Hello friends. It's Thursday and we have a new challenge for you over at the Meljen's Designs Challenges and Inspiration Blog. This week our lovely Di has designed a sketch for us to follow.
I used Patriotic Cupcake on my card. I thought this would be the perfect image for a patriotic card! I paper-pieced the cupcake wrapper. I used my copics and colored pencils and added some Fluffy Stuff for the icing on my cupcake. I used some Glamour Dust on my stars and the sparklers.
This is Melissa's latest release and you can find these yummy sweet treats, along with the rest of Melissa's images, over at Whimsy Stamps. Please stop by the Meljen's Designs Challenges and Inspiration Blog to see what those talented ladies have created with these delicious images! I hope you find time to play along in our sketch challenge this week.
Thank you so much for stopping by for a visit.
I would like to enter my card in these challenges:
Aud Sentiments Challenge - Food or Drink
Card Makin' Mamas Challenge 23 - Red, White & Blue
Celebrate the Occasion Challenge 20 - 4th of July
Cooking It Up #68 - Colors of Your Flag
Craft Us Crazy Challenge 11 - Red, White & Blue
Crafting For All Seasons Challenge 4 - Red, White & Blue
Crafty Cardmakers Challenge 49 - Spots & Dots
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 117
Daisy Doodles Challenge 36 - Stars & Stripes
Designed2Delight Challenge - Red, White & Blue
Digistamps4Joy Challenge 22 - Red, White & Blue
Freshly Brewed Challenge 53 - Birthday or Party
Happileigh Scrappin Challenge 28 - Stars & Stripes
My Sheri Crafts Challenge 63 - Independence or Canada Day
Paper Playtime Challenge 49 - Digi Monday using Redf,White, Blue
Partytime Tuesday Challenge 22 - 4th of July
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge 56 - Red, White & Blue
Sentimental Sundays - Patriotic/Colors of Flag
Stamp Something Challenge - 4th of July
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge 117 - Stars & Stripes
Tuesday Throwdown #55 - Red, White & Blue
Stamp: Meljen's Designs - Patriotic Cupcake
Paper: My Mind's Eye - American Made; Bazzill
Other: Copics, Caran d'Ache and Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, Fluffy Stuff, MFT dienamic - stars, button, twine, Glamour Dust
Hello everyone. We have a new challenge for you over on the Divas by Design Challenge Blog. We would love to see your projects using diecuts and punches.
I used Teddy Bear Picking Flowers by The Paper Shelter. I colored this cute little bear with copics and colored pencils. I added some Glossy Accents to his nose and some stickles to the bumble bee wings. I used my Martha Stewart border punch and the butterfly punch. I stitched all my papers, added some pearls to the butterflies, and finished with a big bow.
Be sure to stop by the Divas by Design Challenge Blog to see the gorgeous work by the DT. This challenge is being sponsored by Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps. I hope you find some time to play along in our challenge.
Thanks so much for stopping by.
I would like to enter my card in these challenges:
Belli Challenge 120 - The Letter G (Glossy Accents)
Deep Ocean Challenge 2 - Flowers
Digital Tuesday Challenge - Flower Power
Hooked on Craft challenge 2 - Show Us Flowers
The Paper Shelter Challenge 20 - Anything Goes
Digital Stamp: The Paper Shelter - Teddy Bear Picking Flowers
Paper: MME - Stella and Rose; Crate Paper
Othe: Copics, Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, MS daisy border punch, MS butterfly punch, ribbon, Glossy Accents, StarDust stickles, pearls
Hello peeps! It's another big day at the Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Blog. Kerry has a new release of Christmas stamps so we are having a blog hop to celebrate. You should have come from Pam's blog. If you didn't, you can stop by Kerry's blog as she's the first stop on the hop.
Our lovely Amanda chose our theme this week and she chose Christmas in June. I used the new O Christmas Tree image on my card. I colored this sweet scene with my copics and colored pencils. I added some Glamour dust to some of the tree ornaments and Glossy Accents to others. I punched my snowflakes and added lots of Glamour Dust and a little pearl to each one. Some ribbon and a bow finished my card. The sentiment (along with another sentiment) is included in the set.
So here are the rules of the hop:
- Display the blog hop banner on your blog
- Visit each DT blog and leave a comment on each of the blog hop posts
- Leave a comment on the challenge blog stating which of the new stamps is your favorite
So do you want to know what the prizes are? Well of course you do! The 1st prize is the full set of all 4 stamps. Then 5 runners-up will receive one stamp of their choice from the new release. The winner and runners-up will all be chosen at random. The hop closes at 12 noon GMT on Monday, July 4 and the winners will be announced at 9 am GMT on Tuesday, July 5. Please remember you can also enter our challenge this week for a chance to win a stamp.
So your next stop on the hop is the fabulously talented Amanda.
Thank you so much for stopping by.
I would like to enter my card in these challenges:
Crafty Ann's Challenge 43 - Christmas in June
Crafty Hazel Nut's Challenge 26 - Anything Goes
I Did It Creations Challenge 61 - Mid year Christmas
Paper Sundaes Challenge 75 - Sundae Bar (purple/gems)
Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge 61 - Make it Sparkle
Stamp: LCI - O Christmas Tree
Paper: BoBunny; Bazzill; Marco's
Other: Copics, Caran d'Ache and Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, Glamour Dust, Glossy Accents, white acrylic paint, ribbon, snowflake punch, pearls
Hello everyone. The weather has been great the last couple of days and I really enjoyed the weekend. I hope yours was fabulous too. Last month Some Odd Girl had a blog hop to celebrate Kristy's release of her new clear stamps. Well, I was the lucky winner of all the stamps in that release! I love the SOG images so I was thrilled to have won them. Anyway, Some Odd Girl is having a challenge over on their blog and I thought I'd use one of my new stamps and play along.
I used Balloon Kaylee and colored this little sweetie with copics and colored pencils. I added some Glossy Accents to her balloon. The challenge is to use mostly white or kraft with just 2 pops of other colors. Well, I don't know if this qualifies as mostly white ... I just loved the two colors so much I may have added a wee bit more color than the challenge called for lol! There's still time to enter the challenge so stop by their blog and check out all the details.
Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you have a fabulous Monday!
I would like to enter my card in these challenges:
A Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge 157 - Ribbon and Bows
Bling It On Challenge 4 - Embossing
Dream Valley Challenge 10 - Ribbon
Just Some Lines Challenge - Spotty Dotty
Ribbon Carousel RCC8 - Color Your World
Secret Crafter Challenge 140 - Embossing
Sew Many Cards Challenge 58 - Dry Embossing
Some Odd Girl Challenge - White/Kraft with 2 Colors
Sweet Stampin Challenge - Something Old (embossing folder)/Something New (stamp)
Wee Memories Challenge 60 - Partytime
Stamp: Some Odd Girl - Balloon Kaylee
Paper: Echo Park Paper - Summer Days; MME - Hip Hooray
Other: Copics, Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, embossing folder, ribbon, Glossy Accents
Hello peeps. I hope you're having a wonderful weekend. I was lucky enough to be a guest designer for the Pollycraft Challenge back in March and I loved working with their images. Paula is looking for some new DT members so I thought I would enter my name. You can find all the details here. She's also offering two free digi images ... how great is that?
I used Sonny's Party for my card and colored her with copics and colored pencils. I added a little bit of stickles to the balloon and all of the little hearts on her dress, necklace, and envelope. My birthday banner and the little tag were made with MFT die-namics. I added some ribbon and a bow to finish my card.
Thank you so much for stopping by.
I would like to enter my card in these challenges:
Sweet Stampin Challenge - Something Old (banner diecut)/Something New (image)
Wee Memories Challenge 60 - Party Time
Digital Stamp: Pollycraft Sonny's Party
Paper: Echo Park Paper - Summer Days; MME - Hip Hooray; Bazzill
Other: Copics, Caran d'Ache and Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, StarDust stickles, nestabilities, ribbon, embroidery floss, twine
It's Friday and I'm just chillin'! Well, actually, I'm not chillin' but this little dude is:
Isn't he adorable? The name of this image is Jerry Kisses - Surfer Dude and you can find him over at the Pollycraft Digi shop. I colored him with copics and colored pencils. I cut him out and placed him on some Fancy Pants - Beach Bum paper. I made the sun with my MFT dienamic and some scrap paper, and added a button. The sentiment is computer generated. Now, I don't know which beach Jerry Kisses is visiting, but I would sooo love to be there lol!
Thank you for stopping by! I hope you have a fabulous weekend ;)
I would like to enter my card in these challenges:
Alota Rubber Stamps Challenge 61 - Summertime
Anything Goes Challenge 42 - Here Comes Summer
Celebrate the Occasion Challenge 15 - Celebrating Summer
Craft Us Crazy Challenge 11 - Red, White & Blue and/or Summer Theme
Crafting For All Seasons Challenge 3 - Summer
Delightful Challenges - Fun in the Sun
Fab n Funky Challenge 78 - Summer Loving
Happileigh Scrappin HLSC27 - Bright Colors
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge 11 - One For The Boys
Paper Creations Ink Challenge 3 - Beach Theme
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Here Comes the Sun
Pixie Cottage Challenge 75 - Sketch and/or Outdoor Fun
Pollycraft Challenge 98 - Travel/Holidays
Sentimental Sundays Challenge - Summery or Sparkly
Sparkles Forum Challenge 14 - At the Beach
Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge Week 60 - Buttons
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge 116 - Fun in the Sun
The Paper Shelter Challenge 19 - Fun in the Sun
The Paper Variety Challenge - It's Summer
Try It On Tuesday Challenge - Here Comes the Sun
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 54 - Masculine Card
Digital Stamp: Jerry Kisses - Surfer Dude by Pollycraft
Paper: Fancy Pants - Beach Bum; Bazzill
Other: Copics, Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, MFT dienamic, button, twine
Hello friends! It's Tuesday so that means we have another challenge for you over at the Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Blog. This week our lovely Gaelle chose the theme and she's asking that we use red on our cards. Easy peasy, right?
I used Football Jack and colored him with my copics and colored pencils. I cut him out with my deckled nestabilities and added some Glossy Accents to his football. Yes, here in the states this is a soccer ball, but since Jack lives in Scotland, it's a football :) I added some twine and a button. The sentiment is from the Sentimental Numbers set.
Please be sure you stop by the Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Blog to check out the beautiful work by the rest of the DT. Since our challenge is super easy this week, I hope you can find some time to play along. You can check out the stamps and all kinds of other goodies over at the Ladybug Crafts Ink shop.
Thank you so much for stopping by!
Stamp: LCI Football Jack and Sentimental Numbers
Paper: Bazzill
Other: Copics, Caran d'Ache and Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, Nestabilities, embossing folder, twine, button, Glossy Accents
Good afternoon! It's finally Friday and I am so glad it's finally here. Seems like this has been a really long week and I hope the weekend is really slow too:) I have a new card to share with you today.
I've used a Glitterbabe's Digi and colored her with copics and colored pencils. I added a touch of stickles to her hairbow and the star on her outfit. I stitched all my papers and used my new Memory Box Pearl Lace die for my border. I added some lace, a flower, and a couple of buttons to finish my card. This card is for the Card Cupids Challenge. Their theme this week is animals and they are being sponsored by Glitterbabe's Digis. Please be sure to stop by the Card Cupids organization to find out how you can help bring a smile to a child's face.
Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
I would like to enter my card in these challenges:
CRAFT Challenge 67 - Stitching
Crafty Pad Challenge 125 - Just Because You Can
Digi Doodle Shop's Best Challenge 63 - Stitching
Do It With Digis Challenge 12 - Animal Magic
Make My Monday Challenge 2 - Diecut Flowers
Paper Shelter Challenge 18 - Punches and Dies
Sew Many Cards Challenge 57 - Punch It
Simon Says Stamp - Bingo (buttons, lace, sentiment)
Stamps R Us Challenge - 1,2, 3 Recipe
Totally Papercrafts Challenge 71 - Punches and Diecuts
Digital Image: Glitterbabe's Digi
Paper: Echo Park - Springtime; Bazzill
Other: Copics, Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, StarDust stickles, Memory Box Pearl Lace die, Spellbinders Heartfelt Creations flower die, lace, buttons
Hello friends! Only one more day till the weekend ... yeah! Since it's Thursday that means we have a new challenge for you over on the Meljen's Designs Challenges and Inspiration Blog. If you read the title of my post then you've probably already guessed our challenge is to use red, white & blue!
I used Meljen's Designs Ivy Wreath Heart. I colored this lovely wreath with copics and colored pencils. I added lots of Glamour Dust to the stars. My papers are a mix of Basic Grey and My Mind's Eye. I picked these up at my LSS and they're perfect for patriotic projects. I used some brads and ribbon with a bow. Is it just me or do brads seem to be the forgotten embellishment? I have tons of them and I like them, but I never seem to remember to use them anymore. That's OK, I'll hang onto mine and before you know it, they'll be the "hot" embellishment again lol!
Here's the latest Meljen's Designs release. You can find these fabulous images over at Whimsy Stamps. Please be sure to stop by the Meljen's Designs Challenges and Inspiration Blog to see the fabulous work by the rest of the DT.
Thank you so much for stopping by!
I would like to enter my card in these challenges:
Creative Card CrewChallenge - Ribbons and Brads
Delightful Challenges - Anything Goes
Do You Stack Up challenge 24 - Use a Star
Lily Pad Cards - A Ribbon Challenge
Southern Girls Challenge 21 - Anything Goes
Digital Stamp: Whimsy Stamps - Meljen's Designs Ivy Wreath Heart
Paper: Basic Grey - Life of the Party; My Mind's Eye - American Made; Bazzill
Other: Copics, Caran d'Ache and Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, Glamour Dust, brads, ribbon
Hello friends. Today is a bit of a sad day for me. This is my last post as a guest for the Simply Sassy Design Team. I've had so much fun designing with these beautiful images. So I'm sending a big thank you to Maria, Tracy, Kathrin, Erica, and Autumn for welcoming me into their dt family.
I used the beautiful Boho Chic and colored her with copics and colored pencils. I stitched all my papers, which are Memory Box. I punched my border with the MS daisy border punch and added pearls. I also added little pearls to my MS butterflies. A bit of lace and a bow with a flower finished off my card. I love the Simply Sassy images so you'll still see them popping up on my blog :)
Thank you so much for stopping by!
I would like to enter my card in this challenge:
2 Sisters Challenge 43 - 3, 2, 1 Challenge
Crafts and Me Challenge 39 - Bling It On
Dutch Dare Card Challenge DDCC116 - Recipe
Heart Song Inspiration Challenge - Use a combo
Lily Pad Cards - A Ribbon Challenge
Stamp With Fun Challenge - Pearls and Flowers
There's Magic in the Air Challenge - Pick Two
Stamp: Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy Boho Chic (from Funky Kits)
Paper: Memory Box - Enchanted; Memory Box - Gossamer; Bazzill
Other: Copics, Caran d'Ache and Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, lace, MS daisy border punch, MS butterfly punch, flower, pearls
Happy Tuesday to all of you lovely peeps:) We have a new challenge for you over at the Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Blog. Our lovely Tams has picked our challenge theme this week and she wants to see you use numbers on your card.
I've used Baby Baby on my card. I colored this little cutie with copics and colored pencils and added a little Glossy Accents to his zipper pull. The sentiment and number are from the Sentimental Numbers set. I've added some turquoise twill stripe ribbon and a few buttons to finish my card.
Please be sure to stop by the Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Blog to see the beautiful work by the rest of the DT. I hope you can find some time this week to play along in our challenge. You can find the stamps and ribbon I used on my card here.
Thank you so much for stopping by.
Stamp: LCI - Baby Baby and Sentimental Numbers
Paper: Fancy Pants - Baby Mine; DCWV
Other: Copics, Caran d'Ache and Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, ribbon, nestabilities, buttons, floss, MS border punch, Glossy Accents
Happy Sunday to all of you. This week I'm a Guest Sweetie over at the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog.
Their sponsor this week is Prairie Fairy Designs and I chose this adorable Sugar 'n' Spice Birthday Gilly image for my card. OMGosh, isn't she just the cutest? This image was so much fun to color. I used my copics and colored pencils to color her and added a little touch of stickles to the candle flame. I used a black glaze pen on her shoe buttons and Glossy Accents on her eyeglasses. I added some ribbon, a bow and a little button tied with floss.
Here's the inspiration photo for their challenge this week. Don't these cupcakes look scrumptious? Be sure you stop by the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog to check out the gorgeous work by their Design Team. Thank you, Lisa, for inviting me to be a Guest Sweetie this week :)
Thank you so much for stopping by for a visit.
I would like to enter my card in these challenges:
Deep Ocean Challenge 1 - Anything Goes
Do You Stack Up Challenge #23 - Birthdays
One Crazy Stamper - Colors of the Rainbow Challenge
Paper Creations Ink Challenge 2 - Ribbon or Lace
Paper Sundaes Challenge 73 - Girly Girl
Party Time Tuesday Challenge 19 - Summer Birthdays
Poodles Parlour Challenge - Anything Goes
Digital Image: Prairie Fairy Designs - Sugar 'n' Spice Birthday Gilly
Paper: Echo Park Paper - Summer Days; Bazzill
Other: Copics, Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, black glaze pen, Glossy Accents, StarDust Stickles, ribbon, button, floss
Hello friends. Are you having a fabulous weekend so far? The horrible storms and stifling heat have moved on ... at least for a few days. The weather today is gorgeous. I love being able to spend time outdoors without feeling like I'm sitting in a sauna lol!
I have a new image to share with you today. Whimsy Stamps has a new artist that has joined the group. Her name is Kathryne Kittmer (StampArt Design) and this image is one of her designs. I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it ... it brings back lots of childhood memories for me :) This image is called Raggedy Girl - Adorably Yours (Pigtails) and you can find her over in the Whimsy Stamps store. I colored this little sweetie with copics and colored pencils. I cut out my background mats with my nestabilities and ran it through my embossing folder. I stitched my papers and added some ribbon and a bow. There's no glitter, stickles, or glossy accents on this card ... can you believe it lol?
Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope the rest of your weekend is wonderful!
I would like to enter my card in this challenge:
AI Factory Challenge - Use something new (new digi, new papers)
Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge - Stitching
Heart Song Inspirations Challenge HSC1 - Anything Goes
Lily Pad Cards Challenge - A Ribbon Challenge
Paper Creations Ink Challenge 2 - Ribbon or Lace
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Something Punched
Terrifically Thrilling Thursday Challenge - Show Us What You Got
Digital Stamp: Raggedy Girl - Adorably Yours (Pigtails) by StampArt Design
Paper: My Mind's Eye - American Made; Bazzill
Other: Copics, Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, nestabilities, embossing folder, ribbon
Hello friends! I have a new card to share today. I used an older Meljen's Designs image that is one of my favorites!
Isn't this bunny the cutest? I think this was one of the first Meljen's Designs images I ever saw and I absolutely loved it. I colored the image with copics and colored pencils and used lots of Glamour Dust on the bubbles. I added a ribbon and bow, and a button tied with embroidery floss.
Well, since it's Thursday we have a new challenge over at the Meljen's Designs Challenges and Inspiration Blog. This week the team is challenging you to use pink and pearls. This theme is perfect for the new Meljen's Designs that are being released today.
Here is the newest release. Aren't they fabulous? Please stop by the Meljen's Designs Challenges and Inspiration Blog to see the beautiful cards made by the DT. I hope you can play along in our challenge this week.
Thank you so much for stopping by!
I would like to enter my card in these challenges:
Catch the Bug Challenge -
Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion challenge 61 -
Anything Goes
Do It With Digis Challenge 12 -
Animal Magic
Incy Wincy Challenge 97 -
Tic Tac Toe (stickles/tag/green)
Paper Creations Ink Challenge 2 -
Ribbon or Lace
Paper Sundaes Challenge 72 -
Let's Get Sentimental
Papertake Weekly -
Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 52 -
Animal
Digital Image: Meljen's Designs - Bubble Bath Bunny (from Whimsy Stamps)
Paper: Basic Grey; Bazzill
Other: Copics, Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, Glamour Dust, nestabilities, ribbon, button, Martha Stewart tag punch, floss
Hello peeps. Well, it's Wednesday and that means I have a Simply Sassy card to share with you this afternoon.
I inked up Guinevere and colored her with copics and colored pencils. Very quick and easy to color since I only needed to shade the bottom portion of her dress. I used a little Glossy Accents on her necklace. I cut her out and popped her up on foam dots for some dimension. I added flowers, pearls and some flourishes. My layout is Kiki's sketch from over at The Sugar Bowl. Be sure to stop by their challenge and check out all the details. If you play along you might be the winner of six Sugar Nellie stamps! You can find the lovely Guinevere and all the other fabulous Sugar Nellie stamps over at Funky Kits.
Thank you so much for stopping by.
I would like to enter my card in this challenge:
Craft Your Passion Challenge 61 - Anything Goes
Crafts and Me Challenge 38 - Stamp Something
Creatalicious Challenge 22 - Flourishes
Paper Sundaes Challenge 72 - Let's Get Sentimental
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
The Sugar Bowl Challenge 61 - Kiki's Sketch
Stamp: Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy - Guinevere; PTI - sentiment
Paper: My Mind's Eye; Bazzill
Other: Copics, Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, flowers, QuicKutz flourish die, pearls, nestabilities, McGill punch
