Happy First Day of School

Happy Monday!

I found a little crafty time with a break from the books to get another card ready for the beginning of school. My little man will have a few cards to give to his teachers.  Hard to believe they will be back in one week. I know many have already started back. I feel like I didn't get much of a summer break and most importantly, I missed being able to do a lot with the short stack this summer.

 I used stamps and dies from My Creative Time. I took a length of Cranberry Trendy Twine and wrapped it around the prepped banner piece and tied in a double bow.  All papers were odds and ends from previous makes, but I can assure you I will have these papers for years to come...I bought this school stack a couple of years ago, and I feel like I have not made a dent in my pile. As my son is getting older, I doubt I will be making many school projects past this year. {Enter very sad face}

Inspiration was found with this weeks Retro Sketches layout.

 

I am also sharing at Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes.

I hope you have a fabulous week!

~Tammy~

Baseball Birthday Card

Hello all~

{Thank you to Retro Sketches for giving this card a "Shout Out" on 9/12/15}

I know I have pretty much been MIA. Life takes over and summer was busy, out-of-state baseball tournaments, and during his break from baseball, my son and I went on a three week road trip...then my beloved computer just stop working on our trip....no warning...just the end of it's life cycle. So with school, and baseball starting back up...it's taking some time to sort out getting a new computer and getting my files off the old. I had to have an expert start working on it since the thing would no longer power up.

Having said that...I have not been around to visit or post, so I am sorry.

I was forced back into the craft room since my son has a birthday party to go to this weekend. I have not been in there in almost two months. I worked ahead for some DT assignments, so I had to really knock the dust off.

Inspiration was provided (thank goodness), by Retro Sketches!

I used the Sports Mania Cricut Cartridge for the ball and bat, and the sentiment is from Jaded Blossom.

As mentioned, inspiration found at Retro Sketches! 

I hope you have a TERRIFIC Thursday! 

~Tammy~

Retro Sketches -With Deepest Sympathy

Good Tuesday Morning!

Unfortunately, I find myself in need of a few sympathy cards this week. As stated before, it's one of those cards I intend to make ahead, but somehow don't get around to doing it. They are just hard for me to make, and I would rather not think about having the need for one. This week, I need two. 

So, with a little help today from Retro  Sketches for inspiration...here is my first card. The other will be in the works shortly. 

I started with a card base of Buff Ivory Cover Weight Cardstock which has been embossed. I distressed the edges with Vintage Photo ink. The patterned paper is from Graphic 44. The sentiment (Stampabilities) is stamped on a die-cut circle using Brown Kraft Cover Weight Cardstock. The circle die is from My Creative Time. I had a chipboard butterfly that I painted and distressed finally adding some chunky glitter before adding it to my card front. I added a few embellishing touches by adding small Kraft pearls to the circle and a satin rose to the center of the butterfly.

The challenge at Retro Sketches is to use a sketch of your choice from their archives.  I chose Retro Sketch #56.

Thank you for stopping in. Hope you have a terrific Tuesday!

~Tammy~

A super Simple boys birthday card! :-)

Hello~

Summer time around here means less time in the craft room, but for this family, it also means Baseball! It's a love we have passionately in our house! 

I have a super simple card to share today. My son was invited to a party for a friend of his who was on his little league team. He is a sweet kid, and we have taken him with us to a Washington Nationals Baseball Game. (Our love) His dad coaches his Big Brother's team, so they share the love of the sport too. 

When it comes to kids cards, I don't get into a lot of details with my makes because....well....they're kids....they really could care less about the card....especially boys! 

So here's my super simple card (which I swear take me longer to make than my shabby cards do) *wink*!

I started with a rustic cream card base onto which I added my pieced patterned paper layers.  I die-cut my bat, ball, and glove and added them to the center stamping my sentiment in the lower right of the focal panel.

I added a baseball ribbon tab to the top left adding a button layer for further embellishment. 

All and all a pretty cute birthday card for a little guy who loves baseball. 

Further inspiration was found from retrosketches.

An Inky Situation - Anything Goes Linky Party, Sunday {Fun}day - Linky Party, Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes, D.L. Art - Anything Goes Linky Party, Link Up Tuesday!

I hope you enjoyed this quick little share today! Thanks for stopping by! 

~Tammy~

A masculine birthday...

Well, I am waaaayyyy short of having guy birthday cards in my stash. That's because I dread making them and therefore call them" the dreaded man card"...I do cherish those I make them for, but ugg, no seam binding, bling, buttons, bows, flower embellishments...Blah....Well, I did add a ribbon and buttons with this one...J

So here it is: 

The photo is slightly slanted due to the rings on the notebook prop. I started this card with Brown Kraft cardstock from The Kraft Outlet.  I added some red polka-dotted paper rounding the corners to coordinate with the card base.  I took a library card and used a die-cut to give it it's shape stamping images from Crafty Secrets: Office in Versafine Vintage Sepia adding three brown buttons to the lower left of the library card.

A Labels 3 die was used to cut the red checked gingham patterned paper and a typewriter was stamped with a Happy Birthday sentiment in a cream circular die and added with foam adhesive over the length of stripped ribbon. 

I found inspiration with The Kraft Journal - Cards for Him

Retrosketches 15

I have played on the swings in awhile with everyone in Pixie's crafty Snippet Challenge! I hope I am allowed in the playground after playing hooky.

Have a good week!

~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps: Crafty Secrets: Office 

Paper: CS: The Kraft Journal, PP: Scraps

Ink: Versafine: Vintage Sepia, Momento: Tuxedo Black
Other: Buttons: Hobby Lobby, Ribbon: Stampin' UP!, Dies: Spellbinders

Sweet Country Summertime

Hey Y'all!

I am going to keep this post short today...busy busy start to the week...not raining yet, but still dark dark dark. Yuck! (I mean look how dark the backdrop is to my photo it is like yuck out there)

Well, As you will see from my make I was in a Country Bumpkin kinda summertime mood! :-)

I already knew I wanted to use my black and white gingham checked patterned paper that was in my stash to go with some sweet red strawberries (Wilson Designs Strawberry Lemonade), so I pulled out my paisley Cuttlebug embossing folder and performed the letterpress technique for a fun bandana like background and Viola our sweet little country summertime greeting came to be.

The layout inspiration comes from Retrosketches.  Being Me...I changed the flow a bit! :-)

The Kraft Journal's Challenge this week is to use any sketch - Well that was an easy one! :-)))

Hope you have a sweet start to your week!

~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps: Wilson Designs: Strawberry Lemonade

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!, PP: Scraps

Ink: Stampin' UP! Real Red, Momento: Tuxedo Black
Other: Paint, Twine: Joanne's, Pearls: Michael's, Dewdrops: LSS, Dies: PTI

Live In the Moment

Hello!

Hope you have had a great weekend! Yesterday I was copped up with a sick little one and a husband that got called in on a mission, so it's not exactly what we visioned, but hey that's life. It was just gorgeous out, so it stunk sitting inside knowing it was a perfect spring day. It also didn't leave anytime for playing with paper so I am burning those midnight hours again. However, the "little" seems to be getting better. Pretty bummed he had to miss a birthday party.

So, I have a card that uses a variety of stamps.  I love to mix and match brands and collections just to achieve the finishing product I am looking for.

I started with a rustic cream card base. I added a trimmed Whisper White layer and distressed the edges. I stamped the dress form from Crafty Secrets Material Girl in a Charcoal Gray.  In the upper left corner, I stamped two hearts from Crafty Secrets French Mail in New Sprout ink by Momento.  The fancy little decorative design at the bottom is also from the same stamp set.

I added some seam binding tied in a fussy bow adding a button and curly twine. The sentiment is from Hero Arts Cuckoo Clocks and was nested on a Fleur de Lis Spellbinder die cut square.

The old fashioned bobbin is from Crafty Secrets which was stamped in a Bubble Gum pink and fussy cut.  To give it some realistic texture I wrapped some twine and adhered to my card face with a dimensional.

I created this with inspiration from these challenges.
Just Us Girls: Color Challenge

Retrosketches: I took some creative liberty with flipping the sketch and moving the two elements at the top. :-))))

That's it for me! 

~Tammy~
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{Recipe}

Stamps: Crafty Secrets: Material Girl and French Mail, Hero Arts: Cuckoo

Paper: CS: PTI, Stampin' UP!

Ink: Momento, Jenny Bowlin, Palette 
Other: Dies: Spellbinders, Buttons: Hobby Lobby, Twine:Joanne's, Seam Binding: Etsy,