Friends

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 Lawn Fawn:

Here is my card for your inspiration:

 Lawn Fawn always has the cutest images!  I used this adorable bunny set, and the super fun, Double Slider Surprise die set to create this cute card.  When you pull the little pull tab the rest of the scene slides into view.   It's so fun!

All the papers are some freebies that I received with a Lawn Fawn order a while ago.  I stamped and fussy cut a bunch of flowers to go along with the sentiment and several carrots because bunnies love carrots!  This little scene was partially inspired by Peter Rabbit.  I'm sure McGreggor would hate to look out at his garden and see this!

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 March 22nd by 12:00AM  (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of March 25th.

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

Supplies:
Stamps: Lawn Fawn "Somebunny" and "Pull here"
Dies: Lawn Fawn "Stitched Hillsides" and "Double Slider Surprise"

Challenges:
As You Like It--favorite: dies or stencils (I definitely prefer dies.  I use dies on almost every card I make and usually more than one.   They make is so easy to create shapes and can be basic or elegant and in between)
Creative Moments #164--anything goes
Mod Squad--layered looks (I used a lot of layers on the card and then layered my images over and behind my layered dirt rows)
Crafty Creations #386--anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #378--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Penny's Challenge--anything goes
Shopping Our Stash #391--celebrating friendship
Use Your Stuff #350--stitching: faux or real (I used several stitched edge dies)
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes
2 Crafty Critter Crazies--anything goes with a critter
Creative Craft Cottage #116--spring fever
Lawn Fawn--inspired by a book, movie, or song (Inspired by Peter Rabbit)
Dare2B Artzy--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Crafting with an Attitude--anything goes

Thanks a latte

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week we have a fun Tic Tac Toe board for you:
  

Here is what I created for your inspiration:

Sketch challenges are my favorite, but I think tic tac toe boards might be my second favorite as you can basically create your own challenge.  I used the diagonal starting in the top right: pink/ribbon/paper piecing.  I'm being very driven to use things that are sitting out on my work desk whether it's my bits and pieces stash (which I am making sure to keep front and center!) or these strips of scrap patterned papers that I make with the last little scraps of paper packs.  So, other than the tic tac toe board, this card was inspired by that strip of patterned paper down the left side.  As a bonus, there was a wonky oval of the gray and white chevron paper in my bits and pieces stash that was just the perfect size for paper piecing the smaller cup.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this photo.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Thanks a Latte'"

Challenges:
Your Next Stamp #109--patterned paper
Aud Sentiments #222--funny sentiment
Cute Card Thursday #572--anything goes
Crafting By Design--anything goes
Make My Monday #91--something new (I got this stamp set in January, this is the first time I have used it)
Creatalicious Challenge #158--anything goes with the optional twist: CAS
Creative Sketchy Girls #33--use lace or ribbon
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #32--anything goes
Crafting with an Attitude--anything goes
STAMPlorations Theme and Sketch Challenge--theme: stamps + coffee/tea and sketch

90th Birthday

I was asked by a couple at my church to create a 90th birthday card for an aunt.  My first commissioned card and I had a blast!  They told me her favorite colors were pink and blue and they were looking for something elegant.  This is what I came up with:

 I used a lot of my favorite products on this one and I absolutely LOVE how this turned out!  I also decorated the envelope for a little extra special touch.  The sparkly "0" was in my bits and pieces stash; I just had to die cut a "9" to match.  Then, I die cut two more of each out of white card stock and layered them all together to create some dimension.

Supplies:
Stamps: Papertrey Ink "The Sweet Life" and "Damask Designs"
Dies: Papertrey Ink "The Sweet Life" and number border die; Spellbinders "Radiant Rectangles"

Challenges:
MFT Birthday challenge--You're how old? (use numbers)
ART Impressions #241--floral cards
Craft Dee BowZ--anything goes with a handmade bow
Cards Galore Challenge--anything goes
Crafting with an Attitude--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Divas that Cut--anything goes
Creative Sketchy Girls #33--use lace or ribbon
Craft Rockets #57--flowers
Incy Wincy--let's use ribbon
Cute Card Thursday #572--anything goes
Crafty Friends #105--ladies/girls
Simon Says Stamp Monday--feminine/girly

Shelf Sitters

It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.

The challenge this time is: Tic Tac Toe
(You'll have to go to the blog to see the board)
And here is my card for your inspiration:

I used the last column: hand colored image, 2 or more patterned papers, gems/pearls.  Though, I got creating and really enjoying the process and loving how it was turning it out and totally forgot to check the tic tac toe board!  So, after I got the picture taken and uploaded and was going to upload to Di's Design Team blog, I realized I hadn't completed a tic tac toe!!  Luckily, all I needed to do was add a few pearls and it fit!  I really did have a great time with this one.  An adorable image, a bunch of fun patterned papers with bright colors make this a fun card for a little boy at our church.  And I was able to use up a few items from my bits and pieces stash: the three pieces of ribbon on the left side and the "b" on the right side.  I did have to die cut the "h" to go along with it, but I thought it made a fun little HB sentiment.

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.  And make sure you hop over to the Di's Digital Designs blog to see what the rest of the team has made for this challenge.

Supplies: 

Stams: Di's Digi Stamps "Jungle Shelf" digi; Your Next Stamp "Silly Monsters" sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangle; PTI lowercase alphabet

Challenges:
Your Next Stamp #109--patterned paper
Give a Crafter a Cookie #112--inspiration photo (I was inspired by the bright colors of the sprinkles)

Cute Card Thursday #572--anything goes
C.R.A.F.T. #504--sketch

Little Red Wagon #487--lions & lambs
Penny's Creations #420--anything goes
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Crafty Sentiments--anything goes
Use Your Stuff #349--rainbow (I used rainbow colors on the banners and lots of colors on my patterned papers)
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #347--anything goes with snippets (besides the pieces that were in my bits and pieces stash, all the patterned papers except the base layers are scraps)
Three Amigos #24---rainbow (I used rainbow colors on the banners and in my papers)
2 Crafty Critter Crazies #24--anything goes
Dies R Us #116--for the men/boys
Crafty Calendar--for a child
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes
Cardz TV #84--anything goes
As You Like It--layers: one or many (still have to go with lots of layers; you can use so much fabulous papers!)

Thinking of You

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built and this week it is a fun Designer's Choice Challenge!   Joy has challenged us with "Easter/Spring".

And here is the card I created for your inspiration:

I used this sweet little bird's nest image, since birds lay their eggs in the spring.  I added little speckles to the eggs to look like robin's eggs and then didn't color my little bird like a robin!  Oops!!  Well, maybe other birds have speckled eggs, too, and the robin's coloring wouldn't have matched my color scheme.  Then I stamped the sentiment and stamped the little bird perching on the "T"; I thought it was a really cute touch.  I used some butterfly paper in spring like colors and some dotted pink ribbon to finish everything off.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the House blog to see the rest of the DT's creations and then get inky and play along with us.  And if you need any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your ENTIRE order coupon code over in my left sidebar.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Bird's Nest Branch", "Tiny Bird", and "Thinking of You"

Challenges:
Cards Galore #61--anything goes
Creative with Stamps #36--friends

Creative Sketchy Girls #133--use lace or ribbon
2 Crafty Critter Crazies--anything goes
Crafter's Cafe #214--birds OR CAS with blue
Incy Wincy--let's use ribbon
Atlantic Hearts #306--sketch

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Hello, Gorgeous

Edited to Add:  I wasn't thinking and scheduled all of my additional birthday blog hop posts after the main one, so you see them first.  To go to the main BLOG HOP post where you can collect the letters click HERE.

The Love To Scrap Challenge blog is have a blog hop to celebrate our 6th birthday this month.  You can see my blog hop post here; make sure you join in the fun, there are 6 prizes to be won!  One of our sponsors is STAMPlorations and they are offering a prize of a $25 gift coupon code to their store.

Here is the card I created using some of their fabulous products:

I started off with this beautiful teacup image and then added a die cut frame popped up with foam tape on top.  I die cut the "gorgeous" three times out of scrap white card stock, layered them together and then used some gold guilding paste to color guild it.  I finished it off with a little fishtail banner (that was in my bits and pieces stash) stamped with "hello".

Don't forget to check out the blog hop; you could win some absolutely fabulous prizes!

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations "Cup of Roses" and "Frames & Flowers" sentiment;

Dies: STAMPlorations "gorgeous"; MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle; Elizabeth Craft Designs rectangle die for the inside of the frame.

Challenges:
Word Art Wednesday #376--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
CAS(E) This Sketch #311--sketch

Southern Girls--girl power
ART Impressions #251--flower cards
STAMPlorations Theme and Sketch--theme: stamps and coffee/tea (I used a tea cup)
STAMPlorations--never ending anything goes
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #101--anything goes

Merry Christmas

The Love To Scrap Challenge blog is have a blog hop to celebrate our 6th birthday this month.  You can see my blog hop post here; make sure you join in the fun, there are 6 prizes to be won!  One of our sponsors is Lawn Fawn and they are offering a prize of a $25 gift certificate to their store.

Here's what I created using one of their adorable stamp sets:

 My sister got me this set for my birthday back in September and I finally got to play with it!! It is SUPER cute (as are all Lawn Fawn sets).  I had a lot of fun playing with it and dressing up these adorable mugs!  There are several different faces you can add, as well as the scarf and several different icons.  You can also add different things to the inside of the mugs.  So fun, I tell you!  I paper pieced the scarves for some added fun, stamped the whipped cream and extra two marshmallows for some additional toppings and colored up the mugs to match my color scheme.

The Merry Christmas die is also from Lawn Fawn and was a great way to finish off the card, though there are several different sentiment options to go along with the mugs.

Don't forget to check out the blog hop, you could win some awesome prizes!

Supplies:

Stamps: Lawn Fawn "Thanks a Latte"

Dies: Lawn Fawn "merry christmas"

Challenges:

Cute Card Thursday #57--greens
Crimbo Crackers #179--anything goes
Christmas at Sweet Stampin'--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #32--anything goes
Merry Little Christmas #8--anything goes
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #427--anything goes with the optional twist: vintage or shabby chic

Get Your Party On

The Love To Scrap Challenge blog is have a blog hop to celebrate our 6th birthday this month.  You can see my blog hop post here; make sure you join in the fun, there are 6 prizes to be won!  One of our sponsors is Dr. Digi's House of Stamps and they are offering a prize of 2 digital images from their store.

Here's what I created using one of their cheeky stamps:

I won this image quite a while ago and am finally getting around to using it.  Isn't he fabulous!?  Lots of layers, some stars and a fun sentiment (from one of our other sponsors) finish him off and create an awesome masculine birthday card!  Or, at least I think so anyway, but I might be a little biased.

Make sure you check out the blog hop; you could win a prize from one of our generous sponsors.

Supplies:

Stamps: Dr. Digi's House Of Stamps "El Gordo" digi image; CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Woot, Woot" sentiment

Dies: Verve Star die; Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangle

Challenges:
Your Next Stamp #108--stars
The Paper Shelter #372--birthday
Creative Knockouts #287--lots of layers
As You Like It--layers: one or many and why (I love the look of one layer cards when done well, but I find it difficult to do myself.  I usually don't add a lot of embellishments to my cards, but I do love to add layers of patterned paper, specially when I find a good layering sketch like this one)
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Dies R Us #116--for the men/boys
Cupcake Inspirations #465--plaid

Pink Gem Challenge--anything goes
Cheerful Sketches--sketch

Unicorn

The Love To Scrap Challenge blog is have a blog hop to celebrate our 6th birthday this month.  You can see my blog hop post here; make sure you join in the fun, there are 6 prizes to be won!  One of our sponsors is CAS-ual Fridays Stamps and they are offering a prize of a $25 gift code to their store.

And this is the card I created using one of their sets:

 I picked up this set back before Christmas and I've been waiting to have a chance to use it.  This was the perfect opportunity.  Unicorns are magical and must have sparkle and shine to go along with them, right?  So, I chose some gold foil striped paper for the background!  Also, the pink paper has some gold foiling on it as well.  I colored the unicorn and then added black Spectrum Noir sparkle pen to the main and tail and added gold Spectrum Noir sparkle to the hooves and horn.  You can see more of the shine and glitter in the photo below:

I heat embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder on the black card stock.  My daughter thought I should use this one; and it does fit since I am often late sending my cards!  I finished everything off with some hot pink sequins.

Make sure you check out the blog hop; you could win some fabulous prizes!!

Supplies:

Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Stamps "Be A Unicorn"

Dies: MFT "Star STAX"

Challenges:
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #101--anything goes
Cards Galore #61--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #32--anything goes
Dare 2B Artzy--anything goes
2 Crafty Critter Crazies #24--anything goes
Sketch Saturday #553--sketch

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes
Aud Sentiments #221--bingo (I used the top row: patterned paper, embossing, die cut)
YNS #108--stars
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes
Mod Squad--use stripes
C.R.A.F.T. #503--Mother's Day/female
Krafty Chicks #444--anything goes with shimmer and bling

Happy Birthday

The Love To Scrap Challenge blog is have a blog hop to celebrate our 6th birthday this month.  You can see my blog hop post here; make sure you join in the fun, there are 6 prizes to be won!  One of our sponsors is Bugaboo Stamps and they are offering a prize of a $12 gift certificate to their store.

Here is the card I created using one of their adorable images:

I won this sweet little bear quite a while ago and finally pulled him out to play.  I colored him with my Spectrum Noirs and then added glossy accents to the balloon for some shine.  Then, I created a fun little scene for him, so he could float by with a sweet "happy birthday".  

Supplies:

Stamps: Bugaboo Stamps "Bear Balloon 3" digi image; MFT "Essential Sentiments" sentiment

Dies: MFT sun; Paper Smooches "Cute Clouds"

Taylored Expressions: cloud stencils

Challenges:

Creative Fingers #158--anything goes

The Paper Shelter #372--birthday

MFT #426--sketch

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Cardz TV #84--anything goes

Cards Galore #61--anything goes

Cutie Pie Challenge--one for the boys (I think this one would be perfect for a young boy)

Divas That Cut--anything goes

Dare 2 Be Artzy--anything goes

Crafty Calendar--for a child

Dies R Us #116--for the men/boys

2 Crafty Critter Crazies #24--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #101--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday--whatever the weather (sunny)

Celebrate

The Love To Scrap Challenge blog is have a blog hop to celebrate our 6th birthday this month.  You can see my blog hop post here; make sure you join in the fun, there are 6 prizes to be won!  One of our sponsors is Fred She Said and they are offering a prize of a $10 gift certificate to their store.

Here is the project I created using one of their beautiful images:

Several years ago, I saw someone (I think Heather Nichols designing of Papertrey Ink) create a Lily of the Valley card using kraft card stock and I thought it was stunning.  So, I decided to do something similar and printed out my image on kraft card stock.  I colored the images with colored pencils and actually managed to surprise myself with the shading I was able to achieve (not my normal coloring medium).  I swiped a white ink pad around the edges of the stitched rectangle, stamped the sentiment and finished everything off with 3 small pearls.  I really love how it turned out!
Don't forget to check out the blog hop; you could get this image for yourself!

Supplies:
Stamps: Fred She Said "Lily of the Valley" digi stamp; Raisin Boat "Flourishing Thoughts" sentiment
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:
Penny's Challenge #418--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #376--anything goes
Crafty Creations #385--anything geos
Cute Card Thursday #571--greens
ART Impressions #251--flower cards
Time Out Challenge #130--unique (celebrate your "special" day; it's like unique)
Cardz TV #84--anything goes
Creatalicious #158--anything goes with the twist of CAS

6th Birthday Blog Hop

Hi everyone! The Love To ScrapChallenge Blog is turning SIX this month! To celebrate our birthday, please join us for our ‘Sixth Birthday Blog Hop & Challenge’ that’ll last six days (March 4-9), with six sponsors and six prizes! These are our fabulous sponsors:

Bugaboo Digi Stamps

Prize: $12 gift certificate

For this cute little birthday card I used the digital stamp "Bear Balloon 3" from Bugaboo Stamps:

You can read all the details of my card in my post here.

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Prize: $25 prize code

Who doesn't love unicorns?!!  I got this set back before Christmas and decided it would be a good time to pull it out: "Be A Unicorn" by CAS-ual Fridays.

You can read all the details about this card in my post here.

Dr. Digi’s House of Stamps

Prize: 2 digital images of choice

Get a load of this sexy beast!!  I used Dr. Digi's "El-Gordo" digital image to create this fun masculine birthday card:

I also used a clear stamp from another sponsor, CAS-ual Fridays, for the sentiment.  You can read all the details in my post here.

Fred She Said Designs

$10 gift certificate CAD

I used this beautiful "Lily of the Valley" digital image from Fred She Said to create this simple card:

You can read all the details about this card in my post here.
Lawn Fawn

Prize: $25 gift certificate

For this card, I used the adorable (but really, what stamps from Lawn Fawn are not adorable!?) "Thanks a Latte" set and the "merry christmas" die:

You can read all the details about this card on my post here.

STAMPlorations

Prize: $25 coupon code

I used two Stamplorations stamp sets and one die for this Clean and Simple creation:

You can read all the details in my post here.

As you hop, be sure to leave each designer some love and collect a letter on each blog. Several blogs will have two letters. Once you have collected all the letters, unscramble them and email your guess to ltscb@mail.com. We'll throw all the correct guesses into a hat and randomly draw six winners! The winners will be announced on the Love To Scrap Challenge Blog on March 15^th!

All of the LTSCB designers are creating Anything Goes inspiration projects. Everyone participating in the blog hop is invited to link up an Anything Goes project for an EXTRA entry into the drawing! Just be sure to use the same email address to email your guess and to link up your project so we can make sure you're given two entries!

Now let's get back to the blog hop! My letters are:

A and  R

Here are your blog hop stops:

Amy

Ann

Carol

Heather--you are here!

Helen

Irena

LeeAnn

Leslie

Renee

Tina

We hope you are enjoying the hop! 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 on over to the Love To Scrap Challenge Blog to read all the details and start from the beginning!

This blog hop and challenge will run for six days, ending on March 9th at 6:00 PM EST. Remember to leave some love for each designer as you stop at their blog and collect the letter (or letters) for your chance to win one of the six sponsor prizes being offered! We hope you link up an Anything Goes project for an extra entry into the drawing! And be sure to visit the Love To Scrap Challenge Blog on March 15^th for the announcement of our six winners!

Happy hopping!

Gorgeous

Ack!!!  It's March already and I just realized I totally forgot to schedule a post for the new Love To Scrap Challenge!!  Yikes!  Anyway, this month's challenge is: Anything Goes and our fabulous sponsor is DRS Designs:

And here is the card I created (luckily, I didn't forget to make it, just to post it!):

 Several years ago, I got this gorgeous Pussy Willow stamp and I love it!  I just always forget about it.  It's so beautiful and delicate, just like the actual plant.  I added some glue to each of the buds and topped it with some flocking powder.  It doesn't show up very well in the photos, but it gives a nice fluffy feel, just like the actual plant!  You can see it a little in the photo below.

Thanks for stopping by; I hope you will get a chance to play along with us this month!  I'm always so inspired by visiting your blogs and seeing what you create! OH!!  A little hint: this month we are celebrating our 6th birthday at the Love To Scrap Challenge Blog, so make sure you stop by there on Monday as there is going to be something fun going on!!

Supplies:
Stamps: DRS Designs "Bush Pussy Willow" rubber stamp; Raising Boat "Flourishing Thoughts" clear sentiment
Dies: STAMPlorations "gorgeous"

Challenges:
Creative Fingers #158--anything goes
Crafty Sentiments--anything goes
Penny's Challenge #418--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #276--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Crafty Creations #385--anything goes
Mod Squad--use stripes
C.R.A.F.T. #503--Mother's Day/female
Retro Rubber #105--sketch from Try Stampin' On Tuesday (I have had the pussy willow stamp for at least 3 years, possibly 4 or 5, and the Raisin Boat Stamp set is at least 2 years old)
Try Stampin' on Tuesday #397--sketch