It Is Well

Several weeks ago, I was a top pick at Tic, Tac, Toe challenge and was asked to be a guest designer with them for this week!  Here is the Tic, Tac, Toe board:

Here is the card I created:

 I actually managed to use the entire board (I love it when that happens)!  My sentiment is heat embossed with gold embossing power; it's hard to see in the photo, though you can see it a little better in the one below.

The circle die cut panel was in my bits and pieces stash and the flowers were stamped on scrap pieces of card stock, heat embossed with white embossing powder, colored with my spectrum noirs and fussy cut.

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve "Surely Goodness"
Dies: Verve "Scalloped Trim Trio"; MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle; Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"
Darice: Damask embossing folder

Challenges:
Unicorn Challenge--make it girly
Cards Galore--anything goes
Card Mania #102--embossing
Crafting with an Attitude #37--anything goes
Dare 2 B Artzy--your favorite colors (pink and green are my favorite card combo colors; so beautiful together)
Viva La Verve March--sketch

Fussy and Fancy #208--spring flowers
Cardz TV #40--anything goes
Crafty Friends #80--anything goes
heARTful Stamping--anything goes
{Pin}spirational Challenge #212--inspiration photo (I was inspired by the white, pink, bit of green and the flower theme)

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Birthday box

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week is a nice and easy one: Anything Goes!  We know how much everyone loves this one.  Over the weekend, our fearless leader and owner of Repeat Impressions, Wendy, celebrated her birthday.  I posted the card I made for her on Saturday, but I also created this cute little gift box that holds something special (I can't tell what, 'cause she doesn't know, yet.)  

 I thought it was going to be difficult to figure out the dimensions and went looking for a tutorial.  But I ended up just measuring the item, added 1/2 inch for the flaps and actually it was quite easy.

 I decorated the box to coordinate with the card.  Here are the two of them together:

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us this week.  You can actually still play along with any of our challenges from this month, but you only have until Tuesday as it is now the end of the month.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Birthday" and "Flower Cluster Outline"
Dies/punches: Spellbinders "Scalloped Tags"; PTI lowercase alphabet; Fiskars "Apron Border" punch

Challenges:
Retro Rubber #83--anything goes (I have had the Happy Birthday stamp for almost 3 years and the little flowers for about a year and a half)
Simon Says Stamp Monday--inside the box (I have a special treat inside the box)
Scor-pal #46--all things bright and beautiful
Through The Purple Haze #142--anything goes with the twist of birthday
Crafty Calendar--add a tag or make one
Incy Wincy Designs--nor more than 3 colors (I used yellow, blue and green)
Creative Knockouts #238--border time (punched border)
Southern Girls--die cuts

Wendy's Birthday

Today is a very special day.  It's Wendy's birthday!  For those of you who don't know, Wendy is the owner and illustrator of Repeat Impressions.  So, my fellow Rock Stars and I are sending her some special birthday wishes.  This is the card I made for her:

Don't you love that little tag with the "w"??!!  I think the idea would be so cute for little favor bags, or even little gifts.  I will definitely be using that idea more in the future.  The blue, shaped panel under the sentiment was in my bits and pieces stash and was really the starting point of this card.  All the leaves and flowers and the sentiment were stamped on scraps of white paper, and the scalloped blue piece was also a scrap.  In the center of all the flowers I added little, tiny, yellow rhinestones.

So, Happy Birthday, Wendy!!  I hope your day is fabulous!  (This card will be on the way to you shortly--it's also my daughter's birthday tomorrow and we have lots of company and a big party tonight!)

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Birthday", "Stem Outline","Leaf Cluster Outline" and "Flower Cluster Outline"
Dies: PTI "Mat Stack 3" and lowercase alphabet set; Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; Fiskars scalloped border die

Challenges:
Cardz TV #40--anything goes
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #144--anything goes
Fussy and Fancy #208--spring flowers
Incy Wincy--no more than 3 colors (yellow, blue, green)
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #322--anything goes with snippets
Verve March Diva Challenge--green
Time Out Challenge #105--"Birthdays are full of sunshine, love and laughter"
Pile It On--circles
Creative Inspirations--any occasion
Crafty Calendar--add a tag or make one
Feeling Sketchy #189--sketch

So Sweet

It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.

The challenge this time is: Spring Flowers

And here is my card for your inspiration:

Happy Spring, Everyone!  Our challenge this time should get you in the springtime mood!  Specially those of you who have been experiencing the late winter storms like we have been here in Southern New England.  My crocuses are up, but man, are they confused!  I'm ready to see some daffodils that's for sure!    But this sweet little bear has one, and he's ready to give it to someone special.  The little punched butterflies were in my bits and pieces stash and I wasn't sure they were going to work until I came across the butterfly paper and they matched perfectly!!  The button was recycled from an item of clothing that my girls have outgrown; that's how I get most of my buttons.

  Thanks for stopping by, I hope you will get a chance to play along with us; I can't wait to see what you come up with.

Supplies:

Stamps: Di's Digi Designs "Daffodil Bear" digi; unknown "You're sweet circle" digi

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large" and "Standard Circles, large"; Verve "Scalloped Trim Trio"

Challenges:

Viva La Verve--sketch

Mod Squad--ready for spring

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--floral frenzy

Penny's Challenge #372--anything goes

Die Cuttin' Divas #361--flowers

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #78--anything goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge #199--tic tac toe (I used the center row: 3-D item, digi or stamp, markers or pencils--I used both)

Inspiration Destination #146--anything goes with the optional twist of spring or pastel colors

Crafty Creations #362--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #326--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Stamplorations--spring and faith

Pile it On--Circles

Creative Craft Cottage #105--make it feminine

That's Crafty--spring into action

Hanna Stamps #292--Easter/spring

Cutie Pie #120--spring cuties

Birthday Balloons

Happy Friday!!  It's time for another challenge from Jo's Scrap Shack.  As always, we are now an Anything Goes challenge.  

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Sasayaki Glitter:

And here is my card for your inspiration:

This is a fun and bright birthday card.  The colors were taken from that gorgeous plaid paper.  I had the ribbon out from a previous card and it matched the paper perfectly!  The sentiment strip was in my bits and pieces stash.  I hope you will play along with us this week; I can't wait to see what you've been working on.

What do you need to do to enter?

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge entry project, using the linky tool on Jo's blog. 

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into

3. THREE entries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. For all entries -NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED- 

The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date and the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge prizes

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering 

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo

All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until March 30th by 12:00AM (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of April 1st.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!

Supplies:
Stamps: Sasayaki Glitter "Balloon Amy 2" digi; MFT "Essential Sentiments"
Dies:  MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle and "Bold Stripes Cover Die" sentiment strip

Challenges:
Unicorn Challenge #30--make it girly
Creative Inspirations--any occasion
Always Happy Birthday--anything goes with the optional twist: patterned paper
Crafty Creations #362--anything goes
Time Out Challenge #105--"Birthdays are full of sunshine, love and laughter"
Aud Sentiments #199--tic tac toe (I used the diagonal: ribbon, digi/stamp die cut

YNS #85--sketch

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #78--anything goes
Penny's Challenge #372--anything goes

Lovely tulips

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

For my card, I used the first three colors on the left: coral, dark gray and dark blue.  I also used a little bit of the green for the leaves.  And here is my card for your inspiration:

 This is not a combo I have worked with before, but I have to say I LOVE the coral and dark blue together; so elegant!  This is one of my favorite Repeat Impressions images and today (with all the snow we are supposed to be getting . . . again) it is a beautiful reminder that spring is coming, eventually.  I did a little masking with the sentiment to add a fun touch to the sentiment.

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us, I can't wait to see what you come up with.  Make sure you check out the 10% off your entire order coupon in my left sidebar.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Vase of Tulips" and "I'm so glad . . ."
Dies: MFT "Stitched Scalloped Trio"

Challenges:
Crafting with an Attitude #37--anything goes
Brown Sugar #276--spring or Easter
That's Crafty--spring into action
Stamplorations--spring and faith

Sweet Stampers #18--spring or Easter
Fashionable Stamping #133--springtime
Cuttlebug Mania--springtime
Word Art Wednesday #326--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Crafty Creations #362-anything goes
CAS(E) This Sketch #263--sketch

Aud Sentiments #199--tic tac toe (I used the diagonal: ribbon, digi or stamp, die cut)
Cardz TV #39--anything goes
heARTful Stamping--anything goes
Die Cuttin' Divas #361--flowers

Bonus Love To Scrap Challenge Blog post

This month the Love To Scrap Challenge Blog is sponsored by Blank Page Muse (formerly Sin City Stamps).  Usually, we only post on the 1st on the month, but Kim, the owner, set us all so many fabulous stamps that we all agreed to create multiple cards and feature some mid-month.  The cards I made for the first of the month were very mixed media in nature.  Today, I have 3 completely different types of cards to show off these gorgeous stamps.  My first card is very soft, and pretty and feminine:

 These flowers are so gorgeous!!!  Both pieces of ribbon were in my bits and pieces stash and I'm so glad I discovered the pleated one; it adds such a great texture, along with the embossing.

The second card is muted and artsy:

 I started by stamping the collage image directly on a 4 inch square note card in dark gray.  Then I used my mini MISTI and stamped it again, on top, with a couple different colors of gelatos.  It had a beautiful, subtle shimmer.  Then I started coloring in the image with  markers and it was going well, except the nest looked way too dark and bold.  I was trying to make it nice and subtle.  So, I added a piece of adhesive vellum over the entire card.  Sadly, I lost the shimmer and color from the gelatos, but it did mute the image like I wanted.  I used brown and shimmery blue gelatos with a bit of water to stamp the sentiment and added three tiny blue rhinestones to the banner to highlight the blue of the birds.
My third card was really, really fun and a bit mixed media-ish, but also super elegant, I think:

I attempted the black ice technique that I have seen several places recently, but I'm not quite sure I succeeded.  My black ink turned out a bit blue on the silver paper, but it still created a really fun look.
I started with a black card base that was in the stash of card blanks I am trying to use up.  I layered it with a dark gray panel embossed with a damask embossing folder, highlighted with black ink and a bit of silver on the edges.  The next layer is a dark gray card stock with black ink dragged on it directly from the ink pad and it is layered on a textured silver paper.  This is followed by another dark gray layer on which I randomly stamped a watch face image, but unfortunately it is mostly covered up by the layers on top.  I used antique silver frantage powder along the edges.  It is also layered on the textured silver paper.  I added a piece of lace that was recycled from a dress my daughters outgrew a long time ago and a dark gray  ribbon (that for some reason looks a bit purple).  Then came the image panel, layered on a textured black panel.  And everything was finished off with a corner die cut from the textured silver card on which I swiped a little black ink to antique it a bit.

Card #1:
Supplies:
Stamps: Blank Page Muse "Flower & Bird Sketches Art Rubber Stamp Sheet Set"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle; Spellbinders "Fleur Di Lis Squares"
Darice Damask embossing folder

Challenges:
Try Stampin' on Tuesday #359--sketch plus the optional twist: green

Cuttlebug Mania--springtime
Sweet Stampers--spring or easter
Use Your Stuff #303--die cuts
Southern Girls--pop is up (I popped the die cut panel with foam tape)
Try Stampin' On Tuesdays March technique--embossing
Creative Craft Cottage #105--make it feminine
Sheep Ski Designs #12--flowers
Card Mania #102--embossing

Card #2:
Supplies:
Stamps: Blank Page Muse "Vintage Sheet Music with Birds Background" and "Free as a Bird Word Art"

Challenges:
Shopping Our Stash #345--put a bird on it
Fashionable Stamping #133--springtime
Crazy 4 Challenges #425--chicken (or bird)
Stamplorations--spring and/or faith


Card #3:
Supplies: Blank Page Muse "Mannequin Dress Form Music Flower Art Rubber" and "Steampunk Watch Face"
Dies: MFT corner die
Darice Damask embossing folder

Challenges:
heARTful Stamping--anything goes
Cardz TV #38--anything goes
Crafty Catz #407--layer it up
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Love To Craft Challenge #20--anything goes
Cheerful Sketches--sketch

Cat Birthday

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week we have a tic-tac-toe challenge for you.  Unfortunately, I wasn't able to download the photo, so you will have to go to The House blog to see it!  I used the bottom row: fun fold, texture, and cats

And here is my card:

 The cat, the sentiment panel and the flower were all in my bits and pieces stash.  I had planned to use them together at some point, and this card was the perfect opportunity.  I used a fun fold which I think is called the double slider card:

 When you pull the one tab, both tags slide out from either end.  I stamped matching (but larger) borders, add the sentiments and stamped another kitty.  The sentiment on the left says "Wishing you a lifetime of Beautiful Days and happy tomorrows."  And here is another picture of the front:

My texture comes from the mulberry paper, the twine, and pearl.  Plus the layers and the plain purple layer has a slight canvas texture to it.
I hope you will play along with us this week.  Tic Tac Toe challenges are so fun, basically you are making your own challenge!
And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, make sure you check out the 10% off your entire order coupon over on my left side bar.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Cat Silhouette (lg)", "Cat Sitting Sil.", "The Cat's Out . . .",  "Marquee Frame lg.", "Marquee Frame sm.", "Daisy Solid sm.", "Beautiful Days" and "Birthday"
Dies: MFT "Stitched Scallop Trio"

Challenges:
Scor-pal #46--all things bright and beautiful
Unicorn Challenge #30--make it girly
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Creative Inspiration--any occasion (birthday)
Always Happy Birthday--anything goes with the optional twist of patterned paper
Penny Black--feature a creature
Creatalicious #134--anything goes with the optional twist of girly
Creative Craft Cottage #105--make it feminine
2 Crafty Critter Crazies--anything goes
Viva La Verve--March Sketch

Incy Wincy--ultraviolet
Try Stampin' on Tuesdays #2--tic tac toe (I used the column: ribbon/twine, die cuts and purple)

Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Fussy and Fancy #207--let's celebrate

12th Birthday

It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.

The challenge this time is: Lots of Green
And here is my card for your inspiration:

Green is perfect for this time of year: St. Patrick's Day, spring or my baby's twelfth birthday!  I can't believe she is 12 already!!  Her favorite color is green, so I took the opportunity to create her birthday card with this challenge.  I had already colored the little girl's dress and made it polka dotted before I went looking for patterned paper.  And I found a perfect match!!  The sparkly gold "2" was in my bits and pieces stash, I just had to cut a "1" to finish the number.

Supplies:

Stamps: Di's Digi Stamps "It's a Bit High" digi; MFT "Essential Sentiments"

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large" and "Teardrop Circles"; PTI number border die

Challenges:

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #38--tic tac toe (I used the the first column down: green, square, polka dots.  And actually, I used every square except "rainbows")

Cute Card Thursday #530--mothers (or feminine)

Little Miss Muffet #184--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--girl power

Penny's Challenge--anything goes

The Paper Shelter #329--let it be spring

Crafting By Designs--anything goes

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Die Cuttin' Divas #359--use green

Shopping Our Stash #344--national dress day (the little girl is wearing a dress)

Pile it On--circles

2 Crafty Critter Crazies--anything goes

Creatalicious #134--girly

Always Happy Birthday--anything goes with the optional twist of patterned paper

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Pattie's Creations #144--lots of green

Craft-Dee BowZ--anything goes with handmade bow

Aud Sentiments #198--anything goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #151--sketch

Cuttlebug Mania--ribbon and bows

I carrot 'bout you

Happy Friday!!  It's time for another challenge from Jo's Scrap Shack.  As always, we are now an Anything Goes challenge.  

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Lawn Fawn:

And here is my card for your inspiration:

 I had so much fun with this one!  I created a shadowbox card (my first) with a lot of dimension and lots of adorable bunnies!  I thought I had pinned a tutorial for a cared like this, but I guess I didn't so I had to do a little figuring, but overall it was not too hard.  It folds mostly flat so it will fit in an A2 envelope and mail with regular postage.

 I won this "Some Bunny" stamp set from Lawn Fawn last month and was so excited to be able to try it out.  The bunnies are so cute.  I stamped the bunnies, carrots, and garden box on scraps of white, colored them, and fussy cut them out.  I die cut two stitched hills for the inside, sponged a white panel with clouds for the back and die cut a channel for the third bunny to hop along.  You can see a bit more of the dimension in the photo below.

The pattern paper was one I had received as a freebie with an order from Lawn Fawn and was the starting point for my color combo.  The sentiment banner was in my bits and pieces stash, I trimmed it down and notched the end for a little more interest.  

What do you need to do to enter?

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge entry project, using the linky tool on Jo's blog. 

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into

3. THREE entries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. For all entries -NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED- 

The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date & the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge prizes

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering 

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo

All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until March 16 th by 12:00AM (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of March 18th.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!

Supplies:
Stamps: Lawn Fawn "Some Bunny"
Dies: Lawn Fawn "Stitched Hillside Borders" and "Slide On Over"; MFT negative of "Bold Stripes Cover Up" for banner

Challenges:
Penny's Challenge #370--anything goes
The Paper Shelter #329--Let it be spring
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #77--anything goes
2 Crafty Critter Crazies #12--anything goes
Use Your Stuff #302--anything goes
Penny Black--feature a creature
Lawn Fawn #24--fun with dies
Brown Sugar #276--spring or easter
Creative with Stamps #24--bunny

Scor-pal #46--all things bright and beautiful (I'm maybe stretching it on the beautiful, but it is definitely bright)

Lots of jars

 Happy first Wednesday of March!!  Spring is coming!!  And today begins a new challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week is a Designer's Choice Challenge and Esther has challenged us with: Just Jars (create a project with a jar or recycling a jar or a tag for a jar--as long as it involves a jar).  We got hit by the big Nor'easter this past weekend and were without power for two days.  On Friday since there was no power and there's not too much to do when there is no power, I lit some candles and had a good long play in my craft area.  I had so much fun with this challenge that I actually have 3 projects to share with you.  Here is the first:

 I've had this collection of small die cut elements that I have been saving for a Christmas shaker card: little snow flakes and tiny glittery circles among other things I've been saving in my bits and pieces stash.  So that was my first project.
     My second project is a simple Christmas notecard that could be either a Christmas card or maybe a Christmas "thank you."

I've had this card base with the embossed rectangle in my stash forever and finally found the perfect use for it.  It's a bit smaller than an A2 card, which makes it the perfect size for showcasing this Christmas jar.  I had one layer of the poinsettia in my bits and pieces stash so I cut two more to finish the flower.  The sprigs were also in the stash, I just colored them with a green marker to match better.  and the gold, glittery jar topper was a leftover piece from the first card.

     And last, but not least, I made a tag: 

This was almost completely made from bits and pieces.  The tag was in my stash, made from lots of leftover bits of scrap paper, as well as the flower (which I recolored to match the papers), the sprigs which I also colored to match and the bit of ribbon wrapped around the top was left over from the first card.  The jar was stamped on a scrap of white, so the only thing that was not a scrap was the piece of vellum the sentiment was stamped on.
I hope you will get a chance to play along with us.  I showed several ways to use a jar, but the possibilities are endless!  I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:
Card #1
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Jar" and "Christmas"
Dies: MFT "Stitched Scalloped Trio"; the shaker elements were created with PTI hands of time and snow globe, Verve "Scalloped Trim Trio", and Neat and Tangled "Falling Circles Cover die"

Card #2
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Jar"
Dies: Spellbinders "Layered Poinsettias"; Verve "Sprightly Sprigs"; MFT "Stitched Scallop Trio"

Tag
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Jar", "Daisy Solid, small" and "Happy Birthday"
Dies: Verve "Sprightly Sprigs"; MFT "Blueprints 13" tag

Challenges:
Card #1
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge--anything goes
heARTful Stamping--anything goes
Cardz TV #37--anything goes
Alphabet Challenge--Y is for your choice
Crimbo-Crackers #153--anything goes
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #20--anything goes
Christmas at Sweet Stampin'--anything goes
Craft-Dee BowZ--anything goes with handmade bow
4 Crafty Chicks #392--just add a sentiment
Aud Sentiments #198--anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #519--anything goes
As You Like It--single or multiple layers (while I love the look of single layer done well, I'm definitely a layer girl!)
Cuttlebug Mania--ribbon and bows

Card #2
Try Stampin' Or Not--tic tac toe (I used the diagonal line: purple, flowers, glitter)

Incy Wincy--ultraviolet
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #375--anything goes with the optional twist of vintage or shabby chic
Sheep Ski Designs #12--flowers
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--use flowers
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends--anything goes
Inspiration Destination #145--anything goes
Creative Fingers #143--anything goes

Tag
Time Out Challenge #104--be bold
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #321--anything goes with snippets
Crafty Calendar--add a tag or make one
Just for Fun--die cuts