This past week was an extremely busy week for me at work and I was just too exhausted to try to do anything crafty at night.  But I did get a card made today.

My inspiration for the card was last week's Mojo Monday sketch 309 designed by JuleeTilman.  And don't you just love my new embossing folder that I used on the brown paper.

 

I hope everyone has a great week.

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

Oh my gosh.............it's hard to believe that it has been almost three years since I  last posted to my blog.  The last post was of a birthday card that I made for my granddaughter's 7th birthday and she will be 10 years old in a little less than three months.

I haven't done much crafting over the last year or so and it hit me last week that I really miss it.  I took vacation days on Thursday and Friday so I would have a really long Labor Day holiday weekend.  I made a card on Thursday and that started a card making frenzy.  I had forgotten how much I really enjoy the creativity of making cards.  Here's a sample of some of the cards that I have made during my "mini" vacation.

I wanted a masculine look and thought these colors worked well for that look.  The inspiration for the card came from a recent Card Maker magazine issue.

 

Got the inspiration for this card from a recent Card Maker magazine issue.  The only embellishment I used on this card was the ribbon. 

I used last week's Mojo Monday sketch as the inspiration for this cards.

My daughter, Robin, and I have challenged each other to post to our blogs this week.  Okay, Robin, I have met my challenge.  It's your turn now.  And we need to post at least once a week!!

Love and best wishes to all,

Judy

Girly Girl Card

Our granddaughter Sarabeth is having her birthday party tomorrow.  She is going to be 7 years old!  Sarabeth is our girly girl and I wanted to make a card for her with glitter and sparkle.  The challenge this week at Delightful Challenges is to Glitter It Up so this fit right in with what I wanted to do for Sarabeth.  I used this week's sketch #128 at Friday Sketchers for the layout of the card.  The sparkley paper is from a DCWV All Dressed Up stack and I used the Hannah Montana cartridge to cut the guitar.

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

Cindy Loo Flourish

The challenge this week at Bitten By The Bug 2 is to use a flourish from the Cindy Loo cartridge.  The challenge called for the flourish on page 30; however, I love the flourish on page 40 and decided to use that one instead.  The paper came from my scrap paper stash and I used two different Cuttlebug embossing folders to emboss paper to give some dimension.  I added a Prima stack and the sentiment was cut using the Wild Card cartridge.  For the card design inspiration, I used a card  in the Papercrafts The Best of Card Creations that I just got this week.

Luck, love and laughter,
Judy

Unscripted Sketches #77

Saturday's challenge at Unscripted Sketches was a piggyback challenge -- use the color pink as the main color on the card created using sketch #77 to honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Here is my card which I will be sending to a cousin who is recovering from major surgery.

Unscripted Sketches also had a blog hop for Breast Cancer Awareness this weekend. There were lots of great projects created by the participants.

Luck, love and laughter,
Judy

Red, Green and White Challenge

The current challenge at Delightful Challenges is a color challenge using the colors red, green and white. I don't normally use stickers but a couple of months ago I happened upon a sale at Michaels of a value pak of Jolee dimensional stickers.  The price was too good to pass up so I bought a pak for myself and one for my daughter.  There are some really great Christmas stickers in the pak and I decided to use a couple for this challenge.  This card was super quick and easy to make but I really like the way it turned out.

Luck, love and laughter,
Judy

Saturday Projects

I started my Saturday off by doing the Think Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Blog Hop.  Lots of great projects and some super blog candy up for grabs.  The hop lasts thru Monday so hop on over and check it out here.

When I finished the blog hop, I finally had my inspiration for the Bitten by the Bug 2 challenge.  This week's challenge is to use the pointed hand cut from the Graphically Speaking cartridge.  I don't have this cartridge so I used the pointed hand cut on Everyday Paper Dolls cartridge to make a Think Pink card.

Challenge #45 at Cricut Cardz Challenge is to make a Thanksgiving card using any cartridge and any colors.  I combined this challenge with sketch #76 at Unscripted Sketches.  I used the Create a Critter cartridge for the turkey. 

This is my creative Saturday.  Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

Cricut Cardz Challenge/Delightful Challenges

This past week is the first time that I have visited Cricut Cardz Challenge.  The weekly challenge is to make s-fold or z-fold card for Halloween using any cartridge and colors.  I have never tried making a card using one of these folds so I was definitely working outside my comfort zone when I started working on my card.  The weekly challenge at Delightful Challenges is a color challenge using purple, green, and black.  Since these colors lend themselves to Halloween I decided to combine the two challenges.

I don't have any Halloween paper so I used cardstock which has a very light texture to it from a Paper Studio paper pad.  I then embossed  using two different Cuttlebug embossing folders.  I used the Happy Haunting cartridge for the ghost, pumpkins and sentiment.

I am pleased with the way the card turned out so maybe I'll try some more folds like this.

Luck, love and laughter,
Judy

BBTB2 & Papertake Weekly Challenge

The challenge this week at Bitten By The Bug 2 is to use the sewing machine on the Heritage cartridge.  I got excited about this challenge because I actually have this cartridge and could participate.  I love this sewing machine cut...it reminds me of my wonderful vintage Singer Featherweight sewing machine that I was lucky enough to buy at an auction last year. I combined this challenge with this week's sketch challenge at Papertake Weekly Challenge. It has taken me all week to get my card made but I finally have the finished product.

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

Fabulous Blog Candy

Digital Delights is giving away some awesome Blog Candy -- Nursery Rhymes Cricut Cartridge and a complete Nursery Rhyme Set of Digital Stamps.  Check it out here.

Have a great week!

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

Card Patterns #83 and Unscripted Sketches #74

 Some cards that I made this weekend for sketch challenges.

Card Patterns Sketch #83

Recipe:

K & Company Que Sera Sera Specialty Paper and Card Stock

Scallop border punch

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder

Cricut Stamping Cartridge for circles

Prima Flowers

Brad

Self stick gems

Grosgrain Ribbon

Unscripted Sketches #74

Recipe:
K & Company Happy Trails Specialty Paper pad and cardstock
Cricut Plantin Schoolbook, Accent Essentials, and Stamping cartridges
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder and flower border embossing folder
Recollections mulberry paper flowers
Bronze brad
Self stick gems

Luck, love and laughter,
Judy

Friday Sketchers #121

I decided to do a Halloween card for this week's sketch at

 Friday Sketchers. 

The ghost was cut on my Cricut using the Happy Hauntings cartridge.

I got my new Cricut Design Studio software installed this morning.  I'm looking forward to finding the time to see just what all I can do with it.

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

Friday Sketchers #119

Here is the card that I made this weekend using sketch #119 at Friday Sketchers.  The coordinating paper is from a "me & my Big ideas" paper pad.  I used a Stampabilities stamp for the sentiment and added Primas, brads, and self-stick gems.

It's Monday and back to work.  Weekends are just not long enough.  Have a good week everyone.

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

Unscripted Sketches #72

Here is the card that I made using this week's Unscripted Sketches sketch #72.  I wanted to use colors that reminded me of Autumn and I teamed paper from a K & Company paper pad with dark brown cardstock.  I used my Stretch Your Imagination cartridge to cut the leaves, then used a Cuttlebug embossing folder to give them some texture and inked the edges with Tea Dye distress ink.  Lastly, I added mulberry paper flowers fastened with bronze brads.  I am very pleased with the way the card turned out.

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

Card Patterns Sketch 80

For this card using Card Patterns sketch #80, I once again went thru my scrap paper and used  embossing folders on the solid cardstock.  The K & Company butterfly sticker is stacked on top of a flower frenzy.

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

ICS81 and Friday Sketchers

This card was made using Inspirational Card Sketches sketch #81.  The paper came from my stash of scrap paper.  I added a Prima flower stack fastened with a brad and some grosgrain ribbon.

For this card, I used Friday Sketchers sketch #118.  It was a perfect design to use scrap papers from my scrap stash.  The sentiment was computer generated

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

2 CUTE 2 SPOOK Halloween Challenge

This week's challenge at Delightful Challenges is to create a card using this challenge -- 2 CUTE 2 SPOOK.  Here is my card.  I used the following to make the card:  solid color cardstock from my stash; Cricut Happy Hauntings cartridge; Cuttlebug embossing folder; Halloween ribbon; and hot fix crystals.

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

One Card -- Three Challenges

For this card, I used Card Patterns Sketch 79.  It also satisfies the challenge at Delightful Challenges -Girly with pearls and lace and The Papertake Weekly Challenge which is a recipe of 3-2-1.  I used 3 flowers, 2 papers and 1 lace.

Luck, love and laughter,

Judy

Friday Sketchers Challenge

For this card using Friday Sketchers Challenge #116, I used a cameo cut and corner accents from the Heritage cartridge.  The paper is plain cardstock from my paper stash and I embossed the red circle with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  Then I added paper flowers and pearls.

Luck, love and laughter,
Judy

BBTB2 and ICSketch

The challenge this week at Bitten by the Bug 2 was to use the cup on the Joys of the Season cartridge.  I had a hard time coming up with a way to use it; finally decided to use it as a small vase for a bouquet of flowers.  For the card design I used this week's Inspirational Card Sketch #79. 

One of my friends at work has a birthday in just a few days and I plan to give this card to her.

Luck, love and laughter,
Judy