Where is SUMMER!?!?!?!

Boy, I don't know about you, but I sure wish summer would arrive! There has not been one single 90* day in the month of July here, and normally we are 90+ this month. So anyways, to commemorate summer, here's a new circle DigiPhrase. Enjoy~ I am off to create some cased for back to school (I've got a *C U T E* cas card in my head right now!), will try to post tomorrow.

Double Duty Layout

This is such a clean and simple layout, I love to use it for cards as an old standby. This layout was used for 2 different challenges with similiar colors, CAS24 on SplitCoast Stampers (Right), which had requirements to use the colors turquoise, orange, and yellow; and a private challenge (Left--KJKCC002) thread that has red, orange, and yellow as requirements.

Left card (KJKCC002)
Cardstock: Bazzill Lemon Yellow, White, Melon Orange
Ink: SU! Real Red
Accessories: Offray 5/8" orange satin ribbon, green brad, orange and yellow flowers

Right Card (CAS24)
Cardstock: DCWV Blue #3, Bazzill Lemon Yellow
Ink: SU! Only Orange
Accessories: Offray 5/8" orange satin ribbon, turquoise, yellow, and orange flowers, turquois brad

Here's another circular DigiPhrase I made, I think it will go great with Hanna Stamps' Ballet Sophie, which is an adorable little image. Enjoy!

a "HOLE" new shape-- and 3 more projects

This is a new DigiPhrase I created to be used with the 1" circle punch, it goes great with some images with from Inktegrity by Joni ;). Ok, on to the creations...

This is a tag I made using an image from Inktegrity by Joni, as well as the world stamp form some miscellaneous set I picked up a discount crafting outlet. Pretty in pink and white cardstock from Bazzill, images colored in with copics, and stamped in SU! basic brown ink. Paper Studio Pink-dashed ribbon from hobby lobby.

This is another creation with Inktegrity by Joni images. I used an old photo mat, altered it with some DP from DCWV Animal Crackers Stack and DCWV textured navy cardstock. The chipboard letter are leftover from a scrapbook page I did at Christams for Karysn (I really wanted it to say "My Guy" but I could not find the "g"), and brads from Joann's. Again, the image is colored in with copics/prisma markers, along with some colored pencils.

Finally, this little gal is a gift from a friend. She so wants to be part of her Daddy and big bro's world, so "Let's Play, Daddy" seemed so appropriate. When my DH is watching games, Karsyn will grab her football and crawl right up in his lap and ask him to play. Too darling!

I created this card for 2 challenges: 2 Red Bananas and Card Patterns.

CP posted a sketch pattern this week, and 2RB's challenge was to "reduce, reuse, or recycle." The black, white and green-dotted cardstock was pulled from my scrap bin to reduce waste, the pink ribbon was recycled from a bubble bath bottle, and I reused the image from another project that just didn't quite pan out.

So anyways, this whole set of work was a bunch of recycling, reusing, reducing, incorporating images from Inktegrety by Joni. Thanks for looking!

2-in-1.... and I am BACK!

WOW~ we had a great time up on the islands, but am glad to be home again at my crafting space. I was trying my darndest to come up with a design for a card for a DT submission, and I did while we were on vacation. All I kept thinking about was the design I came up with in the middle of one night. Silly crafting syndrome! Anyways... we got home and I immediately checked the threads on SCS for some challenges!

So this card meets the requirements for 2 challenges-- CAS23 on Splitcoast Stampers and an invite-only challenge thread I belong to SCS as well. This card SOOO exhibits my decorating style, which is clean and simple, fairly modern. It is also my personality-- smooth and easy-going, with great bursts of colorful moments all over! And since red is my FAVO color, it had to be the bursts.

I think this card would be great done in a black & white combo, or any other bright shade against the white.

Deets:

Cardstock: GP White

Ink: SU! Real Red

Accessory: 3/8" red grosgrain ribbon

Other: 3 scored lines across the bottom, but they are hard to see in the pic.

So Cool In The Pool!

This is my DD at a local waterpark, splaching it up as always! This page was created utilizing the faux wood technique from Splitcoast Stampers, and Iused the challenge posted on The Pink Elephant #22, to create a project with stars & stripes.

DEETS:
Paper: SU! Yo-Yo Yellow, Dusty Durango; Vellum; printed paper from The Paper Studio; Bazzill Cherry Red, Shimmer Blue

Ink: SU! Basic Brown

Accessories: Making Memories blue eyelets; dimensional tape; Target $1 Spot ribbon and chipboard letters; Fiskars 2-inch star punch

*** On a side note, I am leaving on vacation Monday morning, headed to the Lake Erie Islands, will be back on Thursday, so I am taking this week off from challenges, but hope to be back ready to go on Sunday morning with Banana Split Sunday Challenge!

This card is for Cute Card Thursday's weekly challenge, and this week's challenge was to create a Thank You card for a teacher. I knew immediately I wanted to use School Riley from Hanna Stamps. I created a faux word border using a tutorial from Split Coast Stampers to go above and below the "chalk board". I wanted to keep the background neutral, so as to resemble a classroom wall, like mine.

Deets:

Paper: Bazzill tan, black, and white. SU! Dusty Durango

Ink: SU! Basic Brown (combined with SU! DD cardstock to create faux wood), Colorbox Dragonfly Black pigment

Stamps: School Riley from Hanna Stamps

Accessories: Offray "Ruler" ribbon, White Sakura gel pen, dimensional tape, Copic/Prisma markers to color image