CTMH Birthday Elephant

Hello again. 

While I was cleaning my table,  I ran across this cute little elephant.  I started the card and haven't had a chance to finish it.  The elephants were colors but that was it.  I had to cut out the balloons and just put the card together.  I kept it simple.

Elephants are a favorite of mine.  Usually I color them with the C1, C3, C5 markers.  But this time I went with the W colors. 

I am using him in the following challenges:
   Craft Challenges - Anything Goes #16
   Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes
   Papercraft Challenges - Anything Goes #5
   Die Cutting Divas - Birthday
   Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes #389

Now to finish cleaning off my table.  Chat with you again soon.  Have a great evening.

Purple

Hello.  How is everyone doing tonight?  I came home from work full of energy.  And believe me that doesn't happen often.  So I got some housework done.  Now I am hoping to get some play time.

I don't like purple.  It is my least favorite color.  So I don't make cards with it often.  However, I just love the Lots of Lavendar set by Stampin Up.  When I first saw it, I wasn't sure about it.  Then I went to a SU card class and they used the set.  I fell in love with it.  You will see this set again, again and yet again.

I didn't want the whole card to be purple so I added the green ribbon/bow.  I think it makes the leaves pop a little bit.

I am using the card in the following challenges:
   Just Us Girls - Purple
   Papercraft Challenge - Birthday
   Craft Challenge - Anything Goes
   Craft Rocket - Flowers
   Crafty Calendar - Buttons and/or Bows
   Your Next Stamp - Sketch and/or Colors

Off to straighten my table and start my next project.  Chat with you soon.  Have a great evening.

A Wild Thing - Card 6

Hello.  I have been so  busy over the last few days.  Work is absolute insane.  We are getting ready for a huge inspection and we have been going non-stop to get every thing done.  Plus here at the house, I am just trying to get organized again. 

I am still playing around with this set of stamps (SU's A Wild Thing) but I am going to stop here.  You will see more later.  I just can't stop coming up with ideas. 

This is one of the first things I thought about when I saw the set.  Making a swing card.  I love it when there is a matching front and back to stamps.

I think I have gotten really good at the shading on these bears.  I used my favorite markers, my copics.  They  are perfect for shading. 






Here is the final rundown of all of the cards I have made from this set so far.
                      Card 1 - Gray Elephant
                      Card 2 - Front & Back Elephant
                      Card 3 - Front & Back Bear
                      Card 4 - Hello There Honey Bear
                      Card 5 - Lion Birthday Wishes
                      Card 6 - Swing Honey Bear - You are Here....

I am using it in the following challenges:
   As You Like It - Favorite Color Medium & Why
   Just Add Ink - Picture Inspired
   Art Impressions - Circles
   Alphabet Challenges - B is for Bears
   Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes

Well off to see what comes next.  Chat with you later.  Have a great afternoon.

Challenges & A Wild Thing Card 5

Hello.  Well, we are still getting freezing rain.  What a terrible day.  But it have gotten a few things done around here.

I wanted to work on some challenges today.  I feel like I have been missing more than I have entered.  Oh well, that is the way things go..  I will do what I can while still relaxing.

I was going to step away from the A Wild Thing set, but when I saw the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches, I thought the lion would be perfect for the circle.  Instead of another strip of paper, I added twine. 

If you are coming here from a challenge site, I am using the same stamp set and making several cards from it.  I am working with Stampin Up's A Wild Thing.  I just fell in love with this set.  This is my fifth card and I still have a few more I want to make.  Here is the run down of the other cards.  I will be adding a few more as I get them done.

                  Card 1 - Gray Elephant
                  Card 2 - Back & Front Elephant
                  Card 3 - Back & Front Bear
                  Card 4 - Hello There Honey Bear
                  Card 5 - You are Here
                  Card 6 - ?????????

I am using this card in the following challenges:
   Double D Challenges - Twine
   Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch #448
   Creative Knockouts - Lots of Layers
   Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes

Off to clean off my desk and see what else I can get made.  Chat with you soon.  Have a great afternoon.

A Wild Thing - Card 4

Hello.  How is everyone?  We are in the middle of a Winter Storm Advisory!  Will we ever get Spring weather?  I think we are going to skip Spring and go straight to Summer, I just hope it doesn't wait until June to get warm.  Unbelievable.

Here is another A Wild Thing card.  I actually made this one early last week, but it was in my to be finished cards.  I still have several more cards, I want to make.  I am working on the lion next.

Here is the run down of the other cards.
            Card 1 - Gray Elephant
            Card 2 - Front & Back Elephant
            Card 3 - Front & Back Bear
            Card 4 - You Are Here
            Card 5 -Yellow Lion
            Card 6 - ?????

I am going to finish up the lion card and then work on some challenges.  I will get back to these cards later today hopefully.

I am going to use this card in the following challenges:
   Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes
   Craft Challenge - Anything Goes
   Di's Digitals - Hand Colored 
   PINspirational - Anything Goes

Off to play.  Have a great day.  Chat with you soon.

A Wild Thing - Card 3

Hello again.  One more before I call it a night.

It is similar to the one before.  I did change it up a little.  I thought a yellow circle would make the bees and honeycomb pop.  I also added a beehive texture to the side.  I don't have a sentiment yet, but I will be adding something to the circle.

Don't forget, I am making a bunch of cards using the same stamp set.  Here is the run down on the other cards. I will be changing/adding as I post the other cards.
          Card 1 - Gray Elephant
          Card 2 - Front & Back Elephant
          Card 3 - You are Here
          Card 4 -Hello There Honey Bear
          Card 5 -Yellow Lion
          Card 6 - ????????




I am going to use it in the following challenges:
   Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes
   Dies R Us - Anything Goes
   Dream Valley - Dry Embossing
   Fab N Funky - Critters

Off to finish up the other cards.  I will chat with you tomorrow.

A Wild Thing - Card 2

Hello.  How is everyone today?  It has been a extremely busy week for me.  I am so looking forward to the weekend.  I have a Stampin Up class on Saturday and other than that, I am going to relax and enjoy the weekend.  It sounds like a plan, but I am sure I will find things to do around the house.  Including doing some work for my husband's company.  Oh well, I will get some relaxing in.

I have fallen in love with this stamp set.  Yes, it has an elephant in it and that is part of the appeal, but not the only one.  The critters are front and back images and I can think of a dozen things to do with them.  Then there is the cute little bear with the bees.  It even comes with a honeycomb.

I have decided to make up a bunch of cards with it.  Hopefully similar to the 10 cards 1 kit videos you can find on YouTube.  Except I am not doing a video.    I will keep a running list of the cards so you can link to them from each post.  So check back for updated links....






            Card 1 - Gray Elephant
            Card 2 - You are Here
            Card 3 - Back & Front Bear
            Card 4 -Hello There Honey Bear
            Card 5 - Yellow Lion
            Card 6 - ?????

It may take me several days to get all of them done.  I hope I can get them all done....

Now about this card, it is the elephant again.  I used the front and back.   I used the circles on the inside of the card.  And stamped a small Happy Birthday in the white circle.  It is just too adorable.  It think the bow makes it girly so I will have to come up with something without a ribbon for one of the others.


I am using it in the following challenges:
   A Gem of a Challenge - Female Birthday w/Sentiment
   Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes
   Dies R Us - Anything Goes
   Craft Challenge - Anything Goes
   Crafty Sentiments - For The  Girls
   AudSentiments - Birthday

Off to clean my table and start another one.  Chat with you soon.

  

A Wild Thing

Hello and happy Friday.  I hope everyone has plans for some crafty time this weekend.  I do.  Tomorrow is my craft day with my buddies.  I can't wait.  I have been making up my kits all week.  I have several cards, I just can't wait to work on.  Hopefully, I will get time on Sunday to post some of them.

My Stampin up order came in on Thursday.  I have several new sets to play with.  The first one is the "A Wild Thing".  I looked at the set originally because of the elephant, but after looking at it.  I just fell in love.  There is just so much you can do with it.  I love that there is a front and back view of all three animals and they match, so you can put them back to back.  The only thing I don't like about them, is that the front and backs are on one stamp so if you only want one side, you have to be careful not to get the ink on both.

I have one card made for today and one kit in my pack for tomorrow. And a few more I want to make over the next few weeks/months. 


I added an elephant to the inside of the card also.

I am using it in the following challenges:
   Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
   Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
   Crafty Gals - Anything Goes
   Creative Knockouts - Anything Goes

Off to finish these cards and clean off my table.  Have a great afternoon.  Chat with you later.

Easter

Hello again.  Is everyone enjoying the evening? 

I have one more Easter card for you.  I still have a couple more to finish but I don't know when I will get them done.  Maybe next year, who knows.

This is another Stampin Up stamp.  I have had it for a number of years.  I think it makes the perfect Easter card.  I just love the bunnies.  The white shape is from Silhouette Online.  Then I just used textured folders on the color stripes on the back.




I am going to use it in the following challenges:
   Craft Challenges - Anything Goes
   Simon Says Monday - Trio of Something
   Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
   Aud Sentiments - Easter + A Sentiment
   Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

This is probably it for the night.  I will chat with you tomorrow.  Have a great evening.

Lettering Delights

Hello again.  Just a quick one before I finish up dinner. 

Lettering Delights has this cute little cup characters.  I saw them months ago.  One of them is an Elephant.  I just had to have the set.  I have had coffee cups sitting on the top of my desk since Thanksgiving.  Yesterday, I was looking for something to work on that wouldn't be complicated (I had a migraine).  I decided to make the elephants.  I won't use them until this fall but I will put them back with my football things. 

At some point I will make some of the others. 

Off to finish dinner.  Chat with you later tonight.  I have one more card from yesterday for you.

Fancy Folds

Hello.  How is everyone doing?  Well, my Spring break is half over.  And in no way is it Spring.  It was windy, cold and snowy today.  The snow didn't stick but still. 

After a few errands, I hit my craft room.  I wanted to finish up this card from last night.  The SU Baby Bear has been on my list for months.  I always had something else to do.  Last night I pulled it out of the stack and designed the  card.  Today, I had to get every thing together and put it in a power kit/bag for Saturday's crop.  

I am so looking forward to stamping all afternoon and most of the evening Saturday.  It seems like forever since I have gotten together with my buddies.  I have several kits made up with cards you haven't seen, so hopefully Sunday, I will have some new cards for you.

This card is the SU Baby Bear.   Before this set came out, I hated two step cards.  They were impossible to line up and I just wasn't good at them.  After playing at my favorite SU rep's house, I had to have this set.  It has been month and I haven't used it until last night. I didn't want to make a baby card so I went with a birthday card instead.  I thought the red made the bear just pop.

A couple of days ago,  I was looking on pinterest and I ran across a board with fancy folds on it.  This was one of them.  You will see it again.  I like how quick and easy it was to put together but it is different from a normal card.

I am using it in the following cards:
   Just Us Girls - CAS (Layers but so clean)
   Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes
   Craft Challenges - Anything Goes
   Simon Says Wednesday - Happy Birthday

Off to get my chicken for dinner in some marinade.  Chat with you soon.  Have a good afternoon.

Happy Easter

Hello and Happy Easter.  I hope everyone has a safe and happy Easter holiday.  My husband and I are just taking it easy and relaxing.  I just took a ham out of the oven and I will make the extras in a little while.

As always, I am trying to finish up some projects.  I always have list and/or a pile of things I want to work on.  I usually have a million tabs opened on my computer.  It just never ends.  Oh well, I should never run out of things to work on.

I didn't make these little treat tags for Easter.  I am just going to use them as a little treat when we have company or when I want to surprise my husband.  The bunny and sentiment came from Jaded Blossom.  I just love all of the says in the set.  I will be using them again really soon.  In fact, I stamped the wrong bunny (the front view) and it is still sitting on my desk, so I need to find a project for him.

I saw the treat tag over on Newton's Nook at Valentine's and I just had to try the tutorial out.  It was so quick and easy to do.  I can't decide whether I want to go ahead and make a few for Christmas.  And then there is football season.  And then I could be Newton on there.  Choices Choices Choices.   I think I will just leave one on my table and I will make them later.

I am going to use the treat tag for the following challenges:  
   CAS on Sunday - Easter
   Die Cuttin Divas - Easter
   Cut It Up Challenges - Easter
   If You Give a Crafter a Cookie - Easter/Spring
   Brown Sugar Challenges - Easter/Spring

Off to straighten my table.  Chat with you soon.