If The Scrap Fits

Can you believe it is already the last day of July!  The summer is already half over :(  Summertime is my favorite time to just relax..and hey, guess what...that's our new challenge theme over at Cardz4Guyz!   Show us what relaxing means to you!  Is it hanging out in a chair on the beach, fishing, camping, or maybe yoga....let's see what you come up with. I had zero stamps that I could use for this challenge, so I decided to use my Cricut Explore Air instead.  I found an image that I really liked from the Fun in the Sun cartridge, that I cut out.  I added some fun paper from my Lakeside 6x6 paper pack from Pebbles (it's an oldie - 2012!).  The sentiment I found online and just printed it out on some colored cardstock.  It says Take Time to Relax and enjoy the good life. It's a little hard to see here but I added some glossy accents to his shirt and to the glass and umbrella just for a bit of added texture. Take some time to enjoy your summe...

I LOVE creating cards for obscure holidays!  I find it fun to challenge myself to create a card that fits with the day…. Well, today is Vanilla Ice Cream Day and well guess what!  It’s an ice cream card for you! I was at the farm for the last week on vacation so I brought a few supplies with me, including the bits and bobs I had left over from this huge American Crafts Dear Lizzy Neapolitan kit that I won years ago….yes, I’m still trying to use it up and I’m almost there.. I really just took some of the DP and then some of the rub ons to make the card.  Nothing fancy.  The ice cream was actually on the back side of one of the papers …it had a bunch of cut aparts and so it was perfect for this card! I hope you enjoy it, and go have an ice cream!

Happy weekend all!  It's a long weekend here in Canada, but unfortunately, I have to work so no camping for me. BOO!  I have been hard at work clearing off my scrap space as I am preparing to make a schwack of cards for Ronald McDonald House in BC as part of a group in Splitcoaststampers.  Anyway..I've had this pile of scraps and bits and bobs on my desk FOREVER because I didn't want to throw them out until I tried to use them up a bit. I wanted to share with you a few of the card I made with the scraps & die cuts and some inspiration from Pinterest. Entered into these challenges: Crazy 4 Challenges: Summer fun Sweet Stampin Challenge : Summer fun Simply Papercraft: Anything Goes Entered into these challenges: Crafting with an Attitude: anything goes Through the Purple Haze : anything goes CraftaholicsRus - Die Cuts I hope you like them! Feel free to leave me any comments :) I have a couple more that I will share with you tomorrow!

    So just thought you might like to know...today is my first project for the Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge!  Yep, I am now on the Design Team...yay!!  I am very excited to be working with these great group of ladies... Today's challenge is sponsored by BUGABOO STAMPS who are giving away 4 digi imagesof the winner's choice! and also another great sponsor DI'S DIGISTAMPS  who will be giving the winner a $12 Gift Certificate for the store to do some shopping!  Here is the card I created using a fun summer image from Bugaboo!                                                       How fun is this guy!  I paired him up with the Summer Fun collection from Fancy pants that I have been trying to use up, so it worked perfectly!  I colored him with my copics and then cut him out.  It's rea...

As their guest DT for August!  I am very excited to be joining the Paper Crafting Journey team for a couple of challenges this month.  This week it is a photo inspiration challenge using this photo from the ceiling at the Bellagio (I have seen this..gorgeous).  All the details and a link to play can be found on their blog here The sponsor this week is Digital Delights by Louby Lou who is offering 3 images to the winner.  A great prize! Here is my card for this challenge I finally broke open my Echo Park Summer days  6x6 paper pack  for this I just love the patterns and colors.  They really do scream summer! I colored the image using my copics, added some ribbon from my stash and  buttons and baker's twine (from Whisker Graphics) .  The thickers were white but I just colored them with my ink pad to fit better for the card.  I hope you like it! I've entered into the following challenges... Craft Us Crazy : Anything Goes in Au...

ey everyone! This week on the Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog we are lucky enough to be sponsored by GallimaufryUK digi kits. GallimaufryUK is the work of Penni Taylor, a fantastic scrapbook digi designer. She creates beautiful kits fthat are great for  digi and hybrid scrapping with papers, elements, alphabets, word art and so much more. Every kit is truly an inspiration. Please check out her blog and her store for lots of great products and inspiration! The Design Team was given her Bloomin' Lovely kit to work with and oh wow! The images on this are soooo pretty! Perfect for all your spring and summer layouts, whether you do digital projects or not~!  I don't make digital layouts but I had such fun printing off these elements to use for my cards and layouts. You need to stop by the SH blog to see all the great DT inspiration for you! Here is the card that I made for the summer themed challenge.  I know my card says Happy Spring, but believe me, here in Calgary S...