2 Sisters Challenge-2nd Blogaversary &Red, White and Blue

2 Sisters Challenge is celebrating their 2nd year and we having a host of fabulous companies sponsor us for this special challenge. We are being sponsored by 5 wonderful companies.  This is also my final challenge with 2 Sisters Challenge. I am so excited that they gave me the opportunity to work with them and appreciate that wonderful time I have shared with them.

This week America celebrates its birthday as well so we though that it would be fitting to make our theme for this challenge...

RED, WHITE & BLUE with the optional extra of GLITTER or BLING.

CRAFTY SENTIMENTS

THE DIGI DOODLE SHOP

Thank you so much for having us, and again the very best of luck to all of you.

MELJEN'S

DI'S DIGI DOWNLOADS

THE CRAFTING BOUTIQUE

With 5 sponsors it means that there are 5 chances to win one of the sponsor prizes. Here is how it will work...

2 winners will be chosen from all of the cards and projects that are entered

2 winners will be chosen from all of the entries that use an image from one of the sponsors from this challenge. If you use an image from one of the sponsors and want to be put into the drawing for one of these prizes put a # beside your name when you link your card or project.

1 winner will be chosen from all of the entrants who leave us a comment on this challenge post.

I will be entering this card in

CRAFT: Birds/Feathers
Cute Card Thursday-Patriotic
DRS Design Rubber-Stars and Stripes
Inspired by Stamping-Photo Inspiration
Outlawz Challenge- Twisted Thursday Challenge-Where in the World/Patriotic
Creatalicious Challenge-Anything Goes
Dream Valley-Things with Wings

Mayzy Patriotic/Beach card

I created this card with the Outlawz Sketch Challenge in mind.  The question was Where in the World do you come from and to use the sketch. Now I am from the USA and I use the beach image since I live near the New Jersey Shore.  I also have summer on the brain considering it is soooo hot here right now. I got the paper from AC Moore on sale as individual sheets so not sure who makes them.  The image is from Mayzy Art...love her images.
I will be entering this one in:

Outlawz Sketch Challenge-based on sketch
Cute Card Thursday-Patriotic
Crafty Sentiments-Red, White and Blue
Totally Paper Craft-Use a digital
Our Craft Lounge-Photo Inspiration
Shelley's Images-Red, White and Blue and Sparkles
Creatalicious Challenge-Anything Goes
Crafting for all Seasons-Red,White and Blue

Mo Manning Thank you Card

I created this card to give to my daughter extra help teacher who has helped her grow so much in her reading. My daughter selected the colors since she said that is her favorite color. I stamped the sentiment in the paper, from My Craft Spot on the Teeny Tiny Tags set, she is holding and put it up higher cause my daughter wanted to write in the name. We are all so thankful for all the help she has given her. 

I will be entering this one in:

Mo's Digital Pencil-Straight from the Heart

Charisma Cardz-Anything Goes

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards-Anything Goes

Totally Paper Crafts-Use a digital image

Party Time Tuesday-Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenge-Anything Goes

Copic ME Europe Challenge

In honor of their birthday, the lovely DT over at Copic Marker Europe offered two free digis as long as you agreed to create a project with them.  One of them was this adorable cutie by Sylvia Zet as well as one by Krista Smith at Saturated Canary. I got both :-)! I hope to get Krista posted by tomorrow but I did get this cutie done last night.  

I will be entering this one in:

Graphicat Sketches-based on their sketch
Charisma Cardz-Anything Goes
Delightful Challenges-Celebrations
Bearly Mine-Anything Goes
Copic Marker Europe-free image challenge

Jackson Expression Digital Challenge

I was fortunate enough to win an image from Jackson Expression last challenge so I decide to color her up.  I used my Copics for this one and the sketch is actually based on their theme.

I will be entering this one in:

Jackson Digital Expression-sketch and AG
Link Up for Pink-Anything Pink
Creatalicious Image-Anything Goes

Sassy Studio Designs-Samantha

Sassy Studio Designs is having a Relay card making contest and you can earn the freebie of their Sex in the City theme characters if you enter a card for each of the "relays". 

Here is the character Samantha...I have to admit I was not a Sex in the City show watcher though I have enjoyed the ones I have seen. I know enough about Sam's character to think this fits her perfectly.  The card theme is BLING IT UP..which of course you know I was loving! The sentiment is actually from Bugaboo Ruby image which just cracked me up when I read it.

I will be entering this one in

Tuesday Morning Sketches-based on their sketch
Sassy Studios Design-relay contest
Party Time Tuesday-anything Goes
The Squirrel and Fox-Make it Sparkle
Creatalicious Challenge-Anything Goes

Cooking with Cricut All about Water Fun Challenge

Welcome back to another great summer theme challenge at Cooking with Cricut.  We want to see your projects that pertain to Summer Water Fun.  These are just one of those cards I decide I really wanted to try something outside of my comfort zone.  The card shape is cut from my Art Philosphy Cart and then my umbrella and chair are from Life's a Beach. Cut at 3 inches and I used prepatterned paper for both. 

I then wiped out my CTMH many stamp ink pad and used Goldrush, Pacifica and Sky to ink up the background and yes that is real sand I used in the card.  Some good ole fashion Elmer glue held it great.

I will be entering this one in:

Paper Shelter-Punches and Dies
Whimsy Challenge Blog-Anything but Square
Cardz TV-Summer Fun
Deep Ocean Challenge-Welcome Summer
Sassy Cheryl's-Summer
My Craft Spot-Hot Summer Colors
Craft a Scene-Beach Scene
Getting Cricky-Summertime
Outlawz CAS challenge

Loves Rubberstamps Challenge-Red, White & Blue

Happy Tuesday and welcome to another Loves Rubberstamps weekly challenge. This week the theme is Red, White & Blue as many here in the USA get ready to celebrate the 4th of July. 

Now for this card I have to say I gave myself a pat on the back.  I am soooo not a clean & simple gal but I have been seeing this technique and wanted to see how it worked. Needless to say I was pleasantly surprised.

This adorable boy is Cupcake Phillip by CC Designs. I really am not the one to do too many boys with a house full of girls but it is nice to have a few for the "boyfriends" my girls have. I used kraft paper and stamped the image directly on my card. I then pulled out and dusted off the watercolor pencils for this one.  Used some old CTMH stamps I have in my stash for the border as well as added the mini-tickets by Whimsy Stamps and a little Stickle on the cupcake and stars.

I will be entering this one in:

Send a Smile for Kids-Birthday Fun for Kids

Inky Impressions-Red, White & Blue

Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet-Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments-Red, White and Blue

Celebrate the Occassion-Happy Birthday

Party Time Tuesday-Anything Goes

Shopping Our Stash-Red, White and Blue or Stars & Stripes

Crafts and Me-Anything Goes

Outlawz Colors Challenge-Colors of your Country

Sassy Studios Card

Sassy Studios is having a great little special release event going on so I decided to jump in.  It closes soon so I had to jump on this one.

Went again with one of my favorite color schemes...think it looks so sophicated but that may just be me. 

I will be entering this one in:

Sunday Sketch and Stamp-based on sketch
Sassy Studios Design-Relay Freebie Challenge
Tammy Scrapin Corner-Anything goes
Digi Makeover Challenge-Anything Goes with digital image
Daisy Doodles-Anything Goes
Scrapbooking Queens Royal Digital Challenge-Anything Goes

Loves Rubberstamps-Inspirational Monday

Welcome Everyone to another Monday Morning Inspirational Post for Loves Rubberstamps.  I do not know about you but I think we are a little Diva at times.  Once I saw this stamp from Stamping Bella by Mo Manning I know I needed to have it! It reminds me so much of my youngest daughter, age 3,  who we all have nicknamed Diva cause that girl will not leave my house without wearing a "fufu skirt" and having her hair in clips.

I love purple and green together so it was not hard for me to combine these two elements.  I used my Spectrum Noirs to color this image and the sentiment actually comes with this stamp.  

I will be entering this one in:

Tammy's Scrapin Corner-Anything goes

Bunny Zoes-Girls, Girls, Girls

Hooked on Crafts-All that Glitters

Incy Wincy Designs-Anything Goes

Let's Ink It Up-Favorite Embellishments (Gems & Stickles)

Love to Create-Anything Goes

50 followers results/Good news

Thank you to all those lovely people have joined me and so happy to have gotten so many new followers. I got some happy news that I am super excited about. I was chosen to be on Pause, Enjoy and Dream Challenges Design team. My first challenge will be July 6. That is also my ten year wedding anniversary where I will be sailing away on a lovely cruise but thank goodness one of my , hugs Samara, taught me how to preschedule posts now. Okay on to the candy news... The winner is #3-Timestamp: 2012-06-25 00:35:58 UTC. Congrats Calypso! Hope you enjoy your new stamps. Have a good evening..getting ready to put the kids to bed and stay up late getting my Goth fix with some True Blood while I color!

Cute & Girly-Sentimental Sundays

This week's challenge is:

Cute and Girly

(plus a sentiment)

Rules:

-You most use this weeks theme challenge in your creation.

-If you use the theme AND this weeks BONUS sketch, please submit your entry twice.

((When entering your project twice…for your first entry use the direct link to your post. For the second post, enter just your blog URL address, but select the same image. ))

That's it....

If you only use the sketch and we don't see the theme in your creation, your card will be deleted.

This week's Sponsors are:

Whoopsi Daisy features adorable digi images drawn by Linnie to fit your everyday stamping needs. The term Daisy refers to the cute little girl images that are the signature of Whoopsi Daisy designs, however, you can also find a large range of other images - boys, cute animals, scenery and even some sassy ladies. A new CD of Whoopsi Daisy designs can be purchased directly from Joanna Sheen's shop.

And an anonymous sponsor, providing this for a commenter or participant.

And this weeks BONUS challenge is:

A color swatch created by: Sandy S

Use 3 or more of the color combination shown below.

I will be entering this one in:

Pile it On-Make your own embellishments-Made the flowers via my Cricut

Mary Cardz TV-Anything Goes

Pause Enjoy Dream-Use three of something-the three flowers

Stampalot Challenge-Handmade Flowers, Polka Dots, & Pink

so sorry i forgot-2 Sisters Challenge

Yesterday I spent all day running around for my oldest daughter's B-day party I forgot to post my DT card at 2 Sisters Challenge. This week we are being sponsored by.....

We have an easy theme this week......

 

ANYTHING GOES

 

So I know I will see lots of you there!

 

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.