Wags n Whiskers #116 - Fall Colors

Welcome back for a new Wags 'n Whiskers Stamps challenge!  This is challenge #116, and the theme is Fall Colors.  I've used Bubble Fun to create my fall card, and colored this sweet image with Copics.  The paper is BasicGrey, and the flowers are a variety from my stash.

 

Other Challenges I'm Entering:

Any Inky Situation #15 - Anything Goes

Crafting for All Seasons #64 - Autumn Colors

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

 

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Kimberly

CIP - Leprechaun Duo

Hi CIP fans and followers!  I just had to stamp this sweet Leprechaun for St. Patrick's Day, and to follow along with the current Go Green challenge!  I had fun with Creative Inspirations Paint, and added a bit of paper piecing.  I've used quite a few shimmery paints from the Creative Inspirations Paint store, along with the Deliquesce Metallic Copper embossing powder for the sentiment.  The paint colors used are: Copper (all along the scalloped edge), Carmel and Raw Sienna (stockings), Emerald and Evergreen (Shamrocks and jacket accents), Green Olive (hat sash), Gold (coins and buckles), and Sunshine (star shape in coins).   

Here is a closer look at the CIP products that I've used:

Don't forget to check out the current challenge right HERE on the Creative Inspirations Paint blog!

A few Challenges entered:

Tuesday Throwdown #138 - Paper Piecing
Little Miss Muffet #56 - Boys Only
Art Impressions #103 - Anything Goes
BLD #42 - Boys
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #206 - To Die For
Paper Playtime #5 - Anything Goes
Pause, Dream, Enjoy #5 - For the Boys

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Kimberly

Emily Lil Duckies - Just for You Card

Hi crafty friends!  I've used another of the really fabulous Lacy Sunshine Stamps adorable images, Emily Lil Duckies.  She was last week's share for the challenge (you just had to email the artist, Heather Valentin, and ask).  I had actually requested her too late to get a card done, but Heather kindly shared her with me, so I really wanted to get her entered in the new Lacy Sunshine Challenge.  She's been colored in Copics, sparkled with the Spica clear pen, and layered on some older BasicGrey paper I have.  The border punch is by MS, the flowers are a mix of Recollections and WOC, the die cut leaf is SB with Angel Dust CIP Paint, the bling is Recollections, and the sentiment is Hero Arts with Creative Inspirations Paint Deliquesce Embossing Powder.  Of course I had to get several other images to play with, so I'll be sharing more of those soon.

Here's a close-up of Emily Lil Duckies:

Here are the challenges that I'm entering:

Lacy Sunshine Challenge #3 - Double Trouble

Paper Playtime #5 - Anything Goes

BasicGrey Challenges #88 - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday #258 - Something Old (DP)

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Allsorts #196 - For a Lady

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes Saturday

Cupcake Craft Challenges #232 - Sparkle

Shopping Our Stash #92 - Border Punch

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

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Pickles Dinosaur Ride

Hi crafty friends!  I found a website with the cutest images a few days ago, and then found that they have a challenge blog as well!  One of the really fabulous things about Lacy Sunshine Stamps (besides the adorable images), is that the owner/artist (Heather Valentin) will share a sweet image to be used in the Lacy Sunshine Challenge.  All you have to do is email her and ask!  This sweet frog is Pickles, and the image is this week's share if you ask.  Of course I had to get several other images to play with, so I'll be sharing more of those soon.

Here's a close-up of Pickles Dinosaur Ride:

Here are the challenges that I'm entering:

Lacy Sunshine Challenge #3 - Double Trouble
Paper Playtime #5 - Anything Goes
Pause, Dream, Enjoy #5 - For the Boys
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday #258 - Something Old (the DP)
BasicGrey #88 - Anything Goes
Catch the Bug Challenge - Anything Goes

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Little Caged Bird

Hi!  Hope everyone is having a great weekend.  I've made a card with BasicGrey background along with the TH Birdcage die, and painted the bird using the Chocolate and Mellow Yellow Creative Inspirations paints.  I've also painted the large pink flowers with TuTu Pink CI paint, added a black flower from IAR, a stick pink I made, a crocheted flower from my Mom, a chain to hang the cage and some pearls from Queen and Co. 

The Challenges I'm entering are:

BasicGrey #75 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Moving Along with the Times - Flying High (bird, butterfly)

Pile It On #35 - I spy something with "P" (pink, pearls, pins)

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Flutter By Wednesday #160 - Open

Welcome to week #160 with Flutter By Wednesdays!  The challenge this week is:  Open (please remember to have a butterfly, faerie, or angel in/on your project)  We're also sponsored by Through the Craftroom Door, so be sure to check that out!

For this week's challenge I used some BasicGrey dp, added a Sizzix Buttefly and branch with leaves, and some bling.  I've matted the sentiment on an EK Success punch and a Doily die cut by MFT.     

Thanks so much for stopping by, and please be sure to stop by the FBW blog to see what the other team members have come up with to inspire you to play along!

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Flutter By Wednesday #130 - a Window Card

This is week #130 on Flutter By Wednesday and with this new week comes a fun new challenge!  The challenge this week is:  A Window Card

The sweet mermaid on my card is Ariel from InStyle stamps.  The DP is BasicGrey, and the flowers are Prima.  

Please be sure to use a butterfly, faerie, or angel on your new card or project. When your creation has been uploaded to your blog/gallery, please add a direct link to your work on the FBW blog.

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Sentimental Sundays #3

Wow, where do the weekends slip away to? Well here is a fun point to add to your week, a new challenge with Sentimental Sundays. Be sure to stop by the blog and see the fun creations by the rest of the design team!  This is challenge #3, and the theme is:
New Beginnings

I've used one of Ann's lovely sentiments from a Celebration set. I was thinking of new relationships, the similarities and differences that bring people together, and of the variety in the beautiful new flowers of Spring.  The flowers are stamped from a Basic Grey set.

You must use a sentiment somewhere on your card, and follow the theme however you may interpret it, in order to enter the challenge. While Ann (Raindrop Echo Designs) offers fabulous freebies, and also sells a wide variety of sentiment stamps through Whimsy Stamps, you are free to use any sentiment you choose (from any company, one of your own, etc). Be sure to link up on the Sentimental Sundays blog before the next challenge, and use a direct link to make it easy for us to find your fabulous card or project!

I'm entering this card into these challenges as well:
I Love Digi #7: Charming
Clean and Simple #90: Sketch (their sketches are really helping me clean up cards!)
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge # 83: Metal (Charm)
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges #23: Metal Mania (Charm)
ColourQ Challenge #32: Kiwi Kiss, Groovy Guava, Kraft, Basic Black, Vanilla
Oh La La Creations Challenges #53:  Minimalist

Guest post at Raise the Bar

Hope everyone is having a great Friday! It's a gloomy day today, but we can always use the rain that's so rare this time of year.

I was a guest this week on Raise the Bar for challenge #8, and their theme for this challenge is: Go Green. You can stop by their blog to enter: HERE

I used Hello Ian from The Greeting Farm, he is SUCH a cutie, isn't he? I used some Basic Grey DP (Origins) and Core'dinations solids. Added a bit of silk ribbon and gems and colored him with Copic markers with a bit of paper piecing (hat and scarf).

Take a Deep Breath...

Our 'weekend crew' with Danni (you can find links for the crew in her sidebar) is working with MFT stamps. I had fun using the Serenity Now set, having not had the chance to use it before.

I've also checked the challenges that I follow and found a few that this card fits into:
Tuesday Morning Sketches #34: Light Orange, Dark Brown, & Ivory
Raise the Bar #7: Three's Company (3 brads, 3 ribbons, 3 leaves, 3 flower petals, etc)
Cute Card Thursday #101: Ribbon-Tastic (Twill Ribbon)
C.R.A.F.T. #39: Ribbons & Sparkle (Twill Ribbon & Creative Inspirations Paint)
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #55: Flowers (Prima and the Basic Grey DP)

Flutter By Wednesday #95

Welcome back for Flutter By Wednesday, challenge #95! This is an open week which means that any card or project with a faerie, butterfly, or angel will be just perfect to join in!

You can find more information by visiting the Flutter By Wednesday blog: HERE

If you have a few minutes, please check out what the other DT members have created. Their links can be found in the sidebar on the Flutter By blog, as well as in my own sidebar to the right.

Susana, the super sweet store owner of SCACD, sent me a piece of Magic Mesh with my latest order, and of course I had to try it out! Besides adding texture and interest, it sticks on its own! (thank goodness!) I also took the opportunity to use a pretty faerie stamp, and a touch of paints, which I've also purchased through Susana's store. I blame ...err... thank... Danni for this new addiction.

Have fun, and happy creating!

What I used:
Stamps: Lost in Thought by Faerie Song Stamps (SCACD)
Paper: Basic Grey, Core'dinations
Ink: Memento, Copic Sketch
Paints: Key Lime Shimmerz, Sky Blue Creative Inspirations
Accents: Ribbon, brad, Baubles by Stamping Bella, Magic Mesh (SCACD), Pin (won from Renata in a challenge)

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C4C20

For this week's Crazy 4 Challenges sketch I used a Ketto image from Stamping Bella, and turned the sketch to put her in the oval. You can find challenge #20: HERE

What I used:
Stamps: Ketto from Stamping Bella
Paper: DP is Sugar Rush by Basic Grey, Solids are Core'dinations, Image stamped on Papertrey Ink
Ink: Memento, Copic Sketch, Spica Twinkle Pens
Accents: die cuts with Nestabilities, ribbon was a dollar find at Target

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Sugarplums cutie for Mercy's Tuesday Challenge

Good evening everyone! Another Sugarplums girl, and this one is for Mercy’s Tuesday challenge this week. You can find challenge #51 : HERE One of the things I used on this card was the Polar White Flower Soft, and that was fun except for the glue that really had no interest in coming out of the bottle. If anyone has a better glue suggestion then I would love to hear it!

What I used:
Stamps: Sugarplums, bench and sentiment from the winter set (C. C. Designs at All that Scraps)
Paper: Eskimo Kisses by Basic Grey, Core ‘dinations, DCWV, Papertrey Ink
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Sketch, Sakura
Accents: Baubles by Stamping Bella, Flower Soft (Polar White), Pop dots

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In a Galaxy Far Far Away

With a special birthday coming up I had to find just the right image, and I really think this is the perfect pick. This little guy comes from the Galactic Friends set by Alota Rubber Stamps. The first time I saw it used was on Stamp Owl’s (Frances) blog, and if you’ve visited her site already then you know what a brilliant card designer she is. (she tempts me to go out and purchase every stamp she uses!)

I used this week’s Basic Grey sketch by Tara G, along with their Granola and Ambrosia papers for this card. I also used their Glazed Brads, which I just love that they’re coordinated to the paper sets! You can find the Basic Grey week 9 challenge: HERE

What I used:
Stamps: Galactic Friends by Alota Rubber Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey (Granola and Ambrosia), stamped on Papertrey Ink
Ink: Memento, Copic
Accents: Glazed Brads by Basic Grey, Diamond Glaze, pop dots

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Airplane Riley Birthday Card

There are quite a few Riley stamps in my collection that I haven’t had the chance to use! I took advantage of the banner behind the plane for the sentiment.
The color combination was my interpretation of the photo challenge for Basic Grey. You can find that challenge: HERE
The birthday sentiment works with this week’s Quixotic Paperie challenge. You can find that challenge: HERE

What I used:
Stamps: Airplane Riley by Hanna Stamps, Birthday sentiment by There She Goes
Paper: DP by Basic Grey, Stamped on Papertrey Ink (Red cardstock also by Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black, Colored with Copic Sketch
Accents: Tiny Gem by Darice, Red Ribbon from Hanna Stamps

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Swiss Pixies - Birgitta

I used this week’s sketch from CPS, #139, to create this card with Birgitta. She’s the latest of the Swiss Pixies from C. C. Designs (All That Scraps). You can find that challenge: HERE

I’ve also used a faerie for Flutterby Wednesday at Danni’s Dreams challenge. You can find that challenge: HERE

What I used:
Stamps: Swiss Pixies – Birgitta from C. C. Designs (All That Scraps)
Paper: DR is Eskimo Kisses by Basic Grey, Stamped on Papertrey Ink
Ink: Stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black, Colored with Copic Sketch Markers and Spica glitter pens
Accents: Rick Rack

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Elly in Pink and Green

I used this week’s lovely sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #41 to do this card. You can find that challenge: HERE I’m really liking the pink and green holiday look, so couldn’t resist.

What I used:
Stamp: Elly from Fairie Song Art Stamps (SCACD)
Paper: Eskimo Kisses by Basic Grey, Stamped on Papertrey Ink
Ink: Stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black, Colored with Copic Sketch Markers
Accents: Dew Drops by Robin’s Nest, Ribbon

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Sassafras Faerie

This little faerie was made for two challenges. The first of the challenges was to ‘create a card with a butterfly or fairy on it’ for Flutterby Wednesday #80. You can find Danni’s Dreams challenge: HERE

I also had fun following this week’s sketch from Get Sketchy. I had every intention of using buttons on this card, but somehow ended up with those square brads. That challenge, GS #11, can be found: HERE

What I used:
Stamps: Sassafras by Fairie Song Art Stamps (SCACD)
Paper: DP is Wisteria – Tea Lights by Basic Grey, Image stamped on Papertrey Ink
Ink: Stamped with Momento, Colored with Copic Sketch markers and Spica glitter pens
Accents: Trim by Wrights, Brads

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Milla with Daisies

This card is for 2 challenges! I used this week’s sketch from the talented Melissa Craig at Tuesday Morning Sketches (TMS16), and turned it. That challenge can be found: HERE
The second challenge is for Charisma Cardz (#42) using a Daisy theme. The background paper has daisies in it, and of course the little 3D daisies that I added the gems to. That challenge can be found: HERE

What I used:
Stamps: Milla by Victoria Case (Hearts and Hugs, series 2)
Paper: DP is from the Euphoria collection by Basic Grey, stamped on Papertrey Ink
Ink: Stamped with Memento, Colored with Copic Sketch Markers and Spica Pens
Accents: Gems, Daisies from K & Company, Pink Ribbon, DMC floss

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Retail Therapy

I recently purchased the Everyday Gals set by Victoria Case at SCACD and just had to get busy creating! This particular gal is Suzanne.

I rarely remember to use brads, but I saw that Crafty Catz has a challenge this week to use buttons and/or brads so they worked out well on this card. You can find that challenge: HERE

What I used:
Stamps: Suzanne and Sentiment from Everyday Gals by Victoria Case (SSCAD)
Paper: DP is Lemonade by Basic Grey, Image stamped on Papertray Ink
Ink: Colored with Copic Markers, Gold Star pen by Sakura, stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black
Accents: Rick-Rack by Doodlebug Design, Inc., Gems, Ribbon by American Crafts, Brads

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