A Fancy Birthday Bag

My granddaughter Lilly is 4 1/2 (almost!) and since her birthday is December 25, her parents are thinking of going to a "half-year" birthday celebration for her. That would be June 25. So I made a pretty little birthday bag for one of her gifts. She is a little princess...complete with shimmery gown, wand, crown and shoes! So I know she'll love the bling and lace and PINK!

Here is a compilation of supplies I thought I'd use...but that changed of course! Didn't use some of the cs and added more/different dies and stamps.

A close-up shows the intricate butterfly better...and the hand-made flowers.

The back of the bag is decorated more simply. To be honest, I think I like the back better!

Ingredients:

Paper bag of  kraft paper

DIES- Cheery Lynn Designs "Small Lace Faerie Queen", "Olive Branches", "Small Lollipop Cutie Fringe"; 

Spellbinders "Standard Circles Lg.", "Beaded Ovals", "Anglaise Lace"

Sizzix TH "Tattered Flower Garland"

BORDER PUNCH- Martha Stewart "Doily Lace"

STAMPS- Stampin Up "Happy Birthday"; StampingScrapping "Lacey Circles"

BOW- Craft-deebowz bowmaker; ribbon from stash

CARD STOCK - American Crafts "Soho Garden"; Paper Studio; my stash

INK- Memento "Bamboo Leaves", "Tuxedo Black"

BLING- Ranger Liquid Pearls "Platinum Pearl"; Pizzazz Aplenty "Frosted Pearls"

ADHESIVES- Aleene's "Tacky Spray", Glue Dots, 3M Tape

Flowers, lace, markers...from my stash

Challenges:

http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.com - #79 Don't be a square

http://cheerylynndesigns.blogspot.com - #137 Keep it Krafty

http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com - #170 Things with Wings

http://craft-deebowz.blogspot.com - June: Anything Goes

http://thekraftjournal.blogspot.com -#176 Shabby Chic

http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com - #223 Pretty Gifts & Packaging

Thank you for stopping by today! Have a great weekend!

Masculine Thank You

Happy Monday morning to you all! 

I'm getting a slow start today...got up late! And now its getting really hot outdoors already...gardening may have to wait another day! (Good excuse to be in my craftroom, don't you think?)

Here is my simple offering for today:

I was going for a CAS "Thank You" card with a masculine look. I love the mechanical drawing of the train...a new stamp I just got last week! And the die cut edge is an adhesive-backed piece...so easy to use!

The old watch is part of the same set of stamps as the train. The black & white color theme is probably one of my very favorites. SO very CAS!

Ingredients:

Ink - Memento "Tuxedo Black"

Die cuts - K&Company "Elegance" adhesive borders

Stamps - Prima "Time Travelers Memories"; Inkadinkadoo "So Thoughtful"

Challenges:

http://addictedtocas.blogspot.com - #40 Transport

http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com - #169 Black + One Other Color

http://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk - #58 CAS

Happy Father's Day

It will soon be Father's Day so I made a card for my hubby...the father of my six children!

This card has a Bible verse on it that speaks of grandchildren too. We now have 9 grandkids!

They are so fun and so precious!

Here is my small list of ingredients:

Spellbinders "Classic Bracket Edge"

SweetStamps " Singing Children" 

colored with colored pencils

Bible verse is from the Word Art Wednesday blog, printed from my computer,

as is the sentiment

Cardstock and buttons - from my stash

Challenges:

http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.co.uk - #179 "For the Boys"

http://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.ca - #111 "Photo of Dad & girl"

http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com - #210 "anything Goes"

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com - #173 "For Dad"

http://thekraftjournal.blogspot.com - #222 "Just for Him"

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #135 "Anything Goes"

A Gentleman's Birthday Card

Guys' birthday cards are always kinda hard for me to make...don't know why. I guess they just seem blah compared to the girly ones with frills, flowers, and bling. So here is one I made for a few challenges and after I got it done I realized I do need one for an older gentleman whose birthday I missed recently.

Ingredients:

Spellbinders die - 'Fleur de Lis Squares"

SweetStamps stamps - "Gentleman Joe" & "Italian Handwriting"

Sandylion stamp - "Are we there yet?" (old car)

Inkadinkadoo stamp - "Happy Birthday"

Tim Holtz Distress Inks - "Vintage Photo", "Antique Linen" and "Walnut Stain"

Cream color card stock is a heavy weight matt finish from Pizzazz Aplenty

Rust paper and buttons are from my stash

Challenges:

SweetStampsblog.blogspot.com - #171 NO Designer Paper

DieCuttinDivas.blogspot.com - #167 For the Boys

Crafts4eternity.blogspot.co.uk - #178 TicTacToe (die cuts, male theme, buttons)

craftingforallseasons.blogspot.com -#78 Boys will be Boys

Using Kraft Card Stock

I'm still making more "Thank You" cards for my daughter!

Here's a really quick CAS one I did this afternoon.

It even has a matching kraft envelope!

Ingredients:

"Tall Stem" die by Poppystamps

flowers by KaiserCraft

Frosted Red Pearls by Pizzazz Aplenty

Challenge:

http://thekraftjournal.blogspot.com - #173 Clean & Simple

Textured Background

A quick 'Thank You' note!

I had the butterfly already colored (with colored pencils) and just waiting to be made the center of attention!

I textured the background with a Sizzix embossing folder ( TH Gridlock), tore the edge and added a bit of aqua ink and Stickles "Star Dust"...just for interest and depth. Then I stamped the simple "Thanks" (Stampin' Up) on a scrap of yellow cs, tore the edge....put it all together with 3M adhesive tape...all done!

The Stickles really sparkles alot more than it shows in the pictures...quite pretty!

And the butterfly is part of a set called "Tab Basics 1" by StampimgScrapping.com (who really is Cindy Echtinaw...the one who designed the new Spellbinders tool called "Tool N' One"...clever gal!)

Challenges:

http://addictedtocas.blogspot.com - #39 Texture

http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com - #208 Things with wings

http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #134 Anything Goes

http://casethissketch.blogspot.com - #78 Sketch

Thank You Cards

Finally finished making baby announcements for my new granddaughter and got a good start on the Thank You notes my daughter asked for. Trying to keep them very simple so they are quick to make! So far, so good! Here is one with a little HouseMouse. She is colored with colored pencils and has a little extra pink on her, plus a flower on her tail so you know she's a SHE.

Ingredients:

Stamps - Stampabilities "Contented Mudpie", & "Thank You"

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, TH Distress Vintage Photo

Card stock - Imaginesce "Baby Powder"

Border punch - Martha Stewart "Doily Lace"

Challenges:

http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com - #169 Sunny Days

http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #131 Anything Goes


And here is some HouseMouse Candy being offered on their blog with the instructions:
Simply BECOME A FOLLOWER of the HMFMC BLOG, post this CANDY pic to your Blog linking it back  to HMFMC, and leave a comment THERE.  That's it! 
So that's what I'm going to do!

Pink, Pink and MORE Pink!

Good morning, Friends!

Our news today: we have a brand new granddaughter!!

Yes, my daughter had a girl...after 3 boys, this is SO special! Of course, we LOVE our grandsons but my daughter, Chris, really needed a little female companionship in that house of males! Now there are pink and ruffles everywhere! And I DID get to give them the girly baby card I made a few weeks ago! 

Here is Alicia Joy: