Ice Ice Baby

Vanilla Ice I'm not but Ice is what we want!  That's the theme or our new challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge!  Show us your ice rinks, ice cubes, ice skating ... you get the idea.

Our fab sponsor for this challenge is Meljen's Designs and the will provide the winner with 4 digis of their choice!!

I wanted to do something outside the ice box (I crack myself up) and decided on this image by Meljen's Shaken Not Stirred.  I colored the image with my Copic markers, added glossy accents to the tasty drink and crackle accents to the ICE cube.  I decided gems were in order and to finish it off, stickles for some glam and tinsel ribbon w/bells.

The Cheers and inside sentiments are from the Happy Hour set by Stampin' Up!  Now it's your turn to start ice-ing up!
 
Challenges:
Weekly Christmas Card Challenges - Anything Goes
 Crimbo Crackers - Jingle Bells

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical rubber and digital images inspired by her kids and family. Meljen's Designs has a new challenge every Thursday, and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the adorable line of Meljen's Designs stamps at our store HERE to browse all of Melissa's lovely designs! You can also see Melissa's exclusive rubber stamps at her corner of Whimsy Stamps, too!  Don't forget to join Meljen's Designs on Facebook HERE to take advantage of special sales and promotions that are just for her facebook fans!

Thumbs up

It's challenge time at Digi Haven and along with a new challenge comes a new theme ... Black, White and 1 other color is the name of the game!

Our fab sponsor for this challenge is Kenny K and the winner will receive 3 digi's of their choice!

Instead of a card I decided to make a gift tag with Thumbs Up Kid by Kenny K.  As you can see, my one color is blue, can't go wrong with boys and blue.  I added some glossy accents here and there, added some bakers twine and a digi ticket I picked up along the way.

Remember to check out the fab creations from our design team then start linking up for a chance to win!

Home for Christmas

It's challenge time at ABC Christmas Challenge and our theme is "H for Home" .. home decorations, home for the holidays, decorated homes ... show us your interpretation!

Our sponsor for this challenge is Stamp and Create and lovely Lacey has donated a $20 gift certificate to be spent at her store!

I've had this image, Hearts Truck, by Scribbles Designs for some time and for some reason have never played with it.  When our theme came up I knew I was going to finally use it!  The sentiment is also by Scribbles Designs.

I used my copic markers and added some glossy accents to various parts of the image.  I punched the sentiment out with my tag punch, added some jute and a flag to finish it off.  The paper is Christmas Wooden Nickels by Echo Park.

Stamp and Create is an on-line store based in the US. We ship worldwide with reasonable shipping prices.

We specialize in Rubber Stamps and Scrapbook supplies. Some of the companies we carry are: Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps, High Hopes Rubber Stamps, Whiff of Joy, The Greeting Farm, Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, Stampavie, Whimsy Stamps, Emerald Faeries, Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye, Echo Park, Ribbon, Charms, embellishments, dies, and more!

Challenges:

Completely Christmas - Anything Goes

Easter with a twist at Digi Haven

It's challenge time at Digi Haven and we're getting ready for Easter!  We want to see your Easter creations and here's the twist ... you must include the color brown in your creation!

Our sponsor for this challenge is Di's Digital Designs and the winner will receive 3 digis of their choice!

I have had this image for years and have never used it ... why I have no idea cause it cracks me up!  This image is Bunny Break by Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet.  I colored it up with  my copic markers and added some glossy accents along the way.  The sentiment is from the Easter sentiment collection by Whimsie Doodles.

Now it's your turn to get your Easter and and don't forget to add some brown!

 

Di's Digital Downloads have something for everyone.  They even have a wonderful Gallery for enjoyment and inspiration.  If you want a chance to win something from the store, join in on one of their challenges on their Challenge Blog.

G is for Glitter at ABC Christmas Challenge!

What girl doesn't like to play with glitter?!  Well, this challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge gives you the opportunity to get glitterty...get out your embossing powder, stickles, glitter and start creating.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Kenny K and the winner will receive 3 digis of their choice!

I had fun with Drama Queen by Kenny K and to me, it screams glitter!  I colored her up with my copic markers then added blue glitter to her pants and ping glitter to her top.  I added lace stickles to the trim of her jacket and didn't let it dry before I added pink glitter to her top so the lace stickles also have pink glitter, darn...

Now it's your turn to get down and messy!

 Digi and rubber stamps from KennyK are a fun and edgy way to add the perfect dose of attitude and style to all of your creations! The creator, the artist, the man: Kenny K is a NYC-born professional illustrator who has brought his funky-but-slick, urban-influenced look to the cardmaking and papercrafts world. His signature style can be seen throughout his various collections of sexy pin-up babes, sweet 'n sassy girls, cool rockin' dudes, kid’s stuff, retro characters and more at KennyKDownloads.com.

Easter Challenge at Creatalicious!

Time for a new monthly challenge at Creatalicious Challenges!  Our theme for this challenge is Easter!  Our fab sponsor for this challenge is Scrappiness Designs and the winner will receive a $7 coupon to be used at their store!

I created this postcard using some of the fab elements from the Lovely Easter kit by Scrappiness Designs. The sentiment was an image that I found on-line and thought it fit this card perfectly.

These kits are fun and easy to use and great way to make a quick card when time is of the essence!

Things with Wings Challenge at Digi Haven

Time for a new challenge at Digi Haven!  Our theme for this challenge is Things with Wings and our fab sponsor is Whoopsi Daisy Digis.  The winner will receive one sheet of digi images from our sponsor!

I thought this beautiful image by Whoopsi Daisy would work well for a thank you card.  I colored her up with my copic markers, the papers are from the Go Green Collection by DCWV and the sentiment is a stamp by Paper Smooches.

Family and Friends at ABC Christmas Challenge

There is nothing more important than Family and Friends and that is our theme for this challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge.  Your creations must have a personalized sentiment (ie For my sister, etc.) or name (ie Sarah).

Our sponsor for this challenge is Sweet Stamp Store and they have graciously donated a $10 gift certificate to be used at their store!

I love this Mo Manning image!  When I saw this image it made me think of my son so I decided to make this card for him.

There are so many wonderful creations from our Design Team, make sure you stop by for your dose of inspiration!

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 (Our very own SweetCuts Dies, Cheery Lynn, Marianne, Joy! and Nellie's), fine detail embossing powders, specialty cardstock and vellum along with supplies for parchment crafting. 

Green Challenge at Digi Haven!

It's time for another challenge at Digi Haven!  Our theme for this challenge is Green, Green, Green....so that means we want you to use 3 different shades of green, green, green.

Our sponsor is Beccy's Place and the winner will receive 3 digs of their choice!

I fell in love with this image by Beccy, Pears and Mistletoe.  After I had coloured the image with my copic markers I wasn't sure what background paper to use until I searched through my stash and found this grey and white polka dot paper .. how perfect is that!  The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamps.

Now it's your turn, make sure to drop by Digi Haven first for some fab inspiration from our talented Design Team!

Beccy Muir is a very talented artist who's adding lots of gorgeous new images to her STORE all the time .. you will also want to take a moment to visit Beccy's Place Blog where you will also find monthly challenges, a long index of free digi images and a variety of detailed techniques, projects and card folding tutorials and instructions. 

Enclosure challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge!

Time for the letter "E"!  Our challenge theme at ABC Christmas Challenge is "E for Enclosure" - anything you would enclose a gift in!

Our fab sponsor for this challenge is Zlatoena's Designs and they are graciously offering the winner 2 digis of their choice!

I chose to create a gift card holder, they are always popular gifts these days.  The image is Sweet Sheep by Zlatoena.  These holders are so versatile and quick and easy to make for any occasion!  

Make sure to stop by ABC Christmas Challenge for some incredible inspiration from our very talented Design Team, you won't be disappointed!

A little bit about Zlatoena:My mom and I used to make handmade cards and that`s how everything started. I'm last year graphic design student and I have always had to passion to draw and doodle and one day someone came with the idea for digi stamps and .. 3 years since then.. I am creating digital stamps and.. The Cats Pajamas Rubber stamps are producing my designs into real stamps.. and I am as happy as can be.