Flamingo fun ...

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them? ~Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, Times to Remember, 1974, decorated version of a proverb

Good morning!
Sharing another set of fun cards I made.

 

Supplies: 4.25 x 5.50 (A2)

• Cardstock from Pen + Gear (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Design Paper from Samantha Walker (Summer Lovin)
• Distress Markers
• Ink from Palette
• Sentiment from Altnew (Meadow Flowers)
• Sheetload of Cards #SUYSMar2022 #Showusyoursheetloads
• Stamps & dies from Close to My Heart (Tickled Pink)

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Monstrous Birthday ...

Everything we possess that is not necessary for life or happiness becomes a burden, and scarcely a day passes that we do not add to it. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Good morning!

I had a lot of fun making these monster cards! I really love this stamp set from Close to my Heart but don’t play with it often.

Supplies: 4.25 x 5.50 (A2)

• Cardstock from Pen + Gear (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Design Paper from Stampin Up!
• Googlie eyes from my Stash
• India Ink from Memories
• Ink from Palette
• Sheetload of Cards #SUYSMar2022 #Showusyoursheetloads
• Stamps and dies from Close to My Heart (Monstrous Halloween

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Purple Passion ...

There are days when you need someone who just wants to be your sunshine and not the air you breathe. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Good morning!
Today I am sharing another set of cards I made using a sketch from Call Me Crafty Al.

Supplies: 4.25 x 5.50 (A2)

• Archival ink from Ranger
• Cardstock from Stampin Up!
• Design paper from Little Birdie (Purple Passion)
• Sentiment from Stampin Up! (Dragonfly Dreams)
• Sheetload of Cards #SUYSMay2022 #Showusyoursheetloads

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Bright and Cheery Hello ...

Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world. ~L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

Good morning!

Today I am sharing a card that I put together at a crop I attended using pieces I had in my project book. The flowers had already been stamped and layered onto black cardstock. In the pocket was the yellow piece of cardstock already embossed so I just did a little color matching for the flowers and this is what I came up with. A bright and cheery card.

Supplies: 4.25 x 5.50 (A2)

• Archival Ink from Rangers
• Cardstock from my scrap bin
• Embossing folder from The Paper Studio (Lines & Dots, I think) and Stampin Up! (Tasteful Textures)
• Flower Stamp from Stampin Up!
• Ink from Stampin Up!
• Sentiment from Close to My Heart
• Sequins from my stash

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Birthday Boy ...

When we reach a certain age we begin to wonder at the enthusiasm children display over their birthdays. ~"Poor Richard Junior's Philosophy," The Saturday Evening Post, 1903, George Horace Lorimer, editor

Good morning!
Sharing a card I made reusing an image from a card made back in 2015. You can see the original card HERE 

 

Supplies: 5 x 7 cards

• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base)
• Ink from Close to My Heart, Momento & Palette
• Stencil from Stampers Anonymous (Speckle)
• Sketch MFTWSC504

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Another birthday card ...

...the only possible good in the universe is happiness. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to try and make somebody else so. ~Robert G. Ingersoll, 1888

Good morning!

Here I am to share two more cards I made from scraps left from an old Close to My Heart Design Paper set called Fanfare. The card is based on a sketch I found on Pinterest but since it was created during a crop event, I wrote everything down but now can’t find it so I don’t remember the creator of the layout.

Supplies: 5 x 7 cards

• Banner punch from Stampin Up!
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) & Stampin Up!
• Design paper & brad from Close to My Heart (Fanfare)
• Ink from Palette
• Sentiment from Close to My Heart
• Star punches from Marvy and Dollar bin

 
Thanks for stopping by! 

(Hugs) Cara

Flattery will get you somewhere ...

Flattery is to conversation what the kiss is to lovemaking: of the least value, but valued the most. ~"Poor Richard Junior's Philosophy," The Saturday Evening Post, 1906, George Horace Lorimer, editor

Good morning!
Here I am to share a set of cards I made using a layout from Call my Crafty Al! I believe this one is called a mini slimline and it was so quick and easy to make! This particular uses 6 x 6 sheets of design paper and makes 6 cards. 

The design paper I used only had one side printed but double side design paper gives you more design choices when making your cards.

Another great thing about this size card is that you use a basic letter size envelope (3-5/6" x 6-1/2") so no purchasing or making specialty envelopes. Unless, of course, you want too.

Supplies: Mini slimline 6.25 x 3.25

• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base)
• Design Paper from American Craft
• Die from Stampin Up! (Floral Flourishes)
• Rhinestones from my Stash
• Sentiment from Close to My Heart (Tickled Pink)
• Sketch from Call me Crafty Al Sheet load of cards, #SUYSapr2022, #showusyoursheetload

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Thinking of you ...

Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place, but there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around. ~E. L. Konigsburg, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, 1967

Good morning!

Today I am sharing a set of cards I made. I normally don’t make cards with black bases but I really like the way these turned out!

Card based on this one found on Pinterest by LeAnne Pugliese

Supplies: 4.25 x 5.50 (A2)

• Cardstock from Stampin Up!
• Design paper from FDC (Wildflower)
• Dies from Stampin Up! (Floral Flourishes)
• Embossing folder from Stampin Up! (Old World Paper)
• India ink from Memories
• Oval punch from Stampin Up!
• Rhinestones from Stash
• Sentiment from Stampin Up! (Teeny Tiny Wishes)

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

First mini slimlines ...

...the only possible good in the universe is happiness. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to try and make somebody else so. ~Robert G. Ingersoll, 1888

Good morning!
Today I am sharing a set of cards I made using a Sheetload of cards layout from Call me Crafty Al. I love her layouts as it really encourages me to use all that design paper I have hanging around. They are also great for when I go to crops as I can gather up everything I will need based on her supply list … then I’m not hauling extra stuff just because.

This particular set is the first set of mini slimlines I've ever made. Very cute and compact!

Supplies: Mini Slimline, 3.25 x 6.25

• Cardstock from Stampin Up!
• Design paper from FDC (Wildflower)
• Dies from Sizzix (Classic Circles)
• Scrappers floss from Karen Foster
• Sentiments from BoBunny (Sentiments)
• Watercolor pens (Unknown)
• Archival Ink from Rangers
• Sheetload of Cards #SUYSJuly2021 #Showusyoursheetloads

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Always in our hearts ...

While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil... ~John Taylor, 1882

Good morning,

Today I am sharing with a Sympathy card I made with more scraps laying on my worktable.

Supplies: 5 x 7 card

• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up! Scraps
• Design paper scraps from Stampin Up!
• Momento ink
• Pearls from my stash
• Sentiment from Unity Stamps
• Embossing folder, Old World Paper, from Stampin Up!

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Quails are cute ...

It's not about finding fun things to do. It's about finding someone in whose company, it's all fun. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com, 2018

Good morning!
Sharing a card that I made with cute quails. I bought the set because they reminded me of my grandmother who loved quails and would watch them in the morning sitting on her porch having her morning coffee. I finally got around to using the set.

WIth the exception of the base, the card was made with left over paper from another project and the flowers were fussy cut from a piece of scrap design paper.

Supplies: 5 x 7 cards

• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base)
• Design paper from Fancy House Designs
• Ink from Palette
• Stamp set from Close to My Heart (Flock Together)

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Sakura Blossoms ...

Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity... ~John Ruskin, "On Leaf Beauty: Leaves Motionless," Modern Painters, 1843

Good morning!
A while ago I was going through and cleaning up bits of papers that I had stashed here and there … In the mix I found several 5 x 7 pieces I had cut from some scrapbook paper. I had used part of the paper for other projects and these were areas that were perfect for card toppers.

Today I am sharing the last of the cards made with the toppers …

Supplies: 5 x 7 card

Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base)

Ink from Memento

Sentiment from Unity Stamps

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

You, me and Tea ...

Tea should be strong... I maintain that one strong cup of tea is better than 20 weak ones. All true tea-lovers not only like their tea strong, but like it a little stronger with each year that passes... ~George Orwell, "A Nice Cup of Tea," 1946

Good morning!
Who doesn’t love a cup of fresh brewed hot tea! I certainly like to sit back an sip a good tea .. oe even a nice iced tea depending on the weather!

Today I am sharing a card I made using scraps from my project book and added a fun image and sentiment! I know that I used a sketch for this card layout but I didn’t write it down and I can’t find it so I’m sorry I can’t give credit due. :O(

Supplies: 4.25 x 5.5 (A2)

• Archival ink from Ranger
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Design paper from my project book
• Dies from Sizzix (Classic Circles)
• Rhinestones from Paper Lane
• Stamps from Close to My Heart (Treats of Friendship)Twin alcohol markers

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Delightful Eyes ...

In the clear heaven of her delightful eye, an angel-guard of loves and graces lie...

~James Montgomery

Good morning!

I keep a binder full of page protectors (poly pockets) that I place incomplete projects. Could be a the pieces to a card I started to make but changed directions or an image I may have stamped but wound up not using. When I go to crops I take the book with me to see what I cards I can complete or pieces I can use.

 

The image on this card was one that I stamped a very long ago but never used.

Supplies: 5 x 7 cards

• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) & Stampin Up!
• Embossing folder from Stampin Up! (Old World Paper)
• Image from The Angel Company
• Ink from Stampin Up!
• Sequins from my stash
• Sketch used; Always Playing with Paper #8

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Beachy Hello ...

Our most difficult task as a friend is to offer understanding when we don't understand. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Good morning!

Today I am sharing a fun Friendship card created bits and pieces left over from other card projects. I did use a sketch for this card layout although I didn’t put the elements in the same place.

Supplies: 5 x 7 cards

• Beachy design paper from Samantha Walker (Summer Lovin)
• Card candy from my stash
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) & Stampin Up!
• Dotted design paper from scrap pile
• Embossing folder from Stampin Up! (Tasteful Textures)
• India Ink from Memories
• Sentiment from Studio G
• Sketch from Tuesday Throwdown

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Mmmmm Cake ...

Inside me there's a thin person struggling to get out, but she can usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate cake. ~Author unknown

Good morning!
Here I am to share two cards I made from some scraps I had of an old Close to My Heart Design Paper set called Fanfare and needed some inspiration. I searched Pinterest and found a card by Cassandra Bennett. 

This card does involve a bit of paper piecing for the cake plate and cupcakes.

Supplies: 5.50 x 4.25 (A2) card

• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base)
• Design Paper from Close to My Heart (Fanfare)
• Die from Sizzix (Classic Circles)
• Embossing folder from Stampin Up! (Timeworn Trim)
• Glimmer paper from Hambly Screen Prints
• Ink from Close to My Heart
• Rhinestone from my stash
• Sentiment from Stampin Up! (Dragonfly Dreams)
• Stamps from Close to My Heart (Cutie Pie)

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Just a note ...

Birthdays! What music in the world! In these unresting times, when nothing intellectual, economic, social, political, seems stable; when customs and traditions hoary with age are mixed with explosive elements, this oldest of institutions is not in danger of yielding to destructive forces. ~J.R. Macduff, Birthdays, 1893

Good morning!
Here I am to share two more cards I made from scraps left from an old Close to My Heart Design Paper set called Fanfare. The card is based on a sketch from Sketch n Scrap.

Supplies: 5.50 x 4.25 (A2) card

• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) & Stampin Up!
• Design paper & brad from Close to My Heart (Fanfare)
• Die Unknown
• Flower punches from Stampin Up!
• Ink from Palette
• Sentiment from Close to My Hart (My Type of Note)
• Sketch from SketchnScrap #152

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Choose Joy ...

Joy is not in things; it is in us. ~Charles Wagner

Good morning!

A while ago I was going through and cleaning up bits of papers I had stashed here and there … In the mix I found several 5 x 7 pieces I had cut from some scrapbook paper. I had used part of the paper for other projects and these were areas that were perfect for card toppers.

Today I am sharing card 2 that I made

Supplies: 5 x 7 card
Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base)
Ink from Memento
Sentiment from Unity Stamps

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Sweet Friendship ...

But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, "No Time Like the Old Time," 1865

Good morning,
Today I am sharing with another card I made with some scraps laying on my worktable.

Supplies: 5 x 7 card

• Banner punch, Stampin Up!
• Cardstock from Pen+ Gear (Base), Stampin Up! and Bazzill scraps
• Circle punches from Stampin Up! & Marvy
• Design paper left over scraps from Close to My Heart
• Embossing folder, Sizzix Regal Flourish
• Liquid Silk (Black Licorice) from Fun Stampers Journey
• Momento Ink
• Sentiment from Stampin Up!
• Sizzix die, Classic Circles
• Sketch by me CCBC19

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Thinking Lovely Thoughts ...

Flowers and fruits are always fit presents; flowers because they are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.... these delicate flowers look like the frolic and interference of love and beauty. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Gifts"

Good morning!

Recently I was going through and cleaning up bits of papers I had stashed here and there … In the mix I found several 5 x 7 pieces I had cut from some scrapbook paper. I had used part of the paper for other projects and these were areas that were perfect for card toppers.

Sadly I don’t know the names of the papers because they were part of a bunch that I bought several years ago from a yard sale.

Here is the first card I made

Supplies: 5 x 7 card
Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up!
Ink from Memento
Pearls from Stampin Up!

Sentiment from Unity Stamps

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

Progressive Freebie Challenge: June 2022

...nothing so liberalizes a man and expands the kindly instincts that nature put in him as travel and contact with many kinds of people. ~Mark Twain, 1867

Good morning!

A new Progressive Freebie Challenge has started for the month of June!

If you are not playing along and wish to join the rules are very simple:

You need to be a member of The Outlawz Challenge Facebook Fan Page as we have moved the challenge therefor now and you will need to send us an email to outlawzprogressivechallenge@gmx.com. We’ll send you the image. All you have to do is enter a card/project made with the image supplied before 6:00 pm Outlawz Time on the last day of the month and you will automatically get the next image. If for any reason you don’t get your project made and you would like to rejoin us, contact us and we will let you know how to jump back in. And as long as you enter before the end of the month you will get the next one free and you will then get them automatically each month you enter a project.

Our image this month comes from SheepSki Designs

Bryan's Baby - image no 87

Supplies

• Image “Bryans Baby, #87, printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio
• Corner punch from Stampin Up!
• Design Paper from Colorbok (Natural Expressions)
• Ink from Close to My Heart & Ranger Archival
  
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from BoBunny (Sentiments)

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara