CARDS CARDS CARDS!!!

I promised new cards and here they are - again these ones used some new stamps I got at Michael's last week - that are to me the Perfect sentiment and could work on the front (like I used them) or on the inside...

 

again I used the Basic Grey paper pad and embellishments that I had left over from Mondays cards.

 

 

I think they are clean and simple and could work for either a guy or girl...

 

I am linking this up to the following challenges;

creative moments - anything goes - teentastic

frilly and funkie - anything goes - HAPPY

penny's paper crafty challenge - anything goes

kraftin' kimmie - anything goes

word art Wednesday - anything goes - family friendly

crafting by designs - sentiments

 

happy crafting

xo

tina

 

 

Making cards

I have been busy making scrapbooks and had a bunch of fun scraps of paper from the new Dear Lizzy collection and decided to play around with them and created a few new cards, here's the first card I made using the papers and some fun little 3-d embellishments for the 2.00 bin at michael's

I think I am in love. You know what I like best is that it's mismatched and the patterns are all over the place (it's a first for me) I usually try and coordinate everything, but I think that pop of black really brings it all together! I dig it! 

I am linking this up to these challenges:

 

4 crafty chicks - anything goes

 

scrap & craft - anything goes

 

crafty gals corner - try something new

 

decorate to celebrate - anything goes

 

speed craft challenge - sparkle & shine

 

 

Have a crafty week!

 

xoT

Welcome baby

I am still on a baby girl kick as seen in my last post and in this one. I am happy to say that I am also still using the same kit by Pebbles. I adore this paper kit and can you see how much stuff I am getting made out of this entire kit. As a professional crafter/scrapbooker - I would highly suggest buying a kit off of Peachy Cheap and crafty steals - they offer complete lines of paper kits and are reasonably priced. 

Ok anyway here is another card I made with a brand new, fresh smelling, chubby baby  in mind. Hope you like it - I have some more to share from the same kit in the next few days.

Real simple but so girly, right?

I am linking this up to the following challenges:

 

artistic inspirations - anything goes

love to create - mad about plaid

love to scrap - anything goes

craft creations - anything goes

cutesy daisy - girly

the paper nest - anything goes

thanks for visiting 

T

xo

 

Thank you

Wanted to make some simple thank you cards to give to my guests that came to my birthday party last weekend - It was a small gathering shared with the people I care about most dear friends & family! 

(my best girl friends)

 



 

(my brother & his wife)

 

(My kids & hubby in the back ground)

It was a fun night!!!

I even got some sweet gifts! So to thank them for coming & making my night special I came up with these super clean & simple cards.

Love the way they turned out, just some bits of scrap paper and my wonderful paper punches. Easy.

I am linking it up to the following challenges:

 

613 avenue creates - anything + summer

 

robins fetish - anything goes

 

the squirrel & the fox - anything goes

 

crafty calendar - anything goes

 

crazy for challenges - 3D

 

send a smile for kids - CAS

 

 

Have a beautiful day

xo

tina

 

 

 

Some 4th of July

 

Goodness...Well this started off wonderfully. Love these papers but then I added the gold letter stickers and well I think I went a little too far...

 

What do you think?

 

Well, its a little bit of Holiday Happy -

I am linking this up to the following challenges:

 

crafty hazelnuts paper challenge

imganiations craft challenge - anything goes

kennys crafty krew - anything goes (spots or stripes)

 

happy crafting

xo

 

Fabulous

Hello and howdy do?

Time has been flying by like super quickly around here - I blinked and its now the end of my 2 little school year.

Yes for me, SUMMER starts tomorrow...crazy, right?

 

So amidst, birthday parties, graduation party planning and end of the year activities I have been super busy and am in need for some time off...since there is no time for that (chuckle)I thought I would imagine time away, girl time, if you will, to start I made this fun card...

 

 

A drink and some friends sounds real good right about now.

 

I will find some time and put something together real soon, that I promise myself...

 

For now I will be linking this card up to the following challenges:

A random fan challenge - anything goes

scrap-creations1 - celebrations

ribbon carousel - party time

sweet stamps blog - anything goes 

 

Here's wishing you a "FABULOUS" week

xo

 

 

Butterflies aplenty

Ever feel like life is REALLY good. Think "What have I done to deserve this Life." Is that weird - I mean I know it sounds really obnoxious and NO I don't always feel that way but right now, today, this past week - I feel like life is really going smoothly. I feel really greatful and truly happy.

I made some cards to reflect my mood...

 

 

Aren't they sweet and aren't the colors beautiful. Oh and the butterflies just my idea of what true happiness is represented by...

 

I truly hope your life is on an upward tilt and things are extremely going your way.

 

Wishing you a happy weekend.

xo

tina

 

I am linking this up to the following challenges:

 

4 crafty girls - anything goes

crafty little fairies - in the garden

DL art thankful Thursday - anything goes

in the pink - butterflies

 



Bright and Happy Card

 

Hope you are having a wonderful day what ever you are doing. I am busy cleaning up the house and cooking up some fun treats for Easter Sunday lunch while sticking with my quest to make MORE handmade cards I did make  a few more.

Here is one that I am quite fond of. I like to use my rubber stamps but because I am a scrapbooker first and foremost - I always have a bunch of embellishments left over from paper kits and love when I can use them for cards. As is the case here.

 

I am linking this card up to the following challenges:

 

a creative need - spring

a creative romance - eggcellent spring

chocolate, coffee cards - spring

craftitude - easter or spring

stampin with the dragon - spring time

qkrstampede - spring celebrations

 

Have a beautiful day.

xx

tina

 

 

 

Easter eggs

Just dropping in to share an Easter card I made - it's a little flashy but it's very colorful & that's what I want to focus on😳 only the positive 😜

 

 

Hope you are getting your Easter crafting on! 

Have a crafty week!

 

I am linking this up to the following challenges:

 

CREATIVE CARD CREW - SPRING

FAN-TASTIC TUESDAY - PASTEL COLORS

EVERYBODY ART CHALLENGE - ANYTHING GOES

SCRAP-CREATIONS - EASTER

PAPERTAKE WEEKLY - HAPPY EASTER

 

XO

tina

 

More pretty cards - day 42

Still feeling happily in LOVE over the long holiday weekend. I have been making cards that are either about LOVE or the colors of LOVE in pink and reds...

This is just an everyday card but didn't she turn out cute - used some fun embellishments and papers from GLITZ designs...love the kit

Linking this to the following challenges:

bunny zoe crafts - hearts & love

card mania challenge - love is all around

cards in envy - red pink & or white

crafting from the heart - anything goes/flowers

Hope your crafting is still going strong!

Have a beautiful week!

xo

LOVE - day 41

Not just because today is Valentine's Day but because it works for everyday, really.

 

 

Hope You all had a beautiful day with your loved one(s)!

 

I sure did!

 

 

It was a most beautiful day for sure.

 

I am linking the card up to the following challenges:

 

craft for the craic - heart

craftitude - valentines/love

docerela creations  - pink/red 1 heart

fussy and fancy challenge - be my valentine

 

have a great weekend

xo

 

 

Valentine Card ideas & discards -day 34

All day yesterday I was busy cleaning up - my studio space, our storage shed and boy did we have a lot of trash and collected a  bunch of stuff for our upcoming yard sale. I had a bunch of stuff that I was saving for my kids - way to much stuff - like baby blankets and onsies that had so many stains on them - I can't imagine what from. I mean, really are they gonna want stained baby clothes? Probably not so I kept the good stuff and junked the stained stuff, kept the artwork they made and wrote on junked the class work and stuff that just had their name on it - you know the things they come home with daily???

 

Another thing I had a lot of were cards. I've been with my husband for 15 years and we have 4 kids - so there were a billion {just kidding but wow) cards for birthdays, anniversaries and pregnancies, mothers & fathers day - you get the jist!!! I kept them all...I Know more stuff but those are super special. So here is another one to add to the bunch -

SHHHHH---- this one is for my husband...

 

Underneath the paper rose above the is a small tag that I punched and stamped with the words

I {heart} you

 

or I could give him this one....another small tag (Martha stewart) that says YOU & ME

 

Hm...choices, choices...maybe I'll give him both [wink wink]

 

hope you are keeping your craft ON

 

 I am linking these cards up to the following parties:

 

CRAFTY SENTIMENTS - love is in the air

EVERYBODY ART CHALLENGE - valentine

FAN-TASTIC TUESDAY - anything goes

FLOURISHES - red & love

LADY BUG CRAFTS - to the one I love

SHOPPING OUR STASH - love me tender

SWEET STAMPS - pink red & white

 

xo

tina

Sweet card - day 19

 

What a fun weekend. Glad we have one more day to play and the best part is the hubs gets the day off too. Makes it more fun and less stressful.

So I really want to expand my range in card making. I can make cards but I am not much of layering type of girl. I have a cricut, I have a sizzix and lots of dies, lots of punches and I hardly ever use them on my cards - what the heck is wrong with me.

Along with making an effort towards the people that matter in my life I plan on making a bigger effort in my cards - afterall, they are going to very important people. Here is a card I made and that there house is handmade by me out of chipboard.

 

 

 

The paper is from a Christmas stack and those flowers are red and turquoise - the color looks almost deep blue but its lighter. I used paint on the house and added a small paper heart.

 

I am linking this card up to the following challenges:

 

CAS ON SUNDAY

CHALLENGES FOR EVERYBODY

SCRIBBLE AND SCRAPS

MY TIME TO CRAFT

 

Have a fabulous week, happy crafting and if you have a day off tomorrow for MARTIN LUTHER KING day then enjoy yourself.

 

xo

tina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Hey Cupcake - day 15

Oh my another handmade card that could work for a friends birthday card or for your sweet LOVE...I am kind of embarrassed to admit this but I love making cards and always manage to put them aside somewhere after I make and blog them BUT almost NEVER give my handmade cards to family or friends {wah wah wah}...let alone give cards as a general practice. Sad story but its something I want to work this year.

I want to make the effort to show the people in my life that they are special to me. On a regular basis.

Here is my card

 

Love the colors = really make the card look FUN! I just had a thought---you could write on the little banners off on the left, write some things that are special about the person you are giving this to.

!genius!

 

So back to my rant about making people feel special - I know people are all over the web shouting and sharing their WORD for the year...I had previously decided NOT to play along but I think I have changed my mind...I think my word is going to be: PURPOSEFUL {HUH?} I think that's a word? But it's my word, regardless.

To me it means doing things with purpose...with meaning...especially when its someone I love. Giving it my all, exercising all the energy I can give to that person when they need me in that moment...You may think I am usually a real heel to my friends but I'm not, promise. I do however, kind of stay clear of getting "Involved" in others peoples issue...I try not to care. But I do and I think it's time I start showing it. At least that's the plan.

 

what a mouthful...guess I had some time to think today {wink wink}

 

Happy Crafting

p.s. I am linking this card up to some weekly challenges

 

Tina

 

 

Make it - day 11

Made with you in mind-Just a quickie & just under the wire 

Hope you had a great weekend...linking up to the challenges on the right!

Happy crafting!

Tina

365 MAKE IT challenge

I decided to give myself a challenge this year and of course I had to make it a creative challenge. But because I didn't want to make it ONLY a crafty challenge 

Good evening-I wanted to do something that would make an impact this year - you know set the mood for a wonderful 2014...so I thought I would give myself a challenge:

I decided to call it the 365 MAKE it challenge.

 

So for the next year I will be "Making" something which can include crafting, sewing, painting or cooking. It's just gotta be MADE by me!

I think this is going to be a good thing,  mostly because life gets so crazy that it'll be a positive thing to force myself to do something creative everyday! It'll be a small moment that will be devoted to me to exercise my talents! 

If you plan on joining me please leave a comment and I will definitely come check it out. I am hoping to figure out the linky tool and add it here - we'll see.

My first project for January 1, 2014 is a repurposing project which I started today and will get done tomorrow. Here are photos of the piece:

 

 

 

 

 

It's a headboard/footboard made into a bench - which I've had for awhile...I painted it white (I'll share the painted piece tomorrow)

 

 

 

 

 

ok - so that I have a completed project to share  I did make the card above tonight too for some friends that helped us with fan installation today! Cool friends are essential to a happy life! 

Let the CHALLENGE begin! Happy new year to you! Please come back and check out my daily posts! 

Happy crafting!

Tina 

Back to school

I am over joyed  that this Monday my last child will be starting school. Is that bad? My 2 little ones started school August 6th and 20 days little my junior higher is starting. I am looking forward to some hours alone and the quiet. Oh the peace and quiet - is what I am most excited about. Sorry if you don't agree...so in honor of the actual start of MY back to school year - here are some cards I made to wish my kids a fantastic year.

I love that all I used was some scraps of paper and some letter stickers along with some opened SCHOOL chipboard stickers I had left over. NO stamping involved...but cute cards none the less, right?

 

I think this card (above) could work for an older student maybe even in college...ya think?

 

I think this one could work for a middle school aged kid (my girl is starting 8th grade)

 

and well this was made with my 1st & 6th grader in mind. However, it's not really cutesy but gets the message across, right?

 

Well, as you can see I am a little excited. Don't hate me because I am truthful please!

I am linking this up to the following challenges this week:

 

AUD SENTIMENTS- anything but a bday card w/sentiment

CUTE CARD THURSDAY - back to school

DELIGHTFUL CHALLENGE - back to school/primary colors

DL ART THURSDAY CHALLENGE - back to school

PAPER CRAFTING JOURNEY- anything goes

SUGAR BOWL - anything goes

 

Here's wishing you a great weekend of crafting!

 

xox

 

Daddy LOVE

I sure hope your Father's Day was wonderfully relaxing and you had a chance to spoil your MAN.  The kids woke up dad with lots of hugs, kisses and a few jumps on the belly to get him up.

They love him bunches and don't they look like him. I love that!

I wish I could say that I made my sweet hubs a handmade card but did not. I bought him one a bit more appropriate for our relationship...a bit more sassy then one I could create.

 

Strange right...but I did make one for my dad...he's a bit more formal and so I made him a semi formal card with a hint of sass. Isn't this fun?

 

 

 

Here is the inside of the card. Before you go thinking I was genius to add the DAY inside the card ---

It was actually a mistake (shh don't tell anyone) I hadn't thought the alignment all the way through. Luckily it looks like it was intentional! Yeah me....

Hope my daddy likes it...yup mistake number 2 - it's late....

 

I am adding my card in the following challenges:

 

DL art thankful Thursday - fathers day

dutch dare card challenge - for dad

Meljens designs - dad daddy/fathers day

milk coffee - fathers day

crafting by design - fathers day

crafty for all seasons - masculine

creative belli - fathers day

sisterhood of crafters - masculine

 

Here's to all the Awesome dads out there...

 

xo

tina

 

QUICK handmade cards

 

Nothing better then QUICK & EASY...I am all about pick and stick projects - take for example these cards. Just 2 scraps of paper, a phrase punch out, a flower & 1 button.

 

 

 

Like I said pick & stick...pick out the things you want to use and stick (glue) them to the card front

 

 

Here is another pick and stick card...1 piece background paper, 1 phrase out and 4 punched photo corners...Super quick!!!

 

Now on to the next craft :)

 

I am linking this up to the following challenges:

 

FRESH BREWED DESIGNS - FLOWERS

PAPER CRAFTING JOURNEY - ANYTHING GOES

SUGAR BOWL BLOG - ANYTHING GOES

DIVAS BY DESIGN - ANYTHING GOES

 

HAPPY CRAFTING & HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

TINA

 

 

Card making

Been feeling stifled in the crafting department. I decided to finally make time and get my hands dirty or should I sit down and play!!!

 

First thing I made were some cards - I don't have many of those around these days...

I made 2 birthday cards - one for a girl and one for a boy

 

This PINK girly birthday card is kind of artsy so I think it could work for either a big girl or a little girl

 

 

What do you think? cute but artsy - so it could go both ways!

 

And because I have a little boy here too - I had to include one for the boys I used the same sentiment just a sweet robot to finish this one off.

 

Not bad for a dip back into the crafting POOL.

 

I have lots more to share this week - so please come back soon

 

I am linking these cards up to the following challenges this week:

 

aud sentiments - birthday sentiments

crafty ribbons challenge - anything goes w/ribbon

in the pink - ribbons & pink

paper-crafting journey - use a sentiment

crafty creations - pink + 1

 

happy Monday FOlks

tina