment- Eureka Digital Stamp (Wonderful Promise)

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Woodgrain Embossing Folder- Stampin’ Up!

·    Assorted background papers, gold photo corners and a strip of purple velvet ribbon from my stash

·    Butterfly image cut from an old magazine, antenna cut from a scrap of black cardstock
Entered into:  
Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #432-433 Anything Goes                    
The Sisterhood of Crafters- Easter
Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays

Friday also means that I get to share DT cards for the Colour Crazy Challenge. This challenge is also an “Anything Goes” but it adds a requirement- the creation needs to include coloring in “any colouring medium you like, onto any project you like, and in any colours you like.” I’ve never outgrown my love for coloring… which is why making cards is stress therapy for me!!

Our sponsor this week is All Dressed Up and I enjoyed creating a card that features a sweet image named  “Little Butterfly Girl.”  The image is colored with Spectrum Noir markers and a Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen.  I added some sparkle to her wings and the tips of her antenna with Stickles because a girl loves her bling! The pretty pastel background for this card is actually the cardboard from a tissue box (I love to upcycle items!)  The “Just flying by to say hi”  sentiment is a freebie from birdscards.com  I’m entering this card into several challenges including All Dressed Up FB Challenge- Dies Cuts and/or Punches (I used a corner rounded punch on a few of the layers) and Outlawz Monday Challenge- use geometrics (ovals).            

 

Supplies: 

·    Digi- All Dressed Up (Little Butterfly Girl)

·    Front Sentiment- Birdscards Freebie (Just flying by…)

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Stickles- Star Dust (on the wings and antenna))

·    Assorted background papers from my stash

·    Corner Rounder punch- from my stash

·   Upcycled tissue box
·   Corner rounder punch and oval templates from my scrapbooking stash.

Entered into:  

Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge- Geometric Shapes

Outlawz Challenge- Twisted Thursday- Anything Goes (Optional TWIST: Use a Fairy)

Cute Card Thursday- Challenge #628 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Challenge- Anything Goes #500 (Optional twist- For the Girls) 

All Dressed Up- Anything Goes- #103 Anything Goes (March)             

All Dressed Up FB Challenge- Dies Cuts and/or Punches                      

I inherited my love of all things crafting from my mom. When growing up she taught me some basic embroidery stitches, including those used to make this assortment of Christmas Ornaments. I had fun making these and then teaching a few nieces to make them last Christmas. I had been told that you can make “boiled wool” by running 100% wool sweaters, blazers, socks, etc. in the washing machine at the hottest temperature. And… it worked beautifully! I used some badly worn and mishappen sweaters. The white mitten was made from a sweater that had cuffs. I was excited that the cuffs shrunk down in size so that they could be easily rolled into cuffs for the mitten!  The blanket stitch edges plus snowflake and bit of greenery with berries were some of the designs that Mom taught me to make 50+ years ago! On the inside of the card, I’ll note that the mittens are meant to be hung on their tree and enjoyed in future years. So fun!

Supplies: 

·    Wool mittens ornaments- made with upcycled scraps of boiled wool and old sweater

·    Sentiments- Computer Generated

·    Assorted background paper, doilies and embroidery floss from my stash

Entered into:  

Polkadoodles Challenge-Week #14 Anything Goes                                
Christmas Crafts All Year Round- Anything Christmas/Winter Holiday

Honoring Nurses

In honor of Nurses Day which is celebrated on May 6, artist Sherry West has designed this FREE image to honor Nurses for their selfless, dedicated service of care during this time of uncertainty and crisis. It is free to members of Sherry’s FB page. Join HERE to get a copy so you can make cards to honor the HEro’s and SHEro’s that are working the front lines right now.  There are so many people in my life that work (or have worked) in the medical field- my husband, my mom, two sister-in-laws, one brother-in-law, and one of my staff (both of her children are currently in medical school.)  The sentiments upcycled from an old card put my feelings about these amazing people so perfectly into words!

 

 

Supplies: 

·    Digi- Sherry West (Miss Scrubs) Available free for members of Sherry’s FB group

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Sentiment on the flap and inside are both upcycled from an old card.

·    Assorted background papers and clear photo corners from my stash

Entered into:  

Cute Card Thursday- Challenge #628 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #432-433 Anything Goes                   

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays 

I love this sweet digi from Di’s Digi Stamps, and thought it was a perfect fit for the “Birthday” theme challenges at Di’s and also Simon Says Wednesday.

Supplies:
·   Digi- DisDigis (Izzys Nativity)

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Sentiments- Computer Generated

·    Assorted background papers and scrap of navy starred ribbon from my stash

Entered into:  

Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps Inspiration & Challenge- Animals
Di’s Digi Stamps- Birthdays                                                                   

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge-Happy Birthday                               

2craftycrittercrazies Challenge- April 2020 #37                                    

Christmas Crafts All Year Round- Anything Christmas/Winter Holiday

When I found this chocolate bunny washi tape a few months ago, I knew that I wanted to make a card with this adorable image from Whimsie Doodles, a company that is, sadly, no longer in business.  I wanted the card to be really feminine for a little friend of our family, so I used lots of pink, antique lace patterned paper, a scrap lace edging from a paper doily and a pink heart-shaped button. Ahhh, lovely!  I’m entering this card into several challenges including Simon Says Monday Spring Mood Board (the flowers in the antique lace resemble the hyacinth blooms and the card includes several pastels).

 

Supplies: 

·    Digi- Whimsie Doodles “I Love Chocolate Bunnies” (company is no longer in business)

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Inside Sentiment- “Spring is in the air” from Beccy’s Place Basic Branches set (retired)

·    Assorted background papers, and heart-shaped button from my stash

·    Square Lace Paper Doily (I just used the edging)- purchased from a local dollar store.

·    Chocolate Bunnies Decorative Tape- Echo Park

Entered into:  

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- April                                

Digi Doodle Studios Blog- Challenge #26 Easter/Spring

DT times Three!

The theme for April Sheepski Designs month is "Show Us Your Wings." Stop by the challenge at the Sheepski blog to learn more. Maybe you’ll be inspired to enter a card or two yourself and have a chance to win some Sheepski Designs digis!

For my DT card, I used a whimsical Sheepski Designs Digi named “Waiting.” I used an upcycled calendar page as the background, colored and fussy-cut the sweet image. I trimmed the wings from the image and replaced them with vellum wings that I lined with holographic sticker paper. After attaching the finished image to the card front I added a sprinkling of tiny white flowers with a dot of Buttercup Liquid Pearls to the center. They look like a breath of Spring! The inside sentiment is decorated with one cute little puffy heart sticker. I’m entering this card into a few challenges including Outlawz Thursday (Fairy) and Ching-Chou Kuik’s Challenge-Animals (this image includes a sweet little squirrel). 

  

Supplies: 

·    Digi- Sheepski Design (Waiting)
·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Inside sentiment- Computer Generated

·    Upcycled calendar page and holographic sticker paper used on wings from my stash

·    Mini Flower Sequins- Simon Says Stamp (Sequins Tiny Flowers Vanilla01)

·    Liquid Pearls- Buttercup

·    Puffy Heart Stickers- Sticko’s from WalMart (The pack contains 113 assorted puffy hearts for just 99 cents!)

Entered into:  

Simon Says Monday Challenge- Spring Mood Board                             

Power Poppy- Creative Confetti- Let’s Go Digital

Outlawz Challenge- Twisted Thursday- Anything Goes (Optional TWIST: Use a Fairy)

Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps Inspiration & Challenge- Animals

I’m enjoying being a DT for Sherry West Art, and had fun creating a card using her new digi named “Poppi Pokkadott.” You can find Sherry’s digis in her  Etsy shop HERE and completed cards with this digi on her FB page HERE. I made this card for a friend’s little daughter that loves playing dress-up. So… I added a delicate black netting petticoat and a sparkly flourish. The final touch was to glue tiny rhinestones to her earlobes and bracelet. 

 Supplies: 

·    Digi- Sherry West Art (Poppi Pokkadott)

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Inside  sentiment- Power Poppy digital Set Cherries and Berries (Sweetest Thing)

·    Assorted background papers, black netting and rhinestone swirl from my stash

Entered into:  

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #432-433 Anything Goes                   

Polkadoodles Challenge-Week 13 Anything Goes                                   

Lemon Shortbread Challenge- Anything Goes #116

It's Wednesday! So time for another challenge at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog where challenges are always Anything Goes and prizes are awarded from one or more sponsors.  Stop by the blog to check it out!

This weeks challenge features a yummy digi from Patties Creations named Icecream Truck. One of my favorite childhood memories of the summer was the sound of the ice cream truck heading toward our block. My siblings and I would jump to life as the happy tune called to us, and Mom would dig out a few coins from her purse so we could buy a cool summer treat. Ahh, sweet memories! (One funny addition to my story is that we recently bought a new washing machine. The first day we used it I started laughing when it signaled that the laundry was done by playing a happy little tune that sounded a lot like that beloved ice cream truck. It almost makes me want to do the laundry more often. Almost!) I’m entering this card into a few challenges including Outlaws Monday- Geometric Shapes (rectangles). 

Supplies: 

·    Digi- Patties Creations (Icecream Truck)

·    Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·    Front Music Notes- A freebie from Beyond the Fringe  

·    Inside sentiment- TLC Creations Freebie (Life’s Hard Ice Cream Helps)

·    Background paper, vellum and enamel dots/disks from my stash

Entered into:  

Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge- Geometric Shapes
Pattie's Creations Challenge- #168 Anything Goes

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays                                                       

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- April