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I hope everyone summer is going along just fine this year. It has been really hot and humid here even being so close to Lake Michigan it is still so hot down at the lake. The challenge at Cards For Men Challenge #14 has started and the twist for this time is going to be “BINGO”. What I used on my card die cuts, punches, digital image and twine. I do hope you will join us this will be a fun challenge and you have two weeks to enter you card challenge ends on July 21.

Die cut Or punch	sentiment	Multifolds
Metal Or charm	Stamped image Or digital images	Tag Or ticket
Dry embossing	Paper piercing	Twine Or Scrappers floss

We are sponsored by Stampin Up (courtesy of Carole at http://heartfullyyours.blogspot.co.uk) and she is going to let you choose your own prize from a selection of goodies.  I'm a big fan of Stampin Up myself and would recommend you have a look if you haven't seen their products before.
I am an Independent Stampin Up! Demonstrator in Lancashire & surrounding areas. I teach large and small scrapbooking and craft classes. I can arrange parties in your home for crafting and non-crafting friends to suit your requirements, and where everyone is guaranteed to have a great time !  I also run a crop in the Rochdale area. Please contact me for more details at carole.bryson@gmail.com xx
The design team have been busy working with our BINGO board to help give you some ideas.  So if you would like to stop by Cards For Men and check out the cards

My image was from Charmed images and he was called Star time but they have went out of business, that is too bad… They had some darling images. Papers used are from my scraps. Spellbinders classic squares large used two sizes the large and next to large. For the sentiment stampin up modern label punch. The stars 3 different sizes and punched them out.

Added two metal dots, some twine and a button for the ribbon.

For the inside punched the edge with a punch from stampin up but I can’t remember what it is called! Added some of the stars that I had extra. Left the inside open for a written or stamped message.

These are the copic markers used to color the image and the close up of the little boy. Thanks so much for stopping by, your comments mean so much to me.  Hope you have a wonderful week.

Wanted to remind everyone if your thinking about taking any Copic classes now would be a good time.

 

Its a great time to stock up and get some classes you've wanted because there won't be another sale until Christmas and nothing as good as this one :)  And if you buy class(es) now you DO NOT have to start them until you are ready.  That means if you buy 2 classes now and don't have time to start them until October or Nov for example that is FINE.  Class doesn't start until you are ready to start it and it moves at your own pace.  Once you sign into a class through the invite your 1 year term does start though.  So just a thought for you!  If you decide to bundle a few classes email me and I can get you one invoice so you are not troubled with multiple transactions!  See all the Copic Classes at www.scrapbitzcopics.ning.com

enter my card in Thought the craft room door anything goes
Marker Pop anything goes

Our Trip to the Zoo!!!

At Color Me Creative challenge #72 has started. We would love for you to join us. Our challenge are all about having fun and we would love to see your creation.

NEW CHALLENGE #72 will run thru July 19th!!

Your challenge this time is all about

** Anything Goes**

Twist can be Zoo Review..use an animal image!

color ANY AMINAL IMAGE with

ANYTHING GOES COLORING

We want to see you use YOUR COPICS, ProMarkers, other alcohol markers or Colored Pencils!!

Our fabulous Sponsor for this Challenge is:

Louby Loo Digital Delights

One winner will win a $15 Gift Certificate to Louby Loo Digital Delights!!

My image is called Gemma the Giraffe and is so cute.  My papers are from a 6 by 6 stack of papers put the cover is not on the stack so I do not know what it is called but I think the papers are so cut.The yellow giraffe was part of the paper, I just cut him out.  Also the two stamps for the sentiment I do not know who made them !!

Added stickles glitter glue icicles Viva pearl pen colors turquoise and cream. The little giraffe the is sitting was a button, cut the back off and smooth it out. I do have to say I had so much fun making this card, everything just feel together.

I found this ribbon, is that the most darling ribbon? I got it is from Hobby Lobby. Them I thought about train rides, do you take rides on the train when you go to the Zoo? This is Martha Steward train edger punch. Them I added some faux stitching for the tracks and a little something for the paper edge.

Just a few copic markers. I ended up looking up Giraffe on line to see how they look, I guess I looked at them but never really looked at them (no what I mean) but I could of made them look little more like a red head and their feet blend into more sandy color but he is a cutie!!

CLICK HERE AND WATCH GHIS VIDEO

I was over at my friend Vicki blog yesterday and she had seen a video about this little boy who is 3 years and going to be 4 and has cancer and he wants LOTS of birthday cards. I could not think of a better place to post this and maybe you would like to post this on your blog also. DOES ANYONE KNOW OF ANYONE THAT MAKES CARDS???? I DO!!!! The young boy has been diagnosed with Neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer. Because of the illness, he won’t be able to celebrate in person with a large group of friends.

The address to send a card to is: Gabe Rooker, P.O. Box 403, Amherst, Ohio, 44001.

So if you can help this little guy out and put a BIG smile on his face.

Feel The Breeze Of Summer

First I want to tell you that I can not find my notes for my card so lets see how much I can remember. At the Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge has started and it is always “ ANYTHING GOES” each week but we ALWAYS ADD A TWIST AND THE TWIST FOR THIS CHALLENGE is a BEACH THEME. For the month of July our sponsor is Digital Delight by Louby Loo.  I know my sentiments are from Digital Delight but I can’t remember what sets they are from (sorry)!! The stamp I used is from Stamp Happens and I do not remember what it is called.

Digital Delight by Louby Loo is your one stop shop for all your digital stamps, paper piecing and digital products which are instantly downloadable. We also have a wide range of digital papers and cut files for all your crafting projects. Our low prices reflect our belief that crafting should not only be fun but affordable too!!

                           I stamped my image on Crygoen white paper with Memento tuxedo black ink. I also stamped the birds and man walking with boy from stampscapes. The paper is from my scraps and I still have a lot left, so working on using it up but I’m sure I will never do that. The ribbon with the buttons is from Spare Parts and you can get them from Hobby Lobby.

The die cut used is Spellbinders decorative labels 22. Used stampen up punch for one sentiment and the birthday one is from marvy uchida it’s the purple one. The red beads are from Want 2 Scrap. Added some cheese cloth from Hobby Lobby.

This punch is from Tim Holtz and the one in the middle is from Fiskars. My girlfriend printed out this sentiment and I just love it so I added it to the inside of the card. Sorry I do not know where it came from. Added some rick rack red and white… I found a big bag of all kinds of colors, what a surprise<..> !! 

The copic markers I used after I took the picture and look at the markers I realized that I did not have my R22, R24 and R29, these are some that I used on the little girls dress. This happens when you have way too much stuff on your work table. So that is my next thing I HAVE TO DO…. Is get my craft room cleaned!!! Things put away. I have so much I want to do and share with you but can’t do it with a messy room. I have been working with metal art and some other projects.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I have my comments all caught up and now I have to stay that way! I appreciate all the lovely comments you leave me. Everyone is so special.

 

Proud to be American

I want to thank Wendy for a wonderful year at Digital Delight, it is been a lot of fun and she has created so many awesome images. It is time for me to move on and take a little time for myself for the summer. The image I used for my card is called  tubin Sally and the sentiment came from summer of smiles sentiment set. Also The Outlawz challenge over at Twisted Thursday has started and the twisted for this week is to make a US July 4th or Canada July 1st card.

The papers are still from my scraps. The die I used to cut the image out with is from memory box it is called Astrid circle.

The corners are from Cherry Lynn designs called lace corners deco G. Added stickles glitter glue diamond to make some sparkle.

Used a Fiskars punch on the ends, sorry I do not know the name of the punch. Left it open for the message.

These are the copic markers used to color the image. Here is the close up.

The little flag is for drinks and the other sentiment I cut out of one sheet of paper. July is almost here,  hope you have a safe holiday week end!

Oh Butterfly…

At Color Me Creative challenge #71 has started and the theme for this challenge is to USE ANY COLORS THAT INSPIRE THOUGHTS OF SUMMER. The sponsor is Milk Coffee Digi Designs and they have given us some wonderful images to work with, my images is called Fairy Tiffany.  The challenge ends July 5th at 8:00pm. We would love to see your creations.

1 lucky winner (chosen at random) will win a $15 Gift Certificate to spend at Milk Coffee Designs.

Suzanne is having a SALE going on right now for her COPIC CLASSES and it ends July 15th.

You can sign up for as many classes as you want but your time for taking them does not start until you go in and start the class. I hope that make since.

I did use a spellbinder die to cut the fairy out but I ended up cutting the ends off because it was to big, so I only used the center. My sentiment is hard to read it says SPREAD YOUR WINGS AND FLY and that is from Cindy Close. The pearls are from Hobby Lobby, come in a string and it says Ribbon FX.  I added some Pearl Pen from Viva color cream around the fairy. Sponged the edges with distress ink color tumbled glass.

The corner cuts are from Cherry Lynn designs B163 lace corner deco C. The lace is from Wild Orchid Crafts. The paper is from DCWV it is the luxury stack. The butterfly's are from Martha Steward punch called classic butterfly. I punched the butterfly’s  out with  a gold Vellum. The sparkle on her wings is Stampendous Fan-tage color shaved ice.

Surprised at the way this picture turned out the card stock is the same but I guess the lighting made it look different. I trimmed the edges with another one of Martha Stewards punches. Left the center open for a written message or a stamped message.

Here is the close up of the image and you can see how the fran-tage looks. It is so pretty.

Thanks so much for stopping. Going to be July pretty soon, so hope summer is going well for everyone. Been hot, sticky and lots of rain we are 11 inches over what we normally get.  If I have not been by your place, I will be by soon.

 

Fishes Fishes in the brook…

AT CARDS FOR MEN CHALLENGE #13 HAS STRARTED AND IT IS ALL ABOUT LET’S GET SPORTY. THE SPONSOR FOR OUR CHALLENGE IS THAT CRAFTY PLACE. THE PRIZE IS SOME PRETTY EMBELLISHMENTS. THIS IS A SHOP RUN BY LISA HORTON. WE HAVE EVERY KIND OF CRAFT FOR SALE… IF YOU CAN’T FIND IT I WILL TRY MY BEST TO SOURCE IT FOR YOU. WE STOCK MOST LEADING BRANDS AND HAVE A HUGE COLLECTION OF RUBBER STAMP’S, SATURATED CABARY, KRAFTIN KIMMIE, MY CRAFT SENTIMENTS, CRAFTER’S COMPANION, INDIGO BLUE, MY FOVORITE THINGS, CC DESIGNS TO NAME A FEW. WE ALSO STOCK A LARGE SELECTION OF DIE’S MEMORY BOX, SIZZIX, SPELLBINDER’S, CHERRY LYNN DIE’S, MARIANNE DIE’S. WE HAVE DELIVERIES ARRIVING EACH DAY. THE CHALLENGE ENDS ON JULY 7, 2013. WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO JOIN US AND SEE YOU SPORTY CREATIONS.

THE IMAGE I USED IS FROM HANGLAR AND HE IS CALLED BOY FISHING AND THE SENTIMENT IS FROM DIGITAL DELIGHT. I’M STILL TRYING TO USE UP A LOT OF MY SCRAPS PAPERS. 

ADDED SOME CHEESE CLOTH, TWINE AND THE FISH I HAD IN MY EMBELLISHMENTS. THE SPELLBINDER DIE IS CALLED CURVED RECTANGES.

USED MARTHA STEWARD PUNCH ON THE INSIDE AND LEFT OPEN TO ADD A MESSAGE OR WE CAN STAMP A MESSAGE ALSO.

THESE ARE THE COPIC MARKERS USED TO COLOR THE BOY FISHING.

ON SUNDAY OUR CARD CLUB GOT TOGETHER, (WE DO THIS ONCE A MONTH) TO MAKE SOME CARDS FOR OUR SOLDIERS AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE CARDS WE PUT TOGETHER, THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THE CARDS WITH YOU AND OUR FRIEND TERI, WHO IS PART OF OUR CLUB BUT MOVED TO TEXAS FOR HEALTH REASONS AND WE MISS HER. THIS IS A WAY FOR ME TO SHOW TERI WHAT WE DID AT CLUB. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CARDS WAS 150, JUST THINK TERI IF YOU WHERE THEIR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIGHER. MISS YOU GIRLFRIEND.

    

 

 

 

         

          

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY. THE WEATHER HAS BEEN CRAZY AROUND HERE SO I HOPE ALL IS WELL BY YOUR HOUSE.