Kraft OUtlet~ Use Any Sketch

Hi Guys!

So how is everyone!

This week at The Kraft Journal we are wanting you all to find a sketch and use it!

It doesn't have to be a recent one it can be any at all. I'm using an older one from Mojo Monday and I have turned it on its side to make this "scrap card". (Yup! Using my scraps again!)

I just LOVE this cat! Reminds me of my Gingerboy after his morning feed...or was it his mid-morning feed? Or maybe lunch?? Or snack?? Breaktime??

Recipe:

Cat Stamp: Eat Cake Graphics, Cake stamp: Stampin Up

Cardstock: Brown Coverweight Cardstock , Lunch Bag Kraft

Paper: MME Stella and Rose "Gertie"

Pink Bakers Twine

Border Punch: Martha Stewart

Mini Clothes pin

And the inside which reads:

"We're so happy when surrounded by cake, I mean, friends"

Thats it from me today!
Thanks for visiting!

Need A Hug?

Hi Guys!

So this week at Mo's DP2 we want to see your 

Favorite Colors!

I do love yellow (but not to wear!) and gray together so I chose this stamp as the colors just sort of came together naturally with the blonde hair and gray cat.

I hope you like it too. :)

Recipe:

Image: Marion by Mo Manning

Papers:DCWV "Lemon Flowers" and MME "Sunshine"

Punch: Martha Stewart

Brads: from stash

Dies: Spellbinders

Have a great weekend!

Kraft Outlet ~ Just For Kids

So this should be fun!

This week at The Kraft Outlet we're looking for your projects that are

Just For Kids

So todays card I made for a friend of my daughters and I hope she liked it. I think this stamp is just hilarious, course I do like dogs to be the butt end of jokes, its the Garfield in me. lol

Recipe:

Cardstock: Brown Kraft Coverweight cardstock, Lunch Bag Kraft, Buff Ivory Coverweight Cardstock

Paper: Melissa Francis & MME "Sunshine"

Image: Eat Cake Graphics

Colors: Prismacolors and Lyras

Brown Bakers Twine

Button

Dies: Spellbinders

Thats it for today!
I can't wait to see all your fun projects this week!
Happy Crafting!

Flowers In Her Hair

Hi All!

So this week at Mo's Digital Pencil our theme is:

Flowers

As you know, I don't use many flowers on my cards but I did throw a couple on there as well as using some flowered papers and a flower sentiment stamp. :)

I have cropped this stamp cos I wanted a nice big close up of this girls wistful  face which was so much fin to color. :)

Recipe:

Image: End Of Summer by Mo Manning (cropped)

Colors:Prismacolors and Lyras

Paper:MME "Quite Contrary Jack & Jill"

Tickets, ticket die and sentiments :Whimsy Stamps

Foliage Die: Marianne D Creatables

And I'm also following the recipe at the Catered Crop

which happens to be:

Kraft Paper!

(I know, soooo difficult for me! LOL)

One winner will receive a $25.00 voucher for  Perfect Paper Crafting to spend in their store!

Thanks for looking!

Swine Flu

Hi Everyone!

Ok, maybe swine flu is a thing of the past but allergies still rule!!

This week's challenge at The Kraft Journal is:

Use Your Stash

No problemo mi amigo!

Ive got lots of stash and I do like to use up some leftover bits every now and then, too. So Ive been saving my remaining bits of cardstock from  81/2 x11 sheets of cardstock that I make a 51/2 x51/2 cards from (which leaves a length of 3x11). I just score those 3x11s in half and make small notelets like this one.

Recipe:

Image: Mo Manning

Colors: Prismacolors and Lyras

Cardstock: Brown Kraft Coverweight Cardstock

Lunch Bag Kraft (for coloring)

Paper: MME "Fine and Dandy Girl" and "Market Street"

Punch: Martha Stewart

Dies: Spellbinders

White Gel Pen (for faux stitching)

button (from stash)

Pink Bakers Twine

So I hope that inspired you a little bit today, I'll be looking out for your creations this week and hope you can play along with us at The Kraft Journal!

I See Spots

Hi Guys!

Well we have a fun challenge for you this week at Mo's! The theme is:

I See Spots

and as I do love me some polkadots I enjoyed this one!

I made this card for a sweet, red headed friend of mine, I do love this stamp!!

Recipe:

Image: Patience by Mo Manning (cropped)

Colors: Prismacolors and Lyras on Kraft

Paper: MME "Union Square"

Dies: Spellbinders

Ribbon: From stash

Lace and mesh: Bunny Zoes

Thanks so much for visiting!!

Howdy!

Howdy Folks!

Well today starts a new month's challenge at Bunny Zoe's! We really enjoyed seeing all your "shabby" cards last month so this month we have an easy one for you.

                                      Twine Or Ribbon

Don't know about you but I just loooove twine! And this cute little cowboy goes with it perfectly!

Don't ya just love his handsome steed! LOL

I guess you can see I had fun with this one. :)

Recipe:

Stamp: Nellie Snellen "Yippie- Yeah"

Whiff Of Joy "Cute Banners Trio"

Distress Inks

Wooden Prima Buttons "Sunkissed"

Paper: MME 'Dilly Dally"

Bakers Twine

Thanks so much for coming by for a look!

See you around Blogland!

Challenges:
Paper Sundaes  - Pecipe: Kraft, Lace, Die Cuts and/or Charms (use at least two)
Drunken Stampers - You are a Krafty One
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Better Weather Is Coming

Hi Guys!

Well this week at The Kraft Journal the theme is 

April Showers Bring May Flowers

I will admit that this card doesn't look very "sunny" per se' but I decided to play on the "April Showers" theme by making a support card for a dear friend going through some "gloomy weather" right now.

Of course, there are flowers on here too so the rain has produced something. :)

Recipe:

Image: Mo Manning

Colors: Lyras and Prismacolors on Kraft

Cardstock: Brown Kraft Coverweight Cardstock, Lunch Bag Kraft

Paper: My Minds Eye

Buttons and flowers: from stash

Pink Bakers Twine

Dies: Spellbinders

So I hope you all can play along with us!
Happy Crafting!

A Spring Hello

Hi Guys!

Well I don't know why but this week's card just aren't grabbing me at all!

Ho Hum, I do try.....

Recipe:

Stamp: Marianne D "Finding A Crocus"

Sentiment: Whimsy "Spring Letter Seals"

Paper: Cosmo Cricket "PixieLicious", Crate Paper "FarmHouse"

Apple Green Jute Ribbon

Dies: Spellbinders

Flat Backed Pearl

Punch: Martha Stewart "Blossom Trim"

Thanks so much for visiting!!

A Bird Snack

So you've seen me do "Shabby Chic" well this is what I like to call

"Shabby Cheek" :) I'd like to think that the sentiment is the cat's. :)

Don't you just love the expression on the woman's face? lol

Anyway! The stamp just kinda hit me funny and I had to have it!

Recipe:

Image: Eat Cake Graphics

Colors: Prismacolors and Lyras

Paper: MME "Be Happy" and Bazill "Wayfarer"

Cardstock:

 Brown Kraft Cover Weight Cardstock

Buff Ivory Cover Weight Cardstock 

Lunch Bag Kraft Cardstock 

Twine: Dark Green

Metallic Photo Anchors

Green brads: Basic Grey

Button: from stash

Ric Rac: Sew Sweet

Punch: Martha Stewart

*And this is the secret ingredient for this week's

 

BRADS!!

And know what's so cool? We're being sponsored by

  so if you play along with us you stand the chance of winning a  very fabulous prize of 30 Smackaroonies (otherwise known as dollars) to spend in the Eat Cake shop!

Look at him! Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie! LOL

Ok then! Thats it from me!

Thanks for coming by!

Spring Is In The Air

Hi Guys!

Well ,SPRING IS IN THE AIR at the Kraft Journal!

This week we want to see all your Springy projects. I got to thinking that Spring for me means hearing all the frogs and crickets again, I just love to listen to them although it can get quite deafening sometimes, living on a large pond. There's got to be about 100,000 frogs and every one of them has something important to say. :)

Anyway, they're cute. :)

Recipe:

Image: Stampin Up

Colors: Prismacolor Pencils

Papers: MME "Breeze" and "Sunshine"

 Brown Kraft Cover Weight Cardstock 

 Lunch Bag Kraft Cardstock 

small brown kraft tag 

 brown and red bakers twine 

Button

Sentiment: Precious Remembrance

Thats it from me today!
Happy crafting everyone!!

Kitty Love

Hi All!

I hope you all have had a nice weekend. :-)

Do you know I just found this card in my drafts? As most of you know I like to work ahead on my DT projects, so its no surprise when I have six or seven drafts going on at once. Anyway, I was thinking, when on earth is that card due anyway? Its been sitting there for ages!

Lo and behold it wasn't made for any challenge, I just made it cos I wanted to and never posted it.

Well I say that's a good deal, especially since I have nothing else I can show you right now! Besides I'm rather partial to this card. Its my colors you see and you can't get a much sweeter image:-)

My Recipe:

Image: Mo Manning

Colors: Prismacolors

Paper: DCWV

Ribbon: from stash

Pearls: a gift

hardware: ???

Challenges:

Creative Inspirations Paint - 1E - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges - 2W, 3E - (2nd week) Anything Goes

Gingerloft - 2W - (2nd week) BINGO* (sewing DP, and ribbon)

2 Sisters -Ribbon

Challenge Up Your Life -  Friendship

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - - friendship

Crafty Catz -  anything goes

Glitter Geeks -- snuggle up

Raise The Bar - sew what theme

Totally Papercrafts - stitch it

Thanks for visiting!

Happy Day

Hi Guys!

This month's challenge at Bunny Zoe's is a sketch which I turned upside down:

Recipe:

Digi:   Bella the Baker

Flower Die:   Marianne D button flower die

Mesh:  Pink Raffia Lace

Ribbon: From stash

Sentiment: TLC

Sentiment Die: Spellbinders

Papers: DCWV

Colors: Prismas on Kraft

Polkadot button: Sew Sweet

By the way, here's something cool to know:
Does this digital stamp look different to you? It is actually sold as a birthday stamp. But I needed a wedding/anniversary card so this is what I did:
I opened up my digi in Paint.net and simply erased the candle on the cake as well as the sentiment.
Its the beauty of digital stamps that you're able to do this and get so many more uses out of them. :-)

Challenges:
Creative Inspirations Paint -- Ribbons
I Did It Creations - Anything Goes
Catch The Bug -   Punches or Dies
Craft Your Days Away  - Make your own flowers
ECP Challenges -  Yellow
One Stop Craft -Food and Drink
Alphabet Challenge - P is for Pretty Pastels
Card Makin' Mamas - - Go digi
Inspire Me Fridays - always anything goes
Stampin For The Weekend -  tickled pink
Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet: Use a sketch
Clearly Inspired -  patterned papers
Crafty Catz - ribbons
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes


Thanks for stopping by!

Enjoy The Moment

Hi Guys~!

THis is just a little notebook I made for my daughter. She is going to use it as a kind of "autograph book" for all her friends to write in.

I'm using an image by Wags And Whiskers called "Thinking Of You". You can buy it from Bunny Zoe's Crafts here

Most of the ribbon is from my stash but the white ribbon is from Sew Sweet.

The paper is from my stash. The border punch is Martha Stewart and the pearls are a gift from Uli. Thanks, Uli!

The notebook I bought at a local dollar store.

The image was colored with Lyra Rembrant and Prismacolor pencils. (I mainly used lyras but I needed a more opaque white for the blouse which was where the prismacolors came in. Also I used the prisma cream for highlights.)

I am using this card as my Catered Crop project, you can join in and follow the recipe here:

Here's your FTR20 recipe.

• Colors – Soft pastels
• Stamps and Stickers – Butterflies, flowers, sentiment
• Color Mediums – crayolas, stamping ink,
• Embellishments – ribbon, glitter, lace, rosettes, tag, rhinestones/gems, pearls, ribbon
• Techniques – use your own handwriting, embossing, stitching, make a bookmarker
• Tools –Die cuts, digital stamps
• Themes –Shabby Chic

(I have highlighted the ingredients I utilized in red but you can use any of the ingredients you choose.)

This week we are sponsored by

One  player will win a $30.00 GIFT CERTIFicATE AT HEARTFELT CREATIONS!

I would like to enter this in:
Sundays with Crissy - -  Friendship
Do You Stack Up?  - Friendly Critters!
Meljens Designs -  No patterned paper
Crafty Creations - punch/diecut
Little Red Wagon  border punches
Paper Pretties - anything but a card
Paper Shelter Challenge - anything goes
Truly Scrumptious - mostly pink (2nd wk)
Creative Card Crew -  Anything Goes
Crazy Amigo Challenge - Back to School
Creative Inspirations Paint -  Back to School
One Stitch At A Time - Use a Digi


I hope you are all enjoying your weekend!