He shoots... He scores!!!!

Here's a fun penny slider card for any male who enjoys soccer,

 suitable for a birthday, congratulations, or even a thank you to a well deserving soccer coach.

 Actually, I made two cards. 

The second has just a few subtle differences.

The stamps are CTMH.

Challenges I am entering:

Addited to Stamps and More Challenge #211 - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon Challenge #359 - Be a Good Sport 

Cardz 4 Guys Challenge #137 - Balls 

Creative Knockouts Challenge #158 - For the Boys 

 

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #311 with Lacy Sunshine

Lacy Sunshine 

is this week's wonderful sponsor for the 

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge. 

And, instead of a theme  challenge, it is a sketch challenge!

I've chosen to use the  

Pickles Mad Hatter Tea Party digi image,

generously supplied by Lacy Sunshine, for my card. 

 

 

Lacy Sunshine has a wonderful line of digital images, coloring pages and papers.  Creator, Heather Valentin, offers online classes in her shoppe, as well.  Lacy Sunshine's Color and Craft Your World Blog and Challenge provides plenty of inspiration and tips, which you'll definitely want to follow.  And the Lacy Sunshine Color and Craft Community on Facebook, is a great place to join to share and exchange ideas.  

I love the cards my teammates have made for 

this week's sketch challenge inspiration.  

Please stop over to the 

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 

for a look-see.   

This card is being submitted to the Lacy Sunshine September Challenge - Always Anything Goes.

 

Mojo Monday Soccer Card

The month of August we had a brief respite from our grandsons' sports activities.  Baseball ended in July and soccer just started in September.  Matthew is our soccer player.  I was making Christmas cards at Joyce's Annual Christmas Card Extravaganza and missed his game on Saturday.  My DH said they won 5-0!  It's fun to see all the bright colored shoes and socks the kids choose to wear.  Matt's soccer cleats are bright orange!

For today's Mojo Monday card, I thought I'd use this fun Bugaboo Soccer Nut digi image.

 

Goal stamp is from CTMH.

Challenges:

Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge #465

 

Catch the Bug Challenge - The Great Outdoors 

Brown Sugar Challenge #215 - Anything Goes

Cards in Envy Challenge - For the Kids

Now I must get my Tuesday Throwdown DT post ready for tomorrow's new challenge.  I hope you'll play along.

CTMH Christmas Card Extravaganza

Yesterday was Joyce's 2016 Close to My Heart Christmas Card Extravaganza.  Every year she gathers her peeps for a day of crafting with a bit of eating and lots of chattering thrown in.  It's a chance to see and play with some of the new products CTMH has just introduced.  And it also gives us some ideas for the holiday season.  There are only 104 days until Christmas.  (That's what the sign at the butcher shop says, anyway.)

Here are the cards we made:

The bottom right card is a shaker card.

a slider pop up card

a gift card holder

a really wacky folded card

 

and a cute gift tag

Joyful Stars Close to My Heart September Blog Hop

Welcome to the Joyful Stars September blog hop, where a group of talented Close to My Heart consultants, and me, gather to share ideas with you in a fun blog hop.  

Not too long ago, my friend, Betty Locco, sent me a link to a card that she thought was right up my alley.  She knows I have an obsession with different card folds.  The link she sent was for a Peek a Boo card.  And from there, I found an entire blog hop of Peek a Boo cards and tutorials, too!
I've saved my first Peek a Boo card for this blog hop.

card front

card partially open - see the sentiment sliding over to hide the kangaroo?

open card - well, almost totally open; when flat the sentiment lines up perfectly in the opening

The stamp set I used is D1597, Hoppy Birthday Australasia.  
You can find it here.
The tutorial for the card can be found here.
 

Now, since this is a blog hop you might have arrived here from Marie Flayer's blog.

Your next stop is Andrea Sherman'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.  I've made my way around the circle and I think you'll want to, too.


You might also be interested in seeing the cards we made at 
Joyce's Annual CTMH Christmas Card Extravaganza. 

While you do some hopping, I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Brown Sugar Challenge #215 - Anything Goes 

Crafting with Friends Challenge #27 - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's September Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes w/ pp

Craft Your Passion Challenge #328 - Always Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart Challenge #126 - Always Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #172 - Layer It Up

Cards in Envy Challenge - For the Kids 

Crafty Catz Challenge #337 - AG w/ option Anything but Square

Anniversary Mojo Monday

By now, you probably aren't even surprised to see another card on my blog for the current Mojo Monday Sketch 464 Contest.  The last time I checked, there were only 79 entries.  They give 1 prize for every 50 entries.  Come on people!  The odds of winning a set of Verve stamps will be so much better if that number reaches 100.  Certainly, if I make 20 more cards (you can enter as many times as you'd like) my chances are increased.  But, please don't make me do that.  Because, if I didn't win after making all those cards, I would be devastated.  

Today I flipped the sketch, and

I used Verve stamps to make this card.

But can you guess what I did not use?

 

 

Don't forget to stop by Saturday, September 10th 

to see what I made for the  

Joyful Stars Close to My Heart September Blog Hop!

It will not be another Mojo Monday card.

 

TTFN

Double Pleated Card

It may be a beautiful day in the neighborhood, but it is also a noisy one!  The neighbor above us is building an addition.  Today they are cementing the basement floor which makes for a lot of truck traffic...first the loads of stone for the base and then the cement.
And the neighbor 2 doors down is having the inground pool removed.  Lots of jackhammer noise from that direction.
But, with the AC running, it is relatively quiet in the house...just the way I like it.  I can tune out the constant ringing in my ears and play with paper to my heart's content.

This was a super fun birthday card to make, using a double pleat.  It gives nice dimension to the card without using poppers.  If you look at the lower part of the card, you can see by the faint shadows that the folds of the first pleated layer raise it up about 1/8" from the punched border.  Then the folds of the black flowered layer do the same.

All papers and stamps are from CTMH

 The flowers are cricut cuts, then stamped; the scalloped border was punched; top and bottom patterned paper were embossed; the middle papers were scored and pleated; small circle in center of flower was stamped and punched; sentiment circle was punched and double stamped.

Challenges:

Brown Sugar Challenge #215 - Anything Goes 

Crafting with Friends Challenge #27 - Anything Goes

Just Add Ink Challenge #328 - Just Add "P" (Pleats) 

Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #148 - Autumn Colors

Crafty Hazelnut's September Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes w/ pp

Scor-pal More Than 1 Fold Challenge #30 - Cards (no way I could have done all those pleats without a Scor-Pal!)

Crafting by Designs Challenge - Ribbons 

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Pretty, pretty, ribbons

Craft Dee Bowz September Challenge - Anything Goes with a handmade bow

Craft Your Passion Challenge #328 - Always Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart Challenge #126 - Always Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #172 - Layer It Up

 Hope you all enjoy a peaceful day!
(Without the constant beeping of heavy equipment backing up!!!)