Spreading Kindness 1 Card @ A Time
The first challenge of the New Year is up on Sinkin’ Inkers. The theme is “new”. I chose to Congratulate a family who received a new puppy.
For this card I used elements from different stamp sets. I made my own doghouse out of papers from my stash. The background was created using a cloud stencil.
Thanks for dropping by and make sure you check out Stinkin’ Inkers challenge this month and I hope you will play along.
Happy New Year and Be Blessed.
I love sending cards for no reason or to let someone know I am thinking of them. They could be sick or going through some tough times. Sending a card can lift their spirits for just a moment and may arrive in their mailbox just at the right time.
The Stinkin Inkers challenge for November is “Just Because”
My card for the Design Team:
Simon Says Stamp – Sketched Flowers stamps (florals and sentiment), and teal cardstock
GinaK Designs – white card base
Ranger – white detail embossing powder
Prisma Color Pencil – white
Ribbon from my stash
Hop on over to the blog and see what the design team are showcasing and be inspired to join in and linkup your creation.
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This week’s challenge over at Tuesday Throwdown is Crazy Circles. My circles may not be crazy but I had crazy fun creating this card.
Stamps – Stamps of Life
Inks – Catherine Pooler
You Die Cut – Casual Friday
Sentiment – computer generated
Cardstock – stash, white red green and blue
All of my cards go to either Send A Smile 4 Kids or to the Veteran’s Homes in PA.
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It finally feels like FALL here in the Philadelphia area. We had the air conditioner on last week and this week we are turning on the heater. I love that about the Northeast – the four seasons. I am not about leaves – we have four huge trees in our yard and the leaves are just begining to fall (very late this year). So I guess we will be raking until Christmas. I do however love Pumpkin Spice anything!
Here is my card today. The stamp I used on this card reminds me of my daughter who is Vegan but has to have her Pumpkin Spice Lattes!
I am participating in the following challenges:
Cute Card Thursday – Food or Drink
If You Give A Crafter A Cookie – See cookie photo for inspiration.
Words 2 Craft By – Use the words this month to inspire you.
Crafty Hazlenut’s Patterend Paper – Patterned Paper
The challenge theme this week over at Tuesday Throwdown is Missing You. I was playing around this week and had a bib card fold started. Here is my card for the challenge.
Inside when opened.
Inside opened flat
I would like to participate in the Crafty Gals Corner Challenge and Cardz 4 Galz — Fancy Folds.
4 Crafty Chicks has a challenge to finish the inside.
Double D – Dots and Stripes
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Today begins October 15th to November 14th over at The Merry Christmas Challenge. There is plenty of inspiration to see from the Design Team members.
Here is my card.
Snowflake Embossing Folder – Sizzix
Stamps – Snowy Short Stacks from Stampendous colored with Copics and fussy cut
Glitsy papers from Die Cuts With A View. Other papers ti create hills are from my stash.
Be sure to head on over to the Challenge and link up your card.
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The current challenge at Tuesday Throwdown is For A Cause. I love donating my cards to good causes. I am one of many volunteer shippers for Send A Smile 4 Kids and collect donated cards from generous card makers all across our country to send to three hospitals for inpatient children who are seriously ill. I just recently started sending cards to the Vets in Pennsylvania Veterans Homes. I donate cards to a local nursing home at Christmas and also to my church for widows/widowers for Valentine’s Day.
The card I am sharing today will be going to my childhood friend Peggy who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer — cancer in both breasts different kinds of cancer in each breast. Good news is the PET scan was clear. On a side note – if you can’t remember when to get your mammagram choose to do it for your birthday each year and you won’t forget.
I used Simon Says Stamp Spring Flowers heat embossed with Ranger white detail embossing powder adhered to a Kraft cardbase and colored with Copics. Thinking of You Dies and Stamp are from Casual Fridays.
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Today I created a Halloween card using a stamp and die set from Sugar Pea Designs called Monster Mash.
I would like to play along at Double Trouble Paper Crafting Challenge #11. The challenge is to use black and white and only one other color (I chose orange). They call it Double Trouble because there is always a twist or two (check them out they are a really fun challenge). One of the twists to to link your card up to The Crafters Cafe Challenge.
Also I will be playing along with Cards In Envy which is to create Something Spooky. Because I am a volunteer for Send A Smile 4 Kids I like to make non scary kid friendly cards.
I will also be playing along with my friends at Live Love Cards and linking this card up to Darlene’s Halloween Challenge.
Here is a close up of all the sparkly glitter cardstock (doesn’t rub off) I used.
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The current challenge over at Tuesday Throwdown is to “Splatter It”. I got out all my different sprays and cut down a 5.25×4.0 watercolor panel, put the panel in my ink box and spritzed away to create my splatter panel.
I let the panel dry overnight. Using the large You die cut from the 2 You’s Casual Fridays (Catherine Pooler) I die cut it into the middle of the splattered panel and adhered it to black card stock. Using white heat embossing powder I embossed the I’m here for onto black card stock, and cut it on an angle before adhering to card. To balance it all out I used some black enamel dots to complete the card.
This was a fun and easy card and fits the bill for a masculine card as well. My brother is going through a tough time dealing with a friend’s illness, so this card is going off to him.
In addition to Tuesday Throwdown I would like to participate in the following challenges:
Addicted To Stamps and More – Make your mark
Crafty Gals Corner – Anything Goes
The Crafty Addicts Challenge – Anything Goes/All About Men and Boys
Little Red Wagon – Old or New Trends (old trend – ink sprays, new trend – white embossed onto black cardstock for sentiment)
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Our oldest son lives in a rural area and close to a little airport that offers hot air balloon rides (no thank you). When we visit when it is getting closer to sunset we like to sit out on his deck and watch the hot air balloons. They are so beautiful and peaceful to look at.
Tuesday Throwdown‘s current challenge is Up In The Air. Here is my card.
Here is a close up showing all the sparkle.
I used an outline sticker from Krazy Kreations adhered it to glittered cardstock (SSS) and colored it with copic markers. Sometimes the sticker doesn’t adhere very well but I add the smallest amount of glue to help it along. Then I fussy cut it out. The cloud paper was from my stash and I ran it through the cuttlebug using the birthday embossing folder (my favorite). The critters are from Your Next Stamp and the grass is a stamp from Stamps by Judith.
I am a shipper for Send A Smile 4 Kids and this will be going to them.
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