Jo's Scrap Shack 5th Anniversary Blog Hop

Hi, Everyone!  Today marks the start of a 2-day blog hop celebrating Jo's Scrap Shack's 5th Anniversary!

It's 2 days of hopping and there are PRIZES:

Jo's Scrap Shack- Prize: Mystery Craft Box ($40 value), &  A Guest Designer Spotlight

Lawn Fawn - Prize: 1 stamp set and a 6x6 paper pad

The Cutting Cafe- Prize: The Orange You Cute Kit to one winner (Must be a U.S. winner)

Little Blue Button Stamps- Prize:  gift voucher TBD

Bugaboo- Prize:  gift certificate TBD

Really Reasonable Ribbon- Prize: $10 gift certificate

Sunny Studio Stamps- Prize: (2) $20 gift certificates

Head on over to Jo's blog to start the fun, and make sure you come back tomorrow for more inspiration (including some from me!).

Special Mom

Happy Wednesday!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  Our theme this week is Designer's Choice and I am the designer of the week!  I chose "For a Special Lady".  I was thinking Mother's Day, but I know some outside the U.S. have already celebrated Mother's Day, some may no longer have their mothers with them anymore, and some of you might already have those Mother's Day cards finished.  So, as long as it is for a special lady in your life, it fits!  I am never ahead of the game, so I made a Mother's Day card for my mom.  Her favorite color is red, so that was my starting point.

I started with the Flower Power Background stamped in black, then I added some of the coordinating images from the Flower Power Separates set (they don't match exactly, but it gives a bit of interest that way) in red.  I used a dark red marker to add detail to the red flowers and a medium gray marker to add interest to the flowers I left white.  I also stamped the butterfly silhouette in black.  And, you can't really see it in the photo (but it adds visual texture in real life), but I stamped the postcard image in a light gray over top of everything.  For the top panel, I stamped the solid flower cluster from Flower Power border set multiple times on the white strip.  I used a green marker to draw the stems and leaves and added clear wink of stella to the centers.  For my sentiment, I masked off the rest of the sentiment so I could just stamp "Mom".
I can't wait to see what you create for my challenge.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Flower Power Background", "Flower Cluster Solid", "Pattie's Flower Solid", "Mum Solid", "Kathy's Flower Solid", "Daisy Solid, Large", "Daily Solid, Small", "Butterfly Sil. (small)" and "Mom's like you . . . "
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" Stitched rectangle and stitched line, "Blueprints 12" stitched flag and "Stitched Scallop Trio"

Challenges:
Crafty Creations #340--anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #475--family
Time Out Challenge #82--flowers
Sketch Saturday #461--sketch (I chose #259)

Cuttlebug Mania--Have Wings, Will Fly (my butterflies)
Unicorn Challenge #21--special occasion (Mother's Day)
Cards Galore--anything goes
Creative With Stamps #14--Flowers

Divas That Cut--May Flowers
Creative Sketchy Challenge #11--butterflies and/or flowers
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #10--anything goes
Dies R Us #72--flowers

Bubble Gum

Happy May!  It's time for another challenge from Love To Scrap Challenge Blog and it's Anything Goes!!  We have three awesome sponsors:

Dr Digi's House of Stamps

Leslie Turner

Sparkle N Sprinkle

My team is sponsored by Sparkle N Sprinkle and I was given this super fun set to work with.  It comes with the bubble gum machine, a trio of gumballs, and a trio of pennies (pre-colored or outline) images and 3 sentiments.  

 Isn't that sentiment fabulous!??  And definitely true.  After I colored up this fun image, I used glossy accents to cover the glass ball.  You can see the shine in the photo below.

Supplies:
Stamps: Sparkle N Sprinkle "Bubble Gum" digi stamp set
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"  I used a little bit of the out of the box die cutting technique for the very top of the machine.

Challenges:
Dis Digis--use something digital
Die Cuttin' Divas #314--chevron and/or polka dots
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #280--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2--sketch

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday--anything goes
Creative Knockouts #191--friendship
Hiding In My Craft Room #229--Freestyle

Birthday Bash Hop

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up about a fun event that will be going on later this week.  I hope you will come by and party with us at Jo's Scrap Shack.

Happy Penguin

Well, here it is May already and that means it's time for another challenge from Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra!  As always, it is anything goes as long as it is Christmas related and it goes through the whole month.  If you've been playing along with us, you will already have a good start on your Christmas card stash.  If not, it's definitely not too late to get started.  Here is my card for some inspiration:

Supplies:
Stamps: Bugaboo Stamps "Little Winter-Penguin" (I can't find it on their new website, so it might be retired); Verve "Peace On Earth" sentiment
Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder

Challenges:
Craft Dee BowZ--anything goes with a handmade bow
Christmas At Sweet Stampin'--anything goes
ABC Christmas--H is for Home, I is for informal (my penguin is dressed informally)
Little Miss Muffet #161--anything goes
If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #67--inspiration photo (I was inspired by the penguins)

Aud Sentiments #178--use a stamp for your sentiment
Crimbo Crackers #131--kraft card (I used kraft for the tags)
Sweet Stampers--animals
Dis Digis--use something digital
Tuesday Throwdown #340--embossing
Crafting By Designs--have yourself a merry little Christmas
Fab n' Funky #348--Christmas
Penny's Challenge #326--anything goes
Crafty Gals #120--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes
Crafty Creations #340--anything goes
Fussy & Fancy #186--anything goes
Creative Fingers #129--anything goes
Hiding In My Craft Room #229--freestyle
A Gem of a Challenge #192--embossing wet or dry

It's your day . . .

Happy Friday!!  It's time for another challenge from Jo's Scrap Shack.  As always, we are now an Anything Goes challenge.  

Our sponsor this week is the fabulous Bugaboo Stamps:

I chose to use this fun image:

I picked it because it could be used for so many different occasions when you need a masculine card.  Think birthday, Father's Day, thinking of you, or even an encouragement card.  I think I might end up getting a lot of use out of this one.  I paired it with some screw head brads that I picked up last fall.  My husband and his grandfather are both carpenters so I knew the brads would come in handy.  But really, they add a great masculine touch to any project.  Then, I used a sentiment from Raisin Boat that seemed to fit the image.  Right now, I'm in an altering your sentiment stamp phase, either by masking or in this case curving.  I love clear stamps for this because it's really easy to attach them to your clear stamping block and then arc them to match the curve you are stamping them by.  I'm also in a "out of the box" die cutting technique mood lately, too.  It adds a bit of fun and interest and is a great technique when your largest dies aren't quite large enough to cut out your entire image (which is what happened here!); so fun!

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us this week.  I love being inspired by 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 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 May 4th by 6:00PM (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of May 7th.

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

Supplies:
Stamps: Bugaboo Stamps "Relax Guy" digi; Raisin Boat "It's a Guy Thing" sentiments
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; MFT "Blueprints 13" sentiment banner

Challenges:
Sugar Pea Designs #30--sketch


Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
CropStop--anything goes
Aurora Wings #48--anything goes
Little Miss Muffet #161--anything goes
Southern Girls #158--boys
Aud Sentiments #178--use a stamp for your sentiment
Di's Digi Designs--use something digital
Come And Get It--circles
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday--anything goes

So Glad

Happy Wednesday!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built and this week it is Anything Goes!  Oh, yeah, we know how much everyone loves those challenges!!  And here is the card I created for the challenge:

 I just love how these colors work together!  They're so bright and pretty.  And you all know how much I love these Flower Power separates images!  I stamped the background first with the solid images and then added details with coordinating Spectrum Noir markers.  I created a fun shaker card that looks all the way through to the stamped panel.  I used sequins and punched butterflies for a little bit of fun.

 Here's the inside:

Won't this make a super fun Mother's Day card?  I hope you will get a chance to play along with us.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Flower Cluster Solid" (in gray), "Daisy solid, large" (in yellow), "Daisy Solid, small" (in orange), "Leaf solid, small" (in green) and "Mom's like you" inside sentiment
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle; Spellbinders "Fleur Di Lis Squares"; Martha Stewart butterfly punch
Card Stock: PTI "Grout Gray" and "Lemon Tart"; SU! "Pumpkin"
Inks: PTI "Lemon Tart", New Leaf", and "Orange Zest" and MFT light gray

Challenges:
Unicorn Challenge #20--Petal Power
Card Mania #91--April Showers bring May Flowers
A Bit More Time To Craft #42--anything goes
Creative Fingers #128--anything goes
Cards Galore--anything goes
The Paper Nest Dolls #4--anything goes
Creative Sketchy #11--butterflies and/or flowers
Love To Craft Challenge Blog--anything goes
Altnew's Celebrating Parents card drive--mother's or father's days (for seniors in nursing homes) #AltnewCardDrive
Stamplorations--theme and sketch: stamps wings

Stamplorations--Things with wings blog hop and linky party

YNS #62--color challenge

Creative Inspiration #273--for the gilrs
Aud Sentiments #178--use a stamp for your sentiment
Brown Sugar Challenge #247--use a die cut