I'm Nuts About You!

Are you ready for another Terrifically Thrilling Thursday and a new challenge at Shelly's Images?! Today is another of the oh so fun "Designer's Choice" weeks, where we, the DT, get to choose whatever image we want. This is extra special for you, because it means that ALL the images featured by the DT today are on sale, for a special price, in the Shelly's Images Store! Whoo Hoo! How's that for a bargain?! Remember, though, the special price is ONLY for today!

Our challenge theme this week is, Text me! That means we want to see Text/sentiments on your projects! How's that for an easy one?!

My project, today, uses the Sketch at Lia Stampz, as my card layout. I'm using this adorable little squirrel image, Nuts About You, by Shelly's Images. It reminds me so much of all the squirrels I see in my front yard in the mornings. I've been saving stale bread to feed them, and they're starting to come out in force in the mornings! I love watching them carry off an entire slice of bread! LOL! So cute! Anyway, I've colored this squirrel with Promarkers. All papers are scraps from my stash, as are the gold metal glittered brads. Ribbon is brand new. The sentiment is punched with a punch by EK Success.



I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #1 Sketch at Lia Stampz
Anything Goes at Bizzy Becs
Challenge #72 Something Forgotten (gold glittered brads) at Truly Scrumptious
Challenge #57 What's New Pussycat (Ribbon) at Crafty Ann's
Challenge #154 Something for The Boys at The Crafty Pad
Challenge #88 "Ring" In The New Year (circles on DP) at Raise The Bar
Challenge #77 New Things (Ribbon) at My Sheri Crafts
Challenge #33 At The Movie (Mixed Nuts) at Fairy Tale Challenge
Challenge #97 Round and Round (On DP) at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #78 Circles (On DP) at Sew Many Cards Challenges
Challenge #58 Celebratory (Valentine’s Day) at Bee Crafty
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #24 Die Cuts at The Stamping Boutique
Challenge #2 Anything Goes at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #86 Die Cuts at Sentimental Sundays
Challenge #91 Love at I Did It Creations
Challenge #71 Valentine's/Love at Wags -n Whiskers
Challenge #41 Recycling at Timbroscrapmania
Challenge #24 Animals at Dream Valley
Include An Animal at Stamp-n-Doodle
Non Traditional Colors at Paper And Such Online
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #16 Polka Dots (Polka Dots on Embossed green panel) at Little Darlings
Challenge #23 Pearls or Bling at Whimsy Inspirations
For The Men at Totally Stampalicious
Challenge #72 Something Forgotten (Gold Glitter Brads) at Truly Scrumptious
Valentines/Love at The Poodles Parlour
Challenge #176 All You Need Is Love at Cupcake Craft Challenges
Challenge #124 Warm Colors at Pollycraft
TSG140 Love Is In The Air at There She Goes Clear Stamps
PPMC23 Valentine's at Paper Pretties
CAS at Crafter's Cafe Challenge Blog
Include An Animal at Stamp-n-Doodle
Challenge #105 Love/Kisses at The Pixie Cottage
Challenge #35 One For The Boys at Digistamps4Joy
Challenge #24 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #37 Valentines at Let's Craft And Create
Valentine's Day/Show Us Some Love At The Crafty Purple Frog

Buckle Me Up a Santa Claus

Time for another card, again! This one is for Day 7 of the 12 Days of Christmas at Catch The Bug. The challenge is to take inspiration from the posted photo. I used the colors and the pine from the photo.

I made this card for my cousin - She loves bling.

My card uses the Sketch at Seems A Little Sketchy. I love love love this sketch! My image is from Bugaboo Stamps and colored with Promarkers. I mounted this cute santa on a scalloped circle with foam mounting tape. He's had glitter and sparkle added to his beard and the tree, with a clearstar gelly roll pen. The mix of papers make this a fun card. I used a silver ribbon slider, a fun green and silver metal brad and some sparkly gemstones to embellish the card. The ribbon is from my stash.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #1 Sketch at Seems A Little Sketchy
Day 7 Photo Inspiration) of 12 Days of Christmas at Catch The Bug
Challenge #84 Your Favorite Embellishments (Gemstones, ribbon slider) at Speedy The Cat's Friends
Holiday Card at Stamp, Scrap and Doodle
Challenge #68 Punches or Dies at 2 Sisters
Challenge #138 CASE A DT Member (I CASEd Linda's card, using the red, green and white color combo) at Corrosive
Challenge #16 Anything Goes With Ribbon at The Ribbon Reel
Challenge #11 Anything Goes at Crafty Boots
Cut It Out at Paper Makeup Stamps
Challenge #93 It's Santa at Sassy Cheryl's
Challenge #39 Make It Shine (Glitter) at Mami Doodles
Christmas at Bizzy Becs
Holiday/Winter at The Stamping Boutique
Challenge #28 Christmas With Sparkle at Creatalicious
Challenge #57 Christmas at Bee-Crafty
The Queen's Royal Digi Challenge #3 Christmas and Winter Wonderland at The Scrapbooking Queen
Anything Goes at Papertake Weekly
Christmas Photomontage at Simon Says Stamp
GL30 Christmas and Winter at Gingerloft
Challenge #68 Merry Christmas at Penny's Paper Crafty
Challenge #99 Last Minute Christmas Cards at The Pixie Cottage
Challenge #120 Christmas Fun at Pollycraft
Challenge #132 Winter and Christmas at Creative Belli Blog
IIC#36 Use Ribbon at Inky Impressions
Holiday Spirit at Dude Time Doodles
Challenge #35 Traditional Christmas at My Mum's Craft Shop
FaLaLaLaLa (Here Comes Santa Claus)at The Paper Variety
Challenge #74 Photo Inspiration (Tree) at Papercraft Star
Tis The Season at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #74 Photo Inspiration (Tree) at Papercraft Star
Challenge #14 Photo Inspiration (Christmas) at Jay Gee's Nook
Challenge #104 Glitter and Bling at Pixie Dust Studio
Challenge #127 Last Minute Christmas at Moving Along With The Times
Challenge #55 Christmas Bingo (Glitter, Tree and Silver) at Crafty Ann's
Challenge #21 It's Cold Outside at The Crafty Purple Frog
Challenge #123 Winter Cards at Hanna and Friends
Challenge #182 Trees and Baubles at Rainbow Lady's
Challenge #38 Bow at Timbroscrapmania
Challenge #14 Bling It Up (Gemstones, Brad, Ribbon Slider) at Paper Creations Ink
Challenge #57 Christmas at Bee-Crafty
The Queen's Royal Digi Challenge #3 Christmas and Winter Wonderland at The Scrapbooking Queen
Holiday/Winter at The Stamping Boutique
Challenge #49 Bling It On (Gemstones, Brad, Ribbon Slider) at Pile It On
Challenge #14 Photo Inspiration (Christmas) at Jay Gee's Nook
Christmas Images and Colors at Truly Madly Crafty
Glitter at Frosted Designs
Show Your Christmas Bling at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #8 X-Travagant Christmas at Delicious Doodles
Challenge #85 Clean and Simple at Phindy's Place
Photo Inspiration at Crafty Sprouts
Christmas at Paper Crafting Journey
Challenge #86 Nature (Christmas Tree) at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #49 Something Old (Santa Claus And bling from my stash) at Do You Stack Up
Challenge #16 Family Christmas (Card for cousin) at Little Claire's Designs

Of Course I Hung My Stockings

I'm breaking Stella out for my Day 4 Card for The 12 Days of Christmas at Catch The Bug. The theme for day 4 is to add a bird to your project. I admit,I had to get creative with this one!

My card uses the Sketch at Skipping Stones Designs for the layout. I used this fun Christmas image of the oh so wonderful Stella and matching sentiment, from Bugaboo Stamps. She is colored with Promarkers. I went with non traditional colors this time. I found these fun papers in my stash and new they'd make a great card! Stella looks wonderful in purples and blues, doesn't she? The purple and white trim and the metal snowflake brad are also from my stash. I used a Martha Stewart punch to punch out these pretty doves then embossed them with the Snowflakes Cuttlebug folder. Once embossed, I inked them with blue pearlescent ink. (Told you I had to get creative to be able to add a bird to my project!) The sentiment is punched with oval and scalloped oval punches. I attached the image, the birds and the sentiment with foam mounting tape for dimension


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Sketch at Skipping Stones Designs
Day 4 (Bird) of The 12 Days of Christmas at Catch The Bug
Challenge #57 Christmas at Bee-Crafty
The Queen's Royal Digi Challenge #3 Christmas and Winter Wonderland at The Scrapbooking Queen
Challenge #28 Christmas With Sparkle at Creatalicious
Holiday/Winter at The Stamping Boutique
Christmas at Bizzy Becs
Challenge #120 Christmas Fun at Pollycraft
Challenge #39 Make It Shine (Glitter) at Mami Doodles
GL30 Christmas and Winter at Gingerloft
Challenge #95 Let It Snow (Snowflakes blue DP and on brad) at Totally Paper Crafts
Challenge #29 Christmas at Fairy Tale challenge
Challenge #86 Christmas at Raise The Bar
Holiday Card at Stamp, Scrap & Doodle
Challenge #84 Your Favorite Embellishments (Brads) at Speedy The Cat's Friends
Challenge #68 Punches or Dies at 2 Sisters
Challenge #14 Non Traditional Christmas Colors at Emerald Faerie Garden
Challenge #49 Bling It On (Brad) at Pile It On
Challenge #150 Punch It (At Least 3 Punched Shapes) at The Crafty Pad
Challenge #123 Non Traditional Christmas Colors at Incy Wincy
TSG133 Photo Inspiration (Lots of Purple) at There She Goes Clear Stamps
Snowflakes (On blue DP and on brad) at Whoopsi Daisy
Snow (Snowflakes on brad) at Totally Stampalicious
Anything Goes at Papertake Weekly
Tis The Season at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #77 Celebrate The Season at Tuesday Throwdown
Challenge #45 Holiday Greetings at Party Time Tuesday
Challenge #42 Christmas No Green at Celebrate the Occasion
Christmas Photomontage (Stockings) at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #68 Merry Christmas at Penny's Paper Crafty
Challenge #99 Last Minute Cards at The Pixie Cottage
Challenge #132 Winter and Christmas at Creative Belli Blog
Challenge #67 Beat The Winter Blues at Prairie Fairy
Challenge #102 Christmas in Non Traditional Colors at Sassy Studio Designs
Challenge #127 Last Minute Christmas at Moving Along With The Times
Challenge #25 Un-Traditional Christmas at Bearly Mine Designs
Christmas at Paper Crafting Journey

Old World Santa

Good morning everyone! I'm here early, today, to show you a new project! I've decided to play in the12 Days of Christmas at Catch The Bug because I love love love Bugaboo Stamps! I'm not sure I will have enough time to complete all 12 days, as I have a hectic schedule the next two week. But, I at least want to play in as many days as I can.

My project, today is for Day 1 of the 12 Days of Christmas. For Day 1, we are asked to use a tree on our project.

I'm using the Sketch at Hanna and Friends for my card layout. This adorable image is Old World Santa, from Bugaboo Stamps. He is too too cute! Santa is colored with Promarkers. I've added glitter and sparkle to him with a clearstar gelly roll pen, and snow to the tree, with liquid pearls. I've used one of my favorite embellishments, metal brads, to embellish two of the corners. The brads have a beautiful Old World style to them, so they were just perfect to highlight Old World Santa. The sentiment is by Sentiments 4 You and has been punched with oval and scalloped oval punches. All papers are scraps from my stash, as are the brads.The image and sentiment are mounted with foam mounting tape for dimension.


I used this fun photo from Just Inspirational Challenges for my inspiration.




I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Day 1: (Tree) Of The 12 Days of Christmas at Catch The Bug
Challenge #138 CASE A DT Member (I CASEd Kellie's card, using the red and a santa) at Corrosive
Challenge #14 Photo Inspiration (Christmas) at Jay Gee's Nook
CIC#41 Christmas at Clearly I Stamp
Christmas/Holiday at One Crazy Stamper
Challenge #57 Christmas at Bee-Crafty
Challenge #120 Christmas Fun at Pollycraft
Holiday/Winter at The Stamping Boutique
Challenge #28 Christmas With Sparkle at Creatalicious
Challenge #54 One For The Lads at Lexi's Creations
Challenge #16 Anything Goes With Ribbon at The Ribbon Reel
Challenge #13 Winter Wonderland at Hooked On Crafts
Anything Goes at Crafty Boots
Challenge #76 Masculine Holiday at Tuesday Throwdown
Anything Goes Christmas at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #139 Go Green at Digital Tuesday
Challenge #85 Santa Claus Is Coming at City Crafter
Challenge #170 Santa Claus at Everybody-Art
Challenge #44 Anything Goes at Party Time Tuesdays
Challenge #67 Tie One On (ribbon) at Penny's Paper-Crafty
Let It Snow at Delightful Challenges
Show Us Your Ornaments (on 2 brads) at The Paper Variety
Challenge #33 Merry Christmas (No Animals) at Digi Stamps 4 Joy
Challenge #95 Bundle Up For Winter at Kaboodle Doodles
Challenge #85 Lots of Sparkle at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #42 Winter Holiday Sentiments at Aud Sentiments
Challenge #55 Christmas Bingo (Glitter, Tree, Gold Ribbon) at Crafty Ann's
Challenge #122 Sketch at Hanna and Friends
Challenge #48 Ribbon at Do You Stack Up
Challenge #101 Christmas With Sparkle at Sassy Studio Designs
Challenge #95 Let It Snow at Totally Papercrafts
Anything Goes at Catch The Bug
Cold and Frosty at Crafty Calender
Challenge #29 Christmas at Fairy Tale challenge
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
Holiday Card at Stamp, Scrap & Doodle
Challenge #163 Photo Inspiration (Christmas) at The Secret Crafter
Challenge #160 Let It Snow at One Stop Crafts
Photo inspiration at Just Inspirational Challenges
The Queen's Royal Digi Challenge #3 Christmas and Winter Wonderland at The Scrapbooking Queen
GL30 Christmas and Winter at Gingerloft
Challenge #39 Make It Shine (Glitter) at Mami Doodles
Christmas at Bizzy Becs
Challenge #1 Celebrate (christmas)at Chocolate, Coffee and Cards
Challenge #84 Your Favorite Embellishments at Speedy The Cat's Friends
Challenge #27 Christmas or Red Green and White at Heartsong Inspirations
Challenge #9 Is It Snowing at Sweet Stampin'
Challenge #68 Punches or Dies at 2 Sisters
Challenge #139 Photo Inspiration (Christmas) at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #87 Anything Goes + Glitter at Craft Your Passion
Snow at Totally Stampalicious
Challenge #96 Anything Goes at The Crazy Challenge
Challenge #27 Christmas or Red Green and White at Heartsong Inspirations
Anything Goes at Crafty Boots
Challenge #22 Red and Gold (Gold Ribbon) at House of Gilli

Christmas Penguin

Here I am, again, with one more card for today. Again, going with the black, silver and bling combination. My card layout uses the Sketch at Fetch A Sketch. The image is by Bugaboo Stamps. I've colored the image with Promarkers. The paper is a scrap from my stash. I also used a small scrap of black embossed paper with splashes of silver, leftover from a card I posted earlier, today. I tied silver metallic twine around the card, and around the small scrap of black and silver paper. I just love all these bows made with the twine! The buttons are recycled from an old shirt I threw away on one of my cleaning sprees. The image has had glitter and sparkle added with a clearstar gelly roll pen. I finished off the card by adding some bling with these silver metal snowflakes. I figured I didn't need to add an additional sentiment, since they're printed all over my DP.

This is a card for my favorite aunt, who loves penguins!


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Silver, Black and Bling at Catch The Bug
Challenge #42 Winter Holiday Sentiments (On DP) at Aud Sentiments
For Someone Special at Crafty Purple Frog
Christmas at The Poodles Parlour
Challenge #94 Christmas at Totally Paper Crafts
Challenge #29 Christmas at Fairy Tale challenge
Challenge #81 A Sprinkling of Snow at Phindy's Place
Anything Goes Christmas at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #76 Twine at Sew Many Challenges
Challenge #108 Sparkle at Totally Gorjuss
Challenge #83 Make It Masculine at Speedy The Cat's Friends
Challenge #34 Buttons or Bows at Craft Your Days Away
Challenge #67 Holiday at 2 Sisters
Challenge #90 Seeing Red at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #138 Photo Inspiration at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #18 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow at Crafter's Companion Monthly
Challenge #4 Photo Inspiration) at Truly Madly Crafty
Repeat Impressions DCC1123 Designer’s Choice Challenge
Challenge #95 Bundle Up For Winter at Kaboodle Doodles
Holiday/Winter at The Stamping Boutique
GL30 Christmas and Winter at Gingerloft
Challenge #16 Banner Or Buttons at Heart Song Inspirations
Challenge #139 Go Green at Digital Tuesday
Challenge #92 Winter at Sassy Cheryl's
Challenge #21 Sparkle at Dream Valley Challenges
Challenge #120 Christmas Fun at Pollycraft
Challenge #86 Tis The Season at Craft Your Passion
Challenge #54 One For The Lads at Lexi's Creations
Challenge #16 Anything Goes At The Ribbon Reel
Challenge #13 Winter Wonderland at Hooked On Crafts
Anything Goes at Crafty Boots
Challenge #76 Masculine Holiday at Tuesday Throwdown
Challenge #13 C as (Christmas) at Deep Ocean
Challenge #67 Tie One On at Penny's Paper-Crafty
Let It Snow at Delightful Challenges
Challenge #42 Anything Goes at The Paper Shelter
Challenge #85 Lots of Sparkle at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #16 For The Men at Here Come The Boys
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #34 Keeping Warm at My Mum's Craft Shop
The Queen's Royal Digi Challenge #3 Christmas and Winter Wonderland at The Scrapbooking Queen
Challenge #12 Sketch at Fetch A Sketch.

Kenny K Christmas

I was so excited to see that Kenny K's Krafty Girlz is having a DT call! It's always been my dream to be on the Kenny K DT, ever since I discovered his stamps! I applied once before and didn't make it.... But, you know what they say, if at first you don't succeed Try try, again!

And so, I have to try, again!

Here is my DT call submission:





I've been into shaped cards, lately, and the tee pee card is one of my favorites! I love that it is 3 dimensional and sphere shaped so that it stands up independently so all 3 sides can be decorated. These also make great centerpieces for holidays and parties. I'm going to be giving this card to a coworkers granddaughter for Christmas.

This tee pee is 5" tall. The card closes with a very thin velcro oval by Tombow. I'm using Kenny K's Hot Weave image, colored with Promarkers. She's had glitter and sparkle added with a clearstar gelly roll pen. All papers are scraps from my stash.

I made a triangle shaped banner with polka dot paper and pink and white baker's twine, then stretched it around the top of the tee pee on all three sides. The banner has silver metal snowflakes attached to each triangle. The sentiment is by Sentiments 4 You and is punched with oval and scalloped oval punches. I've added some punched branches of greenery behind the sentiment. The image and sentiment are attached with foam mounting tape for Dimension. The red DP has snowflakes on it

I am entering this card for kids in the following DT call:

Kenny K's Krafty Girlz DT Call


I am also adding this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #32 Mix and Match It at My Mum's Craft Shop
Challenge #70 Kidz Rule at Kenny K's Krafty Girlz
Challenge #40 Snowflakes at The Paper Shelter
Challenge #125 Let It Snow (Snowflakes on banner and on red DP) at Moving Along With The Times
Challenge #120 Christmas Fun at Pollycraft
Challenge #13 Christmas Theme at Paper Creations Ink
Challenge #28 Christmas With Sparkle at Creatalicious
Die Cuts at Frosted Designs
Challenge #67 Christmas at Wags 'n Whiskers
Challenge #8 Christmas Cards at Floweret
Challenge #62 Snowflakes at Crafty Emma's
Holiday/Winter at The Stamping Boutique
Challenge #66 Let It Sparkle at Two Sisters
Challenge #47 Anything With A "P" (punches) at Pile It On
Challenge #36 CAS Christmas at Really Reasonable Ribbon
Challenge #18 Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow at Crafter's Companion Monthly
Challenge #12 Something Punched at Hooked On Crafts
Challenge #83 Red and Green at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #46 Shaped Cards at Paper Play
Challenge #37 Three Dimensional at Timbroscrapmania
Challenge #15 Shaped Cards at Little Claire's
Christmas Crackers at Papertake Weekly
Challenge #61 More Than One Fold at Top Tip Tuesday
Challenge #169 Christmas Card a Everybody-Art
Challenge #24 Favorite Things (Tee Pee cards, Punches, Banners) at Bearly Mine Challenges
Metal (Metal Snowflake) at Crafty Sentiments
Challenge #138 Sparkle And Shine at Digital Tuesday
Christmas Girls at By The Cute and Girly

Naughty Or Nice? Santa's Watching!

Are you ready for a fun new challenge at Stamp Insanity?!

This fortnight, we have an ABC challenge! What is an ABC challenge, you ask? It's Anything But A Card! These are so fun because it gives us a chance to do other things! Make tags, treat bags, or alter an item! So many fun possibilities! And the holidays are fast approaching, so you can even get a head start on those handmade gifts!

Come and show us how you do your ABC's at Stamp Insanity!

I found this locker sized corkboard in the dollar bin at Target and figured I could do something with it. I've had it for a few months, just sitting here, still in the package. I had no clue what I was going to do with it. And then this challenge came up, and I instantly thought of this lonely little corkboard just screaming for attention! I felt bad for it, so I decided to unwrap it and play with it! LOL

I tied some fun Christmas ribbon (From my stash) around the top of the corkboard. Then made a naughty and nice list and attached them to the board. The sentiment and image from from the Naughty or Nice set from Stamp Insanity. The adorable santa dressed Morgan is colored with Promarkers. I added Glitter and sparkle to her with a clearstar gelly roll pen, then attached her and the Naughty or Nice sentiment with foam mounting tape. The bulb and Christmas tree embellishments are brads from my stash.

This board is going to be fun to hang up for Christmas! Are you naughty or nice?! Come play along with us at Stamp Insanity to get yourself on the "Nice" list, for Christmas!


I am entering this project in the following Challenges:


Challenge #26 Anything Goes at Creatalicious
Challenge #77 Hats Off at Raise The Bar
Challenge #94 Book Or Movie Title (Movie - Bad Santa) at Pixie Dust Studio
Brads at The Poodles Parlour
Fussy Ctting at Frosted Designs
Challenge #39 Anything Goes at Crafts 4 Eternity
Challenge #17 Too Early For Christmas? at Cardmad Fairy's
Anything Goes at Catch The Bug
Challenge #56 Totally Gorjuss/Pretty Girls at Crafty Emma's
Anything But A Card at Stamp, Scrap & Doodle
Challenge #82 Use A Digi at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #21 Something Sparkly at Sparkles Forum
Challenge #79 Anything Goes with Ribbon at Craft Your Passion
Challenge #46 Anything Goes at Woodware USA
Challenge #9 Anything But A Card at Hooked On Crafts
Challenge #138 Create A Crafty Decoration at Crafty Creations
Challenge #78 Fabulous Fun + Any Other F Word (Fir Tree Brads) at Cooking It Up With Katie
Week #120 Alter Something That Is Not Square (Mine has rounded corners) at Passion For Promarkers
Make it Dimensional at Delightful Challenges
Challenge #94 Anything But A Card at Pixie Dust Studio
Challenge #123 Bright Colors at C.R.A.F.T
Challenge #18 Anything Goes at Heartsong Inspirations

A Fairy Special Birthday

Today, I'm very excited to announce that I'm going to be a guest designer for the month of September, at Corrosive! Whoo Hoo! Thanks so much, ladies for giving me this opportunity!

Our challenge at Corrosive, this fortnight, is funny or punny. We want to see your funny sentiments or use a pun on your projects. This is wide open for interpretation so have fun and play along with us at Corrosive for your chance at prized from Dude Time Doodles and
Paper Makeup Stamps. You have two weeks to play along in this challenge, so there's no use to come over and play with us!

And now, I'm thrilled to show you my first guest DT card:




My card layout follows the sketch at Papertake Weekly. This cute little fairy image is by Paper Makeup Stamps. I've colored her with Promarkers and added glitter and sparkle with a clearstar gelly roll pen. All papers are from my stash. I used this new lavender crochet trim, as well as a stick pin I made using pearls and bows. The sentiment says "A Fairy Special Birthday." (Sorry the easel is covering up the word Birthday on the bottom right corner. I didnt realize that when I posted the pic.)


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #74 Fantasy/Fairytale at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #36 For A Girl at Aud Sentiments
Birthdays at The Crafty Purple Frog
Challenge #37 Happi Birthday at Happileigh Scrappin'
Challenge #41 It's a 3-2-1 Challenge (3 papers, 2 embellishemtns: pearls and crochet trim, 1 image) at Woodware Usa
Challenge #6 Things With Wings at Hooked on Crafts
Sketchy Time at Papertake Weekly
Anything Goes at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #72 All Dressed Up at City Crafter
Birthday at The Stamping Boutique
Challenge #61 Photo Inspiration (Colors) at Penny's Paper Crafty
Challenge #115 Anything Goes at Passion For Promarkers
Favorite Image at Whimsie Doodles
1,2,3 It's Easy As.... (1 image, 2 sentiment blocks, 3 bows) at My Mum's Craft Shop
Hot Summer and Bright Colors at Kelley's Kids
Challenge #36 For A Girl at Aud Sentiments
Challenge #48 Bling and Sparkle at Sarah Hurley
Celebration (Birthday) at Fussy and Fancy
Challenge #60 Inspired By A Book (The Fairy's Song) at Prairie Fairy
Challenge #29 Birthdays at Pattie's Creations
Digi Days at Stamp Something
Challenge #127 The Sky's The Limit at Stamptacular Sunday
Challenge #78 Use A Digi at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #126 Photo Inspiration (Colors) at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #36 B Is For... (Bows) at Pile It On
Challenge #71 Girly Girls at I Did It Creations
Let's Bling It at Whoopsi Daisy
All Things Bright and Beautiful at By The Cute and Girly
Here Come The Girls at Ellephantastic

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

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

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'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

Pretty Pastels

Happy Independence Day! Not only is it Independence Day, but it's also Marvelous Monday at Shelly's Images!

Today's featured image is Carnations, from Shelly's Images. This beauty comes two ways, withe the regular ribbon and then with the Patriotic theme. When you buy this fabulous digi, you get both versions for one price! Whoo Hoo! How's that for a bargain?!


This gorgeous Carnations digi is available for a special price, today only, in the Shelly's Images Store.

I created my card today for a very dear lady who's going through treatment for a medical condition and can use some cheering up. I went with pink and green pastels for summer and colored the image with Promarkers. All papers are from my stash. The brads are made with matching paper using my Itop bradmaker. (First time I've used it and I love, love, love it!) My card layout uses the sketches at Card Positioning Systems and at Priscilla's Styles.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


CPS#225 Sketch at Card Positioning Systems
Challenge #72 Include Flowers at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #20 Layers at Iris' Spot
Show Us your Flowers at Hooked On Crafts
Challenge #2 Flowers at Deep Ocean
Challenge #109 Gardening (Flowers) at C.R.A.F.T
Challenge #65 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #26 Ice Cream Colors (Lime sherbert and strawberry) at Charisma Cardz
Embellish It (Brads) at AI Factory
Challenge #44 Circle Frenzy at Sarah Hurley
Challenge #44 Get Well/Thinking Of You/Just Because at Crafty Ann's
Challenge #26 Squares at Do You Stack Up
Digi Day at Stamp Something
Challenge #57 Summertime (Summer colors, flowers) at Wags 'n Whiskers
Challenge #141 Here Comes Summer (summer colors, flowers) at The Secret Crafter
Anything Goes at Catch The Bug
Challenge #118 Seeing Double (Two Brads) at Stamptacular Sunday
Challenge #29 Heavy Metal (metal brads made with the Itop) at Mami Doodles
Week #110 Free and Easy at All Sorts
Summer Flowers at Scrappy Frogs
Challenge #69 Use A Digi at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #111 Sketch at Priscilla's Styles.
Anything Goes at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #29 Frame It at Happileigh Scrappin'
Challenge #2 Favorite Color Combo (Pink and Green) at Little Darlings
Anything Goes at MyGrafico

Seeing Red at Craft Your Passion

It's challenge time, again, at Craft Your Passion. This time, we want to see the color red on your project! This is an easy one, folks, so there is no reason not to join us this week! Be sure you link up a project and play along with us for your chance to win some goodies from our featured sponsors,Lauretta's Digital Stamps and CocoDingo!


For my project, I did an altered notecard holder. Actually, you can use it to hold most any kind of paper, recipe card, photo, etc. I plan to use it in my kitchen to hold recipe cards when I try new recipes. I found the notecard holder in the clearance bin at Michael's and decided to alter it. It was a fun project and very easy to do! The image is flower boot by Lauretta's Digital Stamps and is colored with Promarkers.


I am entering this altered notecard holder in the following challenges:


Simply Red at Scrappy Frogs
Anything Goes at Mygrafico
Challenge #116 Favorite Ice Cream Combos (Pistachio and chocolate with strawberries) at Digital Tuesday
Challenge #147 Anything Goes at Everybody-Art
All About Keeping it Simple at Clear It Out
Challenge #71 Anything Goes at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #41 Anything Goes at Scrapbook Sisters
Something Old (Image), Something New (Note Card Clip) at Sweet Stampin
In The Garden at Timbroscrapmania
Challenge #42 Anything But Square at Crafty Emma's
Challenge #29 Heavy Metal (metal notecard clip) at Mami Doodles