Write Home Wednesday # 2

Hello friends! I'm back with my 2nd Write Home Wednesday post. This post is moving me closer to meeting my goal of 150 cards made and sent to Operation Write Home by the end of the year.  

I am combining the sketches Operation Write Home posts on Saturdays and the Mid-week Throwdown Challenge.

Onto my cards....

MTW challenge was to use browns

using sketch # 221

& this week the MWT challenge is a masculine thinking of you

using sketch #222

These posts will be short. It's just a way of motivating me to complete my OWH cards and sharing them with you. Have a great night! If you have any questions about the products or techniques I've used on these cards please feel free to send me an email using the contact form on the right.

If you want to know more about Operation Write Home click on the image below and it will bring you to their home page. They also have a blog with lots of creative ideas and tutorials. I hope these cards inspire your creativity and maybe you'll be encouraged to send some of your homemade cards to our soldiers overseas too through Operation Write Home!

A sincere thank you to all my followers and if you are a visitor then be sure to follow all things beautiful and I'll send you a shout out on next weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my 175 followers BLOG CANDY drawing. Check out the blog candy tab to see whats up for grabs.

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Challenges:
OWH Sketch #221
OWH MWT-Browns
OWH Sketch #222
OWH MTW-Thinking of you

TTT- Military Salute

Hello and welcome to this fortnights Tip Top Tuesday Challenge. For this challenge we are challenged to use a number on our project and although July 4th is a little bit away I thought this fabulous digi called Army Bear by Meljens fit the bill.  I used a box card tutorial. You can find the tutorial here and many more tutorials tutorial tab here. You can also find the demensional banner tutorial here and many more tutorials under my tutorial tab here.

We have a fabulous tutorial over at Tip Top Tuesday Challenge Blog on the latest craze in card making.  The box card. Go on over and check it out.

Here's my take on the box card using that great digital image! I would love to send this to Operation Write Home as a donated card. Wouldn't it be so COOL to have a little boy or girl get this from his daddy! Not so sure OWH could use this with the weird dimensions but I'll have to shoot Sandy an email and find out! If you want to learn more about OWH click the badge on the right.

Here's an angled view that gives you a better look at the side and how I popped up the sentiment banner.

This card won:

5/2/2014   5/2/2014                     

  5/8/2014

Top view to see the embellishments placed at the back

The best part of this project is my recycled item! I used pieces cut from a 12 x 12 plastic paper storage envelope. After a while they crack and become messy so I cut up what's left of some solid pieces and use them to prop up elements in the card. You can see one of the strips attached to the eagle.

I had lots of fun making this card. There is so much to look at and it is so darn cute!

Products:

Bazzell cardstock

Hero Arts sentiment

SVG files from Uncle Sam's Extravaganza Collection Part 1 & 2 from SVGCuts.com

I hope you are inspired by my box card and try out the tutorial yourself. It's really not that difficult.

I look forward to seeing your projects using numbers so don't forget to go back to Tip Top Tuesday blog and link them up.

Now it's your turn....go make something beautiful! 

A sincere thank you to all my followers and if you are a visitor then be sure to follow all things beautiful and I'll send you a shout out on next weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my 175 followers BLOG CANDY drawing. Check out the blog candy tab to see whats up for grabs.

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Challenges:

Crafty Sentiment Designs-AG

Through the Craftroom Door-AG

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge- one for the boys

As You  Like It-Recycled item 

(plastic strips holding embellishments (eagle is one) See paragraph above for explaination)

Operation Write Home-Use Brown (kraft cardstock and bear uniform)

QKR Stampede-Young Boy

Sister Act Card Challenge-AG

Jellypark-One for the Boys

Card Makin' Mamas-Recycle (plastic strips holding embellishments-see above)

A Gem of a Challenge- Cute and cuddly

Without Words-Gentlemen Only

2 Sisters-Teddy Bears

Scribble & Scrap-AG

Fitztown Challenge Blog-Layers

613 Avenue Create-Green Lady

Welcome! I'm so glad your here to check out my anything goes Design Team creation for the 613 Avenue Create Challenge Blog. I'm so thrilled to have the opportunity to showcase a beautiful digi image by a day for daisy called Green

Lady.  We have an anything goes challenge this week.

I really enjoyed coloring this image. I'm drawn to things oriental so when I saw this digi in the day for daisy collection I knew I had to have it. You can find tips and strategies on how to add Perfect Pearls  to your cards here. You can also find more tutorials on my tutorial tab here.

Here's a close up of the digi image

My mom loves oriental decor and her birthday is this month and of course Mother's Day is fast approaching too!

 I think this will make a perfect birthday or Mother's Day card for her! hmmm...which shall it be?! What do you think? Leave a comment and let me know.

Products:

Wild Orchid Flowers

Perfect Pearl Dust, Silver, Gold and Bronze

Inkadinkadoo Stamp Set

Ribbon from stash

Copics YG61, YG63, E37, E00, E02, E11, E13

Bazzill Cardstock

Plantin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge-Circles

patterned paper from my scraps stash

I hope you enjoyed viewing my design team card and make sure to go back to 613 and link up your anything goes project! Can't wait to see what you come up with! 

A sincere thank you to all my followers and if you are a visitor then be sure to follow all things beautiful and I'll send you a shout out on next weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my 175 followers BLOG CANDY drawing. Check out the blog candy tab to see whats up for grabs.

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Challenges:

Glitter & Sparkle- Use Ribbon

Scribble 7 Scrap-AG

That Craft Place-AG

Scrapbook Blessings-AG

Created With Love-In the Garden

Fitztown Challenge Blog-AG

Just Inspirational-Bingo (ribbon, flowers, polka dots)

Pause, Dream, Enjoy-AG

Cut It Up-Birthday

Sister Act Card-AG

Crafts 4 Eternity-Scraps

All Sorts-Oriental

Hiding in my Craftroom-Mother's Day

Open-Minded- Apple Dumplins'

Hi All! Welcome back for another Design Team creation for the Open Minded Crafing Fun Challenge Blog. This week our challenge is use a sport or activity incorporated somewhere on our project. Since my big interest other than paper crafting is baking I chose a great image from StitchyBear called Apple Pie. 

 I chose to use my image as part of some recipe cards.

Here's my take o the challenge!

Aren't these adorable!

Here's the Copic markers I used.

I hope you are inspired by my birthday card and join in our challenge. Don't forget to go back and link your project and don't forget to check out the other wonderful design team submissions for this challenge. Now it's your turn...go make something beautiful...

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and if your visiting thank you and please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Sponsors:

            

          

Feature Friday-4/25/2014

Hello, welcome and can you hardly believe it's Friday already?!
I am so excited to be sharing the work of my followers today and to welcome some new friends to all things beautiful.

First, a BIG welcome and many thanks to our new friends

Joddie Rae Samuelson over at Scrapbook Blessings

She is on the Design Team  (check out her fabulous work!)

Sylvia Anderson @ Kard Krazy

&

Lisa @ L.J. Creations

Second, here are my Feature Favs for this week
Make sure to visit the blogs of these crafters and find out what wonderful projects they are creating!

Cara @ My Creative Chaos

I just love the humor in this card along with the bright colors.

& 

Carmen @ 1CardCreator

Check out how she did this card with a simple trick!

I hope you enjoyed viewing some of the wonderful craft projects by followers of all things beautiful.  Thanks for joining me and make sure to find time this weekend to create something beautiful!

A sincere thank you to all my followers and if you are a visitor then be sure to follow all things beautiful and I'll send you a shout out on next weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my 175 followers BLOG CANDY drawing. Check out the blog candy tab to see whats up for grabs.

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Using My Tools Thursday # 33-Thinking of Goin' Fishin'

Welcome followers and guests to my Thursday post of Using My Tools. Every Thursday I try to pull something out of my stash that at one time I thought I just "HAD" to have and finally use it. 

This time it's embellishments and a cut file. I grabbed the little chipboard ribbon from a card making kit I received over a year and  layered up the fishing pole cut file.

Here's a detail close up 

Products:

MME- Fine & Dandy Boy DP 6x6 pad

Bazzill Card Stock

Brass brads by Recollections

Embellishment from a card making kit I got last summer.

raffia

Gypsy Wanderings Cricut cartridge

twine

I hope you like my card and please feel free to leave a comment below. I love hearing from you. Your comments inspire me to keep creating!

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and if your visiting please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Have a wonderful weekend and don't forget to visit me tomorrow for Feature Friday & on Saturday for Scrapbook Saturday!  

Now it's your turn to make something beautiful!

Tinsel Tuesday-James Bear

Welcomes to my first Tinsel Tuesday post. This is my attempt at starting my Christmas cards early. So, every other Tuesday I'll be posting a Christmas card in hopes by December 1st I'll have a nice selection ready to be stuffed in envelopes and put in the mailbox.

Here's my first card...

I'm attempting to use my Lili of the Valley Christmas stamps. So ver the next several months I'm going to be making cards using my collections

This card won:

 &  

Here's a close up of the embellishments. The pointsettias were cut from a SVG file from SVGcuts.com. The centers are from my cake supply stash. They are Wilton Stamens. I used Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge for the little red embellishment behind the lace.

I added some glitter glue to the hat and the snow at the bottom of the image.

These  are the copics I used to color the image.

I hope you enjoyed my first Christmas card of 2014! See you back in a couple of weeks!

Now go make something beautiful!

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and if your visiting please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Challenges:

Just Inspirational-Bingo Card (pearls, ribbon, lace, diecuts)

Tuesday Throwdown-Lots of Sparkle

Through the craftroom door-AG

Clear It Out-Animals/Stripes

Fan-Tastic Tuesday-AG

Christmas All Year Round-Pointsettias

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Extra-AG

Crafting Musketeers-Monochrome

Crafting By Design Monthly-AG

2 Sisters Challenge-Teddy Bears

STAMPlorations-Stamp and fav tech. (LOTV & die cuts)

Crafts Galore Encore-Fav. Color

Challenges 4 Everybody-AG

Fitztown Challenge Blog-AG

Crafty Boots-Sparkle

Love to Create- Monochrome with Ribbon

Fab n' Funky-Flower Power

ABC Christmas-Home

Crafty HAzelnuts Christmas Challenge-Use a Hat

Hiding in my Craftroom-Flowers

Sparkles Christmas Challenge-Inspired by a song (O' Christmas Tree)

Card Making Monday # 36 - Suit & Tie

Welcome to another Card Making Monday! Today's card was inspired by Lisa a fellow Design Team member at Top Tip Tuesday. A recent Tutorial posted by Top Tip Tuesday demonstrated how to make this awesome bow! You can find the Tutorial on my Tutorial Tab. Ok I simply had to CASE Lisa's card.

I just loved this idea so much so I made 4 cards of my own. I didn't put on a sentiment yet because I'm waiting for the right occassion. This could be a great masculine birthday card, an anniversary card, a formal fathers day card.

I like that the list of supplies for this card is so short

Products:

Crimper by Fiskers

Black & White Cardstock

pearl stickers

(You could probably use Viva Decor pearl pen but I had these already so I used them.)

So I hope you go to my tutorial page and click on the tutorial link for this card. It was so much fun and so fast to make. 

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and Thank you if your visiting! Please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Scrapbook Saturday # 31- Easy Living

Hi There! Welcome bloggers for another Scrapbook Saturday post. This was our first stop on last years vacation. I used a coordinateing paper stack for the DP and added some embellishments using my Cricut.

Products:

DCWV Guy Stack

Gypsy Wanderings Cricut Cartridge

Font using SCAL

journalling using Microsoft Word

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and if your visiting please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Have a wonderful day and don't forget to make something beautiful...

Feature Friday 4/18/2014

Hello and welcome to my little crafty space on the blogsphere!
A quick post today.  We are welcoming a few new friends to all things beautiful and checking out some of the great work by existing followers. Onto business....

First, a BIG welcome and many thanks to our new friends

Julie @ Pumpkin Belly Cards

&

Karen Wood @ Scrap It All


Second, here are my Feature Favs for this week
Make sure to go on over and check out all the other wonderful projects these ladies are creating!


Barb @ My Stampin Addiction
I just love the bright cheery colors of this card and the cutesy image.


Carmen @ Carmen's Creations
Such a great way to use the sketch. I love how Carmen coordinated the pattern on the background paper to fit just right in her layout.

I hope you enjoyed viewing some of the wonderful craft projects by followers of all things beautiful.  Thanks for joining me and make sure to find time this weekend to create something beautiful!

A sincere thank you to all my followers and if you are a visitor then be sure to follow all things beautiful and I'll send you a shout out on next weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my 175 followers BLOG CANDY drawing. Check out the blog candy tab to see whats up for grabs.

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Write Home Wednesdays-Mickey Hello

Hello friends! I am beginning a NEW series of posts  for Wednesdays. My motivation is to actually meet my goal of 150 cards made and sent to Operation Write Home by the end of the year. So keep me accountable guys! 

I will be combining the sketches Operation Write Home posts on Saturdays and their Mid-week Throwdown Challenge. These projects will be posted later on Wednesday nights since I'll most likely be tackling them after work.

So onto my cards....
The MWT Theme is Masculine

This is my inspiration Sketch #219

The MWT Theme is Disney 

This is my inspiration Sketch #220 Iadded stitching to add some demension and texture. You can find tips and strategies on how to add stitching to your cards here. You can also find more tutorials on my tutorial tab here.

I popped up the top portion of the Mickey and glued the feet to the card elements to keep Mickey level on the card.

These posts will be short. It's just a way of motivating me to complete my OWH cards and sharing them with you. Have a great night! If you have any questions about the products or techniques I've used on these cards please feel free to send me an email using the contact form on the right.

If you want to know more about Operation Write Home click on the image below and it will bring you to their home page. They also have a blog with lots of creative ideas and tutorials. I hope these cards inspire your creativity and maybe you'll be encouraged to send some of your homemade cards to our soldiers overseas too through Operation Write Home!

Challenges:

Choclate, Coffee & Cards-Stripes

Without Words-Gentlemen

Crafty Calenday-Things with Wings

Crafting By Design-AG

Penny's paper Crafty Challenge-Icecream Colors

Tip Top Tuesday-Flower Power

 Hi all and welcome! Here again with another DT sample for Top Tip Tuesday. This weeks challenge is paper peicing. With this card, I chose to make a squash card. I grabbed one of my stamp sets and stamped the image in 2 colors. Cut the flowers out and adhered them to the stems. 

You can find the tutorial I used for my squash card here and many more tutorials tutorial tab here.

Products:

Bazzill cardstock

The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady stamp set

Color Box Moss Green & Cranberry ink

Poppy Cuttlebug embossing folder

patterned paper from my stash

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and if your visiting please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too.

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

I hope you are inspired by my creation and join in our challenge. Don't forget to go back and link your project and don't forget to check out the other wonderful design team submissions for this challenge. Now it's your turn...go make something beautiful...

Challenges:

all sorts- spring flowers
Catch the Bug-Spring 

Mail It Monday- Rainy Day

Welcome to a new card challenge at Mail It Monday.

For this challenge it's all about rain.

This is my card inspired by rain. I wanted to make this card cheery with a hint of spring. I added the gems as decorations on the tips of the umbrella. Just a little bling but not so demensional that it will get caught up in the mailing system. In addition, I added faux stitching to draw the eye to the colored digital image.

Products;
Umbrella Girl image by Melonheadz
Patterned paper by oriental trading
Bazill cardstock
Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and if your visiting please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

I hope you are inspired by my creation and join in our challenge. Don't forget to go back and link your project and now it's your turn...go make something beautiful...

Challenges:
Craftin' Desert Divas-Color Inspiration
Clear It Out-AG/Stitching (clearing out DP)
Tuesday Throwdown-Weather
As You Like It-Stitching
Bearly Mine-Spring

Country Easter Card

Hello All! In the light of the many Easter Blog Challenges out there I wanted to get this card posted. This is the first time I've used a mason jar stamp and although this design was not in my original plan I really like how this card looked once it was finished.

I hope you enjoyed viewing my card and are inspired to create some of your own.

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and if your visiting please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge-Spring

QKR Stampede-Easter

Totally Papercrafts-Easter

Cut it Up-Easter

Jellypark-Easter

Crafts 4 Eternity-Easter

Fan-Tastic Tuesday-AG

Crafty Sentiment Designs-Easter

Created with love-Easter
The Craft Place- AG/Easter

Open Minded-Easter Bunnies

Welcome! I'm so glad your here to check out another Design Team creation for the Open Minded Crafting Fun Challenge Blog. I'm so thrilled to have the opportunity to use a fun digi image by Meljens call Cuddle Bun Bunnies.  Our challenge this fortnight is Easter pastels.

Here's my card....

I'll be sending this card off to Operation Write Home.
Products:
EK Success Zig Zag Punch
Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge
egg card from SVGCuts.com

I hope you are inspired by my creation and join in our challenge. Don't forget to go back and link your project and don't forget to check out the other wonderful design team submissions for this challenge. Now it's your turn...go make something beautiful...

Thank you to my followers for always checking out my latest creation and if your visiting please consider following me. If you become a follower I'll send you a shout out on this weeks Feature Friday post and link your blog so others can visit you too. Oh and how could I forget--you'll be entered in my BLOG CANDY drawing. Check it out here!

( Unfortunately, there are some who have not posted in the comments or sent me the link to their blog in an email. I will not be hunting for your blog so if you don't post your blog address I won't be able to link it up)

Sponsors:

 

      

Challenges:
Artistic inspirations-Easter
A Gem of a Challenge-Spring
QKR Stampede-Easter
Totally Papercrafts-Easter
Cut it Up-Easter
Jellypark-Easter
Crafts 4 Eternity-Easter
Fab n Funky-Pink
Fan-Tastic Tuesday-AG
Crafty Sentiment Designs-Easter
Bitten By The Bug-Easter Bunny
Eureka Stamps-Ribbons & Bows
Created with love-Easter
The Craft Place-Buttons