Learn to Swerve

This little die has a lot of meaning to me.  I met my husband in 1969 at Pawleys Island, SC.  He had driven by our beach house in a baby blue VW Beetle.  It was an awesome summer before I headed off to college.  OK....I'm telling my age now.

I found this VW Beetle die at Aliexpress called Highway Road Car.  The center VW Beetle represents Clemson University.  Go Tigers! The yellow represent my happy color.

A2, Paper Smooches sentiment, cloud punch, pop- up dots for dimension,
stitching on border

This is for my grandson Wyatt

I'm a Little Behind....

The good news...I did an assembly line of these "belated" birthday cards.  The bad news....I'm a card maker and yet I catch myself being late sending birthday cards!!!

I bought this Inky Antics Bear Butt several years ago but just now using.  Stamping at the Lake caused me to fall in love with the image and the other day, Indiana Inking reminded me so I cased her.

An assembly line and keeping it CAS.

A2, copics for coloring, computer generated sentiment

free cloud background, Stitched rectangles, sun and hillside dies from Lawn Fawn

pop-ups for bear and sun, cut bear using Cameo 3

Hang on Tight....

...another birthday is about to fly by!

This is a continuation of the delightful Airplanes Set by Imagine That Digistamps.  This one is a definite Indiana Inking case.  The only difference is I added dimension to the image by using my Cameo to cut, then using pop-ups for it and the stitched clouds (Lawn Fawn).

Yup, they came together quickly.

A2, Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles, forgot where the background came from...if you know, I would love to go back and give credit.

angle view

free blue cloud and sky I found on the internet....pretty cool

just of few of them together and different sized clouds

What are friends for....

...if you can't give them a ride now and then!

This is QKR digi16503 Halloween Turtle.  I'm entering this sweetie in the QKR Challenge #208...theme: Fall colors

I masked the pumpkin and made some smaller ones to add for interest. I used lots of pop-ups for dimension.

A2, copics coloring,  very old leaf punch, Lawn Fawn Vertical tree die, Lawn Fawn rolling hills die, Fiskar cloud punches, cut all images out with Cameo

Rainy Days...gotta love them

Rain helps settle the pollen.  Rain helps the flowers grow and keeps water in the lakes.  Rain is also a good excuse to stay indoors and play in my craft room.

I'm using  from QKR Stampede digi #12502 In The Rain for their Challenge #133: April showers bring May flowers .

A2, copics, Silhouette Store puddle image, cloud punches, digi paper pieced in PSE umbrella

acrylic raindrops, Wink of Stella on umbrella shank and water puddles, pop-ups for dimension

Dog Gone Happy Birthday

I bought 5 Art Impression sets at Michaels awhile back and finally able to play with them....that dog is so silly.

I stamped him, then scanned him, then pulled him up in my Silhouette Studio and did a print and cut, but not before using some patterns in the program to add to the parachute.  I tried making this gender neutral.  I colored him with copics and the rest are all die cuts and cloud punches.  I think the sentiment can be used for other celebrations besides birthday.

A2, more homemade enamel/plastic dots

Happy Mother's Day

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.

A2, Stitching, copics for flowers, IO grass, Poppy Stamp fence, Joy flower, pop-ups for dimension,  Fiskars cloud punches

INSIDE of card

A2, same card different edging because I cut too small....haha, forgot to put highlights on ballons before taking pic

Challenges:

Cut It Up - Mother's Day (use dies and/or cutting machine)
As You Like It Challenge- Favorite Die
Trimmies Craft Challenge: Stitching
Crafters Cafe challenge: Mother's Day
Broken Box Stock: Mother's Day
Digi Stamps 4 Joy: Women Are Special
Hobby Cutz Challenge: Mother's Day
Cutie Pie Challenge: Lots of Layers
Corrosive Challenges: Mother's Day
DL.Art: Mother's Day
Cuttlebug Mania: One For Mum
Love to Create Challenge- Punches and/or Dies

Hanging in there with you Hunter!

This card is dedicated and being sent to Hunter, my former student who was in an horrific car accident in late June. He is in his last semester of his senior year at USC.  He's now at Shepard's Center in Atlanta, Georgia.  The center's doctors and therapist are fabulous.  He hasn't responded yet verbally, but he gave me a "thumbs up" in Columbia and has finally given them one too.  Each day is a blessing.

This is a freebie set called "Crescent Moon Ants" being offered from Aug. 1 - Aug. 15 from Laurie at Doodle Pantry.  By making a card/creation with it, you are able to participate in one of the two challenges this month on the Doodle Pantry Blog.  Wow...I like the odds on that!

The image is hanging from a string, but it's hard to see in my little picture.  I used my own svg clouds, a silver charm, pop-ups for dimension and DCWV paper pack.

A2, stitching, scallop punch, Cameo cutter

Challenges:

Doodle Pantry Blog: use this image in your creation (free download)