Mojo Monday 301

I enjoyed using the latest Mojo Monday sketch. The circle paper is from Pebbles; the black and white is basic card stock; the green, blue and orange are Bazzill. The green is embossed with the Cuttlebug Spots & Dots folder. I used a Stampendous sentiment. The ovals were done with Nesties. American Crafts makes the white brads.

Have a fabulous day!

Thank you...MWT and sketch 178

Today I have a dual duty card. It's for the Midweek Throwdown and sketch 178, both for Operation Write Home. The MWT calls for masculine cards and I managed to get four out of this piece of double sided Moxxie DP. The orange, brown and green are Bazzill and the white is card stock. The stud embellishments are from Michaels. The sentiment is by Stampendous and stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa.

Thanks for taking a look.

Clean & Simple 248

Here's a card based on Clean & Simple 248. I really love the background clock paper by DCWV. It goes so well with the Hero Arts stamp set. The brown paper is Bazzill and the white is card stock. American Crafts makes those black brads and a Martha Stewart border punch did those holes. The circle and scalloped circle are done with Nesties.

I'm trying to branch out from using only Operation Write Home sketches which I love because they have measurements on them. Other sketches make me think and I'm enjoying that lately!

Scraps

I had this scrap of Doodlebug chevron paper I needed to use and this is what I came up with. I cut it diagonally and made two cards out of it. Both cards use red and blue Bazzill as well as some basic card stock. The first one has two A Muse stamps. The HAPPY is really dark and pops much better in reality. The second has a Paper Smooches sentiment heat embossed in white

Have a fabulous week!

Cherie

One layout...four cards...lots of red, white & blue

This layout is pretty simple and easy to make into any type of card. I used Doodlebug paper from a 6x6 pad, some Bazzill, and some white and black card stock. The "screw" brads are by Recollections and one of my new favorites as you'll soon discover. The black brads are American Crafts and the red is bling from a friend.

This one has an A Muse sentiment I got at their huge sale a couple of weeks ago.

The bug stamp is by Hero Arts and the sentiment is Studio G.

The motorcycle and sentiment are from Hero Arts on this card.

Last one for today has another sentiment from A Muse.

Have a happy and safe Fourth of July!

Cherie

Kathryn's 6x6 Tutorial

One of the blogs I follow, Kathryn's Cards, posted a wonderful tutorial back in May. She took the time to figure out two different ways to cut some 6x6 papers and make several cards with a minimal amount of scraps. You can find her tutorial right here. The first time you do it, it take a little time to figure it all out, but once you have that first set of cards done, it goes so much faster. The first tutorial I did was the second one and it makes eight cards.

Here is what I came up with. I used a Doodlebug Sweet Cakes 6x6 pad that has 24 double-sided pages. All of the other papers are basic black and white card stock. The first card uses a Stampin' Up! stamp and the sentiment is A Muse. The silver embellies are JoAnn Craft Essentials. There are three of this card.

 

This one uses more JoAnn Craft Essentials embellies and another A Muse sentiment. There are two of this layout.

 

 

There is only one of this card. The sentiment/embellishment is from Michaels dollar bin. I used a white gel pen on the darker pink to make a border.

 

 

This last one (although there are two of them) has banners which I love! I added some American Crafts black brads and what I believe is a Studio G sentiment.

 

 

I'm looking forward to using this tutorial again as well as giving the other one a try. Are there any tutorials that have truly inspired you?

 

Cherie



 

Warm Thoughts

This card is much brighter in person. I'm not sure why the picture is so dark. But anyway...I made 17 of these for OWH. It was originally going to be a birthday card, but Sandy said she already has plenty of those! The idea for the layout can be found here.

I used two different Fiskars Dot Flourishes stamps to create the background and mounted it on black card stock which was then mounted on some teal Bazzill. The butterfly is done with a Marvy punch and edges with a black marker. The pearls on the butterfly were cannibalized from a very ugly leaf embellishment I got on clearance. The sentiment is Paper Smooches.

 

Have you ever looked an embellishment and thought, "I can cut it apart and use it for this and that and plenty of the other thing?"

 

Cherie

 

 

Miss You

Today's card was a bit labor intensive, but I didn't mind at all. It's worth the work to send a card I'm proud of. Don't you think? There are eight of these for my next OWH box.

I used some Moxxie Zoofari patterned paper and some teal and orange Bazzill. The white is card stock. The top layer of the star is done with Nesties while the other two layers were done by hand. I was so glad to use some of the Studio 18 orange rhinestones I've had forever. For the sentiment, I used a Paper Smooches stamp.

 

Do you ever buy Bazzill or card stock paper to match your patterned paper and have leftovers you will never use? That's what happened to me with that odd orange paper. I'm not sure I'll be able to even use it for Halloween cards.

 

Enjoy yourself today!

 

Cherie

Hey Buddy

Here's a bright card for you! I had fun making something so bright and yellow...it's definitely not a color I use often. I've paired these two papers together before and liked them so well that I did it again.

Both patterned papers are from Paper Pizazz. The yellow, blue and red are Bazzill while the black is card stock. I stamped the Paper Smooches sentiment on the textured side of the yellow. It makes it kind of bumpy looking which fits this card, I think. The red bling is from my stash.

 

Have you found papers that go well together and keep going back to them over and over?

 

Have fun today!

 

Cherie

Doodlebug Thanks

I completed 17 of these cards for my Veterans Home Project. It features some Doodlebug papers as well as blue Bazzill and white and black card stock. The stars are done with Nesties and the brad is American Crafts. The sentiment is by Inkadinkado.

 

How many Any Hero cards have you sent to OWH so far this year?

 

Cherie

Love Ya

It's another love card today. It's another idea from Pinterest that you can find right here. Six of these are for OWH.

I used the last of my Cloud 9 Design frog paper. The blue and green are Bazzill while the white is card stock. The embossing is done with a Cuttlebug folder and the border punch is Martha Stewart. The circles are done with Nesties and the sentiment is by Little Yellow Bicycle. The silver bling is JoAnn Craft Essentials.

Make sure to tell someone today that you love them!

Cherie

Love

I have a love card for you today. There are six of them to add to my OWH box. I found the idea on Pinterest. I do love pinning! But when I went to move the pin from my idea board to my inspired board, I think I accidentally deleted the original pin or I'd be linking to it here. Oops!

The heart paper is Hambly Screen Prints and the rest is basic card stock. The hearts were done with Nestabilities. The bling is from a friend in my craft group. And the sentiment is from Little Yellow Bicycle.

Enjoy your day!

Cherie

Flag Day!

It's Flag Day and I have a red, white and blue card to help celebrate! I used the new sketch from Clean & Simple for the layout.

The patterned papers are Doodlebug and the red/blue are Bazzill. The white is basic white card stock. The background is embossed with my Cuttlebug and the layered stars were cut with Nestabilities. That white brad is from American Crafts. The sentiment is by Hero Arts.

 

Have a fabulous weekend!

 

Cherie

Hugs!

Last time I shared kisses. Today I'm sharing hugs. And robots! It's amazing what you find when you clean and organize, isn't it? I thought this would make a cute boy card. This is kind of a take on one of the OWH banner sketches.

This card features paper from Pebbles Lil' Buddy Collection, black and white card stock, and some blue and green Bazzill. I used my new star Nesties and a star brad from my stash. The sentiment is Paper Smooches.

Thanks for stopping by!

Cherie

Kisses!

Here's a love card for my next box of cards. It's very simple but I really wanted to showcase the cute frog/heart paper I found when I was cleaning out my paper stash. So...I used a sentiment to reference kissing a frog to find a prince lol. The inspiration for the layout can be found here.

The frog paper is Cloud 9 Design; the blue and green are Bazzill; the white is card stock. For the sentiment, I used a stamp from Little Yellow Bicycle. Bling is some JoAnn Craft Essentials.

I wish you a fantastic day with much laughter!

Cherie

Thanks using sketch 111

Today I have two more Any Hero cards using more of my 6x6 Doodlebug paper. I'm really liking the colors of this pad. All layering papers are Bazzill. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches, heat embossed and cut with Nesties. The star brads are from my stash. Both use OWH sketch 111.

 

 

Have a fabulous day!

 

Cherie

Sketch 175 and another thank you

Here is my interpretation of OWH sketch 175. I really liked the white space at the top so I left it that way and put my Inkadinkado sentiment on the bottom. The plaid papers are from Doodlebug and the rest is all Bazzill. The brads are from my stash.

 

I tend to take sketches literally. Do you? Or do you tweak it into something a bit different?

 

Cherie

Lucky Stars

I saw a version of this card as I was flipping through a card magazine at the book store the other day. Theirs used only yellow for the stars. I wanted mine more colorful and bright. I used some bright lilac and turquoise for this. I love the new way to use this Hero Arts set. I did discover the need to be patient and wait until the inks dry. A couple of the cards got recycled because of smudges.

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

 

Cherie

Red, White and Blue sketch 115

Here are some more cards with Doodlebug paper. This time I used OWH sketch 115. All layering papers are Bazzill. The sentiment is SU. The brads are from my slowly shrinking stash of brads.

 

 

Enjoy your day!

 

Cherie

MWT...Sketch 174...Love

I've got three challenges in one card today. The current Midweek Throwdown is Transportation, the current sketch is 174 and Sandy has asked  for love cards. (Ok, the last one isn't a challenge, but I challenged myself to make some.) I made eight of these and used up two pieces of 12x12.

The striped and blue paper is DCWV. The others are all card stock I had on hand. The car stamp is by Hero Arts. The sentiment is My Favorite Things.

 

Have a wonderful week. Take some time to be creative!

 

Cherie