Two Special Cards

Today I have two cards to show you... the card for the Sweet Stampin' Challenge and a card for the Calendar Girls blog group's monthly challenge.

"Summer Fun"

June 28 - July 11

Sponsor: Hobbykutz

Here's my card:

I think camping is a lot of fun in the summer!

Here's the inside of my card:

I hope you'll participate in the Sweet Stampin' Summer Fun Challenge!

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Now for the Calendar Girls.

Deb is our hostess this month and look at the great challenge she gave us:

 Since we are the CALENDAR Girls I was thinking we should make cards that reflect the months of the year or days of the week.

I found these sayings about a few of the months:

Slow as Molasses in January
January Brings a New Year
Beware the Ides of March (William Shakespeare "Julius Caesar")
March, In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb
April Showers Bring May Flowers
June is Bustin' Out All Over (Oscar Hammerstein)
July Fireflies Bring August Skies
September Leaves Gives Chance for October Scares

And here are some yearly days of the week.:

Fat Tuesday
Black Friday
Good Friday
Palm Sunday

So the challenge is to make a card that reflects your interpretation of one of the above sayings about the months or one of the four listed days. (Maybe you know another saying about months of the year you like. You can use that saying.)

In your blog post let us know what saying or day your card reflects.

THANK YOU for a GREAT challenge, Deb!!!

Here's my card:

I decided to go with "April Showers Bring May Flowers"

Here's the inside of my card:

Be sure to head over to the other Calendar Girl blogs to see what they made for Deb's challenge. You can find links to their blogs in my left side bar.


Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Image: Riley Camper

Sentiment: MFT Roughing It

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Copic Markers

Cardstock: Recollections Black and Hunter Green

Designer Paper: from my scrap file

Embellishments: Brads from an unknown vendor

Image: Flourishes Wild Roses

Sentiment: Penny Black Rain & Flowers

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Copic Markers

Cardstock: Recollections Black and Staples White

Designer Paper: Recollections Paddywack Paper Pad

Embellishments: Michael's Rhinestones, Stickles Glitter Glue and Ribbon from an unknown vendor

Great Outdoors ATC

The OSAAT Design Team members are swapping ATC's. For June the theme is "Great Outdoors".

Here's the ATC I made:

Simple!

I sure hope Samara likes it.


Products Used
Image: Hero Arts Hello Tree
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa and Copic Markers
Cardstock: Early Espresso and Pink from my scrap file
Embellishments: Michael's Ribbon and Paper Studio Owl Brad

Outdoor Scenes

Today I have two challenges to highlight - the {PIN}Spirational Challenge and the Twisted Tuesday Challenge.

June 24 - July 1

Here's the {PIN}Spirational Photo:

This week's sponsors are:

Paper Pretties

Sassy Studio

and

The Stamping Boutique

THANK YOU to our WONDERFUL sponsors!

I used a Stamping Boutique image for my card:

Here's the inside of my card:

I hope you'll participate in the {PIN}Spirational Challenge!

Products Used
Image: Stamping Boutique
Ink: Copic Markers
Cardstock: Recollections Black and Stampin' UP! Cherry Cobbler
Designer Paper: Creative Imaginations BBQ
Embellishments: Michael's Rhinestones

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Twisted Tuesday Challenge

June 24 - July 7

Theme: Red, White and Blue

Twist: Add Stars

Here's my card:

Here's the inside:

I hope you'll participate in the Twisted Tuesday Challenge!

Products Used
Image: Taylored Expressions Light Up the Sky
Die: Taylored Expressions City Skyline
Ink: Brilliance Mediterranean Blue and Rocket Red
Cardstock: Stampin' UP! Night of Navy and Real Red
Embellishments: Paper Studio Gemstones and Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Fun at the Amusement Park

It's time for a new MelonHeadz Friends Challenge...

MelonHeadz Friends

"For Kids"

June 23 - July 6

I couldn't seem to make just one card, so I made two. LOL!

Card #1

 

Here's the inside:

Card #2

Here's the inside:

I hope you'll participate in the MelonHeadz Friends For Kids Challenge!


Thanks for stopping by my blog today!


Products Used
Images: MelonHeadz Illustrating Amusement Park Bundle
Ink: Copic Markers
Cardstock: Recollections Black and Stampin' UP! Soft Sky
Designer Paper: from my scrap file
Embellishments: Eyelet Outlet Cotton Candy Brad and Rhinestones from an unknown vendor

SMILE

Today's the day for a new One Stitch at a Time Challenge...

One Stitch at a Time #218

Anything Goes

June 22 - 28

Here's my card:

Here's the inside:

I hope you'll participate in the OSAAT Anything Goes Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!


Products Used
Image: Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet BB Kakes 4 You
Ink: Copic Markers
Cardstock: Recollections Black and Stampin' UP! Wild Wasabi
Designer Paper: REcollections All Occasions Paper Pad
Embellishments: E K Success Dimensional Stickers

My Very First ATC

I had never made an ATC, truthfully, don't really get the concept of why we have them. However, one of the design teams I am on decided to trade ATC's with one another, so I had to step outside of my comfort zone. Each month will feature a "theme" for the ATC and we will swap names and make an ATC with that theme in mind.. In May (our first month) I made an ATC for Josephine.

Yikes! I sure hope Josephine likes it... and remembers that she was my "first".

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!


Products used:
MFT Sun Ray Stencil
Unity Grab Bag 3 Sentiment stamp
Stampin' UP! Daffodil Delight Cardstock and Ink
Brad from an unknown vendor

Two Tips for You

I have two cards for you again today - the One Stitch at a Time Challenge card and the monthly Dueling Darling card..... Oh! This is going to be fun!

One Stitch at a Time #217

"Button It"

Sponsor: Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet

Here's my card:

You know how sometimes you want to try something new/different, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't? Well, this was one of those times. I tried something different... and it did NOT work.

I used the Stitchy image called "Lake Winter" which is a gorgeous detailed image. I wanted to sponge a variety of colors of ink over the entire image to give it a muted look. I did that and truthfully, it does look somewhat better than the photo shows, but it wasn't the  best thing to do with the image. I'm just sayin'! 

Tip #1: Do NOT sponge ink all over the Lake Winter image. You probably won't get the kind of look you're hoping for.

Here's the inside of my card:

 

I hope you'll participate in the OSAAT Button It Challenge!

Products Used

Image: Stitchy Lake Winter

Ink: Inkadinkado Ink Spots

Cardstock: Recollections Black and Stampin' UP! Buckaroo Blue

Embellishments: Foof-a-La Buttons and Seam Binding from an unknown vendor

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Now for the Dueling Darling card....

Darlene and Tami are the hostesses this month and they chose this theme:

Gardening

Darlene sent the Dazzlers a GREAT kit to work with:

Image: Gardening Shelf by Stamps Happen stamped ith Marvy Matchables Black Ink by Uchida on Conqueror Diamond White Cardstock

Designer Paper; K & Company "Lemon Citron" Pack

Embellishments: Paper Studio Gemstong Ribbon, Ribbon Boutique Silk Plaid Ribbon, K & Company Dimensional Flower, Recollections Blue Flowers, CrafWorkCards Candi Dots, Creative Impressions Dragonfly Brad, Spare Parts Glitter Lady Bug, and Eyelet Outlet Garden Tool Brad

THANK YOU, Darlene! (The only thing that I added was the card base - Stampin' UP! Cool Caribbean Cardstock and Recollections Black Cardstock for layering.)

Here's my card:

Here's the inside:

 

Now, for the interesting part of the Dueling Darling Challenge...

Tip #2: Darlene instructed us to share our "favorite gardening tip" in our blog posts. My FAVORITE gardening tip is this: let my husband do the gardening! (I do NOT like playing in dirt, or soil either.).

Be sure to check out the other Dueling Darling blogs...

DAZZLERS

April

Darlene

Deb

Melina

Paola

Terry

DIVAS

Barb

Carol

Judy

Kadie

Kelly

LJ

Tami

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Say It With Flowers

It's time for a new challenge at Sweet Stampin' and it's a beautiful one!

Say It With Flowers

June 14 - 27

Sponsor: The Ribbon Girl

Here's the card I made:

Here's the inside:

I hope you'll participate in the Sweet Stampin' Say It With Flowers Challenge this week!

Thanks for stopping by my blog!

Image: Whipper Snapper Chester
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Copic Markers
Cardstock: Recollections Black and Stampin' UP! True Thyme
Designer Paper: A Muse Studio (polka dot) and DCWV (flowers)
Embellishment: Offray Ribbon

Enjoying the Summer Weather

You might have been noticing a lot of beachy, sunny, outdoorsy types of cards lately and there's a good reason for that. We all seem to like Summertime!

The Unidentifed Image Card Swap group was hosted by Kadie this round and she sent us a cute little summery image to use for our cards - Pink Cat Studio Lily.

Thank you, Kadie! 

Here's my card:

Here's the inside:

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Image: Pink Cat Studio Lily
Ink: Copic Markers
Cardstock: Stampin' UP! Cool Caribbean and True Thyme
Designer Paper: Paper Studio Beach House Paper Pad
Embellishments: Michael's Rhinestones and Stampin' UP! Ribbon