Happy Memorial Day!

Hey, everyone!

I was selected as a Guest Design Team member for Treehouse Stamps this month! It sure has gone by quickly. I was given 5 digital stamp sets, all new releases from THS, to play with and create a card for each weekly challenge. This week we are to create a card using this sketch:
I took a sheet of Kraft cardstock and cut it at 5½" x 11" and then scored it at 5½" with my Scor-Pal. The center circle is featuring a cupcake image from the Stars and Stripes stamp set. Hope you can see the shimmer on the flag, stars and sentiment. The "Happy Memorial Day" greeting is also a part of this stamp set. I wanted to come up with a patriotic card since this is Memorial Day weekend coming up!

The sentiment and main image are all raised up on pop dots for added dimension. I hope you like it!

To find out how you can participate in this week's challenge, visit HERE. You can shop at THS right HERE.

My card also works with the following challenges:

A SPOON FULL OF SUGAR (celebration card)

BY THE CUTE AND GIRLY (celebration)

CRAFTY CATZ WEEKLY CHALLENGE (stars and stripes)

MY TIME TO CRAFT CHALLENGE (vivid greeting cards)

THE SECRET CRAFTER SATURDAY CHALLENGE (no patterned paper)

SEW MANY CHALLENGES (anything goes)

STAMP SOMETHING CHALLENGES (two of something) two torn edged panels, two sets of bling

TOTALLY GORJUSS (bling it on)

I am making my friend, Christina, join me in these challenges! You can see her card here.

Thanks for hanging out with me and I hope you find a lot of challenges that you can participate in, too!

Hugs,

THT050

Hey, everyone!

I was selected to be a Guest Design Team Member over at Treehouse Stamps. Each Thursday there is a new challenge and this week's is a Color Combo Challenge. We were to create a card using Pink, Sky Blue, Cream and Brown. Here is the card I submitted:

The base is ivory cardstock. I printed the butterfly and sentiment on the same cardstock using Aloha digital images from Treehouse Stamps. I printed the butterfly again on blue patterned paper and a third time on pink patterned paper. I cut parts of the blue and parts of the pink butterfly to paper piece them onto the ivory butterfly. I then mounted the image onto brown patterned paper and attached a piece of pink and brown dp next to that. The sentiment is matted to the blue paper and popped up on dimensionals.
You know what is coming next...bling! I had some crystal flourishes that I placed around the butterfly, accenting the wing tips and the dot over the "i" in the sentiment. I used my clear stardust glitter gel pen to highlight the polka dots and dashes on the wings, to outline the sentiment and to add some shimmer to the wing outlines. Hope you enjoy my card. Be sure you go HERE to find out how you can purchase this stamp set or any others like it. You can go HERE to participate in this week's challenge! Thanks for checking out my card! Hope you like it!

Angel Hugs,

Bird Notes

Hey, everyone!

The theme for this week's challenge is masculine! I don't do a lot of masculine cards for some reason but I do enjoy making CAS cards. CAS cards, for those that may not know, are Clean And Simple cards. When I think of masculine cards, I tend to think of clean lines, not much detail and nothing froo-froo. So I chose this bird and sentiment from Bird Notes by Treehouse Stamps. I think of nature when I think of masculine themes, so I simply colored the image and here is what I came up with:
The faux rhinestones are as "over-the-top" as it gets for this card. I had to add a little shimmer! You can purchase this digital stamp set and others by clicking here and play along with the challenges here.

Thanks for checking it out!

Hugs,

Cupcake Contest!

Hey, everyone!

You may have noticed how much I love digital images! They are so fun to play with; so versatile, too. I was looking for free digital stamps/images when I saw THIS POST. Of course I wanted the free cupcake image! I loved it! Then I read about the contest and thought, why not? So here is my entry:
I made this card for my mother-in-law's birthday. I colored 4 cupcakes that I had printed and then asked some coworkers to pick which one they liked the best. I didn't tell them which one was my favorite but we all agreed that this is the cupcake that we liked the most. I put this card together and submitted it. It was hard waiting until May 1 to see if I had won. It was even harder to wait without Internet service until May 5! So guess, what? They liked my card enough to give me a Guest Design Team Spot win, too! Check it out HERE. Oh I am so excited!!


The card above is one I sent to my friend Christina. I knew she would love the purple cupcake wrapper and these bold colors are SO HER! It is shimmery!! I hope you like the cards and thank you for sharing in the excitement about my new win! Stay tuned for more cards using their free stamps!

Angel Hugs,

Gift of Friendship!

Hey, everyone!

I had a wonderful lunch date with my dear friend Rebecca! (No pun intended!) It had been a little while since we last got to meet for lunch. I love those times because she and I can share our faith, what has been happening in our lives, laugh, talk...and no matter how long goes by we can just start right back up where we left off! LOL It's wonderful! God has truly blessed me with her friendship!

School starts next week here where I live and since my friend Becca is a teacher, I had decided to make her a little sticky note holder. Do you remember when I posted that HERE? Well I had to make a card to go with it, so I made a 3x3 card. I had almost forgotten how much I love this size! I paper pieced the balloon, hat, shirt, pants and shoes on this stamp. It's from the Dear Friends stamp set. All the paper and stamps are from TAC. I used glitter gel pens to add some sparkle. With my Corner Chomper, I rounded all the corners! I love it!!!
I kept wanting to try stamping on fabric and just never took the time to do it! I had this cute little pink tote on my shelf of things to alter and I just picked a random butterfly stamp from an alphabet stamp I bought ages ago. I used my Palette Hybrid Noir black ink to stamp a simple butterfly border. The larger butterfly is from Treehouse Stamps. I got it for Christmas from Ashley! Thanks, Ash! It's super cute. I used TAC Souffle gel pens to color it in and our Clear Glitter Gel Pen for the antennaes. I think it turned out well. Just look at that beautiful blue sky! The weather was gorgeous!

I hope you've enjoyed my projects! Rebecca really liked them and I am glad! She is such a sweet friend!! It's great that God gave us girlfriends to hang out with and strengthen us, huh? Thanks for hanging out with me today! For those of you that may have wondered about the scripture challenge...it isn't gone! I just decided to start sharing those on Sunday, so I will pick up where I left off with the word REST on Sunday! And even though she doesn't read my blog...I want to wish my Aunt Doris a very happy birthday!!!

Hugs,

One more peek!!

Hey, everyone!

It is the wee hours of Saturday morning and I am finishing up all my packing for the big fundraiser tomorrow! I am so eager to have our first ever STAMP OUT CANCER and CROP FOR A CURE fundraiser for the American Cancer Society Relay For Life. If you are in, or near, Bedford, Indiana, we'd love to have you! It's $15 the day of the event, starting at 9 a.m. and going until 4 p.m. There's plenty of prizes to give away and lots of fun things planned, including a couple make 'n' take projects and a QUEEN OF THE CROP contest!! We are serving refreshments in the morning and afternoon and we'll serve lunch at noon!!

For those of you that cannot make it, I will be sure to take LOTS of pictures so you can all see what fun we had! It's going to be so much fun!!!

Okay, before I finish getting things ready for my big day....I HAVE to share with you a wonderful gift that my friend ASHLEY BOWEN from TREEHOUSE STAMPS just sent me in the mail!! I am so glad it made it here in time, Ash! Thank you!!!! Isn't this adorable? I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE koalas and this little guy is just adorable!!!

Not only is this an awesome gift by itself, she also included these adorable 3x3 note cards and envies!!! How fun!!

My only complaint? I don't get to win it!! LOL But she did give me an awesome card that I LOVE!!! I will share it with you, too!! Here it is:

So I hope you all have enjoyed the fun mail I've been getting lately! Maybe you can take some time to do some papercrafting this weekend. If you make a card, why not put it in the mail for a sweet little boy or little girl going through a really rough time! Visit the MAKE A CHILD SMILE organization to see the children there, read their stories and make a card to brighten their day!! Have a wonderful weekend!! Check back soon!!!
Hugs,
Bridgett