Let the Paper Do the Talking...

This week's Wee Memories Challenge was to "Dust Off the Patterned Paper".  I had just picked up two 6x6 Crate Paper packs.  Anyone else addicted to 6x6 paper packs?  This paper is bright and cheery and perfect to use for the challenge.  Quick and easy cards to share!

First up is a card for this week's Stampin' 411 layout.  Chrissy saw me making this and said, "Lynn, that is really feminine for you."  I had to think about using this beautiful floral paper...I was very tempted to use the other side that was a much simpler pattern, but this floral paper really does speak for it self.  Chrissy gave me a chuckle!

Ingredients:  Crate Paper DSP: PTI Kraft Paper; Stampin' Up Melon Mambo Paper; Old Olive Ribbon; Flowers; PTI Twine; Ranger Broken China Distress Ink; PTI Beyond Background Basics Stamps

Next is a bright card for the Just Us Girls Challenge...make a gatefold card.  Don't you love the non-traditional Christmas colors? 

Ingredients:  Stampin' Up Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White Paper; Crate Paper DSP, STampin' UP Old Olive Ribbon; Just Rite Stamps; BG Gems

Last is another card with the Crate Paper!  I played along with this for the Caardvarks Holiday Die Challenge.

Ingredients:  Stampin' Up Cherry Cobler and Old Olive Paper; Stampin' Up More Mustard and Cherry Cobbler Ink ; PTI Twine and Fillable Frames; Basic Grey Gems

Happy hump day!  I think that is the most challenges I've ever posted in one day...but I love this paper!

Quick & Easy

I love the opportunity to make quick and easy cards.  The current Caardvarks challenge is to create a card inspired by one of the designer's cards.  All of the cards for the challenge were made using SRM Stickers.  I had some SRM stickers...so I pulled them out to make a couple of quick cards.  The first one was inspired by Lucy's card, I loved how she had the sentiment going up the side, but then I ended up turning my card the other way!  Hope you're getting an early start to your weekend and that you enjoy these two cards. 

Ingredients:  Pebbles Chipboard, SRM Stickers, Bazzill Basics Yellow Paper; SU DSP, Whisper White, PTI Kraft, Tim Holtz Border Sizzix

Caardvarks Birthday Challenge

Hey there, we're visiting the beach this week...so my posts will probably be a little bit short...looking forward to lots and lots of pool time, beach time and relaxation!

Caardvarks has a challenge this month to make a birthday card.  I decided to pull out my Cosmo Cricket Material Girl paper.  I love all the colors in the buttons on this DSP.  I matched it up with some SU Old Olive and Ruby Red...two of my favorites.  Finished it off with a variety of PTI birthday stamps!

Ingredients:  Cosmo Cricket Material Girl; SU Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Ruby Red Paper/Ink, Very Vanilla Ribbon; PTI Mega Mixed Messages and Daily Design Sentiments

Lucy's Challenge #11

Lucy's latest challenge is to use white, light blue and kraft together...and add a bird to your card for extra points!  I immediately thought of the cute Jillibean birdhouses!  I embossed the leaves in the backgrounds with clear embossing powder on the kraft.   I think I actually stitched straight around the edges for once too!

This picture shows the dimension of the card a bit more...used dimensionals to pop up the background and the bird houses.

Hope you are having a wonderful week!  I'm also entering this for the Caardvarks embossing challenge!

Ingredients:  Jillibean Soup Egg Drop Soup and Old Cabbage World Stew Paper, PTI Turning a New Leaf and Round and Round Stamps; PTI Twine; Making Memories Buttons; Stampin' Up Kraft, Whisper White and Bordering Blue Paper; Stitching; Cricut Accent Essentials; SU Chocolate Chip Ink

With Sympathy (again...)

I normally don't use the same stamp twice for a similar challenge...but I'm in love with these flowers right now!  Stampin' 411 had the perfect sketch layout for a bigger stamp...and Caardvarks has an embossing challenge going on right now.  I heat embossed the red flowers with clear embossing powder to make them pop off the page a bit more.

It's the start of the week...hope you are enjoying the longer summer days!

Ingredients:  October Afternoon Thrift Shop DSP;  SU Very Vanilla and Summer Sun Paper; Ranger Distress Inks Barn Door; Clear Embossing Powder, SU Very Vanilla Ribbon; PTI Large Scallop Die; Basic Grey Bling It; Bazzill Orange Paper; Hero Arts and PTI Mega Mixed Messages Stamps

Tooth Fairy

The tooth fairy had to make a special visit last night...Collin lost his front tooth!  It has been loose for a couple of weeks and he has been doing everything possible to get it out...he was very proud to show me the tooth was missing when I got home from work and had lots of questions.  "Maybe the tooth fairy will leave more than a dollar since it's my front tooth?" Happy days!

I also had time to play along with the new Caardvarks challenge that went up. Thanks for giving us the sketches to play along with...I liked them both!

Ingredients:  Jillibean Soup DSP; SU Sand and Very Vanilla Paper; SU Bordering Blue, So Saffron and Old Olive Ink; Sizzix Impression Plate; PTI Twill and Beautiful Blossom and Damask Designs Stamps

Ingredients:  Basic Grey DSP; SU Very Vanilla and Pretty in Pink Paper/Ink/Ribbon; PTI Turning a New Leaf and Anniversary Set; Kaiser Kraft Pearls

It's the Weekend!

I announced to Pat that I was heading down to the cave tonight (also known as the basement craft room)...haven't been there much this week with the start of the baseball season this past week. 

So, I have a Friday night creation to share....this card is for two challenges...the Clean & Simple Challenge as well as the Caardvarks Challenge to create a monochromatic card.  I typically do monochromatic cards in lighter colors so I decided to do some darker colors. I used an embossing folder and sanded it...love the effect on the Core'dinations paper.

Hope everyone is off to a great start to the weekend!

Ingredients:  Core'dinations Red Paper; PTI Kraft Paper; SU Whisper White Paper; SU Chocolate Chip Ribbon; SU Bravo Burgundy Ink, Making Memories Button; PTI Twine, Hero Art Earth Flowers Stamps; PTI Damask Designs Stamps

Sweet Baby

I wanted to play along with the current Caardvarks Challenge...making a baby card.  I have a few girl baby cards in my stash so I decided on a boy baby card!  I used my new SU Set Fox & Friends along with some fun paper from Three Bugs in a Rug!  My button is from the stash my nana sent me!

I also have a funny Collin story to share. Pat went to the Reds' game with his dad, Collin and Marcel today.  They went to grab a bite to eat and Collin announces, "Daddy, my bottom just threw up!"  Yikes...not good...diarrhea at the baseball game!  Pat was laughing his head off though...so the throw up wasn't too bad...life in a house of boys is always a hilarious adventure!

Ingredients:  SU Fox & Friends Stamps; PTI Daily Design Sentiments; Three Bugs in a Rug Animal Stackers DSP; SU Chocolate Chip Ribbon and Ink; Bazzill Blue Paper; PTI Twine; SU Whisper White; Vintage Buttons

Butterflies...

I am quickly becoming addicted to butterflies for my cards...

I loved the photo challenge from Caardvarks and used it to play along with this week's Stampin 411 Challenge.  I decided to not put a sentiment on the card so that I could use it for any occasion.

Off to get ready for a new week!

Ingredients:  Stampin' Up Mini Medleys Stamps, Very Vanilla Paper, Bordering Blue Ink; Butterfly Sizzlits; Kaiser Kraft Pearls; PaperTrey Ink Fancy Flourishes Stamps, Twine, and Kraft Paper; Cosmo Cricket Material Girl DSP

Monster Birthday

I've been trying to pick up boy paper when I hit the scrapbook store.  I thought this monster paper was adorable and fun to play around with for some boy birthday cards.

I used Mercy's sketch layout for the card and so fun SRM stickers for the Caardvark's challenge!

I decided to paper pierce the little monsters and pop them up with some dimensionals to give the card a little more interest!

Happy Friday everyone!

Ingredients:  SU Certainly Celery and Blue Paper, Monsters: Monsters Paper from Reminisce; SRM Stickets, PTI Twine