Look, it's Dino!

Look, it's Dino from the Flintstones cartoon! Okay, well it really isn't, but I colored this image to look like Dino, because he reminded me of him. (I think Dino was a him...wasn't he? I can't remember) This is a new image from Stamping Dragon Designs. As part of Stamping Dragon's DT, I was asked to create a card using this cutie, for a new challenge at Crafter's Digital Art Center (CDAC). If you haven't checked out the site, you definitely need to, if you love Digi stamps! It is the place to be for all things Digi! Lots of free digi images and great challenges! While over there, join us at Stamping Dragon's CDAC group, too!

As I mentioned before, this card is for a challenge being hosted by Stamping Dragon Designs, over at CDAC. The challenge is a recipe: 1 border, 2 patterned Papers and 3 embellishments. You can check out the challenge at CDAC, here. Stamping Dragon Designs has this cute Dinosaur there as a freebie for you, too. Stop on over at CDAC and play along. Hopefully you will like us enough to join our CDAC group, too!

For this card, I used cardstock from my stash,and some cute new gingham DP that I got recently in a new tablet I bought from Hobby Lobby. The image, from Stamping Dragon Designs, is colored with Promarkers. (I just love gingham for some reason and have been using it a lot, lately.) The flowers are from Flor-A-Doodle and bought on clearance awhile back, at Meijer. I finished the card by adding faux stitching with a white opaque pen by Inksentials.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #42 Stitching at Dare You To Digi Stamp
Something Flowery at Stamp Something
Vibrant Colors at Whoopsi Daisy
Challenge #7 Anything Goes at Miami Doodles
Week #30 Flowers at Create4Fun
Challenge #76 All Creatures Great and Small at RosieD's
C4C47 Photo Inspiration (I used purple, pink, white) at Crazy 4 Challenges
Digi's at Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays
Anything Goes at Cowgirl Up!
Challenge #39 Anything Goes at Creative Inspirations
Girlie Girl at Scrappy Frogs
Twisted Cards #017 at Twisted Sketches
Challenge #69 Dazzle Me at Digital Tuesday
Challenge #12 3D at Creatalicious
Challenge #71 Animals at Creative Inspirations
Challenge #30 Something With A Tail at Charisma Cardz
Challenge #060 Seeing Spots (on Dino)& Dots at Treehouse Stamps
Anything Goes at Stamp N Doodle
Inspiration Station at Stamping Vacation

Christmas With Rupert Clause

Just like last week, I am still thinking Christmas. Here is yet another Christmas card idea, for my Xmas cards this year. I like to try several different ones, then decide which I like the best. The problem is, I like them all. I might end up having to just make a variety.

This image is a recent new release, from Stamping Dragon Designs, called Rupert Clause. He is colored with Promarkers, and I used a clearstar gelly roll pen to add glitter and sparkle to him. You can take Rupert in Santa form (as well as many others) home with you,for your very own, in the store, here.

I used the sketch TM#51 from Tuesday Morning Sketches, and the sketch from Critter Challenge, for the card layout. The papers are all from my stash. I used the branch punch by Martha Stewart, to punch out the Greenery, then used skittles dyed with Cranberry Alcohol ink, as the berries. The skittles and branches give the card a nice 3D card. I love cards with dimension!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #7 Anything Goes at Miami Doodles
Vibrant Colors at Whoopsi Daisy
Challenge #76 All Creatures Great & Small at Rosie-D's
C4C47 Photo Inspirations (polka dots) at Crazy 4 Challenges
Digi Challenge at Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays
Challenge #26 Christmas in July at Drunken Stampers
Challenge #2 Christmas In July at 2 Sisters
Challenge #69 Christmas In July
Challenge #7 Christmas in July at Sundays With Crissy
Anything Goes at Cowgirl Up!
Challenge #39 Anything Goes at Creative Inspirations
Challenge #24 Sketch at Critter Challenge
Challenge #10 Christmas In July at Tuesday Throwdown
Christmas in July at Tuesday Taggers
Challenge #25 Christmas In July at I love Promarkers
Challenge #12 3D at Creatalicious
We Are All Going Dotty At Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #71 Animals at Creative Inspirations
Challenge #39 Christmas In July at Little Red Wagon
Christmas In July at OWH
Christmas In July at Tellen's Place
Challenge #7 Christmas Sentiment at Aud Sentiments
Challenge #123 Texting Crazy at Cute Card Thursday
Challenge #30 Something With A Tail at Charisma Cardz
Challenge #18 Punch Or Cut Me at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Week #30 Anything Goes at Paper Play
Christmas in July at AI Factory
Challenge #060 Seeing Spots & Dots at Treehouse Stamps
DDCC #83 at Anything Goes Dutch Dare
Anything Goes at Stamp N Doodle

Just Popping By

Time to pop by with a new card. This one uses the cute cute cute new Popcorn image, by Stamping Dragon Designs. I had requested Janette make a few images for me, and this is one of them. I absolutely love it and couldn't wait to make a card with it. This image is so versatile and could be used for so many things. You can get your very own digi popcorn stamp, as well as lots of other great images in the store, here. It would be perfect for invitations to a birthday party. I've decided to use it as a Birthday card.

I used the sketch from Card Patterns, for the card layout. I used Spellbinders Shapabilities to cut and emboss the film strip, then used an opaque white pen to add white to the embossed areas of the film strip. The image, from Stamping Dragon Designs, is colored with Promarkers and pop dotted for dimension and 3D effect. Background paper is from my stash. I used skittles for the embellishments. The sentiment is from Stampin Up and was punched with the the oval and scalloped oval punches, from Stampin Up.

This card reminds me of how much I enjoy movie nights out with hubby.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Sketch #74 at Card Patterns
M Is For Men at Alphabet Challenge
Challenge #4 Birthdays at Craftalicious
Challenge #7 Anything Goes at Miami Doodles
Vibrant Colors at Whoopsi Daisy
C4C47 Photo Inspirations (polka dots) at Crazy 4 Challenges
Digi Challenge at Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays
Anything Goes at Cowgirl Up!
Challenge #13 It's All Fun & Games
Challenge #10 Birthday at Pear Tree Designs
Challenge #39 Anything Goes at Creative Inspirations
Challenge #59 Birthday at OLLCB
Challenge #69 Male Card
Birthday at Totally Stampalicious
All About Birthdays at The Crazy Challenge
Challenge #9 Birthday at Party Time Tuesdays
Challenge #13 Photo Inspiration (colors) at Fresh Brewed Designs
Challenge #12 3D at Creatalicious
We Are All Going Dotty At Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #123 Texting Crazy at Cute Card Thursday
Challenge #18 Punch Or Cut Me at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #69 Birthday at Stampin B's
Week #30 Anything Goes at Paper Play
Anything Goes at Stamp N Doodle
Challenge #060 Seeing Spots & Dots at Treehouse Stamps
DDCC #83 at Anything Goes Dutch Dare

Just A Reminder! DT Call at Stamping Dragon! Don't Be Left Out!

Stamping Dragon Designs' is having a Design Team call! We need a few new faces and new creative inspiration to join our team.

The DT call is only open till midnight (UK time)on Aug 6, 2010. (For those of you in the US, like me, that is 7pm EST)

All you have to do is to create a project using the image below, and then link your
creation at Inlinkz here. That's all there is to it! Please remember that you MUST use the image below, for your card submission.

To get the image for creating your card, visit us at CDAC Here.

Thanks, in advance to everyone who applies. We look forward to your creations and to adding new faces to our team!

Catching Butterflies

Time for a brand new challenge over at Craft Your Passion. For this week, we want to see you use 3 different ribbons on your project. What a fun challenge this was, to create for! I found I had to really get creative to be able to match 3 ribbons together and incorporate them into one card. We can't wait to see how all of you interpret the challenge and make using multiple ribbons work for you. Hop on over there and check out the rest of the wonderful creations from the Design Team, then Get out your inks and markers and play along. You could win digi's of your choice from Lauretta's Digital Stamps and Coco Dingo.

I made an oopsie in creating this card, but nothing I can do about it now. I used sketch TM#40 from Tuesday Morning Sketches , for the card layout, and had planned to enter this card into thier challenge... But then Realized their challenge ended Sunday night, even though new challenges are posted on Tuesdays LOL.

Anyway, this cute image of the girl and butterfly, is from Lauretta's Digital Stamps, and colored with Promarkers. I decided to do this card in purple, because it is my favorite color. All papers and ribbon is from my stash. I used three different ribbons... White with purple flowers, solid purple, and lavender flower shaped ribbon. I used three purple skittles (Hand dyed by me) in the bottom left corner, for embellishing and to add a 3D effect. The spotted purple paper border was made using a MS PATP punch.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Cutie Patootie at Papertake Weekly
Challenge #12 3D at Creatalicious
Challenge #77 Happy or Sweet at Crafty Creations
CWC013 Summer Inspirations at CAS-tastic
Girlie Girl at Scrappy Frogs
Challenge #19 Touchy Feely at The Creative Cottage
Challenge #102 Anything Goes at Stamp With Sarah Kay
Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #42 Summer Time at Crafty Catz
Challenge #4 Digi Images at Just Inspirational Challenges
Challenge #10 Summer at Crafty Calendar
Challenge #7 Anything Goes at Miami Doodles
Anything Goes at Cowgirl Up!
7 Or More Items(Skittles, Cardstock, Ribbon, Patterned Paper, Border Punch, Image, Flowers) at Practical Scrappers
Challenge #39 Anything Goes at Creative Inspirations
Vibrant Colors at Whoopsi Daisy
Watch This (Three's Company-Three ribbons) at Stamping Vacation
C4C47 Photo Inspirations (polka dots) at Crazy 4 Challenges

Hurry! Stamping Dragon Designs Is Having a Design Team Call!

I'm said to say that we have lost two of our beloved Design Team Members here are Stamping Dragon Designs. Best wishes to Sam and Linda. I have enjoyed working with them both and wish them both the best of luck. I'm going to miss all thier wonderful creations.

This is good news for some of you though. With the departure of Sam and Linda.... this means we need some new faces and new creative inspiration to join our team! Stamping Dragon Designs is having another Design Team Call! Whooo Hooo!

The DT call is only open till midnight (UK time)on Aug 6, 2010. (For those of you in the US, like me, that is 7pm EST)

All you have to do is to create a project using the image below, and then link your
creation at Inlinkz here. That's all there is to it! Please remember that you MUST use the image below, for your card submission.

To get the image for creating your card, visit us at CDAC Here.

Thanks, in advance to everyone who applies. We look forward to your creations and to adding new faces to our team!




Now get busy and start creating! I can't wait to see what you come up with!

She sells Sea Shells By The Seashore

I just love this image and sentiment from Deedee's Digis. It was a freebie for participating in her challenge last week. I love the fact that the image is summery with the seashells and it reminds me of vacation at the beach. With the sentiment, this is the perfect card for a friend.

I made this card for my cousin, Brandie, who lives in North Carolina, and mailed it off to her this morning. We're more than cousins, we're friends, and very close. I think she's going to love the card.

The green card base is textured cardstock that I have had for over a year. It came in a tablet and I realized after I got it, that the textured cardstock isn't good for punching and things, so I use it for card bases, to try and use it up.

I used the sketch from Truly Scrumptious, for the the card layout, and also tried to follow sketch TM #10 at Tuesday Morning Sketches. The DP is all from a new tablet of paper I bought at Hobby Lobby. I used a clearstar gelly roll pen to add some glitter and sparkle to the background paper in random places. The ribbon is from my stash. The image is colored with Promarkers.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #61 Summer Days at All Sorts
Challenge #34 At The Beach at Bee Crafty
Challenge #92 Summer Holidays at The Secret Crafter
Chapter #22 Dancing Under The Sea at Oh! Alice
Vibrant Colors at Whoopsi Daisy
2 Patterned Papers at Whimsical Ink Sorority
ASC22 By The Sea at Aly's Sunday Challenge
Challenge #22 Digi Madness at One Stitch At A Time (OSAAT)
Stash Older Than A Year at Practical Scrappers
Challenge #38 Oldest Thing In your Stash at Creative Inspirations
Best Friends at Totally Stampalicious
Fellowship Monday at Crafting With Deedee's Digis
TM Birthday Week 3 (Summer) at Tuesday Morning Sketches
Cutie Patootie at Papertake Weekly
Challenge #28 Double Up at The Pixie Cottage
Challenge #37 Sketch at Truly Scrumptious
Challenge #77 Happy or Sweet at Crafty Creations
CWC013 Inspired By Summer at CAS-tastic
Challenge #102 Anything Goes at Stamp With Sarah Kay
Challenge #5 Circles at Papercraft Star
Challenge #10 Summer at Crafty Calendar
Challenge #7 Anything Goes at Miami Doodles
Challenge #19 Touchy Feely at The Creative Cottage
Twisted Thursday #66 Hot Hot Hot at S2G
Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #42 Summer Time at Crafty Catz
Glitter at AI Factory
Challenge #4 Digi Images at Just Inspirational Challenges
Challenge #7 Under The Sea (Seashells) at My Partner In Crafting Time

Fairies From The Dark Side and Challenge #6

It's time for a new challenge over at Stamping With The Dragon. This time, it's all about distressing. Hope on over to the challenge here, for challenge #6, and play along. You could win three digi's of your choice from our sponsor for this round... Lil Diva Stamps. She has some awesome images! You definitely don't want to miss out on your chance to win! While you're there, check out the wonderful photos of inspiration from the rest of our awesome Design Team!

This was my first attempt at distressing.... And Ive decided that I'm not very good at it! LOL I guess it's not bad for a first attempt, and hopefully I'll get better as I go along.


For the background, I used black Coordinations paper and then embossed it with the spots and dots cuttlebug folder, then distressed it with sandpaper so the pink core would show through. I also embossed another piece of the Coordinations with a flower pattered cuttlebug folder, and distressed that, as well. I bought the DP specifically for this card, but then once I started putting the card together, I wasn't sure I liked the paper LOL. I used a pink bow with pearl center as an embellishment.

The image is colored with Promarkers

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

2 Patterned Papers at Whimsical Ink Sorority
Challenge #22 Digi Madness at One Stitch At A Time (OSAAT)
GCA#97 Dry Embossing at Ann's Creative Nook
Cutie Patootie at Papertake Weekly
Think INK Challenge #25 Make Your Own Background at Arftul Inkables
Challenge #102 Anything Goes at Stamp With Sarah Kay
Week #61 Distressing at Passion For Promarkers
Challenge #5 Circles at Papercraft Star
Challenge #28 Distressed at Raise The Bar
Challenge #7 Anything Goes at Miami Doodles
Challenge #19 Touchy Feely at The Creative Cottage
Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #4 Digi Images at Just Inspirational Challenges

Feeling Fruity?

I had sooooo much fun creating this card. Something about this card just screams summer and fun to me! The image is from Miami Doodles and I absolutely love it! TI colored the image with Promarkers with summery colors. Then I colored the image with a clearstar gelly roll pen to add a glittery sparkle. I punched the image out with a scalloped oval punch from Stampin Up!

The green card base is textured cardstock that I have had for over a year. It came in a tablet and I realized after I got it, that the textured cardstock isn't good for punching and things, so I use it for card bases, to try and use it up.

I also used the clearstar gelly roll pen to add some sparkle to the image, butterflies and background paper.

For the card layout, I used the sketch at Cute Card Thursday. This sketch was so much fun to work with. I'm tempted to make a second card using this sketch because I love the layout.

The background papers for the card are from my stash. I just bought the bling yesterday at Michael's, especially to finish this card. I used an opaque white pen from Inksentials, to add the faux stitching. The butterfly paper was punched out with the Stampin Up scalloped oval punch.


I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #7 Anything Goes at Miami Doodles
Challenge #61 Summer Days at All Sorts
Vibrant Colors at Whoopsi Daisy
2 Patterned Papers at Whimsical Ink Sorority
challenge #3 Sew Special and Ellephantastic
Challenge #22 Digi Madness at One Stitch At A Time (OSAAT)
Stash Older Than A Year at Practical Scrappers
Challenge #38 Oldest Thing In your Stash at Creative Inspirations
Cutie Patootie at Papertake Weekly
Challenge #12 3D at Creatalicious
Challenge #77 Happy or Sweet at Crafty Creations
CWC013 Inspired By Summer at CAS-tastic
Challenge #102 Anything Goes at Stamp With Sarah Kay
Challenge #5 Circles at Papercraft Star
Challenge #122 Sketch at Cute Card Thursday
Challenge #42 Stitching at Dare You To Digi Stamp
Twisted Thursday #66 Hot Hot Hot at S2G
Glitter at AI Factory
Challenge #42 Summer Time at Crafty Catz
Challenge #4 Stitching (With Bling) at Glitterbabe
Challenge #4 Digi Image at Justt Inspirational Challenges
Challenge #15 Stitching, Scallops & Sparkle at Fussy and Fancy
Challenge #10 Summer at Crafty Calendar
Challenge #19 Touchy Feely at The Creative Cottage
Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best

Let's Dive In!

Time for a new challenge at Craft Your Passion. This week, we want to see the colors orange, yellow and blue on your project. ( added a little red in mine, too, on the beach ball). Play along with us and let your imagination run wild. You could win digi's of your choice from Coco Dingo and Lauretta's Digital Stamps. They both have such cute images!

I love this image, by Coco Dingo. I colored this little fella in with Promarkers. For the card layout, I used the sketch at Digital Tuesday. The background papers are all scraps from my stash, as is the ribbon. I cut the beach balls out of patterned paper. The waves are a die cut. The beach balls and waves are all pop dotted them for a 3d effect.

This card is great for summer and makes a great male card.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #2 Summer Days at Bunny Zoe's Crafts
Challenge #67 Sketch at Digital Tuesday
Challenge #3 It's A Man's World at Donna's Den of Crafts
To Die For at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #12 3D at Creatalicious
Challenge #33 Seven of Something (pattern repeated 7 times on the ribbon) at Penny's Paper Crafty
Challenge #60 Let's Get Physiscal/Sports (Swimming) at Creative Inspirations
Challenge #27 Triple Play (3 pop dotted embellishments) at The Pixie Cottage
Challenge #59 Babies or Children at C.R.A.F.T
Challenge #16 Use Those Scraps at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Lots of Layers at Shelly 's Images
Challenge #6 No Sentiment at Aud Sentiments
Challenge #7 Anything Goes at Miami Doodles
Vibrant Colors at Whoopsi Daisy
Challenge #102 Anything Goes at Stamp With Sarah Kay
Twisted Thursday #65 Waves/Water/Wetness at S2G
Thoughtful Thursdays 0021: orange, red, and yellow at Other Lovelies
Something Digital at Stamp Something
Challenge #19 Summer Holiday at Crafty Ann's
FF#41 Take A Vacation at If The Shoe Fits
Week #28 For The Boys at Prairie Fairy
Challenge #10 Summer at Crafty Calendar
Challenge #61 Summer Days at All Sorts
Challenge #34 At The Beach at Bee Crafty
Challenge #92 Summer Holidays at The Secret Crafter
Challenge #12 Yellow, orange and red (Beachball) at Speedy The Cat's Friends
Challenge #14 Summer Fun at Wee Memories
Challenge #22 Digi Madness at One Stitch At A Time (OSAAT)
CCW July challenge Holidays at Creative Craft world
Boys Will Be Boys at Crazy Challenge

You Have To Kiss A Lot of Frogs

I think someone kissed this little frog and the only prince they ended up getting is a frog prince! He is adorable, though! This cute little fella is a freebie from Inktegrity. For some reason I've always loved frogs.... Well images of frogs... not real frogs!

For the card layout, I used the sketch TMS#2 at Tuesday Morning. Background papers are all scraps from my stash. The image is colored with promarkers, with sparkle added to the frog's crown with a clearstar gelly roll pen. The butterfly button and round buttons are from my stash.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Something Digital at Stamp Something
Challenge #99 Butterfly Bliss at My Time To Craft
Hip To Be Square at Crazy Challenge
Challenge #12 3D at Creatalicious
Challenge #27 Triple Play (3 round orange buttons) at The Pixie Cottage
Week #60 Animals at Passion For Promarkers
Challenge #59 Babies or Children at C.R.A.F.T
Challenge #16 Use Those Scraps at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Lots of Layers at Shelly 's Images
Challenge #6 No Sentiment at Aud Sentiments
Challenge #7 Anything Goes at Miami Doodles
Vibrant Colors at Whoopsi Daisy
C4C46 Buttons at Crazy Challenge
Animals at Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays
2 Patterned Papers at Whimsical Ink Sorority
Challenge #12 Button at Lucy's Cards
CCW July challenge Holidays at Creative Craft world
Challenge #113 at Flutterby Wednesdays
Challenge #22 Digi Madness at One Stitch At A Time (OSAAT)

When Life Gives You Lemons

When Life Gives You Lemons... You're Friends Will Give You A Lift. This adorable image and sentiment are from AI Factory. They remind me of summer. This is a great card to send to someone as am encouragement card, or even just a card to say I'm thinking of you. A cute clean & Simple card.

Card layout is inspired by the sketch at Inspirational Sketches. All background papers are from my stash.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Sketch at Inspirational Sketches
Challenge #10 Summer at Crafty Calendar
In The Garden at Papertake Weekly
Funny Ha Ha at Kah Wink E Dink
Hip To Be Square at Crazy Challenge
Challenge #102 Anything Goes at Stamp With Sarah Kay
Let's Get Fruity at Simon Says Stamp
GCA#96 at Ann's Creative Nook
Summer Days at Bunny Zoe's Crafts
Challenge #52 Bold & Bright Colors at Pollycraft
Challenge #25 Photo Inspiration at Crafty Cardmakers
Week #13 So Happy Together
Hip To Be Square at Crazy Challenge
Y Is For You and Me at The ABC Challenge
Week #60 Animals at Passion For Promarkers
Challenge #16 Use Those Scraps at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Lots of Layers at Shelly 's Images
Something Digital at Stamp Something
Challenge #17 Photo Inspiration
Challenge #7 Anything Goes at Miami Doodles
Vibrant Colors at Whoopsi Daisy
Challenge #39 Thinking of You at Totally Gorjuss
Animals at Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays
2 Patterned Papers at Whimsical Ink Sorority
Challenge #61 Summer Days at All Sorts
Challenge #61 Summer Days at All Sorts

Christmas In July

It's not too early to be thinking about making your Christmas cards! I've been experimenting with ideas and designs for my Christmas cards this year. I usually have to try a few different ones before I decide which design I want to go with. I like this one because it is cute and simple. It reminds me of the night before christmas.

I used the layout from Pixie Cottage. The background paper is new, from the 50% off paper sale at hobby Lobby. I like this paper because you don't have to use a separate sentiment with it. The image is from Stamping Dragon Designs. If you havent yet, check out their store! They have some of the cutest images you can buy! The ribbon is from my stash, as are the 3 skittles in the top right corner of the image. (I dyed those skittles myself).

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells at Catch The Bug
Challenge #33 3D at Bee Crafty
Challenge #19 Xmas In July at Magical Crafts
Challenge #11 I can See Clearly Now (Clear skittle-background paper is sentiment) at Sentimental Sundays
GCA#96 at Ann's Creative Nook
Challenge #58 Christmas In July at OLLCB
A Splash of Red at Totally Stampalicious
Challenge #14 Christmas in July at Cards For Men
Challenge #31 It's Christmas at Fab N Funky
Challenge #1 Anything Goes at 2 Sisters
Hip To Be Square at Crazy Challenge
Challenge #99 Holidays at Everybody Art
Challenge #11 Christmas In July at Fresh Brewed Designs
Challenge #27 Sketch and Triple Play at The Pixie Cottage
Your Favorite Coloring Technique at For Fun Challenges
Challenge #102 Anything Goes at Stamp With Sarah Kay
SDC #11 Christmas In July at Stampotique
Challenge #121 Get A Head Start at Cute Card Thursday
Something Digital at Stamp Something
Challenge #52 Bold & Bright Colors at pollycraft
Something Digital at Stamp Something
Challenge #7 Anything Goes at Miami Doodles

All Wrapped up For Christmas

This little snowman looks like he got into a fight with strings of Christmas tree lights and lost. Poor little guy is all wrapped up, for Christmas! The cute snowman image is from Shelly's Images. He's colored with pro markers and a clearstar gelly roll pen for added sparkle. I used a new red xmas background paper that I bought yesterday at Hobby Lobby during their 50% off paper sale. The green polka dotted papers are scraps from my stash. The brads and skittles are all from my stash and give the card a 3D effect. The center skittle is clear and undyed, so this should qualify for any challenges that want a clear embellishment. The card layout is from the sketch at Priscilla's Styles. The background paper says "Merry Christmas, so I used that as my sentiment, instead of cluttering up my card with more text.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #14 Christmas In July Part 2 at Fussy and Fancy
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells at Catch The Bug
Challenge #33 3D at Bee Crafty
Challenge #19 Xmas In July at Magical Crafts
Challenge #11 I can See Clearly Now (Clear skittle-background paper is sentiment) at Sentimental Sundays
GCA#96 at Ann's Creative Nook
Challenge #26 use 2 patterned papers at Crafty Sentiments
Challenge #8 Glitter/Sparkles at Pear Tree Designs
Challenge #58 Christmas In July at OLLCB
MMSC#62 Sketch at Priscilla's Styles
A Splash of Red at Totally Stampalicious
Challenge #14 Christmas in July at Cards For Men
Week #18 Christmas In July at The Shabby Tea Room
Challenge #1 Anything Goes at 2 Sisters
Challenge #31 It's Christmas at Fab N Funky
Funny Ha Ha at Kah Wink E Dink
Hip To Be Square at Crazy Challenge
Challenge #99 Holidays at Everybody Art
Challenge #11 Christmas In July at Fresh Brewed Designs
Challenge #12 3D at Creatalicious
Challenge #27 Triple Play (3 tree brads) at The Pixie Cottage
Your Favorite Coloring Technique at For Fun Challenges
Challenge #102 Anything Goes at Stamp With Sarah Kay
Challenge #33 Seven of Something (embellishements-brads/skittles) at Penny's Paper Crafty
Challenge #37 Use A Tree at Lil Red Wagon
SDC #11 Christmas In july at Stampotique
Challenge #121 Get A Head Start at Cute Card Thursday
Challenge #52 Bold & Bright Colors at pollycraft
Challenge #16 Use Those Scraps at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Lots of Layers at Shelly 's Images

When Bears Go Camo

Let's celebrate those wonderful military personnel who serve our country. This cute little bear is a Dustin Pike Image (Doodle Dragon Studios. I wanted to make the bear different, so I printed him onto camo patterned paper and then paper pieced the heart with a white cardstock heart colored with a pastel yellow promarker. The army green star patterned paper was cut out using nestabilities. The textured paper behind the image is some old paper from my stash, that I am trying to get rid of. I've had it since I started card making and I don't like it, so I've kept putting off using it. Card layout was made by using the sketch at Doodle Dragon Studio's challenge blog.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #21 Military at One Stitch At A Time
Lots of Layers at Shelly's Images
Challenge #3 Cute at Craftalicious
Who's Ready For A Sketch at Doodle Dragon Studios
Challenge #11 Punch It at Speedy The cat's Friends
Challenge #38 Oldest Thing In your Stash at Creative Inspirations
GCA#96 at Ann's Creative Nook
Challenge #26 use 2 patterned papers at Crafty Sentiments
TSG63: Photo Inspiration at TSG
Challenge #3 It's A Man's World at Donna's Den
To Die For at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #1 Anything Goes at 2 Sisters
Your Favorite Coloring Technique at For Fun Challenges
Challenge #102 Anything Goes at Stamp With Sarah Kay
Lots of Layer at Shelly's Images

In The Pink With Lexi's Creations!

Whoo Hoo! I'm Guest Designer at Lexi's Creations for their current challenge! I was able to choose the image for my card, and I chose this cutie. Her name is Melissa and she can be found in Lexi's Creations store, here. She's so cute and girly and she's doing one of my favorite things--Shopping! Lexi has so many cute images in her store. Stop by and check out all of her designs... You will love them! I hope you will stop by Lexi's Creations this week and take part in their challenge. Hop on over and share a creation with us and you could win a great prize for playing along!

For the card layout, I used last week's sketch at Catch The Bug. I realized after I created the card, that the sketch challenge would be over by the time I posted my card--Opposie! LOL)

I decided to go with a pink girly color scheme, with touches of yellow and peach These are wonderful summery colors, too! The image was colored with Promarkers. I used four different background papers, all from my stash, The plaid background paper has squares, and I embellished with the little acrylic circles called skittles that I dyed myself with alcohol inks. The skittles provide texture. Hopefully this card qualifies as having squares and circles, for the challenge at Crafty Angels.

I love the image and the sketch I used. This was such a fun card to make. It reminds me of how Carrie Bradshaw loves to shop in the movie Sex & The City 2. (Can you tell I just recently seen that movie?!) Shopping is one of the best things in life and a great way to celebrate anything!

EDIT: I was told that my card doesn't fit one of the challenges that I entered it into.... yet the inspiration photo has pink in it. Hmm Makes no sens to me :)

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Vibrant Colors at Whoopsi Daisy
Challenge #6 Mostly Monochrome at Sundays With Crissy
Circles and Squares at Crafty Angels
Challenge #8 Black, Pink & White at Crafts And Me
Bright Summery Colors at Delightful Sketches
PDCC37: Provencal Style at Play Date Cafe
Challenge #48 Baby Pink, Peach and black at Colour Create
Challenge #6 No Sentiment at Aud Sentiments
Challenge #57 Monochromatic at Treehouse Stamps
Watch This at Stamping Vacation
Challenge #3 Cute at Craftalicious
Challenge #1 Anything Goes at 2 Sisters
Challenge #120 School's Out for Summer (summery colors) at Cute Card Thursday
Monochrome at The Town Scrapper/Humble Pie
Challenge #88 monochromatic at One Stop Crafts
Week #27 Photo Inspiration (color-Pink) at Prairie Fairy
Sherbert & Ice Cream Colors at Cowgirl Up
Week #27 Photo Inspiration (flowers) at Prairie Fairy
Challenge #67 Cupcake Inspiration (Colors)
Challenge #15 Texture at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
GCA#96 at Ann's Creative Nook
Challenge #52 Bold & Bright Colors at pollycraft

Summer's Natural Beauty

Time for another card as part of the Stamping Dragon design team! Our cards aren't due till thursday, but I had the idea for this one, and wanted to get it posted for some challenges, so I'm a bit early this week.

The image is from Stamping Dragon Designs, and is colored with Promarkers. This is a new release and I absolutely loved it when I seen it! This image is so angelic and elegant. It reminds me of natural beauty, summer and innocence. You can get this beauty (or any of their other great images at their store, here. (Stamping With The Dragon also has a challenge going on, on their challenge blog. Check it out and play along! You could win some cute digi images of your choice, from our sponsor!)

I decided to go with soft summery colors for this card. The layout is from sketch TMS#5 at Tuesday Morning Sketches. All background papers and ribbon are from my stash. I cut around the image, and cut the matting for the image, using Spellbinders Nestablities. The flowers are by Prima, and I used pearls for the centers. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set, by stamping up, and is punched with the SU word window punch, then matted on cardstock punched with the Modern Label Punch by SU.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #3 Cute at Craftalicious
Challenge #1 Anything Goes at 2 Sisters
Challenge #120 School's Out for Summer (summery colors) at Cute Card Thursday
TPE74 3 Layers, 2 Die cuts & Ribbon at The Pink Elephant
Challenge #57 Simply Summer
July Color Challenge at Design Dollies
Challenge #2 Summer at Iris: Everyday In A Kid's Life
Challenge #1 One For The Girls at Pocket Full of Posies
To Die For at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #98: Angelic at My Time To Craft
Tuesday Morning Sketch's 1st Birthday
Challenge #20 Flower Power at Your Next Stamp
Challenge #15 Circles Galore (Dots on Ribbon and pearls) at Meljen's Designs
Bright Summer Colors at Delightful Sketches
Challenge #36 Use Nestabilities at Little Red Wagon
Challenge #15 Texture at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #66 Polka Dots at Stampin B's
DDCC#81 Flower Inspiration at Dutch Dare
Week #27 Photo Inspiration (flowers) at Prairie Fairy
Sherbert & Ice Cream Colors at Cowgirl Up
Challenge #67 Cupcake Inspiration (Colors)
Challenge #33 3D at Bee Crafty
CIC15: Gratitude at Clearly I Stamp
Challenge #11 Punch It at Speedy The cat's Friends
GCA#96 at Ann's Creative Nook
Challenge #63 Sending Smiles at Order of the Opus Gluei
Challenge #26 use 2 patterned papers at Crafty Sentiments

Little Angel Bear

It's time for another challenge at Stamping With the Dragon. We are sponsored by the wonderful Beary Dust stamps! If you haven't checked out Beary Dust, you really need to! She has soo many cute images!

This time,the challenge is to use a recipe: Use a transparency on your card, and three buttons. (As you can see from my card above, I went a little wild with the buttons and used too many! LOL) These buttons are recycled from an old shirt, when I did my cleaning spree on the closets and throwing out old clothes. I apologize for the quality of the photo. I tried several times to take a better one but they all came out with that shiny glare from the transparency on the front of the card. I hope you'll be able to see the card well enough.

This cute image is Angel Bear, from Beary Dust Stamps. I used the sketch at Crafty Sentiments for the layout of the card. The image was colored with my Promarkers. The bear's wings and halo were glittered to add sparkle. I decided to go with all shades of green for my color scheme. The background paper is striped (hard to see in the pic--Again, I apologize about that). I used a scalloped border punch by Martha Stewart to punch the border on the cardstock behind the image. The sentiment, "Cherish" is from Stampin Up, punched in white with the oval punch from Stampin Up, then matted on a green scalloped oval from Stampin Up! (Reminding us to celebrate life and cherish each day that we live to enjoy) I used transparency as the overlay for the card. The transparency was embossed with the Cuttlebug using the Divine Swirls folder. I finished the card by adding the buttons on top of the overlay, down the left side of the image. My Cuttlebug is one of my favorite things...I love all the cool things you can do with it.

Now, it's your turn to play along with us in this challenge! Let your imagination run wild and let's see your creative ways to use transparency on a project. Then, take a pic of it and upload it to the challenge post, here, at Stamping With The Dragon. You may use stamps from any company on your card, so there are no image restrictions. You have till July 15th to play with us. Make sure you do! You don't want to miss the great prize of Digi images of your choice, from Beary Dust Stamps.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #25 Sketch at Crafty Sentiments
Something With Wings at Whimsical Ink Sorority
Challenge #10 Die Cuts at Speedy The Cat's
Challenge #13 Free For All at Wee Memories
Challenge #1 It's Up To You at Ellephantastic
Challenge #26 My Favorite Things at Pile It On
Challenge #6 Mostly Monochromatic at Sundays With Crissy
Scallops & Embellishments at Cowgirl Up!
Challenge #7 Animals at Pear Tree Designs
July Pick 3: (Transparency, Border punch, Glitter) at Stamping Vacation
Circles (Buttons) & Squares (background paper)at Crafty Angels
Week #17 Let's Make An Impression at The Shabby Tea Room
Challenge #5 Emboss It at Beary Scrap
To Die For at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #98 Angelic at My Time To Craft
Up In The Air at Crazy Challenge
Challenge #1 Anything Goes At 2 Sisters
Challenge #15 Circles Galore (buttons) at Meljen's Designs
Challenge #112 Open at Flutter By Wednesdays
Challenge #101 Sparkling at Stamp With Sarah Kay
Challenge #15 Texture at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #3 Cute at Craftalicious
Celebrations at Shelly's Images
Challenge #43 Green With Envy at AI Factory
Challenge #57 Monochromatic at Treehouse Stamps
DDCC81 Flower (Phot0) Inspiration (I used the color green from the photo) at Diedrich Dare
Week #27 Photo Inspiration (colors) at Prairie Fairy
Monochrome at The Town Scrapper
Animals at Paper Make Up Stamps

Red White & Blue For You

Another Red White & Blue card... this time using an image from Dustin Pike (Doodle Dragon Studios).

I used the sketch from Pollycraft. The background papers are all from my stash. There are 7 stars on this card...One yellow (on the flag) and 6 blue. Four of the blue are glittery brads. The two stars on the textured ribbon are punched using a punch from Creative Memories. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set by Stampin Up and is punched using the word window punch by Stampin UP! The sentiment background is punched using the Modern Label punch by Stampin Up.

Since I dont have a donkey image to use for the card...I'm sending this card to Michelle Oatman, who was in an accident recently and lost use of her right eye. You can read all about her on her blog: Stamps, Paper, Scissors and Donkey Smiles.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #51 Sketch by Marit at Pollycraft
Let's Get Patriotic at Doodle Dragon Studios
Challenge #21 Stars at Critter Sketch Challenge
Challenge #48 Punches at Incy Wincy
Challenge #12 Recipe: 1 ribbon, 2 PP, 3 brads at Daisy Doodles
Week #12 America The Beautiful
Challenge #3 Cute at Craftalicious
Challenge #33 3D at Bee Crafty
Chapter #20 In My Country at Oh, Alice!
ASC21: Red or White or Blue at Aly's Sunday Challenge
Challenge #10 Die Cuts at Speedy The Cat's
Challenge #13 Free For All at Wee Memories
Challenge #1 It's Up To You at Ellephantastic
Something With Wings at Whimsical Ink Sorority
Challenge #26 My Favorite Things at Pile It On
Challenge #20 Lace, Ribbons & Bows at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #31 Ribbon at Quirky Crafts
Challenge #10 Celebrations at Sentimental Sundays
GCA#95 Red White & Blue at Ann's Creative Nook
Challenge #7 Animals at Pear Tree Designs
Challenge #3 Patriotic at Really Reasonable Ribbon
Lots of Paper Challenge at Stamping Vacation
TPE74: 3 layers, 2 Die Cuts and Ribbon at the Pink Elephant
Circles (Dots-background paper) & Squares (Image)at Crafty Angels
To Die For at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #66 Red, White & Blue at Digital Tuesday
Kickin It For Michelle Card Drive at Spoon Full Of Sugar
Challenge #1 Anything Goes At 2 Sisters
Photo Inspiration at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #15 Circles Galore (Dots-background paper) at Meljen's Designs
Challene #33 7 of something (Stars) at Penny's Paper Crafty
Challenge #101 Sparkling at Stamp With Sarah Kay
Icing On The cake (photo inspiration) at Diedrich Dare
Challenge #15 Texture at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #66 Polka Dots at Stampin B's

A Stitch In Time

Today is new challenge day at Craft Your Passion, and today's challenge is to create something with stitching on it... Either real or faux. Hop on over to Craft Your Passion and play along with us, this week. You could win digi images of your choice from both Coco Dingo and Lauretta's Digital Stamps.

Here is my card for the Craft Your Passion Design team, to give you a little inspiration. The image is called Panier Provencal and is from Coco Dingo. It reminds me of how my mom used to love to plant lots of flowers around the house every spring. I colored the image with Promarkers. (I love these things!) The background paper is from my stash. Flowers by Prima. I used a white opaque pen by Inksentials to add the faux stitching to the edges. The sentiment was punched using a punch from EK Success, and the sentiment is from Studio G.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

In Stitches at Papertake Weekly
Make It In An Hour at Crazy Challenge
Check It Out at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #29 Sew & Sew at Fab N Funky
Challenge #41 The Great Outdoors at Dare You To Digi Stamp
Challenge #18 Flower Power at Magical Crafts
Week #26 Anything Goes at Prairie Fairy
Challenge #10 Summer at Crafty Calendar
CIC15: Gratitude at Clearly I Stamp
Challenge #14 at Just Scraps
CHallenge #48 punches at Incy Wincy
Challenge #3 Cute at Craftalicious
No Ribbon at Stamping Vacation
Challenge #1: One For The Girls at Pocket Full of Posies
Challenge #13 Free For All at Wee Memories
Challenge #3 at Stamp and Create
Challenge #1 It's Up To You at Ellephantastic
Challenge #1 Anything Goes At 2 Sisters