Sweet Sixteen

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

Here is my card for your inspiration:

Can you tell what my favorite color is?  Ha, ha, yes, blue!!  It also happens to be the favorite color of my middle daughter.  She and her twin sister turned 16 this past week and this is the card I created for her.  (You will get to see the card for the younger twin later in the month.)  Since they were turning 16, I wanted something a little classy and more grown up than usual (though this twin did ask where her monkey was since I usually make her cards with monkeys on them).  I chose this elegant little lady from All Dressed Up.  I really love paper piecing and thought it might be easier than coloring.  I was wrong, but I still really like how it turned out.  I chose this image because my daughter quite often wears her hair in a bun.

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: All Dressed Up "Best Frocks" digi; Verve "Beautiful You" sentiment; PaperTrey Ink "The Sweet Life" flourish

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Ovals, large"; PaperTrey Ink fancy border die and "By the Numbers" border die; MFT "Formal Flourish"

Challenges:

Double Trouble #179--Delicious Layers (Thing #1: more than three layers)

Cards Galore #129--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #224--anything goes

Cutie Pie #200--Special Occasions (a 16th birthday is very special!!)

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Cheerful Sketches #656--sketch

Sheepski Designs #92--anything goes

{Pin}spirational #319--numbers

Penny's Challenge #584--anything goes

Crafty Catz #682--anything goes with the optional twist: use ribbon/twine

A Gem of A Challenge--anything goes

The Paper Shelter #618--spots and/or stripes

Be Merry

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

 Here is my card:

I was given this adorable little fox image to use and he is sooooooo cute!!  I thought he would look perfect with some paper piecing, so I printed him out on several different patterned papers, fussy cut them out and adhered everything together (after coloring up the rest of the image, of course).  I added some micro fine glitter to the snowflake to give it some sparkle.

My brother-in-law was in London a couple weeks ago and he brought me back a beautiful paper pack.  It has several sheet of paper that have this gorgeous gold foiling in it.  You can see it more in the photo below.  I die cut some corner pieces out of gold card stock to go along with the foiled pattern.

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: Polkadoodles "Snowflake Fall Autumn Fox" digi; Paper Trey Ink sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "Floral Ovals"; Verve "Mini Classy Labels"; MFT fancy corner die

Challenges:

Penny's Challenge #584--anything goes

Double D--warm & cozy

Crafty Catz #682--anything goes with the optional twist: add some ribbon/twine

Make My Monday #238--wild animals

Double Trouble #179--Lotsa Delicious Layers (thing #1: 3 or more layers)

Cards Galore #129--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #224--anything goes with hand-colored image

Unicorn #104--Christmas and/or winter

Die Cut Divas--any holiday of the year

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #92--anything goes

Creative Inspirations--Christmas animals

Craft Rockets #120--Christmas and/or winter

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #289--sketch

Aud Sentiments #319--glitter AND/OR Christmas

Inkspirational #328--layer it

Merry Christmas

 A week or so ago, I created a card using an upcycled image from a commercial Christmas card.  You can see that card here.  I still had a piece of the image left over and it was already cut to the perfect shape and size for the sketch I used for this card.

Such a sweet image and I think the felt snowflakes pull out the snow in the image perfectly!

Supplies:

Stamps: PaperTrey Ink sentiment

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 12"

Challenges:

Unicorn #104--Christmas AND/OR winter

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Aud Sentiments #317--glitter AND/OR winter

Peace On Earth #75--anything goes with optional mood board (I used the color scheme)

Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmaker #41--sketch

Colorful Options--red

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #166--snowflakes

Cards Galore Challenge #129--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #584--anything goes

Crafty Catz #682--anything goes with the optional twist: add some ribbon/twine

Thankful

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Thankful or Grateful

Here is my card for your inspiration:

I bought this beautiful die set on Amazon a couple of years ago.  The leaves are just fabulous and I love the font on the sentiment.  It was the perfect choice to create a CAS "thankful" card.  I started by inking up a dotted background stamp with a pale blue ink and a blender brush to get a nice soft stamping.  Then I die cut the two leaves and inked the edges of the orange leaf with some red ink.  I die cut the sentiment once with the gold and two more times with white cardstock and layered them all together for some dimension.  I finished everything off with some really, really old orange and yellow gems.

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 "Better Together" dotted stamp

Dies: unbranded leaf and sentiment set

Challenges:

Fab n' Funky Challenges #603--Autumn/Halloween

Penny's Challenge #583--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

CRAFT #738--anything goes

ART Impressions Stamps #380--fall challenge

Creative Knockouts #533--Halloween or Fall

Krafty Chicks #740--anything goes

Crafty Catz #681--anything goes with the optional twist: use dies or punches

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Comfort and Joy

Happy November 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:

I'm trying to work on recycling some commercial Christmas cards that I received last year.  This horse image was one of those cards.  I cut it down and then did the spotlight technique with die cutting to draw attention to this beautiful horses.  One of the star border die cuts was sitting on my desk since it didn't make it onto a previous card, so I die cut two more to go along with it.  I stamped the sentiment several times in black ink so it would stand out on the image.

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: Flourishes "Country Time Christmas" sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; MFT western border die

Challenges:

Penny's Challenge #583--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

CRAFT #738--anything goes

Krafty Chicks #740--anything goes

Crafty Catz #681--anything goes with the optional twist: use dies or punches

Jingle Belles--While Shepherds Watched their Flocks (use animals)

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

ABC Christmas--U is for unusual Christmas colors, V is for velvet (I went with unusual Christmas colors

Creative Sketchy Girls #96--sketch

Birthday Wishes

 Hello, everyone!  It's time for the mid-month reminder for the challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Monochromatic.  I am using an image from one of our fabulous sponsors: Mirtillamente.  Our other sponsor for the month is Pattie's Creations.

 Here is my card:

I chose this beautiful "Rose Mandala" image and decided to go with t a pink color scheme.  I did add a neutral gray to keep it from being to boring.  I actually used pink nuvo drops on all the little dots around the image, but when they dried on the black printing, they changed into gray.  They must have soaked up the color, which was kind of disappointing, but I also kind of like it!  They should have been pink like the ones flanking the sentiment.  What do you think?  Do you like the gray, or wish they had stayed pink?

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 "Rose Mandala" digi; Verve "Better Together" sentiment

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges: 

Penny's Challenges #583--anything goes

CRAFT #738--anything goes

Crafty Catz #681--anything goes with the optional twist: use dies or punches

A Gem of A Challenge--anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms #22--anything goes with the optional mood board

Noel

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

Here is my card for your inspiration:

It's getting chilly, so I'm in the mood for Christmas!!  Actually, my cats knocked over a box of stuff on one of my work stations a while ago and I just got around to picking the things up this week.  Most of the stuff was Christmas cards that were waiting to be recycled and there were also these metals letter stickers (which I have had so long that the adhesive has dried up!)

Anyway, I picked a card with this pretty little cardinal couple and decided to create a card around them.  After picking my papers and matting them with a blue cardstock that pulled out the blue in the scarf, I added some metal letters with glue and then added my embellishments.  I consider the letters as embellishments since they add a great bit of texture and were something I had to glue on.  I also added a bunch of (previously die cut) holographic snowflakes and little dots (that are kind of like enamel dots, but flat) to add interest and I finished it off with a die cut snowflake border that someone had given me years and years ago after I commented how pretty their's was.

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:

Dies: PaperTrey Ink "Snow Globe" snowflakes and dots; the snowflake border is either from Memory Box or Whimsy Stamps (again, it was a gift)

Challenges:

ABC Christmas--U is for unusual Christmas colors and V is for velvet (I chose unusual Christmas colors of blue and grey)

Die Cut Divas--anything goes for World Card Making Day

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Christmas with the Cuties--feature a creature

Triple B--anything goes with the optional twist: crimson (my cardinals are crimson colored)

Little Patch of Crafty Friends #239--anything goes

Fab n' Funky #602--Fur or feathers (feathers for this one)

Word Art Wednesday #670--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Creative Knockouts #532--use your favorite embellishments (I love to embellish using die cuts, specially small ones.  They add interest but no bulk, so perfect for mailing)

Tuesday Morning Sketches #778--sketch (I turned the sketch on it's side)