It's Football Time and a Sketch!

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This week our Challenge is #55-Let's Get Sketchy.  Use the sketch below to make a card and be sure to include an appropriate scripture or inspirational sentiment.  That is one thing that I did not include this week...............

Here is the sketch:

 

Our sponsor this week is Bugaboo
 

There were a number of choices of images.  Since we are in the middle of the football season, I decided to go with a football theme.  So--here we have Couch Potato!  Thank You Bugaboo for the great image to work with this week!

Image/Sentiment—Bugaboo Couch Potato Digital Image
 

Cardstock—Gina K White; Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip, Basic Black; Moxie Grid Iron Extra Point/Flag Football Patterned Paper

Accessories—Football Brad; Copic Markers

I hope you will play along this week with the Twist of Faith Card Challenge too! Be sure to go to the challenge blog and add your creations for the challenge this week! You can also check out the rest of the DT Creations with the links on the left sidebar.

Woo Hoo Birthday!

This is one of the three cards I made for Nichole's birthday swap she is hosting on SCS. I love making birthday cards--one of the reasons I took three spots.  I also send out usually 20 or more each month as I am one of the coordinators of the BRAK Volunteers on SCS.  We send out birthday cards each month to members of the RAK forum.

I inked up one of my newer Stampin' Up sets and I like the way the card turned out. 

Image/Sentiment—Stampin' Up Woo Hoo

Cardstock—SU Bermuda Bay, Chocolate Chip; Gina K White, Bubblegum Pink; American Crafts Daydreams-Wonderful Day/Joyful Day Patterned Paper

Ink—VersaMagic Jumbo Java

Accessories—Brown Button with Pink/Brown Bakers Twine; SU Chocolate Chip Taffeta Ribbon, Candy Dot; Copic Markers

Old Mailbox Gate-fold Challenge Card

This is a the card that I am entering in a card contest for stamp show that is coming to Milwaukee.  The show tomorrow and the cards were due to the sponsor last Monday.  The theme is mailboxes and I used a digital stamp for this card. 

There are three winners chosen and each person gets show dollars to spend at the  that day at the stamp show.  Top prize is $100--wish me luck!   I made card is on Friday, the 13th, so that will bring me extra good luck!  I won two free tickets to this stamp show earlier this year--so maybe that is an omen that one of the two cards I am creating will be a winner! 

I really like making gate-fold cards and I tried a new way to make the flap by using ovals as the base.

Here is the inside of my card:

 
Image/Sentiment—Old Mailbox--Sprinkle N' Sparkle Digital Stamp

Cardstock--Gina K White; Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip; Little Yellow Bicycle Acorn Patterned Paper

Accessories—Copic Markers; SU Chocolate Chip Corduroy Button, 1/4 " Grosgrain Ribbon, Oval Framelits; CTMH Olive Fiber

Red Hat Hoots!

This card is for a Mystery Swap on SCS. A group of us are doing a bi-monthly swap where we all use the same mystery image, sent to us by the hostess. This swap was created by Forest Ranger—Jeanette and we are now in our second cycle.   April is the hostess this month and she chose some cute Unity images   April will swap the cards--then send us the next image,  which Paola is going to sent to her.  I can't wait to get the swap cards back to see how everyone else used the same image. Then everyone gets to do it all over again!   

When I got this set of images--the owl, party hat and sentiment, I knew right away I wanted to do a Red Hat Lady themed card.  I have some great red hat patterned paper that I have not used in a long time, so I dug it out and created a gate fold card.  I kept the embellishments to a minimum on the front to showcase the great ladies in purple dresses and their awesome assortment of red hats.

Here is the inside of my card:

 

 

I hope everyone who gets my card likes my "take" on Have a Hoot of a Day!


Image/Sentiment—Unity Hoot of a Day

Cardstock— Stampin’ Up Real Red;  Gina K Designs Vibrant Violet; Red Hat patterned paper

Ink—Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories—Copic Markers; SU Punches; Red Hat Brad

Basket of Apples with Buttons!

 

 

I am back to share this weeks card for the Twist of Faith Card Challenges!  Please stop by and check out the Twist of Faith Card Challenge Blog where we invite you to share your uplifting, healing, inspirational and scriptural card creations. 

 



 

This week our Challenge is #55--Buttons!   Use any image to make a great card, incorporation buttons in some way and share an appropriate scripture or inspirational sentiment.

Our sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish
 

There were a number of cute images that we were able to chose from.  Our weather has been a bit cool the past few days, so I beginning to think more of fall colors and fall images.  I love to use buttons on many of my cards, so that part was no hard to do.  I also used three layers of ribbon and fibers--I like that look!  Thank You for a great image to use Robyn's Fetish

 

 

Here is the inside of my card:

 

 

 

Image/Sentiment—Robyn's Fetish Basket of Apples Digital Image

Cardstock—Gina K White; Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Cherry Cobbler; Doodlebug Happy Harvest-Apple Orchard Designer Series Paper;

Accessories—Copic Markers; Buttons with Red Fiber; Cherry Cobbler and Chocolate Chip Ribbon with Curry Fiber

I hope you will play along this week with the Twist of Faith Card Challenge too! Be sure to go to the challenge blog and add your creations for the challenge this week! You can also check out the rest of the DT Creations with the links on the left sidebar.

Dueling Darlings are Globetrotting

It is the 15^thof the month and that means another Dueling Darlings challenge. Our hostesses for August are Kadie for the Divas and April for the Dazzlers.

 

April and Kadie decided that there are so many cute stamps out right now with different country themes, so we would travel the globe and celebrate culture!  I was given the choice of two Kraftin' Kimmie Moonlight Whispers--Felina of Mexico and the one I used, Melanie of Canada.   I chose that image as we traveled to Montreal, Canada in May and I really loved being in that city.  We stayed in a hotel on the edge of Chinatown--so we had French, Chinese, Japanese, Thai cuisine along with many other ethnicities to enjoy during our visit to a beautiful city.

I really loved all of the papers Kadie sent--from one of my favorite lines--Basic Grey. We also received some cute embellishments--buttons, ribbons, brads along with some sweet travel stickers!

Here is the inside of my card.

Image/Sentiment—Kraftin' Kimmie Moonlight Whispers--Melanie of Canada

Paper—PTI White, Stampin' Up Bermuda Bay, Real Red, Daffodil Delight; Basic Grey Carte Postale Designer Papers

Ink—Memento Black

Accessories—Copic Markers; The Paper Studio metallic Brads; SU Ribbon; Basic Grey Buttons and Airplane Sticker

Please be sure to stop in to see what all of the Divas as well the Dazzlers have created this month. All of the blogs are on the left sidebar of my blog. I am sure you will enjoy all of the Globetrotting cards that have been created this month!

Fall Mailbox

This is a card that I am entering in a card contest for stamp show that is coming to Milwaukee.  The show is next weekend and the cards are due to the sponsor next Monday.  The theme is mailboxes and I looked for a cute fall digital stamp today. 

There are three winners chosen and each person gets show dollars to spend at the  that day at the stamp show.  Top prize is $100--wish me luck!   Maybe since this card is posted on Friday, the 13th, that will bring me extra good luck!  I won two free tickets to this stamp show earlier this year--so maybe that is an omen that one of the two cards I am creating will be a winner!

Here is the inside of my card:

Image/Sentiment—Fall Mailbox-From the Heart Digital Stamp

Cardstock--Gina K White, Pumpkin Spice, Tomato Soup, Dark Chocolate; Imaginisce Fall Patterned Paper

Accessories—Copic Markers; Felt Leaf with Brown Brad; Brown Baker's Twine and Brown Button; Maple Leaf Brad, Nesties labels 28

Birthday Bear

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I am back with another {PIN}Spirational Challenges

 

September 10 - 16
 

Here's the photo to inspire us:

 

Our sponsor this week is Bugaboo Digital Stamps

 

 

We were provided us with some cute images for this challenge. There were many sweet bears to chose from and I decided to make a birthday card with the cute bear holding a balloon.   Thanks so much Bugaboo Stamps!

 

Here is the inside of my card: 

 

 

 

 

Image/Sentiment—Bugaboo Girl Bear Digital Image

Cardstock— Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip, Bermuda Bay; Gina K White, Just Peachy; Imaginisce B-day Bash Surprise Patterned Paper

Accessories—Copic Markers; Cuttlebug Once Upon a Princess Cupcake Embossing Folder;  Baker's Twine and Brown Button

I hope you will play along this week with the {PIN}Spirational Challenge, too! Be sure to go to the challenge blog and add your creations for the challenge this week! You can also check out the rest of the DT Creations with the links on the left sidebar.

Season Under Heaven

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This week our Challenge is #54--Monochromatic Cards.  Use any image to make a card that contains mainly one color and be sure to include an appropriate scripture or inspirational sentiment.

Our sponsor this week is Melonheadz
 

 

I really liked the option that we got to use an image that was already colored, or do it ourselves.  Well--I went for the quick route and used this fabulous maple leaf!  Thank You Melonheadz for the beautiful image to work with this week!

  

And here is the inside of my card with one of my favorite sentiments:

Image/Sentiment—Melonheadz Leaf-colored Digital Image/ Sentiment Unity Itty Bitty-Season Under Heaven 

Ink—Versa-Magic Jumbo Java 

Cardstock—Gina K White, Dark Chocolate, Pumpkin Spice; Bo Bunny Back to Basics Apple Cider Patterned Paper

Accessories—Round Brads; Brown Satin Ribbon

I hope you will play along this week with the Twist of Faith Card Challenge too! Be sure to go to the challenge blog and add your creations for the challenge this week! You can also check out the rest of the DT Creations with the links on the left sidebar.

Fall Colors

This card is for the monthly swap that Pam hosts on SCS. Each month we make 10 swap cards and they can be any theme. All of the swappers are wonderful and I have gotten some awesome cards back since I joined earlier this year.

For September, I made a fall card.  No--I am not ready for fall--however, I do love fall colors! 

Here is the inside of my card: 
 

 

Image/Sentiment—Stampin' Up Wonderfall

Cardstock-Gina K White, Pumpkin Spice, Honey Mustard, Dark Chocolate; Bo Bunny Back to Basics-Apple Cider Patterned Paper

Ink—SU Pumpkin Pie

Accessories—Orange Grosgrain Ribbon; Mustard Brads; Cuttlebug Autumn Type Embossing Folder; SU Autumn Accents Bigz Die

Crafty Gals Honor Sharon

It is the 5th of the month, so I am back with another challenge of the Crafty Gals! We are a group of bloggers who have monthly challenges, caring comments & fun chit chat on SCS—our favorite stamping site to visit.

This year our challenges are going to be a bit different. Each month, Melina will chose one of our group to highlight and our challenge is to CASE a card from her blog—or make a card that highlights some of her loves. This month the person to CASE is Sharon!  Here is a link to her blog.

This is what Melina posted about Sharon:  Sharon is our Gal of the month. She is our card making Queen! She creates faster than anyone I know. It amazes me how many cards and kits she finishes at one retreat. She creates lots of soft, floral cards and loves using patterned paper. Let's here it for Sharon! I can't wait to see what everyone makes to honor her.

 

I too think Sharon is one of the fastest card makers around.  The card that I CASE'd is from a retreat she went to a bit ago and I think she mentioned she made a hundred cards in a week.  Well--maybe not that many--but she sure made a lot.  I really liked the card she created, so I used the same design, same ribbon, same stamp and same sentiment.  Here is the link to her original card--you will need to scroll down a bit as this is where she shows off many of the cards she made that weekend.  I do hope Sharon likes my take on her card. I hope And-I hope the rest of the Crafty Girls also like me card this month!

Image/Sentiment—Stampin' Up Upsy Daisy

Cardstock—SU Soft Sky, Old Olive and Fall Flowers DSP; Gina K White

Ink—SU Soft Sky and Old Olive

Accessories—SU Pear Pizzazz Stitched Satin Ribbon; Blue Brads

Please check out the blogs of all of the Crafty Ladies.  All of the blog links are listed in my left sidebar and I hope you will enjoy all of the creations this month that honor Sharon!

Happy Anniversary

 

Today is the first day of school for the public schools in Wisconsin.  Being a retired teacher since 2009, I sure have a huge smile on my face today.  I loved teaching--but I love retirement even more.  I get to spent tons of time in the stamp room!

 

I am back to share this weeks card for the Twist of Faith Card Challenges!  Please stop by and check out the Twist of Faith Card Challenge Blog where we invite you to share your uplifting, healing, inspirational and scriptural card creations. 

 



 

This week our Challenge is #53--Anniversary.  Use an image to make a wonderful anniversary card and be sure to include an appropriate scripture or inspirational sentiment.

Our sponsor this week is Digi Darla
 

 

I think this image is very pretty!  I love the flower wreath that is in the shape of a heart.  What a great image to use for an anniversary card!  Thank You Digi Darla for the great image to work with this week!

 

 

Image/Sentiment—Digi Darla Heart Wreath with Birds Digital Image/ Stampin' Up Teeny Tiny Words Sentiment

Cardstock—Gina K White; SU Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight and Lovely Flowers Designer Series Paper 

Ink—SU Old Olive

Accessories—Copic Markers; Green Brads; Cuttlebug Roses Embossing Folder, Old Olive 1/8 Taffeta Ribbon

I hope you will play along this week with the Twist of Faith Card Challenge too! Be sure to go to the challenge blog and add your creations for the challenge this week! You can also check out the rest of the DT Creations with the links on the left sidebar.