Kick up your heels

For Christmas I wanted to make my nieces something special and when I came across this digi by Mo Manning, Little Irish Dancer I  knew what I wanted to do.

Both nieces have been Irish Dancing for years and have traveled through the USA and Ireland competing, and winning competitions.

I colored the images with my Copic markers and purchased these frames from Michaels.  I visited our local craft shop, Creative Accents in Williams Lake and had Tara fill me with ideas and suggestions on how to dress up the frames.  I left the shop with goodies in hand and got to work.

I'm sorry the pictures are not the best quality as they really don't show the true, vibrant colors.  It was Christmas Eve and I was madly wrapping the gifts when I realized I hadn't taken a pic yet.

Merry Christmas Nicole and Lauren!



Challenges
2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Anything but a Card
Hiding in My Craft Room - Freestyle
ATC's and Cards with Attitude - Anything Goes
Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges - Anything Goes
Stampin' for the Weekend - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments - Any Sentiment
Bronte and Bella's Challenge - Fave Mo Image
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Not a Card
Charisma Cardz Challenges - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenge - Anything Goes
Link Up for Pink - A Dash of Pink
Simply Create - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes
Anything but a Card
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
Craft My Life - Anything Goes
The Crafty Bloggers - Anything Goes
Paper Makeup Stamps/Digi Makeover - Anything Goes
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge - Anything Goes
Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Holiday Wishes

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday, spent with family and friends.  It all seems like such a blur, I was running around like my hair was on fire 4 day ago and now I'm just trying to recover!

This is one of my fave cards that I made this season and I love how it turned out.  My inspiration came from Tabbatha of The Zadis Project. Please check out her blog!

These adorable birds are by Tiddly inks and is called For the Birds and the subway art is a freebie from Eighteen25.

The inside sentiment is from the Christmas Sampler collection by Paper Smooches.

Challenges

ABC Christmas Challenge- Z is for Zoo Animals
Hotshot Craft Blog - Clean and Simple

It's Christmas!

Why am I still making Christmas cards ... they should have already been mailed!  I'm so far behind and just when I think I've caught up there's 2 more cards to make.  

I love this card, it's so simple and I love the papers/colors.  The image is a freebie from Stamp Fairy and the sentiment stamp is from Lily of the Valley.  The paper is from the Winter Wishes collection by Echo Park and the ribbon is from Stampin Up.

Challenges:

Belli Challenge - Christmas
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Christmas
Paper Minutes - Christmas Balls
ABC Christmas Challenge - "Y" Your fave Die/Punch

Day 12 - Last "Days of Christmas" at Cards for Men

It's Day 12 of the 'Days of Christmas' event at Cards for Men!

Today, our hostess is Kym.  Our sponsor today is Letraset and today's winner will receive 6 Flexmarkers!  All you have to do is leave Kym some love and a winner will be picked from the comments left on her blog.

ProMarkers are made by Letraset and are a twin tipped, dye based alcohol marker offering a high quality product at a great price. Avilable in 148 colours, they give incredible tonal range and can be applied to a diverse range of materials, not just paper and card. ProMarkers produce vivid, bright colours right through to the subtlest pastel shades - the translucent inks can also be overlaid and blended, even further extending the range of shades and hues on offer. ProMarker's quality nibs and inks provide flawless colour lay down with consistent coverage and no unsightly streaking.

Make sure you visit Cards for Men tomorrow to find out if you're the lucky winner!  Have fun!

Day 11 - Days of Christmas at Cards for Men

It's Day 11 of the 'Days of Christmas' event at Cards for Men!

Today, our hostess is Donna.  Our sponsor today is Stampin Up! and today's winner will receive winner will receive a £10 gift voucher!  All you have to do is leave Donna some love and a winner will be picked from the comments left on her blog.

Make sure you visit Cards for Men tomorrow to find out if you're the lucky winner!  Have fun!

Day 10 - Days of Christmas at Cards for Men

It's Day 10 of the 'Days of Christmas' event at Cards for Men!

Today, our hostess is Caz.  Our sponsor today is That Craft Place and today's winner will receive a £10 voucher to be spend in there shop!  All you have to do is leave Caz some love and a winner will be picked from the comments left on her blog.

Welcome to That Craft Place 

This is a Shop run By Lisa Horton .. I run an actual bricks and mortar shop in Eastbourne, East Sussex. We have every kind of craft for sale ... If you can't find it i will try by best to source it for you. We stock most leading Brands and have a huge collection of rubber stamp's , Saturated Canary , Kraftin Kimmie , My Craft Sentiments, Crafters companion , Indigo Blue , My Favorite Things, CC Designs to name a few . We also stock a large selection of Die's Memory Box, Sizzix, Spellbinder's , Cherrylyn , Marianne Dies. We have new deliveries arriving each day.

Make sure you visit Cards for Men tomorrow to find out if you're the lucky winner!  Have fun!

Day 9 - Days of Christmas at Cards for Men

It's Day 9 of the 'Days of Christmas' event at Cards for Men!

Today, our hostess is Lisa.  Our sponsor today is Bugaboo Stamps and today's winner will receive 10 images of their choice!  All you have to do is leave Lisa some love and a winner will be picked from the comments left on her blog.

Make sure you visit Cards for Men tomorrow to find out if you're the lucky winner!  Have fun!

Day 8 - Days of Christmas at Cards for Men

It's Day 8 of the 'Days of Christmas' event at Cards for Men!

Today, our hostess is Carole.  Our sponsor today is Kenny K and today's winner will receive 3 images of their choice!  All you have to do is leave Carole some love and a winner will be picked from the comments left on her blog.

Make sure you visit Cards for Men tomorrow to find out if you're the lucky winner!  Have fun!

Guest Designer at Here Come the Boys!

I'm thrilled to be a Guest Designer for Here Come the Boys and their Anything Goes Challenge!  As a mom with two boys, I find it easier to create cards/projects for boys so I'm very excited to be a part of this wonderful team for today!

There is some fab candy to be won so make sure to head on over to Here Come the Boys get get all the details!

For my project I made a candy test tube holder.

 

The pattern is by The Cutting Cafe and I used papers from Close to My Heart.  I added some ribbon, twine and button and used this adorable reindeer stamp by Paper Smooches.  

Get your creativity on and join in the fun, I can hardly wait to see your creation!

Challenges

Anything but a Card - Seasonal Holiday

CraftyHazelnuts Challenge - Reindeer
Drunken Stampers - For the Boys
The Sweetpea Stampers - Gifts
Totally Papercrafts - For the Boys

Day 7 - Days of Christmas at Cards for Men

It's Day 7 of the 'Days of Christmas' event at Cards for Men!

Today, our hostess is Erin.  Our sponsor today is Fresh Brewed Designs and today's winner will receive 5 images of their choice!  All you have to do is leave Erin some love and a winner will be picked from the comments left on her blog.

Make sure you visit Cards for Men tomorrow to find out if you're the lucky winner!  Have fun!

Day 5 - Days of Christmas at Cards for Men

It's Day 5 of the 'Days of Christmas' event at Cards for Men!

Today, our hostess is Sandra .  Our sponsor is My Mum's Craft Shop and winner will receive a £10 gift voucher!  All you have to do is leave Sandra some love and a winner will be picked from the comments left on her blog.

Make sure you visit Cards for Men tomorrow to find out the winner!  Have fun!

My Mums Craft Shop is a bricks & mortar and online store. We stock many of the leading brands and specialise in rubber stamping. We have brands including Some Odd Girl, Stamping Bella, My Favorite Things, CC Designs and many more. We also stock a large selection of Dienamics, Memory Box, Sizzix, CC Designs Marianne Dies. We constantly have new deliveries arriving, check out our website for more products - www.mymumscraftshop.co.uk 

Day 4 - Days of Christmas at Cards for Men

It's Day 4 of the 'Days of Christmas' event at Cards for Men!

Today is Alan's turn to host our event and our sponsor for today is Scribbled Kidz.  They will be awarding the winner 3 images of their choice.  All you have to do is leave some Christmas cheer for Alan and a winner will be picked from the comments left on his blog.

Scribbled Kidz is all about fun images and largely inspired by my family and what they might get up to.  They are all hand drawn originals scanned in at 300dpi and saved as jpegs.  If you have any suggestions or special requests, please let us know.  Please pop along and see what we have to offer.

Make sure you visit Cards for Men tomorrow to find out the winner!  Have fun!

Day 3 - Days of Christmas at Cards for Men

It's Day 3 of the 'Days of Christmas' event at Cards for Men!

Today our sponsor is  The Stamping Boutique and they are giving today's winner 3 digis of their choice!!

For my card I chose to work with the Candle digi.  I colored the image with my Copic markers to match the papers I used from the Snow Day Collection by Bo Bunny.  I added some glossy accents and white highlights on the berries and glossy accents on the candle flame.

I'm not sure where I got the sentiment from but thought it worked perfectly with this image. 

To be entered into today's draw, make sure you leave a comment below and be sure to check the Cards for Men blog tomorrow to see if you're the winner, good luck!

Day 2 - Days of Christmas at Cards for Men

It's Day 2 of the 'Days of Christmas' event at Cards for Men!

Today, our hostess is Shirley and our Sponsor is Meljens and they have donated a $10 gift certificate to the daily winner.  All you have to do is leave Shirley some love and a winner will be picked from the comments left on her blog.

Make sure you visit Cards for Men tomorrow to find out the winner!  Have fun!

Days of Christmas Blog Hop

It's celebration time at Cards for Men, we are celebrating our 3 year anniversary!!

In honor of all our followers, participants and sponsors we are hosting a Days of Christmas event that will run today until December14th.  Each day a member of the design team will host the event and showcase their creation.  Each day will have a different sponsor and a prize to be won.  All you have to do is visit the host/hostess of the day and leave them some love for a chance to win our Sponsor's prize!

Today, Patricia is our hostess and our Sponsor is Di's Digi Downloads.

I have been drawing since a child and studied graphics at College many years ago, I now work as a Medical photographer part time but my love was always drawing. I started card making about 4 years ago when I bought my daughter a card making kit which we did together, but I’m afraid I got the bug! My daughter preferred scrapbooking. I then started looking online at other blogs and this then became my passion and I loved sharing my cards with like-minded people.

I love stamping and loved finding images, but sometimes I could not find what I wanted so I started to draw myself.

This then has become my second addiction and I have never looked back, I love thinking of new images, and its just fabulous to see others take them and make them into beautiful works of art. Long may it continue!

What are you waiting for, head on over to see Patricia's creation!

Ginger-Christmas

Of course I plan on making Christmas cards come September but as usual, it's November and now I'm cramming to get my cards done!

I'm trying to keep things simple and quick so here is my first go-around.

This cute image is Holiday Gingers by Whimsie Doodles.  I colored them up with my Copic markers then added some glitter to their hats.  The turquoise paper was distressed with my Cuttlebug Distressing Folder, Snow Sledding Winter Words, finished the layout with some twine and card number 1 is done!


Challenges:
ABC Christmas Challenge - "X" marks the spot
Divas by Design - Glitter and Sparkle
For Fun Challenges - Christmas with Sparkle
Try it on Tuesday - Christmas Sparkle
Paper Makeup Stamps - Christmas
Lexi's Creations - Christmas
There's Magic in the Air - Sparkle
The Crafty Pad - Add some Glitter
Sparkles Christmas Challenge - Contemporary Color Combo
Jingle Belles - Christmas Food
Winter Wonderland - Christmas Food

Merry Christmas Challenge

It's getting closer ... Christmas that is!  If you haven't started your Christmas cards (like me) you better hurry!  The challenge over at Cards for Men is Merry Christmas and this is a fab way to get your mojo rockin'.

Our Sponsor is Scribbled Kidz and they have supplied us with some great images to work with.  The winner of this challenge will win 3 images!

 

I found this image quite endearing, reminds me of my boys madly writing up their lists.  Make sure you check out the creations by our fab Design Team and get ready to create!

Image:  Dear Santa by Scribbled Kidz

Papers:  Bazzill Basics Paper, Kraft Wrap and Blizzard from the Believe Collection

Medium:  Copic Markers

Challenges:

The Craft Pad - Christmas

Little Claire's Designs - Christmas

Paper Creator's Crafts -  All About Christmas

Happy Moments

 You would  think with all the cards I have made over the years I would have a simple birthday card in my stash.  Wrong!  I needed something quick and this card was fast and simple.

I didn't have time to go through my digi stamps so I pulled out Happy Moments set by Stampin' Up!  I've had this for so long and don't think I've ever used it.

I colored the image with my copic markers to match the papers and for the life of me I can't remember the name of the 6x6 pad it's from.

The sentiment is a digi that I had in my sentiments stash and thought it would work just fine here.  Voila, this card took less approx. 15 minutes!

Challenges:

Totally Gorjuss - Plain and Simple
Clearly iStamp - Plain and Simple

Feelin' Icky - Anything Goes Challenge

That's correct-a-mundo ... it's an Anything Goes challenge at Cards for Men!

Our sponsor for this challenge is My Mum's Craft Shop and the winner will receive a £10 gift voucher!

My Mums Craft Shop is a bricks & mortar and online store. We stock many of the leading brands and specialise in rubber stamping. We have brands including Some Odd Girl, Stamping Bella, My Favorite Things, CC Designs and many more. We also stock a large selection of Dienamics, Memory Box, Sizzix, CC Designs Marianne Dies. We constantly have new deliveries arriving, check out our website for more products - www.mymumscraftshop.co.uk 

This is definitely what my hubby looks like when  he's feeling under the weather, well maybe minus the horns!

This adorable image is by Flubu Monster by Paper Makeup Stamps.  I colored him up with my Copic Markers and dug out my 6 x 6 Dots and Stripes paper pad by Echo Park for the black and white dotted paper and  My Minds Eye for the blue and white dotted paper.  Added some buttons and baker's twine and within minutes the card came together.  Clean and simple, easy peasy!

Here Come the Boys - Die Cuts / Punch
Red Carpet Studio - Clean and Simple
Allsorts - For Men Only
A Gem of a Challenge - Polka Dots / Spots
CAS-ual Fridays - Clean and Simple Masculine

Happy Birthday Sista!

It's my little sister's birthday and when I came across this image I thought of her right away! By looking at her, you'd never guess she loves fishing.  She really is a girly-girl, high heels, always done up but looks aren't everything.  Give that girl a fishing rod and she's in her glory!

This image is called "I got this boys" by Saturated Canary.  I colored her up with my Copics and added a touch of sparkle with my Spica markers.  I can't remember what paper collection I used, I'll have to look it up when I get home and the embellies are from my stash.

Challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Birthday

Charisma Cardz Challenge - Recipe

Inky Impressions - Lots of Layers

My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Challenge - Ribbon

Paper Crafting Journey - Ribbon / Twine

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Birthdays

Eureka Stamps - Buttons & Bows

Lexi's Creations - Special Birthday

Love to Create - Lots of Layers

Sketch Challenge at Cards for Men

It's challenge time at Cards for Men and this time it's a Sketch Challenge!

I used this funny little pizza guy from Fresh Brewed Designs.  They have some great fun food images that are fab for kids of all ages!
I colored him up with my Copics and added Glossy Accents on the pepperoni then finished it off with some Baker's Twine and buttons.

So, here's the sketch and information on our amazing sponsor, Letraset.  Now get going on your creation!

Our sponsor for this sketch challenge is Letraset and the winner will receive a pack of 6 Promarkers!

ProMarkers are made by Letraset and are a twin tipped, dye based alcohol marker offering a high quality product at a great price. Avilable in 148 colours, they give incredible tonal range and can be applied to a diverse range of materials, not just paper and card. ProMarkers produce vivid, bright colours right through to the subtlest pastel shades - the translucent inks can also be overlaid and blended, even further extending the range of shades and hues on offer. ProMarker's quality nibs and inks provide flawless colour lay down with consistent coverage and no unsightly streaking.

Challenges:

Creative Stamp Friends - Cards for Men
The Paper Players - Frames
Hiding in my Craft Room - Die Cuts
Annabel Stamps Blog - A Kids Card
Clearly iStamp - All Tied Up

Something Blue

Weddings have been quite popular this year in our corner of the world and have been asked multiple times to make Wedding cards.  Again, this request came in so I hunkered down and make a few for my coworker to choose from, this was one of them.

What Bride does not say this when she's getting ready!  The sentiment is from the Wedding Day Set by TLC Creations, a fave of mine and I used Fishtail Flag Die-Namics dies for the black and white flags.  

In keeping with the theme, I dressed the inside of the card with the same ribbon and flags. I'm not sure where this sentiment came from, it's simple and beautiful.

Challenges:

Paper Pretties:  Focus on the Sentiment
Jackson's Digital Expressions - CAS + 2 Dies
Crafting When We Can - Wedding Celebrations
PanPastel - Wedding Bliss
Sentimental Sundays - Black, White + One Other Color

Orange and Black at Cards for Men

It's time for another Cards for Men challenge and our theme is Orange & Black!

The winner will win four (yes, 4!) digis from our fab sponsor, Kenny K.  I'm sure you're all familiar with the wonderful work of Kenny K's Shop but what about the man (and woman) behind those wonderful creations ... click here to take a look at their journey.

For my card, I could not resist using Jeannie.  I remember watching I Dream of Jeannie when I was young and I loved Barbara Eden!

I colored the image with my Copic Markers and added some glossy accents here and there.  The paper is from The Glowing Collection by Authentique and the rest is from my stash.

Now let's see what you can create using Orange and Black!  Don't forget to check out the fab creations from the Cards for Men Design Team!

Challenges:

Creative Inspirations Paint - Black and Orange 
My Heart Pieces - Use Black
Clear It Out - Orange, Purple or Black

Get 'em Squished

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the USA and I made this card in hopes to spread awareness all over the World, not just in October.

The image and bottom sentiment is from Whimsie Doodles and is one of my faves, brings a smile to  my face everytime!

The paper collection is by Theresa Collins and I colored the image with my Copic Markers.  I added some stitching and some rhinestones to bling it up and the rest is from the craft stash.

Sorry for the quality of the pic, I'm trying to find the perfect lighting/colors .. one day I might get it right!

Challenges

Craft Your Passion - Breast Cancer Awareness
Dream Valley Challenges - Go Pink (Breast Cancer Awareness)
Gingerloft Challenge - Stitching
Drunken Stampers - Think Pink
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - Easel Card
Jellypark Challenges - Pink it Up
Our Craft Lounge - Go Pink (Breast Cancer Awareness)
Charisma Cardz Challenges - Badda Bling!
Cute Card Thursday - Lotsa Ribbon
PaperPlay Challenges - Shine On
Sassy Studio Designs - Think Pink
Southern Girls Challenge - Spots and Stripes
Shelly's Images - Bingo (orange, sewing, ribbon)

Halloween at Tabitha's!

October's challenge this month at Tabitha's Designs is Halloween.  It's time to pull out the spookies and ghoulies and start creating!

This month the winner will win some fab prizes from Scrappy Moms Stamps and Elisabeth Bell Stamps.

Prizes:

Scrappy Moms Stamps - Stamp Set
Elisabeth Bell - 2 digis of your choice

This here is Frank by Mo Manning, I fell in love with him as soon as I saw him!

I colored him with my Copics and distressed the edges with Concord Grape Distress Ink by Tim Holtz.  The skull paper, ribbon and wicked tag is from my stash and I used googlie eyes for my embellies. The border was make with my 1/2" circle punch by Stampin Up and I followed the sketch from the Sweet Spot to give me some inspiration. 

Now it's your turn, I can hardly wait to see your creation!

Challenges:
The Corrosive Challenge - Villians and Monsters
Quirky Crafts Challenge - Quirky Monsters
The Sweet Shop - Sketch
Craft us Crazy - Halloween
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge - One for the boys
Hooked on Craft Challenges - Halloween
My Craft Spot - Boo to you
Paper Playtime - Trick or Treat plus die cut or punch
Ladybug Crafts - Halloween

Animal Magic Challenge

It's time to dig up those animal images for our Animal Magic challenge at Cards for Men!

Our sponsor for this challenge is Meljen's Designs, the winner will receive 4 images of their choice! 

Meljen's Designs is a digital stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical, fun digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and it is steadily growing. The new store offers instant downloads, organized categories, and a search feature. We have new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Mondays and a monthly Guest Designer at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the store to find more of Melissa's wonderful images!

I chose Mummy Dog by Meljen's for my card.  I cut the spider border with my Silhouette then layered it with some cheesecloth, colored with Smooch spray and some black lace.  The papers are from Close to my Heart and the button is from Martha Stewart. 

Make sure you stop by Cards for Men to check out the creations from our very talented Design Team!

Challenges:

The Corrosive Challenge - Animal Companion
Crazy 4 Challenges - Thanksgiving
Sentimental Sundays - Autumn
Eureka Stamps - Animals

REMINDER: Sports Challenge at Tabitha's

You still have time!! We're at our half-way point for our Sports Challenge over at Tabitha's Designs.

 Our Sponsor, Dude Time Doodles, is giving the winner a $10 gift certificate to their fab store!

To get your mojo movin', I created this second card using Football Youth digi by Dude Time Doodles.

The papers are from the Celebrate Collection by Authentique, the ribbon and buttons are from my stash and the pennants were created with my Silhouette Cameo. The digi ticket was something that I grabbed in my travels thru Blogland and unfortunately I don't know where I got it from.  I distressed the ticket with Tim Holtz Pumice Stone Distressed Ink.

Now its your turn to get craftin!

Challenges:

365 Cards - Flags
Hooked on Craft Challenges - For the Men
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge - Babies and/or Children
The Crazy Challenge - Spots or Stripes
Here Come the Boys - Recipe (I'm not sure if I qualify, I used more than 2 buttons)

Going Digital at Cards for Men

We're back!  Cards for Men is reopened for business after our Summer break and we're raring to go!  Our challenge is "Going Digital".

"Going Digital" is sponsored by The Stamping Boutique and the winner of this challenge will receive 3 digis of their choice!

"I'm Tracey Malnofski, the artist and owner of The Stamping Boutique. My team and I are very happy to sponsor 2 Sketches 4 You. My store has been open since September 2009.I am currently a stamp artist for UnityStampCo. and I've worked for InStyleStamps, Squigglefly, and TheDigiShack in the past. I'm a professional artist and an active member of the Artist' Guild in my community. I have quite a busy household with a husband, 3 teenagers, 5 mini-dachshunds and an Appaloosa mare. It's noisy, but I love them all. I'm truly blessed.

"The Stamping Boutique" is dedicated to quality products and original artwork. We not only provide wonderful digital images in our store, but also several lines of red rubber images. Our designers are chosen for their character and personality,as well as, their beautiful designs. We work hard to give you our very best. Thank you so much for having us as your sponsor this week."

I used "Back to School Chemistry Set" from The Stamping Boutique for my card.  I colored the digital image with my Copic markers and added some Glossy Accents to the liquid and goggle lens and distressed the edges with Soot Distress Ink.  The sentiment is from Potionmaster set by Kraftin' Kimmie and the layout is based on a sketch from Graphicat Sketches.

Make sure to drop by Cards for Men and check out the creations from our talented Design Team, we have a couple new additions to the team so stop in and say hi.  Don't forget to check out the fun designs by The Stamping Boutique too!

Challenges:

Graphicat Sketch Challenge

Scrappy Frogs Challenge - Back to School

Digi Design Challenge - Back to School

Secret Crafter - Back to School

QKR Stampede - Back to School

Crafting for all Seasons - Back to School

Crafty Creations - Back to School

Altered Journal

I attended a Mixed Media Canvas Journal class at our local craft store, Creative Accents last week where we definitely got our inky on.

I have to admit I wasn't too sure about the project, quite frankly it looked hideous at the start.  The secret to this project is layers, layers, layers and with each layer comes more ink.  The Dylusions ink spray was a fave, the colors are so vibrant. 

The canvas album is by Prima and there are different styles to choose from, the one I used  is the Script style.  Some of the embellies used are buttons, butterfly, pins, flowers, ribbon, pearls, paper clip, clothspin, key, gems, and so much more.

It's a bit difficult to see the sentiment so this is a close up of the canvas letters "True". 

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp -  Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Flowers
Totally Stampalicious - Anything but a Card
Ladybug Crafts - Anything Goes
Unique Crafters Challenge - Anything Goes
Anything But A Card - Anything Goes
Catered Crop - Pink
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Frosted Designs - Office Supplies (journal & paperclip)
Inspire me Fridays - Anything Goes
Simply Create Too - Vintage
In the Pink - Pink and things with wings (there is a butterfly on the flower)
Paper Craftng Journal - Anything Goes
Southern Girls Challenge - It's all about the Flora
Frilly and Funkie - How can you Resist
Perfect Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes w/Sentiment (mine is  True)
Everybody Art Challenge - Vintage and Anything Goes
Dream Valley Challenges - Something New (journal) Something Old (embellies)

Sports Challenge @ Tabitha's Designs

It's challenge time over at Tabitha's Designs, get ready to get your "SPORTS" on!  

We have a fab sponsor, one who is close to my heart, not just because they have amazingly funny and creative designs, my very first Design Team experience was with Dude Time Doodles.

If you haven't guessed, the challenge at Tabitha's this month is "Sports".  I was excited to use Football Youth digi by Dude Time Doodles for this card.

It's not just a wives tale, it's true that no matter how much paper we have, it's never enough.  When I saw this digi I ran out to our local store, Creative Accents and purchased this fab pad of 6 x 6 papers, Celebrate Collection by Authentique.  I created the pennants with my Silhouette Cameo (love my machine!), added some coordinating brads, buttons and ribbon from my stash. The digi ticket was something that I grabbed in my travels thru Blogland and unfortunately I don't know where I got it from.  I distressed the ticket with Tim Holtz Pumice Stone Distressed Ink.

Now, you may think I was creative in distressing the pennants by peeling the top layer of paper off in sections but admittedly, no.  While I added tape to the back, the pennants flipped over and stuck to the sticky stuff and voila, distressed pennants!

Now back to our Sponsor ... Dude Time Doodles is giving the winner of this challenge a $10 gift certificate to their store, you won't be disappointed here folks!

Make sure you check out the wonderful creations from our very talented Design Team, that should get your Sporty MoJo going!  Have fun, I can hardly wait to see what you create!

 

Challenges:

 

The Squirrel and The Fox - One for the Men

A Gem of a Challenge - A Boy Thing

Wags 'n Whiskers Stamps - Sports
 

 

Tabitha's Designs - Design Team Member!

There's a new Challenge Blog in town and I'm excited to be one of four new Design Team members!

Tabitha's Designs is a monthly challenge and the rules can be found here.  Make sure you drop in to check out the new and talented Design Team members and take your time to look around.

The current challenge is Christmas in July/August.  You still have time to enter so hop on over to link up your creation(s).

I hope you join us, I look forward to seeing your creations!

Guest Designer at Love to Create

I'm thrilled to be a part of Love to Create Challenge as a Guest Designer for their Challenge #28!  

Sparkle is the challenge theme this week and there are two incredible sponsors for this challenge, they are Sassy Studio Designs and Digi Darla Designs!

For my card I chose to work with Flower Fairy by Digi Darla.  I colored the image with Copic markers and for some sparkle I used glittery chipboard, added glitter stickles to the flourishes and flowers and of course added some rhinestones.  I also used my Spica Glitter pens to add a touch of glitter here and there.  To create the butterflies, I've been playing with my new Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die by Stampin' Up.  I don't get to create girly cards often so this was a treat, although somewhat out of my comfort zone!

Make sure you check out the amazing creations by the Love to Create Design Team!

Challenges:

That Craft Place - Things with Wings
Just Some Lines - Layer it Up
Sweet Stampin' - Things with Wings
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days - Floral
Clearly iStamp - Things with Wings

Send a Smile 4 Kids Guest Designer

I'm thrilled to be a part of Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge as a Guest Designer!  Send A Smile 4 Kids collects handmade cards to be distributed to children while they are inpatient at Children's Hospitals.  I encourage you all to visit their site for more information on forwarding cards to them.

For the Girls is the challenge theme this week and there are some fab sponsors:  Sassy Cheryl's, Mayzy Art and SCACD!

For my card I used Polly's Pink Flower by Sassy Cheryl's.  I colored the image with Copic markers and used the sketch from Mojo Monday for my layout.  I added some flowers, rhinestones, buttons and butterflies to add more of a girly touch.  I also added Crackle Accents on the flower and Glossy Accents on the rest.  I also used my Spica Glitter pens to add a touch of sparkle.

Make sure you check out the amazing creations by the SAS Design Team then get creating!  I can hardly wait to see what you've done!

Challenges:

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge - Birthday or any other day
Divas by Design - Flowers
Mojo Monday - Sketch