A Little Fall Hello - Jitterbuggin' #19

Here's this week's Jitterbuggin' card.....made out of Cloud 9 paper.....DCWV cardstock.....and cuts from Stretch Your Imagination and Create a Critter. Added embossing with the Distressed Stripes and Swiss Dots....a greeting from a $1 Michael's sticker.....and ribbon from Martha Stewart and American Crafts. The little leaves in the corners are a MS punch too. If you haven't done so, make a card for this week's Jitterbuggin' challenge. I'm also entering this card in Practical Scrappers stamp challenge too.

Quilted Apple

Woo Hoo! I'm the Guest Designer at Inking It Up Crazy this week.....I'm sooooo excited to have this opportunity. For my project, I made a Quilted Apple card.

I come from a long line of quilters, and I love to make them in paper. To make the quilted background, you need nine 1 1/2" squares of cardstock. I chose to run them through the Cuttlebug to add some texture.....don't forget to ink the edges! (Everything looks better with inked edges - my favorite one is Cat's Eye Chestnut Roan) Attach the squares onto a 4 1/2" square piece of cardstock in rows of three. Now you need some stitchin'! I HATE sewing so I did mine with a Sharpie....but you could machine stich around it. I attached a 4 3/4" square of brown to my 5" gold cardstock card....and placed the quilt in the center. Added some more faux stitchin' with a white gel pen. Oh, and ink those edges!!!

The apple is from Doodlecharms, cut at 3". I cut the shadow in brown, the base layer in green and brown cardstock for structure, and cut the top layer in argyle. Inked all the edges before I attached them....and cut off the brown stem and attached it with pop dots. Doodled around it with the white Jelly Roll pen. The little worm is from Create a Critter, cut at 2". I cut the base in brown - the middle in the rusty red - and the top layer in green. I used a coordinating green paper rather than the cardstock as it cut cleaner and had a little more texture to it. Added details with my Sharpie....inked some cheeks...and little white gel pen accents. Finished it off with a big, sheer bow.

The sketch is from PaperCraft Star and this one fits the Cricut Cardz Challenge "Back to School"! All of that white pen faux stitchin' fits right in with Practical Scrappers this week too!

Black and White.....and Pink!

The challenge at Jitterbuggin' this week is to use black and white with one more color. I love black /white and pink! And what fit this better than the cute little skunk from Create a Critter. I followed the sketch with a 5" card....cut the small square at 3"....and added a 2 3/4" skunk (detailed with dimensional paint and gel pen). Then I added two great flowers that I learned how to do from my friend Kim Sparks' terrific site.....Sketches in Thyme. The flowers are made from a Martha Stewart circle punch (circles for PaperCraft Star)....added buttons, floss, and a pompon. Paper is old (this is for you Practical Scrappers....)DCWV Christmas 2008 stack.......I used strips of the patterned paper to create borders, along with a little help from some pinking shears. I hope this card doesn't "stink!"

Sunny Days

Made this card for the Jitterbuggin' Challenge this week. Now I know I made the sketch...and I really like it.....but I had so much trouble making it in pastels. I kept thinking "brights"......finally found a scrap of pastel blue, tourquoise, lavendar paper with golden yellow accents. That was a start.....Added the paper....embossed some lavendar cardstock with the Checkerboard folder and added scraps of ribbon that were exactly the right size and color....BUT they said "Fun in the Sun." I still had no idea what image I was going to use....and now it had to coordinate with that. Hmmmm.....well, I knew the challenge at Cuttlebug Challenge was garden critters....so I could work that in too. I knew I wanted to add more embossing to the card so it would work for Practical Scrappers this week as well. Always loved the little bee on Pooh and Friends so decided to put him on some embossed flowers. Had a great little scrap of gunmetal metallic paper that was just right for the little fella's wings. Added a seed bead for the eye (I seem to be out of little itty bitty white gems....)

Now the little guy needed a home so out came Walk in My Garden. Cut 4 daisies on blackout, between 1 1/4" and 2"....embossed them with Swiss Dots...and inked them in lavendar. Added purple buttons for the centers. Now they needed stems....but that paper had the funny tourquoise stripe....and every piece of ribbon or floss I owned looked bad against it......SO I found the right color ink (thanks Anna Griffin) and inked some white raffia to match....added stems and a bow. The sentiment is from Create a Critter, cut at 1 1/2". And finally, the card is finished. And the one I almost gave up several times came out ok.

Hey Chickie!

Just a cute little thinking of you card for Practical Scrappers Challenge this week.   The little bird from Stretch Your Imagination is always going to be one of my favorite cuts.  I used some great vellum plaid paper on this card along with felt flowers, ribbon, and buttons.

Jitterbuggin Sketch 1

Well, I finally made a card from my own sketch.  I used lots of patterned paper (Practical Scrappers this week), some great ribbon that was 25 cents on clearance, my Cuttlebug (Swiss dots and Swirls embossing, "thanks" Quickutz), and some gems.  Threw in a big yellow flower from Paisley and a cute little ladybug from Doodlecharms.  If you would like to enter the Jitterbuggin Challenge and have a chance to win a new Cricut Cartridge, click here.

Thank You!

This is my last week on the DT at Practical Scrappers - I must say I have truly enjoyed the past 6 months.  For my final project~ featuring buttons~~ I wanted to make a thank you card.  Thank you to Christine and Angie, Kerri, Kim and all my wonderful sisters!

My card is made from paper by Me and My Big Ideas..with some Stampin' Up cardstock thrown in.  I used my Stampin' Up lg. flower punch and the MS postage stamp punch.  Frog is Sizzix and sentiment is Quickutz.  The ribbon is Prima Dude collection.  Swiss dots embossing folder here and there as well.

Thanks again for such a lovely time at Practical Scrappers.

My Favorite Robot - Practical Scrappers Challenge

The challenge at Practical Scrappers this week is markers.   I love to use plain old Sharpies.....you can do lots of things with them.   For this card, I used markers to color the chipboard robot.   The sentiment is stenciled with orange marker.  Gears are hand cut from a clip art image....added buttons and ribbon!

Easter Fun

Still workin' on the Easter cards....and using those colored images. This week-end's sketch at Practical Scrappers was perfect for this little bunny.  Another High Hopes Stamp...colored with pencils and gamsol and cut out (didn't mean to do that....but spilled something on the square background...)  Used a 4" Doodlecharms egg to back him...embossed with stripes.  Used some scrap Christmas paper (yep!) and embossed (Swiss Dots) green cardstock.  Added yellow/white striped ribbon and orange ribbon.   The purple trim is punched with a Stampin' Up punch.  The sentiment is letter stickers from Big Lots $1 pile...placed on a white rectangle inked with green.

Little Miss Turtle

It's time for some spring colors, and at Practical Scrappers this week, it's time for white pens!   This is one of my favorite crafting tools...if you haven't tried it yet, you'll love it and use it for everything.

My little Miss Turtle is a digi stamp from The Stamping Boutique.   They have absolutely wonderful images at terrific prices.   Hop over!   I colored her with watercolor pencils, using several shades of each color and blending them.   I added some gems and buttons for dimension and used the white pen to highlight.  Added some flowers from Walk In My Garden, cut at 1/2" increments and layered.   I used the pen to doodle on the flowers too.  Added some ribbon and the sentiment is from Paisley.

U Rock My World

There is a great sketch at Practical Scrappers this week by Gloria Stengal.   So much fun I had to try it.  And it worked out great for a Valentine for my teen-age son (They are difficult, aren't they?) 

I used Everyday Paper Dolls for the "world" and the alien....George for the stars......Alphalicious for the oval (with stickers) and Pooh Font for "my world."  Lots of carts for a simple card....used sharpied, gold metallic gel ink, and a white jelly roll to finish it.  (and Pink alien cheeks!)

"Wonder"-ful Snowfriend

This card was my DT creation for this week's challenge at Practical Scrappers.  We had to create a Christmas card.....not a very difficult task.  Hop on over and play along.......everyone is making Christmas cards this week.

This snowfriend is cut at 4" (much easier to deal with).   Added some dimensional paint and doodling to spruce him up.  Added some sparkly snowflakes and put him on a mat cut with my Nesties and inked.  Framed with some $1 Target ribbon.