Papercraft Star Challenge #15

This week's challenge at Papercraft Star was to create a project based upon or inspired by one of the wonders of the world.  Living on the Gulf Coast and having so much of my family's heritage tied up in the industries connected with it, draws me to the ocean.  So . . . my choice of inspiration wasn't a hard one--the Great Barrier Reef.  My husband and I have collected shells on our visits to Florida and Puerto Rico and I have some from a trip to Grand Cayman.  That little orange shell in the front is less than 1/2" long, and I have some that I keep in a matchbox because they are less than 1/4"!  God is an amazing creator!!

My card is very simple in design.  Layering and a wonderful vintage image of a conch shell I found at The Graphics Fairy make up the majority of the card.  I used the beautiful Martha Stewart Daisy Fan deep edge punch and then put a layer of white cardstock under it to make the coral colors pop out a little more.  The shell image was painted with some Glimmer Mist and the edges of the paper were distressed and inked.  I added some pearls, the oceans gems, and some seam binding I formed into a bow and sprayed with Glimmer Mist.  The sentiment was stamped with a little $1 set of Studio G clear alphabet stamps from Michaels or Joanns.

Supplies

Paper:  Bazzill, Great White Cardstock

Stamps:  Studio G

Inks:  Versafine Vintage Sepia, Tea Dye Distress Ink, Vanilla Breeze and Old Lace Glimmer Mist

Tools:  Martha Stewart  Daisy Fan deep edge punch, Heidi Swapp edge distresser

Miscellaneous:  Hug Snug Seam Binding, Recollections and Paper Studio pearls

You can submit your projects up until 12:00 noon EST tomorrow at the Papercraft Star blog.  Make sure you come back later and cast your votes for your faves!  This weeks sponsor is Viola's Boutique.  Oh my gosh, if you haven't checked this little etsy store out by all means go and look!  She has some GORGEOUS crocheted flowers perfect for any card or layout.

Have a wonderful weekend!

It's a Fred, She Said Blog Hop!

Note:  This blog hop runs through October 7th at 12:00 midnight EDT!!!

Welcome to the Fred, She Said Designs Blog Hop!  If you came here from Anne's blog, then you're in the right place.  If not then you need to start at Tracey's blog.  Each stop on the blog hop will have a wonderful project for you to see AND a special word.  Make sure you visit each blog and collect all the words in the correct order so you can be eligible for the prizes.  Tracey's giving away $20.00 CAD worth of FSS goodies and a $20.00 gift certificate to the Crop Stop.

This is my first blog hop as a new member of the Fred, She Said Design Team and I'm so excited!  FSS is owned and operated by the incredibly talented Tracey Lynn Miller.  All you have to do is go take a peek at what's in the FSS store and you'll know what I mean. 

We have an open theme for this hop so that you can get a look at the individual styles that make up the Design Team AND get a look at some of the incredible images Tracey has created.  We have some awesome designers on this team so make sure you see them all!

Anyone who has ever visited my blog before knows I am a FLOWER NUT!  I love to make my own paper flower embellishments and Tracey has several digital flower sets that make it so easy.  For my card I chose to use the Paper Roses and Leaves set and the Monarch Butterflies set.

The flowers and leaves can be printed out in sets or individually and you can resize them to fit whatever you're making.  Cut them out, add a little embossing and some ink, stack and glue and voilà!  You have a beautiful flower.  Both the flower and butterfly sets have SVG files for those of you who have digital cutting programs or you can cut by hand like I do. 

Dont forget to visit ALL the blog hop stops and collect the special words in the correct order, and you'll find instructions at the last stop on how to e-mail the phrase to Tracey for your chance to win.

My special word is

"TO"
and your next stop is Sonya's blog.

It's not necessary to leave a comment but I'd love it if you would.  So get hopping and have fun!
Blessings,

Supplies

Papers:  Bazzill, Anna Griffin, 7 Gypsies, Great White cardstock, Recollections cardstock
Stamps:  Fred, She Said Paper Roses and Leaves Digi set and Monarch Butterflies Digi set
Inks:  Wild Honey, Mahogany, Forest Moss and Vintage Photo Distress Inks
Tools:  Nestabilities Standard Circles large (S4-114) and Classic Scalloped Circles Large (S4-124), EK Success corner rounder punch, Martha Stewart Floral Vine deep edge punch
Miscellaneous:  Kaisercraft pearls, Offray ribbon

Just Inspirational Challenges #14

Our challenge this week at Just Inspirational is to make a Christmas themed card.  The DT was given some cute images from our sponsor, Delicious Doodles, to use on our cards.  I chose the holly leaves with berries.  The images and sentiment are painted with Distress inks and popped up on foam dots.

This theme is w-i-d-e open so get out your Christmas craft goodies and come join us!

Supplies

Papers:  Georgia Pacific cardstock, Bazzill, Strathmore Watercolor paper

Stamp:  Delicious Doodles

inks:  Forest Moss and Fired Brick Distress Inks

Tools:  Nestabilities Double Ended Tags (S3-149), Cuttlebug Spots and Dots Embossing Folder

Miscellaneous:  Offray ribbon, Recollections Gemstones, Recollections brads

I'll have more than one post today so make sure you catch them all!

Blessings!

Emma the Caroling Angel

This card is made with a brand new image from Fred, She Said Designs called Emma the Caroling Angel.  Isn't she adorable.  I've colored her with watercolor pencils and added lots of distress ink to the different paper layers.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Friday Sketchers #121--sketch

Sew Many Cards #28--digi stamp and Christmas

Paper Sundaes #37--things with wings

Flutter By Wednesday's #124--sparkle and shimmer

Our Daily Bread Designs #31--wing it

Supplies

Papers:  Bazzill, Recollections

Stamp:  Emma the Caroling Angel from Fred, She Said Designs

Inks+:  Derwent Watercolour pencils, Vintage Photo and Tumbled Glass Distress inks, Crystal Stickles

Tools:  Nestabilities Labels 10 (S5-022); EK Success Retro flower punches, Martha Stewart leaf punch

Miscellaneous:  Celebrate It ribbon, thin green ribbon from my stash, Michaels rhinestones, glitter

Happy Wednesday!

The Lavender Lady

May I introduce you to the Lavender Lady.  Isn't she beautiful?  I got this image from Magic Moonlight.  Her dress was a little too pink originally so I tweaked her a bit in Photoshop.  She needed to be lavender for one of the challenges I entered.  I inked the pale lavender paper with Dusty Concord Distress Ink and used the same paper to make the flowers, inking their edges and misting them with water.  I'm really happy with the way this card turned out.  Thanks to Linda Robinson at City Crafters for the lovely sketch for this weeks challenge.

The card is being entered in the following challenges:

City Crafters #23--sketch

A Pocket Full of Posies #7--lavender and old lace

For Fun Challenges--vintage

Charisma  Cardz #38--anything goes

A Spoonfull of Sugar #122--anything goes

Supplies

Papers:  Recollections cardstock, Anna Griffin, K & Company Floral Dreams, Provocraft Mini Slab III

Image:  Magic Moonlight; leaves from Fred, She Said Paper Roses and Leaves digi set

Ink:  Dusty Concord  and Peeled Paint Distress Ink

Tools:  EK Success Retro Flower punches

Miscellaneous:  Kaisercraft pearls, Offray ribbon, lace from my stash, Wrights pearl trim

Hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

Blessings,

Papercraft Star Challenge #14

Time for another challenge at Papercraft Star and this week's challenge was a Simon Says recipe. This card was really simple to make. We were to score the mat 5 times at 1/4" intervals so I decided to do that in two different directions. Next, I embossed all that white space with an embossing folder. I inked and stacked punched flowers and added button centers along with some leaves made from a Fred, She Said Designs digital image set. Last but not least is some wrapped hemp cording with a little charm and a handwritten sentiment.

Supplies

Papers: Bazzill, Great White cardstock
Stamp: leaves from Fred, She Said Designs Dahlia's digital stamp set
Inks+: Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Dried Marigold, and Peeled paint Distress Inks
Tools: EK Success daisy punches, Scor-pal, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder
Miscellaneous: buttons, twine, charm

 Submissions can be made through 12:00 p.m. EST Saturday at the Papercraft Star blog. We've had some great giveaways for our followers and Facebook peeps and we've got tons of awesome prizes lined up for the upcoming challenges. This week's prize sponsor is Sunnygrls Fun Shoppe! Don't forget to come back after the submissions are closed and cast your votes for your favorites.
Have a great weekend!

Blog Candy over at He IS Able

My friend Traci over at He IS Able is giving away some early Christmas blog candy.  You can click the link and get all the details.  She has all the goodies listed and everything you need to do to put your name in the hat.  There's even a card challenge if your interested.
Traci uses her blog to spread the word of God and be an encouragement to others with devotionals and a card ministry.  Hop over there if you need a little spiritual pick me up.
Her candy runs through September 30th and she'd like you to drop my name in your comment if you found her through this post.
Have a blessed day!

Just Inspirational DT, Challenge #13

Our challenge this week at Just Inspirational Challenges is a sketch challenge. The DT was also supplied with this fun little snowman image from Crafty Sentiments Designs, our sponsor for this weeks challenge.

I've colored him with my watercolour pencils and added a little sparkle here and there with some Stickles, Glossy Accents, and Diamond Dust covered Martha Stewart snowflakes. I added a few extra layers of paper to the sketch and did a LOT of distressing.
Normally I am a traditional green and red Christmas person, but I saw these papers at Hobby Lobby and knew my little guy was going to have a blue Christmas. (I know, bad joke). :)

Supplies

Paper: Great White cardstock, The Paper Studio
Stamp: Crafty Sentiments Designs Snowman and Broom
Inks+: Derwent Watercolour pencils, Inkadinkado Blending Chalks
Tools: Martha Stewart snowflake punch
Miscellaneous: Twinklets Diamond Dust, Crystal and Waterfall Stickles, Glossy Accents

Happy Thursday!

Break out the rake!

I'm so ready for fall. It was so hot this summer I just hibernated inside in the air conditioner the whole time. I'm ready to get outside and plant some fall flowers in my planters and hubby's ready for me to pull some weeds and grass.
I made the following card with an old Mojo Monday sketch and one of the digis offered this week for the challenge at Digi Doodle Shop's Best. I colored it with Prismacolor pencils and OMS. I did some doodling around the frame of the image too. I loaded it with my handmade flowers and used some leaves from Fred, She Said Designs Paper Roses digi set. The kraft paper at the top was run through a paper crimper for texture. This one is being entered in a lot of challenges because one of the requirements for the Digi Doodle challenge was to enter you project in as many challenges as possible, plus . . . it's fun!
Digi Doodle Shop's Best--anything goes using DDS image
Paper Sundaes--fall or Halloween colors
Scrappy Frogs--make your own flowers
Stampin' Sisters in Christ--fall colors
Craft Your Days Away--autumn and doodles
Stamp Something--use something digital
C.R.A.F.T Challenge--colored pencils only
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge--anything goes
Stempel-Magie--autumn colors
Crafty Little Place--brown, green, and orange
Creative Card Crew--autumn or fall
Everybody Art Challenge--autumn
Tuesday Morning Sketches--handmade flowers
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge--chocolate and green

Supplies

Papers: Bazzill, Moxxie, Great White cardstock, Recollections cardstock
Stamps: Digi Doodle Shop fall leaves, Fred She Said, Designs Paper Roses leaves
Inks+: Prismacolor colored pencils, Gemini Masterpiece Odorless Mineral Spirits; Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey, and Forest Moss Distress inks; Sakura Pigma Micron pen
Tools: Fiskars Circle Cutter, EK Success Retro Flower punches, Fiskars paper crimper
Miscellaneous: Recollections brads, Offray ribbon

Blessings,

Can't get enough Fall

This wonderful cooler weather has just got me in the crafting mood so here's another autumn card using a Fred, She Said Designs set called Fall Flowers. The set also includes the paper piercing pattern I used on the card. The sentiment was a freebie from Raindrop Echo Designs.

Paper Sundaes--fall or Halloween colors
Stampin' Sisters in Christ--fall colors
Stamp Something--use something digital
C.R.A.F.T Challenge--colored pencils only
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge--anything goes
Stempel-Magie--autumn colors
Paper Pretties--pearls, rhinestone or glitter dots
Paper Playtime--autumn

Supplies

Papers: K & Company Tim Coffey Designs Blossomwood, Recollections cardstock
Stamps: Fred, She Said Designs Fall Flowers, Raindrop Echo DesignsInks+: Prismacolor pencils, Gemini Masterpiece Odorless Mineral Spirits
Tools: Nestabilities Labels Eight (S5-019), Martha Stewart Lace Doily edge punch, Bow Easy, Scor-pal
Miscellaneous: Recollections pearls, Offray ribbon
Blessings,

City Crafters #22--Tree of Books

I was not able to participate in playing at City Crafter Challenge for the past two weeks and I've been having withdrawals. LOL (I've missed you Kirsty and DT girls!)
A couple of days ago I went to the Mojo Monday blog and copied a bunch of their sketches to make myself a resource file. I love their sketches! This is an older one. I still need to make something using the lastest one, but this is what I came up with for this card.

Supplies

Papers: Bazzill, Moxxie, Recollections cardstock
Stamp: Inkadinkado
Inks: Versafine Vintage Sepia, Walnut Stain Distress Ink
Tools: Nestabilities Labels One (S4-161)
Miscellaneous: Kaisercraft pearls, Crafters Square hemp, Basic Grey button, Offray ribbon

Have a wonderful weekend!

Another $25.00 Giveaway at Papercraft Star!

Voting has started for the latest challenge at Papercraft Star so hop over there and cast your votes for your favorites.
While you're there you can check this out too. We've almost hit 500 followers and Beth and Kristina have decided to celebrate early with another $25.00 gift certificate to some lucky winner! Here's the link with all the details on how you can win.

So . . . are you ready for next weeks challenge? It's a recipe!!!!!!

Simon Says Follow this Recipe:

Make a Card
Base: 5.5 x 5.5
Mat: 5 x 5
Score Mat 5 times at 1/4 inch
3 Flowers from Die Cut or Punch
3 Buttons and Twine
(You may also add a sentiment or other items as desired)

Get those crafty brain cells in gear and show us what you've got! You can start posting your submissions on Wednesday.
Enjoy your weekend!

Papercraft Star Challenge #13

It seems like forever since I've made a scrapbook layout, but I had the opportunity to do it this week using Beth's great sketch for the challenge at Papercraft Star.
My family is very anti-personal photos on the net, so you won't find anything on my blog using pics of us. However, I am the official heirloom photo collector of both my family and my husbands' and I don't mind posting those. This layout uses some pictures of my grandmother that I believe were taken shortly before or after her marriage in 1938.
For my layout I made a title using some really cool paper. I found it at Michals and it's called Canvas Paper. It's literally like a piece of canvas for painting, but it's very flexible like a sheet of paper. I love the texture and inked it up with some distress ink. The letters were cut out using my Cricut and then layered onto white and then black cardstock, both of which were roughed up around the edges. I learned this technique a while back from an incredible crafter named Teresa Manchas. She has a tutorial for it on her blog Scrap This.
I added some chipboard pieces that I covered in paper, sanded, and inked. The banner is handcut. I don't have a single Cricut cart with a triangle shape on it. Drats! Anyway, the letters were stamped and embossed and I used my Crop-A-dile to punch holes to thread the string through. The string is just a piece I had leftover out of an office tag. The doily was cut to fit and it's edges were inked. I found these long rectangular ones at Dollar Tree. The flower at the top is actually three Prima flowers. Two are folded into quarters and glued into the center of the third.
At the bottom, I covered a chipboard heart in paper and then inked it. I then covered it with Versamark and UTEE. After about the third layer of UTEE I pressed a rubber stamp into the UTEE and let it cool. The flowers at the bottom are chipboard. I took a piece of white cardstock and ran it through a paper crimper in several different directions. It gave it a cool texture and then I inked them with Distress inks and misted them with water to meld the colors.
I've really had the itch to make a new mini album lately, and I even have the papers and some embellies bought for it already--My Mind's Eye Lost and Found. FABULOUS papers! Maybe I'll find a spare minute to get started on that.---ROFL!

Here's the list of supplies I used to make this page.

Paper: Bazill, My Mind's Eye Twenty-Ninth Street Market, Recollections and Great White cardstock, Strathmore Canvas paper
Stamps: Martha Stewart Alphabet clear stamps, Stampabilities Field of Flowers
Inks+: Weathered Wood, Shabby Shutters, Tumbled Glass, Frayed Burlap, and Vintage Photo Distress inks, Stazon Jet Black, Zing Clear embossing powder, Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel
Tools: Circut, Botanicals cartridge, Martha Stewart Layered Arches edge punch, Crop-A-dile, Fiskars Paper Crimper
Miscellaneous: chipboard pieces, Prima flowers, Making Memories ribbon and journaling tag, paper doilies, Michaels $1 bling

This project was a lot of fun and now I have another page finished to add to my heritage album. You have until 12:00 p.m. EST tomorrow to get your entry submitted at Papercraft Star. Hope you decided to play along with us this week. If not, we have a new challenge already scheduled for next week so you can start working on it now. We love to see our familiar regulars and all our brand new subsribers joining in the fun too!
Don't forget! If you aren't a follower of Papercraft Star, you can join now and be entered into a drawing for a $25.00 gift certificate to either Papertrey Ink or My Favorite Things. Check out all the details here. The drawing is Friday at noon EST so make sure you've joined and commented before that deadline.
Have a wonderful blessed day!

Just Inspirational Challege #12

I had mentioned the other day that I had a bit of news to share. Well, here it is. Out of the blue I was invited by the admin at Just Inspirational Challenges to join their Design Team! YAY! I love surprises! JIC has a weekly challenge on Thursdays and this is my first contribution as a member of the team. The challenge this week is to make a Christmas card. I just purchased this darling little Christmas Fairy Holly image from Mo's Digital Pencil and decided to use her. Isn't she adorable!
The card base is a step fold variation that I've never tried before. I really like the shape of it. The image is colored using a combination of Distress inks and Prisma colored pencils blended with OMS. Her dress flounce is covered with Diamond Stickles and the little snowglobe in her hand is covered in Glossy Accents. I added some TH Prima Poinsettias and some holiday trim I bought last year when all the Christmas goodies got marked down.

Supplies

Paper: Recollections card stock, Cloud 9 Designs, Making Memories, Great White cardstock
Stamp: Mo's Digital Pencil Christmas Fairy Holly
Inks+: Aged Mahogany, Wild Honey, and Frayed Burlap Distress Ink, Prisma colored pencils, Gemini Masterpiece Odorless Mineral Spirits, Glossy Accents, Diamond Stickles
Tools: Nestabilities Classic Ovals Large (S4-110) and Labels One (S4-161)
Miscellaneous: Tim Holtz Prima Christmas Poinsettias, Christmas trim

Pop out all your Christmas card making goodies and make something lovely to enter for this week's challenge.
Blessings!

Papercraft Star Fabulous Bloggers!

As a member of the Creative Team at Papercraft Star and as a card challenge player myself, I've had the pleasure of visiting a lot of different blogs showcasing cards and scrapbooking layouts, as well as altered projects. Papercraft Star has decided to spread some crafty love around with this little blog recognition button. Each of us was asked to pass this award along to some blogs that we find enjoyable. It might be your projects. It might be your witty repartee'. Or it might just be that we want to give you a little boost of encouragement and crafty love. Whatever the reason, we think you are a FABULOUS Blogger!

Today I have selected three bloggers to receive the Papercraft Star Fabulous Blogger Star Award. Each one has her own unique style of crafting, and I enjoy seeing each new project they create.

Nancy at The Nickel Nook
Geri at Paper Wishes
Silvia at Crafty Sil

Once you ladies are notified by me to come and pick up your award here on my blog, you should post it on your own blog along with the answers to the two following questions.

1. The best project I ever made was... (you can even post a pic here so we can see what you've done!)

2. I like to craft because...

Then just pass the love along the same way I did to three people who you feel are FABULOUS Bloggers too. Come on, admit it. We all love to get encouragement from our fellow crafters. What a blessing to be able to pass it on! . . .and on . . . and on!

Papercraft Star Challenge Blog is growing in leaps and bounds and we'd love to have you come be a part of it. We're having a membership drive right now and our bloggie leaders are offering up a $25.00 gift certificate to either Papertrey Ink or My Favorite Things. WOOHOO! You can check out the deets on how you can get your name in the hat for that yummy prize right here.

Our challenges are varied and announced on the blog a few weeks in advance to give you plenty of time to come up with an awesome project to show us. We've got some great prize sponsors lined up too! Who doesn't LOVE winning some scrappy goodness!

Enjoy your Fabulous Blogger awards ladies! . . . and come play along with us. That invitation is open to all!!!
Blessings,

Halloween Rosey

This little pup's name is Rosey and she is the second new fall release from Fred, She Said Designs. I guess I could have spookied her up a bit, but she's just so darn sweet I couldn't make her too evil. LOL She just made me think about little kids dressing up. Nothing evil there. hee hee
I used Prisma colored pencils and odorless mineral spirits to color her. Her hat was covered with Glossy Accents and then sprinkled with some superfine glitter. I wish it showed up better in the picture. It's really pretty. The glitter had a blue/black tone to it. There's also some Stickles glittering up the little punched border strip.
I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Challenge--Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas
Truly Scrumptious--sketch
Sew Many Cards--Halloween

Supplies

Paper: Recollections, Pink Paislee, Cherry Arte, Paper Studio
Stamp: Fred, She Said Designs Halloween Rosey Digital Stamp
Inks+: Prisma colored pencils, Gemini Masterpiece Odorless Mineral Spirits, Pumice Stone and Black Soot Distress inks, Black Diamond Stickles
Tools: Nestabilities Large Deckled Rectangles (S4-202) and Labels Eight (S5-019), Martha Stewart Layered Arches border punch
Miscellaneous: Offray ribbon, Recollections brads, Glossy Accents, Crafters Square Superfine Glitter

Blessings!

Pumpkins and Sunflowers

Tracey has some new digi images at Fred, She Said Designs including this adorable set called Pumpkins and Sunflowers. I colored the image with Prisma colored pencils and odlorless mineral spirits. I couldn't resist adding a little dimension to the card so the two lower pumpkins and the front sunflower are all layered up with pop dots. There's some fun Vintage Photo Distress Stickles in the center of those sunflowers too. The gorgeous background papers are from the Moxxie Shades of Autumn collection that I just picked up at my lss.
This card qualifies for the following challenges this week:

Mojo Monday--sketch
Mark's Finest Paper--fall colors
Paper Play--autumn
Fab 'n' Funky--anything goes

Supplies:

Papers: Moxxie Shades of Autumn Collection, Recollections Kraft, Bazzill, Great White white cardstock
Stamp: Fred, She Said Designs Pumpkins and Sunflowers digi
Inks+: Prisma colored pencils, Walnut Stain and Antique Linen Distress inks, VIntage Photo Stickles
Tools: Nestabilities Standard Circles Large (S4-114) and Classic Scalloped Circles Large (S4-124)
Miscellaneous: Celebrate It ribbon

You may have noticed some things moved around on my blog. I'm trying to "redecorate" and reduce some of the clutter, so I have added some pages to the blog. It's still a work in progress so please bare with me. Oh yeah, I know at least one person was having trouble posting comments to my blog. If anyone else has experienced this please let me know.
I hope to have another card up (hopefully) tomorrow using another new FSS digi and some news to share.
Thanks for stopping in!
Blessings!

Time to Vote at Papercraft Star!

Wowza we've got a ton of wonderful entries over at Papercraft Star for you to vote on this week. You can cast two votes--one for one for a design team entry and one for a contestant entry. Don't forget that voting is open to anyone, whether you played the challenge or not AND prizes ALWAYS go to one of our contestants not our DT members.


If you didn't get a chance to play this week's challenge, here's next week's challenge. You can always find our challenges posted a few weeks ahead of time on the Papercraft Star challenges page on the blog and you can find them posted here on my sidebar.



Card, layouts, altered pieces--just use our inspiration for a jumping off point and let your creativity take over. Beth has lined up some great sponsors for our upcoming challenges too. So add us to your list of challenges to play and join in the fun!
Blessings,

Papercraft Star Challenge #12

This week's challenge at Papercraft Star was a photo inspiration challenge. The photo was of a French Press coffeemaker. Don't ask me how I know what that is, because I am NOT a coffee drinker. :) Yikes! All those groans I just heard were deafening. hee hee Sorry guys, but I just don't have a taste for the beans. However, I do like tea, so I decided to take my project in that direction.

The digital image is from KLM Digistamps. After I printed out the image I colored it with Prisma Colored pencils and used odorles mineral spirits to blend the pencil color. Then I covered the tea pot with Glossy Accents.

Supplies
Paper: Recollections cardstock, October Afternoon, white cardstock, DCWV
Stamp: KLM Digistamps Rose Tea Pot, sentiments were computer generated
Inks+: Tumbled Glass and Worn Lipstick Distress ink, Ranger Glossy Accents, Crytstal Stickles
Tools: Nestabilities Standard Circles large (S4-114), Classic Scalloped Circles Large (S4-124), Labels Eight (S5-019), and Classic Ovals Large (S4-110)
Miscellaneous: Offray ribbon, Recollections Adhesive pearls
The link is open for submissions for this challenge until 12:00 p.m. EST Saturday, then voting begins. I see we have lots of new players this week and since I know all you coffee drinkers have the energy to make a card, come play along with us this week. :) The more the merrier! AND . . . there's a prize this week-- a year's membership to Your Paper Pantry, one of my favorite places to get together with other crafters.
Blessings,

An apple for the teacher

Although I've already made some cards using digi images from Fred, She Said, I'm going to count this as my first official DT creation for the design team. The apple and sentiment images are from the new Apple for Teacher Digi Set. You can check out the whole set at the store by clicking the link above.
All my fellow team members have been posting some awesome cards using these images over at the FSS groups on both Paper Craft Planet and Crafters Digital Arts Center. You can check them out there or you can click on the names on my sidebar to go directly to their blogs.

Here are the challenges I'm entering this card in:
Sentimental Sundays #19--1 solid paper, 2 DP's and 3 embellies
The Pink Elephant--back to school
Creative Card Crew--back to school
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge--back to school
Meljens Designs--back to school

Supplies
Paper: Recollections Kraft cardstock, Provocraft, Bazzill, October Afternoon, Canson Heavyweight Bristol paper
Stamp: Fred, She Said Apple for Teacher digi set
Inks+: Fired Brick, Peeled Paint, and Walnut Stain Distress inks, Diamond Stickles
Tools: Nestabilities Classic Squares large (S4-126) and Standard Circles Large (S4-114)
Miscellaneous: Celebrate It ribbon, Recollections Rhinestone stickers

Have a wonderful day!
Blessings!

A Fallish Mushroom

Here's another card I made during my "fun" labor Labor Day crafting time. I hope you guys aren't getting tired of all my layered cards cause this is another one. ☺ This cute little mushroom image is a free digi I found on a blog called Steady On. I layered the mushroom, butterflies, and flowers. I added a little real and a little faux stitching to this card. The coloring was done with Prisma colored pencils and odorless mineral spirits. I chalked around the image and there's even a little Vintage Photo Distress ink around the edges of the distressed kraft cardstock. I hit twelve layers with this card. LOL
Here are the challenges I'm entering it into:

Pile It On--layers
Paper Sundaes--two different coloring mediums
Friday Sketchers--sketch #118
Paper Play Challenges--hand, machine or faux stitching
Just Inspirational Challenges--digi image
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge--distress it

Supplies
Paper: Recollections cardstock, Making Memories
Stamp: digital image from Steady On blog, Papertrey Ink Mixed Messages
Inks+: Prisma colored pencils, Gemini Masterpiece Odorless Mineral Spirits, Inkadinkado Blending Chalks, Vintage Photo Distress ink, Sakura brown Micron pen
Tools: Nestabilities Classic Squares Large (S4-126); Heidi Swapp edge distresser tool
Miscellaneous: buttons, Crafters Square hemp cord, DMC embroidery floss, Paper Studio Gemstones

Thanks for visiting!
Blessings,

You Can Stand Under My Umbrella

I know it's Labor Day and I'm supposed to be kicked back and relaxing, but to me crafting is relaxing so I had to do a little "fun" labor today. This little card is made using a digital image from Bugaboo Stamps and a Card Patterns Sketch. I thought this little umbrella was so sweet. It would be really cute for a shower card. I had so much fun doing that layered tulip card the other day that I decided to do a little layering on this card too. The umbrella and the flowers on the handle are all a second layer of paper on pop dots.
Here are the challenges I'm entering this card into:

Crafts and Me Challenges--gems and sparkles
Simon Says Stamp Challenge--pearls and lace
Card Patterns--Sketch #80
Just Inspirational Challenges #10--digi image

Supplies
Paper: Recollections cardstock, K & Co.
Stamps: Bugaboo Stamps umbrella digi, Papertrey Ink Mixed Messages
Inks+: Derwent Watercolor pencils, Stazon Jet Black, Crystal and Cotton Candy Stickles, Inkadinkado Blending Chalks
Tools: Nestabilities Large Deckled Rectangles (S4-202) and Classic Scalloped Ovals Large (S4-111), Textile Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Orange Sharpie Marker, EK Success Retro Flower punch
Miscellaneous: Kaisercraft Pearls, Offray lace, Paper Studio Gemstones

Hope you had a great holiday weekend.
Blessings!

Birthday Wishes

I just got a package in the mail yesterday and this adorable little kitty was in it. I just love the little cats from Penny Black Stamps. I'm still dragging a bit since last weekend, but I was determined to get some crafting in today and this little guy is what I came up with. I'm entering him in the following challenges:

Flutter By Wednesdays--birthday with butterfly, andgel or fairy
Meljen's Designs--stripes

Supplies
Paper: Bazzill, Pink Paislee, Strathmore Watercolor paper
Stamps: Penny Black "You Are the Bestest"; Papertrey Ink mixed Messages
Inks+: Derwent Watercolor pencils, Stazon Timber Brown, Tattered Angels Candlelight Glimmer Mist, Inkadinkado Blending Chalks
Tools: Martha Stewart Leaf Punch and Doily Lace Trim Deep Edge Punch, Nestabilities Labels One (S4-161)
Miscellaneous: Prima flowers and mini roses, Celebrate It ribbon, Kaisercraft pearls

Thanks for stopping by for a visit.
Blessings,

I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!

Good morning everyone! I have some news today that I am so excited about. Last week I applied to the Design Team call that Tracey Lynn Miller put up over at Fred, She Said Digital Designs. Since I've only been making cards since this spring, I figured my chances were slim, but Tracey has asked me to be one of her new Design Team members! WOOHOO!!!
You all know I am a flower fanatic and I just love her digis because most of them are flowers and better yet, they are sheets of multiple flowers and leaves that can be cut out either by hand or with a SCAL or Make the Cut program for some files. I LOVE fussy cut work so these are right up my alley. I'll have more info coming up when I get filled in on all the DT details so be on the look out. Go check out her stuff with the link above.
This is my second post today so if you missed my DT project for Papercraft Star, you can find it here.
If you'd like to see some examples of the Fred, She Said digis Tracey has to offer, you can find a couple of examples of some I have used on my projects here and here.
It's Friday! Have a fantastic day!

Papercraft Star Challenge #11

It's Back to School time for all the kiddies, and some adults. :) We were asked to create a project to meet this theme this week at Papercraft Star using Cricut or other die cuts. I found this cute little clipboard cut on the Fabulous Finds cartridge and cut it out in Kraft and a fun chalkboard paper.
The note on the clipboard is a combination of two Meljen's Designs Digital stamps. The images are colored with Distress inks and then I added some Stickles and a little Triple Thick to make my apples shiny.


Supplies
Paper: Bazzill, Recollections Kraft, Provocraft, Canson Heavyweight Bristol paper
Stamps: Meljen's Designs from the Whimsy Stamps Store
Inks+: Fired Brick, Walnut Stain, Peeled Paint, and Spun Sugar Distress inks; Derwent Watercolor pencils; Xmas Red, Yellow, and Crystal Stickles; Signo White Gel pen; DecoArt Triple Thick brush on glaze
Tools: Cricut, EK Success Corner punch
Miscellaneous: Celebrate It ribbon


Don't forget to get your entries for this week's challenge in by noon tomorrow and come back and vote.
Thanks for stopping by!

Layered Tulips

I know I've been MIA this week. Been a little under the weather, but things are looking up and I'm back today with a card I made for the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge. This week they're asking for layers. I just counted eleven layers on this card so I think it will qualify. ☺ I know it's probably not in the style that they are looking for since this challenge is geared towards TH, Vecchi, G45, and 7 Gypsies, but I enjoyed making it anyway.

The beautiful tulip image is from Fred, She Said Digital Designs. I printed it out four times and then cut all the pieces apart so that I could layer them for dimension. The images are colored with Prisma colored pencils and blended with odorless mineral spirits. For the background I did a lot of layering and added some small brads that I colored with alcohol ink because I didn't have any that matched. This card was so much fun to make. Fussy cutting is a lot of work and time consuming , but the challenge of putting all those pieces together and having something with depth and dimension is so enjoyable.

Supplies

Paper: Recollections cardstock, white cardstock, My Mind's Eye

Stamp: Fred, She Said Tulip Trio Digi

Inks+: Prisma colored pencils, Gemini Masterpiece Odorless Mineral Spirits, Ranger Espresso Alcohol Ink, Inkadinkado Blending Chalks

Tools: Nestabilites Labels Eight (S5-019)

Miscellaneous: brads

Thanks for popping in!