Love to Craft Challenge Blog #41: Nurse Birthday

Hello crafty freinds!  It's hard to believe it's the holiday season, but we still have lots of inspiration with all the sister blogs posting today.
This is my post for LTCCB, where it's Anything Goes all year, with whatever you are crafting.

I was asked to make a birthday card for a young nurse.  The image is from Cute As A Button called Nurse Gen Asian and colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  The heartbeat paper is a digital paper from polkadoodles work and play bundle.  The sentiment is from Unity Stamps.

Here is the inside ... using a Stampin' Up sentiment.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps: Cute As A Button: Nurse Gen Asian, Unity Stamps: party all day, Stampin' Up: Whimsical Words
paper: Recollections, the Paper Studio, K&C Company: Que Sera Sera
die-cuts: MFT

Creatalicious #121: Mermaid Bling

Hello crafty friends!  August is half-way through and most of the kids have started back to school.  Hopefully many of you will find some extra time to craft now.  I'm here with a new challenge at Creatalicious, it's all about glitter and bling for the next couple of weeks.

This beautiful mermaid is from Cute As A Button called Mermaid Sophia.  I colored the image and background with my Prismacolor pencils.

For the challenge part, I used Stickles for the glitterly bling.  You can see in her tail, around her waist and the fish friend's fins.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Crafting from the Heart: #172 Anything Goes
• Crafting With An Attitude: #30 Anything Goes
• Ooh La-La: #235 Flowers
• Simon Says: Monday Challenge: Nautical
• The Fairy and Unicorn Challenge: #6 Anything Goes/ opt we are the sea
• Unicorn Challenge: #24 Mythical & Magical

stamps: Cute As A Button: Mermaid Sophia
paper: Bazzill, MR Designs
embellishments: gauze, 3GJ: lace, the Paper Studio: poppies & paperie petite flowers & sea creature charm, Recollections: pearls, Stickles: ice

House of Cards - Kitty has a List

Hello crafty friends!  Can you believe we've are at the end of our fourth term here at House of Cards?!  Unfortunately we are saying a fond farewell to some of our DT members and fortunately we are so happy to those staying on.  To say goodbye and thank you, we're celebrating with a blog hop!  You should have arrived here from Susan. This hop will run FROM December 1ST AT 6:00 AM CST THROUGH December 15TH AT NOON CST,  ANY CARD STYLE is welcome and we've got a gorgeous photo inspiration for your crafting enjoyment!

***PRIZE WINNERS FROM THE BLOG HOP WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THE 20TH OF DECEMBER. CARD WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED NEXT MONTH ON THE 15TH, AS PER THE USUAL HERE AT HOC.  THANK YOU!***

BEFORE WE START--we'd like you all to know that this blog hop is also a DT CALL!!! We're looking for crafters comfortable in any card making style and it might just be YOU!  You will be contacted by December 20th  to know if you've made the team. :)   Each DT member will just be in charge of one card/project per month plus commenting.  If you're interested in working with us a HOC for a six month term from January through June of 2017, please email Mynn at onastampageATgmailDOTcom with the following information:   

• A link to your blog.
• Attached cards showing your style--3 maximum.
• A brief description as to why you'd like to join the team at House of Cards.
• Any major life happenings you KNOW you have coming up in your life from January-June 2017 that might interfere with your DT responsibilities.

Please email Mynn at onastampageATgmailDOTcom if you have any other questions!  And now...

Here is the photo inspiration~

Here's my inspiration card for the blog hop.  I used sponsored image Kitty Christmas List from Cute As A Button.  Isn't he the cutest thing ever.  He was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  I kept seeing circles in the inspiration photo and decided to go with circles.

Here's the inside....

So, are you ready to get hopping?!  Yep, it's time, but first we've got some fabulous sponsors to share with you!  Make sure you leave a comment at each person's blog along the way because the prizes are hidden and we'll be doing random drawings from the blogs where they are hiding! :)  After you're done, make a creation to share with us here, too, for another chance to win!

Here are all of our fabulous sponsors.

Our team will be using a variety of products

from these amazing companies!

Beccy's Place

Prize: 1 stamp set or 3 single images

Cute as a Button
Prize: 3 single images

Great Impressions

Prize: Prize Package

MHKDesigns

Prize: Any three products of your choice!

And now, here's your hop order~

You're here ---> Tina<---You're here

Mynn | Cohenna | Donna | Em | Heather | Jane | Judy 

Karen | Katarina | Katy | Leslie | Linda | Merethe

Michele | Paula | Rocky | Rosi | Ruza

Shawna | Shirley | Sue N. | Susan | Tina | Toni

Now get to hoppin'!  Your next stop is Toni's Blog!  Don't forget to link up a project with us after completing the hop for an extra chance to win a mystery prize from one of our fabulous sponsors, too!  HUGS and happy stamping to you all! :)

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Please check out our rules before linking up.  Can't wait to see what you make for us!  Happy crafting!

stamp: Cute As A Button: Kitty Christmas List
paper: the Paper Studio: white, Bazzill, SU
die-cuts: MFT: Circle stax1 & stax2, looped border

Creatalicious with Winter Flurries

Hello crafty friends!!  I'm excited to announce that I'm on a new DT,,,Creatalicious.  For my first DT project I created something a little frosty with sponsor image from Cute As A Button.  For the next 2 weeks our challenge is Anything Goes with the optional to Use a Sentiment.

Winner will receive 3 images.

I worked with this beautiful image Winter Flurries from Cute As A Button.  The image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  I couldn't help myself with layering lots of paper and using a dark navy blue as my base.  Some lace, gauze, Stickles and distressing to give it a flurry look.

Here's the inside with the optional sentiment.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Cardz 4 Galz - #35 A Contemporary Christmas
• Craft Your Passion - #338 Anything Goes
• Crafting With An Attitude - #21 Anything Goes
• My Time To Craft - #333 Distress It!
• Southern Girls Challenge - #148 Anything Goes
• The Merry Christmas Challenge - #7 Snowmen
• Winter Wonderland - Add Ribbon or Lace and/or Christmas Flowers 

stamps: Cute As A Button: Winter Flurries, Amy R Stamps: Frosty Sentiments
paper: Bazzill, Recollections, MR Designs
embellishments: 3 Girl Jam: lace, Stickles: crystal, gauze

Scrapping4fun #74 - Masculine

Hello crafty friends!  It's time for a new challenge over at Scrapping4fun.  It's hard to believe that September is almost half way over, but I'm SO ready for Autumn.  The Fall Festivals are my favorite, with hay rides, fresh apple cider, pumpkins, and my favorite...homemade apple cider donuts.  I'm ready for Autumn.  I hope you are ready for our new challenge, it's "Masculine" for the next 2 weeks.

We are being sponsored by Cute As A Button, just out the cute images.

I'm using sponsor image Fishing.  Such a handsome little farm boy.  He definitely looks like a boy who plays rough.  He clothes need mending (maybe they are his play clothes) and he has a sling shot in his back pocket.  The image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Check out the rest of the DT projects for inspriations and I hope to see you in the challenge.

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

• Craft Your Passion - #329 Anything Goes
• Crafting with Attitude - #19 Anything Goes
• Cute As A Button - #26 Anything Goes
• Digi Choosday - wk 35 Anything Goes
• Double D Challenges - Down on the Farm
• Kraftin' Kimmie - Anything Goes
• Ooh La-La - #213 Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door - wk Spet 13 Anything Goes

stamps: Cute As A Button: Fishing, MFT: Fred Bear Goes Fishing (stamped sentiment)
paper: SU: old olive, the Paper Studio: black, MR Designs: modern boy
die-cut: MFT: Fishtail Flags Stax
embellishment: twine

Scrapping4fun #66 Retro/Vintage

Hello fellow crafters!  I'm here today with a new challenge from Scrapping4fun.  For the next 2 weeks we went to see projects that are "Retro/Vintage".

Cute As A Button provided the team with cute images to work with.  Check out her shop from some cuties.

I worked with the cute image Alana Shell Collector.  The image was colored with my colored pencils, even the grains of sand.  I found this cute flip flop retro paper to use.  A shell charm with also added.

Here's the inside.

thanks for reading and looking :o)

Hope to see you in the challenge!

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

• Crafting for all Seasons - #127 Make it Girly
• Crafting With An Attitude - #15 Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner - #73 Anything Goes
• Crafty Girls Creations - #19 Anything Goes
• Creative Knockouts - #143 Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday - #427 Holidays/Vacation
• Jade's Sparkling Butterflies - #20 Anything Goes
• Star Stampz - Hand Colored Image

stamp: Cute As A Button: Alana Shell Collector
paper: Recollections, SU: pink, the Paper Studio: flip flops
die-cuts: MFT: oval stax 1 & stax 2
embellishments: Anna Griffin: stitched grosgrain ribbon, Bead Landing: charm, Sew Easy: floss yellow