Wednesday's Card + CTMH Card Class 7/11/17

Unfortunately, we all find ourselves in need of a sympathy card.  This is for a friend of my husband, who recently lost his son.

(Inkadinkadoo stamp, CTMH papers, twine, and sentiment) 

Challenges:

The Paper Girls Challenge # 131- Seashells, Sea or Beach 

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Week of July 11 - Anything Goes 

Cards 4 Guyz Challenge #173 - Beside the Sea 

The Male Room Challenge #64 - Add Texture 

Crafty Gals Challenge #151 - Do it for the dudes 

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Here are the cards we made yesterday at Joyce's.

You might recognize one or two from the 

Joyful Stars July Blog Hop.

  Have a fab day!  

My goal today is to complete the pile of cards on the table that I have started but not finished.

I'll let you know how successful that is. 

Sunday Stamps

Is there a challenge out there that can fill the hole in my heart left by the closing of Mojo Monday?  

Because MM was a sketch challenge, it really helped get my creative week off to a start without having to begin from scratch.  I thought I'd give the Sunday Stamps Challenge a try and just wait until Monday morning to make my entry.  And what do they do to me?  They post a tall and skinny sketch, my least favorite sketch.   MM always did a tall & skinny sketch the 5th Monday of the month,  and I used to grumble every time.  But, I always made a tall & skinny card.  Yesterday, I actually made two, primarily because I had 2 strips of the blue snowflake paper left over.

 

Both cards measure 3.5 x 5.5 and will fit in an A2 envelope.

The cute little penguins are from a Hampton Arts stamp set which included a die to easily cut them out. The sentiment is also from this set.  I colored the little guys with ProMarkers and Black Wink of Stella.  I didn't want to add embellishments because these 2 cards are for the Cards for Little Hearts card drive.

Challenges being entered:

Sunday Stamps Challenge #156 - Tall & Skinny Sketch

A Gem of a Challenge # 198- Animals

Dragonfly Journeys Challenge #96 - Christmas in July

Winter Winderland Challenge - Christmas Penguins

So Nice + CTMH Card Class 6/20/17

Here are 2 cards I made this morning using up some CTMH paper that was on the table.  I have so many little plastic bags with paper scraps it is disgusting.  In an effort to consolidate and organize, I am determined that my table scraps will henceforth be used and not bagged.  I bet I can make all my Christmas cards this year from scraps I have saved.  That is my goal, anyway!

(The third Thank You card I made is in the mail.  I'll show it to you later. )

Challenges:

Always Fun Challenges #14 - Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart Challenge #167 - Anything Goes 

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #192 - Tic, tac, toe (I used the middle column: ribbon, stamp, 2 patterned papers.)

Hiding in My Craft Room Challenge #308 - Super Scraps Saturday

Through the Purple Haze Challenge #128 - Spots or Stripes

Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge # 167- Anything Goes + Ribbon

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And before I get into trouble when I go to our CTMH Class tomorrow,  here are the cards we made at our last class:

 See what I did wrong on the card above.  I came home and fixed it.  Thank heavens for Un-Do!

 I decided to wait to add a sentiment to this one.

 We stamped the little beach chair on fun foam and die cut it. 

 This is a peek a boo card I designed and taught, somewhat successfully.

 wait for it.....

 fully opened to reveal the hidden message

And this is the first card, after I turned the paper the correct way.

Thanks for stopping by today.
To see more Close to My Heart Creations, 
pop down to the post below this one and enjoy the
Joyful Stars July Blog Hop. 
 

Joyful Stars CTMH July Blog Hop

Welcome to the July

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.

It's plenty hot and humid here in Pennsylvania, but nothing compared to the temps in Yuma, Arizona, where my BFF lives.  This card is for her.

I've used Prickly Pear paper on the top and for the 3 cacti.  The bottom strip of paper is from Let's Party.  The banner is from the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge; the letters are from the Flower Market Cartridge; and the "COOL" is part of the "COOLIN OFF" sentiment, also on the Flower Market Cartridge.  

This month I have a second card to share.

I used the same Prickly Pear paper and the Flower Market Cartridge to make this fancy fold card for my BFF's daughter's birthday.  

From the outside, it's kind of a locking gatefold . 

 

 Inside, two little tabs hold a removable sentiment card.

You can decorate the front and put your sentiment on the back.

Now, since this is a circular blog hop, you might have arrived here from Michelle Loncar's blog.

Your next stop is  Tracey Pierce's blog.   

  But, 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. 

Challenges I am entering: 
Southern Girls Challenge #163 - Ribbon or Twine
4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #358 - Stamping No Digis 
Fussy and Fancy Challenge #191 - Celebration 
Crafting with Friends Challenge #47 - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar Challenge #258 - Anything Goes 
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Anything Goes
Polkadoodles Challenge Week 26- Anything Goes 
heARTful Stamping Challenge - Happy Birthday + a stamp
Scor-Pal More Than One Score Challenge #39 - Die Cuts ( the Happy Birthday is a Die-versions cut):
The cards base of this card is 5.5x12, scored at 2", 4", 8", and 10".
 

(Not everything on the second card is from CTMH.  If you have any questions about items I have used but haven't mentioned, please leave them in a comment, and I'll try to answer them.
I got the idea for this card style, called a Fold a long Card, from a Tip of the Day in the weekly Scrapbook Expo newsletter, but had to do a lot of improvising since I don't have a Sizzix or the fold a long die. )

Birthday Card

Hopefully, Judie has received her birthday card by now, because here it is:

Closed, the card fit in an A2 envelope.

With top flap opened.

 With both top and bottom flaps open to reveal the sentiment.

Card base is 4.25 x 11.75; scored at 2" and 6".

Challenges: 

Scor-pal More Than One Score Challenge #39 - Die Cuts (Die-versions stitched flower was used)

Alphabet Challenge - "i" is for insects (dragonfly)

Crafty Catz Challenge #378 - Anything Goes w/Twist: Add some lace

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge # 358 - Stamping, No Digis

Through the Craft Room Door Week of July 4th - Always Anything Goes

 

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #350 with Sasayaki Glitter

Today I'm using Party Monster, 

a digital image from Sasayaki Glitter, 

our wonderful sponsor

for this week's

Monster Mash Challenge

at Tuesday Throwdown.

You'll find more Sasayaki images in their Etsy store and lots of inspiration on their blog, as well as a monthly challenge.  Or pop over and join their facebook group to participate in their progressive challenge.  

Since today is the 4th of July, Independence Day in the USA, 

I am adding a red, white and blue card,

using the same image from Sasayaki Glitter, 

 to celebrate.

And I am entering these fun challenges:

Sasayaki Glitter July Challenge - Your Favorite Color (Mine is blue.)

Aud Sentiments Challenge #183 - For a child + a sentiment

Just Us Girls Challenge #400 - Celebrate 

Dragonfly Journeys Challenge #95 - Red, White and Blue

Come and Get It Challenge - Colors of Your Nation 

Angie's Digital Stamps Challenge #11 - Anything Goes, optional twist Red, White or Blue or All 3

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Red, White and/or Blue 

Cards in Envy Challenge - Patriotic 

Bitten by the Bug Challenge - Red, White and Blue  (The word celebrate was crocut cut using the CTMH Artbooking cartridge)

Always Fun Challenge #13 - Patriotic

Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - Birthday Fun 4 Kids

Thanks for visiting and
don't forget to enter your monster cards and projects in this week's Tuesday Throwdown Challenge.

Mentally Cooling Off

After spending the last three days out in the hot sun at my grandson's baseball tournament, I decided to mentally cool off by making some Winter Cards for the current

 Cards for Little Hearts Card Drive. 

When I pulled out my box of Winter/Christmas stuff, I discovered a decoupage pack with coordinating papers right on top.  It came in one of my magazines, after I had already made all of last year's  cards.  Since it had 4 darling images, I decided to use that and dig no further.   Instead of making the images 6 layers high, I went with 3 layers and made 8 cards. 

After completing these cards, I still had a good bit of paper left.   Using a CTMH stamp, I made my own 3 layer decoupage image for these 2 cards.

It's so much easier just popping images out of a premade decoupage sheet than fussy cutting.  

But I really do like the effect of all the layers. 

There's still more paper, but I'm calling it quits for today.  

If you'd like more information about the

Card Drive for Little Hearts,

 

you'll find everything you need to know on the 

Christina Hor Designs Blog.

Challenges:

Aud Sentiments Challenge #183 - For a Child + a Sentiment

Crafty Animals Challenge #4 - Anything Goes 

A Perfect Time to Craft July Challenge - Anything Goes

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #47 - Anything Goes 

2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #4 - Anything Goes 

The Crazy Challenge #252 - Animals 

Crafting From the Heart Challenge #166 - Anything Goes 

Thanks for visiting.

Debi