Birthday Card for Male Gamer Using CTMH Snowhaven Paper Pack

DT Project for The Squirrel and The Fox - Challenge 77 - For A Male

Hello bloggers/friends.  How is everyone today?  I haven't felt too good lately; so I had to slow down on creating cards.  I created this card for my stepson's birthday.  This was a big step for me; as I have never created a card with black hair.  I almost gave up in the very beginning; because I thought it was a lost cause.  Surprisingly; it came together and I thought it turned out pretty good after all.  

I needed something for a gamer; so I thought this looked like a video game guy.  Plus, he is gorgeous! LOL!  My stepson looks like this guy; in shape and size; plus he has long black hair.  His hair isn't wild like this; but I thought he might like it anyway.  His eyes are gorgeous; like this guy too.  I normally color girls; and they are usually well dressed.  This was way outside my comfort zone.   I must be getting braver in my old age.  LOL!   I hope you enjoy this card; as much as I did creating it.  I used a CTMH Christmas paper pack on this card.  I am very happy to see that you can use some of the pages for something other than Christmas.  

It is time for another fabulous challenge at The Squirrel and The Fox Challenge 77 For A Male.  Our sponsor for this challenge is Sweet N' Sassy.  I had already created this card for a male; and haven't felt up to creating much lately; so I will use this one.  Be sure to check out the other DT creations; as many of them did use a Sweet N' Sassy image.  They have some fabulous digi stamps.  

Sureya "Wanna Touch My Ears" Digi

Using CTMH Snowhaven Paper Pack

Inside Card

Supplies used to create this card:

Dies are all from Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge
Cardstock - CTMH White Daisy, Glacier and Black
Paper - CTMH Snowhaven 
Image - Sureya Wanna Touch My Ears Digi

Outside Sentiment - CTMH Joyful Birthday - B1419 (retired)

Inside Sentiment - CTMH Maximum Power - D1564 (retired)

Bling - Recollections

Copic Markers 

Hair - C1, C4, C7, C9, 100

Skin - E0000, E000

Shirt - BG11, C1, C2, C4

Necklace - BG15

Underwear - BG11

Belt - C1, C2

Jeans - C7, C1

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes (No limit) (Monday)

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes (3 of 3)

Craftin Desert Divas Linky Party - Anything Goes (No limit)

Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes (3 of 3)

Digi Makeover Challenge - Use a Digi (No limit)

Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog - Anything Goes (No limit)

Clear It Out - Anything Goes (Stash) (bling) (2 of 3) (Tuesday)

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything Goes (2 of 3)

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes (2 of 4)

Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes (No limit)

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes (2 of 2)

Crafting By Design - Anything Goes (No limit) (Wednesday)

House That Stamps Built - Celebrate Birthdays (No limit)

Penny's Paper-Crafty - Anything Goes (2 of 3)

4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes (2 of 3) (Thursday)

Crafty Little Fairies - Sparkle and Bling (2 of 3)

DL.Art September Linky Challenge - Anything Goes (1 per day)

Hannah and Friends - Special Card (No limit noted)

My Heart Pieces - Use A Digi Stamp (No limit)

Seize The Birthday - Anything Goes/Option Black and White (1 of 3)

Artbymiran - Anything Goes (1 of 3) (Friday)

Crafty Catz - One for the Boys (1 of 3)

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes (1 of 3)

Fairy Tale - Clean and Simple (1 of 3)

Graph'It Color Challenge - Amazing Hair (1 of 2)

Quick Quotes - Bling It On (1 of 1)

Simply Create Too - Show Us Something New (Paper/Digi) (2 of 3)

Sister Card Act - Anything Goes (No limit)

Sweet Pea Stampers - Lots of Layers (3 of 3)

Catch The Bug - Anything Goes (1 of 3)

Little Claire's - A Man's Birthday Card (1 of 3) (Saturday)

Pumpkin Spice - Birthday (No limit)

Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge - Anything Goes (No limit)

Totally Gorjuss - Bling (No limit)

Treasured Times Rubber Stamps and Scrapbooking - Anything Goes (No limit)

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Sketches By Carly Using "It's Your Day" Stamp Set, Cricut Art Philosophy and Cricut Artiste

Hi to my fellow crafters.  It's time for another Sketches By Carly.  I love Carly's sketches and love having a new one every two weeks.  If you haven't joined in the fun; there are lots of fantastic prizes every two weeks.  We are sponsored this week by Sweet N Sassy stamps.  I love this cute little mouse image.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed creating it.  This card is for my grandson who will be 17 yrs old.  I tried to make it fun and not childish. 

I wanted to create a card using the new "It's Your Day" Double "D" stamp set that is now available for only $5 with a $35 purchase.  (Retail $35.90)  It is 2 "D" stamp sets and is fabulous!!  There are so many things you can do with this stamp set.  Click here for the video using this stamp set and the new Cricut Artiste Cartridge to create the inside of this card.  Click her for a CTMH video using this stamp set for scrapbooking layouts. 

I pictured this little mouse on an adventure through the pumpkin patch and through life; so I used that theme to create this birthday card.  The image is "Cocoa's Pumpkin" from Sweet N Sassy Stamps.  I hope you enjoy my card.

Inside Birthday card

Sketches By Carly #63

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Supplies I used for this card:

Outside Cuts from Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge and two others for grass

Inside cuts from Cricut Artiste Cartridge

Card base - 6 1/2 x 5

Paper - DCWV Fresh Floral Stack

Green cardstock under image - DCWV Textured Brights

Green cardstock for grass - The Paper Company

Grass under pumpkin - Cricut Nate's ABC's - pg 51

Tall grass - Cricut Kate's ABC's

Bling - Want2scrap.com

Copic Markers Used:

Mouse - E25, E31

Leaf - VG61, VG67

Pumpkin - YR02, YR04

Inside Card:

Sentiments - CTMH "It's Your Day" Double "D" stamp set using

Ink - CTMH Topiary

Accents for sentiments - pg 65and pg 33 (accent 2)

Happy Birthday - Cricut Artiste Cartridge using cardstock from The Paper Company; accent under is pg 36.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Make It Monday - MIM 102
Inky Impressions - IIC72 - Pearls/Bling
Little Red Wagon - Challenge # 146 - Dog Days of Summer - Use an Animal on project
Paper Shelter Challenge - Challenge # 77 - "Clean and Simple"
Simon Says Stamp - Animal Antics
Tanda Stamps - Tanda Teaser 200 - Clean and Simple
365 Cards - Day 167 - All Boy
Waste Not Wednesday - Week 28 - Use up old stash - Paper from several months ago.
Whimsy Stamps - Challenge # 50 - Lots of Layers
Clear It Out Challenge - Manly card with 2 patterned papers
Jackson's Digital Expressions - # 18 - Anything Goes Optional Color
LEJ Designs - Challenge # 16 - Clean and Simple
Art With No Boundaries - Anything Goes and Rhythm of the Sea Part 2
Critter Sketch - Challenge # 128 - Digi Week
Digi Makeover Challenge-Challenge # 49-3,2,1 - 3 holes in each corner, 2 patterned papers, 1 image
Forever Friends - Fortnightly Challenge # 42 - Something New - New Digi image
Hooked On Crafts - Challenge # 23 - Let's Celebrate
Squigglefly - Challenge # 32 - Three Layer Dip
The Paper Girls - Challenge # 13 - Birthdays
Use Your Stuff - Challenge # 47 - Let's Hear It For The Boys
Victorine Originals - Challenge # 40 - Bling
Whoopsi Daisy - Anything Goes
Dream Valley Challenges - Challenge # 38 - Die Cuts and Punches
Great Impressions - A Walk On The Wild Side
No Matter Which Challenges - Challenge # 1 - Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - Challenge # 126 - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Week 167 - Going Around In Circles
Just Some Lines - Layer It Up
4 Crafty Chicks - Circles, Circles and More Circles
Delightful Challenges - Punches and Dies Challenges
Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Challenge # 41 - Scallops
Moving Along With The Times - Shape Up - Anything But A Square
Paper Crafting Journey - Happy Birthday/Celebrations
Papelitos Stamps Challenge - Challenge # 7 - Celebrations

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Click here for the video using "It's Your Day" double "D" stamp set and the new Cricut Artiste Cartridge to create the inside of this card. Click her for a CTMH video using this stamp set for scrapbooking layouts. 

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Birthday Card using Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge and Pemberley Paper Packet

Hello to all you wonderful creators!!  I hope everyone is having a fantastic day!!  It is going to be nice in Sunny CA today; but gradually getting warmer every day this week.  I have out of town guests this week; but they are in San Diego for a few days.  I decided I better get something created before they get back.   

I created a birthday card that can be used for male or female.  I used the Pemberley paper packet; which has a lot of wonderful pattern choices for this Mojo Monday 250 card.  It was a little bit of a challenge for me with all these layers.  I needed a lot of different colors/patterns and using one of CTMH paper packets does make it easier; but this card has a lot of layers and shapes.  It was fun and I was up for the challenge.  This paper packet will still be available in our new August Idea Book for anyone who is wanting to purchase. 

Be sure and check out the retirement items on my last blog post.  Those  items are being retired and end July 31, 2012 as does all the free Perfect Pairs; which you can see under the Specials tab at the top of the page.

Mojo Monday 250

Supplies used for this card:

Using Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge for all the shapes

Card base 6 1/2 x 5

Patterned Papers - CTMH Pemberley Paper Packet

Dark Blue paper - CTMH Outdoor Denim also with same paper packet

Lighter blue - CTMH Lilac mist (Part of Spring Packet - being retired)

Sentiment paper - CTMH Colonial White

Sentiment stamp set - CTMH Birthday Script - Retired - Many other stamp sets with birthday

Sentiment ink color - CTMH Indian Corn Blue

Butterfly punch - EK 3-way punch

Butterfly glitter paper - Core'dinations

Bling - Want2scrap.com

Adhesive - Tombow adhesive

Foam Tape - CTMH Foam tape

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Mojo Monday 250 - Sketch 250
Make It Monday - MIM #98
Art With No Boundaries - Anything Goes and Just Clowning Around Part1
Crafty Bloggers Network - Challenge #1 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp and Show - No Rules
The Cutie Pie Challenge - Challenge # 22 - Glitter and Bling
Platypus Creek Digitals - Challenge 11 - Things With Wings
ABC Challenge - T for 2 (2 bling on sentiment)
Mema's Crafts - Anything Goes
Oozak - Challenge #4 - Bright Colors
One Stitch At A Time - Challenge # 122 - Anything Goes
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - # 172 - Wings and Bling
LEJ Designs - Challenge # 12 - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs - Dust It Off - The butterfly paper has been around for a very long time.
Divas by Design - Challenge # 44 - Anything Goes
Paper Pretties - PWC #215 - Bling It On
Paper Shelter Challenge - Challenge # 73 - Anything Goes
Waste Not Wednesday - Week #27 - Used old butterfly and paper I had for months.
Whimsy Stamps - Challenge # 48 - Punches and Edgers (I used punches)
Sisterhood of Crafters - Let's Hear It For The Boys (Made for a man)
Corrosive Challenges - Challenge #153 - Sentimentally Yours
Dream Valley Challenges - Challenge # 36 - Anything But Square
Stampalot Challenge - What's Your Crafty Passion? (Using my Cricut)
Creative Mondays - Challenge #11 - For Men
Love To Create - Challenge #24 - 3 of something (3 bling)
Whoopsie Daisy - Use Up Your Stash - Used glitter paper for butterfly - oldest

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