The Male Room - Leaves & Trees

It's time for another manly challenge at The Male Room!  For the next two weeks we want to see Leaves & Trees on your projects.

I have both trees and leaves on my card.  I know it could be a fall type card, but hoping with the colors that it doesn't seem like fall card.  I stamped the trees with a light tea distress ink.  After much debate, I decided not to color them.  I colored the acorns with color pencils and fussy cut them out.  Both stamp sets are from Unity Stamp Co.

I just added a little rope around the die-cut leaves.  Plus a little cute sentiment.

The sentiment is also from Unity. 

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• Amusing Challenges - Anything Goes
• Crafting From The Heart - #20 Anything Goes
• One Stitch at a Time - #214 Anything Goes
• The Cats Pajamas - #267 Anything Goes
• The Pink Elephant - #252 Anything Goes

stamps used: Unity-Borderline Cute & Acorn Greetings

paper used: Bazzill-Rain & Almond Cream, MME - Follow Your Heart

die-cuts used: Momenta-leaves, MFT Mini Album Bracket & Hexagon Stax

embellishment: rope

Boy Graduation Card

I have another graduation card for today!  This one is going down to our dear friends in LA.  Our sons went to school together and were in cub scouts together (for the 5 years we lived there), sure do miss those days and our friends.

Kept it simple for the guy.  I colored the image with water and regular color pencils.  Used my new graduation die-cuts.

The image is from La-La Lands, it's a big stamp.  I believe all their stamps are big, because the image is the focus.  Added the sentiment that came with the image with a small cap brad.

Inside I used a sentiment from MFT Happy Graduation stamp set.

Congratulations Nicholas and Good Luck!!

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• A Random Fan - #9 Anything Goes
• Card Mania - #47 CAS
• Kitty Bee Designs - #24 Congrats/Graduation
• Natalie & Amy's Challenge - #20 Rubber Stamping
• The Pink Elephant - TPE#251 Graduation

stamps used: La-La Lands Crafts - Graduation Luka, MFT Happy Graduation

paper used: Bazzill Vibrant Blue, Texture Dark Blue, Golden (discount paper), MFT primitive white

die-cuts used: MFT Graduation Accents & By the Numbers

embellishment used: Recollections Graduation Brads

Girl Graduation Card

Graduation time is upon us!  Some of our friends kids have already graduated and it seems so early.  My second son will be graduating the first week of June.  It's hard to believe I have 2 grown men and still have 2 more boys to go.  It will be 15 years when my last little one will graduate...wow!

This card is for a dear friend's daughter.  I decided to try a bendy card.  There are many tutorials out there, just pick a couple to study and give it a try :o)

I kept it pretty simple, because I saw some amazing bendy cards out there. Since the daughter went to a private school where uniforms and traditional schooling was done, I thought the card needed to be uniformed.  All the die-cuts are from MFT (My Favorite Things)-Graduation Accents.

Here is the last panel. I thought a dp would break up the solid red and black.  I left the the inside side panels blank to write a message to the graduate.

One side tucked in.

Here's the image from Flat Friends - Graduation Celebration

thanks for looking and reading :o)  have a wonderful weekend and congratulations to all the graduates out there!!

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• Craftitude - #65 That's Die-licious (Use A Die)
• Flat Friends - #20 Dies and/or Punches
• It's All About the Vintage - #69 For Graduated
• Kitty Bee Designs - #24 Congrats/Graduation
• One Stitch at a Time - #214 Anything Goes
• The Pink Elephant - TPE#251 Graduation

stamp used: Flat Friends - Graduation Celebration (digi)
paper used: MFT (wild cherry? It was in a sample pack and I'm sure this is the color), SU black, MME traveler dp
die-cuts used: MFT Oval Stax 2, Graduation Accents, By the Numbers

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Happy Monday!!!  We have a new challenge for you at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog and it's a favorite....Anything Goes!

We have 2 sponsors for this challenge and that means 2 winners.

The winner for Lawn Fawn will receive a stamp set and 6x6 pad paper, winner's choice.

The winner for Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet will receive a $10 gift certificate.

It's fabulous to have wonderful sponsors :o)

After my plan A was a total epic fail, this is plan B..... a tag.  It's a cute tag!  I choose to work with Reeces Scrap Pieces - Homemade Goodness, image and digi paper.  There are 3 images and 3 digi papers with this set.  I colored the image with water and regular color pencils.  There is a burlap and scrap material (from my son's mummy costume I made him one year) behind the image.

The base tag is made of cork.  Burlap string, twine and ribbon were used to finish of the tag.  From one of the burlap string is a mini spool with a little twine wrapped around it.  I stamped a thanks tag and tied it around the ribbon base.  Viola!

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter my tag in the following challenges:

• 4 Crafty Chicks - #192 Desserts
• Digi Choosday - WK 19 Embellish It!
• Digi Makeover Challenge - #141 String/Twine/Ribbon
• Digi Stamps 4 Joy - #92 AG
• Open-Minded Crafting Fun - #10 Use Some Ribbon

stamps used: Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet - RSP Homemade Goodness, SU-So Happy For You

paper used: Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet

die-cut used: MFT Traditional Tags Stax

embellishments used: burlap, scrap material, cork, Timeless Twine, Really Reasonable Ribbon, reused ribbon, Recollections brads, Spare Parts mini spools, eyelet, burlap string

The Male Room - A Moving Part

I'm late, I'm late!!  I'm a little late for The Male Room Challenge!  My days of the week are all messed up with a new schedule going on right now...uugghh!

Anyway, for the next 2 weeks we want to see a moving part on your manly creations.

I went the cute a simple route!  The die-cuts are from MFT (My Favorite Things).  

I needed a little scenery for my bike. I really wanted to cover up the window, but with the bike wheels. it made it very difficult to do so.

I added a little sentiment, that was fitting.  If I really thought ahead, I would I put a sentiment on the pull paper, at least it has an arrow.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamp used: MFT PI I Wheelie Like You

paper used: some discount paper and scraps

die-cuts used: MFT Bicycle, Grassy Edges, Cloud Trio, You Move Me, and Lead the Way

embellishment used: Brads

Friend with Flair - Home is Love

It's been awhile since I've played Friends with Flair at Unity.  It's not that I don't use my Unity stamps, but sometimes I use Unity sentiments with other company images.  I don't feel like those projects are for Friends with Flair.  I rather my whole card or project be a Unity creation.  I know, I'm being picky.  Anyway, Happy Friday to everyone :o)

I made this card for my cousin in TN, who allowed my family to come and visit.  When you have a big family, you feel like the circus has come to someone's house.  It's a thank you card for putting up with us and showing us a good time.

I used water color pencils and regular color pencils to color the image.  Little lace ribbon on the side.  It's a very simple card.

Inside I stamped a sentiment from another Unity stamp set.

thanks for looking and reading :o)  Have a great weekend!

I would like to enter in the following challenges:

• Unity Stamp Co - Friends with Flair (show your Unity project)
• Natalie & Amy's Challenge - #20 Rubber Stamping

stamps used: Unity - Thanks for Visiting (stamp of the week collection), Unity - Love at Home (stamp of the week collection)

paper used: MFT - sample pack (Sno Cone and Blu Raspberry)

die-cut used: MFT - Designer Label Stax Set 2

embellishments used: Candi Mini - Antique Newsprint, Making Memories Passport Ribbon

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog - #29 Party Bingo!

Hello Monday!!  We have another great challenge for you at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  For the next 2 weeks it's a Party Bingo challenge!

Once again we have 2 sponsors for this challenge, so we will have 2 winners.

Lacy Sunshine will give 3 images of choice to the winner.

The Stamping Chef will give 3 images of choice to the winner.

Both sponsors have some amazing images, so check them out!

For this challenge I decided to make a cute little box.  A friend was closing her shop and gave me some boxes and other goodies to create with.  I got to work with the image Lil Frolic-Where's the Buttons by Lacy Sunshine.  I colored it with water color pencils and regular color pencils, actually 2 images.   I fussy cut one of the image and layered on top for added dimension.  Lots of little buttons were used for the buttons in her hair and shoes.  For the top of the box, I used the biggest circle die-cut I had, which only cut out the image.  For the other 2 circles, Martha Stewart large circle cutter was used.  I did a test cut for the top of the box to make sure I picked out the right size.  Since the box is paper mache, it's not perfect.  Only a tiny bit of the circle had to be trimmed on one side. 

The box was painted and decorated with dp on the bottom and very top.  I decided to add wooden buttons on the side bottom piece.  A white ruffle trim is fix to the lid.  (It reminds me of a daisy from the top.)

A cute little cloth tag with a sentiment and some more buttons was added to the pretty box.  I also added some faux stitching around the tag.  You can see the bright yellow painted box.  I did decoupage the whole thing, just to make sure the paper will last wear and tear.

Here's the BINGO grid.  My project was created with the letter G : die-cut, friend/friendship, yellow, buttons, and stitching (real or faux).

Hopefully you are inspired to join our bingo party.

I like to enter this creation in the following challenges:

• Catered Crop - Button Up Recipe Swap Quick Fire
• Corrosive Challenge Blog - #198 Head Gear (image has buttons in hair)
• Crafting From The Heart - #17 AG
• Crafty Catz - #229 Anything but a Square
• Crafty Girls Challenge - #17 AG
• Digi Galore Challenges - Anything but a card

stamps used: Lacy Sunshine-Lil Frolic Where's the Buttons, MFT - PI Cute as a Button
paper used: Colorbok - Antique Paperie, Yellow discount paper
die-cuts used: MFT - Circle Stax 1, MFT - Leaf-Filled Flourish
embellishments: Recollections Creative Tags, Dashes Dots & Checks Ribbon, Timeless Twine, Prima Wooden Buttons, Hero Arts Tiny Buttons, SU Buttons, The Paper Studio White Ruffle Trim, Helmar Decoupage