Craig's 54th

Hello my blogging friends and challenge DT members!  I hope you're having an excellent Tuesday so far.  Today I am posting the birthday card I have made for my husband Craig's 54th birthday which is on Friday.  He and I will be heading up to the rim (weather permitting) for some bass fishing that day since he's taking the day off from work.  He'll be fishing, I'll be reading a book...

Took this pic in lower light so the clouds would show up

I enjoyed making the scene for my CMC assignment (see previous post) so much that I wanted to make another one.  This time I have used my new Edwin stamp that I ordered specifically for my DH's b-day card.  I have also used, for the first time, my spruce tree stamp set that I received from Heartfelt Creations for taking one of their classes at the Mesa CKC this past April.  I drew the boat myself and realized, when it was finished, that I should have made an aluminum one to match my husbands. Oh well... 

The Happy Birthday tag and inside sentiment were made with my computer and cut out using Spellbinders Nestablilities.  I was able to make the small border around the sentiment using a trick I learned from Norma Lee's blog.

I thought this saying was so cute!  I got it from one of my Nitwit Collections sets.  This is SO my husband's cheezy sense of humor!  LOL!

Thank you so very much for stopping by.  Please leave a comment at the bottom of this post and check out my other posts if you haven't yet.  Become a follower by hitting the "join this site" button and/or follow by email so that you can know when I've posted something new.  I have listed the products that I used below.  I hope to see you all again soon.  Have a great day and an even better tomorrow!

♥ Laura C.

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp (Anything Goes)
Crazy Challenge (By or Under The Sea)
Die Cuttin Divas (Anything Goes)
It's A Magnolia Challenge (Vacation)
Just Magnolia (Out In The Country)
Magnolia Stamp Lovers (Edwin)
Going Grey with Scrap Creations (Anything Goes)
Tilda's Town (Name Your Technique - Masking)

Products Used:
Stamps: Magnolia of Sweden (Edwin Waits For A Fish), Heartfelt Creations (Magnificent Spruce Trees)
Inks: Copic Sketch Markers, Distress Inks by Tim Holtz
Papers: Bazzill Basics (cardstock), Recollections (Boy Plaid)
Dies: QuicKutz (Fish, Hooks, Worm), Memory Box (Woodland Branch), Spellbinders (Labels Eight)
Punches: Pine Branch (unknown), Emagination (Leaf)
Misc: Twine, Stickles (Star Dust)

CMC Classroom Project

Hi all!  Quick post.  I just finished putting this card together using my assignment from the Color Me Creative classroom.

I've completed class 1 of 3 and am very much looking forward to the next two.  This class showed the basics of how to mask your stamps to create a scene, then stepped through their coloring process using Copic markers and finally, to assemble your card.  I didn't really follow that part since I didn't have all of the products so I did my own thing.  I made the embellies simple so as not to take away from the scene.

Thank you so very much for stopping by.  Please leave a comment at the bottom of this post and check out my other posts if you haven't yet.  Become a follower by hitting the "join this site" button and follow by email so that you can know when I've posted something new.  I have listed the products that I used below.  I hope to see you all again soon.  Have a great day and an even better tomorrow!

♥ Laura C.

Challenge:

Marianne Design Divas

Products used:

Stamps:  Tilda with Hawaii Flower, Shy Edwin (mini), Butterfly Background (mini) by Magnolia
Inks:  Copic Markers
Cardstock:  Bazzill Basics
Designer Papers:  Doodlebug
Dies:  Marianne Design (butterfly), QuicKutz (lace corner)
Punches:  Fiskars (grass), EK Success (flower)
Misc:  Recollections (yellow half-pearls)

Bee Happy!

Hello Everyone!  I'm so glad you could stop by!

Today I am posting a birthday card that I have put together for several blog challenges.

This oh-so-sweet stamp is Honeybee Tilda from the Summer Memories collection by Magnolia of Sweden.  I have colored her with Copic markers and placed her on a flower that I made using an egg punch.  After punching each egg petal, I embossed them with the Swiss Dots embossing folder by Cuttlebug, inked them and then stitched the edges.  The "Bee Happy" stamp is by Studio 112.

This is my first attempt at a Side Step card.  This photo shows the base of the card flat and the top photo shows it folded so that the card will stand as if on an easel.  I cut the base pieces using my Cricut with the Elegant Edges cartridge.  This didn't work out so great because it didn't cut symmetrically.  I had to fiddle with it a lot to get it to work.  The rest of the products I've used for this project are listed below.

Thank you all so very much for stopping by.  Please leave a comment at the bottom of this post and check out my other posts if you haven't yet.  Become a follower by hitting the "join this site" button and follow by email so that you can know when I've posted something new.  I hope to see you all again soon.  Have a great day and an even better tomorrow!

♥ Laura C.

Challenges for this card:

Tilda's Town (Anything Goes)

7 Kids (Winged Things)

Simon Says Stamp (Dawny's Sketch)

Magnolia Stamp Lovers (Sugar - Tilda Only)
Simply Magnolia (Embossing)
Magnolia-licious Highlites Mid-month (Not A Square)
Just Magnolia (Birthday)
Stamp N Plus (Anything Goes)

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Honeybee Tilda by Magnolia, Bee Happy by Studio 112

Inks: Copic Markers, Memento, StazOn, Distress Inks by Tim Holtz

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics

DP's: American Crafts (play ping pong), Doodlebug (fauna), the blue clouds and orange check papers are scraps from my stash that I have no company name for.

Dies: Memory Box (woodland branch), Sizzix (leaf), Spellbinders (scalloped circle) Cricut (eyelet shadow-elegant edges)

Punches: Egg 1 1/4"x2"

Misc: Sewing machine, wire and pom poms from my supplies

Pa Rum Pum Pum Pum

Good Morning Everyone and Welcome to another post!

 

Today's card is another Christmas creation and this time I've created a scene using digital images by Mo Manning.  My winning entry in The Sketchy Challenges, the Happy Birthday to My Jessica card, got me a store credit to Mo's Digital Pencil.  Here are three of the four images that I got.

It's actually really cool to compare when your project starts out like this...

and ends up here.

Once again, I was rockin out to Christmas tunes while coloring.  To me, nobody sings Christmas better then Bing Crosby.  The down side is that I'm itchin to put up the holiday decorations now.  Time to step outside and get a dose of reality.  LOL!

I would like to give a heartfelt Thank You to Kathy Lee of Cathy's Creative Place. I received the Magnolia stamp, Waterlily Tilda, from her in the mail the other day. Cathy generously held a blog candy giveaway and I was one of the lucky numbers drawn. Thank You So Very Much Cathy Lee!


Waterlily Tilda

Thank you all so very much for stopping by.  Please leave a comment at the bottom of this post and check out my other posts if you haven't yet.  Become a follower by hitting the "join this site" button and follow by email so that you can know when I've posted something new.   I have listed the products that I used below.  I hope to see you all again soon.  Have a great day and an even better tomorrow!

♥ Laura C.

Challenges:

Mo's Digital Challenge DP2 (Singing/Dancing)
Totally Gorjuss (Christmas)
Stamp N Plus (Anything Goes)
Die Cuttin Divas (Christmas in July)
Scrap Creations (Christmas in July)
Creatalicious (Christmas in July)
Hooked On Craft (Christmas in July)
Lollipop Crafts (Christmas in July)
The Crazy Challenges (Christmas in July)

Recipe:

Stamps: Digital Images from Mo's Digital Pencil (Christmas Lamp Post, Carolers Three and Shall I Play For Him)
Inks: Copic Markers, Distress Inks by Tim Holtz
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Dies: Cricut (Elegant Edges and Christmas Cheer), Quickutz (Lg. Snowflake)
Punches: Martha Stewart (PATP), EK Success (Md. Snowflakes)
Misc: Marvy (Snow Marker), Bazzill Basics (white brads), My PC (title), Recollections (half pearls)

Tropical Drinks

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog!  I have a new card to show you, but first, I must show you this photo.

I stepped outside for a moment yesterday morning and noticed that I didn't get the usual "oven blast" effect that I normally do.  So I took that as a good sign to hurry up and mow the lawn before either the sun came out from behind the clouds or said clouds opened up and dumped water on me.  As I was mowing, I looked up as saw this...

So I ran in the house to get the camera.  I finished the mowing just in time.

After my yard work was done, I sat down and finished my card.  This is actually a good representation of my favorite style of papercrafting.  I love piecing together scenes using die-cuts, punches and some good old fashioned hand cutting.  I did a lot of this in my scrapbooking days.  I know it really isn't the "trend" anymore, but some old habits die hard.

This card is for my sister-in-law and frequent patio companion.  I've included my favorite Mojito recipe (husband's recipe actually) and will give this in conjunction with the drink fixin's.  I am even including Mojito glasses and a mint plant.  If I can find one of those cool ice cube trays, I will include that too.

A side view to show the layers.   The song Kokomo by The Beach Boys was playing in my head the whole time I was making this.  Yes, that's two whole days of the same song...

I tried to make it look like I wrote Happy Birthday in the sand...

Thank you so very much for stopping by.  Please leave a comment at the bottom of this post and check out my other posts if you haven't yet.  Become a follower by hitting the "join this site" button and follow by email so that you can know when I've posted something new.   I have listed the products that I used below.  I hope to see you all again soon.  Have a great day and an even better tomorrow!

♥ Laura C.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Simon Says Stamp (fruity)

It's A Magnolia Challenge (tropical drinks)
Magnolia Stamp Lovers (lime in de coconut)

Products Used:

Stamps: Jam Tilda (Yummy For Your Tummy 2009) Magnolia Sweden

Inks: Copic Markers, Distress Inks by Tim Holtz, Computer (PC Swayin)

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics, Recollections

Dies: QuicKutz (Wood Slats, Palm Leaves, Bottle, Flower, Fruit Slices, Straw and Ice), Spellbinders (Labels Eight), Cricut (Opposites Attract Alpha)

Punches: Marvy (circle/coconut), Family Treasures (rectangle/Mojito Glass)

Misc: Hemp Thread, Starfish

Christmas In July

I have had Christmas songs in my head since I started on this card a couple days ago and with the ornament premier coming up this weekend, I am ready to get this holiday season started!  (It's a coping mechanism, to deal with the heat that won't subside until October)...  LOL!

I think this will always be my favorite Tilda stamp. When I first laid eyes on a Magnolia Ink magazine, it was the Christmas 2010 edition and Santa's Little Helper stole my heart.  I became infatuated with the Maggie stamps and magazines because I had finally found a style that said, "this is me".

My card turned out much differently then I intended.  I'm consoling myself by believing that I am not the only one that this happens to.  I had totally different papers chosen, went out and purchased Copics to match that paper, and once Tilda was done, saw that the inks were darker and redder than I thought they'd be.  So I dove into my paper stash and came up with some gorgeous papers by Imaginisce that I've been holding onto for just the right project.

I wanted this card to have a rustic feel so I roughened up the papers, made lots of layers and inked some edges.  I colored the half-pearls with E19 and dyed the ribbon with Fired Brick distress ink to bring out the polka-dots in the red DP.  I'm still working on "coloring" white, like on Tilda's hat brim and her apron.

I hope this gives you a little jump on your holiday spirit like it did for me.  Thank You so much for stopping by!  More of what I used to make this card is listed below.  Please leave a comment by clicking on the comments link at the bottom of this post.  I love to hear from you and your comments have been so inspiring.  

Have a great day and an even better tomorrow!

♥ Laura C.

Challenges I am entering:

Magnolia-licious Highlites (Christmas)
The Sketchy Challenge (Sandy's Sketch)
Tilda's Town (Favorite Tilda)
Magnolia Mania (Christmas)
Hooked On Craft (Christmas in July)
Lollipop Crafts (Christmas in July)
Crazy Challenge (Christmas in July)

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Santa's Little Helper by Magnolia of Sweden
Inks:  Copic Markers and Distress Inks by Tim Holtz
Cardstock:  Bazzill Basics and Recollections
DP:  Polar Expressions by Imaginisce
Dies:  Spellbinders (scalloped circles) and Sizzix (Circle and Lg. Snowflake)
Punches:  Martha Stewart (PATP Arctic Snowflake)
Misc:  Recollections (pearl stickers) and Deja Views (wonder words rub-ons)

Happy 4th To You!

Hi Everyone and Happy 4th!  I pray you and yours are all happy, healthy, safe and sound.

This is Arizona where the forecast is always sunny and HOT.  Our weather can't seem to make up it's mind today though.  I had plans to grill brats and jump in the pool but it's been cloudy and raining off and on all morning.  Now that I have altered my plans, the sun has decided to come out...  SIGH! 

Hamburger Tilda and Tilda's Barbecue are very new additions to my collection.  I think they're darling but, then, I think all of the Maggies are.  I used my Copics to color the images and tried my hand at grass.  Once I've practiced that some more I'll try coloring skys.  I added a little glitter to the fire with Stickles and embossed some Distress Powder to the edges of my mats to tie in with the rusty star.  To create the flag, I used the Stitched Wave punch by EK Success.  As soon as I saw this punch I thought of making a flag with it and purchased it on the spot. 

Thank You so much for stopping by!  More of what I used to make this card is listed below.  Please leave a comment by clicking on the comments link at the bottom of this post.  I would love to hear from you.  Have a great day and an even better tomorrow!

♥  Laura C.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Just Magnolia banner

Tilda's Town Celebrate

Craft Your Passion Chillin and Grillin

7 Kids Challenge Stars & Stripes

I Brakefor Challenges (Red, White & Blue)

Products Used:

Stamps: Hamburger Tilda and Tilda's Barbecue by Magnolia of Sweden

Inks: Copic Markers, Distress Inks by Tim Holtz, Pen-touch

Cardstock: Bazzill and Recollections

Printed Paper: Imaginisce

Punches: EK Sucess (stitched wave and medium daisy), Family Treasures (small leaf) and Carl (1/2 in. circle)

Misc: Distress Powder by Tim Holtz; Stickles (star dust), Rusty Star, Twine and Crochet Thread