Hi, everybody! It’s my day to post a card at the Make It Crafty inspiration blog, and today I’m sharing this card that I made with MiC’s Melody digi stamp:

Our Clean and Simple (CAS) challenge for this month is to create a card in a clean and simple design and use bright colors on the card. I don’t normally craft with a lot of orange, but since I’ve been using my fluorescent Copics more this month, I colored Melody’s dress with the FRV1 marker and carried the color orange throughout my card design.

I used one of the Doodle Celebrate Word Chipboard pieces for my sentiment. I altered it with a white marker to make it pop a little more off of the orange paper.

For all of the details on this month’s BRIGHT COLORS CAS challenge at Make it Crafty, visit the MiC inspiration blog at this post or just click on the challenge graphic on the right-hand side of the blog.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you have some time to craft over the weekend! I’ll be studying for my midterms, but I hope to make something when I take a break!

Hi, everybody! We’re kicking off a new Clean and Simple challenge today at Make it Crafty’s inspiration blog! Thanks to everyone who entered our September challenge, “Shades of Black and White”! We had so many fabulous entries this past month, and I can’t wait to see what everyone creates for this one!

We’re turning the color dial up to 11 this month and leaving the shades of black and white behind for “bright colors”!  I chose MiC’s “Sandra’s Lizard” digi for today’s card (I typed the sentiment next to the digi stamp before I printed it).

I’ll have a new card to share with you on the Make it Crafty inspiration blog on October 9th, and I’d love it if you stopped by to say hello!

For all of the details on this challenge, stop by the Make it Crafty blog and look for the challenge graphic on the right-hand side of the blog! Our challenge runs through the month of October, so there’s plenty of time to play along with us! We can’t wait to see your entries!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope your weekend is off to a great start!

Hi, everybody! It’s time for our monthly Facebook Inspiration Team blog hop at the Lawnscaping Challenges blog! You’ve probably arrived here from Jessica’s blog, but in case you’re starting here, you can find the full list of the blogs in today’s hop at the bottom of my post!

This month’s hop is once again being sponsored by The Ink Road! We’ll pick a winner from all of the comments left on our hop to receive a $25 gift certificate to The Ink Road!

Our inspiration color for this month’s hop is DARK BLUE, so I made this sweet little card:

I used the adorable little critter from Lawn Fawn‘s “Winter Alpaca” stamp set. I stamped the alpaca and the moon, then heat embossed the stars. I masked the alpaca and the moon, then sponged dark blue ink on top to make the night sky.

After the sky was finished, I colored in the moon and the alpaca, then added some texture on the bottom with Distress Stickles (Rock Candy)and a white paint marker. Here’s another look, so you can see that it’s also a one-layer card!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Don’t forget to leave a comment for me before you hop over to Jess’s blog! Make sure to include your e-mail address so we can contact you if you’re chosen as the lucky winner of a $25 gift certificate from The Ink Road!

As promised, here’s the full list of the blogs in today’s hop:

Lawnscaping blog
Kate
Kim
Lenny
Lexa
Jessica
Suzanne – you’re here!
Jess
Angel
Heidi
Marina

Hi, everybody! I’m up on the Lawnscaping Challenge blog today sharing a new card! I’d love it if you stopped by to say hello!

Hi, everybody! We’re kicking off a new Clean and Simple challenge today at Make it Crafty’s inspiration blog! Thanks to everyone who entered our August cropped image challenge! We had so many fabulous entries this month, and I can’t wait to see what everyone creates for this one!

Our new challenge has a “shades of black and white” theme. I’m still loving the “cropped image” idea, so I chose Make it Crafty’s Witchy Wanda digital stamp for today’s card. (The sentiment is a wooden stamp from my stash).

I love making fall and Halloween-themed cards, especially since October is my birthday month and fall is my favorite season!

I’ll have a new card to share with you on the Make it Crafty inspiration blog on September 9th, and I’d love it if you stopped by to say hello!

For all of the details on this challenge, stop by the Make it Crafty blog and look for the challenge graphic on the right-hand side of the blog! Our challenge runs through the month of September, so there’s plenty of time to play along with us! We can’t wait to see your entries!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope your week is off to a great start! School started again for me last week, so I’m getting in the groove of a new semester. See you soon!

Hi, everybody! It’s time for our monthly Facebook Inspiration Team blog hop at the Lawnscaping Challenges blog! You’ve probably arrived here from Jess’s blog, but in case you’re starting here, you can find the full list of the blogs in today’s hop at the bottom of my post!

Our inspiration color for this month’s hop is YELLOW, so I made this “cheesy” card:

I used a few circle punches (Lawn Fawn‘s Circle Stackables dies would work great for this) and dies on a sheet of paper from the Let’s Polka petite paper pack and layered the die cut piece over a similarly-colored sheet of smooth yellow card stock that I had in my stash. The two layers are separated by foam tape.

I stamped the mouse from Critters on the Farm (one is reverse stamped), colored them, and adhered them between the two layers on the card front with a little square of foam tape. To create the sentiment, I combined the Scripty Thanks die and stamps from the Best Pun Ever set.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Don’t forget to leave a comment for me before you hop over to Kim’s blog! Make sure to include your e-mail address so we can contact you if you’re chosen as the lucky winner of a $25 gift certificate from The Ink Road!

As promised, here’s the full list of the blogs in today’s hop:
Lawnscaping blog
Marina
Heidi
Lenny
Jess
Suzanne – you’re here!
Kim
Kate
Lexa
Angel

Hi, everybody! I’m stopping in today to share the card I made for Freshly Made Sketches’ 200th sketch challenge! It has been a while since I’ve played along, but  I’ll be back in school on Monday, so I wanted to get my entry in before I am neck-deep in schoolwork again!

I recently bought the “Coffee Talk” clear stamp set from Lil’ Inker Designs, and thought it would be a fun set to play with for this challenge! Here’s my card:

Instead of coloring the image, I paper pieced it and layered the pieces so that it looks like the dome on the cup is clear. Here’s a look at the challenge sketch:

You can find all of the details on this challenge, and link up your entry, at Freshly Made Sketches’ blog! (In honor of the 200th sketch, there’s also a TON of prizes that will be awarded to some lucky random players, and you’ll find the whole list there, too!)

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I’ll have a new post on the Make It Crafty Inspiration blog on Monday, and I hope you’ll stop by to say hello!

Hi, everybody! I’m up on the Lawnscaping blog today and I’m sharing some “geek chic” mini notepad covers. Here’s a peek at one of them:

You can find the details on this project (plus two additional cover designs) at the Lawnscaping blog. I’d love it if you stopped by to say hello! Here’s a full supply list for all of the cover designs:

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