A Note from Teddy

This is just an example of the adorable images available from Di at Di's Digi Downloads. If you haven't checked out her site yet-get over there! You'll be so glad you did. For this card, I used the sketch from Create for Fun and the challenge from Speedy the Cat. The Speedy the Cat challenge was to make your own background paper. I'm not sure if you can tell, but I stamped butterflies on the cream colored cardstock with Versamark.

Here's a closeup so you can see the butterflies:

Happy Father's Day

I made this card for Katie to give to John for Father's Day. She likes the girliness of it-especially the pink. The image is Desiree from Bugaboo stamps.

Challenges:
Tuesday Taggers: all that blooms
Paper Cutz Challenge: Father's Day
Spoonful of Sugar: floral delights
Crafts and Me Challenge: friends and family
Shirley's 2 Girls: pink
Our Creative Corner Sketch: sketch
Charisma Cardz: Spots and Stripes
DigiDoodles Shop: tie it up

Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club

I made this card using a little $1 stamp of a polar bear that I got at Michael's about six months ago. Again using the colors from Bugaboo...the colors of your favorite team (USA) and the sketch from Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club.

I stamped the polar bear with Versamark and used the Swiss Dots and Snowflakes embossing folders.

Love You Tons!

This adorable elephant image is from Little Musings and it's called Eli and Son. Perfect for Father's Day, don't you think? Brendan is going to give this one to John for Father's Day.

Challenges:
One Stop Craft Challenge: sketch
Our Creative Corner: do something with the corners of the card
All Sorts: lace and or buttons (I chose buttons)
Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenge: father's day
Stamptacular Sunday: Father's Day

Designed To Delight June Week 2

This adorable little mouse holding a cupcake is this week's freebie from Faith at Designed to Delight. It's just one of MANY cute images you can pick up at any time. If you want to play along with Faith's weekly freebie challenge, hop over there and join in.

Challenges:
Designed to Delight: use this mouse image
Treehouse:red, white and black
Little Red Wagon: sketch
One Stitch at a Time: Celebrations

Are You a Soccer Nut?

I guess most people are, especially with the World Cup going on right now. Exciting game this afternoon between England and the US. I don't know much about international soccer but I understand the US was expected to lose so I'm guessing a tie is some sort of victory for the US. ANYWAY...the challenge this week at Bugaboo is to use your flag colors, or your World Cup team colors or the colors of your favorite team in general. One of their freebies this week is perfect for this challenge. I colored the nut with my E55 Copic marker. Then I criss crossed it with my colorless blender to make it look like a peanut shell.

Bugaboo: team colors/flag colors
Moving Along with the Times: sketch
Simply Saturday: sponged edges
Just us Girls:use a digi image

A Black and White Challenge

I've had a blah week. I know I haven't posted anything since Tuesday. It's not that I haven't been doing anything, I've been coloring a lot of images but just lacked the motivation to turn those colored images into cards. I made quite a few cards yesterday afternoon and evening so you'll be seeing those in the coming days. Here's my first one. I struggled with this challenge this week at Cardmaker. The challenge was to make a card using only black and white. I can't do that effectively. ( I need color. I decided that about myself. ) Using this adorable little dog from Little Musings certainly helped. He's a cutie and he comes colored/shaded like this so you can pretty much just pop him on a card.

I used the sketch from the There She Goes challenge.

Winter Wonderland

Okay, it was about 85 degrees here today so we're not exactly feeling all Winter Wonderland-y but I do enjoy sitting in the air conditioning making Christmas cards! Especially with more adorable images from Cuddly Buddly. It's also nice to make Christmas cards without the pressure of having to get them done. I don't like to mass produce cards either-it gets so boring-so it's nice to take the time to make one card at a time.

Challenges:
Winter Wonderland: Love at Christmas (notice the mistletoe)
Picture Perfect Creations: rose, pacific point, sand
Papertake Weekly: sketch
Cupcake Craft: dazzle
Pollycraft: ribbon and bling
Here is a closeup so you can see where I blinged the berries of the mistletoe and the knots of their scarves. I also glittered the fur on their hats.

A Primary Color Birthday!

Wow...primary colors. A couple of weeks ago I participated in a challenge that was to do something "out of the box" and for that challenge I chose using primary colors. I just don't ever do it. I don't like them that much so I never reach for them in my stack of cardstock (lucky to even have a couple of pieces) and I certainly don't have much DP that is primary colored. I did find this little piece in a little pack I had so that worked out. This cute image is from Di's Digi Downloads. Haven't been there yet? WOW are you missing out!

I added the number 5 sticker to his jersey and I also did a criss cross pattern in the jersey with my colorless blender to make it look a little more mesh-like.
Challenges:
Just Scraps: primary colors
Little Paper Shop: primary colors
Critter Sketch Challenge: child's birthday card
Moving Along with the Times: sketch
One stitch at a time: boy/man card

A Sleepy Father's Day Greeting

This sleepy bear is from Dustin Pike. It's not that this bear really reminds me of my husband, I just thought he would make a cute card for Father's Day for him. We do like to drink coffee together on weekend mornings, maybe that was the connection. He definitely doesn't sit around in a nightshirt, sleeping cap and bunny slippers though!

Challenges:
The Shabby Tea Room: Father's Day
Cards for Men: Father's Day
Daisy Doodles: Father's Day
Just Cute Bears: Father's Day and a bear of course!
The Crazy Challenge: Distress it (lots of distress ink on this one)
Just Us Girls: sketch