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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

My Creative Time Design Team Call!!

Good Morning Everyone!! I am so excited Emma over at My Creative Time is having her first ever Design Team call and I thought I would enter it with my 5 x 7 card. I do have some of Emma's stamp sets and I love them all!! Hope you all enjoy my card and have a wonderful day! Good Luck to all who enter!
Front

Inside


Recipe
Cricut Expression
Give a Hoot Cricut Cartridge
5 x 7 card Kraft Cardstock Recollections (Michael's)
Patterned Paper ColorBok 8 x 8 paper stack Flea Market
Other paper used from my scraps
Brads are from the Build a Brad Kit from Stampin' Up
Cuttlebug Folder Distressed Stripes
Corner Chomper for rounded corners of card
Fancy corner is a punch from Marvy
Banner is from Emma's Build a Banner Kit
Sentiment on Inside of card is made using Emma's Fancy Frame Stamp and Die Set and the sentiment is from Emma's Wow! So Many Candles Stamp Set
Sentiment on Front of card is CTMH Celebration Stamp set and the word Love is using CTMH A Typeface Stamp set
Gem Me and My Big Ideas
Glossy Accents (Eyes)
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photo
Cotton Thread (JoAnns)
Pop Dots
Fine Spray Glitter over entire card
Squirrels cut at 2 inches

I made this card for my DH who's Birthday is this week Thursday!
If you scroll down from this post you can see a few more cards I have created with Emma's wonderful stamp and die sets!!


                                       

Peachy Keen Stamps....Sketch Challenge #63



Good Morning Everyone...I hope you are all having a wonderful start to a new week!! For this challenge I have made a 6 x 6 card for my brother in law for his Birthday which is at the end of this month. Hope you enjoy!!
Here is the sketch!! Fun! Fun!
Here is my card!!
Front


Inside

Recipe
Cricut Expression
Give a Hoot Cricut Cartridge and Elegant Edges
Card 6 x 6 Kraft Cardstock Recollections (Michaels)
Alot of the other cardstock I used was from my scraps but I think most of it is Core Essentials Collection
Bear cut at 3.75 inches
Mat behind bear cut at 4.25 inches from Elegant Edges
Cotton Thread (JoAnns)
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photo
3 small circles that look like brads are called Candi from CraftWorksCards I bought at Custom Crops
Last but not least inside of card was made by using Emma's over at My Creative Time Fancy Frame Stamp and Die Set and for sentiment her Wow! So Many Candles Stamp Set

If you are wondering why I made a Bear in a Trash Can for a Birthday Card you would have to meet my Brother in law he has a great and funny personality and will love this card!!









Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Throwback Thursday Challenge! Episode # 258



Good Morning Everyone I hope you are having a wonderful week. Today I am posting a card for Emma's over at My Creative Time Throwback Thursday Challenge. The challenge this time was to use a older cartridge that had a card feature on it and to make the card a Halloween Theme. Emma is also releasing and doing sneaky peeks all week with her awesome Design Team of her 11th edition stamp set coming out this Friday. Her stamps are awesome so if you have time head on over and check them out!!! Here is my card I created for this challenge...Hope you enjoy!!
Recipe
Cricut Expression
Gypsy
Wild Card (page 33)
Happy Huntings
Card I did in my gypsy I sized it at 7 x 12.25 cut it twice so I could get the jagged edge and make it almost a 5 x 7 card
Frame with witch is cut at 5 inches
Paper for card itself is from My Minds Eye it was double sided and I liked how it looked on the inside so I left one side showing. I think I got this paper last year and I am not sure of the name.
All other paper is from my scraps
Martha Stewart Glitter (onyx, tanzanite and peridot)
Stampin' Up Ink (Black and Whisper White)
Emma's Stitched (Only) Circle,  Fancy Frame Stamp and Die Set and Mixed Holiday Sentiments Stamp set
3 circles on inside that look like brads are called Candi (Trick or Treat Asst.) by CraftWorksCards and I purchased them from Custom Crops.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Peachy Keen Lets Face it Friday Challenge

Hello everyone!! It is raining here today so I  finally was able to get to my scraproom and make a card for this challenge. The challenge was to make a project using leaves as your inspiration or focal point. I decided to make a 5 x 7 card....Hope you enjoy!!
Recipe
Cricut Expression
Gypsy
Cheerful Seasons Cartridge
Wheelbarrel cut at 3 inches
Leaves cut at 1.75 inches
Faces on leaves Peachy Keen Stamp Asst. Wide Eyed Kids
Sentiment Emma's (My Creative Time) stamp set Mixed Holiday Sentiments
Card Kraft paper Recollections
Card layers cut at 2.5 inches by 6.75 inches paper from Cloud 9 Design Specialty Pack 4.5 inches by 7.25 inches
Ribbon is from JoAnns
Spray Glitter over entire card
Tim Holtz Distress Inks used Antique Linen, Fired Brick and Wild Honey
Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip
White gel pen
Red Stampin' Up marker

Monday, October 3, 2011

Emma's Throwback Thursday Challenge-Episode #252


Good Morning Everyone I hope you had a wonderful weekend!! It has been a fantastic weekend for all of Wisconsin!! Congrats to all of Wisconsin Teams!! On to Emma's over at My Creative Time Throwback Thursday's Challenge....the challenge is to make a project using a font cartridge. I chose to make a 5 x 7 card using the font cartridge Old West....hope you enjoy and have a wonderful Monday!!

Recipe

Cricut Expression
Old West Font Cartridge
Happy Huntings Cartridge
Fence cut at 3 inches and Skulls cut at 2 inches from the Old West cartridge
Enter if you Dare cut at 1.75 inches from the Happy Hauntings cartridge
Card itself is from the Core'dinations Vintage Collection other paper is from my scraps
Banner is from Emma's over at My Creative Time's Build a Banner Stamp and Die Kit
Inside is Emma's Fancy Frame and Die Set
Sentiment inside is from Emma's Mixed Holiday Sentiment Stamp Set
Thread JoAnns
Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Glimmer Mist (Gold)
Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Punch


Sunday, October 2, 2011

Peachy Keen Stamps Sketch Challenge # 61

Hello everyone....I hope you are enjoying your weekend!! Our weekend here in Wisconsin is huge....Brewers, Packers, Wisconsin Badgers lot to watch this weekend!!  Today I would like to say Good Luck to the Brew Crew and the Packers!!! Well on with the sketch challenge with a twist over at Peachy Keen Stamps the twist was to add twine or embroidery floss to your card. I made a 5 x 7 card for this challenge hope you enjoy!!
SKETCH w/ a TWIST:
Use TWINE or EMBROIDERY FLOSS
Recipe
Cricut Expression
Simply Charmed Cricut Cartridge
Banner, Frame and Sentiment are all by Emma over at My Creative Time
Banner is from Build a Banner Kit
Frame is the Fancy Frame Stamp and Die Set
Sentiment is from the Holiday Sentiment Stamp Set
Fall is from CTMH and it is the A Typeface Stamp set
Faces on Pumpkins are of course Peachy Keen Stamps Wide Eyed Kids Face Asst.
Cotton Floss and Ribbon is from JoAnns
The two little orange things that look like brads are called Candi from Craftworkcards I bought them from Custom Crops
Paper for card is form the Vintage Collection from Core'dinations the rest is form my scraps
Pumpkins cut at 2.5 inches
Ink used Tim Holtz Vintage Photo
Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip
CTMH Terracotta
Also used white, red and black  marker