Happy 29th Birthday! ...AGAIN!

Hello Ai Fans! 

Today I'm sharing a brand new set from Art Impressions
Say It Loud line!

The set is called Happy 29th (sku 4224) and I paired it with 1/2 of the Birthday Couple image.

I got my layout from the challenge at Simon Says Stamp!

Their DT is featuring Ai stamps this week!

There are two sketches to choose from and I chose this one.
Simon Says Stamp: Choose a Sketch Challenge

I absolutely love the Birthday Couple but for this card I only wanted the guy.  My mom's boyfriend has a birthday on Tuesday and I made this to give to him.

There's a cute verse with the set and I used it on the inside.

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"Mug Shots" @ Raise the Bar

The challenge this week at Raise the Bar is called "Mug Shots".  They want us to use mugs on our card...coffee, tea, latte...  Well, this worked out perfectly because I just got this ADORABLE  Whole Latte Love set from Deedee's Digis.   I've used the beautiful sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches since I'd already used my favorite Tuesday Sketch (Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge) the other day. 

I've entered my card in the following challenges...

Raise the Bar: Mug Shots

Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge

Card makings:

Deedee's Digis: Latte and sentiment

Spellbinders: Circle & Scalloped Circles & Ovals, border die

Prima and misc. flower

Liquid applique

Stickles

Copic Markers

Crystal flowers

White on White Sympathy Butterfly

I made this card anticipating entering a few challenges and unfortunately had to stamp a sympathy sentiment inside of it.  My mother lost her best friend on Wednesday.  There is something a little eerie about this card.  I made this on Wednesday after I found out.  On Sunday morning my mom called me with the arrangements and was telling me about the flowers she ordered.  She had two RED BUTTERFLIES put in with the flowers to represent the two of them. 

I printed the Butterfly from Sugar Creek Hollow twice so that the wings sould be more 3-dimensional.  Looking at it now I wish I had colored the butterfly underneath as well but my time was limited.  I had 2 other cards that needed to be made that same night.  (they're very similar and I'll post those later this week.

I've entered my card in the following challenges...

Anything Goes: Butterflies

Flutterby Wednesdays: White on White (only image can be colored)

My Time To Craft: Emboss, Emboss, Emboss!

CCEE Stampers: White on White (color image)

Paper Play Challenges: Layer it up

Southern Girls Challenge: Dry Embossing

Woodware USA: Anything Goes

Hodge Podge Shop Challenge Blog: White on White

Card makings:

Image: Sugar Creek Hollow

3 Cuttlebug embossing folders

Spellbinders: Eyelet & Lacy square

crocheted lace

Copic markers

Sizzix embossing corner die

red pearls

Big, Huge Thank you

I'd like to thank everyone over at City Crafter Challenge Blog for all of their inspiration and their wonderful challenges.  I was a spotlight artist last week with this card.  Thanks for everything!

 

Makena's Cookbook

For those of you who may not know I have a 10 year old daughter.  She likes to eat.  Let me rephrase that... she LOVES to eat.  She's a tiny little thing,  only in the 6% tile for her age but MAN can she pack it away.  She also loves to eat WELL.  She's not your typical kid.  No PB&J or hot dogs for her.  She wants Parmesan crusted tilapia, roasted asparagus and porcini mushroom risotto for dinner.  She loves all kinds of food and has recently been taking more of an interest in helping me cook.  She has said a few times lately that she wants to have my recipes written down for when she grows up.  I thought it would be a nice idea to start her a cook book that she and I can record recipes in as we find them.  I decided to buy a 5 subject notebook and I broke it down into Main dishes, Side dishes, Soups, Stews & Sauces, Appetizers and Salads.  I don't bake so the only dessert recipe I have is my grandmothers chocolate chip cookies.  There are pockets in each section so I figure she can put any odds and ends like that in one of those.  I covered the front and back of the notebook both inside and out. 

The cute apron is from Sugar Creek Hollow.  That's one of the huge advantages of a digi stamp.  I was able to enlarge this to a size that filled my cover.  I printed it on DP and then added the lace.  I love how it looks. 

On the inside of the front cover I wrote her a personal message. 

Each section has a tab and 2 pockets which I used 2 Quickutz embossing strips on as well as various flower punches and a Recollections border punch. 

I also typed up a kitchen chart for her with measurement equivalencies and cooking times and temps for meat. 

I'm pretty sure she's going to love it and I can't wait to see what recipes she chooses to put in it. 

I've entered the cookbook in the following challenges...
Digistamps4Joy: Anything goes

I Did It Creations: Anything goes
PaperPlay Challenges: Anything but a card
Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything goes
Sew Many Cards: Anything goes
Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog: Anything goes
Crafty Sentiments Designs: Anything goes
Digi Doodle Shop's Best: Anything goes
Moving Along With the Times: Anything goes (NO Christmas cards!)
CES Challenge Blog: Anything goes

Cookbook makings:

5 Subject notebook

Apron stamp: Sugar Creek Hollow

Sewing machine

Lace

Sizzix Corner flourish die

Spellbinders label and grand label dies

Spellbinders lattice border dies

Martha Stewart border punch

Fiskars apple punch

Flower punches

Recollections border punch

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Quikutz embossing strips

Circle punches (flower centers)

Heart stamp: craft smart

Some exciting news!!

I am overjoyed to be able to share this news with you!  I am joining the Party Time Tuesdays Design Team!!  I am so happy about this.  What could be more fun to make than birthday cards?  Every Tuesday PTT challenges you to make a birthday card either from a sketch, a specific theme or sometimes...anything goes!  I played along even before I joined the team and it's always a blast!  My first official post for them will be January 4, 2011 and I hope you will join me and play along!  Here is a badge for you to display on your blog if you like to party!

Here is the current challenge for the week.  We have a sketch for you to follow.

 

Big, Huge Thank you

I'd like to thank everyone over at City Crafter Challenge Blog where I was a spotlight artist.  Their challenge theme last week was Blue Christmas (which I love!) and I was spotlighted for this card.  Thanks again for the fun challenge.

  

One Martini, Two Martini....

This snowman knows how to party!  I loved this Stampin' Up snowman even before I realized I could put a drink in his hand and pair him up with this humorous sentiment!  I know there's a lot of snowmen floating around out there this time of year and I wanted mine to sort of stand out.  I don't think there are a lot of martini drinking snowmen out there so I think that I've accomplished my task.

I've entered this card in the following challenges...

 Daring Cardmakers Challenge (Turquoise ~ Dec. birthstone)

Bee Crafty:  Winter (not Christmas)

Catch the Bug: Winter Wonderland

City Crafter Challenge Blog: Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow

Paper Cutz: Snowmen

Papertake Weekly Challenge:  Red & Green must NOT be seen

Pixie Dust Studio: Let it snow!

Raise the Bar: acrostic for the word "SNOW":

Silver, No ribbon, One designer paper, Wording

Card makings:

Snowman: Stampin' Up

Martini: Inkadinkado

Snowflake punches

sparkle ribbon

snow glitter

Copic markers

Stickles (baby blue)



Big, Huge Thank you

I'd just like to thank everyone over at Scrap-Creations this week.  I made the top three.  Thanks for the fun challenge!  Here's my card that I won with.

                                    

 

Beautiful Bluebirds

This has always been one of my favorite stamps.  I make at least one card with this every Christmas.  I enjoy watching the birds at our feeder though we don't get blue birds in the winter.  Hope you like it too.

I'm entering my card in the following challenges. 

Artful INKables (all about punches and die cuts)

City Crafter Challenges (Blue Christmas)

Cute Card Thursday (The blues)

Lexi's Creations (Blue & Silver)

Paper Romance (Winter)

Stamptacular Sunday (Blue...Blue...Christmas)

Card makings:
Blue bird stamp: PSX
flower punches: Marvy
Silver brad
Spellbinders dies
Cuttlebug corner die
Flower Rhinestones
Copic markers

Happy Christmas Polar Bear

Merry Christmas!!! It's time for another Winter Wonderland challenge.  This week they are challenging us to make a card with either (or both on it) Polar Bears or Penguins.  I thought this was fate because 3 days ago I made one of each and this is the first chance I've had to post them.  I chose to use the polar bear.  (I'll post the penguin later...they're almost the same.)

I'm also entering this in the Digital Tuesday's Challenge as well.

Card makings:

Inkadinkado: Polar Bear, Happy Christmas

Stickles

Spellbinders: Label die, Poinsettia die

Poinsettia punch

buttons

ribbon

Copic markers

Some exciting news!

I just logged onto Winter Wonderland to see what their new challenge this week was and found out that I was the weekly winner plus I made the Top 3.  I love their challenge blog!

Thank you to Simon Says Stamp who has generously donated the prize.  I'm so grateful to them!  

Also, a big thank you to Sugar Creek Hollow where the two digi stamps came from that I used on my winning card!

Here's the card...

Sensational Saturdays Sugar Creek Hollow Sketch challenge

Hello!  Welcome to another Sensational Saturday with Sugar Creek Hollow.  Today we have a sketch challenge.  I have used the Let There Be Peas stamp for this challenge.  To view the other designers creatoins and to participate in the challenge click HERE.  To enter your card for a chance to win a digi of your choice from the Sugar Creek Hollow Shoppe click here.

This is one image that I separated the phrase from for this sketch.  I have also changed the color from black to green.  I love anything humorous and pun stamps are no exception.  I think this is so darn cute!

Card makings:

Peas image: Sugar Creek Hollow

Spellbinders dies

Martha Stewart border punch

Glittered ribbon

Crystals

Stickles

Acrylic glaze

Copic markers

Pink Passion!

This card is not your traditional holiday card but I couldn't resist trying these stamps in pink.  I love how they turned out!  These are going to be holiday cards but they certainly could be used for other occasions such as baby girl, birthday etc.  I have used two stamps from Sugar Creek Hollow.  I used the Blue Plate Special and Christmas Plaque.  If you look at how these stamps started out and then how the ended up on the card you can see how versatile digi stamps are.  Here is my card...

and this is how the stamps look when you purchase them...

I have used the Christmas Plaque for the background/base of the card and two of the Blue Plate Special plates are in the center.

I am entering this card in the following challenges...

Charisma Cardz Challenges:  One for the girls
Cute Card Thursday: Blast from the past (Anything but a square June 10, 2010)
Winter Wonderland: Shape Card (anything but a square or rectangle)
Allsorts: Monochrome


Card makings:
Sugar Creek Hollow: Christmas Plaque & Blue Plate Special digi stamps
crystals
pearls
stickles
Spellbinder dies
ribbon

Amazing stamp release for Sugar Creek Hollow's Sensational Saturday!!

Hello and welcome to another Sensational Saturday with Sugar Creek Hollow.  We have an unusually special post today because we are premiering a phenomenal new stamp set!  Help me welcome the new Baby Jesus & Scroll set....

Also, don't forget to make sure to go to Sugar Creek Hollow's blog to check out this week's challenge.  All you have to do is use one of their winter digis.  If you don't own one you can go to the Sugar Creek Hollow store and grab a freebie to participate!

This gorgeous stamp was hand drawn by a young girl in Poland after it was commissioned by Tracy, owner of Sugar Creek Hollow.  It's one of the most, if not the most beautiful stamps I've ever seen.  The pretty scroll that I've used inside was designed by SCH's own DT member Donna.

I had originally planned a different card for today's post but when I saw the new release I just had to create something with it.  I plan on posting the other card which I used the beautiful Winter Scene to make tomorrow so please stop back again then! 

You can see all of this week's cards from the SCH DT here. There's so much inspiration to be had from these ladies!

If you MUST HAVE this stamp set (just like I did) then visit the Sugar Creek Hollow shoppe.  There is still plenty of time to make some gorgeous Christmas cards.  Imagine how stunned people will be to open an envelope and see a creation made with something this beautiful!

My card is entered in the following challenges...
Bee Crafty (Christmas theme)
The Crafty Pad (Christmas sparkle)
MelJen's (Sparkle)
One Stitch at a Time (favorite color)
Paper Sundaes (Punches, Ribbon)
Scrappy Frogs (Christmas)
Southern Girls (favorite color)
Crafty Calendar (winter)
Charisma Cardz (babies)

Card makings:
Baby Jesus & Scroll digi stamp set: Sugar Creek Hollow
Spellbinders Poinsettia & label dies
beads and jewelry findings
Martha Stewart border punch
Stampin' Up embossing folder
ribbon
Christmas spray
gold paint pen
Copic markers (veins on flowers)

Thanks for your hospitality!

I love this phrase set... Thanks for your hospitality... I've decided to move in with you!  I thought they were the perfect pair to use with Sugar Creek Hollow's apron from Mama's Apron Strings.  I also used the strawberries and jelly jar from the Jelly Jar Set.   I thought this card would be good to have on hand because of all of the upcoming holiday parties etc.  You can always use a thank you card! 

Card makings:
Images: Sugar Creek Hollow
Sentiment: Stampin' Up
Punches: butterfly, flower, Martha Stewart border, heart, corner
Dies: Bracket, Hinge Bosskuts
Flourish die: sizzix
pearl
ribbon
paper rose
Spellbinders label die
Stampin' Up: Punch (inside of card)

I'm entering this card in two challenges this week...

Ellephantastic (butterflies)

Meljens (Food)