Book Page Flowers...

Good morning everyone!

A new challenge starts today over at Try it on Tuesday and this time we want you to use Book Pages on your projects. I made a couple of cards featuring Lawn Fawn's Stitched Flower Frame die. 

The backgrounds were created with acrylic paint, bubble wrap, distress ink and Stampendous Grunge Script stamp set. My book pages are from a used paperback book that I bought from a thrift store for a $1.00... what a deal! I glued the pages down with matte gel medium to a piece of heavy cardstock, once dry I cut the flowers out and then distress the edges with ink. 

I used a Penny Black die for the stitched rectangle, a Tim Holtz stamp for the sentiment and for a little extra sparkle I added Stickles Moon Dust Glitter Gel to the flower above- it's so sparkly IRL! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the main challenge blog to check out the rest of the teams beautiful creations! 

Take care... Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

Funky Junky Boutique- De-stress with distressing

International Art & Soul- Birthday

Simon Says Stamp Monday- Glimmer and Sparkle

Use Your Stuff- Anything Goes

WaterCooler Wednesday- Feminine

Funny Feathered Friends

Good morning everyone!

A new challenge starts today over at Try it on Tuesday and the theme is...

Feathered Friends! 

 My card features a couple of really cute birds from Stamping Bella... they are colored with Copics and the sentiment is from Tim Holtz. I created the sky with Peacock Feathers and Speckled Egg DOI. For the grass I used Mowed Lawn DOI and a stencil from Simon Says Stamp. The flowers were cut with a Cuttlebug die and to finish it up I added a little detailing with a white Posca pen.

Now head on over to the main challenge blog and check out the fabulous creations by the other team members!

Enjoy your day and thanks so much for stopping by!

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies- Anything Goes with a Critter

A Gem of a Challenge- Anything Goes

Beyond The Blue- Stencil Time 

Crafty Calendar- Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers- Anything goes with Stencils

Sweet Stampin- Create Your Own Background

Outdoor Fun...

Good morning everyone!

It's time for a new challenge at Sparkles Monthly and the theme this month is...

Outdoor Fun!

I made a birthday card featuring a fun dog image from Bugaboo Stamps... it's colored with Copics and the sentiment is from Penny Black. I used a MFT stencil and Squeezed Lemonade Distress ink for the sun rays, Avery Elle dies for the stitched clouds & rectangle and the sea shells were cut with a Momenta die. 

That's all for now... thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the main challenge blog to check out the rest of the teams beautiful cards!
Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

Catch The Bug- Anything Goes

 Clever Dexter- Hello Summer

Craft Rocket- Summer

Everybody-Art-Challenge- Summer 

Simon Says Stamp Monday- Lazy Days of Summer

Sweet Stampers- Summer Fun

Unicorn- Summer Time

Birthday Cat...

Good morning everyone and happy Friday! 

Today I'm sharing a birthday card that I made for one of my nieces :)

It features a really cute image out of the 'plant joy' stamp set from Penny Black... it's colored with Copics and the sentiment strip is from Simon Says Stamp. All papers are from Lawn Fawn, I used Penny Black dies for the stitched rectangles, MFT dies for the flowers and to finish it up I added a few white dots with a Posca pen. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy your weekend! 

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

Daisy Chain- Cute Animals

Die Cut Divas- Birthdays

Dream Factory- A Street Cat named Bob

Penny Black Saturday- Anything Goes w/option Fussy & Fancy

Shopping Our Stash- Fur Babies

Stamping Sensations- I love... cute images, coloring & bright colors

Sweet Stampers- Birthdays

Hope your Birthday is PAR-fect!

Good morning everyone!

It's time for a new challenge at Sparkles Monthly and the theme this month is...

Something Sporty! 

My card features a fun image from Bugaboo Stamps... it's colored with Copics and the sentiment is computer generated. I used a Whimsy Stamps die for the stitched zig zag rectangle, SSS dies for the stitched rectangles and MFT dies for the fishtail flags. The papers are from my stash and I even added a tiny strip of numbers to represent 18 holes of golf :)

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the main challenge blog to check out the rest of the teams beautiful cards! 

Take care... Tammy x

 

 Challenges I would like to enter:

Catch The Bug- Anything Goes

Challenge Up Your Life- Under a Hat

Classic Design  Challenge- Always Anything Goes 

Clever Dexter- Celebration

Crafty Calendar- Masculine

Happy Little Stampers- Anything Goes with Dies

Birthday Birdie...

Good morning everyone and happy Friday!

Today I'm sharing a colorful birthday card featuring images from Vera Lane Studio... 

I can't get enough of these adorable digi stamps! :) 

This cute bird and her accessories are colored with Copics, fussy cut and the sentiment is from Paper Smooches. To create the background I used- Carved Pumpkin & Mustard Seed Distress Oxide sprays, a Carabella Studio circle stamp and a few splatters of white paint. The stitched rectangle was cut with a Penny Black die, I used a Avery Elle die for the clouds and a MFT die for the scallop border. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy your weekend! 

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter: 

A Gem of a Challenge- Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More- Any Occasion

Alphabet- B is for Bird 

Creatalicious- Anything Goes + option: Things with Wings
Paper Shelter- Birthday

The Creative Crafters- Always Anything Goes

Try It On Tuesday- Inspired By a Song: 'Little Bird' by Annie Lennox

Cute Cows!

Good morning everyone!

It's time for a new Challenge at Sparkles Monthly and the theme this time is... 

On the Farm.

I made a couple of cards to add my donation box- they feature a cute cow image from Pickled Potpourri and were colored with Copics. The background on my first card was created with Abandon Coral Distress Oxide Ink, Viva Decor glitter paste and Rangers Old School Number stencil. The sentiment on the front is from Paper Smooches.

Here's a peak of the inside-  the sentiment was computer generated :) 

I think my second card is my favorite- I love the colors! The paper is from Echo Park, the 'love' die is from Simon Says Stamp and I used a Dymo label embosser. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the main challenge blog to check out the rest of the teams beautiful cards! 

Take care... Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

Aud Sentiments- Anything Goes + sentiment

Cut It Up- All You Need is Love (2nd card)

Daring Cardmakers - Share the Love (2nd Card)

Dream Valley- Add Some Green

Incy Wincy Designs- Animals and/or Buttons

Moving along with the Times- Valentines/Love (2nd card)

Sweet Stampin- Cards for Teens/Kids

you are timeless...

Good morning everyone!

Today is the start of a new challenge at Sparkles Monthly and the theme this time is Big Birthdays ending in a 0 or 5.

I made a card for my stepfather who turns 75 in May... my mom and stepdad married 36+ years ago and we couldn't of asked for a better dad! :)

I used a fun Bugaboo image and colored it with Copics. The background paper is from Deja Vu and I added a few clocks using a stencil from TCW. I used two different stamp sets for the sentiment and the numbers were cut with a Tim Holtz/Sizzix die. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the main challenge blog to check out the rest of the teams beautiful cards! 

Take care... Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

Craft Rocket- For The Boys / Men

Daisy Chain- Happy Birthday

Paperminutes- Headgear

The Paper Funday- Anything Goes/Optional Twist Blue 

WaterCooler Wednesday- (C8) All Occasions

Autumn Birthday Card...

 Good morning everyone! 

I have several family members who have birthdays this month so I wanted to share one of the cards that I made! :) It features a cute image from Bugaboo Stamps and it's colored with Copics. The papers are from Echo Park and the sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp. I used Avery Elle dies for the stitched rectangles and MFT dies for the fishtail flag and flowers. All of the edges were distressed and to finish it up I added a few gold sequins.

That's all for now... thanks so much for stopping by!

Take care, Tammy 

Challenges I would like to enter:

As You Like It- Favorite His or Hers Birthday (& Why)- definitely 'her' cards- 

because I have mostly girls in my family  

Catch The Bug- Anything Goes

Dream Valley- Die and/or punches

Pammie's Inky Pinkies- Anything Goes

Paper Shelter- Card For a Child

Watercooler Wednesday- (C8) Occasions

Cupcake Inspirations- Photo Inspiration

Patterned Papers...

Good morning everyone and happy Saturday!

It's time for a new challenge at Sparkles Monthly and for this challenge we want to see 3 or more Patterned Papers on your cards! 

This is one of my favorite types of challenges because I have a TON of paper... for some reason I just can't stop buying it! :) So today I have a couple of cards to share with you and they feature very cute cat images from Penny Black! 

On my first card I used one of the images out of the 'so love' stamp set... it's stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa, colored with Copics and the sentiment is also from Penny Black. I added some flowers and a little distressing for a feminine touch. 

And on my second card I used one of the images out of the 'Bubbly' stamp set to create a masculine card... it's stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored with Copics and I used a sentiment strip from Simon Says Stamp. 

I hope you can join us and don't forget to pop on over to the main challenge blog to check out the rest of the teams beautiful creations!

Enjoy your weekend and thanks so much for stopping by!

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

Crafter's Cafe- Dots and/or Stripes

Mod Squad- at least 3 patterned papers

Papercraft- Animals

Penny Black Saturday- Anything Goes + optional: make the sentiment the focus

Sisterhood of Crafters- Masculine (2nd Card)

Show us Your Pussies- Furrything Goes

Other Supplies used:

Papers: Lawn Fawn, My Favorite Things, My Minds Eye & Doodlebug Design

Dies: Avery Elle- stitched rectangles, My Favorite Things- flowers, fishtail flag & stitched circle

 Poppystamps- buttons

Walnut Stain Distress ink & Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher Stapler

Red, White & Blue...

Good morning everyone! 

It's time for a new challenge at Sparkles Monthly and this time we want to see your Red, White & Blue cards.

I love working with these colors so I have a couple of cards to share with you today :) They feature cute Bugaboo Stamps images, they are colored with Copics and the papers are from Pebbles & TCW.

Other supplies used on my 1st card: Pink & Main stitched rounded rectangle die, Elizabeth Craft Designs scallop die, Misc. stitched square die and the sentiment was computer generated 

I really like how my birthday card below turned out! She was so fun to color and I went a little crazy with the highlights on her blue hair! LOL!

Other supplies used on this card: My Favorite Things dies for the fishtail flag & flowers, Pink & Main dies for the stitched rounded rectangles, a circle sentiment from Whimsy Stamps and a white Posca pen

That's all for now... thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the main challenge blog to check out the rest of the teams beautiful cards!
Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

Allsorts- Something beginning with B: Birthday, Blue, Blooms & Bugaboo image (2nd card)
Artsystamper- Red, white & Blue
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper- Anything Goes with Patterned Paper

Let's Craft & Create- Anything Goes + option: Stars & Stripes (1st card)

Make My Monday- Stars and Stripes (1st card) 

Simply Create Too- Red, White & Blue

The Paper Girls- Stars and Stripes (1st card)

a little mermaid...

Good morning everyone! 

Today I wanted to share a fun card using a couple of new crafting goodies and a cute mermaid from Bugaboo stamps!  

I made an underwater scene with my new 'Sea Animals' dies from Spellbinders and some Shimmery Goodness medium from The Crafter's Workshop. The background was created with Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Ink, once dry I stenciled some sea like plants using a Simon Says Stamp flora stencil and Mustard Seed Distress Ink. Then I applied my Shimmery Goodness through the My Favorite Things Confetti stencil. I love this medium and it's so shimmery IRL... I can't wait to use it again! 

Well, that's all for now... thanks so much for stopping by!

Take care, Tammy 

Challenges I would like to enter:

Catch The Bug- Anything Goes
Ching-chou Kuik Digital Stamps- Die Cuts and/or Punches

Crafty Cardmakers- Create your own Background

Creative Craft Cottage Digi Creations- No Patterned Paper

Daisy Chain- No Design Paper

Dragonfly Dreams- (July) No Patterned Paper

Get Creative- Birthday

Other Supplies used:

Penny Black Stitched Rectangle & My Favorite Things sentiment

Copics & Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink

Faux sand DP from the Paper Studio

  googly eyes & Glimmer Mist

Mixed Media Birthday Card...

Good morning everyone!

Today I have a mixed media style of birthday card to share with you... 

It features a couple of Scribble Flowers by Simon Says Stamp... I love this fun stamp set, I've used it several times :) I stamped the flowers in black ink onto watercolor paper, heat embossed with clear powder and colored them with Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry & Twisted Citron Distress Oxide inks. The background was created with Distress Oxide Sprays, stencils, Scribble Flowers stamps, Tim Holtz Crazing medium and glitter paste. For the sentiments I used Studio Katia Label stamps.

 Well, that's it for today... thanks so much for stopping by!

Take care, Tammy

Challenges I would like to enterr:

2 Sisters On The Blog- Two or more Circles

Crafty Calendar- Flowers

Daisy Chain- Flowers

Dream Valley- (C10) Summer Colors 

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - In the Summer Garden

Penny Black and More- Favorite Stamps

Stamping Sensations- Make It Colorful

Happy Trails to you Buckaroo...

Good morning everyone! 

Today I wanted to share a really fun masculine birthday card with you! It features one of the images out of the 'Wild West' digi bundle from Vera Lane Studio- Isn't that cowboy cute?! And he was so fun to color! With that huge mustache he kinda reminds me of Tom Selleck or maybe Sam Elliott! LOL! 

Anyway, for background I added some Faded Jeans Distress Ink to the Numeric (Tim Holtz/Sizzix) embossing folder, spritz it with water and ran it through my Cuttlebug machine using a piece of blue cs. I colored the image with Copics, fussy cut it out and then added detailing with a with Posca pen, the sentiment is from The Cat's Pajamas. I used a Pink & Main die for the stitched rounded rectangle, a Lawn Fawn die for the grass and Taylored Expressions dies for the clouds. I cut the succulents out of a dark brown cs using Spellbinders dies and then I added a few 'star' like flowers to the saguaro cactus.

Well that's it for now- thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!
Take care, 

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:
Artsystamper- It's A Guy Thing

Creative Craft Cottage- Make it Masculine

Creative Craft Cottage Digi Creations- For the Men/Boys

Happy Little Stampers- Always Anything Goes with Dies

International Art & Soul- Humorous
Try It On Tuesday- Cut it Out

Happy Birthday Pup...

Good morning everyone!

Today I'm sharing a couple of cute birthday cards that I made for my nieces... one has a birthday this month and one early next month and they love dogs as much as I do! :) 

I used one of the images from Inky Antics 'Delightful Dogs' stamp set... they were stamped in black licorice ink, colored with with Copics and I added a bit of shading with Prisma pencils.

I created the background on my first card with Abandon Coral Distress Oxide Ink, Viva Decor glitter paste and Rangers Old School Number stencil. For the background on my second card I used Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Ink, Martha Stewart Glitter Paste and My Favorite Things Confetti stencil.

I used a Pink & Main die for the stitched rounded rectangle, a Lawn Fawn die for the grass and the clouds were cut with a Taylored Expressions die. 

Well that's it for now- thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!

Take care and stay healthy.

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies- Anything Goes with a Critter

Crafty Cardmakers- Celebration

Dream Valley- (C10) Our Four Legged Friends
Fab n Funky- Cute Critters

Get Creative- Make it Sparkly
The Paper Shelter- Happy Birthday

Vera Lane Studio Birthday Cards...

Good morning everyone!

I'm popping in today to share a couple of cards that feature images from Vera Lane Studio... 

On my first card I used my new Caroline's Cupcakes image... isn't she cute and look at that stack of cupcakes falling over! And on my second card I used this fun cat image again- I love that cat! :) The images were colored with Copics, fussy cut out and then I added some detailing with a white Posa Pen. The backgrounds were created with Distress Oxide Inks, Viva Decor glitter paste and a American Crafts/Vicki Boutin stencil- they are so sparkly IRL!  

I used a Whimsy Stamps die for the zig zag rectangle, a Avery Elle die for stitched rectangle and the sentiments are from Penny Black & Technique Tuesday.

Well that's it for now- thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!

Take care and stay healthy.

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies- Anything Goes with a Critter (2nd card)
Crafty Sentiment Designs- Happy Birthday

Love to Scrap- For the Girls
Sisterhood of Stampers- Birthday or Folded or both

Try It On Tuesday-  Fun With Stencils
WaterCooler Wednesday- (C8)Occasions

STAMPlorations- April: Use Stencils

A couple of mixed media cards...

Hello everyone, happy Monday- I hope you had a nice weekend!

Today I'm sharing a couple of mixed media cards that feature adorable images from Vera Lane Studio! These were really easy to put together because the background panels were already done... I always make several at a time for future cards :)

The cat image is from this set and the llama and flowers are from this set... all images were colored with Copics, fussy cut out and then I added a little detailing with a white Posa Pen. The label sentiments are from Mama Elephant and the stamped sentiment is from Inky Antics.

I used several Distress Oxide inks to create the backgrounds along with stencils, stamps, dies and glitter paste. I also used the 'stamping with embossing folders' technique on both cards with the Kaisercraft's Waffle folder... but this time I just pressed the pattern onto the panel instead of running them through my Cuttlebug machine.

I love how fun and colorful these cards turned out because I'm going to add them to my donation box... I'm sure they will put a smile on someone's face! 

Well, that's all for now... thanks so much for stopping by and for all of the comments you leave!

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:
A Gem of a Challenge- Anything Goes
Country View Crafts'- January- Love (my first card)

More Mixed Media- Anything Goes/Optional Blue
Simon Says Stamp Monday- All Loved Up (my first card)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday- Besotted With Our Pets (the cat on my first card)
 Try It On Tuesday- White Space or Colorful Grunge

2 more Bugaboo Birthday Bash cards!

Good afternoon everyone! 

I'm back with a couple more Bugaboo Stamps Birthday Bash cards :)

On my first card I used the adorable Bobblehead Farmer and one of the crows from the Crow Trio... the sentiments are from My Favorite Things and The Cat's Pajamas. 

Other Supplies: Copics, Kaisercraft's Waffle embossing folder, MFT Sunrise Radiating Rays stencil, distress oxide inks, MFT cornstalk & stitched circle die, Memory Box die for the fence and a Pink & Main die for the stitched rounded rectangle.

I would like to enter this card into the Following Challenges:

Catch the Bug- Day 5- Birthday Bash: Make us laugh!

C.R.A.F.T- Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp- Use a Stencil

WaterCooler Wednesday- Occasions

 Try It On Tuesday- What a Cutie / Make Someone Smile

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My Second card features part of the French Hen image and the label sentiments are from Altnew. Other Supplies: Oxide inks, Rangers Old School Number stencil & glitter paste, Whimsy Stamps zig-zag die & Lawn Fawn- Grass die.

I would like to enter this card into the Following Challenges:

Catch the Bug- Day 1- Birthday Bash: Farm Birthday Project

That's all for now... thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!

Tammy x

Winter Blues

Good morning everyone!

It's time for a new challenge at Sparkles Monthly and the theme this time is Winter Blues...

My card features the adorable Winter Kidz with Puppy image from Bugaboo Stamps. I colored it with Copics and then added some Picket Fence Distress Stickles. The sentiments are from Simon Says Stamp and Reverse Confetti. I used a Pink & Main die for the stitched rounded rectangle, a MFT die for the fishtail flag and the stitched square die is from Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the main challenge blog to check out the rest of the teams beautiful cards! 

I'll see you soon! Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

Artsystamper- Baby it's Cold Outside
Crafty Gals Corner- Winter Fun

Cut It Up- Snow Much Fun

Make My Monday- Anything But Square

Stinkin' Inkers- Warm Up

Sweet Stampers- Winter/Snow
Creative With Stamps- Scarf