Birthday Poppies

Can you tell I am back in the swing of things. I sure did miss my crafting time! The month of February is a big birthday month in my family. I have 2 daughter in law birthdays a daughter birthday and my mother in law's birthday! It is also the birthday of my son's girlfriend. That is a lot of birthday cards! 

Here is one of the cards I made this week. I used a lot of the pinks because that is the DP that was on my craft table! I was also in the mood to do some coloring with my Copics so pulled out the pinks for these poppies. I also used some Sakura pens to add sparkle which does not show up on the picture. Are there pink poppies?  Hmmm... not sure. I really liked this weeks sketch over at CPS so I used that for this card as well, just flipped it. Well, back to the craft table! 

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Card Recipe:

Stamps - MFP - Wild Poppies

Paper - GKD - white - SU - Pixie Pink

Designer Paper -  GKD - StampTV kit

Other -  Ribbon, Sakura Pens


Challenges:

CPS - Sketch

JUGS - Colors - red, pink, white (I did add some green - hope that is okay!)

MFP - Birthday Card

My Mum's Craft shop - flowers

Sisterhood of Crafters  - striped paper
Simon says Stamps - Anything Goes 

October Cards

I am finally making a few cards again just for fun. I love the season of Fall, even here in Florida we appreciate the lower humidity so I had some crafting time and two cards to show for it! 

First I made a card using the JUGS sketch challenge. I used some flowersoft for the branches. The stamps are GinaK Designs. I it also for the PaperPlay challenge to use Autumn colors.

This second card is the first of many Halloween cards I send off for my grandchildren. They are fun to make and the kids love them. This is for the MFP challenge to use polka dots and also uses their stamp set called Boo to you! 


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Double Birthday

My oldest two grandsons both have birthdays this week. Eleven and ten - and such handsome young men they are too! Since they are brothers and their birthdays are only 2 days apart I try to make the cards look similar. So these are this year's birthday cards. Happy birthday guys!

I made these cards rather quickly and I used similar colors and one Cuttlebug folder. The images are from 2 different stamp sets. One of the problems was that I photographed the cards on different nights and with different cameras. Yikes - not sure which I like better. I think the boys won't notice.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: MFP - Cupcake Birthday; GKD - Sent with Love

Special Paper - Echo Park

Extras - Cuttlebug - ribbon - ribbon slides

Challenges:

MFP - embossing

Wild Poppies

I love checking out the challenges and this week a couple of them really caught my eye. One was on JUGS - using fabric. That is something I had not tried before. Then MFP wants "not ribbon". I had a good time with these. I did realize that coloring on fabric takes a steady hand and do NOT get too close to the lines because the color will bleed so don't look too close!

The sketch is from Midnight Madness. Not perfect but I do believe it works. I really do like sketch challenges - they get my creative juices flowing.

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God Bless,

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Poppies, poppies, poppies - MFP

Paper: GinaK White and black

Specialty Paper - none

Other: white muslin fabric, Copic markers, orange raffia, butterfly charm, cuttlebug folder

Challenges Entered:

JUGS - use fabric

MFP - No ribbon
Midnight Madness - sketch

Birthday Pop-Up: 2 Samuel 6:14

Happy Sunday! I am so glad you could join us at Stampin' Sisters in Christ for another challenge based on scripture!

This week the creative and talented Kris is our hostess and the verse she chose this week is 2 Samuel 6:14.

"And David was dancing before the LORD with all his might, and David was wearing a linen ephod."

Okay, I admit it, I had to look up the word "ephod". In my bible (NAB) the verse reads, "Then David, girt with a linen apron, came dancing before the Lord with abandon,"  An ephod was traditionally worn by the priests and Levites, not by a king. David put aside his kingly robes to show that although he was a king - he is first a servant - a servant of God. Aha - now it makes sense. As with every verse in the bible it is always good (for me) to read the text before and after for the complete message. Just as it is important for everyone to put aside whatever "robes" they show to others - the robe of anger or regret - the robe of worry and concern - the robe of whatever it is that prevents us from dancing as God's servant - all for His glory!
 

This card was a challenge for me. I am not the best at the altered items and moving parts. But I did it! I followed a tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers - it is here if you want to try your hand at it. The second image shows me lifting up the tab from the top and the image below is it laying down so that you can see the images and the words. I put some purple buttons on the corners with a red pearn in the center of them. I have to say I am not thrilled with the way it turned out, it took me a couple of days and that is a LONG time for a card. The good thing is - - my dear grand-daugher Ella will love it and that is the important thing! Her birthday is next week - 9 already. 

 

The challenge for this week is DANCING - Make a card that "moves" (ie. tilt card, slider, pop up, waterfall, etc."

Our sponsor this week is Designed to Delight with a $10 gift certificate to the store!

Be sure to stop by my SSIC design sisters (listed on the sidebar) to see what they have to share this week:

It is always great to see you, thanks for the comments!

Recipe:

Stamps: Cupcake Birthday by MFP. (this set is no longer available but there is another similar one)
Paper: SU: Barely Banana and Orchid Opulance

Designer Paper: Cosmo Cricket - Pixie-Licioous

Other: Scorepal - buttons - ribbon

Challenges:

Simon Says Challenges - Anything goes
Inspire Me Fridays - always anything goes
Wags 'n Whiskers - birthday 
The Rubber Cafe - use Spellbinder die(s) 
Southern Girls - happy birthday
Fab 'n' Funky - food
Ruby's Rainbow - Happy Birthday (2nd wk)
Your Next Stamp Challenge -  buttons (2nd wk)

Easter Lily

To see the Stampin Sisters in Christ post please scroll down to the Sunday post!

Now this really was a quick card. When my friend, Sue, came down we met up and went through a craft store that was going out of business (sad). We found these cute note cards with envelopes. I thought they would be perfect for the challenge over at Speedy's Friends.

The image and stamp set was a gift from my SS on StampTV. I was so excited to play with them and have more projects floating around in my head for this wonderful stamp set. The note cards already had the gray printed into it so all I did was stamp the image and the sentiment and then color the image and add the bow. It almost feels like I cheated! But it worked!

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Card Recipe:
Stamps: He is the Lamb - MFP
Paper:
DP: Basic Notecards from Amuse
Other: Green ribbon - sparkly stickers - Copic Markers


Challenges

Woodware USA - Spring
Ally's Sunday Challenge - Anything Goes
Gingerloft Challenge - Flowers
Simon Says Stamps - Anything Goes
MFP - Speedy the Cat - Lime Green and Gray - Single Layer
Scrap-Creations - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - 3 of something - several more than 3 of the glittery half gems.
Pink Paper Paradise - Anything Goes

 

Take a Moment

To see the Stampin Sisters in Christ post please scroll down to the Sunday post!

I won this adorable stamp set from Speedy the Cat Challenges! So last night I had to make a card with it. I love that teacup and the sentiment is wonderful. 

I got the patterned paper from Jennie (thanks!) and the ribbon I had. I stamped the teacup onto patterned paper and just used a little bit of marker time on the flowers. I used a cuttlebug folder on the center strip of gray. 


Thanks for looking and for the comments!






Card Recipe:
Stamps: Floral Tea by Mark's Finest Paper
Paper: Gina K Designs Pure Luxury Moonlit Fog
DP: PinkPaislee - Queen Bee
Other: Nestabilities, Cuttlebug folder, ribbon and some Copics to color the flowers on the cup


Challenges
Speedy the Cat - Sketch
Our Creative Corner - Cutting - cut out the cup and saucer 
Catered Crop - Recipe - patterned paper, embossing folder, ribbon
House of Gilli - 3 patterned paper, 2 dies