Happy Gotcha Day, Maggie!

It may seem impossible to imagine, but I have actually discovered a theme that I am totally unable to find a rubber stamp for. I have looked high and low for a “gotcha day” sentiment for a dog or cat. With all of the rubber stamps out there, and there are tens of thousands, I could not locate the first one to celebrate Maggie’s special day on the 30th of this month.

Thankfully, I was able to use a few resources that I had and come up with a pretty cool card to celebrate the occasion.

I started by asking ChatGPT to create a cartoon image of a photo of Maggie that I uploaded. I love how that turned out. I used an oval die to cut out her image, then I framed it by cutting a larger green oval for the mat. Choosing from the colors of the image, I used Stampin’ Up!’s Early Espresso card stock for the background and Bazzill orange paper for the letters. The dies used to cut. The letters are from stamping up also.

I know that I had the sentiments “Happy” and “Day” somewhere in my stash, but I was unable to easily find them, so I simply printed out those words on Speckletone Oatmeal card stock. To tie it all together, I used strips of plaid paper and finished it off with some gold Stickles. 

If you have a Golden Retriever in your life and would like to use this image, feel free to snag it below. I made a few changes and put it on a cute background. I’m sure Maggie won’t mind! 

Here's the free digi. As always:

1. Snag it to your desktop or photos.
2. Put it in a Word or Pages Document.
3. Resize it to the size card you want to make.
4. Print it out, either at home or at a copy center. 

I hope you enjoy the freebie! Remember that all images are for personal use only, please! Thanks for stopping by my blog today and have a wonderful day!

Relaxing by the Pool

I'm trying to get caught up on the digital designs that I've made by turning them into cards. Today's image was made a while back, but I never posted the graphic, or turned it into a card until today. It's such a fun image that's perfect for summer.

To finish the card, I trimmed the printed image and mounted it on Michael's pink card stock. Then I added a grey and white background to mimic the stones around the pool. Lastly I mounted everything on Stampin' Up! Island Indigo card stock. The final touch are the pink gem squares in the corner. Again, I thought it matched the pool feel, like they are tiles around the pool. I purchased these at the now defunct Tuesday Morning. I miss them. They had amazing deals on so many little crafty items.

Here's a close up of the pink tiles:

Here's the free digi. As always:

1. Snag it to your desktop or photos.
2. Put it in a Word or Pages Document.
3. Resize it to the size card you want to make.
4. Print it out, either at home or at a copy center. 

I hope you enjoy the freebie! Remember that all images are for personal use only, please! Thanks for stopping by my blog today and have a wonderful day!

Word Art Wednesday Weeks #762 & #763

Welcome back to another week at Word Art Wednesday! This week is a little bit different in that our sponsor is a UK based company called Stix 2 Anything. They’re offering a wonderful prize package to our international players, but if you’re here in the US, no worries. Karen will be providing a wonderful prize to you as well. She hasn’t revealed what it is yet, but knowing her she has some wonderful things in store. So be sure to join us and play along!

Having said that, I’m taking the easy way out this week. I have created a card front using the scripture and an image that I generated with AI on an app called ChatGPT. Normally, I do most of my digital designs on an app called Canva, which I totally love. I think they must have millions of images to choose from. But I wanted something very specific for this Bible verse so I asked ChatGPT to create some images for me. The first two were really good, but they were a little darker than I wanted them to be. I went ahead and included them because it was a rainy day and it just seemed to be fitting. But it is July and ultimately I wanted something bright and sunny so I asked one more time and it created this girl in front of the sun. I’m really pleased with the finished product.

Feel free to use any of these images below. And of course you can also use our scripture. But keep in mind you never have to use any of these things in order to play along with us. We are always an “Anything Goes” challenge!

For my card here today, I printed out the graphic at my local FedEx store. I then trimmed it down and mounted it on Stampin’ Up!’s Pretty Peacock Card Stock. I then cut out a scallop square using the Stampin’ Up! Square Dies. The pink piece of paper that I have imposed with a Darice embossing folder is from Lawn Fawn called Ballet Slippers. The card base is Pretty Peacock again. Easy peasy! 

Here’s the scripture if you would like to include it in your creations:

Here are the free digis. As always:

1. Snag it to your desktop or photos.
2. Put it in a Word or Pages Document.
3. Resize it to the size card you want to make.
4. Print it out, either at home or at a copy center. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and don’t forget to join us over at Word Art Wednesday. We love seeing all the beautiful things that each of you create!

Oh The Joys....

Today's card is a super-simple card that I made using a printable that I created in Canva. It's a short scripture that is designed to remind us of the joys of heaven waiting for us as believers in Jesus. 

I simply printed the scripture out (at FedEx, but you can certainly use a home printer as well) and trimmed it. I mounted it on Stampin' Up!'s Old Olive card stock, then on their Blushing Bride Card Stock. I finished it off with ten self-adhesive pearls from Jolee's. I know they will cost extra postage, but sometimes I can't help myself if it makes something extra pretty!

Here's the free digi. As always:

1. Snag it to your desktop or photos.
2. Put it in a Word or Pages Document.
3. Resize it to the size card you want to make.
4. Print it out, either at home or at a copy center. 

I hope you enjoy the freebie! Remember that all images are for personal use only, please! Thanks for stopping by my blog today and have a wonderful day!

Happy Father's Day Card From Word Art Wednesday

Today's card was inspired by the scripture that we are sharing over at Word Art Wednesday this round. I took the verse and decided to make a Father's Day card with it. I used the digital platform called Canva. They have a free version, a paid subscription, or you can pay for most images for just a dollar or so. It's so much fun and so very creative.

But before I go any further, I want to thank Waffle Flower for being our sponsor this month! You can't miss all their amazing stamps, dies and stencils as you wanter around in blogland. Their postage collection is so cool and it's definitely on my "to buy" list. We're giving away a $15.00 prize to anything in their store, so be sure to play along!

Here's my supply list for this card:

• Stampin' Up! Shaded Spruce Card Stock
• SU! Crushed Curry Card Stock
• Michaels Brown Card Stock
• Printed Graphic with Bible Verse
• Brads
• Unbranded Arrow Dies (Amazon)**

Here's the scripture by itself:

And just below is my free digital printable. As always:

1. Snag it to your desktop or photos.
2. Put it in a Word or Pages Document.
3. Resize it to the size card you want to make.
4. Print it out, either at home or at a copy center. 

I hope you enjoy the freebie! Remember that all images are for personal use only, please!

We'd love to have you join us over at Word Art Wednesday. You don't need to use the scripture, or use Waffle Flower products. All of our challenges are "anything goes." 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today and have a wonderful day!

** I try not to purchase unbranded merchandise anymore because I'm not sure it's not pirated. But at the time that I bought these dies I wasn't aware of that. I don't have any proof that these are pirated, so I thought that tossing out the dies would be silly.

Sweet Christmas Wishes

Today's card was made from the inspiration of two challenges. First, over at Colorful Options, their August mood board is a mix of browns inspired by a back-to-school/reading theme. I love that, but I used only the colors and went with a Christmas cookie theme. Then over at Christmas (or Not) BINGO Challenges, I used all the elements in the "B" column: Brown, Check, Digital Image and Christmas.

This costs less than $1.00 to print a page
and I was able to get 3 nice sized images
for that price!

It was fun combining these two challenges. I started by creating a digital image in Canva Pro. I downloaded it and had it printed at FedEx. You can see in the photo on the left that it was really easy to put 3 images on one 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper. The largest is 5" x 7". But for this card, I used the middle size image and cut it out. I then mounted it on card stock and patterned papers. You can make your images any size you want. Often I put 4 on a sheet of paper. It's a great way to make cards for not too much money. Feel free to use the digital image below for your own cards or crafts!

Here's my complete supply list:

• 
  Digital Image (Below)
• Stampin' Up! Early Espresso Card Stock
• Houndstooth Patterned Paper (Big Box Store)
• Michaels Twine
• Bazzill Peanut Cluster Card Stock
• Stampin' Up! Mini Gold Dots

On the right there's a better picture of the mini dots.

I think this is going to be a really nice card for a guy since it has a lot of masculine colors in it. Christmas will certainly be here before we know it! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and feel free to check out my other FREEBIES for card making as well!

Sunny Birthday Wishes

Here are two fun cards I made using the digital design below. Dolphins are always a great subject for a birthday card because it seems like both young and old like them. And with blue and yellow as the main colors, they're perfect for any gender too.

Starting with the images that I had printed at FedEx (she printed two because she said that one set didn't turn out right, but they looked fine to me) I mounted them on Stampin' Up! Crushed Curry Card Stock, then on a generic blue then back on the Crushed Curry. As you can see in the video below, they're made with Wobblers, which give them the perfect feel of the dolphin jumping in the water.

They're finished with generic clear rhinestones that I think I got at Michaels.

Of course you and take the image and create any card you want in any size. Below is the free digi. As always:

1. Snag it to your desktop or photos.
2. Put it in a Word or Pages Document.
3. Resize it to the size card you want to make.
4. Print it out, either at home or at a copy center. 

I hope you enjoy the freebie! Remember that all images are for personal use only, please! Thanks for stopping by my blog today and have a wonderful day!

Jeremiah 29:11 Greeting Card Printables

Who doesn't love the Bible verse in Jeremiah 29:11? It seems like everyone who is familiar with the verse clings to it, myself included. What I love is that it reminds us that God does have a plan for our lives. And it's a good plan. Sometimes it can really seem like that's not the case, but this verse reminds us otherwise.

When I sent these out to be printed at FedEx, I made two of them because that's how much room I had on the sheet of paper. I'm glad I did. I know that it will be really easy to mail these out and will probably want to make more.

To finish the cards off, I used some paper doilies from Stampin' Up!, then mounted the image on their Pear Pizzazz card stock and then on their Bubble Bath card stock. I added flat glitter dots that I believe I got from the Dollar Tree. 

These measure about 6.5 x 4.75, but you can make the design any size you want and of course make the cards any size you want also.

Here's the free digi. As always:

1. Snag it to your desktop or photos.
2. Put it in a Word or Pages Document.
3. Resize it to the size card you want to make.
4. Print it out, either at home or at a copy center. 

I hope you enjoy the freebie! Remember that all images are for personal use only, please! Thanks for stopping by my blog today and have a wonderful day!

Christmas (or Not) BINGO Challenge #12

It's been a while since I've been over at Christmas (or Not) BINGO Challenges and it's good to be back. As always with this challenge, you have to pick just one column going straight up and down and create a card (or other crafty items) with just that column. There's no across or diagonal allowed. 

The column I chose is "I" and the elements from that column are:

• Christmas
• Black/Gray
• No Stamping

I love making digital images and creating cards with them, so this was the perfect opportunity to do that with the "no stamping" spot. I did include a die cut element from white card stock and framed the image with Stampin' Up!'s Garden Green and mounted them all on SU! Real Red card stock.

Black and gray are unique elements on a Christmas card, but I love challenges like that. Plus black is one of my go-to colors to really make cards pop, so this was really fun. It's a super-easy image that I feel really captures the Christmas spirit in a fun way.

Feel free to use the image below in your own work if you want.  As always:

1. Snag it to your desktop or photos.
2. Put it in a Word or Pages Document.
3. Resize it to the size card you want to make.
4. Print it out, either at home or at a copy center. 

I hope you enjoy the freebie! You can make a card out of it like I did, or use in as a digital image to send to someone on Facebook or in an email. Remember that all images are for personal use only, please! Thanks for stopping by my blog today and have a wonderful day!

St. Patrick's Day Printables

Because I like to send cards out through The Angel Card Project, I always like to have some on hand for those less celebrated holidays. St. Patrick's Day is one of them.

I did see some amazing clover stamps over at Simon Says Stamp, and really wanted to get them, but with the dies they're $50.00. This year money is a little bit tighter, so I decided to create some printables for St. Pat's Day.

I've already sent one out to a special needs man named Patrick who loves to get dressed up on the 17th! I know he'll like getting this. And the ACP is going to create a post in which people can request St. Patrick's Day cards, so I'll be sure to send out the other two this year.

Mine were made by having them printed at FedEx, but you can certainly print them at home too. I then mounted the images on patterned paper and then on green card stock.

Here are the free digis. As always:

1. Snag it to your desktop or photos.
2. Put it in a Word or Pages Document.
3. Resize it to the size card you want to make.
4. Print it out, either at home or at a copy center. 

I hope you enjoy these freebies! Print them out or share them online. Remember that all images are for personal use only, please! Thanks for stopping by my blog today and have a wonderful day!

Word Art Wednesday Weeks 687 & 688

Over at Word Art Wednesday this time around they have a beautiful scripture that's perfect not only for Valentine's Day but absolutely any day of the year. It speaks of God's love for us, and who doesn't want to be reminded of that!

I did a digital take on this card and love the finished piece. I think the design doesn't take away from the scripture, which is the most important thing. Feel free to grab the freebie below and use it to make an encouraging card for someone.

I just used red card stock, an embossing folder from Darice, and Stampin' Up!'s Soft Suede card stock.

And be sure to visit Word Art Wednesday every two weeks for encouraging scriptures and thoughts, and as always a fun, "anything goes" challenge.

Here's the free digi. As always:

1. Snag it to your desktop or photos.
2. Put it in a Word or Pages Document.
3. Resize it to the size card you want to make.
4. Print it out, either at home or at a copy center. 

I hope you enjoy the freebie! Remember that all images are for personal use only, please! Thanks for stopping by my blog today and have a wonderful day!

Santa & Fido

Here's a fun freebie that's perfect for any dog-lover on your Christmas Card list. It shows a dog, which I believe to be a greyhound variety, looking up the chimney as Santa is falling down it. I know my dog Bella would be going crazy!

Here's the free digi. As always:

1. Snag it to your desktop or photos.
2. Put it in a Word or Page Document.
3. Resize it to the size card you want to make.
4. Print it out, either at home or at a copy center. 

I hope you enjoy the freebie! Thanks for stopping by my blog today and have a wonderful day!

A Digital Birthday Greeting

I created this design for a friend on Facebook and wanted to make the most of it by turning it into a physical greeting card as well.

My supplies are really simple. I just had the image printed out at FedEx then mounted it on purple card stock and tied it with some vintage string. Easy peasy!

Feel free to snag the image below and use it on a card like I did here, or just send it to someone as a digital image!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Christmas (or Not) BINGO Challenge #8

Happy July! Once again it's time for a new challenge over at Christmas (or Not) BINGO Challenges. It's their 8th challenge and there are some really fun choices on the BINGO board. 

It was hard for me to choose on this one, but I went with the "O" column. My card featured all ot the elements there: Rectangle, Stenciling, Pearls (Diamond Pearls in this case) and a Digital Image.

Since the 4th of July is my favorite holiday, I went with that theme for this card. My digital design (feel free to grab it below) is a cute dog celebrating in full style.

I started with a slimline card to emphasize the rectangle shape. That also gives me a lot of free space to play around on the front of the card. I used Stampin' Up!'s Night of Navy for the base.

For the stenciling, I tried a couple of things before getting it just right. I ended up settling on a stencil from Heidi Swapp and embossing paste from Stampin' Up!

For the pearls I subbed peel and stick clear rhinestones, hoping that they would add to the firework's feel of the card.

Lastly, I created the digital image of the dog all decked out for the 4th. He's mounted on Stampin' Up!'s Real Red card stock. It's finished off with a piece of red ribbon with dots that came from my stash.

We would love to have you play along with us this time! Head over to Christmas (or Not) BINGO Challenges and pick a column. You do have to choose just one column straight up and down, but you only have to use 3 of the elements in that column, and one is always a free space, so it's really easy to play. We can't wait to see what you create!

And if you'd like to send someone a 4th of July card using my freebie below. As always:

1. Snag it to your desktop or photos.
2. Put it in a Word or Pages Document.
3. Resize it to the size card you want to make.
4. Print it out, either at home or at a copy center. 

I hope you enjoy the freebie! Thanks for stopping by my blog today and have a wonderful day!

Word Art Wednesday, Weeks 649 & 650

Well it's been a busy time around here with an out-of-state graduation and all other things summer. But thankfully I'm getting this card in just in time over at Word Art Wednesday Weeks 649 & 650. I snagged their digital Bible Verse and added some other graphics to create this card. 

The verse made me think of a sweet woman who puts this verse into practice. And what a beautiful verse it is. How wonderful for our speech to be filled with grace and seasoned with salt as we talk to one another. It's a real art and we need to rely on the guidance of the Holy Spirit as we talk. 

In addition to the digital design that I made, I used a piece of Stampin' Up! Rose Red card stock and a couple pieces of vintage string for the top. It's a simple card that will be just right for someone special, probably from the Angel Card Project.

If you'd like to make your own similar card, feel free to use the graphic below, but only for your own personal use please. The scripture is from Word Art Wednesday, so be sure to check out their blog for a beautiful new verse every two weeks.

Here's the free digi. As always:

1. Snag it to your desktop or photos.
2. Put it in a Word or Pages Document.
3. Resize it to the size card you want to make.
4. Print it out, either at home or at a copy center. 

I hope you enjoy the freebie! Thanks for stopping by my blog today and have a wonderful day!

Harry The Trout

My daughter is in her last year of grad school. She already has a job in Wisconsin, but she's more than ready to move on. This card is an encouragement card for her; a reminder to keep swimming.

I mounted mine on a piece of green card stock and embellished it with puffy stickers from the Dollar Tree. I really like these stickers because they give a nice amount of dimension without adding bulk and making it cost more to mail. Oh, and they're cheap too, and that helps! :)

He's also the perfect size to mail in a business sized envelope.

Here's the free digi. As always:

1. Snag it to your desktop or photos.
2. Put it in a Word or Pages Document.
3. Resize it to the size card you want to make.
4. Print it out, either at home or at a copy center. 

I hope you enjoy the freebie! Thanks for stopping by my blog today and have a wonderful day!!

Purple Flowered Cat Birthday Card Freebie

Recently I came across a girl on The Angel Card Project who loved cats and the color purple. I created this card just for her, adding a few embellishments to make it pop a bit more.

I used purple paper from Michaels then adding the embellishments. Sending it in a purple envelope makes it fun too! I picked those up at Amazon.

Here's the free digi. As always:

1. Snag it to your desktop or photos.
2. Put it in a Word or Page Document.
3. Resize it to the size card you want to make.
4. Print it out, either at home or at a copy center. 

I hope you enjoy the freebie! Thanks for stopping by my blog today and have a wonderful day!

2 Corinthians 4:16 Card

This Bible verse 2nd Corinthians says "Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day."

If you're young, you may not feel the "wasting away" part too much, but as I get older, I sure do! But inwardly I'm growing. And that's what this scripture reminded me of, that as Christians we are constantly growing and being renewed each day.

The flowers and garden tools on this card are designed to go with the scripture. I hope it encourages you and those that you'll share it with. It would be an especially perfect card for a gardener too.

My card is an A2 size, but you can download this image and make it any size you want. 

Here's the free digi. As always:

1. Snag it to your desktop or photos.
2. Put it in a Word or Pages Document.
3. Resize it to the size card you want to make.
4. Print it out, either at home or at a copy center. 

I hope you enjoy the freebie! Thanks for stopping by my blog today and have a wonderful day!

And if you want the King James Version, here it is:

Hello There Elvis!

This is a really fun custom-made card that was sent to someone who likes Elvis. I was delighted to make it, because I too am a fan. I missed being a true fan when he was in his heyday because I was too young, but his classic songs, faith and nostalgic vibe is something that I still appreciate to this day.

I even had the opportunity to go to Graceland with my mom a few years back. We totally loved it. Even if you're not a fan of his music, being able to tour the house and learn about that era of the 1950's is really nice.

It's my hope that the recipient likes this card as much as I do!

If you have an Elvis-loving person in your life, feel free to snag this freebie!

Here's the free digi. As always:

1. Snag it to your desktop or photos.
2. Put it in a Word or Page Document.
3. Resize it to the size card you want to make.
4. Print it out, either at home or at a copy center. 

I hope you enjoy the freebie! Thanks for stopping by my blog today and have a wonderful day!