Retirement Teepee Card ...

Good morning,
Today I am sharing a teepee style card I made as a Guest Designer for the Creative Creases Challenge located HERE.

This was made from 3pcs of 8 x 8 cardstock and uses a magnet to latch it onto shape.

Supplies

• Cardstock:The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Design paper: Happy times from Close to My Heart
• Dies: Banner & Little bird Unknown; Butterfly Profile & Dragonfly from Gina Marie Designs; Ivy & Leaves Circle from Kokorosa; Spring Blooms and Spring Blooms Mini from Fun Stampers Journey
• Stamps: Retirement Sentiments from Makers Forte
• Stash: Half pearls & Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by and please check out the challenge!
(Hugs) Cara

Dog Days of Summer …

Dogs have given us their absolute all. We are the center of their universe. We are the focus of their love and faith and trust. They serve us in return for scraps. It is without a doubt the best deal man has ever made. ~Roger Caras

These cards are going into my doggo donation pile for Gilbert Dogs 24/7 for them to sell during an upcoming fundraiser.

Card 1

Supplies

• Pre-colored image from Bugaboo Stamps printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White cardstock
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) & American Crafts
• Corner Punch from WRMK
• India Ink from Memories
• Ink from Stampin up!
• Liquid Silk from Fun Stampers Journey
• Sentiment from Frantic Stamper
• Stencil from Stampers Anonymous

Card 2

Supplies

• Pre-colored image from Bugaboo Stamps printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White cardstock
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base), American Crafts & Stampin Up!
• India Ink from Memories
• Ink from Stampin Up!
• Sentiment from ME-E-Inc
• Sequins from my stash
• Stencil from The Crafters Workshop

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Day 10, Phoenix Paper Crafters Create Daily Challenge

I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.

Umberto Eco

Today is day 10 of the Phoenix Paper Crafters Create Daily Challenge located HERE and I am playing along best I can this month.

I needed to make a birthday card for my Father-in-law so I flipped through my book and pulled out the pieces for card I had started but for some reason never finished.

I did have to find the die and cut out the hands to the clock since it appears that I did not cut those out. Just the gears.

The sentiment was part of larger sentiment but I just masked it off and stamped it out. A burnished brad to attach the hands to the face of the clock and some flicked Silk in silver and licorice for some added interested.

I love how this came together! Simple, but masculine.

Supplies

• Repurposed item: card base
• Brad from my stash
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Die unknown
• India Ink from Memories
• Sentiment from Stampin Up!

Thanks for stopping by!
Cara

Beach Hut Holiday ...

Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering. ~ A. A. Milne

Hi there! 

Today starts a new monthly challenge on the SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog and this month our challenge theme is Celebrations! For my 5 x 7 card, I used Beach Hut Holiday - image no 158 to make a retirement card.

Supplies:

• Digi Image “Beach Hut Holiday #158” from SheepSki Designs printed on Stampin up! Whisper White card stock.
• Card stock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Dark Roast Silk from Fun Stampers Journey
• Diamond Glaze from Judkins
• Ink from Scrapbook.com
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from Repeat Impressions (The inside says: It’s just a pleasant change of direction.)

Now ... You have two ways to play along with SheepSki Designs!

BLOG ... Where you can use any hand colored image for a chance to win 3 images ... BUT, if you use a SheepSki Designs image and are the winner, you get an additional image choice

or

FACEBOOK ... Where you must use a SheepSki Designs Image for a chance to win 3 images

As a bonus, when you are done shopping in the STORE, use this code “skiandrea10” at checkout to receive a 10% discount off your purchase! So, come along and play one or both! Can't wait to see what you create!

(Hugs) Cara

Up, Up & Awaaaaay ...

Prayer is the balloon of faith by which the soul rises heavenward. ~James Lendall Basford (1845–1915), Seven Seventy Seven Sensations, 1897

Good morning!

A new challenge as started today for the Sunday Song & Rhyme challenge at The Outlawz Challenges. Each week we will give you a theme based on a song or a rhyme along with a bit of the lyrics/lines with which to take inspiration from to create a card/project! You can also look on-line to get more information about the Song/Rhyme.

Find Inspiration in this week’s song/rhyme: Up, up and away

Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon
Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon
We could float among the stars together, you and I
For we can fly, we can fly

Supplies

• Card stock from The Paper Studio (base) and from my stash
• Design Paper from a coordinating set I’ve had for ages
• Glitter Paper from Recollections
• Ink from Close to My heart
• Sentiment from Close to My Heart
• Stampin Up! Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (used to create a border around the edge of the card base)

Our sponsor this month is Anne Fenton with a prize of 3 pre-selected digital stamps, so don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges where a new challenge starts every day of the week!

(Hugs) Cara

Hickory Dickory Dock ...

Why do we treat the fleeting day with so much needless fear and sorrow?

It's in its nature not to stay: Today is always gone tomorrow.

~Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012), "Nothing Twice," Calling Out to Yeti (1957), translated from the Polish by Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh 

Good morning!

A new challenge as started today for the Sunday Song & Rhyme challenge at The Outlawz Challenges. Each week we will give you a theme based on a song or a rhyme along with a bit of the lyrics/lines with which to take inspiration from to create a card/project! You can also look on-line to get more information about the Song/Rhyme.

  

Find Inspiration in the song or rhyme:

Theme: Find inspiration in the song or rhyme:

Song: Hickory Dickory Dock

Hickory Dickory dock,

The mouse ran up the clock,

The clock struck one

The mouse ran down,

Hickory Dickory dock.

Supplies

• Brads from Stash
• Card stock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Design Paper Unknown
• Embossing folder from Cuttlebug “Clockworks”
• Ink from Stampin Up!
• Metal tag frame from Stampin Up!
• Mice from Gina Marie Designs
• Sentiment from The Angel Company “It’s the Little Things” (Closed)
• Tag punch from Stampin Up!

Our sponsor this month is Anne Fenton with a prize of  3 pre-selected digital stamps, so don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges where a new challenge starts every day of the week!

(Hugs) Cara

Doing Nothing ...

Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering. – A.A. Milne

Greetings and Salutations my Crafty Peeps!

This month I am once again playing along with the Progressive Freebie Challenge at DigiStamps4Joy Facebook Group

This month our image is this fun versatile image "Gramps JM25-DS4J" for which I foresee many an identity crisis!

For now he is that nice retired dude hanging out on his front porch enjoying a nice beverage and some quiet reading time!

Supplies

• Image "Gramps JM25-DS4J" printed on Whisper White Card stock and colored with ProMarkers
• Black Manga Pen from Sipa
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base), Stampin Up! and American Craft
• Diamond Glaze from Judikins
• Digi Paper (Brick background) from Touched by a Butterfly
• Dymo Label Maker
• Romantic Rectangles from Spellbinders
• Sentiment Stamp from ME-E-Inc
• Sequins from Close to My Heart

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Hurry up & Relax ...

Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of water, or watching the clouds float across the blue sky, is by no means waste of time. ~John Lubbock, "Recreation," The Use of Life, 1894

Good morning!

Today we start a new Anything Goes Challenge at Through the Craft Room Door and our sponsor this week is Patties Creations with a prize of 3 images

I am using her fun image Flip Flop Trio. I thought it would make a perfect retirement card.

Supplies

• Image printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White card stock and colored with Promarkers
• Cardstock from Stampin Up! & American Crafts
• Blue Manga pen from Sipa
• Jot Stickers
• Sentiment from Me-E-Inc.

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

The Character of a Man ...

“At the end of life, what really matters is not what we bought but what we built; not what we got but what we shared; not our competence but our character; and not our success, but our significance. Live a life that matters. Live a life of love.”

~ Author Unknown

Hi Everyone!

Today I am sharing a special card I made for a special person who recently retired from an amazing career as a teacher in the medical field.

This is a Bendi card. Every tutorial I had or could find was for an A2 size card so not only is this the first time I’ve made this style of card, I also had to do math (Blech!) to change the sizing to a 5 x 7 card.

Sadly, I also made a gift box to go along with the card, but I forgot to take pictures of that.

This picture is of the card folded into the diorama position

This picture shows the inside of the card

Supplies

Cardstock mostly from Stampin Up! with bits and pieces from my scrap bin.

Metallic cardstock is from Bazzill, The Dollar Tree and The Paper Temptress

Deer family border die from CottageCutz

Design paper from Prima Marketing set “Second Wind Collection” and Momenta as well as bits and pieces from my scrap bin

Grass border punch from Fiskars

India Ink from Memories

Label punches from Stampin Up!

Pine Tree die from Sizzix

Scenic Pines die from Crafters Companion

Sentiment from Repeat Impressions
Squirrel die from Gina Marie Designs

Sun Die from Gina Marie Designs

Sunny Days (clouds) dies from Spellbinders

 

 Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

TTCRD Sketch Challenge!

When you retire, you switch bosses — from the one who hired you to the one who married you. ~Gene Perret

Good morning!

The next edition of Through The Craft Room Door Magazine is scheduled for release on May 4th and our challenge this time is a Sketch created by our very own Sandra van Blaricum.

I made a retirement card for a co-worker. 

You do not have to subscribe to the magazine to enter the challenge but any subscriber who enters and has an active subscription at the end of the year will get a chance to win a special prize just for participating. Win-win situation!

Thanks for stopping by

Cara

The Value of Doing Nothing!

Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.

~Pooh's Little Instruction Book, inspired by A.A. Milne

Good morning!

Made this card and matching envelope for my Step-Mother-in-Law, who is retiring this month from a career in Nursing.

SUPPLIES

Card stock from The Paper Studio & Stampin Up!

DP "Attic Boutique" from Stampin Up!

Sentiment from "All Year Cheer I" by Stampin Up!

Ink from Stampin Up!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cara

Outlawz Clean & Simple Challenge: To the Dogs!

The dog is a yes-animal, very popular with people who can't afford to keep a yes-man.

~Robertson Davies

Good morning!

Today is the start of another Clean & Simple Challenge at The Outlawz Challenge Blog.

This week it's my turn to post so lets get started!

Did you know that July is National Hot Dog Month?

The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council estimates that over seven billion hot dogs will be eaten by Americans between Memorial Day and Labor Day. During the July 4th weekend alone (the biggest hot-dog holiday of the year), 155 million are "wolfed" down!

That's a lot of hot dogs!

My challenge for you this week is to create a card or project featuring a dog or dog related item!

Just keep it CAS and have fun!

My A2 Card features Snoopy at his best .... napping! The image from Stampendous is called "Snoopy at the Beach". I colored the image with Prisma Color pencils and OMS then I added Aleens Paper Glaze to his sunglasses!

Additional Supplies:

Card stock, Thought bubble (Photo Album Fun) & Sentiment (unknown set) from Stampin Up!

"Flames" Ef from Darice

Thanks for stopping by!

Your comments make me happy. And as always, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me!

(Hugs) Cara

Outlawz Clean and Simple Challenge: Rest and Relaxation!

More fabulous cards from the CAS Design Team ... Please click HERE to visit the Outlawz Challenges!

This week we are celebrating Rest and Relaxation!

Something most of us are not going have much of with the incoming Holiday season! :O)

Here is my card

I colored directly onto my stamps and then stamped the images right onto the card stock. 

Quick, clean and repeatable!

SUPPLIES: Card stock (unknown), Images (Stampin Up!), Sentiment (The Angel Company)

NOW COME SHOW US YOURS!

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

The Outlawz Clean and Simple Challenge: Time

Good morning! The Outlawz Clean and Simple Challenge has been posted.
The challenge this week is to include a timepiece on your card or project, 'Time to celebrate", "Time flies" etc.

This is my first Official posting to the CAS challenge as a DT member!

Supplies:

Card stock & sentiment from Stampin Up!

Image: Pocket watch from Yvonne Albrighton Designs

I stamped the image and the dragged it across the paper to give the illusion of "time flying"

Come on! Click HERE and join in the fun. If you are not already a member, sign up. Its free and you can't beat the scenery!

Happy Retirement

5-19-13 Outlawz Clean & Simple Challenge - Guest Design Team Member Wk3

So I am more behind than I thought!

I forgot to post the card I did for week 3 as a Guest Design Team Member on Outlawz Clean and Simple Challenge!

The challenge this week is to create a CAS retirement card honoring those dedicated workers who can now retire and have fun!!!

Cards from 2012

JUNE 2012

COLOR CHALLENGE WINNER AT THE OUTLAWZ