Bear Mummy

Tuesday Throwdown challenge is being sponsored by Newton's Nook. The theme is "furry friends".  I love Newton's Nook cute animals. I chose Winston, the bear, all ready for trick-or-treat dressed as a mummy.  Continuing the Halloween Cards for Send A Smile 4 Kids

The Winston bear and sentiment are from Newton's Nook Halloween Set a few years ago.  The treat bag is from SU set Cookie-Cutter Halloween. The DP is retired from SU.
I've used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches

BOO!

Timeless Treasures, a craft store, in Nashville, IN recently had a consignment trash to treasure sale. I had taken a good size box of supplies for sale. After they took their commission, I had a pretty sizable credit to spend in the store. The ghost here is one of the stamps I bought.
Continuing Halloween cards for Send A Smile 4 Kids.

Orange stripe from the scrap box. Ghost stamp by Stamping Bella. Too cute to be scary. Boo is by Craft Smart.  I think the kids probably love shaking the googly eyes so I added some to the eyes on the ghost and the dot of the exclamation point. Do you think some ghost lost one of his eyes?

I filled in the boo spaces with a clear star gel pen. Here is a better view of that

This is my interpretation of CAS(E) this Sketch!

Happy Halloween

I know it seems to be rushing holidays but I want to get the Halloween cards done for Send A Smile 4 Kids before time to start my Christmas cards.

The image is a digi from Paper Nest Dolls colored with SU blender pens. The bats are Craft Smart, stamped, fussy cut. and popped up with foam dots.  The twine and the scrap of DP are from SU.

I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches

Also entering at Pixie's Crafty Workshop. I am playing for this prize. That dog image is so cute. It is in celebration of Di's adorable puppy, Dudley, who just had his first birthday. 

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Sunflowers

My favorite flower is the sunflower. Nothing as beautiful as a full field of them swaying in the sunshine. I recently purchased SU set Painted Harvest. It is really tedious fussy cutting the flower but they are so pretty. I wish they had made a die or punch for the flower as well as the leaves.

All the images are from the set. Burlap gives it a fall rustic feeling.

I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches

Spectacular Frog

This digital image by Sami Stamps is just the cutest.

I colored the frog with SU blender pens. The card base and the gingham are both Lemon Lime Twist from SU. The blue oval is from the stash sponged with some blue ink to add depth to his "pond.  Green ink under the frog provieds a lily pad. Looks like he is hanging out on his lily pad about to jump right out of the card.
I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches

Also submitting to Tuesday Throwdown challenge of Anything Goes.
And TIME OUT Chaallenge

Summertime

In my part of the world, it is hot, hot, hot. And a BIG tall glass of lemonade hits the spot.

The images are digitals by Pretty Grafik Designs that I found on etsy. The are in the Santa on Vacation collection. I like working with digis because you can make them any size.  I used all the colors of summer coolers--Lemon Lime Twist, Grapefruit, Daffodil Delight all from SU. I colored the images with Tombrow markers. The last picture shows the multiple folds. I lapped the edge of the orange under the inside liner which is blank white. The front sentiment I did on the computer. The inside sentiment is from a Penguin set by Lawn Fawn.
Entering in Just Us Girls: Fancy Folds

Also the Citrus challenge at CASology

I will be putting this in my stash to go to Send A Smile 4 Kids and enter their current challenge.

Shower

For a baby shower, not knowing the gender, I had to use all the pastel colors.

I recently purchased a 12x12 paper pad by Recollections at Michaels. It has the sweetest papers--rainbows, unicorns, polka dots and 3 pages of specialty designs. The cloud and rain drops are one of the designs. The sentiment is SU stamped on a punched out cloud which has been sponged with Pool Party Ink. Behind the cloud are SU punched "sprigs" that I thought maybe would look like splashes of waters. I popped up the cloud on foam tape. Here is a better view of that.

I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches

Amended:  OOPS I did 2 blogs on the same day and I entered the wrong blog to Tuesday Morning Sketches. Let's try this again.

Sweet Dreams

The papers in the Recollections paper pack called Rainbows to Dreamland are so pretty and fun to make little girl cards for Send A Smile 4 Kids.

The rainbow and clouds are cut outs from one of the pages. The 2 polka dot strips are from the scrap box. I cut out one of the unicorns to attach to the top of the rainbow. A tiny ribbon accents the top of the cloud.  The sentiment Dream is from SU.
I was inspired by the sketch from Hand Stamped Sentiments turned sideways.

Wedding Card

It is summer. 'Tis the season--no not Christmas, but wedding season. I have a CAS wedding card to share for Freshly Made Sketches

In my stash, I found a piece of vellum with rose buds. I used it in the background. The center embossed flower is from a SU embossing folder. I cut it down to show only the center flower. That is backed with some red vellum. I can't remember who makes these tiny tag dies. They were just right for the sentiments.
Here is the FMS sketch

Masculine

I have some men's birthdays coming up. Since Let's Craft and Create challenge is "You're the Man" this is a good time to do a masculine birthday card.

I found this double sided paper in Wishful Thinking, a craft store near me. It was on sale for 25 cents each. I wish I had bought more. I've used so much this past month. The wheels stamp is by dkdesigns. The Happy Birthday is from SU. The silver gems add more industrial theme.

Go on over to Let's Craft and Create and enter. They are even offering a prize.

I am using the design from Tuesday Morning Sketches

I switched up the oval for a square. I think it looks a little more masculine.