Enjoy the Ride

Blue, birthday and buttons sounds like a good excuse to make a man's card.  Of course if you want to join the Cooking It Up with Katie challenge 99 you don't have to make a masculine card, just use blue.  I just need to be poked to make masculine cards.  This card could have been sent to a woman until I stamped "birthday boy" in the license plate area.  So, if you need to be poked, then make a masculine card.


Here's the deets:
stamp - Papertrey Ink "Enjoy the Ride"
ink - Memento "Tuxedo Black"
paper - Stampin' Up "Crumb Cake" cs, "Pawsitively Prints" (striped paper)and "Patterns Pack II" (girds) dsp
miscellaneous - Papertrey Ink coordinating die for "Enjoy the Ride"; mini brads; buttons; machine stitching

Here's the challenges:
Cooking It Up with Katie #99 - Make a Birthday Card with Blue Buttons
Sisterhood of Stampers - Let's Hear It for the Boys
Top Tip Tuesday - One for the Men
Crafts and Me #92 - Stitching

Thanks for stopping by, come back again.

Let the Sunshine In

Please, oh please let the sunshine in.  It's been raining forever or at least a week.  Thankfully there is no flooding in my house (yet) but unfortunately there are many that can't say the same.   Let's all say a little prayer (or send positive vibrations) out for those who are dealing with any loss or problems caused by this storm.

This week the recipe for the Cooking It Up with Katie challenge is "Sunny, Flowers and Lace".  I wonder if Katie's psychic cause this recipe was perfect for me.  Making this card cheered me up and kept my mind off the weather.

Here's the deets:
stamp - Mo Manning  "Lacie with Ice Cream" digi
ink - hp printer
paper - Stampin' Up "So Saffron" cs; DCWV green "Neutrals" cs; My Mind's Eye "Miss Caroline Howdy dowdy" dp
miscellaneous - copics; lace; green cord; ice cream cone charm; bling; My Favorite Things "Rolled Daisy" die-namics; mini brads; machine stitching

Here's the challenges:
Cooking It Up with Katie  #98 - Recipe: Sunny, Lace and Flowers
Crazy for Challenges C4C142 - sketch
Party Time Tuesday PTT#74 - Anything Goes
Crafter's Companion #25 - Time to Embellish
Crafty Cardmakers #71 - Make Your Own Embellishment (flower)
Creative Card Crew - Recipe 1,2,3 (one image, 2 dp, 3 bling)
Fairy Tale #44 - Soft Color Tones
Daring Cardmakers - You're So Sweet
Crafty Catz #138 - Pastel colors

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll visit often.  I'll be looking for your creations on the Cooking It Up with Katie challenge blog.

Cook One Up for Your Man

Metal, texture and masculine, those are the ingredients for this week's challenge at Cooking It Up With Katie.  With Father's Day just around the corner you can kill two birds with one stone by making a card for this week's challenge.    Of course you don't have to make a father's day card, any kind of masculine card will do.  

For this card I used a car image.  It reminds me of a car my mom had when we were kids.  We called it the "red devil".  It always seemed special, maybe because she won it in a raffle.  Maybe because it was a sharp looking car - red with the white detail in the fin.  Maybe it was just a magical time in life.  When you're a kid everything seems bigger and better, too bad that wears off as we grow up. 

Here's the deets:

stamp - Crafty Secrets "Car Classics"

ink - Memento "Tuxedo Black"

paper - SU "Kraft" cs and yellow cs scrap; Close to My Heart "Route 66" dp

miscellaneous- copics; K & Co chipboard letters; mini brads; machine stitiching

Here's the challenges:

Coking It Up with Katie #97 - metal, texture and masculine

Papercraft Star #101 - Father's Day

Fab N Funky #125 - Father's Day

Crafting for All Seasons #28 - For Men

Kraft Journal - Cards for Him

the Pink Elephant TPE52- Masculine

Dream Valley #34 = For That Special Guy

Cutie Pie #20 - Stitching

Card Making Mamas #47 - Father's Day

Simply Create Too #15 - Father's Day

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll come back again.

Celebrate with Cooking It Up With Katie

I often give myself little challenges, besides the ones I find on the challenge blogs.  In the back of my head I've got a litany of them playing in the back of my mind.  It gets pretty crazy in my head with them,  and the song that inevitably gets stuck playing a few bars over and over, then there's the shopping list and the to-do list and you know all the daily junk that gets in as you go about your day.  Currently my little challenges are to 1.) make more masculine cards, 2.) color on card stock,  3.) try different folds and 4.) make some clean and simple cards.  There's other things that pop up on the list like make your Christmas cards early, or make a shaped card or try a new technique but having a current list of four things is enough to keep my head spinning, so the list changes almost as frequently as my undies or my mood. 

This card ended up being a clean and simple card, at least as clean and simple as I get.  Now you may think that it's quick and easy to make a clean and simple card, and it may be for you, but it isn't for me.  In the case of this card I was actually planning on coloring on card stock and I spent way too much time going through my stamp collection looking for an image that signified "Celebrate".  That's one part of the recipe for this week's Cooking It Up With Katie challenge #96.  I gave up on that idea when I was going through the last box of stamps where I found a long neglected set of stars.  Using such a big image makes me want to keep the rest simple.  The rest of this week's recipe is use ribbon and a die cut which is how I decided on how to finish the card. 

The star and the sentiment were both stamped with Close to my Heart "cranberry" on kraft card stock.  The star was fuzzy cut around the edges leaving a small edge to give the appearance of a mat.  The sentiment was die cut with one of Spellbinder's "Ribbon Tags Trio".  The gold ribbon was picked to give the card a little more pop. 

Here's the deets:

stamp - Close to My Heart "Shining Star"

ink - CTMH "Cranberry"

paper - October Afternoon "Report Card" dp; Stampin' Up "Kraft" card stock

miscellaneous - Spellbinder's "Ribbon Tags Trio"; ribbon; machine stitching

Here's the challenges:

Cooking It Up with Katie #96 - Celebration with ribbon and a die cut

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Fab 'N Funky #123 - Celebrate

One Stitch at a Time   #115 - Red, White and Blue

Simon Says Stamp and Show - One for the Boys (hubby is a 4th of July baby)

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll join us in the Cooking It Up With Katie challenge to "celebrate with ribbon and a die cut"

Cook Something Up

I get a kick out of this kid.  I've had this stamp sitting in my "want to use" basket for several months and am thrilled to finally get him inky.  Besides getting my sample done for the Cooking It Up with Katie challenge I also got to add a "boy" card to my stash.  I hardly ever have one when I need one.  It may not last in my stash for long because I think I may have to send this one off to my grandson.  I think he'll like it.

You can make any kind of card or project for Katie's challenge.  All we ask is that you follow the recipe which is pretty easy - use brads and twine and stamp (no digis for this challenge).  That's pretty simple so go get your supplies out and get inky.  We can't wait to see what you create.




don't forget the inside

Here's the deets:
stamp - Mo Manning "Bronte and Louis"; Taylored Expressions "It's a Banner Day 1"
ink - Memento "Tuxedo Black"
paper - Colorbok aqua and green cs; DCWV "the Pet Stack" dp
miscellaneous - copics; My Favorite Things Circle die- namics; Taylored Dies "Banner Day 1"; brads; twine; button; paw charm; machine stitching

Here's the challenges:
Cooking It Up with Katie - use brads and twind and stamp
Mojo Monday #241 - sketch
Totally Papercrafts #116 - No Pesky Girls Allowed
Allsorts Week 154 - For a Man or Boy


Thanks for stopping by, I hope to see you here again.

Hanging Out With Katie

Today I'm hanging out with Katie.  Challenge #94 at Cooking It Up With Katie is "Show me a Happy, Hanging, Heart".  This week's ingredients are 1.) make it happy, 2.) hang something and 3.) add a heart. 

What I learned this week - it's fun to use heart dies for something other than a Valentine's Day card.  In case you can't see it very well the charm on this card is a globe in the shape of a heart so I didn't need to use the heart dies cause I got the heart and hanging all in one item but I like the way the heart looks behind the stamp.

If you've been following me you know that on Saturday I took a copics class.  I tried to use the technique that we were taught for hair.  It's not great but it's not bad either.   

Now it's your turn, go get inky and show us what you got.

don't forget the inside

Here's the deeds"
stamp - My Favorite Things a la mode "You Mean the World to Me"
ink - Memento "Tuxedo Black" and "London Fog"
paper - Stampin' Up "Bermuda Bay" cs; October Afternoon "Boarding Pass" dp
miscellaneous - copics; Spellbinder's heart and scalloped heart dies; baker's twine; globe charm; brads; machine stitching

Here's the challenges:
Cooking It Up with Katie #94 - Show me a Happy, Hanging Heart
Simon Says Stamp and Show - a Kaleidoscope of Color

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll come back again.

Grow Something

Usually around this time of year the gardening bug hits me but as I get older the thought of spending time on my knees usually overpowers the bug.  It's a good thing most crafts can be done sitting done. 

This week's challenge #93 at Cooking It Up With Katie is all about the garden so why not make a card for one of your buddies who can  still get down on his or her knees.   The recipe is - make it green, make it gorgeous, make it in a garden.

don't forget the inside

I inked up My Favorite Things Pure Innocence "Mud Buddies" and combined her with the GORGEOUS My Mind's Eye "Howdy Dowdy" paper.  I have no idea why they gave such beautiful dp such a dorky name.  Who cares, it's just beautiful.

I'm sure to be breaking this pad out again soon.

If you need some more inspiration stop over at Katie's to see what the rest of the design team created - all beautiful, as usual.  We hope you'll make something too.

Here's the deets:

stamp - My Favorite Things, Pure Innocence "Mud Buddies"

ink - Memento "tuxedo Black" and "Bamboo Leaves"

paper - Stampin' Up "Wild Wasabi" "So Saffron" and "Peach Parfait" card stock; My Mind's Eye Miss Carolina "Howdy Dowdy" dp

miscellaneous - copics; Close to My Heart "Buttercream" brads; burlap twine; trowel charm; My Favorite Things "Scalloped Ribbon" and "Oval Stax" die-namics; Spellbinders "Deckled Rectangle" die; sewing machine

Here's the challenges:

Cooking It Up with Katie #93 - Make it Green, Make it Gorgeous, Make It in a Garden

Creative Belli #141 - Children

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes #116 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll come back again. 

Fun, Fun, Fun with Katie

Actually, this week's Cooking It Up with Katie challenge is "Fold me a fun Flower" but it reality it's fun, fun, fun.  If it isn't fun, fun, fun then it's time to put the stamps and toys away and figure out what you're doing wrong. 

Don't be stressed by having to do a different fold.  That used to throw me but most of them only take a few extra minutes and most of that time is spent reading the directions.  If you don't know how to do any fancy folds there are lots of places to get directions.  Since you're here you can go down to my labels at the bottom of the sidebar and click on "Fancy Folds".  that will bring up my cards made with fancy folds.  I usually put a link to directions for the fold in the post.  This card is the "Origami Fun Fold".  Here's a link to Wendybell's You Tube directions.  You'll be able to make one of these in no time.   You'll be so proud of yourself.

It's hard to see in the photo, a sentiment is stamped there.   If you have a stamp set with lots of little images, like this one from Crafty Secrets, you can use a few of them on this kind of card.  On my card I put a flower on the inside flap because the recipe calls for a flower but that's a good spot for another image of sentiment.

Give it a try, it's good to try something different. 

Here's the deet:

stamp - Crafty Secrets "Easter Joy"

ink - Memento "Tuxedo Black" and Versa Magic "Sprout" for the sentiment

paper - K & Co "Tim Coffey Cottage Garden" dp, Stampin' Up "Peach Parfait" cs

miscellaneous - copics; Stampin' Up corner punch and crocheted lace ribbon; ribbon; twine rabbit charm; Martha Stewart flower

Here's the challenges:

Cooking It Up with Katie #92 - Fold Me a Fun Flower

Ribbon Carousel RCC47 - Spring Is in the Air

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

There She Goes TSG150 - Metal Embellishments (charm)

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll come back again and of course I'd like to see you join us at Cooking It Up With Katie.

Get Cooking!

Here's the recipe for Cooking It Up with Katie's latest challenge:
1.)  Embossing
2.)  Stitching
3.)  Punching

The last time embossing was part of a recipe I forgot about it till after I had the whole card put together, soooo this time I made sure I made an embossed layer before things got put together.   Sadly it doesn't show very well in the photo but the beige banner type cross piece is embossed with dots.

I cheated a little.  Instead of using a punch I used a die to make the flowers.  I am loving these flowers, they are made with the new Royal Rose die-namic from My Favorite Things.  I can't stop raving about it.  If you scroll through my blog you'll see that I don't use a lot of flowers but now that I have this die I'll be using them more often.

This week is also the prize week at Mojo Monday so I had to make a card for that challenge.  It's not I need to win a prize, not that a prize wouldn't be appreciated, but it's for bragging rights, kwim.   Who doesn't want that honor?

Here's the deets:
stamp - My Favorite Things "Clearly Sentimental About Children" (at least I think that's the name)
ink - Close To My Heart "Desert Sand" and Ranger "Scattered Straw"
paper - Stampin' Up "Soft Sky", "River Rock" and "Wild Wasabi"  cs; Melissa Frances "5th Avenue" dp
miscellaneous - pearls; manilla tag;silk ribbon; embossing folder; My Favorite Things "Royal Rose" die-namics; sewing machine

Here's the challenges"
Cooking It Up With Katie #91 - Embossing, Stitching and Punching
Mojo Monday #231 - sketch
Shabby Tea Room #104 -  photo and use Aqua, Pink, Green plus a tag
Kaboodle Doodle #109- Think Spring, Let's See Some Flowers
Dream Valley #27 - Mother's Day
Paper Play week 9 - Something old (paper and tag) Something New (Royal Rose die)
Craft Your Days Away #40 - Mother's Day
CES Challenges - Flower Frenzy
Fussy and Fancy #57 - More Than Words

Thanks for visiting, reading your comments makes my day enjoyable.  I hope you'll stop by again. 
Don't forget, you've got two weeks to join us at the Cooking It Up with Katie challenge to use embossing, punching and stitching.  I look forward to seeing your creations.

A Really Easy Recipe Challenge

If you're in the mood to make a card but don't want to have to follow a theme, color combo, or inspiration photo how about the easiest recipe challenge you're ever going to find.  This week Cooking It Up With Katie Challenge is to use your three favorite things.  Recipes don't get much easier than that.

The toughest part of this challenge for me was to limit it to three favorite things.  There's definitley more than three of my favorite things on this card but I'll just list the three.  My Favorite Things are paper piecing (the star), machine stitching and charms. 

This stamp makes me think of the 1940's and the Andrew Sisters (here's an old video of them belting out the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy ) so I  inked around the edges of the papers  and used tea dyed lace to get a vintage feel.

don't forget the inside

Here's the deets:
stamp -  My Favorite Things "Blue Without You"
ink - Memento "Tuxedo Black" and Ranger "Antique Linen"
paper - Stampin' Up "Kraft" cs, "Patterns Pack II" dp and "Pawsitively Prints" dp
miscellaneous - copics; mini brads; lace; charm; twine; sewing machine; MFT "Oval Dainty Doily"

Here's the challenges:
Cooking It Up With Katie #90 - Your 3 Favorite Things
Sugar Creek Hollow - Sketch and use a cute image in a vintage, shabby chic or primitive style
Ribbon Reel #22 - Weathered/ Distressed
Craft Your Passion #98 - Red, White and Blue
Stamptacular Sunday #152 - Charm Me
Crazy #107 - Use a die or punch
Craft Your Days Away #39 - Paper Piecing
Totally Gorjuss 119 - Lace
Crazy for Challenges C4C124 - Stripes and Polka Dots

Thanks for stopping by, your comments make my day.  I hope to see you play along with us at Cooking It Up with Katie's challenge to use your three favorite things.



Eat, Sleep, Create...

"Eat. Sleep, Create" sounds like the recipe for a perfect day.  Here's another great recipe:  1.) use anything on a spool  2.) add something metal and 3.) and include a sentiment.  That one sounds like the perfect card.  That's Katie's recipe for this week's Cooking It Up with Katie challenge #89.  That's a really easy peasy recipe to follow so why not give it a go, we'd love to have you join us.

For my card the thread is Tatting Crochet which comes on a spool, the charm is metal so are the brads and the staple and of course you can see the sentiment stamped below the image. 

don't forget the inside

Lately I've been ignoring last year's resolution to do the inside of my cards.  My excuse was that my crafting room was in turmoil because of our move.  Well, it's still pretty messy in here and I still don't know where everything is but this could last a long time so it's time to start working on the insides again especially when the card stock base is dark like this.   Even if you keep it very simple this little extra step is worth it.


Here's the deets:
stamp - Taylored Expressions "Knit Wit"
ink - Memento "Rich Cocoa"; Ranger "Scattered Straw"
paper - Bazzill "Pinecone" Kaisercraft "Up, Up and Away" dp and ticket
miscellaneous - copics; pearls; brads; thread; charm; Nesties circle and scalloped circle dies; stapler

Here's the challenges:
Cooking It Up with Katie #89 - Anything on a Spool, Something Metal, a Sentiment
Taylored Expressions TESC151 - sketch
Craft Your Days Away #38 - Get Stitchy with It (I stretched the knitting to be the image of a knitting basket - it's OK if you delete me)

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll visit often, and that you'll join us at Cooking It Up With Katie for this week's challenge.

Get Cooking

Look at the size of that heart Lucy's carrying.  That must be at least a five pounder.  I think that five pounds might even be a challenge for me and I love bon bons. 

The challenge for you is to make a card or project using hearts, a punch and embossing.   That's challenge #88 at Cooking It Up with Katie.  The sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish.  The paper that the little girl is mounted on was embossed with the heart folder but it didn't photograph well, I tried taking shots from different angles but to no avail.  You're just going to have to take my work for it.

Here's the deets:

stamp - Robyn's Fetish digi "Lucy Valentine's girl"
ink - hp printer
paper - Recollections red base card; Bo Bunny dp (just a scrap with the name gone); Authentique "Uncommon" dp; Bazzill "Maraschino" cs
miscellaneous - copics; stickles; ribbon; twine; charm; heart bling; sewing machine

Here's the challenges:
Cooking It Up With Katie #88 - Punch Me an Embossed Heart
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Ruby's Rainbow - Valentine's Red and Black
The Pink Elephant TPE132 - photo inspiration

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll come by often. 

Pretty Pink Stuff

"Love is All You Need" is written in lower left corner

The Cooking It Up With Katie challenge is back.  Katie gave the design team a little time off for the holidays.  I don't know about you but I really needed it but I'm happy to be back at my desk again.  I'll be happier when I get it organized.

So are you ready to start cooking.  This one's easy for me cause I love all the ingredients.  The challenge is to make a card (or project) using pink, pearls and posies.  With Valentine's Day closing in on us you might want to make a card for your honey.  My image is from this week's sponsor Digital Delights.   If you'd like to grab this image now's a good time to go shopping cause there's a sale going on.  Check out the challenge blog to see what the rest of the design has created.  That's where you'll find everything you need to know about playing with us.

Here's the deets:
stamp - Digital Delights "Love You Larry"
ink - hp printer
paper - Recollections Red card base, the Paper Cut "Pink Lemonade" cs; Authentique "Uncommon" dp
miscellaneous - copics; ladybug charm; pink burlap twine; lace; SU pearls

Here's the challenges:
Cooking It Up With Katie #87 - Pink, Pearls and Posies
the Sweet Stop SSS140 - sketch
My Time to Craft #170 - Hugs and Kisses
Paper Players #77 - All You Need is Love (and that's the sentiment written on this card)
the Pink Elephant TPE130 - Hearts
the Ribbon Reel #19 - Pink Polka Dots

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you come back again.





Can You Bake a Pie?

Well you don't have to be able to bake a pie to play in this week's Cooking It Up With Katie "Piece of Pie" challenge #85.  In this case PIE stands for P - punch, I - ink, E - Emboss.   For my card I used a Martha Stewart tag punch (the sentiment on it says "hugs"), there's Ranger Ink sponged on the edges of the papers and I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the white card stock layer. 

This week we're sponsored by Meljen's Designs.  Home to many cute images, including this adorable fairy.  Pop over to the Cooking blog to check out what the rest of the design team has created,the rules and the linky thingy. 

Here the deets:
stamp - Meljen's "Cocoa Christmas Fairy"
ink - hp printer; Ranger "Scattered Straw"; Stampin' Up Handsome Hunter marker for sentiment
paper - Georgia Pacific card stock; red Recollections card base; DCWV green card stock; Stampin' Up grey card stock; Authentique "Wonder" dp
miscellaneous - copics; pleated ribbon; linen twine; charm; Crystazzi bling; Cuttlebug snowflake folder; Creative Memories cutting system; mini brads; Martha Stewart tag punch

Here's the challenges:
Cooking It Up with Katie #85 "Piece of Pie" punch, ink, emboss
Ribbon Carousel RCC30 - Holiday Hoopla
Party Time Tuesday  PTT#43 - Snow Us What You Got
Whoopsie Daisy - Anything Goes for Christmas
Stamps R Us - Bling It On
Southern Girls #32 - Embellishment bingo (Twine or String, Punches, Embossing)
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll come back again.  Have a great Thanksgiving.

Card Tag

Kind of like CatDog, it's both.  It's and easel card attached to a box with the image being a gift with a tag.  More about this later...

This week at Cooking It Up with Katie challenge #83 is fold some fancy flowers.  Now you don't have to fold flowers but we'd like to see a fancy fold (this easel card is very easy to do) and some flowers on your fancy card.  What makes a card fancy - I don't know but for mine I used a charm and some bling and thought that made it fancy.  If you play along you could win a prize from this week's sponsor Robyn's Fetish.

For this project I wrapped a jewelry box with the same card stock used for the card.  Cut a piece of card stock the same width as the box.  Fold the paper around the box.  With each fold score the paper.  Secure the wrap with red tape or score tape.




After you've finished your easel card place score tape or red tape on the bottom of the card to secure it to the box.  This easel card is 4" x 4" x 12" with folds along 4", 6", and the 8".   You can see from this photo how it's folded.  It's a very simple technique.  Just remember that you need to put something with a little depth on the inside so that when you open it up to stand something will catch the edge to keep it open.  Something as thin as a brad or button will usually work.

By the way, I wanted my burlap twine to match the ribbon on the image.  I didn't have any violet twine so I used a piece of ivory colored twine and colored it with the copic I used on the image. 

Here's the deets:
stamp - Robyn's Fetish
ink - hp printer
paper - Bo Bunny "Winter Joy Magic" and "Winter Joy Bundled"; I think the cs is Nicole's
miscellaneous - copics; Taylor's Tiny Twinkles; flower brads; burlap twine; present charm; Spellbinder's Brommet Tag

Here's the challenges:
Cooking It Up with Katie #83 - Fold a Fancy Flower
Top Tip #59- Anything Christmas
Ribbon Carousel RCC28 - photo inspiration (all the ruffles on the pillows made me think of gift boxes)
Party Time Tuesday PTT#41 - Bling It On
Whoopsie Daisy - Tag It
Cutie Pie #4 - Use a Charm
Digital Tuesday #136 Anything Goes
Pink Elephant TPE124 - Gift Tags

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll come back again and that you'll join us at Cooking it Up with Katie for our "Fold a Fancy Flower" challenge.

A Birthday with the Dragon

One of my favorite sponsors is back for this week's Cooking It Up With Katie.  Stamping Dragon Designs is sponsoring this week's challenge.  This week's winner will receive four images.  Even though I made my card for a girl one of the things I like about the dragons is that they are great for boy's cards too.  So what do you have to do to win this fab prize.  Just make a card or project using Katie's recipe.

This week's recipe is 1.) include some coloring, 2.) try a little curling and 3.) add a circle.

That's pretty easy peasy, even for a lunk head like me who had the card almost completed when I realized I hadn't paid attention to the recipe.  I did color my image and I was ready to attach my lace ribbon flower with the pearl center which would have been a circle but I didn't curl anything.  So, what's a girl to do.  The orange ribbon was already in place and it wouldn't curl anyway.  Then the thunderbolt hit me.  Why not try curling a thin slice of card stock.  Well, it worked and since it's the card stock used for the mats it's a perfect match.  In case you are craft challenged and have no idea how to do this, it's very simple.  Slice a sliver of the card stock and then roll it around a pencil and voila, you've got a curly ribbon.  I stuck a glue dot on the card to attach the ribbons.

So now it's your turn.  I hope to see you play along with us.

Here's the deets:

stamp - Stamping Dragon Designs - Happy Birthday Dragons

ink - hp printer

paper - Bazzill "Frosted Teal" and "Glow" CS; Doodlebug "Cake and Ice Cream" dp

miscellaneous - copics; mini brads; orange ribbon;  lace flower; sewing machine

Here's the challenges:

Cooking It Up With Katie #79 - Curl a colored circle

Sweet Stampin - In Stitches

One Stitch At a Time #83 - Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Things with Wings

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll come back again and I'm looking forward to seeing what you create for the Cooking It Up With Katie challenge.

Fall Birthday

This week at Cooking It Up With Katie challenge #77 is to punch, include a pocket and a pair of something. 

This week our sponsor is Digital Delights. There's some really adorable Halloween images. If you like to stamp but don't like to color you're in luck, some of the images are already colored for you. For me, that's half the fun of making a card but it is time consuming. If I needed to make several cards (like Halloween party invitations) the already colored images would be a great help.

The pocket on my card was drawn freehand and is supposed to look like a pants pocket.  I'm not sure if I succeeded. 

The Stampin' Up library clip holds a bill sticking out of the top of the pocket. That the pocket is deep so the clip ensures the bill won't get lost.  .

The punches are Stampin' Up's oval and scalloped oval for the sentiment and there is a pair of buttons, one on each side of the sentiment, as well as a pair of brads on the pocket. 

Here's the deets:
stamp - Digital Delights
ink - Bic Marker for sentiment, hp printer
paper - Paper Pizzazz leave print; Recollections Printed Scrapbook Paper (olive with polka dots); Nicole orange cs; the Paper Cut "Red Hot" cs
miscellaneous - copics; mini brads; Stampin' Up oval and scalloped oval punch; buttons; burlap twine; sewing machine; Stampin Up library clip

Here's the challenges:
Cooking It Up With Katie #77 - punch, pocket, pair of something
Corrosive #133 - Punches and/or dies
Stamps R Us -  Operation Write Home Birthday challenge (no glitter)
Paper Play week 38- Autumn Leaves
Paper Cutz #110 - Button Up for Fall
Crafty Sentiments - Happy Birthday

Thankf for stopping by, I can't put into words how grateful I am that you visit and leave comments.  I hope you'll take the time to play along with us at Cooking It Up With Katie.  We all love to see what you do with the recipe.

Better Late

Than never.  I'm not quite myself the last couple days.  Hopefully things are getting back on track.

This card is for Wednesday's Cooking It Up With Katie challenge.#75 "A Group of Green Girls".  Are you new to Katie's challenge?  Well every week Katie gives you a recipe, this week it's:
Start with a Girl (or something Girlie)
Add a little (or a lot) of Green
Include a Group (more than 2 of the same thing).
This week the challenge is sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs.

Sorry, I don't have a photo of the inside and I don't know the who made the pirate map paper, it's been in my stash forever as if it were waiting for this image.  It's probably left over from years ago when my daughter was a pirate for Halloween.  The strips of dp on the crossbars are from Basic Grey's "Origins" and that great deep dark green cs is from Stampin' Up.  For the groups I used three bows, three crossbars and three pearls, it's always easy to ass three embellies to a card.  For the girl, I used the Sassy Pirate.  Here's what I like about the girls at Sassy.  They're fun to color, they're sassy and a little sexy without being thrashy.  There are also images of men, images of couples, and images of heroines from books ans movies.  Go take a look and then get busy making a card so you can have a chance to win a Sassy prize. 

Here's the deets:
stamp - Sassy Studio Designs - Once Upon a Time - Pirate Penny
ink - hp printer
paper - pirate map (unknown); Stampin' Up "Handsome Hunter" and "Certainly Celery"; Basic Grey "Origins" dp
miscellaneous - copics; Queen and Co pearls; burlap twine; Blue Moon key charm

Here's the challenges:
Cooking It Up With Katie #75 - A Group of Green Girls
Partytime Tuesday PTT#33 - Ribbon, trim and fibers oh my
Tuesday Throwdown #66 - Pearls
L'il Red Wagon - Use Twine
Pile It On #37 - Layer It On

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll come back again.  Now go visit Katie's challenge, check out what the rest of the DT has created, maybe even leave them a little love.  You can get all the challenge details and find the linky thingy there.

For the Girls

If you like to make girly cards this week's Cooking It Up with Katie is perfect for you.  Challenge #73 is to "Make a Pink Blingy Sticker".  this week there are two sponsors Meljen's Designs and Pizzazz Aplenty.  So how can you pass this challenge up.

For this sample the image is Meljen's "Brooke's Butterflies".  If you visit Katie's blog you'll see what the rest of the design team has done with Meljen's images this week.  If you'd like to see some of my other cards made with Meljen's images you can find them by using the labels gadget all the way at the bottom of my sidebar.

How easy is this challenge, unless for some reason you don't like pink (impossible) or bling (you gotta be kidding, who doesn't like bling) and adding a sticker is just plain easy.  For this card I dug deep into my stickers and found some Doodlebug stickers that were made from double sided adhesive.  The ones I used are the butterflies and flower below the pink lace.  All I had to do was shake some glitter over them and Voila! Glitzy stickers. The butterfly at the top of the card came with the paper pack.  The bling isn't showing too well in the photo, where you see little dots around the swirls in the image that's where the bling is.  In real life you can see it very well.

don't forgret the inside

Here's the deets:
stamp - Meljen's digi "Brooke's Butterflies"
ink - hp printer
paper - Stampin' Up "Kraft" card base; all other paper S.E.I. "Chocolat"
miscellaneous - copics; brads; pink lace ribbon; Doodlebug stickers; Nesties Lacey Square die; pink Glitzy Glitter and Martha Stewart copper and gold glitter; Taylored Expressions bling





Here's the challenges:
Cooking It Up With Katie #73 - Make a Pink Blingy Sticker
Going Grey - Decorate the Inside of Your Card
Digital Tuesday #126 - Going Buggy
Charisma #34 - Glitter It

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll come back again.  In the meantime why not make a card or project for Cooking It Up with Katie's challenge #73 to "Make a Pink Blingy Sticker" that kind of card doesn't stay in your stash for long.  All the rules and the linky thingy are here.

Late To the Dance

it's difficult to make out the ruler charm because it's turned on its side in this pic

Here it is Wednesday morning and I'm just getting around to posting my Cooking It Up With Katie card.  So I need to be brief.

This week's challenge #71 is "Die cut a Banner with ribbon" sponsored by Robyn's Fetish and Gingerloft.  My card uses the backpack image from Robyn's Fetish.  If you like to color this one is lots of fun. 

don't forget the inside

Here's the deets:
stamp - Robyn's Fetish "Backpack"; Taylored Expressions "Pennant a La Carte"
ink - hp printer; Ranger's "Tea Dye"
paper - Georgia Pacific white cs; Bazzill red cs; Recollections brown cs; October Afternoon "Report Card" dp
miscellaneous - copics; Taylored Expressions "Pennant Border" die; Nesties deckled rectangle; baker's twine; ruler charm; Stampin' Up markers; gingham ribbon; mini stars brads; sewing machine

Here's the challenges:
Cooking It Up With Katie #71 - Die Cut, Banner, ribbon
L'il Red Wagon - Back to School
Fab N Funky #86  - A Stitch in Time
Paper Pretties PWC167 - Back to School
Color Throwdown CTD#155 - Early Espresso, Rose Red, Barely Banana, Kiwi Kiss
Creative Belli #124 - gingham (old ribbon and SU markers)

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll come back again.  Now get busy making a card for the Cooking It Up With Katie challenge.  That's where you'll find all the challenge rules (nothing odd, the usual no back linking kind of stuff), some fabulous samples by the rest of the DT and of course the linky thingy for posting your creation.  We can't wait to see what you do.