Cows verses Horses Blog Hop

Welcome to today's blog hop. Today celebrates 2 special holidays: LOVE A COW DAY and NATIONAL HORSE DAY so to celebrate some very talented crafters have come together to show off their work and two pick their favorite animal: horse or cow. Have fun seeing the projects that revolve around these to wonderful animals as well as find out who is our winner in Cows Verses Horses Blog Hop!

Jearise over at http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com is our hostess today and she is giving the digital black and white stamps of the horse and cow pictured on our blog button. All you have to do is become a follower of hers and hop through leaving a comment on the other crafter's blogs as well as hers.

You should have come from Sandy's to my blog.

Did you guess what animal I picked?

I really like horses better in real life but I had these cute cow sayings I wanted to use so I went with cows. I cut the cow from Create a Critter at 3 inches. I made them all different mostly because my cartridge has layer 1 and 2 mixed up on this cow. Weird! 

These two sentiments are from K. Andrew Designs All about Animals set. The pink card has some metal accents I added with my Irock. The purple card has a Peachy Keen stamp from Critter Faces and I colored the nose and tongue with pink. 

 This sentiment is from Pink By Designs birthday set. 

 Here are all of them together :) 

Thank you for stopping by today and now please continue on to Jessi to see some more moo-velous cards or whatever cute saying would go with a horse. 

Bugaboo Xmas in July day 2

Day 2 is to follow this sketch. I used a Bugaboo image that I colored with Copics. The paper is The Paper Studio Christmas Basic stack. The sentiment is from Stampin Up and the presents are actually buttons that I cut the loop in the back off.
I am also entering this card into these Christmas in July Challenges.
http://stampedblessings.com/
http://chalk-ah-lot.blogspot.com/
http://www.creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by!

Bugaboo Xmas in July Day 1

Bugaboo is having their Christmas in July week of challenges. Here is the first one, a kids Christmas card.
I used a Bugaboo image and colored it with Copics and added Stickles. The sentiment is Stmapin Up.

Bugaboo Birthday Boy Card

 I saw this sketch and thought I have to do this one. I didn't realize it ended in an hour but luckily this one came together quickly.

The image is from Bugaboo and colored with Copics. I inked the edge with Stampin Up Celery ink. The sentiments are from Pink By Design.

http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/
Thanks so much for stopping by!

Bugaboo Sketch 114 Birthday Card

I love these paper mixed with this sketch and image, perfection. I followed the sketch below.

The paper is Recollections Jolly Holiday. The image is from Bugaboo and I love it because its is super cute and easy to color. It is a great image when you need to make several or are low on time to color. The sentiment is Stampin Up. I added metal accents with my Irock and some skinny ribbon. I love bugaboo and enjoy all their challenges. I hope you enjoyed my card. Thanks for stopping by!

Blue/Brown male birthday cards

Here are two male cards I made for Creations by Crafty Card Gallery, the magazine below. There are lots of ideas and advice on making male cards. This is a challenge for me so I enjoyed reading the advice in the magazine. I made these cards very simple and clean. The sentiment is Studio G and the candles are cut from Birthday Bash Cricut cartridge.

These cards were published in this fantastic new magazine. You can get a digital copy for only $2.99 or ordered a paper copy if you prefer. 
You can find this magazine here  http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/407709 

Creations by Crafty Card Gallery - issue 1

By Jennifer Restivo
60 pages, published 7/1/2012

Creations by Crafty Card Gallery if a card making magazine with techniques and opportunities to learn new things in addition to card images.

Boys Cards MCCR

Hello! Here is my first post for My Cricut Craft Room design team. I am excited to be part of the team. I made a boy card, well two.

I used B is for Boy to cut the sailboat. I cut it at 3 inches and faux stitching.

I used K. Andrew Designs Splash-tastic Summer set for the sentiments. Check out what the rest of the deign team made at http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/

 These boy cards are for Project Sunshine and Smiles.

Erica is collecting cards to take over to Akron Children's Hospital.

Erica carries a huge variety of the most current scrapbooking products so be sure to visit her store and here is that link

Erica's Craft Room Store

GD Post for Paper Cupcakes

I am super excited to be this months guest designer with There's Magic in the Air with Paper Cupcakes.
The challenge is to use one of the sketches below, I used the bottom one. Here is the card I made using this cute cupcake image called Margarita Cupcake. 

I used DCWV Celebrations stack. The sentiment is from Pink By Design. I colored the cupcake with Copics and added Stickles to the lemon.

Head over to Paper Cupcakes and play along.
Pick either sketch and then use it. You can flip it, rotate it or stretch it, just as long as you can still see the original sketch below on your card.

OR

Quillling Balloons Birthday Card

This is my first card using quilling as the main thing on my card. I made balloons by quilling them and then added a few more details to make the card not so boring. The top stamp is Studio G and the bottom is Fiskar.

I am just beginning quilling but it is so fun I am trying to get better. Thanks for stopping by!

Mailbox ~Inspired Stamps

 Here is my first attempt at making a mailbox. I used a cut file I bought and gave it my best shot.

 I used Inspired Stamps Home set. I added some twine and used DCWV patterned paper.

Head on over to Inspired Stamps to see all the other great Design team projects. http://www.inspiredstamps.blogspot.com/

Sun Cards Cont.

Here are the rest of the cards I made with the Sun's I cut awhile back. I used two different K. Andrew stamps from the Splash-Tastic Summer set.

If you have been a follower of mine for awhile you know that I struggle with making the exact same card so I made a my version of the same card :)

School Girl Card

 I thought I would give Some Odd Girl Design team call another shot. It is a long shot up what so I have to lose right. So I took this super cute image and colored her with my Copics and added Glossy Accents to the glass to make them look real. My niece was impressed they looked real. I chalked the edges with orange around her to make her pop. The hello stamp is from K. Andrew Designs. The paper is DCWV gradeschool stack.
Here is the sketch I used from SweetStop to inspire this cute card.

Well wish me luck I am going to need it :)

Sketch Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to the sketch blog hop day two! If you came from Susan then you are in the right place. If you happened upon the hop then head over to Jennifer's blog to start this great hop.

If you missed yesterdays post scroll down to see the other card I made.

The sentiment is Pink By Design and the girl is from Bugaboo. I colored her with Copics. The flag is cut from Spellbinders.

Scroll down for the whole list. Hope you enjoyed the hop!

Sketch Blog Hop

Welcome to the sketch blog hop! If you came from Susan then you are in the right place. If you happened upon the hop then head over to Jennifer's blog to start this great hop.

I used DCWV paper. This is one of my favorite pieces of paper. I love it. The flowers are from Stamping Boutique and colored with Copics. The circle thank you is from Studio G dollar stamps.

The thank you in the middle is from Inspired Stamps.

Here are all of the stops, in case you get lost along the way...

Jennifer www.craftycardgallery.blogspot.com
Beth http://elizabethspapercreations.blogspot.com/
Zenita http://scrappinwithz.blogspot.com/
Kerry http://www.kerrysscrapplace.blogspot.com.au/
Ashley http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com/
Jessica http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com/
Kristy http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com/
Susan http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/
Jamie http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/
Jearise http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/
Tonia http://twcards.blogspot.com/

Mojo Sketch Birthday Card

I followed Mojo Mondays sketch to make this cute birthday card.
Lots of Spellbinders were used on this card. The paper is DCWV. The sentiment is by Pink By Design and the cute girl is from Some Odd Girl. I colored her with Copics. I really enjoyed this sketch. I think I will make another one :)

Sunsational Red, yellow, Orange Cards

 I told you I was making more sun cards :) Here are two more. I have 4 more done and 3 more to go. These I decided to make the colors of the challenge below. The Peachy Keen faces are a must if you ask me. I like my Cricut cut outs but I LOVE them with Peachy Keen faces. I think you could put these cute faces on anything and it would be adorable.

I cute the suns from Create a Critter. The sentiment is from K. Andrew Designs Splash-tastic Summer set. The paper is from DCWV. I used my Spellbinders to cut out the shape with the sentiment. I added Glossy Accents on the eyes. The top card on the whole eye. I decided I didn't like that so the bottom eye is just on the black part.

I am entering these card into
Peachy Keen Stamps Anything Goes Challenge
Die Cuttin Divas Challenge 70

Inspired Stamps Easel Card

I made an easel card this week with some cute Inspired Stamps. I used the Butterflies and Blooms set for the butterfly and the another butterfly set for the scripture.

I quilled a flower and added a few gems.

 Two different twines used to enter into the two ribbons challenge at Clear It Out

I love how this came out. The other DT members made beautiful cards too. Check them out at http://www.inspiredstamps.blogspot.com/