Let's Craft & Create - Love Is In The Air

Hello Crafty Friends!  I'm here today with my post for Let's Craft and Create and "Love Is In The Air".

I absolutely love this image from Julia Spiri called The First Kiss.  It's just a beautiful, innocent and adorable image.  I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils.  I wanted to keep the design fairly simple that way the image could be the main focus.

Here's the inside stamped with a stamp from MFT.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• 613 Avenue Create: #194 Anything Goes
• A Bit More Time To Craft: #38 Anything Goes
• Crafty Calendar: Love Is In The Air
• Dragonfly Dreams: Heart and Flowers
• World Wide Open DT Challenge: #19 Anything Goes

stamps: Julia Spiri: The First Kiss, MFT: Sentiments about Love
paper: Bazzill, BoBunny: Sweet Tooth Delish & Flirty, MR Designs
die-cuts: MFT: heart stax
embellishments: lace, jute

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

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #89 Fancy My Fold

Hello fellow crafters!!  It was nice to have a week off to catch up on a few crafty things, but I hope you are already to play in the new challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  For the next 2 weeks we want to see some "Fancy Folds".  Don't forget you must have some stamping on your project, either rubber and/or digital.  If you don't have stamping on your beautiful project, enter that into our sister blog Love to Craft! Challenge Blog

We have 3 wonderful sponsors, that means the DT will pick 3 awesome winners.

The winner will receive 3 images of choice.

The winner will receive 3 images.

The winner will receive 2 images of choice.

For this challenge I create a Dutch Fold card using sponsor image Me and My Snowman from Star Stampz.  I thought this was an adorable image.  I colored it with my Prismacolor pencils and added some snow with white paint.  A little bit of bling was added to the musical notes, as well as the snowflakes.

When the bottom flaps are opened they serve as an easel to hold the card up.  I decided to put some more snowmen inside the card.

Here's the inside.  I used a stamp from Stampin' UP.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• 613 Avenue Create - #191 Anything Goes
• A Bit More Time To Craft - #31 Anything Goes
• Crafting Musketeers - #43 Christmas Wishes
• Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes with Pattern Paper
• Get Creative Challenges - #51 Anything Goes
• Scrap From Your Heart - #3 Christmas

stamps: Star Stampz: Me and My Snowman, Stampin' Up: Four the Holidays
paper: Bazzill, MR Designs: Christmas Time, the Paper Shelter: white & country snowman, Bo Bunny: wild berry red dot
die-cuts: Sizzix: Label Regal
embellishments: Recollections: rhinestones, white paint

House of Cards - Christmas Layers

Hello again fellow crafters!  This is my second post for today.  It's a new month, so a new challenge is starting at House of Cards.

Here's the beautiful inspiration pic.  The theme is lots of layers and/or colors.

I created a non-traditional color Christmas card with layers for this challenge.  You can never have too many Christmas cards.  I really love the soft colors of this pic.  I used a Stampin' Up stamp for this card.  Added a little sparkle with some pearls and rhinestones.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• A Snowflake Promise - #32 the Seasons
• Addicted to Stamps - #134 Lots of Layers
• Allsorts Challenge - #387 Let's Make a Start on Christmas
• Christmas Card Challenge - Wk 46 ~Oct 23:; Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion - #336 Anything Goes
• Crafting From The Heart - #134 Anything Goes
• Crafting with Friends -#30 Anything Goes
• Create and Make - #5 Anything Goes / optional ribbon or lace
• Cute Card Thursday - #449 Lace and/or Pearls (used both)
• Holly Jolly Christmas - #84 Trees or Christmas Trees

stamps: Stampin' Up: Snow Swirl
paper: Bazzill, MR Designs: Vintage Peach
embellishments: Recollections: pearls & rhinestones, gauze, Celebrate It: lace

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 #73 - Stripes

Hello again crafty friends!  I promise this is the last post for today :o)  It's time for a new challenge at Scrapping4fun.  For the next 2 weeks, we want to see projects with "Stripes" on them.

I created a card with this beautiful sponsor image from Digistamps4Joy called Artistic Touches.  The image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils, then fussy cut out. The background papers are from Pion and MR Designs (Michele R Designs).

Here's the inside.  I stamped a sentiment from Unity Stamps that I thought was fitting.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Hope to see you in the challenge.

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

• 613 Avenue Create - #188 Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion - #327 Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner - #87 Anything Goes
• Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes
• Ooh La La - #212 Girlie
• The Crafty Addicts - #23 Anything Goes: Use lace or pearls
• Through the Craft Room Door - Aug 30-Sept 5 : Anything Goes
• World Wide Open DT Challenge - #13 Anything Goes

stamps: Digistamps 4Joy: Artistic Touches, Unity: She
paper: Bazzill: cream, Pion Designs: Grandma's schoolbook; leaves & red clover, MR Designs: shabby blue charm
embellishments: Prima flowers: French Riviera, the Paper Studio: light pink/yellow daisies, Tim Holtz: lace, Recollections: floral embellishments pearls, RRR twine

Love to Craft! Challenge Blog - Swinging by with a Thank You

Happy September Crafty Friends!  Summer is whining down....it's time to start getting crafty.  I hope you are ready for another challenge at Love to Craft! Challenge Blog.  It's Anything Goes with any type of craft you want to show other crafters.  Show us what you are crafting this month.

I decided to make a card this months challenge.  Mainly because I thought this image was a cutie and wanted to color her up.  The image is from All Dressed Up called Fairy Swing.  Lots of layers, lace and flowers were needed for this Spring like image.

The image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• 613 Avenue Create - #188 Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion Challenge - #327 Anything Goes
• Crafting by Designs - September: Anything Goes
• Crafting From the Heart - #125 Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner - #87 Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiments - Lots of Layers
• Fab'n'Funky - #316 Anything Goes
• Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes
• The Crafty Addicts - #23 Anything Goes/Use lace or pearls
• The Cutie Pie Challenge - #102 Work, Rest or Play 
• The Pencil Case - Wk 27 Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door - Aug 30 - Sept 5: Anything Goes
• World Wide Open DT Challenge - #13 Anything Goes

stamps: All Dressed Up: Fairy Swing, Stampin'Up: Happy Moments
paper: Bazzill, MR Designs: Shabby Purple Charm & Cottage Garden, MFT: natural & primitive cream
die-cut: MFT: circle stax 1
embellishments: the Paper Studio: embossed daisies, red, lt pink, & purple petite flowers, brown micro flowers, cotton cord, Celebrate It: vintage blush lace, Simplicity lace

House of Cards - Gorgeous Chaos

Hi fellow crafters!  I promise this is the last post for today :o)  This is the first of the month and that means another wonderful monthly challenge will be starting at House of Cards today.

Here's the inspiration pic for the challenge.  Use twine and/or colors for this challenge.  (Some people would call this floss, but whatever you have twine/floss you can use it.)

For this challenge, I decided to use Julia Spiri's image, The Secrets of Venice.  It's a beautiful image that I colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  I try to match the colors as close as possible to the inspiration pic.  I did use twine/floss just to make sure.

Here's the inside.   This sentiment is from Unity Stamp, I don't know if they sell it individually anymore or just in a set now.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Hope to see you in the challenge!

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

• Colour Crazy Craft Challenge - wk#18 Anything Goes
• Crafting With Friends - #26 Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - #98 Anything Goes
• Jo's Scrap Shack - #149 Anything Goes

stamps: Julia Spiri: The Secrets of Venice, Unity: sentiment
paper: SU: perfect plum, Bazzill, MR Designs: Vintage Peach
die-cuts: Spellbinders: Marvelous Squares, Decorative Labels One
embellishments: We R Memories: red twine, Fancy Feathers, K & Company: tickets

Scrapping4fun - #70 Anything Goes

Hello crafty friends!  It's time for new challenge at Scrapping4fun and it's a crowd favorite...Anything Goes!  Hope to see your beautiful creations in the challenge.

For this challenge I worked with sponsor image called Winter Games 1.  The playful image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  I made sure I kept up with a wintery feeling, by choosing vintage frost dp from Michele R Deigns.  The little sentiment is from Unity.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #373 Christmas
• Crafting By Designs - Christmas in July
• Crafty Gals Corner - #81 Christmas in July
• Crimbo Crackers - #111 Anything Goes
• If You Give a Crafter a Cookie - #48 Christmas in July
• Kitty Bee Designs (Aloha Friday) - #76 Christmas in July
• My Time To Craft - #325 Christmas in July

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie

stamps: Fabrika Fantasy: Winter Games 1, Unity: Most Wonderful Time
paper: Bazzill: dark blue & light blue, MR Designs: Vintage teal frost, the Paper Studio: cream
die-cuts: MFT: oval stax 1 & stax 2
embellishments: Celebrate It: vintage blush lace, YNS gumdrops

Christmas with Crafting by Designs

Hello Crafty Friends!!!  Today I'm excited to be Guest Designing for Crafting By Designs, YAH!!!

This challenge we are helping you to get ready for Christmas.  Many of us cardmakers have SO many Christmas cards to make every year.  It's hard to find the time, so making them here and there really helps to get them done before the big rush of Christmas.  So join us by getting one more Christmas card done.

I love vintage stamps and images.  I went ahead and colored the image with my color pencils, but it would look great uncolored too.  Maybe stamped in a vintage brown color.  Some lace, distressing of the paper and metal corner pieces to finish out the design.  I even added some glitter gems.  Now I have 2 Christmas cards done and only 38 more to go....lol.

Here's the inside. (the rainbow came through my window)

Please check out the DT for more inspiration.  Thank you Crafting by Designs for asking me to GDT for you in this challenge :o)

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• ABC Christmas Challenge - L is for (lights, love, lace)
• Craft Your Passion - #316 Anything Goes
• Dream Valley Challenge - #133 Vintage
• Through the CraftRoom Door - June 14-20: Anything Goes

stamps: Flonz: Happy Family,  Stampin' Up: Snow Swirled
paper: Bazzill: cream, Pion Design: grandma's schoolbook, swing to the clouds, MR Designs: Christmas Time
embellishments: Celebrate It: lace, Martha Stewart: metal corners, Your Next Stamp: gumdrops

Scrapping4fun #65

Hello crafty friends :o)  Looks like summer is well on it's way here.  Lots of sunshine, some much needed rain and just getting sticky hot already.  I've always love the warmer weather, maybe because I'm a summer baby.  This year seems to be flying by and so has the last 2 weeks from our last challenge at Scrapping4fun.  Yup, it's time for a new challenge and it's a favorite....Anything Goes.

Our sponsor for this challenge.

I was given this wonderful image, Ben On A Raft, from Ike's Art to create my project.  I decided to make a cute tag.  It's a summery image and would be great on a little gift bag.  The image is colored with my color pencils.  Lots of distressing, gauze and seashells to finish it up.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Hope to see you in the challenge and check out the rest of the DT for inspiration.

stamp: Ike's art: Ben On A Raft  
paper: SU: old olive, Recollections, MR Designs: Modern Boy
die-cut: MFT: traditional tags stax
embellishments: Recycle rope, RRR: twine, Timeless Twine, Tim Holtz: typed tokens, Traditions: shells, gauze

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog - #77 Make it Girly

Hello crafty friends!  Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.  It's the dreaded Monday, but the wonderful news...it's time for another challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  For the next 2 weeks, we want to see your crafty creations that are "Girly".  Remember you must have stamping on your project either rubber/clear and/or digital.

We have 3 wonderful sponsors for this challenge.  That means the DT will pick 3 wonderful winners.

The winner will receive 3 images of choice.

The winner will receive images of choice up to $15.

The winner will receive 7 images of choice.

For this challenge, I was given a sponsor image to use.  I love the vintage images and used Maryanne for my card.  The image is colored with my color pencils.  Some flowers, bling and pearls to make it girly were added.  The dp is from Michele R Designs.

Here's the inside.

Please check out the other DT members for inspiration.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes with a Bow
• Craft Your Passion - #310 Anything Goes
• Crafting From the Heart - #110 Anything Goes
• Crafty Cardmakers - #163 Pearls or Gems
• Simply Create Too - #108 Ladies Only

stamp used: Sparkle N Sprinkle: Maryanne
paper used: Bazzill, MR Designs: shabby purple charm
die cuts: MFT square stax 1 & Stax 2
embellishments: the Paper Studio: flower brad, 3 Girl Jam: cream ribbon, Recollections: faux pearls

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #76

Hello crafty friends!  Everyone in the house is healthy again and enjoying some beautiful Spring weather.  Hopefully the weather has been enjoyable where you are.

It's time for another fabulous challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog....it's a favorite, because it's "Anything Goes".  Just remember, we want to see some stamping on your projects.

Winner will receive a goodie bag a craft supplies.

Winner will receive $10 gift certificate. 

Winner will receive 3 images of choice.

For this challenge, I was given sponsor image Charming Spring Girl to create a project.  This image is just darling.  She is colored with my colored pencils.  I used MR Designs (Michele R Designs) digital paper, Shabby Purple Charm for my background paper.

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:

• 2 Creative Chicks - #9 Anything Goes
• Animal Friends - #37 Birds
• Card Mania - #79 Spring
• Craft Your Passion - #308 Anything Goes
• Crafty Boots - Use A Sentiment (2nd entry)
• Crafty Cardmakers - #161: 1, 2, 3 (1 image, 2 designer papers, 3 different embellishments: flowers, lace, twine)
• Crafting From The Heart - #108 Anything Goes
• Crafting With Friends - #18 Anything Goes
• Cute As A Button - #21 Anything Goes
• Hiding in My Craftroom - #217 LOL (lots of layers)
• Our Crafty Corner - #8 Anything Goes
• Paradise of Stamps - #40 Pastel Colors
• Sparkles Monthly Challenge - #79 Thinking of You
• The Corrosive Challenge - #4 Girls, Ladies, Women

stamps used: The Paper Shelter: Charming Spring Girl, Unity: Thinking About You Today
paper used: Bazzill, MR Designs: Shabby Purple Charm
embellishments: the Paper Studio: tan pearl petite flowers, Bead Landing:natural hemp, Simplicity: lace trim

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog - #75

Hello crafty friends!  UGH!  I've been fighting the flu bug that the family decided to share with me.  One brings it home and shares with another, and it continues down the line.  So far 2 boys are still healthy, so hopefully those boys will live through without catching this bug.  Lucky them :oP

I hope you are ready for another challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  For the next 2 weeks we want to see creations with "Bows" on them.  It's "The Big Bow Theory" challenge, but remember you still need stamping, rubber and/or digital on your projects.

We will have 3 winners for this challenge.  LTSCB will be sponsoring 2 of the winners with a goodie bag of craft supplies.

The winner will receive 3 images of choice

I got to work with sponsor image from Oddball Art called Sally So Sickly.  Talk about perfect timing for this household.  I colored the image with my color pencils.  The band-aid and redcross came with the image set too.  I distressed the paper, because we feel a little rough around the edges when we are sick.  Don't forget the big bow, because that's part of the challenge.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• A Beautiful Mess - #1 Anything Goes (2/3)
• Crafting with Friends - #17 Anything Goes
• Crafty Friends Challenge - #28 Anything Goes
• My Time to Craft - #318 Girlie
• One Stitch At A Time - #259 Anything Goes with Distressing

stamp used: OddBall Art co: Sally So Sickly
paper used: Bazzill, MR Designs: Whimsy Romance
die-cut used: MFT circle stax 2
embellishment: 3 Girl Jam ribbon

Lucky Birthday

Hi crafty friends!!  I'm here today with a commission card.  I was asked to create a festive card for someone's birthday that happens to be on St. Patrick's Day.  Yes, it had to be green.

I knew I wanted to make a shaker card, it allow me to play with the fuse-it tool again.  This time it went much easier with the correct weight of acetate paper.  Then I also found this great find of glitter paper.  Extra bling points for me :o)  With all that bling I had to keep the design very simple.  The image is from Bugaboo, which I colored with my color pencils.

Here's the inside, which the poem was written by the giver.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - #105 Use Ribbon
• Craft for the Craic - Luck of the Irish
• Crafting From the Heart - #104 Anything Goes
• Dream Valley - #127 All About Birthdays
• Get Creative Challenges - #35 Must Use Green
• Glitter N Sparkle - #180 Anything Goes
• Pattie's Creations - #120 Green

stamps used: Bugaboo: JJ Calendar Months-March, Stampin' Up: Something to Celebrate
paper used: Bazzill: patch, Recollections: glitter paper, Michelle R Designs kingdom green & gold
die-cut: MFT Oval stax 1
embellishments: Really Reasonable Ribbon, 3 Girl Jam ribbon, Treehouse sequins, Recollections glitter shapes, paint

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #71 - Have A Heart

Hello fellow crafters!  I hope you are ready for another challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog. For the next 2 weeks we want to see projects that at least have one heart on them.  Remember there must be some stamping on your project, either rubber/clear and/or digital.

Here's our three wonderful sponsors for this challenge.

The winner will receive 3 images.

The winner will receive $25 gift certificate.

The winner will receive 3 images.

For this challenge I used the sponsor image from River City Rubber Works called Bear Friends.  This is such a cute image.  When I was younger I collected bears and so did my best friend, so this image has great meaning to me.  As you can see, my heart is attached to the bow.

The image was colored with my color pencils.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)
Hope to see you in the challenge!

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

• Artistic Inspirations - #149 Anything Goes - twist Valentine
• Aud Sentiments - #147 Anything Goes
• Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes with a bow
• Craft Your Passion - #297 Anything Goes
• Crafting From The Heart - #97 Anything Goes
• Suzy's Bee's Bloomin Challenge - #115 Anything Goes with twist-Add an Animal
• The ABC Challenge - A is for Animals

stamps used: River City Rubber Works-Bear Friends, SU-happy together
paper used: SU pink, discount paper, Michelle R Designs, MME blush, Bazzill
die-cut: MFT traditional tag stax
embellishments: 3 Girl Jam ribbon, Tim Holtz lace, Classy Accents brads