Be Merry

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

 Here is my card:

I was feeling lazy and did not feel like coloring.  I thought it would be fun to print out the image on some ledger paper that I had gotten at a second hand store a month or so ago.  It has a pale green tint, so I paired it with some patterned papers that have some green patterns.  I actually took a bunch of scraps from that paper pack and made my own background.  All but one of the strips was already cut to width, I just had to trim off the ends.  I stamped the sentiment on the same ledger paper and die cut it with a circle.  The ribbon was on my desk--just the perfect length.  And I finished everything off with some large, gold sequins.

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 "Mrs. Peter 21" digi; Papertrey Ink "Just Sentiments: Be Merry"

Dies: STAMPlorations stitched rectangle; unbranded circle die from Amazon

Challenges:

Creative Fingers Challenge #313--anything goes

Fab n' Funky #627--Christmas

Penny's Challenge #610--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--use dies

Double D--Christmas wrappings

CRAFT #769--Christmas OR anything goes

Cards Galore #142--anything goes

Die Cut Divas--Christmas/winter

Creative Inspirations--'Tis the Season

Crafty Gals Corner #272--'Tis the Season

Peace on Earth #101--anything Christmas goes with the optional mood board (I did not use the board)

Trio of Tags

Happy December 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 project for your inspiration:

I made three little scrap tags.  Something I started doing several years ago was create tags with little strips of patterned paper.  It's fun, cute, and uses up a lot of those scraps that are too small for anything else.  All of these strips were already cut to width, I just placed them on the tag base and trimmed for length.  I was happily stamping my little snowmen and paper piecing them with other scraps from the same paper pack when I realized I was creating for Critter Crazy Challenge and I needed to use a CRITTER!  I'm pretty sure snowman are not critters, so I got out the adorable little reindeer from the same stamp set.  To help the images stand out from the patterned background, I die cut vellum circles and placed them behind the images.  I die cut stitched banners and stamped the sentiment before adding them to the tag.  I finished them all off with bronze eyelets and scraps of ribbon that were on my desk.

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: YNS "Holiday Snow Globe" images; Verve "Ornamental Christmas" sentiment

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" tag base and "Blueprints 14" stitched rectangle; unbranded circle die from Amazon

Challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. #769--Christmas/anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #272--'Tis the Season

A Gem of a Challenge #12--anything goes

Jar of Flowers

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

Here is my card for your inspiration:

This is the birthday card for my youngest daughter.  She loves plants and flowers and has been growing dahlias the last couple summers.  So, I wanted to make her a card with a bouquet of dahlias.  I sized and printed out a whole bunch of blooms, leaves and buds to created this card.  I colored them and fussy cut them all out and then layered them together in the jar as if I was really creating a little bouquet.  I had to add some stamped stems as the digi set I used didn't have any stems with the flowers (other than with the buds).  I tied some twine around the jar and added some clear dewdrops to look like . . . dew drops!

Then I had some fun creating this fun fold card.  I have a die set that makes it nice and easy.  The hardest part is figuring out what colors you are going to use!  I stamped a second sentiment behind the sliding portion for a special surprise.

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: Repeat Impressions "jar"; Fred She Said "Dahlia Garden Digi set" (I used most of the images in the set); Verve "Be Blessed" outside sentiment; Papertrey Ink "Just Sentiments: Birthday"

Dies: My Favorite Things "Slider Surprise" and "Blueprints 13" stitched banner

Challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms #35--anything goes with optional mood board

A Gem of A Challenge--anything goes

Creative Creases #109--anything goes with a fun fold

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #266--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #727--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #610--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'--birthdays

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Sending a little sparkle

Hello, everyone!  It's time for the mid-month reminder for the challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is Add Some Sparkle.  I am using an image from our fabulous sponsor: Polkadoodles.

 Here is my card:

I went very sparkly on this one, even adding the word "Sparkle" die cut from black glitter paper.  I also used a bit of recycled gold glitter ribbon and added gold sparkle and shine on the unicorn's wings, spots, horn and in her main and tail.  You can see all the sparkle a bit better in the photo below.

I also added a sprinkling of pink gems in case I needed some more sparkle!

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 "I am so fluffy unicorn" digi; Papertrey Ink "Sparkle and Shine: Holiday"

Dies: PaperTrey Ink "Sparkle and Shine"

Challenges: 

Cards Galore #141--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #236--anything goes

Die Cut Divas--critters

Penny's Challenge #610--anything goes

Di's Digi Designs--wings/horns/tails (I have used them all)

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Creative Fingers #312--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #266--anything goes

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #656--sketch

Fab n' Funky #626--all that glitters

Little Red Wagon #834--Let's Fly!

Happy Cake Day

Happy Friday!!!  (Actually, I'm a couple days late--we had a big birthday weekend and I didn't have time to get this posted before Sunday!)  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Your Favorite Color

Here is my card for your inspiration:

I bet you can't guess what my favorite color is!  Yep, it is blue!  Blue also happens to be my daughter's favorite color and this is her birthday card.  She and her twin sister turned 17 this past week.  She loves monkeys, so of course, I had to add this super cute little guy and her favorite cake (mine, too) is called Death by Chocolate by one of our local restaurants.  It is a dark chocolate cake (so moist!) with a dark chocolate ganache type frosting  and the sides are studded with mini chocolate chips.  Soooooo good.  Anyway, I made the cake to look like that cake and added some die cut numbers to look like candles.  And of course added a fun sentiment that fit with that yummy cake!

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: Mama Elephant "Lunar Animals"; Cardz TV "Sugar Rush" sentiment

Dies: MFT cake (including candle flames); PaperTrey Ink "By the Numbers" border die numbers; unbranded circle die from Amazon

Challenges:

Creative Fingers #312--anything goes

Shopping Our Stash #364--A few of my favorite things (blue, ribbon, cake, rhinestones and patterned paper!!)

Cards Galore #141--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #236--anything goes

Die Cut Divas--critters

Cheerful Sketches--sketch

 

Penny's Challenge #609--anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Snowflakes

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

 Here is my card:

What better occasion for which to use sparkle than Christmas??  So, I chose to use this adorable winter fox with his winter hat and scarf.  I added ultrafine diamond glitter to his pom pom and hat trim and also to the snowflake he is holding.  The glue I was using came out too thick on the snowflake, so after I added the glitter I didn't like it and ended up scraping it all off.  For a fun twist, it left a very thin layer of glitter on the snowflake.  I also added some red glitter paper behind the fox to separate him from the background and backed that with a bunch of die cut snowflakes.  The picture below shows the sparkle a little bit better.

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 Freddy Fox"

Dies: unbranded circle die from Amazon; PaperTrey snowflake dies

Challenges:

Creative Fingers #311--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #265--anything goes

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #178--festive wear

Cards Galore #141--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #236--anything goes

Unicorn #115--Christmas/winter

Crafter's Cafe #324--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas

Die Cut Divas--critters

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #315--sketch

Creative Inspirations--wrapped up in winter

Craft Rocket #131--Christmas/winter

Paper Funday #625--anything goes with the optional twist: Merry & bright

Penny's Challenge #609--anything goes

CRAFT #767--Christmas

Sweet Stampin--use red for Remembrance Day

Colorful Options--red or rainbow

Love Those Pretty Papers--anything goes with the optional twist: forest critters

Under the weather

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:

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: Clearly Besotted "Under the Weather"; Verve "Joyful Blooms" and "To the Moon" trio of hearts

Dies: MFT Stamps "Blueprints 13" banner 

Challenges:

Pattie's Creations Challenge #235--anything goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #313--sketch

Love Those Pretty Papers--anything goes with the optional twist: woodland critters

Word Art Wednesday #723--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #608--anything goes

Crafty Catz #703--anything goes with the optional twist: halloween (I did not use the twist)

Snippets Playground #518--anything goes with snippets (all of the patterned paper were scraps or cut from scraps.)