Scrapping 4 Fun - #27 Seasons

Welcome to another great challenge at Scrapping4fun!  You have 2 weeks to create a project from this inspiration photo.  You can choose Spring or Autumn, maybe both.

I love watching the seasons, and they are all beautiful for their own reasons.  Spring and Fall are both my favorites, but I think Autumn is in my heart.  I love the colors and the smells.  So, I decided to create a card for Autumn.

I choose the stamp from MFT Inspired By called the Front Porch-Fall (looks like this stamp might be retired, but they still have the Front Porch-Spring).  You can image yourself on this front porch swing, enjoying the crisp Autumn air. I didn't want to color the whole image, just parts of it.  I decided watercolors would be the best choice.  I needed something between the image and sentiment, so I added a fiber ribbon and stamped some leaves to fussy cut out.  Just stuck the leaves on each side of the fiber.

Here's the inside.  

Have a great weekend!  thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

If you give a crafter a cookie

• Addicted to Stamps Challenge - #115 Photo inspiration
• Creative Moments - #52 Anything Goes/Use 3 layers
• Die Cut Divas - Change of Seasons Spring/Autumn
• If You Give a Crafter a Cookie - inspiration photo
• Moo-Mania - Autumnal Coloring
• Ruby's Rainbow - #89 Autumn Leaves

stamps used: MFT-IB the Front Porch-Fall, Unity Stamp Co Oct '12 KOM (leaves)

paper used: Bazzill, the Paper Studio Traditional Floral Paisley, SU old olive

die-cuts: Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles & Fleur Lis Square

embellishment: the Paper Studio fibers

The Male Room - Sketch

Good mid-week crafty friends!  For the next 2 weeks at The Male Room, we have a simple sketch challenge for you to follow.  Just remember, it has to be manly.

I have a few bachelors on my Christmas list and decided I better get a start on my Christmas cards.  I know I'm a little late, but at least it's a start. 

Since the sketch was simple, I kept my card simple.  One layer card and bare minimal on embellishments. 

The design paper I won and it was hard to really figure out how to use this non-traditional paper.  The colors are very deep browns, reds, greens, mustard yellows, almost grungy.  It turned out to be the best paper for a manly Christmas card.  The ribbon was from Really Reasonable Ribbon, it was part of a monthly club.  The sentiment and punch are from Stampin' Up.  I thought the ornament looked plain, so I added some die-cut snowflakes and frosted rhinestones.  Very simple and easy.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

I would like to enter in the following challenges:

• Crafting From the Heart - #38 Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiments Designs - "BINGO" challenge (Designer Paper, Die Cut, Sentiment) or (Rubber Stamp, Die Cut, Ribbon) 
• Die Cuttin Divas - #185 Anything Goes
• Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
• The ABC Challenge - "U is for Unique" Anything goes
• The Pink Elephant - TPE#270 Anything Goes

 Crafty Sentiments Designs

stamp used: SU short & sweet

paper used: MFT Primitive White & Paver Red, Carta Bella Christmas Day dp

die-cuts used: MFT Let It Snowflake, MFT Fishtail Flags Stax

punch used: SU ornament

embellishments used: RRR, Recollections adhesive rhinestones

Scrapping 4 Fun - #26 Buttons and Bows

I'm SO excited, because this is my first post as a new Design Team Member for Scrapping 4 Fun! It's hard when you have good news and cannot share it with the world, but it's out now.  I'm sure this group of talented ladies will teach and challenge me in new ways of crafting.  Thank you Rachelle for this opportunity :o)

For the part ya'll been waiting for...the challenge. For the next 2 weeks, we want to see projects with buttons and bows.  (This post is posted on Thursday night due to the time difference for our Friday challenge. It's Friday in Switzerland :o))

I started off with this metal pail I found at Michael's.  Then decided to paint it a blue/green color.  After a couple of coats, I painted white wash over the top.  Wanting some of the blue color to come through, I took the softest sandpaper I could find and gently sanded some of the white wash paint off.  In some of the the design work, I sanded down to the metal.  Afterwards, a couple layers of decoupage was used to seal the paint.  

Some dp was added just to the bottom of the pail.  As you can see, I didn't paint or paper the lip or bottom ledge of the pail.  I knew I wanted an image for this pail, but it was hard to find one small enough to fit the area, which is smaller than 2 inches.  The bird image is from Unity called Chirp, Chirp and measured 2x3 (little of the bottom was chopped off to fit, just don't tell anyone).

Of course a sentiment was needed.  I found the perfect sentiment, but it was huge.  It was bigger than the whole pail itself.  So....I stamped it, put it in my copier and shrank it down to the size I needed.  I know you wouldn't have known from the pictures, but someone might have figured it out...lol.  The sentiment is also from Unity called You Are Filled.  There are buttons used on both images.

To complete the challenge, I needed a bow.  I had an off white ribbon leftover from a previous project and decided to dye it to match the paper.  

thanks for looking and reading :o)  Come join us at Scrapping 4 Fun

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

• Divas by Design - Anything but a card
• Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #53 Anything Goes with Twist Shades of Blue
• Just Inspirational Challenge - Bows
• Paper Pretties - PWC328 Buttons
• Ruby's Rainbow - #88 Anything Goes
• Unity Friends with Flair 

stamps used: Unity Chirp, Chirp and You are Filled

paper used: Crate Pape-Oh Darling

die-cut used: MFT Oval Stax 1

embellishments used: the Paper Studio-Ribbon/Lace Scrap, Prima wooden button, mini buttons from stash, scrap ribbon from stash

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #38 - Anything Goes

Good Monday to y'all!  We have another great challenge for you at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.....Anything Goes!  Remember, we like to see some stamping on your project, either rubber or digital.

For this challenge we are being sponsored by DRS Designs and the winner will receive a $10 gift certificate.  Their stamps are amazing, so check them out!

For this challenge I got to work with the image Leonard Pig Sick Day Blue and Cure Yet? Greeting.  I colored the image with water and regular color pencils. I decided to put 3 ribbons on the side; one gray checkered plaid, one navy and one gray lace. Then I added a yellow flower brad going through the gray ribbon, it matches the flower in the image.  The plaid dp reminds me of a blanket, that could be on the piggie's bed. 

Here's the inside.

Hope to see you in the challenge!

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Crafting From The Heart - #36 Anything Goes
• Crafty Boots Challenge - Anything Goes
• DRS Designs Challenge - #139 I'm all in Knots! (use ribbon anyway except in a bow)
• Love to Create Challenge - #133 Add Some Lines (I'm hoping the dp and the gray ribbon count)

stamps used: DRS Designs Leonard Pig Sickday Blue and Cured Yet? Greeting
paper used: SU dp and green, Blue tissue
die-cuts used: MFT Square Stax 1 & Stax 2, MFT Sentiment Strips
embellishments used: RRR (Really Reasonable Ribbon) gray checkered and navy, the Paper Studio lace, Recollections brads, Art Accentz bradlets (flower)

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #37 - Let's Fly Away

Happy September!  Welcome to another challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  For the next 2 weeks, we want to see projects with things that fly; insects, planes, fairies, animals, etc.  Remember, we need to see stamping on your project, either rubber, clear or digital.

We will have 2 sponsors for this challenge, so that means 2 winners.

The Bugaboo winner will receive 7 images of choice.

The Stamping Chef winner will receive 3 images of choice.

For this challenge, I got to work with The Stamping Chef image Sophie Spitfire.  With a name like that, you know she is a handful.  I like the old vintage look of this stamp, reminds me of the pinup gals.  As usually, I colored the image with my water and regular color pencils.

Since she is a world traveler, the dp is an old vintage map from Tim Holtz Crowded Attic pad.  Some metals gears, a metal word band and metal hardware were added for embellishments.  There is also glossy accent on the goggles.

I thought the word band message was perfect.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• 4 Crafty Chicks - #209 Something Old/Something New (image is new, paper and embellishments are old 7-2 years old)
• CCC Digi Creations - #8 Digi/Things with Wings
• Creative Knockouts - #52 Whimsical Wings (the airplane has wings)
• Natalie & Amy - #24 Things with Wings
• The Stamping Chef - #44 Anything Goes

stamps used: The Stamping Chef - Sophie Spitfire
paper used: Bazzill, Tim Holtz  - Crowded Attic
die-cuts used: MFT Designer Label Stax Set 2, MFT You Move Me Die
embelliments: Tim Holtz - mini gears, word bands, SU hodgepodge hardware, Sew Easy brown floss, Organic cotton cord, glossy accent

The Male Room - Stars

Welcome to another challenge at The Male Room!  For the next 2 weeks, we want to see "Stars" on your masculine projects.  

I used this cute image from Bugaboo.  As you can see the image has stars.  Then I used star die-cuts and there are tiny stars in the dp, I think I got the star part down.  I colored the image with water and regular color pencils.  Added some Stickles to the stars in the image, just because stars need to sparkle.  The layout is from the current sketch challenge at Bugaboo.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

i would like to entering this card in the following challenges:

• Catch The Bug Challenge - Stella Says Sketch #213
• Fitztown Challenge - #48 Just For Kids

stamps used: Bugaboo astronaunt moon

paper used: Bazzill, K&Company

die-cuts used: MFT Square Stax 1 & Stax 2, MFT Star Stax

embellishements: Stickles crystal, star dust & waterfall

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog - #36 Anything Goes

Good morning and welcome to another challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog. For the next 2 weeks we have made it easy for you, because it's Anything Goes!  As always your creations must have a stamp rubber image and/or sentiment on it, no digis this time.

We are being sponsored by Heartfelt Creations.  They have some beautiful stamps! 

The winner of this challenge will receive a $25 gift certificate. 

When I first saw this challenge and knew we could use any rubber stamp we had, I thought I had it pegged.  At the last minute, I changed my mind and total creation.  I decided to go with the stamp by SWALK called Friendship.  I have a gf who has been feeling down and we've been friends for 36+ years.  We don't get to talk much because we live so far away from each other now, but she's like a sister to me.  When coloring the image with my water and regular color pencils, I could remember all the fun we had growing up across the street from each other.   

I wanted an unique card, so I tried my hand at a circle side-step card.  It becomes difficult when cutting out pieces and parts of circles for this card.  I was quite happy to use the die-cuts when I could.  Just some flowers, lace and a metal bracket was added for embellishments.

Here's the back of the card, you can see, it's a complete circle.  I did add a half circle and the back to write a little something to my friend.  

thanks for looking and reading :o)

i would like to enter in the following challenges:

• Fairytale Stampers - #43 Anything Goes
• Glitter n Sparkle - #98 Use Some Metal (best friend metal ribbon slider)
• Ooh La La - #163 Fancy Folds
• The Corrosive Challenge - #206 "B" Unique (blue, brown, brad, blooms)
• The Squirrel and The Fox - #75 Anything Goes
• Whoopsi Daisy - No Square Cards

stamp used: SWALK Friendship

paper used: the Paper Studio Blue & Brown Paisley, Bazzill, MFT Grout Gray, MFT Hot Fudge

die-cuts used: MFT Circle Stax 1 & Stax 2, Sentimental Flourish

embellishments: RRR lace, Making Memories Vintage Metal Combo, Recollections Mini Heart brads, Martha Stewart pearls, Prima flowers

70th Birthday Wishes

Today I'm sharing my MIL's 70th b-day card.  Usually I send tennis cards, because she plays tennis, but this year I wanted something different and a different fold.

I went with a cute little girl.  The image is Doodle Garden Springtime wishes from MFT (which My Favorite Things no longer sells Doodle Garden stamps, who knew).  I even looked in the Doodle Garden shop and this image is not there, but she does have other cuties in her shop.

 For a different kind of fold, I went with the gate fold.  I found some instructions for this fold, but it was for a tiny card.  My image was much bigger, in fact, it was bigger than the tiny card.  So, by the third time (and lots of measuring), I custom my own gate fold to the size I needed, to fit the image that was already done.
I added three yellow flowers for the 3 flowers she had in her hand.  Lots of pearls were needed and a sentiment.  Using watercolor and regular pencils to color in my image, lots of time. I say LOTS of times, because the image is layered and that also meant LOTS of cutting.  Even though I stamped the image 7 times, sometimes only certain parts were colored and cutout.  The flowers, shoes, hair, bow, each layer of the dress, and sleeves are pieced on top of a bottom layer of the original image.

Here is the inside of the card.  I wanted to make sure everything was decorated.  The center was left opened to write a little something and the kids had plenty of room to write their names.

The image on this side is from Unity, Candles & Cake.

On this side I used MFT Birthday Sentiments and MFT die-cuts.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Inkspirational Challenges - #62 Designers Choice-Use Markers or Pencils (pencils - 2nd entry)
• Natalie & Amy - #23 Die Cuts & Flowers
• Scrapping4fun Challenge - #23 Something Girly
• Stempelgarten Challenge - #28 Paper Piecing 

clicking on image will take you to the DT call

stamps used: MFT DG Springtime Wishes, MFT Circus Spectular (front sentiment), MFT Birthday Sentiments, Unity Candles & Cake {wit & wisdom}

paper used: MFT Tangy Orange, Bazzill, SU black & dp

die-cut used: Spellbinders Marvelous Square

embellishments used: Martha Stewart pearls, Recollections bling on a roll, Flowers were a free gift from Unity

The Male Room-Make PINK Masculine

Hello "HumpDay" and another challenge from The Male Room.  For the next 2 weeks we would like for your creations to make PINK masculine. The pink is the new black kinda of thing, but manly.  Make sure you check out the DT inspirational creations.

I used the image Hell for Leather by Just Inklined.  You can always make a cool racing dude look good in pink.  Using my water color and regular color pencils to the color the image just right.  I did add some other colors, because pink can't look good alone.

As you can tell from the picture, some glossy accents were added to the goggles and windshield.  I like the glass look it gives to images.

What guy wouldn't want a license plate that said this!  The sentiment came from Unity Stamp Co called Boys Rule.  Brads were added in the appropriate places.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Alphabet Challenge - M for Men Only
• Crafting From the Heart - #30 Anything Goes
• Digi Galore - Anything Goes
• Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge - #47 Anything Goes
• The ABC Challenge - Q is for Quote (Boys Rule, Girls Drool)
• The Paper Makeup Stamp - #152 Digi Makeover Challenge Anything Goes
• Without Words - Use a Previous Challenge - April 2014 Gentlemen Only

stamps used:  Just Inklined Hell for Leather (digi), Unity Boys Rule

paper used: MFT Cotton Candy, Cosmo Cricket-2wenty thr3e, gray, blue and purple were scraps

die-cuts used: MFT oval stax 2, MFT Mix&Match Banners

embellishments: Recolllections brads, Glossy Accents

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog - #35 Running in Circles

Good Grief !! It's August already!  Welcome to another challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  For the next 2 weeks we want to see circles in your creations. You can use a punch, die-cut, hand drawn, or just part of your paper, but we want some circles.

For this challenge we have 2 wonderful sponsors.

The winner for Lacy Sunshine Stamps will receive 3 images of choice.

The winner for Scribbles Designs will receive 3 images of choice.

For this challenge I used the image Birthday Cake Slice from Scribbles Designs, which is a free image.  So, grab it while you can.  I colored the digi image with my water color and regular color pencils.  As you can see, I made sure I was within the circle theme using die-cuts, paper, brads, and ribbon with circles.  The sentiment is from Unity Stamp Co, which is also in a circle.

Always making sure I decorate the inside before putting up my papers. I used another Unity sentiment for the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - #70 Polka Dots
• Corrosive Challenge - #205 Birthdays
• Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Change - August Challenge Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
• Inkspirational Challenges - #62 Designer's Choice - Use Markers or Pencils (color pencils)
• We Do Doobadoo - #11 Celebrations
• Whoopsidaisy Challenge - "B" items challenge (Brads, blue, birthday)

stamps used: Scribbles Designs (digi) Birthday Cake Slice, Unity Stamp Co Party All Day, Good Times Begin 
paper used: SU Lime Green and Pink, the Paper Studio polka dot linen
die cuts used: MFT Circles Stax 1 & Stax 2, Sizzix Circle Scallop
embellishments: Bobbin Ribbon, SU HodgePodge hardware, iCandy brads