Polka dots and stripes

Today's card is for the February Release Challenge 2 at The Peachy Keen Connection. For this challenge we are to use polka dots and stripes. I love combining dots and stripes. And, for this card, I used all scraps! Gotta love using up scrap pieces. Also the ribbon matches much better in real life. Not sure why I can't get the colors to cooperate in the photo, but you get the idea. ;) The sentiment is from the January release.

The cute little car -- ON A WOBBLE!! Look at him go! LOL -- is a Cuttlekids die. And of course he wouldn't be complete without a PKS Cornies face, now would he!

Product List:

Peachy Keen Stamps, PKSC-13, January release

Peachy Keen Stamps, PK-293, The Cornies assortment

My Favorite Things, fishtail tag

Cuttlebug, Cuttlekids car die

EK Success bumpy roads edge punch

Ink, clear acetate {windshield}, stickles {headlights}, white pen, glossy accents, ribbon, action wobble

Monochromatic birthday card

This card is for my mother-in-law's birthday coming up in March. March is a HUGE birthday month in my fam with some multiples on some days even! But back to biz.....I made it for the Peachy monochrome challenge this month. I love the vintage look of sepia tones with black. I think it looks so rich and elegant. I found the BoBunny Et Cetera papers to be perfect for the look I wanted to achieve.

As always, I made my own rolled flowers; two versions this time. Added the vintage looking ribbon and champagne colored string pearl beads, and vintage lace for an even more old-timey feeling.

To create the sentiment I used two different Peachy sets. "Birthday" is from the Recess Jump Rope Girl, and "Greetings" from Fruit Sentiments Two. My label is by Spellbinders, butterflies by Martha Stewart.

Be sure to pop on over to the Peachy Keen Blog where you'll find me each Tuesday this month as guest designer!! I'm beyond thrilled to be working with Kathy's talented team and hope you'll visit me over there. :) Hope you're enjoying a lovely weekend. My thoughts are prayers are with the East Coast that Nemo leaves quickly and does no harm.

Product List:
Peachy Keen Stamps, PK-125 Recess Jump Rope Girl
Peachy Keen Stamps, PK-164 Fruit Sentiments Two
Spellbinders nesting labels
Quickutz doily and scallop circle dies
Martha Stewart butterfly punch
BoBunny, EtCetera 6x6 paper pad
Ink, ribbon, lace, bling, string pearls, various foliage

Wish BIG

Have you tried making punch/die art creations? I'm having a blast with them! Today I'm sharing this sweet "Hippo Birthday" card. She's a cutie patootie, I must say!

Again, using just a few simple shapes, super easy to make.

Sentiments by My Creative Time, balloon dies by Quikutz, and pattern papers by My Mind's Eye.

Inside message sentiment by Jaded Blossom.

Product List:
My Creative Time, Wow, So Many Candles
My Creative Time, Bloom Where You Are Planted
Jaded Blossom, Funny Valentine
My Mind's Eye, Lime Twist, Let's Fly a Kite 6x6 paper pad
Quickutz nesting balloons, circles, ovals, and rectangle dies

It's FRIDAY! :)

My favorite day is here. Friday makes me happy. :) And it's a good thing too because my little scrapping buddy, Miss Grace, who has been scrapping with me since she was 3 years old, turned 12, yeah T-W-E-L-V-E, yesterday!!! I'm beside myself. :{ I miss her so much and can't wait for summer when she'll be coming to stay with us again. We got craftin' to do!!! The good news is, we are able to text and email daily. *happy*

In the meantime, I craft alone....with hundreds of internet buddies! This is what I made for Grace's birthday from some of her outgrown jeans. You may remember I made several denim goodies for the grands for Christmas. Well, I knew I wanted to make a larger bag for Grace, with a shoulder strap as she requested. When I started cutting yesterday I had no idea what the finished bag would look like. But I am please with the finished product and it took only a few hours.

This is a full sized shoulder bag which I know Grace will use a lot more than she will the little bag. That was just a warm up. LOL For the closure flap on this one, I used pieces of the original waist band; the original button on the front, and the original button hole on the back which flaps over the button just like it did on the original pants, only vertically. I really like this bag and now I want one for myself too! {I stuffed it with fat bubble wrap for the picture so you can see the shape.}

Here is a better view of how the front pocket is laid out. Pocket piece itself is a pocket in addition to the pocket and change pocket from the original jeans, making three pockets! I love that the belt loop can be used for hanging charms or whatever, and you can keep your cell phone and keys securely in the large pocket for easy access. I used the My Creative Time scalloped heart die and Spring Chicken floral background stamp to make this charm from shrink film.

If you'd like to make super cute heart charms too, check out the scalloped heart die at My Creative Time. Your imagination will run wild once you start shrinking! ;)

MCT Designer Challenge

Hello Thursday! Today's Designer Challenge is brought to you by MCT Designer, Nikki Foraker, aka Scrappin Navy Wife. She is the queen of embossing and her challenge to us today is to use embossing on our projects. It can be heat embossing, dry embossing or better yet BOTH!

I used the stitched layering hearts dies on my card to make this cut out border strip. I popped it with foam tape for dimension. I like how it looks.

My embossing comes in the form of my sweet little punch art lamb. Simple scallop circles {head and body}, circle cut in half for ears, partial oval for the face, and trimmed tiny fishtail tags for the legs. So easy!! I used my Cuttlebug polka dots embossing folder for the 'wool', and for the sweet face, which is a Peachy stamp of course, I used heat embossing so it would show up on the black. I like how it came out! Sentiment computer generated.

Hope you will join us for the Designer Challenge! Be sure to link up on the My Creative Time blog and you could be this week's winner! :)

Product List:
My Creative Time, Stitched Layering Hearts dies
Quickuts scallop circles, circles and oval
My Favorite Things fishtail tags
Cuttlebug polka dot embossing folder
Echo Park, Love Story 6x6 paper pad
Ink, clear embossing powder, white pen, black marker, button, hemp twine