Birthday Bowling

This sketch came from the Practical Scrappers blog. You can find them using this link: http://www.practicalscrappers.com/

I usually scrap 8 1/2 x 11 so I'm just not used to all this white space! I used the club from the caveman on Paper Doll Dress Up for the bowling pin, cut at 5 1/2 inches. I just had to use some black cardstock to the top. The bowling ball is a circle cut at 2 inches from George that I drew some holes on. The patterned paper is just from my stash that I've had forever!

Graduation Card

I got this sketch from the Practical Scrappers blog. The cap is from Locker Talk and the ovals are from George. The stamps are TCP I picked up from Joanns and I found the ribbon at Archiver's. I was having trouble not getting any ink on the front so I just sponged the whole oval to cover it up!

This is one of my more simplier cards, but I do like the clean look of it; I hope my co-worker does!

Happy Easter Card

Here's an Easter card I made for a friend at work. I used Doodlecharms for the basket cut at 3 inches. The grass is from Everday Paper Dolls, cut at 1 1/2 inches (I think) and the tag from George cut at 2 inches. I used double sided TPC Studio paper for the basket and eggs--love when it cooridinates and I don't have to do it myself! the stamps are Studio G. And I stickled everything, of course!

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge 23

I got some extra time to create today since my kids had an early release day for snow (so I got to leave work!). So I decided to enter the Peachy Keen Challenge due on March 8. The rules were:

1)Must contain green and yellow anywhere on the project
2)Must have a 3-dimensional element on the project (could be an image popped out, embellishment, ribbon, etc.)

3)Must contain a stamped image

I used a flower from George with the blackout feature cut at 3 inches. Stamped the face with PK-163 Dolly Dumplins at 1 inch and inked the edges yellow. I pop dotted the flower and leaves which came from Doodlecharms. The hello stamp came from a set I can't remember the title of. Finished off with some yellow polka dot ribbon.

My daughter said it didn't fit today since it's been snowing all day, but I'm ready for Spring so think it's perfect! You should visit the Peachy Keen site--they have fun challenges! http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

Valentine Flowers

Wow, I haven't blogged in a while! It's been a busy time in my house. And then I thought it would be a good idea to make these Valentine flowers for my daughter's class--that took up several nights in one week!! I got the idea from Kathy over at Paper Phenomenon--you can check out her video here: http://paperphenomenon.blogspot.com/2010/01/mini-flower-pot-dollar-spot-project.html

She has some great projects on her blog!!

I got my pots in the regular section at Michaels for 59 cents, but they have a hole in the bottom and I think they are a bit smaller. We did red for the boys and pink for the girls. Used George for the flower--used the blackout feature-- and that's where the heart tag came from too! I just used plain cardstock, but we ran it through the cuttlebug with the divine swirls folder. I would use thinner cardstock next time--this was a bit hard to form the flowers with. I used some green curling ribbon for the 'leaves'



For the teachers, we used a bigger pot and made a 'bouquet' with 3 flowers.



Here's the last picture of 20 of them in a box (I had to 1 cram more in). They were a huge hit--the teachers loved them and the kids were all asking my daughter how she made them--she did help at least!!

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge 17

Here's my card for the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge 17. You can check it out at this link:

http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

The "rules" were to use:

• polka dot(s)
• a border
• stripe(s)
• stamped image(s)

I found the paper in a DCWV Winter Pack from last year so it would coordinate. The bird stamp is from Peachy Keen--I'd really love to win this one so I can you different stamps on my entries :-) The greeting is from the dollar bin at Michaels. I almost forgot about the border so I used the MS lace edge punch and put it on the inside sticking out. You can see some of it behind the tag which is from George. I had to add some stickles to the eyes and scarf.

I got the card idea from Cardz TV. She is awesome!! You should go over there and see what she makes. http://cardztv.blogspot.com/

You're a Star!/Mojo Monday Sketch 110

I made this for a friend's birthday. Her favorite color is green. I also have really enjoyed doing sketch challenges and now check out Mojo Monday every week. This is week 110 challenge.

I found this cute green star background paper and thought that it would work with this sketch. I used George and Basic Shapes for the star and did a shadow. I stickled around the shadowed star and doodled white stitching on the green one. Just used some paper scraps for most and stamped Studio G stars in 2 shades of green.

Thanks for looking!!

Peachy Keen/Mojo Monday Challenges

This card is actually for two challenges. I found the card sketch at http//mojomonday.blogspot.com/ and thought it was so cute!! And I really wanted to particpate in the Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge #14. http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ So I'm going to enter both!!

For the Peachy Keen Challenge you had to:

***Make a card
***Use the colors PINK AND BROWN as the main color scheme.
***Use a stamped image (preferably Peachy Keen Stamp - but not required)
***Incorporate a piece of ribbon
***Use some type of glitter (stickles are fine!)

The bird stamp is from Peachy Keen and the round one and snowflakes are from Studio G. Patterned paper is DCWV sweet stack. I did use Stickles on the birds eyes, holly and the snowflakes right around it. The round stamp says warm up with a cup and then hot cocoa--don't know if that will show up very well. I used the Cricut George cartdrige for the rectangle and circle and shadowed them.

Celebrate Presents

Well, it was another rainy day here in GA and I had to go to work. It really would have been nice if I could have created all day!

I wanted to make a card for someone and it needed to be green. This is a bit different for me. I used Celebrations for the presents with the border function and George for the Ovals with a shadow. I think the paper is DCWV. Add some stickles and bling and you've got a card! It really looks better in person. Maybe I can get Santa to bring me a new camera this Christmas!

Oh and thanks for the comments!!! I really love getting them!