SNSDC62 ~ Fun Fold Cards

Hello Friends & Followers!  I hope you are having a wonderful July!  For today's Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge is to make a 'Fun Fold' card - a card with something other than one traditional fold.  I found this great tutorial on Splitcoaststampers.com for a Double Dutch Fold Card and used SNSS' adorable You & Me digi set (which is also available as a clear set if you prefer) to make this card:

I had to keep it simple as the majority of my stamping supplies are going to remain packed until well into August, but I thought the whimsical paired items in this set fit this fold quite well.  And for those of you who are intimidated by 'fancier' fold cards - this one is EASY! - two pieces of papers scored a few times and put together and VOILA!  We hope you will play along with us - although we certainly love to see SNSS digi images any digi will do, and for the month of July every card you enter puts you in a drawing to win 3 SNSS digi images of your choice! 
     This card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenge:

• Shopping Our Stash 59 - Extra Folds or Pleats, and
• 365 Cards Day 134 - Fun with Food.

     Thanks so much for stopping by my blog to see my creations!  Have a great day!
~Crafty Math Chick

SNSDC61 ~ Sun & Sand

Hello Friends & Followers!  I am not even close to settled but I missed playing in the Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenges so I purchased some things at the local Hobby Lobby so I could play along this week.  This week's challenge is the theme 'Sun & Sand' so I colored Cocoa & Cookie's Sandcastle Digi Image up with my Bic Mark-Its (they are good in a pinch, but I still prefer my Copics), cut it out with a circle Nestabilities die and added it to one of the clear fill-it-yourself- ornaments with some sand and holographic glitter with the pretty little stars in it along with a few shells to create this beach-themed ornament:

(Sorry, my photo cube is packed up and buried somewhere - I had to improvise).  You know how you imagine something in your head and it looks perfect - and then you go to make it...  yeah... that is what happened here.  I didn't think the sand and glitter would stick to the inside of the ornament, making the image more difficult to see, and shaking it to try to get the shells in more photogenic positions just made it worse.  And the image kept shifting and I had to dig it out with tweezers, LOL, I think the next time I try one of these I will use that shred instead - like they use in gift baskets?  This creation also satisfies the requirements for the following additional challenges as well:

• Flourishes' Timeless Tuesday Challenge 176 - Summer, 
• Totally Papercrafts - Here Comes Summer, and 
• Card Mad Fairy's Digi Challenge 37 - Summertime.

     I hope you will play along with our Sweet 'n Sassy 'Sun & Sand' Digi Challenge - any digi will do!  Be sure to stop by the blog and see what my other teamies created for the challenge as well.  Don't forget - every card you make during the month of July is an entry to win 3 SNSS digis of your choice, so enter often to increase your chances to win!
     Have a great weekend everyone!
~Crafty Math Chick

Wanna Win Some Sweet 'n Sassy?

(Who wouldn't?!!)  Since I am not able to make cards yet I figured I would share the love and let my friends & followers know about some fun giveaways my friend Taylor Usry is doing for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.  Over on Splitcoaststampers if you post a link to a recent card you made with SNSS (digis or clear stamps) that is uploaded to your SCS Gallery on that thread you are in the running for a free SNSS stamps set of choice (SWEET!  You get to CHOOSE!).  Also, over on Facebook, if you post a pic of one of your SNSS creations on their FB page you are in the running for 3 SNSS digi images of your choice!  Isn't that great!  You don't even have to make a new card for these giveaways!  Good luck! I would LOVE it if one of my friends won!  Happy Sunday!  Hope to be stamping again myself soon...
~Crafty Math Chick

Hello Everyone!  I am happy to report I am safely in the new domicile.  It will take me a little while to unpack and set everything up here to begin crafting - but I am looking forward to it!  Thanks for your patience!  Hope all is well!
~Crafty Math Chick

Please Pardon This Brief Intermission

Hello friends & followers - sorry you have not heard much from me lately - we are in the process of packing everything up and relocating.  Please don't give up on me - I have not given up stamping or papercrafting (GASP!  The horror!) I just am not able to access all my crafty supplies at the moment.  I look forward to creating something new for you in the near future.  PLEASE don't give up on me!!  :)


Until then, I hope you have a wonderful beginning to your summer!!  Look forward to posting again SOON!!
~Crafty Math Chick

SNSDC55 ~ Thank You

Hello Everyone!  Time for a new Sweet 'n Sassy Digi Challenge!  This week is easy peasy - make a thank you card.  Here is mine using Watermelon Cocoa:

I printed little Cocoa and his watermelon slice onto Gina K. Luxury Cardstock, colored him in with Copic markers and cut him out (I tried so hard to cut around his tail, but my hands were shaking so badly I just couldn't do it - sorry Cocoa!! - and opted for a tail of embroidery floss instead) and attached him to a big circle cut with a Spellbinders Nestabilities Circle die scored and folded in half to create the 'watermelon'.  The seeds are Sticko stickers and I just typed up the 'Thanks a Melon!' sentiment and printed it onto Melon Mambo cardstock.  I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I really like this little card (I do not always like the cards I make, but I am pretty fond of this little guy).
     Hope you will stop by the blog and see what other beautiful creations my fellow Teamies came up with and that you will have a change to play along with us.  You don't even need to use a SNSS digi image (though we sure love to see them) - any digi image will do!
     Happy Friday Everyone!
~Crafty Math Chick

Happy Birthday Jessica!!

YAAY!  Today's post is to honor one of my favorite people in the entire world - Jessica Knutsen, the owner of There She Goes Clear Stamps.  Her actualy birthday isn't for a few days, but since this week is sneak peek week for TSG (make sure you check it out!!  Jessica gives away the set sneaked to a random commenter, isn't she sweet/!!) we are celebrating a little bit early, besides, that makes it feel like your birthday last longer, right?  ;)
     So here is my card for Jessica made with Birdie Wishes and some pretty paper from My Mind's Eye Jack & Jill stack:

I just love the cute birdies in this set, and this patterned paper coordinated so nicely with Ridinghood Red, Daffodil Delight, Soft Sky and Bermuda Bay.  I was going to add some Liquid Pearls or Stickles to the raised dots in the ribbon tag die cut, but I was afraid I would mess it up, so I left it as is, hopefully Jessica will like it anyway.  This card also fulfills the requirements of the following challenges:

• The Paper Shelter Challenge 64 - Birthday Cards with a Sentiment,
• Crazy 4 Challenges 137 - Birthday Card,
• Paper and Such Online Anniversary Challenge - Make a Birthday Card, 
• Sundays with Crissy Challenge 29 - Things with Wings,
• Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge 169 - Three Things that Begin with the Same Letter (Birthday, Bird, Bermuda Bay cardstock & ribbon)
• Delightful Challenge - Just Add Ribbon,
• Craft Your Days Away Challenge 45 - All Creatures Great and Small,
• Shopping Our Stash Challenge 52 - Bingo  (I went with the 4th column: patterned paper, blue, sentiment, ribbon & tag - the ribbon is threaded through a Nestabilities Ribbon Tag die cut, so I hope that counts, LOL), and
• Whimsy Inspiration Challenge 39 - Anything Goes.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog - I hope you will stop by Jessica's Blog and wish her a happy birthday and here is the list of everyone participating in the birthday blog hop so you will know where to head next, and where to begin if you are just joining us...  ;)

~ Crafty Math Chick