Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #391 with Sweet n Sassy

This week we are making shaped cards for the 

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge. 

My DH and I attend a lot of soccer games to watch our grandson.  At this time of year, the soccer moms are wearing their pretty boots to walk in the often wet grass.

That was my inspiration for this shaped card featuring the

tulips digital stamp from Sweet n Sassy, our sponsor this month.

 

This is a top fold card.  The tulips were printed directly on the yellow paper.  After coloring them with markers, I put a piece of  gold foil adhesive over top for an easy shiny, glittery effect, before adhering the red border.


  

Sweet'n Sassy Stamps is a small, family-owned, Christian company offering exclusive images,designs and sentiments in both clear and digital stamps. They also carry a small number of exclusive die designs, some of which coordinate with their stamps. A wonderful Bible Journaling line of stamps is also available.

 
I hope you'll join us at Tuesday Throwdown Challenge thisweek with a shaped card of your own. My wonderful teamies all have creations of their own to show you.  

 

And, please don't forget to stop by Sweet n Sassy Stamps to check  out more of the great items available.

Challenges:
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #211 - No patterned paper
Make My Monday Challenge #70 - Embossing (The sentiment is heat embossed.)
Crafting from the Heart Challenge #205 - AG
Dare2BArtsy May Challenge - Flowers
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge # 429- Shaped Cards
Polkadoodles Challenge Wk 18 - AG
QKR Stampede Challenge #294 - AG

Day #16 of Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards

Using the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge, I've created a shaped card with an Oval aperture frame to show off the lovely poinsettia and sentiment from Beccy's Spirit of Christmas digital stamp set.

 The red frames look like they are different shades in the photos but they aren't.  For the first photo I used a flash so the clear Wink of Stella showed on the flower and leaves.  The second photo was taken without the flash, making it easier to read the quote inside the card.

Besides the Oval shape, I used two pairs of Opposites.  Red and green are opposite each other on the color wheel.  And black and white are opposites.  Did you notice that one of the leaves and the the flower tips extend Outside the frame?

Challenges:

Beccy's Place November Challenge - Day #16 "O" 

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #268 - Holiday 

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #308-#309 - Anything Goes 

The Holly and Ivy Challenge #19 - Anything Christmas Goes

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Nov 14th - Anything Goes 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stitching

Crafty Catz Challenge - Anything Goes, no patterned paper 

Now that I used a poinsettia today, I'll have to come up with something else beginning with "P" for tomorrow's challenge.

 

Shaped Cards requested for Day #7

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards didn't stop while I was away this past weekend, so now I am attempting to catch up.  Today's card follows the theme for Day #7, Shaped Cards.  I used the Close to My Heart Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge to cut the ornament shaped card and pretty snowflake overlay.

Additional Challenges:
Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Nov. 10 - Anything Goes
Craft-Dee Bowz November Challenge - Anything Goes with a handmade bow 
Craft Your Passion Challenge #287 - Anything Goes 
Dream Valley Challenge #119 - Shaped Cards
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #264 - Anything Goes 
Come and Get It Challenge #94 - Lots of Sparkle 
The Glory of Christmas Challenge #71 - Glitter and/or Shine
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #254 - Bright or Sparkly Colors 
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Sparkle, Bling, Embellish 
Creative Corner Challenge - Christmas (no red or green) 


That's it for now.  Card Class this afternoon.  And my mother's computer is being difficult, so I must go and fix it.   Have a nice day. 

Deedee's Digis April Guest Designer Card # 5

My last card as April Guest Designer for Deedee's Digis uses the set Rose Regards

and a Twisted Circular Easel Card.

I've had a wonderful time making cards for Deedee's Digis this month.  Thanks so much for asking me to be your April GD.

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:

Aurora Wings Challenge #14 - Flowers

Crafting from the Heart Challenge #57 - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion Challenge #259 - Always Anything Goes

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Anything Goes

Glitter n Sparkle Challenge #134 - Easel Cards

Robyn's Fetish Challenge #261 - Easel Cards

Scribble and Scrap Challenge #43 - Always Anything Goes

Creatilicious Challenge #74 - Embossing (I've used dry embossing.)

Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Fun/Fancy Folds

Chocolate Coffee and Cards Challenge #89 - Use a Die Cut (I've used Spellbinders Beaded Circles Dies.)

Polkadoodles Challenge Week 17 - Anything but Square
Creative Card Crew Challenge #86 - Fancy Folds

Deedee's Digis April Guest Designer Card # 4

Here's something different for my Deedee's Guest Designer card this week.  Instead of making a card with folds, I've made a fun shaped card using another of Deedee's adorable digi sets called Rainy Day.

I thought this little duck swimming in the umbrella made a great April Showers card, a fun cheer up card for a rainy day.

I hope you'll stop by Deedee's Digi shop where you'll find something perfect for every occasion.  

I'm going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew Challenge #65 - Sentiment

Cuttin and Stampin Challenge #12 - Cute Critters

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Apr 21-27 - Always Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart Challenge #56 - Anything Goes

Love to Scrap Challenge #52 - Anything Goes

Without Words April Challenge - Under my umbrella

Pile It On Challenge #65 - April Showers....

My Time to Craft Challenge #288 - Umbrellas

The Alphabet Challenge - "e" is for eye-catching edges

Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #116 - Aqua and lt. coral colors

Next Wednesday will be my final Guest Design Card for Deedee's Digi Designs and I have a very special twisted easel card to show you. 

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #238

 Time for an Easter Recipe at Tuesday Throwdown Challenge.  

Ingredients:  

• 1 image, 
• 1 paper, 
• 1 egg or more
• pastel colors pictured here:

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Meljen's Designs, which is currently having a huge sale you won't want to miss! 

I chose Little Egg Chick as my image.  It can be found here in the Meljen's Design Store.

 

The image has been printed twice, with portions fussy cut and popped.  I couldn't resist a little glitter on the eggshell 'hat'.  

My talented teamies have all prepared something for this week's Easter theme using more images available in Meljen's store. Please take a moment to have a look see at the Tuesday Throwdown Challenge Blog and their individual blogs as well.  I hope you'll be joining us for this week's fun challenge.

Paper and thick pink twine are CTMH.  

All Cricut cuts, including the card shape, 

were made using CTMH cricut cartridges Art Philosophy and Artiste.

The inside sentiment is a Craft Lounge stamp.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew Challenge #84 - Handmade Flowers
Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge wk 13 - Ovals/Easter
Paperminutes Challenge #377 - Buttons
Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Mar 31-Apr 6 - Always Anything Goes
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #248 - Easter
Ooh la la Creations Challenge #177 - Easter/Spring
Perfectly Rustics Design Challenge #44 - Eggs
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Pastels
Glitter n Sparkle Challenge #130 - Easter
Pile It On Challenge #62 - Easter/Spring
A Gem of a Challenge #141 - Anything but Square
Fussy & Fancy Challenge #135 - Girly

Time to Get in Shape!

Wow! 

The Design Team at Love to Scrap Challenge Blog has made some very shapely cards to inspire you to create a shaped card (no plain squares or rectangles) for our new challenge - Shape Shift. 

The teams have used digi images, generously provided to us by our 

2 wonderful sponsors...

Lacy Sunshine Stamps

TEAM A

A Day For Daisies

TEAM B

Bubbles Jolly Elf from Lacy Sunshine 

takes center stage on the front of my DT card.

(All of these great cricut cuts, including the card itself, were made using CTMH cricut cartridges.)

I hope you'll visit both stores, as well as, the blogs of my teammates.  

 

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This card is being entered in the following challenges:

Little Claire's Designs Challenge #51 - Shaped Cards

Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - Anything Goes 4 Kids

We Do Doobadoo Challenge - Get Festive! 

Scrapbooker PhD Challenge #17 - Shaped or Folded Cards 

I better post this before I froget! + 7/22/14 CTMH Cards

Here's something I don't make very often, a shaped card.   Why did I decide to make a circle card? I made it for Challenge 100 at A Day For Daisies- Goofin' Around.  

Of course, the party frog is a digi from A Day for Daisies.

  

I must admit it was much easier making the circle card base with the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge.  And the newest CTMH cartridge, to be released shortly, is supposed to have some new fun card cuts on it.  There were 9 of us gathered for card making today at Joyce's and she certainly had her Cricut buzzing.  Here are the cards I made this afternoon:

(We used the inside negative from cutting the sparkle frame for the card below.)

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