Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything Goes

Its the challenge everyone loves - ANYTHING GOES - over at Crafts 4 Eternity! I have lots of things I have created but not yet shared, so this one was pretty easy! :D I like easy!!

This weeks prize is kindly donated by Sassy Studio Designs. One randomly selected winner will receive 4 images from their fabulous collection.

I recently made 4 different sets of 4 cards each, so I thought I'd share one of those sets with you today. The original design can be seen HERE; I just changed up the colors, used these gorgeous flowers from MFT (LJD Peaceful Wildflowers), did some stitching...and the customer requested birds, so I included birds on 3 of the sets of cards. This little birdy was stamped on some MME designer paper and die cut, then added to the focal piece - in various places. The flowers were stamped with VersaMagic Mango and Persimmon. The designer paper is a really, really old collection from MME - you know me, trying to use up that designer paper that is trying to take over my studio. LOL

TFL; hope you check out what the design team has created, then join us - its ANYTHING GOES, so get those entries in!! Have a great weekend!!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: MFT LJD Peaceful Wildflowers, Verve Visual

Papers: DP by MME, PTI Harvest Gold and Summer Sunrise

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMagic Mango and Persimmon

Accessories: Janome Sew Mini,nesties, PTI bird die, misc. ribbon, black enamel accents

Challenges:

Ladybug Crafts Ink - For a Special Lady

Hi there friends, how are you? I'm doing great!!

This week at Ladybug Crafts Ink (LCI), we are celebrating "For a Special Lady" using the gorgeous Nikki - take a few minutes and check out what the design team has created, talk about some BEAUTIFUL cards!!!

I'm using "Make a Wish Nikki"; one of my all-time favorite images from Ladybug Crafts Ink!! And I did water coloring for the first-time using some crayons I've had on hand for YEARS... I did not use watercolor paper and will remedy that immediately, but for the first time, I'll take it. And don't you LOVE that blue eye shadow? LOL, didn't we ALL go through a phase of wearing blue eye shadow? I know my oldest daughter did - thankfully she can instruct the younger daughter on how uncool it is. HA!!

I mounted the image with 2 layers of foam adhesives so it's really popped up! I added a piece of Doodlebug "Take Note" polka dot paper with a semi circle cut out - nothing goes to waste, I used the other portion of the circle on the inside of the card (see below).

A big Hibiscus Burst bow, some embossing and a bit of clear Wink of Stella sparkle on the frosting. The polka dot strip across the bottom? That's the decorated envelope, I have washi tape that matches the dots perfectly, just a bit larger. Swoon! Love me some washi tape.

Thanks for popping in - hope you have a great week. And don't forget to take some time to join the fun and create a card "For a Special Lady" and you have any LCI images, go ahead and get them inky while you're at it! See you again soon!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Ladybug Crafts Ink Make a Wish

Papers: PTI Hawaiian Shores, DP by Doodlebug, GKD 120 lb. white

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black, PTI Fresh Snow

Accessories: watercolor crayons, MME enamel dots, PTI Hibiscus Burst ribbon, MFT pierced circle dies, Crafters Companion embossing folder, cuttlebug, washi tape, wink of stella

Challenges:
  One Stitch at a Time
 Cute Card Thursday - Girls, Girls, Girls
 Ooh La La Creations
 Created with Love Challenges - Girly
 Charisma Cardz Challenges - Birthday Girls

Crafts 4 Eternity - Sketch

Hi friends, how are you?

This week at Crafts 4 Eternity, we have a fabby sketch for you to use - check it out:

This weeks prize is donated by Crafts 4 Eternity.
One randomly selected winner will receive a choice of 3 Digital Stamps from the C4E collection.

I pulled out two stamp sets from PTI, On the Couch and On the Couch Additions; love the matching dies for the 'sofa' and 'chair'. I die cut the chair from designer paper, then stamped the outline and added some shading.

I used an older MME paper set and demanded that I only use 'scraps' from within the paper pad, no pulling out new pieces of paper! One way or another I will whittle down my hoarding pile of 6x6 paper pads. :D

Instead of the half circle to the left of the image, I added a cute little pillow that was fussy cut and also stamped the pillow randomly on the card stock using VersaMark ink; as you can see I added 3 more pillows to the inside, a bit of stitching and voila, that's it! Thanks for popping in; hope you will take the time to join us using the above sketch. Have a GREAT weekend!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: PTI On the Couch and On the Couch Additions

Papers: DP by MME, PTI Fine Linen

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Accessories: Janome Sew Mini, Copics

Challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity - spots & stripes

Hi friends, how was your week? Mine was good, had another snow and ice storm, but the last few days have been back in the 40's...heat wave!! LOL

This week at Crafts 4 Eternity, we are letting loose with spots and stripes!

This weeks prize is kindly donated by Stamping All Day.
One randomly selected winner will receive 3 downloads from their fabulous collection.

I made this card several months ago but never shared it, now was the perfect time. It's pretty straight forward and CAS; some distressing, some watercolor spots made with crayons, an embossed image, some zig zag stitching, and a few enamel dots and there ya have it!!

Inside

Hope you will take some time this week and join us, we truly love seeing what you create! Have a great weekend!!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Verve Visual UNKNOWN; I cannot find this set and my stamps are not with me - eeeekkk...I'll look and update later and Tag Time

Papers: PTI Soft Stone, Smokey Shadow, Misc. DP

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU! Craft Black

Accessories: Heidi Swapp distressor, Janome Sew Mini, MME enamel dots

Challenges:
 Simon Says Stamp - Tag, You're It 

LCI - Boyz Rule..Girlz Drool!

HA - have you heard your kids say that? yes, I know those words should end in "s", not "z"; but my card is all cool like that ya know? :D

This week at Ladybug Crafts Ink we're celebrating ONE FOR THE BOYS! And I'm using Graffiti Wall Josh - LOVE!!! I'm not much in to boy images...at all...and don't do too well with masculine cards but this image makes it so very easy - love how it turned out!

I colored the image with Copics, then added a sidewalk in which Josh is standing on. I used some two-tone colors on some of the Graffiti and then you can see in this first picture, I carried over the graffiti look to the envelope. I distressed the card with Black Soot distress ink as well as a paper distressor - I also curled a couple corners and used some gray and white and black and white floss. The base card is True Black and the main panel is Smokey Shadow embossed with lines and gently highlighted with PTI cream ink. A pop of Scarlet Jewel behind the image ties all those great, funky colors together.

TFL; hope you'll take the time to join us at Ladybug Crafts Ink and celebrate ONE FOR THE BOYS.

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Ladybug Crafts Ink Graffiti Wall Josh

Papers: Misc. photo paper for image, PTI True Black, Smokey Shadow and Scarlet Jewel, DP by MME and Echo Park

Ink: Black Soot Distress Ink

Accessories: black and white, gray and white floss, embossing folder, Copic Multi-liner, Heidi Swapp distress tool, colored pencils

Challenges:
 Suzy Bee's Challenge - Make it Masculine

Crafts 4 Eternity - Texture

Hi friends, this week at Crafts 4 Eternity we are sharing creations with TEXTURE; but first up...prize information! :D That's the best part right? Second best part would be seeing all the design team creations. :D :D Check it all out HERE.

This weeks prize is kindly donated by Di's Digi Designs.
One randomly selected winner will receive a $12 voucher to spend in store.

Remember earlier this week I shared THIS creation with you? And remember I mentioned making TWO of these gift sacks? Well, this was the perfect opportunity to share the other one as there is lots of different texture on this sack.

Again, the sack is 7.5" x 5"; I folded up a small portion at the bottom and stitched around 3 sides then I added lots of various designer paper from MME (LOVE), yellow isn't a color I use often but have to admit, I really like how this turned out!

I added a polka dot border from Verve Visual's scalloped trim border die across the top of the bag. On the bottom, I took a WHITE arrow and colored it with a N7 Copic marker for a grayish/black color; then I added hearts using modeling paste. Once the hearts were completely dry, I colored them lightly/gently with a yellow Copic.

The tag is cut from Memory Box; I cut it twice from Kraft card stock; covered one side with yellow paper and left the back blank so a handwritten note could be added. I then die cut the rose from MFT's Rose Overlay Die from some musical designer paper and sponged heavily with vintage photo distress ink. I then cut the overlay from black card stock and added clear Wink of Stella, not once, but twice. GREAT sparkle IRL. I also added 3 leaves from MFT's Layered Leaves. The "Happy Birthday" is a rub-on.

And that's a wrap! Hope you will join us at Crafts 4 Eternity and show us your creations made with TEXTURE! TFL; hope you have a great weekend!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: NONE

Papers: DP by MME, PTI Kraft and TRue Black, 

Ink: Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Accessories: Janome Sew Mini, Verve Visual Scalloped Trim Trio die, Memory Box Distress Tag die, MFT Rose Overlay Die and Layered Leaves, chipboard arrow, modeling paste, Copics, clear Wink of Stella

Challenges:

2 pocket gift sack

I soooo love making these gift bags; so much fun! They are 5" x 7.5"; I just fold up a small portion at the bottom and stitch the sides and the bottom, then there is a small pocket at the bottom where I place the little insert and then a larger pocket at the top where the tissue paper is. I made 2 the same night, COMPLETELY different colors, I'll show the other one later this week.

This one  uses some scraps of paper, fun/funky colors...and washi tape...and that little clothespin and a partial doily... :D Lots of good things tossed on there!

For some reason when I stitched this time, my sewing machine was not playing nice at all so I added a piece of designer paper to the back. The tag is from Memory Box, I cut it twice, covered one side with DP then left the back nice and clean so you can add a message. Added a Tim Holtz ticket which I distressed; it is layered onto a spritzed doily and then held on with a mini "hello" clothespin that I painted red with my Copic markers. I added a Verve Visual's Award Banner die; I cut it a 2nd time from hot pink card stock and inserted the circles into the blue banner. Also added a strip of polka dot washi tape at the bottom.

Full tag shown

Thanks for stopping by; hope you'll visit again later this week when I show you the 2nd back in completely different colors!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: NONE

Papers: Doodlebug DP, PTI Aqua Mis, Misc. hot pink card stock

Ink: NONE

Accessories: Janome Sew Mini, Verve Visual Award Banner Die, washi tape, misc. tissue paper, mini clothespin, Copics, Tim Holtz ticket, doily

Challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity - Steampunk

Oh lordy - I'll start by admitting I had no clue what "steampunk" even was...had to do some research and learned a few things along the way. OK, here's the fun information on the challenge and below are some tidbits on my creation!!

This week prize is kindly donated by Sassy Studio Designs.

One randomly selected winner will receive  4 images from their fabulous collection.

This week Crafts 4 Eternity would like you to share any project with a Steam Punk theme. So come on, join the fun!!

This bike image was purchased from Etsy, isn't it adorable? It was actually printed on Copic XPress It paper - pure white! I distressed it significantly with Vintage Photo and Frayed Burlap distress inks.

I colored some modeling paste with Espresso dimensional pearls and used Tim Holtz's faded dots stencil for the background then I litterally 'threw' on some chocolate glitter mist - GREAT random pattern. I distressed the edges with ink and with a paper distressor for those frayed edges.

Last additions were some gears from Tim Holtz, a couple wood veneer pieces which I colored with Copics and a little sticker which says "travel"; the inside says "enjoy life" within the circle you see.  Thanks for stopping by; hope you enjoyed my venture into the steampunk realm!! :D

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Etsy Bike Clock Digi

Papers: PTI Kraft, Copic Xpress It

Ink: Vintage Photo and Frayed Burlap Distress Inks

Accessories: wood veneers colored with Copics, Copics, Tim Holtz gears, distressor, Tim Holtz faded dots stencil, modeling paste, Espresso dimensional pearls, chocolate glitter mist, nesties

Challenges:

 

Wags 'n Whiskers - Photo Inspiration

This challenge we would love to see your cards or paper projects with the theme of:

Photo Inspiration

Yes, the WnW Logo!

You can use the colors, the papers (dots, stripes, flowers, etc)

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One lucky participant will win a free Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber stamp!

You don't have to use a Wags 'n Whiskers image on your card, but if you do, you will be entered into a 2nd drawing for a free Wags 'n Whiskers Digi.

AND...now the sad news - THIS will be my last post with Wags 'n Whiskers as my design commitment has come to an end. :( I have really enjoyed their images, you will see several of them used again and again because they are so perfect for any occasion.

Image is Summer Treats and I colored her in bright, cheery summer colors to match the super fun designer paper; added a faux stitched border to all panels. Pretty simple and straightforward.

TFL; have a GREAT, GREAT weekend. And thank you to my design buddies and the crew at Wags 'n Whiskers!

Hugs,

WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Wags 'n Whiskers Summer Treat

Papers: PTI Hibiscus Burst, Lemon Tart and True Black, Copic Xpress It

Ink: NONE

Accessories:  Copics, Copic Multiliner pen, nesties, MFT pierced circle, 

Challenges:

Out of the Norm

NO...not me silly!! :D

I don't normally post too much personal stuff on here but now that I've started well trying to start project life, you may see a few more things here and there but I promise to stay focused mainly on crafts...cuz THAT'S what keeps this momma sane!!

Our oldest daughter has a lead part in the high school play this weekend, "Dearly Departed", last play for her as she graduates in May. Anywho, the parents will provide treats for 'intermission' at both performances. I have a co-worker that bakes ALL. THE. TIME. - seriously, so she shared two of her favorite recipes and I wanted to share them with you! I have personally taste tested the Monster Cookies and they are HEAVENLY!!

So here you go; hope you will try them!! If you do, let me know what you think:

Monster Cookies

3 eggs

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

1 cup white sugar

3/4 tsp. vanilla

1 tsp. light corn syrup

2 tsp. baking soda

1 stick margarine/butter, softened

1 1/2 cup peanut butter

4 1/2 cup oatmeal

2/3 cup chocolate chips

2/3 cup M&M's

Mix in order, drop by teaspoonful onto ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten slightly and bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. 

Toffee Grahams

24 square graham crackers

2 sticks butter/margarine (softened)

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

Preheat oven to 325 to 350 degrees. Arrange cracker squares on a lightly greased cookie sheet with edges around it. In a saucepan, bring the butter and sugar to a boil and boil for 2 minutes. Pour over crackers, covering them well. Sprinkle with nuts and bake for about 10 minutes. Cool slightly and cut into 24 squares or 48 "fingers".

ENJOY!