A Place to Start Challenge - June Midway Inspiration

If you saw my post a couple weeks ago, you may remember that I'm Guest Designing for  

A Place to Start June Challenge, 

Stencil Me In.

The month is quickly slipping by, but you still have time to grab your favorite stencil and join the fun.

For this card, I used a brass stencil to create the hummingbird and flowers image and sponged the colors.  The flowers and the bird's wings have a pretty shimmer from a coating of Wink of Stella.

The inside has a computer printed sympathy sentiment.

Challenges:
2 Sisters on the Blog Challenge #28 - Things with Wings
Through the Craft Room Door Week of June 11 - AG 
Shopping Our Stash Challenge #397 - Stencil Me This 
The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - 3 B's, birds, bees and/or butterflies 
Daring Cardmakers Challenge - Come Fly With Me
A Gem of a Challenge Week #11 - AG 

Bird Thank Yous

Right now I'm working on 2 projects simultaneously.  I am making some Thank You cards requested by my SAS4K volunteer and using up papers and partially made cards in a recently discovered shoe box.   This card started out with a stamped image on a piece of cs rescued from "the box". 

 I colored the hummer with watercolor pencils, 

added some layers, a sentiment and a bow.

This next card began as a piece of paper from "the box", saved from a Thank You card I received in the mail, with a circular hole in the middle where the Thank You had been.

 I made a frame for the aperture, stamped the CTMH bird in the center of the card base, colored the bird, paper pieced the banner, embossed the background, sponged the edges, added the twine before gluing it to the card base and popped on some enamel dots.

Card #1 Challenges: 

DL.Art Thankful Thursday Challenge #244 - Thank You

Aud Sentiments Challenge #229 - AG + a sentiment

Cuttlebug Mania - Tic Tac Toe (I used the top line, sentiment, image, and die cut.)

 

Through the Craft Room Door Week of June 11 - AG

Daring Cardmakers Challenge - Come Fly with Me

Card #2 Challenges:

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - 3 B's, Birds, bees and/or butterflies

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - at least 25% light blue/aqua 

2 Sisters on the Blog Challenge #28 - Things with Wings

2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #27 - AG

The Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe Challenge -  (I used, diagonally, Thanks, Banner, Emboss.)

 

A Gem of a Challenge wk #11 - AG

Thanks for dropping by today.  

Please come again.  

Who knows what else I'll find in "the box".

Joyful Stars Close To My Heart June Blog Hop

Welcome to the June

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.

The new catalog is out so I'm sure you'll be seeing lots of new products.

 

In fact, I've used all new papers to make this Father's Day card. 

  (I also used the CTMH Artiste cricut cartridge to cut the letters, a retired CTMH stamp set for the circle frame and sentiment, stitched circle dies, and burlap ribbon.)

 

Now, since this is a blog hop,

you might have arrived here from  Joyce Gough's blog.

Your next stop is Marie Flayer's blog.

The hop is circular.

If you are just starting here,

simply continue hopping until you find your way back,

making the full circle.

 

 

 

 

Challenges:

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Father's Day 

Through the Purple Haze Challenge #157 - The Guys Have It

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #193 - You're The Man

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Masculine

Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge #381 - Father's Day

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #235 - Masculine

Another Wedding Card

It's that time of year!

June was traditionally the most popular wedding month.

Not so any more.

September and October are now the top months. 

With all the weddings that once took place in June, 

I'm in need of more anniversary than wedding cards this month. 

And I know of one very special one that I should get working on!

After I quickly enter this in these challenges:

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Wedding/Anniversary

Scrap From Your Heart Challenge #34 - Wedding 

Fab n Funky Challenge #443 - Something New (I've used a beautiful new lace die from Paper Rose.)

Krafty Chicks Challenge #458 -  Die Cuts

Scrapy Land Challenge #115 - AG  with a die SL sells (Paper Rose, lace; Spellbinders, banner)

Baseball Card

It's that time of year.

We spend a lot of time going to my grandson's baseball games,  and as far as we are concerned, he is always a winner!

 But this card won't go to our grandson.  Yesterday I packed up a box of cards to mail off to SAS4K.  This card will start a new box and eventually will go to a child in one of the children's hospitals that SAS4K supports.

I've used a House Mouse stamp and paper pieced the image, the "Hooray" is a 2 pieced Honey Bee Die, and the stitch frame is a My Favorite Things Die.

Challenges:

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #292 - AG + optional: Use patterned paper 

Stamping Sensations June Challenge - Show Your Colors

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - For a Man/Boy 

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #175 - For a Man/Boy 

Use Your Stuff Challenge #361 - Summer Fun 

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #235 - Masculine 

Always Fun Challenges #113 - Summer Fun 

Unicorn Challenge #44 - For Men or Boys

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge June 4th - AG 

Papercraft Challenge #38 - For Men or Boys

Double Trouble Challenge #30

Challenge #30 at Double Trouble stipulates no designer paper in the background.  Instead they'd like to see stencil/embossing techniques.  The optional twist is to use an animal found on Old MacDonald's Farm.  And for an extra chance to win, enter your card in the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies June Challenge.

As a starting point, 

I also decided to use the newest Mojo Monday Sketch. 

Now, I'm off to run the vacuum before I get anywhere near my craft table or I will never get it done!

Have a wonderful day!

A Place to Start June Guest Designer

A while ago I discovered a new challenge blog called A Place to Start.   Not only is it a great challenge blog, but it is a great place to find sketches, techniques, tutorials, and a wealth of information about inks, tools, coloring....

This month I'll be Guest Designing for their June Challenge -

Stencil Me In.

I only have a couple stencils.  Most of the time I use a negative from die cutting or from cutting on the cricut as a stencil.  

Today I used an actual stencil that came with a stamp set and sponged it with various colored inks to make this fun card.

The Pinwheel Monster is from 2 Cute Ink digital stamps.

I'll be sharing this card at a few other challenges: 

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - For a Man or Boy
Addicted to Stamps Challenge #175 - For a Man/Boy 
Stamping Sensations Challenge - Lots of Color 
Die Cut Divas Challenge - Birthdays
Dies R Us Challenge #122 - Kids (The HB die was a magazine freebie; the scalloped square die is MFT.)
Cut It Up Challenge #175 - Birthdays

I hope you all have a lovely day and can take some time to check out and maybe enter the challenge at 

A Place to Start.