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

Christmas in July

Christmas in July is the challenge theme at Cards for Men!  Our sponsor for this challenge is One Stop Card Crafts, make sure you visit their store, they carry everything you need to keep your creative juices flowing!

One of my fave images is by Mo Manning, Boughs for the Wreath.  I colored the image with my Copic Markers and used my Nestabilities to cut out the shapes.

Make sure you check out the Design Team's creations, they will definitely get your Christmas ideas rolling!

Challenges:

Hooked on Craft Challenges - Christmas in July
Lollipop Crafts - Christmas in July
The Crazy Challenge - Christmas in July
Totally Stampalicious - Christmas in July
Quirky Crafts Challenges - Christmas in July
Robyn's Fetish Challenge - Christmas in July

Tee-rific Birthday

I've created a golf-themed birthday card using the Golf Trolley digi by Just Inklined.  To add some dimension I used some kraft colored crinkle paper (I have no idea the proper name for it!) and added a golf shoe charm from the Charm Barn.

The image is colored with Copic Markers and I used Frayed Burlap distress ink on the edges of the paper.

I used the sketch from Fetch A Sketch.

Challenges:
Fetch a Sketch
Tuesday Throwdown - Summertme
The ABC Challenge - S is for Surprise
 

Happy Birthday Cowboy Style

It's time for another challenge over at Cards for Men!  Our challenge is Happy Birthday (masculine style, of course!) and our sponsor for this challenger is Di's Digi Downloads.





The cowboy boots are from the Western Gear Collection by Digi Doodle Shop and the guitar is from Hippie Rocker Set by Dude Time Doodles.  I colored the images with my Copics and the papers are from Bo Bunny's et cetera Collection.

Make sure you check out the FAB creations by the Cards for Men Design Team then start crafting!

Fishin' Birthday

Wow, it's amazing how many Father's Day entries we had on our last challenge.  So many lucky Dad's out there received some amazing cards yesterday!  Well done ladies!

Now on to our next Cards for Men challenge "Sports plus a Sentiment".  Our sponsor this challenge is Digital Delights!  You will have until Sunday, July 1st to enter for a chance to win their generously donated prize!

I haven't made a shaker card is years and decided it was time to try it again.  I'm not going to say everything went smoothly but in the end it all turned out!

I used Fisherman Casey by Digital Delights and colored him up with my Copic Markers.  For the shaker stuff, I added some micro beads and Mica flakes by Stampin' Up.  I fastened the sentiment with an old-style pin from a clothing tag, added some brads and buttons.

Now hop on over to Cards for Men and look at the fun creations by our Design Team!  Remember, you have two weeks to upload your creation, time to start crafting!

Dad's Weekend

We've had a busy weekend celebrating my hubby's birthday yesterday and Father's Day today.  I helped my boys create some special projects for their dad and here they are!

For his birthday, part of his gift was this plant and bottle of wine.  My youngest colored this adorable image Super Rog by Elephantastic .  I used my Silhouette to cut out the treat hanger then we decorated it and of course, had to add chocolate cause it goes so well with red wine!









My hubby is somewhat of a handyman and can often be seen with his tools and tool belt somewhere around the house.  For Father's Day we created this very cool tool belt for him.  I saw this project while I was browsing thru blogland and knew it was something I had to try! (I'm trying to find the blog that had this project so I can give her credit).

  I used my Silhouette and the boys put the tools together and they each wrote a note on a tag which was placed in the middle pocket.  The sentiment is from Stampfairy.  The picture doesn't show it here but we also added a Tim Horton's gift card for his coffee drinking pleasure.

Challenges for the Tool Belt Card:

Dream Valley Challenges - For that Special Guy
Here Come The Boys - More than one fold
Scrappy Frogs Challenge - Celebrate Men

My Sheri Crafts - Father's Day

Happy Father's Day

Welcome to our Happy Father's Day challenge over at Cards for Men!  

That's right, it's that time to start creating something special for your Dad.  You will have until Sunday, June 17th to link up your project for a chance to win a fab prize from our Sponsor. 

Our sponsor for this challenge is Letraset - ProMarkers are made by Letraset and are a twin tipped, dye based alcohol marker offering a high quality product at a great price. Available 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.

I decided to make and Easel card as I haven't done one in a while.  I used dark brown cardstock and matched up some manly paper I had in my stash.

The image is "Three Ties" by Hambo Stamps.  I decided to stitch up the layers and add some buttons along the way.  I also used my iRock tool and fastened studs in place of buttons on the shirt.  I didn't have the right color of stud so I colored them up with my Copics.

Challenges:

Lexi's Creations - For the boy/man in our lives
Love to Create - Special Guy in your Life
Pile it On - Put a Button on Father's Day
Platypus Creek Digitals - For the Boys
Digi Design - Male Inspired
Little Claire's Designs - Male Theme
Pattie's Creations - Father's Day