Last day of SCHOOL!

So my oldest is finally done with school today. I had to wipe up some thank you cards at the last minute so here is one I did for my daughter's teacher.

This image is from Whimsie Doodles and it is a freebie on her site. The paper is from DCWV in a variety pak that was only $4 dollars at AC Moore.

I colored her with my Spectrum Noirs.  The sentiment is from My Craft Spot-Tiny Tags...love that set. 

I will be entering this on in:

Shelly's Images-Anything Goes
Fab & Funky-Polka Dots
Stampavie & More-Something with Wings
There She Goes-Winged Things

Hope everyone has a great crafty day! Got a busy day planned with my middle daughter end of year Girl Scout party and then my in-laws coming to have dinner with us tonight.  Summer vacation has started for everyone now.

Some Odd Girl Challenge

SOG is having a great Facebook day on Saturday.  Not sure how much I will be able to participate on that day since it is my oldest daughter B-day party but wanted to at least get into the challenge. The facebook day was great with AWESOME DEALS so for all your SOG lovers be sure to check it out.  The challenge is non-traditional hair color. 

I will be entering this one in:

Some Odd Girl-Non Traditional Hair Color
Stamp and Create-Bold and Bright
Sketch Saturday-based on their sketch
Crafts & Me-Anything Goes
Try It on Tuesdays-Anything Goes

Kenny K Red,White & Blue

Hello Everyone! Yesterday ended up being a nice birthday though it started a bit rough when my automatic car payment company had a computer error and ended up deducting my payment 3...yes I said three times! Fortunately all the money is back today and they will pay any bank fees I have if going in the red..so I am having a much better morning.

Decided to color up this gorgeous image from Kenny K and I am pretty happy with how it all came together.  A bit bummed that I did not make the team but I know I am still a work in progress and seeing what those artists can do I will have more practice to get there.  I used two cartridges, Stand and Salute for the dog tag/sentiment-"My Hero" but I think my paper may have been too shiny so it is a bit hard to read.  The star is cut from and Accent Essentials. 

I will be entering this one in:

Kenny K-Jazz it Up
Inky Impressions-Red, White & Blue
Divas by Design-use diecuts
Top Tip Tuesday-Independence day or Stars & Stripes
Great Impressions-Die Cuts/Punches

Cooking with Cricut-First Day of Summer

Today Challenge at Cooking with Cricut is to celebrate the first day of Summer using a BBQ & Picnic Theme.  I wiped out my Summer Celebrations Cart and got to work.  This entire card is cut from this cart and the paper is from DCWV Guy Stack. 

Hope to see your fabulous summer entries and for those here in the East Coast of the US...stay cool cause it is gonna be a hot one today.

And on a side note...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! I will be soaking my feet in the kiddie pool with the kids on this HEAT WAVE. 

Simply Betty

I do love me some Simply Betty and they have created a new Challenge Blog called Simply Challenged Challenges so I figured I would get into this one.
I colored this one up last night as I watched True Blood on my DVR since I missed it on Sunday night.  I have to laugh when I see all the blogs with pictures of Eric, Bill or even Edward from Twilight.  I would take me an Alcide anyday! 

 This is the Emo Betty Clear Stamp and I used my Cricut cart for the Sentiment...if you are a Cricut lover and love Halloween you HAVE to get Happy Hauntings...one of the all time best Carts I own...I love their great cuts on that.  The paper is from my stash so not really sure who makes it.

I will be entering this one in:

Simply Challenged Challenges-Betty theme

Loves Rubberstamps Challenge-Photo Inspiration

This week's challenge is called:

Pinterest Photo Inspiration

Make a card that is inspired by this photograph that I found on Pinterest.

Photograph is by Henry Hargreaves - Food of the Rainbow

How to play:
Just upload a creation that follows this week's challenge to your online blog or gallery. Then leave a link to your project in the linky widget at the bottom of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the tag or keyword LRSBC5. Our challenge is open to everyone, you can use any stamps and products that you would like, and you can enter as many times as you want.

Deadline:
The linky entry widget will close at 9PM CST on Monday, June 25th so all entries need to be in before then.

Prize Information:
One lucky participant will be chosen using a random number generator and will win a gift voucher for use at our store, Loves Rubberstamps, and will be able to proudly display our Winner's Badge on their blog!
The more people we have play... the bigger our gift vouchers will be so be sure and tell your friends and spread the news :)

Gift Voucher Amounts:
This week we will be giving away a $25.00 gift voucher to go on a shopping spree at Loves Rubberstamps!

WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED WITH THE NEW CHALLENGE ON TUESDAY JUNE 26th!

I was inspired mostly by the colors.  This stamp is from Belle & Whistles called Sweet Summer Days.  I used my Echo Park paper and sentiment set I have from My Creative Time. Colored again with my Copics.

I will also be entering this one in:

Graphicat Designs-Based on their sketch

Love to Create-Summertime Fun

Crafty Sentiments-Bright Colors

For my added bonus, if any of my followers link up to the Challenge and just add in my comment section you did then you will be in the running for 2 Kraftin Kimmie stamps I have in my stash.  They are Donna and Springtime Maisy.   So hope to see many of you over at Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog.

A Day for Daisies Post

I recently won at Link Up for Pink and got to pick a few digis from a fabulous digital company many of you know, A Day For Daisies.  I adore their images and I am sooo happy to have a few now in my collection. 

I used my Copics for this one as well as my Spectrum Noirs. The Copics were colors, E11, 13 & 15.  I used Spectrum Noirs fro teh hair and I am still trying to experiment with my shadowing...I am watching lot of videos so I keep my fingers crossed I will someday have it done like some of my favorite card makers out there! Practice makes perfect right.

I will be entering this one in:

1) A Day for Daisies-The image is new, blue is the color, the paper is old (well been in my stash for about 6 months) and the green on the flowers are "borrowed" from another card I made.
2) Sweet Sunday Sketch-based on sketch though I am sooo not a CAS girl so kind of added a bunch of other embellishments so hope you can still see it. 
3) Digi Makeover Challenge-Things with Wings
4) Little Miss Muffett-Loads of Layers
5) There She Goes-Winged Things
6) Whoopsi Daisy-Use Those Swirls
7) Paper Crafting Journey-Ink It Up


Okay here is to hoping I can get bunch done tonight once the kiddos are asleep!  My task list???--some Kenny K's, SOG, Bugaboo and SC images to get ready.

Some Odd Girl is having a facebook Funday...had some FABULOUS sales last time so I definitely want to get into this one this time....already colored one so just have to get my butt in gear in make it a card.

Come back tomorrow for a DEFINITE card for the next challenge over at Loves Rubberstamps Challenge.  I am sure tons of you will have the perfect card for this one.

Darcy Diaries Card

I amazing had a very productive crafting day even with the kiddos at home. Gave them some scrap digis to play with and they busied themselves for a bit so I can finish up TWO cards!

The first is a digital image from Darcy Diaries. I was lucky enough to win one of their challenges recent and got 5 fabulous images and this was one of them.  I loved it them in minute I saw it and figure I better get to work on it.

I used my Cricut to great the doily in the back.  This is a cut from Damask Decor...a cart I really do not used much but does have some great fancy cuts for those people who like that. The paper I got on clearance at Michaels and it is a K&Company paper pack but not sure which one.  I also used my Cricut to create the flowers via the Art Philosophy cart.  I cut my small flowers at 2.5 if you are wondering.  Image is colored with my Spectrum Noirs.  The sentiment is from My Creative time which has tons of great sentiment sets as well as other really cool dies..(still hoping I get a little extra cash for my B-day this week in order to get that lollipop die I have wanted and that All Around Sentiments) and I then did some faux stitching around it.

I will be entering this one in:

Darcy Diaries-Use your punches or dies

Sketchy Colors-based on their sketch

Paper Playtime-Anything Goes with a Sentiment

Paper Shelter-Anything Goes

Loves RubberStamps Inspirational Posts.

One of the things I am most excited about with being on  Loves Rubberstamps Design Team is the great variety of stamps they have available.  I have always adored Crafty Sentiments Stamps and was so excited to be able to get my hands on a few of them.

This one is called He Loves Me and isn't it just the sweetest image. I colored the image with the Spectrum Noir markers except for the skin which I tried a new color combo I am still debating...E51, E53...what do you think? The paper is from MME and the tag is from My Craft Spot.

Hope you enjoyed this inspiration and can not wait to see you Tuesday for our next Challenge.

Sentimental Sundays

This week's challenge is:

Summer FUN

(plus a sentiment)

And this weeks BONUS challenge is:

Another beautiful sketch created by: Sandy S

This week's Sponsors are:

DONATING: $10 merchandise voucher for the store or ANY Little Darlings stamp.

Love to Stamp is home to Little Darlings rubber stamps. You can also find paper, dies, sentiment stamps and embellishments.

AND

DONATING: 5 digis to TWO selected winners

MayzyArt is a new digital stamp location with a growing collection of fun stamps for use in scrapbooking and papercraft projects. MayzyArt’s goal is to provide unique, imaginative and affordable stamps. For updates on the newest stamps and sales, examples of great projects done by MayzyArt customers and a weekly stamp give-away drawing, visit www.mayzyart.blogspot.com.

Rules:

You must use this weeks theme challenge in your creation. If you use the theme AND this weeks BONUS sketch, please submit your entry twice. That's it....If you only use the sketch and we don't see the theme in your creation, your card will be deleted.

Here is my card using Mayzy Digital Stamp, Molly & Booboo.  Colored this one with my Copics markers.  Paper is from Echo Park and the Sentiment is actually from my sticker pile.

I will also be entering this one in:

Sweet Stampin-Here comes on the Summer

Raise the Bar-Did someone say Summer?

Forever Friends

Little Miss Muffet Challenge-loads of Layers

Divas by Design-Summer Fun

Craft-Room Challenge-Furry Four Legged Animals  

50 Followers Candy!

Hello Everyone!

I am just three people away from 50 followers and I just wanted to send a thank you to everyone who has taken the time to pop in and leave me lovely comments and crafty inspiration. 

As a thank you I will be giving away two stamps so please link up for a chance to win.  The first is a stamp from Sparkle Creations-it is unused and unmounted but a beauty.  It is called Daffodil Charlotte (actually have two of them).

The next is from Karen Middleton for Sweet Pea Stamps.  Another unmounted and unused stamp I have in my collection.  So please add your name if interested in winning on and I will select a random winner next week. 

Be on the look out for another personal candy giveaway I will be having to get my newest Challenge DT team name out there..Loves Rubberstamps..which I will post on Tuesday along with the new challenge.

Please remember in order to be eligible for the lovely candy, you must be a follower and Link into Mr Linky so I know you are interested in the candy. 

2 Sisters Challenge

Welcome to another Saturday challenge at 2 Sisters Challenge. This week we are being sponsored by the wonderful:

ROBYN'S FETISH

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is proud to sponsor this challenge.

The theme of our challenge this week is to use STRIPES and/or PLAID on your creation. You can use either stripes or plaid or you can use them both.

I got this paper about a year ago at a Scrap Fest I went too with my girlfriend. I decided to do some paper piecing with this image.  I actually just used my Bic markers I got at store to color this one. 

Can not wait to see what you come up with! Thanks for joining in our challenge.

Mid week Challenge reminders

For all my lovely followers, thank you so much. Just a reminder on my DT teams we have the following challenges

2 Sisters Challenge-sketch. Great job so far everyone. Ends very soon..think later tonight.

Sentimental Sundays-For a Special Guy. Ends Sat night.

Loves Rubberstamps-Male Cards. We are a new challenge so we would ESPECIALLY love to see your entries and your support. Website is lovesrubberstampschallenges.com. Ends Monday night.

Cooking with Cricut-Father Day but NO CARDS...must use your Cricut in some capacity. Ends Tuesday night, 6/19

Crafty Hugs to All! Check back tomorrow when I post some blog candy for coming up on 50 followers...only 4 people away.

Digi EB image Card

I was lucky enough to win this digi image from Elisabeth Bell in a recent blog hop so I decided to color her up and get her into a card. 

I will be entering this one into

Elisabeth Bell Challenge-based on sketch

Bunny Zoes-Girls, Girls, Girls

Just Keep on Creating-Anything Goes

Forever Friends-Anything Goes

Stamp and Create-Bold & Bright

Love RubberStamps Challenge-Masculine Cards

Welcome to another Loves Rubberstamps Challenge.  Thank you to all that entered last week challenge and hope to see you coming back and even more entries.  This week with the upcoming Father's Day holiday here in the US, we have the men of our lives on our mind.  So whip out those male theme images and get stamping.

This card was created with the Kenny K image called Ryder Cole.  I decided to use the DCVW Guy Stack to create this card and added some paper piecing to it to jazz it up a bit.  Dug out my eyelets too to add to the image.  The image is colored with my Spectrum  Noirs markers, brown collection for the pants and red collection for the rest.

How to play:Just upload a creation that follows this week's challenge to your online blog or gallery. Then leave a link to your project in the linky widget at Loves Rubberstamps challenge blog.  If you upload to online galleries, please also use the tag or keyword LRSBC4. Our challenge is open to everyone, you can use any stamps and products that you would like, and you can enter as many times as you want.

Deadline:
The linky entry widget will close at 9PM CST on Monday, June 18th so all entries need to be in before then.

I will be entering this one in:

Tammy Scrapin Corner-For the Boys
Tuesday Alchemy-Anything goes
Craft Your Passion-Anything Goes-2nd entry
Digi Darla Challenge-Special Man in Your Life
Jackson Digital Expression-Anything Goes with Ink
The Crafty Pad-Let's Hear it for the Boys

EB stamp

I had created this card with a Belle and Whistles Stamps called Tania Baking.  I love all the images that Elisabeth Bell has created for this line. If you are a B&W lover, please be sure to make sure to snag them up since it seems that production will be stopping.  Loves RubberStamps does carry many of their images too.   The image was colored with my Spectrum Noirs, and the paper is Crate Pad and the Sentiment is a retired CTMH stamp. 

I will be entering it into the following challenges:

Elphine House-based on sketch
Bunny Zoe's-Girls, Girls, Girls
Craft Your Passion-Anything Goes
Make it Monday-Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp and Show-AG

Loves RubberStamps Inspirational Monday Post

Hello everyone! Welcome to another Monday Inspirational post for Loves Rubberstamps. This beauty of a stamp created by Elisabeth Bell is available via Sweet Pea Stamps in our store.

Paper Piecing is a great way to add dimension and patterns to your stamp images.  The paper set is from DCVW-Once Upon a Time Stack.  It is a very easy process too.  First you stamp an image on your choice of paper you use to color and then color up the skin and areas you will not be putting a pattern on, Next you stamp the same image on the paper pattern and then cut out the portion you want to glue it to your original stamp.

I love to use Stickles cause of the bling so I added that too the wings and the wand.  The flourishes are actually cut from my Cricut. 

I will be entering this card in a few Challenges too:

Stamptacular Sunday-Fairy Fever
Elizabeth Bell Monthly challenge-based on Sketch
Dare to be Sassy Thursday-use something Sparkling-Stickle
Do you stack up-Paper Piecing
Southern Girls-Things with Wings
CraftyMess Challenge-Fantasy
Let's Ink it Up-use favorite embellishment-love to use Stickles.
Fashionable stamping Challenge-Mystical/Magical

Sentimental Sundays

Welcome to another Sentimental Sundays.  With Father's Day fast approaching here in the US, we decided it was time to get you motivated to get those Male Theme/Father's Day cards done.  With our Summer Bonus options, we have another fabulous sketch by our teamie, Nicole. 

We have one of my favorite sponsors back, Bugaboo Stamps. I just love these stamps since the character lines are sooo funny.  Love the Stella line! 

It has been two years since my father passed away and I am not really one to make Father's Day cards for my hubby since my girls enjoy making their own so I hope a Male Theme Card is okay.  We actually have our ten year anniversary coming up so I had this one in mind. I paper pieced the the outfit on Stella and the shorts and socks on Gus.  This paper is from my stash and used my Copics to color this one.  The tabs and the hears are from my chipboard stash. This paper I have had for about a year.

I will be entering this one in:

Digi Doodles Shop-Male Card
DL Art Thankful Thursday challenge-Male Card
Shopping Our Stash-Masculine
Do You Stack Up-Paper Piecing

2 Sisters Challenge

Welcome to another Saturday morning challenge at 2 Sisters Challenge.  This week we have a sketch challenge. I personally love Sketch Challenges though I know some people are weary of them.  We have two returning sponsor of ours, Digi Doodles & Inked Treasures, who was kind enough to give our DT team images to work with.  

Can not wait to see what you make!  Thanks for stopping by. 

Mayzy vacation day

Hey everyone, These are two cards I just made for pleasure here. They are both by another one of my favorite digital artists, Mayzy green, at Mayzy Arts. The first one is a new stamp for the summer and figured it would be perfect for getting in the summer vacation mode. I colored the Digi with a combo of my Spectrums and Copics. I used my Cricut for the embellishments. The wave, Sun, and shells are all from Life's a Beach Cartridge. The paper is from my stash from a collection called Dreamin from CTMH. I will be entering this one in

Friday Sketch Challenge-This is my version of the sketch!
Outlaws Friday Challenge-Summer
Paper Playtime- Vacation with Die cuts
Digital Tuesday-Anything Goes
Try it on Tuesday-Anything Goes
Bitten by the Bug-Water
Fashionista Challenge-Summer
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge-Summer Colors
AllSorts-By the Seaside
Cute Card Thursday-Water Water Everywhere

The second one is also a Mayzy Digi. This one I created really for two challenges in mind...one Mayzy Circue challenge and the Sketch and Stash.

So I will be entering this one in:

Sketch and Stash
Mayzy art-at the Circus
Secret Crafter-anything goes


Don't forget the Loves RubberStamps Challenge first DT challenge is ANYTHING GOES so hope to see you all there to get a fabulous gift certificate. Sentimental Sundays ends Saturday night with a Spots and sketch challenge, Cooking with Cricut is a Graduation/End of School Challenge and 2 Sisters Challenge is Inside & Out ending tonight!

Okay have to get ready to pack! Taking my two Girl Scouts to Washington DC to celebrate the 100 Anniversary of Girl Scouts at Rock the MALL.  Little one will stay with Daddy...hope he makes it through the weekend cause that baby of mine is quite the DIVA.  I just saw this great digi from Mo Manning that is soooo my little one...it is called Talk to the Bear :-)! Love it.