Father's Day Card

I made this Father's Day card this weekend on a cold and rainy day on the Camas Prairie in Grangeville, Idaho.  I don't have much supplies for a male card but Graphic 45 paper from Ladies' Diary had enough male paper to help me out this time. 

The buttons were from old cuff links on a man's shirt.   

My friend gave me some of her paper which looks like real burlap fabric and I don't know the brand.   I distressed the outer layers of the burlap paper to give it an old vintage look and sponged it with brown and gold ink. 

I used Graphic 45 Ladies' Diary paper for most of this card.  I used an acrylic black frame that I bought many years ago  and placed it on top the male. 
   
Clock w/Angel Wing (Steampunk Series) is from Cherry Lynn Design.  I cut out two clocks, one with black paper for the numbers,  and cut the outside of the clock from the other piece and embossed it with Ranger Rick Metal Art bronze embossing powder.  I cut the background out with from the Cherry Lynn Wing die that came with the clock and sponged it with different colors of ink to make it look antique.  I used one of the cuff links for the inside of the clock.  

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 185 - Make It Manly
Going Grey with Scrap-Creations:  Anything Goes
Scrapy Land Challenge #17:  Anything Goes using any brand of die Scrapy Land sells

Anniversary Box Card

I had a lot of fun building this explosion box card. I made this wedding cake for my daughter last year and it will be their first anniversary this coming year.  Therefore, I used the lavender colors, first anniversary sentiments and flowers on top of the cake as the theme for this card.

I used a variety of brands for this card.  I made all of the flowers for this card.

Supplies used:
Cherry Lynn dies:  Horizon French Flair Boutique Stacker Frame, Flourish Leaf Strip, Mini Fanciful Flourish, Teas Rose Small, Medium and Small Rose, Sophia's Heart, Two of Hearts, and Ivy Strip

Tattered Lace dies:  Celebrate Interlocking and Cherished Hearts Corner

Martha Stewart Branch punch

Stampin Up supplies:  Happy Anniversary stamp and embossing folder

Cottage Cutz die:  Birthday Candle number dies

Creative Expression die:  Festive Collection - 2014 Christmas Angel (silver glittered dove)

Spellbinder dies:  Label One Nestabilities

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 184 - Roses
Die R Us Challenge 25 - It's Our 1st Anniversary!!!
Simon Wednesday Says Challenge - Let’s Get Sentimental
Scrapy Land Challenge #17 - Anything Goes using any brand of die Scrapy Land sells.
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes for May
Fussy and Fancy Featured Guest Designer for Challenge #138-Lots of Flowers!
Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #117 - Photo Inspiration Challenge
Craft for The Craic - Wings May's Mid Month Inspiration
Decorate to Celebrate #99 - Anything Goes

Get Well Wishes

I made this card for a friend from our church who is recovering from surgery. 

I crumpled the Cherry Lynn Anastasia Border which almost looks like real lace. I love dimension so I glued on a thin layer of card board under the pink doily to give it some height rather than using glue dots.

Supplies:

Cherry Lynn Designs:  Victorian Romance Flourish, Mini Fanciful Flourish,  Anastasia Border, Dutch Doily Rectangle Frame, Tea Rose Small, and Miniature Rose dies
Memory Box:  Diamond Background die
Marianne Design:  Passe Partout Oval Craftable Die
Paper:  DCWV Fabric Paper
Angel:  Prima Angel #3
Ribbons and diamonds (don't know brand)
Stampin Up:  Tiny Wishes stamp, ribbon punch (cut in half and around the pink doily) and small scallop punch
Impression Obsession:  Spiral Flower die (Light yellow flower)

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Cherry Lynn Design Challenge #183:  Lots of Layers
Poppy Stamp Challenge #8:  It is All About Her
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge:  Anything Goes for May
Fussy and Fancy  Challenge #138 - Lots of Flowers
Craft for the Craic - Theme is Wings
The Shabby Tea Room Challenge #251:  Pretty In Pink
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:  Let's Get Sentimental
Scrapy Land Challenge #17:  Anything Goes

Thanks you for visiting my blog.  

Box card with Aqua and coral

Cherry Lynn Quest Designer for Anything Goes 

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Challenge 116 - Aqua and Light Coral Theme
Scrapy Land Challenge #16 - Use Pearl or Lace

Cherry Lynn dies:  Chrysanthemum Strip, Build a Flower #2, Baby's Breath Flower Kit, Lace Corner Deco E, English Tea Party Doily, Francesca Border, Lace Corner Deco E

Paper - Graphic 45 'Celebrate'

April Showers Bring May Flowers with Diamond for April

This is a Aqua and Coral colored card made with mostly Wild Orchid Craft flowers and Graphic 45 Paper from Secret Garden.  There is a diamond on the banner to represent April's birth stone which is a diamond.  I made the bow using the Zutter Bow Maker.  The umbrella is cut from a die from Marianne Designs.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
613 Avenue Crafts Challenge #120 - Anything Goes with an optional Twist Diamond
Really Reasonable Ribbons Challenge #116- Aqua and Coral
Fussy and Fancy Challenge #137 - Springtime Flowers
Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #212 - National Garden Month

Spring Time Birthday Card

I had a lot of fun making this birthday card for my sister who has a birthday this month.
The flowers were made using Cherry Lynn flower dies:  Baby Breath, Daisy Strip, Leaf Strip.  The frame is from Spellinder Oval frame.  The outside frame is using Martha Stewart Flower punch.  The paper is Graphic 45 Spring Paper.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Dies R Us #24 - April Flowers bring May Flowers
Shabby Tea Room  Week 250 - Rainbow Colors
Really Reasonable Ribbon #116 - Aqua and Coral
Crafts Galore - April
Fussy & Fancy #137 - Spring
Crafty Hazel Nuts  April 2015 - Patterned Paper
Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #212: National Garden Month
Purple Haze - Announcement Anything Goes

Impression Obsession - School Spirit

Impression Obsession Challenge - School Spirit

I made the banner and used Ranger Liquid Pearl black for the corners of the banner.  My grand daughter is in track and I used the school colors for the banner and frame of the card.  She loves making the Impression Obsession Spiral Flowers so I added the flowers to the card.  I didn't have any greenery so I added my favorite die, the Pine Branch Die from Impression Obsession.

Since I retired a year ago, I hope to increase the number of my Impression Obsession dies and stamps to make more cards.  

Impression Obsession dies and stamps: 
Pine Branch Die
Spiral Flowers
Life Stamp Sentiment Stamp

Mother's Day Card #2

I had a lot of fun making this Mother's Day card using Cherry Lynn Design, Marianne Design and Tattered Lace dies.  I cut out small pieces of different Graphic 45 paper and glued the pieces on a 8 x11 paper and then cut out the Tattered Lace Monumental 'Love' to create a quilted look.  I added ink stitching around the 'Love' letters to give it more of a home-made vintage look. I made the lady bug out of Ranger Liquid Pearl, red and black.  I colored the black dots on the lady bug with a black ink pen.  I used an old vellum label for the inside sentiment and used Martha Stewart bow punch for the small bows on top of the sentiment.   I found some beautiful lace for a bow and added pearls around the frame.

The brands used:
Cherry Lynn Design dies: Baby Breath, Tea Rose, Flourish Leaf Strip, Small Gardenia, Small Exotic Butterfly #1, Kiwi Oval Frame
Tattered Lace dies:  Monumental Love and white corners are Cherish Heart Corners
Graphic 45 Paper
Marianne Design die around picture.

I am entering this challenge in the following:
Cherry Lynn Challenge #181:  Mother's Day
Fan-Tastic Tuesday April Challenge #82:  Anything Goes with a with a twist, stitching, real or faux
Scrapyland Challenge #16:  Add a Pearl and/or Lace
Craftyhazelnuts' Patterned Paper April 2015
Scrap-Creations Challenge:  Going Grey with Scrap-Creations - Mother's Day Creations

Mother's Day Card Purple and White

I will be giving my Mother Day cards that I made to my daughter and daughter-in-laws who have our beautiful grand daughters since my mother is deceased.  I loved creating this pansy out of the Cherry Lynn Build a Flower #2.  Below is the list of supplies used for this card.

 

Cherry Lynn dies:  Build a Flower #2, Victorian Romance Flourish, Mexican Tile Pattern, Dainty Dutch Deco Frame (under the Mexican Tile Pattern), Anastasia Border,  and Rose Leaf Strip

Paper:  Graphic 45 'Time to Flourish'

I will be entering this card in the following challenge: 
Scrap-Creations Going Grey - Mother Day's Creation

Purple card

Cherry Lynn Dies:  

Kiwi Oval Frame, Swedish Spring Oval Frame, Build a Flower #2, Anastasia Border, Daisy Strip, Baby's Breath Flower Kit, Happy Birthday,  Lace Corner Deco E, and Tiny Things With Wings

Paper:  Graphic 45

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Add some pearls
Lady Bug Crafts April Challenge - Anything Goes

Shabby Tea Room #249 - Rainbow of Colors
Scrapy Land Challenge #16 - Use Pearls or Lace
Through The Purple Haze Challenge  - Anything Goes

Easter Card for 2015

I wanted to make a few cards with Christ picture on them and still keep the vintage look.  The paper came from Graphic 45.  The Cherry Lynn dies used were:  'Easter' 'Blessings' and 'Leaf Flourish' and the center of the Heartfelt Creation flowers were from the Cherry Lynn die set, 'Flower #1'.  The frame dies are from Spellbinder Nestabilities set.

 

I find my charms at garage sales and thrift stores.  While looking at the back of this cross on the card, it had Lourdes and Lucille engraved on it.  Question if it came from Europe.  Sending this card at Easter time to my grand daughter that is temporarily living in New York City. 

 

Entering this card Scrap-Creations Challenge  #31 - Easter

Easter Card for April

 

Easter is this week and I decided to use my Spellbinder dies to create this card.  The rose, Easter Blessing and white flourish is from Cherry Lynn but the rest is from Spellbinder.  The paper is Graphic 45.  The bow was made using the Zutter Bow Maker.

 

I am entering this card in Going Grey Craft Creations #31 - Easter.

Word Art Wednesday #177 - Family Friendly Challenge







Card for a Man

I had a lot of fun making this but the idea came from another person's tutorial about how to create this paper and fishing vest. 

I created the camouflaged paper by using the colored inks with a sponge:  olive, mustard, brown.  I stamped the paper using the same ink colors using leaf stamps and used my Copic Marker brown to draw the branch on the paper and used a white ink pen before cutting this out to create this fishing vest. 

 

My Cherry Lynn Dies were the sayings:  Dream Big, Happy, and Birthday

 

I am entering this card in Dies R Us Challenge #23- One for the Boys

Card for My Son

I had a lot of fun making this but the idea came from another person's tutorial about how to create this paper and fishing vest. 

I created the camouflaged paper by using the colored inks with a sponge:  olive, mustard, brown.  I stamped the paper using the same ink colors using leaf stamps and used my Copic Marker brown to draw the branch on the paper and used a white ink pen before cutting this out to create this fishing vest. 

 

My Cherry Lynn Dies were the sayings:  Dream Big, Happy, and Birthday

 

I am entering this card in Dies R Us Challenge #23- One for the Boys

Wedding Card

I just received the Cherry Lynn Anastasia Border and used it for my outside frame of the card.  I also got the Cherry Lynn Small Tea Rose die with the same order from Cherry Lynn Company.  I did a few tea roses using this die but added this time two Prima pink flowers behind the roses which added some dimension and contrast.  The miniature white flowers are from the Cherry Lynn Baby Breath Flower Kit die and added the Ranger Liquid Pearl and the Congratulations is also from Cherry Lynn.  Their is a small dragon fly from the Cherry Lynn Tiny Things That Fly die.

The couple is made using the Tattered Lace Couple die and added Ranger Liquid Pearl to the dress.  The gold frame is from Spellbinder and I added gold embossing on the outside of the frame.

I am entering this card in Fantastic Tuesday #79- Anything Goes with a Twist Wedding Card

Happy Birthday Box card

I had a new learning experience building my first pop up box card.  There were several tutorials on how to build a pop up box card.  The tutorial that I used was located at:  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/popupboxcard/ from Monica Gale.  A pop up box card is created to fold down to fit into an envelope.

I cut narrow strips with different lengths from a clear paper protector sheet and glued each flower, balloon, butterfly and 'Happy Birthday' on each strip giving with different lengths to give the height that I wanted for each one.  My challenge and time were arranging the flowers, balloons, etc. before finally gluing everything to the inside of the card.  One tutorial suggested to tape the strips and/or flowers, etc. inside the card first which can be removed again and again until you achieved the arrangement that you wanted before finally gluing it to the inside of the card which I used and recommend.

Several Cherry Lynn dies were used to build this card.  On the outside bottom of the card was the Cherry Lynn Sophia Heart Border (see in the pictures the scallop of this border).  The "Happy Birthday" is from Cherry Lynn.  The flowers came from Cherry Lynn Manon's Wedding Garland die.  I used the small flower from this die.  In the center of the arrangement, I used the Cherry Lynn Small Exotic Butterflies #1 as well as the Cherry Lynn Mini Fanciful Flourish. 

I created the presents with the ribbon using a square punch and the bows were created using the Zutter Bow Maker.  The balloons were punched from an old punch.

Additional dies from other companies used were the Cottage Cutz Number Candles and Marianne Designs Cupcake.  The paper is from Graphic 45 'Celebrate'. 

I am entering this card into Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday with Tattered Lace and Graphic 45

I just got the Tattered Lace Monumental Moments Happy Birthday.  I had many small Graphic 45 pieces of paper so I took a sheet of 8 x 11 inch paper and glued the small pieces of Graphic 45 papers from different pads until the 8 x 11 inch paper was covered.  I used the Spellbinder Grand Calibur to cut the Happy Birthday die from the 8 x 11 paper.  I used Wild Orchid Craft flowers and Cherry Lynn Design flourish, Baby Breathe flowers and leaf strip dies.  The watch was bought at a garage sale and I used copper Melt Art and black ink to give it an antique look.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Happy Birthday 
Craft Galore Encore Challenge - Make a Card for April
Lady Bugs Craft April Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazel Nut's Patterned Paper Challenge April 2015

Get Well Soon Card

This week's challenge, the theme is to make your own flowers.  I made flowers that are starting to bloom in my yard such as:  Shasta daisies, peonies, cherry blossoms, and tulips for this card.   I used the digital Wee Stamp, Daphne and I colored it with colored pencils since the printer ink smears when I use Copic Markers.  I used the Graphic 45 Secret Gardens paper for the main background.  I bought the charm at a garage sale.  Used my Zutter Bow Maker VS 2 to create the pink bow.

Cherry Lynn dies were:

Sweet Williams - D137 (Peonies)

Shasta Daisy - B310 along with the center Build a Flower #1 #B181

Mini Fanciful Flourish - B117S

Baby's Breath Flower Kit - B364 (Cherry Blossom flowers)

Tea Rose Small - B435 for the trumpet of the daffodils and cut out the petals of the daffodils with scissors

Francesca Border - B159 (Frame around the card)

Get Well Soon Phrases - B249

Sophia's Heart - DL184 (Doily)

Small Exotic Butterflies #1 - DL112AB (Vellum paper, inked with pink and used Metal Art clear embossing powder)

This card is in the following challenges this week:
ABC Challenge - G is for 'Go Digital'
Word Art Wednesday Challenge #177 - A Family Friendly Challenge

The following day, April 2nd, it snowed and covered our spring flowers.  That is one of our six free roaming bunnies on our farm/ranch. 

 

April Birthday card to Hayden

I made another card with drawers for another grand daughter who is having her birthday in April.  I started with the Graphic 45 Time to Flourish paper.  I created my two boxes using a Sizzix pro box die.  I used a variety of dies for this box.

Cherry Lynn Anastasia border (frame)
Cherry Lynn Tiny Things with Wings (butterfly, dragonfly and hummingbird)
Cherry Lynn Leaf Strip
Heartfelt Creations Stamps:  Sun Kissed Tags and Basket set for label and Sun Kissed Fleur flower stamps.  Didn't have the die yet to go with this flower stamps, therefore, cut each flower out.
Memory Box branch die (branch under bird)
Wild Craft Flower (copper rose on ribbon)
charms found at a garage sale
Memory Box bird (blue birds on top)


I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Cherry Lynn Challenge #178:  Back to Nature
Shabby Tea Room Week #248 - Beautiful Blooms
Sisterhood of Crafters - Come Fly With Me
Simons Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday #176 - Anything Goes
Poppy Stamp Challenge #7 - Spring Fever
Reasonable Ribbons Challenge #115 - Things with Wing Theme
Craft Galore Encore Challenge - Make a Card for April
Lady Bugs Crafts - Anything Goes

Card with Dresser Drawers

This was a lot of fun making my first card easel with drawers.  I viewed a few tutorials on easel cards with drawers and had to use different measurements to fit the drawers made using my Sizzix Pro box die.  I cut out two boxes first and used antique looking brads for the handles before glueing the sides together. I measured how much paper to fit around my  boxes and used plain cream paper before adding the Graphic 45 paper.

I love my Graphic 45 papers as well as the Cherry Lynn flower dies and borders to create vintage cards and projects.  I love going to thrift stores and garage sales to find accents and ribbons and found the Design Accent resin hat and shoe in a Boise thrift store and colored them with my Copic markers.  Also, found black feathers and this camera brad at a garage sale and added these to the flower arrangements since the lady in the picture had a feather in her hat.  I added a small feather to the resin hat after coloring it. 

The flowers,  leaves and border are from Cherry Lynn and the frame around the lady is from Spellbinders Nestabilities - Floral Oval.

Supplies used:

Graphic 45 Paper - A Ladies Diary
Cherry Lynn - Miniature Rose
Cherry Lynn - Black Eyed Susan Strip
Cherry Lynn - Gardenia Small 
Cherry Lynn - Flourish Leaf Strip
Cherry Lynn - Anastasia Border
Cherry Lynn - Leaf Strip
Spellbinder Nestabilities - Floral Oval

I am entering this card in the Cherry Lynn #177 - Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge #77 - Square

Birthday Card Snoopy neighbor

The window is the Madison Window from Poppy Stamps. 

I had the Art Impression Golden Oldies Women Gabber and Art Impression (AI) Girlfriends and saying "Wine gets better..."  I used Copic Markers to color the AI people.

This card has three pages.    My friend is having a birthday and she has neighbors that are always spying and gossiping about anyone and that is why I bought Hollis as the spyer this time and I needed more stamps for male cards for our red neck area. 

The cat is from a Cherry Lynn die.    

I am entering this card in this week's Poppy Stamps/Die Challenge Through My Window.

Pastel Yellow Birthday Card

I needed to make one more birthday card for this month of March.  I used the Spellbinder Card Creator Label 4 dies for the frame on the left and a Cherry Lynn frame which I had to modify and cut to fit the small rectangle frame on the right.  The flowers are from the Wild Orchid Crafts and the leaves and baby breathe are from Cherry Lynn Leaf strip and Cherry Lynn Baby Breath.  I added white twigs from a  Martha Stewart  punch.  The cupid is from Prima.  The sentiment is from Stampin Up.  I colored parts of the sentiment with Copic Markers. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
7 Kids College Fund - Challenge #121: ANYTHING GOES with an optional twist of ADD SOME GREEN
Shabby Chic Tea Room Challenge #248 Beautiful Blooms
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Things That Fly
DiesRUs Challenge #22 - Shades of Green
Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge #77 - Anything with a Twist, Make it Square
Classy Cards and Such Challenge #76- Green and Neutral
GGSC198-Going Grey with Scrap-Creations Challenge - Pastels

Birthday Card

  I just bought the Graphic 45 Celebrate pad and decided to use it for the background.  I embossed the white paper with a Stampin Up embossing folder and used Ranger Rick Liquid Pearl and pearls around the embossing folder.  The saying came from a Stampin Up stamp set.

I used the Spellbinder border die for the middle, frame for the saying and the square dies for the background.  

The flowers were made using the Cherry Lynn Baby Breath, Tea Rose, Leaf Strip and small Rose.  I found several little Accent Design resin bonnets from a thrift store in Boise, Idaho and colored it with Copic Markers. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Happy Birthday

Easter Card - Lamb of God

 

I wanted to make a few cards with Christ picture on them and still keep the vintage look.  The paper came from Graphic 45.  The Cherry Lynn dies used were:  'Easter' 'Blessings' and 'Leaf Flourish' and the center of the Heartfelt Creation flowers were from the Cherry Lynn die set, 'Flower #1'.  The frame dies are from Spellbinder Nestabilities set.

 

I find my charms at garage sales and thrift stores.  While looking at the back of this cross on the card, it had Lourdes and Lucille engraved on it.  Question if it came from Europe.  Sending this card at Easter time to my grand daughter that is temporarily living in New York City. 

 

Entering this card to the following challenges this week:

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 175 - Easter

DiesRUs Challenge 21 - Monochromatic

Word Art Wednesday #74 - Anything Goes



Baby Girl Shower

 I created an Explosion Box card for a baby shower for a women expecting a baby girl.  I used a variety of dies but mostly Marianne Designs and Cherry Lynn Designs.

Marianne Designs dies used were the pink doily used on all four outside squares, "Baby" word, Diaper Pen, Stroller, and Umbrella located on the top of the box lid.  

Cherry Lynn Design dies used were the word "Blessings" and Sophie Border die for border around the lid of the box. 

 I created the baby shoe using a template online.  The lamb was from an old Sizzix die.  The crib bed is from Tattered Lace Dies.  I created the bows using the Zutter Bow Maker Version 2. 

I added lace from an ole stash and paper buttons on the outside of the card.

I am entering this card in this week's
Marianne Designs - Ribbon and Pearl challenge 
Simon Wednesday Challenge Says Special Lady/Girly
Fussy and Fancy Challenge #134 - Ribbons and Lace
Lawnscaping Challenge: Dots & Stripes sponsored by ELLEN HUTSON
Fan-Tastic Tuesday #75 - ATG With A Twist - Add a Ribbon
ABC Challenge - E is for Exceptionally Cute
Shabby Chic Tea Room - Challenge 247 - Pop Of Pink
Ooh La La Creations - Challenge 175 Lots of Folds
TTCRD challenge- Anything Goes- March 10-16
7 Kids College Fund #120 - Anything Goes

Springtime Card

 



It has been unusually warm in our area and it feels like springtime.  Therefore, I made a card this week to send to my sister in Colorado who was getting springtime weather in the Rockies last week but bunches of snow this week. 

I used the Cherry Lynn Polynesian Sails Oval die to frame the girl what was stamped with a retired Stampin Up Easter stamp set.  I made the tulips using the Cherry Lynn Tea Rose Small die for the trumpet of the daffodil and a McGill flower punch for the rest of this daffodil.  The white/pink flowers were made using the Cherry Lynn Baby's Breath Flower Kit die and I also added the Cherry Lynn Fanciful Flourish.

The butterfly was made using the new Stampin Up butterfly punch and die set and I colored it using pearl inks.  The tulips were from Wild Orchid Crafts.  The paper was the Graphic 45 Secret Garden.
I used the Zutter Bow Maker to shape my wired ribbon bow. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges this week:
Cherry Lynn Designs Challenge 174-Doilies
Sister Hood of Crafters - Piercing
Paper Take Weekly Challenge - Technique
The Stamping Boutique - Layers
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
Simon Says  -Anything Goes