An Autumn Birthday!

 

It's that time of year again! I have so many family and friends celebrating birthdays this month. Fran's birthday was yesterday! She already received her card and presents. I didn't post her card because I didn't want her to see it before her big day!

I had so much fun making this card. I've become a Stickles addict. Just add it to the growing list of my craft addictions!

Supplies used:

Geogia Pacific: white cardstock

Colorbok: brown cardstock

Tonic: ticket punch

golden gems and twine are from old stash

Scrapbook Unique: pop-up dots

Oozak: Copic Sketch Markers

Stickles: Orange Peel, True Blue, Lime Green

Memento ink pad: Tuxedo Black

Zig 2 Way Glue

Fiskars paper trimmer

Images: Northwoods rubber stamp (bicycle in garden), Stitchy Bear digi (Pumpkin Swirls)

This bright autumn birthday card will be entered in the following challenges:

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge: "Sparkle and Shine"

CMC Copic Challenge: "Bright Fun Colors"

Crafty Catz Challenge: "Autumn"

Sassy Cheryl's Challenge: "Let's Think About Fall"

Joanna Sheen Challenge: "Down In The Garden"

Paper Pretties Monday Challenge: PPMC59: "Fall Inspiration"

Loves Rubberstamps Challenge: "All About Autumn"

Simon Says Stamp Challenge: "Glimmer and Sparkle"

MarkerPop Coloring Challenge: #8 Oldies, but Goodies (B00, Y38 are older markers)

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop:Challenge15: Autumn Colors

Unique Crafters Challenge #8 ~ Halloween

 

Happy Halloween! This month's challenge is all about spooky witches, jack-o-lanterns, scarry pumpkins, and anything Halloween! Grab a ghost and go for it! I'm sure you'll come up with something "Boo-tiful"!

Bewitched Carly is a Di Digi download colored with Copic markers. For a witch, I thinks she's absolutely "boo-tiful"!

We have 2 prizes for our challenge this month!

The best scrapbook page will receive a $25.00 prize package of craft supplies from Crafty Crops.

Start a party and craft with friends! This is a new portable scrapbook store for craft parties and fundraisers. Check it out. I think this is a GREAT idea!

The best card or altered project will receive a $10.00 gift certificate from Cedar Chest Designs,

a new company featuring digi stamps and patterned paper for the craft world! Be sure to peruse all the goodies!

Now it's time for us to see what great ideas you have to share with us at Unique Crafters Challenge!

Supplies used:

Scrapbook Unique: black tulle, pop-up dots

Michael's: purple, yellow gemstones

Colorbok: orange cardstock, white cardstock

Fancy Pants: striped cardstock "Magic"

Zig 2 Way Glue

Fiskars: paper trimmer

Thermogrip hot glue and gun

Copic Markers: E00, Y15, Y21, YR02, YR04, G05, V12, V17, C5, R11, R27, 100

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

 

Last year there were more than 2.6 million breast cancer survivors in the United States. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women.
Thanks to research and medical advancements, foundations such as The Susan G Komen "For The Cure" and many others too numerous to mention, the rate of death is decreasing about 2% per year.
We can all continue to make a difference by monthly breast checks and reminding our friends to do the same.
My dear friend, Heather at Fresh Brewed Designs is sponsoring the Link Up for Pink Challenge No. 6. Just make a BCA card using a product from LUFP (they have great freebies you can use!) and join the fun!
I made this card to "support" all my friends and help spread the word about breast cancer awareness.

Supplies used:

Link Up for Pink: patterned digi paper

Colorbok: white card stock

Michael's: pink cardstock, liquid pearls, rose, ribbon, pop-up dots

Spellbinders Die: Labels Seventeen

Cuttlebug die cut and embossing machine

Martha Stewart: lace edge punch

Sentiment font: Garton

Bra: ( I couldn't find one I liked, so I made an SVG)*

Fiskars: paper trimmer

Zig 2 Way Glue

*If you would like this SVG, just leave me a comment with you e-mail and I'll be happy to send it to you!

I'll be entering my "delicate lingerie" card in LUFP Challenge #6

How Important Friends Are

 

We are all so blessed to have special people in our lives. It seems in this crazy busy world, we need to slow down, spend more time with our friends, and let them know how much they mean to us! This week at "House Mouse Challenge Blog" they are celebrating friends! One can not create too many cards for friends and I had so much fun making this one!

Supplies used:

Colorbok: blue cardstock

K&Co.: Life's Journey pattered cardstock

Cricut machine and Plantin School cartridge: tag cut 4", shadowed with blue

Michael's Crafts: roses and leaf, tiny clothes pins, lock and key, buttons, twine, pop-up dots

Cuttlebug Embossing and Die Cut Machine

Cheery Lynn Die: Swedish Spring Oval Frame

House Mouse stamp: Relaxing Bubbles

Memento ink pad: Tuxedo Black

Thermogrip hot glue and gun

Martha Stewart Scoring Board

Fiskars paper trimmer

Zig 2 Way Glue

Sentiment typed in brown using Garton font

Copic Markers: E0000, E21, E35, E40, R00

This precious bubbling bunny will be entered in the following challenges:

House Mouse Challenge #HMFMC128: Friendship Challenge

Brown Sugar Challenge #8: Anything Goes

The Crazy Challenge #129: Spots or Stripes

Paper Crafting Journey Challenge: "My Sentiment Exactly"

Crafty Catz Challenge #151: Buttons

Color Throwdown Challenge #210

The Poodles Parlour Challenge: "Tag - You're It!"

Joanna Sheen Challenge: "So Sweet"

A Carriage Fit For A Princess!

 

Fran has a habit of finding cute little things on the internet for me to make. She's done this several times and really keeps me busy! She saw a carriage similar to this and wanted me to create an svg template so we could cut them using our Cricuts. She uses SCAL and I have MTC. I spent most of the day drawing and cutting, then scanning and scaling to get what she wanted. All in all, I think I did pretty good! If you would like it, go to 4shared.com . If you have trouble downloading, just leave me a comment with your e-mail address and I will send it to you. The pattern I drew is just for one side, so cut two. I did not include the "box" part as all you have to do is make the bottom part of a box and glue to the sides. This forms the outward sides of the box. I cut it 4"x9" and scored at 1/2".

Supplies used:

Colorbok: pink, green cardstock

Michael's: ribbon, jewels, Liquid Pearls, flowers

HP Deskjet Printer/Scanner

Cricut Expression

MTC cutting program

Aleene's Tacky Glue

Scotch ATG 700 tape gun

This will be entered in the following challenges:

Creative Cutting Challenge #1~ Anything Goes

Heck of a Challenge #1 ~ Anything Goes

Let's Craft and Create Challenge #53 ~ Anything but a card

Come and Get it Challenge ~ Tic Tac Toe (pearls, free, ribbon)

Divas By Design Challenge #52 ~ For a Child

Whimsy Inspirations Challenge # 51 ~ Anything Goes

Happy Birthday Chriss America Real!

 

It's a very special day! One of my dear blends is celebrating her birthday by having a Birthday Blog Hop! Please go to her blog, Scrappin with Chriss and Lou to wish her a happy birthday and participate in her blog hop. She has several wonderful prizes that she will be giving away. How sweet! It's HER birthday and you could win a prize!
Chriss is truly a precious person. We met in blogworld and she has always been so supportive and helpful with all of my blog endeavors. I feel very honored to be a friend of hers. She is one of my besties! Happy birthday, Chriss!

Oh, BTW, this is her birthday card and she will be seeing it here first as I was late getting it to the post office!

I'll Take Care of You!

 

Can you tell how much fun I'm having with Copics?!! If "practice makes perfect", I'm going to keep on practicing. I've always loved the House Mouse series of stamps by Stampabilities, but didn't buy them since I wasn't into coloring. My, how times have changed! Being a nurse and loving all things related to healing I was so excited to get this stamp and pull out the Copics!

Supplies used:

Copic Sketch Markers: C1, E51, E53, R00, R27

Memento Ink Pad: Tuxedo Black

Stampabilities House Mouse Series, Dr. Amanda

Colorbok: white cardstock

Bazzill cardstock: Ruby Slipper

Silhouette: oval frame die cut

Zig 2 way glue

Aleene's Fabric Fusion glue

Michael's Crafts: small dot punch, red gingham ribbon

Fiskars paper trimmer

These cute mice will be entered in the following challenges:

Cut It Up Challenge #1: Anything Goes

Tuesday Alchemy Challenge #30: Anything Goes

Ribbon Carousel Challenge #69: Beautiful Bows with Katie Shiff