Let it Snow

I am happy to be entering into the following challenges this week:

Papertake Weekly - sketch

Simon Says - anything goes

Fab N Funky - anything goes

Cooking It Up w/Katie - anything goes

Raise the Bar - starting to look a lot like xmas

Papercrafting Journey - anything goes

Totally Papercrafts - Let it snow

Delightful Sketches - Let it snow

Crazy Challenge - stars or snowflakes

Crazy 4 Challenge - snow

Crafty Catz - colours of christmas

Autumn Bird

Fall is my most favorite time of the year without doubt...I love decorating... papercrafting..everything... it's all about the colors... they're just so inviting! I had so much fun coloring this image.. using new techniques I picked up at the Copic Certification class but the best part was finding a sheet of paper that matched perfectly.... Thanks for stopping by...

Challenges:

I Copic Lover Color Challenge - fall

Flutter by Wednesday - winged things

Creative Card Crew - autumn

Meljen's Designs - autumn colors

Thank You

Inspired by The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC43... I used Wild Card Cricut Cart for card cut DP by K and Co and copics to color my stamped sentiment image...

Challenges

Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge- sketch

Cupcake Craft - blue and green

Bloom

Colored image w/ Copics, background mat done by using technique of painting emb folder w/sponge...

Challenges:

Copic Oz - colour flowers

Stamping for the Weekend - anything goes

Aud Sentiments - anything goes

Digi Doodle Shop - anything goes

Craft Your Passion - anything goes

Kaboodle Doodles - add a little metal (metal flower)

Creative Belli - round and metal

Fab - n- Funky - flower power

Stamp Something - use digi

Fountain

It's all about the Copics and coloring... it's just plain fun and relaxing....and I am eligible to enter the following challenges: 

Simon Stamp and Show - things w/ wings

Digital Tuesday Challenge - butterfles or lace

Crafty Creations - winged things

Paper Sundaes - metal

Sentimental Sunday - anything goes

Crafty Your Days Away - favorite things (copics)

Crazy Challenge - nature

Bunny Zoe's - vintage

Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - sketch

Dream

Inspired by The Play Date Cafe Challenge 41 and sketch 41 at Sketch and Stash Challenge  ... I used 'Summer in Paris' Cricut cart for balloons and Storybook for corners..some fab K and Co dp w/some Core'dinations and in inside sentiment

"life is either a daring adventure or nothing.."

~Challenges~

Pink Elephant - summer fun

Cupcake Craft - lace

Practical Scrappers - summer

Digital Tuesday - butterflies or lace

City Crafter - use a heart

Cute Card Thursday - whateva

Crafty Ann's - lazy hazy days of summer

One Stop Craft - summer fun

Thank you!

Cat Tales

Cat Tales was inspired by Copic Creation's Challenge 32 - 'A Summer Reading'... I was sort of at a loss as to what to use as an image.. had tinkered with this or that..and then turned to this quite large (4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in) Stamp Happens stamp that has been sitting peacefully on the shelf collecting dust  for a number of years now... it seemed perfect for the challenge and gave me quite the Copics coloring opportunity.. because of it's size I wasn't sure what to do with it.. and then I saw Unscripted Sketches # 67 and thought perhaps I could make that work... used the CB to add a little embossing texture, a couple of buttons, and a snippet of ribbon and here you have it... and here are the other challenges I'm excited to enter:

Penny's Paper - anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - whateva

A Friend

Inspired by The Crazy Challenge (olive, fuschia and teal) and SSDS no image challenge.. I followed a sketch by Stamp With Fun and used the Home Accent Cricut Cart for my flourishes/flowers and scalloped circle, also used CB for little embossed texture and a really old stamp from Michael's dollar bin years ago... Thanks much friends for stopping by!

Penny's Paper - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - whatever
Fab - n- Funky - spotty dotty stripes
Simon Says - song in your head (James Taylor - You've Got a Friend)
Dutch Dare - anything goes
Craftilicious - make own flowers
Craft Your Days Away - favourite things (friends)

Just for You

For this birthday blessing I used a sketch by Meljen's Designs... I colored using Copics and while at times I wasn't exactly sure of whether I was coloring a flower or something else.. I think the end result worked out ok??  At any rate..I had fun doing it! 

Celebrate

Following a sketch by Incy Wincy (challenge 52) and iCopic's Color Challenge #1Test Challenge - Ivory, Gold, & Chocolate... my image is thanks to The Graphics Fairy and I used copics for coloring/shading and cuttlebug for embossing...

Thanks for stopping by!

Summer Birthday

I used one of my favorite wood mount rubber stamps that I found years ago in a local community crafting garage sale along with a beautiful summery sheet of designer paper by K and Co.... not finding the exact flowers to match.. I made my own coloring with Copics (also used to color in stamped image) and added a little Diamond Dust ....I followed a sketch by Friday Sketchers and am entering into the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe's - summer days

Kah-wink-a-dink - in the garden

Creative Cottage - touchy feely

Crafty Catz - summertime

Digi Doodle Shop - anything goes

Craftilicious - birthdays

Create 4 Fun - flowers

Cowgirl Sunday - anything goes

Creative Insprirations - anything goes

Whoopsi Daisy - vibrant colors

Vacation Claus

Well, it's like this... I had this piece of scrap paper that had a big boat on it...but I really wanted to do a xmas card... and I like the challenge of making a scene... and so...that's how it happened... I ended up with a 'Vacation Clause'...  it's kinda funny..right??   :)

Challenges:

Shabby Tea Room - let's make an impression

Magical Crafts - xmas in July

Tuesday Taggers - make a scene

Flourishes Timeless - xmas in July

Creative Card Crew - die cuts

If the Shoe Fits - vacation

Polka Doodles - summer

Fussy and Fancy - xmas

Craftalicious Challenges - cute

SSDS - make a scene

KL Stampin' N Scrappin - dry emboss

Totally Gorjuss - water

Creative Craft - summer

Cricut Cardz - xmas

My Partner in Crafting Crime - summer

Penny's Paper - use 7 of something (die cuts)

Aud Sentiments - no sentiments

Simple Doodles - holidays 

Ann's Creative Nook - anything goes

oh..and the tools I used to create this scene were Joys of the Season and Life's a Beach cricut carts and CB 'Clockworks' folder... Thanks for sailing by...

Simply Patriotic

Although there is just over an hour left of this 4th of July... I had to post this simple patriotic card I made using a scrap sheet of paper that I picked up as a freebie in our local scrapbooking store...I hadn't planned on this card...the pieces just sort of jumped at me ...so I followed sketch 109 at Friday Sketchers and the pieces came together...I did a little trimming by hand and  a little 'Script' CB embossing and that's about it...oh, except for the stars in the corners...I used an unused cricut cut out of a star as a stencil using a parint brush with a little versa mark and some gold perfect pearls... hope you had a safe and happy one...  

~Challenges~ 

Frosted Designs - stars/stripes and red, white and blue

Stamp Something - use colors of your flag

Made In USA

This is my very first time using Copics...(love 'em!) I adored the image by Digi Doodle Shop..reminds me of a car that my and brother and I used to play with way back when we were that size... after coloring the image the rest of the card just came together really quickly ..using Wild Card (rockets) and Graphically Speaking Cricut Carts (made in USA) and it can go into the following challenges:

ABC Challenge - extra dimension

Friday Sketchers - sketch

Pals Paper Arts - 4th July

PaperPlay - for child/teen

Pixie Dust - red,white,blue

AIFactory - red,white,blue

Crafty Catz - digi

All Sorts - emboss

Stamptacular Sunday - stars/stripes

One Stitch At A Time - stars/stripes

Caardvarks - emboss

Fantabulous Cricut - 4th of July (with a star)

Cuttlebug Spot - Independence Day

Fresh Brewed Designs - fireworks

Cricut Cardz - 4th of July

Stampin' Royalty - seeing double

Thanks for stopping by!

Stars and Stripes

Keeping it simple and done in under an hour for The Crazy Challenge, I followed a sketch by Pals Paper Arts (PPA48) and used Graphically Speaking cricut cartridge for the flag and star strip, I made the initial strip cut too small but was able to use the left-over cut out stars to pop up against my white CB Swiss Dot embossed (embossing challenges this week by All Sorts, The Crafty Pad and Caardvarks) background which gave me an extra dimension to use for the ABC Challenge and I went with a patriotic theme for our upcoming Independence Day which is challenged by The Cuttlebug Spot , Fantabulous Cricut 4th of July (using a star),Cupcake Inspirations 4th of July,  One Stitch At A Time Stars and Stripes, Stamptacular Sunday Stars and Stripes Challenge and  Little Red Wagon, I used a new 12x12 pad of red, white and blue paper and that goes into S2G's 'Something New' Challenge, and  for the 'Anything Goes' Challenge Digi Doodle Shop, Sew Many Challenges and Fresh Brewed Designs.

Thanks for stopping by!

Piano

I did this simple music piece for my first run at using the piano cut off of Summer In Paris cartridge..keeping it simple..I added some CB 'swiss dots' embossing and a little ribbon and called it good..now...it's off to enter into the following challenges...

Incy Wincy - music

Truly Scrumptious - sketch

Enjoy the Ride

I made this Father's Day card following this weeks color challenge at The Play Date Cafe and sketch by Corrosive Challenge.  I used CB Candy Cane folder, Graphically Speaking (car and enjoy the ride) and Beyond Birthdays (Dad) cricut carts. 

~Challenges~

One Stop Craft - for boys

Stamptacular Sunday's - tribute to father's

Raise the Bar - special guy

Magical Crafts - Father's Day

Incy Wincy - for guys

Cupcake Craft - for boys

Crafty Cardmakers - for man

Double Dutch - dad

A Crafty Little Place - for boys

Creative Craft - for man

Stampin Royalty - masculine

One Stitch At A Time - celebrations

Caardvarks - embossing

Flourishes Timeless - embossing

Fab -n- Funky - Father's Day

Prairie Fairy - dad

I do appreciate you stopping by!

Wisdom

I used Summer In Paris cart along with DCWV patterned paper, embossed w/CB Herring Bone foler, scallop border punch by Martha Stewart and a touch of Glossy Accents to dress up his suit for this Father's Day "Wisdom" card.  I followed Sketch Saturday's Week #107 sketch and The Play Date Cafe PDCC33 Challenge (raspberry, aqua, kraft and white).  Inside sentiment 'Happy Father's Day' wood mount stamp.  Given that this card is for a man and specifically for Father's Day... it appears that their are quite a number of challenges to submit this one... I had better get to it... Thanks for looking!

Incy Wincy - one for the guys
Cupcake Craft - one for the boys
Crafty Cardmakers - challenge 23 for men
Double Dutch - dad's treat
A Crafty Little Place - for the boys
Creative Craft - for a man
My Partner In Crafting Crime - Father's Day
Crafts and Me - friends/family
Totally Gorjuss - for the boys
Stamptacular Sunday - tribute to all Father's
Caardvarks - wet or dry embossing

Vegas Anniversary

When I saw the Polka Doodles Week 22 Challenge Mod/Retro Anniversary...I was all over it!  Gave me the perfect opportunity to use my wood mount Vegas sign stamp and some fabulously fun K and Co patterned paper... 

The Pixie Cottage - sketch

Polly Craft - ribbon/bling

Practical Scrappers - eyelets

Crafty Angels - favorite stamp

Delightful Sketches - texture

Cooking it up w/Katie - green, embossing, ribbon

Charisma Cardz - spots and stripes

Corrosive Challenge - die cuts

Stampacular Sunday - I do, I do, I do

Magical Crafts - metal madness

Caardvaarks - embossing

One Stitch at a Time - boys to men

Creative Craft - for the man in your life

C.R.A.F.T - mens

Play Date PostCard

This card was inspired by

The Play Date Cafe - pale peach, peach, lemon challenge and Unscripted Sketches #58 and as a result of using Home Accents cart (Inspire and photo corners), some torn K and Co designer paper ink distressed with ColorBox Chalk Ink (peach pastel) and dry embossed using CB I am able to enter the following challenges:

Cupcake Craft - dazzle us

Crazy Challenge - distress it

Tuesday Taggers - texture

Crafts and Me - distressed

Delightful Sketches - texture

ABC Challenge- vintage

Charisma Cardz - flowers

Paper Play - flowers and sparkle

Meljens Designs - dry embossing

Busy Beauties - anything goes

AIFactory - anything goes w/a die cut

Frosted Designs - buttons

Stamping for the Weekend - summer/travel

One Stop Craft - make own design paper

Corrosive Challenge - die cuts

Caardvarks - embossing