SUNFLOWERS ARE JOYFUL FLOWERS THAT ALWAYS MAKE ME SMILE.
MAY ALL YOUR DAYS BE FILLED WITH SUNFLOWERS!!!

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Thirteen Challenges on One Card

This one card fulfills the requirements for 13 blog challenges. I just started stacking the challenges together and they all seemed to fit for one card.

Here is my card. TFL



















Acetate card base is SheetLoad Short Cuts; printed papers are DCWV and Target; Cuttlebug embossing folder - floral screen; Spellbinders scalloped circle; diamond dust; 4 buttons and pearl cotton; silver Christmas star tinsel garland; MS butterfly punch with Cuttlebug Swiss Dot and diamond dust; McGill file tab punch; sentiments are Studio G and embossed with sparkle powder; tag inside is DeJa Views; gems and silk flowers from my collection.

This is the back of the card.









Daisy Freak - Twisted Thursday - sketch #16









Allsorts
- challenge #7 - use Acetate
used the Acetate card base

DRS Designs - challenge #24 - use dazzling diamond dust
used diamond dust on Spellbinders scalloped circle as well as the silver garland stars

Stampin B's - use both wet and dry embossing
used wet embossing for the front sentiment and Spellbinders embossing as well as CB embossing on inside

Kelly Jo's Stamp Pad - color chef - challenge #12 - use holiday red, white and outdoor denim

Follow Your Heart - Try It Out Tuesday - #25 - Red, White & Blue

The Cuttlebug Spot - challenge #37 - Celebrate Your Country
made card to celebrate 4th July and also used Cuttlebug embossing folder

Cupcake Crafts - challenge #46 - Summer - make happy summer cards using bright colors
used4th July is my summer theme

A Spoon Full of Sugar - challenge #58 - Summer theme
used4th July is my summer theme

ABC Challenge - U is for United States
used 4th July theme with USA letters on inside

Danni's Dreams - Open theme just be sure to use a butterfly or fairy.
used butterfly and Cuttlebug folder Swiss Dots with diamond dust on top

The Crafty Pad - Use Buttons
used 4 buttons

Pile It On - Button it Up! - use 4 or more buttons & combine with at least 1 other blog challenge
used 4 buttons and I combined with 12 other challenges

Twinkling Tuesday

This week on Twinkling Tuesday, Madelynn has posted a very yummy picture of citrus fruits for the challenge.

Here is my card. All my papers and 3D embellishment are from Target. TFL
This card was also used on 365 Cards for day 120 - the Super Sketchy Sunday.

Three Challenges for One Card

I have combined three challenges on this card.

Printed Paper is DCWV and Making Memories; 3D embellishments are Me & My Big Ideas and Sandy Lion are very old; image digi Stamp Oasis was a RAK; SU spiral punch. TFL





Truly Scruptious - challenge #10 - sketch and use old stash











CRAFT - challenge #6 - Inspiration Picture - theme school holiday or graduation




Whimsy Stamps - challenge #8 - use these colors - red, orange and yellow

365 Cards - Day 120 - 122

Here are the cards that I have done so far this week at 365 Cards. Since this is the end of the month I wanted to be sure to get these three entered.......that means I have completed all 30 of the challenges this month. YEAH!!!!!!!!!! TFL

Here is the really fun sketch.....love it!!!











Day 120 - Super Sketchy Sunday

All the papers and 3D sticker are from Target. I am loving all these new papers and embellishment that I got from Target last week.
This card will also be used for Twinkling Tuesday - Madelynn's challenge - inspiration picture of limes, oranges and grapefruits.






Day 121 - Four Seasons - use all four seasons on a card

All the papers and sentiment sticker are from Target. Seasonal stamps are Studio G, Target, SU and Hero Arts.







Day 122 - It's a Wrap - use wrapping paper on the card

The background paper is that colorful tissue paper that they used to use at Hobby Lobby to wrap your breakable things that you purchased. I did ink distress the top and a bit around the edges and added the Prima flowers and some Stickles. Sentiment is Studio G.

Monday, June 29, 2009

Blog Award


I received this very sweet blog award from Nicole at Lumpy Page Designs. Thank you Nicky!!
8)

Now I am supposed to pass this award along to 8 others.






I would like to present this award to the following ladies.....

Deb - Addicted to Cardmaking
Lee - For The Love of Cards
Teza - Lost In Paper
Joyce - Simply Blessed
Dorie - Happy Stamper
Dolores - Zanny Zinnia
Denise - Paper Ponderings
Kim - Kim's Kreative Korner

OK now you gals pick up the award and place it on your blog and then pass it along to 8 others of your choice.

One Stop Craft #35

This week at One Stop Craft the challenge was "Oh So Fruity" to use fruity colors on your card.



Here is my card. The printed paper is DCWV and the little sentiment card was a RAK; I did lots of machine stitching and distressed inking on the edges; sheer ribbon from my collection. TFL

Stampin for the Weekend #4

This week at Stampin for the Weekend the challenge is "Pocket Full". Make a wallet or pocket card.


Here is my card. Printed Paper is DCWV; pocket is Miss Elizabeth's sticker; image with sentiment is Greenbrier stamps. I used Prisma color pencils with OMS for the coloring; Spellbinders scalloped circle. TFL

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #38

This week at Secret Crafter the challenge is "Pretty Packaging".

Here is my gift box/envelope with matching card. Papers are K&Co; I used Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder on the card; misc Prima flowers; sentiment is rub on; misc buttons with floss & sheer ribbon; corner punch and velcro closure.


Craft Monkeys #29 and 365 Cards Day 15

I used this sketch from 365 Cards.  This week at Craft Monkeys they are celebrating their 1 year blogoversary. The challenge is Anything - open challenge. 




Here is my card. Printed papers are Paper Studio; border punch unknown; sentiment is rub on; various punches of flowers stacked together with gem center; MS butterfly punch vellum and card stock layered with gems for the body. TFL

Cute Card Thursday #66

This week on Cute Card Thursday the challenge was "Wheely Good Fun" to use wheels.


Here is my card. The card base is a glitter card stock; used stickers of some of the CARS movie cars; I actually ran a toy car on my ink pad to make tire tracks; chipboard with glitter; Sizzix die cut number; misc ribbons from my collection. TFL

The Pink Elephant & No Time to Stamp


I was able to combine these two challenges on this one card.

I did the piercing technique for the bird and then outline with a watercolor marker. Used Sizzix die cut flourishes & flowers; heart and star brad; deco edge scissors; ribbon is Sweet & Sassy; sentiment die cut was a RAK. TFL





The Pink Elephant - challenge #21 - Your Favorite Color Combo
I pretty much like to use green and any other color for lots of my cards.

No Time to Stamp
- Stamp Simply #93 - Combo challenge
use grassy green, sky blue and do piercing technique

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Midnight Madness & Corrosive Challenge

I was able to complete these two challenges with this one card.


Printed Paper is Target; Stickles; chipboard unknown; ribbon from Walmart. TFL










Midnight Madness - Sketch #7 by Jessica











Corrosive Challenge - challenge #18 - Your Country Rocks
use something that represents your country

Limelight Challenge #24

This week at Limelight the challenge was a sketch & use ribbon as the focus of the card.

Here is the sketch.











Here is my card. Paper is from Target; ribbon from Walmart; sentiment is Studio G; sparkle flowers are Making Memories; gem is Darice and tag is K&Co. TFL

SheetLoad Beyond the Card













For the June issue I made a couple of Beyond the Card projects using the June SheetLoad design.
If you still haven't downloaded your free copy of this issue you can still do that here.

The sponsor this month was The Angel Company and these papers and ribbons are Miss Moxie. The stamp set is "Purr-fect friends".

SheetLoad July Sneak Peeks

The July SheetLoad sneak peeks are now posted. You know what that means........just a couple more days and the July issue will be released. I will let you know right away so you can get your free copy.

Four Challenges with One Card

With this card I was able to complete 4 challenges.
I had thoughts of a little island getaway and sipping on something pink with a little umbrella when I made this card. 8)
The image is Squigglefly and I used Prisma color pencils with OMS; used Cuttlebug folder to give the water some movement. Papers are DCWV and Target; glitter stickers, chipboard embellishments, sentiments and ribbon are Target and Greenbrier. TFL






The Pink Elephant - challenge #20 Sketch










Squigglefly - challenge #7 - Out of the box - make the stamped image go outside the box

The Cuttlebug Spot - challenge #36 - Celebrate Summer theme

2 Red Bananas - Banana Split Sunday - be inspired by a picture of the beach

Paper Popsicles - Blog Candy





At Paper Popsicles they have a fun treat to give away. This candy bag contains 12x12 patterned papers, bling, chipboard, buttons, flowers, key album, Stickles.......yum yum!!

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Christmas Cards All Year Round

This month at Christmas Cards All Year Round I was able to compete my 5 cards for the challenge. TFL

There were several different challenges to choose from this month.


Use green and light blue with 1 brad.
Used Cuttlebug folder and shimmer chalk, scalloped circle, fabric circle, silver ribbon, snowflake brad & sentiment.








Use dark blue and purple with at least 1 snowflake.

This is a shaker card that has faux snow, coloring done with Prisma color pencils and Souffle pens.










This card has several snowflake stickers and I embellished with Stickles and ribbon.









This is a clear acrylic card with snowflakes stamped on with Staz On ink, on the image I used Prisma color pencils and Souffle pens.











This card I printed on vellum and then machine stitched it to the card, used snowflakes and gems, the top snowflake is a 3D glittery snowflake.

Five Challenges for One Card

This card fulfills the requirements for these 5 challenges this week.

Paper Play Challenges - week 23 - Sweet Treats

Paper Take Weekly - Delightful Downloads - use an digi image and digi sentiment

Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes This Week

Lili of the Valley - challenge #30 - Paper Piecing - do some stamping & paper piecing

365 Cards - Day 115 - Piece It Together - use paper piecing


Here is my card.
This cupcake image is from The Cutting Cafe. I used Twinkling H2O paints (so it is very very shimmery). On the frosting I used flourish stamps and on the bottom I used a Fiskar's texture plate to get some embossing. Printed paper and ribbon is from Target. The sentiment is Digiment sentiments. The inside verse is SU. TFL

Four Challenges for One Card

This card completes the following 4 challenges.

Stamps & Smiles - challenge 21 Sketch











Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes this week

ABC Challenge - T is for Two Tone - just use 2 colors
I used shades of gray-black and red.

365 Cards - Day 116 - Keep It to Yourself: Wedding Card - no sentiment on the front of card


Here is my card. Papers are Creating Keepsake; stamp Studio G; Stickles; silk flowers, ribbon & bling brad from my collection.

365 Cards Day 113 & SP Color Combo

For this card I used the sketch for 365 Cards and the SP Color Combo color challenge.


Here is the Sketch.










Here is my card.
I painted the chipboard arrow and used some Shimmerz spray. Hand cut the tree and used CB folders for the trunk and leaves also sprayed the leaves with Shimmerz. Epoxy stickers are Greenbrier and sentiment is Making Memories.

365 Cards - Days 113-119

I did manage to get all the challenges done this week at 365 Cards. And I ended up with quite a variety of different cards. TFL

Day 113- Super Sketchy Sunday
I jumped out of my creative box on this sketch. Hope you like my interpretation of the sketch. I painted the chipboard arrow and used some Shimmerz spray. Hand cut the tree and used CB folders for the trunk and leaves also sprayed the leaves with Shimmerz. Epoxy stickers are Greenbrier and sentiment is Making Memories.
This card is also going to be used for SP Color Combo's #3 - Lovely Lilac and Garden Green cardstock.


Day 114 - Lovin' Lavender
Purple is one of my favorite colors to use when making cards.
This card was also used for the following challenges -
Whimsy Stamps, Use It, Stamp Something, Charisma Cardz, Danni Dreams, Tuesday Challenge and Pile It On.







Day 115 - Piece It Together
This cupcake image is from The Cutting Cafe. I used Twinkling H2O paints (so it is very very shimmery). On the frosting I used flourish stamps and on the bottom I used a Fiskar's texture plate to get some embossing. Printed paper and ribbon is from Target. The sentiment is Digiment sentiments. The inside verse is SU.
This card is also going to be used for Charisma Cardz, Papertake Weekley, Lili of the Valley and Paper Play challenges.




Day 116 - Keep It to Yourself: Wedding Card - no sentiment on the front
Papers Creating Keepsake; stamp Studio G; Stickles; silk flowers, ribbon & bling brad from my collection.
This card is also going to be used for ABC Challenge, Stamp & Smiles and Charisma Cardz.





Day 117 - Simply Stamped - one stamped image & one stamped sentiment - That's It!
Image stamp (unknown) and sentiment Studio G.









Day 118 - I've Been Framed - create a frame
I used ribbon to create my frame around some sunflower fabric; 3D butterfly is Greenbrier.






Day 119 - Seeing a Silhouette
I searched in my collection of things and found this Halloween paper with only silhouettes. I did add the bat, sentiment and spiders that are all sequin embellishments; ribbon from my collection.