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

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Let's do some embossing......

Hope that you will be able to join us with the new challenge at Simply Create.  We are Embossing for this challenge....remember you have two weeks to complete your card for our challenge.  Be sure to stop over to see all the creative projects that my DT sister's from Simply Create have created to inspire you.


Here is my card for these challenges.  Printed paper is DCWV; Target and Paper Studio; Cuttlebug embossing with ink distressing on top; stamped sentiment is SU; ribbon from Target.  TFL

Sketches in Thyme #6 - Sketch

365 Cards - Day 302 - Flashback Monday
Plentiful patterns use at least 3 of the following patterns
plaid, paisley, gingham, houndstooth and toile.

Mark's Finest Papers #34 - Color Combo
Mustard, Blue and Green

Sentimental Sundays #35 - Baby plus a sentiment

Happy New Year.......

Hope you are all celebrating the end of 2010 and ringing in the new year.  At Stamp N Doodle this week we are celebrating Anything NEW.  Be sure to come over and join us this week.

Here is my card for the challenge.  Background is glitter cardstock that has also been sprayed with glimmer mist; image is Stamp N Doodle Bear New Year;  coloring done with Prismacolor pencils and OMS; Stickles; ribbon from Hobby Lobby.  TFL





CPS #148-198 - sketch#198




Creative Inspiration #92 - Black, Silver & Gold Colours

365 Cards - Day 304 - Flashback Wednesday - Keep It Simple
one image, one sentiment and one embellishment

Simon Says Stamp - Time to Party/Celebrate
use Glimmer Mist and Glitter

4 Crafty Chicks - A New Year

For Fun Challenge - New Year

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Easy Craft Projects, 365 Cards, Winter Wonderland, Cupcake Craft, Allsorts, Papertake Weekly, Digi Stamps 4 Joy and Paper Sundaes

Here is my card for these challenges.  Printed paper is K&Company; digital image is Stretch N Bubbles; coloring done with Prismacolor pencils and OMS; Stickles; ribbon, floss and dew drops from my collection.  TFL




Easy Craft Projects #28 - Sketch





365 Cards - Day 299 - All Tied Up
minimum of four knots or bows use at least 2 different
types of tying materials

Winter Wonderland - Thank you

Cupcake Craft #122 - Thank you

Allsorts #83 - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly -Thank You

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Anything Goes

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes - Cut It Out

One Stop Craft, 365 Cards, I Did It Creations, Simon Says Stamp, Moving Along With the Times, Digi Doodle Shops Best, Aud Sentiments and Creative Craft

Here is my card for the challenges.  Printed paper is DCWV; digital image is Sylvie's Stamps; coloring done with Prismacolor pencils and OMS; 3 ribbons, 3 flowers, 3 gems; stamped sentiment is Studio G; charm from my collection. TFL




One Stop Craft #111 - Sketch







365 Cards - Day 298 - Thinking in Three's
select 3 decorative items and include 3 or each of those items

I Did It Creations #35 - Out with the Old In with the New

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

 Moving Along With the Times - Anything Goes

Digi Doodle Shops Best #39 - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments #18 - Anything Goes

Creative Craft - Anything Goes

Midnight Madness, Really Reasonable Ribbon, CDAC priscillastyles, Let's Craft & Create, Doodle Pantry, Totally Papercrafts, Paper Playtime, Simon Says Stamp, Top Tip Tuesday and The Corrosive Challenge

Here is my card for these challenges.  Printed paper is SU; digital image is priscillastyles; coloring done with Prismacolor pencils and OMS; Stickles; die cut flourishes are QuicKutz; ribbon trim from Joann's; faux stitching; gems from my collection.  TFL





Midnight Madness #84 - Sketch











Really Reasonable Ribbon #14 - Photo Inspiration







CDAC priscillastyles - New Year's Party at CDAC

Let's Craft & Create #9 - New Beginnings

Doodle Pantry #4 - Something New - New Beginnings

Totally Papercrafts #47 - Time to Party

Scrap Creations - Ring in the New Year

Paper Playtime #31 - New Year's

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday #15 - Get Embellishing

The Corrosive Challenge #96 - Bling It On

Monday, December 27, 2010

Crafts 4 Eternity, If the Shoe Fits Scrap It, 365 Cards, Stretch N Bubbles, Paper Sundaes and Crafty Creations

Here is my card for these challenges.  Printed papers were a RAK from long ago; digital image is Stretch N Bubbles; coloring done with Prismacolor pencils and OMS; Stickles; ribbon from my collection.  TFL




Crafts 4 Eternity #64 - Sketch & Shades of Green
I flipped the sketch 1/4 turn.







If the Shoe Fits Scrap It - Use Kraft



365 Cards - Day 295 - Ad Inspiration







Stretch N Bubbles #30 - Creative Chicks Progressive Challenge
use ornament image

Paper Sundaes - Cut It Out

Crafty Creations #99 - Angels

The House That Stamps Built, ABC Challenge, 365 Cards, Incy Wincy Designs, Kaboodle Doodle, Simon Says Stamp, Creative Craft and Papertake Weekly

Here is my card for these challenges.  Printed paper is Paper Studio; torn edge and inked edges; punched circles with stamped sentiments SU and Studio G; Stickles; dew drops from my collection.  TFL 

CASE THIS CARD



The House That Stamps Built #22 - CASE card





 
ABC Challenge - K is for Keep It Simple

365 Cards #300 - Peace, Comfort & Joy

Incy Wincy Designs #74 - Distressed

Kaboodle Doodle #47 - Tear It Up

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Creative Craft - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

365 Cards, Paper Cutz and Cupcake Inspirations

Here is my card for these challenges.  Printed paper is K&Company; chipboard heart is Heidi Grace; flower is K&Company; ribbons from my collection; punched numbers for banner.  TFL





365 Cards - Day 294 - Super Sketchy Sunday







Paper Cutz #72 - New Years with a banner




Cupcake Inspirations #91 - Photo Inspiration

Sketch & Stash, 365 Cards, Paper Issues, Simon Says Stamp, Sew Many Cards, Stampin Sister's in Christ and Chrisma Cardz

Here is my card for the challenges.  Printed paper is Paper Studio; digital image is Sew Many Images; coloring done with Prismacolor pencils and OMS; Stamped holly is KaiserCraft (I got this stamp set from a friend for Christmas); Stickles; Spellbinders scalloped square and eyelet square; faux pearls; lace from my collection.  TFL




Sketch & Stash #51 - Your Choice
choose an old sketch from this year #38






365 Cards - Day 296 - Imagine This: Mistletoe

Paper Issues - New Anything

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Sew Many Cards #37 - Anything Goes


Stampin Sister's in Christ  #70 - Micah 5:2
use inchies on card

Chrisma Cardz #51 - Pearls and Lace

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge

The #36 challenge at Crafty Cardmakers is First & Latest or Greatest.  Post up one of your first cards that you make and then post up one of your latest cards that you made.  Making a post for each card.


Here is one of my Latest cards.

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge

The #36 challenge at Crafty Cardmakers is First & Latest or Greatest.  Post up one of your first cards that you make and then post up one of your latest cards that you made.  Making a post for each card.

Here is one of my older cards that was made in 2005.

Creative Inspirations, Pollycraft Monday, Designed 2 Delight, 365 Cards, Simon Says Stamp, Stamptacular Sunday, Digital Tuesday, The Crazy Challenge and Fussy & Fancy

Here is my card for these challenges.  Three embossing folders; misted with shimmer mist; digital image is Designed 2 Delight; coloring done with Prismacolor pencils and OMS; Stickles; Spellbinders label die; stamped sentiment is Studio G; felt snowflake trim and ribbon from my collection.  TFL




Creative Inspirations #91 - Sketch








Pollycraft Monday - #74 - White Christmas
All white card with color on image only

Designed 2 Delight - Progressive December Challenge
use cardinal birds image

365 Cards - Day 297 - Think Cute
use a cute image

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Stamptacular Sunday #91 - Snow Much Fun

Digital Tuesday #90 - Let's Celebrate - plus digi image

The Crazy Challenge #47 - Punch It

Fussy & Fancy - Snow

Christmas Cards All Year Round, City Crafter, Craft Your Passion and Party Time Tuesday


Here are my cards for these challenges.  Printed papers from Paper Studio; images are from Vintage postcards; sentiments are glitter K&Company and fabric sentiment from Joann's; fiber from my collection.  TFL

Christmas Cards All Year Round - December
use Santa image or word Santa - make 5 cards

City Crafter #36 - Vintage Christmas

Craft Your Passion #38 - Red, Green Cream

Party Time Tuesday #26 - Red, White & Green

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

The House That Stamps Built, Simon Says Stamp, Kaboodle Doodles, Stretch N Bubbles, Daisy Doodles and The Crazy Challenge

Here is my card for these challenges.  Printed paper is Paper Studio; digital image is Stretch N Bubbles; coloring done with Prismacolor pencils and OMS; Stickles; snow is puffy paint and Stickles; stamped sentiment is My Sentiments Exactly; ric rac trim from my collection.  TFL




The House That Stamps Built #1510 - Sketch








Simon Says Stamp - Silver Blue and White

Kaboodle Doodles #46 - Clean & Simple Christmas

Stretch N Bubbles - Creative Chicks Challenge
use 4 trees image

Daisy Doodles #24 - Glitter, Sparkle, Shine

The Crazy Challenge #46 - Let It Snow

Monday, December 20, 2010

365 Cards, Bee Crafty, Pals Paper Arts, Paper Playtime, Critter Sketch, Craft Your Passion and Wee Memories

Here is my card for these challenges.  Background embossed and then ink distressed on top;. digital image is Bugaboo; coloring done with Prismacolor pencils and OMS; Stickles; lace, ribbons and epoxy sentiment sticker from my collection.  TFL




365 Cards - 287 Day - Super Sketch Sunday








Bee Crafty #45 - Rough Around the Edges
texture, distressing or town edges & digi image

Pals Paper Arts #73 - Lace

Paper Playtime #30 - Christmas

Critter Sketch #45 - Anything Christmas

Craft Your Passion #37 - Christmas




Wee Memories #36 - Picture Inspiration - Colors of the Season

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Tuesday Taggers, Rainbow Lady's Challenge and Christmas Cards All Year Round

Here is my card for the challenges.  Printed papers from DCWV; Vintage picture from old postcard; sentiment sticker is K&Company; fiber from my collection.  TFL

Tuesday Taggers - The Stockings Were Hung

Rainbow Lady's Challenge #131 - Make it a Vintage Delight

Christmas Cards All Year Round - December
Image of Santa or the word Santa

Inspirational Card Sketches, There's Magic in the Air, 365 Cards, There She Goes, Freshly Brewed, 2 Sister's Challenge, Cupcake Inspirations, Fab N Funky, Creative Cowgirls, Crafty Emma, The Crafty Pad

Here is my card for these challenges.  Printed paper is Target from last Christmas; digital image is Paper Cupcakes; coloring done with Prismacolor pencils and OMS; Stickles; pleated paper for ornament; snowflake gems, ric rac and ribbon from my collection; sentiment sticker is DCWV.  TFL





Inspirational Card Sketches #95 - sketch








There's Magic in the Air - Christmas Card with Traditional Red & Green

365 Cards - Day 291 - Detachable Ornament

There She Goes #85 - Use Your Stash 6 months or older

Freshly Brewed #27 - Merry Christmas

2 Sister's Challenge #18 - Christmas




Cupcake Inspirations #90 - Photo Inspiration








Fab N Funky #53 - Quick & Easy Does It







Creative Cowgirls - Christmas / Winter







Crafty Emma #17 - Anything Goes

The Crafty Pad - Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesday, Designed 2 Delight, Lexi's Creations, Papertake Weekly, Moving Along with the Times, Stamp It Crazy, 4 Crafty Chicks, ABC Christmas, Paper Playtime, The Pink Elephant and One Crazy Stamper

Here is my card for these challenges.  Printed paper is Paper Studio; digital images are Designed 2 Delight; coloring done with Prismacolor pencils and OMS; Stickles; Spellbinders labels die; stamped birthday sentiment is Studio G; heart pearl on mittens; chipboard tag; ribbon from Hobby Lobby.  TFL

Party Time Tuesday #25 - Sketch

Designed 2 Delight - December Progressive Challenge
use Snowman Love and/or Valentine Mittens images

Lexi's Creations #29 - Glitter & Pearls

Papertake Weekly - Christmas Birthday

Moving Along with the Times - Let It Snow

Stamp It Crazy - Build a Snowman

4 Crafty Chicks #16 - Snowman

ABC Christmas - Z is for Zero
use an old challenge - F is for Frosty

Paper Playtime #29 - Snowman or Snowmen

The Pink Elephant #90 - Winter Wonderland

One Crazy Stamper - Christmas or Winter

Craft Your Passion, CRAFT, Sentimental Sundays, Charisma Cardz, Totally Papercrafts and Digi Doodle Shop's Best

Here is my card for these challenges.  Printed paper is Color Box; music paper from old music book; digital image is Lauretta's; coloring done with Prismacolor pencils and OMS; Glossy Accents; Spellbinders large scalloped oval; layered labels die; corner sticker is Paper Studio; stamped sentiment.  TFL



Craft Your Passion #36 - Sketch







CRAFT #81 - Black & White with Splash of Colour

Sentimental Sundays #34 - Inspired by Song

Charisma Cardz #50 - New Years Celebrations

Totally Papercrafts #47 - Time to Party

Digi Doodle Shop's Best #38 - New Beginnings

Friday, December 17, 2010

We are playing TAG at Simple Doodles.......

The new challenge at Simple Doodles is Tag It and we are making some tags.....sure hope that you will join us for the fun.  We have a really great sponsor for this challenge......Robyns Fetish and she really has some awesome cute cute images.
Remember that Simple Doodles challenges run for two weeks so you have plenty of time to post up your tags.

Back of Tag
Here is my tag for the challenges.  Printed papers are K&Company; Spellbinders label die for the shape of tag; all 3 digital images Sleigh, Santa and Tree are Robyns Fetish; coloring done with Prismacolor pencils and OMS; Stickles, flocking & glitter; rub on's (Let It Snow) sentiment is Mini Marks and snowflakes are Provo Craft; Santa stop stamp is Studio G; ric rac, ribbons, button and snowflake brad from my collection.  Back of tag I used a mini bag that will hold a gift card; K&Company to-from 3D sticker and snowflake brad.  TFL




Card Positioning Systems #197 - Sketch
I flipped the sketch.




Shelly's Images - TTT - Different Shape
not round, rectangle or square

A Crafty Little Place  #68 - Tag It

A Different Challenge - Tag - Happy Christmas

The Pink Elephant - Christmas Tags




Papercraft Star #25 - Photo Inspiration








The Stamp Man #12 - Anything Goes Tag

Stamp Something - Tag or Pocket on It

Winter Wonderland - Wrap It Up


Crafty Hos' - Color Challenge - Red & Green


Cooking It Up With Katie #42 - Recipe
some ribbons and some brads

Little Red Wagon #59 - Rub Ons


Sew Many Cards #36 - Winter Project

Fussy and Fancy - Snow

Glitterbabe Challenges #25 - Snow & Snowflakes with Glitter

Fun at Fairy Knoll #29 - Christmas or Winter

Cute Card Thursday #143 - One for the Kids

365 Cards - Day 292 - Festive Friday - Use at least 2 different images

Alphabet Challenge - H is for Hats

Paper Play #50 - Anything But a Card

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Karber Weekly #18 - Anything Goes
use a digi

Crafty Ann's #30 - Anything Goes

AiFactory - Anything Goes

Digi's With Attitude #11 - Anything Christmas

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Winter Sparkle is in the air...

This week at Stamp N Doodle we all have been cooking up a bit of Winter Sparkle.  The challenge will be for two weeks........so you have plenty of time to join us with the Recipe Challenge....Winter and Sparkle.  We are using the fun Snow Jamboree Stamp N Doodle digital image.

Here is my card for the Recipe challenge.  Background is embossed with Sizzix snowflake embossing folder; digital image is Stamp N Doodle; coloring done with Prismacolor pencils and OMS; Stickles; Puffy paint for the snow; sheer ribbon with felt ribbon snowflakes; buttons with ribbons; stamped sentiment is Studio G.  TFL



Tuesday Morning Sketches #72  - sketch






Simon Says Stamp - Silver, Blue & White

The Crafty Pad #101 - Embossing Heat or Dry

365 Cards - Day 290 - Touchy Feely
Texture in 3 ways - Glitter, Paper Lace & Dry Embossing

Stamptacular Sunday #89 - Winter Wishes
create a winter scene

Sentimental Sundays #33 - Let It Snow
plus use a sentiment

Bee Crafty #44 - Winter But Not Christmas
use a digi

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Sketch & Stash, Dotties World, Simon Says, Cupcake Craft, Incy Wincy, Winter Wonderland, Ellephantastic, Digital Tuesday and Top Tip Tuesday

Here is my card for  these challenges.  Printed paper is Paper Studio that I just picked up a couple of days ago; glitter card stock; digital image is Dotties World; coloring done with Prismacolor pencils and OMS; Stickles; snow is Puffy paint and Glitter 3D paint; ribbon from Target; felt snowflake that I just found at $ store; stamped sentiment is Studio G.  TFL




Sketch & Stash #50 - Sketch








Dotties World - Anything Goes Blue

Simon Says - Christmas But No Red or Green

Cupcake Craft #121 - Non-Traditional Christmas

Incy Wincy 372 - Non-Traditional Christmas Colours

Winter Wonderland - Christmas Baubles

Ellephantastic #21 - Wish Upon a Star and/or Christmas/Winter

Digital Tuesday  - Sparkling Christmas plus Digi

Top Tip Tuesday #14 - Christmas Inspired