yellow flowers

Productive afternoon for me--2 posts today. Playing Tic-Tac-Toe with The Paper Players.
I used row 1: flowers, birthday, yellow.

This is another image from the  SU Petal Passions card pack, colored with Blenders from SU. I added some orange background dots with a stamp from Gorgeous Grunge. Two scraps are side banners. The sentiment is an old retired SU one. All on a Delightful Daffodil card base. This is the 27th card I have made with items from this card pack. Really getting my money's worth with it.
Here is the tic-tac-toe grid

Here is a photo of some of the other cards from the Petal Passions card pack.

wedding lace

Spring and summer--wedding season. Thought I would get ahead and make a card for the occasion.

This is my favorite wedding stamp. It is from Stampendous. You can color it up as much or as little as you want. I colored her flowers, his cumberband and bow tie in Pool Party which is the color of the card base. Maybe my card is crooked but now that I look closer, I think the couple are leaning a bit too much.It is hard to get them straight. The love is an old unbranded stamp. The lacy cutouts are from SU Petal Passion Memories card pack. I accented the veil and dress with pearls. I think they maybe are too large, I may go back and see if I have some smaller ones.
I used the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch

If you haven't tried any of the card packs from SU, they are great resources for fast and easy card making. I was able to make 24 cards from this pack and still have some left overs. I make cards for 2 local gift shops so these are great for that.

Here is a picture of all the cards I made from the card pack.

Cool Dude

The True Gentleman DSP from Stampin' Up! has been a great investment. I hope they are carrying it over to the new catalog. I have been able to make a lot of teen boy cards for Send A Smile 4 Kids. This week their challenge is anything goes. This one is quick and easy. Not a lot of fuss which will appeal to teens.

The shoes are from Epic Celebration that was in the Sale-A-Bration book. Those images are just the thing for boy cards. I can't tell you how many shoes and guitars I have stamped, colored, and fussy cut. I could really use a die cut set for this one.  The sentiment was done on the computer.
This layout is from the sketch at The Paper Players

Another with a different orientation.

See how easy. I made both of these in less than 30 minutes.

Rockin' Dude!

For any teenager who dreams of being a rock star:

The guitar is from SU's Epic Celebration colored with star glitter gel pens and fussy cut. The rock on is from Die-Versions. I added some glitter music notes for accents.
This is from the sketch by CAS(E) this Sketch

I'll be adding this to my collection of boy cards I am making for Send A Smile 4 Kids.  That particular challenge is over but they always are asking for teen boy cards.

Greetings

Working on boy cards for Send A Smile 4 Kids.  The True Gentleman DSP from SU works really well for that.

The letters are from SU large letter dies. Super easy, quick, clean and simple card.
I used the sketch from CAS(E) this sketchCAS(E) This Sketch

Rockin'

Cards for boys. It is always difficult to come up with that genre. There just are not as many stamps available for teen boys. The new Epic Celebrations set offered during the Sale-A-Bration from Stampin' Up! works great for teen boys.

One regret with this set is that there is no die set to cut out the images. I have spent a lot of time fussy cutting guitars.  The papers are from the scrap box. I think they are also SU. The words are from SU.
I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches

Also entering in The Paper Players theme challenge of music.

And Just Us Girls CAS  challenge

Love when all the challenges fall into line at the same time.

I will be adding this to the cards I make for Send A Smile 4 Kids.

In The Pink

I originally bought the SU designer paper "Painted with Love" to make some Valentines. But I am finding it a lot more versatile. I love the bold colors.

The papers are all from the Painted With Love papers. The Flamingo is by Stampabilities colored with the pinks and calypso corals SU Blender pens. My oval needed a little bit of anchor so I added a strip of Calypso Coral.
I used this fun sketch from The Paper Players

And I loved this one from Sandy Mathis

So I CASEd it with the True Gentlemen papers

I did the sentiment on the computer. The glasses are from Pocketful of Sunshine.

Mother's Day

First day of spring. Really? Mother Nature did not get the message. We had a thin layer of ice on the deck this morning and now it is snowing. Great day to hibernate in the craft room and create.

I know it is early to think about Mother's Day but I have to get them done early for Send A Smile 4 Kids so there will be time to send them in.

I recently received the free Sweet Soiree Memories card pack from SU Sale-A-Bration catalog. When I received them, I wasn't real sure what I would do with them but have discovered they make beautiful Mother's Day cards. These designs were all part of that card pack.
I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches for inspiration.

So far I have been able to do 12 cards from the free card pack. Now that is a real bargain.

Shades of Pink

The Paper Players challenge this week is shades of pink.

I usually like to do funny get well cards to make people laugh a little. But sometimes you just need a pretty and more serious one.  This is on Melon Mambo card stock with a scrap of b/w stripe. The leaf is a Sizzix die cut and the flowers from SU punches.
Here is Paper Players banner. I think I covered about all the shades of pink.

I used the inspiration sketch from Freshly Made Sketches

Flu Bug

Flu season is about past but I can keep this one in my stash for next winter.

This cutie image is a From The Heart digital colored with SU Blends. I used "Pepto" pink and "Nausea" Green papers. Stamped some bugs, fussy cut them and scattered them about the image. Confession time, I put that extra bug up against the hot water bottle because I colored outside the line and red does not erase well. So smudge problem solved. The sentiment is done on the computer.
Entering in CASology Cue card :BUGS

Used this sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches