Sassy Lil' Card Sketches-June 28th

Hello again!
This card features  the Sassy Lil' Card Sketch for June 28th! I made this card for Shawn's grandmother's birthday! It features some Echo Park's Springtime collection.

Here is the sketch!

Have a great evening! 

Catherine 

Unity's Friends w/Flair featuring "Hugs and Kitties"

Happy Friday to you! Hope you have a wonderful day and weekend! I am glad it is friday and time to relax with friends and family! If you know me, you know that we have two little kitties... well, they are grown... lol! One is "grown" more than the other, lol! They always do some of the sweetest and sometimes strangest things! I was vacuuming yesterday, which is rare, and Tiger Lily flipped out. She went to hide on the chairs at the dinning room table and sort of fell asleep there. So, I knew I had to grab my camera! And here is her sweet self just resting...

Very innocent, but if you know Tiger, she far from it! :D
Last week, Unity had that fabulous sale and I got my stamps in the mail this week! I was so excited to get an adorable cat collection at a fantastic price!

Here is the card that I made with the "Hugs and Kitties" kit!

Here is a close up of that cute lil' kitty!

Materials Used:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Echo Park
Ink: Tim Holtz "Distress Ink"
Ribbon: Michael's
Stamps: Unity

Enjoy!
Catherine

Fruit Themed Unity Challenge

Over at the Unity challenge, the theme is fruit! I only have one Unity stamp with fruit and it's three adorable apples! So, I made a card for another teacher at work to thank her for all the hard work she does!

I didn't base it off a sketch, but I was able to use some Echo Park "Little Boy" collection. It's perfect for school projects also with the great primary colors! And I used my EK Success notebook paper punch! It's a simple card... Nothing fancy about it, but those little apples were calling my name! :D

 Have a wonderful Wednesday! I only have two more days with my students and then SUMMER!
Enjoy,
Catherine

Papercraft Star Challenge #38

Papercraft Star Challenge #38 is a great sketch by the wonderful Liz Chedester! I am super busy getting ready for this week but I wanted to post this layout!

Here is the sketch that I used:

I love it! Although I only used one horizontal photo from our Spring Break!

The photo hasn't been retouched... which will make the layout look better but I wanted to make sure I got my layout entered!

Here is a close up!

I will try to stop by and up date with the supplies that I used! But if you are an Echo Park fan, you know most of this is from their "For the Record" collection! Have a wonderful week!

Catherine

Sassy Lil' Card Sketch March 7th

Happy Monday!

Day 3 of Spring Break! Today, we cleaning up around the house and doing lots of loads of laundry! Hope you had a great weekend! I know we did. Fishing, church, fellowship with friends! Great weekend!

I wanted to play along with Sassy Lil' Sketches March 7th sketch. Super cute, it features a big butterfly and I have one on my Gypsy that I received for Christmas!

Here is the sketch!

Here is my card, I used Echo Park's For the Record. Great collection, very vintagey...! The colors are great too!



Materials Used:

Patterned Paper/"hello" sticker: Echo Park

Cardstock/Grey Thread: Bazzill

Cricut "cartridge": Gypsy Wonderings

Punches: EK Success, Fiskars, Marvy

Ink: Color Box

Papercraft Star Challenge #34

Good Evening! I hope you are having a crafty weekend! I am just getting started! Today, I was able to spend some quality time with my mom! We went shopping and ate at the Cheesecake Factory! Can you say yum!!!!? It was great! We are so busy that I don't often get to spend quality time with much of family! But I am so glad I did!

Recently, I was able to purchase Echo Park's "For the Record" and "Springtime" I am loving Echo Park at the moment! They just don't disappoint!

Well, I wanted to create a card using Liz Chedester's sketch for Papercraft Star! The birdy is so cute that I just had to include him on my card! I love how I positioned him on my card!

Here is the sketch!

And here is my card!

Look at that little birdy! He is just too cute! I stuck him to some red cardstock to make him pop and then I did a little fussy cutting...

Materials Used:
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Echo Park
All Stickers: Echo Park
Ribbon: American Crafts
Ink: Color Box "Charcoal"

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy!
Catherine

Sketches In Thyme Tuesday Take #9

I enjoy seeing the sketches at Sketches in Thyme, but I have yet to enter a card in one of their challenges! So, here is my first!

They are using a Card Patterns sketch with is very similar to my previous post! I guess that's one reason I tried it out!

Here is my card!

I can't quit using Echo Park! I bought two more packages from their 2010 collections and I just love them! This one especially! They just don't disappoint! I love the big buttons!

Materials Used:

Patterned Paper, Stickers, Die Cut:  Echo Park

Cardstock: Bazzill

Ribbon: from Michael's

Buttons: not sure... Threw away packaging... Bummer, because I love them!

Enjoy,

Catherine

Echo Park and Card Patterns #99

Good Evening!
I hope y'all had a wonderful weekend. Mine was great. Relaxed on Saturday and had dinner with some of my family... Today, we went to church, and was able to craft a little! Card Patterns has a fantastic sketch this week and I just had to use it!

See what I mean! Couldn't resist!

I had to use my Echo Park! I L-O-V-E their paper and stickers and die cuts!

I love distressing at the moment, I just have to do it!

Materials Used:

All Patterned Paper and Sticker: Echo Park

Cardstock: Bazzill

Ribbon: from Michael's

Grey String: Bazzill

Scalloped Punch: Fiskars

Stamp Punch: EK Success

Pink Bling: Bazzill

Charcoal Cat Eye

Cardabilities Birthday Shetch Challenge #2

Hello Everyone,
I am back again with a sketch from Cardabilities! And they have a great sketch for one of their birthday celebration challenges! I knew this was the perfect chance for me to use my new Echo Park "Life is Good" collection! I just love the way it tuned out!

Supplies Used:

• Cardstock: I believe it is Core'dinations... It was a scrap, and I am not sure of the manufacturer...
• Patterned Paper: Echo Park: "Life is Good"
• Stamp: Unity
• Embossing Powder: Tim Holtz
• Buttons: Personal Stash
• Twine: American Crafts
• Cricut: Gypsy Wonderings

Papercraft Star Challenge #23

Hey there,
It's Thursday! Yay! And another challenge is happening at Papercraft Star! Have you submitted your project for this challenge? It's a great challenge!

Green Holidays

• Create an altered holiday gift, card or scrapbook layout using recycled or repurposed items you already have on hand.

I was a little reluctant mainly because I wasn't sure what I could recycle, but today I received these cheap mini popcorn bucket as a Secret Santa gift at school, and I had no idea what I was going to do with them. But then, I had a revelation! Seriously! I would use them for a gift "Box/Bag"!

I was so excited about how it turned out that I had to post even if I didn't have the best lighting! If I have time later, maybe I can post a better picture!

Don't worry, I put patterened paper on all four sides! Aren't these snowmen adorable!? This is more of my Echo Park paper that I absolutely love, using some ribbon from good ol' michael's and Hobby Lobby.
I also used my Martha Stewart scoring board to make my pinwheel like what Liz showed us in the tutorial today! They are so much fun. Try a border punch and see who you like it! :D

Thanks for stopping by!
-Catherine