Southern Scraps

I pinned this card because I loved it's simplicity. source   A couple of weeks ago I needed to make a quick birthday card for my brother.   I immediatelty thought of this one. And it was QUICK! Probably the quickest card I've ever made.      I punched some stars out of scrap paper. I cut a 4.25 inch x 5.5 inch upright card from kraft cardstock. I changed it up a little by using a slightly different stamp and moving a star to the side. I also added brads to the center of my stars. I made it "my own" creation but you can definitely still tell where the inspiration came from.   What have you "pinned" and made lately?   Sharing here:   Think Pink Sundays * Under the Table and Dreaming * Sundae Scoop * Creative Bloggers Party and Hop * Craftomaniac Monday * Make the Scene Monday * Make It Pretty Monday * Masterpiece Monday * Motivate Me Monday * Inspire Me Monday * Market Yourself Mondays at Sumo’s Sweet Stuff ...

BIRTHDAY BONANZA EVENT: FROM FEB. 21-25, PURCHASE ANY THREE CARDS FROM MY SHOP AND RECEIVE A FOURTH ONE FREE. CONVO ME WITH YOUR CHOICE OF FREE CARDS. (Free card must be of equal or lesser value than your most expensive of the three purchases.) ALL CARDS IN THE BIRTHDAY AND ALL OCCASION SECTIONS QUALIFY TOWARDS YOUR PURCHASE. STOCK UP ON THOSE BIRTHDAY CARDS NOW SO THEY'LL BE ON HAND FOR THE LAST MINUTE. You know birthdays sometimes slip up on us or the kids forget to tell you they got an invitation to a party. Just keep a few cards on hand and you'll be prepared. A handmade card says you care even more and they'll never guess it was a last minute thought. Here are a few of the designs available. Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

I've been making gift card holders again. My hubby and nephew love video games. This gift card holder would be great to hold a Gamestop gift card or other game store card. I can't resist linking up to a challenge once in a while. Stampin Sisters in Christ always has a great message with their challenge. This week the challenge is to use green. The Basic Grey Lime Ricky papers I've used fit this perfectly. I'll also be linking this up to some of the linky parties on the side. If you want to make your own gift card holder, you'll need a piece of cardstock 11 inches by 4.25. Score at 5.5 and fold. Glue the two long outer edges, but just the edges. You'll want the insert to fit. Cut a piece of cardstock 3 inches by 5 inches. The rest is up to you. Use whatever image or craft goodies you want to embellish your gift card holder. If you don't want to make one, you can always pick one up from time to time in my shop . From Feb. 21-25, I (along with other et...

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've got a couple of cards to share based on some sketch challenges. First up is one for Truly Scumptious with a theme of April Showers. Here is the sketch: and my take: Paper: Bazzill; BasicGrey Stamp: MFT Accents: Prima flowers; rhinestones Next is the sketch at Pixie Cottage . I've just recently discovered this challenge blog and their stamps and I have more on my wish list now! My take: Paper: Bazzill; HOTP Stamp: ODB; Sweet N Sassy Accents: ribbon, button, pop top I'm also submitting this for the ODB challenge this week. It is all about recyling and my item is the soda pop tab used as a ribbon slide under the bow and button. This card also fits the theme at A Spoonful of Sugar this week- birthday. Hope you are having a good week!

That's what this little character looks like he's saying. I wish I felt that energetic, but seeing as how it is late and I worked in the yard again, I don't feel any energy. I did muster up this card for a few challenges. I recently discovered Karen's Doodles and have fallen in love with her images. I just bought a few, but have actually used a freebie from the PCP group for this card. This week's challenge is a sketch. I've combined it with Digital Tuesday's paper piecing challenge and I paper pieced the balloons. I used the birthday theme from Creative Card Crew and the embossing and ribbon give it texture, so I'm submitting this card at Cute Card Thursday as well. Here ya go: Thanks for looking and goodnight!

I'm sharing a couple of cards that I made for sketch challenges. They combine a few other challenges too. First, it is sketch time at Papertake Weekly . They always have such fun sketches. Here is my card with a TGF digi using the sketch. I pierced some holes and highlighted them with black pen. Stamp: TGF Paper: K&Co. Tools: Nestabilities, Copics, paper piercer Next is a card that I made for Card Patterns . Stamp Something wants to see "funny" somethings and Digital Tuesday is challenging us to make funny masculine birthday cards. This image from KLM Digital Designs was perfect for both. I came up with the sentiment myself! Stamp: Scared Ella KLM Designs Paper: BasicGrey Tools: Nestabilities, Copics Accent: Button (Making Memories)

Good morning. If you are fortunate enough to have this day off, I hope you are enjoying it and doing something fun. I just finished up a simple little card for the Whiff of Joy challenge #62. I used Henry celebrating mouse for my image and a piece of K&Co. patterned paper with Bazzill cardstock.

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

Hi blog readers and followers. Sorry for my lapse in posting. I have not been participating in any challenges or blogging since the last post because I have worked on a 62 page family history scrapbook for my dad's 70th birthday. It took all of my spare time and I had to let other things go. It was worth it though. We had a party last night and all the family and friends really enjoyed looking at the book. I did get a chance to participate in some challenges this week. I used them to make birthday cards for my mom and dad. Their birthdays are two days apart. The first one was for my Mom and uses the Friday Sketchers sketch, a charm that fits the Simon Says challenge , and red posies that inspired my color scheme for the Flourishes Floral Finesse challenge . Stamp: Posies (Flourishes) Paper: K and Co.; Bazzill Tools: Square punch Accents: Brads, flowers, charm My second card is for the sketch challenge over at StampTV. I rotated the sketch. Thanks for looking. I hope to be worki...

I'm finally back with a two for Tuesday. If you're looking for a birthday gift and card with some elegant and vintage flair, try this. YELLOW LUCITE IRIS FLOWER AND BRASS EARRINGS by the29sparrows Birthday wishes by SouthernScraps

I've been having fantasies of making cards, but I've had no time to stamp! LOL The Caardvarks theme for the latest challenge was "fantasy". I finally got my High Hopes stamps- (it took over a month, and they had to ship twice because I did not receive the first package, but they were nice enough to send me double the stamps I ordered for the wait. I love my new stamps and I will order from them again. I used one of them for this theme and had so much fun coloring the dragon. ) Oops, I digressed. I finally got around to making a card. I made this one to also fit the High Hopes challenge this week and used the sketch from CPS . The High Hopes challenge was piercing, which I love to do! Here' s the card: Stamps : High Hopes Paper : Spring Collection by Junkitz (2005) Ink : Versamark Onyx; Marvy Markers Tools : Paper piercer; CM square punch Here's a close up of that piercing!

Birds are singing and stirring. I know it's spring when I hear them and start finding their new nests. The challenge at Stamp Something was to create something that makes you think spring. That's one of the things I think about- birds, so I created a card with this bird stamp. I used the sketch from Our Creative Corner . Paper : BasicGrey vagabond Stamp : Martha Stewart; Verve sentiment Tools: Nestabilities; Marvy Markers; chalk Accents : Fiber (EkSuccess)

I've managed to complete another 4 challenges in one card! Again, I started with the Verve sketch (week 3). I used some very old papers from my stash. I don't even know who made these papers. When I first started scrapbooking, I bought many paper lots off ebay not knowing they were probably outdated then, so I have lots of old, "out of style" papers in my stash. That was the basis for the Three Clovers challenge this week. I also used ribbon, which is the challenge at Flourishes and the Saturday Challenge was a cake theme. This card covers them all! A few details: The stamp is by Verve. I coated the top of the cupcake with Stickles. I did some faux stitching with a white gel pen and a blue marker. Thanks for stopping by. Check out my ebay auctions too !

Tonight's share is a card I created for the Stamp Something challenge ( another great challenge blog I've discovered since the first of the year). The challenge is to create a birthday card. I can always stand to have those on hand. I used this week's sketch at Paper Craft Planet for the design. Patterned Paper : Unknown (Isn't it horrible to have so much stuff around for so long that you forget who made it?) Stamps : It's Your Day, VAP!; hat, unknown Tools : Provo craft decorative scissors, Nestabilities, color pencils, Marvy markers Accents : Bling, Heidi Swapp and Michaels

Need a birthday gift? Check out this fun pairing! Earrings by beadsme Card by southernscraps

Do you like the look of stitching on your paper projects, but don't have a machine or don't feel like messing with threading a needle? Then this technique is for you. You need: 1. A Ruler 2. A paper piercer or large needle ( here's one by Making Memor ies) 3. Mat ( here's one by Fiskars) Lay your project on your mat and punch holes evenly spaced by using your ruler to line them up and space them. Once you've punched your holes, "connect" them with a marker or pen. This detailing looks great on the finished project!

Hope you all had a great weekend. Here is a card I made for a friend's birthday. The image is clip art by Lori Lynn Simms from her Road Rippers Set at PCCrafter . The card itself was inspired by a sketch (SC150) at Splitcoaststampers . It has lots of layers and eyelets. I might repeat this design so I can use up my stash of eyelets.

I just finished making birthday cards for the neighbors' girls. They have birthdays six days apart. I'm late with one of them. I thought I would share the cards with you. The first one was inspired by a card with the same sentiment published in the March 2008 PaperCrafts Magazine. I made it my own with different colors and stickers. I printed "hope your birthday" on beige cardstock with "Da Bomb" font. (I have so many fonts - I forgot where I got this one.) I also used Making Memories handwriting stickers, a guitar and record from Karen Foster The Fifties, and a Design Lines sticker from Mrs. Grossman's . I mounted the beige piece on a 5x7 card made from pink cardstock. I think I did pretty good using my "stash" for this. The second card was designed using a sketch from splitcoaststampers.com. I used more stuff from my stash. The paper came from a lot I bought at Ebay and I have no idea what brand it is. The cute ribbon I got at Target in the d...