Jesus

Oh, my goodness!!  It's August already!  Where is this year going?  Well, as it is the beginning of a new month, we have a new challenge for you from Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra: Anything (Christmas-related) goes!  Yeay, how easy is that!?  Our sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps and you have all month to play along with us and work on that Christmas card stash.  Here is my card for your inspiration:

This was a quick and easy card.  I already had the strip of patterned paper strips along the bottom made, just had to adhere it to the bottom of the card.  Printed and colored the digi image and tied the ribbon around: done!  (The ribbon is actually quite red, but it looks pink in the photo for some reason).  I hope you will get a chance to play along with us this month.  Christmas is coming quickly and you don't want to get caught in a rush to make cards come December.

Supplies:
Stamps: Bugaboo Stamps "Christmas Words--Jesus" digi

Challenges:
Christmas at Sweet Stampin'--anything goes
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #289--anything goes with snippets (snippets along the bottom)
{Pin}spirational Challenge #195--inspiration photo (I was inspired by the Christmas theme and the red of the truck)

Word Art Wednesday #292--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Crafty Creations #346--anything goes
Winter Wonderland--use a digi image
Fussy and Fancy #192--anything goes
Creative Craft Cottage--anything goes
Holly and Ivy #11--anything Christmas goes
Crafting By Designs--getting ready for Christmas
Crafty Gals #133--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes
Little Miss Muffet #168--anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #488--anything goes
Brown Sugar #261--anything goes
Cardz TV Christmas in July #4--anything Christmas goes
Hiding In My Craft Room #311--freestyle
A Gem of A Challenge #199--Christmas in July

With Love

Happy Saturday!  It's time for a new Challenge from Di's Digi Designs and this week it is: just use water.  So, anything using water or a water image, etc. 

My husband and I will be celebrating our 18th anniversary on the 31st, so as soon as I saw this adorable image with the "With Love" sentiment I knew I had to use it.  Specially since it has an image of a watering can (which is where most of my "water" comes in to play).

I colored the little kitty to resemble the only other boy in our house.  My husband likes to pretend he doesn't care about the cats, but every once in a while, Bob (our boy cat) likes to lay in his lap for some "man time" as my husband calls it. : )  I pulled out some masculine papers to balance out the flowers and hearts.  If you look closely at the dark patterned squares, you can see they have all sorts of garden tools on them.  And with the brick wall in the background, this little scene could be set in the garden.  For a little bit more "water" I added glossy accent drops to some of the leaves and flowers which you can see better in the photo below:

I just love Di's adorable images and I'm so grateful for the opportunity to be on her design team!  I hope you will get a chance to play along with us this challenge; there are some awesome prizes up for grabs!

Supplies:

Stamps: Di's Digi Stamps "Watering Can Bunny"

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 12" square and "Pierced Heart STAX"; Spellbinders "Label one" small 

squares

Challenges:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #115--sketch

Aurora Wings #54--fur and feathers (I used fur)

Crafts Galore--anything goes

Crafty Creations #346--anything goes

Creative Fingers--anything goes

Creative Craft Cottage--anything goes

Creative Inspirations--anything goes

The Paper Shelter--anything goes

Crafty Gals #133--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday--anything goes

Little Miss Muffet #168--anything goes

Cute Card Thursday #488--anything goes

Brown Sugar #261--anything goes

Cardz TV #7--anything goes

Dreams taking flight

Happy Wednesday!!  As this post goes live, I am camping (well, I'm in a cabin) with my family in upstate New York.  Yeay for vacation but not a lot of access to the internet, yikes!  Anyway, it's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  And this week we have an easy one for you: Anything Goes!

I created this fun card for the birthday of a family friend turning 17.  I just gave it to him, and he just wanted to sit there and spin the balloon around. : )   I think it was a hit!  The circle was cut out of the front panel (which was sponged for a sky look) and the largest hot air balloon is suspended in the middle with some jewelry beading wire.  The smaller balloons are stamped on the inside and I sponged a sky background in there as well.

 You can see the dimension a bit better in this photo:

 And this photo shows the inside:

 And here is what it looks like lying flat:

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us this week.  I can't wait to see what you create for this one.  Don't forget to take a look at the House Blog to see what the rest of the team has created.  And if you need any of the stamps I used, check out the 10% off your entire order coupon code in my left sidebar.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Hot Air Balloon", "Hot Air Balloon Cluster", "Dreams Take Flight" and "Birthday" inside sentiment
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; Verve "Pennant Trim"; Paper Smooches "Cute Clouds"

Challenges:
Sugar Pea Designs #33--sketch

Word Art Wednesday #292--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Calling All Sistahs #3--inspiration photo with encouragement (though mine is a birthday card, it has an encouraging sentiment on the front)


Crafty Creations #346--anything goes
Fussy and Fancy #192--anything goes
Creative Fingers--anything goes
Creative Craft Cottage--anything goes
Creative Inspirations--anything goes

Birthday wishes

Happy Friday!!  It's time for another challenge from Jo's Scrap Shack.  As always, we are now an Anything Goes challenge and our sponsor this week is Di's Digi Stamps.  

I won this image from Di's Digi Stamps a couple months ago, and I knew it was perfect to pull out for my brother's birthday.

Isn't he adorable!?  I used a blue fine point marker to draw the corner frames.  And it's very subtle, but I used a star stamp in light gray to add interest to the sentiment panel.  As this is one of the only boy digi image I own, I think it will be getting a lot of use as he's just the cutest!  I hope you will get a chance to play along with us this week.  I can't wait to see what you create!

What do you need to do to enter?

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge entry project, using the linky tool on Jo's blog. 

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into

3. THREE entries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. For all entries -NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED- 

The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date and the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge prizes

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering 

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo

All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until July 27th by 6:00PM (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of July 20th.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create.

Supplies:

Stamps: Di's Digi Stamps "Watering Can Bunny" digi; Verve "Party Time" sentiment and "To the Moon" stars on sentiment panel

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A"

Challenges:

The Paper Nest Dolls #7--anything goes

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #12--anything goes

Cheerful Sketches--sketch

Sheep Ski Designs #4--square cards
Creative Inspirations #278--anything goes
Inspiration Destination #132--anything goes
Little Miss Muffet #167--anything goes
Sweet Stampers #9--favorite colors (my favorite color is blue, specially that turquoise blue)
Come And Get It--use 2+ designer papers
Kraftin' Kimie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday--anything goes
Fab And Funky #360--use patterned paper
Penny's Challenge #338--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--we're seeing stars (star brads and stars on my sentiment)

Stained Glass Christmas

Happy Wednesday!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This time we have a lovely inspiration photo for you:

So, as you can see, my card has absolutely nothing to do with this super summery photo.  But, wait, it does as I used the color combo, though my green is a bit darker than the darkest teal gray in the photo.  But I also captured the starfish with the star in my images and the waves with the scalloped border.  To create the star embellishment, I stamped the round image twice, colored them and then fussy cut out the star parts and layered them together with some cardboard for dimension.

And that is what inspiration photos are all about!  You can create whatever it is that you feel inspired by.  I hope you will play along with us this week, there are really so many options!  And make sure you visit the House blog to see how the rest of the team was inspired by this.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Stained Glass Round" and "Christmas"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle and "Stitched Scallops"

Challenges:
Christmas Card Challenge #17--inspiration photo (I used the colors in the photo)

Sweet Stampin'--Christmas in July
Hiding In My Craft Room #309--Christmas in July
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #342--anything goes with the twist of use die cuts
Cardz TV Christmas in July #2--anything goes
CAS-ual Fridays #178--Christmas in July
Aud Sentiments #189--Christmas in July
As You Like It--do you prefer gems or pearls?  (I really like both, but it depends on what type of card I am making.  Pearls are more elegant and fancier in my mind, so for a card like this I prefer to use gems)
Creative Inspirations #278--anything goes
The Holly and Ivy #10--anything goes
Creative Fingers #134--anything goes
Art Impressions #212--bling, glitter or glossy
ABC Christmas--N is for New; O is for old  (the round stamp is new, first time I've used it and the scalloped dies are a couple years old
Crafty Calendar--anything goes
Divas That Cut--Christmas in July
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--anything goes
Christmas at Sweet Stampin'--anything goes
Unicorn Challenge #23--Christmas in July
{Pin}spirational Challenge #195--inspiration photo (inspired by the Christmas theme)

Last Day

My little nephew is turning 3 next week and he loves dinosaurs, so of course, I had to pull out this adorable dino set from Sugar Pea Designs.  I mean, aren't they the cutest!

As he is only three, he totally won't understand the sentiment, but my brother will, I'm sure.  And it's just too fun!

Supplies:
Stamps: Sugar Pea Designs "Prehistoric Pals"
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; Verve "Pennant Trim"

Challenges:
Sugar Pea Designs #33--I used the sketch

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Crafting with Attitude #29--anything goes
Creative With Stamps #16--celebrate

Dare 2B Artzy--bright colors
Hanna And Friends #277--birthday
Penny's #337--anything goes
Crafty Gals #131--do it for the dudes
Cardz TV #6--anything goes
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps--anything goes

Fishy Present

I have EXCITING news!!  A little while ago I was contacted by the coordinator from Di's Digi Designs and asked if I would join their design team?  Di's images are so, so, sooooo adorable, I had to say "YES!"  

So, today is my first challenge as part of the design team!  Thanks Aud and Di for asking me!  Our theme this challenge is: Christmas In July. The sponsor for this challenge is Craftin' Desert Divas and the winner will receive 2 digi images of choice.

 And here is my super cute card:

 I mean, could those penguins be any cuter??  And look at the little present; if I had to guess, I think it might be . . . . a fish??  So cute!  Sorry for the darkness of the picture; the penguin with the scarf, his hat is actually green as are the dark parts on the present though they show up as black.  I used glitter paper to die cut an icicle border than I placed below the ribbon and I added clear Wink of Stella to the pom-poms on the hats and the snow along the ground.  You can just see a bit of sparkle in the next photo:

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us as there are fabulous prizes to be won!  Plus, it's time to get working on those Christmas cards if you haven't started already!

Supplies:
Stamps: Di's Digi Stamps "Penguins Fishy Friend B&W" digi; Verve "Ornamental Christmas" sentiment
Dies: Spellbinders "Label 37"; MFT icicle border die

Challenges:
Cardz TV Christmas in July #2--anything Christmas goes
Cut It Up #126--Christmas in July
CAS-ual Fridays #178--Christmas in July

Aud Sentiments #189--Christmas in July
Cute Card Thursday #486--ribbons/bows
Merry Christmas Challenge #25--ribbon
The Paper Shelter #302--punches and/or dies
The Holly and Ivy #10--anything goes
Tuesday Morning Sketches #411--sketch and theme: Christmas in July

Fussy and Fancy #191--celebration (celebrating Christmas)
Winter Wonderland--Christmas Penguins
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Creative Craft Cottage--Christmas in July
Merry Monday--any Christmas challenge (I used the challenge to create a card in red, green, and white)

ABC Christmas--O is for old (my papers are a couple years old and the mulberry paper is probably 15+ years old and I've had this image for several years)
Crop Stop--anything goes (with a spellbinders die)
Craft Dee Bow-Z--anything goes with handmade bow
Unicorn Challenge #23--Christmas in July
Christmas at Sweet Stampin'--anything goes
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--anything goes
Divas That Cut--Christmas in July