These are the Days

I'm hoping this card will not jinx the good weather that is finally upon us!  I was asked to make a birthday card for someone who loves to snowboard.  I searched and searched for a snowboard image but the majority of them were young boys, this card is for an adult.  In my searches, I came upon this clipart and thought it would work quite well.

The image is colored with my copic markers and added glossy accents to the headband (yes, the color is actually red, not orange, really!), gloves and bindings.  After adding the tags I needed something for the top right of the card so I found my lone grey button and strung some bakers twine thru the holes.  The papers are from the Notes to Self Collection by Echo Park

Challenges:
Creative Card Crew - Masculine
Cupcake Craft Challenges - Cool Men
My Craft Creations - Bingo for Men (Sport, Twine, Red)
Ohh La La Creations - It's a Man Thing
Crafty Ribbons Challenge - One for the Boys

Felt or Fabric Challenge

The challenge theme at ABC Christmas Challenge is "F" for "Felt or Fabric".  Time to pull out your material scraps and add them to your creations!

Our sponsor for this challenge is Sweet Stamps and the lucky winner will receive a $10 gift certificate the their store!

I decided to play with this Mitten Template from the Silhouette and thought the left over
felt from my son's stocking would work quite well.  After cutting out the template with my Silhouette Cameo, I put it together using some felt snowflakes I had in my stash.  I have to say I love the way the card sits and think it's quite unique looking.  Will have to make more of these, they are quick and easy!

Make sure you check out the creations from our talented Design Team!


Prize - a $10.00 Gift Certificate for Sweet Stamp Store

SweetStamps.com manufactures artistic rubber stamps on cling cushion for use with acrylic blocks. We carry a variety of stamping and paper crafting goodies like our own Shades dye inks, metal embossing plates, embossing folders, cutting & embossing dies (Cheery Lynn, Marianne, Joy! and Nellie's), fine detail embossing powders, specialty cardstock and vellum along with supplies for parchment crafting. 

Challenges:

Crimbo Crackers - No Stamped Image
Sweet Stampin' Christmas - No Red or Green
Forever Friends - Shaped Cards

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Shaped Cards

Happy Easter to Ewe

 Hard to believe that Easter is just around the corner!  To celebrate, Cards for Men's challenge theme is Easter.  You will have until March 31st to show us your Easter creations.

Our sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps and Jodie will award the winner 7 digis of their choice!

This adorable image from Bugaboo is Happy Easter to Ewe.  I colored him up with my Copic markers and added a bit of glossy accents.  The paper is from  the Generation Tech Stack by DCWV and the pennants were made by using Pennant Punches by QuicKutz and the sentiment was cut out with Fishtail Flag Stax by Die-namics.

 

 

Bugaboo Bio – 

Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps: A Short Essay

As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge,Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing! From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects. Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!

If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stampsstamps at Totally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug. 

Challenges:

The Stamping Shack - Easter

Creatalicious Challenges - Easter
Hiding in my Craft Room - Designer Papers x 3
My Sheri Crafts - Easter
Digi Haven - Easter
Simply Create Too - Easter or  Bunnies

On an Easter roll

 Not sure what's going on but I've been on a roll and have created a few Easter cards this weekend...maybe it's because I've been trying to forget the stairclimber that keeps calling my name but I'm too lazy to get my cardio over and done with today!

 

This is an image by Bugaboo stamps,  Hoppy Occasions - Easter.  I colored the image with my Copic Markers and added some stickles and glossy accents.  The sentiment is from the Easter Sentiments collection by Whimsie Doodles.  I used an embossing folder by Sizzix for the bottom of the card and the blue paper and the ribbon, etc. is from my stash.

Challenges:

Pattie's Creations - Green

4 Crafty Chicks - Clean and Simple

MilkCoffee Challenge - Go Green

Creative Moments - Add a Sentiment

 

This also is an image and sentiment by Bugaboo, Happy Easter to Ewe.  The papers are from the DeLovely collection by Cosmo Cricket.

Challenge:
Sketchy Friday

Favorite Color Challenge at The Crafting Cafe

The theme for our March challenge at The Crafting Cafe is "Favorite Color".  For this challenge, I chose PINK! 

Our sponsor for this challenge is Delicious Doodles and the winner will win 4 digis from the very talented Teri!

I colored Steampunk Fairy by Delicious Doodles with my Copic markers and added a bit of sparkle with my Spica markers.  I made the tag some time ago at a craft class at our local shop, Creative Accents.  I was so excited when I pulled it out and saw it matched! 

I did some searching through my craft stash and pulled out the stuff I thought would work on this tag.  This kind of work is completely out of my comfort zone ... I have a hard time with random but I have to say I'm quite excited out the outcome!

Now make sure you head over to The Crafting Cafe and check out the fab creations the Design Team has come up with so far then get creating!!


Challenges:
Hotshot Craft Blog - Anything but a Card
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything but a Card
Southern Girls Challenge - Tag
Crafts and Me Challenges - Tag
Whimsy Stamps Challenge - Add something Metal
City Crafter Challenge - Shades of Pink
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Pretty in Pink
Artistic Inspirations - Things with Wings

Eyes Down at ABC Christmas Challenge

It's time to keep your Eyes down for a game of Bingo!  That's right, our theme at ABC Christmas Challenge is to pick your bingo line and start creating!

We have two amazing sponsors, StampFairy and ShapeEZ!  Make sure you check them out!

Bingo:  Not a Square, Flowers, Glitter

For my creation, I  used the Flip Ornament template by ShapeEZ and used my Silhouette Cameo to cut the shapes.  There are so many possibilities with this template, this is just one of many ideas.

 I chose Mimi Winter from StampFairy to work with and I love how she turned out.

I colored her up with my Copic markers and added Glossy Accents to the heart and Stardust Stickles to the snow.  The paper is from the North Pole collection by Doodlebug Designs and the tag is from The Yellow Bicycle.

Now it's your turn, which line are you gonna choose?

"Stamp Fairy officially launched on November 5th 2010. Gerda Burghardt, artist and owner, creates cute and whimsical digital images for the young and old, inspired by her life, love and 4 cute cats. You will find adorable teddies bears, young boys and girls, fuzzy little bunnies and whimsical critters. Stamp Fairy has new releases along with a free image every Friday. Please visit the store and browse StampFairy’s wonderful images. We hope StampFairy’s images inspire YOUR creativity."

Shape EZ templates will enable you to create unique shaped projects for that quick and simple or enhanced special one of a kind projects.

These templates and cut files come in JPEG,PNG,PDF and SVG formats. Whatever your preference, they're 300 dpi formats will print perfectly on any paper whether you cut them out yourself or create via your cutting machine.

These templates come with options, empowering you to choose to include extras such as windows, pockets, hats, or even inserts of designer paper that will perfectly fit inside the base form. They're a real cut above the ordinary shaped card projects.

Shape EZ is an exclusive product you can use over and over again from TLC with Whimsy - an affordable way to create in your way.

Just Chillin' at Cards for Men!

Yippee, March is here and to celebrate Cards for Men is hosting a Monochrome challenge.  You will have until March 17th to show us your stuff!

Our sponsor for this challenge is Digital Delights and the winner will receive a $5 gift certificate!

 

This darling image is Mr. Gnome.  I colored him up with my Copic Markers using all "E" colors.  I added some faux stitching on all the edges of the paper from the et cetera Collection by Bo Bunny.

The sentiment is computer generated and popped it in a flattened bottle cap and topped it with and acrylic cabochans both by Bottle Cap Inc.  I couldn't resist adding a Woody's bottlecap since it was a perfect color match!

Welcome to Digital Delights, a magical place filled with my little digi creations from all walks of life. We have a wide range of digital stamps which are delivered straight to your email 24/7!!

Challenges:

Kraftyhands Challenge - Sketch

Ham it Up at ABC Christmas Challenge

It's time for another challenge over at ABC Christmas Challenge and for this "D" challenge we want to see your Designer Paper(s)!

We have two fab sponsors, Stamp & Create and QKR Stampede.  The winners will receive a $25 gift certificate from Stamp & Create and 5 digis of their choice from QKR Stampede - if these prizes aren't incentive enough I don't know what is!!

When I was searching through the digital images at QKR I saw this sentiment and knew I had to find the image to go with...

I would like to introduce you to Christmas Pig ... he cracks me up!  I colored him and his surroundings with my Copic markers and added my fave, Glossy Accents and used some puff stuff for his hat.  I also dug out my sewing machine and stitched each layer.

The papers are from the White Christmas collection by #We R Memory Keepers.  For the layout, I used the sketch from The Sketch File.

The Design Team has come up with some fab creations, make sure you check them out!

Challenges:
ABC Challenges - All Stitched Up
Kathy's Waffle Sketch File - Sketch

Feelin' Sneezy at Cards for Men

It's time for our Wintertime challenge at Cards for Men and with the challenge comes our fab sponsor, Fresh Brewed Deigns.  The winner will receive a $10 gift certificate!

If you're like me, I'm patiently waiting for spring to arrive, enough snow and cold temperatures already!  With the cold weather, tis the season for the common cold ... hence my choice of using Snowbuddy Sneezy for my card.

I colored sneezy with my copic markers and thought the papers from Party Animal Collection by KaiserCraft worked with my coloring choice.

I decided to make a gate fold card, it's one of my fave folds and haven't done one for a long time.  I thought it would be neat to make the sentiment moveable, like opening and closing a gate.

The sentiment both outside and inside is from On the Mend collection by Lawn Fawn.

Make sure to stop by Cards for Men and check out the fab creations by our talented Design Team and check out the cute digi images over at Fresh Brewed Designs!



Challenges:
Paper Playtime - Use a Sentiment Stamp
Catered Crop - Stars
Here Come the Boys - Lots of Layers
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - What's inside

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!