One Card, Two New-ish Products, Three Challenges

The last few months Papertrey has done a Create Along With Us Release Week Challenge.  I thought it was an awesome idea.  I'm always so inspired by the projects I see, and I love that this challenge encourages us to CASE their amazing work.  My card was inspired by this beauty made by Heather Nichols.

Heather's Card

Just before we found out we were moving I placed an order with PTI.  My order arrived and I barely got the chance to peek inside my package.  Ironically, I threw it in the box I labelled "Most Used Craft Supplies".  It was a happy mistake because that is the only box of crafting supplies I have right now, and I had fun using some of my new goodies tonight.  Since this card features NBUS and it uses a die, I'm linking it up to the oh-so-generous Darnell's NBUS Challenge #5 as well as Simon Says: Die Crazy Challenge.

Penny Kites

I had the chance to pick up a few crafty goodies at the store a couple days ago and today got the chance to use them.  Hooray.  One of the must-haves I acquired is some paper...hooray!  I also picked up these little kits at my mom's urging.  I knew they were on clearance, but was pretty shocked when I only paid 12 cents for a package of 12!  I would say that a penny for a darling kite like this is a pretty good deal.  Since this card is made with NBUS, I am happily linking it to the kind and wonderful Darnell's NBUS Challenge #5.

Since my first card came together in about 5 minutes I decided I had plenty of time to make a second card....right after I helped my son free his dinosaur skeleton from the rock plaster he'd been chipping away at.  It took much longer to free the dinosaur than it did to make the card. Ha!  

Anyway, I only changed it a teeny tiny bit to fit CAS-ual Fridays Musical Challenge.  Did you notice the music printed on the kite?  Loved that detail.  I was kind of combining the thought in the sentiment with the "you make my heart soar" idea on this card.  

That's it for now, but guess what?  I made two more cards today!  Shocking, right?  It was for me anyway. :) I'll be sharing them shortly.  Have a wonderful day my friends!

A Ghosty Card

Hi!  I found a few of my supplies. Yay! Thank goodness I labeled one of the boxes "Most Used Stamp Supplies" and we kept it separated from the majority of our stuff.  What I should have done is realized that there were a lot more things that I use on a regular basis. :) As I tried to create a card I kept wanting to use things I didn't have.  Anyhow, I'm happy to have some stamps sets, a few inks, my favorite scissors, and my die cut machine and dies.  Still no cardstock, but I scrounged up a few pieces at my mom's house.  Our things have been in storage much longer than anticipated, with no end in the near future, so I think I'm going to have to break down and buy a few things.  The good news is that with a few supplies in hand, I was able to make a card!  It's simple, inspired by several challenges that have long since closed, but it does use a stamp, so I'm happy to be linking up to the Simon Says Stamp It Wednesday Challenge.  In fact, it uses one of my sister's really old rubber stamps...I forgot how difficult it is to stamp straight with a rubber stamp! Hope you are all happy and well!  Thanks for stopping by.

 

12 Kits of Occasions: August 2015

Hello!  Anybody out there? :) I've been gone so long I'm not so sure.  A huge thanks to Michele for sending a fabulous "Spoonful of Sugar" themed kit that helped me get back to creating!  It was actually pretty hard to get started making my first card after taking an almost three month break.  It was also tricky because I don't have my crafting supplies.  

Here's a snapshot of the supplies Michele used to create our kits.

So I relied completely on Michele's kit.  Okay, I did scrounge through my 5-year-old niece's art supplies for a couple things. :) But don't worry.  I put her Crayola colored pencils to good use and made a get well card just for her.  (She's having her tonsils and adenoids removed this week.)  And I'll let you in on a secret.  My cards are only card fronts. Yep, cardstock didn't make it into the essential category when I was packing our suitcases for our move.  Are you wondering yet if I'm going to show you my cards?  Can you tell I'm a little nervous?  I start to ramble when I'm nervous. :) Okay, on to the cards.  I'll start with my niece's card since I've already talked about it.

The next card was one of my husband's favorite of the bunch. (I always ask him which one he likes best.) Looks like I know who I'll be giving it to. :)

Michele put some super cute teacups in our kit.  When I saw them I immediately thought of a picture I'd seen on Pinterest with a little arrangement of flowers inside a teacup.  Since I didn't have my stamps to use, I improvised and selectively cut some flowers off a bouquet die cut that was in our kit.  

Next up, my second teacup card.  Isn't that grey woodgrain amazing?  I was wishing I had a whole stack of it.

This next one is super simple, but that's okay, right?  I had something different in mind, but my little one ate my "friends" die cut.  Yes, you read that correctly.  Okay, she didn't swallow the paper (well, not much of it anyway), but she's teething and it was a slobbery mess by the time I got it out of her mouth.  Needless to say, a revision of ideas was necessary.

And now for my favorite of the bunch.  I cut the roses out from my favorite piece of patterned paper in the kit, added a few splatters, and finished it off with a few words I trimmed out from one of the sentiments.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope this summer has been good to you. :) Please make sure to stop by the 12 Kits of Occasions Blog to check out what the other fabulous ladies did with their "Spoonful of Sugar" kit.  You're in for a treat! :)

12 Kits Of Occasions & Where I've Been...

Hi!  I was thrilled that this month at 12 Kits of Occasions was a "second helpings" month because I always have so many ideas and supplies leftover each month.  I got a super early start and made my first card June 1st. :) And it turned out to be a REALLY good thing because about a week later we found that my husband is being transferred and we needed to move ASAP across the country.  It was pretty shocking news and since then I've been in a practically sleepless craze trying to get our home ready to sell and us ready to move.  That being said, I hope you'll understand when I share my single card this month that I made using leftover paper and die cuts from Marybeth's kit and string from Jeanne's kit.  I was pretty excited about turning parts of the happy birthday banners into a 4th of July card.

Please, please, please head to the 12 Kits of Occasions Blog.  The 12 Kits team and our guests from the previous months are sharing so many amazing cards.  Leftovers month is truly so fun.  You don't want to miss out.  I'll be back as soon as I can, but in the meantime I hope you are all happy and well!