Happy Thanksgiving All!

Greetings and Salutations all!

Today is my turn over at Crafty Card Gallery for the Fall or Thanksgiving theme card. I am just in love with the glitter paper I can color on. I pulled this paper out of my scrap pile because it reminds me of Fall. This card took no time at all. Here it is:

The stamp set that I used was Close to My Heart's Thankful Heart (B1463). The star is from the Scaredy Cat Assortment (Z3011). The ink is Cocoa Exclusive Ink Stamp Pad (Z2114). This will be sent to my Mom. Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful day. Until next time....

I'm so cool I sweat Glitter

Happy day all!

I am so excited that Crafty Card Gallery's Design Team is back and I am here to share my take on this month's challenge. I have to say that it is good to be back. This month the challenge was if you have nail polish on your fingers or toes - do a card with that color in it... If you don't have any on now - use Blue, Pink (my current color) or something with sparkles in it..... on your card... Well, since I don't have nail polish on I went with option B but used Blue, Pink and Sparkles! I recently attended the Scrapbook Expo in Somerset, NJ and purchased my supplies just for this project. Here is my card:

Let me tell you that this was so easy! Krazy Kreations was at the Expo showing how to make your own glitter paper and how to color on it. Well I was a chicken and bought the glitter paper and the Outline Stickers (these are by Elizabeth Designs). I mounted the outline stickers on the white glitter paper, got out my markers and went to down. I like my little blue bird of happiness. As soon as I took this picture, I filled out the card for the parents of my son's girlfriend. They are so kind to our son, I wanted them to know we appreciate it. 

Thanks to Jenn at Crafty Card Gallery, Krazy Kreations and Elizabeth Designs for the inspiration and tools to make this card. Until next time.....

Crafty Card Gallery's Challenge Inspiration

Happy day all... Sue B here sharing the most recent Challenge given to us by Crafty Card Gallery. This month we were challenged to try a new technique. Well, I am always interested in trying to make new fun fold cards and this is one that I have always wanted to make. It is a Flower Petal Card. I used a template cut from CTMH's BandT Duo paper from the Free to Be special paper pack for May. Here is my card:

You can get this exclusive paper pack with a qualifying purchase. The other items I used are:

- CTMH Exclusive Inks: Ponderosa Pine, Sorbet, Sunset, Ruby and Bamboo

- CTMH Cricut Collection Art Philosophy Stamp Set

- CTMH Angel Friends Stamp Set

- CTMH Banner Wishes Stamp Set

I hope that you enjoyed my challenge inspiration. Until next time......

Crafty Card Gallery's March Challenge - Birthdays

Greetings all!

Susan here from Susana's Scrappin' Corner and I am so happy to be sharing my Birthday card for this month's Crafty Card Gallery's challenge. March is a wonderful month for birthday's. My eldest son is the 13th and my dear friend celebrates the 20th. In their honor, I made this card:

Recipe:

- CTMH Cricut Collection Art Philosophy cartridge and stamp set (cupcake, star and sentiment) and Cricut Collection Artbooking (sentiment cut out) 

-  Retired Creative Memories Holiday Frames and Tags (Scalloped Edge)

- Flashback Dizzy Dots paper

-  CTMH Exclusive Inks: Ruby and Twilight

- Sakura Metallic gel pens (blue and pink)

- Stella Wink Clear Glitter marker

Thanks so much for joining me today for the challenge. Wishing you all a great day. Until next time.....

Guest Designer Challenge for Crafty Card Gallery

Good day all. I am here to share my Design Team project here at Crafty Card Gallery. Our challenge for this month was to make a card representing something around our house. Well, in our house clocks are a HUGE deal. Hubby makes the most beautiful clocks and my kids love to ignore them when they go off for school/work. So in honor of the many clocks that are scattered around our home, I made this card:

Of course I had to inject my sense of humor into this card. We all know it is 5 o'clock somewhere and I think this would make a great invite for time out with some friends. 

And here is a pic of a clock Hubby made for his sister:

Thanks to Jenn for having me over for a visit. Until next time...

I'm A Guest Designer today over at....

Crafty Card Gallery. I always enjoy being a part of Jenn's Design team and this challenge brought out my love of stamping! We were asked to take a stamp set we haven't used in a while and this one surely qualified. It is an old Stampin' Up set I have and probably used once. So I googled for inspiration and found a card layout I liked. I always change the colors and an element or two to make it my own. In this case, I used the More Amore designer paper pack from Stampin' Up. The papers are double sided and just the perfect background. My ink was Stampin' Up's Melon Mambo and the sparkly came from Creative Memories P.S. I Love You Embellishment Pack. The border was made with my Creative Memories Border Maker System and Frame Chain border cartridge. Here's my card:

The dimensions I used are as follows:

4 1/4" x 5 1/2" for card base
4" x 5 1/4" for heart paper
3 3/4" x 5" for white base for stamping

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you visit Crafty Card Gallery's page and show some love there. Until next time.....

I have Found the One....

As they say, "All Good Things Must Come to an End." This is my last post for Crafty Card Gallery's blog. For my last card I wanted to share a card I made for hubby for Valentine's Day. This is my second go around and I know that we were destined to be together. He does complete the other half of my soul. No relationship is perfect but we work hard to make it good each day. I designed this from a card base from the Silhouette Store. Here is the results of my labor:

For the inside I used a Craftsmart stamp from Michael's as the "You and Me" border is cut using my FAVORITE tool from Creative Memories (the Border Maker System). I am going to be vending at a local crop in February and will be doing a demo with it. I will be sure to share it later. Thanks to Jenn for having me on her blog this week. Until next time....

I Heart U

Hi again! I have another card I made using a template from the Silhouette store. I always wanted to make a window card and now I can! I decided to jump start my Valentine's cards. I am not sure which   kid will get this one yet. Here it is:

I used one of my Stampin' Up Cuttlebug folders, a brad from the same company and a heart brad I had in my stash.I can definitely see making more of these!!! I will have one more card to share with you tomorrow and my guest designer week will be coming to an end for Crafty Card Gallery. Until tomorrow....

Greetings all from VA Beach!

I am so blessed to be Guest designer this week for Crafty Card Gallery.This design team truly is my creative outlet and I am so grateful to be a part of it. I will be bringing you various projects featuring my Cameo Silhouette. My first project I want to share is a card I made for my Dad. Many of you know that he is facing extremely serious surgery today as his lung cancer has returned with a vengeance. I wanted to let him know how much I love him II am a Daddy's girl) and how I need him to fight this. So here is a card that I made with my Cameo and some star embellishments:

I found this cut file over at the Silhouette Store. I added some gold star brads I bought for Christmas cards. I gave this to my Dad on the Saturday as we were celebrating his birthday. I am looking forward to bringing you more cards this week. Until next time...

CCG Birthday Banners for Foster Children

Banners for Foster Kids Birthday Parties Blog Hop

Hi! Welcome to Foster Kids Birthday Party's Blog Hop! Many of you may be familiar with CardMonkey's awesome banner hops for kids... I was so inspired by them that I wanted to find another opportunity to do good with my crafting. I happened upon a volunteer at Birthday Magic at a work event &  followed up with them. They loved the idea of handmade birthday banners, so I put out the call and I was lucky to have 15 awesome crafters join me! So today you will get to see everyone's creations!

If you've never heard of Birthday Magic, you can see their site here:

http://www.volunteersac.org/birthdaymagic/

BirthdayMAGIC is a program of the Volunteer Center of Sacramento, which provides personalized monthly 

birthday parties to children currently living in Sacramento area homeless shelters, transitional living facilities, community programs or residential treatment centers.

The goal of BirthdayMAGIC is to brighten the lives of children by providing fun, meaningful and memorable birthday parties during what can be an awkward and challenging experience in their lives.

Each month, children living in these shelters will celebrate birthdays – through financial support, volunteer help and the BirthdayMAGIC program, these wonderful children will receive a birthday party thrown in their honor.

BirthdayMAGIC | Volunteer Center of Sacramento

www.volunteersac.org

BirthdayMAGICis a program of theVolunteer Center of Sacramento, which provides personalized monthly birthday parties to children currently living in Sacramento area homeless shelters, transitional living facilities, community programs or residential treatment centers.

For more information on sponsoring a party please contact us at info@volunteersac.org or call (916) 567-3100.

So now, sit back & enjoy all the great banners!!!

You should have started the hop at: Jennifer Restivo http://www.craftycardgallery.blogspot.com/ And if you've been following along, you should have come from Jamie's Blog. 

Here is the whole lineup so you don't miss a thing:

Jennifer Restivo http://www.craftycardgallery.blogspot.com/
Madeleen Field http://madeleenscraftcorner.blogspot.co.nz/
Jamie Moore http://cristyscreationsfromtheheart.blogspot.com/
Susan Bermudez http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/
Suzanne Roseberry http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com/
Shawn Mosch http://craftychicsblog.blogspot.com/
Melissa Pinter http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com/
Kim Varonin http://socalcraftycreations.blogspot.com/
Lisa Thorpe http://bitbythecricutbug.blogspot.com/
Jessica Shelton http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com/
Cristy Sova-Davis http://cristyscreationsfromtheheart.blogspot.com/
Tonia Williams www.twcards.blogspot.com/

Again my Silhouette Cameo is getting a real workout! Here is the whole banner hung up:

And the closeups. I tried to make them generic as possible so a boy or girl can enjoy these:

I am so glad that you hopped on by to see what we have made for such a worthy cause. I am offering a little blog candy too! By leaving a comment below, you will be entered to win a $20 Creative Memories gift certificate. So leave a comment and then hop on over to Suzanne's blog. Until next time.

Craft Card Gallery's Design Team Office Supply Challenge

Hi all!

It is time for another challenge as a member of the Crafty Card Gallery's design team. We were challenged to use an office supply in our card. When I saw this Spare Parts paper clips I knew I just had to use them. I had a wonderful time shopping in Hobby Lobby with my friend Deneen and she helped me decide on the papers. For the lettering I cut it from my Cameo and wanted the letters to stand out on their own. The pink bling is also from Spare Parts. I definitely have to make more use of these as well. Here is what I came up with:

I just love it! I can just picture it in other colors. Thanks for stopping by. Until next time....

What's On Your Desk Challenge

Greetings all!

I hope this post finds you very well and crafting away! We received out first Design Team Assignment for Crafty Card Gallery and it gave me the excuse to use items on my desk that I have never touched. As some of my followers know, I am an Independent Consultant for Creative Memories and my own best customer. I love the products and had ordered some Christmas paper and embellishments and the new Hexagon Place n Punch. Well I whipped this card up in 5 mins flat! 

Now to get you in the Christmas mood, you can look here for your own ideas. I plan on making a gazzillion of these for sure! Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a wonderful day. Until next time....