Francie Crafter

Masculine Makings

I hope you all had a relaxing Memorial Day Weekend.  I travelled to PA and spent time with family and friends. It was a world wind trip!!

This week is a little sad for me in that it is my last post as a Sweet Stamps Design Team Member.  I have to end this wonderful experience because I will be actively pursuing my MBA for the next two years.  I will still be making cards for Sweet Stamps Challenges as often as I can.  I LOVE these stamps and they are so much fun to work with!!  So you guys haven't seen the last of me yet! (hehe).  Make sure to check out what all the other girls have created for you.

This week's theme is "Masculine" over at Sweet Stamps.  I decided to go for a Father's Day card as I need a few.  This adorable seal stamp immediately came to mind.  I found it perfect.

 

These cuties are Arctic Seals 3010 and the sentiment is Happy Father's Day 948.  I stamped them on Cryogen with Memento Tuxedo Black.  Colored it up with copics and dusted the edges with Weathered Wood Distress Ink.  The DP is from Heidi Grace Designs - Let it Snow.  The CS is Bazzill Basics.

Come on over and enter our challenge this week.You have a chance to win a $20 Shopping Spree at Sweet Stamps. You can use any stamp for your card but if you use a Sweet Stamps image, you will get two entrees into the giveaway. To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLinkz you will find at the end of this post. Also, please link back to our blog.

 

Cuddly Birthday

Let me start out by saying Baby It's Cold Outside!!  Last weekend here in Michigan it was a perfect summer's day in the spring.  Sunny in the high 70's not too breezy. What a nice gift for Mother's Day weekend.  This weekend it was in the low 40's rainy windy and stayed that way!! 

My poor body doesn't know how to react. I'm snuggled in my sweats and fuzzy socks under an afghan writing this post.  So that became the inspiration for my card.  This week at Sweet Stamps the theme is "Birthday".  How easy is that!!

  

This is Stuffed Dog 235.  He is one of the stuffed animal collection.  I just LOVE these guys!!  If you have seen the pillow pets that is all the craze, these stuffed animals look just like them.  So I decided to pair this card up with an actual puppy pillow pet for a little boys birthday gift!

See how much fun making cards can be once you let your imagination run!  Come on over and enter our challenge this week.  Everyone needs birthday cards.  You have a chance to win a $20 Shopping Spree at Sweet Stamps. You can use any stamp for your card but if you use a Sweet Stamps image, you will get two entrees into the giveaway. To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLinkz you will find at the end of this post. Also, please link back to our blog.

Have a great week!  I can't wait to see what you come up with :)

Butterfly Tuesday

 I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother's Day!  The weather here in Michigan was perfect 71 and sunny.  My husband and daughter took me golfing and then we had a barbeque on our deck.

This week's theme at Sweet Stamps is butteflies.  I decided that I wanted something simple to accent the stamp. 

 

This beautiful stamp is Curly Butterfly 437.  I colored it up with my copics.  It's popped up off of the embossed white card stock to give the card depth.

We would like you to join us in this challenge for a chance to win a $20 Shopping Spree at Sweet Stamps. You can use any stamp for your card but if you use a Sweet Stamps image, you will get two entrees into the giveaway. To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLinkz you will find at the end of this post. Also, please link back to our blog.

Have a great week!  I can't wait to see what you come up with :)

A Tribute To Mom

Happy Mother's Day.  This year is a very sad one for me because mom left us 12 weeks ago.  I never really put anything like this on my blog but decided that I want to this time.

No card today just a tribute to one of the most beautiful, generous, ambitious, and loving women I know...my mom.

 
Yes mom your on the world wide web in a bathing suit!

 

 
Here you are this time on a pony (I'll bet your just lovin me for this! hehe)

 
Just as beautiful as ever.

 Your arms were always open when I needed a hug.
Your heart understood when I needed a friend.
Your gentle eyes were stern when I needed a lesson.
Your strength and love has guided me and gave me wings to fly
- Sarah Malin

Mom just sending love and hugs up to you in heaven.

I miss you today and always....

Old Fashioned Tuesday

This week's challenge is Olden Days at the Sweet Stamps blog.  This is such a fun challenge!  I love Sweet Stamps collection of old fashioned stamps.  The are so unique and make such elegant looking cards.  Head on over to the blog to see what the design team came up with. 

 

I used two stamps Margery Large 527 & Hearts and Scallops Frame 441.  I heat embossed the hearts and scallops frame on vellum then stitched the vellum to Graphics 45 design paper.  This was then attached to embossed white cardstock.  Margery was stamped onto cryogen paper and colored with copics.  A few prima flowers and there you go.

We would like you to join us in this challenge for a chance to win a $20 Shopping Spree at Sweet Stamps. You can use any stamp for your card but if you use a Sweet Stamps image, you will get two entrees into the giveaway. To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLinkz you will find at the end of this post. Also, please link back to our blog.

Have a great week!  I can't wait to see what you come up with :)

 

 

Sympathy

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter.  Mine was very quiet.  But the weather cooperated so it was a good day.

This week we are making sympathy cards at the Sweet Stamps Challenge Blog. 

 

I used For God So Loved Vertical 9052.  Stamped it on craft.  The DP is from the Frond paper pack by Memorybox.  I stitched around the border and added punched flowers to give depth and finish the card.

Come on over to our blog and give the challenge a try.  You have a chance to win $20 to use in the Sweet Stamp Store.  Make sure to check out all the design team member blogs for some awesome inspiration.

Have a great week! :)

Frame It

This weeks theme is "Frame It" at the Sweet Stamps blog.  The Sweet Stamps Store has so many beautiful frame stamps it was hard to choose which to use.   I decided to make an Easter card. 

Although, from the sights that we Michiganders woke up to yesterday you'd be hard pressed to think it is half way through the month of April.  You guessed it SNOW!  All my pretty tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths that were just beginning to sprout were totally covered with snow.  Thank goodness it all melted by the evening.

On to my card...

 

I used Swirly Parchment Frame 472 and Large Cross 848.  Colored it up with copics and used Bazzill Basic cardstock as the base.

We would like you to join us in this challenge for a chance to win a $20 Shopping Spree at Sweet Stamps. You can use any stamp for your card but if you use a Sweet Stamps image, you will get two entrees into the giveaway. To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLinkz you will find at the end of the post. Please do not link to your main blog; we want to be able to find your post to leave you comments. Also, please link back to our blog.

Good Luck and see you next week!

Sunflower Quilt

Happy Tuesday All!!  Wow can you believe April is almost half over?  I have to admit that I love Spring and watching all the flowers bloom.  So I don't mind that the cold weather is almost behind us.  This is that funny time of year here in Michigan when the weather doesn't know what it wants to do.  One day it's 70 degrees F the next might be 35!  It's on these colder days that you just want to snuggle up under a warm quilt.  And that was my inspiration for this weeks challenge over at Sweet Stamps.

Our challenge this week is "For The Ladies".  We want to see some girly projects.  Easy one right?  So come on over and join us! 

 

 

I used 2 stamps to create this quilt card Sunflower Blocked Stitched 124 and Patch Square Small 107 .  The Patch Square was stamped onto various design papers and then cut out placed on end then onto another design paper and finally stitched in place on Bazzill cardstock to create the block foundation of the quilt card.  The Sunflower stamp was colored with copic markers, cut out and placed in center over the blocks.  Finally, I added small buttons on the center of the blocks to finish off the card.

I had a lot of fun making this card and with these stamps the possibilities are endless.  A flowery quilt is just my idea of a girly project.  What's yours??

Come on over the the Sweet Stamps Blog and check out the rules and join us this week!!  I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Sweet Stamps Recipe Challenge

Welcome to this weeks recipe challenge at Sweet Stamps!  The recipe is 1 ribbon or border, 2 design papers, and 3 gems or brads.  I decided this week I wanted something bright and fun!  I needed a pick me up.  I took one look at this adorable whimsical duck and just couldn't resist!  I needed a baby card and so a congratulations card was in order.

  

The stamps I used were Stuffed Duck 238 and Congratulations Swirly 913.  Colored up with copics this little guy just wants to fly off the card!

We would like for you to join us in this challenge for a chance to win a $20 Shopping Spree at Sweet Stamps.  You can use any stamp for your card but if you use a Sweet Stamps image, you will get two entrees into the giveaway.  To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLinkz you will find at the end of this post. Please do not link to your main blog; we want to be able to find your post to leave you comments.  Also, please link back to our blog.

Come and join in on the fun!  See you next week...

Sweet Stamps Easter

Hi All!!  This weeks challenge over at Sweet Stamps is Easter.  I can't believe that March is almost over!  It seems like yesterday that I was decorating for Christmas.  Now the Easter Bunny is hopping about. I have to admit I am more then ready for Spring and Summer!

So this weeks theme will put us all in the mood for Spring!  Here is my Easter Card...

  

This is Tulip Bunny 668!  Isn't he adorable?   I colored him up with copics.

We would like for you to join us in this challenge for a chance to win a $20 Shopping Spree at Sweet Stamps.  You can use any stamp for your card but if you use a Sweet Stamps image, you will get two entrees into the giveaway.  To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLinkz you will find at the end of this post. Please do not link to your main blog; we want to be able to find your post to leave you comments.  Also, please link back to our blog.

So join in on the fun!