31 Days of Crafting - Day Two - Friends Forever

HAPPY NATIONAL CRAFT MONTH!!!!  I had DT posts yesterday, but I just had to get that out of my system.  I'm so excited, I love March.  I love the shopping and the new products and the creating and all the projects I'm trying to make and share. It's hysteria but I LOVE it!

Another thing I love?  Friends.  My favorite show of all time.  I absolutely had to get this stamp and die and paper collection when it came out, but it occured to me about a week ago that I could REALLY challenge myself creatively by using the colored die cuts that came in my bundle INSTEAD of the stamps and coordinating dies!

It was definitely a challenge.  For starters, I'm not a fan of the white edging on stamped images so I fussy-cut the white edge off of allllllll the die cuts.  It was a bit tricky with the lobster's antennae and Phoebe's guitar but I made it work.  I also had to darken Chandler's hair, because the precolored shade was just too pale.  It was almost the shade Chandler had briefly in S4 while Matthew Perry was doing reshoots for Three to Tango, but still too blonde.  So I changed that.

I kind of hid Monica behind the couch a little bit lololol.  But overall I'm really happy with how it turned out.

Just a few challenges:

• Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks - #705 Anything Goes
• Word Art Wednesday - #637 Anything Goes 2/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!

I HAD To Make This Card

This card has been a journey.  I started it last Saturday night, probably around eleven p.m.  I had heard the news about Matthew Perry’s passing, right around when everyone else did, like nine pm or so.  If you’ve been following me for awhile, you know that Friends is my favorite show of all time and that Chandler is my favorite Friend.

I don’t think it really hit me at first.  I felt so……numb, I guess was the best word.  I really wanted to make a Batman card, but I just couldn’t find my Superhero box.  So I settled for Batman inspired.  The colors are obviously Batman inspired, and the gold pearls represent a Batman sweatshirt I saw recently with gold pearls around the outline of the insignia.  It also reminds me of the Batman shaped lights in Matthew’s pool.  The coffee theme is not only a nod to Friends but to Matthew himself.

I've worked on the card in shifts, a bit a day,  until it was finished like an hour ago.

The sentiment is 100% intentional.  I couldn't make a sympathy card, it was too soon for that.  Those words really fit what I was feeling, and am feeling, and they're still accurate today, almost a week later.

I'm sure I'll make other cards inspired by or related to this in the future.  Art is what heals us.  It's definitely what heals me.

Just a few challenges:

• Coffee Lovers Fall & Winter Blog Hop
• DLArt Linky Party
• A Perfect Time to Craft - #11 Anything Goes
• Word Art Wednesday - #620 Anything Goes 1/5

Thanks so much for looking, and please, those of you that love Friends too, share your favorite episodes with me in the comments.  Thank you!!  Laters!!

STAMPtember - Day Twenty-Three - Friendly Silhouettes

Happy 28th birthday to my favorite show, a show that needs no explanation or introduction.  A show that makes me laugh whether I've seen the episode a hundred times or a thousand.  I love it.  Always have, always wll.

Just a few challenges:

• DL Art Linky Party
• Leann's World - #54 Anything Goes
• Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies
• Creative Fingers - #239 Anything Goes 1/3
• The Crafting Challenge - Anything Goes 2/3

Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping!  Laters!!

31 Days of Crafting - Day Three - I Say Stupid Things

Everyone has a favorite Friend, right??  Mine is Chandler!  Friends is without question my favorite show of all time, so I wanted to make a Friends card during National Craft Month.  I'm posting it today because Friends aired on Thursday nights.

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• A Bit More Time To Craft - #148 Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #3-2022 Anything Goes
• Classic Design Challenge - #3 Anything Goes
• Word Art Wednesday - #533 Anything Goes 2/5
• Jan's Digi Stamps - Anything Goes 3/5
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #176 Anything Goes 3/3

Thanks so much fo looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!

STAMPtember - Day Twenty-Two - It was 25 Years Ago Today.....

It's no secret that Friends is my favorite show of all time.  It's seriously the best thing ever created anywhere ever and if you didn't know that, well, you've clearly never seen it because OMG.  I laugh everytime I watch it and I've seen every episode a thousand times, easy.

ANYWAYS.  That show is TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OLD TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!

So I of course made an amazing card to celebrate it today!

The six colors of coffee cups represent the six Friends (the center cup is blue, for Chandler, because he's my favorite), and the hearts are the same colors as the dots in the Friends opening sequence.  I'm so happy with how this turned out.  And I know it's hard to tell in the photos, but there are actually six colors of microbeads in the shaker, to represent the characters.

Just a few challenges:

• Polkadoodles - #38 Anything Goes 1/2
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #114 Anything Goes 1/3
• Creative Fingers - #171 Anything Goes 1/3
• Crafty Friends Challenge - #119 Special Occasion 1/3 (25th anniversary woohoo)
• Creative Crafters - #20 Anything Goes 2/3
• Not Just Cards - Anything Goes 4/5
• 613 Avenue Create - #225 Anything Goes 6/8

Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping.  Laters!!!

**ANYTHING GOES** New Challenge with Crafting with Friends!!

Happy Friday!  It's a new challenge at Crafting with Friends and as always, our theme is Anything Goes!  We don't have a sponsor this challenge so we were free to create whatever we wanted.  As it's STAMPtember and I have a Friends themed stamp set, it made perfect sense to make a Friends themed card!!!  It's no secret that Friends is my favorite show of all time.  And last Saturday marked its 24th anniversary!!!  Plus tomorrow is International Coffee Day!!

Just a few challenges:

DLArt Linky Party

Artistic Inspirations - #207 Anything Goes

My Besties Spanish Challenge - #51 Anything Goes

A Bit More Time To Craft - #76 Anything Goes

Creatalicious - #147 Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies

Word Art Wednesday - #354 Anything Goes 2/5

Be sure to visit the blog to see the rest of the DT's work!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!

SUP - Momenta Brand Ambassador Post

Happy Hump Day!!  I've got another Momenta Brand Ambassador post for you today, a fun and Friend-ly one.  Ya'all know my favorite show of all time is Friends, and I was looking at my stickers today and BAM!  This card came together.  Super easy and super fun.  I used my favorite Bright Basics paper pad for the background on this card. I'll bet you think that's a background stamp.  It's a whole Momenta stamp set!  I simply left the stamps attached to the acrylic backing sheet, inked them all up at once to stamp them and voila!  Instant background stamp!  I made my SUP sentiment with Momenta chipboard alphabet stickers.  The banner strip was created with a Momenta alphabet stamp set.  A few rhinestones and my card is finished :)

Be sure to check out all the fun Momenta products!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!

STAMPtember - Day Twenty-Two - You Gotta Have Friends!!

Anyone who knows me--hell prolly anyone who visits my blog or even my Twitter page--knows that I love TV.  They also most likely know that my favorite show of all time is Friends.  From the first day I watched it, I was hooked.  Friends is the kind of show that makes me roar with laughter even when I've seen it 100 times.  Twenty-three (!!) years ago today, Friends premiered, so I wanted to make a card to celebrate that.

Some challenges for this card:

• Just Keep On Creating Linky Party
• 30 Day Coloring Challenge
• A Bit More Time To Craft - #52 Anything Goes
• A Bit More Time To Craft Extra - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - #137 Anything Goes 1/3
• Die Cut Divas - #335 National Coffee Day 1/3

Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping.  Laters!!!

Here's to Twenty Years!!!!

Alllllllways at the last minute, right??  In honor of the 20th anniversary of the best show on TV EVER, Friends, I wanted to make a coffee-themed card.  I've been dying to use this pop-up die, so here's what I created.

Here's the front....

And THIS is the inside!!!

YEP, I love that die!!

I'm entering this super-special card in some challenges:

• Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch/Coffee
• Card and Scrap - #82 Anything Goes
• Artistic Inspirations - #111 Anything Goes
• The Pink Elephant - #270 Anything Goes
• Make My Monday - Dies and/or Punches (I used both)
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes 1/5
• Inky Impressions - #178 Anything Goes
• Cards Galore Encore - #9 Make A Card 3/3
• 613 Avenue Create - #91 Anything Goes 2/3
• Eureka Stamps - #108 Use Some Bling 1/3
• Crafting For The Craic - #8 Something With Circles 1/5
• V's Sweet Ideas - #27 Circles and Dots
• Not Just Cards - #3 Anything Goes
• Show it Off Saturday Linky Party 1/1 **WINNER**
• Squigglefly - Dotty
• Stamp and Create - Circles or Dots 1/1
• My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
• Stamp Sun Challenge - #124 Anything Goes 2/3
• Incy Wincy - Something Old, Something New 2/5 (new paper and die, also used old paper and an old die and old embellishments)
• Use Your Stuff - #155 Food/Drink
• The Stamping Chef - #48 Anything Goes 2/3
• Sister Act Card Challenge - #76 Anything Goes

Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!!