Country Christmas

It's time for our mid-month inspiration on the Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra blog.  We are an anything goes (Christmas-related, of course), month-long challenge, so you have plenty of time to enter in AND work on your Christmas card stash at the same time.

I love this country Christmas image and I wanted to give it just the slightest bit of color (though I have used it with absolutely no coloring) so I pulled out my colored pencils.  I haven't used them in quite a while.  Head on over to the blog to see what the rest of the DT has created and them come play along.  I love Christmas and I can't wait to see what you have created.

Challenges:
Sparkles Christmas Challenge--Oh! Christmas Tree
Christmas Card All Year 'Round--A Country Christmas
Craft Dee BowZ--anything goes with handmade bow
Simon Says--use a stamp
Crafting By Designs--Getting ready for Christmas
C.R.A.F.T. #238--Christmas
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long--anything goes
Crimbo Crackers #89--transport (horse)
Winter Wonderland--anything but square
ABC Christmas--R is for things beginning with R (ribbon, red paper
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #246--festive trees or greenery
MFP #279--use both gold and silver (gold thread on the button, silver star brads)
Sweet Stampin--make a scene
Christmas Card Challenge #41--anything goes
Lacy Sunshine--winds of change: changing seasons
Viva La Verve September week 1--sketch

Creative Inspirations #326--vintage

Supplies:
Stamps: Flourishes "Country Time Christmas"
Dies: Verve "Flag It"; Spellbinders "Radiant Rectangles" (oval)
Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon

Give Thanks

Today begins another challenge on The House That Stamps Built blog.  Our theme this week is: Falling for Fall--Autumn.  Here is my card:

The colors I used aren't super Fall-ish (except for the green and brown), but these are some gorgeous fall papers from an Authentique pad I have.  I think it is called "Grateful" but not sure.  Anyway, the little "dots" on the upper piece of paper are actually acorns.  They're so cute in real life.  Because of the tones of the papers, I decided to stamp my leaf in brown, but I stamped off on a piece of scrap paper first to get a muted image.  I love Fall and all the images/colors that go along with it, so I can't wait to see what you create for our challenge.

Challenges:
Aud Sentiments #139--Fall fun
Crafting Musketeers #29--autumnal colors
Cute Card Thursday #389--autumn leaves
Di's Digis--Include a sentiment
YNS #22--sketch

One Stitch At A Time #245--gratitude: what are you thankful for (I'm always so thankful for the cooler Fall weather; specially this year after a very hot and humid August)
The Paper Girls #87--grateful/thankful
Sweet Stamps--Anything goes
Where the heART is #1--add some text

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Maple Leaf Sil." and a sneak peek of a new words set that has not been released yet but will be soon!
Dies/punches: Verve "Flag It!"; Fiskars "Upper Crest" border punch
Papers: Authentique "Grateful" and PTI "Ripe Avocado" card stock
Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon

Last Days of Summer

Happy Labor Day!!  I can't believe it is September already!  But there are a few more days of summer left to enjoy, which brings me to my card.  Today begins a new challenge on the Love To Scrap Challenge Blog.  The challenge theme is: Do a Double Take--use at least two patterned papers.  Our sponsor's for this challenge are:

Imagine That! Digis by Kris

A Day For Daisies

The Stamping Boutique

I was given this beautiful image from The Stamping Boutique: Laundry Line-Summer.  Isn't it so fun!?

Now, head on over to the LTSCB blog to see the full details and see what the rest of the DT has created.

Challenges:

Creative Fingers #41--anything goes

Jo's Scrap Shack #104--anything goes

Di's Digis--include a sentiment

Crafty Catz #211--anything goes

Crafting with an Attitude--anything goes

Dragon's Lair Challenge--three of a kind (3 "buttons")

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned papers

Inspiration Destination #49--anything goes

Penny's Paper Challenge #243--use a sentiment

Sugar Pea Designs #19--summer sweetness

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2--sketch

Crafting By Designs--anything goes

Creative Inspirations #325--warm colors

Clear It Out--theme: anything goes, stash: anything goes

Supplies:

Stamps: The Stamping Boutique "Laundry Line--Summer"digi; Your Next Stamp "Sea Creature Sentiments"

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics Rectangles" and banner; MFT "Blueprints 13" 'sun'; PTI "Bitty Button Stacks"

Fall Is In the Air

It's time for another What If? Wednesday Challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week we have a fabulous color challenge for you:

Now, these colors would be perfect for summery cards as they are definitely "hot" colors.  But when I see them, I think Fall!  I'm not trying to rush it, by any means, but I do love Fall, and the colors, and the decor, and . . .  So, here's my card:

I used the "Maple Leaf Silhouette" stamp from Repeat Impressions and used the "rock n' roll" technique.  It's been a looooong time since I've done that, and I really like the look it gave to the leaf.  Now, head on over to The House Blog and see what the rest of the DT has created.  Don't forget I have a 10% off your entire RI order coupon code over there in my left sidebar.  I can't wait to see what you do with this challenge.

Challenges:
The Paper Nest Dolls #8--anything goes
Crafting with an Attitude--anything goes
Vintage Stamping Challenge #35--anything goes
YNS #21--sketch

DRS Designs #189--feeling sentimental
Creative Knockouts #104--anything goes
Aud Sentiments #139--fall fun
If You Give a Crafter A Cookie #26--inspiration photo (I was inspired by the colors of the red apple and yellow pencils)

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps #295--Fall

Supplies:
Stamps; Repeat Impressions "5127K Maple Leaf Sil." and "I'm So Glad . . ."

Sweet Sunflower

I let my mother-in-law borrow my stash of dies this weekend while we were away, so I didn't have them this morning when I needed to make an anniversary card that I had forgotten about.  Can I make a card without dies??  Yep, and I really love how it turned out.  I had this image printed out for a different project but it didn't work out.  So, all I had to do was trim it to the size I wanted and color it up.  I used a stencil to create the stripes on the side.  Love that stencil!  It is actually a deep brown to match the sunflower, even though it shows up as black in the picture.

Challenges:
Time Out Challenge #38--inspiration photo (I was inspired by the stripes)

Addicted To Stamps #159--CAS
Southern Girls #167--flower power
Hiding in My Craft Room #214--Freestyle

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI "Damask Designs" sentiment; Robyn's Fetish "Sunflower1" digi
Stencil: MFT "Diagonal Stripes"

Bobble Head

Happy September!  Time for another challenge from Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra.  As always, we are a month-long Anything Goes (Christmas related, of course) challenge.  Our sponsor is the fabulous Bugaboo Stamps and the winner will receive 7 images of their choice.  I chose to work with the adorable Bobble Head Christmas-Reindeer stamp.

 As soon as I saw the image, I thought it would be really fun to make his head actually bobble.  I had saved a tutorial on Pinterest on how to create your own wobble action piece.  It was really easy and makes a really fun addition to the card.  Here is a picture of the wobble action:

 It is hard to catch action in a picture, but you can see that the head really moves.

 And in this final picture, you can see the blur from the head wiggling.  So FUN!!

Challenges:
Jo's Scrap Shack #103--anything goes
Creative Knockouts #104--anything goes
Inspiration Destination #48--anything goes
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2--sketch

ABC Christmas--Q is for Quantum Leap (A Antlers)
One Stitch At A Time #244--4 legged friends

Supplies:
Stamps: Bugaboo Stamps "Bobblehead Christmas-Reindeer" digi; Verve "Ornamental Christmas" sentiment
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Ovals, large"; PTI "Fancy Flakes"; Verve "Flag It!"
YNS gumdrops

Blog Hop--Find the Hidden Treasure

The Love To Scrap! Challenge Blog design team is excited to bring you our "Find The Hidden Treasure" Blog Hop! We're being sponsored by Pink Gem Designs! Come hop with us for a chance to win 2 single Pink Gem Designs images!

Pink Gem Designs is based in Stourport on Severn, Worcestershire UK.

Began trading in Nov. 2008 to design cute and whimsical craft stamps in  clear polymer.

As digi products became more popular Pink Gem Designs also started to produce digital stamps

and other digital products such as downloadable papers, clip art etc..

There are three gems hidden somewhere on our blogs. As you hop, look on each design team member's blog to find a hidden gem and be sure to leave some love while you're there! Once you have found all three gems, email the locations where you found the gems (blog names and blog links) to ltscb@mail.com. All the correct guesses will be entered into the drawing for the Pink Gems Designs images!

All of the LTSCB designers are using gemstones on our inspiration projects. Everyone participating in the blog hop is invited to link up a project using gemstones for an EXTRA entry into the drawing! **Be sure to use the same email address to email the three blog names and URLs that you used to link up your project so we can make sure you're given two entries into the drawing!**

I'm a total shoe lover, so as soon as I saw this gorgeous image from Pink Gem I knew I had to use it for this hop.  It is called (fittingly): "New Shoes"; and here is the card I made with her:

Isn't she gorgeous!!??  Her dress just screamed paper piecing to me, so I went with it.  Then I pieced the bag with some silver paper to give it a high end shop look.  And just for fun, I pieced her green shoes, too, to match with her dress.This card is a bit fancier than I usually make, but I love how it turned out.  For my gems, I used pearls, rhinestones and I made my own stick pins with Swarovski crystals, rose quartz and white quartz beads.  Thanks for stopping by.

Here are your blog hop stops:

Ann

Annette

Aunty Sue

Cristina

Heather

Leslie

Tammy

Tina

We hope you are enjoying the hop and if you get lost along the way - or if you landed here in the middle of the hop and want to join in the fun - head over to the Love To Scrap!Challenge Blog to read all the details and start from the beginning!

Challenges:

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday--anything goes

Inspiration Destination #48--anything goes

Crafty Gals #34--lots of layers

Penny's Paper Challenge #242--girly

Inky Impressions #273--decoupage your image (I'm not sure exactly what decoupage is, but I do have several different layers of my image with all the paper piecing--if it doesn't count, I'm so sorry)

Word Art Wednesday #198--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Creative Inspiration #324--sketch

Tuesday Throwdown #259--just because

Creative Fingers #90--anything goes

Cutie Pie Challenge --cute & girly

Jo's Scrap Shack #103--anything goes
PTI SAF 2015: Pins & Needles Challenge--I made two stick pins

Supplies:

Stamps: Pink Gem Designs "New Shoes" digi; Skipping Stones Designs "Sassy Shoes" sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics-rectangles"; MFT "Formal Flourish" and flower die; Verve "Flag It" sentiment banner