Shake it up on Valentine's Day

Christmas [or not] Bingo Challenges has a brand-new challenge ready for you!

Each challenge, CBC features a fresh Bingo card filled with fun and creative prompts - and while it's not your typical game of BINGO, the rules are simple:

Choose at least three items from ONE column and include them in your project.

This is a just-for-fun challenge, but it's a great way to get inspired - and you could earn a Winner or Top Pick Badge to proudly display on your bog or socials!

For my project, I picked the "G" column, which includes:

• Valentine - Red - Pearls/Gems - Die cuts / Ephemera

I had so much fun working with these elements - they really pushed my creativity!

I used French Kiss papers and ephemera by Doodlebug Designs to create my Valentine's Day card. The package came with so many cute and fun images it was hard to choose!  After created a small shaker pocket, I went about assembling my card and finished it off with some pearls in the corner.

Make sure to visit the Christmas [or not] BINGO Challenges blog to check out the full BINGO card and get inspired by the Design Team's creations. Then it's your turn - we can't wait to see what you make!

Happy crafting!

Hugs & Hisses

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, I have been making a few cards to build up my stash.  The cards were made using Snakes in Love by Patricia of Kinda Cute.

I used Copic markers to color the images then went to work trying to find papers that would fit the color schemes.  

Since most of my papers are mainly red & pink, I decided to use a heart embossing folder on the turquoise paper and found a matching heart button that I figured was the right embellie for the card.

Enjoy your day!

Challenges

Kinda Cute - Facebook Challenge .
Dream Valley Challenges - Love #262 .

Simon Says Stamp - Embossing Folder .

Use your Stuff - Embossing #440 .

Nuts and Bolts 4 U

 It's time for another fab challenge at Creative Knockouts!  For this challenge we want you to use Die-cuts and/or Punches in your creation.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Sheepski Designs and the lucky winner will receive three (3) images of their choice!

I chose to work with Bob for this challenge and seeing as we are getting closer and closer to Valentine's Day I decided to create a Valentine's Day card.

I colored Bob with Copic markers and added glossy accents to various parts.  The silver dots are I-Rock Glam Rocks that have adhesive to the back and when you use the I-Rock tool by Imaginisce, it heats the adhesive on the back of the glam rocks.  I have had this tool for years and always forget I have it.

In true fashion, I forgot the theme when creating my card so I had to go back and add banners :)  The background papers are from the Cogsmo Links collection by Cosmo Cricket and the sentiment was computer generated.

Make sure you check out the amazingly creative creations from our Design Team then it's your turn to start creating!

Challenges:

Dream Valley Challenges - Love #262 .

Finish the Inside with Creative Knockouts

I'm sitting here at my desk, gazing outside at the beautiful snow and feeling quite peaceful.  While we are not experiencing the deep freeze temperatures like some parts of the Province, for Vancouverites we're freezing!  Coming from a small town up north, my family is used to this weather and I love it, much better than the buckets of rain we normally get this time of year.

With the weather we've been having, it's hard to think about Valentine's Day however I persevered forward for our new challenge at Creative Knockouts.

Our challenge is "Finish the Inside" and our sponsor is Di's Digi Stamps. The winner of this challenge will receive a $6 gift certificate to their store!

 

I have a soft spot for moose, up north it's not uncommon to see them wandering through the neighborhood so when I saw this image I had to have it.  This is Mortimer the Motivational Moose from Dr. Digi's House of Stamps. He's soooo darn cute!  The image comes with two motivational verses plus a blank one to create your own.  Since I wanted to make a Valentine's Day card, I chose "I 💓 U".

Of course, staying with the Valentine's theme, the inside sentiment.

I hope you are all staying warm enough to create and finish those insides!  Have fun!

Prize:  $6 gift certificate

Challenges:
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes with a Critter
Let's Craft and Create - Love is in the Air
Watercooler Wednesday - Occassions

Love 'em at work

Yes, it truly has been over a year since I have posted, yikes where has the time gone?  So many changes in the last year, one being location which unfortunately doesn't give me room for my crafting!  I truly hate cleaning up after a day of crafting only to have to pull it out and start all over again.  Okay, enough of my whining ...

I work with an amazing group of gals and I wanted to give them something special to celebrate Valentine's Day.  I put on my baking hat and whipped up a batch of sugar cookies and while they were baking, I started card creating.  I wanted something clean and simple so I used these mini-valentine images by Whimsie Doodles.  Apologies for the rough looking pictures, forgot to take pics at home with a nice background so I had to quickly snap them at work.

They were quick and fun to create and they looked adorable with the bagged sugar cookies.

Thanks for stopping by and hopefully it won't be another year before I post again!

Challenges:
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes w/a Twist - Cute
Creative Card Crew - 106 Love
Try it on Tuesday - Transport
The Cutie Pie Challenge - All you need is cutie love
Always Playing with Paper - Color Challenge: Pink, Red, Gray, White

We've Got Chemistry

As a new member of The Crafting Cafe Design Team, it's time to celebrate with our Anything Goes Challenge!  The Crafting Cafe is a new monthly challenge blog and we have some great designers and sponsors lined up!

It's day 14 of our challenge and for my submission I used The Experiment by LEJ Designs.

I colored the image with my Copic markers and added glossy accents and glitter to the potions.  Being that it's Valentine's Day, I used the sentiment by Kraftin Kimmie and papers from the Love Story Collection by Fancy Pants Designs.  I used an embossing folder on the brown cardstock to add some embossed hearts.

Our sponsor for this challenge is LEJ Designs and the winner will receive 4 digi's of their choice!

Now it's your turn to get creative and enter your project in our challenge!

Ain't no bull

I had fun with this little bull by Kenny K. I will be entering this card in the following challenges: Cupcake Craft Challenge #128 - Seeing Red (where the bull inspriation came from) http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ Aud Sentiments - Corny Valentines Day Sayings http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/