The Outlawz No Stamp Challenge, Let's have a picnic!

Good morning!

Today is the start of a new challenge at The Outlawz Challenge. You can play along HERE

This new challenge discourages the use of any physical stamps or digital images. Exceptions will be made for digital paper and stamped or digital sentiments

We are in the final throes of remodeling our upstairs, this includes my craft room so many of my tools are in storage now. For this card I had to use many many dies as pretty much all my punches are packed up.

Supplies: 5x7

• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base), Stampin Up! & scrap bin
• Crop-a-dile for large flower center
• Ink from Stampin Up!
• Sentiment hand written with a black sharpie
• Two-hole punch from Stampin Up! for flower center
• Dies:
• Birds from Impression Obsession
• Bow from Cat bag from Mama Elephant
• Grass with cattails from Cottage Cutz
• Grassy hillside border from Fawn Lawn
• Little birds & Woven basket from Gina Marie Designs
• Spring Blooms & Spring Minis from Fun Stampers Journey
• Dies to make the Ant:
• Antenna – The handles from Autumn Wheelbarrow from Tutti Designs
• Body - Ovals, unknown, Classic circles from Sizzix & Circle die from Bear bag by Mama Elephant.
• Face – Eyes were created using pieces from an abstract bubble die I have. I colored 2 smaller pieces with a sharpie for the pupils. Smile is from Bunny bag from Mama Elephant
• Legs are just strips cut down to size.

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(Hugs) Cara

2019 Cards for Little Hearts Card Drive

That life is to my liking which is made up of little deeds, little sacrifices, little kindnesses. ~Birthday letter quoted in J.R. Macduff, Birthdays, 1893

Hello and Welcome to the 2019 Cards for Little Hearts "Heart-Themed" Card Drive.

Cards for Little Hearts is a global card drive, comprised of crafters dedicated to bringing smiles, hope and encouragement to as many children with congenital heart disease as possible by providing heart center staff with handmade cards that are given to patients during their hospitalization.

The current card drive will run from January 1st - February 1^st for Heart-Themed (non-Valentine’s Day) "Thinking of You" cards to celebrate the patients during February's Heart Month. Cards will be hand delivered to heart patients at both Nationwide Children's Hospital (in Columbus, Ohio) and the Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, (the Congenital Heart Collaborative in Cleveland, Ohio).

Anyone is welcome to help make and send cards – from a young child who loves to doodle to an experienced, acclaimed card maker.

Please read the guideline page located on the Cards for Little Hearts' website for important information prior to making and sending in your cards. You can also find additional helpful resources on the FAQs page and a Sentiments List. There is also a Gallery page if you need some inspiration. If you have any questions about the guidelines or the card drive itself, please contact Christina (HERE) directly, founder of Cards for Little Hearts.

There is only about a week left to get your cards mailed in! 

Here is are just some of the cards I sent in.

Thanks for stopping by!

Birthday for Ms Pris

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.

--- Robert Frost --- 

Good morning ...

Here today is a Birthday card for a co-worker!

Sorry for the picture quality ... For some reason I really struggled with this one and my light box. And I couldn't wait for another day because I needed to take into office for everyone to sign.

I don't know a lot about photography and I normally just happy when I get decent pictures ... of anything but I think I just need to maybe work with the light angle better.

Anyway, a nice CAS birthday card based on this card HERE.

Supplies used:

Card stock from The Paper Studio and Stampin Up!

Sentiment from Inkahootz!

Flowers created from DP scraps and Stampin Up! Punches

"Cascading Flowers" Embossing folder from Sizzix

Thanks for stopping by!
(Hugs) Cara

I'd like to enter this card into the following Challenge(s):

Crafting by Design: 2-3-16 Anything Goes

Create & Inspire Challenge Blog: #38 Anything Goes

Moo Mania: 1-27-16 Use your scraps

TTCRD Blog Hop wk 3 - Celebrating 1 year

“There is nothing more beautiful in life than celebrating the talents, dreams, joys and accomplishments of another being . To see - and call attention to - the best in someone else...”

― Kate Mullane Robertson

Good morning Crafty Peeps ... 

Thank you all for you lovely comments and well wishes! They are truly appreciated!

This is week 3 and we are still celebrating my one year anniversary ownership of Through the Craft Room Door. Still lots of chances to win prizes so make sure you follow the rules!

1.    You MUST be a follower of Through the Craft Room Door Blog

2.    You MUST leave your blog address,  name and email address in Mr. Linky at TTCRD

3.    You MUST visit and comment on all the blogs in this week's hop!

Here are our amazing and generous Sponsors this week!

Please take some time to stop by and visit their lovely shops!

Decosse's Dynamite Doodles: A mini digital kit, a sentiment set and an individual digital paper--all celebration themed.

Denise Anderson-Turley (Close to my Heart Independent Consultant) - PRIZE: $25.00 Gift certificate

The East Wind - PRIZE: 3 single images of choice

Little Blue Button - PRIZE: $15.00 Gift certificate

I will also be giving away blog candy at the end of the month by Random draw from everyone who leaves a comment!

Here is my inspiration for this week!
A birthday card I made for my StepMother-in-Law

Card size is 5 x 7

Cardstock from The Paper Studio

DP scraps from my scrap bin

Twine from my stash

Tissue paper

Glitter glue from Studio G & CTMH

Stamps: "Paint Splatters" from Prima Marketing

Sentiment: Inkahootz!

Ink : India Ink from Memories and Brillance from Tsukineko

Die: "Border Basics One" from Spellbinders

So hop along and see what other surprises may be in store for you!

Asmah

Sara

Sandy

Cecilia

Tammi

Karen

Deonna

---> Cara <--- 

Sandra

TTCRD BLOG

DECOSSE'S DYNAMITE DOODLES
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Laughter is the Best Medicine!

A good, real, unrestrained, hearty laugh is a sort of glorified internal massage, performed rapidly and automatically. It manipulates and revitalizes corners and unexplored crannies of the system that are unresponsive to most other exercise methods.

Author unknown, from an editorial in New-York Tribune, quoted in Quotations for Special Occasions by Maud van Buren

Good morning!

Arizona is warming up and it's going to be another Hot day today. My plans are to play in my craft room and pool! What about you!?

Today is also the start of a new Outlawz Clean and Simple Challenge and Cheri has decided we need to make an any occasion CAS card that will bring a smile, laugh or giggle to someone special in your life.

Here's mine!

Love how it worked out that I could place that nose right over a mustache from the embossing folder I used.

Size: A2

Supplies

Card stock from Stampin Up & Bazzill

Mustache embossing folder from The Paper Studio

1" circle & 1.5 circle punch from Marvy Uchida

Google eyes from my stash

Sentiment computer generated

Click HERE to come on over and check out the challenge!

Bright November Color Challenge at the Outlawz

Good morning ... Today is new day and a new CAS challenge over at the Outlawz Challenge Blog.

This week we are to use bright colors to remember and celebrate the Summer gone!

Use one, some or all of these five colors and brighten up the week - Green, Yellow, Orange, Pink, Blue.  Combine them or use them alone, just keep it CAS and BRIGHT!  

Here's my card - I opted to use all the colors!

Love the fact that, outside the card base, the flowers are all punched from scrap card stock!

SUPPLIES: Card stock for card base, ink & pearl accents (Stampin Up!), Flower punched from scrap card stock using a punch from MS. Sentiment (Studio G).

Please come on Come on by and check us out!

Maybe something will trigger your creative streak and you will play along with us.

You could win one of these fabulous prizes!

$15 store gift card from OOZAK

$15 store gift card from 7 KIDS COLLEGE FUND

$20.00 Value Gift Package of 20 Sheets of Cryogen Paper from THE PAPER TEMPTRESS 

3 free digi images from SQUIGGLEFLY

3 Prizes of 3 digis each of your choice from RICK ST. DENNIS

$10 store gift card from TOUCHED BY A BUTTERFLY 

HUGS

Cara

Wishes come True

Good evening!
This card is a birthday card for a co-worker.

Here is the sketch

The Outlawz Sketch Challenge SC081413

I turned in on it's side.

Supplies:

Card stock: Stampin Up! and Bazzill

Sentiment: Great Impressions

Punches: Stampin up! 3/4" circle punch, MS drippy border punch

Thanks for looking!

Cara

Fat little Bird Tutorial

I was asked again for a tutorial to make a punch bird I recently used on a card.

Let's see how this works

To make this fat little fun bird I used the following

2" circle punch

7/16" circle punch

1/4" circle punch

Scallop punch from Stampin Up!

Boho Flower punch from Stampin Up! (If you do not have this punch you can us a small heart punch for the beak and another suitable flower punch for the feet)

Some sharp scissors

Paper of choice in colors of choice (what is shown is for reference only. I am going to make a "Cardinal"  to use on a Christmas gift later so I am using Red for my bird here)

Tweezers (optional)

Embossing folder (optional)

Glue

White gel pen or googlie eyes if you wish

 Step 1

You will need to punch

one 2-inch circle in Red

one 2-inch circle in White

one scallop circle in Red

one scallop circle in yellow

two 7/16-inch circles in white

two 1/4-inch circles in black

two 6 petal flowers

one 8 petal flower 

Step 2

Emboss white 2-inch circle if you want ... here I embossed with Snowflakes.

Glue the 1/4-inch black circles (or googlie eyes) to the 7/16-inch white circles

Cut the two scallop circles in half as shown below

Step 3

Attach a small strip of scrap paper with a sticky dot to the 2-inch white circle

Step 4

Using the paper strip like a small handle you can insert the circle back into the 2-inch punch for trimming. Line out where you want and punch.

Step 5

Cut the scallop circle halves as shown.

Cut the small 8 petal flower as shown

(I've left some pieces so you can see where I trimmed)

Now you start putting together your bird friend

Start by gluing the white belly onto the remaining 2-inch circle.

Add the eyes and the beak.

Glue the two 6 petal flowers to the backside of the birds body for the feet.

Glue two of the scallop pieces together a bit off center. Once they are set glue to back side of the birds body.

Finished bird!

Use the gel pen to add accents to the eyes

Here I added some Pearl smooch to the eyes (I was trying for the whole "Anime Eye" look) and  the snowflakes on the belly.

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial!
Pleae ravh out if you have any questions!
(Hugs) Cara