Christmas Card Challenges #44 – Chipboard!

September 30, 2012March 18, 20151 Comment

Happy Sunday! It’s time for a new Christmas Card Challenge! This week, we’re inspired by chipboard!

For my card, I chose a chipboard snowflake and button to accent “Ice Skating Chloe” by Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps! I added Stickles to the snowflake to make it sparkle!

Other supplies: patterned paper (Basic Grey Jovial), Twine (Trendy Twine), die (Spellbinders Labels 28), Copic markers, opaque white marker, ribbon (Pebbles), Liquid Applique.

Although all of our challenges are optional…the only “real” rule is that you must create a new Christmas, Holiday or Hannukah card, then link it up on the CCC blog so we can stop by and leave you some lovely comments!

We also don’t require that you use Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps on your cards, but if you have them, we’d love to see you ink them up when you play along!

Don’t forget to visit the rest of the CCC team to take a peek at the beautiful cards they’ve created this week: Alanna, Brigitte, Candace, Corinne, Dee, Katie, Leesa, Margo, Michele, Pat, and Stephanie…and our guest designer, Natali!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a fabulous week and don’t forget to link your entry on the Christmas Card Challenges blog! See you there!

Card Challenge Roundup!

September 14, 2012March 18, 20154 Comments

Happy Friday, crafty friends! Just popping in today to share a few cards that I’ve made for various challenges!

My first card is for the current deconstructed sketch challenge!

I colored this super cute dachshund (that’s part of the “Preppy Pups” set by Some Odd Girl Stamps) to match my sweet dog, Midnight. The papers are from My Mind’s Eye’s “On the Sunny Side” collection (except for the orange paper, which is from Echo Park):

Other supplies: cardstock (Stampin Up – Summer Starfruit), twine (Trendy Twine), stamp set (Some Odd Girl – Preppy Pups), card base, Spellbinders Classic Circles die, Brilliance Graphite Black ink, Copic markers.

My card is based on this sketch:

My second card is for the current retrosketches challenge. I used stamps from Paper Smooches for this one:

supplies: patterned paper (My Mind’s Eye), image and sentiment stamps (Paper Smooches – “Wake Up” set), twine (Trendy Twine), wood button, cork paper (Echo Park), kraft card stock, Copic markers.

Here’s the sketch it’s based on:

My third card is for the “Piece Out” paper piecing challenge at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps. I used their “Elaine” stamp set and paper pieced her hat and dress, as well as her suitcase. I added some depth with Copics on those pieces to make them more dimensional.

Supplies: stamps (Kraftin’ Kimmie – Elaine), patterned paper (Basic Grey PB&J), crocheted lace trim (My Mind’s Eye), twine (Trendy Twine), cardstock (Bazzill & Stampin’ Up!), Copic markers.

And my last card in this batch is for last week’s “Bright Colors” Farm Fresh Friday challenge at The Greeting Farm. Even though the deadline has passed, I still want to share my card with you…it features one of the new “Big Time Anya” stamps…these are perfect for cards I plan to make for my nieces, who are growing up so fast!

Supplies: image stamp (The Greeting Farm – “Anya Lifts“), sentiment stamp (Stampin’ Up), twine (Trendy Twine), patterned paper (Echo Park), Copic markers, opaque white marker, Brilliance Graphite Black ink, wood button, label die (Memory Box), sewing machine, card base, Stickles, Ranger Glossy Accents.

Whew! I think I posted all the ones I wanted to…hope you enjoyed checking them out!

You still have time to play along in this month’s challenges at Your Next Stamp: an “elements/recipe” challenge, a color challenge, and a “friends” challenge!

I’ll be back tomorrow with a new Drunken Stampers challenge, and on Sunday with a new Christmas Card Challenge! See you then!

A side note: if you have any questions about my cards, please let me know in the comments section. I check them fairly frequently and will answer your questions as soon as I can!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

This one’s for the birds!

September 8, 2012March 18, 20155 Comments

Happy Saturday! Although it’s not my team’s week to post for the latest Drunken Stampers challenge, I wanted to share the card that I made!

This week, we’d like for you to include a bird of some kind on your card!

I created my card with papers and accents from SEI’s “Vanilla Sunshine” collection. I created the party hat with a scrap of paper from my stash and stuck one of the flower accents on top:

Supplies: kraft card stock, buttons, twine, typed sentiment, brads, elements and patterned paper (SEI “Vanilla Sunshine” collection), Ranger Glossy Accents.

Today is my monthly craft group meet-up, and I’m not sure how many I’ll have left; it will depend on when we’re moving, so I’ll make sure to enjoy the day!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend, and when you have a chance, check out all the fabulous creations that “Team Flirtini” created for this challenge at the Drunken Stampers blog! I also hope you’ll play along in our challenge! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Your Next Stamp: Lime Green, Turquoise & Brown!

September 6, 2012March 18, 2015

Happy Thursday! It’s time for a new challenge at Your Next Stamp! This week’s challenge is inspired by the colors of lime green, turquoise and brown!

For my card, I used Ellie Loves Hot Cocoa:

Other supplies: brown seam binding ribbon (May Arts), Spellbinders die (Labels One), cardstock (Bazzill – brown, PaperTrey Ink – clear), patterned paper (Basic Grey Konnichiwa – green floral, polka dot – unknown/from my scrap stash), Copic markers (shadows – C0, C1; hair – E47, E44, E43; skin – E00, R02, E02; clothes – YG21, YG23, YG25, BG01, BG02, BG000), brads, ink (Brilliance Graphite Black, SU Chocolate Chip), card base.

Remember, you still have time to play in our other challenge for September: an elements challenge!

Don’t forget, we’ve had a few changes to our challenge guidelines, making it easier for everyone to play along and to have the chance to be a YNS Rockin’ Guest Designer!

Here’s the scoop:

Every Thursday we post a new YNS Challenge
You have the entire month to play along
Link your challenge entry to the YNS Blog post and/or to the SCS challenge thread
If you would like to post your challenge card in the SCS gallery please use the code provided for that challenge (for this challenge, the code words are yns, ynsc, yournextstamp and ynsc14)
You don’t have to use YNS Stamps, but if you have some of our stamps we’d LOVE to see you ink them up!
Every month we will pick a lucky participant to be our special YNS Rockin’ Guest Designer!!!

Our Rockin’ YNS Guest Designers get:

a NEW RELEASE YNS Stamp package! (You get the new goodies before anyone else!)
to join us for our new release blog hop and sneak peeks
the entire month of challenges in advance to play along with the YNS Challenge Team
a rockin’ blinkie for your blog!

For added inspiration, check out what the other members of the team created for this challenge: Julie, Kelli, and Wendy! (Or you can see all of their creations, including the creations from our ROCKIN’ Guest Designer Tonya at the YNS blog)!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I can’t wait to see what you’ll create for this week’s challenge!

Hugs,

Deconstructed Sketch #67

September 5, 2012March 18, 20152 Comments

Hi again, crafty friends! I’m stopping in to share my card for the latest Deconstructed Sketch challenge (#67)! I paired some adorable papers from Crate Paper’s “Pretty Party” mini pad with one of my favorite Greeting Farm images, “Do-Si-Do Anya“:

Supplies: patterned paper (Crate Paper – Pretty Party mini pad), pink striped paper (My Mind’s Eye), image stamp (The Greeting Farm – Do Si Do Anya), sentiment stamp (Some Odd Girl – Tiny Baker Tia), card stock (Stampin’ UP – Summer Starfruit), embossing folder (Sizzix/Stampin UP), glitter brads, ink (Brilliance Graphite Black, brown cat’s eye pigment), Spellbinders scalloped circle die, Copic markers (skin – E00, E02, E11, R02; hair – E42, E43, E44, E47; dress/bow – R14, R21, R22, R24, R46; shoes – E49; shadows – W1, W2, W4), sewing machine, eyelet, twine (Whisker Graphics).

and here’s the sketch:

For all the details and to check out the other entries, visit the Deconstructed Sketch blog!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

MFT Wednesday Stamp Club #87

September 4, 2012March 18, 20152 Comments

Hi, crafty friends! Hope you had a wonderful weekend, and if it was Labor Day where you are, hope you had a safe & happy holiday!

I’m popping in today to share my card for the latest Wednesday Stamp Club sketch challenge at My Favorite Things! I used the a la modes “Knit Happens” set and some retired papers from Cosmo Cricket.

Other supplies: clear snowflake accent (Imaginisce), Star Dust Stickles, lace trim (My Mind’s Eye), adhesive gems (Kaisercraft), ink (Brilliance Graphite Black), Copic markers (skin – E00, E11, R02; knitting needles – E31, E33; yarn – BG0000, BG10, BG11, BG13, BG01, 0; hair – E44, E43; gloves/legwarmers – RV00, RV32, RV20, RV21; sweater – BV00, BV01, BV02, RV00; hat – BV01, BV02, RV21, RV23; leggings/shadows – W0, W1, W2), opaque white marker, brown marker, cardstock (Stampin’ UP), patterned paper (Cosmo Cricket – Mitten Weather), twine (Trendy Twine), button.

and here’s the sketch:

Thanks so much for stopping by! This challenge runs through Tuesday, September 4 at noon EST.

You can see all the entries for this challenge on MFT’s Splitcoast gallery…just use the keyword MFTWSC87 to find them!

Happy Birthday, Thanh!

August 29, 2012March 18, 20151 Comment

Today is my friend Thanh‘s birthday…several weeks ago, a few of her mischievous crafty friends set up a surprise (and somewhat adult) blog hop for her. Sparkle bought the stamp from Viva Las Vegas stamps, and we all stamped and colored the image for our cards.

To our surprise, Thanh LOVED all of the cards and insisted that we do a blog hop for her birthday to share the cards with the world. We all used the same stamp image…here is a G-rated peek at it.

So as not to offend our readers, we made a photo album for the cards, instead of posting the full card on our blogs, so the cards would be available to those who want to see them.

So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, THANH!

(My fellow partners in crime are: Sparkle, Spike, Stephanie, and Peggy.)

If you’re feeling especially festive, stop by Thanh’s blog and wish her a very happy birthday!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

P.S. I’m the featured returning designer today at the recently and tastefully re-vamped (by me) Drunken Stampers challenge blog…what a coincidence! EEK! Our next challenge will be unveiled on Saturday!

Christmas Card Challenges #39

August 26, 2012March 18, 20151 Comment

Happy Sunday, crafty friends! It’s time for a new Christmas Card Challenge, and this week, we’re inspiring you with a sketch! Here’s my card:

Supplies: stamps (I Heart Sweaters – The Greeting Farm), patterned papers (Basic Grey), embossing folder (Cuttlebug), twine (Whisker Graphics), buttons, brads, foam tape, sewing machine.

and here’s our sketch:

Don’t forget to visit the rest of the CCC team to take a peek at the beautiful cards they’ve created this week: Alanna, Brigitte, Candace,Corinne, Dee, Katie, Leesa, Margo, Michele, Pat, and Stephanie…and our fabulous guest designer, Judit!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a wonderful week and don’t forget to link your entry on the Christmas Card Challenges blog! See you there!

A few updates…

August 22, 2012March 18, 2015

Hi crafty friends! Just wanted to stop by and share a few updates on some of crafty things I have going on!

Unfortunately, there has been a little hiccup in the August stamp release at The Craft’s Meow. We’re on standby until the release is fully ready, but I will definitely share the cards I’ve made when I get the OK to show them to you! For more details, please visit The Craft’s Meow blog!

The second and slightly happier update is that we’ll be re-launching the Drunken Stampers challenge blog on Saturday!

I’ve been working on a full re-design of the site, including layout, challenge graphics and some other goodies for the rest of my fellow Designated Stampers.

We’re also changing our challenge schedule! So, instead of a new challenge every other week, we’ll have something new for you each week!

Feel free to grab the blinkie for your blog! I really hope you’ll join us this Saturday at Drunken Stampers for our newest challenge! (You don’t have to be tipsy to play along in our challenges…we just want you to have fun creating with us!)

I’ll be back on Thursday with a new Your Next Stamp challenge! Don’t forget, you still have time to play in all of the YNS challenges we’ve issued this month! (Anything Goes, Books, and a color challenge!) We’ve changed the rules to make it easier for everyone to play along! Check it out HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

The Craft’s Meow!

August 13, 2012March 18, 20151 Comment

Hi, crafty friends! Just a short post to let you know that I’m this month’s guest designer at The Craft’s Meow! I met Lisa, owner of The Craft’s Meow at CHA in January, and I’m so excited to be guesting for her company this month!

Starting Friday, I’ll be joining the fabulous ladies of The Craft’s Meow Design Team to share peeks of this month’s releases with all of you!

There are some simply gorgeous and sweet sets coming out this month, and I can’t wait to share what I’ve made with you! I’m sure you’ll love a few of the sets, if not all of them!
There’s also a clearance sale going on for many of TCM’s retiring stamp sets…check them out when you have time!
Thanks for stopping by!