'Tis the Season

Hi!  Thought I'd participate in Club Anya's Saturday Sketch since I haven't done a challenge in a while and these sketches really help me put cards together.  I tried distressing the edges with my Tim Holtz paper distresser.  Man, you can get really carried away using the distresser.  And it gets a little messy.  I think my hubby was wondering why I cut the paper up when I bought it so nice and clean looking.  I guess it's kind of like buying jeans and ripping them up to look old.  Though I never did that and never would.

Beanie Anya is so cute and cheerful.  She looks super cozy here.

The ribbon, flowers and button are all from the blog candy I had won from Amy Young.  Still working through the stash she sent me.

Thanks for reading and have a great day!

Rockin' Rebel 2

I really wasn't going to enter this challenge over at Club Anya and Friends but I had this idea in my head and I knew that if I didn't try it, I'd regret it later.  This is a 12x12 layout and I really wasn't intending it to be so huge.  I thought I'd make a little card but somehow it expanded to this especially because I wanted to recreate watching The Beatles' appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show so many years ago.  I haven't made a scrapbook layout in a while and I don't usually do a topic about my likes but I like how this turned out.

I used acetate (again!) to create the idea of a TV screen.  I wrapped some circular card stock with aluminum foil to make little dials and stuck on/glued some alphabet stickers spelling out some lyrics.  I was getting tired of the monochromatic gray, white, black theme (B&W TV back then) so I had to add some bright pink in there.  I put a little of strip of journaling on the bottom with my white gel pen.

Here's a close-up of Paul & George. (You can see me in the photo taking this pic!).  I used Dressy Edward for all of their bodies and the top of Birthday Boy Ian's hair for all of them too.  Paul has Dressy Edward's face shape and I drew in some eyes similar to Edward's opened eyes.  I hand drew the guitars and their little hands.  (Paul is left-handed).  Trust me, I'm not a drawer and it took me a few tries to get it okay looking.  I drew in part of his mouth and drew in the bangs of his hair.  George has Mer Ian's face and the sides of this hair and I drew in the bangs.

Here's John.  He is similar to Paul but I drew in eyes that look like Mer Ian's.  Paul, George and John are all popped up higher to look like they are in front of Ringo.

And this is Ringo.  Birthday Boy Ian got a drum set for his birthday.  I found a free "Beatles" font online, printed it, and cut it out with my circle nestabilities.  I layered it and popped it up with a dimensional.  I made simple cymbals just by using the shape tool on MS Word and print and cut and popped up too.  I just drew in lines for the stands.  The drumsticks are toothpicks I cut and colored with my Copic pen.  I had him on a platform like they did for performances.  I also changed his bangs to look more Beatles-like.

All in all, this was a pretty challenging challenge.  I really wasn't sure about the altering cause I've never done it before and how to draw in the missing parts.  I don't know how to color black hair well without it looking like a big black glob either.  Well, thanks for reading this kind of long post.  Happy Mother's Day!

And the Winner Is ...

ME!!!! Yay!!! I'm so excited--I won a Wild Card Wednesday challenge over at Club Anya and Friends.  See HERE.  A picture of my card is on the post below this.  So that was fun and exciting.  I have some thinking to do about which digital stamp to choose.  So many cute stamps, I'm gonna have a hard time deciding.

So I thought I'd just share a short little project.  This is a variation of the notepads I'd made for Xmas last year.  This one I made for a little girl so she can keep herself busy while her Mommy takes care of their new baby.  I had written her name on the heart but covered it in the photo.  And what little girl doesn't like Hello Kitty?  The template is from PTI.  See HERE.

Here's a picture of it opened.  Lots of paper for her to doodle in.

By the way, our watermarks on our photos have been incorrect!  I didn't get a chance to fix these photos--it should read www.craftingthisandthat.blogspot.com.  Gotta have the blogspot.  Alrighty, that's it for today.  I'm off to do more projects.  Thanks for reading!

Club Anya Challenge

Well, I finally did it and entered a card challenge over at Club Anya and friends.  I made this card on acetate that I bought over at PTI.  I wanted to make Mother's Day cards with acetate but I haven't finished so Cheryl's not the only one behind.  Then I found a tutorial on Papertrey Ink's you tube channel HERE about using acetate so I thought I'd give it a try.  The stamp set is TGF's Hope and Grace.  I love the girls in this set.  So adorable.  Took me a while to buy this set though but I finally did when Auntie Lianne at Cute Stuff had her 20% off sale.  I always think this little girl is wearing a flower for a dress so I thought it fit the Spring/flower theme that the challenge called for. 

I must stop procrastinating now and get on with finishing the rest of my projects or they'll be late.  Still gloomy today but hopefully you're having a nice day.  Thanks for stopping by!

Laundry Day

Hi!  Before I get into this card I wanted to congratulate Cheryl on winning the Club Anya & Friends Saturday Sketch from last week.  Yay!  I guess maybe some people who visit our blog don't realize that Cheryl and I share this blog and we both post projects.  Well, back to the card.  I made it for CAF Mystery Monday mostly because I am doing what Cheryl is doing and trying to ink up all my unused stamps.  TGF's Laundry has been sitting in my box for some time now just like our real laundry that's in the living room right now waiting to be folded.  I know how she feels.  With the 5 of us, we have a ton of laundry.  Sometimes I think I'm washing clothes every day! 

I bought the DP just for this stamp too.  It is from My Little Shoebox and I cut the little birdie out from a different DP from the same line.

I was a little worried that it would look like the birdie is pecking at her head.  Hahaha. 

I did get to play with my Cinch a bit tonight.  It is so easy to use!  I have to think of what other projects I can make now.  Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

Many Thanks

Hi!  So is it really true??  It's the last ever Saturday Sketch at Club Anya?  I'm really gonna miss those sketches.  And is Club Anya really closing its doors?  That's sad too.  Though I can't wait to see what they are planning next.  So I had to make a card for the last sketch.

I made a little thank you card using TGF's Signature set to thank Club Anya and the design team for all their hard work and inspiration.  I'm so bad at commenting on their blog so thought I'd make a little something.

And my hubby just pointed out Dorothy's shoes should be red not blue.  Geez, now he notices stuff like that.  Well, this is her before the ruby red slippers.  I cut the 3 cuties out and popped them up with dimensionals.  Isn't Toto just so cute?!  I had to really be careful cutting him out.

The Club Anya is a stamp from the set.  Many Thanks is from PTI's Fillable Frames 1 stamp set.

I really like how this card came out too.  And it's the first time I've used this set since buying it a while ago.

This card was also inspired by: 
Wee Memories Challenge 49 (Anything Goes)
Simon Says Stamp Challenge (Mother's Day/Girlie Challenge)--I'm going with the Girlie part.

Well, thanks for reading and have a great week!

Edward & Bella

Hi!  Made a card for Club Anya and Friends Saturday Sketch.

I flipped the sketch upside down because I wanted to use my heart doily die from Cheery Lynn Designs.  It looked so good on Cheryl's card HERE.  I bought these dies from Cute Stuff.  They are so pretty.  Anyway, I thought the scalloped bottom could be the top half of the large heart doily.  The little rolled rose is from MFT.  Cut from PTI felt with a tiny cutout heart in the center.

Then I made it into an easel card so the bottom half of the card could go on the inside of the card.  The heart was cut from a shiny grey cardstock.  It was leftover from the time I made my Beatles page.  See HERE if interested.  It's taken me this long to finally use the scraps.

Oh yeah, I forgot to talk about the stamps!  I used TGF's Edward and Camille (Bella for all the Twilight fans).  Edward was probably one of my first TGF's stamps.  I didn't get Camille til much later and took me even longer to finally put them together.  I even had them wear matching colored clothes.  Edward's face has a bit of sparkle shimmer spritz  sprayed on him.  Tied on some ribbon and a bow and added a love charm I got from Stamp and Create when I ordered from them.  That was a nice surprise.

I left this card sort of sentiment-less.  If I had a nice crafting room I'd display it to remind me of the Twilight series. 

Well, thanks for reading!

Miss Anya Love

Hi!  Made this card for Club Anya and Friends Mystery Monday.  It's the first time I've actually used this TGF Miss Anya Love stamp even though I've had this set for a while now.  Mostly because I had to get accustomed to her not having a mouth.  I don't know--something about not having a mouth reminds me of ghost stories or something spooky like that.  I know that might sound weird.  Anyway, I'm slowly getting over it. 
 

Do you see that large doily in the back?  I love it!!  From MFT!  A doily die.  I used regular copy paper to cut that out hoping it would look a bit more delicate.  I did find some heart shaped Wilton doilies from Ben Franklin today too.  The hearts are also diecuts from MFT.  I stamped LOVE with PTI's Simple Alphabet and cut them out.  There's a little pink pearl in the O. 

Oh and look at these felt roses!  I love them too.  Also from MFT.  You die cut it and roll to make roses.  I added the pearls.  The doily border die matches the doily above.  How can you resist these cute dies?  I'm asking this mostly to Cheryl.  Hahaha.  Also added some lace too. 

The papers are from the Tinsel & Twig collection from The Girls' Paperie.  It's more of a Christmas set but I love these roses on this paper.  So pretty!  I'm liking how this card turned out.  The kids and hubby agree it's not as scary as the previous one with Creeper Tuesday.

Thanks so much for reading!  Have a happy Friday!

Princess Tuesday

Hi!  Made a card to follow the sketch above from Club Anya and Friends.

I finally got to use my Creeper Tuesday.  I like her.  My kids and hubby--they don't like her much.  My kids' conversation compared her to T-rex.  What's scarier, her or T-rex?  Hahaha.  And my hubby couldn't get over her combat boots.  What's so bad about her boots?

The sentiment is from CC Designs.  I actually bought it just to go with Tuesday because I thought it fit her so well.  I've actually had the pink roses for a few years now, maybe 8 years.  They've held up pretty well over the years.

I added some lace and the border die is also from MFT part of their Die-namics die collection.

Added some bling on her crown and in the corners and also gave the whole card a shot of the sparkle shimmer spritz.  I've always wanted to try pink hair too, on a card that is not on myself.

Paper is Basic Grey that Cheryl gave to me some time ago.  Thanks!

Thanks for reading! 

Another Mystery Monday

Hello, I finally have another card. Eva has been busy this past week! Which is a good thing since I was on spring break and now need a vacation to recover from my vacation. Unpacking and doing all the laundry after a super long car ride was really tiring, and I didn't even drive! I must be getting old. Anyhow, here's my card for Mystery Monday over at Club Anya. I seem to be off schedule with the Saturday sketches nowadays.

I finally got to use my new Creeper! (I need to go browse some blogs and galleries and pay closer attention to how people color curly/wavy hair). I again used the Basic Grey paper pack, Urban Couture, that I used for my first Creeper card. Somehow it seems to match the vibe of the Creepers.

I used the big heart doily (thanks, Eva! again!) in place of the curved piece. I was debating about cutting it in half, but then thought it might look weird like that and instead just let it cover most of the card and patterned papers! I also cut the red piece down a little so more of the blue background paper would show since I got a little overzealous with the distress ink and everything looked brown! Hopefully it looks like it I tried to match her dress color and not like I just picked a color out of the air.

I used a PTI birthday tag stamp for the sentiment and mulberry paper flowers with PTI buttons tied with floss.

Well, this might be it for me again for a while. At this rate, I'm never going to get through all my new stamps!

You're a Sweetie

Hi!  Here's a little easel card made with TGF's Cheeky Cherry Pie.  I really like this Cheeky.  She's probably my favorite--maybe cause she has pie.  In any case, this is for Club Anya and Friends Mystery Monday. 

I used a heart-shaped doily and placed liquid pearls around the border but some got kind of smushed.  Hmmm, not patient enough to let it dry completely.  There's also some Glossy Accents on her pie.  I made a little stick pin by the flowers using my beading stash.  The flower background is fabric paper from American Crafts.  It comes with a sticky back and you just peel off the paper--I've had it for a few months now.  It looks like wallpaper to me.  Then added some lace.

The sentiment is from Oliver & Amelia's Just For You set.  The hearts were diecut using MFT's Die-namics dies.  Then some pearls along the bottom just cause I can't seem to leave a whole lot of blank space.  I always want to fill it up with something. 

Thanks for reading and have a great day!

Let's Chat

Hi!  Thought I'd try this week's Club Anya and Friends sketch too.  It gave me a chance to use my new Cheeky Chat stamp and the Say What stamp and die set from MFT.

She reminds me of when I was in high school talking on the phone all night probably to Cheryl.  Hahaha.  I love her little phone.

Just a close up.  I love those little pom pom ribbons so when I saw them I had to buy them.  At least I'm not hoarding them too much.

I'll also be entering this in Simon Says Stamp Challenge (anything goes).

Thanks for reading!

Hello ...

I need to distract myself from all the happenings in the world.  What an incredibly unbelievable disaster in Japan.  I'm so in shock.  I wanted to craft something last night but couldn't really and tonight I need a diversion.  My hubby is glued to the TV but I can't watch the videos.  So I made a card instead.  I actually wanted to make a sympathy card at first cause that's how I felt but then decided to go a happier route.

So I decided to use Oh Boy Ian from TGF since I  had him stamped out long ago but never got around to using him.  I followed the current Mystery Monday card case over at Club Anya and Friends.  And congrats to Cheryl for winning last week's Mystery Monday too!  I think she's having fun winning some cute stuff!

Ian's saying Hello.  I got to use my new MFT's Say What stamp and die set.  When I first saw this set I thought the sayings were so perfect with TGF stamps.  I love the word bubbles!

Then I had the most perfect matching ribbon!  Some of the elements on this card are kind of just thrown on but I love the PTI fine linen card stock base.  

A little crafting diversion but back to the real world. 

Thank you for reading.

Excuse Me?

Hi!  This is the current sketch at Club Anya and Friends.  Thought I'd make a quick card and play along since I just got my very own Creeper Crew set thanks to Cheryl!!  An early birthday gift!  Thank you!

I didn't know which Creeper to use so I asked my daughter and she picked Jill because even though she looked the "scariest" she had the the cutest dress.  Haha, she's such a girl to decide based on fashion.  Well, Jill reminds me of a disgruntled bridesmaid with her frilly dress and hair-bow thinking what? I gotta wear this?!  Hence her "Excuse me?" sentiment.

This little heart is from a set of heart doilies from Cheery Lynn Designs.  The dies are so cute!  And I was so lucky to find them at Cute Stuff!  Anyway, I cut this one with fun foam.  If you're a PTI follower then you know that's the current challenge over there.  I was playing around with this and fun foam is really easy to cut.  I thought it matched nicely with this card and just stuck in some flowers.

There are like a million little hearts that pop out so I glued 3 on the side.  Oh, the pretty crocheted lace is from American Crafts.  I still haven't gotten around to trying to crochet a doily.  Seems a bit time consuming.

Thanks for reading and have a great Friday!