Triple Thanks Cards

 Whether it's for a child or parent to give to a nurse, doctor, volunteer, or other staff, there is always a need for Thank You Cards at Send A Smile 4 Kids.  

Here are three cards I've made using the same Thanks die.

 

(Car and sentiment stamps, and car die are from Sweet n Sassy)

(Ladybug is a colored digi from DeeDee's Digis.)

 

(Snail is also a colored digi from DeeDee's Digis.  Isn't that patterned paper pretty? And I just had to give the little guy some googly eyes when I accidently cut off his eyes when fussy cutting.)

 

I'll be entering the last card in the following Challenges: 

Crafty Hazelnut's August Patterned Paper Challenge - AG with patterned paper ; Aud Sentiments Challenge #258 - AG + a Sentiment ; Creative Knockouts Challenge #364 - Something to Say ; Digi Choosday Challenge Week #33 - AG ; Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Week of August 18th - AG ; Jan's Digi Stamps August Challenge - AG

Birthday Birds

 These three birthday cards are made from a partial sheet of paper I came across yesterday, some die cuts, some fussy cutting, a bit of stamping, and washi tape.

Challenges:

613 Avenue Create August Challenge - AG, option: washi tape;  Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday August Challenge - AG; Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Oh So Cute; Crafting Happiness Challenge #62 - AG; The Crafter's Cafe Challenge # 249 - Dots/Stripes; Love to Scrap Challenge #136 - For the Kids; AAA Birthday Card Challenge Game #16 - Tic Tac Toe (diagonally bright, washi, patterned paper)

Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #568

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

Here's the sketch for this week and my card.

Birthday Fishes for my Brother-in-law

 I hope you'll play along at

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

this week. 

The Design Team would love it if you'd visit our blogs.

Andrea

Debbie 

Margreet

Melissa

 Patti

Tammy

You can be sure that one of us will be visiting yours!

Have a great and crafty day!

 

Challenges I am entering:

Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge #251 - Gone Fishing

Crafting Happiness Challenge #62 - AG

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Mermaids and/or sea colors

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge #173 - Beach/Under the Sea

DLArt Thankful Thursday Challenge #265 - Birthday

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Midsummer Blues

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Masculine

AAA Birthday Challenge Game #16 - Tic Tac Toe (top row: Bright, Embossing, Masculine)

Double Trouble Challenge #64 - using the negative

This is my second card for the Double Trouble Challenge, using the negative from the first card.

The theme for the next two weeks at Double Trouble Challenge is Let's Brighten the Day.  Trouble Maker is requesting cards that might brighten someone's day even if the skies are gray.  Twisted Sister has asked for cards using gray and only 2 other colors.  And Double Dare has paired up the challenge with Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge.  (I copied and pasted that from the previous post.)

For this Thank You card I've used yellow and green as my 2 colors to go with the gray.

 This was actually harder than card #1 because of placing the tiny pieces, like the triangle above the T.

Challenges:

Double Trouble Challenge #64 - Brighten the Day; Gray + 2 colors: enter Color My Heart Color Dare

Color My Heart Color Dare #407 - Gray + 2 colors  

Double Trouble Challenge #64

The theme for the next two weeks at Double Trouble Challenge is Let's Brighten the Day.  Trouble Maker is requesting cards that might brighten someone's day even if the skies are gray.  Twisted Sister has asked for cards using gray and only 2 other colors.  And Double Dare has paired up the challenge with Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge.  Keeping these in mind, I've made this Thank You card. 

 I've always liked to combine pink, navy and gray.

Stamps are from CTMH.  The die was an inexpensive die from AliExpress.

 

Challenges:

Double Trouble Challenge #64 - Brighten the Day; Gray + 2 colors: enter Color My Heart Color Dare

Color My Heart Color Dare #407 - Gray + 2 colors  

Sympathy Card

 My mother called earlier and said she needed a sympathy card.

Gee.  Make a card or do housework?

Easy decision!

Actually, I cased one of the cards from the Stampin Up catalog, with a few additions and modifications. Two flowers are totally die cuts.  The middle flower is stamped, then die cut, then sponged around the edge. 

And here is the inside:

 

Challenges I am entering today:

As You Like It Challenge - Favorite color to pair with pink (I love dark green with pink, it really makes the pink pop!); Aud Sentiments Challenge #257 - AG with a sentiment; Creative Knockouts Challenge - Finish the Inside; Through the Craft Room Door Week of Aug 11th - AG; Die Cut Divas August Challenge - AG; Just Add Ink Challenge #518 - Just add "T" (I added twine and lots of texture.)

I think I'll save that housework for another day and make chocolate chip cookies instead.

Thanks for visiting.

Have a good one!

Minecraft Creeper Birthday Card

Last week, when we had no electricity, the little boy next door had these little figurines all lined up around their picnic table.  His parents were busy cleaning up debris from the storm.  Not knowing what he was playing with, nosy neighbor (that would be me) decided to investigate.  The little figurines were all characters from Minecraft, a computer game the kids enjoy playing.  Brantley explained, in detail, who each character was and what they did.  I still don't quite understand where the 3 black spiders figure into the game or if they were additions Bradley had made.

Why am I telling you all this?  Because Brantley is celebrating his 6th birthday on Saturday and I've made him this card using the Minecraft character Creeper.

This is actually the inside.  The sentiment is a sticker.  I used the edge of the sticker sheet to cut the black squares for Creeper's features.

I saw a similar card on Pinterest but could not find any instructions.  It took several mistakes, a few pieces of paper, and quite a bit of engineering before I came up with a plan.  It's basically a step card with a few modifications.  Here is the rudimentary diagram I made and followed.

 

This is the front of the card, also using the Minecraft Creeper theme:

 I cut the center out of the white piece with a blade and scissors before I dry embossed it.  The stamps are from MFT and the "6" was cut on the cricut with the CTMH Artbooking cartridge.

 

Challenges:

Scor-Pal More Than One Score August Challenge #73 - Birthday; Mix It Up Challenge #40 - AG and embossing; Love to Scrap Challenge #136 - For the Kids; Allsorts Challenge Week 583/54 - Masculine; Heart 2 Heart Challenge - Green Thumb (using the color green and a CTMH cricut cartridge); Crafting Happiness Challenge #61 - AG; Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Week of August 11th - AG; Ike's World Challenge #135 - 3 of a Kind (3 square embellishments); The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Masculine;  AAA Birthday Challenge Game #16 - Tic Tac Toe (using the top line, bright, embossing, and masculine).