4 Crafty Chicks - New Beginnings

Hello crafty friends!  I'm back with my last post as a Guest Designer for 4 Crafty Chicks.  Since this is the 5th Thursday of the month, it's the Crazy Egg Challenge, which mean Anything Goes.  I want to thank the 4 Crafty Chicks DT for letting me design with them this month, it was fun :o)

It's hard to believe another year is gone and a new year is starting.  Here's to new beginnings.

I thought a baby card would be a great way to start the new year off.  This cute image is from Pink Cat Studio - Sweet Pea Stamps.  It's a cute stamp set with different babies ( I see the 2 of the 4 babies as individual stamps, but not the whole 11 stamp set).  This buckaroo was colored with my color pencils.  Many layers later...

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Check out the other talented design team for inspiration at 4 Crafty Chicks.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• As You Like It Challenge - Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner - #52 Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday - #406 Anything Goes
• Tuesday Throwdown - TT274 Anything Goes

stamp used: Pink Cat Studio-Sweet Pea Stamps
paper used: Recollections-grey & cape code, Bazzill-brown, MR Designs-men only, the Paper Studio-white & baby boy doodle icons
die-cuts used: Spellbinders-decorative labels, MFT square stax, corner punch
embellishments: Recycle ribbon from a gift, metal baby accessory

Relaxing with Dr Digi

Hello crafty friends!  I'm sure you are glad the Holiday Season is almost finished.  Being old and stuff, I'll probably be in bed before midnight on New Year's Eve.  I'll try to get to sleep before the neighbors start shooting off all the fireworks and hope they don't wake me up...lol.

I'm here with another Dr. Digi inspired card.  I bet many feel this way after the holidays.  Just need to nap, eat, stretch, and just relax.

I created a little scene with the Sofa So Good image from Dr Digi, but I didn't stop there.  I also used Derek and Deirdery Dunderton image, who's picture is on the wall.  I figured with Deirdery stylish purple hair that she would have purple wallpaper, that is funky as her.  The purple design paper is also from Dr Digi called Polos Backing Paper.  The truth of the matter, Dierdery probably got up to get something to eat and their dog took a sip of her tea before climbing onto the warm spot she left behind.  It happens to many of us.

I colored the images with my color pencils.  Of course the sofa image was fussy cut.  The wooden floor was made from scrap kraft paper that I took colored pencils to create the wood grain look. The sentiment is from Dr Digi's Pet Sentiment Sheet.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Happy New Year!!

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• Allsorts Challenge - wk 342/343 Anything but Christmas (2/3)
• Crafty Girls Creations - #11 Anything Goes
• Creative Card Crew - #103 Anything Goes (2/3)
• Stampart Papel - Retarte #67 Anything Goes

stamps used: Dr Digi-Sofa So Good, Derek & Deirdery Dunderton and Pet Sentiments Sheet 1
paper used: Dr Digi Polos Backing Paper, Bazzill-grey & purples, scrap brown and kraft
die-cuts used:  MFT sqaure stax 1 & stax 2, Circle stax 1 & stax 2

4 Crafty Chicks - Wedding

Merry Christmas!!!  I hope everyone is enjoying their Christmas right now.  May your tummies be full and your hearts light and happy :o)

I'm back with another 4 Crafty Chicks Guest Designing post.  This week's challenge is Wedding.  Please take a look at the talented DT inspiration projects.

This card turned out to be very thick and heavy, but I loved the way it turned out.  When my dad was visiting for Thanksgiving, he said that one of his friends was getting married in December.  This challenge had perfect timing.  This sweet image is from Make it Crafty called Geeky Love Getting Married.  It is colored with my color pencils.

Every veil needs to sparkle, so some Stickles was added to the veil.  The lace is from my stash, since 2001.  

Here's the inside.  Which you can see, has just as many layers as the outside.  The sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

Hope to see you in the challenge!

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Merry  Christmas!!

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

• Card and Scrap - #108 Anything Goes
• Crafts Galore Encore - #24 Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations - #305 Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner - #51 Anything Goes
• Creatalicious Challenges - #82 Something old & Something New (lace from 2001, new: the image and paper)
• Creative Card Crew - #103 Anything Goes
• Kleuren met Potloden - Anything Goes 
• Stampart Papel - #67 Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door - week of Dec 22 - Anything Goes

stamps used: Make it Crafty-Geeky Love Getting Married, SU Blissdul Bride
paper used: the Paper Studio-white & cream, Michele R Designs
die-cut: Spellbinders - resplendent rectangles
embellishments: the Paper Studio- red & tan pearl petite flowers, white micro flowers, Recollections adhesive faux pearls, lace from stash, Stickles

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #68 AG

Hello fellow crafters!  This is Christmas week!!!  Hopefully everyone is ready to celebrate and be with family.

This will be our last challenge of the year for Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog....It's Anything Goes.  Remember we wan to see some stamping on your project, with rubber/clear and/or digital.

Winner will receive $10 gift certificate

Winner will receive 3 images

Winner will receive $12 gift certificate

For this challenge I made 2 cards, so it's a little long.  First is the sponsor image from Angie's Cards & Digis.

I'm using the sponsor image Butterfly on a Toadstool.  I like to color nature scenes.  The image is colored with my color pencils and I sponged the green background (which the pic doesn't show it's true beauty).  I decided to add a little more pop of red with the paper.

Here's the inside.

I would like to enter this butterfly card in the following challenges:

• 613 Avenue Create - #155 Anything Goes
• Allsorts Challenge - wk 342/343 Anything But Christmas
• Inkspirational - #98 Bah Humbug!  (NO Christmas projects)

stamps used: Angie Digi Stamps-Butterfly on Toadstool, SU-short&sweet (sentiment)

paper used: SU old olive & dp, the Paper Studio kraft & white, MFT wild cherry

embellishments: the Paper Studio burlap mini daisies, Making Memories antique copper brads

My second project of this challenge:

For my second card I used a image from my stash, but it's still A Day for Daisies image, which is one of our sponsors.  The image is called Hope, but I could no longer find it on their website.  It's a beautiful image too.  This is colored with my color pencils.

Some pearls on one side, lace on the other.  The designer paper is from Michele R Designs.

Here's the inside.  The sentiment is from Unity called Remember YOU Baby Jesus

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Merry Christmas and have a fun and safe New Year!!  See you next year :o)

I would like to enter my Christmas card in the following challenges:

• A Day for Daisies - #137 Add Pearls (i have 3 on front left)
• Colouring in Scrapland - #6 Christmas
• Come and Get It Challenge - Anything Goes Christmas
• Dragons Lair Design - Vintage Christmas
• Kleuren met Potloden - Anything Goes (3rd entry)
• Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - #111 Anything Goes twist Add some pearls
• The Christmas Challenge - #74 Anything Goes

stamps used: A Day for Daisies-Hope, Unity- Remember YOU Baby Jesus
paper used: the Paper Studio-kraft & white, Recollections-cape cod, Michele R Designs-vintage teal frost 
embellishments: Lace from stash, Recollections adhesive faux pearls

The Stockings Were Hung

Just a few more Christmas cards...I promise.

This cute stamp image is from Unity called Hung by the Chimney.

I try some different colors when created these cards.  I don't believe every Christmas card should be red and green.

Both images were colored with my color pencils.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamp used:  Unity-Hung by the Chimney
paper used: Bazzill, MFT-wild cherry, Michele R Designs, the Paper Studio-white
die-cuts used: La-La Lands-fancy corner, MFT-oval stax1 & stax 2, Spellbinders
embellishments:  Recollections adhesive rhinestones, 3 GJ ribbon, brad from Michael's

Let It Snow - I'm ready

Yup, I'm back with more Christmas cards!  It's a great way to count down to Christmas :o)

Here's another one of those cute reindeer stamps from Unity.  I told you I had to have all 3 of them.  This cutie is call Let It Snow {I'm Ready}.  He was colored with my color pencils.

Here's the inside.

Here's another version of him.  I noticed I did both noses red.  I was trying to do one red and one black, but the red nose is so cute.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Birdie Hugs

Posting some more Christmas cards.  They are mailed out now and I know many have started receiving them.  I'm going to try to finishing posting before Christmas comes.

Here's a cute little image from Unity called Birdies, Hugs & Mistletoe.  As you can tell, this card is a tri-fold.

The image is colored with my color pencils.  These birdies are just adorable :o)

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamp used: Unity-Birdies, Hugs & Mistletoe
paper: MFT-wild cherry, SU dp & old olive
die-cuts: MFT oval stax 1 & stax 2, leaf-filled flourish
embellishment: Really Reasonable Ribbon

4 Crafty Chicks - Wanna Build a Snowman

Hello fellow crafters!!  EEKk!  It's almost Christmas!  I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season so far :o)

I'm back with another Guest Designing post for the 4 Crafty Chicks.  This has been SO fun designing for this group of talented ladies.

For this weeks challenge, we want to see a SNOWMAN.  I used this cute image from Unity by Phyllis Harris called Let It Snow.  The image is colored with my color pencils.  Of course, more snowmen appear in the background, with the cute dp.  I wanted the sentiment that came with the stampset, but didn't want to add another piece of paper to the design, so I stamped on the designer paper.

Here's a closer look.  I use Stickles for the snowflakes falling from the sky.  I didn't want to go overboard and put glitter all over the cute scene.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Hope to see your snowman in the challenge!

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

• ABC Christmas Challenge - Y for Youngsters
• Animal Friends Challenge - #33 Christmas/New Year (2/3)
• Card Mania - #75 Christmas (3/5)
• Craftin' Desert Divas - Christmas
• Crafting Musketeers - #32 Use a Sentiment 
• Crafty Cardmakers - #154 Snow
• Double Click Skittles - #37 Use a Snowman
• Dragonfly Dreams - #23 It's Christmas (3rd entry)
• Kleuren met Potloden - Anything Goes (2nd entry)
• The Crazy Card Challenge - #211 Christmas
• If You Give a Crafter a Cookie - #34 
  

stamps used: Unity-Let it Snow
paper used: Chocolate Lover, discounted light blue, the Paper Studio-white & Country Snowmen
embellishments: Stickles, the Paper Studio ribbon scraps

Dr Digi - Happy Christmas

Christmas is almost here!!  I hope you got most of your shopping done and don't forget to be merry.

I'm here today with a easy card and image from Dr Digi.  Money might be getting tight right now and this image is a freebie, so it won't break the bank.

I went with the one Bauble and colored it with my color pencils.   After the fact, you know when you are in bed trying to sleep, but everything pops into your head; I thought it would be cute sized down and have 2-3 small ones hanging around.  I might have to try it out.  Anyway, the fabulous paper and sentiment are also from Dr Digi.  There are some pre-colored images, so if you are short on time and need to get a card out fast you can use one of them.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• Christmas Cards All Year 'Round - December Challenge
• Crafty Boots - Christmas Challenge
• Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - December Challenge

stamps used: Dr Digi - Bauble & Christmas Sentiment Sheet
paper used: the Paper Studio-cream, Dr Digi distress diamonds
die-cuts: Spellbinders resplendent rectangles
embellishments: Really Reasonable Ribbon, recycle ribbon

Oh Little Star

Hello again!  Another fast post of more Christmas cards.  This is the only one I made using this image and it's a CAS look.

This is another little cutie from Unity called Oh Little Star {shine bright}.  If you couldn't tell, I thought these guys were cute and had to have them all.  Once again, this guy was colored with my color pencils.  I added a little bit of Stickles to the star and around the sentiment.  I couldn't resist the star background paper either.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Friends - #20 Christmas
• Dragonfly Dreams - #23 It's Christmas (2nd entry)
• Happy Little Stampers - Christmas Challenge ( Star)
• If You Give a Crafter a Cookie - Cookie Challenge #33 
  

stamp: Unity Oh Little Star {shine bright}
paper used: Bazzill, Carta Bella Christmas Day, the Paper Studio white
die-cut used: MFT Oval Stax 1 & Stax 2
embellishment: Stickles

Happy Holidays Deer

Hello fellow crafters.  I'm going to be posting the rest of my Christmas cards in a few posts.  I decided to post by the image, because it will be easier.

Here is cutie from Unity Stamps called {Oh Deer} Happy Holidays.  I purchased this little guy last year and finally getting some use out of him.  With the little heart on his tummy, you gotta love him.

The image was colored with my color pencils. 

Here's another card with the same image.  I used the same color pencils when I colored all the deer images (you will see more in later posts), but blended them differently to get different colors.  They couldn't all look alike.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Happy Holidays!!

I would like to enter these cards in the following challenges:

• Addicted to Stamps - #115 Christmas
• Animal Friends Challenge - #33 Christmas/New Year
• Card Mania - #75 Christmas (2/5)
• Dragonfly Dreams - #23 It's Christmas
• Glitter N Sparkle - #167 Taditional or Non-Traditional Colours Christmas
• If You Give a Crafter a Cookie - Cookie Challenge #33 
  
• Jo's Scrap Shack - #118 Anything Goes
• My Time to Craft - #310 Christmas Animals

stamps: Unity {Oh Deer} Happy Holidays

paper used: MFT wild cherry, Tracy Way dp, Bazzill, SU, Michele R Designs

embellishments: twine, Recollections adhesive rhinestones

Scrapping4fun = #56 Christmas/Winter

I'm still trying to get Christmas cards done to send...UGH.  I hope everyone is doing good this Holiday Season.  It goes by SO fast and next thing you know....it's the New Year.  Sometimes we just need to slow down and just enjoy things.  I'm trying :o)

Are you ready for another challenge at Scrapping4fun?  For the next 2 weeks we want to see Christmas and Winter theme projects.   We also have a wonderful sponsor for this challenge.

Check out their cute selection of stamps.

I used the sponsor image called Snowfall.  These little snow guys are just cute!  This card is a long skinny card 4x9, I wanted to make something different.  The sentiment on the bottom of the card is from Stampin' Up.  

The image was colored with color pencils.  A little Stickles was added to the snowflake, for that little winter bling.  

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Hope to see you in the challenge.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• Card Mania - #75 Christmas
• Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
• Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - December Challenge
• Kleuren met Potloden - Anything Goes

stamps used: Sunsational Stamps - Snowfall, Stampin' Up - Four the Holidays
paper used: the Paper Studio-white, Bazzill-blue calypso, the Paper Studio-country snowmen, Red (not sure of the company)
die-cut: Spellbinders-resplendent rectangles
embellishment: Stickles-waterfall

4 Crafty Chicks - Small Christmas

Hello fellow crafters!  Thank you all for your sweet comments, it warms the heart :o)

I'm here with my 2nd Guest Designing project for 4 Crafty Chicks.  Hopefully you are getting all your Christmas stuff done, because it's approaching very fast.

This week we are looking for projects that are Non-Traditional Christmas Colors.

I've had this Charlie Brown looking stamp for awhile and decided it needed to be stamped.  The stamp is from Unity called Small Stuff Christmas.  The image was colored with my handy dandy pencils.  For non-traditional colors, I went with this bluish/purple color and kraft.  The kraft color makes me think more vintage style, the paper bags they probably used to wrap gifts.  The sentiment is from the stamp set

Here's the inside.  I usually stamp the inside when I figure out who I'm sending them to.  Sometimes it's just a handwritten message, because I feel like that's a lost art anymore.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Hope to see you in the challenge and please take a peek at the rest of the talented DT over at 4 Crafty Chicks

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• Crafty Boots - Christmas Challenge (2nd entry)
• Creatalicious Challenges - #81 Merry Christmas
• Creative Card Crew - #102 Holiday Season (1/3)
• Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes Christmas
• Inky Chicks - #60 Merry Christmas
• The Crazy Challenge - #211 Christmas (2/4)
• Vintage Stamping Challenges - #39 Winter Trees

stamps used: Unity-Small Stuff Christmas
paper used: the Paper Studio-kraft, Recollections-cape cod, Michele R Designs-Shabby Purple Charm 8
die-cuts: Spellbinders-decorative labels one, MFT simply scallops & triple scallop borders
embellishments: recycle ribbon from gift

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #67 It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Hello crafty friends!  We are in the full swing of the Holiday Season and that means in a blink of an eye, it will be the New Year.  Hopefully you are finishing up your Christmas cards to send and while you are at it, just pop them into the new challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  For the next 2 weeks, we want to see your Christmas projects.  Remember to have some stamping on your project being rubber/clear or digital.

We have 3 wonderful sponsors and that means 3 wonderful winners will be chosen by the DT.

The winner will receive 3 images.

The winner will receive $10 gift certificate.

Will receive the image the DT used.  Sadly they are closing shop :o(

I was happy to use the sponsor image Are You Ready Friend? from The Paper Shelter.  Isn't it cute as can be.  There are a lot of cute images, so check them out.  I colored the image with my color pencils.  Used some fancy die-cut and we have a Christmas card.  The reindeer pattern paper is a freebie from Michele R Designs that contains 8 designs.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

• Christmas Card Challenges - Week #1
• Colouring in Scrapland - #6 Christmas
• Crafting From The Heart - #89 Anything Goes
• Crafty Boots - Christmas Challenge
• Crafty Cardmakers & More - #153 Depict the Poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

           (With a little old driver, so lively and quick,  I knew in a moment it must be St Nick. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,

And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name!)

• Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog - #293 Christmas Cards
• The Crazy Challenge - #211 Christmas

stamps used: The Paper Shelter-Are you Ready Friend?, Stampin' Up-Four the Holidays (sentiment)

paper used: MFT-wild cherry, SU-olive, the Paper Studio-white, Michele R Designs-freebie pack

die-cuts used: Spellbinders fleur de lis squares, MFT-fishtail flag stax

embellishments: Recollections adhesive rhinestones