Back to School - Jitterbuggin' 13

The challenge at Jitterbuggin' this week is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. I chose a school bus.....used Doodlecharms for the bus (2 1/2"), cut regular in black.....layered twice in yellow with some pop dots. Button wheels and little people cut from Everyday Paper Dolls at 2 1/4". Paper is from DCWV Grade School stack (except for that orange gingham which is just from the "closet.") MS Star Punch for the border and Oriental Trading Felt Rick Rack with some extra yellow attached. Little tag is cut from the paper and attached with ribbon and floss. Get movin' on over to Jitterbuggin' and join in the fun!

Also created this card for Frosted Designs this week. They have a recipe challenge: You had to use 5 out of 10 ingredients. Here are my five: 1. punch - MS Star 2. felt - Rick Rack 3. Ribbon - yellow 4. pink, blue or purple - blue

5. buttons That was fun! And PaperCutz is having a Back to School challenge too!

Sock Monkey Baby Girl

Bugaboo had the cutest little freebie digital of sock monkeys a while back....and I couldn't resist turning this one into a baby card.  A little nontraditional, but very girly-girl.  I colored her with Gamsol and added some sparkly glaze.....paper from a HL Basics stack....added a heart border from Paisley....lots of ribbon and buttons. Sentiment is stamped.  This will match Fantabulous Cricut where the challenge is "baby" and Frosted Designs where the challenge is buttons.

Happiness Always

A combined challenge here.   Frosted Designs is to use a RAINBOW and Cricut Cardz Challenge is to use a butterfly or a bird. The challenge at Paper Popsicles is to use cardstock so I'm entering this there as well since there is no patterned paper and I used all cardstock, embossed even! And the challenge at Polka Doodles this week is texture and dimension, which this card has with its flying butterflies and embossing.

The butterflies are MS punch....just used scraps of rainbow colors that seemed to blend in hue.  Highlighted the centers with a white Jelly roll pen..just looked better like that.  The card is embossed with Swiss Dots and the half circle is cut with pinking shears, then embossed with the hearts folder.  The butterfly stamp is Stampology and the sentiment is Stampin' Up.  Added some Heart Rain Dots around the butterfly.

Easter Flowers

The challenge at Paper Popsicles was to use this adorable little Cheeky Radish stamp on a card.  Love, love these little bunnies....soooo sweet.   This card is also going to work for I Love Digi and Frosted Designs this week.  And it fits right in with Bitten by the Bug2 and their spring contest as well.

Colored it with pencils and Gamsol (still learning....) added some Walk In My Garden flowers that matched the image perfectly....tied them up with some floss and added buttons. The card is embossed with Swiss Dots and my paper is scraps.  The sketch for the card is from RAQ's challenge on the Cricut board. 

Holy Smokes! Frosted Designs Handwriting Challenge.

My cousin, the barbeque king, has a birthday this week, and I had to make some sort of grilling card.  I used From My Kitchen (got it for Christmas and just broke the seal) for the grill (cut at 4" in maroon and silver foil) and the pig (cut at 2 1/2" and inked).  the puffs of smoke are from Pooh and Friends.    Paper is CherryArt and My Mind's Eye. Sentiment is handlettered, which makes this card eligible for Frosted Designs Challenge this week. 

Birthday Bee in Plaid and Polka Dots

The challenge at Frosted Designs this week is polka dots and plaids.....my 2 favorite things!   I so adore combining patterns.   I used some florals with my dots and plaids (all from the scrap pile too!!)...and made a little flower pot and bee with my Cricut (George, Walk in My Garden, and Pooh and Friends)   Added some blingy accents and a felt sentiment....trimmed it all out with polka dot ribbon.

Scalloped Santa Claus

3 challenges in one!   This card is for Frosted Designs (scallops), Just Buggin' (Christmas), anc Cricut Cardz (something that starts with an "s").  The Santa is made from a George 3" flesh circle, and red and white scalloped circles cut in half from Alphalicious.  Added a 1" George oval in pink for the nose.  Eyes are done by hand.....chalked the cheeks.  Glittered the hat....trim is a flower punch.  Added a button, some white doodles, and white dimensional paint on the beard.  Paper is DCWV........and a "Jolly" metal tag and rhinestone edging.

Little Pink and Green Snowfriend! Cricut Cardz #3 and Frosted Designs

The challenge at Cricut Cardz was to use pink and green on a card........my favorite combo....so this was lots of fun!  At Frosted Designs, you were to use concentric shapes....which I did with the background (rectangles) and the mat (squares).  I used all scraps on this card...yeah!   The snowfriend is cut at 3 1/2" and I just take parts I like from each one.   I've also found that if you cut the hats 1/2" bigger they seem to do better.   His little face is a Peachy Keen stamp (which I forgot that I had......)  Added glitter, and ink, and buttons, and rhinestones......MS punch snowflakes with rhinestones (I didn't wait for the glue to dry....) and a computer generated sentiment.   The mat is embossed with Swiss Dots.

Quilted Turkey - Frosted Designs November Card Sketch

Love the November sketches at Frosted Designs! I've always wanted to try a quilt card so here goes...great way to use up scraps. Background paper is Recollections. The frame is 3 1/2 x 5, punched with the MS Leaf border/corner set. The squares are 1 1 /4" , punched around them with my little awl used for stiching punches. Made a border at the bottom of the card and backed it with brown to make it show up. The turkey is PDDU, cut at 2", layered and pop dotted the feathers, chalked, inked, and penciled the turkey.....layered the legs/feet. Sentiment is stickers.

Frosted Designs Bling Challenge

Today is my sister's birthday and for her card I chose papers from a Colorbok set I found at Big Lots for $10!!   HSN leftovers, I'm sure, but I loved it!  Unusually, I used only papers from that set, and everything else came from that set too.   Added some blingy rhinestones, used nesties to cut the ovals, and computer generated sentiment.  No Cricut....that doesn't happen too often!  And since the challenge at Frosted Designs was to use "bling", here it is!

Turkey Lurkey - Frosted Designs Challenge and Just Buggin'

The challenge at the Frosted Designs blog was to use brown, teal, and orange and Just Buggin' wanted you to use some sort of cricut animal....even a created one. I combined these with a sketch from RAQ's challenge at the Cricut messageboard. Paper is DCWV Indian Summer and Imaginesce. Used the MS leaf edging punch (boy, am I going to have practice with those things.) Recollections rub-on for the sentiment and side leaves.

Now for the turkey.....well, I never cared for any of the Cricut turkeys, although I have 4 of them. This one is constructed from George Circles (head and body), George hearts (feathers), and George triangles (nose and feet - hand trimmed) The top of his head is from the rooster on Animal Kingdom - trimmed - and the waddle is from Animal Kingdom's turkey. I inked it all.....used a colored pencil to add cheeks and accentuate around the edges.........doodled...and sharpied the eyes.