Awesome Dad - Your Next Stamp Sketch Challenge #41

Happy Monday crafty friends!  

Hmmm...when I say that I often wonder if there 

is any such thing as a happy Monday - LOL! 

Really any day we are alive and enjoying our

blessings can be a happy day - even Mondays :o)

Today I'm sharing a card I made for my hubby 

for Father's Day.  I used the Your Next Stamp

sketch challenge #41 for the design of my card

and a fun stamp set by YNS called "Dill-ightful".

Here's Sketch #41


and here's my interpretation and
card replacing the squares with
the dill pickles :o)


The little dills represent our son and our daughter.
My hubby loved this and laughed out loud!

I'd also like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges #282 - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps and More - #198 Holiday (Father's Day)
Come and Get it Challenges - Father's Day
Brown Sugar Challenge Blog - #203 Father's Day
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenges - #111 Use A Die Cut

That's all for now :o)  Thanks for stopping by to visit me today!
Have a wonderful day! Hugs D

Super Teacher {SugarPea Designs}

Hello friends and followers!

A special hello to my two newest followers - 

thanks so much for joining my creative journey.  

Today I'm sharing a card I made for one of my 

daughter's favorite teachers - Mr. Straub. 

The stamp sets I used are from SugarPea Designs - main image 

& part of the sentiment "You're a SUPER" (my hero)

and Your Next Stamp - "Teacher" sentiment (A'dork"able).

The papers are from Doodlebug Designs and the little glasses

are from my local craft store.  I used a die cute for the 

double banner and colored the main image with copic markers. 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Crafty Calendar Challenges - June Challenge "Fathers Day/For a Male"
The Corrosive Challenge Blog - June - Lots of Layers

Thanks for stopping in to visit me today!  

Til next time...hugs and happy crafting! D

Super Dad - Father's Day {SugarPea Designs}

Hello friends!  Happy Father's Day weekend.

We celebrated with a BBQ and ice cream

with my Dad, husband and brother in law today.  

It was a wonderful summery evening
and the food was good!

Here's a photo of one of my sisters and I
with my sweet Daddy-O
(my other sweet sister is in Oregon).

Isn't he cute?!  

He really is my Super hero - always has been.
We didn't have the easiest relationship when
I was young.  Let's just say I was a little
bit headstrong and maybe a bit too much like him :o)
He told me once that he always knew what I was
up to because "he was me once".
As I've gotten older and had kids of my own
I've come to appreciate him so much more.
He is an honest, kind and loving man.
I do hope I'm a lot like him!

I made this card for my dear Daddy
using a stamp set by SugarPea Designs
called "my hero" which is perfect for him.

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Addicted to Stamps and More challenge #198 - Holiday
The Male Room Challenge #37 - Father's Day
Crafty Calendar Challenges - June "Father's Day/For a Male"
Brown Sugar Challenges #203 - Father's Day
Come and Get it Challenges - Happy Father's Day
SugarPea Designs Mix it Up Challenge #3 (June)
I used the sketch


Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me.
See you next time...hugs! D

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenges #336 - Flowers

Hello everyone! Welcome to the weekend and another

fun theme challenge at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE!

Our hostess this week is Krafty Girl Alexis 

and her challenge theme for us is...FLOWERS!

The criteria are pretty easy for this one  - as long as we can see flowers 

somewhere on your creation you are qualified to link up your entry

(you can have flowers on the paper, on ribbon, in or on the image, 

or added flowers as an embellishment).  Easy peasy right?!

I used two beautiful summery stamps on my card today

Butterfly Dreams and Buds and Blooms 

I began by masking the flowers and heat embossing the 

stamped images on a panel of watercolor paper and

then directly dabbing my mini distress ink pads 

on the stamped/embossed images (using the corners of

the pads and dotting within the image with large and small

dabs - trying not to completely fill in the image).  

Then I spritzed the panel with water to let the colors

blend a little but the watercolor paper I used is very

heavily textured and the colors didn't spread out as much

as I anticipated that they would so I used a brush

and added more water to blend out the inks some more.

As a last touch I added some pretty sequins. 

Do you supposed I get bonus points for having the 

word "Flowers" on my card? :o)  

I'm really happy with how it turned out!  Hope you like it too! 

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenges - Animal Magic
If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #46 - photo inspiration

613 Avenue Create - Challenge #180 "Anything Goes w/twist

of Create Your Own Challenge" 

 I chose A2 card type , with Thinking of You/Encouragement

for the event and watercolor and sequins for the trends. 

Crafty Creations Challenges #317 Tic Tac Toe

I used flowers, image (butterflies) and Summer theme

(I think it could also qualify for Sentiment, Flowers, Leaves)

Stamping Sensations - June Challenge "Feature a Creature"
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #430 - Little Bugs/Butterflies

Now it's your turn to create a card, scrapbook page or altered item

 with a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp or any other stamp and be sure to use 
our THEME as a starting point for your creation!
We always enjoy your creations so be sure to submit them 
for a chance to WIN a $20 gift card to the Shop!   
You have until June 24th at 11:55 pm EST to get your entries in.

Have some krafty fun and join us this week and show us your stuff! 

Don't forget to check out Kimmie's brand spankin' new
store website and the Frugal Friday specials this weekend.
There's also lots of inspiration to be found in the
Kraftin' Kimmie Friends Facebook Group.  If you
don't belong to this you are missing out - so go Like and Join us!

Thanks for stopping in to visit me today!  Hugs! D

Catch The Bug Challenges - BINGO w/Bugaboo Stamps

Hello! It's time for a new weekly challenge at 

CATCH THE BUG CHALLENGES

and this week the theme is BINGO.

I chose to use the top row of Flower, Lace, Bright & Bold

Here's my card using Mini Sets - Flowers

My lace is a paper lace border and the colors are from copics.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

My Time to Craft #323 - Summertime

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #46 (photo inspiration)

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me today.  

I hope you will have some time to get crafty 

and join our BINGO challenge this week!

Hugs! D

Sketch Saturday #417

Hello friends and followers! 

It's time for a new sketch to inspire you 

at SKETCH SATURDAY!

This week the challenge is sponsored by 

and here is Sketch #417

I really like this one! I've used it on

about 3 cards over the past 3 days.  

You can really dress it up or keep it clean and 

simple.  You can also flip the orientation for

a whole new look.  I think its an awesome sketch.

Here's what I made with Sketch #417 this week:

My daughter just finished her sophomore year of high school.

She wanted to give each of her teachers  a thank you card.

This one was for her math teacher (her hair even looks like 

that in real life lol).  I can't believe she is going to be a

Junior (sniff, sob).  How does that happen so fast?
Oh well, it's how it's supposed to be but sometimes
it's hard on a mama's heart!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges #282 - Anything Goes
The Alphabet Challenge Blog - H is for Hand coloured Image
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper June 2016 Challenge - A.G.

I hope that you will go visit the blogs of the ladies
from the Sketch Saturday team and our guest
designer Alexis Crossland-Smith too - they love to
have visitors just like me!!  Then, after you have
gotten all kinds of inspiration for the sketch
go get crafty and link up your own fab creation!
Til next time...hugs and happy crafting! D

2016 Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop - Super Sponsor and Flash Prize

Hello! So happy you are here to visit met today!

Today we kick off a week long event for 

all you coffee (and tea) lovers... it's the 

2016 Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop!! 

I'm so excited!  Coffee is one of my very favorite treats 

in this whole wide world :o)  and the Coffee Lover Blog Hops 

are always such a great fun with so much inspiration from so 

many talented people.  There are also lots and lots

of prizes to be had and guess what.....?????

I'm a Super Sponsor this time. Whoop Whoop!!

I'm also giving away this retired Stampin' UP! clear stamp set

called A NICE CUPPA. One random lucky commenter will WIN! 

 All you have to do to have a chance to win this is 

leave me some love in the form of a comment 

by 11:55 pm (MST) June 24th (the last day of the hop).

I also decided to sweeten the pot and offer a 

flash prize too.  One lucky winner will receive a stack 

of 6x6 tea related patterned papers - here's a peek 

at some of the pages  in this pack:

Here's my card for the start of the Summer hop

These gorgeous brand new summery/flowery

designers papers are from Stampin' Up! called 

Affectionately Yours (#141632)

with coordinating cardstock pack  (#141633)colors of 

Watermelon Wonder, Night of Navy & Mint Macron 

and a sentiment from  Suite Sayings #140712 (clear)

or #140709 (wood mount).  

I used my Stampin' write markers and colored right on the stamp 

to give the sentiment the two colors (Watermelon Wonder 

from the 2015-2017 in-color collection & Night of Navy 

from the Regals collection). The die cut word "coffee" 

(not Stampin' Up!) was added to complete my creation.  

I like how it turned out. Hope you do too!

Please join the hop and link up your own 

fabulous creation, or two, or more! 

Make sure you head over to the Coffee Lover's blog

to find out how you can link up your own creation to

play along with us and possibly WIN some awesome

prizes - there are a BUNCH of them offered by lots of

very generous sponsors - including me {smiley face}!!

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today!

Happy hoppin'!  Hugs D