AJ Race Car Driver from The Stamping Boutique

Here's a second card using the same digi, AJ Race Car Driver from the Stamping Boutique, as I used yesterday for my Mojo Monday card.  In fact, the layout is almost the same.  This time I printed the digi and then ran it through the Cricut using a jigsaw puzzle cut on the CTMH Artistry Cartridge because the theme of the current challenge at The Stamping Boutique - Puzzle Time.  I lightly edged each piece with a dauber. making the cricut cuts more distinguishable.

Inside the card is a pocket to hold the same puzzle pieces so the recipient can assemble and color the picture himself.  

I'm thinking my nephew, who will be 'graduating' preschool and heading to kindergarten next year, will just love this!

Challenges:

The Stamping Boutique Challenge  -  Puzzle Time

Cards in Envy Challenge - Deep Blue 

Crafting for all Seasons Challenge #126 - Add some Embossing 

 

Mid-Afternoon Mojo Monday Card

Usually, I have my Mojo Monday card started before the water for my morning tea starts to boil.  Today, I was up and out early to teach a card class for some Red Hat friends.  That was followed by lunch, and a bit of shopping on the way home.  (I bought some unusual and very beautiful begonias.)  Once home, though, I fired up the computer; checked out the Mojo Sketch, and got right to work.  

The digi image is from The Stamping Boutique; DP is by CTMH; Sentiment is CTMH stamped in White Daisy ink.  I colored the image with promarkers and used Gold Wink of Stella for the flag sticks.  The headlights have a big drop of CTMH Liquid Glass on them for a clear look.

Challenges:

Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge # 448 

 

Crafting From the Heart Challenge #112 - Anything Goes 

Craft Your Passion Challenge #312 - Anything Goes 

Heart 2 Heart Challenge - Transportation 

613 Avenue Create Challenge #176 - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge #155 - Anything Goes + a Sentiment

Moving Along with the Times Challenge - Man or Boy 

The Male Room Challenge #35 - Transport 

 

Doodle Pantry Bird Playing Ball

For this card, I've combined 2 digis and a stamp in a CAS design.  The pre-colored baseball bird is from Doodle Pantry; the baseball alphabet letters, also precolored, are from Imagine That! by Kris B; and the Father's Day stamp is from Close to My Heart.  

Challenges: 

613 Avenue Create Challenge #176 - Anything Goes, no twist 

Crafting When We Can Challenge #119 - CAS

Ants in My Pantry Digital Challenge #17 - Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - No Designer Paper

 

Nuts about Bugaboo Father's Day Digis

Aren't these 2 Bugaboo digis great fun for Father's Day or Dad's Birthday?  In reality, most little ones are nuts about those big nuts just about everyday!

Personally, I'm nuts about Bugaboo digis.  They are great for the kid-oriented cards I make to send to Send a Smile 4 Kids.

Challenges:

Catch the Bug May Challenge - Anything Goes 

Moving Along with the Times Challenge #20 - Man or Boy

Cardz 4 Guys Challenge #119 - Dig It!  (You have to dig up peanuts. Hope that's not too much of a stretch for your theme.)

 

The Great Save! using an Ai Stamp for a Red Hat Birthday

Last Wednesday, on the way back from a Red Hat luncheon, Mom and I stopped at Pet Smart for a few items for Mom's new cat, Angel.  It just so happens, Pet Smart is right next to Michael's where I picked out a few sheets of sale paper and flowers I just had to have. Unfortunately, the 50% off coupon I was carrying only applied to regular priced items.  What better way to spend it than on an Ai stamp set that would be great for Red Hat cards! 

I knew I had a card to make for the 15th.

Last night, while attempting to fall asleep, 

I remembered that I had a card to make for the 15th.  

Not a problem.  It was this morning's first order of business.  

I'm not including the mundane everday stuff like making the bed, getting breakfast, getting dressed.... 

I stamped the image, multiple times on various paper scraps, so I could do some paper piecing.  Then I headed to the patio table with the images, markers, pencils, scissors and my tea.

We haven't seen sun in a while and I wasn't wasting it! 

When everything was colored and fussy cut I came back inside to complete the card and get it in the mailbox before the mailman arrived.  Mission completed!

So, while the liquid pearls dried, I got an envelope and my birthday/mailing list.  Whoops!  I needed 2 cards for the same day, only it wasn't the 15th, it was TODAY!!  I got out another envelope.  If I changed the hat and feather from red to purple, one of the cards I had would work fine.  And I didn't have to hurry, because the mailman just went up the street and both cards were already late. 

Before I put the cards in their respective envelopes, I took the card with the fun Ai stamp upstairs to show my DH.  It was my favorite and a lot of work.  As I was patting myself on the back for all the intricate fussy cutting I had done,

I saw it! 

Do you see it?

 Look closely!

BTW, this is the second card I altered to fit the occasion:

I not only changed the hat, but changed it from a side fold to a top fold, because I stamped the Happy Birthday inside the wrong way.

Yeah, it's one of those days!

So did you find my oops?

Would you believe, I dug out the scrap paper I had used and there in the middle was one, tiny, unscathed hand? 

I colored it, cut it out, and saved the card.

 

 I am entering these challenges: 

Art Impressions Challenge #184 - Laugh with you!
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #363 - Birthday 
Sassy Studio Designs Challenge #333 - Anything Goes 
Seize the Birthday Challenge - Birthday + Coloring (Dresses and polka dot hat trim are paper pieced.  Everything else was colored with pencils or markers.)
Southern Girls Challenge #134 - Anything Goes 
Through the Purple Haze Challenge #101 - Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #71 - Polka Dots or Stripes
Scrapy Land Challenge #41 - Anything Goes + Die sold by Scrapy Land (I used 3 of the Heart Oval Dies by Spellbinders.)

 

Ombre card

In the wonderful goodie bag I received at a recent crop were a few sheets of ombre double sided patterned paper.  This one, in particular, caught my eye. 

After embossing the paper, I paired it with a tag made from a few homeless scraps of paper that were floating around on my table, a CTMH trophy and word stamps,  a punched border strip, and a few enamel dots for this Father's Day Card. 

Challenges:
Crafting for all Seasons Challenge #126 - Embossing 
Little Red Wagon Challenge - Let's hear it for the boys
Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge - Tag It!
Lemon Shortbread Challenge #15 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Emboss It
Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge - For Dads or Special Males (From the Kids)

Have a wonderful day!
Please feel free to scroll down through some of my recent posts for Tuesday Throwdown Challenge, the Joyful Stars Blog Hop, 2 Mojo Monday cards.....
 

Tuesday Throwndown Challenge #293 with Crafty Girl Creations

In this area of Pennsylvania, I try not to plant my annuals until closer to the end of May.  We still get some chilly nights.  But, a good hardy pansy can withstand the colder temps.  For those of us anxious for color in our gardens, pansies are the way to go.   

 

And that's why I chose the Pansies digital stamp from Crafty Girls  Creations  to use on my DT inspiration card for this week's Tuesday Throwdown Thinking of You Challenge.

 I also thought it would look great with my pansy border punch.  Then when I was making the card, I forgot all about using the punch.

It was so nice of Crafty Girls Creations to sponsor us this week.

I hope you'll be able to play along and maybe win one of their lovely digital designs.

I've used a yellow card base, topped with textured purple paper.  The image was printed on white CS, paper pierced around the swirls, colored with pencils and purple Wink of Stella in the flower centers.  The sentiment is a CTMH stamp.  The die cut is from Our Daily Bread.  

I'll be entering these wonderful challenges:

Cuttlebug Mania Challenge - May Flowers (I used the Cuttlebug for the die cut.)

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #251 - April Showers bring May Flowers 

The Ribbon Girls May Card Challenge - Anything Goes with a ribbon

 

Don't forget to join us for this week's Tuesday Throwdown Thinking of You Challenge.   I look forward to visiting your blogs.