Best Wishes

I made this sweet little card for the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge # 112. The sponsor this week is "A Day for Daisies" and as I have said before, I just love her whimsical lines and her sweet images. I used "Curious Things," an image that was part of the June club pack and I turned the sketch sideways to fit the image. I hope you enjoy and everyone had a wonderful Sunday :) Don't forget to hop over and take a look at the DT inspiration and take part in the fun challenge!!

Recipe:

A Day for Daisies- Curious Things

laPomme Design digital paper

Echo Park digital paper

Neenah cardstock

Stickles

Martha Stewart Pearls

Recollection flower

$1 store ribbon

Hero Arts lace ribbon

Prismacolor pencils

OMS

ATG gun

Pop dots

Glue Dots

Photoshop for sentiment

Warm Wishes

This card is for the StampFairy Challenge- Christmas in July with a Easel Card. I used the "George Cocoa" image with the freebie "Marshmellows" and the "Christmas Sentiment 1" for the sentiment. I hope all of you had a wonderful Saturday and take a gander at the StampFairy site you won't be disappointed :)

Recipe:

StampFairy- George Cocoa, Marshmellows and Christmas Sentiment 1

Neenah cardstock

My Mind's Eye cardstock

DCWV cardstock

Recollections Kraft cardstock

Martha Stewart Ribbon

Tim Holtz Distress ink and distressing tool

Glossy Accents

Scotch Quick Dry glue

Glitter

Prismacolor Pencils

OMS

ATG gun

Pop dots

Steampunk 2 B & W

I decided to make another card for Tiddly Inks Steampunk Showoff Challenge, but this time in black and white. Boy was this a toughy for me, I think my brain was making it harder than it needed to be ;) Practice, practice though and it shall get easier!! I used a couple of different images from the Tiddly Inks shop, the first is Miss "Tanker Fairy Sits" and I also used a few images from the "Steampunk papers-extra goodies", which is the frame, the side embellishment and the strip of paper. The "Fern log" came from Make it Crafty. To get all the black and white shades I used a bunch of greys, black and my white with touches of a white gel pen here and there and layered the colors the same way I would if it were in color, just had to view in B & W. As I said I need a lot of practice in this area but it was fun to stretch my mind. If anyone has any questions please let me know and I hope you are having a wonderful Friday :)

Recipe:

Tiddly Inks- Tanker Fairy sits, Steampunk papers- extra goodies

Make it Crafty- Fern log

Neenah cardstock

Wasau cardstock

White gel pen

Stickles

Glossy Accents

Prismacolor pencils

OMS

ATG gun

Steampunk for Tiddly Inks

Hello everyone, hope you are having a happy day! Today and the last 3 days actually I have been working on this card for the Tiddly Inks Steampunk Showoff Challenge. They really have wonderful images and the only reason I worked on it for so long is that I had a vision in my head for the background and I just couldn't get it right. I used some metal from a soda can to add dimension to the metal flowers in the background and also the metal butterflies. My metallic pencils just were not coming out metallic, lol or as metallic looking as I wanted I guess. Oh well, as you can see Tiddly Inks really has some beautiful images as you see "Druscilla" with her beautiful flowing lines. I also used the "metallic flowers" from Make it Crafty for the background and doubled the image up. Hop on over and join in on the fun challenge, you could win 5 new images and that is a fantabulous prize!! She also has a cute freebie up, wink, wink. Well I hope you all have a fabulous day and I will talk with you soon :)

Recipe:

Tiddly Inks- Druscilla

Make it Crafty- metallic flowers

Neenah cardstock

Bazzill cardstock

soda can

Liquid pearls

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Stickles

Prismacolor pencils

OMS

Derwent Metallic pencils

Pentel slicca metallic pens

ATG gun

Happiest of Holidays

Today is a snowman day ;) This card is for the Designed 2 Delight progressive challenge. I used the image for this week to create this cute Christmas card. You can join in on the challenge at anytime to receive the weekly freebie. This one I used glitter for the snow. I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday :)

* Don't forget to hop on over to CTO, the challenge is up with the new design team!!

Recipe:

Designed 2 Delight digital image

laPomme Design digital paper

Neenah cardstock

Glitter

Scotch quick dry adhesive

Stickles

Prismacolor pencils

OMS

Copics

ATG gun

Christmas in July- Jellypark

I made this card for the Jellypark Challenge #1- Christmas in July. I used their freebie image and created a female with one of them by drawing heart lips and eyelashes. I stickles around them to create some sparkly snow. You still have time to hop over and join in on there first challenge!! I hope you have a great day :)

Recipe:

Jellypark freebie image

Echo Park digital paper

Digisparkle background images

Neenah cardstock

Prismacolor pencils

OMS

Copics

stickles

ATG gun

Heard you caught a bug.....

I made this card for the Hambo Hoedown progressive challenge- A monochromatic card with a color you don't usually use. I chose to use this burnt yellow from Echo Park, I had a lot of fun making this card and I think it would cheer anyone up who was sick. I ended up turning my card after I adhered my bottom layers so the paper doesn't match up but let's pretend I didn't tell you that ;) You can join in on the challenge anytime to receive the free digi for the next challenge, so hop over and give it a try. I hope you all are having a wonderific day and I will talk to you soon :)

Recipe:

Hambo Stamps- Mosquito digi

Aimee Asher- jar digi

Echo Park digital paper and elements

Neenah cardstock

Prismacolor pencils

Twine

ATG gun

Pop dots

Photoshop

Birthday wishes

It is Critter Sketch time and this week's challenge is a sketch. This month's sponsor is Stampandcreate.com and you will have a chance to win a prize from them. I chose to use the image for A Day for Daisies again in a different way. I colored it in light subtle tones to go with the neutral papers and added some fun party hats. I then distressed around the edges of the circles with my Tim Holtz distress tool and popped it up. I hope you can hop over and take part in the fun challenge and if you have any questions please ask!! Have a great Monday :)

Recipe:

A Day for Daisies digi

Echo Park digital paper

Blue Bird Flats circle sentiment

Neenah cardstock

Distress tool

Glossy Accents

Prismacolor pencils

OMS

ATG gun

Pop dots

Photoshop

My friend

Happy Saturday everyone!! I made a card for the M.A.G. Challenge by the Page today and I am amazed at how long it has been since I have done one. It was so nice to get back into it. The challenge is to use the Create a Critter cartridge pg. 59 only, I chose to use the star. I cut it in two different sizes for the outer and inner part of the flower and then stickled it up like crazy. I chose to do a simple background to make the flower stand out more with the leafy branch embossing for texture. I hope you can hop over and take part, see what you can come up with!! Have a wonderful day :)

Recipe:

Neenah Cardstock

K&Company cardstock

Cricut Create a Critter cartridge

Martha Stewart ribbon

Stickles

Liquid Pearls

My Pink Stamper stamp

Colorbox ink

Cuttlebug and folder

ATG gun

Pop dots

ADFD 300 member Party- Card 3

This is the final image in the 300 member freebie and it is, of course, adorable!! You can go to A Day For Daisies shop and look at some of her wonderful digi's HERE. For this card I cut the image out in a circle and popped it on a 4x4 square of blue cardstock that I punched with my "Cheers" punch by M.S. and then cut out an extra set of balloons and popped them up. For the rest of the card I used DCWV's paper stack and embellished with it with some fun buttons on the corners. So that is all for my member party entries and I hope you can hop over and take a look, you won't be disappointed!! I hope you all have a fabulous day and if you have any questions please ask away :)

Recipe:

A Day for Daisies digi

Bazzill cardstock

Neenah cardstock

DCWV paper stack

Stickles

Glossy Accents

Martha Stewart punch

Ek success punch

buttons

Prismacolor pencils

OMS

Staedtler pens

ATG gun

Pop dots

Glue dots

ADFD 300 member Party- Card 2

This card is using the "birthday tower" freebie image from A Day For Daisies 300 member Party. For this I used some pretty Echo Park digital papers/overlays and pushed the image off the page to do something different. I then used some of my $1 store ribbon to embellish along the bottom. You will have to hop over to the blog and see what everyone has done, they are all so different and beautiful :)

Recipe:

A Day For Daisies digi

Echo Park digital paper and overlays

Neenah cardstock

Stickles

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

$1 store ribbon

Corner punch

Prismacolor pencils

OMS

Copics

Staedtler pens

ATG gun

ADFD 300 member Party- Card 1

A Day For Daisies is having a 300 member Party at CDAC and she gave away 3 freebies to make a project with. I will be posting those, so we are going to have "A Day For Daisies" run. Her first image is "G is for Birthday Girl", I chose to make this an old fashioned type to go with the doll and tea cup with a lot of soft feminine colors. If you haven't gone to see her images, she has such a fun and whimsical style that you will love. Hop on over and take a look :)

Recipe:

A Day For Daisies digi

Create With TLC digital paper

Neenah cardstock

Lace ribbon I had in a grab bag

Recollections prima flowers

Uniball gel pen

Prismacolor pencils

OMS

ATG gun

Pop dots

Glue dots

Photoshop

A thing of beauty

I made this card for the progressive challenge at Designed to Delight. She has this beautiful peacock digi to work with along with a sentiment. You can join in at anytime to get these wonderful "free" digi's! Hop on over and see how you can take part. I hope you have a beautiful day :)

Recipe:

Designed to Delight-digi and sentiment

laPomme Design digital paper

Neenah cardstock

Liquid Pearls

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Prismacolor pencils

OMS

Staedtler pens

ATG gun

Pop dots

You make me smile

I made this card for a couple of challenges, the first is Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge # 110-32. There sponsor this week is StampFairy.com and that is where I got my image "Lilly Playing". StampFairy is having a color challenge- Kraft, Melon and Turquoise, that is how I came up with my color scheme for this card. I am making the SSW challenge with 3 hours to spare, so you will have to be quick to get it in for that one. StampFairy started there's yesterday so you can still enter that one. I hope you can stop by both because they always have wonderful sketches and challenges for you. Have a beautiful day :)

Recipe:

SSW sketch

StampFairy- "Lilly Playing", digital paper and sentiment

laPomme Design digital paper

Neenah cardstock

Kraft cardstock

Glossy Accents

Cloud 9 Designs- raindrops

Recollection prima

Prismacolor pencils

OMS

ATG gun

Pop dots

CTO Design Team

Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing well today!! I wanted to share some news with you first. I am excited to be joining the CTO design team, with some of my fellow returning DT members, for another term. But I am super excited about the new DT members joining in this term. You have to hop over to Celebrate the Occasion and take a look at their creations and who all is going to be on there!! We have a lot more DT members this term so we will have that much more inspiration for you. We are off this week so they can introduce the new team but there will be another challenge up for you next Tuesday, watch for it. I will post a card later but for now I off to greet the new members and I hope you all have a fabulous day :)

Precious baby

I am excited to be a Guest Designer again for A La Card Monkey, Challenge # 65- Buttons, Bows + Sketch. The cutie of a sketch is below for you to see and I instantly saw a baby card, with that adorable little pig. I used a combination of Prismacolor and Copics for the image and popped out the bows on the trees for dimension. Hop on over and take part in the challenge, they always have beautiful sketches to work with. I hope you all have a wonderful day and if you have any questions, please ask away :)

Recipe:

Heart Song Designs- Precious Baby image and sentiment

laPomme Designs digital paper

Neenah cardstock

Michaels $1 bin buttons

Ribbon

Stickles

Prismacolor pencils

Goo gone

Copics

ATG gun

Pop dots

Glue dots

Photoshop

Sweet thoughts of you- MPS DT call

I made this card for The Pink Stamper: Design Team Call. It is such a wonderful challenge to work with using her color requirement, along with a Cricut cartridge. I chose to use the "Sentimentals" cartridge and cut the postage squares in two different sizes and layered them along with the beautiful butterfly on there. The antennae for the butterflies were so thin and they ripped so I cut small strips of paper, inked them and glued them to the back. I made a pin to match the colors and used a beautiful orange ribbon from American Crafts. I left one square open for the sentiment which was stamped with My Pink Stamper "Simply Sweet Occasion" stamp set in a chocolate brown. She has many retailers to order from and you can click HERE to find one to suit you, I bought mine through Custom Crops.

If you have any questions please ask and I hope you can hop over and take part in the challenge, you definitely will not regret it!! Have a great day :)

Recipe:

Cricut Cartridge- Sentimentals (postage cut and butterfly)

My Pink Stamper stamps- Simple Sweet Occasion

Neenah cardstock

laPomme Design digital paper

American Craft ribbon

Homemade pin

Liquid Pearls- Platinum

Stickles- Rock candy

Tim Holtz Distress Ink- Spiced Marmalade

Colorbox Ink- Brown

Quilling tool for curling antennae

Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive

ATG gun

Pop Dots

Glue Dots

I flattened....

This card was made for the Hambo Hoedown Challenge # 24- Image + Gate Fold. I used a couple of different digis to create the scene and glued down half of it on the right side for the gate fold. I sized down the sentiment and put it into the sign post and on this inside I used a piece of black cardstock to make the framed sentiment pop. This is a progressive challenge that you can join in on at anytime, so hop on over and get some free digi's. If you have any questions please let me know and I hope you have a wonderful day :)

Recipe:

Hambo Stamps digi and sentiment- "Steam Roller"

DigiSparkle Background digi

laPomme Design digi paper

Neenah white cardstock

Wasau cardstock

Prismacolor pencils

OMS

ATG gun

Photoshop

The woman in red

It is time for another Tiddly Ink card, Challenge #57- Reel Me In. Pick a favorite movie and create a theme around it. I had a really hard time with this because I don't watch a lot of Movies/TV because if I sat down in a dark room or sat down, I would fall asleep. So I was getting ready for bed and a "Sucker Punch" promo came on and I thought it would be a perfect card with the Tiddly Ink images, but I just could not find the right image for it. So my DH saw this image and got all excited and said "The Woman in Red" about a dozen times and then said "Wait, can you make that?" Ha, can I make that, to him I say "OF course I can make that!!" He then leaves the room and I am thinking, I don't know if I can make that, I have never watched the movie, I have seen the poster for it though, so I made it to go with the poster. Poor "Carpenter Joe" was just trying to do his work when he walked by Miss "Blow me Away", lol. Needless to say the DH kept coming in every 5 minutes asking if it was done yet, men ;) So it is not MY favorite movie, but it is obviously a favorite of many men, including my DH. Below I have posted the poster for your viewing purposes :)

The funny thing is that after I made this card the Tiddly Inks/Make it Crafty images debuted and they are FANtastic, you click on the button to the side there to go take a look or HERE, they have a fun "Eye Spy" game going on. Within that debut are a lot of Steampunk images that would have worked with the original movie. So if there are any of you out there that are movie buffs, hop over and join in, they have a lot of great images that work with all movies and take a look at what the DT came up with!! Thank you for listening to me babble and I hope you have a wonderful day :)

Recipe:

Tiddly Inks digi's- Carpenter Joe and Blow me away

Neenah white cardstock

Primsacolor Pencils

OMS

ATG gun

Glue dots

Photoshop for sentiment and red frame

You're berry sweet!

I made this card for the Designed 2 Delight progressive challenge. The sweet image made me think of Strawberry Lemonade, so I used papers to express that. This is a progressive challenge that you can join at anytime and you will receive a free digi every week you participate. I hope everyone has a terrific day and if you have any questions I am here :)

Recipe:

Designed 2 Delight digi- strawberries

Echo Park digital paper

Neenah cardstock

Stickles

Liquid Pearls

Prismacolor pencils

OMS

ATG gun

Pop dots

Christmas in July- shape card CTO #22

It's time to Celebrate the Occasion with Challenge # 22- Christmas in July- shape card. For my card I did absolutely no coloring and used the Cricut, amazing isn't it!! I stickled up the reindeer to make him sparkle, you can't really tell in the picture, and added liquid pearl accents throughout. Hop on over and take a look at what the AWEsome DT created and join in on the fun challenge. I hope you enjoy and if you have any questions please ask, have a wonderful day or night :)

** Big Congratulations to Yvonne, last weeks winner!!! Don't forget today (July 12th) is the last day to put apply for the CTO Design Team, so hurry and get them in :)

Recipe:

Cricut Cartridge- "Winter Woodland"

Bazzill Cardstock

Neenah Cardstock

Stickles

Liquid Pearls

Recollections stamp

Colorbox ink

ATG gun

Pop dots

T is for thoughtful

It's time for Critter Sketch Challenge # 73- sketch. This month's sponsor is Stamp and Create and they are offering a 10% discount to everyone who enters the challenge.

Now onto the card, for this one I used a vintage image "Things Missed 2" and a freebie sentiment from Create with TLC's along with the freebie paper I offered earlier in the week. I used the black and white for the background and paper pierced the red and white one for her dress and bow. Hop over and join in the challenge, I would love to see what you come up with!! Enjoy and have a great day :)

Recipe:

Create with TLC- vintage digi and sentiment

Dilsaver Designs digital paper

Neenah cardstock

Prismacolor pencils

goo gone

Michaels ribbon

Copics

ATG gun

Pop dots

'Paws" to enjoy life!

It's Hambo time and this fun card was made for the Hambo Hoedown Challenge #23- make a round shaped card. I used the "Cool dog" digi from Hambo Stamps, duplicated and flipped him in Photoshop. I used distress ink and pencils to add dimension to the water. So hope over to join in and I hope you can "Paws" and enjoy your Saturday (I know corny but I couldn't help it)

Recipe:

Hambo Stamps digi- Cool dog and sentiment

Neenah Cardstock

Bazzill Cardstock

Cricut cartridge- Florals Embellished

Tim Holtz distress ink

Colorbox chalk ink

Enamel Accents

Glossy accents

Prismacolor pencils

goo gone

Copics

Staedtler pens

ATG gun

Pop dots

Unicorns and Castles

I made this card for the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge # 109. There sponsor this week is Meljen's Designs and I purchased these digi's last year to make a birthday card for my daughter and ended up doing a different one. So I decided to make her birthday card early this year!! She love's pinks and purples, glitter and unicorns, (I sound like the Progressive commercial) it will be perfect for her. The castle, unicorn and sentiment are all from Meljen's Designs and of course the wonderful sketch is from SSW. I hope you enjoy and have a great day :)

Recipe:

SSW sketch # 109

Meljen's Designs digi's- "Fairy Tale castle", "Unicorn's Rest", Freebie sentiment

laPomme Design digital paper

Neenah cardstock

Stickles

Glossy Accents

Prismacolor pencils

goo gone

Copics

Scotch Quick Dry adhesive

ATG gun

Pop dots

Dare to be different

I made this cute little card for the Doodle Pantry Challenge # 14. I am so glad I was introduced to this progressive challenge, it was so fun coloring these cuties. I have a lot of sky's going on recently, can you tell it is summer!! Hop over and take a gander, you have plenty of time to join in and don't forget about the CTO DT call going on. I hope all of you have a wonderful evening :)

Recipe:

Doodle Pantry digi and sentiment

laPomme Design digital paper

Neenah cardstock

Bazzill cardstock

Glossy Accents

G studio chalk ink

Prismacolor pencils

OMS

Copics

Staedtler pens

ATG gun

Pop dots

Thinking of you

I made this card for the StampFairy Challenge #30- sketch. I used the cute little "Lenny Camping-5" for this card and he just looked like he was waiting for someone so it became a thinking of you card. The sentiment is also from StampFairy "Sentiments Love". I hope you can hop over and look at some of there fun images and take part in the sketch challenge. Have a wonderful day :)

Recipe:

StampFairy digi's

DigiSparkle digital frame

Neenah Cardstock

Bazzill cardstock

Studio G chalk inks

Enamel Accents

Marvy Circle punch

Prismacolor pencils

OMS

$1 store ribbon

ATG gun

Pop dots

Glue dots

Photoshop

How about some paper freebies

I made this paper for a card I am going to be doing and thought maybe some of you would like them for you projects. Here are 3 basic colors for you to enjoy, just click and save :)

*Edit- I guess until I figure out how to enable clicking on more than one picture I will have to post 3 posts, sorry :)

Red freebie

*Please leave me a comment if you take them so I know they are worth posting ;)

Blue freebie

*Please leave me a comment if you take them so I know they are worth posting ;)

Black freebie

*Please leave me a comment if you take them so I know they are worth posting ;)

Girls just don't...

It is time for another Tiddly Inks Challenge, Challenge # 56~Get an Attitude-We are Bad to the Bone. Sassy Red Rose definitely looks like a heart breaker, this card was so fun to make, I used 4 different images, 5 counting the sentiment using Photoshop. 4 images are from the Tiddly Inks Store, "Red Rose", "Life and Gothic Quotes", the freebie border that comes with "Whatever!" and "Tree Tops". The 5th digi is from Make it Crafty, "Kissing Booth" and they are joining together to make some Mix N Match digital stamps that are going to be crazy good, watch for it on July 14th!! Hop over and see how bad you can be and you could win some of her wonderful digi's. I hope you enjoy and if you have ANY questions please ask and have a wonderful day :)

Recipe:

Tiddly Inks- Tree Tops, Whatever!, Red Rose, Life and Gothic Quotes

Make it Crafty- Kissing Booth

laPomme Design- digital paper

Neenah Cardstock

Tim Holtz distress Ink

Glossy Accents

Prismacolor Pencils

goo gone

Copics

ATG gun

Pop Dots

Glue Dots

Photoshop

Christmas in July- no red

Hello everyone, I made this card to play along with the Catch the Bug Challenge- Anything goes and since it was anything goes I made a Christmas card to support the CTO DT #1 for this week. I used two Bugaboo images for this card, "Tree Bench" and "Christmas Teddy 2-ornament". I used Photoshop to write the sentiment around the card and then drew some lines to frame it in. They will be having a Christmas in July Blog Hop on July 16th so mark your calenders.

Celebrate the Occasion is having a design team call and here is the information so you can join in:

We are having a Design Team Call. You would have to committ to a bi-weekly project from July 19- December 20, 2011 and have an active blog. So, if you are interested in being part of this fabulous design team. If you love to make cards, scrapbook layouts, or craft projects, we'd love to hear from you! Applications will be taken until Tuesday, July 12th. All you have to do is send an email with a link to your blog and a newly created project never posted with a "BIRTHDAY THEME". The email address is occasion2011@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you!

So hop on over to both and take part in the fun challenges going on and see what you can come up with. Have a great day :)

Recipe:

Bugaboo Stamps digi's- Tree bench and Christmas Teddy 2- ornaments

Neenah cardstock

Stickles

Glossy Accents

Prismacolor Pencils

goo gone

Copics

Staedtler pens

ATG gun

Photoshop

Seas the Moment

Hello everybody, I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July!!! I made this card for the progressive challenge at Designed 2 Delight- Flip Flops. You can join in at anytime to receive there wonderful freebies. I also made this card for A La Card Monkey- sketch # 53, summer fun. They always have FANtastic sketches to work with! I hope you can hop over and join in on the challenges and have a wonderful day :)

Recipe:

Designed 2 Delight digi- flip flops

Create with TLC- sentiment

laPomme Design digi paper

Neenah cardstock

Tim Holtz distresser

irock tool and gems

Prismacolor pencils

goo gone

ATG gun

Pop dots

Photoshop

I miss you!

Time for another Hambo Hoedown Challenge. Challenge #22- Use "Doghouse Blues" and incorporate a dog tag, dog bone or metal charm. I chose to use a dog bone to showcase the sentiment that came along with the "Doghouse Blues" digi. This is a progressive challenge and anyone can join in at anytime, just use a Hambo image and they will send you next week's challenge. If you have seen all my card for these challenges then you know they are really fun to work with!! Hope you can hop over and join in and have a fabulous Saturday :)

Recipe:

Hambo Stamps- Doghouse blues digi and sentiment

Dilsaver Designs- dog bone

Bearly Mine Designs- digital paper

Neenah cardstock

Martha Stewart baker's twine

Dog paw button

Staedtler pens

Enamel accents

Prismacolor pencils

Goo gone

Copics

ATG gun

Pop dots

Photoshop