P is for Pizza- My Scraps and More Sketch #70

It is time for another reveal on the My Scraps and More Sketch blog!  Here is this week's sketch:

Here is my layout:

I used Fancy Pants "Hopscotch" collection for this one. To help bring all the different colored papers together, I edges the pieces with green ink. I moved the journaling up to the top left embellishment cluster because I felt it worked better there.

The felt pieces are from a pack of Basic Grey "Woolies". I placed the striped pink buttons at the same angle as the stripes on the border sticker I used.

I was also inspired by the 2/12 Word Up Wednesday challenge on the My Scraps and More board.  The challenge was to use the phrase "(Letter) is for (Blank)".  I had no idea what to name this page, so this challenge was perfect!  For the circle embellishment by the "P", I put a sticker on a button- I really enjoy doing that, it is a quick way to add some dimension to a sticker and dress up a button!

Make sure you head over to the My Scraps and More Sketch blog and check out what the rest of the team did!

Materials:

Cardstock- Bazzill

Patterned Paper and rub ons- Fancy Pants Designs

Buttons- Oriental Trading Company and Hero Arts

Felt- Basic Grey

Twine- Pink Paislee

Chipboard- KI Memories and Basic Grey

Stickers- Fancy Pants Designs and American Crafts

Pen- Sharpie

Ink- Tsukineko

Punch- Marvy

I Feel the Love Project- October

Hey there!  I have some crafty projects to share today!  I know, it's been a long time!  I have made quite a few cards, I just haven't had a chance to get them posted.  I will be sharing them over the next week or so.

First up today, I am sharing a couple of cards I made for the I Feel the Love Project.  The assignment for October was to make Thanksgiving cards for the residents of Chancellors Village which is a senior community.  

I wanted to play a bit with some of my supplies for this one so I pulled out my Distress Inks, some watercolor paper and clear embossing powder.  I rubbed the Wild Honey Distress ink pad directly onto the entire card front.  I misted it a bit to blend the color more evenly.  Once that was dry, I stamped the leaves with some Versamark ink and one of my favorite stamp sets, Stampin Up!'s Autumn Leaf Prints.  I then sprinkled clear embossing powder over the stamped leaves and heated.  I then took my ink blending tool and blended Forest Moss, Walnut Ink, and Barn Door over the card.  The heat embossing acted as a resist keeping the leaves yellow.  I misted it again, and this time, used an eyedropper to add some larger splotches. 

Once that was all dry, I attached the ribbon sentiment and embellishments.  For the top card, I used a premade sticker.  For the bottom one, I cut the leaf using my Cricut and the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge.

I Feel the Love- July

I am here today to share my card for the July I Feel the Love Project.  This month we are making cards for a  4-year-old little girl named Mariyah who was born with hypotonia and had been recieving treatment since she was 1.  In April of this year she fell ill and has been in the hospital, receiving treatment since then.  We are making cards to brighten her day.

I made this card using my Cricut and the Playtime cartridge.  I outlined both die cuts and did a bit of doodling on the princess sign.  Light pink crown and top were cut from Core'dinations cardstock, dry embossed and sanded to bring out the pattern.  I added some glitter for some fun sparkle as well.  

I hope she enjoys this girly card and I hope that others will help brighten this little girl's day by making her a card.  If you would like to find out more about Mariyah and the I Feel the Love Project, you can check it out here.

Lots of Cards!

I'm a little behind posting the cards I've made the last couple of weeks, so I have several to share.

The first is for the I Feel the Love Project.  This month we are making cards for the family of Baby Mason who died of injuries sustained in a car accident.  Baby Mason was just 6 months old.  As a mother of a nearly 6 month old, this story really tugged at my heart and I really tried to think about what would be comforting to me.  I wanted to use one of these Stampin' Up silhouette stamps.  I ended up using just part of the stamp and heat embossing it in copper.  The verse is stamped on a shape cut using my Cricut and Storybook cartridge.

Next I have a birthday card using last week's sketch from Sketch Saturday.  In stead of the hexagons, I used punched flowers.  I stamped the sentiment and used some Liquid Pearls to make the centers of the card.

Next is a masculine birthday card using the Mojo Monday sketch from this week.  

Finally, I have a thank you card that I made using some Glossy Cardstock and Distress Inks.  I rolled the three inks on with a brayer.  I experimented with stamping with water.  I used a flower "paint print" stamp that I had misted with water.  Some of the flowers turned out better than others.  I will definitely be experimenting with this technique some more!

I Feel the Love- May

It is nearing the end of the month, which means it is time for me to share my card for the I Feel the Love Project.  This month Madison is collecting cards for a man named Reggie Nelinger who is watching his daughter battle cancer for the second time in her life.  You can read more about it here.

I used the May Card Sketch at Practical Scrappers as my starting point.  I used My Mind's Eye papers.

The lamp was cut using my Cricut and the Sentimentals cartridge.  To make the light beams, I smudged some gold ink on the card, but it didn't show up very well. I went over it with a paint brush and some white mist.  I then blotted it to soften the appearance.  The hinges are grungeboard that I painted with gold acrylic paint and then pressed on a dark brown ink pad.  I smudged the brown ink with a tissue as well to soften its appearance.  Finally, I went over the sentiment with Glossy Accents and the lamp with Vintage Photo Distress Stickles.   In the inside I wrote: "Continue to let your light shine."

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my mom's birthday and I made this card for her with the 4/21/13 card challenge at My Scraps and More as inspiration.

The challenge was to create a card with several layers and use a brad. Bev, who posed the challenge, made a gate fold card, and so I decided to make one too. I used the same papers (leftover from my May calendar page) and made a card for the "I Feel the Love" project. This month we are making cards for a mother and her four children who lost their husband/father to cancer. This card is for the mother, Debbie. As a mother of four children, I cannot imagine losing my husband and having to raise them on my own.

I used the 4/18/13 Play challenge at MS&M as inspiration for this card. The challenge was to use a doily and pearls on a card. I sprayed my heart doily with October Afternoon Paper Bag mist so that it would match the kraft based patterned paper. I then splattered it with some pink and green mists. Finally, I used some tiny pearls to accent the designs on the doily.

I Feel the Love- March

No, I did not forget!  I made a card for the IFTL project this month.  March's recipient is a beautiful little girl named Claire who was diagnosed with cancer the day after Christmas.  You can read more about her here.

Life has been a little hectic, so this was a pretty quick card.  I pulled out my "card kit" file with coordinating papers and went to work.  I also did this for the current Bitten By the Bug challenge which was to use a Cricut card cut.  The card I chose is from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More 2.  The sentiment is from the Live Simply cartridge.  The papers and stickers are Cosmo Cricket DeLovely, such a bright and cheery line!

Bee Happy

I put together this card the other day for this month's ”I Feel the Love” project. (Click on the link to read more about it.) I used this week's Unscripted Sketch as inspiration.

 This week's ”Crafting With Cutters” challenge is card outreach, so I used several cuts from the ”Sentimentals” cartridge. For color inspiration, I did the card color challenge that was party of the ” Love is in the Air” crop at My Scraps and More.

 

I Feel the Love: January

I have decided to have one of my goals for this year to be to participate in the "I Feel the Love" project each month.  Madison from "Funky Cards" finds a person or group of people to make cards for each month to help raise the spirits of those who are going through a difficult time or just need a little uplifting.

This month the project is twofold: the first part is to make Valentines for the children who were saved by the brave actions of Ms. Victoria Soto during the Newtown shootings, the second is to make sympathy cards for her family.

I decided to make a Valentine and combine it with the scrap{find} challenge at My Scraps and More  The challenge was to make a pingvina, a traditional Danish woven heart, and use it on a project.  You can check out the tutorial by clicking on the link above.  I cut the pieces using Sure Cuts A Lot and my Cricut.  I struggled a little to get the pieces woven together, but I am happy with how it turned out.  I used the heart as a pocket and then cut the girl using the "Playtime" cartridge.  She is holding a circular lollipop which I covered up with a heart I cut using the "Doodlecharms" cartridge.  For the inside, I used a matching cardstock sticker and stamped "U R loved" on it.

I hope you will take some time to check out the "I Feel the Love" project and consider joining in the fun!

Happy Birthday Will!

Will's 2nd birthday was Monday, but we are celebrating with family today.

 I made a card for him using this week's Mojo Monday sketch. I made two so that I could contribute one for the "I Feel the Love" project this month which is to make children's birthday cards for Sheffield Place which is a shelter for homeless women and children. Each month the staff throws a birthday party for the kids there. If you want more info, click on the link above. The Cooking With Cricut blog's challenge this week is to make a card for the IFTL project, so I put my Cricut to work. I used papers from Echo Park's Little Boy collection (with the exception of the green polka dot paper, that is Doodlebug) and my "Boys Will Be Boys" cartridge. I switched the side of the sentiment and thought it would look cool as a flag so I added a toothpick as the pole.

We had a water play date with some friends on Monday. We had much and Elmo cupcakes. Here's a picture of the cupcakes.

 For his cake for his party today, Will wanted a tractor. So I went online and we picked a coloring page of a bull dozer. Will is also a big fan of M & M's so I decided to incorporate those as well.

A Productive Night!

Last night I spent a few hours working on some projects. I managed to complete the December calendar page for our calendar and two cards!

The first was a card from the scraps of the other calendars I have been working on. I used a sketch from a site I found recently: Unscripted Sketches.



Next I did the December calendar page for our calendar using the current Sketchy Thursdays sketch.



Since I had my Christmas papers out, I decided to make another Christmas card for the "I Feel the Love" project.

"I Feel the Love" Cards + Some Older Cards

I discovered a blog about a month ago called "Funky Cards". The owner of the blog, Madison, makes beautiful cards, and each month chooses a cause to send cards to. Fellow card makers can join in the fun and send her their cards as well. This month the project is to make a card or cards to be delivered to children who will be spending Christmas in the hospital. To find out more about what is happening check out the blog post here. I am pretty excited about this challenge because I love to make Christmas cards, but with all the other things going on, I usually just make a digital card and print that to send to family and friends. This is a perfect chance for me to get out my Christmas supplies and make some cards!

For this card I used some scraps from the calendar page I was making (for May!). It is amazing how just a couple of themed supplies (in this case some stamps and ribbon) can make non-themed paper look "Christmasy". For the stocking I used dark brown ink and then sprayed the stamp with Brick Glimmer Mist before stamping it. I was surprised by how red the stamped image turned out, but I like it! I also sprayed the background with some Glimmer Mist to give it some sparkle.


As I was cleaning up from making that card, I found the yellow and pink cardstock and decided to make a small card out of it. For the snowflake piece, I cut up some clear plastic packaging, dry embossed it, and then used blue and pearl alcohol inks to color it. I got the idea from one of Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of Christmas last year.


If you are interested and have time, join in the fun!

I haven't posted in a while because I have been working on Christmas presents (and I don't want to spoil the surprise). I have made several cards over the last month: