Two-fer Balloons

It has taken me awhile to get inspired to make 2 cards with balloon themes for Darnell"s Two-fer Challenge

I could come up with a traditional one because I have a large balloon die from SU. The balloon is die cut from a striped scrape and winked with Stella. (Darnell, I think I need Hammy to visit to give that some more schparkle!)  The Panda is also SU. Die cut letters are Tim Holtz.  I wrapped some twine around the balloon and the panda's arm so he could hold on for dear life. I will send this to Send A Smile 4 Kids

I finally decided on what to do for the second one after checking out Cheryl's blog Paper Panacea today. She used a hot air balloon die cut, cut it in two and inverted it to make a pretty vase with succulents in it. Made me think "terrarium"

I cut the balloon from a light blue scrap and a piece of vellum. I stamped and die cut some succulents (by SU) to put behind the vellum. The base of the terrarium is the die cut jar lid from SU's Jars of Love.  More paper scraps by SU and some sequins to finish it off. This one is from the sketch by Freshly Make Sketches

Fishin' Hole

I have a NBUS stamp purchased to make little boy cards for Send A Smile 4 Kids
So cute!

The papers are all Stampin' Up!. The image is Stampendous colored with Stampin" Blends. The 2 little fish are a die from PoppyStamps. A little twine bow accents.

I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches

I really like this sketch so decided to do another one more girly. This one uses papers from The Paper Studio. It is for my 5 year old granddaughter's birthday. 

Scrappy Thanks

I have made several cards with the Gingham 6x6 papers from SU. There are scraps left after trimming the paper down to card size.
Pixie's Crafty Workshop challenge is always anything goes using scraps from your stash.

I used the gingham 1/2" x 4 1/4" scraps to weave a background. Die cut a scallop and then white circle. The flower is an old unlabeled one colored with Stampin' Blends.. The sentiment is Inkadindadoo flagged and popped up on foam tape.
I am playing in the Scrappy Challenge for the cool prizes offered.

Frog with Specs

The images in Stampin" Up!'s So Hoppy Together set are so fun. And they are free with a $50.00 order until the end of March. So my DH says they are really not free if I had to spend $50.00. Men! They just don't get it!

The papers are SU. I colored the frog with Stampin" Blends. The sentiment is a digi by From The Heart.
The layout is a sketch form Tuesday Morning Sketches

Peeking Frog

March is for green--shamrocks, grass, flower stems. All of which I wish would emerge from the snow. I know I don't have as much snow as some of you. You all must really be ready for spring too. Mother Nature needs to get the message, spring is arriving in 16 days. Let's have a little hint of it.
I have a green, spring card, maybe it will get me in the spirit even if the weather is not cooperating.

For the challenge at Lets Craft and Create which is anything goes, options of green things.

The background paper is Sea Foam Green The DSP is from SU die cut with a die from Simon Says. The green frog is from SU, colored and fussy cut. The sentiment is also SU.
I have used the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch!

Since I definitely have spring fever, I am also entering at The Paper Players

And what little boy doesn't like frogs. I will be putting this in my stash to send to Send A Smile 4 Kids

Fun Fold

I had not heard of joy fold card until I saw it on pintrest recently. I don't know why it is called joy fold unless it is because they are fun to make and fun to look at.

The papers and sentiment are Stampin" Up!. The wreath from Impression Obsession.
I am entering in challenge at Card Concept Pineapple Party

My clean and layered card was inspired by all the tropical colors in the inspiration picture.
I loved this style so much I made another in more subdued olors.

Here is a link to The Paper Pixie where I found the joy fold. Julie's card is so fun and festive. She has several photos as well as all the dimensions for cutting the papers.

More Stars

Another graduation card for a local high school student. Their school colors are red, white, and blue and team name is stars.

Papers are from stash. Die cuts from SU. Grad hat from Stampabilities, stamped, fussy cut, and popped up with foam tape. The sentiment is from The Angel Company. I used a Sizzix IF to do stars background for a little dimension.
Sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments

Bright Stars

This month's Twofer Challenge from Darnell is Stars.

At this time of the year, when stars are mentioned, I think of the local high school. Their team name is Stars and colors are Red, White, and Blue. We are in the midst of basketball tournaments. And graduation will be here soon.  I usually need a few grad cards so my twofer starts out with the grad card.

The star paper is from my stash. Honestly this paper has been hoarded since my kids were in high school in the early 1990s. I must have purchased a bunch of it. I bring it out every year for the grad cards.  The sentiment is a NBUS sale item  from Technique Tuesday. The big sparkly white star is a die from SU. The little star border is from a hand punch. The grad hat is Stampabilities fussy cut and popped up with foam tape. I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches I have this done so quickly because I saw the preview yesterday on facebook.

The twofer card

is for my stash for Send A Smile 4 Kids The star background are all stamps in the same Technique Tuesday set as the sentiment. Colorful stripe paper is from the scrap heap. Same die cut star this time in red sparkle paper.

Loves Wood

My husband loves woodworking, He has made furniture and done wood carving. He currently mentors a junior high student working with him in the wood shop. Keeps him out of my hair-LOL
So this is an appropriate Valentine for him.

The wood texture paper is from a Ms. Sparkle paper pad sold at JoAnn's. I die cut 2 sparkly hearts to hang from the white ribbon. I don't remember who makes the love die as I have put all of my word dies on magnet sheets in the same container. No labels.
Entering in Just Us Girls challenge.

Bunny Fun

Since my Valentines for Send A Smile 4 Kids have been sent and the ones for my grandchildren are ready, I have started on some Easter cards. I found some beautiful pastel purple papers in the box a friend gave me last summer. Perfect for spring and Easter.

I rarely use stickers on cards but I found some adorable bunnies on discount at Michael's after Easter last year. I surrounded the bunny with Pool Party ink to make it pop off the white background. The sentiment is from Unity Stamps. The colored eggs are also stickers popped up on foam tape.
I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches, using the sentiment instead of flowers on the top.

Here are some of the other cards with the same papers and stickers.