Celebrate Today with Hazel

Lori posted a special challenge today on the By Lori Designs blog.  It is "In Honor of the Royal Wedding".  Since I really don't need a wedding card right now, I decided to make a celebration card using the colors red white and blue.....well actually aqua in my case (but to me it's still a blue).  I also had to throw the heart border punch in the mix as well. 

I used October Afternoon's Modern Homemaker Papers, and paired them up with this adorable image Hazel, in the Bug & Roo section.  I added some ribbon, a flower, button and some rhinestones I colored with copics.

I will come back and update with a recipe and a few other challenges, but I need to head outside with the kids for a bit since we finally have a nice day.  

OK, I would like to enter this card in these additional challenges:
Sketch & Stash - Sketch #40

Scrap Creations - Flowers
Fab N' Funky - Red, White and Blue
Simon Says - Anything Goes
The Paper Variety - Polka Dots
Quirky Crafts - Right Royal Affair - Red, White and Blue/celebration
Stamptacular - At least 5 layers
Creative Inspirations - Digi Images
Crafty Cardmakers - A Royal Wedding - Red, White and Blue


Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated 
Stamps:  Hazel (By Lori Designs - Bug & Roo); Sentiment - So Random Sentiments (Claudia & Co.) 
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Ink (Tuxedo Black); Copics
Paper:  Naturals Ivory; Pure Luxury White (GK); DP - October Afternoon (Modern Homemaker) 
Embellishments:  Ribbon; Flower (Prima); Button (Making Memories); Rhinestones (Recollections) (colored with copics)  
Tools: Ovals and Scalloped Oval Punches; Photo Corner Punch (EK Success); Martha Stewart Border Punch; Nesties (Petite Oval and Petite Scalloped Oval);  Linen Thread 

Thanks for stopping and have a great day!

Celebrate Today with Cupcake Fhiona

Today starts a new challenge at Your Next Stamp.  

The challenge:   To use a charm on your project.

For my card I used Cupcake Cutie Fhiona and paired her with MME Stella & Rose papers and this time I used the Hazel Collection...and I love how it looks with Kraft paper!  I colored Fhiona with copics and then added some subtle sparkle, pretty much everywhere, with a spica clear pen.  I mentioned using a new hair color on my last post....well here it is again ;)  I added a few pearls, some taffeta ribbon and a butterfly charm attached to my bow.  The bow took me the longest to make, but there is a reason for that.  I had my Bow Easy on my desk from the other day and when I went to use it I could not find it anywhere.  After a lot of searching I was ready to give up and tie the bow myself, but decided to go through my new paper pads I had put away....well good thing I did because I finally found it sticking to the bottom of one of them where a sticker had been....

We'd love to have you join in this challenge and see how you incorporate a charm into your project.  The challenge runs for two weeks, so stop by the Your Next Stamp Challenge blog  for tons of inspiration from the Design Team and then again to link up your entry.   

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday - sketch

Colour Create - Pink, Blue and Brown

That's Krafty - Kraft Cardstock

Delicious Doodles - Anything Goes

Mami Doodles - Crazy for Kraft

Catered Crop -  FTR10 recipe:  Pattern Paper-stripes, miniprints; Colors-pastels; Stamps- go digital, bunnies, butterflies, and flowers; Color Mediums-Copic markers, paint, white pens; Embellishments-burlap, pinwheels, twine, buttons, eyelets, brads; Tools-sewing machine, Cropadile, die cuts; Techniques-sewing, distressing; Theme-Spring
Stamptacular - at least 5 layers
iCopic Lover- pastels
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Copic Creations - Favorite paper for copic coloring - Gina K Pure Luxury

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Creeper Crew Tyler

Today is the day for some wonderful inspiration from the Design Team at Claudia & Company.  I decided to change things up and do a card for a boy since most of my projects tend to be girly.

I used Tyler from The Greeting Farm's Creepin Creeper Crew Kit and paired him up with papers from Studio Calico's State Fair collection.  I distressed the edges of all the papers and then sponged them with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Tea Dye.  The cardstock strips were embossed with a Distressed Stripes folder.  I added a few brads and a ribbon tab using some May Arts Wrinkle Ribbon (Ivory) that was also sponged with the Distress Ink.  Instead of my "normal" blonde, I tried out a new hair color for Tyler and I like it ~ it's not so yellow.  So I think I'm going to have to do a lot more playing with hair colors....I tend to use the same ones over and over.  

Visit the rest of the Design Team (links are on the left side of my blog) to see some more wonderful creations.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

Meljen's -  Masculine
Crafty Catz - Children's Cards
Delicious Doodles - Anything Goes
Catered Crop -  FTR10 recipe:  Pattern Paper-stripes, miniprints; Colors-pastels;
Stamps- go digital, bunnies, butterflies, and flowers; Color Mediums-Copic markers, paint, white pens; Embellishments-burlap, pinwheels, twine, buttons, eyelets, brads;
Tools-sewing machine, Cropadile, die cuts; Techniques-sewing, distressing; Theme-Spring
Stamptacular - at least 5 layers
Pollycraft - Fun and Games
Creative Card Crew - Child's Play
Bunny Zoe's - One for the Boys
Copic Creations - Favorite paper for copic coloring - Gina K Pure Luxury
I ♥ Sketches - sketch

Thanks for stopping and have a fantastic day!

Make a Wish with Fairy Tink

 -Tonight the girls went with my husband over to my parents house and I was home with the boys.  Since they were engrossed with Club Penguin, I decided to hit the craft room for a bit and play in a few challenges and this is the result......  

Since the Farm Fresh Which One Wednesday Challenge this week is" No Pink" I pulled out my MME Stella Rose Papers Mabel Collection for this card (the colors remind me of the older MME Bloom and Grow Collection).  Aren't these papers absolutely gorgeous!?!?  I followed the Sketch from The Sweet Stop with a few minor additions.  The twist to this sketch was to use Winged Things so I used Fairy Tink (now does anyone know where I can get a hold of a Fairy Chloe?). 

Tink was colored with copics and then I added some Angel Wings Shimmerz to her wings and to the flowers.  Here is a close up to show the shimmer.

I would also like to enter this in the following challenges:  
ABC Challenge - S is for Sparkle
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Let's Celebrate
AI Factory - Flowers in Bloom
Birthday Sundaes - Anything Goes
Copic Creations - Favorite Paper for Copic Coloring - Gina K Pure Luxury White
Critter Sketch Challenge - Punches/Dies (2 different)
Cupcake Craft Challenge - Lots of Layers
Everybody Art Challenge - Pearls
Flutter By Wednesday - Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy Friday - Card for a Child
Inky Impressions -Flowers
Papertake - Spots and/or Stripes
Pile It On - Smells Like Rubber - use a rubber stamp
Totally Papercrafts - Springtime

Thanks for visiting and have a fantastic day!

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated 
Stamps:  Fairy Tink (The Greeting Farm); Sentiment - Anya Says (The Greeting Farm) 
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Ink (Tuxedo Black); Copics (E000, E00, E01, YR14, YR20, YR21, YR23, YR24, YG61, BG000, N2, 0)
Paper:  Apricot Appeal; Pure Luxury White (GK); DP - MME Stella Rose (Mabel) 
Embellishments:  Ribbon (Apricot); Flowers (Prima); Pearls (Recollections); Shimmerz (Angel Wings)  
Tools: Oval and Scalloped Oval Punch; Martha Stewart Border Punch; 3-D Dots (EK Success) 

Hello Clean and Simple

Happy Tuesday....and welcome to another challenge with Claudia & Company.  Today our challenge is to make a Clean and Simple Card. For me, this was a definite challenge as my cards are generally anything but CAS.

For this card I used the My Minds Eye Lush Collection in Navy and punched out the squares with a paper punch making it a breeze to put together.  I layered the squares on a piece of navy cardstock and then added that to my card base.  The sentiment is from the Puddle Jumpers Sammy Mini Set and was punched as well. 

For this card I used papers from Cosmo Cricket's DeLovely collection.  I just love the bright cheerful colors of these papers and how they pop against the white.  I punched flowers from the papers and in the center of each flower added a mini button.  I trimmed the front of the card down and added a scalloped border on the bottom. 

Both of these cards were really quick and easy to make and are a great way to use up your scraps of paper.  

We would love to have you join in our challenge.  You will have until Saturday, April 30th to link up your entry.  For more inspiration from the Design Team, head on over the the Claudia & Company blog. 

October Afternoon's 5 and Dime

Echo Park Paper's Summer Days and new 6x6 paper pads

Prima Marketing's new April Release

The Girls Paperie Jubilee, Kitch, and Vintage Whimsy is back in stock

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day!

YNS

Today starts a new challenge at Your Next Stamp.  

The challenge:   To use at least one texture on your project.

For my card I used the special edition stamp ScrapFest Shopper Fhiona and colored her with copics ~ love how cute she is and she was so much fun to color!  I paired her up with some of my new Lily Bee Picket Fence papers and I have to say a few of the newest copic colors match these papers beautifully.  

The easiest way to add texture is by embossing, so each of my patterned papers has been embossed (I used 2 different folders).  I also added some ribbon, flowers (which I colored with RV25), pearls and stickles to finish it off.

We'd love to have you join in our challenge.  The challenge runs for two weeks, so stop by the Your Next Stamp Challenge blog  for tons of inspiration from the Design Team and then again to link up your entry.   

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated 
Stamps: ScrapFest Shopper Fhiona (Your Next Stamp) 
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Ink (Tuxedo Black); Copics (E000, E00, E01, R00, R20, E55, E57, E59, BG53, V20, V25, YG21, YG23, 0)
Paper:  Perfect Plum; White (GK); DP - Lily Bee (Picket Fence) 
Embellishments:  Ribbon (Eggplant); Flowers (Prima); Pearls (Recollections); Stickles (Stardust)  
Tools: Petite Oval and Petite Oval Scalloped Nesties; Cuttlebug Embossing folders (Swiss Dots and Polka Dots); EK Success Border Punch; 3-D Dots (EK Success) 

Hippity Hoppity Anya

Today is the day for some wonderful inspiration from the Design Team at Claudia & Company.  As you can tell, I chose an Easter theme this time around.  Here is my completed project:

I made an Easter Basket using Easter Anya.  I colored Anya with copics and added some stickles to her dress, bunny ears and the Easter eggs.  She was attached using 3-D dots.  The Designer paper is from the Echo Park Springtime collection.  The grass was cut using a border punch and for the little flowers in the grass I borrowed one of my kids punches ~ it was the perfect size.  I added some Ivory Wrinkle Ribbon to the handle and a rose in the center.  The basket is actually a wood box that I had in my "things to be altered" cabinet and I painted it with an Antique White acrylic paint.

Visit the rest of the Design Team (links are on the left side of my blog) to see some more wonderful creations.

I would like to enter this card in the following challanges:

The Greeting Farm - Spring Colors
Anyone For Anya - Photo color Inspiration 
The Pink Elephant -  Easter
Fun with Shapes & More - Easter
Stamp with Fun - Easter
Ooh-la-la Creations - Happy Easter
Everybody Art Challenge - Easter
Stampin for the Weekend - Easter
Delicious Doodles - Use Ribbons for Easter
Meljen's - Easter
The Crazy Challenge - Easter
Pollycraft - Easter
Daisy Doodles - Easter
Quirky Crafts - Sparkly, Punchy Easter
Cutie Sunday - Easter
Creative Inspirations - Easter
Simply Create - Egg-tra Special
Creative Inspirations - Punches and Dies
For Fun Challenges - Bunny 
Aly's Sunday Challenge - Hippity Hoppity Bunnies
Copic Creations - Your favorite copic technique (Brunette hair)
Simon Says - Spring Colors/Easter
All That Scraps - Anything Goes 
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Use dies or punches and ribbon
By the Cute and Girly - Cute and Girly 
Ellephantastic - Anything but square or rectangle

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!



Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated 
Stamps: Easter Anya (The Greeting Farm)
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Ink (Tuxedo Black); Copics (E00, E01, E11, R20, E21, E23, E25, E27, B02, B04, Y18, YG06, YG07, R81, R83, R85, RV10)  
Paper:  Mauve Mist; White (GK); DP - Echo Park (Springtime) 
Embellishments:  May Arts Wrinkled Ribbon (Ivory); Flower (Prima); Dot Sparkler Stickers (Stampendous); Stickles (Stardust)  
Tools: Martha Stewart Border Punch; Flower Punch (unknown); 3-D dots; Wood Box (Michaels); Folk Art Acrylic Paint (Ivory White)

Happy Birthday with Fhiona

This month I have been asked back as a Guest Designer for Your Next Stamp.  I am so happy to be working with this great company again~ thanks for inviting me back Karen!

Today I would like to share a card I made using Flower Bouquet Fhiona.  

I loved the sketch at Mojo Monday this week, so I followed that and paired up Fhiona with some papers from the DCWV Citrus Stack (which, sad to say, I've had for quite some time and have just removed the stickers holding it closed...at least I know I'm in good company).  Since I seem to always be in need of Birthday Cards, I decided to go that route with this card.

I'll be back next week with another Your Next Stamp creation for the new challenge, but in the mean time, you can still get in on the current challenge.   

We have yet another busy week ahead for us....the DI State Tournament is next weekend, so in addition 4 more practices, we also have a 1st grade concert to attend, Family Night at the Book Fair a Middle School introductory event and then packing up the vehicles to take all the backgrounds/props/costumes to State...not one free night, but it's worth it!   

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:
Mojo Monday - Sketch
Birthday Sundae's - Anything Goes Birthday
Catered Crop - I used the following from the recipe:  Striped patterned paper, the colors red and yellow, stamping ink, bling (rhinestones and stickles), ribbon, scallops and circles 
Really Reasonable Ribbon - RRR21 Dies/Punches & Ribbon
I Did It Creations - Anything Goes
CCEE Stampers -  No buttons, bows, brads or buckles
Catch the Bug - Anything Goes
CES Challenge - Children
ABC - R is for Ribbon
Papertake - Anything Goes 

Thanks for stopping and have a wonderful day!

Fun in the Sun!

Happy Tuesday....and welcome to another challenge with Claudia & Company.

Our challenge is to make a Monochromatic Card.  The Design Team is showcasing the My Minds Eye Lush Collection and I am using papers from the Navy collection.  These papers are perfect for monochromatic cards and are double sided (with the exception of the flocked papers) giving you so many choices.  The image is one of the newer releases from  The Greeting Farm, Cheeky Beach (which unfortunately is out of stock right now).  I colored her with copics and added a few pearls to the center of her flower.  The ribbon is Ivory grosgrain from May Arts and the flowers and paper are also ivory (not white like they appear).  I created the sentiment on the computer and added some more pearls to finish off my card.

 
We would love to have you join in our challenge.  You will have until Saturday, April 16th to link up your entry.  For more monochromatic inspiration, head on over the the Claudia & Company blog. 

October Afternoon's 5 and Dime

Claudia and Company's April Release

The Greeting Farm's April Release

Websters Pages Bloomers, Sparklers, Push Pins, Trendsetter, and more

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:
Totally Gorjuss - Sketch
Lexi's Creations - Monochromatic
One Stop Craft Challenge - Spots and Dots
The Crafty Pad - Flowers
The Crazy Challenge - Flowers
Allsorts - Blooming Blossoms 
Catered Crop - I used the following from the recipe:  Polka Dot patterned paper, the color blue, stamping ink, bling (pearls), ribbon, scallops and circles 
Double Dutch - Something Old (Flowers), Something New (Stamp, Designer Papers), Something Borrowed (Pearls from my daughter), Something Blue (Cardstock, DP, Pearls, Coloring of image)
Really Reasonable Ribbon - RRR21 Dies/Punches & Ribbon
I Did It Creations - Anything Goes
CCEE Stampers -  No buttons, bows, brads or buckles
Catch the Bug - Anything Goes
Wags & Whiskers - Ribbons & Pearls
7 Kids - Seeing Spots
Stamp Something - Digi Somethings - sentiment
Copic Creations - Favorite Copic Technique - Had to go with Brunette hair 
Frosted Designs - Fab Friday Challenge - Bling - lots of pearls

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day!  

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated 
Stamps: Cheeky Beach (The Greeting Farm); Sentiment - computer generated
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Ink (Tuxedo Black); Copics (E000, E00, E01, E55, E57, E59, B91, B93, B95, B97, B99)
Paper:  Night of Navy; Ivory (GK); DP - My Minds Eye (Lush Collection - Navy) 
Embellishments:  May Arts Ribbon (Ivory); Flowers (Prima); Pearls (KaiserCraft/Queen &Co)  
Tools: Oval Nesties; Circle and Scalloped Circle Punch 

Spring Scenes Clean and Simple

Welcome to the Claudia & Company Blog Hop.  If you didn't arrive here from Taylor's blog, please head back to the Claudia & Company blog to start the hop.  Remember to leave comments at each and every stop, because one lucky hopper will be chosen to win this Spring Scenes digi set by John Grutta!  You will have until Sunday, April 3rd, 11:59PM, to comment.  The winner will be announced on the Claudia & Company blog April 4th.   

In case you get lost along the way, here is the complete blog hop list:

Claudia and Company

Kadie

Piali

Taylor

Jodi

Tanya

Joy

Guest Designer - Sarabeth

I wanted to keep the focus on the images, and after going back and forth with designs and various papers, I decided to go with something totally out of my comfort zone...a clean and simple card with a lot of white and a splash of color.  I think these would make a really nice set of note cards and the fact that they were quick to make is an added bonus.  I colored the images on both cards with copics.

For this card I added some pearls in the corners of the image panel.  To finish it off I wrapped some Blossom Baker's Twine (this is one of the newest colors in the store and it is just gorgeous) around the white panel and then gathered the twine with a flower and button.

I used the same cardstock and embossed paper for this one but added an extra panel.  In lieu of the Baker's Twine, I added some Pink Ribbon and a flower from my stash.

Your next stop is Tanya, but before you head on over what she has in store for you, remember to leave a comment below.

Thanks for "hopping"  by and have a fantastic day! :)