Soccer Anyone?

This is the yo-yo card I made our grandson for his 7th Birthday.  He really enjoyed pulling the string and spinning the soccer ball around.  Kids just love interactive cards.  Actually, adults do too. The Soccer Boy digi image is from Digi Stamps 4 Joy.

I am entering this in the following challenges:
Sweet n Sassy Friday Feature and Challenge - Milestones
A Little Bit Crafty Challenge - Man Up!
DRS Challenge #108 - Feelin' Green
Inky Impressions Challenge #145 - Someone Special
Word Art Wednesdays Challenge #118 - Anything Goes
Love to Create Challenge #101 - Birthday/Anniversary
Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - For the Boys

Scrappy Card

Guess what I was doing when I made the card above. 

I was cleaning up the table after making my DT card for this week's Tuesday Throwdown Challenge.

What else was I going to do with a little piece of this and another piece of that?

This card is my entry for the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #180 - Flags and/or Banners

4 Crafty Girlz Challenge #11 - Anything Goes

Crafty Ribbons Challenge #75 - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Delightful Challenges - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #81 - Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs February Challenge - Anything  Goes

The Paper Shelter Challenge #144 - Use at least 3 DP

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #163 - Something Old, Something New

(The DP is new, the crocheted circle is old)

Stamp n Doodle Challenge #5 - To my Friend/s

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #118 - Anything Goes

Check out my pointsettias this year:

Compared to last year when I didn't get 1 flower:

Are you having an 'ice' day?

Instead of snow, today the trees are covered in ice.  It's rather pretty. 

You are probably tired of reading my daily weather report.  So I will leave it at that.

Here's the card I wanted to share with you today....

This image is a rubber cling mounted stamp which is part of a set from Sparkle and Sprinkle.  I stamped it in black Momento ink and then clear embossed it before coloring with a combination of markers pencils and chalk.  The windshield got a coat of liquid glass which dries clear to make it look like a real windshield.

Brads are from CTMH.  Sentiment is a stamp from the same SNS set .  I doodled around the frame with a fine tip marker and distressed all the paper edges with a dauber and black ink.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

Cardz 4 Guys Challenge #4 - Spots and Stripes

Sparkle N Sprinkle February 2014 Challenge - Anything Goes (I used embossing powder.)

Try it on Tuesdays Challenge - Travel

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #109 - This is a Man's World

Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - For the Boys

Tuesday Throwdown

I am so excited.

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No, not because we got more snow!!!!

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I've been asked to join the Design Team at Tuesday Throwdown Challenge Blog.

This week at Tuesday Throwdown we are 

sponsored by Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More

 

 and it is a sketch challenge....

I chose to use the digital image Pretty Flowers from 

Robyn's Fetish for my first DT card.

I hope you'll all hop over to Tuesday Throwdown to see the 

other wonderful cards my Team has made to inspire you

to join in this week's challenge.

You don't even have to go out in the snow!

A Very Snowy Mojo Monday

Well, the snow arrived to day as predicted.  And it's a lot of snow!  Still coming down, as if 6+ inches wasn't enough.  Look at the cute little dunce caps on the lights up my walk....

Here, the neighborhood girls are out trying to make a snowman, but it's not a good packing snow.  

It's an excellent day for making a Mojo Monday card, baking cookies, and putting on a pot of pot pie for dinner.

The cat and sentiment are from a set of Paper Smooches stamps called Party Posse.

 

This is the Mojo Monday Sketch # 331 for this week:

Here are the challenges for this card:

Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge #331

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge wk 1 - Anything Goes 

Scribble and Scrap Challenge #11 - Always Anything Goes

The Squirrel and the Fox Challenge #62 - Use Embellishments

ABC Challenge - E is for embellish

Emerald Faeries Challenge #52 - Let's see a banner

Animals Friends Challenge #11 - Dots (I love the new dotted swirl embossing folder I just got!)

Card and Scrap Challenge #69 - Use stamps

Cards Galore Encore Challenge #2 -Add a Gem, Glitter, Candi or any Bling you fancy

Treasured Times Rubber Stamps and Scrapbooking Challenge #11 - Anything Goes with Lots of Layering 

Whimsy Inspiration Challenge #67 - Something New (the embossing folder I used)

2 Sisters Challenge #173 - Embossing

It's STILL snowing!

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Dream Pop Scraps

One way to clean up the craft table is to throw the scraps onto a card, as I did with this one.  There's a bit of everything on this colorful birthday card.

These are the challenges I am entering this card into:
Challenges 4 Everybody #48 - Anything Goes
Glitter N Sparkle Challenge #70 - Buttons
One Stitch at a Time Challenge #198 - Anything Goes
Scribble and Scrap Challenge #11 - Always Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss Challenge #221 - Sunny Colors
Jo's Scrap Shack Fun-Day Friday Challenge #35 - Celebrate
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes with Twine or String
LEJ Designs Challenge #85 - Anything Goes
Twisted Tuesday Challenge #68 - Use Tape + Twist: Use something that begins with a "T" or a "A" or a "P" or a "E" on your creation. (There are 2 strips of striped washi tape at the top of the card and I've used Thread and baker's Twine.)

Snow Shoveling Fairy?

I can't believe we have snow in the forecast several days next week.  Enough already.  Temps did reach the 50's today and may again tomorrow, but then the cold is back.  A snow shoveling fairy would certainly be nice.  That's for sure! 

This digi is from Bugaboo digital stamps.  The sentiment was computer generated.  That glittery BG is a thin vinyl that looks purple on one side and silver on the other.  A friend at class was nice enough to share it with us.  The white snowflakes are dazzles.  And I added some glitter on the wings, hat, snow and snowflakes.

I'm entering this card in the following:

The Crafters' Cafe Challenge #48 - Use Ribbon and/or Lace
Digi Stamps 4 Joy SA Challenge #84 - Add Real Ribbon
Cards Galore Encore Challenge #2 - Add gems, glitter, candi or any bling you fancy
One Crazy Stamper February Challenge - Anything Goes
Catch the Bug February Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz Challenge #216 - Anything Goes
Digi Haven Challenge - Snowbuddies (Anyone who comes and shovels our snow is a buddy of mine!)
Winter Wonderland Challenge - Digi Days
Creative Moments Challenge #35 - Anything Goes/Add some Sparkle