A Summer Wedding Card

This week's challenge at The Outlawz Twisted Thursday is sponsored by:

And our theme is, as always, Anything Goes with a Twist and this weeks Twist is Summer Time.  

I used Sami Stamps' "Rose Bride" image to made a summer wedding card!

I really like this stamp, but I failed to check out who made it!  I'll look for that and update later.

The circle dies are from Spellbinders, the gazebo is a Cricut cut, paper is from The Paper Studio and the corner punches are a little blue punch with no name!  Thanks for stopping by, please come over and join us!

This card entered here:

Crafting With An Attitude - anything goes
Southern Girls Challenge - Sticky Stuff (stick on gems)

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

Black & White Wedding Card

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!

Wow!  2014!!!!  How did that get here so fast?  I hope you all have a wonderful, blessed year!

We are ending the year with a new challenge over at Creative Craft Challenges, sponsored by

 

 and our theme is Anything Goes!

I made this black and white wedding card.

The silhouette is from Wedding cartridge, mounted on a Spellbinders mat.

I created this sentiment in MS Word and hand cut the banner.  I love this black ribbon with a little shiny gold thread running through it!  I picked that up from Wal-Mart.

The flocked paper is from K & Co. and I added a little bling from Paper Studio.

This stamp is from Hero Arts.

There you go!  Now come on over and join us!

This card entered here:

Clear It out - use something textured (flocked paper, ribbon & gems)
Creative Card Crew - anything goes
Crafting From the Heart - anything goes
Artistic Inspirations - anything goes
Kaboodle Doodles - amything goes

White on White Christmas

Hi!  Today's challenge at Creative Craft Challenges2 is "White On White Christmas".  Here's my entry:

 I used a Spellbinders  M-Bossibilities music embossing folder and added a little bit of white Stickles to highlight some spots.  The gem swirls are from Say It In Crystals. 

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The sentiment is computer generated and cut out with a Spellbinder's die, then outlined with my silver paint pen.  The poinsettia is cut with the Christmas solutions cartridge.

This sentiment is a  Stampabilities rubber stamp and the snowflake/star is also from the Christmas solutions cartridge. 

Come on over to Creative Craft Challenges and join in! 

This card entered here:

Friends of Speedy TV-silver & white
Anonymous Stamps - anything goes/deck the halls
Creatilicious - christmastime
Fantabulous Cricut - holiday cards
Parade your Crafts - Christmas
ABC Challenges - A-Almost Christmas

"Celebrate" Card for Creative Craft Challenges

                              Celebrate what?  Anything you want!
This card is for our "It's Only Words" challenge over at Creative Craft Challenges.   The digi is from our sponsor, Melonheadz. 

I added a little color to the black and white digi with markers and sparkly gel pens, then cut it out with Spellbinders.  I've added bling from Spare Parts Embellishments and 2 ribbons bought at a yard sale.  I left the inside blank so it can be used to celebrate a birthday, anniversary, exciting event or whatever. 

So come on over and join us with your "It's Only Words" card!  See you there!

This card entered here:

Crafty Sentiments-anything goes

Die Cuttin' Divas-anything goes

Party Time Tuesdays-anything goes

Through The Craft Room Door

Creative Craft Challenges Blogaversary!

Happy Anniversary to Creative Craft Challenges!  We're having a "Free For All" (anything goes) challenge to celebrate!  Our sponsors are Crafty Ribbons & Crafty Individuals.

I had an order for an anniversary card, so how perfect for this challenge?

I used a white card base & envelope.  I outlined the envelope with a silver paint marker to help match it to the card.

 The sentiment is computer generated and one I saw in a magazine. 

 It's cut out with a Spellbinders die, outlined with the silver pen.  The ribbon is from Michaels, the purple gems are from Bo Bunny.

 The inside sentiment is from Calligraphy cartridge.  I used the "print only" function on my Imagine, then cut it out with the same Spellbinders die. 

Come on over to Creative Craft Challenges and help us celebrate!


This card entered here:

Artistic Inspirations - anything goes
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - ribbon
Craft-Dee BowZ- handmade bow
My Craft Creations - anything goes

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

Welcome Baby shaped card

Hello!  I went missing for a week or so, but I'm trying to get back on track here!  Today we have a new challenge at Creative Craft Challenges and it's sponsored by

 Our theme this round is "Not a Square". 

 

I made this simple "overalls" card with Imagine Nursery Tails cartridge.  I cut the background layer twice and just  used a rectangle to glue it together. 

 

 

I tied a sometwine around the fold to cover up the bit of the rectangle that was showing, hand wrote the "Welcome Baby" and stamped "Congratulations" on the inside with a Hero Arts stamp. 

Can't get much more simple than that!  Please head over to Creative Craft Challenge blog and check out the beautiful inspiration from the other girls.  They've made some wonderful stuff!  Thanks for stopping in and I hope to see your entries this week!

New Creative Craft Challenge

Hello!  Are you ready to play some Tic Tac Toe?  It's game time over at Creative Craft Challenges!  Here's the gameboard:

 

This week we have two great sponsors! 

  and

 

 

I chose the middle line, Gems, Flowers, Ivory and made this card with some scraps and precuts that were on my work desk.

 

I found the kraft mat that I had already used the corner punch on and the lable cut from Winter Woodland that were both laying on the desk.  I mounted them onto a card base and rounded the corners of it.  Then I added some Prima Flowers and cut the butterfly from Cricut Ultimate Creative Sampler 3 times, adding some gems to it.   The flowers already had gems in their centers.  The stems in the flowers are from........well, I can't remember what cartridge those were on!  :p

I stamped the frame and sentiment with a  Just Rite stamp set, turning the frame on a corner.  I embossed the stamps with Copper embossing powder.

Here you can see the shine of the copper embossing powder.  I finished out the card with a strip and a knotted bow of dark brown ribbon.

So there it is!  Now what do you say you head on over to Creative Craft Challenges, check out all the great inspiration there and then join in the game!  See you there!

Entered here:

Going Grey with Scrap Creations - anything goes
Loves Rubber Stamps - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Through the Craft Room Door - always anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday - embossing
Craft Room Challenge - tic tac toe (butterfly, kraft, pearls or gems)

Blue & Brown Challenge

Hello All!  Today we have another challenge at Creative Craft Challenges and our theme is "Blue & Brown".  this week's winner will receive a prize from our sponsor


I used some My Mind's Eye papers and Just Rite stamps for my card this week.  The top paper has a brown swirl print, the bottom paper has blue and brown stripes.

 The label cut is from Lacy Labels and everything is inked with Tim Holz distress inks.

I popped up the label, added some pretty brown sheer ribbon a clear heart charm and brads from my stash.  The inside is finished out with another strip of the blue paper and also inked.

Now I hope you'll head over the Creative Craft challenges to check out all the other great inspiration from the team and then join in the fun!  See you there!

Entered Here:

Anything Goes Challenge Blog
Crafts for Eternity - Anything Goes
Kaboodle Doodles - Anything Goes
Love To Create - Hugs & Wishes
Paper Playtime - use patterned paper
Pile It On - Thinking of You

A Stitch In Time-Creative Craft Challenges

Hello!  I'm trying to get back on schedule and back into my crafting groove as it's been a bit of a struggle the past few months.  I lost my Dad in February, in the middle of our Basketball and Cheerleading season at work.  Once we got the season over with, then I got to work on settling Mom & Dad's estate, which still isn't over.  Then we got the estate auction scheduled and spent weeks boxing up all their things, while also having Summer Daycamp at work.  Now both of those are over and I'm having a yard sale this weekend that I promised my husband I would do to clean out the garage/storage/closets..... 

Anyway....the challenge at Creative Craft Challenges this week is "Stitch In Time".  I did get the chance to make this card with a couple of cute images from our sponsor
  They were generous enough to give us a few digi stamps to work with and I combined 2 of them.

I freely admit that my faux stitching by hand is just as straight and even as my machine stitching in real life!  :)

But my coloring didn't turn out too bad!  I used my Spectrum Noir markers and the stamp is from K Andrews.  The papers are from my stash and I don't know whose they are.

This stamp is from Hero Arts and the stitching is all done with metallic gel pens.  The stamps are inked with Studio G chalk ink.

Come on over and join us with some stitching!  See you there!

Crafts 4 Eternity - spots and stripes
Catch the Bug Challenge - photo inspiration
Pause, Dream, enjoy - anything goes

For the Fellas - Creative Craft Challenges #11

Hello!  It's time for another challenge over at Creative Craft Challenges!  This week we are celebrating our guys, so we are making cards "For The Fellas"!

 

I've had this embellishment set from Bo Bunny for a while now and thought it was a good time to use it.  The background paper is from The Paper Studio. 

 This stamp is from Fiskars, part of a birthday set.

 Really neat, stretchy cloth ribbon is part of the Bo Bunny set.

The inside sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

So come on and join in the fun...after checking out all the DT inspiration over at Creative Craft Challenges!

Creative Craft Challenge #10 Just Checking

Hi Bloggies!  It's time for another challenge at Creative Craft Challenges!  This week we are sponsored by

and our challenge is to add "checks" to your project.  No check-marks, now! 

I had this little sweetie from WhoopsiDaisy already colored and just laying on my desk, waiting for me to use her.  The red check paper is from The Paper Studio.  The tag is a Just Rite stamp, cut with Spellbinders Lacy Circles die with a bit of Trendy Twine.  The brown check is a strip of fabric ribbon that was in my garage sale basket. 

Thanks for stopping by today to check out my work!  Now go over to Creative Craft Challenge, check out all the fantastic inspiration and join in the fun!


This card is entered at:

Creatalicious Challenges - For the Girls
Crafter's café - For Mom/ or For A Woman (2nd entry)
Whoopsi Daisy - anything with a WD image
Lady Anne's Challenges - anything goes

Creative Craft Challenge #8

Welcome to another challenge over at Creative Craft Challenges!  This week we are sponsored by:

 

We got to play with some of their great digi stamps and challneged to use Red, White & Blue.  Here in the USA, we love that color combo! 

I used their fun super hero digi to make a little boy's birthday card:

I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers.  The "Zap" is cut from Batman cartridge and the inside I made on my computer using Microsoft WORD and hand cut it.  The patterned papers are from The Paper Studio.  Fun, huh?  It was really a fun, easy card to make. 

Now head on over to Creative Craft Challenges, check out all the fun stuff the rest of the team has made, leave some love, then join in the fun!  Can't wait to see what you create!