Let's Go Fly a Kite

What a fun challenge at CAS-ual Fridays today. Inspiration is to be from a song title. My card reminds me of "Let's Go Fly a Kite" from Mary Poppins a most fun and favorite movie.

That fun DP is from a DCWV called Blossoms and Butterflies. At least I think that was the title. The cover has been discarded. I cut the kites from the diamonds in the DP and tied them with baker's twine. The graduate label is a sticker I found in my stash. The tag punch is SU and the soar is part of a sentiment from SU Send Me Soaring set.

Makes me want to go outside to play. So with the great spring weather we are having here in southern Indiana, I just may do that.

pastel w/black

I have been out of town for a couple of weeks visiting my grandsons & family in Texas. What fun but noisy and rowdy, as 4 & 6 year old boys can be. Had fun visiting Houston Rodeo with them.
It is good to be back home and crafting. Going to try catching up on some challenges. So this is for CAS using black and a pastel.

So while catching up on viewing some blogs I found a card I really love done by Laurie (one of CAS design team) for another challenge. Laurie, I hope you don't mind me casing one of your cards. I wasn't sure how to do her fabulous frame so I just used oval Nesties and popped them up with demensionals. 

The lavender polka dot paper and twine are from SU.  Sentiment is TAC stamped in Studio G lilac and traced over with purple star gel pen. Then 3 lavender gems for bling.



double challenge

I was so excited when scanning blogs to learn that challenges at both CAS and Papercraft Star suited the card I just made. CAS is baby projects and Papercraft Star is "frogs".

This little frog is a Sizzix die. I put the darker dots on with pine ink and the eraser end of a pencil. Other supplies are from my scraps. The sentiment stamp is Lawn Fawn. I think this little frog is just the cutest. I'm sure I will be using him a lot. Check out another version here that I made last week for MoJo Monday.  And here for on using the frog for another CAS challenge.

The message inside is a poem about little boys and ends with "The hope of the future with a frog in its pocket"



I can't believe how often this happens. Tuesday Throwdown challenge for the week is paper tearing and I just made this card yesterday:

Creative minds just think alike--often at the same time!!LOL!
Actually, I got the corner of the paper caught in something and the corner tore off. So I thought why not tear the other edge. Then I sponged the edges with Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink. The DPs and ribbon are from SU. The candle stamp is Hero Arts. I just stamped on several scraps of DP and then cut out the candles and glued them over the stamp design. You never know where you will find inspiration. This sentiment is cut from a shopping bag from Silver Dollar City Branson, MO. The bag is full of "antique, Victorian" designs. I'm sure I will use more of it.

Stamping 411 challenge 244

Another great sketch challenge from stamping 411


I learned this really cool technique of curling paper from the very talented SU demonstrator, Catherine Pooler. She even has a great video to show you how.
The front of my card:

And the inside:



DPs: pool party, sweet shop.The curly paper is the reverse of the sweet shop paper. I cut out 2 of the sucker images from sweet shop to accent on the inside.

Stamps: Bring on the Cake.



This was such a fun card to make. I hope somebody really enjoys it for their birthday.

It's a boy x 2

After looking at several of the mojo monday design team blogs, I decided to make a baby card in honor of Julee who is expecting twin boys real soon. Here is the design challenge sketch:

And for you Julee, here is my card front:

And inside:

I got that cute quote off a vellum design pack with baby sayings. Cover is long gone so I don't know who to credit. The cutie frogs in the pocket are a Sizzix die. I dabbed on "warts" in a pine green with the end of a q-tip. The "it's a boy" sentiment is Lawn Fawn and the x 2 is freehand with white gel pen.The inside frogs are stickers.

I hope you have an easy delivery and I know you will enjoy those boys tremendously!!



window card

This is Stamping411 sketch for this week

I was intrigued by that suggestion of trying a window in the circle place. I have been wanting to try that so I thought here goes.Getting that circle with scalloped punch inside took a couple of tries to be centered.  I think it turned out pretty good for my first try. The front:

And inside:

Love that double sided paper. The cherries are the flip side of the cupcake paper. Sentiments are from Bring On The Cake and the Tiny Tag set with the coordinating punch.

"tea"rific

I am going to be doing a Mother's Day card sale at my local Curves gym so have been working on those already.  It is so fun making Mother's Day cards, They are sweet, frilly, girly--all the things I like to make. This one fits the CAS weekly challenge of "Tie One On"--using ribbon on card.

I did this on the scanner because I was too lazy to get out the camera and set up a shot. But I can see the camera probably would have been a better picture.

DEETS: Cream card base. Stripes and Mom from Stampin Up. Tea and "you're tea-riffic" are Fiskar stamp. EK border punch. All tied up with a pretty pink ribbon. Bow is tied with Bow-Easy. 

butterflies

As butterflies are one of my favorite card crafts, I could not pass up this week's Paper Craf Star. challenge. Here is their inspiration picture:

I am making cards for my ladies care and concern church group to send to shut ins. Butterflies just say comfort and hope to me. Here is my card:

DPs: Stampin Up, Luxury Stack by DCWV

Stamps: PTI sentiment, Stampabilities vines

These gorgeous butterflies were in a package of a variety embelishments I found online at www.joanns.com Everything in the package has been just beautiful--all kinds of butterflies, flowers, birds, branches.



CAS-ual Fridays challenge this week:

Here is my card:

Both DPs are from Hobby Lobby. I cut out the heart from a stencil and glued it to white and trimmed close to the edge. I fastened it to the white grosgrain ribbon with a regular red paper clip. Sentiment is SU.