Days 31 of 365 Card Challenge

I've been busy taking classes the last few days and had to catch up with the challenge. The challenge for day 31 is to take an image and ( digi, stamp, etc) and break it down into thirds- 1/3 no color, 1/3 patterened paper 1/3 hand colored ( markers, colored pencils, chalks, paint etc. It dosen't have to be in perfect thirds, just broken down into three parts.
For day 31's card I used.

• Basic Grey Patterned Paper
• DCWV Patterned Paper
• CTMH cardstock
• Inky Antics Flower Turtle Stamp
• Prisma Colored Pencils
• CTMH Bubblegum ink
• Mini Monagrams Cricut Cartridge

DID YOU KNOW that the shell of the turtle is made up of 60 tiny bones all connected together.

Day 30 of 365 Card Challenge

Today's challenge is to use an image on the outside of your card, then use it again on the inside but don't use it in the exact same way.

This Judith stamp has been one of my favorite stamps for years and one of the very few wood mounted stamps I've held on to. I used

• CTMH's Cocoa Cardstock
• May Arts Ribbon
• K & Company Patterened Paper
• Copic Markers
• Sakura Stardust Gelly Roll Pen
• CTMH stamp "For every Occassion"
• Cricut Cartridge "A Walk in my Garden"

DID YOU KNOW that butterfly garden can range in size from a few containers to several acres.

Day 29 of 365 Card Challenge

Today's challenge is to incorporate the sentiment "Hang in There" on your card.

I really enjoyed this one as I got to use different techniques. The background paper was some cloud paper I had (not sure who made it). I used CTMH's stamp of the month for April with a masking technique for the flowers. I colored in the flowers with Copic markers & I used a technique with Copic Markers that I learned in my certification class yesterday for the grass. Wow did I learn a lot there! I cut the clothes & cloud from Everyday Paper Dolls and New Arrivals with my Cricut. And used good old fashion handwriting for my sentiment. Some Bazzil cardstock and twine to finish it off. DID YOU KNOW using a clothesline saves money and emits zero greenhouse gas emissions per load.

Day 28 of 365 Card Challenge

Today's challenge is another Super Sketchy Sunday at 365 Card Challenge:

This is my take on the sketch:

For today's card I used

• CTMH's Perfect Day Paper Pack
• You're a Hoot Stamp set
• CTMH's basic and autumn buttons.
• A Fiskars border punch
• CTMH Juniper grosgrain ribbon
• Cricut Mini Monagrams
• CTMH Just Blooms Paper Flower
• Sakura Stardust Gelly Pen

DID YOU KNOW Owls cough up pellets made up of bits of animals they eat. Owl pellets contain mostly bones and fur.

Day 27 of 365 Card Challenge

Today's challenge at 365 Card Challenge you need to have at least 8 elements,( not counting the cardstock or any background paper) and here's the challenge all those elements must overlap with at least 2 other elements. I thought of lots of things: eggs in a basket, gumballs in a gumball machine, cupcakes stacked on a platter but I liked this card best.

• Reminisce paper
• Bazzil Cardstocks
• May Arts Ribbon
• CTMH Stamps
• Cricut Cartridge "Old West"
• Bazzil Pearls
• Color Box Chalk Ink

DID YOU KNOW you can not have a straight in poker without a five or a ten in your hand.

Day 26 of 365 Card challenge

Today's challenge at 365 Card Challenge is Card Recipe Ingredients:

• 5 x 5 card


• 3 circles


• 2 squares


• ribbon


• sentiment of your choice

to meet the requirements of this challenge, you must not stray from the recipe above--use only those ingredients.

For this challenge I use Bazzil cardstock, May arts ribbon, some SEI & Imaginisce papers and a stamp from CTMH's For Every Occasion. I used the cricut to cut my circles. DID YOU KNOW evil spirts can't hurt you when you stand inside a circle.

Day 25 of 365 Card Challenge

Today's challenge at 365 Card Challenge is Do it yourself glittered brads or pearls. Take a brad or pearl add a little glue and glitter and you have some glittery goodness!

This was my take on today's challenge. I cut my flower pot from Cricut's A Walk in my Garden the flowers from Make-the-cut. I used American Crafts large brads and some score pal tape. A little Doodle bug sugar coated glitter, Bo bunny dotted ribbon, Sakura stardust gelly pen, topped off with a stamped greeting from CTMH's Fringed phrases and presto a beautiful bouquet of flowers with lots of bling. DID YOU KNOW that spring last one month longer in the Southern Hemisphere.

Day 24 of 365 Card Challenge

Today's challenge at 365 card challenge is Terrific ten to use ten different patterned papers on one card. You can use more but you have to have at least ten. This was a fun challenge and the best part was getting to use up all those wonderful scraps. I used a mixture of K & Company, Basic Grey, DCWV, Imaginisce & some I'm not quite sure of. I also added some liquid applique, May arts ribbon. A CTMH stamp from Springtime and I cut my bunny from Winter Woodland Cricut cartridge. DID YOU KNOW if you do not wear at least one new article of clothing on Easter it is considered bad luck.

Day 23 Stencil it!

Today's challenge at 365 Card Challenge is Stencil it! All you have to do is use a stencil.

For today's challenge I used a stencil cut from Design Studio and I stenciled on top of my image with Pebbles Chalk. I used a stamp from CTMH's For Every Ocassion. Bazzil cardstock and some May Arts ribbon. DID YOU KNOW that Bamboo is the fastest living plant and can grow up to 35 inches in one day.

Day 22 of 365 Card Challenge

Today's challenge is to use this poster, or anything about the movie (or if you prefer, you can use the animated version) to inspire your card.

This was an extremely hard one for me. For this project I used Pebbles chalk for the green rolling hills and the blue sky. Imaginisce Twitterpated. I cut the mushrooms with the Paisley cartridge and Design Studio. Added some May arts ribbon. A CTMH stamp from Enjoy the Journey and used VersaMark ink and dark blue chalk for the greeting.DID YOU KNOW the movie took 5 years to complete, but was in development for 10 years before it entered active productions.

Day 21 of 365 Card Challenge

Today's challenge is Super Sketchy Sunday

This was my take on the challenge:

These are some flowers I made on the Cricut Design Studio from the Paper Bouquet Book. I used some paper from:

• K & Company


• May Arts Ribbon


• CTMH stamp from "Enjoy the Journey"


• CTMH Chocolate Ink


• Bazzil Card Stock

DID YOU KNOW tulip bulbs can be used in place of onions for cooking.

Day 20 of 365 Card Challenge

Today's challenge is "Let's make some noise" You need to make a card that makes noise a shaker card, add a bell or another item that makes noise. I choose a shaker card. I had this clear plastic heart from some Bo Bunny brads and had saved this heart for something just like this.

This was a fun card. The items I used :

• DCWV Blossoms & Butterflies
• May Arts Ribbon
• CTMH cardstock
• Bo BBunny heart
• assorted trinkets & beads

DID YOU KNOW the heart beats about 100,000 times a day.

Day 19 of 365 Card Challenge

Today's Card Challenge Imagine this. This challenge you use some object to inspire your card. In this care the challenge is to think cotten. Your not limited to color on this one.

For this one I used

• White linen cardstock
• Martha Stewart Border punch
• Creative Imaginations rub on
• K & Company wedding rhinestone
• CTMH Bitty Sparkles

DID YOU KNOW it is generally believed that the first cultivation of cotten was in India, though it grew wild in several locations around the world.

Day 18 of 365 Card Challenge

Today's challenge at 365 Card Challenge is to use 3 of the following patterns on your card: Plaid, Paisley, Gingham, Houndstooth, & Toile. Sounds easy and I have all the patterns they colors just don't go together. So I had to do a lot of searching today. But I came up with a card.

The products I used today are:

• Bazzil Cardstock
• Basic Grey PP
• Assorted papers from K & Company
• Assorted buttons from Making Memories
• May Art's Ribbon
• CTMH For Every Occassions Stamp Set
• Border Punch from Martha Stewart
• Olive Ink from CTMH

DID YOU KNOW that Levi Strauss invented the fabric called denium, and blue jeans.

Day 17 365 Card Challenge

Today's challenge is a "twinchies" challenge. Your whole card can be a twinchie, or you can put one (or two or three) on your card. You'll need to decorate a 2 x 2 inch piece of cardstock or some other material to meet the challenge. I decided to stay with a St. Patrick's Day theme and use twinchies as the base of my card utilizing my scraps.

My background paper consists of a little:

• DCWV
• Bazzil Gold Foil
• Basic Grey Urban Prairie

I cut my turtle with A Walk in the Garden and Paper Doll Dress Up. The ribbon is from May Arts. Stamp from CTMH "Holiday Hoopla" a wonderful stamp set for all occasions. And gold metallic ink from Color Box. Happy St. Patty's Day! DID YOU KNOW originally the color associated with St. Patrick's Day was blue.

Day 16 of 365 Card Challenge

Today's challenge was a lot of fun. So many ideals came to mind. tortoise-hare,Democrat-Republican , angel-devil , heaven-hell , coke-pepsi well I could go on and on. I used salt-pepper & black & white.

For this card I used CTMH black & white daisy. Silver foil, Bazzil swiss dots, May arts ribbon, Texture textile embossing folder from Cuttlebug and some acetate. I printed my verse and inked it with CTMH black ink. DID YOU KNOW only 6% of the salt used in the U.S. is used in food; another 17% is used in de-iceing streets & highways in the winter months.

Day 15 of 365 Card Challenge

Today's challenge is ad inspired this is the ad

I made my own background paper using a mixture of perfect pearls,dimensional pearls and alcohol. I sprayed the mixture over some lace I had. I used Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses and weaved it for my basket. I stamped the eggs with CTMH Playful Petals & Springtime stamp set s with CTMH Crystal Blue, Sweet Leaf & Petal Inks. The flowers are Prima flowers with Making Memories pearl brads in the center. Easter Wishes was stamped on a cut out from Faboulous Finds. The basket was cut from Doodlecharms. I finished it with a border punch from Martha Stewart.

Day 14 of 365 Card Challenge

Today's Challenge is Sunday's SketchI used Bazzil Metallic for my card base patterened paper is Debbie Mumm, Stamps by CTMH Springtime I colored my raindrops with a stardust gelly pen then added glossy accents some left over ribbon and brads. DID YOU KNOW tree crickets are called the poor man's thermometer because temperature directly affects their rate of activity. Count the number of chirps a cricket makes in 15 seconds, then add 37. The sum will be very close to the outside temperature.

Day 13 of 365 Card Challenge

Todays challenge Take an image and do just a bit of paper piercing in order to raise some portion of it off the page to give dimension.With this card I used the Bee Mine stamps from CTMH and Playful petals. I stamped the flowers,leaves and vine on my paper with White, and Clover Meadow ink. I used Chocolate ink for the centers of my flowers and cut them out and pop them up. The bees were stamped and cut out with the antenna being drawn on with a black pen. The bug jar was cut from Doodlecharms. I topped everything off with my Stardust Gelly pen from Sakura and some wonderful two toned ribbon from May Arts.I've really had a lot of fun with the Bee Mine Stamp from CTMH and you can get this stamp set free if your interested let me know.DID YOU KNOW the average life span of a worker bee is between 7 & 8 weeks but a queen bees life span is between 2 & 8 years.

Day 12 365 Card Challenge

Today's challenge is to include 20 or more circles from at least 2 different sources. I just taught a neat technique class last night and used this awesome Spots and Dots embossing folder. This is a double embossing technique on metal so it was perfect timing. I used two embossing folders Spots & Dots and Friends Forever, card stock from Close to My Heart, patterned paper from Reminisce, Red Copic Marker and a dragon fire brad. I ued silver on one side gold on the other crafting metal from Darice. DID YOU KNOW dragon flys have four wings, which allow them to fly forwards, backwards and hover. The top speed of a dragonfly is around 35 mph. A dragonflys life revolves around flying. They capture and eat their food while flying and they evan mate while flying.

Day 11 365 Card Challenge

Todays Challenge is to create a background on your card using patterned paper (no solid background). For this card I used Cricut cartridges Walk in My Garden, Plantin Schoolbooks, Wild Card, & Doodle Charms. Bazzil cardstock, Basic Grey Origins and Bo Bunny Winterland Mist. Sakura Gelly Roll Pen, Color Box Chestnut Roan & Prima flowers. The stamp set I used is Be Mine from Close to My Heart. I have the Design Studio file I'll share if you shoot me an e-mail.Did you know that insects eat 1/3 of the Earth's food crop each year.

Day 10 of 365 Card Challenge

Today's 365 challenge is to make a card using ORANGE-PURPLE-BLUE So many things run throught my mind with these colors but I've been playing with a bunch of flower techinques lately that I thought I would try some with these color combos. The techinque I used can be done with any Cricut or punched circular shape. Accent Essientials has some great circular shapes for all kinds of flowers. The cardstock I used today was from American Krafts and some Bazzil Bling. The patterened paper is Bo Bunny, buttons & Hydrangea ink from CTMH, the stamp is the stamp of the month from CTMH and the final touch my trusty Sakura Stardust gelly pen. DID YOU KNOW in the USA the most common birthday is Oct 5 and the least comm is May 22.

Day 9 of 365 Card Challenge

Today's challenge was song inspired by Louis Armstrong's

"What a Wonderful World

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
They're really saying I love you.

I hear babies cry, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world."

The first thing I thought of when I heard this song was the "Beautiful Day Stamp" set from CTMH and this month when you sign up to be a consultant from CTMH you receive this in your kit along with 4 new stamp of the month sets for an extra $91.80 value. I used the Beautiful Day stamp set along with Kraft Cardstock from Bazzill and a mixture of Basic Grey's solid papers to create this card.
I also used Color Box Chestnut Roan, May Arts Ribbon, Pebbles Inc Chalk, & a VersaMark stamp Pad. I used the Cricut & Mini Monagram's for the scalloped circles. DID YOU KNOW Louis Armstrong was nicknamed Satchmo.

Day 8 of 365

Today's challenge is to think "Outer Space" and how those words will inspire your card.

This was a big challenge for me. I really had to think outside the box.I'm not quite sure what was so hard but after I completed my card I was extremely happy with the outcome. I'm thinking about sending it to one of those kind people who offered a place to stay if we were coming through town. Careful it might just be you. For this card I used American Krafts Cardstock, You Rock patterned paper by CTMH, TLC stamp from CTMH, Martha Stewart crystle fine glitter, White Signo pen by Sakura, buttons by Creative Cafe, Black Zig 05 pen for stitching and higlighting. Googlie eyes & skittles by Darice. My card & Aliens were made by using Design Studio, Everyday Paper Dolls, From my Kitchen, & A Garden of Words. If your interested in the file I used send me an e-mail. DID YOU KNOW a space vehicle must move at a rate of at least 17 miles per second to escape Earth's gravitational pull.

Day 7 of 365 Card Challenge

Day 7 is Super Sketchy Sunday.

I really had a great time designing this one. Iused the Veranda Paper Collection from Close to my heart. I think this is one of my favorite collections. I used DMC floss for the stitching. The bird stamp is from the Felicity's collection stamped with Juniper ink both from Close to my heart. The edging ink was Gold from Color Box a Bazzil pearl for an eye and the best for last my template was cut from Cricut Design Studio using the George & Basic Shapes Cartridge..

Here's a video I came across I thought was really interesting let me know if you try it

Day 6 in 365 Card Challenge

Today's challenge is to create a stamped image using more than one color of ink. This means that the ink must be applied to the stamp beforepressing it on the paper-as opposed to coloring in an image with markers. So for this challenge I used Basic Grey's Origins paper,May Arts ribbon, and my new border punch from E.K. Success. Stamps from Close to my heart.

Day 5 in the 365 Challenge

Todays challenge is to make a petal card. So with the wonderful world of Make-the-Cut and Close to my Heart Stamps I was able to create

this pink petal card using Bazzil cardstock & rhinestones,chocolate ink , Fringed Phrases stamp set & Beatiful Day stamp set from Close to my heart. I also used one of my favorite tools the wonderful gelly stardust pen from Sakura.

I'm Back

I know I've been gone a long time. My weight has gone up and now it's on it's way back down. I have been lost in the crafting world for the past 2 years and have a web site at http://www.createyourheartout.com/ but decided to try and keep up with my personal blog too I hope you will visit both and enjoy the journey. was browsing the crafting web today and came across a neat little site called http://365cards.blogspot.com/ What a great site and it has my creative juices revving up. I've been to a lot of challenge sites but none have intrigued me like this one. It started March 1st so I had some catching up to do. This is what I came up with for my first 4 cards. The first was a challenge using these colorsFor day 2 you needed to have at least one of each of the 3 following items: CIRCLE-SILVER-PEARL I used the Cricut Wildcard cartridge to cut the card base and the rose from the icons added some pearls and black and silver ribbon.


For day 3 the challenge is to create String Art on your card. Wow at 4am trying to do 4 cards was a great challenge alone but "string art" that was a real challenge. I did complete the challenge with the help of a friend who had given me a spirelli scalloped circle so I was able to incorporate that into my card that I cut with Design Studio and the Mini Monograms cartridge.And finally day 4 was a white space challenge, you follow the sketch below, keeping all secorations in the blacked out areas:I used some Bazzill brown cardstock and my new border punch from E.K. Success,added a rubber butterfly from k.i. memories and dotted in some butterfly dust with my uni-ball signo pen. Well now after some much needed rest I will move onto day 5. I hope you will come back and visit.