Christmas Lantern card

Hello All! 

This week's challenge at The Outlawz Twisted Thursday is Anything Goes with the Optional twist of Anything Goes!  We are sponsored by

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/LeeHIllustrations 

 I have a quick Christmas card to share.  This sweet digi is a freebie from Beccy's Place and I've used it several times.

I colored the ribbon on a second image, cut it out  and popped it up for some added dimension.

 This shot shows the shimmer of this great paper from My Minds Eye.  

Supply List:

My Minds Eye shimmer paper                Beccy's Place -digi            Celebrate It Ribbon
IRock gems                                           Just Rite-sentiment             Spectrum Noir markers
Spellbinders - diecut

I hope to see you at The Outlawz!

Froggy Mother's Day

Hello!  It's time for another Tuesday Throwdown challenge and our theme is "Special Lady".  Our sponsor is the wonderful  Robyn's Fetish.  She has SO MANY great images to choose from.  I chose to use "Five Little Froggies" to make a Mother's Day card for my mother-in-law.  She collects frogs and in addition to having them placed around the house, she has a 4 shelf curio cabinet that is absolutely FULL of frogs!  So I'm hoping she likes this card!

I just think these frogs are so cute and I've always loved wishing wells, so it's a perfect combination!  I also like the contrast of this green foil paper with the burlap ribbon.  I created the sentiments on my computer using "Comic" font.

Supply list:  The Paper Studio - green foil paper and burlap flower

Offray - burlap ribbon

Sissix - leaf die cut

Spellbinders - labels 

Imaginisce - Irock gems

Spectrum Noir - markers

Thank you for stopping by and visiting today! Please leave me a note and I hope you will come on over to Tuesday Throwdown and join in the fun!  See ya there!

I'm entering this card here:

My Craft Spot - Mother's day or Spring

Jo's Scrap Shack - anything goes

Love to Create - Say it with flowers

The ABC Challenges - K= keep it simple

Artistic Inspirations - All for Mom

Crafting at the Weekend - anything goes

Celebrating You, Mom!

It's Tuesday Throwdown day!  This week we are sponsored by Sassy Studio and our theme is "Never lose your Sparkle (use lots of sparkle)".  I've used "Lounging Around Sassy" to make a not-so-typical Mother's Day card:

Supplies:

Outside sentiment - Studio G

Inside sentiment created on my computer

Markers - Spectrum Noir

Die Cut - Spellbinders

Flower & gems - my stash

Glossy Accents (on eyes)

Thanks for checking out my project and I hope you'll join us in this fun challenge!  After all, who doesn't love to play with lots of bling??????

This card entered here:

Crafting with Dragonflies - Mother's Day/ or special lady

Catch The Bug - Bingo (polka dots; hot pink, orange, or lime green; flowers)

Crafter's Cafe - CAS

Emergency Crafters - polka dots

Artistic Inspirations - CAS

Have a Cupcake!

Here is one more card I made this week.  I had this sweet Whoopsi Daisy girl colored and laying on my worktable just waiting to be used.   She's colored with Spectrum Noir markers.  I also had this label cut from Storybook laying on the table that I had left over from another project.  The sentiment is cut from Gypsy Wanderings.

I added a strip of cupcake ribbon I picked up at Hobby Lobby a long time ago and a piece of lace from my stash.  I ran the lace through my Xyron and then sprinkled white glitter over it to catch in the adhesive.  On the inside I cut a matching larger lable in white and left it blank.

Well, I'm all caught up now!  I have tomorrow off, so hopefully will have more to share this weekend!

I hope  you have a wonderful, blessed Easter weekend!

This card entered here"

Whoopsi Daisy - Easter or anything goes with WD image
Open-Minded Crafting Fun - Easter or pastels
The Crafter's Cafe - CAS

Into Every Life....

Hi folks!  It's Tuesday Throwdown time and I have a fun, very CAS card to share.  Our theme is "use the elements".  We are sponsored this week by Digital Delights and I've used their "Dilly Duck in the rain" image.  

I just kind of had fun with this and typed up all the sentiments myself with CK Dandy font. The paper is from Martha Stewart and I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers.  I hope you like it!  Come on over to Tuesday Throwdown and join us!


This card entered here:


Polkadoodles - Animal magic
A Random Fan - pastel colors
House of Cards - cute/fun
Sketchy Colors - lime green & yellow
a*muse studio - color inspiration

Cute Thinking of You Card

Hi!  It's Tuesday Throwdown time again!  This week we are sponsored by
and our theme is "Stitching".  I made this fun card using "Sally & Bella Go Camping".  

I think this image is just adorable!  I've colored it with Spectrum Noir markers and stitched it to the cardstock with my little "Sew Crafty Mini".  I just picked up that blue ribbon at Wal-Mart on my way home from work today.  I love that color!  The patterned paper has no name on it, so I don't know who it is from.  I added some flowers and brads from my yard sale stash. The sentiment is from Close To My Heart.  Super simple and fun! 

Get stitchin' and come on over and join us!

I've entered this card here:

Craftitude - anything goes or add a little green
Love to Create - anything goes
The ABC Challenge - G is for Girls
Left of Center - anything goes

Birthday Boy Medallion

HI!  Glad you came by today because it's time for a new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown!  This week we are sponsored by 2 Cute Ink and our theme is......ANYTHING GOES!  I thought this cute little image was just begging to be put on a medallion!

How fun is that? Now come on over and join in the fun!!!


Supplies: 

2 Cute Ink image-Cowboy Kid
Papers-Best Occasions 
Spectrum Noir markers


I'm entering this project here:

Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes
Cardz TV - 3D birthday
Craftitude - anything goes or music themed
Love to Create - anything goes
Cutie Pie Challenge - spots & dots
Cupcake Inspirations - picture inspiration

"Roses Are Red, Dear, Violets Are Blue..."

"Angels in Heaven, know I love you.  Know I love you dear, know I love you.  Angels in Heaven know I love you!"  Did you know that is the 2nd verse of "Down In The Valley"?  I think I learned it when I was a kid but had forgotten it.  When I think of it now, in my head I hear that great big prisoner in the movie "Green Mile" (I think) singing it.  He had a beautiful voice and that was such a touching scene. 

Anyway......it's Tuesday Throwdown day!  Our theme is "Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue" and we are sponsored by Simply B Stamps.    Boy!  She has some awesome stuff!  I was honored to get to use her "My Funky Valentine Betty" and here's what I created:

 I did a lot of practicing on this girl before I got her colored good enough to use!  I colored 3 images before I got the clothes right and 2 more trying to get the hair right!  But in the end, I'm very happy with this card!

Supplies:

Digi- Simply B Staamps "My Funky Valentine Betty"
Image mounted on Spellbinders Die
Markers - Spectrum Noir
Label - Lacy Labels (stretched and sized with Gypsy)
Gems - Studio G
Ribbon and Rose in my stash (from yard sales!)
Feathers - gifted to me
Glossy Accents (on her eyes)
Ink - Stampin' Up

There you go and thanks for stopping by!  Now head over to Tuesday Throwdown and check out all the beautiful inspiration there and then join us!


I'm entering this card here:

Open Minded Crafting - show some love
Polka Doodles - Love Is In The Air
ABC Challenge - E for embellish (feathers, gems, ribbon, rosette)
Digi Galore - valentine
Kaboodle Doodles - For my sweetheart
More Than Favors - valentine
Catch The Bug - Love
Fantabulous Cricut - Love
Oldie But A Goodie - valentine (stash-rosette & feathers)
Whoopsi Daisy - use a sentiment
Craftitude - valentines
Cut It Up - valentines
Love To Create - use red
My Craft Spot - sketch

I'd Be Lost Without You!

Hello Blog Buddies!   It's been awhile since I welcomed new followers and I see that we have almost reached 100!  Wow!  Welcome to all of you and thank you for joining me here!  When I first started this I seriously doubted I would get 15 or 20.  How exciting!   When we do hit 100, I will have a giveaway to celebrate, so keep an eye out for it!

It's time for another challenge at Creative Craft Challenges and we are having a recipe challenge this time.  Use 1 image, 1 sentiment, 2 patterned papers and 2 different embellishments. 

I used a Whoopsi Daisy image, a sentiment I created in Microsoft WORD, papers from Provo Craft and , and my 2 embellishments are buttons and ribbon/tag.

I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers

The sentiment is printed on Safemat paper and adhered onto a tag cut with Tags, Bags, Boxes and More.  

Well, I've had a great time working with the Creative Craft Challenges team, but this will be our last challenge for awhile.  Life gets really busy sometimes and Sandra, our blog leader, is just covered up with things happening right now.  So after this challenge we will be taking an extended break, so please come over and join us for this last challenge!  Hope to see you there!

This card entered here:

Kaboodle Doodles - Baby it's cold outside
Craftitude - something fluffy
Crafts for Eternity - tic tac toe - blue/buttons/white
Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes
Pile It On - animals
Artistic Inspirations - animals

Lil' Gingerbread Cookie

Hi!  Welcome to my blog today!  It's time for another challenge at Tuesday Throwdown and our theme is "Christmas Cookies" - use some type of baking item on your project (sprinkles, baking cup,  etc).  We are sponsored by Robyn's Fetish this week!

I used some mini baking cups on my card with RF's "Gingerbread Baby", colored with Spectrum Noir markers.

I pinched the center of the baking cups and twisted them just a little, hoping to make the stripes look a little more swirled to look like lollipops.  But I think they turned out to look more like flowers, so we'll go with that! :o)   I twisted some green twine from The Twinery for the stems (or sucker sticks if we go with the lollipop idea).

These fuzzy covered buttons were in my button box and matched the green edge of the baking cups exactly!

I also looked through my stash of die cuts leftover from other projects, experiments, etc. and found these label cuts and one of the snowflakes.  The snowflakes and the white label are cut from white glitter cardstock.  The labels are Spellbinders dies and the snowflakes are from the Christmas solutions cartridge.   The sentiment stamp is from Inkadinkadoo, stamped with white ink and then heat embossed with crystal powder.  

There you have it!  This is a fun challenge that had me thinking a bit to use something new.  Just what a challenge is supposed to do, right?  So come on over and join the fun at Tuesday Throwdown!



This card entered here:

Craftitude - button up
Creatilicious - Christmas
Kaboodle Doodles - start of winter
My Craft Spot - Holly Jolly Christmas
Paper Playtime - anything goes
ABC - almost Christmas
The Crafter's Cafe - anything goes
The Stamping Boutique - recipe (1 digi; 3 lollipops; glitter cardstock)

Mewwy Twismas!

Hello Bloggie Friends!  Today I have a super fun card for our Tuesday Throwdown challenge.  The theme is "Snow Birds" and we are sponsored by My Grafico.  Aren't these penguins adorable!?!

 

 

Just a fun little Christmas card...

 

Here's the supply list:

Background paper - Cricut Imagine Snow Angel
Digi Penguins - My Grafico
Sentiment - Computer generated
Label Die - Spellbindershttp://digitallysweetchallenges.blogspot.ca/
Markers - Spectrum Noir
Ribbon - Wal-Mart
Snowflake brads - Recollections
http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/
Come on over and join in the fun at Tuesday Throwdown!  See you there!

Challenges entered:
4 Crafty Chicks - snowflakes
Crafty Girls - anything goes
Crafty Ribbons - anything goes with ribbon
A Creative Romance - winter blues
Creative Corner - Let it Snow
Digitally Sweet - Ribbon and/or lace
Colour Me Creative - winter, frosty & cold
Crafty Calendar - All things Christmas

An Autumn Tag

Hello Bloggies!  It's time again for a challenge at My Sheri Crafts.  Sandy challenged us to create "Anything Fall/Thanksgiving Related".  I had two of this sunflower digi colored up and laying on my workdesk, just waiting to be used.  So I made a tag to use for a "Thank You" gift.

 

The digi is from Robyn's Fetish and colored with Spectrum Noir pens.  I used the second digi to pop up the top of the flower.  I used two sets of Spellbinders dies to cut the layers and the tag itself is cut with Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cartridge.  The sentiment stamp is from Studio G.   

 

So this challenge shouldn't be too hard!  Come on over and join us!

 

Entered Here:

Crafting for All Seasons - autumn colors

Crafty Creations - autumn colors

Divas by Design - use a digi

Handmade Harbor - Thank you or Thanksgiving

Crafts 4 Eternity - anything but a card

Digi Haven - Fall

Kitty Bee - Fall colors

Stamping for the Weekend - Autumn/Fall colors

 Party Time Tuesdays - Thankgiving/Thank you

"Tag It" With Tuesday Throwdown

Hi!  I hope you all survived Halloween and the kids are over their "sugar high".  :)  It's time for a new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown and we have a "Tag It" theme, sponsored by Robyn's Fetish.  Here's my tag using a Robyn's Fetish Digi: 

I think this little bear is adorable! 

He's colored with Spectrum Noirs and pop-dotted on some beautiful Christmas paper from The Paper Studio.  I bought this paper pad last year and this is the first sheet I've pulled out of it.  Another stash item is the raffia I added.  I bought a package of that about 3 years ago and STILL have a ton of it.  I don't think I'll ever need to buy anymore (unless I "need" a different color... heh, heh, heh!)  The sentiment stamp is from Stampabilities and inked up with Studio G white chalk ink.

Anyway, I like how this tag turned out and it was really very simple.  I hope you'll join us this week with your tag project!

I've entered this tag here:

Lil Red Wagon - A Christmas Tag
Fab & Funky - Traditional Christmas colors
Divas By Design - use a digi
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Creative Card Crew - Teddy Bears
Holly Jolly Christmas - add gold and/or silver

Creative Craft Challenge

Here I am, a day late again!  The new challenge at Creative Craft Challenges started yesterday.  Our theme is "Anything Goes" this time and we are sponsored by
  Kathryne has some really cute digis!  Here is my card using "Autumn Friends"

 

Supplies:
Spectrum Noir markers
Sissix embossing folder
Martha Stewart punch
Recollections Fall Leaf brads
Striped paper is some I've had for years.  Can't remember if it came from LTD Commodities or was on clearance at Hobby Lobby.  Anyway, it's old!

Head on over to Creative Craft Challenges to see the other great creations using Kathryne's stamps, then join in the fun!

This card entered here:
Parade Your Crafts - Fall
Party Time Tuesdays - Halloween cards-not scary

Thank You Sew Much - My Sheri Crafts #120

Hello!  Happy Saturday!  We are having some beautiful Autumn weather.  I love this time of year!  The weather is cooling off and makes me think of evenings cozied up in my chair cross-stitching.  So this week's challenge at My Sheri Crafts is perfect!  Sue chose the theme "Stitch In Time"-make a project which includes a sewing theme. 

I chose this cute bear digi, "Patch", from Stamping Boutique to make a Thank You Card:

 I used Spellbinders dies to cut him out.  The patterned paper is from Melody Ross.

He's colored with my Spectrum Noir markers and I used a silver glitter gel pen to accent some of the dots around him.

 The sentiment is computer generated and cut out with Tags, Bags, Boxes and More and some gems from my stash.  I've used some of them on the corners of the image cut, too.  I've anchored the sentiment with a little bit of ribbon and some flower brads.

The inside is completed with scraps!  I really like how this card turned out!

 

So come on over to My Sheri Crafts and stitch up some fun!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

This card entered here:

Di's Digi Designs - hand colored image

My Time to Craft - Thank you

Crafts 4 Eternity - anything goes

Crafty Calendar - Bear hunt

Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes

Crafter's Café - Die cuts or punches

Aud Sentiments - suitable for a child

 

 

My 30th Anniversary and A Mousey Birthday

Happy Anniversary to my sweet husband!  It's our 30th today! 

 This picture is from our 25th, but we pretty much look like this still :)  If we go crazy and get new pics taken on this anniversary, I'll share them later.  I love this man!!!!

But now I need to move on to our Tuesday Throwdown challenge.  This week our theme is Clean and Simple and we are sponsored by A Whiff of Joy.  She let us use some of her super cute images to create our projects. 

I used a white card base and some papers I found in my stash that were in a little 4x4 pad like a sticky note pad.  I have no idea where they came from.  I turned the striped squares in opposite directions and cut one of the polka dot sheets in half. 

Isn't he just as cute as he can be???  I colored him up with my Spectrum Noir pens.

I've had these plastic pieces in my stash for YEARS, just waiting for the right use. 

Clean and simple--a very easy theme so come on over and join us!  See you there!  Oh--be sure to check out all the other amazing work of the design team over at Tuesday Throwdown!

Parade Your Crafts - birthday
Tammy's Scrappin Corner - birthday
Digi Makeover Challenge - anything goes
Cutie Pie challenge - for the boys
Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes
Shopping Our Stash - kids
Use it Tuesday - 2 hoarded items (2 embellies & paper)

Native American Harvest Card

Hello my friends!  Glad you came by today.  At My Sheri Crafts we are recognizing Native American Day, September 27.  Peach has challenged us to create a project inspired by the Native American culture.  In my head I saw a Dreamcatcher....my hands didn't know what to do with that vision.  So I used two images from Digi Darla, Sweet Indian Harvest and Curly Pumpkin to make a harvest card.

 

I was running out of black ink in my printer, so the digi is printed in kind of a gray shade and it looks blurry in the picture, but it isn't in real life!  I colored the images with Spectrum Noir markers, cut it out with a Spellbinders die and added a charm from Bo Bunny, along with a little ribbon from my stash.  The sentiment stamp is from Pink By Design.  That's it!

Come on over and join us at My Sheri Crafts!

Entered here:
A Gem of a Challenge - 2 images (1-Indian Girl 2-pumpkin)
Color Me Creative - any image colored with alcohol markers
Di's Digi Designs - Fabulous Fall Colors
My Time To Craft - Autumnal Colors
Rouge Redhead Designs - Autumn Colors
Aud Sentiments - Fall Sentiment-not Halloween

Strawberry Gift Bag - Tuesday Throwdown #164

Hello my friends!  Thank you for coming by today!  It's Team a's turn for this week's challenge at Tuesday Throwdown and our theme is.......Anything Goes!  We are sponsored this week by My Heart Pieces and I used their "Baby Bees" image to make a little gift bag.

I colored the image with my Spectrum Noir markers and cut it out with a Spellbinder's die, then inked the edges with red.  I added a little bit of red and yellow twine from The Twinery, then mounted the image onto a piece of green gingham cloth from an upholstery/drapery sample book that a friend gave me.  That is mounted onto a piece of red cardstock, then a sheet of red gingham paper.  Some red gems in the corners from my stash finish off the bag.

 

I decided a strawberry gift tag would be the perfect finishing touch.  The cut is from Savory (I think) and I used my Gypsy to weld and create the base.

 

Well, that's it!  Now head on over to Tuesday Throwdown and check out all the great inspiration there, then join us!  Have a great week!

 

Entered Here:

Parade Your Crafts - anything goes

 

Tuesday Throwdown #162-School Colors

It's Tuesday Throwdown time!  This week we are sponsored by Meljen's Designs and our theme is "School Spirit (use your school colors)"

 

I thought this little guy was sooooo cute and Wildcat football is a REALLY big deal here, so he's perfect! 

He's colored with Spectrum Noir pens, backed by a Sissix embossing folder of diamonds and a little accent of black baker's twine.

The finishing touch of a Sissix die!

 

Now come on over to Tuesday Throwdown and show your school spirit!  See you there!