Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #657

 

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

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 Here is this week's sketch: 

With Mother's Day over it's time to start making Father's Day cards.  I made this slimline card using a layered sheet by Crafter's Companion of Popcorn the Bear.

The sentiment was a cricut cut from the CTMH Artiste cartridge. 

 

 

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.

Debbie 

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Raechelle

Tammy

Tangii

 

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

December Birthday Card #2

A few days ago I posted a birthday card for my SIL and mentioned that I had three December birthday cards to make.  

Well, this is #2 and it is for my niece.

 It is obvious that I am in Christmas mode, but I didn't ask her to be born 2 weeks before Christmas!  

I made the tag using an image from Gecko Gals.  I wanted it to be the focal point so I only used part of the tea cup, which is a cut on the CTMH Artistry Cricut cartridge.  The tag is a die cut from MFT.  The ovals are Spellbinder die cuts.

 

Challenges: 

Allsorts Challenge #653 - Use a die

Crafters' Cafe Challenge #279 - AG 

Gecko Gals December Challenge - Holly and Ivy using a GG product

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge week of Nov 30th - AG

Wishing all my visitors a wonderful week.  

Hope you all have time for a hot cup of tea!

 

Send a Smile 4 Kids December Challenge

 The theme for the December Challenge at 

Send a Smile 4 Kids 

is Winter Cards

or Anything Goes 4 Kids.

 

I'm not sure where I picked up this Inkadinkado stamp, but  it sure looks like this squirrel is ready for some Winter fun.

I colored the image with markers.  The cricut cut sentiment is on the Artbooking cartridge from CTMH.

 It would be great if you joined the fun at the

Send A Smile 4 Kids 

December Challenge.

(Cards only, please. And they need not be donated.)

 

Please take some time and visit the fabulous blogs of my teammates.  They work so hard and are very creative! 

Bobbi

Sybrina

Mary

Karen 

April 

Celeste

 

 

Challenges:

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge - Baby It's Cold Outside

Little Red Wagon Challenge #630 - Let It Snow

Crafty Hazelnut's December Patterned Paper Challenge - AG with pp

2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #57 - AG with a critter

Krafty Chicks Challenge #588 Week 1 - Stamp It Up

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #161 - It's Snowtime

Aud Sentiments Challenge #289 - Christmas/Winter/New Year's with a sentiment

Pattie's Creations Challenge #189 - Winter Fun

 

 

 

 

 

I really love this squirrel!

Christmas Thanks

 Although all my Christmas cards are finished, 

a few gift card holders are still on my 'To Make' list.

Following the sketch at My Favorite Things,

  

I've made this gift card holder for our mailman.

 

I cut the ornaments on the cricut using the CTMH Artiste cartridge.  The Thanks stamp is also by CTMH.  For the foil die cut Christmas, I used a Sizzix die.  Inside is a Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz sentiment stamp next to a CTMH ornament stamp.

Challenges:

My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge #520 - see sketch above 

Double Trouble Challenge #73 - Favorite Cutting Tool (I used the Cricut ),  Patterned Paper and/or Ribbon, string, etc, Enter the partnered challenge at Bitten By the Bug

Bitten By the Bug Challenge - AG using a Cricut or Die Cut (this challenge only)

Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Last Minute Makes 

DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #273 - Any Winter Holiday

 

 

Finished? Not Quite!

The Christmas supplies have all been packed up, ready to go in the closet until next year.  I really thought I had finished making Christmas cards.  And then I realized that I hadn't made a card for the newest Double Trouble Challenge.  How did I miss that?  A few items were still accessible enough to put this simple card together.

The green foil wreath and red Noel were cut on the Cricut using the Close to My Heart Flower Market cartridge.  The bird is a sticker.  I bordered the patterned paper with skinny washi tape, added some enamel dots for berries and finished it off with a bow.

 

Challenges:

Double Trouble Challenge #73 - Favorite Cutting Tool (I used the Cricut although my favorite cutting tool is actually my scissors, which I only used to cut the ribbon and washi tape.  No fussy cutting today.),  Patterned Paper and/or Ribbon, string, etc, Enter the partnered challenge at Bitten By the Bug

Bitten By the Bug Challenge - AG using a Cricut or Die Cut (this challenge only)

Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Last Minute Makes 

 

 

 

Santa cards

 Here is a pair of cards using a cricut cut sentiment and its negative image.  

The Santa in the first card is a Tim Holtz stamp from Stampers Anonymous.   The sentiment is a cut from the CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge.  It was cut from printable white glitter paper and then colored red with a marker.  Santa was stamped on the same paper and colored. The patterned papers are just scraps.

The Santa on the second card was a 3D sticker I salvaged from a card I received last year.   I placed some red paper underneath the white glitter paper from which the Ho Ho Ho above was cut and carefully glued in the centers of the o's and a few other pieces.  Cut once, use twice.  To this card I added some washi tape and a bow.

Challenges: Beccy's Place November Challenge - Day 18 Scraps; Sweet Stampers Challenge #50 - Christmas; Christmas 24 Challenge #022 - Santa; Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Happy Holidays; Heart 2 Heart Challenge - Card Creations; Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Week of Nov. 17th - AG; Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Christmas; C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #577 - Christmas; Crafty Catz Challenge # 528- AG with Christmas option

 

Ahoy! Happy Father's Day

 It's a hot steamy day here.

That makes it an excellent day to stay in the AC and make cards.

Yesterday, my mother had an empty kleenix box on the kitchen table with a note for me... Can You Use This?

Silly Question.  It looks really good on this card.

Bugaboo digi image, Lawn Fawn AHOY stamp, Cricut cut clouds and conversation bubble.

Close up to show you the shiny glitter in the kleenix box and on the clouds.

Inside Cricut Cut Sentiment (CTMH Artiste Cartridge)

  Stay Cool.  Stay Safe.  Stay Well.

Challenges:
Fab & Funky Challenge #489 - Creature Feature
Sweet Stampin Challenge - Masculine/Father's Day
Catch the Bug June Challenge - Anything Goes
Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - Make It Masculine
Dare 2 B Artsy June Challenge - Masculine
Sweet Stampers Challenge - Something beginning with "B" (boat, blue, bow)
Pearly Sparkles Challenge #52 - For Boys/Men
Love to Scrap Challenge #134 - For Boys
Always Fun Challenges #166 - For Dad
Cuttlebug Mania Challenge - Dad is the Best (I used my cuttlebug to die cut the background pieces.)
Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge #246 - Father's Day
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - It's a Man Thing

Double Trouble Challenge #5

It's been a little hectic around here.  I managed to get a card made yesterday for the new Double Trouble Challenge #5, but I didn't have time to post it until now.

This week Double Trouble is celebrating Christmas in July along with the Heart2Heart Challenge with a fancy fold twist.

And just for fun, I thought I'd use the colors for the Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #301, too. 

 Here is my z fold card.

Oh, I forgot to mention that I followed Sketch #273 from the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

 

 The poinsettia and word 'Noel' are from the CTMH Flower Market cricut cartridge, while the four oval cuts are from the Art Philosophy cartridge.

I'll also be entering these challenges: 

***Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #394 - AG 

Crafter's Castle Challenge #7 - AG; option of Christmas in July

heARTful stamping challenge - AG

The Merry Christmas Challenge July 15-Aug 15 - AG

The Holly and Ivy Challenge #32 - AG

Shopping Our Stash Challenge - Christmas in July

***Hazel has some awesome blog candy on her blog, My Crafty Outlook. Be sure to visit for the details.

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.

This month I've used the Central Park paper pack from CTMH to create this birthday card.  I was inspired by the Rainbow Special that CTMH is having for the month of June.  And I think birthday cards should be bright and happy, which this paper certainly is.

Now, since this is a blog hop,

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

Your next stop is Betty Locco'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.

If you get lost, the complete list of participants is on

Joyce's blog.

 

Need some Fresh Air?

To be more specific, do you need some of the  

new Close to My Heart Fresh Air patterned paper?

That's where I got the paper I used on the front of this 

birthday card.

This diagonal fold card was super simple to make.

There is an easy to follow video here.

If you only glue the bottom edge of the left triangle when you fold it over, as I did on this card, it forms a pocket for cash or a gift card. 

What are you busy creating right now?

I hope you'll enter it in the

heARTful stamping challenge.

Anything Goes! 

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Seize the Birthday Challenge - Patterned Paper

CRAFT Challenge #469 - Father's Day/Male  

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #404 - Masculine Birthday

Brown Sugar Challenge # 278- Father's Day/Masculine 

Happy Birthday, Matt!

Today our grandson, Matthew, turns eleven.  

I am sure he will be fascinated by this neverending card.

 The shapes are all CTMH cricut cuts; stamps are also CTMH; 

and paper is Graphic 45.

Challenges:  

Mix It Up Challenge #8 - Anything Goes + Fancy Folds

Connie Can Crop Challenge #65 - I'm So Fancy

Inspire.Create.Challenge #6 - Fancy Folds 

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Week of Dec 5th to 11th - Anything Goes 

 

Whoo's birthday?

My lovely niece will be celebrating her birthday next week. 

This card is for her:

   Why dig out birthday stamps when I am surrounded by Christmas stamps?  The wreath and owl are from a CTMH Christmas set.  With a cricut cut birthday hat and sentiment, they easily worked on this birthday card.

Challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #271 - Anything Goes 

Crafty Creations Challenge #356 - Anything Goes 

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #152 - Anything Goes 

Creative Moments Challenge #132 - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter Challenge - Birthdays/Celebrations 

City Crafter Challenge Week 391 - Where'd you get that hat? 

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #371 with My Graphico

This week we're "Making A Christmas Scene" for 

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #371.

Design Team B got to work with the adorable, digital Christmas Owls Stamp Set from My Graphico, our sponsor for this challenge.

There are seven owl images in the set and some additional accessories.  I decided to use the Owl with Ornament .

 I flipped the image in my Paint program and gave him a twin brother to help decorate this cricut cut evergeen.

The owl and ornament were hand colored with markers, watercolor pencils.  The glitter edges on their hats were paper pieced. The star is a button with the shank removed.  A little white sponging helps accentuate the embossed background.

I hope you'll stop in at the Tuesday Throwdown Blog to see which of the other owl images my teamies used,

then join the fun and "Make A Christmas Scene" of your own. 

Challenges:

 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #9 - Anything  Goes

Classic Design Team Challenge #20 - Open Challenge

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #28 - Anything Goes 
Digi Choosday Challenge Week #49 - Anything Goes 
Cuttlebug Mania Challenge - Let It Snow
Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

 

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.

 

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #366 with Lawn Fawn

Time for some Spooktacular cards.  That's what this week's Tuesday Throwdown Challenge is all about.  

Our fabulous sponsor this week is 

Lawn Fawn, 

a small company specializing in stamps, dies, paper and much more.

Come Halloween night, what will appear at your door?

 

 Perhaps, a cute pair of pirates!

I used the Ahoy Matey stamp set from Lawn Fawn for my Trick or Treaters and the 'Ahoy Matey' part of the speech bubble.  (I hand wrote the rest.)

Won't you join us at Tuesday Throwdown Challenge this week to share one of your Spooktacular creations?

I am sharing this at these fun challenges:

Aud Sentiments Challenge #191 - Halloween and a sentiment 

Art Impressions Challenge #219 - Stamp a Scene

Hiding in my Craft Room Challenge #323 - Lots of Layers

Dragonfly Journeys Challenge #103 - Halloween Hoopla

Come and Get It Challenge - Add a Pumpkin

Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge #128 - Anything Goes, option Halloween

Allsorts Challenge Week 438 - Halloween

Cards in Envy Challenge - Let's Play Dress-Up, Halloween Costumes

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Dress-Up

Pile It On Challenge #135 - Fantasy and/or Spiderwebs/Cobwebs

Wishing you a Spooktacular Halloween Season!

 

More purple leaves

Back in August I made a card for a challenge that required masking.  (You can see it here.)  I cut out 3 maple leaves in 3 different sizes on my cricut and used them as masks.  Since that time, those 3 maple leaves have been floating here and there on my work table.  After a bit of embossing, they have been permanently relocated to this fall card.

 That piece of purple tuille, another table top loiterer, also found a home in the cricut cut tags.  And the piece of leftover baker's twine was just long enough to wrap across the front of the card.

The papers, stamp, and gold puffies are from CTMH.

Challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's October Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes 

Cards Galore Encore October Challenge - Anything Goes 

Little Red Wagon Challenge #414 - Leftovers

Creative Moments Challenge #128 - Anything Goes 

Crafty Creations Challenge #352 - Anything Goes 

Have a Happy Day! 

 

 

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #364 with Sparkle n Sprinkle

Pull out your stencils, or make one like I did,

 and join us for this week's  

Tuesday Throwdown Stenciling Challenge. 

Our very generous sponsor, Sparkle N Sprinkle, 

 gave all of the Team B members at Tuesday Throwdown their choice of digital stamp sets for our projects this week.  

I chose Digital Stamp Set 825,
Eggs-Ordinary Kindness .

Personally, I don't do much stenciling.  I may have 2 stencils in my stash.   But it's so easy to make a stencil using the negative from a die cut or cricut cut, as I did here.   I printed the digital image twice, one I cut out for a mask and the other I colored for the card.  After masking the colored image, I laid the stencil over top, secured it with a bit of washi tape, and used a dauber and ink to sponge in the design.  Worked for me!

Sparkle n Sprinkle has recently moved to a new web site.

 If you do a lot of stenciling, you definitely will ooh and aah over the mousses, pastes, and Stampendous Stencils in the Sparkle n Sprinkle store. 

Be sure to check it out for lots of fabulous products. 

 

Challenges:

Creatilicious Challenge #124 - Anything Goes w/ option Create Your Own Background 

Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge #1741 - Anything Goes 

Crafting From the Heart Challenge #178 - Anything Goes 

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge for week of Oct. 9 - Anything Goes 

Digi Choosday Craft Challenge Week #41 - Anything Goes 

Chocolates anyone?

I made this little bag as a small raffle item.  Would you buy a ticket?  There are chocolate truffles inside!

All the products I used are from CTMH.
Unfortunately, they are all retired.

Challenges:

Ike's World Challenge #98 - Anything Goes + Food 

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

Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #172 - Anything Goes with ribbon

Crafting From The Heart Challenge #177 - Anything Goes

Creates and Makes Challenge #15 - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door October 3rd Challenge - Anything Goes