The Stamps of Life "Snails2Mail"

 The August Stamp of the Month for The Stamps of Life was "snails2mail".  I made two cards with this cute set.  There are lots of possibilities with this little snail, but I decided that my first card would be a get-well card, and the second one, a birthday wish.  I paper pieced both snails.  Cute, huh?

Supplies:
Card 1         
snails2mail stamp set
Spellbinders Nestabilities Lacey Squares
Cardstock:  Autumn Afternoon by Reminisce
                   Olive cardstock by Bazzil
                   White cardstock by PaperTrey Ink
                   Loverly by GCD Studios
Burlap ribbon
Button
Versafine Onyn Black Ink
White gel pen for eyes

Card 2     
snails2mail stamp set
Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Circles Lg.
Cardstock:  Forever Fall Boquet by Bo Bunny
                   variety cardstock print from my scrap pile
                   White cardstock from PaperTrey Ink
jewels
ribbon  
White gel pen for eyes
Crystal Stickles glitter on shell

Challenges:
Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes
Crafter's Cafe - Dude!  That's Funny
Creative Moments - Birthday/Anything Goes
Handmade Harbour - Smile/Laugh
Inklings and Yarns - Always Anything Goes
Lady Anne's Challenges - Anything Goes
Paper Pretties - Paper Piecing
Pollycraft Challenges - For Kids
Scrappers Delights - Paper Piecing
Simon Says Stamp - Animal Antics
Stamping Royalty - Patterned Paper
Wordart Wednesday - Anything Goes
                  

Pile it On with Designer Paper

I made this card for a Pile it On Challenge sponsored by Red Rubber Designs.  

The stamp set is Brighten Your Day by Red Rubber Designs, and I colored it with Copic Markers, cut out the design and layered them on designer paper by Paper Studio.  The cloud, girl and sentiment are popped up.  I added orange and yellow glitter glue to the sun and pink glitter glue to the flowers to make them shine.

Supplies:

Brighten Your Day by Red Rubber Designs

Eat Cake patterned glitter cardstock by Paper Studio 

Copics - E00, E01, E13, E31, E33, E35, E37, C0, C1, C3, BG11, BG13, BG15, BG18, Y21, Y32, YR15, YR16, YR18, R85, YG93, YG95

Glitter Glue - orange, yellow, pink

Challenges:

Pile it On - Designer Paper

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Colorful

Paper Pretties - Girly Girl 

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes 

Happy Campers - Use a Stamp 

Polka Doodles - Bright and Beautiful

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Scrap Creations - Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes 

Whimsical Designs - Just Add Glitter 

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes

Pattie's Creations - Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

Birthday Award

Here's a birthday card I made for one of my grandsons using a stamp set from The Stamps of Life called Award2Stamp.  It was a fun set to use, with lots of pieces to stamp and put together.  This stamp set also has dies to match, called Zig Zag Circles by Sizzix.

Supplies:

award2stamp by The Stamps of Life
Sizzix Framelets Zig Zag Circles

cardstock - Creative Imaginations (stars)

                   Bo Bunny

                   White cardstock by PaperTrey Ink

Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Eight

Clear bobble over center of award

Ink - Versafine Majestic Blue and Satin Red 

Challenges:
Inklings and Yarns - Always Anything Goes
Inky Expressions - Masculine 
Lady Anne's Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty - Dies/Punches

Get-well cards

These are two get-well cards I sent out today.  Both are digital images.  The first one is from Clear Dollar Stamps called Praying Eyes Mantis.  The background paper is Camisole from the Madame Boutique Collection by KaiserCraft.  I used Green cardstock and White cardstock from PaperTrey Ink.  The image is colored with Copic markers (YG00, YG01, Yg03, YG07, YG09, BV02, T0, T3, T5).  I added Crystal Effects to the eyes in the sentiment and on the praying mantis.  A little bit of brown and white bakers twine is wrapped around the patterned cardstock.

The second card uses the digital image Wagon Wheel which is digitally colored, from Doodle Pantry.  This turned out to be a very simple card.  The outside sentiment "Transportation trouble?" is followed by an inside sentiment that says, "Keep on Rolling".  It seemed perfect for a friend who just had hip replacement surgery.  I mounted the image and saying on brown cardstock and used some brown patterned paper from my scrap supplies.  The cardstock base is Kraft cardstock from PaperTrey ink.  I added a few stick-on embellishments from Creative Memories.

Challenges:
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
2 Sisters Challenges - Anything Goes

Thinking of You card

The card I'm posting today is a thinking of you card. It is a simple embossed card with paper piecing and a paper flower and sentiment on a tag.  I like the clean, easy look about it.

Supplies:
Sizzix Hexagon Embossing Folder by Stampin' Up
Hexagon punch by Creative Memories
White cardstock by Paper Trey Ink
Divine Paper Flowers by Creative Memories
sentiment by TAC
Versafine Smokey Gray ink pad
Sizzix Framelets Hearts a Flutter (tag) by Stampin' Up
scrap paper
3 jewels

Challenges:
Cuttin and Stampin Challenges - Clean and Simple
Cuttlebug Mania - Clean and Simple
Scrap Creations - Anything Goes

Welcome Baby cards

Sorry to be MIA for a while, but I'm back with some more cards to show you.  Today I have a couple of welcome baby cards.

Both of these cards are made with Pollycraft Little Stars digi images.  The pink one is Moon Lullaby and the blue card is Sent from Above.  I've colored them both with Copic markers and added a sentiment from TAC.  The background paper is from my stash of scrapbooking papers, and I am not sure of the source.  The pink flower is hand made, and the yellow flower is Bitty Blossoms with a button.  The Spellbinders Nestabilities are Eyelet Circles (above) and Lacey Circles (below).

Challenges:
Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine Challenges  - Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew - Baby, Dominate Color Pink or Blue
Through the Craftroom Door - Always Anything Goes

Stampin' Up Digi set Countryside

I've made a birthday card with the Stampin' Up digi stamp set called Countryside.  

This is the Countryside Chicken. 

Supplies:

SU digi set Countryside

Cardstock - G.C.D. Studios "Loverly"

Spellbinders Nestabilities Eyelet Circles

gold jewels

Copic markers

Challenges:
Through the Craftroom Door - Always Anything Goes
Lady Anne's Challenges - Anything Goes