Barn to Be Wild - SugarPea Designs Mix It Up Challenge #27

Hello again cafty peeps!

I'm here to share another card I made for the
SugarPea Designs Mix It Up! Challenge #27


  This card uses the SugarPea Designs clear stamp set
called Barn to Be Wild and a couple of the coordinating 

Sugar Cut dies.  Here it is:

This card was extremely easy to put together thanks to this piece 

of paper from the Countryside Charm Patterned Paper Collection

(so excited that I finally used it !)  

Here's the inside too

CUTE huh?!

I'd also like to enter this card in these challenges:

Creative Knockout Challenges #177 - Finish the Inside

The Brown Sugar Challenge Blog: challenge #234 Anything Goes
Crafty Creations Challenges #333 - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #123 - anything goes
Jo's Scrap Shack - Fun Friday Challenge #172 Always Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today!
Hugs and happy crafting wishes to each of you! D

Best of Cluck - SugarPea Designs Mix it Up Challenge #27

Happy Monday sweet friends!

I'm back again to share a second card

that I made Sunday to enter in the
SugarPea Designs Mix It Up Challenge #27 - Anything Goes. 

This card was made using the super sweet

Best of Cluck stamp set (and coordinating dies).
I knew as soon as I saw this set that I had
to have it!  But it has been sitting in my
"waiting to be inked" stash (very sad) for several
months until now.  I also had these really
pretty papers from the
Countryside Charm Patterned Paper Collection
in my stash as well.  I'm so excited to have
made this card and to have checked two items off
my crafty New Year's resolution :o)

and here's the inside too

Oh my gosh...doesn't that broken egg just

crack you up (pun intended)?!

I am entering this card in these challenges as well:

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #36 - Anything Goes

Card Mania Challenges #88 - Layer It

Connie Can Crop Monthly Challenge #54 - Anything Goes

Countryview Challenges January 2017 - Anything Goes

Cards Galore Encore Challenges - Happy New Year 2017 - Anything Goes

Let's Craft and Create Challenge #121 Things with Wings

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges #311 - Anything Goes

My design layout was from MOJO Monday #479

(now closed)

Thanks so much for stopping in to visit me today! 

Hope your Monday was fantastic and the rest of 

your week even better.  Hugs! D

"It's Your Birthday..." SugarPea Designs - Rice, Rice, Baby

Hello sweet friends!  

I found some myself with the luxury of

having some "just for fun" extra crafting time 

over the weekend so I pulled out a few of

my "yet to be inked stamps" and had a blast 

creating with them.

   Do you make New Year's resolutions?

I don't usually make them - mostly because it seems
that I inevitably fail in keeping them lol.  BUT....

this year I did make 3 crafty resolutions 

1) use more of my "yet to be inked" stamps

2) use up more of my designer paper stash 

before purchasing more (this one is going to

be the most difficult because I think I 

truly have an obsession with patterned papers)

3) get a couple of my cards published  and...

hopefully 4) be awarded a guest designer spot for a 

couple of stamp companies or blogs that I really like. 

I'm super happy about this card because it fills two of

my New Year's crafty resolutions - using an inked
stamp set called Rice Rice Baby from SugarPea Designs

and some of my designer paper from my stash.

I colored this with my copic markers.  

here's the inside too

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

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenges - Be Square

Sugar Pea Designs Mix It Up Challenges #27 - Anything Goes

The Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #233 Anything Goes

Seize The Birthday Challenges - Welcome Back! Anything Goes Birthday

Creative Knockouts Challenges #176 - Celebrations

Thanks so much for visiting me today!
Hope you have a fantastic (and crafty) week!

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

King of the Crib - Your Next Stamp Sketch Challenge #22

Hello friends! Things have been a bit quiet on my blog

this past week.  I thought once school started things would 

kind of slow down again but things have gotten a bit crazier

and busier instead.  Hmmm...what's up with that?  

I did find time to make a special request card for a

new baby boy that is on his way soon.   Take a look:

The nursery is decorated in a jungle theme. 

I used the super sweet stamp set from Your Next Stamp

called "King of the Crib, a fun die cut set from SugarPea Designs

called "Baby Diaper Pin", some ribbon from my stash and some super 

adorable Doodlebug Patterned Papers - Baby Boy. 

It's a bit difficult to see in the photo but I double layered the lion's head

(stamped it twice and fussy cut around one of them) and popped it up 

with glue dots for extra dimension.  It's way cute IRL! 

Here's the inside too:

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Your Next Stamp Sketch challenge #22 (see below)   

and

Simon Says Wednesday Challenges -  Use a Stamp

Thanks for stopping in to visit me! 

Have a wonderful weekend! Hugs! D

My Time to Craft Challenge #299 - Paper Piecing

Hello again friends! 

Hope you are having a fabulous weekend so far!

I'm back again with another DT card to share with you 

for the newest challenge at MY TIME TO CRAFT.

But before I get to that I wanted to tell you that we are

going to a fortnightly (every 2 weeks) schedule 

for the next couple of months. 

Summer time is short (at least here in Montana it is)

and peeps have lots going on, so we thought it would be 

a good idea to switch things up a bit for the summer and  

give us all a chance to enjoy the season a bit more.

So for the next two weeks the theme for MTTC #299 

is PAPER PIECING!  So get out your stamps and those

little scissors and get to cutting and pasting :o) 

Here's my card using a super sweet stamp set called

"Twinkle Twinkle" by Sugar Pea Designs

I paper pieced the comforter, the girl's pjs and the curtains.

I first colored the parts that wouldn't be paper pieced 

(let's just say that I have learned that lesson the hard way 

in the past - hehehe).  Then added the extra parts I had stamped

onto scraps of designer papers by Doodlebug and Stampin Up.

This card is going to my precious daughter.  She's a bit

old for it (15 now) but I still think it will make her say "AWWWW".

She will always be my baby - no matter how old she gets :o).

I used the current sketch - Sugar Sketch Challenge #27

(w/a bit of my own spin)

to make this card so am entering it in that challenge.  

I'm also entering it in these challenges as well:

The Outlawz Monday Greeting Challenges - Anything Goes (6/29/15)

Addicted to Stamps Challenge Blog  Challenge #151 - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges #234 "Anything Goes"

The Pink Elephant Challenges #305 - Anything Goes

The rest of the lovely ladies at MTTC have also made

some wonderful creations to share with you as well.  

Please go visit them and say "hi"!

I hope that you will decide to play along with us for 

MTTC299 - Paper Piecing!  You have until July 17th to enter.

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