Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #46 Anything Goes

I'm loving this warm weather in January, it's 60 today and beautiful.  I know you will love our next challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog, it's Anything Goes.  Remember we like to see stamping (rubber, clear or digital) on your projects.

If the "Anything Goes" theme is not enough, we also have 3 wonderful sponsors for this challenge. Now, that's amazing :o)

Not only is this sponsor giving the winner 3 images, but is also offering 30% off to any participant that wants to purchase the same DT image that was used for this challenge.

The winner will recieve a $25 gift certificate.

Another great favorite, the winner will recieve 7 images.

All our sponsors are fabulous and generous.  Thank you sponsors :o)

I got to work with River City Rubber Works.  They were generous in allowing me to work with the digital set, Hopping Set.  There was such a great variety in this set that I decided to do 3 cards to show off some of the images.  (There are still more to work with, if you can image that.)

Every image you have a choice in coloring yourself or using their precolored image.  I colored the images with my watercolor and regular color pencils.  My first card, I couldn't resist the bunnies and made a Easter card.  Both of the sentiments come with the set and the carrots.  

Here's the inside.

Next, I used the crow images.  I thought this could be a cute card to write home about what's going on, especially with the sentiment I have choosen.

Here's the inside Something to Crow About card.

The last card is this cute little frog.  I couldn't say no to the frog...and the funny sentiment.

He might become an invite to some friends to come over for dinner.....lol.

Here's the inside of Taste Like Chicken.

Hopefully this set has inspired you and remember there are a lot more images and sentiments I didn't create with.  

thanks for looking and reading :o)

stamps used: River City Rubber Works DL-018 Hopping Set (digital)

Easter Card:

paper used: Bazzill, K&Company itsy bitsy baby boy, scraps

die-cuts used: Spellbinders marvelous squares, MFT square stax 1 & stax 2, MFT Fishtail Flag Stax

embellishments: Spare Parts brads, jute

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

• Craft Your Passion - #245 Anything Goes
• Perfectly Rustic - #39 Animals

Something to Crow About:

paper used: MME lost & found, Bazzill, the Paper Studio

die-cuts used: MFT Square stax 1 & stax 2, MFT mix & match banners

embellishments used: texture ribbon

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

• Crafting From the Heart - #43 Anything Goes
• Perfectly Rustic - #39 Animals

Taste Like Chicken

paper used: Bazzill, SU, discount dp

die-cuts used: MFT circle stax 1 & stax 2

embellishments: Martha Stewart ribbon, SU Hodgepodge hardware, burlap

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

• Dream Valley - #98 Anything Goes

Scrapping4fun Big DT Challenge

I've have never participated in a Design Team Challenge among design teams members only, so I'm excited about this!!   I decided on creating the card book holder I've been wanting to do for a year now.  The book will contain two pages for each month.  On one side will contain a pocket or pockets to hold cards for birthdays, anniversaries or whatever comes by that month.  For now, I created the outside cover of this book for this challenge at Scrapping4fun.

Greens are my favorite color, so that's the colors a decided to create the outer book.

Here's the sketch  for our challenge.

I love the flowers blooming in the spring, that 's why I used a Spring image.  The image is from Bugaboo-Scene It Rain Boot Bugs.   I used my watercolor and regular color pencils to color the image.  Some Stickles for a couple of the bugs wings was used.  Of course, Glossy 3d for the rain drops, because it wouldn't look real without it.

I painted a little bit of white of the cardboard.  I used one fabric metal brad and one wooden button for the 2 buttons on the sketch.   Decided to bring in more of the yellow from the rain boot for the sentiment. Teal and green staples to tack it down.  I had these dragonfly charms I got from an artisan store and decided to string one under the sentiment.

Last, a banner was needed.  I thought about using my initials, but went with what the book was for.  This is just in case I end up giving the book away.  I do that sometimes.  I had to string another dragonfly to the banner because I like dragonflies, butterflies and lady bugs are okay too.

Here's the blank album pieces I'm using for this book.

thanks for looking and reading :o)  Good luck to everyone!!

stamps used: Bugaboo Stamps-Scene It Rain Boot Bugs, MFT Pucker Up (sentiment)

paper used: MFT spearmint, Crate Paper oh darling, scraps, cardboard

die-cuts used: MFT Mini Album Bracket Stax, MFT Jumbo Banner Day Stax, MFT Jumbo Ric Rac, MFT Sentiment Strips

embellishments: the Paper Studio Album, Sew Easy goldenrod floss, K & Company metal fabric brad. Making Memories staples, Prima wooden button, jute, dragonfly charms, Stickles stardust, Glossy 3d, Soft white paint.

Scrapping4fun Guest Design Big Challenge

This card is for the Scrapping4fun Guest Design Big Challenge.  This is the first time I have participated in a challenge like this, so it should be fun.

I have a hard time keeping sympathy cards around.  This one is for my stash.

Here's the sketch we were given.

I picked my images out first.  After I cut them out and started to put my design together, I realized how big they were.  This card ended up being bigger than plan...lol, 7x6.  I made it work.  Butterflies and metal corner pieces were added to add a little to the design.

I colored the tulip image with my watercolor and regular color pencils.  Then fussy cut the image out. 

I stamped this image twice.  Once in black ink and then in this plum that I used.  The black just stuck out like a sore thumb.  I then added bling where the little circles were in the design.  The sentiment with a butterfly was added.

I did stamp this tree twice, just like the effect it had.  Since I didn't have a die-cut or punch for the outer circle.  I used a big circle die-cut and used fancy scissors to cut around the outside.  Yes, I kinda went old fashion by doing it that way.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)  Good Luck to all the designers !!

This card cannot be entered in other challenges.  It is strictly for Scrapping4fun Big Guest Design Team Challenge :o)

stamps used: Unity KOM May 2011, Unity Lasting Thoughts, Unity Growing in Unity, Unity Heartfelt Sympathy

paper used: Bazzill, SU dp, scraps

die-cuts & punches used: MFT Circle stax 1 & Stax 2, MFT Formal Flourish, MFT Sentiment Strips, Martha Stewart Butterflies punch, Fiskars heritage corner punch, rounded corner punch

embellishments: Martha Stewart embellishments (corner pieces), Recollections adhesive rhinestones, Really Reasonable Ribbon

Scrapping4Fun - #33 Birthday

Happy New Year!  I hope everyone is staying warm.  It got a bit chilly here today, 12 degrees early this morning, which is freezing in the south...lol.  I'm from Illinois originally, but I don't handle the cold as well as I use to.  I've been down south too long.

Well, we have a great challenge for you at Scrapping4fun!  We want to see Birthday projects from our crafty friends for the next 2 weeks.  I will admit, I made a card and was not happy with it, so I made another.

Here's the little birthday card I made.  I bought this image last year from Crafter's Companion, it's called Cherry on Top from Angelica & Adam Collection.  It's a cute little collection! I tried to go with a flower theme since there were flowers on the cupcake wrapper.  The little lace even looks to have flowers too. 

I colored the image with water and regular color pencils.  With all that pink, it makes it look very girly.

 Here's the inside of the card.

I thought I would share the first card I made.  The one I'm not overly thrilled about.  There's just something about it, just doesn't seem right.  Maybe I'm being over picky...lol.

 thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Art by Mi Ran Challenge - #23 Anything Goes
• Creative Card Crew - #78 For A Child
• Cute Card Tuesday - #355 What's New?  (Bazzill (the dark red and light pink paper) and the MME  dp paper are new from Christmas)
• DRS Designs - #156 How Sweet It Is!
• Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes Birthday

(products listed are for the 1st card, since it will be the one I will enter into challenges)
stamps used: Angelica & Adam - Cherry on Top, Unity - Party all Day (outside sentiment), MFT DG Party Time (inside sentiment)
paper used: Bazzill, MME blush scraps, the Paper Studio white
die-cuts used: MFT Oval Stax Set 1 & Set 2, MFT Upsey Daisies, MFT Sentiment Strips
embellishments: lace, recollections adhesive rhinestones

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog - #45 Initial Challenge of 2015

Happy New Year!!  Thanks to everyone who follows my blog and the Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog, because of you, we are here.  Also, thank you for all the sweet comments and I hope this year is a great year for you.

For our first challenge for 2015 at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog we would love to see projects using the challenge blog initials (LTSCB).  You must use at least one item on the your project beginning with just one of our initials.  Also, please list on your blog post which initial you used and the product, thank you.  This should be fun and just look at the other DT members for inspiration.

We have 3 sponsors...YAH!!!  This is awesome!  More prizes for everyone!

Fresh Brewed Designs will give the winner 3 digital stamps.

Eat Cake Graphics winner will receive $25 gift certificate.

Stitchy Bears winners will receive $10 gift certificate.

For my first challenge this year, I went with something fun.  I got to work with the image from Eat Cake Graphics called J Go Kitty Go.  I thought this was a fun image to work with.  The image was colored with watercolor and regular color pencils.  I wanted the card to be full of colors.

As you can see from this angle, I 3D the image.  I stamped it 3 times for the layers.  The first image for the tail, second for the body and front paws and the third for the head and back paws.  

The inside of the card...just added a little humor to it.  

What initials did I used...all of them.  (i'm pretty sure the whole DT did)

L=Litterbox

T=Twine

S=String (waxed) and Sentiment

C=Cat

B=Brads

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• The ABC Challenge - A is for Anything Goes
• Whoopsie Daisy - Anything Goes

stamps used: Eat Cake Graphics - 2038 J Go Kitty Go, Unity KOM June 2011, litterbox image from google

paper used: the Paper Studio - cream & Party Polka, Bazzill

die-cuts used: MFT Square Stax Set 1 & Set 2, MFT Fishtail Flag Stax

embellishments: Recollections brads, Limeade twine, natural waxed string

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog - #44 When Nature Calls

Hello crafty friends and welcome to another challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  This will be the last challenge for the year.  For the next 2 weeks, we want to see things you would find out in nature, living or inanimate.  Remember we want to see some stamping with either rubber/clear or digital.

We have a wonderful sponsor for this challenge.

The winner will receive a $10 gift certificate.

I got to work with the beautiful image from Stitchy Bear called Winterville by Lil Diva Stamps.  It's a black and white image with lots of gray shading, so I did very little coloring.  Just enough that it didn't over power the beauty of it. 

I mainly tried to play with the papers. I believe the papers are from Hobby Lobby, all of them.  Added a little sentiment and it was done.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)  Merry Christmas!!

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

• Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - #80 Christmas
• Completely Christmas - #42 Completely Christmas Anything Goes
• Craft a Scene - Craft a Scene Winter Theme
• Crafty Catz - #259 Last Minute Christmas
• Digi Design Challenge - Christmas
• Holly Jolly Christmas - Anything Goes Christmas
• That Craft Place - Christmas
• Wags'n Whiskers - #144 Merry Christmas

stamps used: Stitchy Bear Winterville, Unity Stamp Co Entwined Poinsettia & Believe in Miracles
paper used: Hobby Lobby, the Paper Studio blue & brown paisley
die-cut used: Spellbinders Ironworks Motifs
embellishment used: Momenta metal corners

Scrapping4Fun - #32 Winter/Summer

Hello and welcome to another challenge at Scrapping4fun.  Hopefully you are getting everything ready for Christmas, because it's coming up fast.  I love the family time and can't wait until we have our cookie decorating fun.  Every year I bake and most of it is given away.  I bake a bunch of sugar cookies and the kids and I see who can decorate the best, unique and funny cookies.  It's my favorite part of Christmas!

Back to the challenge.  We have an inspiration pic for you.

After seeing the kitty cat, I knew which stamp to use.  It's been sitting in the box for awhile and has never seen ink.

This little cutie from My Favorite Things, called Take the Plunge.  They no longer sell Doodle Garden stamps there and she closed her online shop because she had a busy schedule with new contacts with her Doodle Garden images.  You can still find some online through other companies.  I stamped her a few times, so I could layer the image.  This cutie was colored with my water color pencils and regular color pencils. The big dot paper behind the image reminded me of watermelon.

Here you can see the layers.  The flowers were a pain, I had to make sure I had the right flower laying on top before I glued it down.  I like how the 3D looks, but it can take some time fussy cutting all the pieces you want to layer.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)   Merry Christmas !

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

• Aurora Wings - #9 Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #207 Anything other than Christmas
• Stampotique Designers Challenge - SDC 176 Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Door - Anything Goes Dec 9th-15th

stamps used: MFT DG-Take the Plunge

paper used: the Paper Studio Bella Pink Large Dots, MFT Cotton Candy, SU the lime green paper, My Mind's Eye The sweetest thing-tangerine

die-cuts used: MFT Oval Stax Set1 & Set 2, Square Stax Set 1 

embellishments used: Really Reasonable Ribbon, Recollections Rhinestones, eyelets, Prima Flowers

The Male Room - #25 Christmas

Happy middle of the week to everyone!!  I know everyone is on the Christmas countdown and running around trying to finish last minute shopping.  Slow down, it's time for another challenge at The Male Room.  This will be the last challenge for the year.  For the next 2 weeks, we want to manly Christmas projects.

What man or boy doesn't like a good snowball fight?  I used this cute image from Unity Stamp Co called Worth the Fight.  What coloring there was to do, I used my water color pencils and regular pencils.  Of course some Stickles had to be used for the snow.  I had some snowflakes cutout, but it seemed too much for a manly card and went with the twine instead.

Here's the inside. I thought the sentiment was perfect for the manly man.  The sentiment is also from Unity.

thanks for looking and reading :o)  Merry Christmas!!

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

• Clear it Out! - Theme: Blue Stash:Ribbon/Twine 
• Creative Moments - #57 Anything Goes/Winter
• Fresh Brewed Challenges - December challenge - Anything Goes as long as it's Christmas
• Loves Rubberstamps - #130 Winter or Christmas Theme
• Ooh La La - #170 Christmas
• The Crafter's Cafe - #94 Christmas/Holiday Season

stamps used: Unity Stamp Co Worth the Fight & Freezin' My Snowballs
paper used: MFT gray grout & berrylicious, Colorbok Antique Paperie
die-cut used: MFT You Move Me
embellishments used: Timeless Twine, Stickles and Liquid Pearls

Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog #43 Shape Shift!

It's November and the Christmas countdown has begun!  Where has the year gone?  I know...too fast.

It's time for another challenge at Love to Scrap! Challenge Blog.  For the next 2 weeks we want to challenge you, not to make a square or rectangle card.  There are SO many fancy die-cuts out there and other fancy tools, I'm sure you can come up with something gorgeous.

 We have 2 fabulous sponsors for this challenge.

Lacy Sunshine will give the winner 3 images of choices.

A Day for Daisies will give the winner a $12 gift certificate

I created a card with the image from A Day for Daisies called To Grammy's House.  I was going to make a sled shape card, but I thought it would be too much.  This is what I ended up with .  I colored the image with my water color and regular color pencils.  Made sure there were some die-cuts and a little bling, since it's Christmas time.  The metal hardware, holding the ribbon, I painted white to go with the card.

To make the snow, I used some paint and thick glitter.  Stickles were used in the falling snow.

Here's the inside.  The sentiment is from Amy R Stamps called Frosty Sentiments.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• 4 Crafty Chicks - #222 Die-Cuts
• Clear it Out Challenge - Winter Wishes/ Stash: use a snowflake
• Craftin Desert Diva's - #45 Christmas
• Crafty Sentiments - Use Die-Cuts Challenge
• Creative Knockouts - All That Glitters
• Digi Choosday - wk 47 Xmas Celebration
• Glitter n Sparkle Challenge - #113 Use Some Snow
• Pile It On - #48 Sprinkle It

stamps used: A Day for Daisies: To Grammy's House, Amy R Stamps: Frosty Sentiments

paper used: MFT Wild Cherry, Jellybean Green and Smooth White

die cuts used: MFT Mini Album Bracket Stax, Sentimental Flourish and Let It Snowflake

embellishments used: Stickles, white paint, glitter, recycle ribbon, SU hodgepodge harware, recollections adhesive rhinestones

Scrapping4Fun - #31 Anything Goes

Happy Thanksgiving!!  I hope everyone has had a fabulous day with family :o)

Because the holiday season is in full swing, we have an Anything Goes challenge at Scrapping4Fun.  So, upload your crafty projects.

I had this image Tender Thoughts from A Day of Daisies that I painted with Gelatos.  I don't know if I'm totally happy with the results, but it was a learning process.  Trying new things is fun and I will probably try this technique again.  I couldn't decide on how to use this image after I painted it, but it became a card.  I had the butterfly fabric sitting around for awhile, actually most of the stuff I used is several years old.    

I fell in love with the butterfly bling years ago and it seemed fitting for this card.  Some flowers with pearls were added.  I just hate using things when I only have one of them, just want to make sure I use them for the perfect project.  I'm sure many of you are the same way.

Here's the inside.

thanks for looking and reading :o)

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

• Creative Moment - #56 Anything Goes/Make it Sparkle
• Fab 'n' Funky - #239 Anything with Die Cuts
• Milk Coffee - Lots of Embellishments
• The Pink Elephant - TPE #278 Anything Goes

stamps used: A Day of Daisies Tender Thoughts

paper used: Coordinators, Recollections Printed Canvas, SU black, MFT smooth white

die-cuts used: Spellbinders Marvelous Squares, MFT Inspired by Butterflies

embellishments: Recollections floral (bling), Prima flowers, the Paper Studio pearls and rhinestones