Happy Fathers Day

So this is a 2-in-1 challenge card!!  The first challenge is a colour challenge at Stampin' Royalty Challenge #57.  The colours we were supposed to work with were Not Quite Navy, Soft Suede and Baja Breeze.  I am not sure that I used the exact colours because all of my cardstock is mixed together, but I think I got it pretty close!!  I hope!!  The second challenge is a sketch challenge at Sketch Saturday.  Here is the sketch I was following:

I chose to make a Fathers Day card because to me the colours were masculine, and making masculine cards is a challenge in itself!!  Anyway, the stamp sets used are called "Noble Deer" and "Teeny Tiny Wishes", both from Stampin' Up.  The brad is from my stash.

Thanks for looking!!  :)

Happy Birthday

This card I made for the challenge at Stamping 411.  It's another sketch challenge.  Here is the sketch I was following:

And here is my take on the sketch.  Cardstock and stamps are Stampin' Up.  Fish is coloured with Stampin' Up markers.  A cute, fun card!!

Thanks for looking!!  :)

You Cured Yet??

Another challenge card!!  This one is for The Cupcake Craft Challenges, where the theme is "Old McDonald Had a Farm".  I've had this stamp set from SU forever, and don't remember the last time I used it, so this was a perfect time to dig it out!!  It's called Farm Fever.  All papers are from SU, and the image was coloured with MS crayons.  I cut the cardstock to 5 1/2 X 5 1/2, and used Fiskars Templates for the diamonds in the background.  All in all I think this turned out pretty good!! 

                                                                Inside sentiment:

Thanks for looking!!  :)

Be My Honey

So this is another Valentine card. I made it for the challenge at http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/, where the theme was "No Embellishments".  Everything is SU, stamp is from (retired) Vintage Valentines.  I used my scallop edge puncher to frame the squares.  I coloured the image with my MS crayons, and the heart I coloured with a water crayon and blended.  Simple, and easy!!  :)

I was going to enter this card into another challenge blog, but now can't seem to find it!!  Oh well!!  Maybe another day!!

Thanks for looking!!  :)

You're The Cat's Meow

So this card I made for the Stampalot Challenge at http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/,  "All Creatures Great and Small".  I used Stampin' Up paper, and the rest was from my stash.  The stamp set is from SU and it's called The Cat's Meow.  I love these colours together, and I love the way the card turned out!!

Thanks for looking!!  :)

Ayla's Album Con't....

So I finally did the Feb 08 page.  I put aside the paper I thought I wanted to use, and instead put it to use on Valentines crafts, which I will show later, as they're not done yet!!  I didn't take many pictures in Feb 08, so my selection was very limited.  I chose this pic because it was pretty much the only one I had to work with!

The paper is SU, and the rest is from my stash!  The brown ribbon is ruffly, and I chose the blue ribbon to go on top to give a bit more dimension.  The pic shows Ayla's first Valentine's teddy bear and some pink onsies that were a gift from Gramma I believe. 

This is the March 08 page.  It says "I don't like beans!", because she didn't like beans!!  LOL!!  The beans in the middle of the page I found online.  I printed and cut them out.  The rest of the stuff was in my stash.

Thanks for looking!!  :)

Canoe Be My Valentine??

So this is my first ever challenge card.   I don't usually go all crazy for Valentines Day, but it's that time of year and I wanted to use this cute (retired) stamp set I have from SU called Vintage Valentines.  The cardstock is SU and everything else is from my stash.  Here is the sketch I was following from http://stamping411.blogspot.com/:

                                                   This is my take on the sketch:
                                                (I followed it very closely!!  LOL!!)

                                               Close up of the stamped image:

I heat embossed the hearts, and coloured the image with water pencils (crayola), Martha Stewart crayons and SU markers.  I also went over the letters with Stampin' Write Journaler in basic black from SU to make them stand out a bit more!