Birthdays, Birthdays, Everywhere!

Today is my grandfather's birthday and this isn't his card.  July is a month chock full of birthday's for my family and my friends.  Now, as it turns out, it is full of birthdays for my daughter's little friends.  Tomorrow, we have another birthday party to attend and this isn't the card for the 2 year old either!  I have to get busy and make a card to go with her teddy bear theme for her party.

This, however is a birthday card I made for Sharon Johnson's Dare To Get Dirty challenge. Aren't all of those patterns fun together?  It seemed fitting that I should also use her sketch from the Stamp Simply challenge, only I blew the part about it was supposed to be clean and simple.  Simple yes, but not clean with all of those patterns.  Oh well, I like how the card turned out!

Thanks for stopping by!

Details - Stamps: Heartfelt Thanks, Well-Scripted; Paper: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Ginger Blossom dsp; Ink: Groovy Guava, Ruby Red, River Rock, Chocolate Chip; Accessories: Pretties Kit, glue dots, stampin' dimensionals.

My Very First Time Hostessing

I just happened to see a post about subs needed for hostessing the Ways To Use It challenge this week.  I had an idea and I sent a private message to the regular hostess.  She responded back with a "go"!  It's really been an amazing summer for me in terms of crafting!  I'm on the CAS summer design team and as a result of that had one of my sketches (well, not really mine) used for a challenge.  Then, I was the Featured Stamper (that's nuts) and now I hostess my own challenge!

So this is my sample card for my challenge, Wonderful Woodgrain!  I have been having fun with this woodgrain lately and I can't tell you how long I have been waiting for a Kraft ink!  Yum, Crumb Cake is one of my new favorites!  This card is also for Julie's Dare To Get Dirty challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Details - Stamps: Sentiments O'Simple (Unity), Woodgrain background (All Night Media); Paper: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip; Ink: Crumb Cake, Craft Chocolate Chip; Accessories: Clear ep, heat tool, MM edge distresser, XL bird punch, stampin' dimensionals.

Oops! Late Post Tonight!

Wow, today was a busy day!  I guess it even started last night.  I stayed up late to post the Ways To Use It challenge on SCS.  I agreed to fill in for today's challenge.  I'll post my sample card tomorrow :)  But after I finished posting that challenge, I finished working on this card that meets two of the Dare To Get Dirty challenges.  It meets the criteria for Melanie's challenge and Sharon's challenge. 

This morning before my daughter's swimming lessons, I browsed through the Ways To Use It gallery.  Then we headed off to lessons.  After lessons, we headed up to my grandmother's house to help out with some chores as she fell and broke her ankle in two spots.  She is 85 and has never had a broken bone!  After that, I went to visit my Mom as she lives just a stone's throw from my grandparents.  My daughter spent the rest of the afternoon swimming in her kiddie pool!

Back home we came to start on chores here!  Busy, busy, busy!  I hope I can make tomorrow's pace leisurely!

Thanks for stopping by!

Details - Stamps: Herb Expressions, Canvas; Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Always Artichoke; Ink: Basic Black, Mellow Moss; Accessories: Square Lattice ef, corner rounder, WCC, blender pen, stampin' dimensionals, Nestabilities.

Dirty Birthday Card!

You know, the Dare to Get Dirty variety!  This one is for Tiffany's Dare to Get Dirty challenge.  It was pretty easy for me to pull off and I picked up a ton of rub-ons at my most recent trip to Ocean Shores with my sister!  Have I told you how much I love rub-ons???

They make for a quick card, almost as much as a great sketch.  This one is from Our Creative Corner.  It's funny though, I made a card with a similar design for our neighbor's daughter about a week ago!   Great minds, that's what I think!

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Details - Paper: Glorious Green, Whisper White, Night & Day Specialty; Accessories: Nestabilities, Kaisercraft Birthday Wishes rub-ons, black organdy ribbon, scor-tape.

Friday on Wednesday!

Girl Friday, that is!  I have loved Cosmo Cricket papers for such a long time.  I went looking for some fun and creative papers to go along with my Einstein quote and I decided up this paper.  I felt the paper was critical as I used the most recent Sweet Sunday sketch and it showed off quite a chunk of paper!  I also fit in 3 more Dare to Get Dirty challenges.  They are Bev's, Cindy's and Kelly's challenges.  I am quickly running out of time to finish all 33 of the Dare to Get Dirty challenge, so I started to combine them! 

Nothing too crazy about this card!  Thanks for stopping by!

Details - Stamps: Imagination is More (Rubber Stampede); Paper: Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze, Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday; Ink: Baja Breeze, Old Olive; Accessories: M's ivory satin ribbon, wide oval punch, sponge dauber, Kaisercraft rose pearls, stampin' dimensionals.

Are You Tired of Fish Yet?

I am just about tired of fish, but really, who could tire of these two little cuties in a fish bowl!  This is my last sample card for this week's CAS challenge, to be inspired by the title "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish".  It also meets with Deb's Dare to Get dirty challenge.  You can see that here (if you are a Fan Club Member).  Oh wait, it also meets with Sharon Johnson's Stamp Simply challenge called "Two's Company". 

I had a little fun with my crystal effects here.  I glossed up my bowl and because of that, Denise informed me that it meets with her current RESQ challenge.  So I will link it up there.  And while I am piling on the challenges, I think I will enter this in the Moxie Fab World's challenge to create  something "fun and cute". 

That should be about a record for me, 5 challenges.  Seriously, I didn't really plan it that way.  But it is nice when it happens!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Details - Stamps: Hodge Podge of Happiness (Unity); Paper: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie; Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Glorious Green, Crushed Curry; Accessories: WCC, blender pen, crystal effects, white gel pen, stampin' dimensionals, wide red grosgrain ribbon, white embroidery floss.

More Fish, More Dirt!

Wish I could tell you more about the Amber's Dare to Get Dirty challenge, but that is part of the privilege of Fan Club Membership on SCS.  If you ask me, I think it is completely worth it!  This card also meets with the CAS inspiration challenge this week, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, in that I kept to "fish" theme of the challenge. 

After posting on SCS, commenters were kind enough to tell me that it meets with another challenge hosted by Mark's Finest Papers.  This Speedy the Cat's Friends blog challenge is to create a masculine card.  Can do and done!

I had a little fun with this one.  While hubby was napping in the afternoon on Sunday, I helped myself to a little fishing line and threaded it through the eyelets in the corners of the main image.  A fun detail,  I think!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Details - Stamps: Angler, Occasional Quotes; Paper: Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla; Ink: StazOn Timber Brown; Accessories: Watercolor pencils, eyelets, square lattice ef, stampin' dimensionals, fishing line.