It's A New Release Hop at Dude Time Doodles

Are you all excited, yet?! It's New release time at Dude Time Doodles and they're celebrating with a blog hop!

I hope you're here to join us for this fun hop while we showcase these fabulous new images! Be prepared for some eye candy to knock your socks off!

If you came to me from NanaConnie, you are on the right track! If not, I suggest you start at the Dude Time Doodles blog.

Of course, I have the complete hop list for you, below, in case you get lost along the way.

Be sure you leave comments on all the stops along the way, because one of us is the Mystery Hostess! That means one winner will be drawn from the comments on the blog of the mystery hostess, and that person is going to be the blog hop winner! So, leave some lovin' at every stop along the way! You don't want to miss out on your chance to be the big winner!

Also, I want to remind you that Halloween images are 50% off for the entire month of September so be sure you pick up your favorites in the Dude Time Doodles store, during this special sale!

I hope you're enjoying the wonderful creativity along this hop! These are a very talented bunch of ladies and I'm so honored to have gotten to guest design with them for the month of August. I'm sad that this is my last card as guest designer here, but I have loved every minute of it!

With that said, here is my card for your viewing pleasure:





I had so much fun making this card. I've used Fanny Witch, from the Dude Time Doodles new releases. Fanny is colored with Promarkers. I found this fun Halloween web type cloth in a box of Halloween decorations when I cleaned out the attic. I had to save it, because I knew I'd eventually find a use for it! I cut a piece of it off and stretched it over the front of the card and then adhered it to the back, to make this funky textured overlay. (How's that for recycling?!) Then I used a couple scraps of Halloween paper over it, and attached the image and sentiment. The image, sentiment and paper scraps are mounted with foam mounted tape, for added dimension and 3D effect. I finished the card off by embellishing with some fun metal Halloween brads. My card uses the layout at Sketches By Carly.

I hope you enjoyed my card. It was so much fun to make! I love love love this Fanny witch image! So much fun to work with!

Now, hop on over to Linda's blog to see what she has up her sleeve! I just know she has a fabulous creation to show you!

And remember to leave comments on all the blogs along the way! Here is the complete hop list in case you lose your way:


Dude Time Doodles
Anne
Michelle
Lynn
Dawn
Ruth
Cleota
NanaConnie
Sammibug (You Are Here)
Linda
Tammy
Ginny
Dude Time Doodles


Of course, I have to enter this card in some challenges, to show off the fabulous images from Dude Time Doodles. So, here we go:


I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #38 Sketch at Sketches By Carly.
Challenge #73 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #60 Inspired By A Book (The Little Leftover Witch by Roald Dahl) at Prairie Fairy
Challenge #95 As You Like It at Totally Gorjuss
Getting Sketchy With It at Simply Betty Challenges
Challenge #131 Come To The Dark Side at Corrosive
Challenge #77 Halloween at One Stitch At A Time
ASC45 Halloween at Aly's Sunday Challenge
Lots of Layers at Creative Inspirations Paint
Challenge #35 Girls Just Want To Have Fun at Pile It On
Challenge #34 Anything Goes at The Crop Stop
Challenge #46 Recycle It (Halloween netting) at Lollipop Crafts
Anything Goes at Creative Card Crew
Two Or More Circles (Brads) at Stamp-N-Doodle
Challenge #31 Anything Goes at Party Time Tuesdays
Challenge #72 All Dressed Up at City Crafter
Challenge #61 Photo Inspiration (Colors) at Penny's Paper Crafty
Boo To you! At Delightful Sketches
Challenge #81 Anything Goes at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #115 Anything Goes at Passion For Promarkers
Favorite Image at Whimsie Doodles
Challenge #50 Anything Goes at Scrapbook Sisters
Challenge #29 Anything Goes at The Paper Shelter

Oh No, I Blew It!

Today, I have a "Just Because" card to show you. Many times, my cards are specifically for DT work, but sometimes I do get a chance to sit down and do cards "Just because."

This card turned out cute. A funny masculine card, isn't it? I've used Stylin Stew, by Dude Time Doodles and colored him with Promarkers. He's had some fun glitter and sparkle added to his clothing with a clearstar gelly roll pen. The buttons are recycled from old clothing that has been thrown out. The polka dot cardstock panel is embossed with multi colored polka dots.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #35 Anything Goes at Aud Sentiments
PCJ Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Paper Crafting Journey
Anything Goes at Whimsie Doodles
Challenge #3 Anything Goes With A Sentiment at Whimsy Inspirations
Challenge #73 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #24 Gingham at Creative Belli Blog
HSC7 Pantone's Fall Colors at The Hotspot
Challenge #34 Glitter It at Charisma Cardz
Anything Goes at AI Factory
Challenge #45 Photo Inspiration (colors) at Easy Craft Projects
Challenge #15 Buttons at Card Mad Fairy's
Challenge #95 As You Like It at Totally Gorjuss
Challenge #54 Boys And Their Toys at 2 Sisters
Challenge #5 Digi + The Color Green at Kich N Bleus
Challenge #15 Glitter and Glitz at Crafter's Companion Monthly
Challenge #34 Anything Goes at The Crop Stop
Challenge #18 G Is For (Green) at Cards For Men
Challenge #46 Recycle It (Buttons) at Lollipop Crafts

Wanted! Dead Or Alive!

Hello, hello, hello! It's challenge time, again, at Daisy's Doodles, and we have another fun one for you!

The challenge, this time, is New Moon, which is Daisy's Doodles' version of Anything Goes with a digi! That's right, Anything, as long as you use a digi on your project! How's that for a fun one?! It definitely is one of my favorites!

There is no excuse to not play in this one! You can play along by creating anything, so hurry over to Daisy's Doodles and link up to play along and have a chance to win!


For my project, I made this adorable little card using some of the images from The Freddy Goes West set, by Daisy Doodles. The images are colored with Promarkers. All images and sentiments are all from the Freddy Goes West set. For the background, I used the Cuttlebug and the Distressed Stripes Folder to emboss brown cardstock, then used a sponge dauber to add a darker brown ink, for highlighting the embossed areas, and all the wood like grooves in the embossed panel. All images and sentiments are mounted with foam mounting tape to give the card a lot of dimension and a 3D effect.

This card turned out so cute! Perfect for a guy or even a little boy! I love this set! If you love it as much as I do, hop over to Daisy Doodles' Store and pick this set up for your very own!


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


HSC7 Pantone's Fall Colors at The Hotspot
Anything Goes at AI Factory
Challenge #35 Anything Goes at Aud Sentiments
PCJ Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Paper Crafting Journey
Anything Goes at Stamps R Us
Anything Goes at Whimsie Doodles
Challenge #3 Anything Goes With A Sentiment at Whimsy Inspirations
Challenge #73 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #34 For A Boy Or Man at Do You Stack Up
Challenge #16 Multiple Images at Little Miss Muffet
Challenge #61 Outdoor Fun at Wags 'n Whiskers
Challenge #60 Inspired By A Book (Wanted! Dead Or Alive!) at Prairie Fairy
Challenge #95 As You Like It at Totally Gorjuss
Challenge #54 Boys And Their Toys at 2 Sisters
Challenge #34 Anything Goes at The Crop Stop
Challenge #54 Vacation (Old West) at Paper Playtime

Make Your Own Flowers at Shelly's Images

Happy Thursday, everyone! Hope you're all having a wonderful day! I've had a busy week but have some wonderful things going on, so I'm a happy girl!

Anyway, I'm here, today, to share a project with you and tell you about a brand new Teriffically Thrilling Thursday at Shelly's Images! That means its time for a new challenge, and some yummy eye candy from the DT.

Please remember that we are in the process of transitioning through some changes at Shelly's Images. We're going to be having our Challenges go in hand and in hand with the featured images, each week, on Thursdays. However, some of the DT worked ahead and had projects done before the change was made, so things aren't quite in synch again this week. This week's featured image will not match the challenge on all projects. Please bear with us while we make the final steps to get it all together. Starting next week, the featured image and the sketch will go hand in hand, so there will be no confusion.

This week's challenge at Shelly's Images is to make your own flowers. I've created this yummy card for you as inspiration:

For my project today, I'm using the May Flowers image, colored with Promarkers, from Shelly's Images. I chose pink and green because it makes a great color combo. Both papers are scraps from my stash.
I used this gorgeous hand crocheted flower, and accented it with sprigs of greenery, punched with the Martha Stewart branch punch. The sheer white ribbon is from my stash and compliments the flower so nicely.

If you love this May Flowers inage as much as I do, you can get it in Shelly's Store, here.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


HSC7 Pantone's Fall Colors at The Hotspot
Anything Goes at AI Factory
Your Favorite Embellishment (Flowers) at Jellypark Friends
Ribbon at The Ribbon Girl
Challenge #53 Anything Goes at Paper Playtime
Challenge #7 Show Us Your Flowers at Paper Creations Ink
Hand Made Flowers at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #24 Gingham at Creative Belli Blog
PCJ Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Paper Crafting Journey
Anything Goes at Poodles Parlour
Challenge #117 You've Been Framed at All Sorts
Challenge #130 Girlie at Corrosive
Anything Goes at Stamps R Us
Challenge #63 Dimension and Texture at Tuesday Throwdown
Challenge #125 Summer (Colors) at Stamp With Fun
Challenge #28 Die Cuts and Punches at The Paper Shelter
Anything Goes at Whimsie Doodles
Challenge #26 Spring With A Handmade Flower at Digistamps4Joy
Challenge #73 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #5 Digi + The Color Green at Kich N Bleus
Challenge #30 Keep It Clean at Really Reasonable Ribbon

Happy Birthday, Sexy!

Are you ready to see a rootin' tootin' birthday card?!

I made this card for my friend for his birthday, using the Mae Western image, from KennyK. I colored this sexy vixen with my Promarkers. The metal frame is Hodgepodge Hardware from Stampin Up. I used two patterned papers, star shaped buttons and sheer blue ribbon from my stash

Don't you just love all the layers?! And the pink and blue color combo is perfect for a masculine card.

A teen boy would probably love this card!

This is my first time making a center step card, and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

I did have a slight mishap, though. The darn ribbon came loose on one side when I took the pic and I didn't notice it till I went to watermark the pic. I've since fixed the loose ribbon, but didn't take a new pic, sorry.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #57 Layers at Kenny K's Krafty Girlz
Challenge #35 Anything Goes at Aud Sentiments
Challenge #18 One For The Boys at Sparkles Forum
Challenge #53 Anything Goes at Paper Playtime
Challenge #117 You've Been Framed at All Sorts
Anything Goes at AI Factory
Challenge #2 Non-Standard Fold Cards at Jen's Digi Stamps
PCJ Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Paper Crafting Journey
Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Cards For Men
Challenge #162 Happy Birthday at Spoonful Of Sugar
Challenge #88 Tween Teen's Dream at Pixie Dust Studio
Challenge #72 Recipe (1 ribbon, 2 Papers, 3 buttons - 3 on each side) at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Month Long Celebration Challenge at Fussy and Fancy
Challenge #15 Buttons at Cardmad Fairy's Challenge
Challenge #7 Birthday at The Emerald Faerie Garden
Add Some Layers at Ellephantastic
HSC7 Pantone's Fall Colors at The Hotspot
Challenge #45 Make It Masculine at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #36 Girly Girl (Cowgirl) at Happileigh Scrappin'
Blue, Brown, Plus Choice at Paper Pretties
Challenge #156 Brown and Blue at Everybody-Art
Challenge #63 Dimension and Texture at Tuesday Throwdown
Challenge #48 Masculine at Top Tip Tuesday
Challenge #84 Summer Nights (Stars) at The Pixie Cottage
Anything Goes at Whimsie Doodles
Challenge #28 Die Cuts and Punches (Die Cut In Frame) at The Paper Shelter
Challenge #3 Anything Goes With A Sentiment at Whimsy Inspirations
Challenge #30 Keep It Clean at Really Reasonable Ribbon

It's A Scavenger Crawl!

The fine folks at Dude Time Doodles are celebrating their First birthday and have rustled up some fun for you. Are you ready for the first ever Dudeville Holla Scavenger Crawl?! What is a Scavenger crawl, you ask?! It's a combination Blog Hop and Scavenger Hunt! Whoo Hoo! Now that sounds like loads of fun, doesn't it?!

This crawl is a circle crawl, so wherever you start works out fine, since the list goes in a circle. If you've started here, just crawling along until you make the complete circle.

I recommend you start at the Dude Time Doodles blog. There, you will find a scavenger list of items you need to look for as you crawl along the blogs of our Dudettes and Special Guests. (Each item is specific to the Dudette or Special Guest) There will be one item, per stop, so be sure you keep your eyes peeled and keep track of which item is on which blog!

Once you have gathered your scavenger list of items, email your list to Cleota, at cmm5569@yahoo.com, for your chance to win.

The prize is a $20 gift certificate to Dude Time Doodles!


Remember, to be eligible to win, you must email your list to Cleota, at:

cmm5569@yahoo.com

You have two weeks to email your entries. A winner will be chosen from all the correct entries on the evening of September 6th and announced on the Dude Time Doodles blog.


As a bonus, several of the stops along the way are offering some yummy bonus candy. (I've heard a rumor that this might be one of those yummy candy stops!)

A list of all the hop participants, in order, has been provided, below, should you get lost on the way and need to crawl your way back to where you got lost.


Oh, and while I have you here, I wanted to give you all a heads up that all Halloween images at Dude Time Doodles will be on sale for 50% off starting on September 1st! What a bargain!


But, before we talk about blog candy, let's have some eye candy for your viewing pleasure.




I created this fun tag using one of my favorite images, from Dude Time Doodles and colored him with Promarkers. he is pop dotted to the tag, to add dimension. I used the Martha Stewart drippy goo punch with a red toned paper and black cardstock, then layered them to simulate fire. The papers are ribbon are all from my stash. The sentiment, "You're Hot," is hand written.

Now that you've seen my tag for some little inspiration, let's get back to the hop details.


If you have crawled into my Scrapshack from Shelly's Blog, then you are crawling in the right direction. If not, turn around and start at the beginning at the Dude Time Doodles blog.

While you are here, I have some mystery crawl candy to give away. To have a chance to win you must do ALL of the following things:

*** Become a follower of my blog
*** Leave me a comment and guess one thing that is in my blog candy
*** Leave comments on all of the blogs in the Scavenger crawl list

Please remember, you must do ALL three things above, for a chance to win my candy. I will be checking to make sure all 3 steps have been completed.

Now, crawl on to your next stop and visit Chrissy's blog. She has some fabulous eye candy to show you while you're there.


Here is your master hop list, in case you get lost as you're crawling along:


Dude Time Doodles
Ann
Michelle
Lynn
Dawn
Ruth
Sketches By Carly.">Theresa (Special Guest)
Cleota
NanaConnie
Shelly(Special Guest)
Sammibug (You Are Here)
Chrissy (Special Guest)
Hetty
Linda
Tammy
Ginny
Dude Time Doodles



Of course, I can't do a project without entering some challenges, so:


I am entering this tag in the following challenges:


Challenge #18 One For The Boys at Sparkles Forum
Challenge #53 Anything Goes at Paper Playtime
Challenge #35 Anything Goes at Aud Sentiments
Anything Goes at AI Factory
CHallenge #18 Hot... Red Hot at The Crafty Purple Frog
Challenge #15 Anything Goes at Craft Us Crazy
PCJ Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Paper Crafting Journey
Challenge #117 You've Been Framed at All Sorts
Challenge #145 Bold and Bright at One Stop Crafts
Challenge #47 Scallops Or Fancy Borders at Crafty Ann's
Challenge #90 Water (Water Hose to put out fires) at Fun With Shapes and More
Challenge #86 More Than One Die Cut (3 punched flames) at Sassy Studio Designs
Challenge #30 Ok.. Keep It Clean at Really Reasonable Ribbon
Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Cards For Men
Anything But A Card at Creative Craft Challenges
Challenge #45 Make It Masculine at Lollipop Crafts
Punch It Out at Karen's Doodles
Challenge #48 Masculine at Top Tip Tuesday
Challenge #63 Dimension and Texture at Tuesday Throwdown
Challenge #48 Masculine at Top Tip Tuesday

Sending Happy Thoughts

It's another funtabulous Tableau Tuesday, today at Daisy's Doodles. You're going to want to make sure you check out the wonderful creations from the DT over at Daisy's Doodles for some gorgeous eye candy!

My project today was so much fun to make! I went with a gorgeous flowery shaped card, this time. The image is from the Floral Frames set, by Daisy's Doodles. This set is so fun and versatile and comes with several image choices, all in one set! Check it out! You're going to want this one for your collection! You can find this fun flowery set here, in the Daisy Doodles Store.

The image is colored with Promarkers. I cut out the blank center of the image to make it a true frame, then attached it to a circle card with foam mounting tape, for dimension. The sentiment is from the oh so wonderful Lynne, at Sentiments 4 You. I added glitter and sparkle to the card with my Clearstar Gelly Roll pen, and then finished off with some colored pearls for the flower centers.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:


HSC7 Pantone's Fall Colors at The Hotspot
Anything Goes at AI Factory
Challenge #15 Glitter and Glitz at Crafter's Companion Monthly
Hot Colors at Crafty Calendar
Challenge #53 Anything Goes at Paper Playtime
Challenge #7 Show Us Your Flowers at Paper Creations Ink
Glitter It at Clear It Out
Challenge #17 Bring On The Bling at Bearly Mine Designs
Challenge #49 Fruit Inspiration (Pink Grapefruit) at Your Next Stamp
Challenge #35 Anything Goes at Aud Sentiments
Color Wheel (Shades of Red/Green) at Some Odd Girl
Challenge #15 Anything Goes at Craft Us Crazy
Challenge #166 Your Song Choice (Daisy Jane) at Rainbow Lady's
Challenge #86 More Than One Diecut (Circles - Sentiment with mat around it) at Sassy Studio Designs
PCJ Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Paper Crafting Journey
Anything Goes at Poodles Parlour
Challenge #117 You've Been Framed at All Sorts
Challenge #145 Bold and Bright at One Stop Crafts
Challenge #130 Girlie at Corrosive
Challenge #76 Bling It Up at One Stitch At A Time
Time For Some Bling at Scrappy Frogs
Challenge #124 Photo Inspiration (Colors: Pink and Green) at Cupcake Inspirations
Clean and Simple at Creative Inspirations Paint
Challenge #125 Summer (Colors) at Stamp With Fun
Challenge #76 Pink, Green, Peach and Neutral at The Shabby Tea Room
Challenge #32 Shaped Cards at Mami Doodles
Challenge #27 Circle Shaped Cards at Celebrate The Occasion
HSI#12 Pearls at Heartsong Inspirations
Challenge #5 Digi + The Color Green at Kich N Bleus

Make It Crafty and Whimsy Stamps are Having a Blog Hop

Have you heard?! Whimsy Stamps and Make It Crafty have teamed up for an awesome blog hop! They're showcasing thier new releases, and wow, wow, wow are they fabulous!

There are some fabulous prizes to be had, and some gorgeous eye candy for your viewing pleasure, so you definitely want to head over and hop along!

Find the details at the first stop, here, at Make It Crafty!

Under The Sea

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in the Stamp Insanity blog hop! We appreciate your wonderful support and all those wonderful comments you left for us. Be sure you check out Stamp Insanity to see if you won any free digi's from the hop!

With that out of the way, I just had to tell you about today's new challenge at Stamp Insanity! This fortnight, its Anything Goes! Whoo Hoo! I know how much all of you love that challenge theme, and I must admit, it's one of my favorites, too! Be sure you come on over to Stamp Insanity and play along with us! We love to see your creations!


My card layout uses the sketches at Sketches By Carly and at Corrosive. I've used a purple and blue combo this time. It seemed perfect for this awesome Mermaid image. The image is by Stamp Insanity and is colored with Promarkers. Glitter and sparkle has been added to the image with a clearstar gelly roll pen. I got busy with the punches on this one, too! I used oval and scalloped oval punches by Stampin Up, and a corner punch by EK Success. I absolutely love this layout! It's one of my favorites! The colored crystal accents are Tear Drops by The Robin's Nest.


I'm entering this card in the following challenges:


HSC7 Pantone's Fall Colors at The Hotspot
Anything Goes at AI Factory
The Sea at By The Cute and Girly
Sketch #37 at Sketches By Carly
Challenge #129 Sketch at Corrosive
Anything Goes at One Stitch At A Time
CCH#80 Movies (The Little Mermaid) at The Crazy Challenge
Anything Goes at Whoopsi Daisy
Challenge #17 Bring On The Bling at Bearly Mine Designs
Challenge #60 Sparkly at Wags 'n Whiskers
GL22 Make It Sparkle at Gingerloft
Challenge #70 Scrap Happy at City Crafter
Anything Goes at Try It On Tuesday
Glitter It at Clear It Out
Challenge #72 Sparkles, Shine and Glitter at Meljen's Designs
Challenge #48 Blue at Scrapbook Sisters
Challenge #48 Blue or Blue Green at Crafts And Me
PCJ Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Paper Crafting Journey
Challenge #86 More Than One Diecut at Sassy Studio Designs
Anything Goes at Poodles Parlour
No Sentiments at Crafty Sentiments
A Tween Teen's Dream at Pixie Dust Studio
Challenge #15 Anything Goes at Craft Us Crazy
Challenge #166 Your Song Choice (Mermaid Song) at Rainbow Lady's
Time For Some Bling at Scrappy Frogs

Relaxation Is.....

Thank you to everyone who played in our freebie challenge at Dude Time Doodles! Everyone's entries were fabulous, and we appreciate each and every one of them! We hope to see you back again, for our new challenge, today!

Today, at Dude Time Doodles, we have a fun photo inspiration for you, with a twist. We want to see you create a project using the photo below, and make it sporty.




Look at all of those yummy colors in the photo. So many possibilities to create something fabulous, so get busy creating, and join us at Dude Time Doodles for our photo inspiration challenge, with a sporty twist!

The DT has created some fabulous eye candy for your viewing pleasure. Be sure you hop over to Dude Time Doodles and check out the fabulous inspiration and leave the team some love.

Here is my project below, as August Guest Designer for Dude Time Doodles. He's enjoying some booze and football in Florida! LOL





I had so much fun creating this card. I used the Santi Beaches image from Dude Time Doodles. Santi is one summer break and is all dressed for the beach. I've colored him with Promarkers. He's had glitter and sparkle added to him with a clearstar gelly roll pen. I used a mix of three different papers that were all scraps from my stash, as well as a scrap of green sheer ribbon. The sentiment is computer generated. The image and sentiment are mounted with foam mounting tape for dimension.



I am entering this card in the following challenges:


HSC7 Pantone's Fall Colors at The Hotspot
Anything Goes at AI Factory
Fun In The Sun at One Crazy Stamper
Challenge #15 Glitter and Glitz at Crafter's Companion Monthly
Challenge #64 Tic Tac Toe (Glitter, Stamp & Ribbon) at Alota Rubber Stamps
Dog Days of Summer at Stamp Something
FF#88 Show Us Your Green at If The Shoe Fits
Challenge #60 Sparkly at Wags 'n Whiskers
Challenge #14 Summer Holidays at Cardmadfairy's
Anything Goes at One Stitch At A Time
GL22 Make It Sparkle at Gingerloft
PIO#33 Blue, Blue, Blue at Pile It On
Anything Goes at Whoopsi Daisy
Challenge #25 Bon Voyage (Santi is at the beach and that's where I'd love to be!) at Digistamps4joy
Dog Days of Summer at Stamp Something
Week #144 At The Beach at One Stop Crafts
Challenge #18 One For The Boys at Sparkles Forum
Challenge #53 Anything Goes at Paper Playtime
Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Cards For Men
Challenge #70 Scrap Happy at City Crafter
Glitter It at Clear It Out
Challenge #62 non Stamped Sentiment at Tuesday Throwdown
Color Wheel (Shades of Red/Green and Blue/Orange) at Some Odd Girl
Challenge #72 Sparkles, Shine and Glitter at Meljen's Designs
Three Different Patterned Papers at Whimsie Doodles
Challenge #48 Blue at Scrapbook Sisters
Threads (ribbon) at The Paper Variety
Challenge #5 Digi + The Color Green at Kich N Bleus

Private Ryan Postcard

Daisy's Doodles has a fun new challenge for you, today! A Post Card Challenge! Doesn't that sound like fun?! We're challenging you to make a postcard, or include a postcard on your project! (This is a great time to enter those scrapbook layouts, ladies!)


Be sure to play along with us, for your chance to win a fabulous prize from Daisy's Doodles!

I've created this adorable postcard for you, today, using Private Ryan from Daisy's Doodles. He is colored with Promarkers. The wonderful camo papers are also from Daisy's Doodles. THe sheer green ribbon is from my stash as are the green hand dyed skittles (dew drops) in the upper left corner.


You can find Private Ryan and these fun camo papers available for purchase in the Daisy Doodles Store. Perfect for creating a card for the military man or woman in your life.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


HSC7 Pantone's Fall Colors at The Hotspot
Anything Goes at AI Factory
Challenge #1 Ribbons and Bows at Whimsy Stamps Inspirations
FF#88 Show Us Your Green at If The Shoe Fits
Challenge #93 Round and Round (dew drops) at Totally Gorjuss
Challenge #18 Sports and Hobbies (camping) at My Mum's Craft Shop
Anything Goes at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #18 One For The Boys at Sparkles Forum
Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Cards For Men
Challenge #53 Anything Goes at Paper Playtime
CCH#80 Movies (Saving Private Ryan) at The Crazy Challenge
Anything Goes at Whoopsi Daisy
Challenge #44 Green, Brown and Ivory at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #106 Recipe (3 dew drops, 2 papers, 1 image) at Incy Wincy
Challenge #5 Digi + The Color Green at Kich N Bleus

Hop With Us At Stamp Insanity!

Whooo Hoo! Stamp Insanity is Having a Blog Hop! I Love love love blog hops, so I was very excited to hear we were having one! You Should have arrived here from Tina's Blog. If not, please return to the Stamp Insanity blog, to start at the begging of the hop.

The DT has been hard at work creating some lovely works of art for you to view as you hop along with us! (Maybe you'll win a prize, too, for hopping along!) We were asked to follow a particular sketch and add some flowers.

Here is my creation to show you, today, as you hop along:




I went with the yummy color combo of pink and brown, and used a digi and sentiment from Stamp Insanity. Of course, I used my trusty Promarkers to do the coloring.The flowers, ribbon, gems and pearls are all from my stash. I used clear gems for the flower centers, and accented the ribbon with 3 pink heart shaped pearls

Please be sure to comment on all the DT member's blogs along the way, for a chance to win a fun prize! The entire hop order is listed, below, should you get lost along the way.

Your next stop on the hop is Audrey. I'm sure she will have a fabulous creation to show you, so hop on over and leave her some love!

Thanks, in advance, to all of you for hopping along with us.

Remember, the complete list is below, in case you get off track and need to find your way back.

Happy Hopping!


Stamp Insanity
Tina
Samantha (you are here)
Audrey
Beth
Kelli
Alison
Jane
Kapree
Sugar
Susan



I am entering this card in the following challenges:

HSC7 Pantone's Fall Colors at The Hotspot
Anything Goes at AI Factory
Challenge #82 Flowers at The Pixie Cottage
Challenge #64 Tic Tac Toe (Glitter, Stamp & Ribbon) at Alota Rubber Stamps
Round and Round The Garden (Flowers) at The Poodles Parlour
Challenge #17 One For The Girls at Sparkles Forum
Challenge #31 Flowers at Mami Doodles
Grow Your Own at Papertake Weekly
Best Foot Forward at Creative Card Crew
Your Favorite Embellishment (Flowers) at Jellypark Friends
Challenge #93 Round and Round (Gems for flower centers) at Totally Gorjuss

Let's Go Back To School

It's Terrifically Thrilling Thursday at Shelly's Images, which means challenge time!

As our followers know, we are starting to change the way challenges and featured images work at Shelly's Images. Our featured images and challenge posts will now be incorporated into one post, on a single day, rather than spread out over two days in the week. Some of the challenge themes and featured images were already set, before the decision was made to combine them. So, for a brief period of time, the featured images may not match the challenge theme. Please bear with us while we ease into this adjustment. Everything is starting to come together and we're thrilled with the new format!

Now that I have that out of the way, let me tell you about the new challenge at Shelly's Images! August is almost half over and the schools are gearing up to start back, so what a perfectly fitting challenge team we have for you this week!

Back To School!

Come over to Shelly's Images and show us your back to school projects! You may be our Top hat winner or even land yourself one of our Gold, Silver or Bronze medals, for playing along!

I'm the lucky one to have created the eye candy for you today, for our weekly challenge. My card uses back to this new school paper. I added sparkle to the flourish on the paper with my clearstar gelly roll pen. The black and white polkda dotted brads are from my stash. The images (apple and pencil) and sentiment are from the Kidz Korner at Shelly's Images. The Kidz Korner section are all freebies and the images were drawn by Shelly's daughter, Taylor. If you haven't ever checked out Kidz Korner, be sure you do! Taylor has drawn some cute cute images and they're all free!



I'm entering this card in the following challenges:


August Digi Day at Stamp Something
Coloring at Frosted Designs
Challenge #60 Sparkly at Wags 'n Whiskers
Challenge #74 use A Digi at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #14 Spots and Dots (on the brads) at Stampin' For The Weekend
GL#22 Make It Sparkle at Gingerloft
Challenge #133 Gone Fruity (Apple) at The Crafty Pad
Challenge #15 Glitter and Glitz at Crafter's Companion Monthly
Polka Dots (on the brads) at House of Gilli
Challenge #94 Back To School at Crafty Catz
Challenge #66 School at My Sheri Crafts
Challenge #69 Anything Goes at Raise The Bar
Anything Goes at AI Factory
Challenge #16 Photo Inspiration at Papercrafting Journey
Challenge #106 Something Old (Brads) Something New (Patterned paper) at Incy Wincy
Round and Round The Garden (Worm In Apple) at The Poodles Parlour
Challenge #25 Back To School at Celebrate The Occasion
Challenge #5 School Days at Little Darlings
Challenge #47 Make It Count at Crafts And Me
Challenge #6 School at Floweret
Hot Colors at Crafty Calendar
Challenge #10 Back To School at Heartsong Inspirations
Challenge #5 Digi + The Color Green at Kich N Bleus

You've Caught My Heart!

Are you ready for a new challenge and a new featured image at Shelly's Images? We have an oldie but a goodie for you, today!

Today's featured image is baseball glove, shown below. This was only the second image to be added to the Shelly's Store. How's that for an oldie but a goodie?!






The design team has had so much fun creating with the Baseball Glove image this week. Check out the blog at Shelly's Images to see all the wonderful creations from the DT using Baseball Glove!

Here is my card using today's featured image:





The image, Baseball Glove, from Shelly's Images, is colored with Promarkers. I chose two fun new basbeball papers. I love the red stitching on them! The sentiment, You've Caught My Heart," is computer generated. I used red and white baker's twine through the holed on a heart shaped button that came off an old teddy bear and then tied it in a bow. Then added the button to the center of the Baseball Glove.

This was a fun card and I really like how it turned out. Simple, yet cute, and effective. A great card for the special sports fan in your life!



I am entering this card in the following challenges:


HSC7 Pantone's Fall Colors at The Hotspot
Anything Goes at AI Factory
Anything Goes at Craft us Crazy
August Digi Day at Stamp Something
Coloring at Frosted Designs
Challenge #115 Red Card at All Sorts
Anything Goes at Catch The Bug
Challenge #74 use A Digi at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #27 Stitching Real or Faux (On Paper) at Pattie's Creations
Challenge #16 Clean and Simple at Cards For Men
Challenge #6 Stitching (on paper and on baseballs) at Paper Creations Ink
Challenge #154 Sew Mad (Stitching on DP) at Cupcake Crafts
Challenge #69 Anything Goes at Raise The Bar
Challenge #16 Photo Inspiration at Papercrafting Journey
Challenge #106 Something Old (Button) , Something New (Baseball papers) at Incy Wincy
Challenge #26 Real or Faux Stitching (Stitching on the DP) at The Paper Shelter
Challenge #47 Stitched Up at Sarah Hurley
Challenge #18 Sports and Hobbies at My Mum's Craft Shop

You're Spooktacular

It's freebie challenge time at Dude Time Doodles! I know how you all love freebies, so you aren't going to want to miss out on this one! Hurry on over to Dude Time Doodles, grab the featured freebie image and play along with us for your chance to be a Dude Time Doodles guest designer! (It is so much fun to be a guest designer! Don't miss out on your chance!)

Today's featured freebie is Gavin Ghost from Dude Time Doodles and Bonibleaux Designs. He's a fabulous ghost and so fun to create with!

My card uses the sketch at Sketch N Stash for the card layout. I used a fun mix of these new Halloween papers, and then made a drippy border with the drippy goo punch by Martha Stewart. After all, what's a ghost without some drippy goo?! Gavin Ghost is colored with Promarkers. I did some sponging around the image with yellow and purple inks. The brads are from my stash and were originally black and white.

This brings me to a little tip for you, today. You can alter brads and other bling my coloring them in with alcohol based markers or paints.

I used my Promarkers to alter these brads and make them the colors I needed to match my card.

How's that for a fun tip?!


I'm entering this card in the following challenges:


August Digi Day at Stamp Something
Anything Goes at AI Factory
Challenge #78 Holidays at Totally Paper Crafts
Coloring at Frosted Designs
Anything Goes at Catch The Bug
Challenge #74 use A Digi at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #67 Sketch at Sketch N Stash
HSC7 Pantone's Fall Colors at The Hotspot
Challenge #95 Holiday Fun (Halloween) at Die Cut Dreams
Inspired By: A Tutorial (tutorial on coloring on embellishements with markers) at Creative Inspirations Paint
Challenge #69 Anything Goes at Raise The Bar
Challenge #106 Something Old (Brads) Something New (Halloween papers) at Incy Wincy
Challenge #46 Straight Edges (Tip) at Top Tip Tuesday
Challenge #5 Digi + The Color Green at Kich N Bleus

Stamp Insanity Is Having A Blog Hop! Join us on Aug 13 and Hop Along!

Have you heard?! Stamp Insanity! is having a blog hop! Whoo Hoo! Fun! Fun! Fun! (Can you tell I love blog hops?!)

We really hope you will join us at Stamp Insanity! on Aug 13 and hop along with us!

Remember, Aug 13! Be there!

If The Crown Fits, Wear It Princess

Are you ready for some yummily creative inspiration?! (Yes, Yes, I know Yumily isn't in the dictionary - I just made it up!) Today, we have just that for you, at Daisy's Doodles. The DT has been hard at work to create more fabulous projects for you.

My card today is full of glitter, girlie and sparkle! Perfect for the little princess or your favorite adult princess! I've created this fun card using the Fairytale set from Daisy's Doodles. The images are colored with Promarkers then cut out and mounted with foam mounting tape, for dimension. The edges are trimmed with a fabulous glittered die cut diamond border. I've added gemstone flourishes for more sparkle, and more added bling to the crown and wand. The gemstone flourishes are from my stash. The glittered bored is something new I found at Michael's.

I love this set! It is so much fun to play with! If you love it as much as I do, you can get it for your very own, here, in the Daisy Doodles Store.

Get this set for yourself and make something glittery and girlie for the princess in your life!


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #4 Girly at Little Darlings
Anything Goes at AI Factory
Anything Goes at Craft us Crazy
Challenge #84 Let's Get Sentimental at Sassy Studio Designs
Challenge #48 Beautiful Borders at your Next Stamp
Challenge #17 Monochromatic at My Mum's Craft Shop
August Digi Day at Stamp Something
Coloring at Frosted Designs
Challenge #60 Sparkly at Wags 'n Whiskers
Anything Goes at Catch The Bug
Friendship at Stamp, Scrap and Doodle
Challenge #74 use A Digi at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #17 One For The Girls at Sparkles Forum
GL#22 Make It Sparkle at Gingerloft
Challenge #15 Glitter and Glitz at Crafter's Companion Monthly
Challenge #106 Something Old (Gemstone flourishes) Something New (Glittered Die Cut Border) at Incy Wincy
Challenge #43 Monochromatic at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #69 Anything Goes at Raise The Bar
Challenge #46 Straight Edges at Top Tip Tuesday
Challenge #112 Divas With Glam and Glitter at Passion For Promarkers
Hot Colors at Crafty Calendar

Favorites of The Past

Hey Hey Hey! It's time for a new challenge at Stamp Insanity! We want to see your favorite challenge theme from our past challenges, this time! Whoo Hoo! How's that for a fun one! Any project that fits any of our past challenges, will work!

I've chosen to go with anything goes, for my challenge choice! Gotta love anything goes!

For my card today, I went with a love them. I've used this fabulous image and sentiment by Stamp Insanity. This little cutie is colored with Promarkers. The papers and polka dot ribbon are all from my stash.

You can get this awesome image and sentiment for your very own in the Stamp Insanity Store!


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Photo Inspiration at Jellypark Friends
Challenge #62 Anything Goes at Sew Many Challenges
Week #114 Free and Easy at Allsorts
Challenge #145 Monochromatic at The Secret Crafter
Challenge #105 Monochromatic at Incy Wincy
Challenge #9 Monochromatic at Heartsong Inspirations
Challenge #29 Sizzling Summer at Really Reasonable Ribbon
Anything Goes at Papertake Weekly
Challenge #17 Monochromatic at My Mum's Craft Shop
Best Foot Forward at Creative Card Crew
Anything Goes at AI Factory
Anything Goes at Craft us Crazy
Challenge #84 Let's Get Sentimental at Sassy Studio Designs

Have You Seen my Hen?

Are you feeling like chicken tonight?! Then we have the perfect thing for you, today, for Marvelous Monday at Shelly's Images!

Today, we are featuring Hen, available on sale for a special price today only, in the Shelly's Images Store.

I became quite attached to this cute little hen while creating with her, and I felt like calling her her just "hen," was too impersonal. So, I gave my hen a name! I'm calling my hen Gertrude, and this is what I did with her:

Gertrude and I worked together to make this cute card. I wanted to go with a country type look, because this hen reminds me of how my grandparents raised chickens when I was little. The papers are all from my stash. I love polka dots and they're very "country" to me, so I went with polka dot papers. The metallic ribbon is from my stash. I added a strip of ribbon and then added two cute little bows. The redish colored buttons across the bottom are also from my stash. My hen, Gertrude, is colored with Promarkers.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Things With Wings at Little Claire's
Polka Dots at House of Gilli
Challenge #62 Buttons and Bows at Truly Scrumptious
Challenge #62 Anything Goes at Sew Many Challenges
Circles at Frosted Designs
Challenge #59 Buttons and Bows at Wags 'n Whiskers
Photo Inspiration at Jellypark Friends
Week #114 Free and Easy at Allsorts
Challenge #50 On The Farm at 2 Sisters
Challenge #33 Anything Goes at Happileigh Scrappin
Anything Goes at Papertake Weekly
Anything Goes at AI Factory
Challenge #77 Things With Wings at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #45 Circle Crazy at The Paper Variety
Challenge #105 Dots or Stripes at Hanna and Friends
Challenge #15 Glitter and Glitz (Metallic ribbon) at Crafter's Companion Monthly