Quick card for Make, Take, and Donate

Okay, this is a total card lift from the SU Idea Book and Catalogue!  A similar card is shown in the back with all of the card kits, but I haven't purchased this particular card kit, so I just made this with lots of free paper from the hostess level one paper packs!  I used Crushed Curry and Bashful Blue paper as well as Real Red and Basic Gray DSP.  I stamped a few images from the Starring You stamp set and added a little red glitter to the star.  I finished it off with some Bashful Blue gingham ribbon from the clearance rack that I love so dearly!  Quick and easy and great for guys!!!

Make, take and donate card class coming soon!

Here is a graduation card I made for the upcoming Make, Take, and Donate card class at our church's Oasis recovery program.  The class is simply a $5 donation to Oasis and we will make this card as well as 2 other cards in the class.  You make all three and then at the end you have the option to donate one to the thrift store to be sold on behalf of Oasis.

To make this card, I used Basic Black, Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant and a touch of Summer Sun ink. 

I stamped the owl from the Go, Graduate set in the summer mini.  I stamped it in Black StazOn ink on watercolor paper.  Then I colored it using watercolor pencils and a blender pen.  I added a bit of detail with my Signo Uni-Ball white gel pen.  Finally, I cut out a Congratulations "C" in Summer Sun from the 8 Great Greetings stamp set. 

Punches used:  Eyelet border, scallop circle, 1 1/4" circle, 1" circle

Well, I gave a kids scrapbook challenge, so I thought I would show you my little 3-year old's masterpieces!  She wanted to make a card for her daddy and a cow puppet to play with.  She did most everything by herself with only a little bit of help from me!  No matter what, she had a blast using mommy's stamps and making special projects with mommy.  They were good rainy day activities!

Handmade flower challenge

The Pink Elephant is having a challenge for you to make your own flowers, so I decided to create this layout.  I used some pics I took with the action shot mode on my camera.  I loved how the pictures showed my daughter jumping into her daddy's arms. 

It made me think of a song that says, "When I'm weak...I am safe in your arms."  I thought that would be a great title for the page, so I made a tag using that as the title. 

Finally, I finished off the page by making some flowers.  I used a retired stamp set, Stitched Exotics to create the flowers.  I stamped them, cut them out and took an empressor to shape the flowers and make them more 3-dimensional.  I sprayed all of them with some vanilla smooch spritz and then added a little yellow rhinestone in the middle of the red flowers.  For the yellow flowers, I punched a 1/2" circle and pressed the center in to make the edges pucker.  Then I stamped a tiny flower from a new stamp set called Itty Bitty Bits and punched it out with the matching Bitty punch.  I finished those off with teeny tiny pearls.  For the finishing touch, I took some hemp twine and curved it across the layout to connect all of the flowers.

   

National Scrapbook Day Challenge

Since it is Derby Day here in Kentucky, not much of anything gets done around here....Thus, no big events except derby parties....
Since it is raining tomorrow, that also means no playing, so I decided to make a National Scrapbook Day Challenge at Sketches for You for kids to do!  I decided that tomorrow or Sunday you should let your child help you make something - or even make something all by themselves....be creative - a card, a scrapbook page, a game, whatever they would like! 
Upload your image to the gallery at the Sketches for You website (see the link on the right hand column) and you and your child could be in a drawing for a prize of child friendly alphabet stamps! 

Here's a sample that I made (daughter is in bed...) using markers and punches:

2 step with me!

There are only a few days left to enjoy 20% off select 2-step stamp sets.  This set is a personal favorite of mine.  I obviously love butterflies, so when you combine lots of choices for the butterfly wings and a punch that makes cutting it out a snap, then you've got me hook, line, and sinker!  Ot, maybe, body, wings, and antennae!!!  LOL! 

Here's a 2-pager I made recently to use up some of my spring mini catalogue supplies.  The gorgeous Sending Love specialty paper adds plenty of sparkle, several eyelet punched edges, a top note die cut for journaling, and a polka dot embossed photo mat make for a sparkling page (the picture does it NO justice!).  I'll try to squeeze in another super cute project later this week!

Problem solved

A few days ago I posted that I had punched holes right through the edge of this piece of cardstock.  After some thinking, I decided to use some flower stickers from the Pina Colada Simply Scrappin' kit to cover up all those little holes.  After a little moving around, it worked to cover up all the holes.  I added a few Prima flowers and couldn't bear to throw away the packaging, so I just decided to use it as part of the background piece for the picture.

Clearance cards

Well, as you can see, I have been using some more of my clearance items to make a few cards.  If you know me very well, you know that I absolutely adore clearance items!  There's just something exciting about knowing that you got something really terrific for a really great price! 

I made the card above for a few people who have not been feeling well lately.  I just thought that little doggy would certainly cheer someone up when they are not well!!

As for this card, I think I tend to run out of birthday cards and sympathy cards faster than any other card.  I think I need to plan another stamp-a-stack class...
I had a friend at church who just lost her father - just a few weeks after losing her mother.  I thought I'd make a card with a soft look that would cheer her spirit.  I liked using these little kisses (the die cut cards) to put my sentiment on - I added a button and a few little blue stick on pearls from the dollar store and had a nice, quick card. 
You can't see it, but I added a little bit of the Bitty Backgrounds circles on the kiss diecut to add some texture behind the sentiment.  The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.