One layer card?

The challenge (#167) at Sentimental Sundays this week is to make a one layer card.  Makes it easy to pick your paper, that's for sure.

(digi image by Bugaboo;sentiment by CTMH)

Just a few other challenges into which I'll enter this card:
LEJ Designs Challenge #66 - Furry Friends
ABC Challenge #40 - SIP, Stamps, Ink and Paper Only
Digi Darla's Challenge #75 - Fins, Feathers or Fur
Make It Monday Challenge #153 - Always Anything Goes
WhoopsiDaisy Challenge - Show us stitching
Hobbycutz Challenge #12 - Card for a Child
Send a Smile 4 Kids - Anything Goes 4 Kids
Jellypark Friends Friday Challenge - Cuddly,Wuddly
Creatilicious Challenge #53 - I love My Pet

Fishing Anyone?

When I ordered this digi image from Pattie's Creations Digital Stamps,  I knew I'd be using it for my brother-in-law's birthday card.   I added some dry embossing to the green panel and heat embossed the sentiment.  The image is colored with pencils, fussy cut.  The fishing creel and boots and glued to the CS, while the fish is raised with some foam tape.  I used an ultra fine brown marker for the faux stitching.  Of course I used today's Mojo Monday 306 Sketch:

 

and will be entering the card in the Mojo Monday Challenge.

I'm also submitting this card to the following challenges:

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge #73 - Embossing Any Type
Pile It On Challenge #32 - Outdoors
One Stitch at a Time Challenge #176 - Use a digi
Robyn's Fetish Challenge #172 - Lots of Layers
Allsorts Challenge Week 219 - Stitching
Di's Digi Design Challenge - Stitching

Digitally 'Sweet' Challenge #48 - Layers with Cedar Chest
The Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge - Embossing, Wet,Dry,or both
Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenge #179- Summer Fun
Milk Coffee Challenge - Show Us Those Coloring Skills
My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Challenge - Stitching
The Southern Girls Challenge - Things that begin with 'F'   (fish)
Oldie but a Goodie Challenge - Boys/Male Cards  (The Happy Birthday stamp I used is several years old.)

Going around in circles!!!

A relatively quick card and post today because I'm trying to do a zillion things at once.  Our Elliott family reunion is tomorrow, so that means I'm baking a cake and making a big pot of baked beans.  I'm getting ready for a card class I'm teaching Monday.  It's laundry day because I won't have a minute to do it next week.  Thank heavens it's just my DH and me filling the basket!  I had to run to the local farmer's market and grocery store....  and I am too easily distracted by other little things.

My card was quick because I grabbed the top sheet of DP in the box, found some CS to match, a couple of circle punches and one of the cute little stamps I got from Joyce for doing my 'homework' last week.  I even found the bow already made in my candy jar where I throw little bits of this and that.

And there you have it.

I'll quickly enter this in a couple challenges and get back to the zillion things I'm supposed to be doing today.

Brown Sugar Challenge #54 - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge #19 - Anything Goes
Just For Fun Challenge #1 - Anything Goes
Stamp n Doodle August 7th Challenge - Anything Goes
Whimsical Designs Challenge - Anything Goes
Paper Playtime Challenge #16 - Lots of Yellow

Using some cricut scraps

I love scraps.  I just can't bear throwing paper away.  If you read my blog regularly (if you don't, why not become a follower?), you've seen all kinds of 'scrappy' cards.  My friend Joyce always has a pile of very interesting scraps and I often come home from her card workshops with a little something from her trash.  Often what I find looks something like this:

 A negative sheet of cardstock from which tags, circles or other objects have been cut.

Thanks to the new Artbooking cricut cartridge that Close to My Heart has just released, Joyce's scraps have changed.   Here is a new layout she just posted on her blog using the new cartridge:

When she cut this layout, she very graciously gave me the scraps which looked like this:


I used them to make this background:


I added a few doilies I cut using the CTMH Artiste cricut cartridge, did a little stamping, distressing and embossing, and finished it off with ribbon and bow.


Now I'm going to submit it to the following challenges:
The Perfect Sentiment Challenge #86 - Use Your Favorite Technique (working with scraps and embossing)
Brown Sugar Challenge #54 - Anything Goes
Ladybug Crafts August Challenge - Something Floral
Emma's Crafty Challenge #19 - Floral
Crafty Ribbons Challenge #56 - Anything Goes with Ribbon
Delightful Challenges  - Make it Pop
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge # 107 - Embossing
ABC Challenge #39 - Monochromatic
Creative Creations Challenge #16 - MonochromaticPenny's Paper Crafty Challenge #139 - Dry Embossing
Divas by Design Challenge - Bingo (I used embossing, die cuts, and flowers)

Back to School

Principals and teachers start back to school in Pennsylvania shortly.  My son called yesterday to give me a list of dates my grandsons would need to visit us while he and his wife attended in-service days and various meetings in preparation for the coming school year.  Where did the summer go? 

Here's a card, using a cute bookworm digi by Pattie G, I made for all the current challenges with a Back to School theme.

I am entering this in the following:
Pattie's Creations Design Challenge #72 - Recipe (Must always use an image)
Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge # 57- Make Your Mark
The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge #10 - Back to School
Pile It On Challenge #31 - School Time
My Sheri Crafts Challenge #116 - Back to School
Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenge # 5 - School
Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenge #178 - Inspired by a Song  "School Days"
Oldie But A Goodie Challenge - Boys/Male Cards (The brads and metal clips are totally ancient.  I got them in a "Goodie Box" from CTMH.  Sure do wish they'd bring them back.  It was fun to get a package in the mail, not knowing what goodies would be inside.)
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #97 - 1image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments
Mema's August Challenge - Anything Goes + Back to School

SNAP!! We're Sassy!!!!

Yesterday at Joyce's card workshop we were joined by Eileen's teenage granddaughter, Hannah.  What a delight to have her with us.  She was pretty quiet at first, but after listening to us old chicks and our routine banter Hannah declared,  SNAP! you girls are SASSY!   We are definitely sassy and proud of it!!!!  Thanks for joining us, Hannah!

Last fall I won some blog candy which included a House Mouse stamp along with some other cute fall items.   August 31st is Operation Write Home's deadline for Halloween cards.  So it was finally time to try out my new stamp.

The current challenge theme at House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge # 150 is Heat Embossing.
I stamped the image in VersaMark and used black detail embossing powder to make it stand out and   also stamped an extra hat to emboss, fussy cut and pop.  After coloring the candy corn, I used a Penboss Embossing Pen to go over it and then heat embossed with clear EP to give it a shine.  It didn't start out to be an easel card, but the piece of orange CS I found wasn't quite large enough for a standard A2 card but it was large enough for an easel card.  I love orange, purple and black together.  I also love candy corn!  It's pure sugar.... what's not to love?

Besides entering this card in the #HMFMC150, I am submitting it to these other challenges:
Crafty Sentiments Design Challenge - Animals
Loves Rubber Stamps Challenge #64 - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Aug 6-12 - Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday Challenge #107 - Embossing
Hobbycutz Challenge #12 - Card for a Child
Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - Anything Goes For Kids
2 Creative Chicks Challenge #5 - Anything Goes For Kids


Oh, Snap!  I almost forgot to post our cards from class yesterday.  Here they are:

Friendship Card

Wow!  My Rainy Day card was chosen to be Highlighted at Use Your Stuff and was the Facebook Favorite at ABC Challenges.  What great news to start my day!

 I wanted to get this card for WHAT IF? Wednesday Sketch Challenge (#J2413) at the Repeat Impressions Blog posted before I headed over to Joyce's for her weekly Close To My Heart Card Workshop since the challenge closes today.

 (Digi image by A Creative Need)

Isn't this a great, super simple sketch?

 

  

Of course I have a few more challenges I am entering.  They are:
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!! Challenge #190 - Fun with Fruit
Craft-Dee Bows August Challenge - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow
Get Inky Challenge #10 - Ribbons
Brown Sugar Challenge #53 - Friendship
Digitally 'Sweet' Challenge #47 - Anything Goes
Daring Cardmakers August Color Challenge




Now off to Joyce's I go.  Stop back tomorrow to see what we made.