W2CB #70 Reminder - Always Be...

This month's W2CB challenge is based on the following phrase: 

Always be yourself, unless you can be Batman.  

Then always be Batman.  Source Unknown

 Batman is a selfless, flawed hero.  Kids of all ages (including my husband, a major fan) love him.  Many of my cards are donated to Cards for Soldiers, and they never have enough cards for boys.  I made an SVG and cut a bunch of these with my KNK Zing. 

 Black base, gold oval, black bat, rounded corners - done!  Super cute and easy to mass produce.  Be sure to share your hero, bat or other project with us at Words 2 Craft By through November 13.

W2CB #64 - Heroes

Our Words 2 Craft By quote this month come from Gerald Way:

All the best heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary.  

My favorite superheroes are the men and women serving in the armed forces around the world, leaving their homes and families to keep the rest of us safe. 

These will go to Cards for Soldiers to be included in care packages for deployed military.  Did you know that April 28 is National Super Hero Day?!?  What better way to honor our everyday heroes!!!  Please join us at Words 2 Craft By through May 1, and show us your super hero!!

W2CB #57 - Crispy Fall

Here in the Midwest, there's almost always a crispness in the air when the calendar turns to September. To commemorate the change in seasons, the Words 2 Craft By quote come to us from F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.

I love making fall cards, my favorite color pallet is derived from fall colors.  I love the deep reds, purples, golds, and oranges I see on the trees around me.  

I started with paper colored with  alcohol ink and gold mixative:

I cut the leaves with old Marvy metal punches, and curled the leaves around a pencil.  Added a fun die cut background and an old SU! sentiment and done!!  Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By and show us your crispy fall creation!!!

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Words 2 Craft By - Life is Better in Flip Flops

This month at Words 2 Craft By, our challenge is "Life is Better in Flip Flops".

Carta Bella Summer Lovin' paper, Sweet Sunday Sketch #216.  How are you flip floppin' this summer?

Words 2 Craft By #54 - Most Alive

This month's Words 2 Craft By challenge begs the question - "Go where you feel most alive".  For me, it is at a beach, any beach. 

Fabulous flamingos are just a bonus!  This Hero Arts layering set is stamped with Oxide Distress Ink.  Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By and show us your happy place!!

W2CB #52 - April's Promise

Welcome back to the Words 2 Craft By April challenge!  Our words this month are:

SPRING!!  Such a wonderful promise.  

The flowers of spring in Ohio can come as early as crocuses in February, or s late as May.  I will take Spring flowers any time!!  Ellen Huston Bold Blossoms die cuts, stash washi tape made the polka dot layers, the hello from SU! Watercolor Wishes.  Please come join us at Words 2 Craft By for our April is a Promise challenge through May 2!

W2CB #51 - Phenomenal Woman

Welcome to the Words 2 Craft By Challenge!  This month's inspiring words are:

Some of the most phenomenal women I know battle health and financial issues every day and continue to care for their families.  Here's to the women who persevere! 

Very simple card, but this Concord & 9th die have more than enough detail for the card.  I only added the ticket corner punch from We R Memory Keepers.  I made a bunch of these for Gilda's House. 

Phenomenal women (and men!), join us for this Words 2 Craft By Challenge through April 4!!

W2CB #48 - Christmas in my Heart

Our final challenge of 2017 is:

 

To me, Christmas is all about home. 

 Love how this turned out.  The resin wreath was just the right size for this A2 card, and the gold brad made a perfect doorknob!!  Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By through January 3, 2018!!

Words 2 Craft By #40 - Mickey Mouse!

This month's challenge at Words 2 Craft By:

Arithmetic is being able to count to twenty without taking off your shoes.  -  Mickey Mouse

Well, maybe not Mickey, but Minnie for sure!!

I have wanted these Swirly Bird Thinlets since I first saw them!!  So many ways to use them, but I think this is one of my favorites!!  I-Teamer Annie, from Pawsitive Thoughts by Annie has been a fabulous part of W2CB for the past 3 years.  Unfortunately for us, (and happily for some lucky rescue puppies) she has decided to spend more time on her puppy passion.  Thank you, Annie, for everything, and all the best to you on your next adventure!  An fortunately for us, Kristina from Kristina's Art Corner has graciously agreed to join the I-Team!  Come along with us at Words 2 Craft By thorough May 3, 2017!

W2CB #39: Proverbs & Blessings

Hi W2CB friends!  We had so many awesome entries last month and we can't wait to see your beautiful projects for our latest challenge:  Proverbs & Blessings.

Your quote inspiration this month comes from an Irish proverb:

A good friend is like a four-leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.

 We know that St. Patrick's Day will come and go during this challenge, but don't let that stop you!  Be creative and link up any project that has a proverb or blessing, is friendship-themed, has a lucky theme, contains anything Irish, or is just primarily shamrock green.

This is a card for my very Irish mother-in-law, whose birthday is just before St. Patrick's Day. The shamrock is made from die cut hearts.  Come play along with us until April 5 at Words 2 Craft By!

Celebrations!

Bobbi here for the Words 2 Craft By mid-challenge inspiration.

I have been subscribing to the SU! Paper Pumpkin, but the kits are not always my taste.  The December kit was for a memory book - not my thing.  But, the acetate pages were perfect for a project that has been in my head for years.... making Happy Day Planners for my siblings!

I have a page for every month, and family celebrations are included in the calendar. Each page is 5" x 7".  I made the calendar in Word, and layered with a pretty gold card stock onto gray and white patterned paper.

My Mother's greatest fear was that we would no longer be a family after she died. I have listened to and read so many stories about sibling fighting over end of life care and possessions. Despite there being 5 siblings, we made it through her illness and death closer than ever. I am so grateful.

I thought this gift for my siblings might further our connection. I have 2 of these completed, and need to make at least 2 or 3 more (our generations overlap).  Labor of love!!

Our February/March W2CB Challenge is open through March 1. Details can be found here. Hope to see your card/project in the gallery.

Words 2 CRAFT By!!!

Welcome to Words 2 CRAFT By, really Words 2 Scrap By reboot.  Seems that too many crafters thought our challenges were limited to scrappers.  Nope - we are an equal opportunity challenge blog.  We hope that our name change reflects how much we love all types of projects.  This month's challenge words are by Dave Weinbaum:

The secret to a rich life is to have more beginnings than endings.

Babies are the best of beginnings, hence my card:

 

 Love the tiny flower shaped crystals paired with the pink single crystals from Design By Dawn.  Unity elephant stamped and fussy cut, sentiment die cut from Our Daily Bread Designs.  Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By (through February 10, 2016)!

Birthday Butterfly

I have been playing with Distress Inks, and learning a lot. 

Spun Sugar Distress ink, masked with torn re-positionable paper, heat embossed with Versa Fine black ink and clear embossing powder.  Happy accident, the Distress ink was slightly damp, and the embossing powder adhered to the pink ink, also.  Sentiment from Unity, butterflies from Martha Stewart, ribbon from Offray.  The photo does NOT do justice to this card!!!  October is Breast Cancer Awareness month - come play along with us at the Words 2 Scrap By - Fight Like a Girl challenge!!!

I am adding this one to the Mod Squad Anything with Wings, and the Always Playing with Paper Birthday challenges. 

Words 2 Scrap By - Fight Like a Girl!

The October challenge at Words 2 Scrap By is to Fight Like a Girl!

SU!  Fashion Statements image and sentiment heat embossed, die cuts from Sizzix and Spellbinders.  I made a bunch of these for my cousin, who is fighting a good fight!! Come play along with us at W2SB!

Words 2 Scrap By September Challenge - Ahoy, Matey!

Did you know that September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day?  In honor of this fabulous day of fun, the Words 2 Scrap By challenge is Ahoy, Matey! Make a card/project inspired by one of the following pirate expressions:

• Ahoy, Matey!
• Arrrr!
• Blimey!
• Yo Ho Ho!

Here is my nautical themed card:

 The ship is lightly colored with watercolor pencils, die cut with Spellbinder dies, and layered with a clear piece of packaging to make the portal.  Sentiment from Unity.  The paneling is textured with a Sizzix woodgrain embossing folder.  LOVE!!

How will you Talk Like a Pirate?!?  Show us at Words2ScrapBy.blogspot.com!

W2SB #20 - Calling All Book Lovers!

Sybrina and I are both voracious readers, and we want to celebrate August 9 - Book Lovers Day!!!  Words 2 Scrap By challenges you to create a project based upon one of these book quotes, or choose one of your favorite book quotes.

• Where the Wild Things Are
• The Good Earth
• Eat, Pray, Love
• Winnie-the-Pooh
• Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus

As I often do, I had to put my own spin on the challenge.  My project is based on my favorite quote (from from the first Outlander book), from my favorite fictional character (Jamie Fraser).

When the day shall come

that we do part, if my last words are not

I Love You

Ye’ll ken it was because I dinna have time

-Jamie Fraser

If you haven't read the Outlander book series, or watched the Starz series, you are missing a story line of love that stretches for centuries.  It is well written, amazing detailed, and pretty historically accurate.  Please share project using your favorite quote, or choose from one of ours.  You have until August 28!

Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers - W is for Wine

The challenge at The Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers is W is for Wine.  I give a lot of my cards as Christmas gifts, and many of my friends are wine lovers.  Perfect to get me moving on my gifts!

Stamp Impressions paper pieced image , Lawn Fawn stitched dies, SU! Vineyard background stamp in Anna Griffin green and heat embossed with clear powder.  Be sure to check out the Words2ScrapBy.blogspot.com July challenge - Friends with Chocolate!

Words2ScrapBy June Challenge - It's a Man's World

June is all about the men in our lives - fathers or not.  The challenge this month for Words2ScrapBy is "It's a Man's World".  I don't think that I say thank you enough to the men in my life.

Diamond plate embossing folder, shiny silver paper, distressed with Staz On ink.  Large eyelet, Fiskars sentiment.  The edges of the white sentiment are pierced using an old sewing tracing wheel.  I lay the paper on a sheet of fun foam, line up a ruler, and roll the wheel along the edge.  Don't press too hard - or you will perforate the paper!!  Ask me how I know....

Come play along with us at Words2ScrapBy!!!

Say Cheese!!!

There is still plenty of time to play along with the Words2ScrapBy May Challenge - Say Cheese in honor of National Photography Month.  For my second project, I went with a pretty literal interpretation - Instagram!

My card is 4.25" square, and features a bunch of die cuts from Sizzix and Spellbinder.  Pretty cool if I do say so myself!!!  Link up your project, through May 28, at Words2ScrapBy!

Earth Day!

We at Words 2 Scrap By are teaming up with Shopping Our Stash to honor Earth Day and Arbor Day.  What an honor for us!  Here is my card:

The animals count on us to take good care of mother earth - it's their home too!  Lawn Fawn Critters in the 'Burbs images and dies.  Stamped in black VersaMark ink, and heat embossed with clear powder.  Distress inked background, images die cut and colored with Derwent water color pencils.  Don't forget to play along with both challenges, Shopping Our Stash and Words 2 Scrap By.  Looking forward to seeing all of your creative responses to the challenges! 

Let's play tic tac toe - embossing powder, die cuts, and coloring for MSC!