Celebrate Your Day with Cupcakes!

Hi, Friends.....

I am here with another entry into the Winnie & Walter Rerun Challenge for this month. The featured set is Sugar Rush, which Shay encourages us to use if we have it. I don't own it, so I took inspiration from Shay's starry background and from the cupcake, of course! :)

Did you know that Winnie & Walter has super-fun freebies??? Now, some companies offer freebies that are...ummm...not exaaaaactly what you would really want to use on your cards. But the Winnie & Walter Freebies are fabulous!!! I'm not a big digi person, but I printed out a bunch during the very first W&W challenge I ever participated in...and I still enjoy incorporating them into my designs!

My card today uses the W&W 1st Birthday Bash Digital Elements Collection. Check it out! I love adding black matting around my panels for bold contrast and a touch of drama. :)

Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - 1st Birthday Bash Digital Elements Collection
Winnie & Walter - Scenery: Bigger Bang Confetti stamp set (limited edition, no longer available)
Winnie & Walter - Sketchy Thoughts stamp set
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set
Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry, Stormy Sky
Paper Smooches - Gift Tags die set
My Favorite Things Die-namics - Stitched Square STAX die set
Versamark Ink
WOW! Embossing Powder - Opaque Bright White Regular
Ribbon - reused from a gift

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed my card. There's only a day or two left on the Winnie & Walter Rerun Challenge....but that still gives you time to make a card for it. Hope you will join in the fun!!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter Rerun #22 - Sugar Rush
2. Joy Clair August Challenge - Anything Goes
3. CardzTV - Anything Goes #10
4. Crop Stop August Challenge #31 - Use brands that CS carries (I used MFT and Distress Inks)
5. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #296-297 - Anything Goes Family Friendly
6. DL.Art August Linky Challenge - Anything Goes
7. Dream Valley Challenge #162 - Use Stamp or Digi Image 
8. The House that Stamps Built Repeat Impressions A2317 - Anything Goes
9. All Sorts Challenge Week 430 - Ribbons, More Than Just a Bow

Cupcakes Just For You

Hi, Friends.....

I am here with an entry into the Winnie & Walter Rerun Challenge for this month. The featured set is Sugar Rush, which Shay encourages us to use if we have it. I don't own it, so I took inspiration from one of the DT cards HERE. I love how Heather used a trio of cupcakes and scalloped panels.

For my card, I used some fun Dollar Store cupcake felt stickers. As you know, the quality of merchandise at your LDS (local dollar store) isn't always the highest, but you can get some really good deals on cute craft items if you happen in on the right day! The icing pieces on these felties is thin and the dark felt background shows through a little bit, giving a dingy appearance. I remedied this by piling on glitter and sequins! Love that sparkle....YUM!!!

Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set
Winnie & Walter - Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs stamp set
Versafine ink - Onyx Black
Sizzix - TH Texture Fades - Sparkles embossing folder
MAMBI paper
Glitter and sequins from my stash

Hope you enjoyed my sparkly card! Thank you so much for stopping by today.

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter Rerun #22 - Sugar Rush
2. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper August Challenge
3. CardzTV - Anything Goes #10
4. Die Cut Divas August Challenge - Anything Goes (use a die cut or embossing folder)
5. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #296-297 - Anything Goes Family Friendly
6. Card Mania Challenge #95 - Party
7. Day Dreamer Challenge #1 - Anything Goes
8. The House that Stamps Built Repeat Impressions A2317 - Anything Goes

Level Completed - Happy Birthday

Hi, Friends......

I have a fun card to share with you today. Fiki at Bad Kitty's Craft Room had this super-sweet idea to do something special for her hubby's birthday on Oct. 24th. She is asking her crafty friends to make a card and mail it to her to give to him. As a thank you, she has a nice blog candy prize GIVEAWAY where she will randomly draw a winner from among those who sent a card.

Her hubby likes to play games on his Playstation, so I made a Gamer Card for him with an old DCWV Generation Tech stack that I have only used once or twice before. Not being a gamer myself, I had to consult my son to see if any of the patterns would be appropriate for a Playstation fan! lol... So with his guidance on paper selection, I made this simple card. I like the look of the torn edges for this masculine card and isn't the "Level Completed" sentiment perfect for a birthday?! :)

Supplies used include:
DCWV Generation Tech Stack
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set (for background panel)

Hope you enjoyed my quick and fun techno card and I hope Fiki will like it for her hubby, too!! If you'd like to join in the challenge and get entered into the prize drawing, check out her post HERE!! You'll find instructions for emailing her for their mailing address. She is keeping this giveaway open until Nov. 15 to give plenty of time for cards to arrive at their home in Croatia!

Are you aware of the ABSOLUTE BEST DEAL
on the planet????  (this is NOT an ad....lol...)

Did you know that one-ounce letters can go worldwide from anywhere in the USA on one Global Forever stamp which costs only $1.20!! Isn't that awesome??? So even though Fiki's family is way over in Croatia, I can mail this card to her for only $1.20. What a fabulous deal!!! I am guessing that other countries have a similar deal....so just because Fiki lives on the other side of the globe from you does NOT mean it will cost an arm and a leg to send a card for her hubby!!

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you will join me in making a card for this special occasion!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Bad Kitty's Craft Room - "Strange" Giveaway Challenge (make a card for her hubby's BD and mail to them.)
2. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper August Challenge
3. CardzTV - Anything Goes #10
4. DL.Art August Linky Challenge - Anything Goes
5. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #296-297 - Anything Goes Family Friendly

Stars, Stars, and more Stars!!

We have a few cats with this "don't talk to me" attitude!  lol....

Hi, Friends......

I am back with another project that I made for the Winnie & Walter August Color Combo Challenge. Look at the wonderful color palette Heather chose this month:

This time I made a card and coordinating gift bag. I recently purchased the We R Memory Keepers - Gift Bag Punch Board. I love it! The maximum width of the gift bags it makes is less than 4 inches, but you can make them as tall as you wish. They are plenty big enough for small gifts and treats.

I also had lots of fun using my Winnie & Walter - True Multifaceted Star Cutaways die set for this gift set. 

Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - True Multifaceted Star Cutaways die set
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set
Winnie & Walter - In a Word: Happy Cutaway dieWaffle Flower - On My Mark stamp set
Versafine Ink - Black Onyx
We R Memory Keepers - Gift Bag Punch Board
Ribbon from my stash

Hope you enjoyed seeing my projects. I love that making gift bags also helps me to use some of my larger scraps!!

Thank you for stopping by!!!

<3
Janis


Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter August Color Combo Challenge
2. HeARTful Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes + A Stamp
3. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper August Challenge
4. DL.Art August Linky Challenge - Anything Goes
5. Die Cut Divas August Challenge - Anything Goes (use a die cut or embossing folder)
6. Card Mania Challenge #95 - Party
7. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #296-297 - Anything Goes Family Friendly
8. Cardz-TV Anything Goes #9
9.  Crop Stop August Challenge #31 - Use brands that CS carries (I used We R Memory Keepers and Tombow Mono Glue)

Happiness Grows with Love and Care

Hi, Friends.....

I am back with another card that I made for the Winnie & Walter August Color Combo Challenge. Look at the wonderful color palette Heather chose this month:

NOTE:  I must apologize for my photography of late.  My phone takes lousy pictures and my camera is broken.  :(   In addition to those problems, this particular card uses papers and chippies with a glossy finish that produced a glare that was nigh unto impossible to remedy. Sigh....   I hope you can get an idea of what this card is supposed to look like!!!  I also used a tall format which further complicated matters in trying to get the whole card in focus.  Ugh!!!

Do you like the super-fun blue chipboard hearts on my card? My crafty pal Karen Ladd sent these to me a long time ago.....and I am ashamed to admit that I only recently found them buried in my stash!! THANKS, Karen!!! (I hope I am not the only one that loses things in their stash!!) They are the perfect color for this challenge and I think they go well on this tall format anniversary card.

I know you can't read the sentiment....but it says, "Happiness grows with love and care". Awwwww.....Aren't the little doggy and kitty sweet all cozied up together???!!!

Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs stamp set
Winnie & Walter - Big Hugs with Evelin T Designs die set
Winnie & Walter - Kindness with Evelin T Designs stamp set (some minor stamp surgery was required to make this sentiment)
My Favorite Things Die-namics - Stitched Oval STAX die set
Distress Inks for watercoloring
DCWV scraps

I am so disappointed that I can't show you a better photo of this card, because it turned out really cute. Thanks for bearing with me while I locate a new camera!!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter August Color Combo Challenge
2. HeARTful Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes + A Stamp
3. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper August Challenge
4. DL.Art August Linky Challenge - Anything Goes
5. Die Cut Divas August Challenge - Anything Goes (use a die cut or embossing folder)
6. DL.Art Thankful Thursday Challenge #210 - Circles & Stripes
7. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #296-297 - Anything Goes Family Friendly
8. Cardz-TV Anything Goes #9
9. Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
10. Penny Black at All Sorts August Challenge - All Creatures Great and Small (must stamp focal)

Hooray for Eclipses!....and a card. :)

Hi, Friends......

Yes....I saw the Total Eclipse!!! Yay!!! 

Hubby and I traveled a little ways farther south in Idaho to the path of totality and attended an Eclipse event sponsored by our alma mater. We met up with several friends from back in our science-nerd college days and enjoyed some great presentations by a fellow alum who is an astronomer with the Smithsonian. 

There were a number of telescopes set up the night before the eclipse for stargazing and also during the eclipse so we could see it projected on a screen....as well as view it with our funky eclipse glasses! :) It was sooooooooooooo AWESOME to see that beautiful corona during totality!!! So thankful we had clear skies...esp since today is smoky, smoky, smoky again. Did any of the rest of you in the USA get to view it?????

I made a couple of cards before I left but didn't have a chance to blog them...so I am playing catch up today. I made this card for a couple of challenges in particular:


1.  Winnie & Walter always has several fabulous challenges going on and I am participating in the August Color Combo Challenge.  Look at the wonderful color palette Heather chose this month:

The colors in my photo below don't look quite right, but they are much closer to the palette IRL than in my photo!  At any rate, my card was most certainly inspired by this color combo!!  :)








2.  I also am participating in Julee's August Viva la Verve Sketch Challenge this month.  Here's her sketch for us to interpret.  I flipped it mirror-image for my card.







As usual, I had to pull out some Graphic 45 to use for at least one of my entries into these challenges. :)

Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set (has scallops) Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set
Graphic 45 - Children's Hour collection, Cityscapes collection, Artistic Style collection
Prima flowers
Nuvo Drops for flower center
Distress Ink - Walnut Stain for edges
Ribbon from my stash

Thank you for stopping by. I hope those of you in the USA were able to view some of the eclipse where you live. I would love for you to tell me about it in the comments!!! I'll be back later with another card to share.

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter August Color Combo Challenge
2. Viva la Verve Sketch Challenge - August
3. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper August Challenge
4. DL.Art August Linky Challenge - Anything Goes
5. Die Cut Divas August Challenge - Anything Goes (use a die cut or embossing folder)
6. DL.Art Thankful Thursday Challenge #210 - Circles & Stripes
7. Word Art Wednesday Weeks #296-297 - Anything Goes Family Friendly
8. Cardz-TV Anything Goes #9
9. Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Thinking of You with Unity, Serendipity, and Winnie & Walter

Hi, Friends.....

I am back with a last-minute card for the Winnie & Walter Color Combo Challenge for July. Take a look at the fabulous inspiration photo and color palette that Heather H. chose for this month....YUM!! This is the last day for this challenge and I have had a lot of fun with these colors. Thank you, Heather H, for such an fresh and inspiring palette!!



On this card, I pulled out an old UFO (unfinished object) from my stash. I love this Unity Stamp mother bird on the nest. I stamped it with Versamark on a scrap of patterned paper and did an emboss resist with Distress Inks. LOVE!! I framed it with a dry embossed panel that I sponged with more Distress Ink. The colors turned out muted, but started out brighter like the palette. I love this soft effect.

Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set
Unity - Love
Serendipity - Thinking of You
Sizzix - Fancy Labels die set
Pretty Pink Posh - Sparkling Clear Mix sequins
Versafine Ink - Smokey Gray
Paper Studio - Woodgrain embossing folder
Versamark Ink
Distress Inks - Bundled Sage, Twisted Citron, Mowed Grass, Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean
Shimmery ribbon from my stash
White cardstock and K&Co. Paper Scraps

Hope you liked my card! Thank you for stopping by!!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter Color Combo Challenge for July
2. Word Art Wednesday Week 294-295 - Anything Goes Family Friendly
3. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper August Challenge
4. Crop Stop August Challenge #31 - Use brands that CS carries (I used Distress Inks and Sizzix )
5. HeARTful Stamping Challenge - Paper Scraps + Stamp
6. Moving Along With the Times Challenge #51 - Things that Fly
7. Penny Black at All Sorts August Challenge - All Creatures Great and Small (must stamp focal)
8. Fairy Tale Challenge #173 - Beloved Family
9. Craft Stamper August TIMI Challenge - Anything Goes with Stamping
10. Dare2BArtzy August Challenge - Pastels

Happy Card with Doily - Winnie & Walter

#NeverBuyACatTreeFromAmazon

Hi, Friends.....

I am back with another card for the Winnie & Walter Color Combo Challenge for July. Take a look at the fabulous inspiration photo and color palette that Heather H. chose for this month....YUM!! There is only a day or so left in this challenge, so hurry if you want to link up!!

I also am playing along in the August Viva la Verve Sketch Challenge....(Yay! It's back!!!)....where Julee has provided us with this fun sketch:

Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set
Winnie & Walter - In a Word: Happy Cutaway die
Doodlebug mini-doily
Nuvo Drops
Distress Inks - to ink around edges of panels
Scraps from my stash
Ribbon from my stash

Thank you for stopping by. Your visits and comments are very much appreciated!! Stay safe during this last dry part of summer. The smoke is terrible here in Idaho, but thankfully there are no fires that are close by.

<3
Janis


Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter Color Combo Challenge for July
2. Viva la Verve Sketch Challenge - August
3. DL.Art Thankful Thursday Challenge #210 - Circles & Stripes
4. DL.Art August Linky Challenge - Anything Goes
5. Word Art Wednesday Week 294-295 - Anything Goes Family Friendly 
6. Card Mania Challenge #95 - Party
7. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper August Challenge
8. Crop Stop August Challenge #31 - Use brands that CS carries (I used Distress Inks and Doodlebug)
9. Inky Chicks Challenge #86 - Use Sentiment instead of Image

Wonky Framed Happy Birthday Cards

Hi, Friends.....

I have a fatal flaw (probably several!!) when it comes to my crafting....I never want to throw anything away!! So when I had a bunch of leftover "outsides" of die cut panels, I immediately thought of FRAMES. But what do you do with a bunch of inverse scallop skinny frames? The only option for a crazy cat woman like me to do with them was to layer them in a wonky way! Thus began a whimsical cardmaking frenzy. :)

I have enjoyed playing with the colors from the Winnie & Walter Color Combo Challenge for July. Take a look at the fabulous inspiration photo and color palette that Heather H. chose for this month....YUM!! There is only a day or two left in this challenge, so hurry if you want to link up!!

My lame brain can't remember who sent me these cute little bird die cuts several years ago (Karen, do you recognize them????) ....but they had been in my stash all this time. I was thrilled that they matched the color palette and decided to try to find a way to use them. The mesh behind the die cut and the playful frame arrangement reminds me of a bird in a makeshift coop. I did a bunch of variations on this theme with various embellishments and embossing.

#1 - With dry embossed birdie and heat embossed hearts.

Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set
Winnie & Walter - In a Word: Happy Cutaway die
Winnie & Walter - Kindness with Evelin T Designs stamp set (little hearts)
Versamark Ink
WOW! Embossing Powder - Opaque Bright White Regular
Waffle Flower - On My Mark stamp set
Versafine Ink - Black Onyx
Darice - Crackle embossing folder
DCWV scraps from my stash
Flower rhinestone from Dollar Store

Here are the other variations I made.  Please let me know which you like best!

#2 - With rhinestones on the wing and stars and rhinestones on the background.

#3 - With argyle tag behind the birdie.

#4 - Flower Power with dry embossed birdie (checkered).

#5 - With a silver heart from a scrap of DCWV Mercury Glass paper.

#6 - With different print for the Happy die cut and sparkly flower rhinestone.

Hope you enjoyed my fanciful and happy cards! Thank you so much for stopping by. Your visits and comments make my day!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter Color Combo Challenge for July
2. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Happy Birthday
3. Pixie's Snippets Playground Week 293-294 - Use Snippets
4. Card Mania Challenge #95 - Party
5. Word Art Wednesday Week 294-295 - Anything Goes Family Friendly 
6. Cards und More Challenge #190 - Dots, Dots, Dots
7. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper August Challenge
8. HeARTful Stamping Challenge - Paper Scraps + Stamp
9. Moving Along With the Times Challenge #51 - Things that Fly