Red and Aqua Birthday Card

If you know my style you know I love bright and bold so when I say this color combo I knew I had to try it. This fun Birthday set is from Clear Dollar Stamps. The set is called Birthday Party. It was just released in July and has so many fun stamps in this set. The layout for this card is from the Sweet Stop Challenge. The color combo is from Copic Challenge and Our Creative Corner Challenge.
At Birthday Sundaes they wanted to see a cupcake or a birthday cake. Crafty Pad is having a clear challenge. The Card Makin' Mama's wanted to see a project with food or drinks. Finally, over at Dutch Dare they wanted to see a birthday project. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful evening!

Garden Kitty

How is your weekend going? Are you enjoying your Saturday? I hope so. This adorable image is from Sliekje's Digi Stamps. This stamp is called Garden Kitty. I just thought it was so cute. The layout for this card is from Card Positioning Challenge. At Crafty Ann's they have a lazy days of summer going on. Stampin' for the Weekend is looking to see some paws.
At Stamp Something they wanted to see summer. Paper Play wanted to see something in the garden. At the Sarah Hurley challenge they wanted us to use a punch or two. Finally, over at Flutterby Wednesday Challenge wanted to see stripes with a butterfly or two. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the rest of the day!

Song Birdies

Yeah it's friday afternoon! Let's celebrate with a song - We wish you a Merry Christmas. Well, that is what these adorable little birdies are singing. We all will be singing that soon enough. these cuties are from Doodle Pantry, the set is called Winter Song Birdies. The layout for this card came from Cute Card Thursday. At CCEE they wanted to see a season. At Southern Girls they have a winter photo for inspiration.
All of these challenges wanted us to start our Christmas card making:
Bah Humbug - Christmas with lace.
Crafty Catz - Christmas
Fussy and Fancy - Christmas
Crafty Creations - Christmas
Craft Your Passion - Christmas

Thanks so much for stopping by and lets all celebrate the weekend is here!

Quirky Alligator

I everyone! Hope all is well in your neck of the woods. I just love all of the Doodle Pantry characters and the new Quirky Collection has earned a special place in my heart! This little guy is called "Quirky Alligator". He is even cute with those teeth sticking out of his mouth. You will fall in love with all the Quirky animals too. At Charisma Cardz they wanted to see a 4 legged animal.
At the Stampin' B's they wanted to see some ribbon on our project. Then over at Truly Scrumptious they wanted to see buttons and bows. Thanks so much for stopping by and I wish you a wonderful rest of the week!

Ant Masquerade

Have you ever seen a wierd bug in your yard or garden? I did today, so this card is perfect for me. Is it an ant or a butterfly? Or an ant dressed in a butterfly costume? This adorable little thing is from a digital set called Ant Masquerade from Doodle Pantry. The layout for this card is from Papertake Weekly Challenge. Creative Card Crew wanted to see animal antics.
At Digital Tuesday they wanted to see a garden with things with wings. Love that! Finally, over at Crazy Challenge they wanted to see something fun with ribbon. I love scrunching my ribbon, easy and a fun look! Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you don't see one of these bugs around. =)

Aarrr, Matey!

Is it Ye's birthday? This adorable little pirate is from Doodle Pantry. The set is called Pirate Birdie. The layout for this card is from Critter Sketch. At Cards For Men they wanted to see a key. At Paper Playtime they wanted to see a digi and a summer theme.
Stamps R Us are celebrating their birthday and wanted to see our birthday projects. Pink Elephant wanted to see a fun in the sun project. At Birthday Sundaes they are having a picture inspiration challenge. Paper Sundaes want to see a beachy project. Finally, over at Aud Sentiments they wanted to see a sentiment to make you smile. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope your week started off great.

M.V.P.

What a fun project this turned out to be. It is a pocket card. When you lift the MVP it slides out and there is an area to write on. I have not ever done anything like this and I had fun. The image is from Kenny K's Downloads. He is a super fun image to color. At the Kenny K challenge they wanted us to make a pocket card and I'm glad I did. Stamptacular Sunday also wanted to see a pocket card.
Over at the Corrosive Challenge today they wanted to see a project for a child. The layout for this card is from Sunday Sketch Challenge. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are ready for the week.

Christmas Reindeer

Well, I went outside to water the plants and when I finally came back in I knew I needed to make a Christmas card to cool down. This adorable little guy is from Digital Delights. At the Delightful Challenge they wanted to see a Christmas project so it worked out perfectly. At Crazy 4 Challenges they wanted to see a shaker card. At Crafty Sprouts they also wanted to see a shaker card. I hadn't made one of those forever so I thought I'd give that a go to. I wanted him to look like he was outside in the snow and looking in.
The layout for this card came from Sweet Stop Challenge. Then over at Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge they wanted to see a Christmas project with at least one reindeer. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are staying cool.

Soccer Nut!

Isn't this image just too cute?!? He is a Soccer Nut. =) Just makes me laugh! This sweet little guy is from Bugaboo Stamps. I have had him for a long time and never used him - well, today was his lucky day. The layout for this card came from Stamp, Scrap and Doodle. Now remember I am on the DT for Send A Smile 4 Kids and we are still having our Teenage Boy challenge. This is a perfect card for that. At Cute Card Thursday they also wanted to see a male project. At the Catch The Bug challenge and Tuesday Throwdown challenge they both wanted to see metal, the long rectangle things are metal brads. They have been in my stash for years.
At Fussy and Fancy they wanted to see summer. Punches or dies were wanted at Totally Gorjuss. At Our Creative Corner this week they have a "B" theme - black, bling, buttons (the soccer balls are buttons), and a bow (a knot was more in order for a boy). Finally, over at Play Date Cafe they have a color challenge, black, white, plus one color. I did have to use brown for the nut but that really is his "skin" color so my other color was green. =) Thanks so much for stopping by and I wish you a wonderful day!

Need A Hug?

Yeah, it's the weekend and I have a hug for you. Aren't these two just adorable! They are a new digital set from Clear Dollar Stamps just released this month. The set is called "Big Bear Hug". The layout for this card is from Sketches by Carly. I just loved the layout, it was so much fun to work. At CCEE they wanted to see a hug, so this new stamp set worked perfectly.
At Stampin' for the Weekend they wanted to see some paws. The color combo came from Dutch Dare and My Time to Craft. At Crafty Creations they wanted to see double. =) Finally, over at One Stop Craft Challenge they wanted to see one ribbon, two patterened papers, and three buttons. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy your weekend!

Happy Holidays

Where did the week go? I'm happy though that the weekend is soon here. Today I have a card to show you using the stamp set "Holiday Sheep" from Doodle Pantry. This set was from last year and I can't wait to see what her adorable animals are up to this holiday season. The layout for this card came from Sweet Sketch Wednesday.
I have a lot of challenges to enter this card into so I will just list them:
Fab 'N Funky - Animal Fun
Creative Card Crew - Animal Antics
Papertake Weekly - Something Cute
Craft Your Passion - Fun Sentiment
Crazy Challenge - Christmas
Die Cut Dreams - Animal Fun
Crafty Pad - Christmas
Paper Sundaes - Christmas
Christmas Card Challenge - Christmas
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Use favorite color (red)
Crafty Catz - No Pink or Blue
Winter Wonderland - Holly and Ivy

Thanks so much for stopping by and I will be back more this weekend. Have a great one!

Birthday Parade

Gotta love the ants from Doodle Pantry. You just never know what these little guys are going to do next. The image is from a set called Critter Parade. I hand wrote "Happy B. Day" on the flag and the sentiment on the tag is from a set called Birthday Birdie. Tha layout for this card came from Creative Sketches. Crafty Catz wanted to see a tag or two. At Tuesday Throwdown they wanted to see some fun in the sun.
At Southern Girls and Birthday Sundaes they both wanted to see a birthday project. Fussy & Fancy wanted to see summer. At Sweet Stampin' and Totally Gorjuss both wanted to see a card for a boy. At Corrosive Challenges they wanted to see music then finally at Stamptacular Sunday they wanted to see some animal antics. Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy the rest of what is left of the weekend.

Blog Hop for Clear Dollar Stamps

Yeah it's Blog Hop day for Clear Dollar Stamps! This month we are celebrating "Summertime". It is very summery around here in Iowa. Hot, hot, hot. If you have come from Laurie's blog than you are right on track. If not, you will want to start over at the Clearly iStamp blog. You won't want to miss any of the great "summertime" projects.
My card uses four different Clear Dollar Stamp sets. The tulips are from the Seasonal Swags set. The butterfly is from the Beautiful Butterflies set. I also used the Bold Butterflies die set and the Elegant Accents die set. Make sure you leave a comment on my blog so you will entered for the prizes Clear Dollar Stamps is offering then you will want to hop on over to Kathy's blog to see what she has created. Thanks so much for stopping by! Happy Summertime!!

Christmas in July

By the amount of challenges that are looking for Christmas projects it must be time to get started. I choose to make a Christmas card today because it is so hot outside. I thought maybe creating this card would help cool down my craftroom. =) This fun stamp is from Digital Delights. I believe it is called Window Santa. The layout for this card came from Sweet Stop Challenge, they wanted to see this layout with a Christmas theme.
At 2 Sisters they just wanted to see Christmas. At Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge wanted to see a Christmas project with stars on it. Charisma Cardz wanted to see stars. Finally, at Secret Crafter they wanted to see a holiday project. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope looking at this card will help cool you down.

Exciting News!!

I have some wonderful news to share with you all today! I have been asked to join the Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge blog! Whoot Whoot!!! I have talked before about them and they are very close to my heart. If you have ever had a sick child in the hospital you will totally understand. If you have not you have been blessed! But, I would totally love for you to go and check them out and join with us as we brighten a child, and their families, experience in the hospital. It can be such an overwhelming time and you can make a difference. So, for the next two weeks the challenge is "Teen Boys". I know, hard cards to make - but, that's why it is a challenge. This is my card. The image is from Kenny K. They are one of the sponsors for this challenge. I have never used their stamps before and this one is perfect for a teen boy.
I had so much fun with this card. The black strip is a piece of leather - dude! The guitar is a button from the clearance isle somewhere and the silver circles are called nailheads. I really hope you join us for the challenge so I can visit all your blogs and see your fun "Teenage Boy" projects. Then when you are done creating box up some of your "kid friendly" cards and send them to Karen, at Send A Smile 4 Kids. She will love it and so will the kids!! I am submitting this into the Cute Card Thursday challenge, they wanted to see circles. Thanks so much for stopping by and I really hope you join us for the fun!

Snowman in July

This little guy wouldn't last long at all outside today. =) I thought I would get started on my Christmas cards. The layout for this card came from Christmas Stampin' All Year Long. At Stamp Something they also wanted to see a Christmas Card in July.
At Crafty Ann's and Winter Wonderland they both wanted to see some dry emboss. Is it hot and this was a fun card to cool down and make. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you are staying cool.

Digital Release Day for Clear Dollar Stamps

Yeah, new stamps day!! Today is digital release day over at Clear Dollar Stamps. The card I am showing you is using the July flower of the month the Larkspur. The set is simply called Larkspur. I choose to color them purple only because I don't think I use purple near enough.
I am entering this into the Dutch Dare challenge they wanted to see some bling. At Stampin' Bee's challenge wanted to see lots of embellishments. Finally, over at the Sarah Hurley challenge she was to see your coloring this week. Now if you would like to see all the new digital stamps available this month hop on over to the Clearly iStamp blog or the Clear Dollar Stamps website. Also, you will want to visit all the other digital design team members to see what creations they have made for you. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

I'm digging you!

Hi everyone! Hope all is well. The card I have to show you today is using the digital stamp set called Digging Ant from Doodle Pantry. This adorable little worker and 4 different sentiments only cost $1.00! That is right how fun is that! Go check all the great deals and adorable stamp sets at Doodle Pantry! The layout for this card is from Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge. At the Just Us Girls challenge they wanted to see buttons.
Crafty Creations wanted to see a boy or man card. Over at Creative Inspirations they didn't want to see any flowers. Papertake Weekly wanted to see something hot. My thought was this ant would be hot after doing his digging. =) Finally, over at All Sorts they wanted to see easy and free. This card went together very quickly and it was easy. Thanks so much for stopping by and I wish you a wonderful summer day!

A walk anyone?

This image brought a smile to my face. The weather has broke here and we had some rain. We enjoyed it. This is an image I have won from Designed 2 Delight and I love it. The stamp is called "April Showers". The layout for this card came from Try Stampin On Tuesday.
The color combo is from Send A Smile 4 Kids. They wanted to see red, white, and blue. I did add some green but I don't think they will care. At Digital Tuesday they wanted us to use our die cut sets. At Clear It Out they wanted to see wings. My Time to Craft and Try It On Tuesday they both wanted to see birds. Finally, at the Sweet Stampin' challenge they have a cute and cuddly challenge going on. Thanks so much for stopping by and I wish you a great day!

Wild Rose

We have beautiful wild roses in Iowa. It is our state flower. This beautiful stamp is from Doodle Pantry just released this month. It is called Wild Rose. I just thought this was such a beauty. The stamp is a single rose, I copied it and flipped it, then shrunk it down just a little.
These are the challenges I am entering this card into:
Crazy Challenge - Summer
Paper Playtime - Summer
Make My Monday - Vintage embossing
Stamps R Us - Walk through the garden gate
Crafty Pad - Texture
Corrosive Challenge - Sketch
Stampin' Sisters - Favorite item (trim!)
2 Sisters - Summer
Crazy 4 Challenges - Summer
One Stop Craft Challenge - Summer
Totally Gorjuss - Summer
Thanks so much for stopping by and I wish you a very crafty day! Stay cool - it has been so hot here!

Last day for the Product Parade from Clear Dollar Stamps

Today is the last day for our Product Parade from Clear Dollar Stamps. We have had so many wonderful stamp sets to show off to you this month. I hope you have enjoyed them. The ones for today are just as great as the rest. The first card I have to show you today is using the "Assemble Together" stamp set. The sentiment also comes with the stamp set. I used The Cross Die set also from Clear Dollar Stamps. I used an exacto knife to cut out the window and cut open the door. I them placed green paper behind the windows.
The next card I have to show you is using the "Number 6:24-26" stamp set. This set comes with two sentiments. The verse is very pretty.

For the third card for today I have to show you is using the July stamp of the month set. This set is called "A Time for Tags". This is the set that you can receive free with a purchase of $50.00 or more. This set has 12 different stamps. The decoration behind the button is one of the stamps, also the sentiment, and the adorable butterfly. This card is 3X3 inches tall. Perfect for the sentiment.

The last card that is bringing up the end of the parade is using the stamp set called "Leaf Hellos". This is a great set that can be used for fall or any other time of the year.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you have enjoyed see all the stamp sets that are available from Clear Dollar Stamps starting right now in July. Now remember you can see all the stamp sets available at the Clearly iStamp blog. Also, you can click on any of the other Clear Dollar Stamp designers on the side of my blog to see what great ideas they have created. I wish you a craft happy day! =)

Product Parade Day 3 Clear Dollar Stamps

Let the Product Parade begin for Day 3 for the Clear Dollar Stamps! Yeah, this really is like a parade because today I am having to put this into three different posts. So bear with me please! =) The first card I have to feature is the "Good Job" single stamp. This is a really versitile stamp. After I made this card I was also thinking this would be fun for a graduation card, achieving a goal card, the list could go on and on.
The second project I have to show you today is a booklet. It is using the single stamp "Memories". When my boys were young every year when we went on vacation I would make them keep a journal. Every evening they would have to write what they did that day and what they saw. These things are so much fun to go back and read now. With them being 19 and 20 years old they also love to look at these. What a great memory! If you have younger children I challenge you to try this. If your kids are like mine they will complain about it because, "we aren't in school anymore mom!" but they and you will love it latter.

Now keep on clicking down so see more cards for today. =)

More of the Product Parade from Clear Dollar Stamps

Thanks so much for staying for more of the Product Parade from Clear Dollar Stamps. The next three cards all have a school theme. The first card is featuring a stamp set called "My School Bus". This bus is just adorable. I loved the idea of making a card to thank the driver.
This next card is showing another single stamp for this month. The stamp is "Proud of You". This is another great stamp for so many different kinds of cards.

The last card for this post is featuring the "Makin' the Grade" stamp. I cut my card into the shape of a pencil. It was so so easy and it really is cute. I decorated the inside of the card exactly like I did the outside with out the stamp.

Aren't these all so fun! Now just one more post for today! =) Your great for hanging in here! Me and my computer issues.