Christmas is coming! ...

Christmas is coming; it is almost here!

With Santa and presents, good will and cheer!

~Gertrude Tooley Buckingham, "Christmas," 1940s

Hi All,

Today I am sharing a Christmas card I finished. I found it digging through my this and that box. 

I enjoy unconventional colors for Christmas cards and really like how this looks edges in such a bright green!

Supplies

Cardstock from The Paper Studios (Base) and Stampin up!

Design paper Pebbles

Rhinestones from Jot (Dollar store)

Thanks for stopping by!

Cara

Back to School

If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers. ~E. W. Howe (1853–1937), Country Town Sayings: A Collection of Paragraphs from The Atchison Globe, 1911

Good morning!

Not often that I release two post in one day, but thats how it worked out for today! 

This time I am sharing a card I made with a new set of images being released today by Sherry West Art!

These adorable back to school animals are so dang cute and you have your choice of quite a few different critters!

For my card I created a background using all her images, printed it out and cut to size. I even have a bit left over for a couple more cards.

I chose to use the dog, one of the cats, the pig and the dinosaur (because why not) and colored then with my ProMarkers.

I don’t have any littles in school but my Sister-in-law is an elementary teacher so I think I will send this to her since school is back in session!

Supplies

• Back to School Animals from Sherry West printed on Stampin Up Whisper White Card Stock
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin up!
• Corner punch from WRMK
• Googlie eyes from stash
• Judikins diamond glaze
• ProMarkers
• Ranger Archival Ink
• Sentiment from Stampendous
• Sequins from stash
• Sketch #16 by Me

Please visit Sherry’s shop and blog sites.

We love to see what you're up to!

Sherry West Art, Artist, Author, Illustrator: https://www.facebook.com/SherryWestArt

Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SherryWestArts

Sherry West Art WordPress Blog site "Happy Art for A Happy Heart!": https://sherrywestartsblog.wordpress.com/

Rubber stamps of Sherry West Art images available through Stamp Addicts: https://www.stampaddicts.com

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

The Outlawz Crash your Stash Challenge: Felt

So we find, after all, that the things we thought small

Loom colossal above all the host;

That the best of God's gifts are the friends we can call

To our side when we need them the most.

~W. Dayton Wegefarth (1885–1973), "The Bright Things of Life"

Good morning!

We have a new Crash your Stash Challenge starting at The Outlawz Challenges which will run through September 14th

Our generous Sponsor this month is Wink Wink Ink with a prize of the two images used by the team
https://www.etsy.com/shop/WinkWinkInk

Our cue this month is Felt

I think many of us have those bits and pieces of felt from past or abandoned projects.

In my case, its actually a felt with a sticker back that I bought from the dollar store, then lost somewhere in my craft room and recently found when cleaning out a random drawer.

Felt die cuts wonderfully and works well for backgrounds and elements but dollar store felt is well … dollar-ish so while it cuts great, it does not hold up so well when trying to remove the paper back to reveal the sticky so to get around that I had to stick a piece to cardstock then die cut.

But I really am pleased with how this card turned out.

Supplies:

Pre-colored Free Spirit - Horse with Butterfly printable image printed on Stampin Up! whisper white card stock
Archival ink from Ranger
Card stock from The Paper Studio (Base) and scrap bin
Design paper from scrap bin

Die from Stampin Up!
Felt from Crafters Squares (The Dollar Tree)
Sentiment from Close to My Heart
Mojosketch #546

Now come on over to The Outlawz Challenges to play along with us or one of the other challenges that are always in process!
(Hugs) Cara

Caffeinated ...

The fact that I'm upright is credit to our French press. ~Elementary, "Pushing Buttons," 2018, written by Jeffrey Paul King [S6, E3, Sherlock Holmes]

Good morning!

After a short break I am back on Sandra’s team as a colorist and today I am sharing a card showcasing her fun image #3634 Gnome Fairy. You can this image and many more in her ETSY SHOP.

We are a coffee drinking family (with the exception of my son, who likes the aroma but not the taste!) so this image cracked me up and I just had to color her up!

Supplies

• Image printed on Stampin Up Whisper White Card Stock
• Banner punch from Stampin up!
• Card stock from Stampin Up!
• Embossing folder from Close to My Hear
• ProMarkers
• Rhinestones from my stash
• Sentiment from Unity Stamps
• Mojo Monday #515

Don’t forget to visit her Facebook page where there is always something happening!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1643440135938124/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/192920250808985/

http://babycakesmerrywhatever.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Autumn Owl

Oh how we love pumpkin season. You did know this gourd-ish squash has its own season, right? Winter, Spring, Summer, Pumpkin... We anxiously anticipate it every year. ~Trader Joe's, Fearless Flyer, October 2010

Hi All,

Today I’m sharing a remake of a twisted easel card I made several years ago.

I never passed the card on to anyone because I always had an issue with the base.

I used a design paper that looks great but is too flimsy to hold the front up nicely once the image was attached. I tried using a paper clip and that helped a bit but not enough to make me happy.

So, I cut the front piece off and created a new card. Hope you like it!

Before

After

Supplies

Image Fall Owl mp462-DS4J from DigiStamps for Joy (closed) printed on Stampin’ Up! Whisper White cardstock
Banner punch from Stampin Up!
Bit of Bling from my Stash
Cardstock from Stampin Up!, American Crafts and The Paper Studio (base)
Design Paper from BoBunny and my scrap bin
India Ink from Memories
ProMarkers
Sentiment from Unity Stamps

Thanks for stopping by!
Cara