ODBD - February Challenge - Animals

Wow, I can see from my last post that it has been awhile.  It is just so dang hard to make cards on my bed, yeah the one I'm sleeping in, not a spare one.  I don't think I have ever missed making one for the monthly ODBD challenge and so here it is.  How about some fish???

OWH Midweek Throwdown - Things With Wings

I know it has been awhile since I have posted so there will be several today as I attempt to get caught up.  This morning the challenge is to make a card with something on it that has wings.  I made this butterfly on the Cricut and his little antennae with a small old border punch.  The ribbon is May Arts and the sentiment that I grunged up a bit is from Designer Digitals.

MidWeek Throwdown - Bugs Life

The MWT at Stars & Stamps blog is to make cards with bugs.  It appears that all I can find for bugs at the moment is the butterfly.  This one is a 3-d embellishment from K&Co and I have a few more so don't be surprised when they show up.  :) 

OWH Sketch #158 - Mother's Day

On to some more Mother's Day cards.  They have to be in to my shipper by the end of the month so these go in the mail this week. 

This is also OWH Sketch #158. 

The bird is a 3-d K&Co embellishment and the gold glitter swirls are also a sticker from Forever In Time.  All glittery areas have been sealed with Dimensional Magic.

VCMP Challenge #4 - Things with Wings

 

My previous post was a butterfly so now I guess it is time for birds!  I didn't know that first card would be a 3-fer.  hahaha!  This challenge is #4 on the list (no, I haven't gotten to #3 yet) and is hosted by Yvonne  over at PenguinPapers.  These are K&Co. 3-d embellishments and the ribbon is a lovely velvet.

This last one doesn't have things with wings but it is a lovely heavy cardstock embellishment that just went terrific with the paper.  A BONUS card!

VCMP Feb 2013 - Challenge 1 & 2

I LOVE these Virtual Carmaking Parties that OWH puts on a few times a year!  These are so much fun that I am hopeful to be able to host a card challenge in the future.  The first challenge is from Erika and is looking for zig zags or chevrons.  WHELL!  I searched high and low in all my stuff and had to admit I have no chevron stamps, no chevron punches, no chevron embellishments and no chevron paper.  How the heck did that happen??? 

So off I go to my big box craft store, which is merely an outpost not a full fledged store to see what I could find.  Um, Nothing!!  How very sad. On the way home I remembered some yummy May Arts chevron ribbon.  I am saaaaved!  How lucky for me that this card also fulfills challenge #2 hosted by Misty and she was looking for animals.  I didn't plan it to be a double and I'm not getting out of making more cards, fear not!  I have enough of this butterfly and medallion (K&Co.) to make 3 more. 

Birds and Butterflies - Sketch 145 - Midweek Throwdown

 

Edit to original post. (Timing is so funny.  I just made all these non-sentiment cards and that is the OWH MWT.) On this sunny Sunday afternoon I thought I would share some cards that are going in this next box to OWH.  They were inspired by sketch #145 on the Stars and Stamps blog.  This sketch is now one of my fav's!  I could make these all day long. 

 

The above card is made with K&Co. cardstock sticker borders and 3-D birds and butterflies.  The birds and butterflies are not too thick and will fit in the envies just fine.

The copper looking border is a sticker I got from the dollar store and mounted on black.  I ended up making 9 of these all without sentiments for general cards. 

 

 

This is a great sketch and there are some terrific samples on the blog for your inspiration as well. Happy Sunny Sunday (oops Monday, blogger uploading challenge)!

 

VCMP Challenge #2-Recipe

This next challenge is hosted by Cherie and she had a recipe for us to follow.  2 patterned papers, 1 image and 3 words.  I cannot take credit for the wonderful coloring as it was done by our very own Sandy Allnock!  It came in a prize pack quite a while back and it was perfect for this challenge.  Yay!

Bright Colors!

I know I am doing them out of order but with packing to move I am really limited as to what I have to work with so as I find stuff that fits a challenge, it gets made. 

Cracks me up that the paper used by Yvonne for the sample is the same paper I chose! Beautiful pink with glossy embossed dots. The butterflies are Stickopotamus Vellum stickers and the smaller one and heart are popped.

OWH MWT - Color Challenge

This week's challenge at Stars and Stamps blog is color.  The colors are brown and turquoise.  This one was fun to do.  This is the finished card and the following shows a bit of how I got there.  It was made with some small note cards I got at the local craft store, 12 in a pack for $.50.

I cut the back off the card and trimmed the front so that it could be mounted on the back giving it the white frame. 

Then I cut the flap off the envelope, put a small dab of glue inside to keep it shut and mounted the butterfly onto the envelope.

The glitter heart is from a doller store sticker set that is 3D glitter swirls.  I cut the heart off the clear plastic sheet and put a heavy coat of Dimensional Magic on it to seal it.

The stamp is from the local craft store dollar bin and then I just added the butterflies.  Yay!  There it is!

OWH Make Em Laugh bloghop!

This blog hop has been so much fun!  Lots of great participants and inspiration.  I was having 'pun' block and then I saw Barb's card which is so friggin' cute!  I got all motivated and dug out this image that was sent to me in a gift box a long time ago so I have no idea who the maker is.  If you haven't checked out the blog hop, you should.  It is for a very worthy cause and shows off the wonderful partnering companies that OWH is blessed to have.

Father's Day Stag

This card was made with a digital stamp from Free Vintage Digi Stamps.  It kind of looks like one that you might find in an old pub.  I made 9 of these since I only found one sheet of 12x12 in the stash drawer.  I have no idea where it came from and can't even remember buying it.... hm?  The tag is from a set of K&Co tags and the brads are Recollections.  The tags were a great find.....a package of 40 (4 styles) for $.99!  A few of those went home with me... :)

Easter/Spring Challenge

When I see the birds returning I think Spring must be right around the corner.  I made the bird and green leafy thing with my new Cricut. 

Big Bird! (image)

I remembered reading on Paula's blog about some paper she had that had large images on it.  This is one I had on a 12x12 sheet "bottom of the stash" paper.  I cut out this image first and so far have made 2 more cards with the same sheet and they all look fairly different.  I still have some left over so more cards to make!

May Arts Challenge!

This card somehow works for 2 challenges for this month's OWH Birthday Bash!  2 fer's are a good thing when trying to keep up with all the challenges!  This is going to be for the May Arts Challenge to use ribbon on a Christmas card and for Ciara's Dog Challenge.  And who better to grace the front of the card than Ciara herself.

4th Of July Blog Hop Party - "Bear Your Heart"

This one is from ScrappinBear's Studio challenge to Bear your Heart.  I got the bear AND the heart!  Yay!  The image is a freebie from Create With TLC and I think this says it all.  For all those separated from their loved ones on this 4th of July by deployment, we wish them safe days, safe returns and many many hugs!

OWH - Purple + Penguin + Old Paper

The challenge for the OWH Birthday Bash sponsored by Paper Therapy Ponderings was to use a penguin image, use shades of purple and to use some old paper laying around in your stash. I absolutely love this penguin and purple was easy to add since it really helps add to the feeling it is cold. And the old paper is actually trees with snow on it. It came from one of those old packs that had seasons in it. Most of the paper is down right scary and I wonder how it got in my pile! But this snow covered trees found new purpose with my penguin

OWH - Free digi from Heather

This image was donated to the Operation Write Home Birthday Bash by Heather Dennis. I love this image and would love to just make tons of cards with it for our Heroes! Big thanks to you, Heather!

Red, White and Blue Christmas - Ciara

I just had to make one more of the very cute Ciara. I was up at 5am this morning listening to the rain wash away my chances of having a card making party today. Out here on the farm we currently have no real gravel road so mud boggin' is the only way in and out. The "City Girls" who were coming wouldn't have gotten within a half mile. At least I have the whole month left to reschedule.

Fall Elk

I am trying to make some general Fall/Winter cards that don't necessarily say a specific holiday. I thought this guy was handsome!