Seize the Heroes!!!

There is an extra challenge at Seize the Birthday blog and it's called Seize the Heroes, make a card for one or more (up to 3) for the challenge to say Thanks to our frontline workers. The first card I made is to honour my daughter's profession, Cleaning!! Along with their regular cleaning of buildings they were asked to disinfect a retirement building.

The digital image is from Lacy Sunshine, I love these images and it's hard to find something pertaining to cleaning, I'm glad I had this one in my stash. I followed the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 There are two sketches to choose from. Thanks was cut three times from navy cardstock and glued together for elevation. After playing around with many many many pieces of cardstock to match the turquoise paper I had to go with navy and I love it.  "note to self AGAIN...pick paper first)

Couldn't resist a close up, look at the "dust bunnies" 

I am entering this in:

Seize the Heros ~~ #188

Sweet Sketch Wednesday ~~ 

Thanks for visiting today and check out the the challenge and make a thank you card for our frontline workers. (I will be dropping this off at my daughter's house tonight so she finds it when she gets home from work)

Season's Tweetings ~~ Take #2

Since I had a bit of time today I finished the card I started yesterday, I had the image coloured I found a sketch I really liked and since penguins are birds I plan on entering this for the Jingle Belles #putabirdonit.

Again I use a super cute image from Bugaboo Designs, I have been seeing the large silver snow flake on my table so decided to use it before it had fallen apart and became useless. The background paper was a super find at the local thrift store, (I scored two 12 X 12 paper pads and one was Christmas). 

The theme of the front was carried to the inside with the paper, the oval and the snowflake. The sentiment is from Impression Obsession.

I'm entering this in:

Jingle Belles ~~  Rockin'Robin 

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 ~~ Sketch 156  (a few liberties)

Thanks for stopping by today and checking on what I've been crafting. There is still a bit of time to enter the Jingle Belles challenge and the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.

Another New Challenge at Shopping Our Stash!!!

Hello and a fabulous day it is!! A new challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Lazy Summer Days, which translates to "what are you going to do to relax"? Well since every chance I get I want to relax at the cottage and how I relax mostly is to craft and take walks to the dead end and sit on a rock watch the boats and the water.

As I mentioned I like to craft at the cottage and it's always hard to remember everything I'm always stressed to remember medications especially the cat's meds, I make lists but you would think since I truck certain tools back and forth that I would remember them....nope, left my markers at home,  I didn't have but 5 distress markers and none of them were blue or brown so off to the dollar store and bought some pencil crayons that will remain at the cottage for the next faux pas. 

A closer look at the image, I love this set it's called Summer by the Sea and so far this year I have used 3 out of the 4 images, sadly it's retired from Stampin'up. 

Stuff I used on my card

Sketch by Sweet Wednesday Sketch 2

Stamp from Stampin'up

Embossing folder - Darice (never been used)

Spellbinders Small classic ovals

Flower and Hello unmarked dies

Cardstock mostly used scraps

Blue, expresso, sand, white

I'm enter this in:

Sweet Wednesday Sketch 2 

Now I've shown you how I'm relaxing it's your turn to show us how you are relaxing this summer. So head over to the main blog check out the few rules and see how the rest of the design team are relaxing this summer.

Stand up and be Counted !!! is Challenge #266 at Shopping Our Stash

Tuesday again and it's a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash ~~ Stand up and Be Counted!! use numbers on your project. Two weeks ago I knew what I was going to use for my card but until today I had no clue what I was going to do with it until I saw the sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2~96 and knew it was perfect for the challenge.

Of course I had to use my Art Impressions Girlfriends stamp and sentiment. I had some vellum with white numbers printed on it (I didn't stamp that myself) I attached it with some tiny button brads to the cardstock. The patterned paper has been in my stash at least a year but those brads have been there forever, I have them in several colours. I'm such a hoarder.

I see a tad bit of touch up is needed on the sentiment, I also glossed her glasses with Glossy Accents

Finished inside.

I would like to enter:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 - 96 

Seize the Birthday  Anything Goes (as long as it isn't closed already) Missed it!!!

Naughty or Nice #30 Your Number's Up.

Thanks for spending time here today now find those hoarded numbers, number paper or a sentiment with a number on it and join the fun at Shopping Our Stash. Don't forget to head over to the blog to see what "numbers" are on the design team projects.

We Three Kings ~~ oh I mean We Three Kitties

So many challenges so little time ~~ the first one is Jingle Belles Rock I just love their challenges they are so much fun, this challenge is We Three Kings and all you have to do is have multiples of three on your card/project. Next I found the sketch ~~ at Sweet Sketch Wednesday #94 it worked perfect for my image, I turned  though. Hiding in my Craft room has a Freestyle with a twist, make it Christmas. The last one that came across my e-mail feed is the Paper Players to play Tic, Tack, Toe. Here is what I made.

I used an older stamp from Stampendous, I fussy cut the crowns (I fussy cut the whole thing but it was too much of a challenge, the little gifts didn't look like what they were supposed to be and it would have been stressful to try to elevate everything so, just the crowns were added. I used Botanical builder dies for the flowers and leaves and added the dots to the centers of the flowers.

Close up of the focal point,

Finished inside with a Impression Obsession Christmas sentiment.

I would like to enter this in:

Jingle Belles rock We Three Kings

Sweet Wednesday Sketch #94 

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The Paper Players #306 I did the diagonal Enamel dots, patterned paper and die cuts

Hiding in my Craft room  #261 Freestyle with a twist ~~ Christmas

Thanks for joining me today and if you are celebrating a holiday today or if you are not ~~ enjoy the day.