It's all about... Variety!

Happy Friday everyone! 

It's Alphabet Challenge time and today's letter is... V for Variety. 

So we would like to see at least 3 different types of embellishments or 3 different designer papers, or both! 

My card features the sweet Sarah image from Wee Stamps, isn't it adorable?!! It's colored with Copics, I added a bit of shading with Prisma pencils and the sentiment is a $1 stamp from Michaels. I cut the fishtail flag & stitched circles with MFT dies and all 3 designer papers are from MME- the Lost & Found Christmas collection. You can't see it very well in the photo- but I added sparkle to all of the light turquoise trim with the Clear Wink of Stella pen and it's very shimmery IRL! The button, twine & gems are all from my stash.

I hope you can join us and don't forget to pop on over to the main challenge blog for
more inspiration!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Challenges I would like to enter:
Aud Sentiments- Holiday Bingo: (die cut, digi & bling)
Crafting By Designs- All things Christmas
Clear It Out- Theme: Circles  Stash: Use Glitter/ Something Sparkly (Wink of Stella pen & gems)

CCC Digi Creations- Digi + Christmas
Kitty Bee Designs- Unusual Colored Christmas

Meljens Designs- Holiday

Mema's- Celebrate the Holidays or Cold Winter Days

Natalie and Amy's- Cute & Cuddly Christmas
Papertake Weekly- Anything Goes
Simon Says- Christmas/Holiday
Simon Says Stamp Monday- Holiday Cards

Tuesday Throwdown- Bling It On (Wink of Stella pen & gems)

Snowflake Dancer

Happy Monday everyone, I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

I wanted to pop in today and share a Christmas card with you... I won this Snowflake Dancer last week from Wee Stamps! Isn't she adorable?!! I was one of the lucky winners who received all three of Sylvia's new stamps! Thank you Sylvia! 

I printed out this little cutie and colored her with Copics, I then added a bit of sparkle to her hair with the clear Wink of Stella pen- and this time you can actually see some of the shimmer in the photo!! :) The background was embossed with the CB Snowflake folder and spritzed with Perfect Pearls Mist. I cut the snowflakes out with a Sizzix die, covered them with Dry Rock Candy Distress glitter and I also used Rock Candy Distress Stickles on her scarf, trim and shoes. The bingo card is from Teresa Collins, stamped with VersaMark ink and dusted with chalk, the sentiment is a $1 stamp from Michaels... added several gems and there you have it!

That's all for now... enjoy your day and thanks so much for stopping by!

Challenges I would like to enter:
Addicted to Stamps- Bling Bling
Christmas Cards All Year Round- No Patterned Paper 

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long- Anything Goes
Completely Christmas- Anything goes: twist- lets see some Blue
Craft Your Passion- Something beginning with B (Blue, Bling & Bingo Card)

Dragonfly Dreams- Let's Be Girly and Use a Die Cut or Punch
Inkspirational- Shine
Jellypark Friends- Festive
The Corrosive- Girly
Through the Purple Haze- (C10) -Punch or Die

Love Birds

Good morning everyone and Happy Friday!

It's Alphabet Challenge time and today's letter is... P for Pretty Petals! 

For my DT creation I made an Anniversary card featuring the sweet Bird Swing image from Wee Stamps! It's stamped with Memento Black ink, colored with Spectrum Noirs markers and the sentiment is from Jaded Blossom. I cut my image out with the Labels 17 Nesties then sponged around the edges with Peeled Paint Distress Ink, the paper is from The paper Studio. I hand dyed the seam binding & papers flowers with Spectrum Noir reinkers CG2 & BT4, spritzed them with a little Perfect Pearls Mist... added the teal gems and it's done!

That's all for now... thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the challenge blog to see the beautiful creations by the other team members!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

7 Kids College Fund- Anything goes
Craft-Dee BowZ- Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow
Little Miss Muffet- Anything goes + Brand image (Wee image)
Love to Scrap- Let's Fly Away!

Ppinkydolls- Anything Goes or Add Flowers
QKR Stampede– Things with Wings

Shopping Our Stash- (C13) Use Chicken or any other bird image
STAMPlorations- Stamps and Markers

Vintage Stamping- Anything Goes + must stamp

Yellow Anniversary Bugs

Good afternoon everyone!

I have a very bright, summery Anniversary card to share with you... it's for my

wonderful In-laws! 

This adorable image is from Wee Stamps... it's stamped with Memento Black ink, colored with Copics and I added a bit of shading with Prisma pencils. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and the circle sentiment is from Jaded Blossom. The paper is from Cosmo Cricket, I embossed the bg with the CB Mesh folder and distressed with Mustard Seed Distress Ink. To finish it up I added sequins and paper flowers covered with Stardust Stickles.

After coloring this image I wasn't sure if I liked the yellow bugs, I almost tossed it in the trash... Oh, I'm so glad I didn't because I really like the way this card turned out! :)

That's all for now... thanks so much for stopping by!

Challenges I would like to enter:

7 Kids College Fund- Anything goes w/opt. embossing
Addicted to Stamps- Outdoors
Bunny Zoe's Crafts- Layers
Crafty Creations- Tic Tac Toe (flowers, embossing & die cut)
Creative Moments- Anything goes/monochromatic
Digistamps 4 Joy- Flowers

Dragonfly Dreams- Things with Wings

Fairytale Stampers- Flowers

Path of Positivity- Happiness
Penny's Paper-Crafty- Anything Goes
Ruby's Rainbow- Flora & Fauna
 Whimsy Inspiration- Tic-Tac-Toe (summer, die cut & sentiment) 

Wee Bunny Hugs

Good morning everyone! 

Today is the start of a new challenge at House of Cards and this time we have a fabulous sketch for you to work with...

AND for the next two weeks you can make either a Fun/Cute Style card (like mine) or a Shabby/Vintage Style card or BOTH! :) 

For my DT card I chose this sweet Wee Bunny image from Wee Stamps!  It's stamped with Memento Black ink, colored with Copics and the sentiment is from Hero Arts. The papers are from Echo Park and the word "Hugs" was cut with a Tim Holtz die. I used MFT dies for the the Rolled Scalloped Flowers and the Fancy Flourish... added a couple of large pearls and there you have it!

We'd love you to play along and don't forget to pop on over to the main challenge blog for more inspiration.

 Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful Monday!

Challenges I would like to enter:
7 Kids College Fund- Anything goes
A Creative Romance- Spring Flowers
Jellypark- Mother's Day
One Crazy Stamper- Anything Goes (#2 entry)
Open-Minded- Animal Antics 
One Stitch At A Time- Flowers
Penny Black and More- Blossoms and Blooms
Polkadoodle- C10– Animal Magic

Simply Create Too- Easter or Use Bunnies
The Squirrel & The Fox- All creatures great & Small

Always and Forever

Good morning everyone and Happy Valentine's Day!

It's Alphabet Challenge time and today's letter is... A for Always and Forever!  

So any LOVE creation will do...  Anniversary, Valentines, Weddings- it's up to you!

I decided to make a Anniversary card with an adorable image from Wee Stamps!  It's stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copics, the circle sentiment is from Jaded Blossom and the postage stamp/die cut is from Whimsy stamps.  I used a Fiskars punch for the corners and all three papers are from Teresa Collins- You are my Happy collection. The edges have been distressed with Vintage Photo distress ink and to finish it up I added some hand dyed seam binding and there you have it!

For more inspiration be sure to stop by the challenge blog and take a look at the DT fabulous creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

Challenges I would like to enter:
7 Kids College Fund- Anything goes

City Crafter- Love Bug- Use the word Love (my dp)

Crafting By Designs- Anything for Love

Creative Moments- Anything goes/Love

Divas by Design- With Love

Fan-Tastic Tuesday- Romance (must be square)
Paper Crafting Journey- Love is in the Air

Sisterhood of Crafters- Love You

Stampotique Designers- Perfect Pairs (2 sentiments, 2 punched corners & 2 bugs)

The Artistic Stamper- Use Distress

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

OWH Anniversary Cards

Happy 4th of July!! 
A new Midweek Throwdown Challenge starts today on the Operation Write Home Stars & Stamp blog and the theme is Anniversary.  Jan emailed me and asked if I could make a sample or two for the challenge!! :) So here are my cards...
My first card feature a sweet image from Pink Cat Studios and since it's the 4th of July I went with a Patriotic color combo!

On my second card I used an image from Wee Stamps, I love this image and thought it would be be perfect for watercoloring!          

To play along with this weeks challenge... just make an Anniversary card and link it up here AND all the information/guidelines for making cards for OWH can be found on their main blog!
Have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by!

I would like to enter my Red, White and Blue card into the following challenges:
Amusing Challenges- Red, White and Blue
Cupcake Inspirations- Photo Inspiration (Red, White and Blue)
Die Cuttin' Divas- Red, White and Blue + die cut
Divas by Design -Red, White and Blue
Gingerloft- Red, White and Blue
Incy Wincy Designs- Patriotism (Use only colors from your country... United States)
Kenny K`s Krafty Krew- Patriotic (use the colors of your flag/US)
Paper Playtime- Die Cut + Red, White and Blue  

Penny's Paper-Crafty- Red, White and Blue
Sentimental Sundays- Be Patriotic (Red, White and Blue)
The Perfect Sentiment- Anything Goes w/Red, White and Blue + Sentiment 
The Pink Elephant- Photo Inspiration (red, white and Blue)

Supplies: Hero Arts sentiments, Whimsy Stamps postage stamp/die cut, Copics, Tombow brush markers, waterbrush, Labels 17 nestie, Classic Rectangle/Scalloped nesties, Rose Creation nestie,

 CB Argyle ef, Sizzix Dots ef, Jillibean Soup dp, gem, button & ribbon