Out with a BANG!

Welcome back to another Monday!  I hope you all had a fabulous weekend!

Today I am excited and saddened because this will be my last post until the fall for ABC Toys N Crafts- we will be taking a "summer break!".  LOL- I wish my real life job would give us a summer break too. :) I thought I would end with a bang, a firework for the summer.  Here is wishing you all a wonderful and safe summer and hoping to see you back in the fall!  

Now don't forget to enter our May Challenge for a chance to win some prizes. 

 Recipe:  Inkadinkado, Momento Tuxedo, Copics, Stickles, Authentique, MS punch

Special Day!!!

 Here we are- another Monday. We are working our way down to our final weeks over ABC Toys & Crafts.  I thought I would try to get in a few fun items on this weeks card to showcase some of the goodies Julie has over at the store.  

 This week I am showcasing a Hero Arts set (Friendly Flags) and a couple of the spellbinders, Circle, Inverted Scallop, and Label 4. The paper pack is Authentique Genuine.  

Now don't forget the Challenge of Wedding and Graduation going on over at the challenge site either.  You could be our lucky winner this month! 

Thank a Teacher

Happy Monday Everyone!  Today is my day to post for ABC Toys & Crafts!  If you are not already aware, we have a fun challenge going on over there to make Wedding or Graduation cards.  I do hope you will join us this month by clicking on the link below!  

Today's card is showcasing a Hero Arts Write Your Own and the beautiful Authentique paper pack Loyal. The little apple was cut with Cricut Cartridge.  I love that you can add any sentiment to this stamp and I thought this card would be a great end of school year card for a teacher!  

That is all for me today- come join us for the May challenge, since you are already working on those wedding and graduation cards, why not enter to win!  

Julie has 15% off Hero Arts Clear Stamps! 

Flying......

I can not believe it has been a full week since I last posted, it has actually been a week since I crafted too!  This particular card came together over multiple days due to having limited time to pull it all together.  

This week at ABC Toys & Crafts we are previewing Penny Black stamps and I just got this sweet Fly Away one in the mail from Julie.  I have wanted it for at least 2 years, that little boy is just so darned cute.  It also touches my heart because my son is in the aviation program and will have his pilots license in the next couple of weeks and I wanted to give him a card congratulating him.  Oh I know he will roll his eyes but I could not help myself.  

I also used the MS star border, Nestabilities Curved Rectangles, and multiple copics of course.  

Monday at ABC Toys & Crafts

Hello wonderful ladies!  I can not believe it is Monday again but here I am again with another Stampavie card.  Remember that Julie has all clear stampavie stamps on sale 20% off right now.  I wanted to make a birthday card for a boy and thought this image would be perfect.  The sketch is one I got from Skipping Stones challenge this week.  

Have you joined us this month for the ABC DT challenge "Anything Goes", you still have a few more days!  

Recipe: Stampavie Stamp, Copics, Memento Ink, Circle Nestabilities, MME pad, Border punch, buttons and twine

Just about "Anything"

Hello!  Happy Monday, I hope you all had a Blessed Easter.  We had a very busy weekend filled with golf, family and good food.  I am whipped!  Lucky for me I have today off and maybe get a little time to recover.  

So lets get to my card today.  Over at the ABC Toys & Crafts Challenge we have a "Anything" theme which makes it easy to play.  I wanted to make something vintage using some earth tones.  I do hope you will stop over and join the challenge this month! 

Enabling List:  Nestabilities Label 10, Fancy Tags, MS branch punch, Embossing Folder , Prima Flowers

Other Challenges: Waltzingmouse, Sweet Stampin, 

ABC Challenge

Happy Monday! 

Can you believe it is April already?  That means another challenge over at ABC Toys & Crafts.  The theme is "Anything Goes" so that should get your creativity kicked in. I am on a birthday card challenge of my own and am loving this pack of Authentique.  I wish I could have caught the sparkle on this card, the lights flicker so nicely.  I also thought the paper piercing added to the image.   

My personal goal is to exceed last months participants and well, the theme is easy enough so come on over and join us!  I am sure you are making tons of Easter and Spring cards now- so enter them.  You can win prizes!  

Products used:  

Authentique Paper Blissful

Crafty Secrets Chandelier

Memento Ink

Stickles

Challenges:  CropStop-Bright Cards

Anything Goes Challenge

Welcome my friends, today I am showcasing my card that I made for the new ABC Toys & Crafts new Challenge that starts today. I do hope that you will come and join us- the theme is "Anything Goes" 

Supplies:   Dies Tim Holtz Bird Cage, Nestabilities Leafs, Cheery Lynn, MS butterfly

Flowers:  Prima  Misc: Webster Pages, Vintage lace, stickles

Sweet as Jelly Beans!

 Happy Monday! 

I hope that you stopped over yesterday and were able to get started on your Spring/Easter cards for the ABC Toys & Craft Challenge this month!  If not.............

In the meantime, I made this little Easter card with one of the MCS sets called Jelly Beans .  Now you might wonder how I made the little jelly bean machine?  I used the smallest of the nestabilities flower pots, nestabilities circle/lacy circle and then a variety of smaller punches.  I was thrilled with the way it turned out.   I stamped the jelly beans in pink/purple and then I cut some out to layer them in the glass globe. 

  That is it for this Monday- come join us for our challenge and show us your Spring/Easter creativity!


SALE:  Spellbinders on Sale 20% off right now at ABC Toys & Crafts. No Code needed!

ABC Toys & Craft March Challenge- Spring!

Welcome to another ABC Toys & Craft Challenge!  I do hope that you will join us!  We are challenging you all to make Spring, Flower, or Easter cards.  How easy is that going to be?  Plus there is a prize give away too!  

This card started with the Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder.  Then I used the nestabilities flower pot die - is that not the cutest?  Topped out the little pots with a variety of MM flowers and rhinestone brads.  I know it is not warm enough here for flowers but that card sitting on my desk cheers me up!  

So?  what are you waiting for- click on it and join in the fun!  

Girlfriend- it's your Birthday!

Happy Monday!! 

I hope you all had a great weekend and although Monday's are not my favorite day of the week I got to show you my creation for ABC Toys & Crafts.  We are still focusing on MS Punches and this week I used a couple of them.  Last week I focused on thank you cards and this week, yep- Birthday.  I love how the card turned out with the circles, rectangle, the little ledger and well it just feels good. (nothing like tootin your horn huh?)  Well at least I hope you like it some.  

Now February's challenge ended but we will be starting a new one this coming weekend so don't forget to come back and join us starting Sunday!  

Products:  MS Double Scallop  Floral Lace  Authentique Journey  Spellbinder Circle & Scallop  Crafty Secrets Chadelier  Momento Tuxedo Black 

ABC Toys & Crafts

It is official! ABC Toys & Crafts Challenge is back! We are kicking it off with a challenge to make something Red, Pink and White. That should be easy, right?

I am starting off with something simple but sweet! The embossing is done with Sizzix heart embossing folder, added a few MS hearts and a little sentiment. Clean and Simple! Stop over and show us what you are working on for that Sweetheart! To join: click HERE !

ABC Toys & Crafts is BACK!!!

Hello everyone! I have been on a little hiatus from ABC Toys & Crafts, generously given by Julie so we could all enjoy the holidays! During that time, Julie also had a DT call and has invited some fun and creative gals to join us over the next few months! I am looking forward to getting started and our first theme is BE MY VALENTINE! How fun is that?

So I had to think of something a little more than a card and I came across a variety of things on Pinterest that sparked my imagination and chose to go with this little Valentine Envelope Accordian.

This is what it looks like from the side- I made little accordian folds along the bottom and then attached each of the little coin envelopes to a fold. This allows some room

to embellish and if you wanted to put little tags inside each of them or even a gift card.

Here is a photo of one of the little envelopes on the inside, this is the 2nd one. I would love to show them all but blogger is making it most unsuccessful- it just won't let me add the photos and move them around this evening so maybe I will post another post with more of the photos.

Products:

MS Valentine Paper Pack

Nestabilities circle, heart and label

Stickles (red, pink)

Buttons

Rhinestone

Vintage Christmas

Welcome to our last week of Christmas for ABC Toys and Crafts: Julie is giving us a break for the holidays! So without further ado- my final card for 2011 is using the wonderful Crafty Secrets set-Vintage Christmas. The bottom layer I used the christmas musical stamp on cream cardstock and then used the crimper to give it some depth. Then I used this beautiful dark red/burgundy paper and did a little tearing and distressing the edges to make it more vintage. I also used a couple of the Martha Stewart punches- the snowflake embossing border punch and the snowflake punch.

Join us for the Sale over at ABC Toys and Crafts- 25% OFF THE ENTIRE STORE till 11/30. Free shipping on orders over $55.00.

The Night Before Christmas

Shhhhh................ look how happy that puppy is that Santa has arrived. Boy does that bring a smile to my face and reminds me of all those fun years where my boys waited anxiously for Santa's arrival! We are making Christmas cards over on the ABC Toys and Crafts Design Blog and the designers are working with the MS Punches. I used Double Scallop and Quilt border Punches. But of course I don't want to forget my nestabilities: Snowflake and Rectangle. I stamped my Stampavie image with Tuxedo Black and then colored it with my copic markers.

You all want a chance to win some goodies? Come join us on the Design Team Challenge: Christmas HERE !

My Cute Stamps

This week we are showcasing the My Cute Stamps here at ABC Toys and Crafts! I got this key set and knew right away it would be a great set for a masculine card.

Recipe: MCS Clear Keys, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Making Memory Buttons,

So don't forget about our challenge this month on the challenge blog- we are focusing on Christmas cards!

ABC Monday......

Hello and Happy Monday everyone! If you stopped in yesterday you will know that we are challenging all of you to make Christmas cards this month on the ABC Toys and Crafts Challenge and I am hoping you will all join us! So to kick off today- I made a card with a tag combination. As you may have noticed most recently I have been leaning toward vintage- and today's no different. What is it about that cherry cobbler and kraft combination?
RECIPE: Making Memories Noel Christmas Stamp Set , Memento Black Ink, Sizzix Embossing Folder, Hero Arts Gemstones.

Christmas Challenge

Today is challenge day over at ABC Toys and Crafts Challenge Blog and we are challenging you all to make Christmas cards! I just got this Crafty Secrets set in the mail this last week and had to ink it up for some vintagy loveliness- don't you think? I love the cobbler red, kraft brown and olive greens together

Recipe: Crafty Secrets Vintage Christmas Stamps, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, EK Success 3D dots, Nestabilities Circle, MS ornament border punch, MS Branch Punch

Joy....

This month over at ABC Toys and Crafts we are challenging you all to make Christmas cards, perfect timing, right? I mean we all are going to be working on these until Christmas Eve so join us!

But here is the fun part, this stamp is a Stampavie EASTER stamp! Yep, for those of you who know these images probably had to look twice. I just stamped the image with Memento ink but didn't ink the easter eggs that were sitting in the bucket or next to the bucket. Instead I used my Martha Stewart branch punch to fill these areas. Of course, I colored the image with my copics (R29, E31, E21, G99, G42). To finish off I put rhinestones on the wreath and then the branches got a little liquid pearls.

Now don't forget about the sales going on until the end of the day today: Slice and Ink Products 23% off, KI Memories 40% off! And when you are done shopping stop over and enter your Christmas cards in our November Challenge!

Smiles are Welcomed

Happy Monday!We are showcasing Stampavie again this week, these sweet images are always fun to color. So I pulled out my copic markers and set to working on this card. I wanted it to be soft, subtle and pink of course! :)

To start I stamped my image with memento ink and then used copics (R22, R20, R00, G07,E25, E21). I then die cut it with Nestabilities Label One and then used the scallop circle for my sentiment. Added a few little adhesive pearls to give it a "dainty feel, just what every girl needs right?

Specials till 10/31/11: Slice products and INK products 23% off , KI Memories 40% off till gone. As always- 10% off everyday

Challenges: Sweet N Sassy Sketch, Bizzy Bec Girlie/Pearls