Mother's Day Card

 Yesterday, I discovered some pretty die cuts hiding in an envelope of miscellaneous items that had no home.  And since I couldn't find the card I had made for my mother weeks ago, I used them to make her this card instead:

For the background paper behind the die cut,  I used colored pencils and a clear glitter brush to blend them.  The sentiment stamp is from CTMH.   And somewhere, if I ever find it, is next year's card already made.  Don't you just hate when that happens?

 

Challenges:

Cut It Up Challenge #225 - Mother's Day 

As You Like It Challenge - Favorite Way to Add Ribbon (When I want a ribbon on my card, I just pull a bow out a a bag of bows I've made from ribbon ends, add a sticky adhesive dot and pop it right on the card.  Easy!)

The House That Stamps Built Challenge #m521 - All About Moms 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Feminine 

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #444 - For Mom

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Mother's Day and Flowers 

 

For Baby

Kaisercraft has a darling 6x6 paper pad called Little Treasures, which I was using to make a card in my previous post.

Before I put it away, I decided one of the preprinted images and a pop out border would be perfect for Sketch # 504 at Try Stamping on Tuesdays.  And I got to try the beautiful lace embossing folder that the postman delivered just hours ago.

 

Sentiment stamp is from SU.

 

Challenges:

Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge #504 - see above (I skipped the option.)

As You Like It Challenge - Favorite Way to Add Ribbon (I have a small bag of little bows that I make when the spool of ribbon is nearing the end.  When I want a ribbon on my card, I can just add a sticky adhesive dot and pop it right on the card.  Easy!)

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #146 - New Beginnings

Through the Purple Haze Challenge #180 - AG option gems/pearls

Creations in Pink Challenge #33 - AG in mainly pink 

Nurses Appreciation Week

 Yesterday was the beginning of Nurses Appreciation Week.  

I've used a cute stamp set from My Favorite Things to make a couple cards for the occasion.  These will be great to mail off to Send A Smile 4 Kids.  Thankfully, some of the children's hospitals are beginning to accept card donations once again. 

This first card follows the sketch at  

My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge #540. 

 

 

And the second card follows the sketch at 

Try Stampin' on Tuesday Challenge #505.

TSOT had an optional theme to use pastel colors, so I chose my papers accordingly.
Both images were hand colored with a combination of markers and pencils.

Tuesday Morning Sketches #604

 

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

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

 Here's this week's sketch.

 

 

 I followed it to make this card for my daughter's birthday, which was May 1st.  I know this doesn't look like a very feminine card 

 (even though the card base is pink), but my daughter likes frogs.  She loved this, saying it looked just like her Cope's Grey Tree Frog named Ghost.  The digi image, Frog an Flora, is from the Createful Hearts Design Store.  It was hand colored with pencils and blended with a waterbrush.

I hope you'll have time to 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:

Createful Heart Design Challenge #31 - AG

A Place to Start Challenge #5 - AG

Corrosive Challenge #5 - AG

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - Add Some Sparkle (3 strips of glitter paper)

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Week of May 4th - AG

Pattie's Creations Challenge #181 - Birthdays

Crafting Happiness Challenge #95 - Frogs

AAA Birthday Game #25 - Happy Birthday

 

A Hoppin' Fancy Fold

 Double Trouble Challenge # 83 is my kind of challenge.

Trouble Maker has chosen the theme - Fun Folds.

(There are links to some tutorials on the DTC blog.)

 Did you know that May 13th is Frog Jumping Day?  Why would you?  For some reason, Double Dare's Twisted Sister has asked that we help her celebrate by putting a frog on your card.

And finally, the Double Dare is to enter the Crafting Happiness Challenge #95, whose theme is Frogs.  I suggest you visit this blog, if only to see the dancing frog!

 

I love Fun Folds and today I've made one that I never made before.

It's a Bay Window Card.

When it is removed from the envelope, it looks like this.

 

 But then tuck the pink strip on the right side under the inside strip, just like you would an easel card, and it looks like this.

Here's another view.  You can see the spring that makes the cute frog, a CTMH stamp and die, wobble just a bit.

I added a strip of glitter foil across the bottom for some shine and used a Pink and Main die for the scalloped edges.

It was really very simple.

 

 

Additional Challenges I am entering:

Creative Creases Challenge - AG with a Fun Fold 

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge - Something in the garden (I have a cute little garden toad that returns every year and lives in the planter on the porch. ) 

 

Playing with Stencils

Without anything specific on my agenda, and in an effort to avoid working on my income tax, I decided to play with a few stencils.  I used 2 shades of yellow and a cat stencil from Stamplorations to create a fun background.  I had no plan as to what else would go on the card.  I looked around my table and saw this House Mouse stamp.

I like how the card turned out with one exception - the sentiment.  I chose this one from a clear sticker sampler, also from Stamplorations.

What would you use as a sentiment for this card?

I'd appreciate suggestions because I'm not 100% behind the one I used.

Challenges:

Stamplorations May Stencil Challenge -  AG

 

2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #50 - AG with a critter

Crafty Animals Challenge #50 - AG 

Send A Smile 4 Kids May Challenge

 The theme for the May Challenge at 

Send a Smile 4 Kids 

is Father's Day Cards 4 Kids

or Anything Goes 4 Kids.

 

 

 

 For this card I used CTMH papers and sentiment, a digital image from Imagine That Digis colored with markers, and stitched circle dies from La La Land Craft Dies.

 

 It would be great if you joined the fun at the

Send A Smile 4 Kids 

May Challenge.

(Cards only, please. And they need not be donated.)

 

And please take some time and visit the fabulous blogs of my teammates.  They work so hard and are very creative! 

Bobbi

Sybrina

Mary

Karen 

April 

Celeste

 

 

 

Challenges where I am sharing this card:

Creative Crafting Uncles Challenge #13 - Father's Day

Crafty Hazelnut's May Patterned Paper Challenge - AG with patterned paper

Crafts Galore Encore May Challenge #87 - AG 

Crafters' Cafe May Challenge #265 - AG

A Perfect Time to Craft May Challenge - AG

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #138 - AG

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - AG

Cut It Up Challenge #224 - Masculine Card