Project 365 #46 - 3 Turtle cards

I just got this cute little turtle stamp yesterday and had to use her...she is just to cute . The ScrapYard in Stonewall had a sale on their Bellas yesterday, buy two get one free...So I picked up a couple...or should I say a few?? 15 to be exact...shhh, don't tell Gordie ;)...but anyway...needed a couple of girly birthday cards, so this is what I came up with...no challenges...just me.

Project 365 #45 - Photographic memory

I love sassy cards...the sassier the better...this one is quite tame, but sassy nonetheless....I did it for the following challenges: Raise the bar #7- three's company - three embellies, 3 papers, 3 brads: http://raisethebarchallenge.blogspot.com/ Sweet Sunday Sketch 58: http://kgiron.blogspot.com/ Stamptacular Sunday #48- Vintage: http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/ CCEE 1008 - colours - ruby red, creamy caramel and black: http://cceestampers.blogspot.com/ Colour Create 39 - Red, black, off white: http://colourcreatechallenge.blogspot.com/ Thanks for looking...off to do some more....Sundays are fun

Project 365 # 44 - Teddy Bear card

We were in Stonewall yesterday and I saw this stamp set and just had to get it. There was a dilemma of course...this stamp was unmounted and too big for almost all of my acrylic blocks. I have 4 blocks set up with tack n' peel so that I can use all of those unmounted stamps without too much of a fuss, but this one exceeded those limits. This card is 5x8 and that stamp nearly fills it...yikes...oh well, out with the icky sticky ez-mount...not my fave but a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do to stamp...and that is what was done!. I am entering this card in the following challenges...play along too, they are lots of fun! Order of the Opus Gluei 44 - Language or culture not your own: http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/ Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential SSHP20 - Clean and simple: http://saturdayspotlight.blogspot.com/ Totally Gorjus 19 - Mother's day: http://www.totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/ Allsorts 41- Mother's day: http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/ Frosted Designs - Handwriting: http://www.frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/ Quirky Crafts - cute: http://quirkycrafts.blogspot.com/ Rosie D's #65 - friendship: http://rosiedeeschallenge.blogspot.com/ Thanks for looking...hope you had an awesome weekend...it went by way too fast here!

Project 365 #43 - Going away card

I did this card as a going away card for one of the foreign exchange students that was staying with the girls' piano teacher. They are saying farewell to her tomorrow and wanted to give her a card.

It's hard to tell from the pictures, but the bird and leaves are super sparkly. I used the cuttlebug for the bamboo and then sanded it down a bit for some dimension...love that Asian bundle...I am entering it in the following challenges:

The colour throwdown 81- brown, pink/white and olive: http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 39 - Ribbon and sparkle: http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/

Cute Card Thursday - Ribbontastic 101: http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/

Pals Paper Arts inspiration challenge PPAC3: http://www.palspaperarts.com/

thanks for looking...and comments are the hilight of my day!

Project 365 #42 - Birthday Card for Katie

The girls are going to a birthday party for their friend Katie from dance...so we needed a card. This is what I came up with from a sketch from Clean and Simple FTL79 - birthday wishes: http://cleanandsimplestamping.blogspot.com/ I am also posting it for Twisted Thursday with Shirley's 2 Girls for their birthday theme with pink (in case you can't tell from the pic - the back ground paper is super bright pink - it sort of looks orange or red in the picture??): http://s2gpapercraftingcontest.blogspot.com/ and Pixie Dust Challenge 10 - birthday: http://pixieduststudiopixiechallenge.blogspot.com/

Project 365 #41 - Get well card

K...this is my last card for the night...but I can't help it, I think I may be addicted to challenges....here goes: Crafty Creations # 56 - cut it out and pop it up : http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/- not sure if you can tell from the pic so well, but the table and the kleenex box are all individual pieces...with real tissue...plus the centre image is also on pop dots...I think the photo does not do this one justice...looks kind of cool in real life Cooking it up with Katie #11 - something girly, pattern paper and paper piecing: http://cookingitupwithkatie.blogspot.com/ Tuesday Morning Sketches 34 - Light orange, dark brown and ivory:http://tuesdaymorningsketches.blogspot.com/ Papertake Weekly #35 - sketch:http://www.papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ Creative Card Crew #45 - Get well soon:http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ Design Dollies - Orange, brown and neutral:http://designdollies.blogspot.com/

Project 365 #40 - No ifs ands or ...

I made this card cuz he is just a cute ole donkey...I have had this stamp for a while and have never used it, so I thought I would give it a go...I am entering him in the following challenges: LaLaLand Sketch LLLC LLUWC27: http://lalalandcrafts.blogspot.com/ Nutty Nutshell Challenge NNW10- Green with a High Hopes Stamp: http://nutcrafters-nutshells.blogspot.com/

Project 365 #39 - black and white wedding

So this is the dress that I did for the previous card, prior to the felt mess up...I thought I might use it anyway and did another wedding card, as there are a few black and white challenges out this week...so here goes: Truly Scrumptious Sketch Challenge: http://www.trulyscrumptiouschallenges.blogspot.com/ Little Red Wagon #17- Black and White: http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/ Creative Inspirations #49 - Monochromatic: http://www.cinspirations.blogspot.com/ Fab n Funky #12 - Black and White: http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/ Thanks for looking

Project 365 #38 - fuzzy wedding card

Well it has been an interesting bit of a day to say the least. I came home from work to find Pepe's (my mom's dog that we borrow while she is basking in the warm glorious sun of Arizona and we are freezing our tooshies off here) bowl quite full...this is unusual as that dog can eat his body weight in a day while he is here....we started to scoop some of the food back into the container and noticed something odd....and in comes Emily. She felt that the dog didn't like his food plain and added a scoop of dried pizza chili flakes to it to "season" it for him...nice...sorry mom, but your dog has taken a liking to having his food flavoured now ;) . Yikes...at least he didn't eat any of it (or so we hope). I made this card with a few challenges in mind...it wa one of those cards that never goes right no matter what you do. I used the felt fusion from Queen and Co. for my flourish...never again! Taking the backing off that stuff was like performing heart surgery! Two sets of tweezers, sticky fingers and 40 minutes later and it ended up in the wrong spot on the card after all was said and done. There was supposed to be a really pretty wedding dress on this card instead of the cake, but it just ended up covering up the felt once it ws in place...live and learn. Here are the challenges I did this for if you want to play along: Order of the Opus Gluei #43 - Ruffles and Flourishes: http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/ Incy Wincy #31 - Touchy Feely: http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/ Res-Q Challenge Resq 33 - You are what you eat:http://resqchallenge.blogspot.com/ Lexi's creations challenge 8 - Anything goes: http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com/ Fab N Funky # 12 - black and white: http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/ Little Red Wagon #17 - black and white: http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/ I used the cuttlebug cherry blossom embossing folder from the Asian bundle on satin paper for the back ground...it is so pretty I just realized that my slippers may have been the inspiration for this card...or are they really my slipper? Has anyone seen that poor dog lately? He's been awful quiet tonight...

Project 365 #37 - Butterfly Sympathy

Okay, so this one is a little more of a serious take on the challenge at 52-Card pickup. Just couldn't get into a sympathy card mood this morning while colouring monsters. Their challenge was for something to take a different perspective on. This is a different perspective than my monster card. You can find them here:

http://fifty-twocardpickup.blogspot.com/

Project 365 #36 - Green monster

I was going to make this card for a challenge, and then I realized I didn't follow all of the directions...it was supposed to be in pink and black...ooops. Needed a good, grumpy birthday card anyway! I used the copics for the monster and cuttlebugged the backgrounds. But I did find a challenge that it would qualify for:

http://www.kjsstamppad.blogspot.com/ - color challenge 40

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/2010/02/challenge-15-tricolour-based-on-colour.html#comments - Analogous card

Cards for Men - challenge #4 : http://cardsformen.blogspot.com/

Project 365 #35 - Monotone Monster

Here is my little monster (had to buy this stamp in Stonewall last week) that I coloured in with the copic markers. I am not normally a monotone person for cards, but my daughter Lauren was looking in the markers and said "Mom, you never use purple in your cards - can I have these Copics if you aren't ever going to use them?" I laughed hysterically and started to use purple, so she doesn't try to secretly remove them from my stash...anyone who knows her, knows what I am talking about ;)

I am entering this card for three different challenges:

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 57:http://kgiron.blogspot.com/

Hope Stamps Eternal Cupcake Challenge 47 - use the cupcakes as inspiration - purple and buttons and a monster who would love to devour them! :http://hopestampseternal.blogspot.com/

52 Card Pick up - something from a different perspective - I think it would qualify with that saying:http://fifty-twocardpickup.blogspot.com/

Crafty Cardmakers - Analogous card :http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/

Thanks for looking...365 is still going strong - join in the challenge with me if you like!

Project 365 #34 - Penny Black Cat Card

I made this card for a couple of challenges today. What a good day for card making...two sick kids not wanting to leave the house...they stayed occupied with the TV most of the day, other than colouring in some images that I stamped out for them...they can't wait to get into the Copic markers! I made this card for the following challenges: Penny Black - Pink, Green and Yellow: http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ Sketch Saturday #91:http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/ Scrap, Stamp and Doodle Saturdays SSDS28 - Charm: http://ssdschallenge.blogspot.com/ Totally Gorjuss - Flowers: http://www.totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/ Cute Card Thursday - Metal Mania Challenge 100: http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ Feel free to leave a comment if you like what you see.

Project 365 #33 - Brown and pink monster card

okay, so I am totally addicted to these cute little monsters...just had to do another card. And when better to do this than with Gordie sleeping (*gasp*) and the girls vegged out in front of the tv for cartoons on a Saturday morning (*double gasp*). I found a bunch of challenges to do today through the Daily Dare. That is a cool little site. You can find it here: http://dailydare4u.blogspot.com/ . I am entering this card in a number of the dares found on that site. Here goes: Saturday Spotlight SSHP19 - ink, tearing, wrinkling and all around making it messy - http://saturdayspotlight.blogspot.com/ Just Us Girls JUGS21 - colour challenge: raspberry, ivory, chocolate and coral: http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/ All Sorts Week 40 - tag, ticket or label: http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/ Crazy 4 Challenges C4C25 - sketch: http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/ . Thanks for looking and feel free to leave a comment if you like what you see!

Project 365 #32 - Jiminy Cricket Page

I did this page with two different challenges in mind. I thought I would combine them both and get another Disneyworld page completed while I am at it. I used my new Stampin'up Sweet Pea paper that I got at my party. Love it! The first challenge that I wanted to try is a sketch challenge at Creative Scrappers. You can find them here if you want to play too: http://www.creativescrappers.blogspot.com/ . The second one was for Mission Create 0010. That one has a few more details to add: Lace trim - check, Cardboard or Corrugated paper - Check, at least 5 hearts - there are 12 on my page, glimmer mist - in the bottom left corner (although it is hardly visible and just made my paper wrinkly...grrr...) and last but not least Turquoise - and check again...got all five in there. If you want to play along you can do so here: http://www.missiontocreate.blogspot.com/ . Thanks for looking!

Project 365 #31 - Cute monster card

I bought this stamp on Saturday and thought it was too cute not to use. I cuttlebugged the background and used my new nestabilities and new copic markers for the monsters...I know, I wasn't supposed to do the "new" thing, but how can one resist? Hope you like them...

Project 365 #30 - Asian Motivation 42

So, my mom inspired me to try out with the challenge from the Order of the Opus Gluei. The challenge is to make a card with an Asian Motivation. I hope I succeeded. I really like the card that she made. You can play along here if you like: http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/ . Plus I just bought this stamp and thought it went so nicely with the cuttlebug asian bundle.

Project 365 #29 - Morgan's birthday card

This is my attempt at a birthday card for Morgan. I am also entering it in several challenges. They are as follows: Paper Sundaes: http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/2010/02/paper-sundaes-fifth-challenge.html - Glittery spring Pile it on: http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/02/challenge-6-let-us-see-flowers.html - flowers on the card somewhere Copic Colour Challenge: http://copicscolourchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/02/bit-of-delay.html - lipstick red, pure pink, ice blue 365 Cards: http://365cards.blogspot.com/2010/02/day-350-stacked-up.html - stacked up 3 or more layers - I did paper Allsorts: http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/ - one of something, two of something, three of something Crazy 4 Challenges: http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/ - red Our Creative Corner: http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/2010/02/our-creative-challenge-something-old.html - something old that is new...using up all of my old Chatterbox papers...they have always been my favorite! Thanks for looking...feel free to leave a comment and join in the 365 project with me!

Project 365 #28 - My Grafico and Sketches by Tamara challenge

I just love this sentiment and had to do another card with it. There are just so many people I could give a card with this phrase who would so get it....I am entering this card in the following challenges: Sketches by Tamara 105 - you can find it here: http://sketchesbytamara.blogspot.com/ Love this sketch ans will definitely use it again along the lines somewhere. My Grafico MG35 - use olive green, dark brown and pink - easy peasy for me...one of my favorite colour combos of all time. You can play along here: http://mygraficochallengeblog.blogspot.com/ . Hope you enjoyed them...You are still welcome to join in project 365...if you want to join in, just leave a comment!

Project 365 #27 - Mojo Monday 125

I did this one for the Mojo Monday challenge week 128. You can find that challenge here: http://www.mojomonday.blogspot.com/ . I absolutely loved the sketch this week. Something so different from the norm! Hope you like it.

Project 365 #26 - You know it was a good day when 1

I made this card for someone at work...it is very appropriate in our area, so I made 3 of them. I am entering this one in the following challenges: Design Dollies Colour Challenge - Kraft, Ivory and Green for colours. You can find the challenge here: http://designdollies.blogspot.com/ Kaboodles Doodles #24 - Spots and stripes - you can find them here: http://www.kaboodledoodles.blogspot.com/ Lexi's Creations Challenge 7 - Spotted and Stripes - you can find them here: http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com/ and finally the sketch came from the Sketch and Stash Challenge 28. You can find it here: http://www.sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.com/ That's a lot of challenges for one little card! Feel free to leave comments...they are always fun to read!

Project 365 #25 - Morgan's Halloween Birthday Card - Aly's Sunday Challenge

This is the card I made for my niece's 5th birthday party today. She is having a Halloween dress up party, so I thought this would be appropriate. I used the sketch from Aly's Sunday Challenge. You can play along here: http://www.alyssundaychallenge.blogspot.com/ . Hope you like it.

video - man made card??? whatever!

check out this video: http://www.livevideo.com/video/537FF9DA20B44560845DEE157D1F9DD6/man-made-card.aspx . You will think it is hilarious! This is exactly how Gordie would do it, if only we had a garage! Enjoy!

Project 365 #24 - Sympathy card for Sketch Saturday 89 and Krafting Kimmie

I made this card for the Kraftin Kimmie challenge that you have to use ripping on your card. You can play along with that challenge here:

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.com/ . I also played along with the sketch challenge from Sketch Saturday #89. You can play along with that challenge here: http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/ . Thanks for looking. Hopefully this will be all the sympathy cards we need for a while.

Project 365 #23 - sympathy card for Just us Girls 19

I did this card for the Just Us Girls sketch challenge #19. You can play along here if you like: http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/ . Hope you like it.

Project 365 #22 - Mojo Monday #124, Practical Scrappers

I did this card for the Mojo Monday challenge this week. Hope you like it. You can find the challenge here:

http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/2010/02/mojo-monday-125-contest.html . I am also entering it in the challenge for Practical scrappers. They want you to use a die cut machine of some sort on your card. I used the cuttlebug with nestabilities for the butterfly and the sentiment. You can find their challenge here: http://www.practicalscrappers.com/

Project 365 #21 - Boy Birthday Cards - S2G#42, Cute Card Thursdays # 98

I made these birthday cards with the boys in the family in mind. We have a few birthdays coming up this month and I tried really hard to hit the masculine aspect of a birthday card. Hopefully I was successful. Shirley's 2 Girls is also doing a birthday challenge this week and you can play along here: http://s2gpapercraftingcontest.blogspot.com/ . I am also playing along with Cute Card Thursdays spots and dots challenge #98. You can find their challenge here if you would liek to join in: http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ .Thanks for looking.