Hey Dude!

Wow this weekend went by fast! I can't believe it is Monday already. I managed to get 2 cards done this weekend. My sister, Mary, told me about a great website for some free digi's. It's called SJ's - Little Musings. This woman has some really adorable images and she gives them for free. I really appreciate talented people who are willing to share with others. When I saw this little guy I just knew I had to color him.

I thought this would make a great boy's birthday card. I am always looking for birthday cards for males. I tend to make cards with their sports interest but I'm sure they are sick of getting them by now. This will be a nice change.

The challenges I found for this card are:

Paper Sundays - Distressing. I find myself doing more distressing lately and I thought it fit well on this card.

Polka Doodles - Sketch. I loved this sketch and thought it would work well with this image.

My Time to Craft - Green + one - I liked this theme. One mandatory color and one of my choice. Great idea! I choose yellow.

ABC Challenge - One Paper - I wasn't sure I would do this challenge when I saw it because I am not good about using just one piece of DP but when I layed this out I realized I did only use one piece. I guess you just never know.

Your Next Stamp Challenge - Spring colors - When I saw this theme I immediatly thought Pink, Blue, Lavender but when I put this card together I thought how bright and springy it was and Yellow / Green are spring colors. I like when I can fit a challenge without going to the obvious.

Lots to do - Use a machine - I used my Cuttlebug and spellbinders to cut all 12 circles on this card.

Thanks for stopping by. Do you like my little dude? Thanks to everyone who leaves a comment. I love reading them all.

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Always Artichoke, YoYo Yellow
DP: Basic Grey
STAMP: Scrappy Lady
MISC: Star brads (don't know who makes them), Misc brads & Ribbon, Cuttlebug corner die

Happy Halloween

Good afternoon. I hope everyone is having a good week. Mine is okay so far. I hope it continues that way.

I made this card for Mary Jo's sketch challenge and Basic Grey's challenge. It looked like a fun sketch. I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with. I love embossing of any kind so when I saw that Basic Grey's was to emboss it was an easy decision to join the fun.

This is my first Halloween card for 2009. I bought the Basic Grey pack and I love the papers. I couldn't wait to use them. I don't have many Halloween stamps so I was limited with what I can do right now. I glittered the spiders so they would show up better and give the card some sparkle. This is the first time I tried moving the Nesties around to get points instead of scallops on the circles. It is so easy. I love it. All you need to do is cut the scallop and then move the die so it cuts in the middle of one of the scallops and you get points. Don't you love the creative people who come up with these things!

I hope this card looks brighter to you than me. For some reason when I attached it the picture looks darker than I thought. Maybe it's just my computer or my new glasses I just picked up this AM.

Thank you for looking at my card. Let me know what you think!

Peggy
SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Kiwi Kiss, Black
DP: Basic Grey
STAMPS: Lizzie Anne, $1 Michael
MISC: Cuttlebug embossing folder, JoAnn's dots, DeNami Designs Ribbon

Happy Birthday Bryan

This is the last Birthday card I need to make for about 6 weeks. This one is for my Nephew Bryan. I really wanted to make something different but I have so much trouble with cards for men.

I really like the colors I used for this. I wanted to put something in the pocket. I thought money would be good because that is what I always give him but the colors didn't match and, let's face it, it's all about the card looking good. I then put the paper in to look like a hankerchief but it looked too clean so I crumbled it up and then put it in again. I like the touch of red on the card.

I embossed the light blue to give it a little more texture and then put my corners on it to do something other than just brads. The layout was just a fluke. I put the card down and it wasn't taped yet. The bottom square moved and I like it so I kept it that way.

My next birthday card is for a good friend of mine. She will be much easier! Lot's of choices and you can always fill it up with flowers and bling!

I hope everyone is having a great week. It is so hot here but I shouldn't complain when the news is filled with storms.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you like my card.

Peggy

SUPPLIES:
CS: SU
DP: SU
STAMPS: Class Act, Just Rite
MISC: Cuttlebug embossing folders, corner die cut, ribbon, brads

Another Birthday

How's everyone's weekend going? It's a beautiful day here in the Northeast. I have loved that the humidity has left for a few days and I have been able to open my windows. My sister and I spent the day shopping and it was nice that it wasn't hot and humid. This is probably the last day of this perfect weather for a while so I am enjoying it.

The busy time for Birthdays is coming up for me. Everyone one of my sisters, brother, nieces, nephews and my mother, except one, have birthdays starting 7/27 through 1/7. This one is for my brother.

I bought this stamp at the convention in Springfield. I thought it would be good for the guys cards I need to make. I will probably use it for my Nephews card at the end of August also so I will need to think of another layout. Any ideas would be appreciated!

As I was making this card all I could think of is "What am I going to do when I run out of Wild Wasabi?"!!!! I love this color and SU had ran out by the time I was going to place my last in-color order. I really like most of the SU In-Colors but I hate when I can't get them any longer. I then tend to hoard them. I don't know why but I do.

Well I need to go water my plants and then I think I will finish a Sugar Nellie card I have been working on. I hope everyone enjoys the rest of the weekend.

Peggy

SUPPLIES:
CS: SU Wild Wasabi, Night of Navy
DP: SU
STAMPS: SU, Class Act
MISC: Cuttlebug, brads, ribbon