It's the Anniversary Squirrel! {Being A Little Squirrelly }

Waving "hello" to my blogging visitors!

 It's the Anniversary Squirrel! (another Bugaboo cutie) Sigh - I sure miss Jodie. What a fun artist!

This is the 49th anniversary card for my hubby. He enjoys nonsensical, humorous cards. Since I'm a little nutty by nature, it was only appropriate to use this squirrel - not to mention the fact that we live in an oak hammock where acorns are plentiful, and we are frequently over-run with the little varmints in our rural area.

Colored with Copic Markers and Distress Oxide inks, this little cutie is another of Miss Jodie's quirky creations. Jack prefers non-mushy cards, although he always finds the most beautifully meaningful cards for me. Being a sentimental fool, I've kept all Jack's "love letters/cards". After 49 years the container is huge!

 Do you save love letters and cards from your honey?

PAPERS: BEAUTIFULLY HANDMADE BY LIS ROBSON, and green handmade by me(!), and SU Early Espresso, MS Lace Heart Edge.

Lis has an amazing paper-making business, incorporating every technique, texture, and natural element imaginable! Here are the three I used:

I also made some paper. The texture was accomplished by pressing between pieces of old, old, rubbery, lacy shelf/drawer liner "paper" (do you remember those shelf liners?) Like mulberry paper, a wet brush was utilized to "tear it apart to the desired size.

Here are the unassembled pieces:

The fun interior, using a "flipped" squirrel, gathering more nuts:

Finished Creation:

Products: Bugaboo Digital Squirrel, Copic Markers Spellbinders S4-306 Wonky Rectangles, [Oxides in lucky clover, twisted citron, vintage photo, salty ocean] Brilliance Ink in Tri-Mineral, Teresa Collins Love Triangles Craftwell EF, home-made digital sentiments, PAPERS: BEAUTIFULLY HANDMADE BY LIS ROBSON, and green handmade by me(!), and SU Early Espresso, MS Lace Heart Edge.

Challenges:

1. Crafty Animals #97 (AG with animals) 8/28
2. Critter Crazy Challenge #101 (AG with animals) 9/1
3. Ally's Angels #97 AG 09/12
4. Heart's Quest for Love Challenges Blog HQCOLCB #8 "BEWAS themes" Mine is an Anniversary for hubby 8-31, (9/7)
5. Neglected Stuff Challenge (Aug 3) Use at least one neglected item (handmade papers which have not been used for 15 years or more.) ends 8-28 (9/7)
6. A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge #8-2025 AG ends 8/28 (9/30)
7. Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2533 AG 8/25
8. Crafters Cafe Challenge #322 AG using Patterned Papers 9/23

Wishing you a beautiful day, filled with ordinary moments that comprise a life well-lived.

hugs,

Silly Scrapbooking Squirrel {Crafts Galore Encore}

Greetings, sweet crafty friends!
(a little freebie awaits you at the end)

It's time for another Crafts Galore Encore Challenge!

STORY TIME!

"Cuteness Escapes to the Country"
(inspired by The cutie Pie Challenge)

Today, Dancing Squirrel is showing off her scrapbook photos of the great fun enjoyed!

Being a "City Squirrel", my cutie, Silly Dancing Squirrel, enjoyed a lovely day, escaping to the country. She scampered up trees, leaping from branch to branch, and chattered the day away with new country friends! While there, Dancing Squirrel made a new friend, and she has promised to come back very soon.

If you follow Pamellia's Beautiful "My Little Craft Things" blog,
you will recognize Dancing Squirrel's sweet friend!

Her new friend is:
none other than Pamellia's Pumpkin!

I am very glad Pumpkin was there for Dancing Squirrel on her first trip to the country.

Pamellia, thank you for teaching little Pumpkin such good manners, and showing Dancing Squirrel the ropes for proper country deportment!

OK, sorry - I got carried away -

back to the challenge LOL

Our Sponsor this month is KennyK.

The Rules to the Challenge are easy! 

Just create your projects (using any crafting medium) according to this month's theme,
and link your blog posts directly to the linky on the Crafts Galore Encore Challenge site!

This month's challenge theme is  

"Anything Goes"

I am playing with Fabrika Fantasy's pre-colored, silly and darling Dancing Squirrel.

Fun Pieces and layers.
I also changed the color of her daisy chain crown:

A great time using older die cuts, punches and VERY MUCH OLDER papers! LOL

And then things got a little wonky:

Love those new "Next Level" embossing folders - the embossed areas are like tiny pillows!

Interiors using some leftovers 
and a freebie sentiment for you!

your freebie!

(not sure who originally said this)

These are for personal use. They may not be used by companies or for profit:

One is in png and jpg.

To download, click on the sentiment first to enlarge it, then right click to download to your hard-drive.

.jpg:

png:

Hope you enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Now it's your turn to play at

Crafts Galore Encore Challenges

Products:

• Image: Fabrika Fantasy's pre-colored Dancing Squirrel.
• SB Fleur de Lis Squares (card 1)
• SB Classic Squares (card 1)
• Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish (card 1)
• SB Luscious Labels One (interior)
• SB Grand Decorative Labels One (interior)
• SB Fleur de Lis Rectangles (card 2)
• SB Classic Scallop Squares (card 2)
• MS Floral Crochet PAP Deep Edge Punch, Sm Butterfly punch, Sitting Bunny punch (card 2)
• EKS Large Butterfly punch (card 2)
• Sparkle N Sprinkle: Lady Luck Glitter, Brushable Glue, 
• Lace, Flowers, Rhinestones
• Next Level Embossing Folder (puffed hearts in the Dotted set)
• Paper: Tim Holtz Coordinations blue cardstock (card bases), white, green, black, rust, tan, KandCompany,

Playing in the following Challenges please:

1. Avenue 613 - #178 Anything Goes! 6/4
2. Crafting by Designs (June) Anything Goes 7/1
3. Crafting from the Heart - #114 Anything Goes 6/5
4. The Cutie Pie Challenge - (May#99) "Cuteness Escapes to the Country" 6/4 (NOTE: I have posted a little story featuring The Cutie Pie Challenge toward the top of my post
5. Crafting With Dragonflies - #58 Animals 6/10
6. Die Cuttin' Divas - #268 Anything Goes with Die Cuts (I have listed my dies above) 6/5
7. Inspiration Destination #88 Anything Goes 6/6
8. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #34 Anything Goes 6/4

Stamping Hugs,

Dancing Squirrel {Crafts Galore Encore}

Happy New Year!

And Welcome to my first blog post as a Crafts Galore Encore Challenge DT member! 

May 2016 be the best Year ever for my sweet crafting buddies and your families.
We are experiencing our warmest Winter ever, here in Central Florida.
Very strange to have the air conditioner whirring when so many others are contending with slush and ice! Still, no complaints...

(note to my blogger buddies: apologies for being absent from commenting. I am seriously ill and still not able to do much on line - hope to catch up soon)

The Rules to the Challenge are so easy! Just create your project (using any crafting medium) according to this month's theme with up to 3 entries, and link your blog posts directly to the linky on the CGE Challenge site! That's it! This month's challenge is easy-peasy - ANYTHING GOES.

Our fun, imaginative sponsor this month is Fabrika Fantasy. 

I'm playing with Fabrika Fantasy's silly and darling Dancing Squirrel which  includes FIVE files!

• a colored image in both JPG and PNG formats, 
• a black and white image in both JPG and PNG formats, 
• and a bonus colored image including background in JPG format - 
• all for $3.00!

After coloring with Copic Markers, I added several of the daisies from Dancing Squirrel's crown so that it is raining flowers as she dances! This card measures 5.5" x 7.5".

In 2015, I vowed to use "old stash" on each of my cards, and largely, I succeeded. This year, I want do even more! Remember a decade ago when Michaels (and other Big Box Stores) carried all those cute decorative buttons? My dragonfly buttons were clamoring to play with Dancing Squirrel. Made of Resin, they are coated withmSNS Starfire Glitter.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

AN EASY FIX WHICH BRIGHTENED UP THE CARD

Looking forward to seeing your masterpieces this month at Crafts Galore Encore Challenge!

Products:

• Image: Dancing Squirrel by Fabrika Fantasy
• Sentiment: Computer generated
• Copic Markers, Bazzill Purple, KandCo printed paper, Express-It White
• Scrapy Land dies: (Spellbinders) Grand Stately Circles, Grand Big Scallops, Triple Tear, Standard Circles Small Nestabilities, (Sue Wilson Nobel Dies) Double Pierced Rectangles, Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish & Tropical Flourish
• Lace, Dimensionals, Resin dragonfly buttons
• Sparkle N Sprinkle Pistachio Glitter, Starfire Glitter, Green Pleated Ribbon

Challenges I'd like to play in pretty please:

1. Creative Card Crew - #103 Anything Goes 01/12
2. Tuesday Throwdown - #274 Anything Goes 1/4
3. Crafting from the Heart - #92 Anything Goes 1/2
4. Love to Scrap - #68 Anything Goes 1/2
5. Crafty Creations Challenges #305 Anything Goes 1/4
6. Inspiration Destination Challenges #66 Anything Goes 1/4
7. C.R.A.F.T #344 "Anything Goes" 1/5
8. CCC Digi Creations #40 Anything Goes 1/13
9. Petal Lu (Jan 1) Anything Goes 1/12
10. Sisters of the Craft - (Jan) Anything Goes 2/1

Stamping Hugs,