Anything Goes And I'm Thinking Birthday

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One of my co-workers has a delightful little granddaughter, who's having a birthday, this month. I generally do something for little Sativa-Ann, for her birthday. This year, I wanted to be different. I decided to make this cute little birthday bucket filled with candy.

The bucket has styrofoam in the bottom, with easter grass on top. The sticks are wooden skishkabob skewers that I bought last summer, for grilling shishkabobs, and still had some lying around the house. The Image (Nesbitt) and tickets are by Digital Delights By Louby Lou. I've colored the image with Promarkers. The "flowers" are punched with scalloped circles, with the ticket sentiments attached to them, with foam mounting tape. I attached the punched flowers and Nesbitt image to the skewers with hot glue. The ribbon around the bucket is from my stash. After adding my skewers to the bucket, I filled the bucket with candy.

I think little Sativa-Ann is going to love this birthday gift!


I'm entering this project in the following challenges:

For A Child at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #104 For The Kids at Digital Tuesday
Challenge #41 Cook It Up (Centerpiece with Candy) at Fresh Brewed Designs
PTT#9 Anything Goes With A handmade Flower (Flowers in centerpiece) at Party Time Tuesdays
Challenge #3 Handmade Flowers (Flowers in centerpiece) at The Stamping Boutique
Punch It Out At Whimsie Doodles
Challenge #3 Happy Birthday at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #74 Bright As Day at AI Factory
Challenge #37 Inspired By An Elvis Song (Hound Dog) at Crafty Ann's
Shape With Us at The Crafty Purple Frog
Challenge #12 Happy Birthday at Fairy Tale Challenge
From The Home (Shishkabob Skewers) at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #40 Do It Yourself at Simply Create
Challenge #125 Spots and Dots (on bucket) at One Stop Crafts
Whatever at Fairy Knoll
Anything Goes at Catch The Bug
Animal Applause: Any Animal That Appears To Have Arms at Stamping Vacation
Challenge #17 Spots (on bucket) and Stripes at Craft Your Days Away
Challenge #30 For Children at Crafty Emma's
April Digi Day at Stamp Something
Challenge #56 Something 3D at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #3 Anything Goes Birthday at Birthday Sundaes
Challenge #23 Use A Punch Or Die Cut at Mami Doodles
Challenge #49 Anything Goes at I Did It Creations
Challenge #42 Digi Monday at Paper Playtime
Polka Dots, Checks And Stripes at Happy Monday Challenges
Challenge #33 Make A Box Or Gift at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #16 Back In Shape at Happileigh Scrappin
Anything Goes at MyGrafico
Challenge #25 Anything But Square Or Rectangle at Ellephantastic

Here Comes Peter Cottontail

Here we are, again... Another Marvelous Monday at Shelly's Images. I love today's featured image, Peter. He reminds me of the song... Here Comes Peter Cottontail, from when I was a kid. If you love him as much as I do, then hop on over to Shelly's Store and you can can take him home, today only, for the special sale price!


For my project, I decided to do a fun Easter centerpiece. The bucket has styrofoam in the bottom, with easter grass on top. The sticks are wooden skishkabob skewers that I bought last summer, for grilling shishkabobs, and still had some lying around the house. I've colored the images with Promarkers, and attached them to the skewers with hot glue. The ribbon around the bucket is from Michael's. After adding my skewers to the bucket, I filled the bucket with candy! Yummy and so much fun to make!


I am entering this project in the following challenges:

For A Child at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #104 For The Kids at Digital Tuesday
Challenge #41 Cook It Up (Centerpiece with Candy) at Fresh Brewed Designs
Challenge #145 Easter at A Spoon Full Of Sugar
Challenge #28 Use Yellow at Crafts And Me
Challenge #112 Bunnies at Crafty Creations
Shape With Us at The Crafty Purple Frog
Challenge #80 Easter at Fun With Shapes and More
Challenge #5 Easter or Spring at Craft Us Crazy
April Digi Day at Stamp Something
Challenge #85 Easter at Paper Cutz
From The Home (Shishkabob Skewers) at Stamping With The Dragon
Challenge #40 Do It Yourself at Simply Create
Challenge #125 Spots and Dots (On an easter egg) at One Stop Crafts
Whatever at Fairy Knoll
Anything Goes at Catch The Bug
Occasion Oasis Easter at Stamping Vacation
Challenge #110 Pastel Colors at Corrosive
Challenge #56 Something 3D at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #105 Photo Inspiration at Cupcake Inspirations
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 #42 Digi Monday at Paper Playtime
Easter at Stamps R Us
Challenge #33 Make A Box Or Gift at Lollipop Crafts
Challenge #16 Back In Shape at Happileigh Scrappin
Anything Goes at MyGrafico
Its Easter! at Sugar Sweet Paper Treats
Color Challenge at InStyle Stamps
Challenge #49 Easter at Bee Crafty

Photo Inspiration at Iris' Spot

Are you ready for a new challenge at Iris' Spot? Come over and join us for the newest challenge. Our theme is photo inspiration. Iris has a cute photo for us to draw our inspiration from. Hurry over and check out the photo, so you can play along with us! We are being sponsored this week by Daisy's Doodles! How cool is that?! You could win some awesome images from them, if you play along with us!

For my card, I used this adorable cupcake image by Daisy's Doodles. Doesn't it look good enough to eat?! I found this yummy striped paper that I felt would be perfect, and colored the image to match it. The image is colored with Promarkers. I used this fantastic sentiment from Sentiments 4 You, and punched it with my Stampin Up oval and scalloped oval punches.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:


Anything Goes at Stamping With The Dragon
For A Loved One at Creative Card Crew
Challenge #12 Flower Power at Digistamps 4 Joy
Get Punchy at Delightful Challenges
PWC #40 Color Inspiration at Paper Pretties
Challenge #67 Red and White at Whimsie Doodles
Challenge #53 Clean & Simple at Totally Papercrafts
Challenge #6 Color (Pink) Inspiration at Crafts 4 Eternity
Paint It With Stripes at Tellen's Place
Challenge #43 Live, Laugh, Love at Wee Memories
Challenge #17 It's The Puffy Challenge at Digi's With Attitude
Challenge #42 Spring Is On The Way at Phindy's Place
Special Challenge Month (February-Snack Food Month) at Stamping Vacation
Challenge #98 Lovin' From The Oven at Stamptacular Sunday
Challenge #49 Make It Pretty at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #98 Photo Inspiration (Cupcake) at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #10 Cupcake Wars at Happileigh Scrappin
Anything Goes at MyGrafico
Free For All at Stamp It Crazy
Challenge #37 Its Bright In Here at Simply Create

First Birthday Celebration!

Wow! Today is a special day, over at Shelly's Images! Not only is it Marvelous Monday, but this is a very special Marvelous Monday!

Today is the First Birthday of Shelly's Images! It is so hard to beleive that Shelly's Images is one year old, today! I remember months ago, when I first started playing in the challenges at Shelly's Images and won my first image from Shelly's Images! Such fond memories! And now, here I am, a proud member of Shelly's Images' DT!

Anyway, let me stop babbling and get on with the business at hand. I wanted to invite you all to hop on over to Images, today, to celebrate our First Birthday! We have some fun events planned throughout the day, so you you'll want to hop over more than once, today, to check out what is going on. There may be a freebie, involved, so you don't want to miss out! While you are there, check out all the fabulous birthday projects the DT have created using today's featured image, "First Birthday!" This yummy image is available, today only, at a discounted price in Shelly's Store! Make sure you get yourself a piece of this yummy cake while you're celebrating with us, today!

Okay, now that I have all the announcements out of the way, let me show you what I created for Shelly's Images' first Birthday! I actually created two projects, but I am going to post them in separate posts. The other comes with a fun tutorial, so you will see that one, tomorrow. (Are you excited, yet?!)

Here is today's First Birthday project:



How's that for a fun and unique project?! LOL! When I first seen this fabulous 1st Birthday image that Shelly created for the birthday celebration, I thought of this idea, instantly! A couple of years ago, my aunt and cousin had taken me out for my birthday, to dinner, and they gave me this crown and made me wear it all through dinner! Anyway, I have kept this crown, ever since! I just knew one day I would find the perfect Birthday girl to pass my crown on to! Oh, and guess what?! I found the perfect lucky girl to pass my crown on it---You guessed it! Shelly! Of course, I had to add something to make the crown special for Shelly, since its Shelly's Images' first birthday!

I used today's Featured Image, 1st Birthday, and colored it with Promarkers, then punched it out using a circle punch by EK Success. We had to have some more pink to make this extra girly, so I matted the image with a pink Scalloped circle, punched with a scalloped circle punch. Then I attached the image to the crown, using heavy duty glue dots! The image has added glitter and sparkle on the icing and candle, using these yummy new crystal Stickles. (Gotta have that extra sparkle). Oh, and you have to love this wonderful pink furry trim!

For tomorrow's project, I made Shelly a fun accessory to go along with her birthday crown! Be sure to check back, tomorrow, so you can see what it is, and see how I made it!

I think I should put this awesome girly birthday crown (and tomorrow's matching accessory), in a box and send it to Shelly?! Shelly is a teacher, so I think she needs to wear this Birthday crown and the matching accessories to school one day, all day, in celebration of Shelly's Images' first Birthday!

What do you all think?! How many of you think I need to send this cute crown to Shelly, and she should have to wear it all day to school? (Oh, and she'd need to take a pic of herself wearing this, and the accessory, so we can all see she has officially worn the crown!)

If I get at least 20 people to post a comment and say they think I should mail it to her and she should wear it, I will box it up and send it off! I know you'll all agree with me and not let me down, by posting your comment! I think Shelly better be prepared to show the world her new crown!


Maybe she will even pass it on to a birthday girl of her choice, and we can keep the tradition of the crown going!

Oh, and I am entering this cute girly birthday crown in the following challenges:


Challenge #52 Sketch or Coloring at The Pixie Cottage
Challenge #17 Anything Goes at Tip Top Tuesday
Challenge #1 Anything Goes at Digi's By Phooka
Bling It On at By The Cute And Girly
Altered Arts at Sugar Sweet Paper Treats
Challenge #48 Punches at I Love Promarkers
Challenge #42 Pink & Green at Digi Doodle Shop's Best
Challenge #81 Dreams Come True at Moving Along With The Times
Challenge #2 Cutie Patootie at PaperPlay
Challenge #64 Anything Goes at AI Factory
SISC42: Let It All Hang Out at Stamp Insanity
Challenge #32 Ring In The New (stickles)But Don't Ring Out The Old (Crown, Fur)at Crafty Ann's
Use Your New Goodies (Stickles) at The Crafty Purple Frog
Anything Goes at Stamp Something
Challenge #49 Happy Birthday at Totally Papercrafts
Challenge #62 Get Inspired (colors) at If The Shoe Fits
Challenge #44 Happy Birthday at Prairie Fairy
Happy Birthday at Catch The Bug
Challenge #10 Anything Goes at Pattie's Creations
Challenge #12 Girls Just Want To Have Fun at Card Makin Mamas
Anything Goes at Stamp, Scrap & Doodle
Challenge #11 Anything Goes at Craft Your Days Away
GL9 Celebrations (Birthday)at Gingerloft
Challenge #3 Photo Inspiration (Colors) at Jay Gee's Nook
Challenge #45 New (Stickles) at One Stitch At A Time
Challenge #38 Brrr I'm Turning Blue at I Did It Creations
Challenge #94 Photo Inspiration at Cupcake Inspirations
Challenge #3 Anything Goes at Pile It On!
Pretty In Pink at Whoopsi Daisy
Anything Goes at MyGrafico