Happy Birthday!

Nope not my birthday but rather just a challenge card for a birthday girl. However, if it is your birthday today--HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Have you guys heard of the Paper Craft Island Blog? If you are a survivor fan, then you will love this. Hop over to check it out.

So, every so often when the island members are working on their immunity projects, the general blogger community is invited to participate in reward challenges. This week is Reward Challenge #2.. the challenge is to make a birthday card for a 10 year old girl. So easy that I had to play along- not to mention I am dying to know who gets the immunity idol!

My card is simple but says it all and what young lady doesn't like pastel colors. Hope she likes it!!

Here's how I did it...
A2 base from white card stock
Background pattern paper from My Minds Eye Fine and Dandy paper pack
All other paper from my scrap box
Candles cut at 2.25" from Birthday Bash cart
Border stamp from My Creative Time Small Talk stamp set
Sentiment from My Craft Spot Tiny Tags stamp set
Stickles
Ribbon from my stash- bow made using my new 3 Girl Jam bow maker-Awesome!!

Ice Cream Challenge Fun over at Celebrate the Occasion this Week.

To see my Ginger Snap Scrap Design Team day post click here.

I am back with another Celebrate the Occasion Challenge for you this week.
This week the theme is all about ice cream!
Who doesn't love ice cream? Being it has been such a hot summer, this challenge was perfect to try and think about something cool.

I came across a cute cut file for an ice cream truck and little girl.
The ice cream truck just did not work out how I wanted it to, but the little girl sure is cute.
I then cut a couple ice cream cones from the Birthday Bash cart and added them on top of a mat from Elegant edges.
Looks like she is dreaming of a cool treat to find some relief from this heat.

Hope you will hop over and join me and the rest of the DT for some cool treats and show us your ice cream inspired project.

Here's How I did it...
A2 card base on white card stock
Pattern papers all form my scrap stash
Little girl sized and cut from svg file over at Bear Hugs
Peachy Keen face stamps for face
Mats sized and cute from Elegant Edges
Ice Cream cones cut at 1" from Birthday Bash
Sentiment from Scrappy Moms Stamps
Stickles and gem stickers for fun.

A card for a few challenges.

In between working on my scrapbook pages, I took a break to do a project for a few challenges out there.

A while back I picked up a card magazine from Joann's and in the plastic wrap with it was a 6x6 paper pack called Let's fly away! It is all text weight paper but has this really cute dot paper and cloud paper.
They were the perfect colors for the Peachy Keen challenge this week.

The other challenges I am linking this up to are....
Fantabulous Cricut- April Showers
Scrappy Moms Stamps Tuesday challenge
Pin-spirational Challenge
My Craft Spot Challenge, Make it pop


Here's how I did it....
Mat cut at 4.25" from Lacey labels
A2 card base
Man/layers cut at 3.25" from Paper Doll dress up
Dog/layers cut at 2.75" from Birthday Bash
Face stamped using Peachy Keen Boy Mate Faces
Sentiment from Scrappy Moms Stamps Kids Incorporated
Heart brad from my stash
Dog is popped up with dimensionals.

Arrr Matey - it's Monday!

Over the weekend I picked up a new Cricut Cart, Crocs Rule. It has been on my wish list for a while now. There are so many cute things on this cart. I can't wait to try all of them. Kristal over at Getting Cricky,
kicked of another Simple Sunday Challenge and the theme is pirates. This was a perfect opportunity to play with my new cartridge.

This little pirate croc is so cute. Head over to Getting Cricky to enter your project and a chance to win one of Kristal's stamp sets.
Made Especially for You also has a challenge this week to use stitching so I am linking up there too!


Here's how I did it....
All paper from my scrap box
Base card cut at 4.25" square from Birthday Bash
Pirate and ship/layers cut at 3.75" from Crocs Rule
Circle sized to fit on my gypsy
Cuttlebug Mesh embossing folder
Background on sail stamped using My Creative Time Build A Banner stamp set
Twine from Twinery
Sentiment is wood mounted stamp I have had in my drawer a while

It's Saturday and there's an Oktoberfest party in my future!

Happy Saturday everyone. I haven't had time to get the pictures from my Mediterranean Cruise off the camera yet to post. I will work on that tomorrow.

Last night and this morning I was baking a Black Forest Chocolate Cherry cake for an annual Oktoberfest party we are going to today. This is the 24th year for this gathering of good friends and family.

I finish up the cake just a few minutes ago decorated with chocolate shavings and red cherries on top.

I wanted to make a card for the host and hostess so I decided I would try a step card.

Yes, can you believe I have never made a step card before. I don't know what I was waiting for. Now I am hooked- they are so much fun.

 

I wanted to be sure I included all the things I think about when I think of this party and Oktoberfest, Germany, pretzels, music, brats, and of course the beer. 

I am pretty happy with how it turned out.

Hope you all are finding time to be with friends this holiday weekend.
I will post some pictures tomorrow.


Here's how I did it...
Paper from my stash
German guy/layers cut at 3.25" from Everyday Paper Dolls- I trimmed his pants off to be shorts
Hat cut at 2.15" from Paper Doll Dress Up
Feather cut at .81" from Straight from the Nest
Barrel/layers cut 2" from Paper Doll Dress Up
Beer mugs/layers cut at 1" and 1.36"  from Everyday Pop-Up Cards
Pretzels cut at 11.46" (yes this is correct) from From My Kitchen
Brat/layers cut at .39" from Block Party
Flag/layers cut at 4.92" from Everyday Paper Dolls
Banner flags/layers cut 2.2" from Birthday Bash
PROST letters printed on my computer and hand cut
Face stamped using Peachy Keen Boy Mates Faces and Accessories Assortment stamp sets
Twine from the Twinery
Button from my stash
Martha Stewart border punch
Mini brads from my stash
Oktoberfest label on barrel printed from my computer
Lots of pop dots, doodles with my gel pen and shimmer from my new gelly roll glitter pen.
Yellow stickles for mustard on the brat

A Birthday Sundaes Challenge Entry

It is Thursday already--My time in Hartford is going well. Nice day to be outside at the golf course today.
It rained just a bit late afternoon, only to reveal not jut a rainbow, but a full, complete double rainbow. Don't get to see that very often. It was spectacular.

So, here is my little creation today from my hotel.

I had cut the base card and lion before I left home, but had no idea what I would to with them.
Well, Birthday Sundaes has a challenge to use green, orange and white this week.

Fortunately, I brought MPS Spectacular Sayings along with me that had this Birthday sentiment.

Here's how I did it...

Paper is from my scrap stash
Base card cut at 4.25" from Birthday Bash
Lion/layers cut at 2.73" from Life's a Party
Hat/layers cut at 1.36" from Birthday Bash
Tag, left over from my stash of cuts that I did not use. It was originally printed and cut with the Imagine More cartridge and then was trimmed to fit the sentiment.
Sentiment from MPS Spectacular Sayings
String, Chalk and a metal clip from my stash

Hot Weather - Cool Card!

Boy, it is hot here in Hartford this week. Yes, even at 4:30 in the morning it is still hot. This is a really early post, but by the time you read it I am probably on my way to work my event today. It is a golf event that starts with breakfast prior to the early tee times.

It's going to be a long, hot day.  All I will be thinking about is the pool- or in my case, a cool shower at the hotel.

So here is to all you wonderful bloggers and readers that are lucky enough to have a pool.

I saw an idea where someone had used a cloud stamp to make waves. So here is my attempt.

I will be back tomorrow with a card if I have the energy to do it after work tonight.

I will be linking this up to My Craft Spot's Monday Challenge - Inking it up and
Die Cuttin Divas Summer Fun challenge.


Here is how I did it...
Basic A2 card base
Cloud Stamp used for with dark blue ink to stamp waves.
Seal/layers cut at 3.75" from Birthday Bash
Circles cut to size using CM cutting system
Sentiment is my own printed on my computer
Ribbon from my stash

Frosted Designs Blog Hop

Welcome to the Frosted Designs Ice cream on the Beach Blog Hop/weekly challenge and 1st Anniversary.

if you are coming over from Krissinia you're in the right spot. if you just stopped by and want to start from the beginning, click here.

For my blog hop project, I challenged myself to include:

Blog Hop theme - Ice Cream on the Beach

Challenge theme - Ribbon/fancy/trim,charm,rhinestone/pearls for this week

Birthday theme - to celebrate Frosted Designs 1st Birthday. 

 Phew- that was a challenge to get all this into one little card.

I was asked recently...

What size LO do you prefer or do you prefer cards.

My Answer: Prefer cards
Yup- seems that is my go to project type lately since it can be quick.


Now for the project this week....

I came up with my little swimmer who just got out of the water and now is looking to see what direction to go for ice cream. Not only does he see the sign for ice cream, he is wished a Happy Birthday and stumbles along a treasure of oyster shells filled with pearls.

• I used several cartridges for this card....
• H2O for the swimmer and sun 
• Pooh and Friends for the sign
• Sponge Bob, Square Pants for the fish
• Birthday Bash for the ice cream cone
• Life's a Beach for the crab
• Stretch Your Imagination for the shells
• Imagine cartridge Better Together for the blue paper background

I think this is a record of carts used on one project for me.

I added some lace at the waters edge to look like white caps on the water. Added some pearls inside the oyster shells, google eyes on the crab, some brads on the signs that look like screws, and a charm I found of a flipper and swim goggles. 

I added glossy accents to the swim mask and flippers on my swimmer. 

Finally, I used the Swiss Dots and Divine Swirls embossing folders for the sandy beach  
I used several stamps--MPS More Punny-licious, Scrappy Moms Kids Incorpated, and PKS Boy Mates Face stamp sets.

Now we can't have a blog hop without some Blog Candy. 

************BLOG CANDY************

• Become or be a follower of BugBites 
• Leave a comment on this post with a way to contact you should you win

and you will have a chance to win the 
My Pink Stamper More  Punny-licious stamp set 
that I used on this card.

I will draw and announce one lucky winner on July 12. 

Now, Frosted Designs also has some Blog candy. So check out the Blog Hop post to see how to win and how to post a project for this weeks challenge.

Your Next Stop is Erin

Here is the whole line up in case you get lost along the way

Barb http://www.barbcraft.blogspot.com/

Diana http://itsmylifeandimscrappingit.blogspot.com/

Lori  http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

Andrea http://www.scrapality.com/

Kissinia http://kissinia.blogspot.com/

Barb O. http://bugbites411.blogspot.com/- your here

Erin http://scraps-of-reflections.blogspot.com/-your next stop

Amanda http://www.whiteruffles.blogspot.com/

Lydia http://www.kiwimumscraps.blogspot.com/

Ann  http://annsnovemberrose.blogspot.com/

Angela  http://angemuir.blogspot.com/

Eli  http://scrap-colors.blogspot.com/

Melissa http://melshappyscrappyplace.wordpress.com/

Karin  http://www.paperdreamsbykarin.com/

Debbie Bakk http://debbiebakk.blogspot.com/

Jessica http://jessica-createandshare.blogspot.com/

Libbeti http://creationswithlove-li-bee-ti.blogspot.com/

Happy Holiday Weekend!

Happy Canada Day weekend and Happy 4th of July weekend.

I was at my local craft store yesterday and came across a new product I have not seen before. But it looked so interesting , I had to try it thanks to a 50% off coupon. 

Being that the challenge over at Birthday Sundaes is anything goes, I thought I would make a Birthday card using this new to me product and link it up over there.

Looks like a basic Birthday card right?

Well, what is cool about it is the fun surprise inside when you open it....

It is a 3D balloon!

You can see it better in this picture...

Ok, the product is Honeycomb paper from InkyAntics Rubber Stamps. You can see a video here that shows the paper along with stamp sets that they have designed to go with this paper. 

I didn't purchase the stamps. Instead, I just cut my balloon shape free hand. 

You get one sheet of 5x7 paper of one color for $6.99, at least that was the price in my craft store. Like I mentioned, I had a 50% off coupon so was only about $3.50. It goes a long way for such a big impact. 

I need to go back and get some more colors now that I have tried it. I can't wait to try more designs.

Be sure to hop over to Birthday Sundaes to link  up a project or just check out what the DT has done. 

Here's How I did it...

Basic A2 card base

Pattern Bday paper is from My Minds Eye

All other paper from my scrap stash

InkyAntics red Honeycomb Paper

Balloons/layers cut at 1.5" from Birthday Bash, p. 23

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and Divine Swirls embossing folders on balloons

Kangaroo/layers cut at 2.75" from Birthday Bash,  p. 49

Birthday sentiment on front from My Creative Time's Polk Dot Surprise Stamp set

Birthday sentiment on inside from My Creative Time's Wow! So Many Candles stamp set

Black sticker pearls for nose and eyes

Chalk, scrap of ribbon and doodles with my pens.

Shaped Birthday card

Hey everyone. I have been out of town due to a family matter and just back now. The weather is crazy- it just keeps raining and raining. 

As soon as I got home I had to get a quick fix of my cricut. 

Here is a quick little shaped birthday card for the Birthday Sundaes challenge this week.

It is such a cute little gift bag that I think i can use to insert a gift card to perhaps Starbucks or Michael's!!

The cut is from the Birthday Bash cartridge on page 59. I cut it at 4.75". The sentiment is from My Creative Time.

I have lots of stuff coming up this Friday- it is going to be a crazy busy day! 

Hope you will stop by.

Kick Up Your Heels!

Tha's right kick, up your heels- spring is nearly here. 

Yes, I am back with another card using the Birthday Bash cart. I really need to move on to soemthing else, but there are so many cute things on it. I did this as a birthday card for a friend. 

 

Here's how I did it....

Paper is Stampin' Up and scraps from my stash

Base cut at  9.55" x 5.5" from Birthday Bash, p. 33

Dog /layers cut at 4" from Birthday Bash, p. 30

Oval layer for front and inside cut at 5" and 4.41" from Birthday Bash, p.66

Sentiments from Scrappy Moms Designer Choice and My Pink Stamper Family and Friends stamp sets

Jillibean Soup Bakers Twine

Buttons are from my local craft store

Chalk and doodles with my gel pen

Squiggle eyes

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #52 * Happy Birthday Card

Good morning everyone. It is a special week over at the Fantabulous Cricut Cartridge Blog.

It's Robin's Birthday - Happy Birthday Robin! Please swing by her blog and send her birthday wishes.

In honor of Robin's birthday, the challenge this week is to make a Happy Birthday card or project.

Who doesn't like balloons on their birthday.

I just love the Birthday Bash cart for any birthday card.

This little elephant, who I have named Elsa, is bursting with excitment for any birthday. You can't help but love her.

Hop on over to FCCB to see all the other great projects by our Fantabulous Design Team. Then get your cricut chirping and post a Happy Birthday project. I would love to see what you come up with.

Here's how I did it....

Basic A2 size card

Pattern paper is from Doodebug Designs, base paper is Bazzill  and all others are scraps from my stash

Elsa/elephant and layers cut at 3" from Birthday Bash, p. 38

Balloons and layers cut at 3" from Birthday Bash, p. 54

Jillibean Soup twine for balloon strings

CM cutting system circle template to round the bottom edge of the pattern papar

Sentiment from My Pink Stamper Fabulous Phrases Stamp set

Ribbon from my stash

Googly eyes, chalk and doodles with my gel pen and pop dots for the balloons

Vroom Vroom

Here is a quick card for the E.A.D color challenge: Spring Fling.

The Baby Steps cartridge is adorable and has tons of fun stuff on it. The Font button and Font Shadow buttons hold a jackpot of special little cuts that could easily be missed. Here is just one that I had to try right away. 

 Here's how I did it....

All paper is from my scrap stash

Bunnie/layers cut at 2.75" from Baby Steps, p. 58

Bunny face stamped with Peachy Keen Critter Faces stamp set

Base of card cut from Birthday Bash to measure 4.25" square when folded

Brads for the wheels

Bakers twine, purple ribbon and a button from my stash

Sentiment from My Pink Stamper Boy Crazy stamp set

Stickles and pop dots

Birthday Bird-Day Wishes

It's Wednesday already. 

Watch for a big announcement and some changes to my blog coming soon. I am so excited, but can't share them with you just yet, but soon!

Now to today's project - I have two more challenges to check off my list. Today it is a Birthday Wishes card for Our Creative Corner - Get Wordy Challenge, 
Celebrate the Occassion Challenge, and Frosted Designs FabulousFriday Challenge.

This one was fun. The Fabulous Friday was NO PATTERNED PAPER. The Wordy challenge was to use a sentiment stamp to create a background or layer on your card by stamping it repeatedly.

I just got a new stamp set from Stampin' Up over the weekend, So Happy for You. So I used the Birthday Wishes stamp from it to stamp the blue background in brown ink. The banner cut with bird is from the Birthday Bash cart including the card background with scallop edge. 

Here's how I did it... 

All paper is Bazzill from my scrap stash- just love using up all these scraps :)

Base card cut at 8.5: wide x 5.5" tall from Birthday Bash cart, p.39

   Used my Gypsy to size to the dimensions above.

Bird on flags and layers cut at 3.18" from Birthday Bash cart, p. 39

Birthday Wishes Sentiment on card front from Stampin Ups So Happy for You Stamp set

Sentiment on inside of card from My Pink Stamper Tweetie Hoo Puns stamp set

Scrappy Moms Terrific Tuesday Challenge

That's right, another challenge entry for me. All of a sudden I can't resist one. 
They have so many cute ideas over there at Scrappy Moms Stamps and they are starting Tuesday challenges on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month. All entries are placed in a drawing the end of the month for a prize. Gotta Love prizes.

The first challenge is to use a cut from the Birthday Bash cartridge.  This card is a bit plain, but gets the point across. It is super simple and quick to make. 
So if you need a birthday card in the next 30 minutes, you can do it!!

Here's how I did it...

All paper is from my scrap box

Punched the green with a Martha Stewart border punch 

Cut the B'day cake from Birthday Bash, p 25 and all layers at 4"

Embossed the cake layer, but you do not need to if you pressed for time.

Added some ribbon and stickles.

Sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamp set Simple Sentiments.

Pop it in an envelope and instant Birthday card.