Turtle-y Cute

I am having fun playing with the images in Stampin" Up!'s new DSP Turtle-y Cute. 

 Here is this cool turtle watering her plants. I fussy cut the turtle from one of the pattern papers. The stripes are the backside of the same paper. The flower vellum is a scrap from a retired SU paper. The sentiment is an old stamp fom Creative Memories. I added 3 pearls to the right side and 3 more to look like water drops coming from the watering can. 

The sketch is from Sketch Saturday with the twist of birthday card.

Also submitting to a new challenge for me As You See It where their challenge theme is water but also speed--make a card in less than 10 minutes. I did it with a few seconds to spare.

But my desk is sure a mess. It is a small work space and I usually clean as I go.

And just for fun, while I was playing with the turtles, I made another with this same sketch.

I'll be adding both of these cards to my stash for Send A Smile 4 Kids

Guilty Monkey

 I have a fun card to share today for Can You Handle the Pressure with a twist of zoo or jungle animals.

I show you a zoo escapee

I used a vertical stripe E/F and ran a black ink pad over it. Hoping it plants the idea of zoo bars. Since the monkey is in front of the bars, we can assume he has escaped.  Look at that guilty face grin. The monkey is a sticker from a sheet called Silly Monkey by Paper Studio. The hello is an old stamp from SU.

I am putting this in my stash for Send A Smile 4 Kids. I know the kids will love it.

I used the sketch from Sunday Stamps

Pair of Birds

Recollections Field Journal paper pad has a sheet that has 2 large circles with birds perched on the edge.  I fussy cut one of the pairs of birds to make this card. 

The card base is Kraft. I like the look and texture of Kraft for nature based cards. The wood pattern paper is also in the Recollections pad.The Mossy Meadow green and Pool Party blue are from my stash I used a cloud E.F on the blue. The sentiment is SU die cut and popped up on dimensionals.

I am entering at Cardz 4 Galz and The Paper Players. They both have "wings" as their challenges.

Nature Inspired

 This is today's sketch inspiration from Sketch Saturd

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I switched the orientation for my card.

The papers are from a Recollections paper pad called Field Journal.  There was 1 page that had 2 large circles with the birds in them. I trimmed it down to fit the 2 birds in an oval. The other papers are from the same pad. I added 2 black faceted gems. The sentiment is an old stamp. I die cut it an oval to coordinate with the large oval.  I set out to make a sympathy card but I think I will keep this one for Christmas. I like a few nature inspired scenes for Christmas or winter cards.  Should I go back and add snow to the branches?

On another note, does anyone have a solution to blogger not showing comments? I have gone to the comment tab and made sure they are not in a spam folder. They all look like they were published but do not show in the comments of each post.  Thanks for any help you can give,

Catching the Last Rays

Yesterday when it was 50 degrees and raining, I decided I needed some sun and a dose of beach.

 The challenge at Let's Craft and Create is no patterned paper. I used a line stencil to create the background. Using green, tan, blues, oranges, and yellows I made a beach scene. The palm tree, sunbather, and umbrella are stickers. I popped up the umbrella top and glued  down the handle. The setting sun is from the retired SU set called Swirly Bird I also popped up the sun.

I left off a sentiment and just put a blank liner inside so it can have multiple uses. I've put this one in my stash to send to Send A Smile 4 Kids

Fun Puns

 I do love puns. These 2 cards fit the challenge at Send A Smile 4 Kids

I found this ruler paper at a local craft store and I have used it all already and cannot tell you who makes it. I wish I had bought more than one sheet as it is perfect for guy cards. The sentiment is my own done on the computer and cut out with a deckle rectangle die. I inked the edges to make it blend better with the background. 

This one is an inspiration from by blogger friend Cheryl. You can see her gears here. The gear stamp is an old unlabeled wood block stamp. The plaid was from the stash. The DAD stamp is a very old one from SU. The sentiment copied from Cheryl was done on the computer and die cut with a deckle edge circle.

Per SAS4K request, these are both blank inside so a personal message can be added.

If you have extra cards and would like to donate them, check out  Send A Smile 4 Kids to see what they need and where you can send your cards.

Fishing Father's Day

I bought a paper share from a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. When I say the papers called Otterly Adorable I thought what am I going to do with this. I didn't care for the otter side but the reverse had some nice patterns for masculine cards. I pulled out the swimming schools of fish for some Father's Day cards for Send A Smile 4 Kids

I used a Pool Party base. On the side of the fish DSP I used a couple of colors of the water. The lighter blue has an edge made with Fiskar seagull scissors.  Another color of water is die cut to back the sentiment circle. I punched out 3 small anchors from some copper metallic paper for embellishments.

THe design is from the sketch by Freshly Made Sketches

Here are 2 more with the same DSP

Leftovers

I have a few leftover pieces from current papers from SU.. I found some that meet the challenge at Gardz 4 Guyz challenge of Bodies of Water. 

The images are from SU's retired Swirly Bird set. I think it is my all time favorite. I still use it a lot.

Art Deco

This week challenge at Cardz4Galz is Art Deco.  This was a challenge for me. First I searched Google for some art deco images. There was a print that reminded me of a page from a Recollections paper pad.  I do know there is a lot of gold in art deco. 

The card base is from SU. I have had them for several years so I am sure they are retired. It is preprinted with the gold edge. The designer paper is from Recollections. The sentiment is an old SU one embossed with gold and die cute in a hexagon shape. The decor is a premade gold frame and leaves. They were in a bag in my stash and unlabeled so I cant credit them. Amazing what you can find when you go searching through that mountain of stuff.

Also adding to The Negleced Stuff Challenge.  The card base and gold frames both qualify for neglected.

Graduation

 Can you believe it is near the end of another school year and almost time for graduations. When making graduation cards I like to use the school colors. Our local high school colors are red, white, and blue.

The mortarboard embossing folder is unlabeled. I used layers of red white and blue. The congrats is an old wood block stamp. I added some red and blue punched stars for accents. The black mortarboard is a sticker.

I'm playing along with  Darnell with her I.D.E.A.S plan,  this week being embossing.

And Can You Handle The Pressure I've used the anything goes but did not add the twist of rainbows or rainbow colors