JAS Circle card Challenge

At Just A Scrappin', we are challenged to make circle cards. I made mine a scalloped circle using Art Philosophy and my Cricut! Here is a Christmas card I made-

The card base is white cardstock by Close To My Heart. The topper is made with green shimmer paper (Wausau), and green foil (Colorbok). The ornament was made with the Anna Griffith Winter Wonderland cartridge at 4", and I wouldn't go smaller than this as the layering pieces are extremely detailed. I used silver, gold, white, and pewter shimmer paper (Wausau) and topped the ornament with gold cording. The sentiment is on a scrap piece of white cardstock, stamped with Versamark ink and embossed with Hero Arts Green Shimmer powder. A corner rounder on opposite corners finished the sentiment.

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Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Boobs!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. A cause near and dear to Edna and the sisterhood as many of us have loved ones and friends who have strongly and courageously battled breast cancer.

The above was taken directly from the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers challenge page. Here is a card I'm sending to my friend in Idaho-

Here is a list of materials:

1. Unity Stamp Co. for the front sentiment, and MFT Fishtail banner.
2. Body I freehand drew, cut out. Added "boobs" using MFT Circle dies and made ribbon tassels. Hey, she could be a stripper.
3. Inside message computer generated. 
4. Paper: white Neenah cardstock, Bazzill beige, Creative Memories pink patterned.  

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SoSS Steampunk

I had to hurry up and get this done, and I'm barely under the wire! At Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers (all of whom I adore!) the challenge is Steampunk. I have never done a steampunk card before, so I don't know how accurate I am. Anyway, here is the card-

and here are the materials-

1. Image-Graphics Fairy.
2. Embossing Folder: Steampunk by Tim Holtz.
3. Dies: gears by Artiste (Cricut)
4. Paper: light brown, black, white cardstock.
5. Stamp: Funny Bones by Riley & Co.

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JAS Flower Card

Hello! The challenge at Just a Scrappin' is to have a project with flowers, and here is a card I made-

I take Copic classes, and this was a practice piece we did, so I couldn't tell you who made the stamp. After the image was colored, we used Glossy Accents to highlight parts of the flowers, and used a grey Copic around the image. The purple ribbon is from the $1 store, the patterned cardstock is by Coordinations, and the card base is DCWV Solid cardstock. I also used a corner punch to round the opposite corners of the paper elements.

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Kitty Bee Designs Spotlight

Thanks for joining me today at  Kitty Bee Designs. Today I'm sharing a Halloween card for my spotlight day-

Isn't this little cow adorable? This Pumpkin Cow (colored with Copics) is mounted on a spider web easel card from Bird's Cards. If you are able to cut SVG's, everything on Bird's web site are FREE! The spider web highlights Pumpkin Cow beautifully! The bats are from Spellbinders, the sentiment from Unity Stamps, and the stopper was made using My Favorite Things Pierced Rounded Rectangles.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful day!

Kitty Bee Designs Challenge #57-Buttons

Today is Kitty Bee Designs Challenge #57-Buttons! I had a blast going through several button boxes that belonged to my Mom & Grandmother. So many old and beautiful buttons, along with some wonderful memories. Today's challenge is sponsored by-

 

So make sure you enter our challenge! Here is my card-

Here is a list of materials-

1. Paper-beige cardstock, patterned paper by Jillibean Soup.
2. Stamps-Unity Stamp Co. (sentiment), Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous (dress form).
3. Ink-Versafine black onyx.
4. Buttons-stash.
5. Sewing machine with black thread.

I like the texture of the beige paper under the dress form, and the old buttons and patterned paper remind me of vintage dresses my grandmother liked. She was a professional seamstress, and passed on the love of sewing to my mother, and then to me.

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JAS Birthday Cards

The challenge at Just A Scrappin' this week is Birthday Cards-and here is one of mine with one of my favorite stamps-

Here is a list of materials-

1. Stamps-Technique Tuesday's Greenhouse Society Petunia, sentiment from Technique Tuesdays.
2. Colored with Spectrum Noir markers.
3. Paper-background paper from Coordinations Brights, lavender cardstock, white cardstock.
4. Lavender metal brads (unknown).

Sometimes I just like simple cards. And I must be on a purple kick, because I noticed I've made several cards lately using purple!

JAS Wedding Card

At Just A Scrappin' this week, the challenge is to make a wedding card. Here is my project-

Very, very simple to make! The white panel was embossed with a Cuttlebug Damaskene embossing folder (part of the Cricut Sentimentals collection). I cut the sentiment with my Cricut using the Artiste cartridge, then used a Spellbinders die (Labels 16) to die cut around the negative space. Then I  cut a larger die in a color that matched my ribbon.

The great thing is that the label shadow and ribbon can be changed to suit any wedding decor color!

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Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers-F is for Fart Challenge!

I have the best time with the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! I was chosen to be Queen, and I get to be Guest Designer for this challenge-

Oh, how much fun! Here is a card I made for the F is for Fart Challenge-

Pretty simple card to make! I found both the Betty Boop image and the joke on the internet! After I printed everything, I used an OLD Stampin' Up word bubble stamp for the question. I used Studio Calico's Wanderlust paper for the front along with the yellow 1/8" ribbon, and the inside I used the same paper to frame the image and sentiment. Spellbinders circles die cut the window.

I hope you enjoyed this card!

JAS Labor Day Challenge

The challenge at Just A Scrappin' this week is to make a project for Labor Day, and here is an invitation for a BBQ I made-

Labor Day is to honor the American worker, and I feel like Rosie the Riveter embodies the qualities of everyone that works. Roll up your shirt sleeves and put your back to it! Here are the materials I used:

1. Image-found on internet, printed on white cardstock, along with the sentiment.
2. Die: MFT Fishtail banner for the sentiment.
3. Paper: unknown, from stash.
4. Button: from stash, with grey embroidery floss. 

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SoSS-I is for Image!

I just had to participate in this challenge!! At Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers the challenge is I is for Image-no sentiments on the front! Well, I made a penny slider card with some OLD paper I found in one of my many stashes-

I have no idea who made this paper, but it used to be 12" x 12". I bought it to document some of the dumb stuff my husband used to do! The image is by Artistic Impressions and colored with Copics.
And on the inside, snark of course!

And boy is that true with nurses! Always poking and prodding you! Here is a little video of the card in action-

I took a video of this to show you how funny it looks rolling through the card -it took a while

 but I finally got this sucker posted!

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Kitty Bee Designs In the Sky Challenge

Welcome! Today is the new challenge featuring the great designs of-

 and here is my project-

Here is a list of materials-

1. Image-MilkCoffee Swirly Bird. Colored with Copics. Highlighted with Wink of Stella.
2. Paper-Creative Memories pink, green & patterned.
3. Dies- MFT Rounded Rectangles, Cricut Artiste cartridge.
4. Ribbon-$1 store.

Thank you for visiting, and make sure you make a project for the great prize from MilkCoffee!

JAS Favorite Technique challenge!

The challenge at Just A Scrappin' this week is to use a favorite technique or embellishment. This one I just learned at my Copics class (Thanks Marti!) and have used it a lot! These were made in class as a tutorial.

I took a 4 inch square of white paper and centered a 3" grid of 1" squares lightly drawn with a pencil. I then colored 4 different colors into the 9 squares using my Copic markers. After all the squares are colored I took my Copic blender refill bottle and dripped out dots onto the grid. The smallest dots are added with a Q-Tip dipped in the Copic blender solution. I then stamped with some silhouette stamps, added the sentiments, and finished off the blue one with sequins in the flower centers.

Super easy, and it turns out great!

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Kitty Bee Spotlight-August

Hello! This is Michelle, and here is my Design Team Spotlight from Kitty Bee Designs. I just had to try this Penny Slider card from this tutorial here at Die Cut Diva's-

Here is what it looks like when you tilt the card-

I laughed and laughed as I saw this little cow spinning!

I did learn that the bigger the round pop dot the slower the spin is, and the smaller the round pop dot the faster it goes. I had ONE round pop dot to play with! Here is a list of materials-

1. Paper: white, yellow cardstock from stash, Reminisce Magic Stars dp.
2. Two pennies, one round pop dot.
3. Image: Kitty Bee Designs Kal-Bee Cow over Moon (contact Ruth for image!), colored with alcohol markers.
4. Cricut: Artiste stamp and banner.

Thank you for visiting!

Just A Scrappin' Shimmer and Glitter

The challenge this week at Just A Scrappin' is to make a project using Shimmer and glitter, and here is my project-

Here is a list of materials-

1. Paper: silver Shimmer by Wausau, Blue and light blue by DCWV Shimmer Stack #2, unknown blue cardstock for card base.
2. Die: Elizabeth Craft Designs Rose.
3. Embossing Folder: Spellbinders MBossabilities Framed Labels Eighteen.
4. Ribbon: American Crafts sheer ribbon.
5. Stickles: Waterfall.

I like having cards that are non-sentiment so I can use them for almost any occasion! This could be used for birthdays, weddings, get well, thanks-gee, so many uses!

SoSS Challenge-U is for Ugly!

I've been recovering from a week in Reno, Nevada where we took one of our Chevelles to Hot August Nights. We over-served ourselves several times! So now I feel better to take on some challenges, like at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stamper's U is for Ugly Challenge!

Here is my ugly paper-which I have had for over 10 years-

At our now defunct Scrapbook Store, the owner would use papers for projects and what was leftover she would sell in bundles for ridiculously low prices. Well, you get what you get and I never found a use for this ugly paper, until now-

I just love snark! The paper is from my stash and I chose the brown ink and stripe to mimic bird crap. The image is from the internet, and the sentiment is from Creative Vision.

Thanks for looking!

Kitty Bee Designs Water Animal Challenge

At Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenge, the theme is water animals the sponsor this week is-

so enter the challenge to win a cool prize from 2 Cute Ink!

Here is my project-

and here is what I used to make it:

1. 2 Cute Ink image-Best Fins colored with Prismacolor pencils.
2. Paper-light blue cardstock, medium blue cardstock, white cardstock, light & dark green cardstock (from my stash).
3. Dies-My Favorite Things Pierced Circles, Cricut (Life is a beach cartridge) seaweed.
4. Embossing Folder-Cuttlebug Japanese Scales.
5. White sequins (stash).

Thanks for joining me today, and enter the challenge for a chance at a great prize from 2 Cute Ink!

Kitty Bee Challenges July Spotlight

  Welcome! Thanks for joining me today at  Kitty Bee Designs. Here is my July spotlight project-

My friend like the card I made last month so much she asked if I could make her about a dozen cards! She wants to leave them for customers at Murray Grey shows as a way to show appreciation for their hard work. I'm more than happy to help!

Here is a list of materials-

1. Papers: Red/white check paper, red and gray cardstock-Michaels, white cardstock-Stampin' Up.
2. Image: Kitty Bee Designs For you Kal-Bee. Colored with Copic markers.
3. Stamp: Avery Elle Thanks a Bunch.
4. Dies: My Favorite Things-Pierced Squares and Fishtail Banners. 

 Thanks for visiting!

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers-S is for Shakers Challenge!

Hello! Today I'm the Guest Designer at Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers, and I want to encourage you to join in this fun Challenge-

Easy, right? Then get going-Edna needs motivation to shake her booty! Here is my card-

I made this for my brothers birthday in November. He's always giving me crap about my age because I'm the oldest! I'm glad to be able to dish it back to him.

Here is a list of ingredients-

1. Background paper-Michaels. Blue, white, purple, orange, yellow and green cardstock from my scrap stash.
2. Stamps by Creative Vision. My Favorite Things Fishtail banners for sentiments.
3. Cricut used to cut cake-Celebrations cartridge. $1 store pink craft foam for body of cake. Recycled plastic for shaker coverage. Embossing Folder Happy Birthday by Cuttlebug.
4. My Favorite Things Rounded Rectangles for shaker cavity. Glass beads and clear sequins from my stash.

I hope you enjoyed this card, and thanks for visiting!

JAS Lace challenge

Hello! This week at Just A Scrappin' the challenge is to use lace, and here is my project-

This was so simple! I used a pre-printed lace card base with Mark's Finest Papers Night on the Town stamp. The black cardstock and pearls are from my stash, and the sentiment is from Technique Tuesday Greenhouse collection. Very CAS!

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Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers R is for Rude

I love the challenges at Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers-they make me howl with laughter! And this R is for Rude challenge is right up my alley! I've had this card in my head for a long time, and I thought this would be a good time to make it. But it is funny, and some could look at it as plain mean. It's definitely rude though.

And now for the rude-

Image is from the Graphic Fairy, computer generated sentiment, and the razor blade is one I used to rip stitching out when I've made a BIG boo-boo sewing!

I've written several explanations, deleted them, write some more and delete, and have decided to just keep quiet! I can say I would never give this to anyone who might use it or take it the wrong way. You have to know your recipient to give a card like this away.

Personally, I would love to give this to a former co-worker who was the biggest, back stabbing be-otch and one of the devils minions. Oh, yeah.

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JAS Pastels

Welcome! The challenge at Just A Scrappin' is Pastels, which is hard for me because I don't work with that color palette as a rule. But I did combine this pale yellow with my browns I love so well!

Here is what I used:

1. Papers-unknown (from stash).
2. Ribbon-1/8" pink Offray.
3. Ink-Studio G brown.
4. Stamp-Technique Tuesday.

Thanks for visiting!

SoSS Wine Challenge

This is a card I've had in my mind a long time (or at least as long as I've had the stamp, lol). This is perfect for the W is for Wine Challenge at Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

Most of the paper is old Creative Memories I'm trying to use up (except the white and tan-out of the scrap bin!). I drew the jeans first, then cut the body to fit the curves. I used a white gel pen to show stitching. The sentiment is from Unity Stamp Co. The heart rhinestone is from my stash also.

I'm also entering this at Unity's Friends with Flair Challenge!

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Kitty Bee Designs Christmas in July Challenge!

Welcome! Today is the new challenge featuring the great designs of-

Check them out-they have some really great images!

And here is my project-

Here is a list of materials-

1. Paper-white cardstock, Best Creations patterned paper.
2. Lacy Sunshine image Peppermint Snow Globe colored with Spectrum Noir markers. Inside globe colored with B000 and Blender. My Favorite Things Pierced Rounded Rectangles die.
3. Penguin image from Kitty Bee Designs, colored with Spectrum Noir Markers.
4. Unknown manuf. sentiment and snowflake stickers (Thanks Mom!).

I hope you enjoyed your visit!

JAS Independence Day

At Just A Scrappin', the challenge is to celebrate Independence day, and here is my project for my calendar-

I saw this paper (Pebbles Americana) at a local craft store and knew I wanted my July calendar to be patriotic. The bottle rocket and sparkler were made with Summer Celebrations, and both were cut at 5". The banner was from Celebrations cut at 3"-I just love the stars on the top layer! J*U*L*Y was cut with Chalkboard Fonts at 1 1/2". I tied the blue/white American Crafts twine onto the banner-easy peasy! Red chalkboard marker completes the calendar.

I'm also entering this in the following challenges-
My Sheri Crafts 4th of July Challenge
Bitten by the Bug Banner Challenge

SoSS Wine challenge!

I just love the challenges at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! Here is one card I've made so far for this challenge-

This is made with a Unity stamp, clear gemstones, Memento ink, and paper from a 6 x 6 paper pack from Studio Calico "Darling Dear". The color reminds me of a pinot noir!

On the inside I used a Happy Birthday stamp. Really simple!

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JAS Summer challenge

At Just A Scrappin' this week, the challenge is Summer, and my idea of summer is being in the pool! Here is my project-

I made this using the water aerobics figure from Fun in the Sun, cut at 3 1/2". All the cuts were out of scrap paper, even the grey pool edge and the water paper. The stamp is from Technique Tuesday, and the rhinestones are from Recollections.

I love her glittery suit and dumb bell, don't you?

Kitty Bee DT Spotlight for June

Hello! Today is my spotlight at Kitty Bee Designs, and here is my card-

 

I have a friend who raises Murray Grey cattle and shows them. They are always winning major awards, so I thought I would save this for a future occasion-but this would be great for a 4-H'er too! 

Here is a list of materials-

1. Kitty Bee Design image Kal-Bee Cow with Daisy.
2. Colored with Copic markers E13, E15, E17, V12, V15, YG61, YG63.
3. My Favorite Things rounded rectangle dies and MFT Banner dies.
4. Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cartridge for blue ribbon, white stickers from stash.
5. Sentiment from Avery Elle, Thanks a bunch set.
6. Cardstock from stash.

Thanks for visiting today!

JAS Father's Day

I'm sharing a Design Team Project I did with FCCB with JAS!

Here is my project-

The card was made with the Digiplayground SVG File-Oak Leaf Pop Up card, out of Coredinations Chocolate mint cardstock, lime & white twine from the Twinery, and Cards TV "Happy Days" stamp set. The tag was cut out of the same cardstock with Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. The Ornament box
is a really useful box! It has 3 different inserts for money, gift cards, or $1 lottery tickets! I chose the money insert-

Here is what it looks like with the cover over the box-

and what it looks like with the band around it.

I decorated the band with some left over stickers (stash) and cardstock from DCWV Pet Stack and American Crafts (Ivory). My father-in-laws little chihuahua was in the vet's office for about 4 days with pancreatic problems & pre-diabetes, so my husband and I are picking up the bill for his Father's Day Gift. That little dog means the world to Norm, so I can't think of a better gift.

Graduation card

Hello and thanks for visiting! This week at Just A Scrappin' the challenge is Graduations, and here is my project-

The cardstock base is DCVW Alphabet Glitter pack. I used Miss Kate's Cuttables (cut with my Cricut Expression & Scal2) Graduation0812 set to make the scroll, mortar board, and sentiment out of Wausau shimmer Silver & Gold, black & white cardstock. The shooting stars are from CCR Classroom June & July.

Thanks for looking!

Aloha Friday Masculine Card Challenge #49!

Welcome! Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenge theme is Masculine cards, and is sponsored by-

 

They have the CUTEST images-you have to check them out! Just click on the logo to check out their store!

Here is my card-

I needed a graduation card for a young man we know, and I used the Drawn With Character image Puppy. I cut a graduation hat with my Cricut (Locker Talk, 1") and added it to the image. I used My Favorite Things Rounded Rectangles and MFT Banner Dies. The sentiment is from Cardz TV. The background paper is from the Alphabet Stack, and I picked "C" for Crater High School, where he is graduating from.

Thanks for visiting, and make sure to enter our challenge for a chance at a cool prize!