Thinking of You Kitties

Today I have a card for a MelJen's challenge.  It is paper piercing/ faux stitching.  I am new to this, but wanted to have a go at it.  I paper pierced the corners of the image and the sentiment.  My daughter picked out the sweet kitties from MelJen's freebies to use.  Since I love orange cats, I went with an orange based card.  I distressed the edges of the sentiment a bit and popped up the largest flower to add some depth.

Supplies:
Stamps:   MelJen's Kitten's digi freebie, Thinking of You clear stamp by Inkadinkado
Paper:     Papers are from Stampin'Up and the brown from my misc stash.
Ink:         Ink It Up! (Chocolate Brown) and image coloured with prismacolor pencil crayons.
Tools:      Paper Piercer 
Accessories:  Misc felt flowers with buttons from my collection, and misc brown ribbon.

Designed to Delight Happiness Blooms

This is another card for the weekly Designed 2 Delight challenge.  Their lovely image is called Happiness Blooms.  I thought I'd try my hand at paper piecing and so I did the vase this time.  It looked kind of plain so I inked the edges just a bit, added a couple of sticks of cardstock and a pearl.  Flowers always make me smile, so I hope you enjoy my flowery card today.

Supplies:
Stamps/ Images:   D2D Happiness Blooms
Papers:                Stampin' Up and Autumn Leaves
Tools:                  Prismacolor pencil crayons, circle scallop template, scissors, paper piercer.
Accessories:        Stampin'Up crochet ribbon, Pearl Daisies from Forever in Time.

Red Tea Cup

Today is a new card that I made for the September Sketch Challenge over at One Crazy Stamper.





I used some new items that were from a wonderful gift that was given to me by a sweet and crafty friend of mine. ( The Stampin' Up patterned paper and the great polka dot red ribbon. ) I used a couple of great freebie digi images from MelJen's and I coloured them with prismacolor pencil crayons.  With one new twist today.  I used blending sticks and baby oil for the first time to blend the colours together.  I like how it turned out for my first attempt.  I added three red buttons and mounted the images on some great red cardstock that I just got from Stampin' Up.  The die shape behind the tea cup is from a template that I traced and cut out. 
Feel free to join in the challenge, it's open for a few more days.

Race Car Birthday

Here is a card that I put together for a friends son.  He loves going fast so I thought this image would suit him.  The image is a day at the races freebie I found at Operationwritehome.org. and the sentiment I found free online at Birds cards as well.  I coloured my image with pencil crayons, cut it out and layered it on some great papers from K& Company.  The ribbons are from modern@home and I added a fun button that looks like a wheel.  I distressed the edges since it seems to fit how he'll probably feel when he finally comes to a stop.

Here is a close up of the wheel button.  I tied it with some braiding cord to add a fun touch, since gocarts are often tied together with various odd strings and tape etc.
Some of the best things in life are things put together with bits and pieces.

Cranberry Syrup

Happy Fall Everyone! Here in the Yukon it's very fall, the leaves are turned and falling and the berries are ripe for the picking.  For me, my favorite are the low bush cranberries!  I love to pick, eat and preserve them so they can be enjoyed all year long.  Or, until they run out of course. 

This is part of a batch of cranberry syrup that I've made.  It's wonderful on pancakes and french toast! I've dressed up the jars a bit for gifts.  I saw this beautiful leaf patterned material in berry colours and thought it was meant to be.  The material is actually from an old parka. I love to recycle whenever possible.  I cut out some cranberry cardstock with decorative scissors (Rocky Mountain) and adhered it to some white cardstock.  Then I added an eyelet so I could tie it on with some ribbon.  For an added fall touch I stamped a leaf with cranberry ink on each tag.  I pray they are enjoyed!

Annabelle Button Red

Today I have my third card for Annabelle Stamp's birthday challenge.  If you haven't had a chance to check them out than hop on over Here to see what all the fun is about.  Even if you've missed the previous challenges, you can catch up since they all end on the 14th.  So it's not to late if you want to join in. 
This challenge it is being hosted by Patti and Marion.  The challenge is to create a card/project that has 2 of something starting with B.  So this is what I have come up with.  Yes I know I have the same image as the previous two, but I just love it and wanted to do another take on it.  I left out a sentiment so that it could be used for any occasion.  For my two B's I included 2 Blooms and 2 Buttons.  I enjoyed trying out my new Cuttlebug embossing folder (Victoria) to add some texture to the card.  I don't have a Cuttlebug machine -yet! so I used a good old rolling pin instead.  Unfortunately it didn't show up that well in the photo.  I used some pop up glue dots to lift the center panel off the card.

I loved these buttons so I thought I'd just take a close up for you all to see them.  I tied them on with embroidery thread since I lots left over from cross-stitching projects.
Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps/Images:  Annabelle birthday flower digi stamp
Papers:              Red and White cardstock
Accessories:      Red Buttons and Red Embroidery thread
Other:                Pop up glue dots from Fiscars

Wonderful Wheelbarrow

Today I am posting a card that I made for the Design 2 Delight weekly challenge.  It is a company that I have just discovered and they provide a digi image all I have to do is make a card for their challenge and it's free! How could I pass this up? I can't so....
I just love this wonderful wheelbarrow digi! I also added just a few buttons. LOL Can you tell I love buttons? I thought they went well with the ribbon that I chose.  With a bit of distressing I really loved creating this card!

Supplies:
Images/ Stamps:  Design 2 Delight fall wheelbarrow challenge digi
Papers:                Patterned papers from K&Company and misc cardstock
Accessories:        Misc green buttons, Green/Beige ribbon from Multicraft Imports
Ink/Tools:            Prismacolor pencil crayons