Multi-Challenge Baby card

While I'm waiting for my friend's baby girl to be born sometime soon, the LateNightStampers Yahoo group challenge for the week happened to be a baby card, so I decided to make this one in advance. I also used the Color Throwdown color challenge, the Stamping 411 sketch and the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge to use embossing...

I love how the Stitched Stockings stamps and punches can also be used to make baby socks (and hobby horses too... coming here soon!). I also had fun going a little overboard with the embossing, to play it up for the challenge. I brayered the Stripes folder with Early Espresso to emboss the back layer; a Texturz plate on the Regal Rose square, and the Perfect Polka Dots on the RR scallop. A little smooch spritzon the EE scallop circle (from the Perfect Pennants Die) to give it some bling added one more layer of interest.

SPCC #117 & Super Sketch #98

One of the few things I can say I like about summer ending, is that it means Christmas is getting closer... next to Summer, Christmas is my favorite season. So, having done a "farewell summer" card in my last post, I decided to play with my new Holiday Mini goodies and make a Christmas card. I wasn't ready to go whole-hog and use red and green yet... gradual transitions here ;) Although it feels a little silly posting this now, since the sun has made a bit of a reappearance today, but oh well... it was cold and gloomy last night when I made this!

I used the colors from Scrapmaster's Paradise (but I swapped Crumb Cake out for Soft Suede, so I could use this Beau Chateau DSP)

And the sketch came from PaperWorks Co.

CPS 235 & Inkspirations Challenge #86

I had no reason to make this card, other than I've always wanted a chance to use this Woody stamp that my sister has (it was before my SU! time, or I would've bought this set myself),and I thought it would be a great "farewell summer" card... help me ease out of my favorite season, and into Fall.

And here are the challenges I used:

At Card Positioning Systems...

And the colors at Inkspirations...

Batman Card for my little superhero

So, usually we save our gifts for the boys birthdays for the actual day, but this year, since our gifts were games for the DS his Bubby was giving him at his party, we had to give them early... which meant for his actual birthday, I needed another card and a small gift to unwrap, so he still felt that it was a special day. So in addition to the LarryBoy card I made him for the party, I also got to make him a card with his OTHER favorite hero... Batman! He was a VERY happy boy, to be sure :)

Keep your eyes on my blog for at least a few new cards coming later today, and over the next couple days... now that we're getting into the school groove, I've had more time and energy for creating again :)

Baby Shower card & Creating Pretty Cards Challenge #3

This was for the baby shower of a friend who's having a girl... at first I had done the sleeper in Melon Mambo outline, despite the fact that I used Rose Red to coordinate with the Melon Mambo flowers on the DSP, but it looked a little too bright and busy once I had the embellishments done and added, so I redid it in Rose Red, which gave it a much softer look...

And here's Creating Pretty Cards sketch...

Flowers for the teacher

I wanted to try out one of the tutorials from Craft Project Central, and I thought these flowers would make a great gift for my son's Grade 1 teacher...

I was out of time to find the fabric covered floral wire, and this flimsy painted stuff was all Walmart had, so I had to braid 2 strands of wire, with a green ribbon to make it stiff enough to hold the flowers, but even though it was a lot more work, and it killed my wrists, it looked SO pretty in the end :)

I also gave her this card, since it matched perfectly, and I hadn't ended up using it for the end of year card for Wyatt's teacher, because I made this journal and this card instead.

Larry Boy Birthday card (plus cake and party stufff)

Yesterday was my littlest dude's 4th birthday party, and he wanted it to be a Larry Boy theme... which basically meant I had to do it all from scratch, because Larry Boy party stuff doesn't exist. I'll show you the card first since that's what this blog is about, but I'll share everything else I made too :)

Now, before I show you the card, I have to confess, this is the first time I've CASEd (Copy And Share Everything). I didn't case the whole card, but I knew to make LarryBoy, I'd have to piece him together, and not only is Punch Art NOT my forte, but I also don't have a lot of the more simple punches to work with yet. So I googled and found ONE card with a Punch Art Larry Boy, and I used the example to both punch and freehand my own version, so I didn't have to spend hours trying to design my own. I also gave him a shadow, which I thought would be funny if it looked like a pickle ;)

I also made a VERY simple banner (I was just a wee bit time crunched this week, and the party was pretty last minute), a goody bag with caramel apples, decorated as the Bad Apple, and a cake, with Larry Boy made out of Skittles...

Anyways, now that things have calmed down, (and I have lots of new Stampin' Up! stuff heading my way), expect to see more posting of my own cards and stuff again... hopefully our transition to our new, Grade 1, full-day, early morning schedule doesn't disrupt my life too much ;)

Vintage Paper Bag Album!

Vintage is all the rage right now! Well actually, it probably never really went out of style?!? Here's a pretty little vintage album that you can make and put your photos in or give to a friend! This project is a great scrapbooking class as well!

To get the instructions for this pretty little scrapbook designed by Kristyne, just head on over to Craft Project Central and subscribe to August!

Princess Party Ensemble!

Do you have a little princess with a birthday coming up?! Here’s a beautiful little Princess Party Ensemble perfect for any special occasion! This fabulous project includes instructions and templates for, invitations, favors, drink wrap, decorated cupcake holder, crown and tiara, wand, and a party banner! Everything you need to make your little princess’ party special!

To get the instructions for this fabulous party ensemble designed by Sandra, just head on over to Craft Project Central and subscribe to August!

Drumroll Please.... Blog Candy WINNER!!!

Okay, so it's not 5 o'clock... but here is our lucky winner, chosen by random.org...

Heather.. Congrats!!!

I'll send you an email with the info to get you all set up to access all the great tutorials for August at Craft Project Central. Enjoy :)

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As for me, I have a VERY busy week coming up, and may not have time to do any crafting, so forgive me if my blog is a little quiet. There will be the rest of the CPC projects, as well as my little dude's birthday card, and possibly (if I'm not stretched too thin) a few handmade decorations for his party... but I may have to resort to buying everything... only problem is, they don't make LarryBoy party supplies, so it'll all be pretty plain and generic. At least I know how I'm doing the cake, and I can do a VERY basic banner with a LarryBoy printout. I just had much bigger plans in my head *sigh*

Okay, that's enough useless rambling from me... enjoy your week, even if we don't see each other here ;)

Surprise Pull-Out Baby Card & Gift Box!

Here is a surprise pull-out card and an adorable little baby gift box for a precious little one. Change up the colors and theme and you can use the card and box for any gift giving occasion! This quick and easy project is fun for classes and clubs too!

o get the instructions for this cute project designed by Naoko, just head on over to Craft Project Central and subscribe to August!

Don't forget to come HERE to enter for my BLOG CANDY for a free subscription for all of August's nine great project tutorials! And if you buy (or WIN) a subscription, and post their blinkie on your blog, you get TWO bonus projects, instead of just the usual one!!!

Teacher's Desk with Notepad and Candy!

Here is a perfect gift for any teacher! In addition to being oh-so-cute, it has a pencil and notepad for jotting down important notes. And inside the drawers are little chocolates to help ease those little stressful moments! Change up the theme and make a desk for your co-workers filled with paper clips, rubber bands, etc.!

To get the instructions for this cute project designed by Chris, just head on over to Craft Project Central and subscribe to August.

Don't forget to come HERE to enter for my BLOG CANDY for a free subscription for all of August's nine great project tutorials! And if you buy (or WIN) a subscription, and post their blinkie on your blog, you get TWO bonus projects, instead of just the usual one!!!

Saturday Sketch Challenge 217

This week Stamping 411 has TWO sketches to play with, and plan to do both... this is the first one...

And the sketch...

Creating Pretty Cards #2

I decided to take another stab at the challenge at Craft Project Central, this time using the Tropical Party paper I've been hoarding for a year now, and the matching stamps I finally got, even though they're retired... I'll be so sad when I run out of this paper pack!

And here's the sketch again...

Array of Sunshine Box & Note Cards

As a special thank you to subscribers Craft Project Central has not one, but two bonus projects for you this month!! Head on over there to check out the details!

This cute little project makes a great gift! The box is filled with darling little note cards that the recipient can use, and once the cards are gone it makes a great Post-it note holder too! This project is also a great class or club project!!

To get the instructions for this cute bonus project designed by Laurie, just head on over to Craft Project Central, subscribe to August and meet one of the other bonus project requirements, of subscribing to two or more months in a row, adding the Craft Project Central badge to your blog or referring a friend and when they subscribe, letting them know.

Don't forget to come HERE to enter for my BLOG CANDY for a free subscription for all of August's nine great project tutorials! And if you buy (or WIN) a subscription, and post their blinkie on your blog, you get TWO bonus projects, instead of just the usual one!!!