Happy Soon-To-Be Birthday Angela!!!!

 

November is Angela's  birthday month, (November 23 to be exact) so in celebration of this she isoffering up some Birthday Blog Candy!  Stop by her place and take some time to check out all her fantastic creations!!!

Folder card different style

Hello again, here is another folder card I created I used a ton of the Ranger Enamel Accents for the cake I really like the look but I have decided this is a trickier product that first thought...I have never shaken or dropped the bottle but there are a few pesky air bubbles and they make an undesirable splotch! I also came to realize sometimes the cute ball effect I am going for runs into another not so nice! I had to make 3 cakes before I got this one. The white is way more forgiving as if you mess up you can wipe it off but the black for obvious reasons, it stains!

I checked out Mojo Mondays sketch this is a bit looser but I like how my ricrac replaces the top notch cut out.

Have a Fantastic Sunday! Beth

Challenge List:
One Stop Craft  Embossing
Raise The Bar  Curves & Scallops
Crazy 4 Challenges  Square cards
Paper Romance  Lots of Whatever
Creative Stamp Friends  Favorite Stamp for today anyhow!
Wee Memories  Birthday Bash
Incy Wincy  Anything Goes

Happy Inky Weekends R the Best...

Wouldn't you agree? I just received my new releases from Karen at Your Next Stamp and they are so fun I can't wait to share! The next release will be November 18th so stay tuned!

 I was commissioned to create two Birthday cards for a mom and daughter who have their birthdays on the same, day how cool is that?  The man who commissioned them is a great friend of my husbands so I really wanted these to be special. I came across a Challenge blog Fun With Shapes & More, 

their challenge is to use Folder Techniques here is the Tutorial page with 4 differenct styles. I just want to say WOW!!!! The cards they showed were amazingly jaw dropping. I knew this was my staring point. The card I am showing today is my last ditch effort to hold onto summer, we have but a few tiny butterflies and moths still lingering though I have no idea how they survive the nights!

 

 

 

I even stamped some butterflies to finish off the back of this card, this is pretty much a through & through card. I felt every side needed some sort of addressing. I would like to point out a few technical aspects to save you from too much distress. Those 2 small bottom flaps will not lay very nice if you don't score out 2 mm or so from the original fold forming a boxy type flap. This is especially important if you plan on adding dimension inside the card!!!! This is pretty much a 6 x 6 inch card but it doesn't fit in a regular envelope it's way too thick so I am using the seal able clear beans  from clearbags and inserting a 6 x 6 piece of complimenting cs in front and behind the card. I ok'd it with my Post Master.  

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulously inky weekend!!! Beth

 

Challenge List:

Stamptacular Sunday  Hide & Seek

The Crazy Challenge  Pearls & Swirls

Stamp with Fun  All Things That Fly

ABC Challenge  G is For Glitter

Flutter by Wednesday  Open

Cooking It Up With Katie  Swirls, Texture and a little Black

Creative Cottage  Embossing

AI Factory  Garden Party

 

Give Away

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Pink Cat Studio Release!!!!

 

Can you scream with me? Roaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar!!!! I am so loving these new images Melissa created  for the Pink Cat Studio release because of a patron request and you will too. I created these cards using Bronty And Dino and paper piecing which is a fantastic technique.
 

 On both of these cards I tried out a new  Ranger product called Enamel Accents for a dimensional faux enamel look. I love the look but loathe the drying time so if you are in a time crunch this product needs to be used another time! Well thanks for stopping bye!

Challenges card 1:

 City Crafter  Get You Digi On

 A Spoon Full Of Sugar  Relish to Embellish

Going Grey  Favorite Technique  Paper Piecing

 The Paper Player  Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion  Anything Goes
Totally Paper Crafts  Bling It On!

Challenges card 2:
Digital Tuesday  I've been Framed
PaperTake Weekly  Cards For Boys or Men
Party Time Tuesday  Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes  Cards For Boys
Sentimental Sundays  Birthday
 Freshly Brewed  Anything Goes

Who's feeling Krafty?

I am! Let me tell you I avoided Kraft forever because I knew then exactly what I  know now... Kraft Rules! I know that sounds ridiculous but I need more cs like I need more cs!  Here is a thank you card I created using Summer from TGF Roll Call Collection.

 

I hope you like it and have a Happy Halloween!

Challenges:
Crafty Ann's   Ribbon, Gems and a paper embellishment
Aud Sentiments  Thanks
CCEE Stampers  Clean & Simple
Creative Cottage  Embossing
Fab 'n' Funky  clean & simple
Paper Pretties  Square card
Going Grey  Thankful
Our Daily Bread  Sparkle, Dies, Texture
Wee Memories  Anything Goes

Witch Stix...

 Yesterday was my kiddos school Halloween Party, I was signed up to bring a treat. My mom was the best room mother hands down and when she came to my school with the treats for our parties I always beamed with pride...MOM YOU WERE AND ARE THE BEST!!!!!!
I wanted to make my kiddo's to beam so I thought long and hard and came up with these:

 

 Now I will admit these were super time consuming, but I feel I figured out how to smooth out most of the bumps, so next time it will be way more enjoyable. If you want the recipe as well as the directions to make this as easy as possible you can email me at itsabrtatgmail.com. I will be glad to mail them to you!

Orange & Bown equals Pink?

Yep that's right at Ella's Pink Scrapbook Challenge # 27 we want to see the colors Orange and Brown. Now I'll be the first to admit I wasn't jumping up and down over this palette. However when all was said and done I was quite pleased with my results.

This picture is from out adventures at the Roca Berry Pumpkin Patch, we had the best time ever! This photo was originally color but scream sepia for the challenge. ?The fun border is from the  QuicKutz Contemporary border. I rather fancy the remnants over the intended cut,there is something to be said about negative space.
Well thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the rest of the dt creations here.
Challenges:
The Paper Variety  Photo Inspiration  Went for the weather worn feel
Crafty Creations  Halloween/ Fall Themed
Simon Says  Punches or Die cuts
4 Crafty Chicks  Roll with The Punches or Dies
Tip Top Tuesday  Anything Goes
Easy Craft Project  Fall


Here are some more pictures of my children on our fun day:

                                                                    

YNS Challenge # 28

Hello and happy hump day!!! Today at Your Next Stamp Challenges we have a fabulous challenge Of creating a bookmark, I having the privilege of being my towns librarian makes me very happy. I am trying to get the children so excited about books Literacy rules!!!  I decided to create a corner style bookmark because I have never created one before!

 

I think Just Swimming by Mermaid is one of my favorite stamp sets ever which just so happens to be my 1st ever YNS stamp, so it will always hold a special place in my heart. Do you want to know the hardest thing about creating this project? No foam tape!!!! I am addicted to the stuff but knew I had to forgo it so this is flat, flat, flat! Well I hope you play along this week and find the perfect book to nestle this into. Beth


Challenges:
Tip Top Tuesday  Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly  Sparkly & Bright
Craft Your Passion  Add Glitter & Sparkles
Let's Ink It Up  Let's Make A Scene
Sweet Stampin'  Anything But A Card
Fun With Shapes and More  Book mark
Alphabet Challenge  Z is for  Zig Zags
Paper Players  1 dp, something punched, sentiment
Timeless Tuesday  No Buttons or Bows
Creative Card Crew Let's Punch it!

Another Birthday Card....

Happy Tuesday, hopefully  you've  all recovered from Monday Mayhem. I go through it every Monday with my kiddos. Today I have another Birthday Card to share using Jade from TGF Roll Call Kit.

 

She is my favorite image from the kit, I have a confession to make I have several of each image all colored up just waiting  for their turn to be positioned on a card. They are all just staring at me from their clear sleeves, I feel so guilty!  

Do you like the square button with the stars? I actually drew those on using a Souffle pen by Sakura. I also want to mention the fabulous die cut of Contemporary flourishes from Quick Kutz I love it  but I always avoided the 12 inch long dies because I didn't want to have to buy the 12 in. platform and cutting mat with no place to store them.... guess what? You don't need them! I just ran 1/2 of the die through and carefully repeated the run with the second 1/2! So how about those two tips for Tuesday hmmmm.... perhaps I'll find two more tips for next Tuesday, just don't bank on it folks, I'm as flighty as a kite who lost it's tail! Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges:
Paper Pretties  Green Purple & Orange
Raise The Bar  Orange, Black & Purple
Totally Paper Crafts  Stick a number on it (#'s on tag)
Aly's Sunday Sketch  Distressing (distressed all the back panels)
Sentimental Sunday  Distressing
Stamptacular Sundays  Orange Green Purple & White
I Did It Creations  Surprise Me (Open)
One Stitch At A Time  Celebrations
Lexi's Creations  Birthday
A Spoon Full Of Sugar  Punches & DieCuts

Happy Birthday Karen!!!

  Happy Birthday Karen I hope your day is fantastic! We thought it would be fun to give Karen a surprise Birthday hop because she is the best ever and we want her to know it! I made a Karen a card using Day Dream Fhiona and lots of layers.

 

I think she's pondering on her big wish what do you think?

 So now you need to continue the hop by hopping over to Chris's blog.  When you've finished hopping, be sure to stop by Karen's blog to wish her Happy Birthday.

Don't forget Karen is also having her Birthday Bash Sale at YNS . Thanks for stopping bye!!! Beth

Challenge List:

Stamp Insanity  Pink
Speedy Cat  Die cuts or Punches
Frosted Designs  Die Cuts
One Stop Craft  Photo Inspiration
Stampin' Royalty  Ribbons, I layered mine
2 Sisters  Anything Goes
CCEE Stampers  Ruffles
Party Time Tues  Birthday
Tip Top Tuesday  Anything Goes
Little Red Wagon  Hearts

Karen will be celebrating her 34th birthday on Monday, so she is holding a special YNS Birthday Bash Sale at http://www.yournextstamp.com from today until Tuesday October 26th (midnight EST) to celebrate!  Yippee!!

Karen has randomly selected stamps from the YNS Store and placed them into the "Karen's Birthday Bash Sale" section HERE! 

You'll find a variety of YNS stamps on sale for 10% - 40% off! Plus be sure to check out the embellishments section of the store as well...all brads, buttons and baubles are 10% off!

The YNS store now carries single pots of the Twinkling H2o's so be sure to check out these awesome sparkly paints!

Sale starts today and ends Oct 26th at midnight, so get yourself on over to http://www.yournextstamp.com and grab a bargain!

Pink Cat Studio Release!

...............Second posting today scroll down for Pixie Dust Studio challenge

Hello welcome back for a fun release from Pink Cat Studio! Aren't these ice skaters fabulous? Did you know you can get all of these for $9.99 wow! I wish I had more time last week to make a project for each digi but it didn't work out. I was lucky enough to find time to make this festive card using Itty Bitty Betty  Ice Skating.

I wish I could skate 1/10th as well as Betty! LOL!!! Can you say Liquid Applique? I used plenty on this card. I really like to lay out the applique and then add glitter to the mix before heating it up, you should try it! If you need to see more amazing inspiation, stop on over toThe Pink Cat Studio blog where Melissa has all the dt creations on display! Have a great day! Beth

Challenges:
Southern Girls  Glitter it up
Stampavie  Blue & Brown
Going Grey  Christmas
I did It Creations  A card for a girl
On Stitch at A Time  Embellish it
Paper Sundaes  A Card for a Child
Pear Tree Designs  Open Theme
Tuesday Throwdown  Anything Goes

Pixie Dust Studio Challenge

Happy Thursday!!! I don't know where these days have all gone! Time is sailing on so fast my head is spinning! 
Today at Pixie Dust Studio Challenges we have a great sketch to work with and a few theme options, here is the sketch:

 The themes to choose from are : Halloween, "Think Pink" (for Breast Cancer Awareness Month) or Fall. I chose think Pink to pay tribute to some amazing ladies out there who give me perspective to life...

I chose to use Victoria from the twilight series Kathy created she exudes strength.  I hope you can play along, there are so many options on how to play this week! Beth

For Fun!

Yippie! I actually made a few cards for fun as of late! Here is a Fall Birthday card using Windy Day Fhiona.

I used another of Caz's great tickets she made available here.  The fun ribbon and fall flowers are the Affinity Collection from the Paper Studio. Well thanks for stopping by!

Challenge List:
Delightful Challenge  Add Metal
Stamp Insanity  Creative Ways to use Die Cuts (I used the excess cuts and adorned the corner of my card)
Stampin for the Weekend  Halloween/ Fall
Paper Cutz  Anything Goes
Stampin B's  Fall Colors
Totally Paper Crafts  Autumn
All Sorts  Bingo  Diag Brads-Flowers-Ribbon
Crazy4Challenges  Fall/ Autumn
Our Creative Corner  embellishments