Jar of Joy - Moxie Fab World

One of my favorite blogs/website is Moxie Fab World. It is such a great site to visit and goes along with the one craft magazine, PaperCrafts, that I get! (Thank you to my favorite sister Julie) and in the Sept./Oct. issue, the Moxie Fabs column with Cath Edvalson, was Jars of Joy! It is about using a jar stamp, a jar cutout or a jar! I read through the column and really liked it as I have a Mason jar stamp that I like to use. So when Cath shared on Moxie Fab World about Jars of Joy and issued the Jars of Joy challenge, I decided that I would make my Jar of Joy. I have a jar that I put all my change into, and also the change from the washing machine and from Keith's dresser. That is my money!! In the last year or so, money has gotten tighter, especially with the girls graduating from high school and starting college next week, so my rubber stamp/paper/copic funds have been super tight. I now have 12 copics and I buy them with coupons at Michael's!! So, here is my Jar of Joy - my change for my stamps! Rubberstamping and making my own cards is one of my joys, so now my jar looks beautiful. I used some scrap papers in pink and chocolate and used my nestabilities to cut out the circles and scallops. I used some brown and pink elasticized ribbon from Ribbon Carousel to go around the top of the paper. Made the tag and glued it and the flower to the knot of the ribbons I tied around the jar. The lid is a really old lid from one of my fancy blue antique jars and it has a perfect opening to put the change in.

Card Positioning Systems Sketch 282

I have been trying to get back into doing the sketches so I can get some cards done for others and this weeks sketch at Card Positioning Systems was another fun one. I used some bright pink paper for the bottom layer and then used a plastic decorated bag over it for the background. The plastic bag was one that my niece brought some eyeliner in for Cissy. I had to use two layers of it so that the black lines would line up that way. I hid the tape behind flowers when I could. I used the Spellbinders Ric Rac Diamond Border Petites on the green and my circle nestibilities. The butterfly is from Clear Dollar Stamps Birthday Celebration set.

Unscripted Sketch 175!

This weeks sketch at Unscripted Sketches was a fun one,

I had some circle "inchies" so I used them, and added some heart buttons from my stash. I added a yellow ribbon and used the Thank you for being such a good friend sentiment from Hero Arts.

There She Goes Birthday Celebration - It's a Banner Day (TSGBC04)

Another card for the There She Goes Rubber Stamps Birthday Celebration. This one was to make a banner! I cut my banner out of Recollections Floral Patchwork paper and used Bakers Twine from Ribbon Carousel. I stamped the flowers from the set Thinking of you and used Sage Flower Soft on the bottom for some grass. I then stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from Holiday's Galore. I really like how this turned out!!

Designed to Color - Challenge to use fabric.

Designed to Color has a challenge to use fabric, so I of course thought it would be fun. I was working on a card using this sweet little dolphin from imaginisce Snag 'em stamps and so I used some of my small scraps for a background. I used all different blues since blue is one of my favorite colors.

There She Goes Birthday Celebration Day 2 (TSGBC02)

There She Goes birthday celebration Day 2 was to make a masculine birthday card, so I got the stamp set LOL Taglines and stamped the Beer Boat, the sentiment is from the You're so Punny set. The fish is from an EK Success sticker set and the Twine is from Ribbon Carousel.

There She Goes Birthday Celebration (TSGBC01)

There She Goes rubberstamps is having their 4th Birthday Celebration and the first challenge was to use numbers with a birthday theme. Well, I needed to make a card for a 4 yr old and chose the pig from the set You're So Punny! I added stickers of numbers and the sentiment from my sticker collection.

Better Get Better - CPS281

I have not been doing any challenges, and I decided I needed to get back in the swing of things, so this weeks sketch at Card Positioning Systems was a great sketch. I needed to make a get well card for my Aunt, who just had colon cancer surgery. She is a quilter and I am sure she is missing her sewing room immensely so I used Pure Innocence Better Get Better from My Favorite Things, I stamped and colored her with felt pens and use papers from Recollections - red cardstock and Watercolor Blue Ditsy and added the thread and fabric from a couple of Jolee's by You sets.

Now I can get this card in the mail Tuesday!!

Flower Soft Challenge

I love to use Flower Soft and the Flower Soft blog has been showing their new Christmas card Toppers and I want some!! The challenge they had was to use images from Flower Soft and your favorite Flower Soft sprinkle or glitter frosting. Since the only images I have from Flower Soft is the Mabel Lucie Attwell Card Making Kit, I used one of the sets from the kit, added Strawberry Flower Soft to the flowers on the one little girls hat and on the others dress. I added White Flower Soft to the little girl on the rights, socks. Then I popped the image up with 3D foam and added Sage Flower Soft to area in the grass. These cards are so cute!!

Where did summer go?

Summer has gone by quickly! Two of the nephews start school soon, so I will be down to 2 during the day. The older two and I agree that school really gets in the way of NeeNee boy time!!! We have had a really busy summer - Graduation, graduation party, road trips, changing of plans, enrolling in Community College, the girls getting jobs and working really long hours and a 5 year old nephews birthday party where I became a storm trooper!!

CPS 271 - Thanks so very much!

Ok, I know you will get tired of all the Thank you cards, but I must concentrate on these, I can't go out and buy them, that would be terrible!! LOL This card is from the weekly sketch at Card Positioning Systems. I made the sketch my own because I wanted to use this thank you sentiment and it would cover too much of the circles, so I added the ribbon. The stamps on the circles are from WaltzingMouse Stamps set Dainty Doilies -large set. The sentiment is from a CTMH set called Celebration. I used CTMH Daydream papers and the ribbon is from CTMH too.

Unscripted Sketch #164 - Thanks for Everything

Thank you notes are coming out everywhere! Since the girls graduated a week and a half ago, I have been doing a couple cards a day for them to mail out, soon!! This one I used the sketch from Unscripted Sketches. The stamps are from two different Close To My Heart sets - Celebration and Sensational Seals. The papers are some scraps I had and I used Diamond Stickles around the scalloped circle. The ribbon is some Offray that I got at Michael's!

A few Thank you cards

I have been working on Thank you cards for the girls for their graduation gifts, I used a couple sketches but didn't get them done in time for the challenges!!

RCC 57 - Getting Sketchy Challenge

This weeks challenge at Ribbon Carousel was a sketch hosted by Laura Davis. I took the sketch, used my CTMH What a Great Day set and Jive Alphabet stamp set by Stamp Craft, along with a Martha Stewart punch and some Anna Griffin designer paper and some brads to go along with the pink chevron ribbon from Ribbon Carousel to make a Thank you card.

Giggle!!!

The challenge at Our Creative Corner wasYour favorite Tim Holtz technique. I used the Burnt Edge Distress Technique and the Giggle stamp. I used Scattered straw, Black Soot, Worn Lipstick, Shabby Shutters and Distress Embossing Ink along with Worn Lipstick and Mustard Seed Distress Embossing Powders. I also used a Tim Holtz grunge board cut out to add something else to the card.

Happy Birthday . . . . . . .

On Ribbon Carousel's Blog the challenge was Birthday Bash. Make a birthday card and use ribbon, twine, anything that basically comes on a spool. So, I choose the pink ribbon. I used Close To My Heart Piece of Cake stamp, with Recollections Floral Patchwork papers, and Memory Box Pearl Stickers!!

Deconstructed Sketch 55

Another Graduation card!! I am making a bunch for the graduating seniors in our lives and this one has a digital stamp from Bugaboo Stamps. I used the sketch from Deconstructing Jen this week. The colors are the colors of the High School.

More little monsters!!!

This past weekend, we celebrated all the three boys' birthdays with a family party. Landon turn 8 the beginning of May, Trip turned 5 and then Lincoln's first birthday is actually today. The two bigger boys got Monster cards too. Landon's has a small chevron bag that had a tag to pull out for a special time with his Uncle and I with no little brothers or the two big girls!! I am very lucky to be priviledged to have spent the last 8 years watching my nephews, thought I would 'retire' this year when Trip started kindergarten, but last year they has Lincoln and I now watch our other 3 yr old nephew!! The bigger boys have come to expect cards made by me for every occasion, so I try to do my best!!

A little monster birthday and Deconstructed sketch # 54

Today we are celebrating the two little boys' birthdays. Lincoln is one and Trip is 5 all within a week of each other. I found this stamp set at Michael's of some monsters by Recollections and had to have it. I used Colorbox bright papers and Maraschino Red bakers twine from Ribbon Carousel. Will have two more monster cards to upload, since I used them to make all 3 boys' Birthday cards!!!

Graduation card - Unscripted Sketches

Lots of the girls' friends are graduating from high school - oh yeah, so are my two - so I am working on graduation cards when I have a few minutes between my normal schedule, still having the sickness hanging on and getting the girls' graduation announcements and party invitations done!! I used the sketch this week from Unscripted Sketches. I went to the storage unit with my friend Kevin and got to touch all of Katie's stamps and found this set Back in the Saddle from WaltzingMouse Stamps. I used some lavendar papers and some Making Memories Sweets black and white flowers to add to it.