CPS Challenge - Angel Anya

Every week I take a little time and blog hop, print off challenges I want to take part in, and don’t get the chance. This week, however, I have completed two challenges. I am posting one for the Card Positioning System challenge this post. The other was yesterdays, I (heart) 2 Stamp - Sketch For You To Try.

I stated last time I posted that I need birthday cards for the summer months. Lots of birthdays in my family, and for friends, in the warm months of the year. So, the card I have made for the challenge on CPS is another birthday card. I used Angel Anya, stamps from The Greeting Farm, along with sentiments from a clear Inkadinkado Brenda Walton set of Chelsea Sentiments. Anya is colored using prismacolor watercolor pencils and I have popped her wings & hair bow. The cardstock used for the actual folded card is Raspberry Bazzill. The pale teal is from DCWV, The Glitter Sweet Prints. On the inside of the card, I used just another piece of DCWV paper from The Sweet Prints, and cut around the design on the paper. The circle on the front of the card, behind Anya, is from Lasting Impressions. Fun sketch!

I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you come back often. Happy Stamping!

Toota-loo,
Karen

I (Heart) 2 Stamp Challenge - Sketch For You to Try

Haven’t posted for a while. May & June seem so busy. I have loved the pretty weather. I’m a summer lover; live for this time of year. Got my garden out - twice. That is a long story. Weather related. Got the pool ready to go - Waiting on warmer water. Flowers planted - Need mulch. I just feel like everything is working out. Keeping busy, which is good for me.

I made this card for the challenge on Jen del Muro’s blog - Sketch For You to Try posted last Saturday, May 30th. This sketch has been fun. I liked the lay out and it was a good sketch for me to get back into cardmaking again with. I have missed crafting, but just had so much to do.
The main image is from Whipper Snapper Designs, Shelly Comisky, Sugar n Spice. Love the characters. The images are so fun to color. This is colored using watercolor pencils. White folded card is Papertrey Ink white cardstock, gray paper from a pack I don’t know the name of, and I used Bazzill purple bling behind the image. The sentiment is from Inkadinkado Brenda Walton set of Chelsea Sentiments. I used little gems or blings on the right lower hand corner and on the white strip of paper on the front of the card. The inside is decorated with a piece of Bazzill cardstock and scrap purple Gingham.

Thank you so much for "hopping" by, and come back often. I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Happy Stamping!

Toota-loo,
Karen

Happy Birthday

Hi All:

I made another birthday card. This one is a cutesy. I loved the little animal stamps when I saw them. I cannot remember where I bought them, but I was shopping in Columbus, Ohio, with a few of my friends when I did. Also, this card ended up blue, too. The last couple of cards I have used blue on. I usually use pink. Blue is a change.

This was a pretty good day for me. My son, Mitch, and me attend Community Bible Study, in Ashland, KY, on Wednesday mornings. He is 15, and home-schooled. This program actually caters to home-schoolers, which is so great. There are quite a few kids that attend, for a 10:00 to 12:00 service every week. We are almost finished with the book of Genesis. Actually, next Wednesday will be our last lesson. In the fall, when the studies start, it is always exciting to get in and get started, but when the weather starts getting warmer, and everything is starting to bloom, I’m ready to be out of the classroom setting. There is a break from May to September.

Well, thank you for stopping by my blog, and viewing my cards. Stop back by often. I hope you have a wonderful day! Happy Stamping!

Toota-loo,
Karen

Just Magnolia Week #1 Sketch Challenge

On a search, after shopping for Magnolias, I came across the Just Magnolia blog. Do you know how lucky I felt when I found the launch of a first time sketch challenge? Special! So, I printed out the sketch and tried my hand at it.

On a recent shopping adventure I bought some of the K&Co, Amy Lotus Tea Box Butterflies Die Cut Paper. I have used two on the corner of this card, as you can see. I placed one flat on the scalloped circle, and then pop dotted one on top of the other. I used a pin and placed the tiny beads over it, bending the end and glueing it to the top of the butterfly die cut. Also, on the scalloped circle I placed layered flowers with a half pearl center. The card base color is Brilliant Blue, with the next layer Sahara Sand designer paper. I’m not sure where the polka dot blue paper came from. I used silver from a tablet of scrapbooking paper behind the actual Tilda image. The scalloped circle punch is out of blue Bazzill Bling. The ribbon is from the little spools you get at Michael’s for $.99, and the gold heart is from Dress it Up Heart Assortment. The Tilda was colored using watercolor pencils. I used two very mini gems on the ends of the sentiment punch. The sentiment on the outside reads, "Been waiting for your birthday to arrive..." Inside the statement is punched and sponged and reads, "To wish you Happy Birthday, and to say "Hi!" I again used the polka-dotted paper as a base on the inside of the card and the Bazzill Bling on each corner, made using a corner punch.

I have been working hard to get my birthday card stash built up. In my family there are a lot of summer birthdays, and I have friends with summer birthdays as well. It is better to have too many than not enough. Besides, you just never know when an unexpected one will pop up.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you will come back often. Enjoy your week, and Happy Stamping!

Toota-loo,
Karen