You Are So Loved

I subscribe to the Scrapbook and Cards Today monthly Sampler.  For $15 a month, I get a new die, a stencil or small stamp set, a variety of 6x6 paper, and coordinating ephemera.  Great way to expand my collection and try new themes I might otherwise overlook.  

The patterned paper and sentiment are from Crafter's Companion, vellum leaves from my stash, and sketch from the Paper Craft Crew #474:

Talk Nerdy To Me

Try Stampin on Tuesday and Double Trouble have a joint challenge this week, follow the sketch and make a masculine card.  

I cut apart an old Stampabilities stamp so I could create the background and strip with randomly stamped eyeglasses, then added the Unity sentiment.  

 

Really fun challenge!

Lots of Hearts

 Try Stampin on Tuesday has a fun sketch challenge with pattern mixing as an optional theme.  

The patterns I mixed are embossed with an old Sizzix texture plate and a Provo Craft folder.  I bought the stacked heart die cuts second hand, not sure of the maker?  The pearl accents are Paper Studio.  Here is the TSOT sketch:

June 2022: Teen/Tween Cards - Challenge #226

It's the first Saturday of the month, and that means it's time for a new Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge, this month focusing on cards for teens/tweens.  That's a tough age for making cards, especially for the boys.  Karen Titus had a tutorial last month that has a great layout to showcase both sides of patterned paper.  I had a retired teen boy pad from Echo Park that I thought would be perfect, and I made more than 20 cards from this partially used pad!  Here are a few:

Love the different game controllers!

The inside shows off the other side of the patterned paper!

I even used the leftover strips to make a few more cards.  No leftovers/waste!!

May Flowers

 Just Us Girls has a Flowers challenge for their Word Week.  

The image and sentiment are from SCT Delivered and were part of Crop & Create.  The "you" was dies cut 4x and stacked, the stamped images were heat embossed in black, and the flowers colored in Crayola watercolors.  I don't color or paint much, but I am quite happy with how this turned out.  Sharing this with:

Sketch Challenge

 Make The Cards has a great sketch challenge to showcase pretty patterned paper:

The patterned paper (Echo Park) and sentiments (Gina K's Daffodil Delight) are from the Scrapbook & Cards Today April Sampler.  Solid paper and bling from my stash.  I will definitely be using this sketch again!

Today is the first Saturday of the month, and that means a new Send a Smile 4 Kids challenge!  Come join us!

May 2022: Dad/Special Guy Cards - Challenge #225

The May challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids is to create a card for a child to give to a man such as their nurse, doctor, father, etc.  

I pulled out some SU! Garage paper, and added a sentiment from Fancy Word Coordinates by Reverse Confetti.  Fun and easy card!!  Be sure to share your card for a special guy to the SAS 4 Kids challenge blog!