True Gift

August already???!!!  Where is the time going?  Since it is the beginning of a new month, it is time for another challenge from Craft Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra.  As always, it is an Anything Christmas-related Goes challenge and you have all month to play along.  Our sponsor is the fabulous Bugaboo Stamps.  Here is my card for your inspiration:

I played off the sentiment with my present patterned paper and I used the ribbon to look like it was tied around a package.  I hope you'll get a chance to play along with us.  Hop on over to the CHNCC2 blog for the full details and to see what the rest of the DT came up with.

Supplies:
Stamps: Bugaboo Stamps "Christmas Words--Jesus" digi; Verve "Richly Blessed" sentiment
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Ovals, large" and "Standard Scalloped Ovals, large"

Challenges:
Aud Sentiments #160--anything goes
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2--sketch

{Pin}spirational #170--inspiration photo (Christmas theme)

Christmas Card Challenge #34--anything goes
One Stitch At A Time #267--dies
Lacy Sunshine--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday--add texture (ribbons, rhinestones)
Creative Craft #68--anything goes
Fab n' Funky #315--Christmas
Mod Squad--Christmas in July
The Paper Shelter--anything goes
Penny's #288--anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner #82--anything goes
Inspiration Destination #96--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes
Little Miss Muffet #143--anything goes
Crimbo Crackers #112--anything goes (Christmas related)
Brown Sugar #209--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #292--anything goes
Hiding In My Craft Room #261--Freestyle with a twist: Christmas
MFP #31--anything goes
Sweet Stampin'--Christmas in July
Christmas at Sweet Stampin'--anything goes
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--anything goes

Hello

Welcome to another challenge from Jo's Scrap Shack!  This week we have an Anything Goes challenge for you.  

I was given this GORGEOUS image from Little Blue Button Stamps.  I knew they made super cute images, but I didn't realize they also had images like this!  Love it!

Hop on over to Jo's blog for the full details and to see what the rest of the DT created.  I hope you will get inky and play along with us this week; can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Little Blue Button Stamps "Magnolia"

Dies: Verve "Pennant Border Die"; MFT "Smartphone" hello; Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A"

Challenges:

Sweet Stamps Challenge Blog--anything goes

Viva La Verve July week 2--sketch

One Stitch At A Time #267--dies

Lacy Sunshine Challenge--anything goes

Creative Craft Cottage #68--anything goes

The Paper Shelter--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #288--anything goes

Crafty Gals #82--anything goes

Inspiration Destination #96--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Little Miss Muffet #143--anything goes

Christmas in July

Happy Wednesday!!  That means it's time for another What If? Wednesday challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week it is a sketch challenge:

All the Christmas in July challenges going on right now had me in a Christmas mind-set, so I went with it. : )  I turned the sketch on its side to fit the sentiment stamp I wanted to use.

Isn't that ribbon so pretty?!  I got it (along with several other rolls: 5 or 6 I think) at a yard sale last weekend for $2!  Score!!  I hope you get a chance to play along with us this week.  Hop on over to The House Blog for all the details and to see what the rest of the DT did with this sketch.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "For Unto You" and "Snowflake Solid (lg)"

Challenges:
Christmas at Sweet Stampin--anything goes
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
{Pin}spirational #170--inspiration photo (Christmas Theme)

Word Art Wednesday #240--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Aud Sentiments #160--anything goes
Christmas Card Challenge #34--anything goes
Holly Jolly #77--show us some sparkle (rhinestones)

Happy Birthday

I won this image from Pattie's Creations a couple months ago and knew I HAD to use it for my brother-in-law's birthday.  He has the cutest little French Bulldog named Gabe and this image looks just like him.  I had a good look at Gabe the other day so I could make sure I got the coloring correct (right down to the white on his little back paws).

 Isn't he the cutest?!!  Here is a close-up of the little guy.

Supplies:
Stamps: Pattie's Creations "French Bulldog" digi; Your Next Stamp "Silly Monsters" sentiment
MFT "Blueprints 13" washi die
Darice pawprints embossing folder
MFT "Diagonal Stripes" stencil

Challenges:
A Gem of A Challenge #174--animals
Hanna & Friends #253--animals
Inspiration Destination #95--anything goes
Sugar Pea Designs #8--sketch

Cards Galore--anything goes
Crafting with An Attitude--anything goes
Scrappers Delights #57--anything goes
A Blog Named Hero--masculine

Dig This

So . . . masculine cars are kind of tough, right?  But little boy cards are FUN!!!  My nephew is turning 2 this weekend and I made this ADORABLE card for him.  

 I used a stripe stencil with a sharpie marker for the stripes.  And I used a stencil for the brick background as well. (I don't think I've ever used stencils so much).  I added an ink splat stamp to make "mud" spatters.  Don't you love those construction vehicles???!!!  So cute!  Here's a picture of the inside:

I just had to use one of the other trucks on the inside as well.  Couldn't leave any of them out. : )

Supplies:
Stamps: YNS "Keep on Trucking" and "Large Ink Splatter"
Stencils: MFT "Diagonal Stripes" and "Small Brick Wall"
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday #435--In the round
Aud Sentiments #160--anything goes
Inspiration Destination #95--anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #240--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Come And Get It--stripes or checks
Dis Digis--hot bright colors
Sweet Stampin--wheels
A Bit More Time To Craft #24--anything goes
Sugar Pea Designs #7--sketch

Fresh Brewed Designs--birthdays
A Blog Named Hero--masculine
Creative with Stamps--ink splatters (ink splatter background stamp)

You're a star

Welcome to another What If? Wednesday challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week we have a really fun inspiration photo for you:

Don't you just love the dimension on those stars?  And that woodgrain background??  Those were the two things that really caught my eye in this picture (plus the obvious color choices).  And here is where that inspiration took me:

I started with a woodgrain embossing folder and then swiped my gray ink pad directly across the embossed lines; it really makes the background pop!  I wanted to try to capture the dimension of the stars in the photo, so I die cut a star and used my scor-pal to score from the tip of each arm (what DO you call those?) to the center and then carefully folded along the score lines to make the center of the star rise to a point.  I added a piece of foam tape underneath the center of the star to adhere it and help keep the center raised.  I hope you get a chance to play along with us.  You can be inspired by anything in the photo: the stars, the colors, the background, etc.  Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Birthday" and "Star Cluster"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle and "Star STAX"; Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"
Darice wood grain embossing folder

Challenges:
Die Cuttin' Divas #275--anything 3D (my 3D star and the embossing)
Pixie's Craft Challenge #238--anything goes with snippets (all the red and blue card stock are scraps and the focal circle was cut from a scrap)
Sketch Saturday #421--sketch

A Bit More Time #24--anything goes
One Stitch At A Time #266--elements of nature (stars)
Open Minded Challenge #7--Patriotic/use your country colors (USA: red, white, and blue)
A Blog Named Hero--masculine (not sure if I was supposed to use Hero Arts products.  If so, please remove me and I'm so sorry)
Crafty Calendar--punches and/or dies

Need Coffee

Welcome to another challenge from the Love To Scrap Challenge Blog.  This time it is Anything Goes; we know how much everyone loves those!  Our three sponsors are:

Bugaboo Digi Stamps

Karleigh Sue Digis

Oddball Art Co.

I was given this fun image by Oddball Art Co.  For some reason, I had coffee on the brain (I don't even drink it!), so I was planning to go with some kind of coffee theme.  Before I even started on the card, I had the hair colored and I added some pink strands.  They're pretty subtle, so you have to look closely, but I just wanted to give it a try.  So, obviously, I needed to use some pink and that's how the color combo got started.  And everything just kept going from there, which usually doesn't happen for me.  But this one turned out pretty much how I saw it in my mind and came together rather quickly.

I think this sentiment combined with this image is really fun.  I'm not sure if she is stating the fact that she NEEDS coffee (the look on her face might suggest such) or if she's asking if YOU need coffee.  It really could go either way.
I hope you will get a chance to play along with us this time.  Hop on over to the LTSCB blog for the full details and to see what the rest of the team has created.

Supplies:
Stamps: Oddball Art Co. "Punk Elf Tinker Smile"; Mark's Finest Papers "Java Time" sentiment and coffee drips

Challenges:
Penny's Challenge #286--anything goes
Addicted To Stamps #202--make your mark (I used marker ink for coloring and ink pads for stamping)
Fab n' Funky #313--add a sentiment
Lacy Sunshine #168--anything goes
Crafty Cardmakers #168--bling it up (pink and green card candy)
Creative with Stamps #4--ink splatters ( do my coffee drips/splatters count?  I hope so)

Your Next Stamp #43--sketch

Aud Sentiments #159--for a girl
ART Impressions Stamps #188--anything goes