Thank You... and a Give Away!

Happy Hump Day! Tags are so much for to make! Using ELEGANT EDGES is perfect for them too.

TAG DETAILS:

• ELEGANT EDGES:
• "Clover" p. 62 cut @ 5 1/2" Oblong and Shadow features
• Pattern paper from 6" x 6" This & That "Charming" pad
• Inked around the edges with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• SENTIMENTALS:
• Chair p. 41 cut @ 4" with Shadow feature
• Adhered with foam tape for dimension
• CARDZ TV STAMPS:
• "Ticket Talk" for sentiment stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
• Inked heavily around the edges and the entire surface with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• Tiny button and Jewelry cord from Joann's
• Satin Deep Turquoise Ribbon from The Dollar Tree
• Black eyelet ribbon from Joann's

Have a GREAT Hump Day!  See you again real soon. :) Janis

Entered:

Sandy's Crafty Creations - M, P1 Blue and/or White (Other)

2 Sisters - #127 Colors Brown, White, Blue (Sat)

One Stop Craft - 2E W - #212 Thank You

Craft Your Passion - E3 - Main color TEAL (Mon)

Blow Out The Candles!

Good morning! Today is our son-in-law's birthday! Woo-Hoo! I wanted to show you the Matchbook Birthday Card I made for him.

 

Matchbook Card Details:

• Cardstock base cut @ 4 1/4" x 11
• Scored @ 4 3/4" and 10"
• Front:
• Checkered strip cut @ 4" x 3/4"
• Brads from Recollections Brown assortment pack 
• Bottom of card slips under top sleeve to keep it closed, but opens easily
• Checkered mat cut @ 4" x 4"
• Blue mat cut @ 3 3/4" x 3 3/4"
• Kraft mat cut @ 3 5/8" x 3 5/8"
• CARDZ TV STAMPS:
• "Make A Wish" for "Blow out the candles!" stamp
• "For the Birds" for "A little Birdie told me it's your Birthday!" stamp
• Both inked with Memento Tuxedo Black ink
• COUNTRY LIFE:
• Weather Vane p. 71 cut @ 3 3/4"
• Wooden gemstone added from Hobby Lobby
• Fuzzy string is American Crafts Premium Ribbon
• Tiny black rhinestone added for chicken eye from Recollections
• INSIDE:
• Red mat cut @ 4" x 4"
• Blue mat cut @ 3 3/4" x 3 3/4"
• Kraft mat cut @ 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
• CARDZ TV STAMPS:
• "Make A Wish" for "Happy Birthday" and "Eat Cake" stamps
• Both inked with Memento Tuxedo Black ink
• Everything inked around the edges with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink

Thanks for stopping by today! If it's your birthday, well, then, Happy Birthday! If it's not your birthday, Happy Un-Birthday!

I'll be posting about a Give Away on Wednesday! All you have to do is leave a comment on THAT post answering the question in that post and have a USA mailing address. I'll post the winner to the WINNERS Page Tab on Friday. Be sure to come back and enter a comment for a chance to win!
 :) Janis

Entered:

Amusing Challenges - 2E, No Digi - Birthday  (Sun)

Here Come the Boys - 2W, 3E, cards only, must be masculine - (1st week) BINGO*(ends 1st Feb)  (Sun)

(Blue, Die Cut, Pattern Paper)

ABC Challenges - W, cards only, E3, C10 -  Birthday Card (Mon)

Artistic Inspirations - W, E3 - More than One fold (M0n)

Use Your Stuff - JFF - birthday (Mon)

Moving Along With The Times - 3E - Happy Birthday (Thurs)

Sarah Hurley Challenges - M, C10 - #76 - Celebrate (January) (Thurs)

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - 3E, 2W - For the Birds (Fri)

Wags 'n Whiskers - 2W, SIO - Week 2, Celebrations (Fri)

PDE Ch#2 and PPT Ch#2

Here is my 1 project incorporating both of these challenge themes. :)

I decided for I'd make a Recipe Card for a delicious dessert our family loves and use some brown in this project.

#5 Recipe Card Front

Recipe Card Back

• A2 size POSTCARD for Recipe Card base 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

FRONT:

• Red cardstock cut @ 5 1/4" x 4"
• Brown pattern cardstock cut @ 5" x 3 3/4" (from My Mind's Eye 6x6 "All Spice" pad)
• Red header mat cut @ 3 3/4" x 1 1/4"
• Brown pattern header mat cut @ 3 1/2" x 4" (this is the back of the brown pattern paper I used for the background)
• PRESERVES "apple" word p. 27 cut @ 1" with shadow feature
• PRESERVES Apple image p. 27 cut @ 3"

BACK:

• Green mat cut @ 5 1/4" x 4"
• Brown mat cut @ 5" x 3 3/4"
• Pattern mat cut @ 4 3/4" x 3 1/2"
• Recipe printed from computer and adhered to ivory cardstock for stability (I can't load cardstock in my printer - sometimes it works, but most of the time it just frustrates me and paper jams)

Here's the recipe again in case you can't read it well from the photo:

Apple Cheese Casserole (great DESSERT)

1- 20 ounce can sliced apples

1/2 cup margarine (I use real butter)

1 cup sugar

8 oz Velveeta cheese (do not substitute with other cheese)

3/4 cup self-rising flour

Spread apples in 9x9 dish.

Melt Velveeta and margarine.

Stir in flour and sugar.

Spoon over apples.

Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes or until top is light brown.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you'll come play along in one or both of our challenges. You can always combine our challenge themes to fit more than one challenge.

Pause Dream Enjoy (PDE) Ch#2 DESSERTS

Paper Playtime (PPT) Ch#2 Use some BROWN

I'll be posting about a Give Away on Wednesday! All you have to do is leave a comment on THAT post answering the question in that post and have a USA mailing address. I'll post the winner to the WINNERS Page Tab on Friday. Be sure to come back and enter a comment for a chance to win!

Smiles!

:) Janis

Entered:

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - M, 1E - Anything Goes ends Feb 12 (Mon)

Created With Love - 3E, C10 - anything goes (Mon)

Fashionista Challenge - M, (Runs 3wks + voting week) - RED (Mon)

Anything Goes Challenge - 2W, 5E - #84 Buttons & Bows (Week 1) (Tues)

Alphabet Challenge - 2W, 1E, JFF -Y is for Yummy (food on creation) (Fri)

 Word Play Saturday - M, (2nd Sat each month) E4 (1 per wk), must follow #1 (W1 )Word Prompt 'Anything' Create anything with a sentiment (Sat)

Challenges 4 Everybody - 2W, 3C - Always Anything Goes (Sun)

Top Fav Tools and Products Video

Hey! Mary of Cardz TV tagged me from her video of top fav tools so below is my video showing some of the tools I love to use. I'm tagging Theresa The Scrapbooking Queen. She will have her video up soon, so be sure to check her blog for that!

Enjoy!



:) Janis

You are my Hero!

Happy Sunday! I'm actually writing this on Friday night and scheduling it to post for you on Sunday morning. I'm in my craft room listening to gospel music, singing along, and playing with my crafty goodness. Good times. Good times.

This is the postcard I made for a friend of mine who is always so considerate, so supportive, so thoughtful, and just all around too good to me, and I'm so thankful for her.

 POSTCARD DETAILS:

• A2 postcard 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" 
• Background papers from K&Company "Sweet Nectar" pad
• Mats:
• Black 5 3/8" x 4 1/8"
• Green stripes 5 1/4" x 4"
• Black 5 1/8" x 1 1/2"
• Bright stripes 4 3/4" x 1 1/8"
• Buttons and Jute from Joann's
• Sentiment matting:
• Fiskars Journal & Bracket punch
• Edges inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• TEDDY BEAR PARADE:
• Super Hero cut @ 3 1/2"
• Edges inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• CARDZ TV STAMPS:
• "It's All About You" set for "You are my Hero!"
• "Heartfelt Wishes" set for "Thanks a bunch!"
• Both inked with Memento Tuxedo black ink
• Action Wobble:
• Shop TSQ's Royal Castle Shoppe for Action Wobbles

Thanks for stopping by today! :) Janis

Entered:

Carda Day Blog - M, 1E/theme, P1 - Valentine's/Thank you/Get well soon
Heck of a Challenge - M, P1 - Thank you
Celebrate the Occasion - 1E - #95 Thank You
Aud Sentiments Challenge - 2W - Bingo (Die cut, "thank", "you")Southern Girls - 2W, 1E - #59 (W2) Thank you Kindly

I'm So Sorry

Good morning, and happy Saturday to you!  Do you have something fun planned today? I have no idea what we are going to do. The highlight of our day may be baking brownies. Mmmm...

I have to tell you a boneheaded thing I did. I was working on this tag Thursday night late. When I got up the next morning, I piddled with it some more, then went to Facebook to chat with some friends, went back to piddle with the tag, went to fix lunch, back to the tag... you get the idea. I finally decided to just go take a picture of the thing, get it posted, and be done with it already. So I grabbed the camera, picked up the tag, and I heard, "Ting, ting, ting..." Yep. The dew drops that I had NOT glued down yet went skittering and bouncing all over the table and around the floor. LOL

TAG DETAILS:

• ELEGANT EDGES:
• "Clover" tag p. 62 cut @ 5 1/2" with shadow
• Pattern paper from 6" x 6" This & That "Charming" stack
• Edges inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• Cloud:
• Fiskar's cloud punch
• Embossed using "Juli's Garden"
• Inked with Colorbox "Sky Blue" around the edges
• PAPER DOLL DRESS UP:
• Fence p. 78 cut @ 5 1/2" wide and trimmed to fit
• Edges inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• EVERY DAY PAPER DOLLS:
• Grass p. 77 cut @ 5 1/2" wide and trimmed to fit
• Edges inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• STRETCH YOUR IMAGINATION:
• Tree p. 50 cut @ 4" with shadow
• Edges inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• Adhered with Foam Tape for dimension
• Dew Drops:
• Red dew drops adhered with Aleene's Clear Gel Tacky Glue (first time I've used this stuff - I ran out of micro Glue Dots - It worked well.)
• Shop TSQ's Royal Castle Shoppe for Royal Jewels (dew drops)
• Ribbons from The Dollar Tree and Joann's
• CARDZ TV STAMPS:
• "Heartfelt Wishes" sentiment set used with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
• Edges inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink

Thanks for stopping by today! :) Janis

Entered:

Card Crafter's Circle - 3E, C10 – #58 Layers

Creative Corner- #3 Sorry

Simply Create Too - 2W - #29 Anything Goes

Daring Cardmakers - C5 – Embossing wet or dry (cloud)

Totally Papercrafts – Embossing of any kind (cloud)

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge - 3E –#107 Punch it (use punched element) (cloud)

For Your Inspiration - 2W, 3E - #38  photo inspiration (used tree from photo)

Happy Campers - 2W, 3E - #8 (W2) Buttons, Beads or Bows (beads)

Card and Scrap - 2W, P1/15 - Use Punch (cloud)

Family 8" x 10" Layout Page

Hi! We've made it to Friday. Aren't Fridays fun? Today I'm going to show you the first in a series of 8" x 10" Scrapbook Layout Pages. I normally use 12" x 12", but this is a special album I'm doing this year with a friend of mine. Here's our plan...

• Each month we take a picture or two of something we did or something our family did
• We create 2 layouts exactly alike. Put one in our scrapbook, set the other aside.
• In December, we send the duplicate layouts that we set aside all year to each other as our Christmas gift.
• Then we add those pages to our album.

For my first page, I cheated a little. Instead of using pictures of something we've done in January, I just chose 3 random pictures from the recent past. I wanted to give an overall feel that our family travels near and far often, and that we love having all types and kinds of adventures.  Next time I won't try to squeeze so many photos onto one page though. I would much rather have a lot more die cuts and decorating than I was able to fit on this page, but hey, I've got all year to create more pages. 

I left this image rather large for uploading here. If you'd like a closer look, you can click on the image and see a much larger photo of it.

8x10 LAYOUT PAGE (1):

• Creative Memories 8" x 10" scrapbook page base
• Black cardstock cut to 8" x 10"
• Green pattern paper cut to 7 3/4" x 9 3/4" (DCWV The Floral Fair Stack)
• Photos are 4" x 6" untrimmed
• Black cardstock photo mats cut to 4 1/8" x 6 1/8"
• Creative Memories Circle template used to cut one of the pictures.
• CRICUT CRAFT ROOM BASICS:
• Circle Black cardstock mat cut @ 4 1/4"
• 50 STATES:
• Virginia cut @ 1/2"
• Texas cut @ 1"
• DOODLECHARMS:
• Sun p. 96 cut @ 1 1/2" with shadow
• Wave embossing folder
• CAMPIN' CRITTERS:
• Bear looking around tree p. 60 cut @ 3 1/4" with shadow and FLIP feature
• EVERY DAY PAPER DOLLS:
• Grass p. 77 cut @ 5 1/2" wide and trimmed to fit
• Inked around the edges with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• White tag from Walmart:
• Hand written photo descriptions
• Inked around the edges with Tim Holtz Peeled Paint distress ink
• Team Lewis:
• Printed from computer using GEORGIA font
• Black cardstock mat
• Adhesives:
• 2-way Glue Pen
• Micro Glue Dots
• ATG Photo Safe (archival)
• Scotch Photo Splits

That's it! I know the details look like a lot, but it was easy and fun to create. Thanks for stopping by today! I'll see you again next time. And there will be another 8x10 layout page in February, plus hopefully some 12x12 scrapbook layout pages too for my other scrapbook album.

Oh... almost forgot to tell you.... I'll be doing a give away next week. No challenge involved, just a chance to win a fun crafting item by leaving a comment on that post. I'm not sure what day I will get it posted, but when you see it, be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win. 

Smiles :) Janis

Entered:

Shopping Our Stash - W, C13 - #85 Suits Me To A T (use two items beginning with T) (TAG and TEMPLATE)

Fab 'n' Funky - 1E, C10 - #154 Get Moving (show something that has someone moving or doing some sort of activity)

Inspire Me Fridays – Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - 1E – #166 Anything But a Card

The Daily Java

Guess who got some new paper? Yep! And here's a postcard using these beautiful colors and patterns. The papers are from DCWV 180 stack "The Floral Fair." 

• A2 size postcard 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
• Corners rounded with Fiskars corner rounder squeeze punch
• Mat sizes are:
• Black 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
• Floral 4" x 5 1/4"
• Black 3 7/8" x 3 5/8"
• Diagonal Stripes 3 3/4" x 3 1/2
• Black and Pink ribbon from stash
• Dew Drops are Royal Jewels from TSQ's Royal Castle Shoppe
• CRICUT ALPHABET:
• Steaming Mug p. 47 cut @ 4" with shadow and adhered with foam tape for dimension
• CARDZ TV STAMPS:
• Brew Ha Ha for sentiment stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Thanks for stopping by today! :) Janis

The BEAR Necessities... like SCHOOL

Hey, guys! I was going through the FELINE PLAYFUL Challenge Index list for some of the challenges that are going on right now and thought it would be fun to try to create a project that would incorporate 10 of those challenges. I managed to work in 9 challenges with this project. That's not bad! Here's my Postcard..... I know... I need to get back to making more tags. Tags will be coming soon; I promise!

Postcard Details:

• A2 size postcard 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
• Mats:
• Black mat cut @ 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"
• Pattern mat cut @ 4" x 5 1/4"
• ELEGANT EDGES:
• "Bunny" p. 63 cut @ 4 1/4" Oblong with shadow
• TEDDY BEAR PARADE:
• "School Girl" cut @ 3 1/2"
• Adhered to postcard with ACTION WOBBLE 
• Googlie eyes!
• Blue rhinestone on her bow is a NEW goodie I got for a Christmas gift from Studio G
• I have no idea where that scrap piece of turquoise came from, but I wish I had some more of that color
• Ribbon from stash
• CARDZ TV STAMPS:
• "Beary Sweet" stamp set used with Memento Tuxedo black ink

All pattern papers are from DCWV "The Floral Fair Stack." 

Thanks for stopping by today!  :) Janis

Entered:

1. ATCs & Cards With Attitude -3E- 2W - (Week 1) Add a tag or sentiment/Anything Goes (All Cards welcome)
2. Totally Papercrafts – ribbon
3. Crafts and Me - #116 Something New (new blue rhinestones from Christmas!)
4. Divas by Design - 2E - Girly
5. Penny's Paper-Crafty - 3E - #110 Teddy Bears
6. The Perfect Sentiment - must have sentiment on front - Card with encouraging sentiment on front
7. By the Cute & Girly - P1, M, 1E/craft type - Cute and girly
8. Cards Galore - M, P1 - Anything Goes
9. Tuesday Throwdown -W- #130 Frame It

Cricut Cardz Ch#123 "A Banner Year"

Cricut Cardz Ch#123 "A Banner Year" 

Make a card with a banner using any cartridge(s).

Starts: Wed, Jan 16 

Ends: Tues, Jan 29 @ Noon EST
Prize: 1 set of Cardz TV Stamps

Here is my project for this challenge:

• PAPER DOLL DRESS UP Fence p. 78 cut @ 5" wide with Cricut Craft Room
• EVERY DAY PAPER DOLLS Grass p. 49 cut @ 5" wide with Cricut Craft Room
• Banner pennants (stickers) from This & That "Graceful" Girl Collection Pack
• Prima and Studio G Flowers and Brad
• Fiskars Cloud punch
• Clouds embossed wtih Cricut Cuttlebug folder "Juli's Garden"
• EK Success Journal punch for sentiment matting and inked with Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink
• CARDZ TV STAMPS "Heartfelt Wishes" for sentiment

Thanks for stopping by today! :) Janis
Come play with us!

Entered:

1. Allsorts - 1E - #189  Dies and Punches
2. Crazy Amigo Challenge - W -  Embossing Folders
3. Cute Card Thursday - C5 - #251 Beat the Blues
4. DRS Designs - 1E, SIO - #55  Buttons
5. Happy Campers - 2W, 3E - #8 (W1) Buttons, Beads or Bows
6. Moving Along With The Times - 3E - (W1 of 3) Floral Delights
7. Paper Crafting Journey - 2W - (W1) Anything goes

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B is for BONNIE

Good evening my friends! I went to Joann's and Hobby Lobby today with 2 of our girls, Bonnie and Kati. We were just hanging out and messing around oooo-ing and ahhhh-ing at all the pretty house decorations at Hobby Lobby. Then we decided to get Bonnie a letter "B" for her bedroom door. Kati agreed she'd paint it for me, and I told her I wanted to put some flowers on it.

This is what we started out with... 13" Jumbo Letter B

And after Kati's painting with the flowers I added and some tulle to hang it with, we ended up with this...

I hung it on her bedroom door with a door hanger / wreath hanger thing because I didn't want to put any nails in her door.

This only cost a few dollars for the letter. I already had the paint, door hanger, flowers, brads, and it gives Bonnie such a huge smile on her face! Very much worth more than the few dollars spent on it. And big thanks to Kati for painting it for me!! In case the colors aren't showing up well in the photos, it's brown and pink. Pretty!

Thanks for stopping by today! :) Janis

Entered:

1. Vickie's Challenges -M- Anything Goes
2. Through The Craft Room Door 3E, W - Always Anything Goes!
3. Everybody-Art-Challenge - #219 Girl
4. Can You Digi It - 2W- #27 Getting Girly (Week 1)
5. Cupcake Craft - W - (deadline Jan 20) anything but a card