Blessed

Hello, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: CAS.  I am using an image from our fabulous sponsor: Sheepski Designs.

 Here is my card:

CAS cards have always been a bit of a challenge for me.  But over the years I have gotten better at it.  I printed out the image and die cut it with a stitched rectangle die.  The longest part was definitely coloring the image, then I stamped the sentiment and sprinkled around some tiny white pearls.  Done!

You have all month to play along.  So, get inky and link up your creation; I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Sheepski Designs "Tulip Border" digi image; Verve "Be Blessed" sentiment

Dies: My Favorite Things "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #693--anything goes with uplifting sentiments

Penny's Challenge #593--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'--female cards

C.R.A.F.T. #752--spring/easter/anything goes

Crafty Catz #691--anything goes

Cards Galore #134--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #229--anything goes

Crafter's Cafe #317--anything goes with the optional twist: CAS

Unicorn Challenge #108--use dies

Die Cut Divas--flowers

Crafty Calendar--feminine

Creatalicious #287--anything goes with the optional twist: Easter/spring

Moving Along With the Times #177--spring flowers

Beautiful Blossoms #27--anything goes with the optional twist of the mood board (I did not use the mood board)

Triple B--birds, blooms or butterflies with optional mood board (I did not use the mood board)

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Baby boy

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Anything But a Card

Here is my project for your inspiration:

I created these cute little boxes for the favors for a baby shower I am co-hosting this weekend.  As you can guess, it is for a little, baby boy.  He actually was born 6 weeks early so is already here!!  But, we had this scheduled before the birth, so here we are.  I have a die that cuts out the little box.  Then I stamped the baby items on one side and "Thank you" on the second (see the photo below).  I then stamped a onesie on blue patterned paper and again on white card stock.  Fussy cut them both out and adhered the blue onto the white.  After putting three little Dove chocolates inside, I tied them up with an organza ribbon bow.  So cute!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Papertrey Ink "Through the Trees" sentiment; SU! "Oh, baby" image

Dies: Elizabeth Craft Designs favor box

Challenges:

Shopping Our Stash #544--fun folds

Penny's Challenge #593--anything goes

Little Red Wagon #801--I guess that's why they call it the blues

Crafty Catz #691--anything goes

Creative Fingers #298--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #251--anything goes

Unicorn Challenge #108--use dies

Party

Happy April 1st!!  It's time for a new challenge on the Critter Crazy Challenge blog!  As always, it is a month long challenge: Anything Goes as long as you feature a creature.  Here is my card for your inspiration:

You are actually getting a little sneak peek here.  I'm posting this card just a little early so I can play along with Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge.  Sometimes you just like a sketch so much that you HAVE to play along!  This one was fun, super easy and would be a fantastic way to use up a bunch of scraps!  My little "enamel dots" are actually pearler beads that I melted down in the oven.  I did a whole bunch several years ago.  Some of them (I'm guessing cheaper knock-off beads) melted down like donuts--with a hole still in the center--but some of them melted into these perfect little domed dots.  I pulled out all these different greens that matched my patterned papers perfectly!!

Thanks for stopping by!  Hop on over to the Critter Crazy blog and check out the details and the rest of the projects from the Design Team.

Supplies:

Stamps: My Favorite Things "The Whole Herd" cow and sentiment

Dies: My Favorite Things "Blueprints 13" washi tape strip and fishtail banner

Challenges:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #622--sketch

Word Art Wednesday #693--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #593--anything goes

Di's Digi Stamps--2 or more patterned papers

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #250--anything goes

Make My Monday #248--make it green

Spring Hello

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Colors of Spring

Here is my card for your inspiration:

When I was making this card above, I ended up cutting the "hello" out of the card base incorrectly to line up with the space in the patterned paper, so I had to die cut another panel and was left with this one sitting on my desk.  I wanted to jazz it up a bit, so I found a background stamp and inked it up with some turquoise ink, hoping for a little tone on tone look, but it ended up a little more bold than I was anticipating.  

I stamped the flowers three different times for each flowers: once on white card stock to create the white border and twice on the patterned paper so I could cut out both layers and add some dimension between them.  I created a shaker element out of the die cut "hello" window and added some more of the sequins scattered around for embellishments.  It's bright and happy and hopefully will brighten the recipient's day.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Joyful Blooms"

Dies: My Favorite Things "Essential Hello" and "Falling Leaves"

Challenges:

Creative Inspirations--anything goes 

We Love Stamping--hello spring or anything goes

Craft Rockets #123--for the girls

Pixie's Snippets Challenge #502--anything goes using snippets (my base layer was left over from creating a different card, all the leaves were die cut from a scrap of green card stock and all the flowers were stamped and fussy cut from snippets of left over white card stock)

Art Impressions Stamps #399--I like to move it, move it (shaker element)

Try A Sketch on Tuesday #666--sketch

Cupcake Inspirations #613--sky blue, pink, green

Make My Monday #247--use a die or punch

Beautiful Blossoms #27--anything with flowers goes with optional mood board (I did not use the mood board)

Triple B--birds, blooms or butterflies with the optional twist: use green

To the Moon

 Hello, everyone!  It's time for the mid-month reminder for the challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: For A Special Lady.  I am using an image from our fabulous sponsor: Mirtillamente.

 Here is my card:

I think this will be the birthday card for my mom, who's birthday is next month.  It all started with me being lazy and not wanting to take the time to print out an image from the sponsor.  I happened to have one printed out on a piece of printer weight paper.  Not really sure why as I always print them out on cardstock.  But I decided to see what happened when I colored it up and I think it turned out really beautiful!  So, I fussy cut it out and die cut a white card stock circle and adhered the image to it.  I went looking for some purple patterned paper and came across this vintage-y pack I had forgotten about.  They are all slightly textured and have a lot of really elegant, subtle patterns.  I picked a purple and a green to accent the image.   The gray ribbon is actually two quite small pieces that I pieced together behind the circle.  To tie that in, I used a dark gray cardstock for the base layer.  I stamped the sentiment and added a bunch of gray pearls to finish everything off.

You have all month to play along.  So, get inky and link up your creation; I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Mirtillamente "Flowerz Moon" digi; Verve "To the Moon" sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, Large"

Challenges: 

Cards Galore #133--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #222--anything goes

Creatalicious #287--anything goes with the optional twist: Easter/spring (I did not use the optional twist)

Craft Rockets #123--for the girls

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #298--sketch

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: any occasion

Beautiful Blossoms #27--anything goes with the optional mood board (I did not use the mood board)

Triple B--green

Make My Monday #247--use a die or punch

Word Art Wednesday #692--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #592--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #250--anything goes

Double Trouble #187--SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing (#1: 3 colors [green, purple, gray], 2 embellishments [ribbon and pearls], 1 sentiment)

The Paper Shelter #630--anything goes with the optional twist: for the ladies

Hang in there

 I have something fun for you today!  I've been working on using up some of those bits and pieces that you end up with after making a bunch of cards--those die cuts that didn't work on the card, or extra pieces that you didn't need, small pieces of card stock that were left after die cutting, etc.  This card idea started with the "hello" die cut piece.  I had die cut the letters for a previous card (which you can find here) and as I was looking at it, I thought it would be really fun to turn it into a shaker card.  So, I did!  And here it is:

Thankfully, the letter are all connected in the "hello" die.  So, I laid the pink die cut piece on top of the blue layer and slide the die into place underneath so I could cut the blue piece in the same place.  I stamped the sentiment onto the patterned paper and stamped, colored and fussy cut the bunny image on a white card stock piece.  I attempted to ink some clouds with a stencil and white craft ink, but it didn't show up very well on the photo.  So, I die cut some clouds out of another scrap of white card stock and adhered them to the "sky".  I added some die cut grass to the bottom of the card and then turned the main panel into a shaker card with some blue and gold sequins.  Super fun and cute!  AND I got to use up that scrap that was lying on my desk.

Here's a close up of the cute little bunny and the shaker element:

Supplies:

Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays "Some Bunny"

Dies; My Favorite Things 'hello"; Paper Smooches "Cute Clouds"; YNS grass border die

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #690--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #249--anything goes

Cards Galore Challenge #133--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #222--anything goes

Die Cut Divas--critters

Creative Inspirations--anything goes

Paper Funday #74--anything goes with the optional twist: weather related (clouds??  Does that count as weather?)

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. #750--spring/weather/anything goes

Crafty Catz #689--anything goes with the optional twist: add a sentiment

Creative Fingers #296--anything goes

Make My Monday #247--use a die cut or punch

Cupcake Inspirations #613--sky blue, pink, green

Blue Skies

 Hello, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: For a Special Woman.  I used an image from our fabulous sponsor: Mirtillamente.

 Here is my card:

The sentiment played off the image, but the rest of the card, including color was inspired by the sentiment.  Every once in a while, I end up printing out two of an image or maybe printing out two different images from a sponsor, not being sure which one I might use.  So, this image was a leftover from a while ago and saved me some time in not having to go find it and go through the process of printing it out.  The blue satin ribbon was just a small piece (I think I used just under half of it on this card, so there is a tiny bit left.  It matched the paper I chose perfectly.  After coloring the image and adhering the panel to the card, I added some clear dewdrops to look like rain drops.  The blue skies are coming but aren't here yet.

You have all month to play along.  So, get inky and link up your creation; I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Mirtillamente "Phoebe Rain" digi; Verve "Blue Skies" sentiment

Dies: unbranded stitched label die from Amazon

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #689--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #591--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'--special women

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #249--anything goes

Cards Galore Challenge #133--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #228--anything goes

Creative Inspirations--anything goes

Paper Funday Challenge #74--anything goes with the optional twist: weather related

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #750--spring/weather/anything goes (I went with weather related)

As You Like It Challenge--Favorite: monochromatic or colorful and why (I like color in my images, but when it comes to the embellishments and papers, I tend to go monochromatic because I have a hard time matching colors.  I can use various shades of one color, such as the blues on this card, but using multiple colors is very challenging for me)