Wildlife Reserve

Hi everyone! It's that time of year again... the family is gearing up for a HUGE garage sale next weekend so we've been combing the house to see what to get rid of this year. We've already hauled one truck load to my in-laws and it doesn't seem like anything has left the house, funny how that works! There's a bunch of birthdays coming up in the family next month so I'm also working on getting some cards ready to go. This is a birthday card I made for one of the guys in the family.

The image used on today's card is from the Wildlife Reserve rubber stamp set by Stampin' Up.  My husband really likes this set so every now and then I make a bear card to get some use out of it.  The other animal images in the set are very small so I never know what to do with them.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

• Lexi's Creations - for the man/boy in our lives
• Tuesday Throwdown - masculine
• Crafty Sentiments - anything goes
• Celebrate The Occasion - anything goes
• Crafting For All Seasons - many layers
• The Stamp Man - make it for a man 
• Poodles Parlour - a card for a male
• Fairy Tale - something for a boy or men

Thanks for stopping by... hope you have a purr-fect day!


CREATIVE DESIGN:

• Stamps: Wildlife Reserve (Stampin' Up)
• Paper: Brown and Green Cardstock (Bazzill), White Cardstock (Papertrey Ink), Barrel and Stoked Patterned Paper (BasicGrey, Hang 10 Collection)
• Ink: Vintage Photo Distress Ink and Copics B0000, YG93, YG95, E43, E44, E47
• Other: Sponge, Small Copper Brads, Jute Twine (Papertrey Ink), Deckled Edge Scissors (Fiskars), Glue Dots and Mounting Tape

Embellishment Giveaway

Hi everyone! It's been a while since I gave away some blog candy and with the long holiday weekend here in the United States thought I'd take a short break from studying and get some of my favorite embellishments together.

So to one lucky winner I'm giving away the following:

• Butterfly Dimensional Stickers by Darice
• Brown Loft 18 Flowers by Prima Marketing
• White and Black Photo Frames
• Dill Blossom Big Brads by SEI
• Family Petite Metal Signage by Making Memories
• Journey Petite Metal Signage by Making Memories
• All Boy Petite Metal Signage by Making Memories
• Sping Fling Chipboard by Melissa Frances
• Brown Bucklez by Junkitz
• Harvest Spice Bodacious Brads by BoBunny
• Threadster by Kreinik
• 12 Spools of Wire
• Package of Small Chipboard Letters
• 11 Large and 6 Small Gems
• 4 Black, 6 Yellow and 17 Green Metal Tabs (Anchors)
• 3 Large, 4 Medium and 4 Small Circle Mirrors
• 1 Package of Petite Pink Flowers and Hearts

For a chance to win please post the photo on your blog with a link back to the blog candy. Once you've done so enter your name using the linky widget below. I'll draw the lucky winner on Wednesday, June 20th. 

Thanks for playing along and GOOD LUCK!

Mayzy Art "Jean"

Hi everyone!  Today I've a really sweet birthday card to share.  The patterned papers are from the BasicGrey Sugared Collection and the sentiment is a rubber stamp by Penny Black.

The image used on today's card is Jean by Mayzy Art, a fabulous digital stamp artist I recently met on etsy.  Her collection of digital stamps are amazing so be sure to pop on over and check them out.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

• Digistamps4Joy - cute as a button
• Penny's Paper-Crafty - anything goes
• Truly Scrumptioius - pretty in pink
• Barely Mine - anything goes
• Creative Craft - distressing
• Sweet Stamps - anything goes
• Paper Sundaes - pretty in pink
• Karen's Doodles - stitch it up
• One Stitch At A Time - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by... hope you have a purr-fect day!


CREATIVE DESIGN:

• Stamps:Jean (Mayzy Art), Happy Birthday (Penny Black)
• Paper: Pink Pirouette (Stampin' Up), White Cardstock (Papertrey Ink), Cherished and Darling Patterned Paper (BasicGrey, Sugared Collection)
• Ink: Copics E13, E17, E18, E19, BG000, BG10, E000, E01, RV0000, RV000, RV00
• Other: Distressing, Stitching, White Lace, Pink Pirouette Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Button, DMC White, Glue Dots and Mounting Tape

"Girl" Baby Bear On Moon

Hi there!  My neice gave birth last weekend and had a baby girl so I quickly finished this card to send her.  I was going to add some pretty flowers to embellish it but my husband thought I should stick with a star theme so I added the white brad stars in the corners and a white bow.  It felt like it needed a little something more so I added a couple crystal trinket pins.

Here's a peak at the inside of the card and the lovely baby verse I added.  The image used on today's card is the Baby Bear On Moon digital stamp by Bodils Scrappeverden.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

• Hotshot Craft - die cuts
• Delightful - add ribbon
• Little Miss Muffet - anything goes
• Shelly's Images - show us what you got
• Creative Belli - baby
• Truly Scrumptious - anything goes
• Whimsy Stamps - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by... hope you have a purr-fect day!


CREATIVE DESIGN:

• Stamps:Baby Bear On Moon (Bodils Scrappeverden)
• Paper: Kraft and White Cardstock (Papertrey Ink), Angel Food Cake and Cashmere Stripe Patterned Paper (Luxe Designs, Cashmere Sweater Collection)
• Ink: Copics E42, E43, R000, R00, R01, Y13
• Other: Stitching, White Grosgrain Ribbon, Large White Star Brads, Lacey Circles and Standard Small Circles Nestabilities, Crystal Trinket Pins (Maya Road), Glue Dots and Mounting Tape

Pixie Cottage Rose

Hi everyone! Happy Mother's Day!!!  We drove to Fargo yesterday to spend the day with my mom and are headed to Staples today to spend the day with my husband's mom... as well as to play cards, eat pizza and have a jolly good time!

I actually didn't give this card to either of our mom's but it seemed like a lovely card to share today for Mother's Day!  The image is the Simply The Best rubber stamp by Pixie Cottage Stamps.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

• Fairy Tale - things with wings (butterflies)
• Annabelle Stamps - say it with stitching
• Totally Gorjuss - pink and green
• Craft Calendar - things with wings (butterflies)
• Sweet Stampin - flower power
• Catch The Bug - things with wings
• Paper Shelter - anything goes
• Digi Doodle Shop's Best - bingo (used everything but buttons)
• Delightful - distressing
• Crafty Ribbons - flowers (and ribbon)

Thanks for stopping by... hope you have a purr-fect day!


CREATIVE DESIGN:

• Stamps: Simply The Best (Pixie Cottage Stamps)
• Paper: Kraft and White Cardstock (Papertrey Ink), Patterned Paper (K&Company, Ancestry Collection)
• Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Copics R00, R01, R12, G21, G24
• Other: Stitching, Edge Distresser, White Lace, White Grosgrain Ribbon, Butterflies Die (MFT), Spotlight Acrylic Paint (Making Memories), Frosted Lace Stickles, Champaine Dew Drops, Snow Pearls (Kaiser), Tombo Mono Multi Liquid Glue, Glue Dots and Mounting Tape