Doodle Pantry - Sunflower

Wow!  It has been more than a full week since I posted to my blog, and I used to post every day.  Sorry, folks!  Summer kid activities and work are really hampering my ability to find time to craft.  I hate to say this, but I may be looking forward to school starting in August just to get back to a regular schedule again.  LOL

Today I have a card for you that uses the Sunflower set from Doodle Pantry - a new release for July.  And, drumroll please... I colored this image myself!  When my 9-year-old daughter Kaylie saw this, she  thought it was a pre-colored image (that's what I usually use!).  I gave her the biggest hug and thanked her for the HUGE compliment.

Don't forget about the Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge - you have until July 24 to enter.  Just use any Doodle Pantry image - there are even freebies available in the store to get you started.  Speaking of free Doodle Pantry images, this month (and next) Laurie is offering her free challenge set BEFORE you enter so you have two chances to win - use the free Tiny Triceratops set to enter one challenge and another image to enter the regular challenge.  You better hurry though -

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY 

TO GET TINY TRICERATOPS FREE!

Card Supplies:

image, sentiment and patterned paper - Doodle Pantry

ink - Tim Holtz Distress Ink (walnut stain)

circle and scalloped circle dies - Spellbinders

ribbon - Really Reasonable Ribbon from monthly ribbon club

dark brown cardstock - Bazzill

Stampin' Up - June Stamp Club cards

If you are looking for the OWH/OSH Bloghop, click HERE!

Oops, I totally forgot that I haven't shown you the cards we made at our June Stamp Club with SU demonstrator Christi Beck!  (I know, Mom, you asked me to post them, but you should have reminded me again - I'm turning into you!)  I really like both of these cards - they went into my box for OWH so hopefully they will be treasured by a military family member or friend for a very long time!

There is no Stamp Club in July, BUT Christi is having a Christmas in July event so look for those cards to post at the beginning of August!  It's perfect timing for OWH - the Christmas deadline is in October.

Doodle Pantry - July new release

If you are hopping with OWH/OSH, please click HERE!

It's the beginning of July and that means new releases from Doodle Pantry.  Laurie has some of the cutest winter weather images ever this month.  I just love making winter/Christmas cards when the temperatures are pushing 100+ degrees here in Texas!  It really does cool me off a bit.

I know it's the 4th of July here in the good ol' USA, so I used red, white and blue on my card for you traditionalists out there.  :-)  The pre-colored image and sentiment are from the Snowball Ants set from Doodle Pantry.  Laurie has already merged 3 images together to create this adorable snowball fight scene so I merged in the sentiment as well - talk about quick and easy!  

I paired the image with red cardstock from JoAnn's, SU brocade blue card stock and some very heavy white cardstock from Papertrey Ink.  I started out using my Georgia-Pacific white cardstock from WalMart for the card base but quickly realized that it wasn't strong enough for this type of stand-up card (see the side view photo).  Also on this card I used the Cuttlebug snowflakes embossing folder, an EK border punch and Really Reasonable Ribbon from this month's ribbon club.  Yolanda's card and sketch from the OWH/OSH bloghop were my inspiration for the layout (see sketch below).

DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE 

HAPPENINGS AT DOODLE PANTRY:

* Select patriotic items are marked down 25% for 4th of July

* Until July 15 you receive Quirky Snowman free with purchase 

* Everyone can download Tiny Triceratops for free until July 15 and can enter twice in the challenge - once with the free image and once with any other Doodle Pantry image - to double their chances to win. The challenge ends July 24!

OWH My Country Blog Hop

Welcome to the Operation Write Home My Country Blog Hop!

We are joining up with our sister organization in Denmark to present cards using our national colors, 

so here's my card using the good ol' red, white and blue and a sketch for you, too!

The hop will stay open from Sunday, July 1 through Saturday, July 7 

to give you plenty of time to hop and enjoy the mid-week holiday as well!
Click on the link at the top of my post to go to the start of the blog hop and see the list of stops.

NOW, IT'S TIME TO HOP TO THE NEXT BLOG - 
IT'S CECILIE FROM DENMARK!

Card Supplies:
pre-colored image, sentiment and digi paper - Doodle Pantry Patriotic Turtle and Balloon Ants sets
embossing folder - Cuttlebug stars
punches - oval and scalloped oval from Stampin' Up
metal bling - Mark Richards
ink, ribbon - from stash

Sketch Inspiration 326

Woohoo, I did it!  I completed a project with every Sketch Inspiration sketch from January - June.  This card uses the same birthday paper from My Mind's Eye that I used on the scrapbook pages.  I have now qualified for the celebration party at Cat's Creations Scrapbooks!

Sketch Inspiration 320

This is really a continuation of yesterday's post - 2 more scrapbook pages using the same collection from My Mind's Eye to scrapbook Kaylie's 9th birthday celebration just with family.  I used Sketch Inspiration 320 for the page on the left and have just one more sketch to go to qualify for the party that Cat of Cat's Creations Scrapbooks will have for those of us who did every sketch from January - June!  Woohoo!

Sketch Inspiration 323

This Sketch Inspiration sketch just HAD to be made into a scrapbook page - it was just too hard to imagine this double layout as a card.  I need to catch up on Kaylie's scrapbook anyway, so this gave me a good excuse!

This layout made with My Mind's Eye papers and embellishments is about Kaylie's 9th birthday celebration at Red Lobster.  She loves their biscuits so much that we put a candle in a biscuit instead of a cake!  The pictures with Kaylie and me are some of my favorites, too.  You may even recognize the one of Kaylie and me as the photo I use on my profile.