Kid Friendly Birthday Cards

Thought I'd use the new set of Tim Holtz robot stamps I purchased at a stamp show in Florida, to make some kid friendly masculine birthday cards for SAS4K.  

This is my favorite, 

and I'm entering it in a few challenges:

Craft Rocket Challenge #58 - For Men or Boys

Seize the Birthday Challenge #163 - AG 

Addicted to Stamps & More Challenge #336 - AG

Through the Craft Room Door Week of April 9th - AG

Love to Scrap Challenge #120 - Male Call 

Joyful Stars Close to My Heart April Blog Hop

Welcome to the April

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.

I've made a fairly simple birthday card to share with you this month. 

Now, since this is a blog hop,

you might have arrived here from  Krista Hershberger's blog.

Your next stop is Joyce Gough'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:

Unicorn Challenge #42 - Spots and/or Stripes 

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #429 - AG 

Always Fun Challenges #105 - Flowers 

Crafty Friends Challenge #107 - Happy Birthday

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #336 - Tic Tac Toe  (fern, sugar plum, charcoal)

  

Double Trouble Challenge #24 - Card #2

When I get a chance, I try to make 2 cards for the Double Trouble Challenge, one for each week.  Today I am sharing my second card for Challenge #24.

I picked up some gold foil for the cards in the post before this one and had enough to add something metallic to this card.

I love this car die, which I borrowed from a friend, cutting it in gold and also black and then off setting the two just a tiny bit.  The die for the gold foil corner is by Tim Holtz.  The "CELEBRATE" stamp is by CTMH.  And, if you squint a bit, you may be able to see the Happy Birthday embossing folder I used on the red background.

 

CHALLENGES:

Double Trouble Challenge #24 - Metallic + Transportation + enter the Brown Sugar Challenge

Brown Sugar March Challenge #288 -  Transportation

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #213 - Masculine 

Simply Create Too Challenge #147 - AG twist for a male

Die Cut Divas March Challenge -  AG

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge March 18-30 - For the Men or Boys 

 

Card Club at Seabreeze Rec. Ctr.

This afternoon was my last Card Club meeting here in The Villages until next year.  Below is the card we all made, with a few variations in colors and sentiments.

And here are a few more I made using the same layout, a set of pretty spring flower stamps from Crafts Beautiful magazine, and a sheet of patterned paper I just couldn't resist buying.

 I'm happy to have a few spring birthday cards ready for upcoming April birthdays.

 

Ice Cream Weather

It has definitely been ice cream weather in Florida the last few days.  Today, using a set of stamps from Sunny Studio, I made a pair of birthday cards complete with ice cream cones.

 The sentiment doily pops through a matching opening in the front of the card, so it is visible when the card is open and closed.

The dies are by Spellbinders.  The ice cream cone was fussy cut.

Challenges:

Scrapy Land Challenge #109 - Anything Goes with dies sold at Scrapy Land (Spellbinders)

Through the Craft Room Door Week of March 11th - AG 

Polkadoodles Challenge Week 11 - AG 

QKR Stampede Challenge # 339- AG

As You Like It Challenge - Stencils or Dies (Dies are relatively simple to use.  And I haven't had that much experience with stencils to be happy with the results.) 

Mod Squad Challenge - Layered Looks (Not only did I use multiple layers of die cuts, but the ice cream cone and cherry were stamped in layers using a total of 8 different stamps.)

Scribbles Designs Challenge #75 - Yum Yum For the Foodie in You 

 

Flowers for Barbara's Birthday

At the crop I attend on Saturdays, there are often stamping and scrapbooking items on a table, free for the taking.  This half sheet of flowered paper caught my eye.  Since my friend, Barbara, was soon having a birthday, I used it to make her card.  The center die cut is by Impression Obsession and the swirl die cut is by My Favorite Things.  The flowers were all fussy cut from the paper. 

 

Challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge Week 4 - AG

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #228 - Flowers 

Make My Monday Challenge #91 - Something New (The circle die, butterfly, and paper)

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - For a Special Female

Just Us Girls Word Challenge #477 - Birthday

 

Young adult male birthday card

As the grandsons move into their upper teens, making their birthday cards becomes more of a challenge.

No more cute animals or ferocious dinosaurs.

This card is for my oldest grandson, who will be 19 shortly.

I considered a Tim Holtz Crazy Bird, 

but decided to just use the Crazy Bird party hat.  

 Papers are from CTMH and the die cut is by Memory Box.

Challenges:

Country View February Craft Challenge - Black and White plus one (yellow, in this case)

Seize the Birthday Challenge #159 - Anything Goes 

Daring Cardmakers Challenge - Oh Man! 

Inkspirational Challenge #181 - Use Your Stash, Designer's Choice 

Crafty Catz Challenge #450 - Anything Goes with For A Boy Twist 

 

Double Trouble Challenge #21; week 2

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

I don't have a Valentine to share with you, 

but I do have a couple birthday cards that follow the 

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge # 303, as well as,

 Double Trouble Challenge # 21. 

Here's the sketch:

Additional challenges I am entering: 

Seize the Birthday Challenge #159 - AG

As You Like It Challenge - Birthday or Christmas?  (I prefer birthday because you don't have to have all the cards done for the same date!)

Turning 5 Birthday Card

It's hard to believe that my great-granddaughter, Laila, will be turning 5 in another week!
I always use a digital number from the Quilted Numbers set created by Beccy Muir to make Laila's cards.  

You can view last year's card here or click the Laila Label on my right side bar.

Challenges:

Beccy's Place February Challenge - Use an image from Beccy's Place 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #99 - AG

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #568 - AG

Seize the Birthday Challenge #158 - AG optional Black & White 

Southern Girls Challenge - Animal Antics 

Here's a recent picture of our little monkey: 

 

Baseball Birthday Card

My grandson, Nick, celebrated his 14th birthday this past week. 

Playing baseball is his passion. 

His card is pretty basic, since I broke my Cuttlebug just before I started this.  I distressed all the edges and added a few baseballs cut from the paper as embellishments.

 The sentiment stamp is by CTMH.

Challenges:
Aud Sentiments Challenge #219 - Anything Goes + a sentiment 
Through the Craft Room Door Week of Jan. 22nd - Always Anything Goes
Seize the Birthday Challenge #157 - Birthday/ Stamping Only Twist
Send a Smile 4 Kids challenge - Valentines 4 Kids or AG4Kids

 

Crazy Bird Male Birthday Card

I am beginning to think that CAS is not in my creative blood.  

This birthday card looked fine without the crazy bird.  But it just didn't look finished to me.

inside

 The papers are from the new CTMH catalog.

The sentiment and dot stamps are from the CTMH January SOTM.

I added dots of liquid glass to the dots to make them look like bling.  I paper pieced the crazy bird.  The inside die cut is by Paper Sweeties and the sentiment by Great Impressions.

Challenges:

Artistic Inspiration Challenge #211 - AG optional tag (on inside of card)

Unicorn Challenge #39 - Things with Wings 

Through the Craft Room Door week of Jan 15th - AG

Die Cut Divas Challenge #403 - Birthday

CCC Digi Creations Challenge #99 - Happy Birthday 

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #204 - Masculine AG

The Male Room Challenge #102 - AG optional beverage

Masculine Happy Birthday Card

You can only put some things off so long.  This card needed to go in the mail today or it was sure to arrive late.  It is for my son, who has quite a collection of ties.

 

 I've used new CTMH papers and a retired CTMH sentiment;

Tim Holtz Crazy Bird tie stamp; and a new Memory Box die.

Challenges:

Through the Craft Room Door week of Jan 8th - AG

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Something new (paper & die)

CCC Digi Creations Challenge #99 - Happy Birthday

Die Cut Divas January Challenge - Something new (paper & die) 

Mix It Up Challenge #21 - AG + option of sentiment as the main focus

 

Happy Birthday Chick

Thought I'd share this birthday card for one of the gals in the Delightful Dazzling Dames, my Red Hat Chapter.

The chick is a Ranger Dylusions stamp, and her hat is from the Tim Holtz Crazy Bird stamp set.  The die cut was a magazine freebie.

The paper is from Crafters' Companion. 

Challenges:

Unicorn Challenge #38 - Things with Wings

2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #22 - Anything Goes with a Critter 

Seize the Birthday Challenge #156 - Birthday with confetti optional 

Creative Knockouts Challenge #279 - Celebrations

As You Like It Challenge - Anything Goes 

TTFN 

Gnome birthday card

So sorry I haven't posted anything for a few weeks.  

Here's a card I made rather quickly using a cute colored digi from Beccy's Place.

This fellow is supposed to be holding a lantern, but I replaced it with a little sign.  His hat and nose and the sign are popped but the photo didn't capture that.

Challenges:

Beccy's Place December Challenge - Use a Beccy's Place image; option flowers and plants

As You Like It Challenge - AG 

Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - Winter Fun or AG 

A Gem of a Challenge #234 - AG

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #562 - AG 

Polkadoodles Challenge Week 51 - AG 

Crazy Birds Happy Birthday

My younger brother's birthday is next week.  But I need to get his card in the mail by Saturday for him to get it in time.  No time like the present to get one made.

 Papers, punch, and enamel dots are from CTMH; stamps are from the Tim Holtz Crazy Bird collection from Stampers Anonymous; and the die cut is from  Die-versions.

The birds are fussy cut and paper pieced. 

Challenges:

Hiding in My Craft Room Challenge #374 - Super Scraps Saturday

Moving Along with the Times Challenge #82 - For a Man 

Seize the Birthday Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge - Birthday

2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge 19 - AG with a critter 

Thanks for stopping by!

Joyful Stars Close to My Heart October Blog Hop

Welcome to the October

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.

Today I'm sharing a gatefold shutter card with you.

I wanted to make something special for a wonderful young man who just celebrated his 14th birthday on Friday.

  This is actually a fairly simple card to make 

and the effect of the center eye opening is great!

You'll find an easy to follow tutorial here. 

The papers are from the CTMH Grateful Heart Paper Packet.

Cricut cuts are from CTMH cartridges.

Now, since this is a blog hop,

you might have arrived here from  Andrea Sherman'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.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Challenges: 

Always Happy Birthday October Challenge - Birthday Anything Goes 

Pause, Dream, Enjoy Challenge - Cards Any theme

Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - Celebrations 4 Kids or AG 

Heart 2 Heart Challenge - Use a Product from the new Expressions 2 book/copy a project from the new book/ or use the new colors.

 

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #413 - Anything Goes

It's time to make my annual Halloween Birthday Card for my daughter-in-law.  And since this week's Tuesday Throwdown Challenge is Anything Goes, I decided to make it a bit early and use it as my design team card.

 

I've used washi tape, glitter tape, and a scalloped punched border to dress up an otherwise CAS card.  The die cut circle is from a small scrap sheet of dp mounted on a punched scalloped circle.  The sentiment is from a freebie stamp set.  And the orange pearls were

originally white before being colored with a marker.

What are you working on this week?

We'd love to see you share it with us at

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge.

Anything Goes!

I am entering this card in a two of my favorite challenges.....

Always Happy Birthday October Challenge - Birthday Anything Goes

and

A Perfect Time to Craft October Challenge - Anything Goes

Have a great day!

 

Odds & Ends

When I go to CTMH card class at Joyce's, I just happen to sit at a spot where Joyce often sits when she is crafting.  Consequently, there are usually little bits of this and that on the table.  Last week I spied this butterfly stamp mounted and ready to stamp.  There was a piece of white scrap paper in reach and a black momento ink pad.  I just couldn't resist.  And then there was this scrap of red dp and a roll of ribbon close by.  With a nod from Joyce, I brought the 3 items home, colored the butterfly and made this card.

Challenges:

Bitten by the Bug Challenge - Anything Goes with the Cricut (The Happy Birthday is a Cricut cut from the CTMH Artiste cartridge.)

Dream Valley Challenge #107 - Pearls or Gems 

Use Your Stuff Challenge #331 - Spots or Dots

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations Challenge - I Spy something beginning with a B - Butterfly;Birthday

  

On this past Saturday, Joyce had her annual Christmas Card Extravaganza.  After signing in, we each made a tag using some new CTMH Texture Paste and a stencil made on the cricut with new Stencil Sheets.  I thought the tag would "look good on a card", and it does.

We made a total of 8 Christmas cards, which I'll show you in another post later this week.  For one of the cards we die cut a sentiment from the green cs which I used on this card.  So there's a hole behind the tag?  Who's gonna know? 

 

Somethin' 'bout a truck + CTMH Card Class 9/18/18

While looking through my box of images, I came across this truck and thought it would be perfect for a masculine card.

 Since the guy receiving this card is a retired dairy farmer, I couldn't resist adding a line from Old MacDonald as my bottom border.

Challenges:
Allsorts Challenge Week 485 - Create a scene with stamps or dies
Always Happy Birthday September Challenge - Happy Birthday 
Watercooler Wednesday Challenge #188 - Helen's  Masculine Anything Goes 
Crafting by Designs Challenge Sept 19-25 - You're the Man

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Here are the CTMH cards we made yesterday at Joyce's:

Birthday Card for 1 year old

This card was designed with my BFF's grandson in mind.  

He loves Sesame Street.

 I used a Sesame Street coloring page for the image which pops up when the card is opened.  I also fussy cut a second head and attached with a spring so it wobbles.

The sentiment stamps are from CTMH. 

Challenges: 

Sweet Stampers Challenge #24 - Bright Colors 

Sheepski Designs Challenge #18 - For Kidz 

Pause, Dream, Enjoy September Card Challenge - Any theme

Always Happy Birthday September Challenge - Birthday 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Pop It Up 

Crafty Creations Challenge #374 - Anything Goes

 And usually I make an extra card from the leftovers so I'm not storing little scraps......

Thanks for stopping by.