Fall Friends

Are you ready for another Terrifically Thrilling Thursday?! I hope so, because it's time for a new challenge, today, at Shelly's Images?! This time, it's all about layers! We want you to pile them on and show them off! That's right, lots of layers! We want to see at least 4 layers on your card or project.

There's a prize to be won, as well as our highly sought after Gold, Silver and Bronze medals!

These medals are selected from the DT's Top 3. Each medal winner receives a buy one image get one free coupon for the Shelly's Images Store!

Our random winner, called our Top Hat winner, wins an image of their choice from the Shelly's Images Store!

There are several chances to win, so come on over and play along!

My card today, features today's featured image and sentiment are from the Fall Friends set, from Shelly's Images. (Available today, only, for a special price, in the Shelly's Images Store.) The image is colored with Promarkers, with the exception of the Jack O' Lantern's Face - I colored that with a yellow highlighter so the Jack O' Lantern would look like it's lit up. His face is popped up with foam mounting tape for dimension and 3D effect. I used a scrap of this fun leaf print paper, a scrap of striped ribbon and some buttons, all in fall colors, from my stash. I recycled the buttons from old clothing I threw away.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #83 Anything Goes at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #131 Photo Inspiration (Halloween) at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #76 Anything Goes at I Did It Creations
Royal Digi Challenge #1 (Halloween) at The Scrapbooking Queen
Challenge #26 Anything Goes at Creatalicious
Challenge #67 Pumpkins at Fresh Brewed Designs
Halloween at Clear It Out
Challenge #29 Slugs, Snails and Puppydog Tails at Southern Girls
Challenge #87 Animals at Totally Papercrafts
Halloween or Fall at Fussy and Fancy
Challenge #152 Anything Goes at One Stop Crafts
Halloween at Two Sisters
Challenge #76 Anything Goes at Sentimental Sundays
Challenge #41 Just Because at Pile It On
GL26 The Color Orange at Gingerloft
Challenge #22 Halloween at The Sparkles Forum
Challenge #35 Mother Nature at Mami Doodles
Challenge #76 Anything Goes at I Did It Creations
TPE 120 Photo Inspiration (Pumpkin) at The Pink Elephant
Challenge #163 Halloween at Cupcake Crafts
Challenge #114 Boys, Boys, Boys at Pollycraft
Challenge #52 Critters at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #67 Pumpkins at Fresh Brewed Designs
Challenge #55 Use DP's at Top Tip Tuesday
Fall Into Color at Stamping With The Dragon
Spooky Fun at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #163 Halloween at Everybody-Art
Halloween at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #56 Orange at Crafts And Me
Challenge #91 Dark and Spooky at The Pixie Cottage
Challenge #87 Autumnal Colors at I Love Promarkers
Repeat Impressions DCC1012 Designer’s Choice Challenge
PWC175 Halloween Inspiration at Paper Pretties
Challenge #27 Remind You Of A Song (Jack O’ Lantern Dreams) at My Mum's Craft Shop
Challenge #35 We Love Animals (Cat) at The Paper Shelter
Challenge #115 Halloween at Hanna and Friends
Challenge #41 Use Your Scraps at Do You Stack Up
Challenge #41 Falling Leaves (on DP) at Crop Stop
Challenge #174 Falling Leaves at Rainbow Lady's Challenges
Challenge #80 Use A Ribbon at Meljen's Designs
Fall at Making It With Meslyn
Challenge #10 Fall Colors at Deep Ocean

I Played With Honeycomb Because I Carrot For You!

I'm finally getting a chance to sit down and play with some of the new goodies I bought at the Scrapbook Expo in Columbus on March 25th.

If you haven't ever seen the new image sets and honeycomb paper from Inky Antics, you really need to check it out! They are awesome!

Remember those honeycomb bells and other decoration you can buy for weddings?! Well now, you can make your own with the new honeycomb paper! Whoo Hoo!

My card today uses HoneyPop Easter set from Inky Antics, and the new honeycomb paper in orange and green.




Here, above, is the front of my card. I made this card for a male friend, but it would also make a great card for a child. I went with green, for my Easter card. The DP is from my stash. I distressed the edges of the DP with distress ink and a sponge applicator. The green cardstock panel is dry. embossed with a leaf pattern. I've used antique brass brads and a fancy metal spiral paperclip to embellish the corners of the embossed panel. The layout uses the sketch at Simon Says Stamp. The sentiment and rabbits are from the Inky Antics set. I punched it out using oval and scalloped oval punches by Stampin Up. Then, sponged around it in green ink and attached it to the card using foam mounting tape. The rabbit on the outside is also mounted with foam mouthing tape.

Here is the inside of my card:



Don't you just love how that cute little carrot pops right out at you as you open it? The bunny on the inside is from the Inky Antics set. I added sponging with green ink on the inside, and stamped some grass.

All images are highlighted with a tea green Promarker, with a touch of gray added to the ears.

I hope you enjoy this cute card as much I enjoyed making it!

I am entering this card in the following challenge:


Challenge #41 Cook It Up (Carrot inside) at Fresh Brewed Designs
Challenge #112 Bunnies at Crafty Creations
Challenge #80 Easter at Fun With Shapes and More
Challenge #5 Easter or Spring at Craft Us Crazy
Challenge #85 Easter at Paper Cutz
Challenge #40 Do It Yourself ( i cut out and pieced that carrot! LOL) at Simply Create
Anything Goes at Catch The Bug
Challenge #37 Inspired By An Elvis Song (Hound Dog because "You Ain't Ever Caught A Rabbit") at Crafty Ann's
DCC330 Designer’s Choice Challenge at Repeat Impression
Punch It Out at Whimsie Doodles
Challenge #12 Die Cuts at Inky Impressions
Challenge #56 April Fool's (Funny) at Alota Rubber Stamps
Challenge #60 One For The Boys at Totally Papercrafts
Humour/Make Us Smile at Phindy's Place
Animal Applause: Any Animal That Appears To Have Arms at Stamping Vacation
Challenge #4 Spring Celebrations at Little Claire Designs
Challenge #56 Something 3D at One Stitch At A Time
ASC39 Hippity Hoppity Bunnies at Aly's Sunday Challenge
Challenge #49 Anything Goes at I Did It Creations
TPE 97 Easter At The Pink Elephant
Challenge #136 Comedy Rocks at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #7 Embossing (Leaf pattern on green panel) at Cards For Men
Anything Goes at MyGrafico
Anything Goes at Papertake Weekly
Challenge #43 Spring at Tuesday Throwdown
Challenge #136 Easter at Everybody Art
Challenge #146 Tons of Texture at Spoon Full Of Sugar
Challenge #12 Easter - No Digis at Let's Ink It Up
Its Easter! at Sugar Sweet Paper Treats
Challenge #49 Easter at Bee Crafty

Anything And Everything At Craft Your Passion

I'm so excited to tell you about our new challenge at Craft Your Passion! It's time for another, "Anything Goes" challenge! Whoo Hoo! And this time, not only can you win images of your choice from Lauretta's Digital Stamps and CocoDingo, but we have a sponsor! We are being sponsored by the wonderful Judy, from Pizazz Aplenty, and she's giving our winner a yummy package of goodies from her store! If you haven't checked out Pizazz Aplenty, you better rush over to their store and check it out! Judy has fast service, and there is still time to place an order for Christmas!

Judy, from Pizazz Aplenty, has been kind enough to send our Design Team some goodies to work with! How cool is that?! Most of our Design Team are using products from Pizazz Aplenty on thier creations this week! Head over to the Craft Your Passion challenge blog and check out the scrumptious creations from the rest of the Design Team!

For my card, I used this fabulous guitar image by CocoDingo. I love this image, because it's perfect for a male card, and I can still add bling! I went with a blue and brown combo for my card. The DP is from my stash. I used a clearstar gelly roll pen to add glitter and more sparkle to the image. All bling used on my card, is from Pizazz Aplenty. I've used three 7mm blue rimstones in the top left corner, three 4mm shiny gold gemstones in the bottom right corner, and four 4mm shiny gold gemstones for the corners of the image. The guitar image has several of the beautiful sparkly 3mm clear gemstones along the music staff. I am sooooo loving all this bling from Pizazz Aplenty! My card fits the sketches at Simon Says Stamp and The Pixie Cottage.

This card was so much fun to make, and I really enjoyed playing with all the goodies Judy sent us! Thanks so much Judy!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #12 Anything Goes at Tip Top Tuesday
Challenge #77 Anything Goes at MyGrafico
Sketch at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #47 Sketch at The Pixie Cottage
Challenge #79 Old & New (Old papers, new bling) at Passion For Promarkers
Challenge #105 Starts With R (Rimstones-Blue-In upper right corner) at Creative Belli Blog
All That Glitters at Fairy Knoll
SHC4 Sparkle & Bling at Studio 313
Thoughtful Thursday 0037 Starts With N (notes-Music Notes) at Other Lovelies
Bling at The Town Scrapper
Challenge #11 Anything Goes at Card Makin Mamas
Anything Goes at Catch The Bug
Challenge #9 Texture at Craft Your Days Away
Challenge #42 Old Stash New Stash At One Stitch At A Time
Anything Goes at The Crafty Pad
Challenge #2 Anything Goes at Creative Cowgirls
Anything Goes at Sugar Sweet Paper Treats
TSG84 Bring On The Bling at There She Goes Clear Stamps