Southern Scraps

I saw this cute idea at the Silhouette blog, but I have the SD and cannot cut 12 inch files, so I made a box for a flower gift the old fashioned way. I'll show you how. These make great teacher's, thinking of you friend, or mother's day gifts. I know Mother's Day is passed and for most of you, you are done with teacher gifts, but they really work for any occasion. Here is one I made for a friend just to cheer her up. (She later told me she put an air plant in her box so she could take it to work and keep the box - awesome idea since the box won't hold up to watering a regular plant.)

What else could a mother want for Mother's Day besides hugs and kisses? Here's the card I made for my mother. I used the sketch from The Sweet Stop and combined some challenges for Just Magnolia (to use buttons, bows, and bling) and Crazy4Challenges to use 3 different papers, 2 flowers, and 1 button). I used a Tilda with flowers image from Magnolia Stamps . I colored her with Copics. Papers are from K&Co. Other items: Flowers : Prima Sentiment: MFT heart bling : K&Co. Martha Stewart lace doily punch, Nestabilities, Bazzill cardstock, ribbon

I've seen a lot of banners and handmade garland and such in blog land. I've been wanting to make my own since I started seeing them in the fall. I finally got around to this for Easter. My banner was the perfect finishing piece to my mantel decor. You see that I used most of the things I created to decorate my mantel: the broken jewelry cross , glitter eggs , butterfly specimen art , and egg topiary tree . Here's a closer look at the banner and a tutorial: Materials used: Cardstock Making Memories foam stamps- dingbats Paint Spellbinders cross die Making Memories Slice and basic cartridge for letters Martha Stewart lattice border punch flowers, punches, buttons, rhinestones, and other embellishments jute string *Cut cardstock into 4.25 x 5.5 inch pieces. I got four pennants from a piece of 8.5 x 11 inch cardstock. * Stamp dingbats on pennants. * While these dry, die cut crosses and letters. Prepare what ever other embellishments you need to. * Adhere...

I'm sharing a quick little project that I did as a Valentine's gift for my husband. It would really fit any occasion. If you are a stamper, this is a great way to use your stamps for more than cards. I took the Our Daily Bread stamp of Isaiah 40:31, my husband's favorite Bible verse and stamped it on cardstock. I cut that out with a Nestabilities die and cut a larger mat from the same shape die. I also stamped the eagle from the stamp set, colored it with Prismacolor pencils and cut it out. I took the matted verse and adhered it to a piece of Basic Grey paper cut to 4x6 to fit the frame opening. BTW, I got this frame from Tuesday Morning and it came with the large cross. I knew that with the cross it would be perfect for a project for my husband. I adhered the eagle in the corner over this. I wanted a little something else on the frame, so I took a cross charm, cut the hanging loop off with wire cutters, and glued it to the bottom right corner. This all went very quickly...

I'm popping in with a card I made for a couple of challenges. I am not playing with the challenges nearly as much as I used to be but I am working on my Christmas cards and I'm incorporating a challenge here and there when I can. Charisma Cardz and Critter Sketch both issued challenges for Christmas cards. I made this  Christmas card  using MFT stamps ( Santa Baby) and Basic Grey papers. It's a fun little card for your special guy- the inside reads "All I Want for Christmas is you." Papers: BasicGrey Eskimo kisses Stamps: MFT Tools: Nestibilities label, Copics Accents: ribbon, flower, button

Verve is having a release week and has a series of sketch challenges. I'm trying to complete them and here is my first one for sketch 1 (VSWCMD1). Papers: K&Co; Bazzill cardstock Stamps: Verve Tools: Nestabilities, MS border punch Accents: Ribbon, button, Rhinestone

Tiddly Inks issued a color challenge last week- orange, yellow, turquoise. I had so much fun coloring Happy Bugg in these colors. I used the sketch from Simon Says (I shrunk it in a bit, but the elements are still there.) Stamp: Tiddly Inks digi Paper: Cosmo Cricket Tools: Nestabilities rectangles; Copics Accents: Prima flowers, brads, photo turn I'm also submitting this card for the following challenges: Charisma Cardz- sweet treat Dare U 2 Digi Stamp- Anything goes Allsorts- Birthday Saturday challenge- metal (brad and photo turn)

I'm sharing a card I've created with Spring Dress Emma for the Phindy's Place challenge - I went with the May flowers part of it. I've colored the image with copics, using the colors called for by Copic Colour challenge . The layout of my card is based on Sketch Saturday's sketch . I'm also submitting this for PaperTake Weekly's shiny and sparkle challenge and Delightful sketches punches cha llenge. Here is my card: Papers: Bazzill, We R Memory Keepers Stamps: Phindy's digi image, MFT sentiment Tools: Copics; Nestabilities, Martha Stewart border punch Accents: Flowers, brads

Happy Monday! This one is a happy one because I'm enjoying a day off from work. And of course part of the day's activities include making a card. This one is for the Tiddly Inks challenge using a Tiddly Ink image colored with copics. I used the sketch from Stamp Something as my layout but rotated the sketch. I've also used a digi image with flowers for Dare U to Digi and this one fits the theme at The Pink Elephant - Mommy, I Love You and I did some stitching for Stampin Sisters in Christ. Thanks for looking! Stamp: Tiddly Inks Digi Paper: BasicGrey Sugar Rush Tools: Copics, Nestabilities Square dies; Cuttlebug embossing folder Accents: Prima flowers, brads, ribbon, beads

I've got another card featuring a TGF Anya- Miss Anya Dressy. For a long time I resisted these stamps- too cutsie, too childish for me. But.. I kept seeing all the fabulous creations with them out there and started following the TFG blog and decided to try a few. Now I'm hooked. Stamp: The Greeting Farm Papers: We R Memory Keepers; Cosmo Cricket Tools: Nestabilities; Copics Accents: Ribbon, rhinestones- butterfly from hairpin Did you notice in my list above that the butterfly on her hat is from a hair pin? Yep, I had some pins that I knew I would not wear but saved them cause I thought I could use them on a project one day. This card is for the following challenges: Club Anya- empherma (the butterfly ) Roses on Paper- Layers Anya Ink- Pink and sparkly Stamptacular Sunday- Spots and Dots The Pink Elephant- Recipe - 1 image, 2 dies, 3 embellies ( I used oval die and labels four and three rhinestones) Thanks for looking and have a great weekend. I'm off to plant some flowers t...

This creation is for Simon Says Easter or Spring with some glitter and Charisma spring challenge. I've used the sketch at Inspirational Card Sketches . And I've got a Flutterby. I made the flowers with a punch, glitter, and Alene's Paper Glaze. I covered a foam dot with glitter for the centers. Stamp: Pure Innocence digi Paper: We R Memory Keepers Tools: Nestabilities; Martha Stewart border punch; Copics Accents: Handmade glitter flowers

I've used the CPS sketch 159 with my "something new" for ODB Stamping In Time: On Assignment challenge . My something new is the Nestabilities cross die. I knew this would be a must have item for me when I saw it. I've used ODB The Cross of Christ set, a scrap of BasicGrey design paper and some Recollections Gemstone cardstock for this one. Thanks for stopping by.

Stamp: ODB Paper: K&Co. Tools: Cuttlebug embossing folder, Sizzix texture plate; Nestabilities; Martha Stewart punch Accents: Ribbon, pearls This card was made for the Our Daily Bread Day 2 Anniversary Challenge . This one is an inspiration challenge based on a china photo collage. I was inspired by the colors, the butterflies, and the white and patterns. I immediately thought of embossing. I don't know if you can see it well in the photo but all of the white is embossed, including the image panel. I used the sketch at Taylored Expressions for the layout. I was inspired by one of the DT cards as to the placement of the butterflies.

I'm a little late getting in the game for some of the challenges I wanted to participate in this week. Here is a card a made for the Mojo sketch and the FTTC52C to make a birthday card with fruit or fruit colors as inspiration. I have no fruit stamps so I went with the citrus fruit colors. Stamps: Flourishes Paper: K&Co. Tools: Nestabilities; Copics Accents: brads

I've used MissMatch Ketto on this card and used the sketch from Sketch Saturday again. I also incorporated the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge call for hearts into this one. Stamps: Stamping Bella Paper: Unknown (from my old stash) Accents: Prima flowers Tools: Sizzix heart die, heart punch I also made a card last night for StampTV's sketch challenge. Since I used a butterfly, I thought I'd share it at the Flutterby Wednesday challenge - it's an open challenge this week. Stamps: GinaK take flight Paper: K&Co. Tools: Nestabilities oval and scalloped oval ; Copics Accents: Rhinestones- Michaels

I'm quickly sharing a card that I made for this week's High Hopes challenge - use spacey colors. I made my card based on the CPS150 sketch. I used BasicGrey Lime Ricky papers. With all those funky patterns and colors, Ace looks like he's ready for a space flight, lol. I've colored him with Prismacolor pencils. Stamp: High Hopes Ace Paper: Lime Ricky BG Tools: Prismacolor pencils, Nestabilities petite and large circles Accents: Brads

I've been studying some Prismacolor tutorials and have been trying to improve my coloring skills. Here are a few good tutorials I've found: I've colored this image with Prismacolor pencils, desparately trying to apply what I've learned. I actually do thing this is my best colored pencil job yet. This card is made for the High Hopes challenge - use a bow, The Pink Elephant Birthday theme challenge , Creative Inspirations use something new (my new item is the label trio die) and for Aly's Sketch chall enge. I had to tweak the sketch a little but I started with it for my inspiration. Stamp: High Hopes Gavin the Birthday dragon Paper: BasicGrey Lime Ricky Tools: Prismacolor pencils, Nestabilities oval, scallop oval, and labels trio Accents: Ribbon

I'm quickly sharing another card I made for several challenges. I'm saying quickly because it is way past bedtime. This card uses another digi image. I'm addicted to these- instant gratification, easy storage, no mess. Don't get me wrong- I still like my rubber stamps and I'll be back with some of those soon. This was done in pink, brown, and cream for the Charisma Cardz challenge and Simon Says. I used Taylored Expressions Sketch #97 and the recipe from The Pink Elephant. Stamps: Image- digi Cappucino Pippin from Digital Delights; Sentiment- TCP Paper: Making Memories Tools: Copics- E40, C10, C6, C8, RV21, E57; Nestabilities Accents: Ribbon, buttons(Making Memories)

I dug deep into that old stash of papers for this one. This is some really old K&Co. paper. I must have gotten it 6-7 years ago and off ebay at that. (Please tell me I'm not the only one holding on to paper for 6-7 years.) This paper had the colors I was looking for. I made this card for the color throwdown challenge . Here are the colors I'm attempting to use: And that new punch I mentioned in my previous post- I used it too. My layout is based on the sketch at Stamp Something- this week's challenge is "sketch something". This is an anniversary card for my parents and for the Creative Inspirations challenge to make an anniversary card. Thanks for the push to get this done early. My parents have an anniversary at the end of this month. They are not as old as the folks in the image, but I thought it was so sweet. (Note and tip about the image: if it looks funny, it is in no way due to the quality of Mo's work. It is totally my fault. When I printed this, I...

Good morning! I hope you are having a great day. I have spent my morning making cards. Here is my card for this week's Mojo sketch . I'm actually getting a mojo card done before Sunday evening. For me that is a little something I take pleasure in. (Doesn't take much to please me, huh?) I've also made this for Stampin Sisters in Christ . The challenge there is to make a card for a new baby or new Christian. I really like this Jeremiah verse and what better words to encourage a new Christian. God really does have plans for us and once we accept him, He can put them into action. What an exciting thought. This is also for the Papertake Weekly challenge of New Beginnings. The best new beginning you can have is in Christ. You could also use a new product for the Papertake challenge so I used my new Spellbinders square die. It was a Christmas gift. Here is the card. Thanks for looking. Stamp: Verve Jeremiah 29:11 Paper: BasicGrey marrakech Tools: Nestabilities circles, square...