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I'm back!

The last few days i've been resting, studying, preparing for my daughter's birthday party and playing games with my husband. Today I got a few projects done thanks to my beautiful Cameo. My hubby and I love to play video games together and we finally found one that we love playing Together! yipee... anyway! on to the crafts! I have 3 cards, a mini notebook and a layout...

First for the layout.... this is for Red Carpet Studios sketch challenge & for Creative inspirations paint challenge (inspired by a sketch). I bought some acid-free paper from target and used pictures from this summer to create this page. I chose to use this layout because it was so fun and active!

Next, is my elephant birthday card  I used yellow sparkly paper from DCWV guilded orchard, the elephant and the chevron border is from the silhouette online store.  the Elephant is on a home made wobble.  This one is for Die Cutting Diva Challenge ~ Elephant, Action Wobble Challenge ~Borders & a wobble; and also for Craft your passion ~Bingo challenge.

I chose to do Pink, Ribbon & Border Punch

For the Fab 'N' Funky challenge ~wings I made this cute little notebook for my daughter who loves fairies and winged things.  This is so she can keep all her thoughts and  wishes in.  I know she's only 4 but she loves little things like this.  for this I used the fairy tale cut it set from Lettering delights (the folder and tooth fairy) but instead of folding the folder into a tooth pocket I wanted to add some paper in the middle and stapled it together.

Next is a teacher rules card using lettering delights pop school cut it, yellow paper from the same DCWV paper pack, and studio G black glitter glue as well as polka dot ribbon.  this one is for peachy keen stamps challenge and  surprise is stamped inside using stampin' up! basic black ink.

Lastly this card is just for fun!  I saw one like it and absolutely loved it!  the file can be found on the silhouette online store.

Happy Crafting and thanks to everyone who leaves me comments they make my day!

Challenge links:

Fab'n'Funky Challenges:  http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.ca/
Peachy Keen Stamps Challenges: http://www.peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/
Craft your Passion Challenges: http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/#
Action Wobbles Challenges:  http://challenges.action-wobbles.com/
Die Cuttin' Diva's Challenge #83:  http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/
Red Carpet Studios Challenge #3:  http://redcarpetstudiochallenge.blogspot.com/
Creative Inspirations paint Challenge inspired by a sketch: http://www.creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.com/

6 sick-day projects!

Well, my cold hasn't gone away yet and yesterday I literally fell asleep while crafting (that's bad!) then my potty trainer had a poop accident that needed attention right away!!  but anyway... Yesterday and this morning I worked on these 6 projects and i'm entering them into contests all over the place so feel free to be inspired & to join in...

circle sketch

Allison's Messy Face

 1) My first project is a layout for my daughter's baby book.  it's based off of the sketch and for the challange on Stuck on U http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.com/  I added a journal box from creative memories in the lower left corner so that I could write things that she likes to do etc.  the stamps, buttons, ribbon all are from my scrap stash but the patterned yellow paper is from DCWV Nana's Nursery baby girl pack.  the fairy is from SVG Cuts.com (flitting fairies).

 2) This christmas card is from the sketch on Ispy sketches challenge ISSC33

http://ispysketches.blogspot.com/ 

 I used printable paper that my  s-i-l gave me over a year ago and glued it onto my card base (also from that s-i-l) and then I stamped and embossed the reindeer and pointsettas onto some of my fav. card stock and glued it all down on my banners and added some gold silky fun fur ribbon and hot glued that down so it'd actually stay put.  

3)This box is a free file on the silhouette online store I just cut it out and embossed hand prints all over it.  it graces my craft room and keeps all those little pieces of paper that I cut out but haven't gotten around to using yet.  This one i'm entering into docerela's challenge DT#21 Anything goes.

http://blog.docerelashop.com/

4) This one I made as an anniversary card for my husband.  I'll give it to him next March for our anniversary.  I cut out the man & woman from a file I had on my computer in a dxf file (so it worked with my cameo) then I found my daughter's fav. heart punch and punched black and pink hearts then made them into a wobbler by twisting wire around the end of a paintbrush and hot gluing it onto the card stock hearts.  the black one I put down so that you wouldn't see it on the black bathroom people.

This project is really simple and I know my hubby will love that about it!  He always gives me a home made card and I usually just find the funniest one I can.  Glad I can give him a good one this upcoming year.  This is for Go fish challenge #25 ~Anniversary Card. 

My homemade wobblers!

http://gofishchallenges.blogspot.com/

5)  For this card I used Lettering Delights toadally school cut it file cut on my Cameo, DCWV paper from homespun on the frogs and bus, A homemade wobbler, my Xyron sticker maker and my fav. craft glue by Martha Stewart.  This little card is my daughter's fav. creation today (she told me) and is being entered into...  The Scrapbooking Queen's challenge #28 Digi challenge ~Back to School http://www.thescrapbookingqueen-challenge.blogspot.com/

 Then  Little Scrap Pieces Action Challenge http://littlescrappieces.blogspot.com/

CRAFT challenge #172 ~Autumn  http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/#  And last but not least: Cameo Creations http://cameocreationschallenge.blogspot.com/

6) This little Halloween card is being entered into design on cloud 9 sketch challenge.  Usually if I get a sketch like this I use it in a layout not a card but I wanted to see if I could make one that looked okay. http://designsoncloud9.blogspot.com/2012/09/are-you-ready-for-next-challenge.htmlI used a cut file from DOC9 flying witch and stamps that I received as gifts at all different occasions.  I also used Stampin' Up! ink with the stamps in Only Orange and Basic Black.

Okay i'm done rambling on in my foggy sickness... Happy Crafting everyone and I hope you all join in on the fun!

on line card I made :)

Stationery card

View the entire collection of cards.

2 new creations today

I wanted to get in a couple of cards today before I have to study for my tests this weekend... i'm training to be certified as a personal trainer through ISSA.  It's a wonderful study at home program and i'm loving it! So on to the cards...

1) My first is a traditional type card using the sketch from made especially for you. And some of my favorite cut files from Lettering Delights, "Curiouser and Curiouser".  I chose Alice to go with my pink frame (I just felt like using pink today) and the mug is cut from a silhouette file I bought a few months ago.  I printed and cut out the banner and circle and put it all together on this card base I made.  It says, "Happy birthday" inside and "Merry unbirthday!" on the banner.

 this card is for a few Challenges so here are their links:
challenge 1: Made Especially for you... using the provided sketch.

isn't Alice so cute?!

http://especiallymade.blogspot.com/p/weekly-challenge_9630.html

Challenge 2: DL.ART Thankful Thursday 1000 POST LINKY PARTY

The linky  party seemed to be a big hit and a lot of fun. So I thought, why not have another one and we will celebrate 1000 posts. I also like the linky party because I get to see so much of your work

So that is what it will be-- Rules:  

1.Anything Goes: please read the rules above to be eligible to win the prize for the LINKY PARTY. The link party will begin on August 30th at 9:00 am and end on September 30th at 11:59 pm. Enter as many times as you like,

2. Leave a comment

3. Mention this post on your blog and link back to this post 

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2012/08/dlart-thankful-thursday-1000-post-linky.html

Challenge 3: CI Paints Inspired By: Birthday's
http://creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.com/2012/09/ci-paints-inspired-by-birthdays.html

Challenge 4: Divas By Design Challenge 52 For a child
http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2012/09/challenge-52-for-child.html

2)My second card is 3-D and I found it on Split coast stampers.  I love it so much! I used the 3 colors for the EAD design color challenge for September...


I cut out the monkey using an animal set from Silhouette ran it through my Xyron sticker maker and assembled the box card and the monkey.  I then tied some hemp around the top of the card and I think it adds a nice natural look.  I then added the sentiment  tag cut from the accordion varied mini fold book from silhouette and stamped the sentiment using basic brown ink from Stampin' Up!  You can put mini treats in the box and give it away.  I love 3-D crafting.

This one is going into the EAD design color challenge found at this link:
http://stencilwords.com/blog/2012/09/13/september-color-challenge/

enjoy! and thanks for all your comments; I love getting comments!

4 more cards & news

So we've been potty training our oldest daughter for a while and last night was the first night she made it all the way through the night with a dry bed etc. Because of this achievement my husband and I gave her a Dollar to buy a toy at the dollar store. That was the only incentive that seemed to entice her. So I took this cute picture of her and her dollar; and her glorious smile. Also, Stacy over at scrap with stacy is giving away some awesome blog candy check it out and wish her a happy birthday!

http://scrapwithstacy.blogspot.com/2012/08/birthday-candy-giveaway.html 

On to the cards... I made 4 cards that i'd like to share and of course their challenges and links... 

 1) Pink by Design Ink It Pink Challenge #13 is Material... use some sort of material on a card. my mom recently brought my kids all my old dress up clothes and there was a cloth that I absolutely loved so I used a small swatch for my card. It kind of looks like water with sparkly bubbles so I knew the perfect stamp I was going to use and I found this quote on a Google search for a whale pun. I first cut the front of the card (the fish bowl) on my cameo and found a beautiful blueish silver shimmer card stock and cut the fish bowl out of the card base and hot glued the fabric in between the layers. since that created a weird ridge around the fish bowl I used Recollections foam adhesive mini circles to pop up the edges of the white front. then I took my whale stamp from imaginisce (splash dance collection)and used black ink from Stampin' Up! then used my Tombo pens to add a bit of color. I added a slit to the spine of the card and added blue and purple ribbon that my sister in law gave me. Then I stamped the banner from a home made stamp, cut from a silhouette file, cut it out and added more adhesive circles and added the sentiment and placed it above the bowl.

glued the fabric on the front of the card base.

Inside the card 

front of the card.  You can see the whale!

http://pinkbydesignstamps.com/2012/09/12/ink-it-pink-challenge-13/

 2) The Paper Cabana Challenge #2 is Fall Theme... I really liked this little turkey that I found on the silhouette store so I bought him.  he's just so chubby and cute! I don't really like how this card turned out so i'm going to revise it in the near future but not tonight as i'm going to be playing video games with my husband (as today is national video game day... and we both love video games)!  I inked the edges of the feathers with brown ink from Stampin' Up! and embossed Happy Thanksgiving on the front with my Jim Holtz distress embossing ink pad and my Zing! opaque finish white embossing powder.

http://www.thepapercabana.com/2012/09/this-week-our-challenge-is-theme.html

3) Craft Your Passion challenge #127 ~ Blast from the past... use a previous challenge as a template. I chose Challenge #125 Emboss it... because I didn't find Craft your Passion till the next week (challenge #126) and so didn't get to do that one.  I made this awesome controller card for my husband (because, like I said before, it's national video game day) but decorated it the way i'd design my own controller if I could; (although my husband built me a custom made controller that is pretty awesome!) I used the white embossing powder and dragon fly stamps that I received from my M-I-L.  I also used Elmer's glitter glue and Creative Memories markers I got as a birthday gift right after I got married.  On the Geeks are sexy website my husband found a proposal that someone did asking her to be his player number 2! so I wrote that inside (gave him a good chuckle).  Also this weekend is their blog hop check them out!

http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/09/challenge-127-blast-form-past.html

4) Stuck on U Sketches 1st Wednesday card sketch ends September, 18th... I really liked this sketch so I really wanted to do a card for it.  I chose to use fall colors and some flourishes from the silhouette store (can you tell I love my cameo? i'm actually on my 3rd cutting mat and 2nd blade and I got it in July).  I used my Hugs! stamp with brown ink from Stampin' Up! and some Hemp cord for the buttons on top. I used black and white for the sentiment because I wanted that to be the first thing you see on the card.

Sketch/Example

My Take on the sketch.

http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.com/2012/09/1st-wednesday-card-sketch-with-special.html

Anyway i'm gonna go play some video games now.  Hope all of you had an amazing day... happy crafting!

Challenge entries

 This morning I've been working hard on all my layouts as well as cards.  and this is going to be a quick post because I have meetings as well as school work that needs to be done.  so to start off with here's a list of challenges these are going into:

Halloween Card:

I spy sketches

CardzTv  Happy Holidays~choose one

Little Scrap pieces

http://www.ispysketches.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/issc32-with-marie-alice.html 

http://cardztv.blogspot.com/2012/09/cardz-tv-stamps-design-team-challenge.html 

http://littlescrappieces.blogspot.com/2012/09/fun-friday-challenge-halloween.html 

Ice Cream cone card:

A Homespun Affair color challenge

http://ahomespunaffair.blogspot.com/2012/09/color-challenge-inpiration-project.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AHomespunAffair+%28A+Homespun+Affair%29 

Big Win ball Card:

Stuck on U die cut challenge

http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.ca/ 

Yellowstone scrapbook page:

Stuck on U sketch challenge

http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.com/2012/08/august-31-sketch-challenge.html

This Halloween card uses printable pattern paper from spooky fun printable kit from... oh poo I forgot the web site.  i'll update this with the web address after my meetings.

Okay its from the Printable Cottage.  the sketch is from Ispy sketches.

this ice cream cone card is for A homespun affair and uses the three designated colors: orchid, mint & granite.  the stamp is from Studio G and the ink is from Color Box.  the Heart paper clip is from a kit that my sister got me for my birthday 7 years ago so I don't remember the name of the kit; I do remember that it came in a suitcase type box that now graces my craft room.

My Big Win card, for the Stuck on U die cut challenge is made from scrap paper I had on hand and a free file from the silhouette online store (baseball). I never played a sport really but my husband loves playing ball.  The face on the ball is a free dingbat font from http://www.dafont.com/ & if you want instructions on how to do what I did and add a face to basically anything, head on over to Jin at under a cherry tree:  http://underacherrytree.blogspot.com/2012/09/make-your-own-happy-everything.html

 She has all the directions and links for you there.  The Big Win saying is actually rub ons I got from my sister in law from a few lots she'd won. (she and her hubby sell items on line.  they'll go to auctions buy bulk lots and sometimes they have random things in them)  She isn't a scrap booking type of girl so she gives me the goods she comes across.

This Yellowstone page is from my summer camping trip in Yellowstone with my family.  The title is from the silhouette online store, the paper background is from My mind's eye, Life stories collection, "Authorized Report" Paper.  the stamps were my mother in laws and in her "Nature" bin of her craft room.  the pictures are all from Yellowstone.

Enjoy... Happy Crafting!