Catching Snow With Your Tongue

Have I ever mentioned I really do not like making Christmas cards?  I like it even less during the summer...What's worse is when you walk into a JCPenny and they are playing Christmas music in July and that makes you want to make a Christmas card!  haha  Yes, that is what happened yesterday...  No joke!  Crazy!  But here is a Christmas card!

For this card I used flowers, snowflake punches, gems, stickles, a sentiment from Create With TLC and an image from Fred She Said.  I chose not to make it just regular square, so I used some fun shaped cookie cutter dies.

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WhoopsiDaisy Challenge  - (up to 2 entries, 3 if at least one is a WD image) – Christmas  

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie (up to 5 entries) – cookie photo

Christmas Cards All Year ‘Round (MONTHLY)– anything goes

A Snowflakes Promise (doesn’t have to be winter) –  ANYTHING GOES

ABC Christmas– N is for New, O is for Old (New punch, Old stamps)

New Baby

The Newest challenge over at Crafting With Dragonflies is "Baby Card".   I used a sweet image from The Paper Shelter called Sleepyhead Moon.  I made this so it would work for a boy or a girl, or twins.  I added two rocking horse dies, some flowers, cheese cloth, gems, ribbon and fun DP.

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The Ribbon Girl Blog –  any image

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends (up to 3 entries) – anything goes

Crafting From The Heart  (up to 3 entries)– always anything goes

Through The Craftroom Door  (2 entries max) –  Anything Goes  

Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge blog (1 entry per person) – anything goes

A Snowflakes Promise (doesn’t have to be winter) –  ANYTHING GOES

Little Red Wagon –  sing a song (Oh Mr Moon)

The Paper Shelter (enter up to 3 times, one must use a TPS image) –  Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog (5 entries)– No sentiment

Simon Says stamp Challenges (up to 5 entries) –  Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday (up to 5 entries) –  anything goes   

Create and Inspire  (Up to 3 entries)– ALWAYS anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner (up to 2 entries) – Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday – Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog –  Anything Goes

Digi Stamps For Joy (up to 3 entries per month) – anything goes w/optional twist of  - Anything Goes or “A Special Birthday”

SheepSki Designs Challenges – Square Cardz

Imagine That! Creative Playground – anything goes

Dance Like EVERYONE Is Watching

This Fortnight over at Incy Wincy Design Challenges we are being sponsored by Cute As A Button.  The challenge theme is 1 Paper Layer Only.  I used the image called Belly Dancer.   added more than one layer, but only one was paper.  One layer was glitter tulle.  I added gems, string beads and flowers too.  I colored the belly dancer with pencil and ink then topped her off with some Stickles.

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Lil Patch of Crafty Friends (up to 3 entries) – anything goes

Crafting From The Heart  (up to 3 entries)– always anything goes

Tuesday Throwdown – one layer

A Snowflakes Promise (doesn’t have to be winter) –  ANYTHING GOES

Create and Inspire  (Up to 3 entries)– ALWAYS anything goes

Inspiration Destination (enter as many times as you like) – always anything goes

Imagine That! Creative Playground – anything goes

CropStop Blog – (UP TO 5 ENTRIES, say what you used that is from their store) anything goes (Stickles) 

Happy Birthday to Hoo

This is the new freebie for the Limited Runs Progressive Challenge.  This cute owl.  Because it is for Limited Runs I decided to use a couple other Limited Runs images I have already.  So, this card has three different images from Limited Runs.  I turned the owls and the cake into balloons.

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The Crazy Challenge (up to 4 entries-winners announced on Wed) – Animals

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog (5 entries)– For a Child + a sentiment

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie (up to 5 entries) – cookie photo

A Gem of A Challenge – Animals

Shabby chic Dragonfly

This week over at Crafting With Dragonflies the challenge theme is Vintage/Shabby Chic.  So for this challenge I decided I wanted to play with some of my new dies I got from Wish.com...ohhh how dangerously addictive that site it!!  The only new die set is the flower die, I cut out a lot of pink flowers, bent and played with them a bit then glued some beads in the center.  I already had the dragonfly and leaf dies.   To give this that 'shabby chic' look I used a paint brush and some paint and dabbed it onto the edges of the flowers, leaves and DPs.  I did rough up the edges of the papers too.  I added some heart pins, pearls, lace and made a burlap string bow, the burlap string can be found here.

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The Ribbon Girl Blog –  any type of card

613 Avenue Create (UP TO 3 ENTRIES)– anything goes/ optional challenge – STAMPING W/MONOCHROME

The Crazy Challenge (up to 4 entries-winners announced on Wed) – Animals

Dream Valley Challenges (enter up to 10 challenges) –  Bling, Lace and Ribbon

Crafting From The Heart  (up to 3 entries)– always anything goes 

Through The Craftroom Door  (2 entries max) –  Anything Goes  

A Snowflakes Promise (doesn’t have to be winter) –  ANYTHING GOES

Little Red Wagon –  thanks bunches

The Paper Shelter (enter up to 3 times, one must use a TPS image) –  punches and/or dies

Word Art Wednesday (up to 5 entries) –  anything

Create and Inspire  (Up to 3 entries)– ALWAYS anything goes

Inspiration Destination (enter as many times as you like) – always anything goes

Cute Card Thursday – ribbons/bows

In The Pink (always use more pink than any other color) up to 3 entries – special occasion

A Gem of A Challenge – Animals

CropStop Blog – (UP TO 5 ENTRIES, say what you used that is from their store) anything goes - burlap string

Imagine That! Creative Playground – anything goes

New Releases At Cute As A Button

Today is the day we get to start saving over at Cute As A Button and enjoy some new summer releases!

I played with "Ice Tea".  I colored her using Chalk and ink.  I used a couple small doilies cut in half, a few dies, gems, flowers, ribbon and a sentiment from Create With TLC.

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Crafting From The Heart  (up to 3 entries)– always anything goes

Little Red Wagon –  wet and wild

Simon Says stamp Challenges (up to 5 entries) –  Summer Sunshine

Inspiration Destination (enter as many times as you like) – always anything goes

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog –  Anything Goes 

Monster Sized

Limited Runs is having another progressive challenge, the image this time is just too funny!  He is a "Smiling Monster".  One of my favorite things about digital images is that you can make them any size you want, you can crop certain parts as you wish and once the image is colored, if you have a scanner you can scan it in and then play with the color.  That is what I did here...all of the above!  First I printed the plain image, then I colored it and scanned it into the computer.  Then I laid it out how I wanted the monsters to be.  For the bigger one I changed it to a more red hue, for the green one I changed it to the greener hue.  The blue monster is the same as what I colored.  I added some Glossy Accents to the eyes and lips and some Stickles to the antanea.  I cropped out one of the balls from the blue monster and used it in place of gems.  I added some twine and punched some orange paper for the bottom.  Here is what I came up with...

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Pile It On – (winners announced on Wednesdays) – PRIMARY COLORS

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends (up to 3 entries) – anything goes

The Crazy Challenge (up to 4 entries-winners announced on Wed) – Animals

Crafting From The Heart  (up to 3 entries)– always anything goes

Through The Craftroom Door  (2 entries max) –  Anything Goes  

The Paper Shelter (enter up to 3 times, one must use a TPS image) –  going digital

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog (5 entries)– For a Child + a sentiment

Word Art Wednesday (up to 5 entries) –  anything goes   

Inspiration Destination (enter as many times as you like) – always anything goes

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog –  Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge Blog (max of 3 entries) – Magical & Mythical

A Gem of A Challenge – Animals

Just Us Girls Challenge –  blending (blending the colors in the monster using chalk)

Musical Birthday

This fortnight over at Incy Wincy Designs the challenge theme is Friends Forever.  We have two sponsors for this challenge.  Our sponsors are Bugaboo Stamps and Oddball Art.

For this challenge I used a fun image from Oddball Art called Norah's Dance w/Cooper and Cruz..  I colored this image using gel pen, pencil and ink.  I also added some Stickles.  For my card I stuck with the musical theme.  I added some two sided paper from a DCWV paper pack called Preserved Paper.  I used two different musical dies, the birthday one and the musical notes themselves.  I also used a butterfly punch and some round scalloped dies.  I added some ribbon and lace plus some flowers and pink pearls.  Even the leaves were made using a leaf die that I added some texture to using a pair of needle nosed pliers.

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Crafting From The Heart  (up to 3 entries)– always anything goes

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog–  Lots of layers  

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog (5 entries)– For a Child + a sentiment

Simon Says stamp Challenges (up to 5 entries) –  anything goes

Word Art Wednesday (up to 5 entries) –  anything goes   

Crafty Gals Corner (up to 2 entries) – AnyTHING goes

Inspiration Destination (enter as many times as you like) – always anything goes

Cute Card Thursday – anything goes

C.R.A.F.T challenge (up to 2 entries) – Add Ribbon and Sparkle

In The Pink (always use more pink than any other color) up to 3 entries – special occasion

4 Crafty Chicks – Anything Goes

Seize The Birthday (up to 3 entries) – Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog –  Anything Goes

Crazy 4 Challenges – include something you’d see in a park (dog, cat, flowers, butterfly, kid)

Just Us Girls Challenge –  celebrate

CropStop Blog – (UP TO 5 ENTRIES, say what you used that is from their store) anything goes

Scrapper's Delights Challenges (up to 3 entries ) – anything goes

Imagine That! Creative Playground – anything goes

Friends and Wine

This fortnight over at Incy Wincy Designs the challenge theme is Friends Forever.  We have two sponsors for this challenge.  Our sponsors are Bugaboo Stamps and Oddball Art.

For this card I used an image from Bugaboo called Friends Don't Let Friends Wine Alone.  I colored this image using ink, pencil, chalk, and gel pen.  I covered the glasses and bottle with Glossy Accents.  I added some fun stickers and some twine.  I kept this all pretty simple.

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Simon Says stamp Challenges (up to 5 entries) –  anything goes

Inspiration Destination (enter as many times as you like) – always anything goes

Cute Card Thursday – anything goes

4 Crafty Chicks – Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog –  Anything Goes

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog (Bugaboo Stamps) 3 entries per person – anything goes

Holy Cow

Today seems to be a totally dull day, I feel dull and just flat out haven't felt like doing much of anything.  So, I just sat down to make a card.  I decided to follow the sketch from Swet Sketch Wednesday.  I used some fun sunflowers, sunflower paper, gems, an edge punch, some lace, and some dies.

The sketch I followed
 Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2

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Little Red Wagon –  3 of a kind

The Paper Shelter (enter up to 3 times, one must use a TPS image) –  summer birthday

Inspiration Destination (enter as many times as you like) – always anything goes

Cute Card Thursday – anything goes

4 Crafty Chicks – Anything Goes

Seize The Birthday (up to 3 entries) – Anything Goes

A Gem of A Challenge – Summer Colors

New Baby

This month's challenge theme over at Cute As A Button is "Summer Fun".  I used Dolphin Mermaid to make this fun card.  I turned this into a new baby card because the dolphin looks like it's a new baby.  I added a fun ocean background, a bow and some hand drawn stitching.  The image was colored with chalks and inks.

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The Ribbon Girl Blog –  any type of card

Pile It On – (winners announced on Wednesdays) – PRIMARY COLORS

Cute Card Thursday – anything goes

C.R.A.F.T challenge (up to 2 entries) – Add Ribbon and Sparkle

4 Crafty Chicks – Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog –  Anything Goes

A Gem of A Challenge – Summer Colors

So Sorry

It's time for a new challenge over at the Crafting With Dragonflies Challenge Blog.  The challenge theme is "Punches or Dies".  So, I used one punch and the rest of my card was done with dies (not counting the gems and pearls.  I've been way over shopping at Wish.Com finding so many awesome dies for super duper great prices!!  The windows, cat, and flower planter were all from one set.  The bow (it came in three sizes) was in another set, and the flower (four different sizes) came in another set.  I already had the words and the leaf dies.  The pretty edging on the bottom was done using an edge punch.  That window is so cool, the windows open, so the cat could slink out onto the flowers.  LOL

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Glitter n Sparkle  (up to 3 entries) – Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends (up to 3 entries) – anything goes

Tuesday Throwdown – Creative Borders

A Snowflakes Promise (doesn’t have to be winter) –  ANYTHING GOES

Word Art Wednesday (up to 5 entries) –  anything goes   

Crafty Gals Corner (up to 2 entries) – AnyTHING goes

Inspiration Destination (enter as many times as you like) – always anything goes

Cute Card Thursday – anything goes

4 Crafty Chicks – Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog –  Anything Goes

Crazy 4 Challenges – include something you’d see in a park (FLOWERS AND THE CAT)