OCL Challenge 51 - Jungle Love

Wow what a long week even though we are just in the middle.  After finishing our traveling and finally reaching home, I was too tired to do anything.  So I guess you could say-- Better Later than Never!  So here is my post for Our Craft Lounge Challenge 51.

This is a color week using the colors chocolate, white, and pink.  I choose Our Craft Lounge stamp set: “Jungle Love” with the sentiment “I’m Bananas over you”.

 

 Thanks for taking your time to stop by and see my work.  I hope you like the way the card turned out. Please leave a comment if you have time.  I'm very happy with the way this card work out! 

Wishing you a very Creative Day!
 

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OCL Challenge 50

Happy Friday!   Hope you are ready for a great weekend!  I am still away from home up in Morgan Hill, CA while my husband finishes his training classes.  Since it is Friday, I knew it was time for the Our Craft Lounge challenge.   This morning I went to their blog and looked to see what was expected in the challenge.  When I saw  the post I thought there would be no way for me to meet this challenge.  There just isn’t enough room in the motorhome to carry all the materials I have at home and there were a few I would need.

So you are probably thinking she could go to a Scrapbook Store or a Michaels.  There isn't any close to where we are staying.  O.K. what could I do?   I could trace a circle,  that's easy enough but, I wasn’t sure how to come up with the scallops.  After spending my time looking through my materials and the pictures I stamp out before we left home, I figured out I could meet the challenge!  So here it is. 

I chose the OCL stamp: “Granny’s Secrets.  This cake is just too funny for words for those of us who are getting a little older.  I found a package of dolies in my materials so I cut part of it away to get the scallops.  The sentiment is in the the stamp set but, I didn't have the set with me so I printed out by hand.  I must say, I am very happy with the results.

Supplies:

     Paper - “All Kinds of Happy” by Imaginisce

     Cardstock - Purple by Bazzil

     Dolie by Wilton

     Gold embellishment - Starform

     Ribbon - Celebrate It by Michaels

     Gem Pin - Making Memories

    Copics - E13, E25, BV0000,BV00, C1, C3, B00, B01, YG41, YG45, Y17, YR07

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Creating!

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This Moose be Love

Still out in our motorhome but needed to get a card posted!  I choose this Whipper Snappers Stamp because one of my former students has a dog called Moose and he is terrific!  The stamp is called, ”Moose in Love”.  Don’t you think he is a cutie?

Supplies:

     Red Cardstock - Bazzill

     Crazy Love Have a Heart Paper - BoBunny

     Heart Die - Quickutz

     Sentiment and stamp - Whippersnappers

     Pearl Hearts - Martha Stewart 

     White ribbon - Michaels

     Copics - E30, E33, E35, G40, G82, R22, R24, C4, C6

Thanks for stopping by. 

Happy Crafting!

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Time to Celebrate

Another day in the motorhome.  My husband is training Probation Officers and I am crafting.  Mak and I go for walks a couple of times during the day and then I have the rest of the time until Bruce gets back to be creative.  Great Fun!!!

Today I stepped outside the box and worked on a card using Our Craft Lounge’s “Vintage Traveler”.  When I saw the Graphic 45 paper I knew the pocket watch was the stamp to use.  So, I stamped it on a tag and added the extra embellishment of the clock face, a ticket, two cancelled stamps and a button.  The tag is then mounted on black card stock and finished off with the black netting.

As you can see there is no sentiment on the card.  I want it to say Time to Celebrate but, I forgot to put some of my sentiment stamps in the motorhome so it will just have to wait until we get home.  This card can be used for either a birthday or an anniversary.

Thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment if you have the time.

Happy Creating!

Hugs,

OCL Challenge 49 - Clean and Simple

Whew!  A week of the flu where you couldn’t even concentrate to work on any cards and a husband who was also sick but he had a bronchial infection.  I am glad that is over!!  On Saturday we left for Northern California in our motorhome after ten hours we finally arrived in Morgan Hill.  Lucky for me there is a large storage compartment to store all my craft materials and a great place in the motorhome to work.  

Sunday afternoon I finally had the opportunity to sit down and make my card for the Our Craft Lounge Challenge - Clean and Simple.  It really was fun to create a card to meet the challenge. 

My card, Love is in Bloom, is done by first using a Martha Stewart heart punch to make the heart directly into the card.  The dotted red paper is Bo Bunny’s Gift of love and the heart paper is K and Company’s Sweet Talk Pattern Hearts.  A red ribbon just seemed to finish it off.  I used Our Craft Lounge, “Notes of Love” stamps to stamp the sentiment and the flowers inside the heart.  On the inside of the card a red heart surrounds the white heart that has the flowers stamped on it.  The ink used was Tim Holtz, “fired brick” 

My first day out in the motorhome was great and I enjoyed having a place to finish my card.  I am truly a happy camper with both my card and our traveling!   The only problem was finding the right place to take the picture and as you can see, I did. 

Thanks for taking the time to stop by.  I would love to hear from you.  If you can, please leave a comment.

Happy creating!

Hugs,

OCL Challenge 48 - Supply Challenge

Well it is Friday and time for Our Craft Lounge’s Friday Challenge.  Continuing on with their new type of challenge , OCL has chosen this to be a supply week.  In other words you must have at least two different ribbons or trims on your card.  Here is the inspiration photo.

Today my inspiration really came from the beautiful, sunny day we were having in Southern California.  So I decided on doing a little yard work and after that it was time to get busy and work on my card for the challenge.  Thus my inspiration - the stamp set is from Our Craft Lounge, “Hoppin’ Into Spring”.  The little bunny falling into the watering can brought a smile to my face and memories of my Golden, Mak, right beside me digging or stealing my gardening tools.    I feel bad for all those in the snow and cold weather areas of the U.S..  If I had to be cooped up inside, without sun, I think I would loose my mind.

The card is made from a sea green, pearl finish card stock.  The paper is Graphic 45’s Once Upon a Spring, Butterfly Kisses.  Both sides of the paper were used. The embellishment on the card consist of the white pearl flourish, white organdy ribbon and a sea foam green ribbon place on top with a little butterfly stick pin in the bow.  The image is colored with Copics:  Y11, Y15, YR12, YR14, E30, E31, E33, E35,B21, B23, G12, G14, YG11, C00, C2, C3, C4, N3 and then popped up with foam dots.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

I am very happy with the way the card!  I hope your like it as well.  Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Creating!

Hugs,

Bad Dog

Yesterday, a friend sent me an email regarding dogs and the lessons we learn from them and since I have my own wonderful Golden Retriever, Makano, I decided I would work on a couple of quick dog cards.  Now Makano or Mak as we call him isn’t perfect!  In fact we should have called him -”Shredder”. When someone comes to the house to visit, family or friend, Mak has to find something to shed because he is so happy.  It could be paper or it could by my dish towels.  Believe me when I say,  I do not have one dish towel that doesn’t have a whole in it thanks to Mak! lol

This made me think - the best stamp set to use for my card is from Our Craft Lounge and is called, “Pat the Bad Dog” and yes, if it was a stamp of a Golden, they would have to call him Mak the Bad Dog.

So here are the two cards of Pat.  One is called “What’s the dirt?” and the other is about choosing your dog. 

 
I noticed on the one, “What’s the dirt?” after I took the picture I have a little bit of bleeding on Pat, oops.! Oh well, I will have to go back and fix it. Sorry!

 

As for Mak, he is my boy no matter what! I will leave you with this quote, “One reason a dog can be such a comfort when you’re feeling blue is that he doesn’t try to find out why.”  Author unknown. 

Thanks for stopping by.
Happy Creating!

Hugs,