Letters to Santa

Happy Saturday everyone! 

It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar! This month the theme is... 

All Things Christmas! 

Our fabulous sponsor is Elisabeth Bell and my card features the adorable Letter's to Santa image! Isn't it sweet?! It's colored with Copics, the sentiment is a $1 stamp from Michaels and the snowflake paper is from Bo Bunny.  I cut the poinsettias out of kraft cs with Nesties and then covered them with Rock Candy Distress Stickles.  I love this stuff... IRL it looks like I sprinkled them with sugar! :) The edges have been distressed with Vintage Photo & Broken China distress inks and to finish it up I added some pearls. 

This is also my last card as part of the Crafty Calendar DT. After 2 years I have decided to step down and I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to Lynne for having me... It's been wonderful to be part of this talented team... I wish you and the entire DT the very best! 

That's it for now, thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend...

I'll see you soon! 

  

Challenges I would like to enter:

A Gem of a Challenge- Christmas is coming

All that Stickles- use Distress Stickles

Allsorts- Christmas Cheer 

Aud Sentiments- Christmas sentiments

CHNC extra for November- Anything Christmas

Crafting with Dragonflies- make your own flower embellishments (no Halloween)

Crafty Creations- Make it yourself (my flowers)

Creative Corner- Can't Touch This (add texture)

My Heart Pieces Digital Stamps- Anything Christmas

Polkadoodles– Anything Goes Christmas

Lots of Spooky Fun

Happy Saturday everyone!

It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar and this month the theme is...

Halloween!

For my DT card I chose this adorable Spooky Sally image from Michelle Perkett to work with and the sentiment is included! She's colored with Copics, the corners were cut with a QuicKutz die and the lime green spider paper is from the $1 bin at Target.  I used MS punch for the bats and added a ton of black extra fine glitter... and this time you can see all of the sparkle! I have such a hard time getting a good picture when I use glitter, so I'm very happy with this photo! :)  

 Our wonderful sponsor this month is Whimsy Stamps so make sure you stop by the challenge blog for the prize details and to see the fabulous Halloween creations by the other team members!

Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Challenges I would like to enter:
Bearly Mine- Halloween
Card Makin' Mamas- Trick or Treat
Country View Crafts'- Something Spooky
Craftitude- Anything Goes/Things Beginning with letter S (Spooky, Sally & Spiders)
Crafty Catz- Anything Goes
Crazy 4- Halloween 

Cuttin & Stampin- Halloween

Digi Haven– Use 2 Colors (lime & black) + digi

LEJ Designs- Things With Wings

Sparkle N Sprinkle- Anything Goes with- Glitter, Embossing Powder and/or Flocking

Relaxing with a Beer!

Happy Saturday everyone! 
It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar! This month the theme is... We're Going on a Bear Hunt... so any project with a bear on it will do! 
   
My card feature the super sweet Beer Bear image from Di's Digital Stamps!  It's colored with Copics and the sentiment is computer generated.  The papers are from Bo Bunny- Apple Cider collection, I love this paper pad... it's full of gorgeous fall papers! The buttons were cut with a MFT die and I use a QuicKutz die for the corners. 
I made this card for my wonderful father-in-law... I hope he likes it! :)

    For more inspiration make sure you stop by the challenge blog and take a look at the DT adorable Bear creations!
Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend!    

Challenges I would like to enter:
Brown Sugar– Animals
Catch the Bug- Anything Goes
Creative Moments- Birthday/Anything Goes
Di’s Digi Designs- Birthdays 
Great Impressions- Fall Colors
My Sheri Crafts- Fall Colors
Paper Crafting Journey- Anything Goes

Ruby's Rainbow- It's a Male Thing 

Seize The Birthday- Anything Goes + Birthday

Simon Says Stamp- Animal Antics 

Whimsy Inspiration- Masculine

Cammy in the Wind

Happy Saturday everyone!
It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar and this month the theme is...
Anything Goes!
Our fabulous sponsor is Pretty Little Stamps and my card features the sweet Cammy in the Wind image! She's colored with Copics, the sentiment is from Hero Arts and the papers are from American Crafts. I cut the hearts out with the Memory Box-Precious Hearts dies and used a EK Success punch for the corner.  I used a MFT die for the button and attached it to a little tulle flower... added a pearl and voila... it's done!
Make sure you pop over to challenge blog and check out the beautiful creations by the other team members!

 That's it for now, thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend...
I'll see you soon! :)

Challenges I would like to enter:
Card Crafter's Circle- Dotty for Spots
Creative Corner- Polka Dots

Die Cuttin' Divas- Anything Goes + die cut
MilkCoffee- Show us your coloring skills

Oldie But A Goodie- Best Dressed (my papers & corner punch are over 6 mos old) 
Paper Crafting Journey- Punch and/or Die cut

Paper Playtime- Use Pattern Paper
Sister Act Card- Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts- Inspired by a Song (She's Like the Wind- Patrick Swayze)

Love is Sweet

Good morning everyone!

It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar and this month we have a fabulous color combo for you to work with... 

Our wonderful sponsor is Hannah Lynn Art who provide the images for us to work with! This is Alice, isn't she beautiful?!!

Now, I have to admit this image was a little intimidating to color... look at all of that gorgeous hair! But I did it and and I'm very happy with the way it turned out! :) 
She's colored with Copics and I added a bit of shading with Prisma pencils.  The circle sentiment from Jaded Blossom and the polka dot paper is from the Paper Studio.  The leaves were cut with a Sizzix die, I used a MS punch for the butterflies and a EK punch for the corner.  Vintage Photo distress ink & Broken China distress ink were used for the distressing and to finish it up I added a few pearls that I had in my stash. 
Now head on over to the challenge blog and check out the wonderful creations by the other team members!
  
Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Challenges I would like to enter:   
Addicted to Stamps and More- (C10) Make your Mark-Coloring
Catch The Bug- Anything Goes
Colour Me Creative- Anythings Goes

Everybody-Art- Butterflies

 Love to Scrap- Anything Goes
My Heart Pieces- Use your favorite thing (my Copic markers)

Oldie But A Goodie- Butterflies (my pearls and dp are over 6 months old)
Sister Act- Anything Goes

Southern Girls- Leave it out... use leaves

Music Note Butterflies

Happy Saturday everyone! It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar!
This month the theme is... Things with Wings!

For my DT card I chose this beautiful butterfly image from A Day for Daisies to work with!  To start... I printed the butterfly image out several times (in different sizes) and then I fussy cut out 3 of the 4 butterflies.  I roughed up all the edges with the Tim Holtz Paper Distresser tool before adding Vintage Photo distressed ink. The music note paper is out of an old and very used paperback book that I found at my local thrift store... what a find, it was exactly what I was looking for! :) The woodgrain background paper is from The Paper Studio and the sentiment is from Hero Arts... added my gems and there your have it! I love how fast and easy this card came together and I'm so happy with the way it turned out!

Our wonderful sponsor this month is Whimsy Stamps so make sure you stop by the challenge blog for the prize details and to see the gorgeous creations by the other team members!
Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Challenges I would like to enter:
Animal Friends- Butterflies and/or Bugs
Celebrate the Occasion- Fluttering By-Must use a butterfly
Digi Haven– Butterflies + digi
Kreativeinkauf-  Everything that flies

Make it Monday- always Anything Goes
Nutcrafters- Monochrome
Ooh La La Creations- Inspired by Nature
QKR Stampede– Any Winged Creatures

Simon Says Stamp- Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show- Into the Woods (wood grain paper & butterflies)
Sparkles Forum- Monochromatic
Stampin' For The Weekend- Monochrome

Tammy's Scrapin Corner- Vintage

Blossoms for Mom

Happy Saturday everyone!

It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar and this month the theme is...

Blooms and Blossoms!  

Our fabulous sponsor is Heather Ellis who provide the images for us to work with!  This is one of Heather's Pure Innocence images, Isn't she a cutie?!! 

I wanted to make something a little different so I created this simple pocket card and matching tag!  Usually the tag is larger but I added a packet of seeds and made the tag smaller... that way both will fit in the pocket.  Perfect for our challenge theme and perfect for my mom... I'm going to give this to my mom for Mother's Day along with a few other goodies! :)

Anyway, this sweet image is colored with Copics and the sentiment is from Hero Arts.  The bright yellow paper is from Recollections and the tag was cut with an QuicKuts die. I used a small EK Success punch for the flowers and a Cuttlebug die for the heart... added my hand dyed seam binding and pearls and there you have it!

Make sure you stop by the challenge blog and check out all of the wonderful creations by the other team members!

Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Challenges I would like to enter:

Brown Sugar– Mother's Day

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards- Mother's Day/For Mom

Crafty Creations- Mother's Day + Flowers

Creative Corner- Flowers and/or Mothers Day

Creative Stamp Friends- Mother's Day

Digistamps 4 Joy- Women are Special/Mother's day

Everybody-Art- Pearls

Hobbycutz- Mother's Day

Melonheadz Friends- Mother's Day

One Stop Craft- Flower Power

QKR Stampede– Mother's Day

Stamp n Doodle- Mother's Day

The Perfect Sentiment- Feminine

Top Tip Tuesday- Moving Parts

Victorine Originals- Mother's Day

Spring Showers

Happy Saturday everyone!
It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar and this month the theme is...
Sunshine and Showers!  
Our wonderful sponsor is MilkCoffee and my card features the sweet Girl with Boots image!  She's colored with Copics and the sentiment is from C.C. Designs. The papers are from K&Company and I hand dyed some seam binding to match.  I added a tiny paper flower, a few dew drops and there you have it... a very bright spring card! :)

We are also having a DT call... so make sure you stop by the challenge blog for all of the details and don't forget to check out the rest of the teams fabulous creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Challenges I would like to enter:
Animal Friends- Weather 
2 Sisters- Anything Goes
Brown Sugar- Spring
Catch the Bug- Anything Goes
Celebrate the Occasion- April Showers (must use an umbrella)
Color me Creative- All About the Hair
Crafty Catz- Anything Goes  
Cuttin & Stampin- Showers
Digistamps 4 Joy- Anything Goes
Divas by Design- Spring Colours
Kreativeinkauf- Spring

QKR Stampede- April Showers
Scrappy Frogs- Think Spring

Easter Bunnies

Good morning everyone and Happy Saturday! 

It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar and this month the theme is...

Easter Extravaganza!

For my creation I chose this sweet image from Pixie Dust Studio to work with!  It's colored with a combination of Copics & Spectrum Noir markers and the sentiment is from Hero Arts.  The bg is embossed with the CB Spots & Dots folder, for the corner I used a QuicKutz die and the flourish was cut with an MFT die.  The light green dp is from MME and I used a couple of punches to create my fun flowers... I wanted them to look like the flowers in the image! :)  Did a little distressing and inking around the edges... added my tiny buttons and there you have it!  

Our sponsor this month is Mishelflo Creative Crafting so make sure you stop by the challenge blog for all the details and to see the fabulous creations by the other team members!

Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Challenges I would like to enter:

Aud Sentiments- An Easter Sentiment
Avadares- Easter or Spring
Catch the Bug- Anything Goes
Card and Scrap- Use Pastel colors
Crafts 4 Eternity- Tic tac toe (flowers, green & layers)
Desert Island Crafters- spring, flowers, fluffy animals & pastel colors
House of Gilli- Anything goes plus Pastels
Natalie and Amy's- die cuts
Oozak- Anything goes with spring
 Paper Crafting Journey- Bingo (sentiment, buttons & flowers)
QKR Stampede– 3 of something (flowers & buttons)
  Stamp n Doodle- 2 different punches or dies
Sweet Stampin'- It's all embossing

Forever is too short

Good Morning everyone and Happy Saturday!
It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar and this month the theme is... Love and Marriage!  For my creation I made a tent topper card with this beautiful image from Wee Stamps called Bird Swing. I colored my image with Copics, cut it out with the #17 Nesties and then I did a little sponging around the edges.  The postage stamp sentiments/die cuts are from Whimsy Stamps... who just happens to be sponsoring our challenge! :)  The dp is from DCWV and the flowers were created with a MFT die.  Added a few pearls and a hand dyed bow to finish it up!
Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!
AND don't forget to pop on over to the challenge blog and take a look at all of the DT fabulous creations!

Challenges I would like to enter:

Anything Goes- Monochrome
Catch the Bug- Anything Goes

Craft Room- Monochrome (2nd entry)
Everybody-Art-Challenge- Monchrome Blue

Fashionable Stamping- Show Some Love (no digis) 
Gingerloft- Love is in the Air
 One Crazy Stamper- Love
Our Daily Bread Designs- Love
Really Reasonable Ribbon- Monochromatic color and ribbon

Sassy Studio Designs- Love is in the Air
Stampavie and More- Love
Sweet Stampin'- Love is all around

Visible Image- (C15)- Love

Have you heard the news?

Happy Saturday everyone!
It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar and this month the theme is... "What's New?!" New baby, new job, new year... so many possibilities!  For my DT card I chose this sweet image from Paper Pretties that I won and it's comes with 3 sentiments!  How cool is that?!! It's colored with Copics and the papers are from Doodlebug Design and Paper Salon.  I created my paper flowers with the Rose Creations nesties, the button and gems are from my stash and I hand dyed some seam binding to match!  I love how bright it turned out!

Our sponsor this month is Elphine House Australia, so make sure you stop by the challenge blog for all the details and to see the fabulous creations by the other team members!
Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Challenges I would like to enter:
A Gem of a Challenge- New Beginnings
Alota Rubber Stamps- New Born

CCEE Stampers- Baby Card
Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe- Something New
Crafty Ribbons- New Beginnings

Opus Gluei- Free for All

Oozak- Anything goes + pink and bling

Paper Pretties Wednesday- Bling
Pixie Dust Studio- Its all new to me

Simon Says Stamp- New something

Stamp n Doodle- New Beginnings
Totally Gorjuss- Anything goes with a Ribbon

Unique Crafters- New Beginnings

White Christmas

Happy Saturday everyone!

 It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar! This month the theme is... White Christmas with the option to use something Metal.

Crafty Sentiments is sponsoring the challenge and my card features this adorable Snowman's Gift image and It's colored with Copics.  The sentiment is a $1 stamp from Michaels and the bg is embossed with the CB Snowflakes folder.  I used a MFT die for the flourish, a EK Success punch for the flowers and a MS punch for the holly.  Added my 3 silver brads and there you have it!
For more inspiration make sure you stop by the challenge blog and take a look at the DT wonderful creations!
Thanks for stopping by enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Challenges I would like to enter:
Crafty Sentiments- Red White & Green
Creatalicious- Winter
Delightful- Festively Floral
My Time To Craft- Snowmen
 Oldie But Goodie- Let It Snow (Sentiment & brads are over 6mos old)  
OWH Midweek Throwdown- Winter Fun 
Oozak- Anything Goes + Red 
Shopping Our Stash-C13 Odds & Ends and/or Waiting to be used (brads & flower punch)
Sisterhood of Crafters- Time to embrase Embossing
Whimsy Inspiration- Traditional Christmas colors  

Building a Snowman

Hello everyone!  It's time for a new challenge at Crafty Calendar! This month the theme is... Wrap Up Warm for Winter with the option to use: twine, fibers or string!
Cedar Chest Designs is sponsoring the challenge and I chose this adorable Georgia and the Snowman image to work with!  My image is colored with Copics and the sentiment is from Hero Arts.  The paper is from Echo Park, the Season's Greetings collection.  I used a MS punch for the fence, a Recollections punch for the snowflakes and my trees were cut using a QuicKutz die.  The button, Ric-Rac and gems are all from my stash.    

For more inspiration make sure you stop by the challenge blog and take a look at the DT wonderful creations!
Thanks for stopping by enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Challenges I would like to enter:

ABC Christmas- V for Vibrant Colours
ATCs & Cards With Attitude- Sentiment/Anything Goes
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long- Anything Goes

Crafts and Me- Bling
Digistamps 4 Joy- Bingo: no purple, no glitter, no pumpkins, no twine, no orange
Divas by Design- Festive

Fab 'n' Funky- Die Cuts/Punches

Forever Friends- Anything Goes

Inky Impressions- Lots of Layers
Lady Anne's Challenge- Anything Goes + Sentiment
My Mum's Craft shop- Bold and Bright
Ooh La La Creations- Christmas 
Oozak- Winter Vibes

Speedy Fox and Friends- Ric Rac