December 25

Hi friends!

Hope you are having a great weekend!

I had a bit of time to craft today and loved the sketch at Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge (SSSC298 - layout below) so I set about making a Christmas card. Christmas is JUST AROUND THE CORNER - eeekkk...so not ready.


This card came together quickly - and I didn't even panic when my wink of stella pen decided to poop on my tag! HA! I made the best of it and created random wink of stella circles - see them in that close up photo? YES - happy, happy!

The focal point is Memory Box's Distress Tag; I sponged a ton of ink on it - Old Paper, Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy and Pumice Stone; stamped the image in Memento Rich Cocoa. To add a bit more interested, I sponged on Fired Brick using the Dots and Lines stencil by Simon Says Stamp; I wanted to add some sparkle to the #'s which was great...till I saw the big ole blob by the 5; like I said, what's a girl to do? Embellish with more blobs and I like them!

The Cupcake Inspiration today was snowflakes so I thought they were the perfect touch for the base layer, added some DP from a couple different packs of My Mind's Eye, added a big ole button and a double-loop bow of hemp cord.

Thanks for popping in - hope you have a great week!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Stampington and Company 25 Outline
Papers: PTI Kraft and Dark Chocolate, DP by MME

Ink: Distress Ink: Pumice Stone, Old Paper, Antique Linen, Brushed Borduroy, Fired Brick, Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Clear Wink of Stella, hemp cord, misc. button, cuttlebug embossing folder, Heidi Swapp distressor

CHALLENGES:
  SSSC298

  Cupcake Inspiration 339

JUGS332 - "Merry"

Love - Hate Relationship; but a HAPPY birthday card!!

Oh goodness, who else has a love/hate relationship with their computer? HA - I typically love computers, love technology, but my gallbladder has disowned me and I think my computer is next.


This is our very last challenge at Crafts 4 Eternity; I have so enjoyed Michele's challenges! But no worries, she still has her store with lots of great treasures!

I am unable to get Photoshop to work on my computer...at the moment, so we're just going to 'roll with it'.

I absolutely adore orange, black, and purple for ANY occasion, not just Halloween! I used Sweet Sunday Sketch #293 (SSSC293) for the layout adding a watercolor panel splattered with Mister Huey's Opaque White mist. The cupcake is from Verve Visual's Carpe Cupcake and was stamped on designer paper; the 'frosting' (top) being stamped twice for lots of fun dimension. I curved the sentiment and stamped it around the cupcake finishing it off with some MFT Blueprint hearts covered in clear Wink of Stella and glossy accents. The cupcake top was also coated in glossy accents. The inside has more designer paper and a fun sentiment from Mama Elephant's Birthday Wishes set.

inside peek

Thanks for stopping by; hope you have a great HUMP DAY and rest of the week!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Verve Visual Carpe Cupcake, Mama Elephant Birthday Wishes
Papers: Tim Holtz watercolor paper, DP by MME, MFT Whip Cream

Ink: Archival Black, MFT Distress Inks: Dusty Concord and Spiced Marmalade
Accessories: Copics, clear wink of stella, glossy accents, MFT Blueprints, white gel pen, sharpie, fun foam

Challenges:
  SSSC293

Crafts 4 Eternity - Wood

Hi friends - welcome back for another fun and easy challenge from Crafts 4 Eternity...WOOD. We want to see any project featuring wood (embellishment, paper, theme (trees)), so break out those crafty supplies and join the fun!

One lucky participant will win 3 free images from Sassy Studio Designs.

I went with wood embellishments - the arrow and the heart. Both were colored with Copics, the heart was covered with Bo Bunny glitter paste for some extra sparkle - then I let the thread run wild!! :D

The main panel is smooshed with distress inks onto water color paper. The sentiment is from Lil Inkers, Paint Your Canvas. This quote has been our youngest daughter's favorite for YEARS! Had to buy the set for that sentiment alone; I hope to make her a note pad with that quote on every single sheet.

I used a couple pieces of cardstock to enhance the smooshed colors and embossed some backgrounds - MFT's Damask Designs and On the Diagonal. That's its, sweet and simple. Thanks for stopping by; hope you'll join the fun at Crafts 4 Eternity.

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Lil Inkers Paint Your Canvas, MFT Backgrounds: Damask Designs, On the Diagonal

Papers: Neenah white, SU! Real Red, PTI Lemon Tart, Tim Holtz water color, PTI vellum

Ink: Distress Inks: Mustard Seed, Barn Door, Faded Jeans
Accessories: misc. thread, wood embellishments, Copics, Bo Bunny glitter paste, Lil Inkers Stitched Mats, sharpie

Challenges:
  SSSC268

SSSC267 + Lawn Fawn Year Four

Hi friends - I haven't played along with the sketch at Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge in ages! I already had these Lawn Fawn images colored from Kathy's 30-day coloring challenge so I quickly die cut each piece and made a card with the current sketch (image below).

Simple card; lots of card scraps and these super sweet images. The pink polka dot layer is on PTI's Smokey Shadow card stock that was colored with a black Wink of Stella pen for some extra sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by; I'll be back Friday morning with a completely different style card, come on back to visit! Hope to see you again soon; have a great day!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Lawn Fawn Year Four

Papers: DP by Echo Park and MME; PTI Soft Stone and Smokey Shadow

Ink: MFT Black Licorice
Accessories: Copics, Lawn Fawn Year Four dies, white gel pen, black Wink of Stella

Challenges:
  SSSC267

Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything Goes

Hi friends - happy, happy Friday. Hope you have a relaxing weekend to look forward to! Ours will consist of an all-day track meet and lots of yard work!

I'm back this week with a challenge that everyone loves - ANYTHING GOES - over at Crafts 4 Eternity! One lucky participant will win a $12 voucher to Di's Digi Downloads and since it's ANYTHING GOES, everyone can play along. Hope you will join us!

I had a wee bit of crafting time this week and joined two  other challenges along with the Crafts 4 Eternity challenge - Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #265 (SSSC265) and Just Us Girls #289 (JUGS289). The image is from The Cat's Pajamas, Forget About the Cake - I colored it up during Kathy's 30 day color challenge and finally put it to use on a card using Kraft, Dark Chocolate, and a pop of yellow. I embossed the Dark Chocolate with a birthday embossing folder and stamped the Kraft card stock with MFT's On the Diagonal background stamp using MFT's natural ink. Simple Copic color; I did allow the bunny's ears to hang over the square die cut - fun - I often forget to do that. :D

That's it, thanks for popping by; I love when you stop by!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas, Forget About the Cake, MFT On the Diagonal background stamp

Papers: PTI Dark Chocolate, Kraft, Summer Sunrise, Copic Xpress

Ink: MFT Hot Fudge, VersaMagic Wheat
Accessories: embossing folder, Copics, MFT's pierced square dies

Challenges:

  SSSC265

  JUGS289

Crafts 4 Eternity - pastels

Hi friends. It's FRIDAY - yippee - any of my readers enjoying March Madness? Our family loves college basketball and truly loves this time of year - each year, every year!! :D

This week at Crafts 4 Eternity, our recipe is pastel shades! Have you seen all the water coloring popping up? It is so very popular! I decided to try my hand at no-line water coloring so I stamped my little cupcake from Birthday Bash (super old Cornish Heritage Farm set by Kim Hughes) 3 times (HELLO MISTI... :D) - do you have YOUR MISTI tool? I stamped the image in MFT Kraft ink, masked it off and stamped two more times - once to the left, once to the right and went right to town water coloring with distress markers. I did the cupcakes and the lower portion first, then went on about life allowing it to dry. I came back a few days later and wanted to add the purple around everything....GAH...SOMEONE please tell me how to keep the other water coloring which you have previously done from bleeding - I mean, it is WATER color, so get it wet, it spreads. LOL I guess I'll have to try rubber cement or some type of masking fluid, any recommendations?

Anywho, I added the background and moved forward with the card. I added glossy accents to the icing and candles, then sprinkled the flames with rock crystals.

The layout is the week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #260. Thanks for stopping by; hope you have a great weekend!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: CHF Birthday Bash, MFT You Are Unrepeatable

Papers: DP by Echo Park, Neenah White

Ink: MFT Black Licorice, Kraft
Accessories: Distress Markers, glossy accents, rock crystal glitter

Challenges:
  Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #260
  Papertake Weekly Challenge - happy anything

Crafts 4 Eternity - Circles

Hi friends-hope your weekend is off to a great start. I am scrambling to get caught up and several things done before the hubs and I set off for a quick trip out-of-state to celebrate our anniversary; a/k/a I GET SPOILED ROTTEN.


This week at Crafts 4 Eternity, the recipe is CIRCLES; so much you can do - gotta admit, I went a little boring but I did have fun water coloring. Man, it takes practice; when I grow up, I want to be as good as Sandy Allnock, the most amazing part? She just started water coloring recently - think less than 6 months ago!

I used this adorable cupcake from Verve Visual stamping it in VersaFine black and embossing with black embossing powder (help a newbie stay in the lines)! I colored the image with Distress Markers and added a double layer of Clear Wink of Stella to the top of the cupcake. Some fun vintage-y paper, distressing with both a tool and more distress ink and some stitching finishes it off. Layout is Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch (see below).

Hope you have a great weekend; be sure to check out all the fab creations at our blog AND then join the fun!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Verve Visual Cupcake Affair

Papers: PTI Lemon Tart, Dark Chocolate, DP by MME

Ink: VersaFine black, MFT Hot Fudge
Accessories: MFT Pierced Circles, craft foam in white for dimension, Heidi Swapp distressor, clear Wink of Stella, Distress Markers, MME gems, Janome Sew Mini, Espresso dimensional pearls

Challenges:
  Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #256

Crafts 4 Eternity - Bright Colors

Hi friends! How are you?

We had snow Sunday, anyone else get snow? It was pretty, but super glad we didn't get too much.

This week at Crafts 4 Eternity, our recipe is bright colors. Everyone can join this challenge, can't wait to see your creations. AND just for playing along, one person will win 3 images from Stamping All Day. Be sure to stop by the blog to see if you were a winner from last week and to check out all the fan creations from the design team.

I made a fun little set of 4 cards using an older Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge - I loved this layout so much, I used it again over the weekend. I'll be back to show those later. :D

I'm using up some SUPER old paper from Stampin' Up; sentiment is from Verve Visual's Treasured Words stamped in MFT Razzleberry; the flag was stamped with MFT's Linen Background with VersaMark.

Thanks for popping in; hope you can find some time to join the fun this week. Take care!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Verve Visual Treasured Words, MFT Linen Background

Papers: PTI Dark Hibiscus Burst and Simply Chaurtreuse, DP by Stampin' Up

Ink: MFT Razzleberry, VersaMark
Accessories: black Sharpie

Challenges:

2 Cute Ink - You - HOO!

Hi friends,

Welcome back to a super fun blog post for 2 Cute Ink. Heidi has created this incredibly adorable witch/owl image - I LOVE IT! Owls are all the rage right now and this has to be one of the absolute cutest I have seen!

Be sure to pop over to the Blog at 2 Cute Ink to see all the amazing design team samples - they will blow your socks off AND Heidi is having an amazing sale of her digital images, no coupon needed, visit HERE. Lots and lots of adorable digital images!!

I was able to capture all the shimmer and shine on my little owl. The layout is once again Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch #237, probably one of my absolute favorite sketches.

Thanks for popping in; have a great week!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: 2 Cute Ink Owl Witch

Papers: MFT Whip Cream, Neenah White 80 lb. DP by MME

Ink: None!
Accessories: white gel pen, clear Wink of Stella, MFT Blueprints 15

Challenges:
 SSSC237

 TPE270
 Stamp & Create - Circles and Dots

TPE267 + SSSC235

Hi there!

I have an order for 88 cards and if you've followed my blog for long, you know I DO NOT like to make the same card twice. :D But I loved the inspiration from The Pink Elephant this week (see below); pink, yellow and black - scrumptious! AND a fabby sketch from Karen last week, SSSC235 (see below).

I made a set of 4 note cards using just those colors and the gorgeous LJD Grand Peaceful Wildflowers from MFT. They came together quickly - I pulled various MME designer paper and a small bit from Echo Park and went to work cutting, distressing, stamping, die cutting and then put them altogether. One pink and 3 black/smokey grey. Fun, quick and simple!

Thanks for stopping by; I hope you have a great week!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: MFT LJD Grand Peaceful Wildflowers

Papers: PTI True Black, Lemon Tart, Sweet Blush, DP by MME and Echo Park

Ink: PTI Lemon Tart, MFT Cotton Candy
Accessories: Heidi Swapp Distressing Tool, MFT Stitched Circle Die, MFT Mini Tabs Quartets

Challenges:
 TPE267


 SSSC235