a not so fun 4th of July

This is how we spent last year’s 4th of July!  I can’t believe how tiny Bianca was in that photo (she looked big for 18 months, but still).  

A few challenges:

Pile It On! – at least 3 embellishments

Unscripted Sketches 13

A Peek into Yesterday – Monthly Digi Challenge

Lil’ sunshine

I had the good luck to find the Tinkerbell cartridge for the Cricut on clearance for a really great price and ended up making this LO for a couple challenges and for Harmonie Loisirs Creatifs (a Canadian Company, Happy Belated Canada day).

The Sun and the yellow phrase are cuts from the Tinkerbell cartridge.  The Sun is cut out using Harmonie Loisirs Creatifs papers, and cover w/ some of their buttons.  The swirly journaling stamp is also from Harmonie.

A few close ups:

Challenges:

• Button it up!  @ Pile It On!
• Challenge 26 – Buttons @ Charisma Cardz 

my sweet darling…

A few years back, my sweet hubby said that he would make me some cool stamp furniture, to hold all my stamps and punches.  So he started buying tools, and more tools, until he had all he needed… well, I don’t even remember how long ago was that, but he seems like at least 8 years younger and 50+ pounds lighter in that picture… LOL!!!  He did get me some cool IKEA furniture for my room… LUV’ YA pumpkin!

A few closeups:

A few challenges:

• Sketch 141 @ Pencil Lines 
• Challenge #4: Button it up!  @Pile It On! – at least 4 buttons + more challenges
• Shaped LO – SNS June challenge

Recipe:

• 2 Gals Scrappin’ July Kit
• Sizzlit border die cut
• Unity – happy stamp – Thanks Sylvia.
• Harmonie Buttons

A few very simple cards…

I know I said I don’t like purple, but I have to do a few cards this week with the color because that is Pile It On! Challenge this week, so bear with me and try to enjoy! (LOL!!!)

and a little close up of all the bling goodness!  Yes, I think I might have been in the border of using too much bling, but I think I am still ok, and the bling police aren’t going to come after me.

Challenges:

1. Pile It On! – use some purple
2. Caardvarks – Windows
3. T is For……. two tones  @ ABC Challenges 
4. Day 116 – Keep It to Yourself: Wedding Card @ 365 cards
5. EtsyInspired Challenge #41 – PotatoPatch- I loved this shirt

With two wedding cards in a row, you would think I have been invited to a wedding, but nope… no wedding invitation here.

Close up:

Challenges: 

1. T is For……. two tones  @ ABC Challenges 
2. Day 116 – Keep It to Yourself: Wedding Card @ 365 cards
3. Mojo Monday Week 92

Pile them Up again!!!!

Yes, here he is again, this time w/ a rose for you!  And yes, he has been colored entirely w/ Prisma Color Pencils ONLY.

Challenges:

• Pile It On! – Use at least 2 different Ribbons in your project
• Paper Blooms - 3 Flowers
• Least Fav color – I can’t remember the blog name (if someone knows let me know to add it)
• Project Tuesday
• Stamping 4 the Weekend - digi image (this one is from Whimsey doodles)
• Challenge # 19 – The Color Purple @ Crafty Creations

I am a card machine…

This is one of those cards that I started and had no idea where I was going with it and suddenly I hated it… and then I got one of those skillets moments (where you see the rainbow… LOL!!!) and it just came together after that moment in an instant!  I hope you like it too.  There is just one thing that bothers me and it’s that line below the embossing from the folder, I know I read some where that there was a way not to get those lines, so I have to look for that link again.  (if you know what I am talking about just let me know). 

A few challenges piled up on this card… (Have you come to visit us at Pile It On! Challenge blog?)

Some Close ups:

Challenges:

• Day 102 – Challenge Combo @ 365 Cards – which was to mix 3 of the old challenges (one from March, one from April and one from may)
• Day 30 – Don’t Bug Me, I’m Scrapping – 365 cards March
• Day 61 – ‘Leaf’ it up to me! – 365 Cards April
• Day 90 – I See your “Two” Colors - 365 cards May
• Pile It On – Non-stamped sentiment
• Etsy Inspired – Store: naturallyfelt’s shop

Have you had one of those cards, where the more you look at it the more you like it?  Well, this is it for me, at first I thought it was ok, but now I really like it!  LOL!!!!  

A couple of  close up of those beads:  (you can see me in the petals… how cool is that?)

Challenges:

• OCC Challenge – Border Punches
• Challenge #11- Blooming! @ Paper Blooms
• Day 104 – Imagine This: Grass @ 365 cards

Let’s first start w/ I LOVE VERVE STAMPS!!!!  (now that I have gotten out of my chest, I can continue w/ this post).  

Challenge:

• Day 103 – Card Recipe @ 365 cards
• Challenge 14 – Geometric Patterns @ Creative Card Crew

And my favorite card!  ok… when I saw last Sunday’s sketch @ 365 I got goosebumps.  Then I thought of a crocodile card…. and I told my sweet friend Vicki that she could make the crocodile and I would do the Eiffel tower… she did an awesome job w/ the crocodile check it out!  

This is such a simple card, but I think it is Hallmark material!  LOL!!!!!  (I am feeling good about myself w/ this card!)  It was hard to figure out how to cut out the Eiffel tower, I was hoping I had a cricut cartridge, but no luck.  Then I saw a SCAL cut and almost bought SCAL just to cut the Eiffel tower (of course I re-considered my stupidity).  So I went to look for images (thanks to Vicki’s awesome idea), and couldn’t find one that had “it”… you know “it”… the “it” factor.  So I did this myself, and I am so proud of it!!!!!!!

Close up, for those that know me you might be surprised that the heart is purple and NOT red.  (for those that don’t know me… I don’t like purple and RED is my fav color).  Some how this was in my scrap pile and it looked nice against the navy blue so I used it and believe it or not I LIKE IT.

Challenge: (I know only two challenges A SHOCKER!)

• Day 99 – Super Sketchy Sunday @ 365 cards
• Pile It On! - non-stamped sentiment