Missing You Is Ruff...

Cards in Envy has a Love Me or Love My Pet Card Challenge.  Make a love card, bonus if a pet is included.  

What better way to show love than to miss someone who is far away?!?  This is for Cards for Soldiers, perfect for a kid big or small.  The bones are dimensional, but pretty flat - well under the USPS 1/4" requirement.  I think the strings on the button bone aren't quite right - I'l  have to try again!

Love me, love my pet...

I'm sad today.  One of my favorite challenge blogs has posted its next to last challenge.  Thank you to the many members of the design team over the years.  As a design team member of Words 2 craft By, I can assure you that it isn't easy, and it takes a lot of time.  Please show your love to the designers of the blogs you follow.  I assure you, they will appreciate the feedback. 

The CIE challenge is Love Me or Love My Pet Card Challenge.

I didn't have a pet bunny, though my siblings did growing up! 

Santa Baby (Revisited!)

A few days ago, I posted a Santa card for the Cards in Envy Santa Baby challenge.  I wasn't completely satisfied with the original, so I made another.

Much better.  The layout and patterned paper set off Santa much better, and I like the texture of the grosgrain ribbon.  Santa cut from the Doodlecharms Cricut cartridge, beard embossed with Divine Swirls folder, black crystals for his eyes.

Santa Baby

Love that song.  Love the prompt from Cards in Envy!

Santa cut with my Cricut and embossed with Divine Swirls.  I added Flower Soft to his hat brim and pompom.  Recollections sentiment layered on SU! paper.  

Boo!!

With my embarrassingly large craft hoard, I was shocked to learn that I don't have a pumpkin die or punch!  Sign.  I had to make do with what I have on hand. 

I found the purple letter and ghost background paper in a box of goodies gifted to me.  The pumpkins were cut with oval dies, embossed with a Sizzix texture plate, and inked with Tangerine ink.  The stems and leaves were hand cut. Sharing this with the Cards In Envy Spooky challenge. 

Black & Yellow

Cards in Envy has a black and yellow color challenge.  Those colors make me think of bumble bees, but I wanted to go in a different direction. 

If you follow this blog, you already know that i give away mot of my cards.  Some to friends and family, but most of them are donated to Cards for Soldiers (you can find them on Facebook).  I try to make cards that can serve multiple purposes.  These, for example, can be used for a birthday, get well, good luck, etc.  Stampin' Up Dandelion Wishes, Oxide Inks. 

Stars

I'm a bit late posting my US Independence Day card. 

SU! Swirly die for the stripes, old Marvy punch for the stars.  Simple!!  Sharing with the Cards in Envy Twinkle Little Stars and the Simply Create Too No Patterned Paper challenges. 

Blue Mandala

I have a great stencil, and inked it with a variety of oxide inks. 

I love how easily the inks blend with stencils.  Sharing this with Cards in Envy's Blue and Distressed challenge.

Congratulations in Blue

The Card in Envy challenge is Blue.  I wove some strips of Echo Park Baby Boy paper, and layered onto a lovely blue base. 

I love this non-traditional baby card!  Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By and show us where you feel most alive!

RIP Karli

I had to make a card for my friend who lost her beloved Westie. 

I don't use digis very often, and printed this one a long time ago.  I layered it on a strip of paw print paper, and accented with a metal heart tag and resin bowl and hydrant.  I embossed the envelope flap with a paw print folder.  Sharing this with Cards in Envy Give it Some Heart.  Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By for our Blizzard of Kisses challenge through March 7.

Black & White Challenge

Cards in Envy has a black and white challenge.  

Sizzix die cut sentiment, stash doily and paper, Divine Swirls embossing.  Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By for our New Beginnings challenge - through February 7!

Happy Birthday

The Cards in Envy challenge is Typography  Create a card with letters or words as the focal point.

SU! DSP cut with Lawn Fawn stitched dies and heat embossed Watercolor Words sentiment.  Spellbinder die cut flower mounted with a thin brad.  Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By for our Abundance challenge. 

Dressing my Doll

When I first saw the Julie Nutting dolls, I didn't get them.  Then I bought a couple of the smaller ones.

I now spend a ridiculous amount of time dressing them.  Her dress is watercolor paper with shades of red and yellow mixed up, stamped and fussy cut.  Hair was stamped on wood look paper.  Her tights are watercolored with golden yellow, then textured with an old SU! background stamp.  Boots are also watercolored and trimmed with some velvet ribbon.  The fuzzy kitty and the sentiment were stamped on the same paper as the doll base.  Background is really old DCWV paper, embossed with a Fiskars spiderweb texture plate.  The card is 3.5" x 5".  Sharing with the Cards in Envy Let's Play Dress Up challenge. 

Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By for our Autumn Flowers challenge!!!

Echo Park Baby Card

The Cards in Envy challenge is to create a pink or blue card that will fit into an envelope. 

My favorite Echo Park Baby Girl papers and sticker.  Lots of pink love!!!

Come show us how you define Liberty at Words 2 Craft By!!!

White Wedding

I finally made something worthy of posting (I hope!).

Copper heat embossed sentiment one the card base, Gina Marie embossing folder.  I am sharing this with 3 (yes, 3!) challenges.

Less is More Sketch Challenge 20:

Addicted to CAS #144 and Cards in Envy White on White challenges.

Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By Love challenge!!!

Favorite Color Combo

I love gray, all 50 shades of it :).  Pairing it with lime green or lemon yellow makes me happy.

Very old (hoarded) Amy Butler patterned paper layered on dark gray, Watercolor Wishes sentiment, stash glass accents.  I'm sharing this with the Cards in Envy Favorite Color Combo/Anything Goes challenge. 

Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By for our Let's Party challenge!!

A Simple Prayer

Another card using the Hero Arts Prayers Stamp & Cut set:

I flicked Twinkling H2O paint on watercolor paper, Mingo die cut heart, heat embossed the sentiment, and brushed the die cut with Wink of Stella.  I'm sharing this with the Cards in Envy Keep it Simple challenge. 

Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By for our Proverbs and Blessings challenge!

Love you!

Lots of love/heart/Valentine challenges this month. 

I am sharing this with The Paper Girls With Heart challenge and Cards in Envy Be My Valentine challenge.  Words 2 Craft By has a Mardi Gras Celebration challenge going on - come join us!!

Pink & Gray

Cards in Envy has a Pink & Gray challenge.  These colors make me think of elephants!

Unity image and sentiment.  Elephant is paper pieced in one of three gray papers and one gray silk ribbon, shiny pink paper and grosgrain ribbon.  Glossy accents on the stars.  I made a lot of pretty trash on the way to this one!

Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By!  Our challenge is "Change". 

Purple and Green Halloween with Lawn Fawn

I love this Lawn Fawn holiday raccoon!

 In the first version, I thought the sky was a bit too light.  I like the darker one much better.  The background was inked with Distress Inks, then stenciled with the Memory Box Garden Floral Confetti and silver Delicata ink.  I used a regular graphite pencil to color the raccoon, and Derwent watercolor pencils for the pumpkin.  The sentiment was computer generated and printed on vellum.  I' sharing this with the Cards in Envy Purple and Green and the Mod Squad Halloween Fun challenges.   Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By Happiness is a Warm Puppy challenge - Annie has a great set of Tim Holtz Crazy Dog stamps as the prize this month!!!