You Make My Heart Smile

I created this fun card for my husband for our anniversary.  We are celebrating 26 years together.  He was diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon cancer earlier this year and has been undergoing chemo treatments.  I figured he could use a smile and maybe a laugh or two so I am including tickets to a comedy club show with this card.

All the stamps are from Peachy Keen Stamps.  I just love these fun faces.  

Card Details: 

Spellbinders scalloped heart die

Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge for the clown heads

Base Camp Cricut cartridge for the heart on the front

Sweet On You Face Stamps from Peachy Keen Stamps for the faces on the hearts

Clowning Around Face Stamps from Peachy Keen Stamps for the clown faces

Entered in following challenges:

Always Fun Challenges: Anything Goes

Cards in Envy: Flat card and simple

Crafting from the Heart: Anything Goes

Crafty Creations Challenge: Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner: Anything Goes

Happy Anniversary

The new challenge at Aud Sentiments is to use a two word sentiment.  I chose "Happy Anniversary"  I had a love of fun creating a project with this die from Die'sire.  It really gave my easel card an elegant look. I used a stamp from Magnolia Stamps that is a Christmas stamp but I think it works for this occasion as well.

Card Details:

Stamp: Magnolia Stamps

Copics

Spring Garden die from Die'sire

Corner leaf from Storybook Cricut cartridge

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Quickutz nesting doily rectangle die

Entered in following challenges:

Perfect Time To Craft: Anything goes

All About Magnolia: Anything Goes

Magnolia-licious: Anything goes with option of pearls

Marvelous Magnolia: Anything Goes

Midweek Magnolias: anything Goes

Flyin by

The new challenge at Addicted To Stamps is to stamp your background.  I dug around in my stash and found this background stamp from CTMH.  It's huge and works perfectly for a card background.  I paired it up with the plane and sentiment from another stamp set.  I love the way this looks with the blue, tan and brown.  Makes a perfect masculine card.

Card Details:

Mapped Background stamp from CTMH

On Display Stamp set from My Time Made Easy

Ink: Rich Cocoa

Martha Stewart border punch

Spellbinders scalloped circle die

Gina Marie stitched circle die

Princess card

This is my first card I made using an stamp I colored with distress inks instead of copics.  I am rather pleased with how she turned out.  I do need to do a lot of practicing though.

This is my DT card for Simply Magnolia challenge.  The challenge theme is to use a charm.  I had this crown charm that paired up nicely with this Tilda stamp.  You still have lots of time to join us in this challenge.

Card Details:

Tilda in cotton dress from Magnolia Stamps

Distress inks

la la land heart doily border die

Magnolia Doohickey heart die

Magnolia Doohickey fence die

Corner leaf from Storybook Cricut cartridge

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Martha Stewart branch punch

Christmas card

Here is my mid month reminder project for Crafty Hazel Nut's Christmas Extra Challenge.  The challenges are always anything Christmas goes!  

It is already the middle of September so that means our Christmas cards need to be mailed in less than 3 months!  Are you ready?  I have about a dozen cards left to make so I am feeling good about my holiday card preparations.

This stamp is from Magnolia Stamps.  I have colored it with Distress Inks.  I'm still learning and need lots of practice with the inks but I do love the way this one turned out.

Card Details:

Stamp: Magnolia Stamps

Distress Inks

Corner leaf from Storybook Cricut cartridge

Gina Marie Designs oval die

La La Land banner die.

Entered in following challenges:
A Bit More Time To Craft: Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft: Anything goes
CRAFT Challenge: Christmas
Crafting With Attitude: Anything Goes

Thank You Cards

I needed more thank you cards so I made a bunch of this simple design.  I made 16 of them and of course have used them all.  I guess I will be making another batch of thank you cards soon. 

Have A Tail Waggin' Good Day!

Took a break from cards to make this cute tag.  This is my DT card for Aud Sentiments.  We are sponsored by Ike's Art.  I used the image Malteese 1 for my project.  

This cute dog looks just like my dog, Isabella (Izzy). However, my dog is a Malshi (part Malteese and part Shih Tzu). 

Here's my Izzy:

Christmas Card

It's September 1st so that means a new challenge starts at Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra!

The challenges are always Anything Christmas Goes.  Participating in the challenge each month is a great way to get your Christmas cards done on time.  I recently looked through my stash of cards and I am nearing the end of the cards I need to make.  Yippee!! Of course, I will probably start the Thank you cards that need to be done for the holidays so I will still get to play with my Christmas and winter stamps.

Anyway, this is my DT card for this month.  I used Rottweiler Trio Blocks from Bugaboo Stamps.  I cut them apart and added the sentiment to create the square.  To make the dogs festive for the holidays I cut them each a Santa hat using the Winnie The Pooh and Friends Cricut cartridge. It's a simple card but fun.   This one will go to our dog groomer.  My little Malshi visits her each month for a spa day and a trim.