2018 Graduate

Hello there!

We interrupt the marathon of teacher cards to bring you a graduation card!:)))

The weather has been dreary with this tropical storm looming about. It's been a VERY wet spring.

I started by embossing the Graduation Cap (DeNami Designs) with gold embossing powder to create my focal point. I had a piece of patterned paper from a recent card I made still on my desk. I liked how it looked against the navy card stock, so that was an easy design find at my finger tips.  I adhered it to the front of the card leaving enough room to add the die-cut numbers (My Creative Time) for the year to add to the bottom of the card.

I have this huge roll of Gold ribbon from May Arts that I have had for at least 10 years. Good thing that gold never goes out of style! :))) I took a length and wrapped it around the card front and instead of tying in a bow, I secured it with a blue button from my stash to complete this graduation card!

I am sharing over at: Shopping our Stash - Graduation, Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - Anything Goes, D.L. Art - June Linky, Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes,  Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes, Crafty Creations - Anything Goes,  Four Crazy Chicks - Crazy Egg/ATG. Die Cuttin' Divas - Anything Goes with a die cut

Thanks for stopping by!

~Tammy~

Waltzingmouse Blog Party - May Teacher Appreciation

Hi all!  I am joining in for this months Waltzingmouse Blog Party! The theme this month is Teacher Appreciation.  

Here is what I have created for today's hop.

On a Buff Ivory card base, I layered my pieced patterned papers which are all from my scrap pile.  I die-cut a gingham apple using my Cricut which I have added to the center of  the stamped Labels 1 die using Very Vintage Labels 1.  I framed the apple focal image, using a die-cut from Decorative Labels 1.

I took a length of black satin ribbon and wrapped it around the left side of the card front and tied in a bow embellishing with a button and adding a triple twine bow. Lastly, I stamped my sentiment from Fancy Phrases to a banner and added to upper right of the card face. 

That's it for me today, I hope you are inspired to play along with the WMS Blog Party!

I am also linking up to Sunday {Fun}day Linky Party, Shopping our Stash - Scrap Attack, D. L. Art Thankful Thursday Linky Party.

Thank you for popping by! 

~Tammy~

Totally shopped my stash with some Bunny Hugs and Kisses!

Hi there!

First, I want to say I will be taking a bit of a blogging break. I will have things scheduled and posted, but will be away from my computer and craftroom for awhile. I will be back among the living in a few weeks. 

I never got around to making as many Easter cards as I wanted this year.  The next challenge was getting to the post office just didn't happen. There was just too much going on, but while I was putting some things away I just had to see if I could squeeze time in to make one more card, and I challenged myself to make every last bit of it from my scrap pile including the card base and the embossed pennant. 

I started with a Lilac Card base onto which I added my layers of solid and patterned papers. Next I added three pennant die-cut banners. I had a left over embossed scrap I decided to die-cut a pennant from since the letterpress technique had already been used in Milled Lavender. (knew I could use that someday) 

The sentiment and paper pieced bunny is from the newly released Paper Sweeties lines: Jelly Bean Time and Hippity Hoppity.  He's quite possibly the cutest bunny ever! :-) 

Inspiration was found and made putting together this card a piece of cake at Tuesday Morning Sketches

Scrapbooker's Paradise - Let's Add Some Banners!

Shopping Our Stash - Easter or Spring: I can seriously exclaim I am excited about using some papers I have been flipping over in my scrap box for..like... ever... sadly, I still have lots more of it!

My Sheri Crafts - Easter
Simon Says Stamp - Easter Spring

Crafty Steals - Easter Fun

I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Easter! My blog will be posting (fingers crossed) a few times while I am on break, but I look forward to catching up when I return.

Smiles,

~Tammy~

Making my stash work for me!

Hello~

I have a little card for you today! I totally shopped the deeps of the stash on all this. I continue to try reduce, reduce reduce reduce. Sure doesn't seem to be going anywhere. *wink* 

I started with a Kraft Brown cover weight cardstock onto which I added my textured patterned paper joined with my white embossed Whisper White cardstock.  Where the pieces joined I added some beautiful lace trim that was in my stash that I picked up at an Etsy store, but is now closed. I wrapped a beautiful length of aqua gross-grain ribbon around the card front and tied in a bow and embellished with a red button, pearl, twine, and a tag with a Hello greeting stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink. 

A die-cut embellie by K & Company was added to the right of the card. I have a stack of these waiting to find a home! :-) Finishing touches include adding some beautiful flowers to the lower corner and pretty pearls scattered about!

Inspiration for this card was found at the following:

Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Colourq Color Challenge

Papercraft Star - Make a "Hello" card.

My Craft Spot - Flowers

Shopping our Stash - Use Old Paper

Crafty Steals Blog - Use Your Spring Stash - Flowers (K Company Die-Cut and flowers on card)

Thanks for looking!

~Tammy~

So Sweet of You

Good Tuesday Morning!

{Woo Hoo Honorable Cup Of Tea at The Shabby Tea Room on 2/25/13}

I started with an Aqua Mist card base onto which my ink embossed panel using the letterpress technique was added. A punched border also in Aqua Mist was layered over a small panel of patterned paper adding to the lower right of the card front. 

In Vintage Sepia Ink, I stamped So Sweet of You from Paper Sweeties onto a whisper white label die-cut. I added three silver punched hearts to the sentiment panel inking the edges slightly with some aqua ink.  To complete the finishing touches of this card, I added some crochet trim and a length of brown seam binding which was finished off in a fussy bow adding a silver German Glass Glitter star to the center. 

I found inspiration for this thank you note from the current challenge at The Shabby Tea Room.

Use Aqua and Brown and add a Silver Element. 

Edit to note: I am adding this to Shopping our Stash: Use Old Paper - I saw Jessi's post and realized that the paper on the lower right is pretty darn old. So Old I am not sure when or how I got it, but I know I was living in Hawaii and it moved with me here. I am pretty sure I still have about three sheets of it. It multiplies! I was on a brown and aqua cardmaking kick for awhile. 

Well, that's it for my crafty break. I hope you have a Terrific Tuesday!

~Tammy~

The Ribbon Reel 47 - Celebrate Your Day

Hey there Sweets!

{Now a Big Woo Hoo for Miss Abigail being the Life of The Party at Drunken Stampers on 2/26/13}

It's another challenge at the The Ribbon Reel! Whew! Where does the time go?  Lenet is our host and the theme for the next two weeks is "Let's Ruffle" make a card using the colors in the inspiration photo and ruffles!

I started with a white card base onto which I have layered my patterned papers.  Next I added a length of Satin Pleated Pink Ribbon to the left side of the card front and followed by wrapping around a length of Liliac Seam Binding and tied off in a fussy bow embellishing with a pink button. 

The Stamps I used today are from Paper Sweeties. Abigail is dressed up using a gown from Dream A Little Dream.  A sentiment was used from the So Sweet of You stamp set. 

How about this beautiful inspiration photo?

Please head over to The Ribbon Reel to check out the gorgeous projects by the other talented ladies on The Ribbon Reel Design Team.  We hope to see you join us in the gallery over the next two weeks for your chance to win some Ribbon Reel Goodness.

I am also entering this to Shopping Our Stash - They Say it's Your Birthday (papers from stash)

Drunken Stampers - Miss Congeniality 

Have a wonderful evening!

~Tammy~

Let's Go Chill out Love!

Hi Ya! 

{Eek, Jill at Everyday is an Occasion featured this card Sunday February 10, 2013. You can click here to read her post. Thank you so much Jill}

I really really needed a stress break, so I escaped to my craft room which is a big mess from working on several projects, but I just needed to craft to craft. So I just moved a pile to another pile and this is what I came up with.  I needed fun, cute and a little love and then a *sigh*!

I used the fox from Chilly Chums and paper pieced him with Lunch Bag Kraft from The Kraft Journal  and his little face, tail, and ears are actually teeny tiny white and pink polka dot patterned paper.  The sentiment was a combination from Chilly Chums and Falling for You.  I die-cut a pennant banner from the same patterned paper I used on the fox and added some darling punched hearts to the centers.  Using some of oldest bling I own in my stash, I added it between the pennants. It's so tiny, I avoid using it. Hence why I have had it like Fur-ever! I am pretty sure it's as old as when they invented bling for Scrapbooking and survived a move from Hawaii! 

The patterned papers are a mixture of Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker and My Mind's Eye. I took a length of Hemp Twine and wrapped it around the card base and tied off in a bow adding a button. 

I found inspiration at the following places:

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge: Use Polka Dots

Drunken Stampers Challenge - Furry Creatures

Shopping our Stash - Using our oldest Bling

Papercraft Star - Love

Sunday {Fun}day - Link Party
Thanks to Lyndal, I am linking this to Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger.

Hope you enjoy my little card today! Thanks for peeking in on me!
~Tammy~

The Kraft Journal 107 - Seeing Red

Happy Monday Morning Sweet Blog Friends! 

It's a new challenge at The Kraft Journal!!! "Seeing Red" I started with a base of Buff Ivory Cover Weight Cardstock onto which I layered a piece of red patterned paper from GCI Studios.  Next, I added a patterned paper heart border to the bottom of my card base using the same coordinating paper pad. A doily was dyed with some red distressed inks adding some patterned paper to the center. A Town Square Journaling Card by Jenni Bowlin was adhered to the base adding a sweet Vintage Valentine image from my stash to the center of the frame. 

A fussy seam binding bow was created and embellished with a button, Natural Hemp Cord and two Garnet stick pins .  To complete this very red Valentine card, a Paper Sweeties sentiment With Love was stamped using a Jenni Bowlin Chipboard Flag paired with a coordinating Flag Banner Sticker. 

Stop by The Kraft Journal to see what the other designers did this week for the "Seeing RED challenge.  All of our followers who participate in our challenges for the month of February have a chance to be featured in the "Feature me Friday" post as well as be entered to win a voucher for The Kraft Outlet.

I am joining in at Shopping out Stash: Valentine, Red, Hearts, Love. My Valentine Papers I have had For-EVER!!!! and my Vintage Valentine Image as well. 

Also at Sunday {Fun}day Link Party.

Inkspitational - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have a fantastic week!

~Tammy~

Be Mine Valentine

Good Morning Friends!

I hope you are doing well this Thursday~

I have a sweet little Valentine for you this morning! I had to put together a card quickly, so a little short on time I am going to make this short and sweet! 

I began with cream cardstock onto which I layered a piece of kraft cardstock using the letterpress technique to the card base.   The beautiful stamps I used are from Waltzingmouse Stamps called Seasons of Love.  A fussy seam binding bow and button were added to the top.  

I used the sketch from The Paper Players this week. 

I am going to play along at Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes.  Shop our Stash - Valentine/ Hearts (I have had that Designer Paper FOREVER). Crafting for all Seasons - Buttons and Bows, Cut It Up - Love is In the Air, The Pink Elephant - Hearts, Southern Girls Challenge - Get Krafty

I hope you have a Terrific Thursday! The Short Stack gets out of school early today! I must get to moving and make use of my time today!

~Tammy~

3, 2, 1 Happy Birthday

Hi!

(This is my second post of the day...to check out my Merry Monday/Inspired By Stamping Happy Holiday card click here)

A very quick post as I have to get out the door... Let's just say my week has been hectic with appointments, obligations, volunteering, and all the short stuff activities that keep the roads hot.

My son is invited to a birthday party tomorrow, and well {gasp} I had just resided to the fact I was going to have to pick up a store bought card.  He looks at me this morning with big eyes and said, "We're BUYING a card?" So with that said, arm twisted a mad dash to the craft room took place and I hit the scraps running! I seriously used the top two pieces of scrap patterned paper in the pile and went from there using the 3 2 1 challenge at Shopping our Stash as well as the Sparks Designers Draft Challenge at Paper Smooches. This card took me about 9 minutes. If ya'll know me well enough I have stated many times I am the slowest cardmaker ever, so the fact that I made a card under 10 minutes is nothing short of a miracle. 

I started with a piece of textured cardstock that was leftover from another make and added a white panel to the card front that has had strips of Washi Tape added to the left side of the panel.  The Zebra from Paper Smooches Zoo Crew was stamped on some yellow striped patterned paper and fussy cut then added to my scallop die-cuts.  A button which has been laced with twine and tied off in a bow was added to the left side of the zebra. 

All that was left was to add the Happy Birthday sentiment from Paper Smooches Party Possse.

As mentioned, I gained my inspiration from Shopping Our Stash 3, 2, 1. I used 3 Washi Tapes, 2 Patterned Papers, and 1 Button.

The layout was inspired by the Sparks Designer Draft.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit and peek!  I hope you have a fine Friday!

~Tammy~

Spring has Sprung or has it?

Hi Everyone!

**Wohoo This Card was Featured on the CARDS/CREATE Blog 4/5/12 So Honored Thank You**

 

I have another Spring/Easter card to share today!

My card uses the bunny and Welcome Spring sentiment from Wilson Designs Lacey Lovelies.  I just adore this set. Have you checked it out?  I just love it.

I was inspired by the colors at Embellish Magazine to jump start my card today.  I started with a pink card stock that was already in my stash and while visiting my go to scrap box I found all the pieces and parts to make this Spring card come together.  I added a yellow dotted patterned paper to my card base. Next I added the pretty pastel pink patterned paper across the top below my stamped sentiment. Next I diecut and the layers for my focal image.

The lacey bunny was stamped in white craft ink on pink cardstock that coordinated with my base. I applied white embossing powder and set with my heat tool.  I fussy cut the cute little guy and added to my center die.

To complete my card I embellished with a seam binding bow, button and twine also adding a layer of carnival tickets to the bottom topping with some Berry Sorbet buttons.

I was inspired by these challenges.
Embellish Magazine: Color Challenge + Spring theme
The Paper Players: Spring Has Sprung
Pixie's Crafty Snippet Challenge: Used all scrappy goodness for this Spring Card
Shopping Our Stash: Embossing
So happy you stopped by and visited me today!
~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps: Wilson Designs: Lacey Lovelies, Strawberry lemonade

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP!  and PTI, PP: scraps

Ink: Stampin' UP!
Other: Dies: PTI, embellishments: Buttons: PTI, Twine: Joanne's, tickets: stash,