Fall Trees

Hello, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Trees.  We don't have a sponsor this month, so it's just for fun.

 Here is my card:

Since we did not have a sponsor, I pulled out an OLD, old, old, SU! stamp set: Lovely as a Tree.  It's been ages since I've used it, and it was perfect for our theme this month.  I stamped it and then colored in the trees with fall colors.  My fall paper packs didn't really match the colors I had in my image, so I created my own background with an embossing folder.  First, I die cut a white card stock panel with a stitched rectangle die.  Then I placed it in the embossing folder and inked up the top of the embossing folder with Distress Oxide ink in Speckled Eggs.  I ran it through my die cutting machine and repeated this several times to get some nice color on the background of the panel while still keeping most of the raised parts white.  I used some scraps of patterned paper to finish off the sketch.  For a fun touch, I dabbed glue onto the trees and sprinkled on some super fine glitter.  It has a really nice sparkle which you can see in the photo below:

I used a matt gold shimmer card stock to mat the image panel and also to die cut the sentiment.  I was a bit concerned to cover the image with the sentiment, but it is delicate enough that it really doesn't hide very much of it.

You have all month to play along.  So, get inky and link up your creation; I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Stampin' Up! "Lovely as A Tree"

Dies: My Favorite Things "Blueprints 25" stitched rectangle; Your Next Stamp "hello" die

Challenges:

Di's Digi Designs--show some sparkle

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #645--sketch

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--stamp it

Simon Says Stamp Monday--stamp it

Creative Fingers #307--anything goes

Cards Galore Challenge #139--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #234--anything goes

Creatalicious Challenge #292--anything goes with the optional twist: use lots of bling/glitter

Paper Funday #80--anything goes with the optional twist: changing seasons

Colorful Options--anything goes

Mistle-toad

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: LOL/That's Funny

Here is my card for your inspiration:

Doesn't this card make you laugh??  This was my daughter's idea.  I was going to use this frog stamp set and was trying to figure out what to hang off the bow for the "mistle-toe".  My daughter suggested attaching the frog to the string.  At first I wasn't so sure, but I tried it and she was right!  I added a sprinkling of snowflakes with a dot of silver stickles in the centers.  I was planning on it being super CAS, but thankfully, at the last minute I remembered that I was supposed to use a die cut!  So, I quickly cut a panel out of the already finished card and adhered it to another card base.  Crisis averted!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Memory Box "Be Hoppy"

Dies: My Favorite Things "Blueprints 25" stitched rectangle

Challenges:

ABC Christmas--P is for Pastel Colors, Q is for Quick, R is for Robins (I chose Q for quick!)

Jingle Belles--cardstock Christmas (no patterned paper)

Di's Digi Designs--show some sparkle (the stickles on my snowflakes)

Simon Says Stamp Monday--stamp it

Girlz Creative Christmas Challenge #140--anything goes

Paper Shelter #649--anything goes with the optional twist: CAS

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--stamp it

Cards Galore Challenge #139--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #234--anything goes

Die Cut Divas--anything goes

Creative Inspirations--Christmas in September

Paper Funday #80--anything goes with the optional twist: changing seasons 

Thinking of you

Happy September 1st!!  It's time for a new challenge on the Critter Crazy Challenge blog!  As always, it is a month long challenge: Anything Goes as long as you feature a creature.  Here is my card for your inspiration:

Several months ago, a friend's son passed away.  I've recently discovered that he had a thing for dragonflies and as such, she has taken a liking to them as well.  I wanted to send her a card letting her know I was thinking of her in her grief and thought a beautiful dragonfly would be the perfect focal point!  I used some beautiful SU! papers--the dark blue paper has a nice sheen to it.  I also repurposed the sparkly gold ribbon; it was a part of a gift wrapping that this same friend had sent me before her son died when I was going through an especially difficult time.  I thought it made a fitting embellishment.  I colored the dragonfly using blue and green inks and added some gold shimmer nuvo pen over top to add some sparkle and shine.  You can see it in the photo below, but it definitely looks better in real life!

I finished everything off with a few tiny gold pearls to draw in the gold ribbon and the gold sparkle on the dragonfly itself.

Thanks for stopping by!  Hop on over to the Critter Crazy blog and check out the details and the rest of the projects from the Design Team.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Large Dragonfly"; Verve "Accent Notes" sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Ovals, large"

Challenges:

Crafter's Cafe #322--anything goes with the optional twist: use patterned paper

Creatalicious Challenge #292--anything goes with the optional twist: lots of  bling/glitter

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #260--anything goes

As You Like It--favorite coloring medium (I love my Spectrum Noir markers--I love the blendability and the bold colors)

Word Art Wednesday #714--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #604--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Di's Digi Stamps--show some sparkle

Sweet Stampin'--use your favorite color (though the shade has changed over the years, blue has been my favorite color for as long as i can remember)

Rawr!

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Anything Goes!!!

Here is my card for your inspiration:

This birthday card was for my nephew who turned 11 last month.  It is part of my push to use up all the scraps of this paper pack!  It was such a fun background that it needed a fun monster to go along with it!  The ones were die cut from scraps from the same pack, and I die cut them twice more from scrap cardstock to give them some dimension off the card.  I did the same with the balloons which were die cut from scraps of card stock.  I used some gold embroidery thread for the strings.  I used glossy accents on the monster's eyes to give a nice shine.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Your Next Stamp "Silly Monsters" image and sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "You Don't Say" speech bubble; MFT balloons; Papertrey Ink "By the Numbers" border die

Challenges:

Crafter's Cafe #322--anything goes with the optional twist: patterned paper

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #207--happy birthday

Colorful Options--neutral color palette or rainbow colors (I chose the rainbow options--I used all the colors!)

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Creative Fingers #306--anything goes

Di's Digi Designs--use die cuts and/or punches

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #260--anything goes

As You Like It--favorite coloring medium and why? (I love using alcohol markers--specifically my spectrum noir markers--I love the blending ability and the boldness of the colors)

Merry Christmas

 It's my last week as a guest designer for CRAFT Challenge.  I've had a great time and hope I have inspired you with my creations!  This challenge is: Christmas.  We have two wonderful sponsors: Sheepski Designs and All Dressed Up.

I used an image from Sheepski Designs and here is my card for your inspiration:

I was able to use up a bunch of scraps on this one.  All the strips on that center panel are from scraps and the snowflakes were all die cut from scraps of white card stock, as was the sentiment banner.

Head on over to the CRAFT Challenge blog to see what the DT created, then get inky and play along!  I can't wait to see what you create!!

Supplies:

Stamps: Sheepski Designs digi image (I don't have a name, just a string of numbers!); PaperTrey Ink "Just Sentiments: Be Merry"

Dies: unbranded circle die from Amazon; Memory Box "Lindeman Snowflake"; My Favorite Things "Sweet Snowflakes"; Verve banner die

Challenges:

Sparkles #175--include a tree (the top strip of patterned paper has a bunch of trees)

Pattie's Creations #233--anything goes

Crafter's Cafe #322--anything goes with the optional twist: use patterned paper

Lil' Red Wagon #821--circle of life

Pixie's Snippets Playground #513--anything goes with snippets

Unicorn Challenge #112--girls

Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers #60--sketch

Make My Monday #258--snow in August

Di's Digi Designs--die cuts and/or punches

Peace On Earth #94--anything goes with optional mood board (I used the red and white color scheme as inspiration)

Sympathy

Hello, everyone!  It's time for the mid-month reminder for the challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Embossing.  I am using an image from our fabulous sponsor: SheepSki Designs.

 Here is my card:

Another sympathy card needed.  I absolutely love how this one turned out!  I had an idea in mind and it actually turned out pretty much how I envisioned.  I printed out the image in a large enough size to really take up most of the card.  I colored it up and then fussy cut it out so I could adhere it on top of an embossed panel.  I stamped the sentiment and at first had a fancy border stamped around it as well, but it just didn't seem to fit with the feel of the card.  So, I cut off the borders and popped up the simple sentiment and it just finishes the card perfectly!!  I added a few small pink pearls and that was all it needed.

You have all month to play along.  So, get inky and link up your creation; I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Sheep Ski Designs "Wild Roses" digi; PaperTrey Ink "Boutique Borders: Sympathy"

Darice Damask embossing folder

Challenges:  

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #259--anything goes

Cards Galore Challenge #138--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #233--anything goes

Creative Inspiration--anything goes

We love Stamping--flowers

Can You Handle the Pressure--anything goes with the optional twist: summer fun

Triple B--anything goes with birds/blooms/butterflies

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Creative Fingers #306--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #603--anything goes

Counting the stars

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Add a Sentiment

Here is my card for your inspiration:

I have been working really hard to use up EVERY single scrap of this patterned paper pack!  The partial star was already die cut from a previous project and the side strip was made with little tiny scraps of the same pack.  And then I had some little tiny scraps left and I die cut out the three brown stars. I pulled them all together and thought the would work perfectly with this sentiment.  I will probably use it as an encouragement card.  If God knows the names of the stars, He certainly knows your name and He cares about YOU!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Shining Star"

Dies: My Favorite Things "Star Stax";  Stamps of Life little stars

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #711--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #259--anything goes

Snippets #512--anything goes with snippets (every single thing on here is a snippet, other than maybe the card base)

Cards Galore #138--anything goes

Creative Inspirations--anything goes

Colorful options--mood board colors OR rainbow (I went with the rainbow option)