CASS - Clean and Simple Summertime

Hello friends!

It's time once again for a new challenge over on the Addicted to Stamps Challenge Blog.

Today, Miranda is our hostess and the theme she has chosen is:

CASS
clean and simple summercard

I decided to go back in time and use one of my very first
Stampin' Up stamp sets called Seaside Sketches (circa 2003).

I stamped my image onto a panel of white card stock
the attached the masked image I created years ago and had
stuck onto the top of my wooden block before using Tim Holtz distress
inks for my coloring.

Love how it turned out . . .

I hope you'll come join in this FUN challenge

and there are prizes offered too!

Hope to see you there!!

Challenges to share in:
My Time to Craft Challenge #400 - Beside the Seaside
 Colour Crazy Challenge Week 25 - ATG
QKR Stampede Challenge #354 - ATG

As always, thanks SO MUCH for taking the time to stop by! 

Sisterhood of Crafters - Any Occasion

Hello dear friends!

It's time once again for a new challenge over

on the Sisterhood of Crafters Blog!

 Our hostess today is ME and the theme I've chosen is:

ANY OCCASION

Here's what I have to share ...

 Sad as it is, I seem to be in need of more sympathy cards lately.

So when I was watching a video recently by Jennifer McGuire, I thought this technique

would make for a beautiful yet simple sympathy design.  What do you think?

 I've used masking medium, Tim Holtz distress inks and a couple of stamps ... that's IT!

I hope you'll come join in our challenge fun at The Sisterhood of Crafters!
My 'sistahs' have created some fabulous creations to help inspire you ... 

be sure to pop over and check them out!

 See you there!

As always, thanks SO MUCH for taking the time to stop by!

Pickin' Posies

Afternoon friends!

I took a few minutes this morning to create another

magical card to share with you that uses a combinations of

stamps to 'set the scene'.  Hope you like it!

The background was created using my fancy new brushes

and Tim Holtz oxide distress inks.  Then to create the scene, I've

used the following:

Lavinia Stamps 'Fairy Buttercups'

Lavinia Stamps 'Eden'

For the sky scene, I've used an older Memory Box Open Studio stamp called

Stars at Night (CS2201H) sorry, couldn't find an image to share

and

the 'grassy' area is a stamp by Stampscapes called 

Sedge Filler (251C)

This card could be use for a multitude of occasions!

The sky's the limit!

But when I do finish the inside, I will probably add another

stamped image of the buttercups to tie it all together.

Challenges I'd like to share in today are:

Lavinia World Challenge #3 - ATG

Ink Art Designs June FB Challenge

International Art & Soul Challenge - Stars and/or Stripes

2 Sisters on the Blog June Challenge - Things with Wings

Sparkles Monthly Challenge - No Patterned Paper
Crafty Friends Challenge #112 - Fairies & Fantasy

Sorry for the double post today but daughter & I are going on a short

little trip to visit her half sister in Maryland tomorrow so

wanted to be sure to share in these fun challenges before I left.

Wishing you all a FABULOUS week ahead!

Weatherman says it's going to be HOT this week!   Don't forget your

sunscreen when you are out and about!!

As always, thanks SO MUCH for taking the time to stop by! 

Tutti Designs - Magical Fairy

Darlene with you today sharing another  'MAGICAL'  card  that was so much fun to create!

Over at the Tutti Designs Store, we had a new May release and you really owe it to yourself to check 'em out!  Not only are they 'magical' but they are 'summertime' awesome!!

Here's my card,

I hope you like it  . . .

The dies I've used today are:

Magical Fairy

 and the two largest dies in the Dotted Nesting Circle die set.

 It's amazing how quickly a beautiful card can come together

using these fabulous dies.

As you can see, I've die cut from a scrap of white card stock, then did a little coloring on the flowers as well as the 'popped out' panels.  I've attached my magical fairy panel to the yellow panel then using a few dabs of glue, I've reinserted the panels of her skirt.

 A few dabs of sparkle on her wings and she's ready to gather smiles.

Please be sure to pop over to the Tutti Designs Store

and check out all of the fabulous dies available.

Need more inspiration? 

The team has something new to share on the Tutti Designs Blog  
EVERY DAY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY!  

Pop in often and see for yourself ... what a talented group of designers!!

For your convenience, here are all the Tutti Designs quick links you will need:

Tutti Designs Store

Tutti Designs Pinterest

Tutti Designs Facebook

Tutti Designs Blog

As always, thanks SO MUCH for taking the time to stop by! 

Happy little Birthday Box Card

Hello Friends!

I hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

I took a little time this morning to do some reorganizing and

discovered I had these adorable images stamped and

just waiting to be colored, die cut & used on a design so

I finally took a few minutes and showed them some love.  

Here's what I came up with . . .

Any child would love receiving this fun pop up box card

with all the fun birthday elements.

I've used a stamp & die set from Hampton Art - Mama Elephant

that I purchased at JoAnn's quite some time ago.  For my 

base box card I've used a die from the Pink & Main.

The designer paper I've used is from Echo Park called 'Imagine That'.

And the Happy Birthday dies are from Tutti Designs.

Challenges I'd like to share in are:

2 Sisters on the Blog Challenge - Things with Wings

a2z Scrapbooking June Challenge - Anything But a Card

Creations in Pink Challenge - ATG with pink as the main color

Creative Sketchy Girls Challenge - Shaped cards

Die Cut Diva's June Challenge - Birthday

And, one more quick view ...

Hope you have a very enjoyable day!  

As always, thanks SO MUCH for taking the time to stop by! 

 

Alphabet Challenge Time

Hello Friends!

It's time once again for a new challenge over on the Alphabet Challenge Blog.

Today's letter is "G"

for

GLITZ or GRUNGE

I chose Glitz ...

I've actually had this beautiful Poppystamps 'Large Winterland Faerie'  

die cut and sitting on my work table for some time now.

 

Today I decided  it was time she put on a sparkly dress and adorned the front of a card 

as a 'ballerina'!  It's hard to see, but her ballet slippers also sparkle.

The background paper I've used is from the Echo Park

6x6 'Happy Birthday' paper pack.   And, the star was die cut from pink card stock 

using the largest die in the Tutti Designs Nesting Stitched Stars die set.

I hope you'll come join in our challenge fun and 

I look forward to being inspired by your creation!!  See you there!

Thanks so much for stopping by...

As always . . .

Tutti Designs - A Whale of a Birthday . . .

Happy Thursday Everyone!

Today I'm filling in for Tutti Designs team mate Jenn over on the Tutti Designs Blog.

Jenn is under the weather and we hope she's feeling better real soon!

I've had a lot of fun creating a card using one of the May Released dies called 

Whale Reef

 When I decided I wanted to die cut my whale from white card stock and color in the little fish and sea weed pop outs, I didn't realize I had two sheets of card stock stuck together.  This error worked out okay since it gave me more fishies to play with LOL.   I had actually colored all the pop out pieces while still in the cut out before realizing my error.

As you can see here now I have more pieces I can use for my card design ... perfect!    Love Happy Mistakes!!  LOL

I've also used the Tutti Designs 'Scalloped Stitched Nesting Rectangle' die set to create the background for my whale as well as my computer generated sentiment panel.

I've used a white Gelly Roll pen to create all the bubbles coming

up from the fish as well as additional bubbles on the black background panel.

Challenges to share in:
Crafting By Design Challenge- Happy Birthday
Crafty Sentiments Design Challenge - ATG
Scrapy Land Challenge #116 - ATG

Please be sure to pop over to the Tutti Designs Store

and check out all of the fabulous dies available.

Need more inspiration? 

The team has something new to share on the Tutti Designs Blog  
EVERY DAY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY!  

Pop in often and see for yourself ... what a talented group of designers!!

For your convenience, here are all the Tutti Designs quick links you will need:

Tutti Designs Store

Tutti Designs Pinterest

Tutti Designs Facebook

Tutti Designs Blog

 As always, thanks SO MUCH for taking the time to stop by! 

Double D - Pick a Pattern

Hello Dear Friends!

It's time once again for a new challenge over on the Double D Challenge Blog!

I'm hosting today and as you can see by my blog title ... the theme is

Pick A Pattern

(the PATTERN must be the focus of your creation)

Here's the mood board I've created to help inspire you . . . 

I happen to love patterns of all types ... dots, strips, plaids ... so, this was actually a difficult challenge for me but I finally went with stripes and a color that I rarely use but love none the less ... orange!

Here's what I've created . . .

My striped paper is actually from my own Echo Park paper pack ... just happens to be the same paper pad that I'm offering for this challenge's prize.  

 

We all love dots & stripes and one lucky winner will receive this awesome paper pad to add to their collection.

My card turned out totally different from what my original idea was and I'm very happy with it!

I started out by die cutting one of the Heartfelt Creations 'Regal Borders' panel and had intended on using the reverse side of this paper panel (orange & white) but then got the bright idea to overlay the scrolly panel at the top (lining up the strips) to cover the excess white space on my card base.  I think it gave a cool illusion.

I also die cut my Precious Marieke 'Condolence' cross twice ... once in white and once in black, then carefully overlaid them for an even more dimensional effect.

My sentiments are from the StampSimply.com store called Sympathy Sentiments Set 1.

 

Inside View

 REMEMBER:  We have a fun prize to give away to one lucky player,

which will be chosen by Random.org

ALL are welcome to enter ... we will ship internationally!

So be sure to pop over to the Double D Challenge Blog
to see all the details and amazing samples offered
up by our VERY TALENTED design team ladies!!

 Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hope to see you at Double D!

As always . . .

I'll Drink to That!

Hello friends ...

I'm back once again today to share another card

created for two fabulous challenges.

I wasn't sure if my last card hit the mark exactly for 

either of these challenges so I'm going to give it a try one more

time before time is up!

 'I'll Drink To That' challenge at Impression Obsession.

and

The Paper Players Challenge
 

I've used a panel of masking medium which I've die cut out a square

to create my background using TH oxide distress inks.

For my beverages, I've used the Pink Ink by Impression Obsession

Party Drink stamps and Party Drinks dies.

Hope you have a very enjoyable day!  

As always, thanks SO MUCH for taking the time to stop by!