Wishing You Joy

I had time to play yesterday and my DZ Doodles images were sitting on my desk, so I got to create with them. This image is called Summer Swing, which is in the Girls section at DZ Doodles. She is just one of the girly images Diane has created. I remember swinging when I was young and still love to go in our backyard with my boys and swing with them.

Diane is pouring over all the Design Team submissions and will decide this coming weekend. She wanted me to let you know she is thankful for everyone who entered and it is going to be a tough decision.

Tomorrow, I have another Shelby card to show you. Have a great day!

Materials used: Paper - Whoops-A-Daisy Level 2 (CTMH), Stamp sets - Summer Swing (DZ Doodles), Wishing You Joy sentiment (Gina K Designs), Ink - copics, bubblegum (CTMH), Accessories - white pearls (Paper Studio), pink crystal stickers (Mark Richards), Just Blooms paper flowers (CTMH), lattice border punch (Martha Stewart), pop dots (SU)

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celebrate

This is my first creation with my copic airbrush system. I wanted to try something simple, since I am a newbie. My MIL is a firecracker baby (born on the 4th of July), so I usually make her card with the holiday theme. I punched out big and small stars with my SU punches and adhered them to my textured white daisy cardstock with removable glue. I used a piece of cardstock to mask off the card and sprayed the areas I wanted red and blue. That left the center for my stamped sentiment from Card Commentary stamp set (CTMH).

The copics I used are R27, Cadmium Red and B29, Ultramarine. The blue is a close match to the CTMH color moonstruck. Once I finished playing with the airbrush I removed my stars to reveal the white daisy cardstock. I used holiday red and star spangled blue for my sentiment and finished the card off with accessories.

I was wondering what I should do for the inside of the card, when I walked by the cardstock I used to mask off the red and blue. Perfect! It had splatters on it from an earlier play session and it was just the right size for the inside sentiment. The sentiment is from the set Make a Wish (Gina K Designs). The little stars are the stars I used on the front that were airbrushed. Of course, I had to use more bling! Love it!

Materials used: Products are CTMH unless noted. Paper - black, white daisy; Ink - holiday red, star spangled blue, black, copics (R27, B29); Stamp sets - Card Commentary, Make a Wish (Gina K Designs); Accessories - bling (Paper Studio), punched stars (SU punch), cranberry brads, blue ric rac (Michaels), red ric rac (Boiltex, from my garage sale stash), white daisy organdy ribbon

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LOVE

Love is our theme at Paper Craft Planet this month.  We are creating cards, layouts and other projects to get you inspired for Valentine's Day next month.  Check out the gallery for inspiration to make your Valentine Day Projects.

Here is a card I made with Gina K. Designs Heartfelt Hits 1 stamp set.  This is the same set that has the ladies toasting I used for New Year's Eve card I made here.  

This is a pretty simple card.  I didn't use many layers.  I just love the sparkle paper from Paper Temptress.  I embossed it with my Heart Blocks cuttlebug folder.  Then I used my SU scallop border punch on the left side.  I am using my nestabilities a lot lately, so I can justify why I am buying more...LOL!

The clear heart in this close up is a Connection Club (CTMH) item.  I added rub-ons to the heart and punched a hole through it, so I could use waxy flax to attached to the ribbon.

Materials used:

Paper - White Daisy  and Black cs (CMTH), Sparkle Text Paper (Paper Temptress), White Solar Crest (Neenah)

Stamp sets - Heartfelt Hits 1 (Gina K), Card Commentary (CTMH)

Ink - Holiday Red (CTMH), Black (Mement0)

Accessories - Large and Small Classic Oval Nestabilities, White gel pen, Black organdy ribbon (CTMH), Cranberry Waxy Flax (CTMH), clear heart (CTMH), Nature's Ambiance rub-on (CTMH), Scallop border punch (SU), pop dots, holiday red marker (CTMH), copic markers, Heart Blocks cuttlebug embossing folder

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Warm & Cozy Christmas

The snow hasn't fallen here in Nebraska yet, but I hear we are going to get our share this winter.  I just {heart} this stamp from the Warm & Cozy Christmas set from Gina K Designs.  My boys love going out side to play in the snow.  They can't wait for a big snow storm.  

I didn't have a lot of time to color, so I made this card monochromatic.  I wanted to use this set so badly that I thought of a way to ink up my stamp and play.  Don't think you always have to color your outline stamps in to use them.  

I stamped this cutie with white pigment ink on textured outdoor denim cardstock and built the card around him.  The swirled background paper is from a Serendipity paper pack promotion that CTMH offered this year.  I thought it went well with the snow theme.  

The sentiment reads, "Wishing you a warm and cozy Christmas season!"  I added white rub-ons next to the sentiment and the tiny sparkles from the CTMH sparkles pack.  The little snowflakes are rub-ons from the Nature's Ambiance set too.  I am so glad CTMH sells rub-ons now.  I like how they come in white, chocolate and black in the same pack for only $9.95.  I think that is a great deal.  

The card itself is from the outdoor denim cardstock and the light blue paper is the reverse side of the textured cardstock.  I love how I can just use the other side of the paper to coordinate my colors.  Can you believe I broke out my eyelets?  I have so many of them and don't use them enough.  I finished the card with some white organdy ribbon with a touch of silver in it.  You can't see it from the picture, but the ribbon is really pretty.  I got it from Michaels.

I had questions about whether I like my Wii Fit.  YES, I DO!  I get to workout and play at the same time.  I used it for 1 1/2 hours the first day.  The first 1/2 I completed the strength exercises and some aerobics.  Then I played the balance games with my boys for about an hour.  My legs hurt so bad the next two days, I couldn't sit down without just falling in the chair.  I have kept up the strength exercises and aerobics almost every day.  If you are thinking about getting one, I give it THUMBS UP!

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