Let's Celebrate

 Happy Sunday night! Are you watching football? We don't have TV so I usually don't get to watch football. But I like to keep tabs on the scores. This morning we had freezing rain, so we couldn't go pick up the twins at our usual time. So it was after lunch before it warmed up enough for the streets to clear. So we had the kids for dinner instead of lunch. Now we are watching "Fiddler on the Roof" on NetFlix. But I did get a card done yesterday that I didn't get posted.

I made the background using Gina Marie Designs Fireworks Stencil. Using a number of different distress oxide colors. The die cut Balloon Bouquet is from Simon Says Stamps. The Happy Birthday sentiment is from Hero Arts It's Your Day. The Let's Celebrate sentiment is from Simon Says CZ Designs  Sentiment Strips Reverse Birthday I am entering these challenges:

• Simon Says Wednesday challenge: make your own background
• Scrapping4Fun challenge: anything goes
• Creative Knockouts challenge: anything goes
• Outlawz Monday Greetings challenge: anything goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: 6th birthday celebration

The kids were fun today. My DH fixes electronic toys for Opportunity House and when he brings them home to work on the twins get to play with them. So we had 3 new boxes of toys for them today. They had a blast  rummaging through the three boxes of toys and trying them all out. Well, that's it for me today. We have a busy week ahead so hopefully I will get some time to craft in there somewhere. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Some Bunny Loves You

 Wow! We have sunshine for a change today. And it makes me smile. Winter days can be so gloomy but when you see the sun it makes all the difference in your attitude. I had a few things to do today but found time this afternoon to make this Valentine for my granddaughter, Valerie.

The image is from Bugaboo Stamps in their Valentine Circle Set. There are tons of fun images in this set. I colored the image with Spectrum Noir Markers and die cut it with MFT Stitched Circles, then ink distressed the edges of the circle with Shaded Lilac distress ink. The background paper and the streamers are from my Valentine stash. The layers are black card stock. To finish off I added some holographic heart stickers to the image and the streamers. I am entering these challenges:

• Catch the Bug challenge: Bingo (distressed, Bugaboo image, die/pinch) 
• The Outlawz Sketch challenge: sketch (rotated) 
  
• Incy Wincy Designs: anything goes
• Creative Knockouts: anything goes
• Through the Craft Room Door: anything goes

I am continuing to organize my craft things. I've decided to put what few stickers I have with my designer paper for the same theme. So today I added my Valentine stickers into my Valentine paper folder. I'll transfer the others over tonight and then I have one less expandable folder to deal with. Hope you had a great day today. Take care and please stay safe. God bless!

Donna

Pear-fection

Happy Thursday! I am a little less stressed after the inauguration yesterday. I feel like I can breathe again and that the future is looking a bit brighter. I know we have a long way to go but I feel hopeful for the future. So I started a card yesterday but I just couldn't get it the way I wanted it so I set it aside and finished it tonight. 

The image is called Fall Pear-fection from Jan's Digital Stamp Shop. I broke out my Prismacolor Pencils to color the image and die cut with Gina Marie Designs Cross Stitched Rectangles (retired). The sentiment is from Stampabilities Card Phrases. I backed the layers with black card stock. The dotted paper is from my stash and not sure of the manufacturer. The ivory paper is from Basic Grey papers. I am entering these challenges:

• The Outlawz Progressive challenge: use Jan's Digital image Fall Pear-fection
• Tuesday Morning Sketches: sketch (I did change the measurement for this card because I didn't have an envelope that it would have fir into, but it's still long and skinny)
  
• Jan's Digi Stamp challenge: anything goes
• Through the Craft Room Door: anything goes
• Crafter's Cafe challenge: new (Fall Pear-fection stamp)

Today was our volunteer day so I'm wiped out tonight. Last night while we were watching a movie I organized a bunch of die cuts and images that I found in my craft closet when I cleaned it out last week. So now that I have those organized maybe I'll remember to use them. Last year my goal was to use up stuff I had lying around and I did use a bunch but I have several years worth of scraps so one of my goals this year is again to reduce the amount of scraps that I have. Thanks for stopping by today. Hope all is well with you. Stay safe! God bless!

Donna

Thinking of You

  Happy Tuesday! I hope your week has gotten off to a great start. Yesterday I spent a good part of the day catching up with pricing for Opportunity House. I was a bit behind. But I am almost caught up until I go back to the store on Thursday. I am sure there will be more bins waiting for me. LOL! But today I got a little time in between house work to make a card.

This card features 3 tea cup images from Bugaboo Stamps: Teacup Flowers 2, Teacup Flowers 1, and Violet Teacup. Each image is colored with American Craft Markers and die cut with MFT Stitched Circles. I used blue card stock for my base. The first layer is dotted vellum. The flower designer paper is distressed. I haven't had that tool out in a while so thought I would use that for a change. The sentiment is from Simon Says Beautiful Butterflies stamp set. I fussy cut the sentiment and backed it with black card stock. I am entering these challenges: 

Catch the Bug challenge: bingo (distress, Bugaboo image, die/punch) 

 Atlantic Hearts challenge: sketch 

 

 

Scribbles Designs challenge: The Power of Eight (Scribbles 8th Birthday!) use 8 things on your card: card base, dotted vellum paper, flowered paper, 3 teacup images, sentiment and black layer

Incy Wincy Designs: anything goes

Outlawz Monday Greetings challenge: anything goes

Blogger has not been cooperative tonight so this post has taken me "forevah". And I have no idea how it's going to actually look when it goes up. I'll apologize now. That's it for me tonight. Thank you for stopping by. Please stay safe and God bless!

Donna

You Make a Difference

 I got a few things done this weekend. Saturday I cleaned out my craft closet. It's always nice to have that straightened up as I usually just shove things in when company comes. So I know where everything is right now.  Tonight I sat down to make a few more thank you cards for Teacher's Warehouse. I have  stack of these brown backgrounds. Some have flowers on but the two I used tonight had no flowers. 

The pink frame was die cut from scrap pink paper using MFT Single Stitch Rectangle Frames (retired). The brown rectangle is die cut with Bright Rosa Die Cutting Essentials #62 With Love. The "You" was die cut with MFT You Trio. The sentiment under it is from MFT All About You stamp set. I punched a small heart with a punch that I got at my thrift shop. And to finish off I added some flower stickers. 

Today we had the twins. It snowed overnight so we put their boots on, dressed them warm and pulled them on sled around the yard. We built a snowman in our front yard, but he was very sad looking.

Here's the twins with our snowman and I ll dressed up in their winter finery. LOL! Thanks for stopping by today. I hope your week gets off to a great start. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna 

Birthday Bash Day 7: Color Challenge

 Color challenges are my least favorite challenge to do but I am getting more used to them. If you want to complete the Bugaboo week-long challenge, they always include a color challenge. So the Day 7 (and final day) of the challenge is a color challenge.

This card is for my son's birthday, rapidly approaching in about 2 weeks. The image, called For Fox Sake, is the Friday freebie this week. You can find it on the Day 7 challenge blog post. I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers and died cut the image with Spellbinder's Classic Scalloped Circles. The backing is a dark green card stock die cut with MFT Stitched Circles. The sentiment with the image is also part of the Bugaboo freebie. My secondary sentiment was computer-generated and die cut with Impression Obsession Mini Rectangle Tags 2. I added 3 dots in the upper right corner. I am entering these challenges:

• Bugaboo Birthday Bash Day 7: color challenge 
  
• Tuesday Morning Sketches: sketch 

  
• QKR Stampede: anything goes
• The Male Room challenge: animals 

  
• Through the Craft Room Door: anything goes

We had a few snow flurries this afternoon but nothing to really get excited about. I'd like to see some snow. I love to watch it fall and to walk in it after it quits to listen to the quiet that snow always seems to bring. Since we aren't traveling this year, it would be my luck that we don't have any snow. Tomorrow we have dinner with friends and Sunday we have the twins to come and play. I'll see you all again soon. Thanks for stopping by. Have a super awesome weekend! Stay safe and healthy. God bless!

Donna

Birthday Bash Day 6: Photo Inspiration

Can you believe the week is almost done? My weeks speed by. Didn't we just have Christmas and suddenly we are in the middle of January. Wow! My goal for today is to finish off all the challenges at Bugaboo's Birthday Bash. I am up to Day 6 and the challenge is a photo inspiration. 

My card is rather simple but I like it a lot!

My image is from Bugaboo Stamps called Critter Balloons Monkey. I colored him with Spectrum Noir markers and fussy cut the image leaving just a little bit of a white edge to it. I die cut a Gina Marie Designs Bunting Banner die and attached it to my card with liquid glue. I used MFT Captions Alphabet  to die cut the letters for "happy" and then stamped "birthday" at the bottom of the card using MFT Latte pigment ink and Hero Arts It's Your Day stamp set. My cute little monkey is popped up off the card with foam tape. My background paper I believe is from the Paper Studio. I am entering these challenges:

• Bugaboo Birthday Bash Day 6: photo inspiration
• A Bit More Time to Craft: anything goes
• Through the Craft Room Door: anything goes
• Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper challenge: use patterned paper
• Love to Scrap challenge: anything goes

I am heading back to my desk to try to get the last card done for the Bugaboo challenge. The weekend is upon us once again and my weekends always seem to be busier than my weeks. So my motto today is "Git 'er done!" LOL! Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe (the CDC is predicting a huge amount of deaths from the virus in the next 3 weeks) and God bless!

Donna

Birthday Bash Day 5: Make Us Laugh

 Happy Thursday! It's been a busy day. Lots of fun things going on at our volunteer jobs. It's amazing what kinds of things come into Opportunity House. Since I price office supplies and crafts I find lots of fun things to use in my paper crafting. There is always something new. So Bugaboo Day 5's challenge is to make us laugh. My card today is simple but I love the sentiment.

The image is from Bugaboo Stamps called Chubby Cheese. I wasn't able to find it the image on the Bugaboo site so it may be retired. That's the name I have for the image in my files. I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers and die cut it with Gina Maire Designs Wonky Stitched Circles. The backing pink card stock was cut with the same dies. The sentiment is from Create with TLC.  I used a light gray card stock for the base and a silver gel pen to create a stitched frame. I am entering these challenges:

• Bugaboo Birthday Bash Day 5: make us laugh
• CAS Colours & Sketches: sketch 
  
• Creative Knockouts challenge: something to say
• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: use a critter
• The Outlawz Paper ala Mode: anything goes

That's it for me tonight. It's been a long day. Thanks for stopping by to check out today's project. Please stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Birthday Bash Day 4: Bingo

 The Day 4 challenge at the Bugaboo Birthday Bash is a bingo board:

The image was a flash freebie yesterday from Bugaboo called Birthday Hedgie 01. I combined the hedgie with another Bugaboo image, Dollar Spring Bird. I used my photo editor to turn the bird around and add him in the same frame as the hedgie. I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers. The sentiment is from Digi Doodle Studio.  I die cut the image and sentiment with TODO Basic Rectangles. I embossed MFT Stitched Squares around the image. I love the festive background paper that's from my stash. I am entering these challenges:

• Bugaboo Birthday Bash Day 4: bingo (sentiment, Bugaboo image, 2 images)
• Sunday Stamps challenge: sketch 
  
• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: use a critter
• Modsquad challenge: fly away
• Love to Scrap: anything goes

Tomorrow is our volunteer day but hopefully I'll get some time to play in the evening. Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Birthday Bash Day 3: Anything But a Card

 Today I have my project for Day 3 of the Bugaboo Birthday Bash. The challenge for Day 3 is anything but a card. So I created a box that I can add a small gift for someone's birthday.

The box was created with Spellbinders Square Bracket Edge Box die. I originally got this die to use as favor boxes for my daughter's wedding. I die cut and embossed the box and then die cut and embossed the flower designer paper and fussy cut the embossed side sections. The image for the top is Bugaboo  Hummingbird Block. I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers and fussy cut it. The sentiment, from Desert Diva,  was added to the block. I am entering these challenges:

• Bugaboo Birthday Bash Day 3: anything but a card 
  
• Modsquad challenge: fly away
• Scrapping4Fun challenge: anything goes
• Creative Knockout challenge: celebrate
• C.R.A.F.T. challenge: anything goes

Stay tuned for Day 4 coming up! Hope you had an amazing day. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Birthday Bash Day 2

 This is my second post of the day. I was able to finish the sketch challenge for the Bugaboo Birthday Bash this evening. If you would like to see my first card you can scroll down or click here. 

This was a fun and fairly easy sketch to play with. I used the Bugaboo image called Turtles - Birthday. I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers and die cut with MFT Inside and Out Stitched  Rounded Squares. I used white gel pen on the balloons. The layering and cross pieces are black card stock. My sentiment is from my stash and I can't seem to find the file again to give credit (ugh!) and die cut with MFT Essential Fishtail Sentence Strips (retired). I am entering these challenges:

• Bugaboo Birthday Bash Day 2: sketch 
  
• Creative Knockouts: celebrate
• The Male Room challenge: animals 

  
• Love to Craft: anything goes
• Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper challenge: use patterned paper

That's it for me today. I have a busy day tomorrow. Tom has a heart doctor appointment early in the morning. I was elected secretary for the Board at Opportunity House and I have my first board meeting as secretary in the early afternoon. And I have a Zoom yoga class tomorrow evening. Never a dull moment around here. Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Bugaboo Birthday Bash

Happy Birthday Bugaboo Stamps. This week is their 11th annual Birthday Bash, filled with challenges, fun and freebies. Check it out. I love to play with Bug images. So the theme this year is woodland creatures. It started last Saturday so I am already behind but I do hope to catch up this week. 

Day 1's challenge is to create a birthday project using woodland creatures.

I chose Frame It - Bears birthday image from Bugaboo Stamps. The image is colored with Spectrum Noir markers and then fussy cut. To color the image I tried to use the colors in the background paper from my stash. The banner at the top is die cut from MFT Pierced Fishtail Flags (retired). The sentiment is from Pictures by Mandy but I could no longer find the website. I fussy cut the sentiment circle. I used Simon Says Stamps Balloon Bouquet to die cut the two balloons on either side of the sentiment. The backing layers are black card stock. I am entering these challenges:

• Bugaboo Birthday Bash Day 1: birthday project using a woodland creature
• Simon Says Wednesday challenge: something new (SS Balloon Bouquet die)
• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: use a critter
• The Male Room challenge: animals 
  
• Through the Craft Room Door: anything goes

I did a few hours of volunteer work this morning. It's cold here so I was happy to come home and sit near our wood-burning stove. I am hoping to get another card done for the birthday bash so stay tuned for that. Hope your day is going well. Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

 

More Thank You Cards

 I hope your weekend has been wonderful! Mine has been very busy. We had friends for dinner and cards on Saturday and I spent most of the day cooking and cleaning. Today we had the twins all day. After dinner I had a chance to work on some cards. One of the volunteer jobs that I work at needs Thank you cards so I found a bunch of these Simon Says Stacked Hearts that I already had die cut so I am using up things from my stash to hopefully help them with their thank you card needs. 

I used the die cuts from Simon Says Stacked Hearts and glued them to the fronts of the cards. I then used the die cut hearts from many die cuttings to glue some hearts back into the stacked hearts. I added the sentiment stamp "Thanks" to each of the cards. The cards are simple but they really donlt want or need anything fancy and over the top. I am entering these challenges:

• Scrapping4Fun challenge: anything goes
• The Outlawz Festive Friday: thank you card
• Stay Crafty with Hero Art challenge: include a heart
• C.R.A.F.T challenge: anything goes
• Penny's challenge: anything goes

I hope to get some time to craft tomorrow and be back to show you a new project. Thanks for stopping by for a visit. I hope your week gets off to a great start. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Panda Love

 Happy Thursday! After volunteering today I had some time after dinner to make a card. I'm trying to get some of my progressive challenges done a little earlier this month rather than rushing at the end of the month. So today I have the Imagine That! Digis by Kris progressive challenge.

The Imagine That digital set is called Panda Love Drops. I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers and then die cut it with Gina Marie Designs Stitched Wonky Circles. I used Crystalline drops on the intersections of the stitching. The designer paper that I used was also from the Panda Love Drops stamp set. For the hearts that I used as embellishment, I die cut them from Simon Says Stacked Hearts die. Here is the inside of the card using the sentiments from the stamp set.

I used more hearts from the Simon Says die and a black card stock matt.

I am entering these challenges:

• Imagine That Digi of the Month challenge: use Panda Love Drops
• Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2: sketch 
  
• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: use a critter
• Simon Says Wednesday challenge: something new (a new stamp set)
• The Male Room challenge: animals 

  

  
  

It's been a good day. I hope your day has been too. Thanks for stopping by today. Tomorrow starts the weekend. My weekends are always busier than my weekdays. Stay safe and God bless!

Donna

Thanks Fur Spoiling Me

 This is the last of my Christmas Thank you cards. I will hand deliver this card tomorrow to a friend so I popped a lot of things up with foam tape.

The images are from Stamptember promotion at Simon Says Stamps along with a collaboration with Newton's Nook called Pocket Full of Happy. Unfortunately when the Stamptember stamps sell out they are usually gone for good. It's such an adorable stamp set with matching dies that I used to die cut the images. The cute images are colored with Spectrum Noir markers. The sentiment is from the same set and die cut with Gina Marie Designs Cross Stitched Rectangles (retired). All the elements are popped up with foam tape. The semi-circle is die cut with Spellbinder's Classic Scalloped Circles. I am entering these challenges:

• Tuesday Morning Sketches: sketch (I flipped the sketch so the sentiment was at the top)
  
• The Male Room challenge: animals 

  
• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: use a critter (or 2)
• Through the Craft Room Door: anything goes
• Love to Scrap challenge: anything goes

That's it for me today. No more time to craft. Tomorrow we are back to both of our volunteering jobs so we'll be gone most of the day. Hope you are staying safe and healthy. God bless!

Donna