Summer time means fresh veggies and fruits, fruits, fruits. Strawberries are plentiful here and peaches will be prime for the picking in just one week....the whole summer long!
I think you have a couple of more days to play along in the
Doodle Pantry May Challenge #34 and receive the beautiful Fruitful Star and a chance to win a gift certificate to the store...yippee!
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| A2, stitching, ribbons, circle punches, my own scallop square cut file using Silhouette Cameo, ColorBok paper, and glossy accents on citrus |
It's official.....it's going to be a GIRL!!! With that being said, I can return to working on the scrapbook so some pages will be girly. (Due date: October 2)
I purchased the
Tub Time set from
Designs on Cloud 9. I designed my own rubber ducky cut file. I've been casing a lot from
Stacy (very talented lady), but adding my own paper or "twist" to make it mine. While it may look a tad plain, once pictures are included in all the white space, it should be just fine and hopefully not TOO busy.
Picture taking of a 12x12 page has been very difficult...always room for learning and improvement!
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| 12x12 left, copics, ribbon, stitching, border punch, embossing folder, glitter gel pen |
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| 12x12 right side, acrylic bubbles, plastic duck with twine |
Yes, Cinco De Mayo has passed. This was a birthday card for a good friend of my son, Mitchell. Davide celebrates each year on Cino De Mayo, but this year he was away at college finishing exams. We decided to celebrate when he got home.
Inside, I made a list of things he had to celebrate...Top 10 List
This is another "oldie but goodie" from
Doodle Pantry called
Sombrero Hat, but I also included
Ant Accents. The stitching is purple, green rafetta, and fun bright colors to go along with theme.
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| A2, pop-ups, hanger punch, glitter pen |
I don't know the "theme" for this card yet, but I know it all started with me, who loves tools! I have these great visions, but no brawn to finish them....so I seem to call in reinforcements, my DH or eldest son. I had so many tools when I met my future husband, he actually thought I had been married previously. I love tools....he love electronics!
This is
Handy Birdie, one of the fun
May Releases at
Doodle Pantry. By participating in
May's challenge, you will receive
FREE the
Fruitful Star.
Silver hangers (an old punch), tools (Svgcuts), Guy Stack (DCVW), ribbon, copics, stitching, Phillip's Head screw brad and my great tools!!!!!
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| A2 horizontal |
CHALLENGES:
The room was BAD, but not "quite as bad" as it looks in the first pic. I had started pulling stuff out to throw away, give away, showing stuff that belonged to a friend who stopped making cards and THEN thought about taking pics. From the pics, I looked liked I could have qualified for the "Hoarding Show" on TV.
It took me three weeks!!! I still have some touch-up painting and a counter top to put down but I think it is nice enough to show you. I think it will be self-explanatory the "before and after" pics.
You much click on the picture to really see the difference!!!
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| Window side |
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| Tool Side |
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| Computer Side |
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| Stamp Side |
My dear mother has passed, but I would like some of my friends to know I'm thinking of them on Mother's Day. They will probably get the beautiful, gorgeous flower cards from the children, but from one mother's prospective to another I thought this card would "reach their daily life"...haha
The image,
Float yer Goat is from
Doodle Pantry. I plan to do more of the
May Releases, but I had to reach into the "oldie but goodies" for this project. I plan to enter into several challenges listed below.
I made 7 cards using scraps and different fences except for background. As you know I LOVE dies, and one of my favorites is this grass by Impression Obsession.
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| A2, Stitching, copics for flowers, IO grass, Poppy Stamp fence, Joy flower, pop-ups for dimension, Fiskars cloud punches |
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| INSIDE of card |
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| A2, same card different edging because I cut too small....haha, forgot to put highlights on ballons before taking pic |
Challenges:
Inside: To many "fixes" ahead and to many Father's Days to come!
My son will soon be a father. Be it a boy or girl, he will definitely be "fixing things"! "What goes around, comes around"...haha
I discovered
Birdie Brown while visiting my friend
Lola's blog.
DIY Dad is May's Birdie Brown's freebie. Make a card and enter her
challenge. I paper pierced the overall's and used copics on the rest. I adore this Guy Stack from DCWV.
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| A2, copics, string, brads, Glossy Accents, hammer charm |
Other Challenges:
Have you ever started on a project, managed to accidentally stray away, and end up with a card/project that some how popped into your head for no apparent reason? It happens to me a little too often.
Where is this story headed you ask? While still working on re-organizing my craft room, I stopped to check my email. Lola, at
Little Card Maker , posted a card using a freebie image from
Birdie Brown. Loved it, so I had to go take a look around this unknown site. I saw this
Silhouette Set (Girl and Boy) and this card instantly popped into my head (changed image into an svg/cutting file). I had just returned from a Scrapbooking Store trip with friend Cheryl (
Cafexpressions) and the beautiful purchased Graphic 45 papers were staring me in the face. I'll now return to re-organizing the room!!!
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| A2, stitching, LaLa Land border die, pop-ups, embellishment, charm, string, used my Silhouette Cameo |
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| L-O-V-E charm is hard to see (burnt my hand with hot glue..ouch! |
It's nearing graduation time!!!
Handy Ants couldn't be more perfect for a few young men I know who also love woodworking. It is one of the new fabulous May releases from
Doodle Pantry. I also used
Critter Tops - Ants. The extra tool cut files are from
Svgcuts.com called Cliff's Clubhouse. This image is pre-colored which is marvelous because I couldn't have done a better job than Laurie and wow...what a time saver!!!
Come on and join the fun in
Doodle Pantry's May challenge! Just for participating you will receive a designated set and a chance to win a gift certificate to the Doodle Pantry Store. Yippee!
ALSO...Sale of 25% off (excluding gift certificates) May 1-6 at
Doodle Pantry!
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| A2, pop-ups, SU embossing folder, hammer charm, tool brads, screw brads |
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| Side-view, SU window punch, silver paper |
(This card was posted for about 15 min. 2 weeks ago before I realized I posted wrong, so I immediately took down. One or two of you may had seen this before the removal...oops) Most friends know that my son and darling DIL are expecting their first child. That being said, it will be our 1st grand-baby. I will continue to send her little cards along the 9 months...of course, I haven't forgotten about my son, but this particular card is for her.
This is
Pregnant JJ - Shopping for Two from
Bugaboo Stamps. JJ's a hoot! I have three fun images of Pregnant JJ I will be using over the next several months. I added a silver purse charm for a little extra fun... afterall, she IS shopping!
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| Stitching, copics, ribbon, charm, punch, Nana Baby Girl DCWV |
I have made 3 different cards with the
Cherry Tomato set from
Doodle Pantry. I drew a wheelbarrow image and saved as a png so I could merge with the tomato image. I doubled the image to fill up the wheelbarrow. I used copics on the wheelbarrow, tomatoes were pre-colored and background is DP from set.
The picture below is in my poor un-kept backyard flower garden. I haven't planted my flowers in the wheelbarrow at time of photo. The azaleas aren't quite ready to bloom. Today, all the azaleas are in full bloom and I need to take an updated picture.
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| A2, stitching, raffeta, pop-ups, circle punches |
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| Pitiful, neglected backyard garden area several weeks ago |
...well...we all have those days...now don't we?
Adding some netting and starfish brad were the extra touches to help make it complete. Think I will make a few more....quick and easy and I think my friends will enjoy receiving.
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| A2, stitching, pop-ups, scallop border punch |
That's right...those days have already started here! Flip Flops are the "glass slippers" of the South! Being a Southern Girl, I have at least 8 unique pairs.
Flip Flop Set is another
Doodle Pantry April release. Have you found your summer flip flops? I kept this CAS. If you are like me, time is rushing by so you need something fun, quick and easy to tell someone "hello". (Can you see the beach chairs in the photo?)
Join us for this month's Doodle Pantry Challenge. You will receive a free complimentary set just for playing along and have the opportunity to win a $15 gift certificate to the store.
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A2, raffeta, stitching, beach chair/umbrella charm element, eyelets
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Lia is my new SIL. My brother Steve, and Lia, live in Denver so I don't get much of a chance to visit them. I'm sending her a "funny" card and this card for her "upcoming" birthday.
The free cutting file (
Rose Card) is from
Bird's Cards. She's so generous to share her talent. I added two flower die cuts ( Chloe Stem and Prim Poppy) from Memory Box. The sentiment and punches are from Fiskars. I also added lace, ribbon and stitching.
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| 5x5, DCWV, stitching, die-cuts, Bird's Cards Rose cutting file |
My garden is planted and the tomato cards are made! This is mid-month release day at
Doodle Pantry. One of the releases is the set
Cherry Tomatoes! It comes with all the trimmings: outline and colored image, sentiments and designer paper. I've done several different versions. Here is the one for today.
I colored with copics, used some scrap green rafetta, and just to be a little silly, added my own sentiment. Yes, repeating two of them several times was "on purpose"! haha I kept it CAS!
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| A2, pop-ups, stitching, copics, rafetta |
Yup, I'm still on a roll with birdies and birdbaths. Watching the birds from my sunroom, they entertain me for quite a while with the washing and splashing in the 3 birdbaths we have in our little backyard garden. I must admit that I think I have some of the "cleanest birds in town"...haha
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| A2, vertical, eyelets, twine, MB flower die, twine, scallop circle using Silhouette |
Challenges:
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