Artist With The Blues

Well, well, here I am again - This time, to tell you about a new challenge, starting today, at Open Minded Crafting. How about a challenge about work? Your job, hubby's job, a friend's job - Or anyone else.  We want to see your projects featuring someone at work, or using an office related product on your project - Either will work for this fun challenge.

As always, this is a biweekly challenge, so you have an entire two weeks to create and link up with us, for your chance to win. We always have lots of great prizes you can win and this time is no exception! Join us, this time, for your chance to win a prize from one of these amazingly generous sponsors:

Aurora Wings

Digital Delights

Faery Ink

Scrapper's Delights

Sentimental Susan

Now that the details of the challenge are out of the way, let me tell you about my card.

My project uses the (new to me)  image, Crafty Honey Painter, from Scrapper's Delights. I went with a monochromatic color scheme this time, and used lots of spots and dots.  This was such a fun project to do, but I definitely felt a bit dotty after completing it! LOL! I kept it simple, with no embellishments, for that reason. All papers used are from my stash.

This card reminds me so much of my school days, because I always looked forward to going back to school, for the art classes! I guess I always loved to be creative and play with paper! LOL

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Color Challenge (Blue and White) at Clear It Out
Challenge #85 Something Sweet at Deep Ocean Challenges
Anything Goes at Top Tip Tuesday
Challenge #210 Anything Goes at Tuesday Throwdown
Challenge #122 Photo Inspiration at PINspirational Challenges
TTCRD August 26 - September 1 Anything Goes at Through The Craft Room Door
Challenge #50 Anything Goes at Fan-Tastic Tuesday
Layer It at Delightful Challenges
Challenge #96 Anything Goes at let's Craft and Create
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
IIC#174 Anything Goes at Inky Impressions
Challenge #270 Dig Deep (Paper) at Crafty Creations
Challenge #171 Back To School (Art Class) at The Paper Shelter
Challenge #84 Monochromatic at Crafting For All Seasons
Challenge #99 Circles at Digistamps4joy
Challenge #50 Anything Goes at Creative Moments
Challenge #44 Anything Goes at The Stamping Chef
Challenge #30 Anything Goes - New Beginnings at Scrapper's Delights
Challenge #244 It's All Ab out The Love at Sassy Studio Designs
Back To School at Milk Coffee Challenges
Challenge #25 Anything Goes at Crafty Girls Challenges
Challenge #336 Anything Goes at Cute Card Thursday
Challenge #99 Clean and Simple at Fairytale Challenge
Challenge R#191 Tic Tac Toe (Something old - paper, Blue, Something New - Image) at Crafts 4 Eternity
CHallenge #136 Back To School/For A Teacher at Wags N Whiskers
Challenge #31 School at Aloha Friday Challenges
Challenge #13 Anything Goes at Art By Miran
Challenge #69 Show us Something New (Digi) at Simply Create Too
Challenge #72 Anything Goes at Sister Act Card Challenge
Anything Goes at Crafty Calender
Anything Goes For Kids at Send a Smile For Kids
Challenge #81 School at Pumpkin Spice Challenge Blog

Welcome, March - Hurry Spring!

Happy march, bloggers! Can you believe its March already?! All I can say is, Thank Goodness! Phew! I am SO sick of Winter already! Too cold this winter and too much snow! I am so OVER it! LOL! I am so ready for Spring!

Anyway, we are celebrating the start of March, today, with today's New Release at Bugaboo Stamps, The design team has whipped up some fabulous creations to show you today, featuring one of today's new release images! Jump on over to Catch The Bug to check out the creative genius of the design team!

For my card, today, I used this week's new release, MarchWord, from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. I went with a monochromatic theme and used several shades of purple.  The only splash of color is the green for the leaves and lines in the image.  I love this mix of papers together! The card has been embellished with two gemstone flourish swirls, below the image.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #12 Anything Goes at Crafty Girls Challenges
Challenge #310 Springtime at Cute Card Thursday
Challenge #128 Bling It On at My Sheri Crafts

Violet Flower Pot Pretty

Are you a Lacy Sunshine fan and have a Facebook account? Well, if you are, Lacy Sunshine is having a contest in thier Facebook group right now! You have until Feb 13th to enter a project on their Facebook page, using any of the Lacy Sunshine Flower Pot Pretties images. Heather will choose the winners and post them in the Facebook page on Valentine's Day. Feb 14th! There will be prizes for several categories, so don't miss out on this chance to win! Come play along with us in the Lacy Sunshine Facebook group!

This is my entry for the contest.  Even though I am part of the Lacy Sunshine Design Team, Heather is allowing he DT to play along, too and there are separate prizes for DT Members. This way, we all have a chance to win, if we play along! Yay!

My card uses the image - Violet Flower Pot Pretty, by Lacy Sunshine, colored with Promarkers. I went with shades of purple, being that the image is named for Lilacs. All papers are from my stash. I just love the fun mix of patterns on this card - I think they are perfect with the layout I chose. I used a border punch by Martha Stewart to punch the border across the bottom of the card. The violet flower is by Recollections. I used the Martha Stewart branch punch, to punch the greenery around the flower and used a purple gemstone as the flower center. The same purple gemstones were used in a cluster of three, near the top right corner of the image. My sentiment is by Sentiments 4 You and is punched with a scalloped circle punch by The Paper Studio.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Anything Goes at Crafting By Designs
DTBST #215 Stop And Smell The Flowers at Sassy Studio Designs
Challenge #6 Spots And/Or Dots at Pile It On
Challenge #58 Anything Goes at 613 Avenue Create
Girly at Top Tip Tuesday
Sassy and Sexy at Incy Wincy
MIM #178 Anything Goes at Make It Monday
Challenge #200 Favorite Challenge (#195 Fancy Edges/Border) at Craft Your Passion
Include A Sentiment at Whoopsi Daisy

Monkey Bundle Of Joy

Hey Hey Hey! It's New Release Tuesday at Bugaboo Stamps! If you're like me, you love new release days, because there's always some great new images to check out and shop for! I'm here to show you just one of those adorable new releases, today.  The design team has more new release creations to show you, too, at Catch The Bug, so don;t miss out on those!

Remember, you can find this  new images, and lots more, at the Bugaboo Stamps Store, so run over and start shopping! What are you waiting for?! Hurry! Shop now!

I have a cute new baby card to show you, using this new release Monkey image, from Bugaboo Stamps. Isn't this just the cutest little monkey girl, sitting on that big banana?! The image is colored with Promarkers. I used a fun sketch that just seemed to fall out of my head onto the paper. I went with a monochromatic theme, but, of course, had to make the banana yellow.  After all, who's ever heard of a pink banana?! I used my new pink gemstones to embellish two corners of the image and three corners on the white patterned paper panel. The sentiment is by Sentiments 4 you and is punched with circle and scalloped circle punches. All papers are from my stash.

I am entering this baby card in the following challenges:

Challenge #11 Anything Goes at The Stamping Chef
New Beginnings (new Baby) at Oldie But A Goodie Challenge
Challenge #85 Anything Goes at LEJ Designs
New Beginnings (Baby) at Inky Impressions
Let's Celebrate at Divas By Design
Challenge #159 Anything Goes at Penny's Paper Crafty
Out With The Old (Papers) In With The New at The Sisterhood of Crafters
Challenge #68 All Things Bright and Beautiful at Crafting For All Seasons
Challenge #83 Glitter N Sparkle at Digistamps4Joy
Challenge #56 Monochrome at Lia Stampz
Anything Goes at Creative Moments
New Beginnings at Moving Along With The Times
Challenge #56 Anything Goes at Craftitude
Celebrations (New Baby) at Milk Coffee Challenges
Anything Goes at Crafty Girls Challenges
Third Blogversary Linky Party at D.L Art
Anything Goes at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #105 Monochromatic at Fussy and Fancy Challenge
New Beginnings at Jellypark Friends
Challenge #120 Anything Goes at Wags N Whiskers
Time To Celebrate at Di's Digi Designs
Challenge #110 Something New (Baby) at A Gem Of A Challenge
Challenge #195 Starting New (Baby) at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #243 Sparkle (Gemstones) at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #2 Celebrations (New Baby) at Pile It On
Party/Celebrate at 613 Avenue Create
Challenge #31 Something New (Gemstones) at Hobbycutz
Challenge #37 Anything Goes at Challenges 4 Everybody
Challenge # 61 Show Off Your New Stuff (Gemstones) at The Squirrel and The Fox
Add Texture  (Gemstones) at Incy Wincy
Anything Goes at Crafty Boots
MIM#174 Anything Goes at Make It Monday
CMC #38 Anything Goes at Card Mania
Feminine at Artistic Inspirations
Favorite Color Combo (Pink and White) at Whoopsi Daisy
Anything Goes at Crafty Sentiments
Layers at Clear It Out
Challenge #1 New (Pearls) at Creative Craft Challenges
New Year Stash at Papertake Weekly
Challenge #178 Stripes at Tuesday Throwdown
TTCRD January 14 - January 20th at Through The Craft Room Door

Come Here Lil Piggie

Happy Saturday, everyone! Welcome to a new challenge at Catch The Bug! Are you ready to play along with us? How about playing with pastels this week? That's right, our challenge this week is to make a project using pastel colors. Easy, right? Remember, the prizes are prize packs of digi images from Bugaboo Stamps. A great prize, for sure, so come over and link up your creation with us for your chance to win!

For my project, today, I made this cutie patootie altered drink cup in monochromatic pastel pink.  I've used the image Pig - Flower, by Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. The polka dot and chevron papers are from my stash. It's difficult to see in the pic, but I used nesting flower punches by Recollections to make little paper flowers to add all around the cup.  I think it came out really cute!

I am entering this altered drink cup in the following challenges:


Challenge #160 Use A Digi at One Stitch At A Time
Pastels at Great Impressions
Challenge #8 Spark Your Creativity/Anything Goes at Pin And Tack
Challenge #239 Monochromatic at Cupcake Crafts
Challenge #85 Animal Friends at Paper Make Up Stamps
Linky Party #37 at Make It Monday
Challenge #36 Animal Catwalk at Eureka Stamps
Challenge #42 Clean And Simple at The Cutie Pie Challenge
Challenge #42 Furry Friends at The Squirrel and The Fox
Monochromatic at Crafty Sentiments
So Sentimental at Craft-Room Challenges
Challenge #83 Digi Days at Bearly Mine Challenges
Challenge #109 Clean and Simple at Celebrate The Occasion
Challenge #50 Favorite Color Combo (Pink and White) at Deep Ocean
No Embellishments at Stamp-N-Doodle
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #58 Pretty In Pink at Whimsy Inspirations
Challenge #219 Pink +1 (White) at Crafty Creations
Challenge #124 Anything Goes at Penny's Paper Crafty
Free For All at The Sisterhood of Crafters
Challenge #195 Animals at Passion For Promarkers
Black and White +1 (Black cap on cup) at One Crazy Stamper
Challenge #8 Monochromatic at Natalie And Amy's Challenge Blog
Spring Has Sprung at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #15 Anything But A Card at Hotshot Crafts
Make Us Laugh or Smile at Jellypark Challenges
Challenge #66 Anything But A Card at Pattie's Creations
Anything But Square at Di's Digi Designs
Challenge #204 Anything But A Card at Allsorts
Anything But Birthday At Sweet Stampin

The Luck of The Irish

Good Morning, bloggers! Hope you are all having a wonderful morning! Can you believe its almost March, already?! Whoo Hoo Spring is just around the corner, now! I can't wait! Do You Feel Lucky?! (Remember that song - I feel Lucky? Definitely the inspiration for this card!)

Speaking of excitement, we have a new Stella Says Sketch challenge for you, starting today, at Catch The Bug! Remember, you have two weeks to play along with us,so be sure you come over and check out our sketch so you can get your crafting mojo on and join us!  As always, there are fabulous digi prize packs up for grabs, from Bugaboo Stamps.

I have this fun St. Patrick's Day card for you, to ignite that create spark! Want more creative inspiration?! Check out Catch The Bug to see creative genius from the rest of the team! It's well worth checking out!

For my St Patty's day card, today, I have used the current sketch for our latest Stella Says Sketch challenge.  I used two brand new images for this card.  My card features the images, Ava St Patrick's Day Sitter, and clover, from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers. The green and white shamrock paper is from my stash.  I bought this new green and while polka dot paper because it just seemed to match so perfectly and added a touch of fun! I printed and colored Ava, and all the shamrocks, then fussy cut them.  The shamrocks and Ava are all attached using foam mounting tape, to allow them to pop for added dimension and 3D effect.  Ava is sittin on the larger shamrock, like a good little girl.  The sentiment is computer generated and punched with oval and scalloped oval punches.

I'm definitely out of my comfort zone this one, because I always make the standard sized card, unless it would be a fancy fold card.  For this one, I went with the tall, thinner oblong card.  A definite first for me! I'm pleasantly surprised, though, with how it turned out!

This card is designed to be masculine and is for a very good friend, who truly appreciates a handmade card. I think he's going to love it! Of course, just because its masculine, doesn't men we don't need some bling, right? I added three shiny green pearls, to add that extra touch.  The large shamrocks, as well as the shamrocks on Ava's clothing have had sparkle and glitter added, with a clearstar gelly roll pen.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:



Pop It Up at Incy Wincy
Out of Your Comfort Zone (Oblong Card) at Crafty Boots
Challenge #150 All That Glitters at Craft Your Passion
Challenge #159 Anything But A Square at Kaboodle Doodles
Challenge #84 Monochromatic at Lexi's Creations
Challenge #53 All That Glitters at Love To Create
Challenge #76 Anything Goes at Paper Make Up Stamps
Challenge #145 Anything Goes at MyGrafico
Challenge 378 Anything Goes at Daisy Doodles
Challenge #27 Inspired By A Song (I Feel Lucky) at Eureka Stamps
For Or With A Child at MelonHeadz
Something For A Man at The Craft Room
Challenge #45 Letter B (Bling) at Deep Ocean
Challenge #135 Monochromatic at Tuesday Throwdown
Anything Goes at Stamp-N-Doodle
IIC98 Favorite Color Combo (Green and White) at Inky Impressions
Challenge #100 Celebrations (St Patrick's Day) at The Paper Shelter
Challenge #115 Anything Goes at Penny's Paper Crafty
Challenge #35 Anything Goes at at Lia Stampz
Make It Cute at Milk Coffee Challenges

Share The Birthday Humor

Good Morning Bloggers!

Are you ready for more birthday fun at Catch The Bug?! Remember, all week long, we are celebrating Bugaboo Stamps third birthday, with a challenge and prizes - every day! Plus, don't forget, our blog hop is still going on! You still have time to hop and link up with us for your chance to win!

Today's birthday challenge theme is to make a humorous birthday card. Check out Catch The Bug for more humorous birthday inspiration and link up with us while you're there! Fun and prizes await you!

My humorous birthday card uses the image Hoppy Occasions - Birthday, from Bugaboo Stamps, colored with Promarkers, I went with a monochrome color scheme in greens for the card, with just a little color in the image, since it IS all about partying! The sentiment is punched with oval and scalloped oval punches. I decided not to do a lot of embellishing on this card, in case I want to use it for a guy.  It makes a great card for a male!


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Favorite Things (Bright Colors) at Natalie and Amy's Challenge Blog
Challenge #5 Spark Your Creativity/Anything Goes and Pin And Tack
Challenge #81 Anything Goes at Lexi's Creations
Challenge #143 Anything Goes at MyGrafico
Challenge #61 Anything Goes at Let's Craft and Create
>Challenge #23 Anything Goes at Platypus Creek Digitals
Challenge #58 Animals (Monkey) and Pets at Fairy Tale Challenge
Anything Goes at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #14 Clean and Simple at Hotshot Crafts
Challenge #166 Spotty at Totally Gorjuss
Challenge #126 Celebrations (Birthday) at 2 Sisters
Anything Goes at Mayzy Art
Challenge #146 Anything Goes at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #2 Funny Birthday at Pile It On
Challenge #165 Out With The Old (papers) at Corrosive Challenge
Inspired By: Your Favorite Stamp (Hoppy Occasions - Birthday) at Creative Inspirations Paint

Bugaboo Stamps Sponsors Love To Create

Well, well, have you heard?! Bugaboo Stamps is sponsoring Love To Create Challenge Blog. The theme is monochromatic. You're definitely going to want to play along with us so you don't miss out on your chance to win awesome digi images from Bugaboo Stamps! Hurry over and join us!

What?! You need more motivation and inspiration?! Well, check out my card and let it entice you into playing along with us!



Isn't this little cutie pie adorable?! She looks extra cute on this pink and cream glittered embossed paper, too! Doesn't the flourishes on the paper add such a touch of innocence to her?! Too cute! I used paper and ribbon from my stash, to create this card.

The image is AKV Simple Stick - Stand, by Bugaboo Stamps. What a cutie! She's colored with Promarkers.

Inspired, yet?! Come visit and play along at Love To Create Challenge Blog and take your chance at winning a fabulous prize package from Bugaboo Stamps!


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #54 Color Your World at Daisy's Doodles
Challenge #182 Monochromatic at Everybody-Art
Pink and Girly at Ladybug Crafts Ink
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #110 Anything Goes at The Pixie Cottage
Challenge #4 Anything Goes at paper Crafting Journey
Challenge #61 Digital Delights at Crafts4Eternity
Embossing at Stamp-n-Doodle
Day 3: Pretty In Pink at 365 Cards
Use your Stash at Stamp, Scrap and Doodle
Challenge #27 Mother's Day/Female Themed at Dream Valley Challenges
Challenge #26 CAS at Paper Make Up Stamps
Just The Two Of Us (Pink and Cream) at Mema's Crafts
Glitter at Crafty Boots
Challenge #5 Ribbons at Hot Shot Crafts
Challenge #60 Mother's Day at Lexi's Creations
Linky Party #79 at Make It Monday
Challenge #3 Anything Goes at Always Crafting
TPE138 At Least Three Layers at The Pink Elephant

Huggin and Kissin in Purple

Welcome back, to another Stella Says Sketch challenge at Catch The Bug! We have a fabulous sketch for you, today, and we'd love for you to come over and play along with us! Remember, you have two weeks to play along with us, and there are great prizes from Bugaboo Stamps up for grabs!

Head over to Catch The Bug and check out the amazing sketch inspiration the DT has provided for your viewing pleasure! The inspiration is endless! Don't miss it!

I'm using our sketch from the current Stella Says Sketch challenge. The image is Skye's Alexis - xoxo from Bugaboo Stamps. I love this image! So cute! I've colored it with Promarkers. The papers, pearls and ribbon are all from my stash.


I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #68 Anything Goes at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #59 Monochromatic at Lexi's Creations
Challenge #2 Anything Goes at Always Crafting
Challenge #27 Monochromatic at Whimsy Inspirations
Challenge #73 Anything Goes at Penny's Paper-Crafty
Getting Digi With It at The Sisterhood of Crafters
Lots of Layers at Moving Along With The Times
Challenge #3 Make It Cute at Paper Crafting Journey
Three Different Papers at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #80 Anything Goes at 2 Sisters
It's Your Choice at All Sorts
Challenge #21 Anything Goes at Crafter's Companion Monthly
Challenge #5 Ribbons at Hot Shot Crafts
Challenge #18 Pearls at Little Darlings

Twilight With Hearts, Lace And Pearls

We have a fabulous new challenge for you, today, at Catch The Bug! This time, we want to see you use lace, pearls and hearts on your creation. I especially love this one, because I got to play with an awesome new image! We'd love for you to play along with us in our recipe Challenge at Catch The Bug, so get out your crafting goodies and get busy! Remember, you have a whole week to link up your creation with us, and, as always, there are awesome prizes up for grabs! Don't miss out on your chance to win!

My card layout uses the sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches. I've used this awesome new image, Skye Pencil Pics Bella And Jacob from Bugaboo Stamps. (The perfect image for all of you Twilight fans, like me!) I went with a monochromatic card because I thought it would show off the image beautifully. All papers used are from my stash, as are the lace, pearls, bow and buttons. I used a Heart punch by Marvy to punch the heart out of the matching star paper. The image is colored with Promarkers.

I took the lace and pearls inspiration from this photo at Just Inspirational Challenges:



I LOVE how this one turned out!


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #134 Sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches
Challenge #68 Anything Goes at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #59 Monochromatic at Lexi's Creations
Challenge #77 Linky Party at Make It Monday
Challenge #2 Anything Goes at Always Crafting
Challenge #45 Buttons and Ribbon at My Mum's Craft Shop
PWC194 Die Cuts or Punches at Paper Pretties
Challenge #27 Monochromatic at Whimsy Inspirations
Challenge #109 Buttons and Bows at The Pixie Cottage
Challenge #23 Bling It Up (Pearls) at Divas By Design
Challenge #73 Anything Goes at Penny's Paper-Crafty
Getting Digi With It at The Sisterhood of Crafters
Challenge #137 Black and White at Passion For Promarkers
Challenge #90 Three Favorite Things (Pearls, Lace, Buttons) at Cookin' It Up With Katie
Lots of Layers at Moving Along With The Times
4 CCC#78 Photo Inspiration (Colors - Black and White) at 4 Crafty Chicks
Anything Goes (Pearls And Lace) at Just Inspirational Challenges
For A Female at The Poodles Parlour
Challenge #80 Anything Goes at 2 Sisters
It's Your Choice at All Sorts
Love at Stamp and Create
Challenge #4 Bingo (Ribbons, Lace and Die Cuts) at Stampin' For The Weekend
FBC #84 Double It (2 papers) at Fresh Brewed Designs
Lace and Pearls at Di's Digi Designs
Challenge #29 Fancy or Lacy at Little Miss Muffet Stamps
Oscars (Twilight) Challenge at Jellypark Friends
Challenge #96 Use Lace at Speedy The Fox's Friends
Girly Girl at Just Some Lines
Challenge #21 Anything Goes at Crafter's Companion Monthly
Challenge #31 Lace at Creatalicious
Challenge #18 Pearls at Little Darlings

Itsy Bitsy Spiders

TTTTTTTTTTTableau Tuesday! Whooo Hoo! Tableau Tuesday is a free week for the Daisy's Doodles design team. This means we can create whatever we want using whatever image we want! I love Tuesday because sometimes I get all worked up and create some crazy stuff! LOL

While I have you here, did you know that Daisy's Doodles is looking for guest designers to join us for Tableau Tuesdays? We'd love to have YOU joins us for a month as Guest DT! That would be two cards per Guest DT spot. (Every other Tuesday) You even get to choose images to work with, from the Daisy Doodles Store!

Head over to Daisy's Doodles and get all the info! Email us to get your spot as Guest DT with the team!


Okay, back to the business at hand, now.

For my card today, I'm still in Halloween mode! LOL (Can you tell it's my all time favorite holiday?!) I went the monochromatic route and played with these spiders from Daisy's Doodles. The fabulous paper is from the Apothecary line by Echo park. I punched the webs out of black cardstock with a spiderweb punch by Martha Stewart, then added black and white baker's twine to the card to make it look like each spider is hanging from a string of web. The spiders are colored with Promarkers and then cut out and attached with foam mounting tape.


I am entering this fun monochromatic card in the following challenges:


Challenge #12 Halloween at Crafting For All Seasons
Black and White Image at Some Odd Girl
FF#94 Spooky Fall at If The Shoe Fits
Halloween at Just Some Lines
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #65 Halloween at Penny's Paper-Crafty
Challenge #58 Anything Goes at Scrapbook Sisters
Challenge #80 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #152 Clean and Simple at Crafty Ann's
Challenge #22 Use A Digi at Paper Crafting Journey
Challenge #122 No Girls Allowed at Moving Along With The Times
Challenge #32 Halloween at Pattie's Creations
Challenge #32 Cut it Out (Spiderwebs) at Card Makin' Mamas
Challenge #155 No Sentiments at One Stop Crafts
Monochromatic at Stamp Scrap And Doodle
Anything Goes at Sweet Stampin
Challenge #158 Spooky or Whimsical The Secret Crafter
Photo Inspiration (black and white) at Catch The Bug
Challenge #22 Animals (Spiders) at Cards For Men
Challenge #37 Show Us Your Beary Best at The Beary Scrap
Challenge #35 Trick Or Treat at Timbroscrapmania
Challenge #117 Anything Goes at Pollycraft
Spooky Anything Goes at Totally Stampalicious
TSG128 Au Naturale at There She Goes Clear Stamps
Trick or Treat or Something Sweet at Paper Cupcakes
Challenge #55 Anything Goes at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #14 Monsters at Here Come The Boys
Challenge #11 Halloween at Hooked On Crafts
Anything Goes at Papertake Weekly

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

Thank you, Daisys Doodles and Whoo Hoo!

It's Tableu Tuesday at Daisy's Doodles!

Wow, June has flown by, already! It is hard to believe that this is my last post as Guest Designer for Daisy's Doodles!I've had so much fun using Jules' wonderful images and working with these wonderful ladies!

So, I've made this cute little thank you card, to thank everyone at Daisy's Doodles for having me as guest designer for June.

And I have some big news! I've been invited to join Daisy's Doodles as an official DT member! Of course I said yes! No way was I going to miss out on a chance to work with these wonderful ladies!

I can't wait to show you all my first project next week, as an official DT member!

Thank you, Daisy's Doodles for inviting me to join your family!


I am using the adorable little Sissy, today, for my card. She is available to have for your very own in the Daisy Doodles store. She is colored with Promarkers. I haven't made a monochromatic card in awhile, so I thought it go monochrome this time. (I love making monochrome cards for some reason!) I've used the fabulous Dots and Daisies digi papers from Daisy's Doodles. The flowers, ribbon and gems are all from my stash.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #41 Inspired By A Song (Thank You For Being A Friend) at Lollipop Crafts
Spotty Dotty at Just Some Lines
Anything Goes at Mygrafico
Challenge #8 Thank You/Appreciation at Bows and Berries
Challenge #116 Favorite Ice Cream Combos (vanilla with blueberries) at Digital Tuesday
Challenge #147 Anything Goes at Everybody-Art
Challenge #71 Anything Goes at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #120 The Letter G (Girl, Gems) at Creative Belli Blog
Challenge #41 Anything Goes at Scrapbook Sisters
Challenge #25 White +1 Other Color at Charisma Cardz
Monochromatic Cards at Crafty Sentiments
Challenge #158 Digi Day at Rainbow Lady's
Anything Goes at Mygrafico
Photo Inspiration at Fresh Brewed Designs
Challenge #2 Flowers at Deep Ocean
IBFCC3 Photo Inspiration (Polka Dots) at I Brake For Stamps
Challenge #61 Going Round In Circles at Phindy's Place
Challenge #13 Monochromatic at Do It With Digi's
In The Garden at Timbroscrapmania
Spotty Dotty at Just Some Lines
Challenge #26 Going Round In Circles at Pile It On
Challenge #9 Photo Inspiration (Colors blue and white) at Jay Gee's Nook
Summertime Blues at Incy Wincy
Challenge #20 Layers at Iris' Spot
Challenge #73 Beautiful Women at The Crazy Challenge
Challenge #65 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
There Was A Little Girl at Stamps R Us

Lots of Layers at Craft Your Passion

It's Monday! Are you ready for another fun challenge at Craft Your Passion?! This week, we want you to "Show Use Your Layers!" How's that for an easy theme?! Come on over to Craft Your Passion and link up your latest creation, for your change to win! We're being sponsored this week by the fabulous people at the Stitchy Bear Stamp Store!

Stitchy gave the DT some fabulous digi images to work with, from three designers from her store! (Stitchy Stamps, Floppy Latte Designs, and Reece's Scrap Pieces). She also gave us a paper pack that some of the DT used, by Floppy Latte Designs. The prize will be a paper pack and digi images from the Stitchy Bear Stamp Store!

When you go over to link up your challenge entry, Be sure You check out all the DT samples at Craft Your Passion. Show our DT some love by leaving comments!

My card, today, uses the sketch at Repeat Impressions I wanted to do a make card and decided to go with a monochromatic theme. And what perfect color for a male card, than blue? The gingham paper, paper with silver stars and polka dot paper are both from my stash. I used hand dyed skittles for the embellishing in the left upper corner. The hexagons were punched with a punch by Creative Memories, and mounted with Foam mounting tape, for Dimension. I did the sentiment by hand, this time. The image is called Sudz and is by Stitchy Stamps. He is colored with Promarkers.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Challenge #107 Pretty Punches at Digital Tuesday
Challenge #45 Polka Dots at Tuesday Throwdown
Challenge #62 Anything Goes at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #80 Clean and Simple at Claudia & Company
Challenge #30 Open at Top Tip Tuesday
Digital at Scrap-Creations
Repeat Impressions Sketch A2011 at The House That Stamps Built
Monochromatic (No Glitter) at OWH Stars and Stamps
Challenge #26 Anything Goes at Aud Sentiments
Challenge #11 One For The Boys at Bunny Zoe's Crafts
Challenge #108 Pile It On! at Stamptacular Sunday
Challenge #59 Father's Day or Sports at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #52 Let's Get Punchy at Sentimental Sunday
Challenge #58 Digi Day at Creative Inspirations
Challenge #118 Circles at The Crafty Pad
Use A Punch At Card Cupids
Challenge #90 Fun and Games at Pollycraft
Challenge #9 Circles (Polka Dot DP) at Cards For Men
Challenge #10 Anything Goes at Sparkles Forum
Recipe Challenge (1 Image, 2 printed Papers and 3 embellishments- 3 skittles) at I Did It Creations
Challenge #44 Digi Monday - Friend - at Paper Playtime
Masculine at Stamp-n-Doodle

In The Pink, Baby

I haven't made a baby card in awhile, and I've been in the mood for pink, girlie and gingham, lately. All that resulted in a pink monochromatic card. I will have to edit the post a little later, with the name of the designer of this cute baby digi stamp. I printed this out awhile back and forgot to write the designer's name on the back, so I'll have to go through my files and find the creater's name. The image is colored with Promarkers.

The gingham paper, pink ribbon and cardstock for the card are from my stash. I used the sketch at One Stitch At A Time, for my card layout. Sometimes I just love the clean & simple look. The sentiment is from the Stampin Up set, Teeny Tiny Wishes. I punched it out with the oval and scalloped oval punches, also from Stampin up. The sentiment is pop dotted for a 3D effect.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #24 Sketch Or Pink (I did both!) at One Stitch At A Time
Week #30 Make It 3D at Prairie Fairy
Challenge #91 Patterns at One Stop Crafts
Challenge #41 Baby Baby at Totally Gorjuss
Clean & Simple at Stamp, Scrap & Doodle
Challenge #3 Punches at 2 Sisters
Challenge #75 All About Babies at Corrosive
Just One Embellishment (ribbon) at Practical Scrappers
Challenge #39 Anything Goes at Creative Inspirations
Challenge #70 Photo Inspiration at Cupcake Inspirations
Spotlight Challenge: Punches at Crafty Cardmakers
White & Bright at Papertake Weekly
Week #42 Something Old Something New at Crafty Angels
Challenge #55 Fit For A Princess at Pollycraft
Challenge #59 Gingham at Die Cut Dreams
Let's Get Girlie at Creative Card Crew
Chaallenge #70 Two Companies- One card at Digital Tuesdays (Digi baby-unknown, Sentiment-Stampin Up!)
Challenge #11 Monochromatic at Tuesday Throwdown
Sing It Baby at Simon Says Stamp (Hush Little Baby)
Challenge #119 Clean & Simple at Meljen's Designs
Challenge #35 Anything Goes at Penny's Paper-Crafty
Midweek Throwdown: Patterned Papers from Stash at OWH Stars & Stamps
A Is For August at The ABC Challenge
Challenge #19 Fave Stamps at Digi Doodle Shop's Best

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