Baby Step card

This is another step card that I have been working on. Couldn't post it before now since I didn't want the recipient to see it early. I think I am in the clear now so I can share it with you now. 

I am really happy with how it turned out. Mind you, it was not a card that came together fast. No, I played with it for a few hours before I got it looking exactly how I wanted it.


I am linking this card up to the following challenges
Little Scrap Pieces- Anything your Heart Desires challenge
Stars and Stripes Cut it Out challenge


Here's How I Did it...
Basic side step card when folded measures 4.25 x 5.5
Paper is from Lasting Impressions and my scrap box
Ek punch to create the bottom of the dresser
Drawers are just strips of card stock cut to fit with tiny brads for knobs
Bear/layers cut from Christmas cartridge
Mobile on crib is the top of a bird cage from the Songbird cart sized on gypsy
Stars from CM border punch
Crib and dress/layers from Baby Steps cartridge
Scraps of lace, ribbon, chalk, glitter pen to accent the card
Sentiment is from Scrappy Mom Stamps Special Delivery set

A Tiny Valentine

Happy February! Yes, it is really me. I am still here, just been very busy with work the last few weeks. My job has had me working really long days and traveling. The last 2 weeks I have been away from home 9 days and in Phoenix, Orlando and Miami. I am glad to be back home and things getting back to a normal schedule.

I hope that gets me back crafting more frequently again.

This weekend I am going to try and post some things for different challenges going on around the blog world.

I have all my red, pink and white paper out for Valentine's day so here is a teeny valentine for the FCCB Challenge Me Monday challenge this week over at FCCB.

Here's how I did it...
Card measures 3"x3"
Paper is all from my scrap box
Puppy and layers cut at 2.5"
EK border punch
Sentiment from My Creative Time You Had Me at Chocolate stamp set
Twine from Twinery
Glossy accents on the nose

Birthday Wishes via Scooter

Hey everyone- it's the weekend. 

I have been super busy at work, but wanted to post this Birthday card I was inspired to make due to the Birthday Sundaes challenge this week which was to use at least 3 Brads. 

I have had these cute cupcake brads in my stash for a very long time so this was a perfect opportunity to use one. I also added brads to the tires.

I love this cut from the Sweethearts cartridge. She has that special birthday cupcake in her basket to deliver to a lucky birthday person.

Hope you have a fantastic Saturday - the days are getting shorter so fall is around the corner now  so enjoy the last of summer.

Here's How I did it...

All paper from my stash

Stripe paper from Lasting Impressions

Base of card cut at 4.5" from Wild Card 

Circle mat cut at 3" from George and Basic Shapes

Scooter/layers cut at 3"

Brads from my stash

Ribbon from my stash

Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder on basket

Sentiment from MPS Everyday Occasion

Doodles with my gel pen and stickles

Final day of my stamp release party sneak peeks.

Only 24 hours before I get to reveal my first 

BugBites Stamp set, All Year Round. 

I have had a great time this week sharing with all of you my projects using these stamps. 

I have been so lucky to have some wonderful blog friends sharing their creativity using my stamps this week as well. A special thank you to Sarah. She went all out and did 6 fantastic cards this week. 

I am happy to say she shares in my obsession of paper and crafting as much as I do. 

Here are the peeks for today. 

This froggy card uses the frog cut from the Sweethearts cart- I know, a frog on the Sweetheart cart, who knew.

The card base is from the Wild Card Cart and the Lilly pad is the pond cut from Create-a-Critter. 

Here is what my friends did for you today. 

  Saundra

 Sherri

Amy

You still have today to leave comments on each post this week for a chance to win one of my new stamp sets.
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I'll be giving away a BugBites All Year Round stamp set EACH day to one lucky follower who leaves a comment on the daily post, Aug 1st-7th. 

Winners will be selected and posted on August 8th when I reveal the entire set. 

Anniversary Celebration!

We are well on our way cruising in the Caribbean. 

We are cruising with a group of folks celebrating my friend's parent's 50th Wedding Anniversary. 

I wanted to be sure to have a card for them that wasn't too big, but could be displayed in their cruise cabin while on their trip. I decided on a 4 1/4" easel card. 

This my first time making an easel card- wow is it easy. There are many tutorials on the web for this if you haven't tried. I encourage you to check it out. Click here for the one I followed.

Here's how I did it.....

Paper is from The Paper Cut in metallic Champagne & Gold Leaf colors
Bazzill Walnut cream card stock

Sentiments are wood block stamps from Great Impressions and River City

Squares for card front and inside are cut at 4.25", 4", and 3.75"

'50'/layers cut at  2.06"  from Nursery Rhymes cart

'th'/layers cut at .84" from Nursery Rhymes cart

'Anniversary' cut at 2.64 " from Sweethearts cart, p.70

Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder for front embossing

Martha Stewart Deco Shells border punch

Sticker pearls

Ribbon from my stash

Gold embossing powder for the sentiments

Peachy Keen Challenge Project - Valentine's Box.

Do you guys remember being in grade school or even now if you have young children, making a special valentines box or container to collect Valentine's? Well, this project reminds me of that. Now I just have to find 30 classmates to fill my box with valentine's-LOL!

The Let's Face it Friday Peachy Keen challenge is to create an altered container using Peachy Keen Stamps faces to store Valentines or cards you receive throughout the year. Because I am in the Valentine's mood, I stuck to that theme. Jitterbuggin' also has a black, white and red challenge going on. My white is actually off-white. I also posted it over at Patti-Lynn Creations Challenge.

I am scrapping with my friends this weekend and was not planning to do either of these challenges so I was not real prepared with a container. Well, we have lots of snacks, so a box of Ritz crackers was sacrificed for this project. 

I ended up cutting the little dog about 3 times with different colored paper combos, before I found the one I liked. I attached him with pop dots for a bit of dimension.

Here's how I did it....

Covered box with kraft bazzill paper

Patterned paper from American Krafts 

Striped paper from Lasting impressions cut 2" tall

All other paper from my stash

Dog and layers cut at 4.5" from Create a Critter cart, p.35 

Large heart cut at 4.5" from Sweathearts cart, p.72

XOXO and layers cut at 1.75" from Stamping cart

Small heart punched using CM heart punch

Doggy face from Peachy Keen Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed stamp set

Sentiments on hearts from MY Creative Time,You Had Me at Chocolate stamp set

Ruffled crepe paper ribbon, doodles with my brown and white pen

Ribbon from my stash

Pink Stamper Blog Hop

Tonight I followed My Pink Stampers first blog hop.
This too, was my first blog hop. I have started some and stumbled across a few posts regarding blog hops, but have never done one from start to finish.
It's not too late to hop on over and start it yourself. You will see all the new design teams blogs as well as their great projects. 

As an Honorable Mention, thanks Robyn, I am making myself an official virtual design team member and jumping on board to participate tonight.

After hopping from blog to blog, I collected special words to make a sentence. Kinda like a scavenger hunt. The words spelled out a challenge so that we all could join in on the fun!
That means you can too!

Once I collected all my words to know what I needed to do, I got straight to work. This is what I came up with using the color pink and My Pinker Stamper stamp set, Tweetie Hoo Puns.

Here's How I did it....

Background paper is from Fancy Pants; Bunches of Love along with scraps from my stash

5" x 5" card using red card stock

B is for Boy cartridge to cut background layer - re-sized it on my gypsy to 4.5" x 4.5"

Bird couple and all layers cut at 4.5" from Sweethearts Cartridge, p.67

Cuttlebug embossing folders, swiss dots and distressed stripes for birds and nest

Hearts from Creative Memories large heart punch

Sentiment from My Pink Stamper Tweetie Hoo Puns stamp set

Cute button with string

Doodles with the gel pen

Sticker pearls for necklace and eyes. Girls gotta look good for her guy, right?

Hope you give the Blog Hop a try!