Valentine, You Rock!

TGF's Farm Fresh Blog- Friday/Spyday challenge is to "copy/case" a card.  I like to put the card that i "case/copy" on my blog so you can SEE how i made my card look like the "cased" card. 

Card i copied/cased -NOT MY CARD:

Now it's my turn...THIS IS MY CARD:

Challenges:
TGF Farm Fresh- Friday/Spyday

Homemade Noodles recipe card - Mo's style

I am participating in a Recipe exchange with a few friends.  I have created this 6 x 6 card to exchange with my friends.  The recipe is a modified version from Betty Crocker's cookbook.  This version has been passed down from my mom. 

What i did:
I absolutely love the original image called "What's Cookin' ", but i don't have pigtails so, i went searching for another image that Mo created and swapped hairdos...as a little girl i had Shirley Temple curls, but this is more of my hairstyle now(minus the bows w/pigtails). The image i used for the hair swap was, "Mariko is mad".  All of the diecuts are from cricut cartridges.

Challenges:
Mo's Challenge Blog- Anything goes

Happy Birthday, Colorful Clown and Birthday cake!

Week #4 at Card Crafter's Circle and our them is "Make it Colorful"!  I chose to use the cute clown called, "Birthday Clown" found here .

This week's awesome sponsor is, Bugaboo Stamps...and i am a fan of these stamps!
They come in jpg. and png. format.  The winner this week gets their choice of 7 stamps!!!

 
This is the card i made and the Youtube "how to" video using the cricut machine part 1 is here and part 2 is here.  **This video shows a different easel/birthday card i made, but the directions are the same for the base.

side view                                                                                                   when closed for mailing

                                 storage for a small gift- candle box is also large enough for a gift card
                 

Card sketch is from deconstructed jen Sketch #32..i flipped the sketch on it's side.

 

Challenges:

deconstructed jen- sketch #32

Fussy and Fancy Friday- Birthday

Inky Impressions - Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge- Something New... i am using a new stamp :)

Button up your overcoat when the wind is cold...

Take good care of yourself...you belong to me!  Do you remember that song?  This card and image reminds me of that song.  I am still playing with my Liquid Applique.  I saw this technique on another card and asked how it was done and Lisa (who made the card) was so kind to let me know.  You've got to see Lisa's card here...it's awesome.

So based on Lisa's card, TGF's challenge color combo and the sketch from Christmas Challenges blog, i made this card:

I used this really nice sketch, but i am not allowed to share it on my blog.  If you want to see it you must go to their blog.  Would you do me a favor, if you are not on the dt of Christmas Challenges blog, and leave a post if you visit their blog, and if you don't why?  I really wanted to promote their sketch and feel bad that i can't....my  card has lost meaning without seeing their sketch.

Challenges:
TGF Monday/Funday challenge- Blue and white and one other color (i chose brown for my other color)
Christmas Challenges blog- Christmas/wintertime theme and punches/diecuts
Art Impressions Stamp- Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday- Anything New- I used my Liquid Applique marker
DYSU Challenge Blog- Photo Inspiration- Winter

Love you to the Moon and Back card

Friday/ Spyday challenge at TGF is to case this cute card:

I am in a Valentine's mode and it's really not that far away so i made this card using the Space Ian image found here.
Here is my card based on the card above...

One of the fun things i did with this card (which it is hard to photograph) is to put a clear glossy coat over Ian's head, so it looks like "glass".  I used Glossy Accents to do this.  One of my new items to use this year is the Valentine pattern paper.

Challenges:
TGF Friday/Spyday- Challenge #13
Delightful challenges- have Heart
Sassy Studio Designs- Use something new (my new item is the pattern paper)
Little Miss Muffet challenges- Something new (pattern paper)

Winter Warmth with a cup of Cocoa

I remade a project i made in December.  Took it apart and started over and i think i like it better.  The theme for this challenge is "Winter" and i think it works great with hot cocoa and the snowman...it's cold and a bit snowy here and some hot chocolate sounds good.

Here is my card:

What i did:
For this image i combined two different images to give the "hot cocoa" image some legs.  I love these stamps from Saturated Canary.  I also diecut two ovals and hand punched the borders.

The sketch i used is from Paper Make up and is below:

Challenges:
Saturated Canary- Christmas/Winter
Paper Makeup Stamps- Sketch #17
Crazy Amigo Challenge- Winter
Creative Card Crew - Snow Day #1

Book Name Plate- Digi My World style

This is challenge #10 at Digi My World blog.  You Light up my life...something you can't live without...i thought about my grandkids and also the children's books i want to read to them.  I chose to make a Book Plate using two different images from Digi My World shop here and here.  You could just purchase the one set and change out the boy behind the bookcase...the boy i used was from the alphabet set and was free for a week. :)

Blonde hair version:

 What i did:
For this challenge, i chose two really cute images and layered them using the PNG format.  I also had to "cut out" the letter B from the boy reading the book image.  Once i had them layered i added the "This book belongs to" underneath to get the right size.  I tend to cut out my images, but if you are much better at staying in the lines then i am you could use this as is.

I matted the image and the "belongs to".  Then i used my cricut cartridge Elegant edges and changed the proportions by unlinking the chain under the size and made the size to fit my matted image.
My intention is to scan this and reduce the size to have several fit on a 8.5 x 11 paper.  I also have a grandson with light brown hair and will change out the color for his books.

Challanges: