Recycling Business Cards

Our day started with a soccer game.  

And I am happy to report that grandson Matthew's team won 2-0.

A few weeks ago, one of the other soccer grandmoms and I were talking.  Norma was very interested in my cardmaking and asked me to bring a few cards to the next soccer game for her to see.  She channels her creative talents into her flower business, Thorns and Petals, in Sellersville, PA, and gave me a few of her business cards.   I'm hoping she'll give me a few more to pass out, because this is what I did with the ones I had.

 Don't they look good on a card????

(That's a CTMH sentiment stamp.)

 I had planned on giving this to Norma at the game this morning but she wasn't there.  Guess I'll surprise her and pop it in the mail

as well as a few....

Challenges:

Always Fun Challenges #27 - Anything Goes 

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Week of 10/9 - Anything Goes

Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Pink October

Seize the Birthday Challenge - Anything Goes

Star Stampz Challenge - Lots of Pink

In the Pink Challenge #126 - Ribbons and/or Bows

Craft Rocket Challenge #42 - Birthday or Pretty Pinks

Fussy and Fancy Challenge #198 - Pretty in Pink

Grandson Nicholas's baseball tournament begins at 6:30pm tonight, with an 8:30pm game following that, and another tomorrow, with even more if they are winning.  

Hope you'll be making memories, too, this weekend!

 

 

More purple leaves

Back in August I made a card for a challenge that required masking.  (You can see it here.)  I cut out 3 maple leaves in 3 different sizes on my cricut and used them as masks.  Since that time, those 3 maple leaves have been floating here and there on my work table.  After a bit of embossing, they have been permanently relocated to this fall card.

 That piece of purple tuille, another table top loiterer, also found a home in the cricut cut tags.  And the piece of leftover baker's twine was just long enough to wrap across the front of the card.

The papers, stamp, and gold puffies are from CTMH.

Challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's October Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes 

Cards Galore Encore October Challenge - Anything Goes 

Little Red Wagon Challenge #414 - Leftovers

Creative Moments Challenge #128 - Anything Goes 

Crafty Creations Challenge #352 - Anything Goes 

Have a Happy Day! 

 

 

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #364 with Sparkle n Sprinkle

Pull out your stencils, or make one like I did,

 and join us for this week's  

Tuesday Throwdown Stenciling Challenge. 

Our very generous sponsor, Sparkle N Sprinkle, 

 gave all of the Team B members at Tuesday Throwdown their choice of digital stamp sets for our projects this week.  

I chose Digital Stamp Set 825,
Eggs-Ordinary Kindness .

Personally, I don't do much stenciling.  I may have 2 stencils in my stash.   But it's so easy to make a stencil using the negative from a die cut or cricut cut, as I did here.   I printed the digital image twice, one I cut out for a mask and the other I colored for the card.  After masking the colored image, I laid the stencil over top, secured it with a bit of washi tape, and used a dauber and ink to sponge in the design.  Worked for me!

Sparkle n Sprinkle has recently moved to a new web site.

 If you do a lot of stenciling, you definitely will ooh and aah over the mousses, pastes, and Stampendous Stencils in the Sparkle n Sprinkle store. 

Be sure to check it out for lots of fabulous products. 

 

Challenges:

Creatilicious Challenge #124 - Anything Goes w/ option Create Your Own Background 

Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge #1741 - Anything Goes 

Crafting From the Heart Challenge #178 - Anything Goes 

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge for week of Oct. 9 - Anything Goes 

Digi Choosday Craft Challenge Week #41 - Anything Goes 

Joyful Stars Close To My Heart October Blog Hop

Welcome to the October

Close to My Heart Joyful Stars Blog Hop.  

Have some fun hopping between the blogs of this group of talented Close to My Heart consultants, and me, where we share creative projects using CTMH products.

This month I've made a few Christmas cards using new stamps, both new and old papers, and a fair amount of bling to make the snowflakes sparkle.

 

Now, since this is a blog hop, 

you might have arrived here from Tracey Pierce's blog.

Your next stop is  Michelle Loncar's blog.   The hop is circular.  So if you are just starting here, simply continue hopping until you find your way back, making the full circle.  If you get lost, the complete list of participants is on Joyce's blog. 

Since the 3rd card is my favorite, I am entering it in these challenges:

The 12 Months of Christmas Linkup Challenge #34- Anything Goes 

Scribbles Design Challenge #57 - Embossing (I used both wet and dry.)

One Crazy Stamper October Challenge - Christmas/Winter

A Perfect Time to Craft October Challenge - Open

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #53 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Christmas

Winter Wonderland Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

Jingle Belles Challenge - Embossing

heARTful Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  

I hope you enjoyed my Christmas/Holiday cards and have time to enjoy the rest of the Joyful Stars October Blog Hop.

Fall colors

Here is another card that was 'in progress' and cluttering up my work space.

 The image is one of my fall favorites from Bugaboo Stamps.

Challenges: 

Always Fun Challenge # 27 - Lots of Layers 

Cards in Envy Challenge - Fall Leaves 

Crafting From the Heart Challenge #178 - Anything Goes

2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #7 - Anything  Goes with a critter

Digi Stamps 4 Joy Challenge #141 - Anything Goes + Happy Birthday

Dare2BArtsy October Challenge - Fall Colors

A Gem of a Challenge #204 - Birthday Cards 

Catch the Bug October Challenge - Anything Goes 

Coming up on my blog....

Joyful Stars CTMH Blog Hop 10/10

Hope you'll stop by.

 

Going Batty

Sometimes there are so many cards in the process of being completed on my work table, that I have to take a day, or two, and force myself to finish them all before I go on to anything else.  

This card was all but finished.  It just needed "something".  

Then I saw the challenge at Crafty Gals Corner.  

It was like it spoke directly to me.

"Add a bat"  

So, I did and now it's done.

(Sentiment and frame stamps are CTMH stamps, bat and ghost are CTMH cricut cuts.)

Challenges: 

 Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #143 - Add a Bat

Craftaholics R Us Challenge #39 - Halloween 

Through the Purple Haze Challenge - Anything Goes 

Southern Girls Challenge - Stripes 

DLArt Thankfil Thursday Challenge #213 - Halloween 

Hiding in My Craft Room Challenge #321 - Halloween Colors 

 

Soccer Nuts

Both my grandson and my BFF's grandson are soccer nuts.  I made 2 birthday cards like this for their birthdays this year.

With cash inside they are sure to like them. 

And they are kind of cute, the cards and the boys, too.

 The image is a Bugaboo digi stamp, 

paper pieced and colored with markers.

The stamps on the card front are from CTMH.

The inside stamps are SU.

The inside die cut is from DieVersions.

The card front paper is Graphic 45. 

Challenges:

Aud Sentiments Challenge #190 - Use a die cut and a sentiment 

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #498 - Anything Goes

Craft Rocket Challenge #42 - Birthday or Pretty Pinks

Bugaboo Crafty Challenge #9 - Anything Goes with a Bugaboo image 

Dream Factory Challenge #48 - Nut Job