Friends with Dad

Welcome to Monday and the new Friends of Speedy TV challenge.  Today on the Home of Speedy TV, the current challenge is to create a Father's Day card.  It's timely, of course, because Father's Day is next Sunday.  If you find masculine cards challenging, you may want to take a peek at what the team has posted.  The design team has put on a clinic with regard to masculine cards.  If you play along, you will all prepared and you may win the stamp set up for grabs!

The stamp I used, Get Reel, is this week's prize.  My sentiment and image are both from the set and you can see the entire set below. 

 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous week!

Details - Stamps: Get Reel (Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company); Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Vellum; Ink: Tuxedo Black, Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake; Accessories: Houndstooth ef, Nestabilities, Black Burlap twine, sponge dauber, square punch, glue dot and scor-tape.

Whew! I'm So Glad It's Sunday!

Sunday is my favorite day of the week!  I'm really glad that I have that to combat what a rotten time I had getting this post up.  I guess it was my turn to have blogging issues.  However, I think I just learned something!  For this card, I played along with a Flourishes Release Week Challenge.  The gist of  the challenge is to create a 10 minute card for those times when you are just about ready to head out the door to a function and realize that you have no card.  This almost feel criminal to a card maker like me.  In that spirit, I cruised through my card basket and discovered that I was shy a few birthday cards.  I opted to make this one a birthday card.  It was pretty quick! 

I stamped my sentiment and image, colored lightly with a blender pen, added some sparkle and some faux stitching and then matted it up.  Voila, a card!

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope your day is amazing!

Details - Stamps: Hello Hyacinth (Flourishes), Lighthouses (Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company); Paper: Sweet Tooth White, Basic Black, Wisteria Wonder; Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Mellow Moss; Accessories: Blender pen, Sakura Clear Star gel pen, Copic Multiliner, Stampin' dimensionals.

A Banner Day!

Yes, that's right!  It's a banner day with the Ways To Use It challenge.  I'm today's hostess and I would like cordially invite you to play along for fun.  I chose today's topic as it seems so relevant to crafting these days.  I am seeing banner dies everywhere I look.  I heard about a nifty trick to do with wide banner dies here. 

Until just recently, I made my banners the "old fashioned" way.  I cut my paper strip to the desired width and then lightly penciled in my right angle for the fishtail of the banner.  Then I grabbed my trusty square punch and popped it right out.  I usually have to finish up with a little erasing of my lines, but that's all right.

There isn't anything really exciting on my horizon today, except for viewing all the lovely creations in the Ways To Use It gallery.  That's plenty for me!  Have a wonderful Thursday!

Details - Stamps:  Cute-a-tude (MFT); Paper: Sweet Tooth White, Basic Black, BG Lemonade; Ink: Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Copic Markers, MAMBI rhinestones, black sharpie, paper snips, two way glue pen, stampin' dimensionals, Nautical Frames & Accents die.

Flashback Father's Day

With Father's Day being a mere 12 days away, the Flashback Friday challenge is absolutely perfect.  The 24.0 version of this fun challenge is all about masculine cards.  I looked and the first recorded masculine card I could find was this Father's Day card I made for my daughter to give to her father in 2008.  That was when I still crafted cards for her. She's a lot more hands on now! 

Speaking of that, I should probably get together with that girl and plan out her birthday thank you cards and her Father's day card for this year.  I hope you enjoyed this little peek into my past!  Have a great day!

Details - Stamps: Montage Collection Stamp; Paper: Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Basic Black, ? mystery neutral; Ink: Old Olive, Basic Black; Accessories:  MM asphalt snaps, crop-a-dile.  

Buttons, Bows & Friends

Welcome to Monday and the Friends of Speedy TV challenge.  This week's challenge is about adding buttons and bows.  I wanted to keep my card a bit masculine and challenged myself to do it, even with a button and bow on it.  I chose some nautical colors, a lighthouse image, twine and a dark button.  I think it works.  What do you think?

Want to play along?  The Friends of Speedy TV would love it if you joined in.  Up for grabs this week is the Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company stamp set called Daffodil Greetings.  Check it out here:

How about a quote today as we say goodbye?  To walk safely through the maze of human life...one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue - Buddha.  Safe journeys to you as you navigate today's maze!

Details - Stamps:  Lighthouses (MFP), North American Woods (MFP); Paper: Faith's Favorite Natural (MFP), Harry Periwinkle (MFP), Cherry Cobbler; Ink: Night of Navy, Tuxedo Black, Going Gray, Versamark; Accessories: Sponge dauber, Cherry Cobbler baker's twine, random button, glue dots, stampin' dimensionals.

Friends and New Techniques

The new Monday challenge with the Friends of Speedy TV is all about using new techniques.  I picked an easy technique, as I am not such a technique fanatic.  I chose the Stamped Acrylic Block Background for my card today.  It's very subtle, but it's there.  My two long and thin block images back up my cluster of daisies quite nicely.  This card reminds me of a seed packet and I sure saw plenty of them last weekend as we worked very hard to get the last bit of our garden in the ground.

I hope you have some extra time this weekend to play along with this fun challenge and have a chance to win a great stamp set by Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company.  This week, North American Woods is up for grabs. 

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Details - Stamps: Oopsy Daisy (MFP); Paper: MFP card stock, chocolate chip; Ink: Rich Cocoa, Crumb Cake; Accessories: Watercolor pencils, blender pen, Stripes ef, corner chomper, gingham ribbon.

Friends in My Thoughts

Hey there and happy Monday!  I'm back with the rest of the Friends of Speedy TV for this weeks' challenge.  We are making cards for in honor of Memorial Day.  In my mind, Memorial Day honors those we have lost during their service to our country and it is a time to remember those in our lives we have lost.  Obviously, I can't send a card to those who are gone from me...but I can make a card with those folks in mind.  It was quite therapeutic to do so, as well.  I did some reverse masking to get the job done today.  I trimmed my mask to the A2 size and then die cut a 2 inch square (for this week's One Layer Wednesday challenge) from the mask.  I used some removable adhesive around the outside of the square, applied my mask and created my focal point.  Afterwards, I removed my mask and bits of leftover adhesive and then stamped my sentiment.  

I hope you are able to play along and throw your hat into the ring for this week's prize.  The stamp set you can win is called Hello Trucks. 

I'm happy to start a new week.  I am hoping it will head back to normal.  I was gone for 3 1/2 days last week due to my hubby's surgery, my daughter's fever and a training at work.  Combine that with transporting my girlfriend's son (which I totally don't mind) and orchestrating a birthday party, makes for a hairy week.  I'm a creature of habit, pattern and ritual, so I have been a bit out of sorts.  I'm hoping for an improvement in my mojo and a bit more creative time.  I'll leave you with a picture of the newly six year old in my house.  Thanks for stopping by!



 Details - Stamps: Pussy Willows; Paper: MFP card stock; Ink: Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Basic Gray; Accessories: Nestabilities, blender pen, spritzer tool, sponge dauber.