Challenge Inspiration for Get Inky! Stamps

Good day all :)

Today is my turn to bring some creative and wintry inspiration over at Get Inky! Stamps. For my card I combined two stamp sets available at Blue Moon Creations. They are the 2013 Holiday Set and the Whimsical Moon and Stars. Here is the card that I made:

I just love how this all came together. The supplies I used are:

* Get Inky! Stamps 2013 Holiday Set and the Whimsical Moon and Stars.
* Cuttlebug Embossing Machine and a Zebra print folder (from Darice I believe)
* All papers from my scrap pile
* Close to My Heart Exclusive Inks Cocoa, Black and Twilight
* Sakura Pink and Gold metallic gel pens
* SU Markers 

Thanks for coming by and sharing this time with me. 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....

Purplies Design Team Project: Time for the Green

Top O' the Mornin' to You!


I surely stepped outside my comfort zone today with a little help from my friends.I went to my monthly Stamp group (Hi to the MOCHA gals) and learned a new technique. Thanks to Pam, I was inspired and used it for my project. I bought this little balsam wood trinket box and painted it green with some Apple Barrel craft paint. I took a piece of Ranger/Tim Holtz cardstock and painted it (in a very thin layer) in the same color. I let it dry and then took my Cuddlebug and my D'vine Swirls embossing folder to emboss the painted cardstock. I sponged on the embossed card stock and trimmed it to the size of my top. It needed some oomph so I took out my FAVORITE tool (the Creative Memories border maker system) with my new Scallop Stitch border maker cartridge to make the border for the edge of the box lid. The flowers were cut from my Tim Holtz Tattered flowers die. And thanks to my friend Tina (AKA Craftyand Green), I added the shamrocks and the bling. Here is the end result:

I just love how it turned out! Thanks to all the folks that made this project possible. Until next time...

Claire the Tear Bear

Top O' the Mornin to ya! Today I get to be guest designer for Crafty Card Gallery again. I had a first this past week that I wanted to share with you all. I organized a get together for some local Facebook friends and one very talented member is Staci McD of Precious Memories Scrapbooking and More taught me to make a tear bear. I was so enamored with this technique that I named her Claire. I designed the card background and added a bow and necklace for her. A girl is all about the bling for sure! The embossing was done with my D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder. The shamrock was cut from Designer's calendar at 3/4". Here she is:

I definitely need to make more of these! Thank you for stopping by today and I will try to have one more project up my sleeve for you. Until next time......

Purplies Design Team: Sketch Challenge

Hi all... I am going to keep this short as I have a fantastic guest designer today. The Purplies DT was given the sketch above and I ran with it. I am still in St. Patrick's Day Mode so I used that as my theme. I made this card for a friend to give to her boss. Here is the front:

The sentiment says, "Follow Me To the Rainbow's End".


And here is the inside:

As you can see he is a Heineken drinker. I think I need to start making my own sentiment stamps. I hope you enjoyed my cheeky project. Please stop by Kari's Blog to see what else everyone  did with this sketch. Until next time....

JME Creations Thank You

Thank you! Danke! Gracias! It is Thankful day over at JME Creations. Before I share my creation, I want to share 5 things I am thankful for:

1. I am thankful for my amazing family who loves me even though I am the square peg in the round hole.

2. I am thankful for my friends who have stood by me all these years (even when I was a bit nuts)

3. I am thankful for the many gifts and talents I have been given

4. I am thankful that I never go to bed hungry

and last but not least....

5. I am thankful to each and every one of my followers who make this blogging thing worthwhile every day. 

I challenge you all to post something that you are most thankful for today. It is hard to be thankful sometimes in our lives and just making a list makes the day a bit brighter. So this is for you all:

And now onto my thank you project:

Recipe:


* Blue Cardstock from God knows where
* Stampin' Up So Happy For You stamp set
* Spampin' Up ink pads
* Scrap of patterned paper and blue solid
*Cuttlebug Thanks embossing folder


I hope you pop on over to JME Creation's blog and see what the rest of the team has made. Until next time....

Sweet Stamping Treats Dollar Digi Day

Hello to all my wonderful followers and thanks for joining me for Sweet Stamping Treats Dollar Digi Day. You sure do not want to miss this one! This digi allowed me to get my 2nd Christmas card done. I am on a roll for sure. The theme was "Warmth" and what could be warmer than a cup of hot cocoa and some mittens? Here is the card that I made with the stamp:

I decided to go with the Scandinavian type colors for this card. I actually fussy cut the mittens and cup. I colored the digi with Crayola colored pencils and added the "marshmallows" with my white paint pen. The border was punched with my Stampin' Up border punch and the scallop square is a Sizzix die that I bought from the SU rep also. I embossed the white with my Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder and the bling are gems I bought at Michael's. I wanted the sentiment going down the side so I used my blue metallic gel pen to write it in. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will hop over to SST's blog and see what my fellow designers made with the same stamp.Until next time....

My Theme Song Challenge....

My friend Lynne of Her Craftiness posted a challenge and asked for our participation. I was a bit reluctant and let me tell you why. Once I had a friend tell me, "You are like a clown. You put on a brave face and never let anyone see you are hurting." Well, that was true. At times I still do that. I would rather carry the burden myself and not burden anyone else as they have their own problems. Well, people are placed in your life to stretch and help you grow as a person. So I sat and thought about what my theme song would be. Survivor was already taken so I chose Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful". I had self esteem issues as a kid and was very shy. I was bullied in elementary school being called Rover, Four eyes, Fatso, etc. In high school I adopted this bravado as a means of self preservation. As an adult humor helped deflect lots of uncomfortable situations. 


Now you may think I am having a pity party walking down memory lane. Absolutely not! Everything that I have been through in life has made me the person I am today. And you know what? After 30+ years, I LOVE me. I am beautiful inside and out. On the tag, I chose to put these lyrics:

"I am beautiful no matter what they say,

words can't bring me down.

I am beautiful in every single way..."

I have never put so much thought into a layout and am so glad that I did. If there is anything that I want to come of this challenge, it would be that people educate themselves and their children on the dangers of bullying. Verbal abuse stays with you forever and it's very hard to recover from. So think about the next time you call someone a dummy, fat, ugly, weirdo, stupid, or freak. Everyone deserves to be respected and I hope that this helps just one person. Here is my layout....

Want to know something funny? I don't even look like these pics. I have lost more weight and have cut my hair short. Go figure . 


I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the the mats of the smaller pictures. The puzzle letters were cut using my Don Juan Cricut Cartridge. The tag was cut with my Tags, Bags Boxes and More cartridge. The flowers were made with Stampin' Up's new flower layer punch. The butterfly and pearl brads were a gift from a friend. The stick on pearls are Stampin Up as well. Papers are Baby Girl/Decor Stripe from Heidi Grace Designs, Pink Medallions from GCD Studios and Stampin Up and white cardstock from my scrap boxes.


Until next time....

Some challenge cards.....

We got some movie time in this weekend and that meant time in the Crop Cave for awhile. I have to say that I had a lot of firsts this weekend. I finally got to use my new Sew Easy, a new stamp sets and new sizes of cards that I have never used. I plan on entering these in the M.A.G. Challenge #29, the Made It Myself Monday's Challenge and the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge. Here is what I came up with:

M.A.G Challenge #29: Gypsy Wanderings Page 68


These two cards use a new stamp that I bought with my 55% off AC Moore coupon! It was inspired by Stacy's Creative Corner card found HERE.


This card is being entered in the Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge. The criteria is as follows: "Use something new on your project - it can be a new product, technique, embellishment - even a colour combo that is new for you - show us what you got!!". I had never used my Sew Easy before and I have never made a tall card before either! So this qualifies on two fronts :)

Here are some other cards that I made this weekend also:

This card was inspired by The Daily Scrapper. I made some changes to this and am thankful to my friend Erin from Comfy on My Cloud for lending me the Preserves cartridge to make this card. I have an idea for little notecards too using this cartridge.

This card was also a product of Erin's generosity. This Belle sticker came from my goodie bag that Erin gave me from the Scrapbook Expo here in Jersey. The card was in a pack I got from Michaels that I ran through my Cuttlebug.

I have some other challenges and cards that I want to make as well. That is in between job searching :) Until next time....

Spongin around......

I had planned out my 5 card swap fronts for our monthly group. Of course, as the phrase goes, "the best laid plans of mice and men...". Well, I had to improvise a little. I decided to sponge the card base and the attach my creation. Here is what I came up with..
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I also received on of my blog hop prizes from Jill of The Scrapaholic. Look at her card she made! I cannot wait to play with these items...

And lastly, I have a wonderful hubby who took me shopping because they had an AWESOME sale. Here is what I got for next to nothing...

I have a few more ideas in the works as well. I scored cards at Michael's for $1 a pack. Stay tuned for more fun. Until next time....

A Teaser card for the Royal Purple Freedom Blog Hop....

I had an EXTREMELY productive day in the Craft Cave today. I had projects I had to get done. I am blessed to be an upcoming guest designer on Kassidy's Inking It Up Crazy blog on June 20th and the Royal Purple Freedom Blog Hop on June 10th. I can't show you my real projects but I made a teaser card for the Royal Purple Freedom Blog Hop. Here it is:

I used Sizzix embossing folder and Sizzlets Floral Fusion flower die. The butterfly is a Cuttlebug 2 step die.The stamp, oval punch and pearls are all from Stampin' Up. All the papers are purple. Sorry that the light purple paper looks pink. I inked the flower edges and layered them with pop dots of course! So please join us for this worthwhile cause.

Until next time.....

My Pink Stamper First Blog Hop Challenge...

While watching a DVD with my hubby and son, I made this card for the My Pink Stamper Challenge. I had so much fun on this blog hop that I wanted to participate. Thanks to my friend Nicole for letting me borrow the Robotz cartridge! So here is it :)

I thought this little fellow :) 

Here is another card I made as well :))

Until next time....

Happy Scrappin'

Sue

Can I Get a Witness

Good evening all!

The witness is to see if I am certifiable. According to my dear friends they need to have an intervention as they have created a monster. I was very happy to have played with my new Copic markers with my friend, Erin last night and a new stamp I purchased at Paper Wings in Tuckerton, NJ. We also embossed, used ribbon and brads and stamped the night away! We looked at the clock and it was almost midnight! Thank goodness all the men were busy .

This morning I woke up really early (after getting to sleep around 12:30 AM) to having dreamt of two card layouts. Well, I drew them out and tried to go back to sleep. It didn't work and I got up and started the cards. All were finished by this evening (after teaching Sunday school, helping parents pack, spending time with family and doing some things here at home). It was a good weekend. Here are the fruits of my labor.... you be the judge if I need an intervention ....

This is a trio of cards that I completed. This is a new stamp I purchased. I colored them with Copic markers, Zig Zag markers and/or colored pencils. I used Stampin Up cardstock and some of the Michael's Card packages. Here are the close-ups....

This is my boricua faerie as I call her. The cupcakes and the saying are all Stampin up products. Embossing is becoming one of my favorite techniques.

Here is my pink and purple faerie. She represents my favorite colors. She is colored strictly with Copic markers. I embossed the card with the Quickutz A2 polka dots folder, the "Love" strip is from a scrapbook page kit from Stampin Up and the brads are theirs as well. This was one of the layouts I dreamt of and had to sketch out.

Here is my Spring faerie. The background is embossed with silver and white images. The faerie was colored with colored pencils. The card is Stampin Up cardstock as is the stamped saying and hearts. The patterned paper is from a paper pack from Michaels or AC Moore. I just cut out the part I liked from the 4x6 piece.

Of all the cards, this is my least favorite, this is a new Sizzlits die. I will have to play with it a bit more. The setup is the same as pink and purple faerie card but I wanted to try this. I was going to emboss but decided not too. Might have to try it.

This was the other layout that I dreamt about. I have to say I like it very much.I cannot find my 1 1/2" circle punch so I used the 1 3/8" Cuttlebug heart die cut. It was surprisingly easy. The stamp is the Stampin Up Ronald McDonald set. The brads in the corner are Stampin Up too.

Next blog post will be cards made by my partner in crime, Erin :)

Have a happy night!

Susan

Oh where Oh where has my creativity gone....

I thought that I would post a funny today. I have been so creative with a friend of mine. We sit and brainstorm and come up with awesome cards. When I sit alone and stare at my supplies I am not that creative. Do you think we have a design team in the making? Hmmmm.......

My other finish this week was two scrapbook pages on Monday. I will have to have my dear hubby take pictures so I can load them on the blog. They were pretty simple but I love them. They feature a new Stampin up product. I will give you more details when I post the pics.

For now I hope that you are all having a wonderful week. Feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you are working on. I love to hear from fellow creative folks :)

Until next time, same bat time, same bat channel

Happy Craftin'

SueNJ