Jesus

Can you believe it is December already!?  Oh, my, where has this year gone?  Well, since it is a new month, it's time for a new challenge from Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra.  As always, you can enter anything as long as it is Christmas related.  The challenge last for the the whole month, so if you haven't finished your Christmas cards, here's your chance.   Our sponsor is THE fabulous Bugaboo Stamps and the winner will get to choose 7 images!  Here is my card using "Christmas Words--Jesus";

The Bugaboo images are always so cute, and this one combines cuteness with the real reason for Christmas.  Can't beat that!  Oh, yeah, I threw in some sparkly snowflakes, too.  Another winning combo in my book.

One Stitch At A Time #251--winter
Christmas Card Challenge #52--anything goes
Sweet Stampin--Sparkle & Shine
Hiding in My Craft Room #227--any holiday
Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge #128--use a die cut
Wags 'n Whiskers #167--ribbons and/or pearls
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #237--use die cuts/punches
Fussy & Fancy Challenge #153--words
Winter Wonderland--add sparkle and &bling
Crafty Ribbons #137--frosty Christmas
Time Out Challenge #45--snowflakes are winter's butterflies
DRS Designs #202--Let the Holidays begin
C.R.A.F.T. #339--winter
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday--anything goes
Simon Says Wednesday--anything goes
Inspiration Destination #61--anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner #47--anything goes
The Paper Shelter #229--Christmas card
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2--sketch

Fab n' Funky Challenge #283--Christmas
Crafting By Designs--Christmas
Creative Craft Cottage--Christmas
Clear It Out Challenge--theme: holiday: Christmas stash: glitter
Our Daily Bread Designs #269--religious Christmas
Craftin' Desert Divas--Christmas
Lacy Sunshine #78--Sweet Dreams of Christmas
A Gem of a Challenge #158--inspired by a Christmas song or carol (Away in a Manger)
Our Daily Bread Designs--religious Christmas
Emerald Creek Dares--Bringing bits of Cheer

Supplies:
Stamps: Bugaboo Stamps "Christmas Words--Jesus" digi
Dies: Spellbinders "Standard Circles, large" and "Scalloped Circles, large"; Sweet N Sassy snowflake die

It's a Scramble Blog Hop

Some parts of the world are experiencing cold weather and some are experiencing warm weather. Kinda scrambled, wouldn't you say?! The Love To Scrap! Challenge Blog is excited to bring you our "It's A Scramble" Blog Hop! We're being sponsored by the awesome River City Rubber Works! Come hop with us for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to their online store!

As you hop, collect letters at each stop and be sure to leave each designer some love. Once you have collected all the letters, unscramble them and email your guess to ltscb@mail.com - then all the correct guesses will be entered into the drawing for the River City Rubber Works gift certificate!

All of the LTSCB designers are creating Anything Goes inspiration projects. Everyone participating in the blog hop is invited to link up an Anything Goes project for an EXTRA entry into the drawing! **Be sure to use the same email address to email your guess and to link up your project so we can make sure you're given two entries into the drawing!**

Please note that even though this is an Anything Goes challenge, our normal rules apply. :)

Here is my card using "Direct the Wind" by River City Rubber Works:

                           

Such a good reminder, isn't it?  We can't control what happens to us, but we can control how we react and how we deal with it.

My letter is T.

Here are your blog hop stops:

Ann

Annette

Heather--You are Here!
Irena
Lee

Leslie
Robin
Shaindel

Tina

We hope you are enjoying the hop! If you get lost along the way or if you landed here in the middle of the hop and want to join in the fun, head on over to the Love To Scrap!Challenge Blog to read all the details and start from the beginning!

Happy Hopping!

Supplies:

Stamps: River City Rubber Works "Direct the Wind"; Verve "Text Objects" boat, "Strong Anchor" and "Better Together" chevrons

Dies:

MFT "Blueprints #13"

PTI Pure Poppy card stock

Challenges:

Addicted To CAS--dimension (my boat is popped up on dimensional squares and the button adds dimension)

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge #108--use a die cut

VLV Sketches November week 4--sketch

Fussy & Fancy #153--words

Crafty Catz #303--masculine

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Inspiration Destination #61--anything goes

Penny's Paper Challenge #255--use something from your stash (the button and the twine which was actually two short pieces in my bits and pieces stash that were just perfect for tying on to the button)

Addicted To Stamps #172--make your mark (I used ink and markers)

Word Art Wednesday #211--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Rustic Christmas

I've been wanting to play along with Verve's Rustic Winter challenge and I've had this card idea in mind for a week or so and it turned out pretty much how I thought it would, which isn't always the case. : )

It's hard to see in the photo, but I created a plank look with my scorpal and then swiped some white and tan inks on to give it a rustic look.  The finishing touch, which unfortunately doesn't show up well are the little "nails" I added to each side of the horizontal plank joins.  So cute in real life!  I used glue and red flock to create the "berries".

I was inspired by this card made by Amy Kolling, who is on the Verve DT:

Verve Inspiration Challenge:

Sketch Saturday #389--sketch

Hiding in my Craft Room #227--any holiday

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge #108--use a die cut

Wags n' Whiskers #167--ribbons and/or pearls

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #237--use die cuts/punches

Skipping Stones Designs November--anything goes

As You See It #114--real red, moss meadow, bermuda bay (or at least as close as I could match)

Fussy & Fancy #153--words

Brown Sugar #174--use pearls

DRS Designs #202--Let the Holidays begin

C.R.A.F.T. #339--winter

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Penny's Paper Challenge #255--use something from your stash (one of the die cut wreaths was in my bits and pieces stash and I've had the metal word for probably 10 years at least)

The Paper Shelter #229--Christmas Card

Fab n Funky #283--Christmas

Crafting by Designs--Christmas

Creative Craft Cottage #32--Christmas

Shopping Our Stash #229--no Stamping (boy was that a hard one!!)

Craftin' Desert Divas--Christmas

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #59--Christmas Decorations

Craft Dee Bow-Z--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Emerald Creek Dare--Bringing Bits of Cheer

Supplies:

Dies: PTI rustic wreath die

DCWV metal plaque

Happy Birthday

Sweet 'n' Sassy Stamps is celebrating their 8th birthday this month!  Happy Birthday!!  I decided to play along with their birthday challenge/blog hop as I have a couple winter birthdays that always sneak up on me.

Supplies:
Stamps: Sweet n' Sassy Stamps "Celebrating Milestones" and "Special"
Dies: Sweet n' Sassy Stamps Snowflake dies

Challenges:
Sweet n' Sassy Stamps--Birthday Hop
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes
Inspiration Destination #61--anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner #47--anything goes
Penny's Paper Challenge #255--use something from your stash (the twine came wrapped around a package of stamps I received recently and all the papers except the largest blue piece were scraps and all the white pieces were scraps)
Word Art Wednesday #211--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Viva La Verve November week 3--sketch

Southern Girls--Patterned Paper Mix Up
Crafty Cardmakers #152--winter birthday

Give thanks

It's time for another What If? Wednesday Challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week we have a sketch for you.  I love a good sketch, it's such a great starting point for a card.  And this one is a good one; so fun!

Here is my card:

The banners in the sketch reminded me of ribbon and I had a couple pieces sitting in my "bits and pieces" stash that were perfect fall colors: yellow and dark brown (every piece used on this card was a scrap; I just cut some of them into smaller pieces).  But then I was faced with the dilemma of where to go from there?  Those ribbons would be lost against any patterned paper and most card stock.  Then I remembered that I had this mini chicken wire die and thought paired with the ribbons that it would add to the autumn look.  I hope you'll join in this week and play along; I can't wait to see your take on this sketch.  

Right now, Repeat Impressions is having a sale; you don't want to miss it.

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday--thanks/thanksgiving

Creative Fingers #98--anything goes

Jo's Scrap Shack #115--gratitude

Brown Sugar Challenge #173--anything goes

Hiding In My Craft Room #226--be thankful

Aud Sentiments #145--anything goes + sentiment

As You Like It--Favorite Season and why (While I absolutely love summer and all the warm weather, Fall is my favorite season.  I love the colors and the cool crisp air, the smells and the yummy desserts)

Little Miss Muffet #125--Thanks or Support

One Stitch At A Time #230--giving thanks

Fussy & Fancy #152--thankful

Raisin Boat #38--thankful

One Sweet Challenge --thank you/thanksgiving

Craft Dee Bow-Z--anything goes with handmade bow

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Prize Pumpkin" and "Let Us . . . "

Dies: MFT "Mini Chicken Wire"; Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A"

Noel Gift Bag

It's my turn to show a Project of the Week over on The House That Stamps Built blog and I'm going to show you how to decorate a plain gift bag.  We held my twins' birthday party this weekend and their uncle gave them gifts in these cute little plain kraft bags.  I snagged one as it was perfect for my project.  Here are the supplies you'll need to create your own:

-Gift bag (whatever size you want)
-card stock and coordinating papers
-dies and white card stock for your focal panel
-stamps (I used Repeat Impressions' "Noel", "Pointsettia" "Hello" and "Thanks" I am also showing "Christmas" but didn't end up using it."

I started by creating my paper layers.  I NEVER measure, so I thought I show you how I make my cuts.  I lay my piece of card stock on top of my gift bag and make sure I have the border I wanted showing around the outside.

 Then I use a pencil to make a mark on the two sides that need to be cut.  You can see my pencil line just above the bottom of the gift bag.  Then I use my paper trimmer to cut along those two lines.  It leaves you with the perfect size paper and no measuring needed!

 I did the same thing with my patterned paper: lay it on the already cut piece of card stock and mark where I want to cut with a pencil.

 After all my layers were cut and adhered together, I moved on to stamping.  I die cut my label,  stamped "Noel" and colored in the poinsettia.

 I also cut a small label to use for my tag, stamped "Poinsettia" and colored it in.  I added gold paint pen to the center to make it pop.

 On the back, I stamped the 'for' from "Thanks" and 'you' from "Hello".

 And here is my gift bag all assembled.  I used pop dots to pop up my sentiment panel and tied on my tag with a scrap piece of ribbon and some twine.

I hop I've inspired you to create your own gift bags.  Thanks for checking out my Project of the Week.

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--Christmas
Inspiration Destination #60--anything goes
Kraftin Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday--anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner #46--use scraps (my ribbon is a scrap and all the patterned paper as well as the white card stock are off cuts)
Penny's Paper Challenge #234--anything goes
Addicted To Stamps #171--anything goes
Sugar Pea Designs #22--Home for the Holidays
Crafting by Designs--Times 3 (I used 3 patterned papers and 3 colors: red, white, and green)
Creative Inspiration #336--festive fun
Sweet Stamps--Anything but a card
Aurora Wings #20--anything but cards
YNS #27--sketch

East Wind #45--Layer it on me, baby!
Dis Digis--bingo (I used the flowers, ribbon and sentiment column)
Vintage Stamping Challenge #38--traditional Christmas
CAS-ual Chic--precious metals (I used a metal eyelet on my tag and my gold paint pen to color the centers of both poinsettias)
Sweet Stamps--anything goes
C.R.A.F.T. #338--Christmas present
Brown Sugar #173--anything goes


Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Noel", "Poinsettia", "Thanks" and "Hello"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" fishtail banner and "Designer Labels 4 STAX"
Papers: DCWV Christmas Pack

Warm Hello

It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week we have a beautiful inspiration photo for you:

Isn't it gorgeous?!  Here's how I interpreted it:

If you hopped along with our Blog Hop last weekend, you'll recognize that I am using one of the newest released stamp sets from Repeat Impressions.  I heat embossed the "thanks" before inking up the scene and adding the smaller sentiment.  The bold font made a perfect stand in for the silhouetted reeds in the photo.  It was totally unplanned, but the "a warm" part of the sentiment is perfect for the warmth of the colors I used.  Head on over to The House blog to see the full details and how the rest of the DT used this photo.  I can't wait to see how you are inspired by this photo.

Challenges:
Crafting Musketeers #31--anything but a square
Sweet Stamps--anything goes
Time Out Challenge #44--CASE

Creative Knockout's #115--something to say
Brown Sugar #172--no patterned paper
Jo's Scrap Shack #114--anything goes
Wags n Whiskers #141--embossing
Eureka Stamps #167--anything goes

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Hello"

Wonderful

Welcome!  It's time for another challenge from Love To Scrap Challenge Blog!  This one is a big favorite: Anything Goes!!  I know you all love that one. : )  Our sponsors for the challenge are:

River City Rubber Works

Lacy Sunshine Stamps

Pickled Potpourri Designs

I was given the choice of images from Pickled Potpourri, and I chose this gorgeous image/sentiment combo:

I colored it up, used a glitter pen on the butterflies spots and used my watercolor blender pen to water color some blue ink around the perimeter of the image.
Head on over to the LTSCB blog to see the full details and to check out what the rest of the DT has created.  Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Challenges:
V's Sweet Ideas #40--bling it on!
Craft Dee Bow-Z--anything goes with handmade bow
Crafting with An Attitude--anything goes
Crafty Calendar--sparkle, bling & embellish
Aud Sentiment #144--bingo (I used the column: patterned paper, flowers, die cut PLUS ribbon or lace, digi stamp, glitter and bling)
Lacy Sunshine #71-- bingo (I think I had a complete bingo: colored image, die cuts, digi image, flowers, sparkle, ribbon or lace, lots of layers, text and patterned paper!)
Craftin Desert Divas--make it sparkle
Word Art Wednesday #209--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2--sketch

Penny's Paper #253--use 3 of something (two sets of three rhinestones)
Inspiration Destination #59--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--thinking of you
Di's Digi Designs--bingo (I used: bow(s), die cuts, flowers, gems, digi, ribbon, hand colored image and a sentiment; the only square I missed was fancy fold)

Supplies:
Stamps: Pickled Potpourri "Today" digi set
Dies: Verve "Charming Ovals"

Holy Night

Well, here it is mid-November and I'm here with my mid-month inspiration for Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra.  You can enter any project as long as it is Christmas related and you still have two weeks to play along.  Here is my card:

I love this gorgeous poinsettia frame and had it all colored up before I really thought about what I was going to do with the rest of the card.  Kind of one of those "now what do I do" moments.  I fussy cut around the whole image and still wasn't sure what I was going to do for the background.  But then I thought about heat embossing with gold powder to match the gold on the flowers and ribbon, and I really like how it turned out with this music background.  Added a bit of red ribbon and colored some white pearls with my gold paint pen and voila! it's done!  I hope you will play along with us this month.  It's only a couple weeks until Christmas now!

Challenges:
Sparkles Christmas Challenge--Christmas decorations (poinsettias & ribbon)
Vintage Stamping Challenge #38--traditional Christmas
Cas-ual Fridays #145--precious metals (gold embossing powder and pearls)
Unicorn Challenge #3--Christmas is coming
Aud Sentiments #144--bingo (I used the diagonal row: embossing, stamp or digi, die cuts)
Lacy Sunshine #71--bingo (I used the row colored image, die cuts, digi)
Holly Jolly--ribbons & pearls
Fab n Funky #281--CAS
Addicted To Stamps #170--inspiration photo

Penny's Paper #253--use 3 of something (2 sets of 3 pearls)
Little Miss Muffet #124--anything goes
C.R.A.F.T. #337--Christmas
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long #60--anything goes
Brown Sugar #172--no patterned paper
Jo's Scrap Shack #114--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #233--red & green must be seen
Wags 'n Whiskers #166--embossing

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Peace on Earth" sentiment; Floppy Latte Designs: Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet "Poinsettia Frame"; Hero Arts musical score background stamp

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13"

Big On Sentiments Blog Hop

Welcome to The House That Stamps Built blog hop!  Today we are showcasing the newest stamp sets released by Repeat Impressions.  There are four sentiment sets that feature a large word coupled with a multitude (somewhere around 15) of smaller sized companion words. A Blog Hop wouldn't be as much fun without prizes, and we have two fabulous prizes to give away.  All you have to do to be entered into the drawing is comment!  Between The House That Stamps Built blog and each of the Design Team blogs, you have 8 chances to win if you comment on each blog.  If you only comment on 3 of the blogs, you get 3 chances, if you comment on all 8 blogs, you get 8 chances to win, etc.  You have until 5 pm Eastern Time on Sunday November 15th to comment. PRIZE ONE is the choice of one of the four featured stamp sets (unmounted).  In order to qualify for this prize, you must comment on at least 4 of the blog.  PRIZE TWO is all four of the sets being shown today!!!  In order to qualify for this one, you must comment on all 7 DT blogs and The House That Stamps Built blog  The winners will be announced on The House blog on Monday November 17th.

Today, I am showing cards made with 3 out of the 4 sets.  My first card features the "Hello" set.  I've paired the "hello" with "beautiful".

 You can check out the entire stamp set here (unmounted rubber) or here (cling).  There are so many fabulous combinations.
My next card uses the "Happy" set.  I've paired the "happy" with "holidays" for a fun Christmas card.

You can check out the entire stamp set here (unmounted rubber) or here (cling).

 And my third card shows off the "Thanks" set (I think this is my favorite set of the bunch).  I paired the "thanks" with "many" for a CAS fall thank you card.  I also used Repeat Impressions' "Falling Leaves" to create the look of, well, falling leaves. Lol.

You can check out the entire stamp set here (unmounted rubber) or here (cling).
Thanks for stopping by, now I'll send you off on the rest of the hop.  Remember, if you "have" to have any of these new sets, I have a 10% off your entire order coupon in the left hand side bar of my blog.  Here is the Hop List:

Cheri

Heather--You are Here!

Joy

Karen

Deonna

Patti

RI blog

Challenges:

Card #1:

Craft Dee Bow-Z--anything goes with handmade bow

VLV sketches November 1--sketch

Creative Craft Cottage #51--anything goes

Fantastic Tuesday #111--something beginning with "B" (my bow and 'beautiful')

Word Art Wednesday #209--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Inspiration Destination #59--anything goes

Simon Says Wednesday--thinking of you

Card #2:

Unicorn Challenge #3--Christmas is coming

Where The HeART is #3--winter blues

Art Impressions #172--Be Merry

Crafty Catz #300--winter

Jo's Scrap Shack #113--sketch

Christmas Cards #49--anything goes

Craftin' Desert Divas--make it sparkle

Simon Says Monday--something beginning with "N" (nestabilities--spellbinders dies)

Card #3:

Raisin Boat #38--thankful

One Sweet Challenge--thank you/thanksgiving

Creative Fingers #97--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'--Autumn Leaves

Eureka Stamps #166--colors of Fall

Cuttlebug Mania--thank you

Tuesday Throwdown #270--thank you

Crafty Creations #302--give thanks

Fab 'n Funky #281--CAS

Crafty Gals Corner #45--thank you/thankful

Supplies:

Card #1

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Hello" unmounted set

Dies: Spellbinders die

Card #2

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Happy" unmounted set

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Ovals, large" and "Scalloped Ovals, large"; MFT "Blueprints 13"

PTI Aqua Mist card stock and twill ribbon

Card #3

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Thanks" unmounted set and "Falling Leaves"

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13"

Focus on the Words

Hi!  It's time for another What If Wednesday? challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week the challenge is: Focus on the Sentiment.  Here's my card:

Christmas is coming faster than I can believe.  So, it was a good time to pull out this new verse stamp from Repeat Impressions.  Hop on over to The House That Stamps Built blog and check out the full details and how the rest of the team has interpreted this challenge.
Pssst . . . you'll want to stop by again tomorrow because we are going to have a fun hop with PRIZES!!  See you then!

Challenges:
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--Oh, Christmas tree (papers)
Craft Dee Bow-Z--anything goes with handmade bow
Crafting With An Attitude--anything goes
Unicorn Challenge #3--Christmas is coming
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday--anything goes AND I used the monthly sketch (turned on it's side)

Southern Girls Challenge--Twine, Tape or Ribbon
Art Impressions #172--Be Merry
Fantastic Tuesday #111--something beginning with "B" (bow)

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "2201W. For unto you" I also inked up the little star only from "2008W. Shepherd Boy" and stamped it above my sentiment
Dies: Spellbinders "Radiant Rectangles"; PTI border die

So sweet

I made some very quick (and rather cute, I'd say) "thank you" cards for my twins' birthday that's coming up next week.  They were so quick and fun that I will probably be making some more in a similar layout with different patterned paper.  I have TONS of paper that I never use because it just doesn't really go with anything else, but it will be perfect by itself.  And 4 cards use up most of a 12x12 in sheet.  Win, win in my book. : )

Here is a close up of one of the cards by itself:

 And here is the group of 4; cute, huh?

 And here is the inside:

Challenges:

Raisin Boat #38--thankful

One Sweet Challenge--thank you/thanksgiving

Eureka Stamps #165--give thanks

Crafty Cardmakers #151--thank you

Word Art Wednesday #208--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Mod Squad--give thanks

Addicted to Stamps #169--CAS

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--thanks/thanksgiving

Creative Fingers #97--anything goes

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Borderline" sentiment & stitches and "Better Together" inside sentiment; PTI "Distressed Stripes"

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" EK Success pumpkin punch

Undersea birthday

Yesterday, I posted a birthday card for one of my soon-to-be 7 year-olds.  Today, I have the card for the second one.  I used the same paper pack on both cards, so they sort of tie together, though both are completely different other than that, because, well, the girls are completely different.

I colored up the mermaid with a on ombre look on her tail, darker at the end and lightening up into the torso.  Then I added glitter pen to the fins.  I added Glossy Accents to the balloons to give them shine.

Challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes
Pattie's Creations #116--birthdays
The Paper Nest Dolls #11--anything goes
Mojo Monday #442--sketch

Simon Says Stamp Monday--so glossy (glossy balloons)
Crafting by Designs--anything goes
Inspiration Destination #58--anything goes
Lacy Sunshine--Once upon a dream/fairy tale

Supplies:
Stamps: A Day For Daisies "Birthday Mermaid"; Verve "Borderline" sentiment
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13"; Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large" and "Standard scalloped circles, large"; PTI "By the Numbers"

Make a wish

My two babies are turning 7 next week!  I can't believe it.  One of them LOVES pumpkin pie so when I saw this pumpkin cupcake image, I just had to use it (plus it is fall, so pumpkins AND leaves are perfect!) and the leaf/acorn cupcake to tie it in with fall.

Challenges:
Cute Card #398--food/drink
DRS Designs #199--Pile it High (lots of layers and my cupcakes are popped up with foam dots)
Paper Shelter #226--layer on layer
Fab n Funky #280--die cuts and/or punches
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Shopping Our Stash #226--light my fire (I have a lit candle in my sentiment)
Paper Girls #91--stamps
V's Sweet Ideas #40--Bling it on! (pearls and liquid pearls on my cupcake)
Viva La Verve October week 5--sketch

Di's Digi Designs--include a pumpkin
Craftin Desert Divas--sweet & yummy

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI "Baker's Dozen"; MFT "Delicious Birthday" sentiment
Dies: PTI "By the Numbers" and "Baker's Dozen"; Spellbinders "Classic circles, large" and "Scalloped Circles, large"

Comfort

Time for another What If Wednesday? challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week we have a color combo for you:

Here's my take:

I went a bit more literal with the gold part; I used gold embossing powder on my gorgeous butterflies.  Then I used a couple different blue and green markers to color in the spots.  I used some yummy polka dotted ribbon that I've had in my stash forever.  I picked some of the marker colors just so I could use it. : )  Head on over to The House blog and see how the rest of the DT has used this color combo.  Then get inky, there's a $25 gift certificate up for grabs this month.  The more you play, the more chances you have to win it.

Challenges:
The Paper Girls #91--use stamps (no digis this time)
Craft Dee Bow-Z--anything goes with handmade bow
One Stitch At A Time #249--the dead/remembrance day (this is a sympathy card
YNS #26--color combo or sketch (I used the sketch but turned it on it's side)

Jo's Scrap Shack #112--anything goes

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Butterfly (lg.)", "Butterfly (sm.)" and "Warm Memories"
Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangles

Cute Penguins

I just got this image this week.  And I need more Christmas images/products like I need a hole in the head, but this image is SO cute, that I had to get it.  I mean, really, look at those adorable little penguins.

Challenges:
Tuesday Throwdown #269--tic-tac-toe (I used the center column: red & green, digi stamp, ribbon)
Vintage Stamping Challenge #38--traditional Christmas
Through The Purple Haze--baby, it's cold outside but HOT inside
Wags n' Whiskers #165--not a square
Skipping Stones Designs--inspiration photo or sketch (I chose the sketch)

Winter Wonderland--anything goes
ABC Christmas--V is for Very Cute

Supplies:
Stamps: Di's Digis "Penguins Fishy Present" digi; Skipping Stones Designs "Timeless Textures"; Verve "Ornamental Christmas"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13"