Merry Little Christmas Challenge #56: Exhausted Santa

 

Hello crafty friends :o)  It's Spring and Christmas will be here before you know it, so get some Christmas cards done.  Just don't forget where you stash them.

MLCC is always Anything Christmas.

I have used this image before, but it's one of my favorites.  Last time is was colored all sepia tones, this time with color.  It's called December 26 from The Paper Shelter. Little Christmas sheet music for the background and a snowflake, sweet and simple.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

·         stamps: The Paper Shelter: December 26

·         paper: Cardstock Warehouse: paper bag, Recollections: red, the Paper Studio: Christmas Sheet Music

·         die-cuts: MFT

·         embellishments: Recollections: brad, twine

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog #26: Santa Selfie

 Hello Crafty Friends  :o)    I'm here with my post for Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog, it's always Christmas.

Here is a fun image from The Paper Shelter called Santa's Family Selfie.   I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils.  It's almost a no line method, due to my old printer was barely printing, just light purple/blue lines.  Just some fun background paper and a little lace, I figured that was enough with the pattern paper.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps: The Paper Shelter: Santa's Family Selfie

paper: the Paper Studio, Bazzill

embellishment: lace, corner punch

Love to Scrap Challenge Blog #128: Christmas Bingo

Hello crafty friends!  I'm here with my LTSCB post.   This month we are playing BINGO.

We have a wonderful sponsor

Winner will receive 3 digital stamps

We challenge you to create a project using at least three items in any column under the B, I, N, G or O on this Bingo card. You must state in your blog post which column and items you used. No rows or diagonals.

I created a card using Column G (gold, red, emboss, charm, green), the gold is in the specks of embossing.  The image is from The Paper Shelter, called A Cheerful Snowman and is colored with my Prismacolor pencils.

Here's the inside.

thanks for reading and looking :o)

stamps: The Paper Shelter: A Cheerful Snowman

paper: Recollections, the Paper Studio: Merry Everything, Happy Always

die-cut: MFT

embellishments: Tim Holtz: typed tokens, twine, Stampendous: embossing

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #124: You Have My Heart

Hello crafty friends :o)  I'm here today with my project for Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  This month it's all about shapes.  We want to see cards in different shapes.

We have a wonderful sponsor and the winner will receive 3 digital stamps.

I love vintage things and I had this image Summertime Retro Style from The Paper Shelter, just needed to be used.   The image is colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  Now for the shape, I really wanted to use a surfboard, but I printed off the image long before I thought about the shape.  The surfboard was not wide enough :o(   I found a Beachball shape file from the Cutting Cafe.....a circle it was.

Here's the inside.

I'm very new with my cutting machine, lots of practice will be needed (no I'm not complaining).  I really wanted the beachball to show on the front, but because of the image......I had to put the hard work of the beachball inside.   The reason I say hard work, because I had to resize each piece and I'm sure there is a trick somewhere.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps: The Paper Shelter: Summertime Retro Style, Unity: George & Scarlett (sentiment)
paper: Bazzill, Martha Stewart: yellowjacket, Recollections: white, scraps
die-cut: MFT: circle & clouds, The Cutting Cafe: Beachball svg file
embellishments: Recolletcions: stickers, twine

Creatalicious #129 Antique Christmas

Hello crafty friends!  It's time for another wonderful challenge at Creatalicious, it's Anything Goes with the option Monochrome Christmas.  Sadly this will be my last challenge with Creatalicious, for I will be joining some new adventures at the beginning of the year.  Melanie and her team are sweet and wonderful to work with, I see you ladies around blogland :o)

I created a monochrome card using The Paper Shelter image December 26.   I tried to go for the sepia tones....do you know how hard it is to find the right blend with color pencils.  Yes, there is a sepia pencil, but you need depth, so different colors are needed.   After trying a few different color blends, I ended with this one.  The photo really doesn't do justice, the weather was gloomy outside.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Come and Get It Challenges: Christmas
• Winter Wonderland: Anything Goes

stamps: The Paper Shelter: December 26, SU: All Holidays
paper: kraft. Bazzill. Recollections: Black & Tan Paisley
die-cut: MFT: tag stax
embellishment: jute twine

Creatalicious: Autumn

Hello crafty friends!  I'm here today with my Creatalicious post.  I know many of us in the US are busy getting ready for Thanksgiving.  My house will be full again this year, as my family comes together at my house, starting this weekend.  We all live in different states and sometimes, this is the only time we see each other during the year, it makes the time really special.  Hopefully you can find some time to come play in our new challenge: Anything Goes w/ option Thanks.

I created a card using sponsor image Autumn Beauty from The Paper Shelter.  This beautiful image was colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  I thought the burlap and some autumn colors will go with the season.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Crafting From the Heart: #183 Anything Goes
• Crafty Calendar: Nov: Autumn Colours
• World Wide Open DT Challenge: #28 Anything Goes

stamps: The Paper Shelter: Autumn Beauty
paper: Bazzill: Carrot Cake & coral, MME: Bijou Birds Green
die-cuts: Spellbinders
embellishments: Burlap, Recollections: sticker dots, 3GJ: Pink tie dye ribbon

Let's Craft & Create #129: Snowboarding Fun

Hello crafty friends!  It's hard to believe it's Autumn, because its still very hot here.  I really love this time of the year, there are SO many festivals and yummy things to do.  Hopefully you can find some time to join in our new challenge at Let's Craft and Create, it's about Child's Play.

For this challenge, I finally got to use this cute image from The Paper Shelter, Snowboarder Girl.  The image is colored with my Prismacolor pencils and for some reason, you cannot see the swirls and background behind the image that I colored. (you can in the darker photos).  I've never snowboard, but cross country skiing and sledding were big growing up.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• A Gem of a Challenge: #203 Fun Outside
• Crafting From the Heart: #175 Anything Goes
• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge: #26 Anything Goes

stamps: The Paper Shelter: Snowboarder Girl, CC Designs: Amy R Stamps Frosty Sentiments
paper: Bazzill, the Paper Studio: white, Tracy Way: Winter Frost
die-cuts: MFT: oval stax 1 & stax 2, Fishtail banner stax, Let it Snowflake
embellishment: YNS: gumdrops

Creatalicious #113: Mariachi Bday

Hello crafty friends!  It's hard to believe April is almost half-over, just hopping along pretty fast.  We have a new challenge for you at Creatalicious.  For the next couple of weeks, it's Anything Goes with the option of Birthday projects.  Can't wait to see what you create.

I created a birthday card using The Paper Shelter image Los Mariachi.  The image is colored with my Prismacolor pencils.  I tried to keep with the traditional colors of a mariachi band.  I also decided to keep the color combo of the design very simple.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Crafty Creations: #339 Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiments: Men/Boy Challenge
• Ooh-La-la: #226 Birthday Cards

stamps: The Paper Shelter: Los Mariachi, Unity: party all day, MFT: bday sentiment (inside)
paper:  the Paper Studio: black & white, Me & My Big Ideas: mambi sheets
die-cuts: MFT: Fishtail Flag Stax
embellshiments: RRR: ribbon, Recollections: brad

Let's Craft and Create: Stripes or Spots

Hello crafty friends!  Well, a little bit of unexpected here...I'm a new DT member for Let's Craft and Create.  Feeling excited about this.  This is my first post and it's the mid-way reminder post for the current challenge, Stripes or Spots.

I decided to go with "spots" using this image from The Paper Shelter called Autumn Trends.  I've had this image printed for awhile, so it was nice to finally color her up with my Prismacolor pencils.  Yes, I have a stack of digital and stamped images ready for coloring.  Sometimes when I print something off for a DT projects, I don't want to waste paper, so I print off other images to take up the rest of the page.
Anywho, I used some scrap spot and very discounted paper for some of the card.  The perfect spotty flower just happen to be in my stash, with some petite purple flowers.  Of course circle die-cuts had to used to complete me spot creation.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Crafting From the Heart - #128 Anything Goes
• Ooh La La - #213 Anything Goes
• Crafting Circle: Crafty Awesomeness - September Challenge: AG
• Craftyhazelnut's Patterened Paper - September Challenge
• Left of Center - #148 4 Legged Creature (dog in the bag)
• Oddball Challenge - Circles

stamps: The Paper Shelter: Autumn Trends, SU: Best Yet (sentiment)
paper: the Paper Studio: kraft & white, scrap (base spot paper) discounted (purple), Dr Digi: polos
die-cut: MFT circle stax1 & stax 2
embellishments: the Paper Studio: green vintage paper flower & purple petite flowers

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 #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

Season Challenge

We had a fun challenge on Kit and Clowder Facebook page.  Using the image Love in Spring by Ching-Chou Kuik, we had to color the image in our favorite season.  Of course, I went with Autumn/Fall.  

Here's the image colored with my colored pencils.  During the Fall season there are vibrant colors that are so beautiful.  Even though shades of green are my favorite color, I love earthy tones of color too.  I also tried an ombre technique for the hair.

I put the finish image on a card.  Lots of layers and golden tones of Fall was used.  I found Autumn Shades digital paper from The Paper Shelter to use and I also used Michele R Design paper.  It wouldn't be Fall without a touch of burlap.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• 3 Girl Jam - Anything with Ribbon
• Aurora Wings - #17 Anything with Wings
• Colouring in Scrapland - #2 Winged Challenge
• Crafting From The Heart - #72 Anything Goes
• Dragonfly Dreams - We're Flying High with Wings
• Robyn's Fetish - #276 Things with Wings
• The Crazy Challenge - #203 Fairies

stamp used: Ching-Chou Kuik - Love in Spring
paper used: Michele R Designs - Shabby Vintage Rose pg7, The Paper Shelter - Autumn Shades pg 1&2, Bazzill, the Paper Studio - white
embellishments: the Paper Studio - pearl petite flowers (tan & red) & vintage embossed daisies, texture bobbin ribbon, 3 Girl Jam sunflower ribbon, Stampendous aged silver frontage, burlap