Saturday Afternoon Post

Here's a quick card using this month's freebie from A Creative Need

 and the current sketch from Inkspirational Challenge.

Where did I put????????????

Isn't it annoying when you are cleaning and you put everything away in its place and then you find that one thing that doesn't really have a place because you always just leave it somewhere handy, but you're having company and it looks untidy in the handy place so you stick it in a drawer, somewhere.  Then later you need that one thing that was always in a handy place and is now stuck in a drawer, somewhere, but you can't remember which drawer and maybe you didn't even put in in a drawer..... 

Yeah, I'm looking for the doohickey I use to charge my camera.  (Judie, can you help me with that, please?)  

I'm working on my "To Do" list today.  And I'm not doing too badly either!  I started 2 cards yesterday for specific challenges, they are now finished and ready for their debuts.

Card # 1 is for the Penny Black Saturday May Challenge.    I don't have many Penny Black stamps but I love them.  I did just splurge on the new set with the great old fashioned car.  In fact, I used one of the sentiments from that set on this card.   I used another cute little mouse stamp to create the background paper for the card.  That's another of my handmade crocheted flowers.  Soon time to make some more. 

I'll also enter this in the following challenges:

Fab n Funky Challenges # 171 - Your Favorite Embellishment (the crocheted flower and liquid pearls)

Clear It Out Challenge - Anything Goes and Stash Item (That's the last pink paper flower I have left from a packet I bought 4 years ago to make a memory box for my friend's HS graduation.  She graduates from college next week!  Gee I should make this her graduation card!)

Craft-Room Challenge - Stamp your own BG paper

IncyWincyDesigns - Animal Antics

Card # 2 is for Cuttlebug Mania - You Are Purrrrrrrrfect Challenge.  I used my Cuttlebug first to cut the scalloped oval, using the negative for the front and the oval for inside; then after attaching the pink flowered BG paper to the black CS embossed it with a tiny little flower folder.  I punched a 1 1/2" scalloped square, cut it diagonally into 4 corner pieces, and carefully placed them in the same embossing folder so 2 flowers would emboss onto each corner.  Hope you can see all that.  The tail is popped in 2 places for a 3D look.  I wrote the little poem on the computer, printed it and then used the Cuttlebug to die cut it into an oval.

I'll also enter this in the following challenges:

Dare to be Sassy Thursdays Challenge - Black and White and a pop of color 

Tuesday Throwndown Challenge # 147 - Smell the Roses

Use it Tuesdays Challenge # 55 - You Can't Touch This (The blingy flowers in the 4 corners are a Connections Club Reward from CTMH.  Those are my last 2 pink flowers, and the program has been discontinued.)

Love to Create Challenge # 65 - Flowers, flowers, so many flowers

Now back to my "To Do" List!

CTMH class 5/14/13

We made great cards yesterday using a paper pack that is currently a special promotion at CTMH.  It's a really bright cheerful and fun paper pack. 

The BG paper for  this card is exactly the same as the green BG in the previous card.  We just daubered black ink over the whole surface and then wiped off the extra with a tissue.  The diamond pattern in the paper remained.  Each of the solid papers in this promo pack has it's own pre-embossed design.  I'll post the last card extra large.  Look closely and you can see all the different patterns.

This is the current Stamp of the Month set at CTMH.  It's only available until the end of May, so you might want to look at that too!



 

For my friends at card class, here is the link to the striking black card I was telling you about.  (Mickey- I know that is a preposition at the end of that sentence.  Sorry!)  I think the Dream Pop paper would work well with this recipe, especially using the technique from our last card.

Missed you - Gail, Micki #2, Jan, Barbara, and Susie!

More bags

     

I've been collecting all kinds of stamps that might be soap related to go with the handmade soap my cousin sells (Scentual Gardens).  Here are 3 different digi images I found.  

The first is from a set called "It's my potty" from Clear Dollar Stamps.  No matter how lovely your potty might be, you still need to wash those hands after "flushing your troubles away".

I'm putting this bag and tag in the Left of Center Challenge 5 - use a digi or LOC Theme

 and

Delicious Doodles Challenge - Anything but a card

The second lady in her bath is a digi from Pattie's Creations.  This would make a great gift bag with some relaxing items for Mom.  (Not quite tall enough for a wine bottle, but a pretty wine glass would fit.  This is my entry for Pattie's Creations Challenge: Mother's Day

And the third little mommy bluebird in the shower is a digi from Meljen's Designs.  Don't you just love the little shower cap?

I think this little guy will be my entry in the following challenges:
Flourishes - Timeless Tuesday Challenge # 220 - Blue and Green
Through the Craftroom Door - May 14-20 Challenge - Anything Goes
A Gem of a Challenge #79 - Things with Wings
Sweet Stampin Challenge - Clean and Simple
Creative Corner Challenges # 18 - Things with Wings
Meljen's Design Challenge - Mom, Mummy, Mother
Sweet Pea Stampers May Challenge - Birds of a Feather

Hero Card

I'm working on some cards for Operation Write Home....

This one is my entry in the Repeat Impressions What If? Wednesday Sketch Challenge which closes in 7 minutes!

 

I never should have checked my email!

I just got an email from Kathy at Clearly i Stamp.  She sounded so excited!  I don't know quite how she does it, but I find myself caught up in that excitement.  So much so that I quickly made this card to enter in the One Day Challenge - Celebration!!! I needed a graduation card for a certain young lady anyway. 

I'll also enter this in the following challenges:
Crafty Boots Challenge - Celebrations
Great Impressions May Challenge - Celebrations
Creative Corner Challenges #18- Things with Wings
Dilly Beans Challenge - Celebrations!
Sister Act Card Challenge # 6 - Anything Goes
Flutter By Wednesday #239 - Open Challenge

Bag Lady

I promised I would show you some more of the gift bags I make to go with the handmade soap my cousin sells.  I picked up an Inky Antics set of turtle stamps that I think make really fun gift bags for soap.  Here are a couple bags I made using the set:

I'm entering this second bag with clip and tag in the following challenges:
Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog - Challenge #5  Anything Goes
Make It Monday MIM #140  Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody #20  Anything Goes
Crafting When We Can Challenge # 44 Color Combo - Lime Green and Pink
Hiding in My Craft Room Challenge HIMCR# 97  Super Scraps Saturday