Friends Rose Card

"A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely." -Pam Brown

With that in mind I created this simple, eye-catching card for one of my friends.

I stamped "friends" on the ribbon with StazOn.

The Details:
Recollections Elegance Cardstock
DCWV Love and Wedding Patterned Paper
Schiff Ribbon Cranberry
Spool o' Ribbon Black
Martha Stewart Cherish Punch
Inkadinkadoo Round Frames Stamp Set

Challenges:
Die Cuttin' Divas - sketch
My Craft Spot - friends

Cookie Monster Stand-up Pop-up Card

My husband works with a man who's 4 month old daughter needs surgery soon. Since there is little else we can do for the family I made this get well card.

One way that I try to expand my knowledge and skills of paper crafting is perusing YouTube and one of my favorite things to research is different card folds. I've made a LONG list of different folds I want to try and this free standing pop-up card is on it.

My base measures 5" x 11" and is scored at 1", 2 3/4", 3 3/4", 5 1/2", 7 1/4", 8 1/4" and 10". At the 5 1/2" score I cut a slot large enough for my tag and leaving around 1/2" on the sides. My tag measures 3" x  5".

To assemble the card place adhesive on both 1" end flaps on the side facing up. Slid your tag through the slot and line up the bottom edge with the crease. Now take the other side of your base and line it up. It's really very easy.

The card folds flat to easily fit inside an envelope.

The Details:
Cricut Sesame Street Friends
   Cookie Monster 4"
   Cookies 1"
Cricut Mickey Font 1"
American Crafts Hello Sunshine Jovial (base)
American Crafts Caramel
Bazzill Pinecone, Yellow, Blue
The Paper Company Kraft
Recollections Red
Inkadinkado Round Frames Stamp Set
Marcella by K black dye ink
Michael's Ribbon

Challenges:
Shopping Our Stash - Bugs, Birds, Beasts

Grampa Monochrome Layout

I love black and white photos. There's something timeless and nostalgic about them, regardless of when they were taken. With that love in mind I created this Grampa layout using the sketch at My Scraps and More.

The Details:
All printed paper is Recollections Elegance
Martha Stewart's Cherish punch-around-the-page
Cricut Classic Font at 1"
Tim Holtz keys
Schiff Ribbons black grosgrain
Spool o' Ribbon black
Pop Dots - photo matting, "grampa", bow

Other Challenges:
Cricut 360 - Grandparents
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes
Celebrate the Occasion - Grandparents

Jingle Belles

For the Jingle Belles CASE challenge I chose Kathe's card seen here.

I used glitter and a sparkly gell pen to get my bulbs to glow. The non-shining bulb is covered in tiny black balls.

A Little Dirt Never Hurt

I had THE MOST FUN making this card! It was great to just toss things around and rip and tear and get dirty.

The Scrappy Saturday challenge at Wee Memories is Simply Sentiment. The sentiment is too be the focus of your creation.

I didn't really know what I was going to do for this one so I followed along on the hop and got some inspiration to make a thank you card with all the thank you stamps I have. As I was digging in my stamp drawer my Unity Stamp Company Little Boy set caught my eye. Then I saw the sentiment "A Little Dirt Never Hurt" and a stack of brown scraps. That's when my creative light bulb when off and I started tearing and distressing and inking and this is what I ended up with (along with brown fingers).

Most of this card is made with scraps. The stripe came from DCWV Baby Boy stack and the dots came from ki Memories pack. I used Distress Ink in tea dye and Color Box chalk ink in chocolate.

Bath Time

I feel sorry for these pictures. I really do. The poor things have been pasted onto and then torn away from at least two layouts. I love these pictures and I only want the best for them. Now, finally, they have found a home they, and I, can be proud of.

For this accomplishment I must thank Sketchy Thursdays. I took my cues from their recent sketch. I increased the scale and shifted it to the right and down. Instead of using two pieces of accent paper I used one and a photo.

The Details:
BasicBasic Ribbon
ki Memories Teal Lace Cardstock
Recollections Glitter Paper - Powder
Stash Paper - silver, blue, teal
Sugar and Spice Cartridge
   Bath Time 2"
   Pins 1 1/2"
   Frame 5 1/2"
American Crafts Stamp Marker - Denim

I'll also be entering my layout at Design Time Thursday over at Creative Cutter Room. The theme is Splish! Splash!
Frosted Designs' Fabulous Friday Challenge is Flourish. Be sure to stop by and meet the new team.

Crayon Background

When I came across this video by Split Coast Stampers on how to use an iron and crayons to create a background I knew I had to try it. The only thing is I don't have a craft iron or a travel iron so I used a flat iron (you know, the ones for your hair) that I don't use any more. I love how it turned out and I can't wait to play around with it some more. I may even buy a craft iron!

The grass is three shades of green and the sky is yellow, orange and cerulean. I used a sheer/satin combo orange ribbon by Michael's along with brown grosgrain near the bottom. The tree is cut from Bloom Lite and mounted with pop dots. The brown paper is Bazzill and the orange is DCWV.

Challenges:
Die Cuttin Divas - Fall Colors
Fantabulous Cricut - Yellow
Ribbon Carousel - All Tied Up