Incy Wincy Designs

Hello.  It is time for another challenge at Incy Wincy Designs.  It is a great one.  I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.

The theme is 'Black and White and one other color'.  It is being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps.  The winner will get 7 digital stamps.  Yes, I did type 7 digital stamps.  Isn't that a great deal?

I went outside the normal box.  Instead of my primary colors being black and white, I made my main color green and used shades of black and white.  I thought this digital stamp (Edward St Pat Circle) by Bugaboo, looked really good in the middle of the swing card.

I hope to see all of you over at Incy Wincy Designs.  Good luck.

From The Heart

Hello.  I hope everyone is ready for a great weekend.

Today, I decided to go ahead and make a card using From The Heart's Monthly stamp.  You had two choices.  Hamlet the pig with a clover or a butterfly.  I wanted to play with both, but decided to do the clover one first since St. Patrick's Day is a little over a week away.

The Sketch #56 was perfect for the piglet.  I like using circles in the corner  of a card.  I stuck with different shades of green.  I added the clover ribbon and a clover gem.

I am going to use this card for the following challenges:
   From the Heart - Sketch 56
   From the Heart - Monthly Stamp Challenge
   Creative Cutting - St. Patrick's Day
   Scrappy Mom - Green & Gold (The gold is in the paper)
   

I hopefully will be back later with some thing else.

Cut It Up

It is time for another Challenge at Cut It Up Challenges.  The theme, this time, is Green.  It can be Spring, St. Patrick's Day, or just some thing with lots of Green.  The sponsor is As Cute as a Button.

I am so ready for Spring.  It is time to get rid of all of the snow.

I made a St. Patrick's Day card.  I layered it with two shades of green and then the white layer is textured with a embossing folder.  I wrapped some green and white twine around the white and then put my clover on top of that.

I hope to see you over at Cut It Up Challenges.

Have a great day and weekend.

Just for fun

Hello everyone.  Earlier this week, Lori Whitlock posted the cutting files on Silhouette Online for the new box card pattern.  I have been wanting to make some of these.  I decided to try the Easter box.  These are so much fun to make.  I will be doing several more of these.  I will probably space them out so I don't get tired of the pattern.

The pattern is smaller than I originally thought but after playing with it.  I can see lots of possibilities.  The little chickie with the flower is by Denami Designs.

Have a great evening.

The Paper Shelter

Good afternoon.  I hope everyone is having a super day.  It is still extremely cold here, but if you stand at the window and look out, it is nice and sunny.

This sleeping elephant has been on my craft table since right after Christmas.  I finally took the time yesterday to color him.  Today, I put the card together.  I just love the little boy sleeping on top of the elephant.

I discovered 'The Paper Shelter' the week before Christmas.  They have so many adorable digital stamps.  I just need to find the time to play with them.  I am going to use this card in the 'Animal Magic' challenge.  I think this is the first time, I have gotten a card made for one of their challenges.  Hopefully I will find some extra time to play with more of their products.

See you later....

Babies, again

Hello.  Two more baby cards and I am finished with them for a while. 

The first one is the rocking horse card.  I didn't like the card as much because it was welded together at the bottom of the rocker.  So you can't even set it up on a table.  I picked a darker paper and I think it would have been better with a pale blue or brown.

The second card is a blue onesie with a small truck on the front.  This card is just adorable.  I did change the pattern a little bit.  The card was much too big for me.  I like standard A2 size.  So I decreased the size and then  duplicated, flipped

and welded two together.  Instead of cutting two pieces and gluing them together. 

Now I just need to buy the gifts for the baby showers.

Hopefully I will be back later with some more new projects.  Have a great sunny afternoon.

Favorites of the Month

Once again, it is time to look back at the past month.  I had 29 post this month.  I was shocked when I noticed this.   I thought I had at least one slow week, but I obviously made up for the slow times.

I did some challenges.  Not as many as I was doing.  I think it is time to re-evaluate and decide how many challenges I want to do.  I was picked as a winner in to challenges and picked for the top 3 in another challenge.  I will continue to do challenges.   They inspire me to stamp outside the box at times, and I need that.  I tend to make similar cards without the challenges.

Picking my 5 favorite cards, this month, is almost impossible.

I hope the coming month brings some warmer weather.  It will be a little early for spring but I hope we get some signs that it isn't too far away.

Enjoy your weekend.