Sentimental Sundays New Years Party

 

Mark your calendars!  The Sentimental Sundays team is going to kick off the New Year with a party!  They are going to announce some new changes, faces and of course a new year filled with amazing challenges and sponsors!

To celebrate this exciting moment, they are having a NEW YEAR's PARTY blog hop style with fantastic giveaways.  For all the details, stop by the Sentimental Sundays blog  on January 1st, 2012. 

The Sentimental Sundays team is asking that you help them spread the news about our
New Year's Day Party.  Here’s how you can help:

1) Create a post, include the picture above and invite all your friends

and

2) Link back to your blog post

That's it!!  Easy right?

The winner will get a $20 Gift Certificate to their favorite online store!  For every 100, entries there will be another $20 Gift Certificate added!!

So what are you waiting for....Let's start sharing the LOVE!!  You can see all the details on the Sentimental Sundays blog.

 

 

 

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Sentimental Sundays–Halloween

It’s Sunday so it is time for another Sentimental Sundays challenge. The theme for our challenge this week is “Halloween” – don’t forget to include a sentiment.

The challenge sponsor, Whimsie Doodles, was kind enough to give the DT some images to use for the challenge. When I saw this image, I wanted to try to make a shaped card.

Stop by the Sentimental Sundays blog to see the creations from the rest of the DT. Link up your card for a chance to win the prize from Whimsie Doodles.

This challenge is a bit sad for me as it will be my last challenge as a member of the Sentimental Sundays team. The DT is a wonderful group of ladies and I have really enjoyed working with them.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Halloween Hootenannies (digital stamp) by Whimsie Doodles
• Inks: Close To My Heart Honey ink, Stampin’ Up Old Olive & Pumpkin Pie inks, Distress Inks Frayed Burlap
• Papers: Papertrey kraft & dark chocolate CS, Close To My Heart Olivia paper pack
• Tools: Big Shot, ProvoCraft Swiss Dots & Script Texture embossing folders, Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations wood grain embossing folder
• Embellishments: Misc. button & raffia, October Afternoon Mini Market kraft & black alpha stickers

Challenges:

• 2 Sisters challenge – Pumpkin Patch
• Addicted to Stamps – Halloween
• All Sorts Challenge – Halloween
• Alphabet Challenge – s=soon to be Halloween
• Card Makin' Mamas - Halloween
• Catered Crop - FTR23 recipe (I used fall colors, pattern paper, polka dots, buttons, autumn theme)
• Crafting for all seasons – Halloween
• Craft Your Days Away – Halloween colors
• Crazy Challenge – Halloween
• Crop Stop – Halloween
• Cupcake Craft Challenge - buttons & bows
• Dare to Be Sassy Thursday Challenge – Halloween
• Delightful Challenges - Halloween
• Di's Digi Designs challenge – Halloween
• Digital Tuesday – Halloween
• Dream Valley – Halloween
• Freshed Brewed Challenges – (monthly) pumpkins
• Gingerloft challenges – pumpkin
• Inky Impressions – halloween
• Just Some Lines – Halloween
• One Crazy Stamper – Halloween
• One Stitch At A Time – Embossing
• Pattie’s Creations – halloween
• Stampin’ with the Dragon – Buttons & Bows
• Sweet Stampin' Challenge – Halloween

Sentimental Sundays Challenge 76 - Anything Goes

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Woo hoo! I was able to get into my craft room for a little bit this week. On Friday I was able to hobble upstairs, prop up my foot with some ice, and made this card!

The Sentimental Sundays team has a great challenge for you this week. Our theme for Challenge 76 is ANYTHING GOES with a sentiment. We have a great sponsor this week too – Meljen’s Designs!

I’m going to keep this short & sweet. Thank you to every one that sent me get well wishes after my foot surgery. Although I am not ready to go dancing, I am on the road to recovery.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Mr. Snowman 003 (digital stamp) by Heather Ellis, Tree Trimming Trio by Papertrey
• Inks: Color Box Warm Red Chalk ink
• Papers: Neenah Crest solar white CS, Stampin’ Up Real Red CS & Vellum, Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather paper pad
• Tools: Sewing machine, heat tool, Copic makers, EK Success snowflake punch
• Embellishments: Close To My Heart Glitz, Studio G Red glitter glue, Stickles Baby Blue, Clear Spica marker, misc. dew drops, Ranger clear embossing powder

Challenges:

• Card Making Fairy's Digi Day challenge – Anything goes with a digi
• CES Challenge – seeing red
• Cooking it up with Katie – Fun, Fabulous, F word (Frosty)
• Craft Your Passion – Anything goes
• Crafty Ann’s Challenge – Inspired by a Christmas song (Frosty the Snowman)
• Crafty Purple Frog – Lots of layers
• Creatalicious – Anything goes
• Emerald Fairies Garden Challenge – Punches/dies
• Heart Song Designs – Anything Goes
• Just Some Lines – Reminds me of a song (Frosty the Snowman)
• Little Claire’s - Christmas
• Lothian Crafts – Anything Goes
• Mad for Markers – Favorite colors (red & aqua)
• One Stitch At A Time – use a digi
• Paper Crafting Journey – Punches/Dies
• Papertake Weekly – anything goes w/ option of something punched
• Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog – Anything goes
• Saturday Challenge – anything goes with sparkles
• Simon Says Stamp – Sparkle & bling
• Sweet Stampin’ Challenge – in Stitches
• Woodware USA – Anything Goes
• Bah Humbug – Glitter & Glitz
• Sparkles Christmas Challenge – Christmas songs (Frosty the Snowman)
• Fab’s Big Christmas Cards Challenge – Shiny and/or snowflake

Step Out Of Your Comfort Zone!

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“Step Out Of Your Comfort Zone!” is the new challenge on the Sentimental Sundays blog. We would love to see you try something different than your usual style or type of projects. Don’t forget to include a sentiment. Please tell us how you stepped out of your comfort zone in your blog post.

For my project, I was inspired by a card created by my talented friend Maria of Crafty Cre8tions. You can see her card HERE. Look, I only have 1 layer on top of the base and the card is pretty clean and simple. No buttons, digis, Copics or stitching either. This card took me only about 15 minutes compared to my usual couple of hours per card. I could get used to this!

This pretty butterfly is from some wonderful blog candy that I won from Tereza Crump. You can see her blog HERE and her Etsy store HERE. I colored it using Tsukineko’s Fireworks mist and love the way it looks.

Today we attended the annual fund raiser for my daughter’s school. The PTO did a really great job. There was a silent auction with gift baskets put together by each class and donations from families and local businesses. They also had a mini carnival with tons of games and prizes for the kids, a really good face painter, those big, blow up jumpy houses and slides, a cake walk, snacks, drinks and sandwiches, a bake sale and a dunk tank where all the teachers and the school administrator took a turn on the hot (or should I say “wet”) seat. It was a good time!

I hope you will join the Sentimental Sundays team in our “Step Out Of Your Comfort Zone” challenge. Stop by the Sentimental Sundays blog to see how the rest of the DT is stepping outside their comfort zones.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Unknown Butterfly, Take Flight from Gina K Designs
• Inks: Close To My Heart Chocolate & Cranberry inks
• Papers: Papertrey kraft CS, book page
• Tools: Big Shot, Provo Craft Seeing Spots embossing folder, sponge
• Embellishments: Misc. twine, Lady Bug Fireworks mist

Challenges:

• All Sorts Challenge – Clean and Simple
• Alphabet Challenge – Q = quick & simple
• Creatalicious - Anything Goes
• Creative Belli – Use up old string
• DigiStamps 4 Joy – Anything Goes
• Fab N Funky – Something hard for you
• Fresh Brewed Challenges – Keep it simple
• Scrap Creations – Anything goes
• Hand Stamped Sentiments – Impress us
• House of Gilli – Embossing
• Little Miss Muffet – Things with wings
• Raise the Bar – Things with wings
• Speedy the Cat Challenge – Things with wings
• Stamp with fun – Anything goes
• Sweet Stampin’ Challenge – Anything goes
• Truly Scrumptious – CAS
• Whimsy Inspirations Challenge – polka dots (embossed)

We’re going MONOCHROME!

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The new Sentimental Sundays challenge is MONOCHROME (with a sentiment)! This one was a bit of a challenge for me. I generally try to avoid monochrome projects because they intimidate me. But I gave this one a try and am pretty happy with the results.

I’m going to keep this post short since I am late getting it up. Drop by the Sentimental Sundays blog to see the other fabulous MONOCHROME (with a sentiment) creations from the rest of the DT and download your free sentiment set from Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs. I can’t wait to see your MONOCHROME project.

Have a great day!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Sympathy (digital sentiment) by Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs
• Inks: Copic reinkers (to die ribbon) &
• Papers: Papertrey white CS, Bazzil Basics CS, Pink Paislee Think Big & Imagine from the 365-degree collection
• Tools: Sewing machine, Big Shot, Spellbinders nestabilities dies
• Embellishments: Ranger Liquid Pearls, Hug Snug cream seam binding, lace

Challenges:

• Flourishes – BBB14 Monochrome
• 2 Sisters Challenge – Let’s get sentimental
• Addicted to Stamps – Stitching
• Aly’s Sunday Challenge – add a bow
• Anything Goes Challenge – Vintage/Shabby chic
• Catered Crop – FTR21 (I used sentiment stamp, ribbon, lace, stitching)
• Craft Your Passion – Anything Goes
• Crafty Ann’s Challenge – Make yourself uncomfortable
• Creatalicious - anything goes
• Deep Ocean Challenge – Lace
• Emerald Fairies Garden Challenge - Pearls
• Pile It On – Layers
• Pink Elephant – Vintage
• Shelly's Images-Terrifically Thrilling Thursday – Anything goes
• Stampavie – Pearls & Lace
• Stamptacular Sunday – Just Sayin’
• Wags N Whiskers – Lace

A is for Autumn and Apples!

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It’s Sunday so it is time for a new Sentimental Sundays challenge. This week our challenge is “Autumn”. Don’t forget to include a sentiment!

For my card I inked up a House Mouse stamp that I had stashed away. I get so used to using digital images that I sometimes forget that I have some rubber laying around. I love to go apple picking with my family in the fall. We have fun trying all different varieties of apples, posing for cheesy photos, and just goofing around. Of course we also love the fresh donuts and apple cider shakes they sell there too. This little guy reminds me of all the fun that we will have in the not to distant future when we head to the apple orchard.

I planned on chatting on a while more but things got a bit hectic with a sick dog, an emergency trip to the vet, and mopping the floor numerous times. I’ll save you the details and postpone my chit chat for a better day.

I hope you will join the Sentimental Sundays team and link up your “Autumn” themed project (with a sentiment). Be sure to stop by the Sentimental Sundays blog to see the projects created by my talented teamies.

Have a great day!

Supplies:

• Stamps: An Apple a Day (Hop It) from House Mouse Designs and Worldwide Thank You Ticket Sentiments (digital stamp) by Raindrop Echo Designs at Whimsy Stamps
• Inks: none
• Papers: Papertrey kraft & dark chocolate CS, Neenah Crest CS, Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 mini deck
• Tools: Sewing machine, Stampin’ Up edge punch, Copic markers
• Embellishments: Twinery baker’s twine, misc button

Challenges:

• Aly’s Sunday Challenge – Add a bow
• Clearly Inspired – patterned paper
• Craft Us Crazy – Autumn colors
• Crafts & Me – Buttons & Bows
• Creative Card Crew – Anything goes
• Delicious Doodles – Start Fresh (New DP pad)
• Digi Stamps 4 Joy – autumn colors
• Emerald Fairies Garden Challenge - Buttons
• Everybody art challenge – autumn
• Fresh Brewed challenges – (monthly) something new (new DP pad)
• Fun with shapes – what you want
• Ladybug Crafts Ink – Anything goes
• Lexi’s creations – Autumn
• My Mum's Craft Shop – lots of layers
• Paper Variety – use stamps
• Papertake Weekly – anything goes
• Pile It On – Starts with B (button, bow, bakers twine, bunny, bushel basket)
• Ribbon Carousel Challenge - Anything goes
• Stamp Something – Anything goes
• Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays – Thank you
• Stamp-n-Doodle - Anything Goes
• That's Krafty Thursday – kraft paper

Fight Like A Girl!

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The new Sentimental Sundays challenge is “Thinking of You” or “Sympathy” with a sentiment. A friend of mine was recently diagnosed with breast cancer so I made this card to let her know that she is in my thoughts.

I used an MFT sketch for inspiration.

You can link up your “Thinking of You/Sympathy” (with a sentiment) project at the Sentimental Sundays blog. While you are there, you can check out the projects created by the rest of the DT.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Fight Like A Girl (digital stamp set) from Whimsie Doodles
• Inks: None
• Papers: Papertrey kraft & dark chocolate CS, misc. pink CS, Neenah Crest solar white, Echo Park Life Is Good DP
• Tools: Sewing machine, Copic makers
• Embellishments: Paper Studio pink gemstones

Challenges:

• AUD sentiments – For a girl
• Catch the Bug – Anything Goes
• Creative Card Crew – anything goes
• Party Time Tuesdays – Anything Goes
• Scrapbook Sisters – Anything Goes
• Scrappy Frogs – Bling
• Stamp Something – Digi day
• Stamptacular Sunday – Woman w/attitude

Sentimental Sundays–Back to School

The new Sentimental Sundays challenge is Back to School (with a sentiment).  I’m sitting out this week but you can get plenty of inspiration from the rest of the DT at the Sentimental Sundays blog.   

Have a great Sunday!

Let Them Eat Cake!

It’s time for an new Sentimental Sundays challenge. This week our challenge to you is to create a BIRTHDAY themed project. Don’t forget to include a sentiment. For my card I used a free digital stamp from Ann Vento’s blog, Raindrop Echo Designs.

I’m so happy I got a chance to get into my craft room this week. I really didn’t think I was going to get the chance.

I hope you will join our Birthday (plus a sentiment) challenge. Stop by the Sentimental Sundays challenge blog to see the inspiration pieces from the rest of the DT and to download the weekly free digital sentiment sent created by Ann Vento.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Sweet Circle Sentiments (digital stamp) by Raindrop Echo Designs (freebie available on Ann Vento’s blog HERE)
• Inks: None
• Papers: Papertrey kraft CS, Neenah Crest solar white CS, Bazzill Basics CS, My Mind’s Eye Lost & Found Market Street paper pad
• Tools: Sewing machine, Big Shot, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Papertrey banner dies, Tim Holtz Alterations rosette die, Copic markers
• Embellishments: Hug Snug winter white seam binding, white cotton crochet thread, Close To My Heart Stardust Glitz, Sakura Stardust gellyroll pen, misc. buttons, Glue Arts PermaTac mounting squares

Challenges:

• Anything goes challenge – Happy Birthday
• AUD Sentiments – Anything goes
• Card Making Fairy's Digi Day challenge – buttons
• CES Challenge – Banners, buntings, & flags
• Cooking it up with Katie - recipe: banner, die cut, ribbon
• Craft Us Crazy – Anything goes
• Dare to Be Sassy Thursday Challenge - die cuts (more than 1)
• Divas by Design – birthday
• Fab N Funky – A stitch in time
• Hand Stamped Sentiments – All Stitched Up
• Inky Impressions – Inspired by song (Happy Birthday!)
• Lothian crafts – Anything Goes
• Paper Crafting Journey – Anything Goes
• Paper Variety – Any type of threads
• Papertake Weekly – bingo (used buttons, ribbon, free)
• The Pink Elephant – Stitching
• Rainbow Lady – Song of Choice (Happy Birthday)
• Sarah Hurley – All Stitched up
• Simon Says Stamp – Food & Drink
• Spoonful of Sugar – Birthday
• Stampavie – Card for a girl
• Stampin’ with the Dragon – Birthday card
• That’s Krafty Thursday – kraft paper
• The Kraft Journal – Anything Goes
• The Crafter’s Café – monthly progressive challenge – anything goes, bow, sparkle
• Victorine Stamps – Birthday
• Whoopsi Daisy – Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays–Shaped Cards

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Are you ready for the new Sentimental Sundays challenge? This week we are challenging you to create a shaped card, no squares or rectangles allowed, with a sentiment. We have two generous sponsors of our challenge this week, Meljen’s Designs and Raindrop Echo Designs.

This past week I had the sad occasion to need to make a card for a friend that lost one of her sweet pups. I immediately thought of this image from Meljen’s Designs, Dog Angel.

Stop by the Sentimental Sundays blog to see the rest of the inspiration pieces by the DT. While you are there you can download a free sentiment set from Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs and link up your “Shaped Card” (with a sentiment).

If you love Meljen’s Designs images, don’t forget to check out my blog candy!

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Dog Angel by Meljen’s Designs (available on Whimsy Stamps)
• Inks: Distress Inks Old Paper
• Papers: Papertrey kraft CS, Neenah Crest solar white CS, Crate Paper Portrait Collection
• Tools: Big Shot, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic markers, foam dimensional adhesive, Provo Craft Seeing Spots embossing folder
• Embellishments: misc. buttons, cotton crochet thread, Distress Crackle Paint Old Paper

Challenges:

• AI Factory - Anything goes
• Corrosive Challenge – Earth Tones
• Crafty Catz – Embossing
• Crafty Sentiments – Die cuts & punches
• Crazy Challenge – Embossing
• Dare to Be Sassy – Distressing
• Delightful Challenges – Things With Wings
• Digi Doodle Shop’s Best – Shaped Card
• Do You Stack Up – Distressing
• Dream Valley – Distressing
• Ellephantastic – add some layers
• Flutterby Wednesday – Open challenge (used dog angel)
• Forever Friends – Round card
• Frosted Design – Animals
• Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge – Shaped card
• iCopic challenge – Fur
• Just Some Lines – Embossing
• Paper Pretties – Die Cuts
• Pattie’s Creations – Animals or insects
• Raise the Bar – Dog Days of Summer
• Speedy the Cat challenge – distressing
• Stamp Something – Dog days of summer
• Totally Gorjuss – Round and Round
• Whoopsi Daisy – anything but square
• That’s Krafty Thursday – kraft paper

Sentimental Sundays & a Fundraiser

We are kicking off a new Sentimental Sundays challenge. Since it is the middle of summer and the flowers are in full bloom, we are asking you to use FLOWERS (and a sentiment) on your creations. We have two fabulous sponsors this week, Sweet N Sassy Stamps and Raindrop Echo Designs.

For my projects, I used this adorable digital image from Sweet N Sassy Stamps and a sentiment from one of the sets designed by Ann of Raindrop Echo Designs as a fundraiser being hosted by Kim Sherrod to help out a friend of hers. Below I have copied the wording directly from Kim’s blog explaining the fundraiser.

This is a fundraiser to help my friend out at this time to help her with expenses so she can see her son. He has a heart problem and it's costly for the trip and it's financially difficult for her to travel. Help us to make it possible for her to spend some time with him. She doesn't think he's going to make it and anything will help to ease her burden during this difficult time.

We are so grateful to Ann V. of Raindrop Echo Designs for designing these beautiful stamps to help us with our fundraiser. We are offering these stamps in both digi and clear stamps. We will send you the digi stamps within 24 hours.

The clear stamps are a pre-order item. We have to meet a minimum in order to place the clear stamp order. The minimum is very minimal. The clear stamps are a wonderful quality and we've worked with the stamp manufacturer before.

Your file will come in jpeg and png files.

Thank you for your support :-)

Here is a look at the images that are available either as clear stamps or as digital stamps.

To order these images or to find out more information on the fundraiser, please stop by Kim Sherrod’s blog HERE.

Stop by the Sentimental Sundays blog to see the flower creations from the rest of the DT. While you are there, you can download this week’s free digital sentiment set designed by Ann of Raindrop Echo Designs and link up your Flower + a sentiment creation.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Peek A Boo Sophie by Sweet N Sassy Stamps, Floral Fantasy by Raindrop Echo Designs
• Inks: Crushed Olive distress inks
• Papers: Papertrey kraft & dark chocolate, Stampin’ Up So Saffron, Neenah Crest solar white CS, My Minds Eye Stella & Rose Gertie paper pad
• Tools: Fiskars edge punch, Sewing machine, Copic markers, Copic ABS1, heat tool, Stampin’ Up small oval punch
• Embellishments: Prima flowers, floral dew drop

Challenges:

• AI Factory – Anything Goes
• Anything Goes Challenge – Pick a bunch of flowers
• Cooking It up with Katie – Something Old (flowers, papers) Something New (sentiment) Favorite Things/Techniques (coloring with copic markers)
• Craft Us Crazy – Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion – Anything Goes
• Crafts & Me – Anything Goes
• Creative Crafts – Summer time
• Cutie Sunday – Flower power
• Dare to be Sassy – Use a sentiment
• Delightful Challenges – Stitching
• DigiStamps 4 Joy – with a child on it
• For Fun Challenge – Anything Goes
• Frosted Designs – Color on your project
• Gingersnap Creations – Chestnut Theme – Babe & tots
• Happileigh Challenge – Anything Goes
• Mami Doodles – Flowers
• Our Creative Corner – Flowers
• Paper Shelter – Flowers
• Stamp Something – Digi day
• The Kraft Journal – Walk in my garden
• The Latte Lounge – monthly progressive challenge – anything goes

It’s a Garden Party!

Can you believe how quickly this summer is flying by? I can’t believe it is already the end of July. It seems like the kids just got out of school a couple of weeks ago but we are already starting back to school shopping.

The new Sentimental Sundays challenge is “It’s a Garden Party”. This is the perfect time of the summer to enjoy your garden, whether flowers or veggies. We want to remind you to take time to stop and smell the flowers or enjoy the start of the harvest. Please link up your Garden Party themed creations (don’t forget a sentiment) on the Sentimental Sundays blog. Your project does not need to be a card. We love seeing all types of crafting projects as long as it fits the theme and displays a sentiment.

My husband and I are not really into flower gardens. While we love seeing other people’s flowers, neither one of us is very good at flower gardening and really don’t enjoy it at all. Last year, my husband built a raised garden for vegetables. It is funny how that seems different from flowers. He enjoys managing his vegetable garden. This year he planted corn, potatoes, beans, peas (which died), basil, tomatoes, cucumbers, and brussels sprouts. The brussels sprouts were requested by my daughter since she loves them. Can you believe that? Soon we will start harvesting the fruits (or veggies) of his labors. Yum – I can’t wait!

So why did I tell you all this? I wanted you to understand what “garden” means to me. While most of the rest of the DT have projects with flowers, I used this cute Amber Ink girl. To me, she looks like she is getting her vegetable garden ready to plant. I was given this clear stamp set at the end of my term as an Amber Ink torch bearer and was excited to have the chance to ink it up. If you prefer digital stamps, the entire set is also available HERE. Boy, I wish I looked this cute when I’m out sweating in the garden.

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you will the Sentimental Sundays team and link up your Garden Party project.

Supplies:

• Stamps: Grow Green from Amber Ink
• Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin’ Up Whisper White
• Papers: Papertrey Kraft CS, Neenah Crest Solar White CS, Stampin’ Up Ruby Red, Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety mini deck
• Tools: Big Shot, Papertrey linen embossing plate, Provo Craft Seeing Spots embossing folder, Copic markers, Spellbinders nestabilities
• Embellishments: Copic Sepia multiliner, misc. buttons, ribbon, crochet thread, Hero Arts Sparkle gems

Challenges:

• Deconstructed Sketch – Sketch 12
• Catered Crop – FTR17 (I used colors of red, green, kraft, sentiment stamp, gingham, copic markers, & ribbon)
• Clear It Out – Use your stash (old paper pad)
• Craft Us Crazy – Anything goes
• Crazy Challenge – Ribbon
• Deep Ocean Challenge – Ribbons
• Digi Doodle Shop's Best – Anything Goes
• Everybody Art Challenge – Garden
• HIMCR – Freestyle
• Just Some Lines – Outdoors/Summer colors
• Paper Play – Garden
• Paper Shelter – Anything goes
• Sew Many – Anything goes
• There’s Magic in the air – Lots of layers

Just a Sentimental Fool

This week on the Sentimental Sundays challenge we are asking you to get sentimental with us and make a sentiment the focus of your project. This challenge is sponsored by Raindrop Echo Designs and Heart Song Designs.

Every other week, Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs creates a sentiment set using quotes from a member of the DT for the weekly freebie. Last October, I was asked to supply my favorite quotes and Ann created this gorgeous digi sentiment. I paired it up with another sentiment set from Ann, Fancy Curvy Frame-Dots which is available at Whimsy Stamps. I love the versatility of digital stamps. You can resize them, recolor them, flip & rotate them, or, in this case, I place my digi sentiment inside the digi frame and printed them out. I printed it twice, once on red paper and once on the graph type paper and pieced them together for the look you see here. I love these new papers that I bought and couldn’t wait to use them. I used all old embellishments from my stash to add some detail.

I hope that you will join us for our challenge asking you to focus on the sentiment. You can link up your project, download the weekly free digi sentiment set, and see the rest of the DT’s inspiration pieces on the Sentimental Sundays blog.

There is only about a week left to get in the draw for my Color Your World blog candy. Click on the photo below to see how you can get a chance to win.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Fancy Curvy Frame – Dots by Raindrop Echo Designs (available on Whimsy Stamps)
• Inks: None
• Papers: Papertrey kraft CS, PaperStudios black CS, My Mind’s Eye Lost & Found –Union Square paper pad
• Tools: Sewing machine, Big Shot, Spellbinders Nestablities, Papertrey scalloped edge die
• Embellishments: Kaiser pearls, Close To My Heart Filigree Charms brad, misc. black trim

Challenges:

• 2 Sisters Challenge – Anything Goes
• AI Factory – at least 2 layers
• All Sorts challenge –Free & Easy
• Alota Rubber Stamps – Circles (1 or more)
• Art Impressions Stamps – Stitching
• Clear It Out – anything goes
• Craft Us Crazy – Anything goes + digital
• Craft Your Passion – Text It (next in sentiment and newspaper print paper)
• Crafty Sentiments – Happy Ever After
• Cupcake Craftroom – Dots
• Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge – Anything goes + a digi
• Everybody Art Challenge – Dots
• Hiding in my Craft Room – Something New, Something Old
• House of Gilli – Anything Goes
• Lil Red Wagon – Music Notes
• Lollipop Crafts – Anything Goes
• Paper Cutz – Anything Goes
• Shelly’s Terrifically Thrilling Thursday – Anything Goes
• That’s Krafty Thursday – kraft paper
• The Kraft Journal – my favorite things (kraft papers, digi stamps, spellbinders dies)

Sentimental Sundays–Masculine Projects

The new challenge at the Sentimental Sundays blog is “Masculine Projects”. Don’t forget to include a sentiment.

I used the challenge as an opportunity to make a birthday card for my Dad. It also gave me the perfect excuse to ink up one of my new Lili of the Valley stamps.

I hope you will join in the fun and link up your Masculine Project on the Sentimental Sundays blog. Stop by the blog to see the rest of the inspirations projects from the DT and to download the weekly free sentiment set from Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs.

If you love the digital sentiments Ann provides every week, be sure to check out the sale going on right now at Whimsy Stamps – 25% off of all digital images for the entire month of July. That includes all the fabulous Whimsy Stamps digi artists including Raindrop Echo Designs, Meljen’s Designs, Crissy’s Digis, Moon Cookie Gallery, and Stamp Art Designs by Kathryne.

While you are here, don’t forget to check out my blog candy! Click on the photo for more details.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Sausage Snatcher from Lili of the Valley, Party Mini Letter Seals from Raindrop Echo Designs (on Whimsy Stamps)
• Inks: Close To My Heart Moonstruck
• Papers: Papertrey kraft CS, Neenah Crest CS, Paper Studio black CS, BasicGrey Oxford paper pad
• Tools: Sewing machine, Martha Stewart circle punch, Big Shot, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic markers, paper crimping tool
• Embellishments: Sakura white gelly roll pen

Copics:

• Dog – C9, C7, C1, C00, R01
• Sky – B91, B93
• Grass – YG93, YG95, YG97
• Sausages – E17, E15, E13

Challenges:

• Truly Scrumptious – Challenge 61 – Sketch
• Alota Rubber Stamps – Circles
• All Sorts Challenge – Free & easy
• AUD Sentiments – Sentiments with 2+ words
• Crafting for All Seasons – Furry Friends
• Crafty Creations – Boyz to Men
• Do You Stack Up? – Stitching
• Gem of a Challenge – Let’s Hear It For The Boyz
• Gimme A Break – Something new (New stamp and new paper pad)
• Hanna & Friends – Happy Birthday
• Happileigh Challenge – There’s a critter in the house
• iCopic challenge – Birthday
• Lollipop Crafts – Anything Goes
• Paper Pretties – Animals
• Penny’s Paper Crafty challenge – Birthday
• Rainbow Lady – Stitch
• Sarah Hurley – Colouring
• Simon Says Stamp – Anything Goes
• Stampavie – Birthday
• Sweet Stampin’ Challenge - One for the Boys
• There’s Magic in the Air – Birthday
• Totally Gorjuss – All About the Boys
• Wags N Whiskers – Birthday

Sentimental Sundays–Birthday Bumps

I hope your weekend is going well! Our challenge this week at Sentimental Sundays is “Anything goes with a sentiment”. How easy is that? I love it because it gave me the chance to use one of my new Lili of the Valley stamps. I finally splurge and ordered a few. I say “splurged” because I hate paying shipping. I couldn’t find a store in the US that carries them so I had to pay for over seas shipping. Oh well, they are so cute they were well worth it.

I enjoyed coloring up these little guys. I tried a new technique to make the sky background. It was so easy and I love the way it worked out. I would share the link to the tutorial but I can’t find it. I thought I had it saved on one of my Pinterest boards, but….. (If anyone recognizes the technique using copic refills and qtips, let me know so I can give proper credit.) On a good note, I can share the link to the tutorial for the flowers HERE.

Before I forget, I used an old Lili of the Valley sketch found HERE.

These little bears remind me of summer days with my friends when I was a kid. We never were able to toss each other up in the air like this but we would put a stuffed animal on a blanket and toss it around. We tried to get it as high in the air as we could with out dropping it when it came down. Did you have “parachutes” at school? It was one of my favorite things. We would all hold and edge of the parachute and a bunch of balls were put on it. We would “pop corn” and try to keep all the balls on it. What simple fun!

While you are here, don’t forget to check out my blog candy on this post.

I hope you will join in the Sentimental Sundays “Anything Goes with a Sentiment” challenge for your chance to win your choice of 4 digital sentiment sets from Raindrop Echo Designs. Stop by the Sentimental Sundays blog to see the rest of the inspiration from the DT and pick up your free digital sentiment set for the week.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Birthday Bumps from Lili of the Valley, Party Mini Letter Seals by Raindrop Echo Designs on Whimsy Stamps
• Inks: Close to My Heart chocolate ink
• Papers: Papertrey kraft & dark chocolate CS, Neenah Solar Crest CS, My Mind’s Eye Lime Twist Life of the Party paper pad, misc. green scrap CS
• Tools: Sewing Machine, Big Shot, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Stampin’ Up circle punch, Copic markers
• Embellishments: Stickles
• Tutorial for flowers can be found here

Challenges:

• Lili of the Valley Challenge – celebrate
• 4 Crafty Chicks – Stitching
• Catered Crop – recipe – I used orange & green & polka dots
• Catch the Bug – Anything goes
• Creative Stamp Friends – dots
• Cupcake Craftroom – Polka dots
• Digi Design House – Handmade Flowers
• Digi Doodle Shop’s Best – anything goes
• Divas by Design – Die Cuts & punches
• Forever Friends – Birthday
• Hooked on Crafts – Flowers (handmade flowers)
• Lollipop Crafts – Anything goes
• My Mum’s Craft Shop – Something old (sentiment stamp), Something new (image, papers, techniques)
• Ooh-La-La creations– Flowers
• Paper Crafting journey – Anything goes
• Pear Tree Designs – Stamp Something (no digis)
• Pile It On – Circles
• Scrapbook Sisters – Summer fun
• Stamp & Create – Summer
• Stampavie – more than 3 layers
• The Kraft journal - Something old (sentiment stamp), Something new (image, papers, techniques)
• Top Tip Challenge – T is for…. Teddy Bears

Sentimental Sundays–Get Patriotic!

We have another fun challenge for you this week at Sentimental Sundays. The new challenge is “Patriotic”. We want you to use the colors of your nation’s flag for your creations. Don’t forget to include a sentiment!

With Independence Day coming up, I wanted to try to make something that celebrated our nation’s history and fit the challenge theme. I thought that this famous quote from John Dickinson, which was a freebie on the Sentimental Sundays blog last year, would be perfect.

I recently purchased the DVD set “Liberty’s Kids” for my daughter. It is a cartoon that I can feel good about her watching because she is learning about the Revolutionary War. We used to watch it on the History Channel when she was younger but I don’t think they show it any longer. She also enjoys going on the Liberty’s Kids website. It is really cute that it has inspired her to start a family newspaper, “The Home Gazette”, and she wants to go visit some of the historical sights from the war for a future family vacation.

Before I wrap up my post, I wanted to thank you for hopping along with the Sentimental Sundays team last week. Stop by the Sentimental Sundays blog to see if you were one of the random winners.

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Stamps: For the Troops by Raindrop Echo Designs (past free set on the Sentimental Sundays blog)
• Inks: Distress Inks Antique Linen
• Papers & CS: Papertrey kraft CS, Stampin’ Up Ruby Red CS, K&co Americana paper pad
• Tools: Sewing machine, Big Shot, Spellbinders Nestabilitie Die, Provo Craft Seeing Spots embossing folder, Score Buddy, Martha Stewart edge punch
• Embellishments: Old Paper distress paints, Martha Stewart twill tape, Papertrey bakers twine

Challenges:

• Card Makin’ Mamas – Red, White & Blue
• Cards For Men – Stars
• Craft Us Crazy – Red, White & Blue or Summer
• Daisy Doodles Challenges – Stars & Stripes
• Die Cut Dreams – Red, White & Blue
• Everybody Art Challenge – Anything goes
• Hand Stamped Sentiments – Stars & Stripes
• Pals Paper Arts – Stars
• Paper Crafting Journey – Anything Goes
• Paper Play – Stars & Stripes
• Penny’s Paper Crafty Challenge – Red, White, & Blue
• Rainbow Lady – Digi Day
• Scrapbook Sisters – Anything Goes
• Shelly’s Terrifically Thrilling Thursday - Stars & Stripes
• Sweet Stampin’ Challenge - Something Old (the digi) something new (the paper won during the OWH blog hop)
• Totally Stampalicious - Something Old (the digi) something new (the paper won during the OWH blog hop)

Sentimental Sundays Celebrate Summer Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sentimental Sundays “Celebrate Summer” blog hop. Tuesday, June 21^st, is the official first day of summer in the northern hemisphere and we are ready for all the summer fun to begin. For our friends down under who are moving into their winter months and may not feel like creating a summery project, they may be making “Sparkly or Shimmery” projects.

You should have arrived here from Ann E.’s blog. If not, you might want to start the hop at the beginning, the Sentimental Sundays blog, so that you don’t miss anything.

For my project, I used Mo Manning’s digital image, Janie in July. I love this image. Janie reminds me of how my daughter looked a few years ago. I think she had a pink swim suit almost identical to this.

I’m not really comfortable coloring people. If you follow my blog, you might have noticed that I don’t ever do cards with people on them. Okay, I take that back. I have done 2 other cards where I have colored people. Trust me, you don’t want to look for them. Anyhow, I made a goal to try to practice my coloring and use some images with people over the summer. This card is the first step (after studying LOTS of coloring tutorials.)

The Sentimental Sundays team is still having our usual challenge this week. We hope you will join in our “Summery or Sparkly” (plus a sentiment) challenge. Our sponsor is the talented Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs. The challenge prize will be four INDIVIDUAL sentiment sets from the Raindrop Echo Designs Whimsy Stamps Digital Collection.

As you hop along with us, don't forget to leave comments along the way. There are 3 mystery DT members who will each choose a winner from the comments left on their blog hop posts. The 3 winners will each win a $10 gift certificate to Whimsy Stamps! The hop ends on Friday, June 24^th at midnight EST. The winners will be announced on the Sentimental Sundays challenge blog on Sunday, June 26th.

Your next stop on the hop is Lou Mac. I know she has something wonderful for you. If you should happen to get lost along the way, you can find the complete blog hop list on the Sentimental Sundays challenge blog.

Thank you so much for hopping by.

Supplies:

• Stamps: Janie In July by Mo’s Digital Pencil
• Inks: None
• Papers & CS: Neenah Solar Crest CS, misc pink cs, Pink Paislee Hometown Summer DP pad
• Tools: Copic markers, Sewing machine, Big Shot, Papertrey banner dies
• Embellishments: Misc. pink trim, misc. alpha stickers (from Target $1 spot)

Challenges:

• AI Factory Challenge – Summer fun
• Alota Rubber Stamps – Summer
• Aly’s Stamping Challenge – All about the kids
• AUD Sentiments – Summertime
• Bee-Crafty – Summer’s here
• C.R.A.F.T. challenge – stitching
• Charisma Cardz – Pink & Green
• Crafting For All Seasons – Summer
• Crafts 4 Eternity – R embellishments (round, letter stickers)
• Crafty Purple Frog – Your Favorite Things (Copic markers)
• Delightful Challenges – Anything Goes
• Digi Doodle Shop’s Best – Stitching
• Digital Tuesday – Gingham
• For Fun Challenge – Summer Fun
• Gimme A Break – Anything Summer
• Scrap Creations – Anything Goes
• Just Some Lines – Spotty / Dotty
• Lollipop Crafts – Inspired by Song (Hot Fun in the Summertime by Sly & the Family Stone)
• Moving Along with the Times - Inspired by Song (Hot Fun in the Summertime by Sly & the Family Stone)
• My Mum’s Craft Shop – Seeing Spots
• One Stop Craft Challenge – Stick it (used alpha stickers)
• Paper Play – At the Beach
• Rubber Café - Summer
• Scrapbook Sisters – Bunting or banners
• Southern Girls Challenge – Anything Goes
• Stamp & Create – Summer
• Sundays with Crissy – Here Comes The Sun
• Tiffany Doodles – Steppin’ Into Summer
• Top Tip Challenge – open challenge
• Whimsie Wednesday Challenge – use dies
• Whoopsi Daisy – Free & Easy

Sentimental Sundays – Father’s Day Challenge

Hello! We have a very timely challenge for you this week. The Sentimental Sundays team is challenging you to make a card or project for a Father or special man in your life. (Don’t forget a sentiment!)

I am still trying to push myself out of my comfort zone a bit. I decided to try to use a photo on the card I was making for my husband for Father’s day. I love this picture of my hubby and daughter taken at Disney World last year. (I really hope he is not looking at this…. I know he usually doesn’t look at my blog and I’m trying to figure out how to turn off Networked Blogs so it doesn’t pop up on his Facebook page.)

I used a Whiff of Joy sketch for inspiration and then worked from there. The sentiment is from Raindrop Echo Designs. It was not designed as a ticket sentiment but I shrank it down, printed it on kraft and cut it out with a ticket die. I love the versatility of digital sentiments.

I hope you will stop by the Sentimental Sundays blog to see the creations from the rest of the design team. Our challenge this week is being sponsored by Meljen’s Designs and Raindrop Echo Designs. While you are there you can download the free sentiments from the talented Ann Vento of Raindrop Echo Designs. I hope you will join our challenge too!

Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Walkin’ With Dad sentiments by Raindrop Echo Designs (available on Whimsy Stamps), Just the Ticket by Papertrey
• Inks: Close To My Heart Autumn Terracotta & Twilight inks
• Papers & CS: Papertrey kraft, & dark chocolate CS, The Paper Company kraft CS, My Mind’s Eye Fine and Dandy True Blue paper pad
• Tools: Sewing Machine, Copic markers (just to color twine), Big Shot, Papertrey ticket die
• Embellishments: Stampin’ Up Love & Happiness rub ons, white cotton crochet thread, misc buttons & fiber

Challenges:

• Celebrate the Occasion – Father’s Day
• Clearly Inspired – Distressing
• Craft your Passion – anything goes
• Crafting For All Seasons – Father’s Day
• Crafty Card Markers - Love, the lasting kind
• Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge – masculine (use a digi – digi sentiments)
• Everybody Art Challenge – distress
• Fab N Funky –Magnificent Men
• Fresh Brewed Challenges – Masculine
• Fussy & Fancy Friday – card for a man or boy
• Hand Stamped Sentiments – Father’s Day
• House of Gilli – Use buttons
• Ladybug Crafts Ink – Male theme
• Lothian Crafts – For a man
• Paper Variety – the guys
• Pattie’s Creations – Father’s Day
• Saturday Challenge – card for a male
• Simply Create – Dad
• Some Odd Girl – Manly Challenge
• Stamp Man Challenge – boy or men
• Stamp Scrap & Doodle - Father’s day
• Stampin’ Royalty – Celebrate Dad
• The Kraft Journal – It’s a guy thing
• The Stamping Boutique – For Men only
• There’s Magic in the Air – masculine
• Whimsie Wednesday Challenge – Father’s Day
• Woodware USA – Masculine