A Toast to 2011

Happy Challenge Day at Ooh La La. We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas holiday! Now that another Christmas has passed, so to has another year almost passed. Wow! Where has all the time gone?! Here we are knocking on the door of 2011! I cannot believe how quickly the year has flown by! In celebration of the New Year, we are asking you to celebrate with us, by creating a project with the theme, "A Toast to 2011."

My card, again, uses that wonderful Weaved Paper that everyone seems to love. The digi paper is from the Joyeux Noel CD by ooh La LaCreations. You can get this fantastic CD in Ooh La La Creations' shop, here. I love using these CD's because everything is pre-colored and it is so quick and easy to make a card! Just print, cut, glue, and embellish! No coloring required, which saves lots of time!

The image is a freebie from Beccy's Place. I knew it would be a perfect combination, paired with papers by Ooh La La, for a New Year's Card! As always, I've colored the image with Promarkers, and added glitz, glitter and sparkle with my clearstar gelly roll pen. The strawberries in the image didn't have the black dots, so I added those myself -- It just seemed to be missing something without those! The black and silver metallic ribbon is from my stash. The sentiment is computer generated and punched using the oval and scalloped oval punches, by Stampin Up. Foam mounting tape has been used to attach the sentiment, for dimension.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:



Challenge #61 Someone Special at Totally Gorjuss
Challenge #47 Time To Party at Totally Paper Crafts
Challenge #43 Anything Goes at One Stitch At A Time
AIF061 Anything Goes at AI Factory
Challenge #53 Quick and Easy Does It at Fab 'n' Funky
Challenge #30 Anything Goes at Crafty Ann's
Anything Goes at Sugar Sweet Paper Treats
ASC31 Anything Goes at Aly's Sunday Challenge
Challenge #83 Anything Goes at All Sorts
Challenge #10 Punch It Out at Craft Your Days Away
Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Crafty Emma's
Challenge #90 Let's Celebrate at Digital Tuesday
Anything Goes at Creative Craft Challenges
Anything Goes at Fairy Knoll
Bling Times Two (Metallic ribbon & glitter added with clearstar gelly roll pen) at Some Odd Girl
Challenge #49 Bling It On At Alota Rubber Stamps
Challenge #24 New Year's Or Snowman at Fun With Shapes and More
Challenge #46 Anything Goes at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #9 Anything Goes at Digistamps4Joy
Anything Goes at Simon Says Stamp
Challenge #32 Let's Party at Your Next Stamp
Challenge #50 party at The Pixie Cottage
Anything Goes at For Fun Challenges
SHC4 Sparkle & Bling at Studio 313 Hotspot
Anything Goes at Moving Along With The Times
Challenge #82 New Year at C.R.A.F.T
Challenge #39 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #37 Anything Goes at Sew Many Cards
Challenge #18 Anything Goes at Aud Sentiments
SISC39 Happy Holidays, Your Way (New Year's) at Stamp Insanity
Challenge #35 Out With The Old, In With The New at I Did It Creations
Sparkle, Sparkle, Sparkle, at The Character Cafe
Celebrations at Sweet Stampin
Challenge #36 Colors of the Season at Wee Memories
Challenge #96 Bling It On at Corrosive
GCA #117 New Year Bling at Ann's Creative Nook
Photo Inspiration at Crafty Ho's
Challenge #31 New Year's at Paper Playtime
CCH47 Punch It at The Crazy Challenge
Challenge #7 Sparkle & Shine at Bunny Zoe's Crafts
Name That Card (on the way to where you need to be) at Stamping Vacation

Christmas Nativity

Today is another new challenge at Ooh La La. Keeping with the theme of Christmas, we are asking you to make and share with us, projects with a Nativity scene, as we remember the true meaning of Christmas.


My card uses digi paper and a gorgeous Nativity image, from the Christmas Presence CD by ooh La LaCreations. You can get this fantastic CD in Ooh La La Creations' shop, here.

I have used gold metallic cord, from my stash, in three strips across my card, to add some elegance and shine. I used my Crop O Dile Big bite to punch a hole into each corner of the image, and used matching gold metallic cord to frame the image. I wanted to keep this card simple, as a focus on this gorgeous nativity scene. My Card fits the sketch at Corrosive.

I am entering the card in the following challenges:

Anything Goes at Creative Card Crew
Digi Day at Stamp Something
Challenge #28 Clean & Simple at Tuesday Throwdown
Challenge #133 Christmas Card at A Spoon Full Of Sugar
Challenge #44 Merry Christmas at Penny's Paper Crafty
Thoughtful Thursday 0037 Starts With N (nativity) at other Lovelies
Challenge #27 Christmas at Easy Craft Projects
Challenge #16 Anything Goes at Mami Doodles
Challenge #110 Anything Goes at Digi's With Attitude
Challenge #82 Last Minute Christmas at All Sorts
Walking In A Winter Wonderland at Catch The Bug
Challenge #21 Christmas/Winter at Ellephantastic
Challenge #94 Christmas Nativity at Corrosive
Challenge #43 Anything Goes at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #30 Christmas at Pear Tree Designs
Season's Greetings at Keep It Simple
Anything Goes at Sugar Sweet Paper Treats
TD07 Christmas at Tiffany's Doodles
Special Month (Family Holiday) at Stamping Vacation
Challenge #89 Christmas at Stamp With Fun
Clean & Simple at Totally Stampalicious
TSG85 Use Your Stash at There She Goes Clear Stamps
Challenge #11 Winter/Holidays at Iris' Spot
Challenge #18 Anything Goes at Karber Weekly Challenge
Challenge #14 Traditional Christmas Colors at Creative Stamp Friends
Christmas With Red & Green at Paper Cupcakes

Rudolph WIth Your Nose So Bright

Rudolph With Your Nose So Bright.. It's time for a new challenge, tonight!

Today is challenge day at Ooh La La. We have a fun theme for you today! The theme this fortnight is Rudloph The Red Nosed Reindeer.

My card uses digi paper and a cute reindeer image, from the Joyeux Noel CD. You can get this fantastic CD in Ooh La La Creations' shop.

I added red stickles to the reindeer's nose, and used green ribbon from my stash to make a ribbon puff in the center.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #9 Use A Digi at Tip Top Tuesday
Challenge #6 Inspired by Christmas at Digistamps4Joy
Challenge #17 Glitter (on Rudolph's nose) at Crafts And Me
H is for Holidays at The ABC Challenge
November Digi Day at Stamp Something
Challenge #14 Winter at Crafty Calendar
Challenge #25 Red at Easy Craft Projects
Challenge #44 Rudolph Reindeer at Bah! Humbug!
Everything Goes at Fairy Tale Challenge
Challenge #56 Traditional Christmas Colors at Totally Gorjuss
Challenge #109 Sparkle & Shine (Rudolph's Nose) at The Secret Crafter
Challenge #19 Christmas at 2 Sisters
Challenge #47 Christmas at Creative Inspirations
ASC29 Music (Song- Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer) at Aly's Sunday Challenge
Challenge #29 Traditional Christmas Colors at I Did It Creations
Snowball Fight-Add Glitter (on Rudolph's Nose) at Stamp It Crazy
Challenge #56 Traditional Christmas Colors at Totally Gorjuss
Challenge #39 Color My World at One Stitch At A Time
Merry Christmas at Scrappy Frogs
Challenge #85 Photo Inspiration at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #97 Christmas Sparkle at The Crafty Pad
Start Here (Red Glitter on Rudolph's Nose) at Stamping Vacation
Challenge #7 Tis The Season at Stamp and Create
Christmas Critters at Making It With Meslyn
Challenge #70 A Glittery Christmas (Rudolph's Nose) at Pollycraft
Challenge #68 Music Inspired (Song-Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer) at Incy Wincy
RRR Challenge #12 Christmas at Really Reasonable Ribbon
Challenge #27 Traditional Christmas Colors at Lexi's Creations

Remember The Memories

It's time for a new challenge at Ooh La La. The theme this fortnight is "Remember, Remember." My card reminds us of how the kids were babies, but then they grow up. I chose to use the angelic baby image, framed in a film strip, because memories are are the photographs our of minds. This sweet baby image, as well as the patterned paper, are from Ooh La La's Kiddiwinks CD. (This CD, as well as many others, are available in Ooh La La Creations shop.)

I trimmed the edges of the filmstrip with gold string pearls, and added petite cream colored flowers. This card fits the simple sketch at Priscilla's Styles.

This turned out to be such a sweet card.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #40 Bling It On at Totally Papercrafts
Challenge #46 Keeping Clean & Simple at Fab 'n' Funky
Square at Paper Pretties
Challenge #20 Anything Goes at Inktegrity
Challenge #31 Anything Goes at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #1 Anything Goes at The Crafty Purple Frog
A is For Angels at Alphabet Challenge
Challenge #104 Anything Goes at One Stop Crafts
Challenge #29 Anything Goes at Wee Memories
Challenge #77 Midnight Madness Sketch at Priscilla's Styles
Challenge #46 Glitter, Glamour, Girlie at Creative Inspirations
Let It Sparkle at Whoopsi Daisy
Challenge #66 Anything Goes at Incy Wincy
TSG79 There She Goes Getting Crafty at There She Goes Clear Stamps
Challenge #9 Anything Goes at Iris' Spot
Challenge #26 Anything Goes at Lexi's Creations
Challenge #27 Flower Power at Short O Mania

Big News And Scary Stuff!

Whoo Hoo! I can finally tell some great news that I've had to keep under my hat! I've been invited to be a part of the Design Team for Ooh La La Creations! I had no idea they were looking for new designers, so imagine how shocked I was to receive the invitation in my email! I am so excited and so honored to have been invited to be a part of this wonderful team, and am looking forward to working with and getting to know, these talented ladies!

Now that I have the announcement out of the way, let me tell you about my first card, as a member of the Design Team for Ooh La La Creations.

The theme for Ooh La La's challenge this fortnight, is Scary Stuff. My card fits the sketches at Creative Inspirations and at Fairymoon Crafts. I chose to go with Halloween, for scary, but in a more stylish manner. The chic, stylish digi witch silhouette, as well as the paper, are from Ooh La La's Femme Fatale CD. (If you haven't seen their awesome CD's, you really MUST go check them out! Fabulous papers and pre colored images! Check out the Ooh La La Creations shop.) The felt die cut ribbon used on my card is from Hobby Lobby. I knew when I seen it, that it would be perfect to use with this image. The spiders are punched with a punch by EK Success.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Challenge #112 Halloween at Everybody Art
Challenge #82 Sketch at Creative Inspirations
Challenge #40 So Long As It Flys (witches fly when they're on a broomstick) at Penny's Paper Crafty
Challenge #15 Halloween at Crafts And Me
Challenge #25 Halloween at Creative Cottage
Challenge #68 Halloween at Moving Along With The Times
TT Challenge #78 Black & White at Shirley's Two Girls
Challenge #29 My Peeps at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #52 Let's See Your Animal Side (Spiders) at AI Factory
SISC31 Live Free & DIE CUT at Stamp Insanity
Challenge #16 Halloween at Glitterbabe
Challenge #16 Stamped (or Digi) Project at Just Inspirational Challenges
Thoughtful Thursday 0030 Starts With G (girl witch) at Other Lovelies
Halloween at Stamp Something
FF #51 A Holiday For The Holidays at If The Shoe Fits
Challenge #49 Halloween/Fall at Stampin For The Weekend
Challenge #21 Week 2 Halloween at Fussy and Fancy
Challenge #63 Anything Goes at Paper Cutz
Challenge #23 Halloween at Easy Craft Projects
Trick Or Treat at Tellen's Place
Challenge #1 Fall/Halloween at Baby Bud Designs
Challenge #40 Halloween at Bee Crafty
Challenge #102 Halloween at One Stop Crafts
Challenge #48 Ribbons (Felt ribbon) at Sweet Stampin
Challenge C4C59 Autumn/Fall at Crazy 4 Challenges
Challenge #27 Celebrate (Halloween) at Wee Memories
Challenge #9 Halloween at 2 Sisters Challenge Blog
Challenge #35 Embellish It at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #45 Halloween/Fall at Creative Inspirations
Challenge #22 Free For All at Pear Tree Designs
Challenge #81 Photo Inspiration (Halloween) at Cupcake Inspirations
ASC27 Halloween at Aly's Sunday Challenge
Challenge #10 Halloween at Really Reasonable Ribbon
DDC#54 Halloween at Dutch Dare
Challenge #32 Sketch at Fairymoon Crafts
Challenge #81 Halloween at Stamp With Fun
Challenge #8 Halloween at Iris's Spot
CCH37 Halloween at The Crazy Challenge
Trick or Treat at Creative Crafts
Challenge #7 Halloween at Magical Monday Challenge