Fried Chickens

My friend told me that yesterday, July 6th, 

was National Fried Chicken Day.

Who knew?

Well, Bugaboo Stamps has a digi that is perfect for

National Fried Chicken Day. 

Here are a few challenges for these birds:

Card #1:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #28 - AG

The Paper Shelter Challenge #390 - Digi Image

Crafty Girls Corner #195 - Summer Fun

Digi Choosday Challenge Week 27 - AG

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Bright Colors

Colour Crazy Challenge Week 26 - AG

Di's Digi Designs Challenge - Sweet Summertime

Catch the Bug July Challenge - AG

Card #2:

Addicted to CAS Challenge #163 - heat 

Crafty Friends Challenge #113 - things beginning with "b" (bird, beach, blue)

Crazy 4 Challenges #491 - bird

DL.Art Thankful Thursday Challenge #245 - Summer 

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #176 -  Clean and Simple Summer Card

SAS4K July Challenge

This month a lot of challenges are celebrating Christmas in July and Send a Smile 4 Kids is no exception. 

If you follow my blog, and I'd be so happy if you did, you know I recently found a shoe box of various paper scraps and have been diligently trying to empty the box.  This Merry Christmas paper was a timely find. 

 

The image is from Bugaboo and the sentiment is a Cricut cut from the CTMH Artistry cartridge.  After Christmas last year I purchased a box of red and green cards with envelopes on clearance, knowing they'd be perfect for this year's SAS4K cards.

If you are interested in making and donating cards to SAS4K, you can find all the information you need right here.

Challenges:

Kitty Bee Designs Challenge #146 - Christmas in July

A Gem of a Challenge Week 13 - AG

ABC Christmas Challenge - No Peeking and/or Ornaments

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #435 - AG

Digi Choosday Challenge Week 27 - AG

Crimbo Crackers Challenge #188 - Anything Christmas or Festive Goes

Aud Sentiments Design Challenge #230 - AG + a Sentiment

Simply Create Too Challenge # 151 - AG; twist: use patterned paper

QKR Stampede Challenge #355 - AG

Polkadoodles Challenge Week 27 - AG

Creative Fingers Challenge #167 - AG

Patriotic 4th of July Card

Today the United States the 4th of July, Independence day.

Happy 4th to all!

 I pulled out some fun embossing folders and followed this week's Mojo Monday sketch #519. 

 

I accidentally cut off the bottom of the die cut circle.  Thankfully I had a perfect piece of ribbon in my stash to hide my goof.

Additional Challenges:

Cut It Up Challenge #177 - Red, White & Blue 

Always Fun Challenge #117 - Patriotic 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Stars and/or Stripes 

The House That Stamps Built Challenge DCCJ319 - Red, White and Blue

Fab n Funky Challenge #447 - Stars and/or Stripes 

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #348 -  Holiday

 

Double Trouble Challenge #32 & CTMH Class 7/2

It's awfully hot out to be thinking about Christmas in July, but this week that's what Double Trouble Challenge #32 wants you to do.  Not only that, the challenge calls for something square, an optional beach scene, and a link up to the Retro Rubber Challenge #114 where you need to use an old stamp on your Christmas in July card.

Here's a fun card using a Bugaboo digi and a Great Impressions rubber stamp, which is probably 10 years old.

Challenges:

Double Trouble Challenge # 32 - Christmas in July, Squares, at the beach, link to RRC

Retro Rubber Challenge #114 - Christmas in July, old rubber stamp (Great Impressions rubber stamp, approx. 10 years old)

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #227 - Dies/Punches 

I Love Promarkers Challenge #387 - AG; 3 of a kind

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #195 - Fun in the Sun

Through the Craft Room Door Week of July 2 - AG

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #52 - AG

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These are the cards we made yesterday 

at Joyce's CTMH card class.

Thanks for the visit. 

Triple Panel Stand Up Birthday Card

At least I think it's called a Triple Panel Stand Up Card. 

Please correct me if I'm wrong. 

This card was for my mother's 89th birthday.

I wanted to show off the pretty chip board circle and sentiment that came with some very pretty papers and a lovely set of fairy stamps in my last Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine.

Card Front

Card back with stamps by Stampendous

 Here are a few more cards I made to use up leftovers and try out the freebie stamps.

These 3 cards went in the box for Send a Smile 4 Kids.

Challenges:

Inkspirational Challenge #190 - 3 or 5 of something (I used 3 colored pearls as heads on each of the butterflies.)

613 Avenue Create Challenge #222 - AG with option of more than 1 fold

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - AG 

Through the Craft Room Door June 25th Challenge - AG

Aud Sentiments Challenge #230 - AG + a sentiment 

Daring Cardmakers Challenge - Cut It Up: use pretty designer papers 

Birthday Peacocks

An uninvited flock of peacocks has decided to make the tree in my friend's yard their home.  

For her birthday, I thought she needed a peacock on her card.  

 In fact, everyone who had birthdays this week also received a peacock card.  What fun stamps from MFT!

 

Challenges:

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge June 25th - AG 
Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #426 - Happy Birthday 
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #588 - Birthdays
Aud Sentiments Challenge #230 - AG + a sentiment
QKR Stampede Challenge #354 - AG 
Polkadoodles Challenge wk26 - AG 

Double Trouble Challenge #31 Card 2 + CTMH Class 6/25/19

Adventure Awaits when it's summer and time to go on vacation.

 This card, following a sketch #322 at  

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge, 

gives you a glimpse of the black and white patterned papers in the newest CTMH catalog. 

It is also my second entry for the current 

Double Trouble Challenge #31, Hit the Road - Dry/Heat Embossing and Pile It On Challenge #155, Transportion and/or Vacation theme.

(FYI: The sailboat is a cut from the CTMH Flower Market cricut cartridge. And the heart embossing folder is also by CTMH. My apologies to Twisted Sister for the absence of a road sign.)

 

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Here are the 4 cards we made at Joyce's CTMH class yesterday.

We celebrated 2 birthdays in the group, missed you Judie, by enjoying the yummiest white chocolate raspberry bundt cake with cream cheese frosting from Nothing Bundt Cakes.