The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #291 Use dies and/or punches

 What a whirlwind!  I had Carpal Tunnel surgery on October 25th.  The surgery went perfectly.  (btw i want a quart of whatever it was that put me out.  best nap i've had in a long time)  The not using my right hand was very hard.  But I got the stitches out Monday Nov. 7th.  I do have to be careful with the incision.  The doctor said I should be back to normal in 2-3 months.  Thank you all for the prayers and blessings, they really helped!  We have one sponsor for this challenge and it is...

Beccy's Place

Prize~$10 Gift Voucher

I love Beccy's Place digital stamps.  They are so wonderfully drawn.  Please go and have a look around and maybe spread some love.  I bet you will find something!

On to my project.  I have chosen a free digital stamp called Cottage Chair.  Here is my creation.

Here is the envelope.  It is made from Neenah 
embossed card.  The address label is the main
paper I will be using.

I have lined the inside with the same paper as
the address label.

These are the dies I have used for my card.

The base is brown Neenah embossed.  My layers are 
cream striped, dark brown recollections, and a print from
a package that I bought at a thrift store.  The image was
printed, colored with Shuttle Art Alcohol Markers, and
finally cut out with my Silver Bullet Die Cutting 
Machine using SCAL5 software.  I cut four corners and
backed them with gold glitter paper.  Final touch is the
hay stack that is a sticker.

The inside is cream card and more of the dotted
paper I used on the front.  Vellum was printed 
and glued on with 3M Spray Adhesive.

You can see the embossing and my sticker for
the back. 

That's all for me.  Crafter's Cafe Challenge will be back for one more challenge in 2022.  So stay tuned.

Stay Safe, Stay Healthy and have a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge # 237 Thank You/Thankful

 What a whirlwind!  I had Carpal Tunnel surgery on October 25th.  The surgery went perfectly.  (btw i want a quart of whatever it was that put me out.  best nap i've had in a long time)  The not using my right hand was very hard.  But I got the stitches out Monday Nov. 7th.  I do have to be careful with the incision.  The doctor said I should be back to normal in 2-3 months.  Thank you all for the prayers and blessings, they really helped!  Now let's see who our sponsors are:

Dr. Digi's House of Stamps

Prize~2 Digital Images

Polkadoodles Digi Stamps

Prize~3 Digital Images

SheepSki Designs

Prize~3 Digital Images

These sponsor's are incredible.  Their designs are terrific.  Please go and have a look around.  You will be amazed!  Oh, leave some love also!

On to my project.  I am using Gridiron Greg from Dr. Digi's House of Stamps.  Now Dr. Digi's images are some of my favorite to use.  They have a fabulous sense of humor.  Here's my creation.

The card is from Neenah Embossed.  The Background is one
I found on bing for free.  Then Gridiron Greg is colored with
Shuttle Art Alcohol Markers.  So Thankful is printed on
Vellum and I added football embellishments.

This paper is from a pack that I bought of

miscellaneous paper from St. Vinnie Thrift Store.

I found the Vikings logo on bing, printed and cut it 

out on my Silver Bullet Cutter.

Here is the 50 yard line paper and Vellum
printed Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

That's it for this month.  Crafty Gals will be hosting a challenge for December that is Christmas themed if you would like to get your creation ready.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Stay Safe, Stay Healthy and know you are blessed!

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #290 Use Pink for breast cancer awareness month

 Hello everyone!  Did you know that October is breast cancer awareness month?  Well it is!  So the theme for this month over at Crafter's Cafe is use the color pink (the color of this movement).  I have a really cute birthday card to show you but first here is our sponsor.

Polkadoodles

Prize~￡8.50/3 images

Polkadoodles has got to be one of my favorite sponsors.  Please go visit and leave some love.  I would greatly appreciate it.

On to my project.  I have used the image entitled Helga Hippo Pretty in Pink.  Here is what I came up with.  I recently became a great aunt (really 3rd cousin) to a beautiful little girl who has just turned 6.  I used Helga Hippo to make her birthday card.   Here we go.

I am so happy that I got this paper at Tuesday Morning.  It was
in 2013.  (hey at least I remembered)

Here she is.  The beautiful Helga Hippo.  

Helga was colored using Prismacolor Pencils.  Then I paper
pieced her dress, jacket, purse and even her nails match the
jacket.  The paper is a hot pink.  Then I added a couple of
butterfly stickers that are very thick. 

The Inside

This is the card stock base.  I just loved the stripes and the main
paper with the green card behind it really pops.

I sent it to her with $6.00.  Hope she can find something she will like.  My nephew got married in August and his wife is the mother to Lily (which i decided is now my niece).

Now I have a reminder for you.  I will be having Carpal Tunnel surgery the last week of October.  I am so excited.  I have dropped so many glasses I may have to buy a new set.  My hand goes numb right 

when I try to grab anything.  But this also means no coloring for a while.  I have gotten projects done for the rest of the year.  So please keep me in your thoughts.

Stay safe, stay healthy and know you are blessed!

Have a safe and fun Halloween (samhaim)!!!