Red, White and Blue Blog Hop and Joy's Life Design Team Thursday

Hi Everyone!
If you have arrived here from Linda's blog then you are in the right place! If you are just visiting me and want to see all of the fabulous patriotic projects then please go to Nicolette's Blog and start at the beginning.

 

For Day one of the Red, White and Blue Blog Hop and Joy's Life Design Team Thursday I created this Happy Birthday card for the USA!  I love the 4th of July! We usually go out all day in the boat and really enjoy living on the Outer banks of North Carolina, we swim, clam, picnic and then we watch the fireworks before we head back to the docks! I used the "Independence Day" Cricut cartridge for the 4 cuts that comprise the card, I created the window mat for the card in Make-the-Cut software, I used my white gel pen and a red Copic marker to add some detail and the sentiment is from Joy's Life Father & Son Stamp Set for the Happy Birthday.

I have a very cool Mini Album kit for blog candy to one Follower who leaves me a comment and your next stop is Sandra's Blog.

Happy 4th of July!!

Butterfly card

 

I just love this card! I created this card using Lettering Delights "Oh Hello Flutter" and "Butterflies and Blossoms" svg sets.  (The Lettering Delights "Butterflies and Blossoms" svg set is only available when making a purchase, it is also on sale!! As is the "Oh Hello Flutter".) I used svgcuts.com's "Nested Shapes" svg collection to create the card base. The papers I used are Colorbox Brights and the Wonderful, Fabulous, I Love Her to Death, Yolie sent them to me, she bought them at the Colorbox Warehouse sale!! Thanks so much again, Yolie! I am loving my paper!!!!! :-)

Joy's Life Design Team 2-fer

This week Joy asked us to create Father's Day cards. At my house, we have been dealing with some Medical issues with my Hubby so crafting time has been hard to come by. When I got into the craft room I created two cards for Father's Day, one from me and one From our 2 year old.

This is the card I created for Jeremy to give to Da (that is what he calls Daddy, most of the time) I used Joy's Life "Father & Son" Stamp set for the sentiment and the piecing is from Scrappy Dew's "Gone Fishing" svg set. I used Peachy Keen faces and inked the edges and added a little wave action with a black gel pen and some accents on the people with a white gel pen. I used my Cuttlebug and a Tim Holtz embossing folder on the canoe.

 

I also wanted to give my Hubby a card for Father's Day, We have been married for 25 years this year and I really appreciate him and our family.  I used Joy's Life "Father & Son" stamp set and SVGcuts.com's "Stick Figure Families SVG Collection" I wrote a mushy note inside of the card thanking him for our family! ;-)

I hope you all have a fabulous Father's Day with your Favorite Dad! See you soon.

Joy's Life Design Team Thursday Summer Time

Today's theme for my Joy's Life Design Team card is Summer Time, I needed a few Birthday cards for some upcoming Birthdays so I decided to make this super cute crab with ice cream card. The sentiment is from Joy's Life "Yummy Puns" Stamp Set, I love this set!

I used several Lettering Delights files and MTC software to create this card. The Sand Castle is from the Lettering Delights "Soak Up the Sun" svg set, I used the mat piece (most background image), duplicated it, mirrow imaged one of the images, butted them together, added a rectangle from the shapes menu to fill in a small space and then welded it all together to create the card base. The crab is from the Lettering Delights "Something Fishy" svg set and the ice creams are from the Lettering Delights "Banner Day" which was a free set I received for having a Free Account at Lettering Delights. I used glitter paper on the ice cream so it looks good enough to eat! I also used my Cuttlebug and a couple of different embossing folders to add some dimension to the sandcastle. I hope you enjoy my card!!

Paper Dolls Summer Theme

I used Joy's Life "Barnyard Puns" stamp set for the sentiment and the first thing I thought of was a Monkey's tail when I read this sentiment! I used the swimming Monkey from Little Scraps of Heaven's "Fun in the Sun Monkeys" cut set and the shark is from Scrappy Dew's "Sea palz Package". The background paper is from DCWV Summer Dreams Paper stack. I also chalked my pieces before I assembled them together and I attached the monkey using an Action Wobble, These are super cool!! When you make the monkey wobble, he looks like he is swimming!

Joy's Life Thursday and Day 2 of Nicolette's Birthday Bash Blog Hop

Today I have two cards for you, one is my Joy's Life Design Team Thursday card and the other is a Birthday card for Nicolette's Birthday Bash. If you have arrived from Cheryl at Cards by Cg then you are in the right place. If you just popped in to visit, Welcome and consider starting the Blog Hop at the beginning at Nicolette's blog.

The first card is my Joy's Life Design Team Thursday card. I used Joy's Life "Barnyard Puns" stamp set for the sentiment and the first thing I thought of was a Monkey's tail when I read this sentiment! I used the swimming Monkey from Little Scraps of Heaven's "Fun in the Sun Monkeys" cut set and the shark is from Scrappy Dew's "Sea palz Package". The background paper is from DCWV Summer Dreams Paper stack. I also chalked my pieces before I assembled them together and I attached the monkey using an Action Wobble, These are super cool!! When you make the monkey wobble, he looks like he is swimming!

My second card is a birthday card, in honor of Nicolette, Miss Nicolette loves Disney so I used The Best of Pixar Cricut Cartridge to create this super cute card. The sentiment is from Joy's Life "Yummy Puns" Stamp Set and the cupcake paper is from Echo park. I added the cupcake and some Stickles, along with some inking and twine I had a cute card! Your next stop is Krista at Krista's Paper Cafe! happy Hopping!!
I have some blog candy for you (still have to shop for it LOL) You must be a Follower of my blog and have posted on BOTH Days of Nicolette's Birthday Bash Blog Hop. Thanks.

Nicolette's Birthday Bash Blog Hop

Happy Birthday Nicolette!!

and Welcome to Day 1 of Nicolette's Birthday Bash Blog Hop, if you have come from Cheryl at Cards by CG then you are in the right place. If not, please consider going to Nicolette's blog and start at the beginning so you do not miss a single fabulous project! This hop is in honor of Nicolette's Birthday!!!

My project for Day 1 is the Cake Taker for the Birthday Cake!! I used a $5.99 cake taker from Target and used vinyl, MTC and SCAL to create this Fancy Cake Taker!  I used the Font Gando BT to create the Cake word art and layered it with all three colors.

The dots are three sizes, 1.25 inches, 1 inch and 3/4 inches and I cut 4 large, 6 medium and 6 small circles in each of the three colors. I placed them randomly and the cake slices on either side of the Cake word art are from Lettering Delights Oishii svg set.

On the Top, I added the ribbon bow, I bought the ribbon at Wal-mart and hand tied it. I attached it to the Cake Taker with a Velcro dot so that it is removable.

The Cake Taker is completely Hand Washable and once I fill it with a delicious Cake the Birthday Celebration can begin!!
Be sure to come back tomorrow for my 2nd project and also my Joy's Life Design Team weekly project, I actually will have two projects since my Joy's Life project isn't a Birthday project! Please leave a comment and someone who follows me and leaves a comment on this post and tomorrows post will win some sweet blog candy!!
You next stop is Krista over at Krista's Paper Cafe happy Hopping!!!

Winner of the Glitter Explosion Blog Hop

I really wanted to post a card (I have made several in the last few days) and then post the winner but you are just getting the winner!! I really need to photograph the cards when there is good light and quit remembering at 10:30 pm! :-)
 The winner of the Glitter Explosion Blog Hop is

Lisa R
She said

Great idea decorating the tray. Adorable plane card!

Thanks so much Lisa and I will email you! 
Y'all be sure to come back tomorrow for Nicolette's Birthday Bash Blog Hop and there will be more candy!! WOO HOO

Glitter Explosion Blog Hop

If you have arrived here from Pattern By Sher then you are in the right place! :-)
If you just came to OBX Stamping & Crafting to visit then please consider going to Yolie's and start at the beginning of the Glitter Explosion Blog Hop so you won't miss a single great project!

I have two projects for you today both very Glittery! The first one is in honor of Memorial Day, My Husband is retired from the US Coast Guard, so he is a Veteran and I am very proud of him and his service to our great country.

I bought this tray for $1 at Wal-Mart and I used glitter vinyl to embellish it. I created the
"God Bless the USA" from fonts on my computer and it is available for download over on the right hand side of the blog. I used silver glitter vinyl for the wording and the "white" dots. The dots are created using the basic shapes available in MTC and SCAL I used 1" circles and 1/2" circles, I cut 5 circles in the larger size and 5 circles of the smaller size in each of the three colors and placed them randomly. This tray is hand washable, I vinyled my mailbox over a year ago and it is holding up perfectly! (I did try to dishwasher a vinyled plate and the vinyl stayed but it started to "pick up" on the edges, so Hand wash!!) Here is a close up of the glitter vinyl.

My second project is a super cute card,

I used a svg from Blackleaf Studios' Flying High SVG and Graphics set and the background cloud paper is also from Blackleaf Studios. I used all glitter papers to cut out the airplane, the digi cloud paper and some yellow cardstock for the card base. The sentiment is from Joy's Life "You're So Punny" Stamp set. I really like this card, it is so bright and cheerful!

The next stop on your hop is Melin over at Paper Crafting World.

I do have some blog candy for you, you must be a follower of my blog and leave me a comment on this post and I am giving away a paper pack and a few other goodies. Don't forget to "like" OBX Stamping & Crafting over on Facebook, when we reach 100 followers there, I am having a giveaway and also, we are having a HUGE giveaway here when I reach 500 followers so send your Crafty Friends! Happy Hopping.
** Apparently Blogger's Follower app is down so I will accept following via Facebook or Networked Blogs, just leave me a note in comments! Thanks!!

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Gaby – www.gabycreates.com
Lenea  - http://sugargemscrafts.blogspot.com/
Xochitl - http://cricutcritter.blogspot.com/
Angie - http://angie-scrappinmemories.blogspot.com/
Ann -  http://annlenth.blogspot.com/
Mari - http://mariaschulz.blogspot.com/
Debbi - http://www.scrappingmamma.net/
Sherry - http://patternsbysher.blogspot.com/
Tammy - http://tammyjennings.blogspot.com/ (ME)
Melin - http://papercraftingworld.blogspot.com/
Celeste - http://www.touchedbyabutterfly.blogspot.com/
John - http://meyer-imports.typepad.com/

Joy's Life Design Team Thursday

I created today's card using Joy's new "Barnyard Puns" Stamp set, this set is a must have and is so cute, I have made a bunch of cards with this set so far and have a bunch more planned! I used a new company for the svg pattern, Scrapping Bug Designs, I used their "Garden" pattern set and it is so cute and easy to cut and layer. I made the tomato plant using the tomatoes from svgcuts.com's " Veggie Garden Part 2" , the plant is from Lettering Delights "Spring is Bliss" svg set and I made the tomato cage using some toothpicks and twine from The Twinnery. I used a little chalk ink to highlight my pieces and a few gel pens to add detail and I was done! I hope you all like the card! A few notes, when I reach 500 followers, I have a HUGE giveaway coming so tell your friends and also please go over to my Facebook page and "like" me there, when I reach 100 followers on there I am having a giveaway too!!

Click on the pic of the stamps to go to Joy's and order this set, I am absolutely LOVING it, there are so many options and she has two new sets available for pre-order that are fabulous!!

New Joy's Life Stamps!!!

WOO HOO

Joy, over at Joy's Life has two new stamp set available for Pre-order and they are FABULOUS!!!!

These stamps are interchangeable with each other and with Joy's other stamp sets! With these two sets, you have every conceivable occasion covered!! 

Also available right now is Joy's new barnyard Stamp Set (I have a new card using the Barnyard Stamps going up later today, have to take it's photo) 

Joy's stamps are absolutely fabulous, that stamp beautifully, crisply and cleanly, I just love them!! (and she doesn't make me say that!!):-)

Please run over to Joy's Life and pick up some new stamps today!

Joy's Life Design Team Thursday

 

This week Joy assigned a summer theme so here is my take on a summer theme. I used  Joy's Life "You're So Punny" Stamp set for the sentiment and the cutie patootie girl in her beach chair with umbrella and super cool umbrella drink is from My Scrap Chick's "Bella & Baxtor at the Beach". The sand is a piece of kraft paper that I hand tore and then used some chalk inks to give it more dimension and the wave is from Stacey Pamprin (her website is no longer a working site) I already have a friend I am sending this card to and my friend will love it!!

Joy's Life Design Team Thursday

I just love this weeks Joy's Life Design Team card! I used Joy's Life "Yummy Puns" stamp set for the sentiment, I used my masking technique to stamp the sentiment in two different colors.

The pears are from Lettering Delights " Eat, Drink and Be Hairy" svg set, the lips on Mrs Pear are from Lettering Delights "Lip Smackers" and the Bowler hat on Mr Pear is from Lettering Delights " Holiday Hats" I used the bunny ears hat and left off the ears. I used twine from the Twinnery and the tag is an svg that I can't remember where I got it (if anyone can help, please comment!) The checked paper is a digi paper from Lettering Delights Paper Pack "Best Witches" and the solids are from Michael's Recollections 12x12 cardstock pack. I hope that this card has showed how we can use items "outside the box" like the Halloween paper and the lips and hat, I almost didn't buy the svg files for the lips and the hat but I am so glad I decided to grab them, they really let you embellish other files, they can expand you other sets, they are like accessories and they can also stand on their own, I just love that! LOL I almost forgot, the flowers and brad on Mrs Pear are Prima flowers from my stash as well as the brad. Have a great Crafty Day!

Thanks a Melon Card

I finally found some time to play in my craft room yesterday and I finished this card that has been in production for - ever it seems! I will have to be honest and say I have no idea where I got the scalloped card base, I am sure it is from a scalloped square and I welded two together but it has been so long, I forgot. (hanging my head is shame!) The red checked picnic cloth I created using some digital paper and I used Photoshop to warp it so that it looked more like a cloth thrown down on the ground, I do like the way it turned out, pretty much like I imagined! LOL (that doesn't often happen LOL) The watermelon is from Lettering Delights "Summer Treats" svg set and the ants are from Just Yolie, they are actually two pieces, I only used the silhouette and drew in the eyes since they are so small. The twine is from the twinnery and the sentiment is from Joy's Life "Yummy Puns" stamp set. I hope to be posting more often, life has been rather crazy for me lately and the craft room has been getting rather dusty, I hope that has changed now! LOL

Joy's Life Design Team Thursday

I used Joy's Life Stamp Set "Yummy Puns" and a freebie svg to create this card for my mom for Mother's Day. I did use my Copic markers to give the popcorn more dimension and the inside says "Happy mother's Day" that I created using a font on my computer. Have a very Happy Mother's Day and Cinco De Mayo Everyone!