Scrapping4fun #80 Christmas

Hello crafty friends!  Christmas is coming SO fast!!!  I'm still working on my Christmas cards to get them out.  This new challenge at Scrapping4fun will help you get some of those last minute Christmas projects out of the way....it's a Christmas Challenge.

We have 2 wonderful sponsors....so....I have 2 Christmas cards for you today :o)

First, I created a card using sponsor image Santa Claus Sleepyhead from Alicia Bel.  Such a cute image.  I colored it with my Prismacolor pencils.  Kept the design very simple and easy.  The stripe paper is from Tracy Way's Christmas Cheer digital paper.

Here's the inside.

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

• Crafty Ribbon: #179 Christmas
• Crafty Gals Corner : #100 Anything Goes
• Deep Ocean: #143 Santa Is Coming To Town
• The 12 Months of Christmas: #24 Welcome to the North Pole

stamps: Alicia Bel: Santa Claus Sleepyhead, Stampin' Up: All Holidays
paper: Bazzill, the Paper Studio: white, Tracy Way: Christmas Cheer
die-cuts: MFT oval stax 1 & stax 2
embellishments: Recollections: adhesive rhinestones, RRR (really reasonable ribbon)

For my 2nd card, I used sponsor image We 3 Kings from Digistamps 4 Joy.  The digital stamp is actually 3 individual stamps.  You could just use one of the wise men for a project if needed.  This scene was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.

Here's the inside.

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

• A Snowflakes Promise: #34 Winter Theme
• Crafting by Designs: Here Come the Holidays
• Crafting With An Attitude: #22 Anything Goes
• Crafty Girls Creations: #30 Anything Goes
• Digistamps4joy: #131 Anything Goes
• Holly Jolly Christmas: #86 Christmas or ABC
• Moving Along with the Times: #35 Christmas Scenes
• The Male Room: #50 Christmas/Winter Wishes/Celebration
• The Pencil Case: #34 Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door: Anything Goes: Dec 6th

stamps: Digistamps4joy: We 3 Kings, Stampin' Up: God's Blessings
paper: the Paper Studio: kraft, white, blue & brown paisley, Bazzill

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Hope to see you in the challenge!

Scrapping4fun #79 : Kitty Christmas

Hello crafty friends!   Happy Thanksgiving to the American crafters.  Right now I'm sure I'm in a turkey coma from all the good food I ate today.  I always love how the house smells when cooking.

I hope you are ready for a new challenge at Scrapping4fun.  For the next 2 weeks you have time to get some more Christmas creations completed, because our challenge is "Christmas".

I got to work with the darling image from Ike's called Kat Tree.  I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils.  I kept the card very simple and used rustic colors.
I really like this image, because I know a few cats that like to tear up the Christmas tree.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Creative Knockouts - #169 Tis The Season
• Kleuren met Potloden - Christmas
• Moving Along With The Times - #34 Anything Goes with Christmas
• Open-Minded Crafting - #11 Christmas/Hanukkah
• SYUP - #12 Furrything Goes
• The Crafters's Cafe - #161 Christmas Comes Early

stamps: Ike's: Kat Tree
paper: Bazzill, Carta Bella: Christmas Day
die-cuts: MFT: oval stax1 & stax2

Scrapping4fun #78 Naughty or Nice?

Hello crafty friends!  Even though November is speeding by quickly, I hope you are finding time to craft, cook and be creative.  We have another wonderful challenge at Scrapping4fun and you should join in to get another Christmas card or project off your list.  For the next 2 weeks...we want to see some Christmas creations.

For this challenge I worked with this cute, but naughty image from Fabrika Fantasy called Naughty Cherry Elf.  It doesn't look like he is sharing very well.  This was a cute and challenging image to color with my Prismacolor pencils.  The challenging part was the glass jar full of cherries and to make it look like that.
I had the sentiment in my stash of stamps, that just seem fitting.  The sparkling green paper, which is a glitter paper, was leftover from another project.  There was glitter everywhere after running it through the die-cutting machine :o)  By the way, the base paper is wild cherry...

Here's the inside with another stamped sentiment.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Hope to see you in the challenge.

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

• Aud Sentiments - #168 Anything Goes + Sentiment
• Classic Design Team Open Challenge - #8 Anything Goes: November
• Crafting with an Attitude - #21 Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner - #97 Use a Sentiment
• Fabrika Fantasy - #3 Christmas is Coming
• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - #15 Anything Goes

stamps: Fabrika Fantasy: Naughty Cherry Elf, CC Designs: Funny Christmas, Stampin' UP: Four the Holidays
paper: MFT: wild cherry, Tracy Way: christmas, green glitter paper
die-cuts: MFT: Let It Snowflake & Tag Stax
embellishments: timeless twine

Scrapping4fun #77: Thank you

Hello crafty friends!  It's time for another challenge at Scrapping4fun.  For the next 2 weeks, we challenge you to create a project for Thanksgiving or Thank you.

Since I don't usually send out Thanksgiving cards, I decided to create a Thank you.  I decided to use this cutie from Polkadoodles, Just For You, thought it was perfect since she's holding a bouquet of flowers .  I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils.  (Just realized that there's card fuzz from distressing on the ribbon...ugh!!)

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 folllowing challenges:

• Aud Sentiments - #167 Cute + Sentiment
• Crafting With An Attitude - #20 Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner - #95 Anything Goes

stamps: Polkadoodles: Just For You, Stampin' UP: short & Sweet
paper: Bazzill, Recollections: Aqua dots
embellishments: 3 Girl Jam: lace, the Paper Studio: white micro flowers

Scrapping4fun - #76 Be Naughty

Hello crafty friends!  It's time for another fabulous challenge at Scrapping4fun.  For the next 2 weeks, it's Anything Goes.

I worked with sponsor image from Sheepski called Rudolf's Selfie.  I thought this was cute and fun, maybe he's up to no good.  The image is colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  It's a very CAS card with just a filmstrip added and a stamped sentiment from CC Designs.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• A Snowflake Promise - #30 Anything Goes
• Alphabet Challenge - Q is for quick and simple
• Craft Your Passion - #333 Anything Goes
• Crafting By Designs - Add A Sentiment
• Crafting When We Can - #129 Christmas Comes Early
• Crafting With An Attitude - #20 Anything Goes
• Creative Knockouts - #163 Anything Goes
• Critters and Creatures - #8 Linky Party
• The 12 Months of Christmas - #33 Anything Goes
• The Crazy Challenge - #233 Use the colour RED
• The Merry Christmas Challenge - #2 Add A Sentiment

stamps: Sheepski: Rudolf's Selfie, CC Designs: Funny Christmas
paper: Recollections (red), the Paper Studio: white
embellishment: Tim Holtz: filmstrip ribbon

Scrapping4fun #75 - Fabulous Autumn Colors

Hello crafty friends!  It's time for another challenge at Scrapping4fun.  Even though the temperatures are still pretty hot here, you can see that Autumn has finally made it here.  The leaves are starting to fall and cooler nights are here.  With that being said, I guess you can figure out our next challenge... we want to see Autumn colors in your creations.  Autumn is a beautiful time of the year :o)

I couldn't pass up this cutie from Tiddly Inks called Pumpkin Patch Molly (right now you can get 2 Halloweeny images for $5, this is one of the images that came with the set, only being sold as a set for now).  The image is colored up with my Prismacolor pencils.  Lots of Autumn colors had to be added and some leaves.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Check out the other DT for inspiration and I hope to see you in the challenge.

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

• 4 Crafty Chicks - #318 Anything Goes
• Cardz 4 Galz - #32 Fall (Autumn) Colours
• Crafting by Designs - Favorite Season
• Crafty Boots - Autumn in the Air
• Crafty Cardmakers - #173 Autumn
• Crafty Creations - #325 Halloween
• Mod Squad - Falling Leaves
• Moo-Mania - Fall Foliage
• Pile It On - #117 Autumn Colors
• Stampavie and More - #270 Autumn Colors
• The Crazy Challenge - #232 Autumn is Coming
• The Sisterhood of Crafters - Fall Harvest
• Tiddly Inks - #191 Anything Goes

stamp: Tiddly Inks: Pumpkin Patch Molly 
paper: Recollections: orange & brown, the Paper Studio: Fall painted polka & white
die-cut: Sizzix: cut & embossed leaf
embellishment: burlap

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

Scrapping4fun #72 Anything Goes

Hello fellow crafters!  I'm here with today's post with Scrapping4fun.  For the next 2 weeks it's Anything Goes.

I used sponsor image Finch on Pine from Ike's Art.  The image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  I sponged the background and used Fran-tage for the extra snowy effect.  Just keeping it simple.

Here's the inside.

thank for looking and reading :o)

Hope to see you in the challenge and please look at other DT for inspiration.

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

• CCC Digi Creations - #55 Shades of Blue
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #377 Christmas
• Crimbo Crackers - #113 Blue Christmas
• Digi Choosday - Wk #33 Anything Goes
• Little Miss Muffet - #144 Anything Goes

stamps: Ike's Art: Finch on Pine, Unity: (oh deer) Happy Holiday, SU: Best Yet
paper: MFT: berrylicious & Blu Raspberry, yellow scrap (brazill)
die-cuts: Spellbinders: ironworks motif, MFT: sentiment strips
embellishments: Celebrate It: ribbon, Stampendous: fran-tage

Scrapping4fun - #71 Take A Break

Hello fellow crafters!  Hopefully you are enjoying your first week of August.  It's been hot and very busy here.  So, this next challenge for Scrapping4fun will be perfect for us busy moms..."Take A Break".  Much easier said, than done.

This challenge is being sponsored by My Stitch Back in Twine

For this challenge I was given Mad Hatter Teacup Stack2 to create my card.  The image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  I used 3 different designer papers in the background, 2 were scraps.  The teacup paper I found online from Prettygrafik.  I added some lace and a big bow with a teapot charm.

Here's the inside.  Stamp sentiment from Stampin' Up

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• A Bit More Time To Craft - #25 Anything Goes
• Card and Scrap - #122 Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion - #323 Anything Goes
• Craft-Dee BowZ -  August Challenge Anything Goes with a Bow
• Crafting With An Attitude - #18 Anything Goes
• Crafty Ribbons - #163 Anything Goes
• Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper - August Challenge
• Inspiration Destination - #97 Anything Goes
• Ooh-La-La Creations - #210 Ribbons and Bows
• Southern Girls - Anything Goes with Team Lou

stamps: My Stitch Back in Twine: Mad Hatter Teacup Stack2, SU: Curvy Versus
paper: Bazzill, Prettygrafik: tea time, Scraps (MME & MR Designs)
die cuts: Spellbinders: Classic Scalloped ovals, MFT: oval stax 1
embellishments: Solid Oak: steampunk teatime charms, 3GJ: antique white ribbon, Simplicity: lace, Recollections: pearl stickers

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

Scrapping4Fun - #68 Quotes/Sentiments

Hello crafty friends!  It's starting to get busy around this house.  Boys going here and there, plus trying to spend time with family that lives SO far away.  The older boys have their birthdays this month and they are only a week apart.  In fact, one was last Friday and one this Friday...busy, busy.

Even when it's busy, there's still time to craft up something.  We have a new challenge at Scrapping4fun and hopefully you can join us.  For the next 2 weeks, we want to see creations that have quotes/sentiments as the main focus.

Are wonderful sponsor for this challenge is Bugaboo.

I was given this beautiful image and quote to work with.  It's called Friend Flower Doodles.  I could have left the doodles alone, but I like to color.  A friend could use a little cheering up with some bright colors to go with the sentiment.  I kept this design very simple, since the quote is the main focus.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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



stamp: Bugaboo: Friend Flower Doodles
paper: Bazzill, Crate Paper: Oh, Darling
embellishments: Celebrate It: vintage blush ribbon, the Paper Studio: petite flowers

Scrapping4fun #67 - Travel/Holiday

Hello crafty friends!  Summer is here with all the hot temperatures we have been having, but I'm not complaining.  I love summer :o)  I'm here today with our new challenge at Scrapping4fun.  It's summer and everyone is traveling and taking their vacations.  Guess what our new challenge is?...Travel/Holiday.

Julia Spiri is our sponsor for this challenge.  Check out her cute digital stamps at her etsy shop.

I got to work with the beautiful stamp from Julia Spiri called Love in Paris from her "The Paris Collection".  I've been working on my French, in hopes that one day I'll make it to France.  I colored the image with my color pencils.  The little charm under the bow, is also of the Eiffel Tower.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• 2 Creative Chicks - #11 Anything Goes
• 4 Crafty Chicks - #302 Vacation
• A Beautiful Mess -  #3 Anything Goes (2/3)
• Card Mania - #81 Around the World
• Fussy and Fancy - #165 Anniversary/Wedding
• Julia Spiri - #20 Anything Goes
• Little Miss Muffet - #139 Anything Goes

stamps: Julia Spiri: Love in Paris, MFT: Love Sentiments
paper: the Paper Studio: black & white, MME: Traveler & Lost & Found
embellishments: Bead Landing: found objects charm, Simplicity: lace, 3 Girl Jam: rustic country ribbon

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

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

Scrapping4fun #64 Fantasy

Hello crafty friends!   It's time for another challenge at Scrapping4fun !

Our sponsor for this challenge.

For the next 2 weeks, we want to see projects that fit "Fantasy".

I got to work with sponsor image Phantasi 6.  The image is colored with my color pencils.  With all the bead work in the head dress, I decided to do some of my own beading.  I stringed some beads on twine in the same pattern.  A metal connector was added and I made sure some extra twine was strung through, because it is heavy.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Check out the rest of the DT for inspiration !

stamp used: DigiStamps4Joy: Phantasi 6
paper used: Recollections. Crate Paper: Oh Darling, MME: the sweetest thing
die-cuts: Spellbinders: classic scalloped ovals, MFT: oval stax1 & stax 2
embellishments: bakertwine, Halcraft: czech beads & turquiose howlite, Blue Moon:metal connector

Scrapping4fun #63 Birds

Hello crafty friends!! I'm here today with another Scrapping4fun Challenge.  Our theme for the next 2 weeks is "Birds".    Can't wait to see your birdie projects.

Our sponsor for this challenge.

I got to work with sponsor image Champion Eagle.  The image is colored with my color pencils.  I gave him bright orange shorts, because my dad wears some on the golf course.  I kind of cheated with the background, I made it easy on myself by using a backing paper from Dr Digi.

Yep, they're that bright....  lol

Here's the simple inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)



stamp: Fabrika Fantasy: Champion Eagle
paper: MFT: gumdrop green, discount paper:green, Bazzill: pumpkin patch, Dr Digi: Hole In One Hal
embellishment: Recollections: brads

Scrapping4fun #62

Hello crafty friends!  We are knee deep in pollen right now and trying to stay healthy...lol.  Gotta love Spring.

Hope you are ready for a new challenge at Scrapping4fun.  For the next 2 weeks, it's Anything Goes.

Our wonderful sponsor is My Stitch Back In Twine.

I got to work with sponsored image Fashion Darcee.  She looked like a strong diva type woman, so she's colored boldly with my color pencils.  The sentiment is from Unity Stamps, it seem fitting to the image.

Here's the inside:

thanks for looking and reading :o)

Check out the Challenge blog for more inspiration from the Design Team!

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

• 4 Crafty Chicks - #292 Anything Goes
• Brown Sugar Challenge - #192 Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner - #65 Anything Goes
• Through the Purple Haze - #98 Flowers

stamps used: My Stitch Back In Twine: Fashion Darcee, Unity Stamps: Strong Women Know Them
paper: Discount yellow paper, the Paper Studio: black & white
die-cut: Spellbinders: romantic rectangle
embellishments: Recollections: adhesive faux pearls, the Paper Studio: flowers, ribbon