Double Trouble Challenge

 After a couple days of rain and record cold temps for May, 

today was a beautiful day.

I thought I'd Celebrate by making a card for Double Trouble Challenge  #85.  This is only a one week challenge because it is the 5th Monday of the month.  And because it is the 5th Monday of the month, the theme is 

Something, Anything, Everything and Optional YoYo Fun. 

After very careful and in depth research, I decided to let the Pinwheel Yo-Yo trick be the inspiration for my card.  To make it extra fun,  I made a Yo-Yo Spinner card.  Pull the little blue star and the pinwheel spins like a yo-yo.  Wind the string back up to do it again and again.

Pinwheel stamps are from CTMH.

 

Challenges: 

Through the Craft Room Door Week of May 25th - AG

 

Retro Rubber Challenge #159 - AG  (These stamps are about 8 years old.)

The House That Stamps Built Challenge M2621 - Embossing 

Allsorts Challenge Week 626 - Any Celebration (not birthday)

Double Trouble Challenge #85 -  Use something from your stash- everything; Yo-yo trick for inspiration-pinwheel ; enter partner challenge- Retro Rubber.

Owl clean up later

The craft table is a mess but whenever I start tidying I end up making a card with the scraps.  It's a really bad habit.  Instead, I thought I'd clean up some of the images in my camera, 

like this Owl card

 Imagine That! digi image printed in grayscale, colored with markers, fussy cut and popped onto a Spellbinder's die cut, CTMH sentiment stamp and papers.

and this Dad card.

 House Mouse stamp with hat, ball and glove paper pieced.

Challenges for Card #2:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - AG 

Cutie Pie Challenge #159 - Gorgeous Gingham and/or Perfect Plaid 

House Mouse Challenge #341 - AG 

Crafty Calendar May Challenge - Masculine

Sparkles Monthly Challenge #140 - Something Sporty

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches #607

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

 

This sketch is by Melissa Craig.

At first glance, all I could envision was a soccer field.  And then I made this instead...

I hope you'll have time to play along at

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

this week. 

The Design Team would love it if you'd visit our blogs.

Andrea

Debbie 

Margreet

Melissa

 Patti

Tammy

You can be sure that one of us will be visiting yours!

Have a great and crafty day!

 

 

 

Try Stampin' Or Not on Tuesday

 I am fully aware that today is Monday.  

Some days I'm not too sure.  But today, I am.  

This week's challenge at Try Stampin' On Tuesday gives you the option of making a card with or without stamping. And it also gives you the option of following the sketch or the technique or both. 

 

Generally, if I'm in for a penny, I'm in for a pound.  So I did both.

(The front stamps are from CTMH, colored with markers and fussy cut.)

(The butterfly was a leftover, just laying on my table.  The sentiment is SU.)

By making this a top fold card, it was very easy to insert a clear piece of acrylic for the see through section.

Challenges:

Try Stampin' On Tuesday Challenge #507 - see above

Dare 2 B Artsy May Challenge - Flowers 

Stamping Sensations May Challenge - Beautiful Blooms 

Moving Along with the Times May Challenge #130 -  A Bouquet of Flowers

Creative Knockout Challenge - Finish the Inside 

Crafting Happiness Challenge #97 - Color It 

 

Use Your Stuff Challenge #423 - Tic Tac Toe (I chose the diagonal line, Flower,Butterfly, Purple) 

  

 

Thanks for visiting.

Hope you'll be back tomorrow to see the new sketch for 

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

and join the fun there. 

Tri-Fold Window Get Well Card

This week's Weekly Inkling from Splitcoast Stampers showcased a pretty Vertical Trifold Window Card and supplied  a link to a tutorial with directions on how to make it.  It was very easy.

I had to improvise a little, but I like the design.

  This is the card front.  My card base was already scored to make a side fold card, rather than the top fold shown at SCS.

I used a die from Die Versions to make the center window and the label die is Spellbinders.  The sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

When you open the card, this is what you see...

I cut a second label to cover the back of the front label.   Inside the main card is another card cut slightly smaller.  This is also a side fold but the fold is to the right.  I used holographic paper to die cut the rose and mounted it on a multicolor piece of velum with multicolor dazzle stickers on the corners.

And when you open the inside card, this is what you see....

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

I'm sharing this card at the following challenges:

Creative Creases Challenge - AG with a Fun Fold

 

Creations in Pink Challenge #34 - AG in mainly pink

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge -  Dies/Punches

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge May 18th - AG

Creative Knockouts Challenge #402 - Finish the Inside 

Double Trouble Challenge #84 -  Patterned Paper, Girly Girl Project, Bling, enter ..........

Stinkin' Inkers Challenge - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

 

 

Happy 91st Birthday

 This birthday card needed to be a bit special because it's for a wonderful lady who went to high school with my mother and I've known all my life. 

Her family couldn't have a big 90th birthday celebration last year due to Covid 19 restrictions.  This year they are showering her with cards.  Here's my contribution to the many cards she'll be receiving:

This is called an arrow fold card.  Linda Heller has a good video on her blog here, if you'd like to try one.

The rose stamp is from CTMH 

and the sentiment stamp is by My Favorite Things.

 

Challenges:

Inkspirational Challenges # 239 - Triangle

Allsorts Challenge #624 - AG

Creations in Pink Challenge #34 - AG in mainly pink 

Crafty Hazelnut's May Patterned Paper Challenge - AG with patterned paper

Crafter's Cafe Challenge #266 - Feminine - Girls or Ladies 

Double Trouble Challenge #84 -  Patterned Paper, Girly Girl Project, Bling, enter ..........

Stinkin' Inkers Challenge - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Aud Sentiments Challenge - For the Girls + a sentiment

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge -  Dies/Punches

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge May 18th - AG

AAA Birthday Game #25 -  Happy Birthday 

Creative Creases Challenge - AG Fancy Fold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As I worked on this card I realized my mother will also be 91 next month.

Uh Oh!  I better get my thinking cap on!

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches #606

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

 

 

 

The nice thing about digi stamps is you can resize them to fit your needs. These cute critters from Bugaboo Stamps were colored with markers. The Happy Birthday die is from Die-Versions.
 

 I hope you'll have time to play along at

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

this week. 

The Design Team would love it if you'd visit our blogs.

Andrea

Debbie 

Margreet

Melissa

 Patti

Tammy

You can be sure that one of us will be visiting yours!

Have a great and crafty day!

 

Challenges:

Just Add Ink Challenge #554 - Just Add something beginning with "g" - Gray

My Time to Craft Challenge #457 - Inchies 

Sweet Stampers Challenge #56 - Animals,Critters,Birds

Love to Scrap Challenge #145 - AG

Dies R Us Challenge #169 - AG with dies

A Perfect Time to Craft Challenge - AG

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #140 - AG

2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge - AG with critters 

CRAFT Challenge #597 - Birthday Blog Hop

Catch the Bug Bi-Weekly AG Challenge - Week 3 AG

  

 

Imagine That! May Progressive Challenge

This month's freebie for the May Progressive Challenge at Imagine That! is a super cute digi set called Go Fly A Kite.  

Kris, thanks so much for this wonderful set!  

Here is the card I made using the dog digi:

 I colored the image with markers, sponged a bit of light blue around the kite, and green at the bottom.   This card went right in the box to go to Send A Smile 4 Kids.

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While I'm here, I might as well show you the card I made for the Color Challenge at MFT.  I made this card with my grandson-in-law in mind.  He's in his late twenties.

 

The rectangle dies and Happy Birthday dies are from MFT.

The Crazy Bird is a Stampers Anonymous stamp, which I paper pieced and fussy cut.

Challenges for this card include:

My Favorite Things Color Challenge #165 - see above

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #405 - dies/stencils 

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Things with Wings 

Challenge Up Your Life Challenge #135 - Under a Hat (party hat on the bird)

Crafty Calendar May Challenge - Masculine

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Things with Wings

2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #50 - AG

 

 

Knead a Hug?

 That's the sentiment I decided to pair with this fun digi, Bertha's Bread Baking Bonanza, from Dr. Digi's House of Stamps for the Outlawz May Progressive Challenge.

I followed the sketch from the Wednesday Sketch Challenge at My Favorite Things, 

colored the image with markers, did a bit of distressing and added a bit of white flocking for flour.

If you played in the Outlawz April Progressive Challenge, you would have received this digi for free.   You can still pick it up here, join the May Challenge, and receive a free digi to play in June.

Additional Challenges:

Paperminutes Challenge #691 - Make a Scene

Allsorts Challenge #623 - Create a Landscape or Scene 

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #496 - AG 

Colour Crazy Challenge Week 18 - AG

 

Thank you for visiting! 

Tuesday Morning Sketches #605

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

 

 

 

This card features flower die cuts from Die Versions, papers and sentiment stamp are from CTMH.

 

 

 

I hope you'll have time to play along at

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

this week. 

The Design Team would love it if you'd visit our blogs.

Andrea

Debbie 

Margreet

Melissa

 Patti

Tammy

You can be sure that one of us will be visiting yours!

Have a great and crafty day!

 

 

I am entering these fun challenges:

A Place to Start Challenge #5 - AG 

Aud Sentiments Challenge #274 - Flowers + a sentiment

Dies R Us Challenge #168 - AG (I used dies by DieVersions)

Crafty Hazelnuts May Patterned Paper Challenge - AG

Taylor Made Cards 4 You May Challenge #5 - AG option:Flowers

Just Us Girls Challenge #583 - Layers 

 

Mother's Day Card

 Yesterday, I discovered some pretty die cuts hiding in an envelope of miscellaneous items that had no home.  And since I couldn't find the card I had made for my mother weeks ago, I used them to make her this card instead:

For the background paper behind the die cut,  I used colored pencils and a clear glitter brush to blend them.  The sentiment stamp is from CTMH.   And somewhere, if I ever find it, is next year's card already made.  Don't you just hate when that happens?

 

Challenges:

Cut It Up Challenge #225 - Mother's Day 

As You Like It Challenge - Favorite Way to Add Ribbon (When I want a ribbon on my card, I just pull a bow out a a bag of bows I've made from ribbon ends, add a sticky adhesive dot and pop it right on the card.  Easy!)

The House That Stamps Built Challenge #m521 - All About Moms 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Feminine 

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #444 - For Mom

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Mother's Day and Flowers 

 

For Baby

Kaisercraft has a darling 6x6 paper pad called Little Treasures, which I was using to make a card in my previous post.

Before I put it away, I decided one of the preprinted images and a pop out border would be perfect for Sketch # 504 at Try Stamping on Tuesdays.  And I got to try the beautiful lace embossing folder that the postman delivered just hours ago.

 

Sentiment stamp is from SU.

 

Challenges:

Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge #504 - see above (I skipped the option.)

As You Like It Challenge - Favorite Way to Add Ribbon (I have a small bag of little bows that I make when the spool of ribbon is nearing the end.  When I want a ribbon on my card, I can just add a sticky adhesive dot and pop it right on the card.  Easy!)

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #146 - New Beginnings

Through the Purple Haze Challenge #180 - AG option gems/pearls

Creations in Pink Challenge #33 - AG in mainly pink 

Nurses Appreciation Week

 Yesterday was the beginning of Nurses Appreciation Week.  

I've used a cute stamp set from My Favorite Things to make a couple cards for the occasion.  These will be great to mail off to Send A Smile 4 Kids.  Thankfully, some of the children's hospitals are beginning to accept card donations once again. 

This first card follows the sketch at  

My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge #540. 

 

 

And the second card follows the sketch at 

Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge #505.

TSOT had an optional theme to use pastel colors, so I chose my papers accordingly.
Both images were hand colored with a combination of markers and pencils.

Tuesday Morning Sketches #604

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

 Here's this week's sketch.

 

 

 I followed it to make this card for my daughter's birthday, which was May 1st.  I know this doesn't look like a very feminine card 

 (even though the card base is pink), but my daughter likes frogs.  She loved this, saying it looked just like her Cope's Grey Tree Frog named Ghost.  The digi image, Frog an Flora, is from the Createful Hearts Design Store.  It was hand colored with pencils and blended with a waterbrush.

I hope you'll have time to play along at

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

this week. 

The Design Team would love it if you'd visit our blogs.

Andrea

Debbie 

Margreet

Melissa

 Patti

Tammy

You can be sure that one of us will be visiting yours!

Have a great and crafty day!

 

 

Challenges:

Createful Heart Design Challenge #31 - AG

A Place to Start Challenge #5 - AG

Corrosive Challenge #5 - AG

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - Add Some Sparkle (3 strips of glitter paper)

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Week of May 4th - AG

Pattie's Creations Challenge #181 - Birthdays

Crafting Happiness Challenge #95 - Frogs

AAA Birthday Game #25 - Happy Birthday