Think Green! {Scrapy Land} {Christina Hor}

Green Greetings to all my Sweet Crafty Friends!

Welcome to Scrapy Land Challenge #38
and
a special introduction to a VERY special digital talent AND free gift-for-you from
Christina Hor's Digi Arts for Healing!

Today, I'm wishing you all things beautifully green...

(psst! that means full of Abundant Life - your own personal internal SPRING!) 

May everything within your sights, sounds and smells remind you of the preciousness, loveliness and incredible-ness of YOU!

Theme: Think Green! (St. Patrick's Day) + Using Die Cut brands sold by Scrapy Land. 

Up for grabs is a $15 gift card to the Scrapy Land Store, and several badge opportunities, as well. 

We love being inspired by your pretty cards submitted to our challenges.

You have until April 3 to submit your pretties!

My cards use the following Scrapy Land Products:

• QuicKutz Nesting Lace Ovals
• Die-namites Birdhouse Branch DN-1144
• Spellbinders Scallop Squares Classic, Scallop Grand Squares, 
• Spellbinders Labels 5, Foliage shapes, 
• Spellbinders Decocrative Imperial Gold Labels 4, Elegant Labels 4 (5x7) 
• Dee's Distinctively Dies mini circles

My first card uses:

Sketchy Colors #267 - Use Sketch

Instead of a single layer, I used the scallop squares. Brushable Glue was applied to the outside of the golden squares so SNS Starfire glitter could be applied before adhering the green scallops. The glitter provides a sparkly contrast that looks great in person! Even the oval frame has been brushed with glue and more glitter on it, too.

Here's a close up of Christina's darling digitals.  The little girl is one digital image, and the fenced tree scene is a separate digital. These are a freebies!  They are available on her blog Memories Crafter.

Christina Hor's Digi Arts of Healing
Don't you love the sweet Die-namites die cut bird house and bird?
It is part of a larger border. Cuts BEAUTIFULLY!

This card is 5x7

I really love the Spellbinders Card Creator dies for 5x7 cards.
The pale green die cut is one of the Imperial Gold dies.

Hanging my head in shame -
all this printed paper (DCWV) is over 10 years old!

The card interiors have the same sentiment:

Now it's your turn!

We always look forward to seeing your beautiful projects at:

Scrapy Land Challenge #38

Scrapy Land Products Used:

• QuicKutz Nesting Lace Ovals
• Die-namites Birdhouse Branch DN-1144
• Spellbinders Scallop Squares Classic, Scallop Grand Squares, Labels 5, Foliage shapes, Decocrative Imperial Gold Labels 4, Elegant Labels 4 (5x7) 
• Dee's Distinctively Dies mini circles

Other Products Used:

• Christina Hor's Digi Arts of Healing -  "Sending Hugs" and "Fenced Tree"
• Sparkle N Sprinkle Starfire Glitter G1017, Brushable Glue, stitched pleated ribbon, lace
• Copic Markers, dyed tulle, several dye-based inks
• DCWV virginal papers - very old - like TEN YEARS PLUS! LOL (hanging head in shame). They were purchased at Joanns before we had papercrafting stores in the area.

Challenges I'd like to play in please:

1. Clear It Out Challenge - (Mar 8-22) Anything Goes using paper over a year old 3/22 (All the patterned paper is at least 10 years old, and the gold paper is over a year old) Thanks for this challenge!
2. Shopping Our Stash #243 "Use mostly Green/St. Patrick's Day" 3/22
3. Sketchy Colors #267 - Use Sketch shown above - 3/19
4. Open Minded Challenges - (March/April #3) Luck - St. Patrick's Day 4/12 (winners post 4/20)
5. The Sisterhood of Crafters - (Mar 9) Use Your Dies and/or Punches! 3/20 (winners announced Tues Mar 22)
6. Dragonfly Journeys  #48 Go Green! 3/20
7. Glitter N Sparkle - #179 Use Some Green 3/20
8. Crafty Cardmakers Challenges - #159 "Go Green!" 3/19
9. A Bit More Time to Craft - #16 Anything Goes 4/1 (sep post)

Stamping hugs,

Cardinal and Butterflies {Scrapy Land}

Greetings, Sweet Crafty Friends!

Welcome to Scrapy Land Challenge #37!

Today's card is a combination for the SL Challenge and a card commission.

A friend asked me to make a 60th Birthday Card with a cardinal and butterflies.

Theme: Anything Goes Using Die Cut brands sold by Scrapy Land. 

Up for grabs is a $15 gift card to the Scrapy Land Store, and several badge opportunities, as well. 

We love being inspired by your pretty cards submitted to our challenges.

You have until March 13 to submit your pretties!

My 6" x 9" card uses the following Scrapy Land Products:

Sue Wilson Noble Ornate Pierced Design

Sue Wilson Double Pierced Rectangles

Spellbinders Grate Effect

Couture Creations Embossing Folder Flamingos and Hedgehogs

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder "Swiss Dot"

Memory Box Cascadia Butterfly Trio

Memory Box Leavenworth Butterfly Trio

Taylored Expressions Poster Graphic Numbers

The Taylored Expressions Poster Graphic Numbers are quirky and fun with "holes and fancies".

The white shapes behind the grey panel are all on a single layer!
Here's how:

Now it's your turn!

We always look forward to seeing your beautiful projects at:

Scrapy Land Challenge #37

Scrapy Land Products Used:
Sue Wilson Noble Ornate Pierced Design, Double Pierced Rectangles
Spellbinders Grate Effect
Couture Creations Embossing Folder "Flamingos and Hedgehogs"
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder "Swiss Dot"
Memory Box Cascadia Butterfly Trio, Leavenworth Butterfly Trio
Taylored Expressions Poster Graphic Numbers

Image: Stampin Up! Cardinal (Beauty of the Season set)
Glitter: Sparkle N Sprinkle Fire Engine Red G1007, Starfire G1017
Copic Markers
Martha Stewart Laurel Leaf Punch ATP
Papers: White, Red, Grey

Challenges I'd like to play in please:

1. Crazy Challenge #217 - Use Red 3/14
2. Craft Your Passion #301 - Always Anything Goes 3/6
3. Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenges - (Mar) Use Loose Glitter 3/31
4. Ellibelle's Let's Color Linky Party #4 - Anything Goes with something Colored 3/12
5. One Crazy Stamper Inc - (March) Anything Goes with Rubber Stamp 3/31 (used Stampin Up! Rubber Stamp)
6. Addicted to Stamps - #121 Glitter/Bling plus a Stamp - (SU Cardinal, 2 colors of glitter in the frame and "60" and distressed around the cardinal) 3/13
7. Glitter 'n Sparkle Challenges - Things With Wings (bird + 4 layered butterflies 3/5
8. Nordsalten Hobbyklubb #134 Use Punches or Die Cuts 3/15 (listed below)

• Die Cuts Used: Sue Wilson Noble Ornate Pierced Design, Double Pierced Rectangles
•  Spellbinders Grate Effect
•  Memory Box Cascadia Butterfly Trio, Leavenworth Butterfly Trio
•  Taylored Expressions Poster Graphic Numbers
•  Punch Used: Martha Stewart Laurel Leaf Punch ATP

Thank you for stopping by!
hugs,

Scallop Petals {Scrapy Land}

Greetings, Sweet Crafty Friends!

Welcome to Scrapy Land Challenge #35!

Theme: Anything Goes Using Die Cut brands sold by Scrapy Land. 

Up for grabs is a $15 gift card to the Scrapy Land Store, and several badge opportunities, as well. 

We love being inspired by your pretty cards submitted to our challenges.

You have until February 14 to submit your pretties!

My card is 8.5" x 5.5" and uses the following die cuts:

Scrapy Land Products Used:

Spellbinders:

5x7 Detailed Scallops

Fancy Tags One

Carnation Creations

Bitty Blossoms (leaf)

Sue Wilson:

Configurations - Lattice Arched Adornment

Dandelion Clocks

One of my promises this year is to use stash items. This beautiful Stampin Up! RIOT OF PETALS image has never seen ink - and the stamp is long retired. How awful is that? But at last she received a little ink and embossing powder. Now she will be happy for a while until I bring her out again!

DO YOU HAVE ANY OLD VIRGIN RUBBER IN YOUR STASH?

Image Close Up: The bottom 2 inches have been cut off the image:

The individual flower petals are "colored" with SNS Starfire ultrafine glitter.

Tip: Hold brads with tweezers. Heat brads with embossing tool, then dip while hot into the Gold Detail EP. Repeat and dip again. Heat one more time and dip into Starfire glitter. Briefly heat one last time. The brads are now a molten, distressed gold, darkened a little by the glitter:

Create the frame without using a plain rectangular die on the inside of the decorative frame die:

TIP: Glittering Vellum: After painting PPA on the vellum leaves, they were dredged in the SNS Starfire glitter. The wet vellum rolled into tube shapes. Upon drying the vellum relaxed to its original form. Even though the leaves have a slightly translucent quality, the glitter camouflages the adhesive when adhering the leaves to the card base.

BUILD A FRAME:

A Sakura Glue Pen (Quickie Glue) was used to "color" the petals of the mums a little at a time, and Starfire glitter was dredged on top. I wish the photos would pick up the glitteriness. It's really pretty!

The white centers to the gold flowers were also dredged with Starfire Glitter.

Now it's your turn!

We always look forward to seeing your beautiful projects at:

Scrapy Land Challenge #35

Scrapy Land Products Used:

• Spellbinders 5x7 Detailed Scallops, Fancy Tags One, Carnation Creations, Bitty Blossoms (leaf)
• Sue Wilson Configurations - Lattice Arched Adornment, Dandelion Clocks

Other Products:

• Images: Stampin' Up! Riot of Petals (retired), sentiment by Penny Black
• Paper: Gold glossy, Gray, White, Gray vellum
• Sparkle N Sprinkle: Detailed Gold embossing powder, Starfire Ultrafine glitter
• Gray Tombow marker to outline the gold embossed image
• Embossing Folder - Craft Essentials EFOB0010 Basket Weave

Challenges I'd like to play in please:

1. Crafty Cardmakers #156 Use Dies or Punches (used 6 diff die sets) 2/7
2. Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenges #156 Monochromatic theme 2/12
3. Crafting With Friends #13 Anything Goes 2/12
4. Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenges (Feb) Use EP and Glitter (Detailed Gold embossing powder, Starfire Ultrafine glitter on every petal of the white mums, on the vellum leaves and in the white centers of the die cut flowers 3/1
5. Glittern N Sparkle Challenge #173 Embossing (dry or heat) - Used Craft Essentials EFOB0010 Basket Weave EF on gold background and gold flowers. Used gold EP on the large mum image and sentiment. The brads were dipped into Gold EP and then again into the glitter to create a unique finish) 2/7
6. The Crafter's Cafe #142 "Monochromatic" 2/15
7. The Crafting Musketeers #34 "Monochromatic" 3/1
8. Ruby's Rainbow Challenges #122 "Anything Goes" 2/17 (JFF "shout out")

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamping Hugs,

Kissing Frogs {Crafts Galore Encore}

Hello, dear crafting friends!

Welcome to the second challenge of 2016 at Crafts Galore Encore Challenges!

The Rules to the Challenge are so easy! 

Just create your project (using any crafting medium) according to this month's theme with up to 3 entries, and link your blog posts directly to the linky on the CGE Challenge site! That's it!
Three adorable images are the prize!

This month's challenge theme is easy-peasy - 

"Anything Goes Using a Digi or Stamp".

Our Sponsor this month is: 

Sherri Baldy "Besties" Digit Stamps

I absolutely could not stop the little girl in me!

     My card became girl-i-er...

          and girl-i-er...   and girl-i-er...

               no matter how many times I tried to stop! Yikes!

Products Used:

Big Eyed Girl - Sherri Baldy "Besties" Digit Stamps
     All the dies are from Scrapy Land,
          Glitter is from Sparkle N Sprinkle,
               Pretty flowers (etc) are from Lavish Laces (Etsy),
             

This little "Kisser of Frogs" was so fun to color! It was only natural to glitter-fy her!
Glitter on her dress,
Glitter on the edges of circle,
Glitter on the leaves,
Glitter on the flowers
Lastly,

glitter on our unsuspecting German Shepherd!

Computer-generated sentiment because...

Life becomes full of Love when we fully embrace it - 

-all of it - 

even the hard times!

Next, I made a flat 6" x 6" card for mailing purposes.
Not my normal color choices,

it is in ultra neon bright colors, but still in pink and green.

Only her petticoats are glittered! She looks electric!
Distressed edges are sewn with three layers of stitching.

Now it's your turn to play!

Crafts Galore Encore Challenges

Products Used:

• Image: My Besties IMG308
• Sentiment: computer generated
• Sue Wilson Dies: Italian Decorative Frames Circles, Italian Corner Border Tag, Dandelion Clocks
• Spellbinders: (1st card) Grand Big Scallop Circles, Grand Labels 23 (frame), Petite Scallop Long Rectangles, Long Rectangles, Grand Circles (2nd card) Diamondessence, Grand Stately Circles
• Memory Box (1st Card) Cascadia Butterfly Trio, Leavenworth Butterfly Trio, (2nd card) Fuchsia Sprig 98303
• Sparkle N Sprinkle Green Iris Glitter G1068, Starfire Glitter G1017
• Fabric Flowers, Silk Flowers, leaves and Lace from Lavish Laces (Etsy)
• Recollections rhinestone hearts

Challenges I'd like to play in Pretty Please?

1. A Gem of a Challenge #161 In The PINK - LOTS of Pink plz - 2/4
2. Crafty Cardmakers #156 Use Dies or Punches (used 11 diff die sets to create the circles and other shapes - the specific dies are listed in the Products Used section of my post) 2/7
3. Allsorts Challenge Blog - #348 Bring on the Bling (both cards are loaded with glitter, but the first card has blingy heart rhinestones across the bottom of the easel card, very sparkly-glittery flowers and leaves, her dress is all glittered except for the petticoat, the two large green flowers have crystal-green brad centers 2/3
4. Crafting With Friends #13 Anything Goes 2/12
5. My Besties UK Challenge (Feb 1) Anything Goes with buttons or brads (brad centers in the green flowers on the first card, 3 buttons sewn into the CS on the 2nd card) 3/1
6. 613 Avenue Create #161 - Anything Goes Using Something From Your Stash - my promise was to use lots of my stash this year (Card 1: used old green negative frame around outside, old green ribbon roses, old green crystal brads, old flowers and leaves, old pink heart rhinestones. Card 2: used old buttons and designer paper) 2/7 
7. Eclectic Ellapu: (Feb 1) "Love Actually - Anything to do with Love" This little kisser of frogs is seeking her true love. She is surrounded by hearts in the first card, and the sentiment is bordered with pink heart rhinestones - and still hopeful in the 2nd card LOL holding her little crowned frog prince) 2/28
8. Scrapbook Stamp Society #84 Anything Besties with Option of Heart (1st card has hearts circled around Besties from a Sue Wilson die combined with a Spellbinders scallop die) 2/14
9. Elliebelle's Creative Moments Color It Up Linky Party - Anything Goes as long as it is Colored #3 - 2/12

Stamping Hugs,

Love is in the Air {Scrapy Land}

A Big Hello to my Sweet Crafting Friends!

Welcome to Scrapy Land Challenge #34!

Theme: "Love Is In The Air" - (Valentine's) PLUS use Die Cut brands sold by Scrapy Land. 

Up for grabs is a $15 gift card to the Scrapy Land Store, and several badge opportunities, as well. 

We love being inspired by your pretty card submissions to our challenges.

You have until January 31 to submit your pretties!

My 6" square Project uses the following Scrapy Land Products:

QuicKutz Nesting Hearts, and Nesting Scallop Hearts

Crafter's Companion Die'Sire Rose Vine embossing folder

Crafter's Companion Die'Sire Floral Wonder embossing folder

Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing Folder (around image)

Memory Box Butterflies: Cascadia Trio, Leavenworth Trio

Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish

Spellbinders Grand Square Scallops Nestabilities

Boo Boo Time!

It's fun showing off my boo-boo's LOL

I wanted to use lots of embossed textures on this card, soooooo...

that meant using the dotted embossing folder around the image, but not ON the image!

I carefully fussy cut a mask from THICK CHIP BOARD to match the mice in a cup. 

Then ran the entire thing through my Grand Calibur.

Guess what? Those embossing folders are STRONG! The EF embossed right through chip board!
Next time I'll try cutting a piece of thick plastic.

Therefore, my mice look like they have some sort of pox. 

What can I say? Here is the close-up!

I am in love with the Crafter's Companion Die'Sires Embossalicious embossing folders! BEAUTIFUL! The FLORAL WONDER was used on the white heart layered, and covered with Lime Pearlescent Brilliance ink. I hated layering on top of the green background. The card base is really too pretty to cover up. The VINTAGE ROSE VINE folder is gorgeous! I used a sanding block on the coordinations paper to bring out the texture:

To provide  shaped visual interest, a thin frame was creating using the Nestabilities Scallop Squares. The actual square was used in another project, leaving this pretty frame. It's a great way of using the negative portion of our "left overs" when die cutting.

Inside:

I recently hit the jackpot! A drawer of forgotten lace holders was rediscovered.
These are laces from the 1940s, 50s and 60s, formerly belonging to my Great Aunt Agnes.
How surprising to discover one of the laces was pale yellow with blue detailing for my second card!

Please notice that these mice have not been afflicted with the pox in this card:
(giggle)

The stamp set includes the sentiment.
The Nesting Hearts contains 11 dies, and the scallop hearts has five dies.

Now it's your turn to share your projects with us!

Scrapy Land Products:

• QuicKutz Nesting Hearts, and Nesting Scallop Hearts
• Crafter's Companion Die'Sire Rose Vine embossing folder
• Crafter's Companion Die'Sire Floral Wonder embossing folder
• Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing Folder (around image)
• Memory Box Butterflies: Cascadia Trio, Leavenworth Trio
• Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish
• Spellbinders Grand Square Scallops Nestabilities, and Bitty Blossoms

Other Products:

• Paper: SU designer paper, SU green CS, SU pink CS, Express-it White, DCWV Glittered paper
• INK: lemonade distress, Brilliance Lime Pearescent
• Yellow Heart Brad, Lace (on both cards), pink prima flowers, Copic Markers
• MS lace heart edge punch
• Images: Stamping Bella "Little Things"

Challenges I'd like to play in please!

1. 2 Creative Chicks (Jan #6) "Anything Goes" 2/1
2. Dies R Us #41 "Stitching" (zigzag stitch around frame Blue and Yellow card) 1/28
3. Crafty Friends Challenge #23 "Anything Goes" 1/29
4. Let's Color Linky Party #2 "Anything Goes option use pink" 1/29 (see tab top of blog)
5. Crafting From the Heart #95 "Anything Goes" 1/24
6. Hiding in my Craft Room #234 "Embossing" (used 3 different embossing folders listed under the SL Products) 1/24
7. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #26 "Anything Goes" 2/5
8. Craft Your Passion #295 "Anything Goes" 1/24
9. Love to Scrap! #70 "Anything Goes" 2/1
10. Simon Says Wednesday Challenges (Jan 20) "Create With Critters" Stamping Bella's Mice 1/26 (sep post)

Stamping Hugs,