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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

CR84FN Color Challenge

Isn't this a gorgeous color combo. You can find it at Mona's color challenge HERE. I cut little tiles and shaded all the edges with grey and then attached. The flower is cut with a Spellbinder flower. The background is a Spellbinder label #13 also embossed. Grey and pink cut with the Spellbinder lace. Some dyed ribbon a sentiment and butterfly embellies, all stitched onto some lt pink.

Entering Challenges:
Forgotten Scraps: Spring/ Flowers
Oh La La Creations: Pink pink and More Pink
Fresh Brewed: Ribbons & Bows
My Graffico: Anything goes

PIXIE COTTAGE CHALLENGE

Hope your week is going well. Yipee it's already Wednesday and the Pixie Cottage Challenge is cute. How easy is that??

This is my cutie. A Baby Boy album for my dear friend Cindy. My last post is a card for her and this album is also for her. The reason they are moving is because their only son who now lives in Texas is having his first child. They have been trying for years and Joy of Joys they have a son due in about 8 weeks. Cindy and Michael want to be near to be able to spend time with their only grandchild.

I decided to make her a paper bag album because I had once made one for her birthday which she still rants about. I used the Waltzingmouse Sketch. Its a pretty simple front page. The red star in embossed with stars and the edges distressed. The Pixie Cottage image is the cute little Blake from Michelles Scrapbooking and More. It is also distressed and attached with a button. I used a zig zag stitch plus a decorative star stitch down the side and punched stars to add some fun down the other side. The edges are also distressed as is the bag itself. Its all tied up with lots of ribbons. I also distressed the gramma, grammpa and star. It has some fun inside pages which I will share later.
Entering Challenges:
Anything Goes: Distressing
Party Time Tuesdays: Anything goes
The Crazy Challenge: Baby Love
The Cheerful Stamp Pad: Any thing but a card
Craft You Passion: Male project
Karens Doodles: Masculine
ABC Challenge: O is for ovals
The Paper Variety: Sew Much Fun
Stampavie and More: Welcome

Passionately Artistic

Passionately Artistic is have a Anything Goes Challenge today. Stop by and join in the fun.I have used one of Heart Song Digis. This daffodil is one of the birth flower series for the month of March. My image is watercolored, cut out and faux stitched then mounted on a a nestie. Smaller nesties were used for the medallions on each side and then a button center attached. The base has three panels stitched on and the a big bow attached.

Entering Challenges:
Annabelle Stamps: Say it in yellow
Card Makin Mamas: Birthday
Totally Gorjuss: Check it out
Crazy 4 Challenges: Use dies
Card Cupids: Buttons and bows
The Shabby Tea Room: Buttons Bows
High Hope Stamps: Female Birthday
A Spoon Full of Sugar: Birthday
Squigglefly: D ...for digital daffodil
Flourish Timeless Tuesday: Birthday


Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Stampin Sisters in Christ

Peggy at Stampin' Sisters in Christ chose the scripture Exodus 8:9-11. Her challenge is to use green for your creations. My stitched tag has a top cut with a nestie. One of my favorite scriptures is also distressed & cut with a nestie and layered onto some distressed vintage print. Made a flower with punched layers and added the sparkly leaves and a hand dyed ribbon.Supplies: Bazzill, SU, vintage papers, Spellbinders Nestabilites #8 &16, scalloped die, flower punch, green jewels, dyed ribbon and glitter leaves.


Entering Challenges:
Incy Wincy: Dies and punches
I Did it Creations: Anything goes
Party Time Tuesdays: Anything goes
The Paper Variety: Sew much Fun

TUESDAY THROWDOWN CHALLENGE

Good Morning are you ready for a new THROWDOWN today?? Our new challenge is 3D and our sponsor is FLOURISHES. They have many products for your stamping needs and some lovely stamp sets you can find HERE. The one I'm using today is the Nasturtiam Set .Don't you just love nasturtiams with their cheery little flowers and the way the cool round leaves lift themselves up to the sun. To do something different I made a spring card. Made several punched edges and then stitched them for the base. I stamped, water colored and cut out several of one of the flowers and then layered it and foam dotted on the base with a leaf. On the other side I cut out a couple layers with a nestie and added the sentiment.



My dear friend Cindy is moving next week so this is for her. Happy for her but will sure miss her.

For the center I used a corner punch to make a couple layers to matt the image onto.The orange layer was run thru the embossing folder. The image is water colored and a few of the flowers cut out and pop dotted up for some added dimension. The butterfly is one of the HEART SONG DIGIS
Supplies: Bazzill and Stampin Up papers, Dotted Swiss embossing folders, MS zig zag and corner loop punches and Spellbinder label #14.

Entering Challenges:
Lexi's Creations: Flowers
Bunny Zoe's Crafts: Flowers everywhere
Woodware USA: A shaped card
One Stitch at a Time: Anything but a square
Stamptacular Sunday: SOS..some one special
Kaboodle Doodles: Break Tradition...spring card
Your Next Stamp: Paper piecing
Whoopsi Daisy: Someone special

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Heart Song Designs Digis.... New Releases

Today we have two new fun whimsical designs being released. Be sure to stop by Heart Song Designs HERE. Leah has also added some precolored digis to her line.The fun little star flowers has lots of fun possibilities for sentiments to use with it. I'm giving this to a friend so just used the thinking of you. My images are water colored. I'm trying to whittle down my scrap box so that is what I used. The MS punch for a little edging, some buttons, bow and stitching for some embellies. The shamrock one would be perfect for a St. Patty card. Actually my dh's birthday is March 15th so this one will be his birthday card. Scraps from the box a little stitching, button and ribbon for a simple card.



Entering Challenges:
Allsorts: Inspired by nature
A Gem of a Challenge: Buttons, bows, bead, brads
One Stop Craft:Birthday
Sugar Creek Hollow: Buttons & Bows
Totally Paper Crafts: Do it with Digis
4Crafty Chicks: Fairy Angel Butterfly
Paper Crafting Jo
urney:Anything goes
Shelly's Images: Show us what you got

Heart Song Designs Digis


Did you know the iris is the birth flower for the month of February.My image is from Leah's Heart Song Designs. You can read her story and purchase this and many more digis HERE.
I water colored the iris and then cut out with the Spellbinder Label # 14 and matted on the scalloped oval. My dp is from Stampin Up. The ribbon was dyed and then lace, buttons and stickl
e dots were added. The flower in the center of the bow is actually a button. I like round cards and think they are a fun break from square and rectangles.
Entering Challenges:
Card Makin Mamas: Happy Birthday
Fairy Knoll: Happy Birthday/thank you
If the Shoe Fits: Happy Birthday
Stampin with the Dragon: Birthday Birthday
Tellens's Place: Birthdays
Paper Romance: Buttons, Ribbons & Lace
Pixie Dust Studio: Don't be a Square
Dutch Dard Card: Sparkle, glitter or bling

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

PIXIE COTTAGE CHALLENGE

Pixie Cottage is looking for embossing this week. I used the swirl and dotted swiss embossing folders for my card. My image is the cute Catasticat Kite by Artish found here. My image is water colored and I stamped a second kite and ties then cut them out and attached with foam for some dimension. Stitched my layers together onto a scrap striped dp.


Entering Challenges:
Karens Doodles: Animal Friends
Top Tip Tuesday: Stitch it Up
Color Throwdown:Lt green, dk green & ballet blue
Your Next Stamp: Paper piecing
Woodware USA: Embossing
My Grafico: Anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy: Free and Easy

Passionately Artistic

Passionately Artistic is having an open challenge. I have orange, red, yellow and pink hibiscus in my yard each with a different kind of blossom. I decided to use my hibiscus stamp for this card.

I water colored my image and then used chalks to shade around it. The rust cs was punched with a ek success corner punch, the image inserted and stitched.

Entering Challenges:
Bunny Zoe's Crafts: Spring flowers
Saturday Challenge:
A stamped flower
The Creative Cottage:Fabulous Florals
Forgotten Scraps: Spring Flowers
Miami Doodles Digital: Flower Card

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

TUESDAY THROWDOWN CHALLENGE #36

For our challenge this week we want to see pocket cards. Lots of possibilities with this one. I chose to fold my dp over to form a pocket. I stitched around the whole thing then added the stickle dots. The sentiment was ran thru a dotted folder and matted on the yellow and then onto the doily. The flower was made with layers and a jewel center. A tag for the inside was layered and another flower added to it. My butterfly is from Heart Song Digis found here.

I also followed Mona's color challenge found here. Aren't these colors just the most delicious!! I love this combo.



Entering challenges:
OLLCB: For someone Special
Papertake Weekly: Putting on the Glitz
One Stitch at a Time: Make it pretty
Miami Doodles Digital: Flower Card
Paper Cutz: Butterfly, bees, ladybugs
Phindy's Place: Think Spring
Stampin with the Dragon: Anything goes
Aly's Sunday: Bling it up
I Did it Creations: Bling it up
Catch the Bug: A Different Fold
All Sorts: All about the Sentiment
Digital Tuesday: Die Cuts




Sunday, February 13, 2011

Heart Song Designs Digis.... New Releases

Jasper with a Bone


Butterfly Duet ................You will find both of the new images plus many more at Heart Song Designs HERE.