Don't worry

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is a Designer's Choice Challenge and Shirley has chosen: Use an image that reminds you of your childhood.

And here is the card I created:

 At first this was a very challenging challenge for me!  I can barely remember what happened yesterday, never mind during my childhood!  But as I was looking through my Repeat Impressions stamps to see which would work best for this challenge, I came across these beautiful Sea Urchin images and just knew they were the ones!  My grandparents used to spend the winters in Puerto Rico when I was growing up and we were blessed enough to be able to visit them several times.  They lived just a few houses down from a nearly deserted beach and we always had so much fun down there.  There were so many shells, sand dollars (you could walk along in the water and feel them just under the top of the sand), and sea urchins.  I have a small collection of sea urchins and they have always been my favorite.  The white ones are so elegant and simple, but the green and purple ones are so gorgeous!  My mother used to have the giantest purple one and it was just stunning!  So, that is what I came up with--I created a pattern of purple and green sea urchins for my background.  Then, I heat embossed two of them with a really sparkly gold embossing powder.  And finished everything off by adding some dots with a gold paint pen to both tie in the gold sea urchins and fill in the pattern a little bit.  You can see the sparkle and shine of the embossed images in the photo below.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this photo.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Sea Urchin (lg)", "Sea Urchin (sm)" and "Be Strong"

Challenges:
Double Trouble #46--something, anything, everything (Thing #1: anything goes)
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #120--anything goes

Love

A new month has arrived and that means a new challenge from the Love To Scrap Challenge Blog.  This month's challenge is Anything Goes.

And here is the card I created:

I made this for my parents' anniversary--43 years!  They were married the day after Christmas and we were with them for Christmas and to help celebrate the anniversary.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Head on over to the LTSCB blog to see what the rest of the team has created and to get the full details of the challenge.  Then get inky and play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Essential Sentiments"

Dies: MFT "Stitched Alphabet" and "Blueprints 12" leaf; Sweet n Sassy Stamps small heart
Stencils: MFT "Diagonal Stripes" and "Brick Wall"

Challenges:
Sweet Stampers #39--anything goes
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #120--anything goes
Double Trouble #46--something, anything, everything (Thing #1: anything goes; Thing #3: out with the old, in with the new {the flowers were from a prize I won recently and I hadn't used any of them yet})
Incy Wincy--happiness

Beautiful day

I have always been in awe (and a bit in love) with Altenew's gorgeous flower sets.  I finally got one of my favorites a month or so ago and pulled it out to create this birthday card for my aunt.  Her birthday is Christmas Eve, so I wanted to stay away from anything Christmasy.  I went with some soft colors and lots of texture to create this elegant card for her.

Both the die cut circle and the bit of green sheer ribbon were in my bits and pieces stash.  And all the images were stamped on scraps of white, colored and fussy cut.

Supplies:

Stamps: Altenew "Beautiful Days"

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

damask embossing folder

Challenges:

Altenew Inspiration Challenge--A Year in Review (I chose the challenge in the middle on the top row: gray, green and pink, though my colors are more muted that those in the photo)

Crafty Calendar--anything BUT a Christmas card + add ribbon (I used a little piece of ribbon that was in my bits and pieces stash)
Penny Black--flowers all over
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #125--anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown #447--anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #419--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Atlantic Hearts Sketch #348--sketch

Make My Monday #112--female birthday
Tuesday Morning Sketches #535--anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #614--anything goes

40th Birthday

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built and this week it is a fan favorite: Anything Goes!! And here is the card I created for your inspiration:

 Here is the inside:

My cousin is turning 40 at the end of the month, so I created this for him.  I can send this kind of card because I turned 40 3 months ago.  It's a little cheeky without being too over the top.  The papers were all scraps (trimmed a little bit) and I added enamel dots in bright colors to coordinate.  I used a sunburst stencil on the inside to create a "glow" on the horizon.  And I die cut the "40" out of scraps as well.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the House blog to see the rest of the DT's creations and then get inky and play along with us.  And if you need any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your ENTIRE order coupon code over in my left sidebar.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Birthday" and "Distant Glow"
Dies: PaperTrey Ink numbers border die

Challenges:
CAS(E) This Sketch #352--sketch

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
STAMPlorations Stencil Challenge--anything goes with a stencil

Incy Wincy--happiness
Cuttlebug Mania--light
Time Out Challenge #451--"You are never too old to set another goal, or dream a new dream"
MFT Birthday challenge--CAS
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #368--anything goes with snippets
Simon Says Stamp Monday--party time

In the Wild

I created this tag for the Christmas gift for a young man in our family.  We recently discovered that he LOVES wolves, so when I saw this image on a commercial card, I KNEW I had to recycle it and use it for something for him.  He just got his driver's license and doesn't really have any car "necessities".  So, for Christmas, I made a car gift basket for him.  This tag will go on the package and it's doubly perfect as I put a wolf blanket in it for him.

The snowflake is actually the backing piece from a snowflake I die cut from adhesive vellum for a previous project.  I love the shine on it and it was just sitting in my bits and pieces stash waiting to be used.

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve "Ornamental Christmas" sentiment
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" fishtail tag; Memory Box "Lindeman Snowflake"; Lawn Fawn "Double Surprise Slider Die" fishtail banner

Challenges:
Christmas at Sweet Stampin'--critters
Pattie's Creations #165--animals or bears
2 Crafty Critter Crazies--anything goes
Winter Wonderland--anything goes
Crafty Creations #404--anything goes
Aud Sentiments #242--Christmas/winter
Crafty Friends #125--winter colors (I used icy blue, silver and white)
Use Your Stuff #388--it's Christmas time!
{Pin}spirational #254--inspiration photo (the wolf turned to the side with his mouth open reminded me of the photo)

C.R.A.F.T. #539--Christmas: the last stretch (it's only a few days until Christmas, and I'm still working on Christmas projects)
Moving Along with the Times #113--anything but a card

Last Minute Christmas card

Yep, I am still working on my Christmas cards.  Probably will be for a bit still.  I saw this fun sketch from My Favorite Things and had to play along.

The plaid paper strip scrap was in my bits and pieces stash (I just had to trim a little off the end) as was the burlap/twine bow.

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve "Merry and Bright" snowflakes and "Ornamental Christmas" sentiment
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:
Through The Purple Haze #162--Let it Snow
Power Poppy Stamps Creative Confetti--Mad for Plaid
Creative Inspiration--festive fun
Alphabet Challenge--S is for Snow
STAMPlorations Theme and Prompt--Stamps + Holiday

Pink Gem Challenge--anything goes
Make My Monday--anything Christmas goes
Crafty Gals Corner #202--'Tis the Season
Creative Moments #182--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas
If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #132--inspiration photo (I was inspired by the colors and the snowflakes)

Aud Sentiments #242--Christmas/winter
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #468--anything goes with the optional twist: use the word Merry
Sweet Stampers #39--anything goes
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #120--anything goes
Use Your Stuff #388--it's Christmas time!
Cupcake Inspiration #485--holidays

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes
Crafter's Cafe #233--holidays and/or I spy something beginning with the letter "C"
Penny's Challenge #461--anything goes
Mod Squad--Christmas/winter
Little Red Wagon #528--any winter holiday
My Favorite Things #468--sketch

Joy to the World

Wire Wrapture · Post RI--inspiration photo template Posting as Heather Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week we have a beautiful inspiration photo for you:

And here is the card I created:

I went with both the colors and the elements in the image.  I stamped the Joy sentiment and then water colored the globe for a soft look.  For a fun touch, I used a pen to draw on a string to make the globe look like an ornament.  Then I stamped the pine branch image repeatedly around the outside of the panel.  I sponged on some antique linen Distress ink around the edges as well.  I stamped, colored and fussy cut the pine cones and added a little burlap twine bow.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this photo.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Joy", "Pine Branch", "Pine Cone"

Challenges:

Die Cut Divas--winter/Christmas
Merry Little Christmas Challenge #17--anything goes
Winter Wonderland--anything goes
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #62--anything goes
Paper Funday--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas holiday
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Kat Scrappiness--happy holidays
Word Art Wednesday #417--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Crafty Creations #404--anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #612--anything goes
Aud Sentiments #242--Christmas/winter
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #468--anything goes with the optional twist: use the word Merry
Sketch Saturday #594--sketch

Sweet Stampers #39--anything goes