Just Chicken In!

*** Be sure to check back later today for my Meljen’s Designs DT post ***

I am excited to be a Guest Designer for Shelly’s Images again. We were asked to work with this image, Hen. The timing couldn’t be more perfect since I am going to go to the Wisconsin State Fair with my family later this week. (There is a cream puff as big as my head in the near future!) I’m sure we will see a few hens similar to this while we are there.

This is the first time I used Prismacolor pencils and OMS on Kraft. I’ve seen people around the web doing this and love the results. (If you want to see a master of this technique, check out Dorcas’ blog.) I love Shelly’s images, especially her animals. They all look so realistic but with the shading she includes in the image, they are always easy to color and use. I used an old Sweet Stop Sketch (SSS118) for inspiration.

Please stop by the Shelly’s Images blog to see what her talented designers have made with this image.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Hen by Shelly’s Images
• Inks: None
• Papers & CS: Papertrey kraft & dark chocolate CS, misc. kraft CS, Dutch Mustard from Jillibean Soup DP pad
• Tools: Sewing machine, Prismacolor pencils & OMS
• Embellishments: Papertrey button twine, misc button & trim

Challenges:

• 2 Sisters Challenge – On the Farm
• Allsorts Challenge – Free & Easy
• Come & Get It Challenge – Anything Goes
• Cooking it up with Katie – Something old (papers, button, twine) Something new (image), Favorite things/techniques (coloring on kraft – Love when others do it. I have to give it a try)
• Craft Your Passion – Anything Goes
• For Fun Challenge – Anything Goes
• Happileigh Challenge – Anything Goes
• Lil Red Wagon – Put a critter on it
• Little Claire’s – Things with Wings
• Order of Opus Gluei – no words allowed
• Paper Creations Ink – Stitching
• Papertake Weekly – Anything goes
• Ribbon Carousel Challenge – Anything Goes
• Sew Many – Anything Goes
• Speedy The Cat Challenge – Anything other than ribbon
• Stamp & Create – Critters
• Stampin’ Sisters in Christ – Any type of creature
• Sundays with Crissy – Keep it simple stamper
• The Latte Lounge – Anything goes (progressive challenge)
• Truly Scrumptious – Buttons & bows
• Wags N Whiskers – Buttons & Bows
• Woodware USA – Anything goes

Sentimental Sundays / I can see clearly

I can see clearly now the rain is gone..... Once again I have a song stuck in my head. Why is it that the song is my head is never a "cool" song?

The new Sentimental Sundays challenge is "I Can See Clearly Now - Use a clear element on your card".

I paired up the challenge with my need for a card for 9-year old boy's birthday. (My where has the time gone? I remember when he was born!)

For my clear elements I used a clear button, clear dew drops, and Crystal Effects (does that count?).

Stop by the Sentimental Sundays blog to download your free sentiment set from Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs. We would love you to join the challenge. Please link your card with a clear element for your chance to win. You can see the details on the Sentimental Sundays blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Challenges for this card:

• 2 Sisters Challenge - Anything Goes
• Crafty Angels - Circles & Squares
• Handful of Stamps - Balloons
• I Did It Creations - Special Occasions
• Incy Wincy - Punches
• Little Red Wagon - Use Nestabilities
• Make Up for the Week end - Use a critter
• Mojo Monday- Sketch 145 (I missed the deadline on this one)

Supplies:

• Image: Birthday Turtle digital image from Bugaboo Stamps, Close To My Heart It's Your Day
• CS & Papers: Georgia Pacific CS, Close To My Heart Splendor paper pack, Bazzill Basics Carob Cream CS
• Inks: Close To My Heart chocolate
• Tools: Prismacolor pencils & OMS, Spellbinders Nestabilities, SU edge punch
• Embellishments: Lustre Gems, misc. clear button, Crystal Effects, Close To My Heart natural hemp (stars hand cut)

Berry Sweet

I don't know about you, but I just love fresh strawberries. They are one of my favorite signs of summer.

I made this card using the new Strawberries & Watermelon digital stamp set from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff. These look so yummy I just want to wash them off and dig in. I paired them up with a doily I have had sitting out for a while and some lace.

Here is a look at the dimension on the card. I used pop dots between the layers.

Here is a look at the complete set. You can get the entire set of 7 images for just $5, which I think is a bargain. You will definitely be seeing more projects from me using these. Lindsay has several new sets in the store so you might want to go check it out.





Please stop by the rest of the DT to see the eye candy they created for you this week. As always, Lindsay will have a freebie on her blog.

Lindsay Weirich (Owner & Stamp Designer)
Cindi Hooks
Diane Bove
Jennifer Bliss
Karin Martin
Leanne Garner
Lisa Jurecek
Margie Visnick
Micki Harper
Rebekah Doak
Rhonda Walker
Shannon Neparko
Tamara Bennett

Challenges for this card:

• Crafters Digital Art Center - Anyting Goes with a digi
• Crazy Challenge - All Things Spotty
• Cupcake Craft Challenge - Strawberries & Cream
• Daisy Doodles - Summertime
• Digi Doodle Shop Best - Anything Goes
• Fresh Brewed Designs - Anything Goes
• iheart2stamp - Sketch for you to try
• I Did It Creations - Be Creative
• Handful of Stamps - The Joys of Summer
• Pixie Dust Studio - Use 2 or more images on your project
• S2G - Use something new (new image)

Supplies used for this card:

• Images: Strawberries & Watermelon digital stamp set
• Papers & CS: PaperTrey Inc. kraft & rustic cream CS, October Afternoon Fly a Kite & Thrift Shop
• Inks: SU Creamy Carmel (only on lace)
• Tools & Embellishments: Prismacolor pencils & OMS, Spellbinders Nestabilities, misc. lace & dew drops, doily, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in pearl & iridescent gold
• Techniques: Paper piecing

It's Summertime with Sentimental Sundays

It's summertime and the living is easy..... I love that song. It brings back some fond memories.



The challenge this week on the Sentimental Sundays blog is "Summertime". And to me, one of the hallmarks of summer is a pitcher of fresh squeezed lemonade.






I made this card both for the challenge and for a friend who is going through a bit of a rough patch. The pitcher is covered with a couple of coats of UTEE. The lemon is coated with just one coat in IRL looks a little dimply like a real lemon.


If you like this pitcher of lemonade and the lemon, you can get them from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. 100% of the proceeds from the sales of this digital stamp set go to Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF). ALSF is committed to finding a cure for all children with cancer. Click HERE to purchase.


The sentiment comes from the Doodle Pantry's Lemon Ants digital stamp set. This set is currently free!

Please join us in the Sentimental Sunday's "Summertime" challenge. Ann will have a new word art freebie posted this week.

Thank you for looking! Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Challenges for this card:

• CAS-tastic - CWC007 Buttons
• Crafters Digial Art Center - Anything goes with a digi
• Gingersnap Creations - GC55 Quotes
• Paper Romance - Summer Fun
• Scrappy Frogs - Summer Fun
• Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Include a quote
• Sweet N Sassy - Fun in the Sun
• Your Next Stamp - Buttons

Supplies:

• Images: Make Lemonade by Sweet 'N Sassy, Lemon Ants by Doodle Pantry
• Papers & CS: PaperTrey Inc white & kraft CS, My Mind's Eye Where The Heart Is
• Inks: Versamark (for embossing only)
• Tools & Embellishments: Prismacolor pencils & OMS, PTI button, UTEE, Spellbinder Nestabilities, heat tool, misc twine, eyelet trim, dew drops

Sweet!

Don't these strawberries look yummy! I could use some of these preserves for my toast this morning. Mmmmmm.....

I just bought these cute October Afternoon papers and could not wait to pair them up with this yummy image from Lindsay's Stamps Stuff. This image is one of the 9 images included in the Pretty Primative digital stamp set.

You can click HERE to see my Meljen's Designs challenge post.

Take a moment to check out the rest of the eye candy from the LSS DT.

Lindsay Weirich (Owner & Stamp Designer)
Cindi Hooks
Karin Martin
Leanne Garner
Lisa Jurecek
Margie Visnick
Melissa Craig
Micki Harper
Rebekah Doak
Rhonda Walker
Shannon Neparko
Tamara Bennett
Tracey Allen



Challenges for this card:

• Daisy Doodles - Anything Goes
• Easy Craft Projects - Buttons
• Incy Wincy - Button Up
• Lucy's Challenge - Digital
• Penny's Challenge - Fruit or Veggie theme
• Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays - Week 41 - Sketch
• Sweet & Sassy Digi Day - #20 Patterns O'plenty
• Totally Papercrafts - Photo inspiration challenge (I was inspired by the strawberries)
• Tuesday Throwdown - A stamp you can color

Supplies:

• Images: Pretty Primative digital stamp set from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff on mygrafico.com, Close To My Heart Amore Lowercase
• Papers & CS: October Afternoon Fly a Kite, Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip, PaperTrey kraft CS
• Inks: Close To My Heart Chocolate
• Tools & Embellishments: Creative Memories corner rounder punch, Martha Stewart ric-rak, misc. buttons, DMC floss, Prismacolor pencils & OMS
• Techniques: Faux stitching

Meljen's Designs Challenge #3 - 3D

This post should be subtitled "What ever possessed me to do that?"

The Meljen's Designs challenge this week is 3-D elements for a card and when I saw this cute little bear I knew exactly what I wanted to do.

I printed the sick little bear out several times - my main image and then a few additional times for layering/piecing. I roughly cut out the blanket (after coloring) from one of the "extras" and layered it on another scrap piece of CS to make it more sturdy. (Here comes the possessed part...) I then poked 2 holes in each of the "X's" Melissa had on the blanket. At this point I thought I had better look up french knots on the web since I haven't done them in probably 20 years, then I tied french knots in each set of holes. My old eyes were not happy with me by the end but I love the way it looks. (With his green and gold blanket, I think this little bear is a Packer fan.)

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I layered/pieced his cold pack, hand and feet to add extra dimension. I wanted to make the tissues look more real and decided what would look more real than actual tissues. I cut a small square out of a clean tissue. Since it was 3-ply, I wadded up 2 layers and glued them down for the "used" tissues. I made a little slit in the tissue box with my craft knife and poked the end of the third piece into it and glued it down.

Here is a close up look at the details on the card.

Since I spent so much time on the front of the card, I thought I had better pretty up the inside too so I used this Get Well sentiment freebie from Melissa's blog.

So what do you think?

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Thank you for looking. Please stop by the DT blog to see what the rest of the team is up to and jump in on the challenge.

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STORE UPDATE: The new Meljen's Designs digi shop is now up and running again! It is now fully re-stocked and ready for instant downloads. The Meljen's Designs Etsy Shop will be closing today so please be sure to update those bookmarks.

As a side note, I was very excited to find out my card using Meljen's Designs Toadstool Buggies was one of the top 6 picks for Mojo Monday sketch #133. Woohoo!

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Supplies:

• Image: Sick Little Bear & Get Well sentiment by Meljen's Designs
• Papers & CS: Close To My Heart Emporium paper pack, Georgia Pacific CS, Stampin Up white CS
• Inks: none
• Tools & Embellishments: tissue, button, DMC floss, needle, prismacolor pencils & OMS, Sakura Gelly Roll clear glitter pen, pop dots
• Techniques: faux stitching, 3-D, french knots

Challenges:

• Aly's Sunday Challenge - ASC15 - buttons
• Card Patterns - Sketch #59
• CCEE - Get Well
• Corrosive Challenge - #59 Texture
• Crafty Card Makers - #18 Challenge yourself
• Crafty Creations - #62 paper piecing
• Crazy Challenge - Don't call me flat
• Cute Cards Thursday - #108 Touch Feely (texture)
• Digital Tuesday - Paper piece with digitals
• Magical Crafts - #12 Animal Antics
• Paper Popsicles - Sewing (I used faux stitching and embroidery knots)
• Paper Take Weekly- Cutie Pie
• Secret Crafter - Get Well
• Stamp Something - Stitch Something
• Your Next Stamp - Stitching

Boyish Birthday Cards

I need to build up my stock of birthday cards, especially ones that can be used for men or boys. When I was looking through my files I found this word art that was a freebie on Melissa's blog at the end of March. After I pulled out some DP I wanted to use, I was able to color the word art and make 2 cards pretty quickly. I love quick cards! I purposely stayed away from large embellishments so that they would be easy to mail. To keep them from being too plain I used paper piercing and faux stitching.

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Speaking of birthdays (boy, am I the queen of smooth or what?)(don't answer that) remember we have big plans next week to celebrate the first birthday of Lindsay's Stamp Stuff. You can see my post HERE for more details, but Lindsay has a lot of fun stuff planned. Even though it is LSS's birthday, we are getting the goodies with the chance to get freebies and win prizes.

Thank you for looking!

Challenges for these cards:

• Splitcoast Stampers - SC274 Sketch
• Bee Crafty - Birthdays
• Crazy 4 Challenges - use kraft cs
• My Time to Craft - On the Spot (both cards have "spotty" background papers)
• Paper Popsicles - Birthday
• Polka Doodles - #13 Birthday
• Polly Craft Challenge - Anything Goes
• Spoonful of Sugar - One for the boys
• Stamp, Scrap, & Doodle Saturdays - birthdays
• Sweet Stampin' Challenge - It's a Man's world

Supplies:

• Images: Happy Birthday freebie word art from Meljen's Designs
• CS & Papers: My Mind's Eye Where the Heart Is, Georgia Pacific CS, misc green and brown CS
• Inks: Distress Inks in Tea Dye (used only for sponging on first card)
• Tools & Embellishments: Prismacolor pencils, OMS, paper piercer, Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip marker (for faux stitching)
• Techniques: Faux stitching, paper piercing

Mojo Monday on Thursday with Meljen's Designs

** Updated: I am so excited. This card was picked as one of the top 6 for Mojo Monday's Sketch #133!**

I broke out my prismacolor pencils over the week end and sat and colored a bunch of images. The Easter Bunny brought my daughter her own small set of prismacolor pencils so she colored with me. It was so relaxing.

I made Meljen's Designs Toadstool Buggies into this card using the Mojo Monday sketch 133 and some of my favorite DP. I rotated the sketch so that it would work with my image.

If you regularly read my blog, you know I just got my first alcohol markers. They came in handy to color my clear gemstones brown to coordinate with my card. (I love how useful these markers can be used to color EVERYTHING!)

Be sure to check the Meljen's Designs Inspiration and Challenge blog to join the new challenge "Let's See Some Girly Colors".

Have a great day!


Challenges for this card:

• ABC Challenge - R is for Red
• Make Up 4 the Weekend - #22 Favorite Fairy or winged thing
• Mojo Monday - MOJO133
• Pixie Dust Studios - Things with wings
• Quixotic Paperie - the Joys of Spring
• Simple Doodles - Layers
• Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays - Wings

Supplies:

• Image: Toadstool Buggies by Meljen's Designs
• Papers & CS: DCWV Songbird stack, Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip & Old Olive, Georgia Pacific CS
• Inks: none
• Embellishments & Tools: Prismacolor pencils, OMS, clear gem stones, Prismacolor marker, Stampin' Up Old Olive ribbon, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Circut George cartridge

SBS29 Challenge - Think Green.

** This challenge is now closed. You can see who won HERE.

I am happy to host the March challenge for the Sisterhood of the Blogging Stampers-29 (SBS29). I decided to pick a theme for the challenge. The theme is "Think Green". You can interpret it as you wish (green paper, St. Patrick's Day, recycling, or what ever else). The challenge will run from today through March 20th. I will announce the randomly drawn winner on Sunday, March 21st. I have some crafting goodies to send to the winner.

Although this challenge is specifically for SBS29, others may also enter.

Please use Mr.Linky to submit your entry by Saturday, March 20th.

I am part Irish and love the Irish culture, especially the music. Some of my ancestors migrated to the United States from County Limerick, Ireland in the late 1830's. Red hair ran in my mother's family (including her) but I ended up blond. My husband and I spent part of our honeymoon in Dublin. So, given all that and the fact that St. Patrick's day is coming up, I made this card.


It originally started out as a shamrock shaped card but I just couldn't make it work this evening and I wanted to get the challenge posted for my sisters. My husband was strongly lobbying for the sentiment to say "pog mo thoin" but I went for the safer option.

Have fun!


Supplies:

• Image: Free coloring page from Elizabeth O. Dulemba
• Papers & CS: Green is the Thing digital paper pack by Danielle Young Designs, image printed on Georgia Pacific CS, other black, orange, and green paper the manufacturer is unknown
• Inks: None
• Embellishments & Tools: Prismacolor pencils & OMS, gold brads

Other challenges for this card:

• Papertake Weekly Challenge - #35 sketch
• The Pink Elephant - #56 Add Green
• Pile It On - Lucky Me
• Saturday Spotlight - SSHP20 Clean it up

Monday with Lindsay - Inspired by Nature

Our theme this week for Lindsay's Stamp Stuff is "inspired by nature" which was really easy and enjoyable for me. I tend to gravitate towards stamps with nature in them any how and Lindsay has a lot of stamp sets with birds, flowers, and leaves to work with.

When I sat down Thursday afternoon to start working on my card, my daughter also wanted to make a card. We both used the same image from Birds & Branches but our cards are totally different.

**Updated - This card made the top 5 in the Cupcake Craft Challenge.

The sentiment comes from a freebie from Lindsay's blog which was designed to coordinate with Birds & Branches.

This is my 8-year old daughter's card using the same image. I am so proud of her because she did EVERYTHING on this card except cut the card base and tie the knot in the floss in the button. She loves using my Big Shot and nesties. I think I might have to start watching my crafting supplies. :) She made this card to enter in Challenge #2 Buttons on Aimee's Challenge blog which encourages children to enter. I do not have a supplies list at the bottom of this post for her card because all the paper came from my scrap bin. (SU white CS for card base, image printed on GP CS)

Thank you for stopping by today. Please check to see how the rest of the DT was inspired by nature.
Cassandra
Jennifer
Karin
Kristen
Lindsay (owner)
Nettie
Tanya

Challenges for the first card above:

Cupcake Craft Challenge - #80 Round & Round

Paper Popsicles - Spring

Polka Doodles - Challenge 7 Sketch & Theme

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - #72 Stitching

Supplies for first card above:

• Images: Birds & Branches from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff on mygrafico.com, Bird Words Digital Stamp Freebie from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff
• Papers & CS: Stampin' Up white cs, My Mind's Eye Where the Home Is papers, misc. dark brown, images printed on Georgia Pacific CS
• Inks: Close to My Heart Indian Corn Blue (only for sponging)
• Tools & Embellishments: Prismacolor pencils & OMS, Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip marker, paper piercer, Cricut George cartridge to cut circles
  

Monday with Lindsay - Buttons and Bows

I hope you had a great week end. Our theme today for Lindsay's Stamp Stuff is "Buttons and Bows" and I have 2 projects to show you.

I used Lindsay's new set Birds & Branches on both cards. I really enjoyed coloring this image. I love this set and know it is going to be one of my "go to" sets in the future. Aren't the mailbox and the bird houses in this set adorable?

Since I really didn't have a bow on the card and I had some new Flower Soft to play with, I decided to make a quick second card. Birds & Branches can be used if you want to take your time and color or if you want to put together a quick card. I colored the flowered branch with my SU markers and then glued the Flower Soft to the branches. This card was super quick to make and I really like how it turned out. (I think it took me longer to get the bow tied right than to make the rest of the card!)

My husband made me a light box this week end using the tutorial from HERE. (Isn't he sweet? He also made dinner on Sunday. He's a keeper.) I think the colors of the cards look more true-to-life. What do you think of the photo quality?

While you are out and about on the internet today, please stop by the rest of the DT to see what kind of projects they have using buttons and bows.

Cassandra

Jennifer

Karin

Kristen

Lindsay (owner)

Nettie

Tanya

My mail box card also fits the following challenges:

Bee Crafty - #24 Sew Cute

Corrosive Challenge - #52 Wings

Crafty Creations - #55 Stitching

Inky Impressions - #30 Think Spring

Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge - MTSC61

One Stitch at a Time - Stitching

A Spoon Full of Sugar - #91 Spring is in the Air

Stamp Something - Touch of spring somethings

Stamp with Fun - #47 Stitch

The branch card fits the following challenge:
I Love Digi Challenge - Think Pink

Your Next Stamp - Spring Colors

Supplies for the mail box card:

• Images: Birds & Branches by Lindsay's Stamp Stuff on mygrafico.com, Faux Stitched Border by Angel's Landing used as stitching guide
• Papers & CS: PTI kraft CS, Stampin' Up So Saffron CS, Georgia Pacific white CS, K&Company Wild Saffron DP
• Inks: None
• Tools & Embellishments: Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip marker and ribbon, paper piercer, DMC floss, button, Prismacolor pencils & OMS, Spellbinders Nestabilities

Supplies for the branch card:

• Images: Birds & Branches by Lindsay's Stamp Stuff on mygrafico.com, Think Spring by Stampabilities
• Papers & CS: Georgia Pacific white CS, misc. pink CS, Stampin' Up white CS
• Inks: None
• Tools & Embellishments: Flower Soft (Sweet Pea) , Aleene's Tacky Glue, Stampin' up makers, Stampin' Up Pretty In Pink ribbon, buttons, DMC,

Wishing for Spring with Lindsay's Stamp Stuff

This week Lindsay asked us to make cards that had a spring-like feel. I chose this image from her new set Fancy Flowers. I love daffodils. They remind me of the first breath of spring and also remind me of my mom because they were her favorite flower.

Fancy Flowers is a lovely, versatile set with 9 images.

For this card, I printed the daffodil 3 times. On the bottom layer (the square layer), I only colored the very edges of the petals since I planned on layering. On the middle layer, I colored the main part of the flower yellow and just colored the edges of the center part. On the final, top layer, I colored just the center portion of the flower orange. I cut out 2 of the flowers and layered as you see above. (TIP: Here is a tip that I learned from Lindsay. If you know you are going to cut the image out, you don't need to take time to make sure you color nicely in the lines. You can color faster and make sure you get the color all the way to edge if you don't worry about the lines and then you just cut off the sloppy part.) I sprayed the parts of the flower with pearl Glimmer Mist to give it a bit of a shimmer and let dry before adhering.

The hounds tooth DP at the bottom of the card is also from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff. She has 2 sets with different colors and feels. You can find the softer colors with a slightly distressed feel in the Shabby Hounds Tooth paper pack and bolder, trendier colors in the Uptown Hounds Tooth paper pack.

I used the sketch from the One Stop Craft Challenge.

Lindsay's Stamp Stuff is having a sale. All winter and holiday sets are 50% off through Feburary 22nd. If you liked any of the Valentine or Christmas sets I used, you should definitely get over there and scoop them up while on sale.

I'm trying to keep this post short. My back as been really bothering me and I have a hard time sitting too long. I have the day off work on Monday and hope to get a massage and then spend some time crafting. I hope to have more to show you before the end of the week.

Please visit the other DT members and give them a little love.

Cassandra
Jennifer
Karin
Kristen
Lindsay
Tanya


SUPPLIES:

• STAMPS: Fancy Flowers by Lindsay's Stamp Stuff on mygrafico.com
• PAPERS & CS: Shabby Hounds Tooth paper pack by Lindsay's Stamp Stuff on mygrafico.com, Stampin' Up white, Barely Banana, Apricot Apeal
• INKS: None
• TOOLS & EMBELLISHEMENTS: Prismacolor pencils 914,940,916,939,1033 & OMS, Pearl Glimmer Mist, CTMH ribbon, dew drops, Stampin' Up border punch

Hey Sweet Thing! - Monday with Lindsay

** Updated - This card was picked to be one of the featured cards on SNR Card Universe.

I was digging through my scrap bin again for the challenge on What's Digital Stamping? Yahoo group to use up some scraps and I was happy to find a rather large piece of 2-sided DP. I colored one of the cupcakes from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Sweet Stuff digital stamp set to match.


Here is a preview of the entire set. I think I want to use the adorable cupcake tree next. You might want to go check out the rest of Lindsay's Stamp Stuff shop on mygrafico. She has added a ton of new stuff over the last week, including some freebies.

Please check out the rest of the DT's projects:

Cassandra

Jennifer

Karin

Kristen

Lindsay (owner) Be sure to check her blog. A little birdie told me that there are new freebies.

Tanya

(Nettie will be back next week.)

Supplies:

• STAMPS: Sweet Stuff digital stamp set by Lindsay's Stamp Stuff on mygrafico
• CS & PAPERS: Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip, My Minds Eye Bohemia Birthday Blossom (2 sided DP), misc. red CS, image printed on Georgia Pacific white CS
• INKS: Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip
• EMBELLISHMENTS & TOOLS: Martha Stewart white rickrack, Close To My Heart twine, Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip ribbon, Clear button, Swiss dots Cuttlebug embossing folder, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Prismacolor pencils & OMS, Crystal Effects (to adhere red CS to clear button), sponge, paper piercer, computer generated sentiment

Now where did I put that paper?

This card did not turn out anything like I originally imagined it. Lindsay (from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff) challenged the What's Digital Stamping group on Yahoo to make a project using stuff from the scrap bin. I dug through mine and found a piece of cute pink, blue, and yellow baby paper left over from the days I was scrap booking my daughter's baby pictures. I colored the bunny to match the paper. Then when I started to put the card together, I could not find that piece of paper anywhere. Grrrrr.... So this is version #2 with out the cute baby paper, but still using paper from the scrap bin. All the paper except the card base and the image were scraps.

This card also qualifies for the Clearly Delightful Blog theme challenge (CDBC1) to use bunny rabbits on your project, Mygrafico's challenge #31-Yellow, and the Digital Tuesday Challenge #41-emboss it.

If you like this digital image, you can get it at the Lindsay's Stamp Stuff shop on Mygrafico.com. Did you know it is Mygrafico's 1st anniversary and that they are having a sale? Take 25% off your order up until midnight (GMT) today, January 15th.

If you are following the monthly Mygrafico customer blog hop, you can find a list of participants HERE. Please go check out what every one else posted for the blog hop. Before you leave, be sure to check out MY BLOG CANDY.

SUPPLIES:

• STAMPS: Babies and Bows digital stamp set from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff on Mygrafico
• CS & PAPERS: image printed on Georgia Pacific white CS, othe papers manufacturer unknown
• INKS: None
• EMBELLISHMENTS & TOOLS: Prismacolor pencils and OMS, Swiss Dots cuttlebug embossing folder, misc. buttons & thread, Stampin' Up border punch
• NOTES: Sentiment generated using MS Word

Sláinte! Happy Birthday!

My husband's birthday is this week so today I was busily trying to come up with a card. (It would be a travesty to actually BUY A CARD!) He loves Guiness Stout so I thought this image from Digi Sparkle would work perfectly. Since I was mojo challenged, I surfed around to find a good sketch challenge that motivated me. I found it with The Pink Elephant Sketch Challenge #47.

I colored the glass with my prismacolor pencils with OMS and highlighted the details on the glass with a gold glitter pen. After numerous tries, this one was the best but I am still not completely happy with the color. I used liquid applique on the foam and then covered the glass with crystal effects. You can't really see it here, but IRL the glass is shiny.

The inside has an Irish toast that I found on the internet:

I have known many and liked not a few.

But loved only one and this toast is to you.

Slainte!

Challenges this card is entered in:
The Pink Elephant Sketch Challenge 47
Charisma Cardz Challenge - anything, but Christmas
Crafty Creations - No Rules
Creative Card Crew - Anything goes
Cupcake Craft Challenge - A Time for Celebration
Lots To Do - Free Theme
PolkaDoodle - Free Theme
Rosie-Dee's Challenge - Free Choice

What do you think?

Supplies:

Guiness image from Digi Sparkle "Beer Selection"

CTMH Magic Moments designer paper

CTMH Cocoa, Sunflower, & Indian corn blue card stock

Card Base Stampin' Up white card stock

Image printed on Georgia Pacific white card stock

Prismacolor pencils & OMS

Liquid applique

Crystal Effects

Ranger Distress Inks - tea dye

Stampin' Up Chocolate chip ink

CTMH twill ribbon and clip

CTMH distressing tool

Sentiments - computer generated

Christmas packaging with Lindsay's Stamp Stuff

This week Lindsay challenged us to design some Holiday packaging. I decided to make two projects with the adorable snowman from her Warm Winter digital stamp set. They coordinate with the last two projects I posted. You can see the greeting card HERE and the gift card holder HERE.



For the first project, I used a tin to package some yummy Bliss chocolates (possibly for my daughter's teacher). I'm sorry I can't remember where I got the tin but I have a whole box of them in the basement. :) I used some kraft colored shredded paper to hold the chocolates in place. I then made band for the tin using designer paper from My Mind's Eye. I mounted the snowman on some ovals and scallops cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities. I wanted to jazz it up a bit so I dug out a container of snowflake ornaments that I bought from Hobby Lobby. (24 snowflakes for $7.99 and then I got 50% off!) I am pleased with the results. I debated clipping the string off the ornament because I don't like the way it looks, but I want her teacher to be able to remove the ornament from the belly band and use it.

I then decided to try a Pillow Puff box. I used the same idea to jazz it up using one of the HL snowflake ornaments. I also added some ribbon and a button.

I am entering these projects in the Digital Tuesdays Challenge (DTC#36) which was to make a project inspired by a Christmas song. "In the meadow we can build a snowman....." Luckily, you can't hear me sing.

Here is a look at all the coordinating items I made using Warm Winter.

Be sure to check out all the cute digital stamp sets available from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff on MyGraficO. Lindsay is running a promo through 12-23-09. When you buy 2 sets, you get to pick 1 free. (You buy 2 sets and then type the name of the free set in the comments when you check out. The 2 purchased and the 1 free set must be from the Lindsay's Stamp Stuff store on MyGraficO.)

Please also take a moment to check out the projects created by the rest of the DT:

Cassandra

Jennifer

Joy

Karin

Kristen

Lindsay (Owner)

Nettie

Thank you for looking!

Supplies:
Warm Winter from LSS
My Mind's Eye Signature Christmas
Perfect Pillow Puff Template by Snooks & Boo
Snow flake ornaments from Hobby Lobby
Spellbinders Nestabilities
Wood button
Fiber (Ribbon, lace, hemp)
Prismacolor pencils & OMS
Stampin' Up Close to Cocoa ink
Sentiments from Papertrey

MyGraficO Customer Blog Hop - gift card holder

I decided to make a gift card holder using the snowlady image from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Warm Winter digital stamp set. I love the snow couple from this set. Take a look at my previous post HERE to see how cute they look together.

The inside includes a pocket to hold the gift card and a white section on which I plan to add a personal note to the recipient.

If you just jumped into the blog hop, a complete list of participants can be found HERE on MyGrafico.

If you would like to see some additional Holiday packaging ideas using this cute set, please check back on Monday. Lindsay (of Lindsay's Stamp Stuff) challenged her DT to create some Holiday packaging and I have two additional projects in mind.

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The Lindsay's Stamp Stuff store on MyGraficO has a sale through 12-23. Buy 2 digital stamp sets and you can pick one for free. Please enter the name of the free set in the comments section during check out. (This is only for the Lindsay's Stamp Stuff store on MyGraficO. Other stores may have other promotions.)

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If you are looking to join a group of sister blogging stampers for inspiration and support, check out the Sisterhood of the Blogging Stampers (SBS #29). You can find more information HERE.

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I hope you enjoyed my post and I am off to visit the rest of the hop members!

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Supplies:

Warm Winter from Lindsay Stamp Stuff

Kraft cardstock by Papertrey

My Mind's Eye Signature Christmas designer paper

Spellbinders Nestabilities

Stampin' Up Close to Cocoa

Lace

Snowflake (distressed with StazOn Timber Brown)

Prismacolor Pencils & OMS

Sentiment from Papertrey

Snowmen Fall From Heaven Unassembled....

"In the meadow we can build a snowman...." kept playing over and over in my head so I decided I had to use this image from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Warm Winter digital stamp set. Aren't they just the cutest couple? But after printing and coloring the image on Friday, my mojo left me and I really struggled with the layout of this card. When I woke up Sunday morning, I knew what I wanted to do. It's not exactly as I envisioned but I am happy with the results.

I wanted to work on another card but just ran out of time. It was kind of a crazy weekend. I was able to meet up with some girl friends for coffee and breakfast on Saturday, decorate the Christmas tree, and take a family trip to the Grand Geneva to see their Christmas decorations and vote on my favorite Gingerbread house. On the sadder side of things, my husband's grandmother fell and broke her pelvis last week and possibly suffered a stroke on Saturday night. We are waiting for more information and praying for the best.

I hope to have more Christmas inspired posts for you later this week.

Please take a minute and check out what the rest of the DT was up to.
Cassandra
Jennifer
Joy
Karin
Kristen
Lindsay (Owner)
Nettie

Thank you for looking.







Supplies:
Warm Winter digital stamp set by Lindsay Stamp Stuff
My Mind's Eye Signature Christmas
Paper Basics kraft card stock by Papertrey
Sentiment from Papertrey Made of Snow
Prismacolor pencils & OMS
Stampin' Up Close to Cocoa
Fibers
Wood button
Close to my Heart distressing tool

Cowboy Up! - 2 Challenges

Happy Sunday! It is a beautiful day here in Wisconsin. I should be outside enjoying the weather but everyone else is outside so I snuck back inside for some peace & quiet and to make another card.

I made this card for sketch challenge SSS27 sponsored by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and challenge #16 - distressing at Bee Crafty blog.

Supplies:

Image & Sentiment from The Digi Shack

Wild Asparagus Orange Stripes designer paper

Misc. brown, orange, blue card stock from my scrap bin

White card stock - Georgia Pacific

Prismacolor pencils & OMS

Ranger Distressed ink in Tea Dye

Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip ink

Sponge

Close to my Heart edge distressing tool

Stampin' Up 3/4" cirlce punch

Stampin' Up star punch

Close to my Heart hemp

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Clear button

AC Cardstock card base

Thank you for visiting!

Artful Inkables challenge

Today I had time to make 2 cards. This is the first that I make for Artful Inkables challenge AIC05. Used the Cherry Kisses with Snowball digital image from Polly Craft. Not only is it adorable but is was a freebie a few weeks back. I also had to use my new Close to My Heart (CTMH) Jingle paper pack.

Supplies:

Polly Craft Cherry Kisses with Snowball digi

CTMH Jingle designer paper (that included the juniper ribbon used)

CTMH Juniper card stock

CTMH tulip ink

EK Success snowflake punch

Stampin' Up Perfect Ending "Joy" stamp

Sakura Gelly Roll glitter pen

Xyron machine

Prisma glitter on image and snow flakes

Fun Flock

Prismacolor pencils

Spellbinders Nestabilities

Thank you for looking!