Birthday Boy!

Long time, no blog! It's been a time of major changes in the Thompson household. DH and I are just wrapping up the first week of our new jobs with new work hours. And my usual photo taking spot has been turned into his home office, so I'm trying out new spots in the house for photo taking. I took this week's card featuring DigiStamp Boutique's adorable Owen in my dining room. Not great, so the hunt for a new photo taking spot continues...

I'm entering Owen into the following challenges:

Cards 4 Guyz - Fathers Day

Clear It Out - Fathers Day / stars

Have a wonderful rest of the week!

~ Lisa

Happy Birthday Stanley

Hope you're having a happy Monday! Dog images are always my favorite, so I am just loving this Stanley dog set from DigiStamp Boutique.

If you visit my blog somewhat regularly, you realize it's been a long time since I've last posted. Several weeks ago we learned that DH was being laid off from IBM. Needless to say, this has been a stressful time and my crafting mojo has been no where to be found (nor have I been feeling up to looking much for it). I'm hoping things start looking up soon.
Lisa

Krafty Bowl Challenge #1 - It's Ma Birthday!

I am not a fan of the Superbowl, but I am a long time fan of Kraftin' Kimmie, so I was excited to see that Kimmie was hosting several special challenges on Superbowl Sunday. Here's the first of my entries - it's for the first Krafty Bowl challenge - "It's Ma Birthday", in honor of Kimmie's birthday.

I used this cute Lisette stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie. She's retiring, so if you like her, grab her while you can.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:
Make It Monday - anything goes
Pile It On - use ribbon
Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes

Lisa

Happy Birthday, Kathy!

The girls over at Yumi and Fumi Handmade are getting together to wish our fellow DT member, Kathy, a very happy birthday!

Supplies: Yumi (Y&FH), sentiment  (DigiStamp Boutique), Copics,

Vintage Bliss 6X6 paper pad (Simple Stories) and  Lime Twist bakers twine (MME).

Head on over to the blog and leave some birthday wishes for Kathy. I'm sure she'd love it!
Lisa

Birthday Bobbi

Happy, happy hump day! Todays' card features one of the adorable new Bobbi images from DigiStamp Boutique. Be sure to visit the DSB blog to see some other great samples from some of my other DSB teamies.

(FYI - The sentiment is from the Birthday sentiments set from DSB. I love that set and find myself using it on many of my birthday cards.)

I'm also submitting to the following challenges:
Make It Monday - anything goes
Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes

I'll be back on Friday with some challenge entries. Have a great rest of the week!
Lisa

Birthday Girl

My oldest daughter turned 19 this Saturday (wow - how did THAT happen?!). There was plenty of celebrating - a bbq party with friends on Friday, dinner out with family and the boyfriend on Saturday, and a Fathers' Day/birthday celebration (Jessica's and my father-in-law's) with family on Sunday.

I hadn't decided on a stamp for Jessica's birthday card yet when I saw a sneak peak on Facebook for a new Birdie Brown image. The image came out Saturday morning - just in time to make Jessica's card! The layout is from the old Card Patterns sketch challenge blog and the papers are from my scrap stash. I love this Birthday Bear so much and had a blast making my card!

(And, yes, it's the same sketch that I used for my Designed to Color summer challenge card below.)

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:
Lil Red Wagon - 3 or more patterned papers (the patterns are subtle, but the aqua and pink papers in my card are patterned, as is the dp with the birthday words)
Creative Stamp Friends - Birthday

It's a quick post from me tonight. I'll be back throughout the week (Wednesday - DigiStamp Boutique, Friday - Sister Act Card Challenge). Hope to see you then!
Lisa

Tic Tac Toe!

Another birthday card for my stash! The Designed to Color gals are having a birthday celebration event on Facebook. Day 2's challenge was to make a card using 3 elements in a row from this tic-tac-toe:

I chose the elements Balloon, Banner and Aqua. I knew my Birdie Brown Party Dog image would be perfect, along with this fun MME Lime Twist paper and gorgeous Tiffany Blue cardstock from Paper and More.

I don't have a banner stamp or die cut, so I fashioned my own template from a piece of scrap paper and used it to cut my own banners (which are diamond shapes folded in half over a piece of Doodlebug baker's twine).

Other than fiddling with the banner (this was my first time making one), this card was quick to put together. I just love coloring in this image and use it for birthday cards whenever I can. :)

I'm also entering my card into the following challenges:
Pile It On - Happy Birthday
CAS on Sunday - Happy Birthday
The Ribbon Girl - use ribbon or twine (I used both)
Craft Your Passion - Banners
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Inky Chicks - Mothers Day or Birthday
Charisma Cards - use at least 5 different DPs (I have 2 on my card base and used 3 different DPs for my banners)

Now I am off to make dinner, which is decidedly less fun than making cards! I'll be back later this week with some Mothers Day and Easter cards, as well as a new Totally Papercrafts Challenge on Thursday. See you then!
Lisa

I'm Back!

Another snow day, another birthday card. :) For this one, I used Party Dog from the Birdie Brown Etsy shop. This is one of the first digis I bought from Torico and it's still one of my favorites. It's a fun image and I love coloring it in!

Supplies: Party Dog (Birdie Brown), Lime Twist 6X6 paper pad (MME), 

brads (Paper Studio), Copics, sentiment (Paper Studio).

I'm entering this party animal into the following challenges:
Inky Chicks - Birthday or Mothers Day
Card Makin Mamas - Its Birthday Time!
One Stop Craft Challenge - For the kids

Thanks for stopping by!
Lisa

Birthday Cards

Since I've found myself with extra time this weekend, I've decided to restock my stash of birthday cards. This card came together really quickly thanks to a great sketch on the Operation Write Home site. (I'm planning on donating some cards to OWH, as well.) It was also a great sketch for using up all those skinny paper scraps! This image from DigiStamp Boutique was quick to color in, too.

Supplies: Birthday Candles (DSB), Lime Twist - Life of the Party 6X6 pad (MME),

brads (Paper Studio) and Copic markers

I'm entering my cards into the following challenges:
Card Makin Mamas - Birthday Time
One Stop Craft Challenge - For the Kids
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Metal-ology (brads)
Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes
Loves Rubber Stamps - Lots of Layers
Through the Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes
Inky Chicks - Birthday or Mothers Day

I'll be back with more birthday cards soon!
Lisa

Let's Dance!

Welcome to another Totally Papercrafts challenge! Our hostess this weekend, Sue, has chosen the theme of "Let's Dance". Our sponsors this week are Bugaboo Stamps and J&C Creations. Bugaboo generously offered us some images to use on our cards and I chose this cutie, JJ Tequila and Shoes - Birthday.

Let's party! Check out the other DT members' cards for some great inspiration and then join us in this week's fun challenge at Totally Papercrafts! You could win a great prize from one of our TWO sponsors!

Lisa

Cutie Pie Challenge

I love making cards, I love sketch challenges and I love Birdie Brown digital Stamps, so I simply HAD to participate in the current sketch challenge over at The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog!

It was the perfect sketch for this Birdie Brown image, Party Dog.

He is just so much fun to color! That cute, smiley face surrounded by all of those bright colors has to bring a smile on your face! :)

I'm also entering my card into the following challenges:
Cards Galore - Anything Goes
Milk Coffee Challenge - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Beat the Blues
Ooh-la-la Creations - Happy Birthday
Wags 'n Whiskers - Celebration
Inky Chicks - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Have a great rest of the week!
Lisa

Give Me Mo' Stamping Time!

I spent last night getting crafty and it felt so good! There are several "anything goes" challenges going on right now (my favorite when I'm pressed for time), so I decided to play along with the current "Anything Goes" challenge on Mo Manning's DP2 Challenge blog. I bought this image *ages* ago and never used her. This is going to be a birthday card for my friend Pam - the inside will read "We may be a year older, but we don't have to like it! Happy Birthday!".

Supplies:  "Two Jill" (My Manning), Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky 6X6 pad (My Minds Eye), ribbon, Copics. Layout: Sketch SC241 from SplitCoastStampers.

Have a great day! I'll see you again on Friday with a totally new challenge from Totally Papercrafts!
Lisa

Totally Papercrafts - All Buttoned Up

Happy Friday! (Boy, am I happy that it is Friday!!) This week's Totally Papercrafts challenge is "All Buttoned Up". Just use a button or more on your card or project and you can enter to win a cool prize from our sponsor, The Ribbon Girl.

For my card, I used this adorable Rosie digi from DigiStamp Boutique. Rosie is a fairly new character and she's my favorite DSB little girl. This birthday Rosie is from the March Rosie Collection I. If you like her, you can find more Rosies in the April release, Funtime Rosie.

Supplies: dp - Lime Twist "Life of the Party" 6X6 pad (My Minds Eye), pink seam binding (Ribbon Carousel), button, Copics, pop-dots.

Head on over to the Totally Papercrafts blog to check out the other DT cards. Be sure to play along for a chance at the prize from our sponsor, The Ribbon Girl.

Happy Friday!
Lisa

More Torico!

Since my daughter used the last one right away, I wanted to make another card with this cute birthday pup by Torico:

You can find this cute image and many other at Torico's Etsy shop, Birdie Brown. I colored him in with Prismacolor pencils and OMS and used more of that great Lime Twist 6X6 paper that I found at Archivers. (It is seriously a good thing that I do not have an Archivers anywhere near my house! LOL.)

Well, I'm off to play Santa. To those of you who celebrate - Have a very Merry Christmas!

Lisa

I Made a Card!!

OK, most of the time that is not big news. But lately - ? Eeek! I haven't made a card since the last Totally Papercrafts challenge. (BTW, are you playing along? You have until the end of the month to join in while the rest of the DT and I take a little break for the holidays.)

I've been a big fan of Torico ever since I discovered her work at There She Goes stamps. Torico also has a little Etsy shop where she sells some of her work in digital form. My oldest daughter needed a birthday card tonight so I whipped out this new image that I just bought. I love dogs so I just couldn't resist! And I used my brand new Lime Twist 6X6 pad that I bought the last time I was at Archivers. I really think great paper just makes so much difference in your cards! (The colors are a bit off. I had to take this in my bathroom - sadly the room in  my house with the best lighting - and then try to adjust for the artificial light with Photoshop.)

The layout is borrowed right from Torico's sample card in her Etsy shop. Embellishments are a computer generated sentiment and a ribbon scrap. (Did you notice the word "celebrate" on the ribbon?) I colored in the image with Prismacolor pencils and OMS.

Now that I'm off until the New Year, I hope to be back soon with another card!
Lisa

More Birthday Wishes

Here are a few more birthday cards. I used the same Imaginisce paper pad that I used on these b'day cards. This first card features that adorable George from DigiStamp Boutique once again.


And here's everyone's favorite feline, Fluffles. I just love that saying - Life's uncertain... eat dessert first. Certainly my motto in life! :)

Happy Birthday, Tilda!

I'm trying to get my challenge mojo back, so I decided to join in Stamp Something's birthday challenge. You can always use more birthday cards, right? In fact, I think I'll save this for my friend Pam's birthday next May. Since we were kids, Pam's favorite color has always been purple. I think she'll like this card! :)


The DP is from a stack I bought from Cindy at StampingScrapping.com. The card base is made from SU! River Rock cardstock, which I won in a blog candy package from Irina of LaLaLandCrafts. [Check out her new stamps -they're pretty cute! :)] The image is an adorable Tilda from Magnolia that I got in a great image swap over on SplitCoastStampers. The flower is from Making Memories and the leaf is an Emagination punch. (They have the BEST punches. They never, ever stick and always punch cleanly!) Tilda is a colored in with Copic markers.

Have a Mice Birthday!

Rubbernecker Stamp Company's Wacky Wednesday Challenge #2 calls for a card with any kind of fold other than the usual single fold card. I bought this Cupcake Mice stamp from Rubbernecker last Fall and it seemed perfect for a gatefold style card.


Supplies: Cupcake Mice (Stamp Oasis), printed paper from Target, Creative Memories small circle Shapemaker punch, COPIC markers, ribbon from Michaels, glitter (Mikes or HL - not sure), Jesse James heart buttons, pop-dots, pink cardstock, "from the heart" stamp (retired TAC).