AHSC----Wishing you the best day ever!

The Atlantic Hearts Sketch and two stamp sets from Verve (Wishing You and Kindness Matters) form the backbone of this card made from a new stack of florals from Hobby Lobby.  Love that it could be a birthday card or an "everyday" card.

Thanks for taking a look,
Christine

Linking to
AHSC 222
SSS Wednesday Challenge 
Word Art Wednesday
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Thank You for Making Such a Huge Effort

CAS-ology is celebrating its fifth birthday with a balloon blog hop.  There are so many great CAS cards featuring balloons....what a treat for the eyes and a crafting inspiration.

My card includes Adorable Elephants by My Favorite Things.....the sentiments in this set meet a lot of needs, and I need a thank you card.  I am working on CAS....my usual style is clean and layered with a mix of patterns and colors, so CAS is a challenge for me!

Thank you for stopping by,
Christine

Linking to:
CAS-ology Fifth Anniversary Balloon Blog Hop
SSS Wednesday Challenge A/G
PIP Challenge
Word Art Wednesday
Crop Stop
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A Flurry of Kind Winter Wishes

Summer vacations are wonderful, and I have so enjoyed having more time to craft.  It's been a particular pleasure to participate in the Cards for Little Hearts drive.   All the details can be found here on Christina Hor's blog.

The SSS Kate snowflake  was cut from silver poster board and layered over a Tilth Floral die.   The sweet sentiment was created by Christina Hor.  (Thank you, Christina!)

Linking to:
Four Crafty Chicks (Blue Christmas)
Word Art Wednesday

Thank you so much for visiting.
Blessings,
Christine

Kind Winter Wishes

The Cards for Little Hearts drive ends in exactly one month, so there is plenty of time to make a few cards for children with congenital heart disease.  All the details can be found here on Christina Hor's blog.

It is tricky to photograph shiny things, so here are some details the photo may not show clearly.  The SSS Kate snowflake dies are cut from silver poster board, the background paper by Just Peachy Designs features delicate, lacy snowflakes, and the sweet sentiment was created by Christina Hor.  (Thank you, Christina!)

Linking to:
Four Crafty Chicks (Blue Christmas)
Word Art Wednesday

Thank you so much for visiting.
Blessings,
Christine

Bubaboo Stamp Recipe Challenge: White with a POP of color

 Today's card completes the seven Bugaboo Christmas in July challenges and adds those seven cards to the collection I will send to Christina Hor for the card drive.  Please read all about the Cards for Little Hearts drive right here.  You will be blessed by Christina's talent and kindness and will have an opportunity to be a blessing to a child in need of prayers and encouragement if you choose to send even one card.

My card includes today's Bugaboo Friday Freebie, MFT stitched and scalloped squares, Reverse Confetti Tall Tags Trio, LID stitched Holly Jolly dies, and a sentiment by Christina Hor.

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day,
Christine

Linking to Bugaboo CIJ Day Seven
Word Art Wednesday
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Fun Friday Challenge with Di's Digis

Happy Friday!  It's time for another Fun Friday Challenge at Jo's Scrap Shack where the theme is always Anything Goes.  The design team is showcasing images by  Di's Digis.  Please take time to see the design team's samples and to link up your own creations.  It's always fun to see what you have to share!

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge entry project, using the linky tool below. 

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into

3. THREE entries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. For all entries -NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED- 
The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date & the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge & prizes

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering 

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo
All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

Thanks so much for taking time to visit,
Christine

Peace on Earth

The Paper Craft Crew has a fun new sketch available, so and I combined Verve's Peace on Earth with some glittery stars cut with Paper Smooches Stars die.  The die is lots of fun in that some of the stars nest.  I pulled the end of the banner die through a layer of the star.  (It looks much better in real life than the photo shows.  I am always challenged with photos of sparkly things.)  I also decided to play along at The Challenge which calls for black, white, and a color of choice.      (I'll probably be back to make a black, white, and pink card, too)



Linking to
Paper Craft Crew (sketch)
Paper Smooches  (PS star dies)
The Challenge (colors)
SSS Wednesday Challenge (Stars)
Word Art Wednesday (A/G)


Have a sparkly day,
Christine

Bugaboo Christmas in July

Please take a minute to visit Christina Hor's blog to read all about The Cards for Little Hearts drive.  You will be delighted to see Christina's wonderful work and to learn about how she collects winter cards to encourage children hospitalized for congenital heart difficulties.

The Bugaboo Christmas in July Challenge has kept my Cards for Little Hearts inspired:  Today's challenge is to use the colors shown in the inspiration photo.  (I'd really love to have a girly pink tree, but that wouldn't be acceptable to the wonderful guys in my family.  :)

Also linking to:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (Seeing Stars)
Paper Smooches (Used PS stars die....love the tiny ones in this set!)

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs,
Christine

Bugaboo Christmas in July: Photo Inspiration

The Bugaboo Christmas in July Challenge is working well with my desire to create a variety of cards for Christina Hor's drive to collect winter greetings for children hospitalized due to heart problems.  You can read all about it on Christina's blog.

I was inspired by the bright colors of Santa's golf umbrella and used a Bugaboo tag as the central element, masking off the "to" and "from" in Word.  The sentiment is by Hannelie Besler.  Hope the bright colors and the smiling snowman will brighten a child's day.

Linking to the Bugaboo Challenge.

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Tic-Tac-Toe with Tuesday Throwdown---My Whole Heart

I chose the middle row of the Tuesday Throwdown Tic-Tac-Toe board as my card recipe.
Silver:  SSS Heart Die cut from silver poster board
Sparkle:  Silver Sequins
Wedding/Anniversary:  Sentiment is from Verve's Love Everlasting

Linking to:
Tuesday Throwdown
PIP Challenge

Thanks for stopping by,
Christine

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Bugaboo Christmas in July: Bingo

My "Bugaboo Bingo" is a diagonal constisting of  pink, white, and gold; a Bugaboo image; and snowflake embossing.  I intended to add a gold layer or banner, but the gold and white washi tape frame was lying in my scrap bowl, and I decided it was a cute way to set off the image.  Unfortunately, there is a lot of glare in the photo.

Thanks for taking a look,
Christine

Bugaboo Stamps Christmas in July Day Four

Bugaboo Christmas in July

Handmade tags add such a nice touch to gifts of all kinds, and I enjoyed making this one.  It features a Bugaboo Penguin, and the tag pieces are cut from these Reverse Confetti dies:  Gift Card Holder Tag and Hang Ups.  I stayed away from red and green and hope that my shades of blue will be considered non-traditional hues.

Thanks so much for visiting,
Christine
Linking to:
Bugaboo Stamps Christmas in July (Day 3)
PIP Challenge

Fueled by Jesus and Coffee

New Verve stamps in the craft room!  Hooray!  This card features a sentiment from Fill My Cup and a coffee mug from Happiness Is (which has matching dies).  I used Kerry's fun CAS sketch from the Coffee Lovers Blog and some papers from the pixel scrapper.

Thanks for looking,
Christine

Linking to:
Coffe Lovers Blog (Sketch)
SSS Wednesday Challenge (Plaid)
Paper Craft Crew (Something New---Happiness Is stamps/dies)
PIP Challenge

Cards for Little Hearts and Bugaboo Make it Sparkle and Shine

You can read all about Christina Hor's Cards for Little Hearts drive right here on her beautiful blog.  I have had such fun creating cards for the drive, and the Bugaboo Christmas in July event works hand in hand with that project.  Today, I am playing along with the "Sparkle and Shine" challenge and have added an edger die cut from shiny silver poster board.  The image is a Bugaboo Digital Stamp, and the cheerful plaid is from Harper Finch.

Thanks for stopping by,
Christine

Linking to:
Bugaboo Stamps Christmas in July
SSS Wednesday Challenge (plaid)
Jo's Scrap Shack
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Thanks a latte, Joy Clair!

During the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, I was blessed to receive Joy Clair's blog candy.  I ordered this set of coffee  stamps and also had a personalized stamp made to use on the backs of cards.  Both are awesome.  Thanks a latte to the folks at Joy Clair and to Kerry Urbatch for her fun Sunday Sip and Share posts on the CLC blog.  Love this sketch and all of Kerry's creative ideas for CAS cards!

Thanks for visiting,
Christine

Cards for Little Hearts---Bugaboo Sketch

You can read all about Christina Hor's Cards for Little Hearts drive right here on her beautiful blog.  I have had such fun creating cards for the drive and was only too happy to find a great sketch on the Bugaboo Blog to help with this endeavor.  The image is a Bugaboo Digital Stamp, and the bright, cheerful prints are from Harper Finch.

Thanks for stopping by,
Christine



Linking to:
Bugaboo Stamps Christmas in July
SSS Wednesday Challenge (plaid)
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Sketch meets Inspiration Photo: Happy Birthday

Love combining a sketch with an inspiration photo for lots of crafty fun.  Using MFT's Stitched Squares and Verve's Poppy Birthday made this card come together very quickly.  The smaller squares were cut from a scrap of paper watercolored with Prima's Pastel Dreams.  The cluster of poppies hides the square that's really a rectangle due to the fact that my scrap strip was a little too small for four squares.  I am linking to the challenges listed below

Thank you for visiting and have a blessed week,
Christine

Freshly Made Sketches
Sunday Stamps
Jo's Scrap Shack
Word Art Wednesday

Jesus in my Heart and Coffee in my Hand

What fun to play with some new Verve Stamps!  This set is called Fill My Cup.  In an effort to keep the front of the card clean and layered, I added a heart and one of the mugs to the inside.

The Paper Craft Crew has a new challenge up....easy for this project:  Use something new to you.  I am linking there and at Word Art Wednesday.

Thanks for visiting,
Christine

A Sketch from The Challenge

I love sketch challenges!  It is such fun to see the different looks created from the same basic layout.  This sketch was provided by The Challenge and utilizes Verve's Joyful Blooms and a new (to me) Recollections collection of papers in shades of mint and pink with pretty gold metallic accents.  The gold card stock used for layering is embossed (it came that way).  Next time, I will emboss a scrap and see if a finer pattern will cover a larger one.  Crafting is always a learning experience.

Linking to:
The Challenge
Word Art Wednesday
Jo's Scrap Shack

Thank you for visiting.  Have a blessed weekend!
Christine



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One-Layer Card for Tuesday Throwdown

The Tuesday Throwdown Challenge is to create a one-layer card.  My last card included a base, three papers, and dies from five different sets.  I am not sure I've made many one-layer cards before!  I have enjoyed using Reverse Confetti's Rose Garden lately---but with the matching dies.  I did a lot of practicing on scraps and can see some blemishes in this card, but it was truly fun to try something new!

I am also entering another new-to-me challenge---the Stamplorations July Challenge has the theme of warm colors which are present in the florals.

Thanks for visiting,

Christine

Tuesday Throwdown
Word Art Wednesday
Crop Stop
Stamplorations July Challenge--Theme is warm colors

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Wishing you a Happy Birthday

A new Heidi Swapp stack combined with some old favorites:  Verve's Poppy Birthday, MFT Stitched Flowers, Reverse Confetti Circles 'n Scallops, and Reverse Confetti Edgers complete this card based on the AHSC sketch.

Linking to:
AHSC
Word Art Wednesday
Crop Stop
SSS Work it Wednesday

Thanks for visiting,
Christine

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CAS(E) this Sketch --Happy Holidays

It was lots of fun to see the designers samples and to view entries in the link up at CASE this Sketch. My card has a holiday theme as I am currently making holiday greetings for the Cards for Little Hearts Drive.  I tried several rectangles in my die stash and found good proportions from this Papertrey set.  The sentiment is from Verve's Jolly Jingles, and snowflake die is a Simon Says Stamp exclusive.  

Thank you for visiting,

Christine

Linking to CASE this Sketch