Sunday, March 31, 2013

Corrosive Challenge


Happy Easter to all who are celebrating today!


We've got a fun challenge for you this week at the Corrosive Challenge blog! It's called Spring Fling!

Our fabulous sponsor this go around is Delicious Doodles. They have fabulous images. We were given some images to chose from and I picked this pretty Rosalee.

Hope you will join the challenge this week over at the Corrosive Challenge Blog. Stop by the challenge blog and check out all the inspiration from the talented DT!

My sketch comes from Raise the Bar challenge #137



Card Recipe:
Image: Delicious Doodles Rosalee
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, SU Garden Green, Pink Pirouette, Authentique pattern
Extras: copics, sewing machine, WOC pearls, felt, MFT die, lace, MS leaf punch

Stella Says Sketch challenge




Happy Sunday, the weekend is flying by. There is a new challenge at Catch the Bug starting today. It's a Stella Says Sketch challenge! There is a fun new sketch to play along with, it's very versatile.  For my sample I've used Nurse Margaret -Be Nice to Me image. Here is a peek at the sketch. Hope you will play along for a chance to win some Bugaboo images.



Some challenges I would like to enter:
Less Is More - C5, must be CAS - Use Scallops

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo Nurse Margaret - Be Nice to Me
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Pure Poppy, SU Tempting Turquoise, SU dsp
Extras: copics, nesties, MM brads, dimensionals, MS border punch, sakura stardust pen

Sentimental Sundays



Here is my weekly post for Sentimental Sundays. This week our challenge theme is to make a shaped card. No rectangles or squares or circles. Don't forget to add your sentiment

And Bugaboo is the sponsor. They very graciously allowed us to pick an image. I selected this super cute  image Baby Cow - Moon to make a little onesie shaped card. 

Make sure and pop over to the Sentimental Sundays blog and check out all the fabulous creations from the DT.

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo Baby Cow - Moon, sentiment from PTI
Ink: printer, Palette Noir
Paper, copic xpress, PTI ssw, SU print, SU Bashful Blue and Yoyo Yellow
Extras: copics, stickles, Recollections brads, PTI shape ups die, nesties, dimensionals, 

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Catch the Bug Saturday Challenge


Happy Saturday!. There is a new challenge at Catch the Bug starting today. It's an ABC challenge. A is for anything, B is for Bling and C is for Cardstock. For my sample I've used Bugaboo Brat Girl with Bunny. Hope you will play along for a chance to win some Bugaboo images.

Some challenges I would like to enter:
4 Crafty Chicks - #135 Easter
Hanna & Friends - 2W, cute/stamped/person/animal - #168 (W1 of 2)  Easter/Spring
Little Miss Muffet Challenges -  2W, 1E, SIO - #57 (W2 of 2) Happy Easter

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo Brat Girl with Bunny
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst, Imaginescience print
Extras: Silhouette Cameo, nesties, copics, stickles, RRR ribbon, Twinery Twine, PTI button, WOC roses

Friday, March 29, 2013

Bugaboo Friday Freebie



TGIF! It's Friday and that means Freebie Friday at Bugaboo stamps. This fun Out of this World block image is available for FREE this week. Isn't it cute? I never have enough boy cards in my stash. I was needing a boy card to mail out and thought this was perfect!

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo Out of this World block
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, SU Night of Navy, PTI New Leaf, orange and yellow scraps
Extras: copics, corner rounder, dimensionals, stickles, MM brads, MS star border punch, Twinery Mandarin twine

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Dare to be Sassy Thursday



It's Thursday again, that means time for a Dare to be Sassy Thursday challenge at Sassy Studio Designs. This week our challenge is to make a funny card or project (since April's Fools Day is right around the corner). You don't need to use a SSD image to enter, but you get two chances to win if you do use one. Check out the DT creations and play along!

My sketch comes from the weekly sketch over at SCS.

Card Recipe:
Image: SSD Martini Pinup, sentiment from Bugaboo
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI True Black, Pure Poppy, Recollections print
Extras: copics, nesties, dimensionals, Hug Snug seam binding, WOC rhinestone, Sakura Stardust pen

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Flutterby Wednesdays



Happy Wednesday! It's time for another Flutterby Wednesdays challenge. This week our challenge is blue, green and yellow. Don't forget to add your fairy or butterfly.

For my card I used this sweet image from Whimsy and Stars Studio, Springtime Toadstool. This is one of my favorite spring images, so cute and funny!

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you will check out the DT creations at Flutterby Wednesdays and play along this week.

I'm going to mail my card off to the Sunshine Mail foundation. They are having a Swing into Spring challenge right now. They are a really great organization that sends cards to kids who are having difficult times (some of them are going through illnesses, some are living in shelters). They have a calendar up for April with their card needs, so you can check it out and see if you have anything in your stash or can create something for them.

My sketch comes from Sketchy Colors #156


Some challenges I would like to enter:
Digital Tuesday W, include a digital element - #203 Spring Colours
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge 2W, 1E, SIO - Anything Goes
Ribbon Carousel Challenge M, must include spooled item - Spring is in the air
Use It Tuesdays - All About Spring (hoarded element is the last piece of PTI grosgrain ribbon, that I have for over a year)
Crafty Bloggers Network - M, SIO - (March) Spring or Pastels
Melonheadz Friends Challenge - 2W, 2E, SIO - (2nd week) Easter or Spring
Stamp and Create - M, 1E/week - (March) Fur or Feathers

Card Recipe:
Image: Whimsy and Stars Springtime Toadstool, sentiment from Verve
Ink: printer, Palette Noir
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Harvest Gold, New Leaf, MME print
Extras: copics, nesties, stickles, PTI button and ribbon, Twinery Twine, Recollections rhinestones

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Bugaboo New Release


Tuesday menas new release day at Bugaboo. This little cutie called Kidz Fairy is being released today. I love all fairies and this one is especially sweet. She was so much fun to color and glitter up. Stop over to the Catch the Bug challenge blog and see what the DT has created with her, let me tell you, they have done a great job, she is done in so many different color schemes you are sure to be inspired!

My sketch comes from: Come and Get it Challenges



Some challenges I would like to enter:
Whoopsi Daisy - W, SIO Use a Digi
The Pink Elephant Monday Card Challenge - cards - Clean & Simple (CAS)
The Crazy Challenge - 2W, 4E - (2nd week) Fairies & Flowers

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo Kidz Fariy, sentiment from PCS
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Plum Pudding, Harvest Gold, patterns from my scrap bin
Extras: copics, stickles, nesties, SU border punch, card candi,

Monday, March 25, 2013

From the Heart Sketch 11


Faith posted an new I {HEART} sketches #11 challenge today. Its a fun one. I've used one of the cute images available in the From the Heart Stamps shop called Easter Bunny the sentiment is part of the set, too. Hope you will join the challenge and play along.


Some challenges I would like to enter:
The Squirrel & the Fox - 2E, 2W - (1st week) Easter or Passover
Di's Digis Designs 3E 2W SIO - (W2 of 2) Easter Spring
My Sheri Crafts  -  2W -  #106 (W2 of 2) Easter
Speedy and Friends - #152 Bunnies or Easter
Broken Box Stock – 2W, 3E, SIO  – Week 1, Easter
Digi Haven – 2W, 3E, must use a digi – week 2, Easter
Jellypark Challenges - 2W, 2E, SIO – Week 1, Pretty Pastels
Raise The Bar - W – Spring is Just A Hop Away (Use A bunny, chick or baby animal image)
Simply Create Too - 2W - Week 2, Easter or Bunnies
Totally Papercrafts – Easter Eggstravaganza (use an egg/egg shape)

Card Recipe:
Image: From the Heart Easter Bunny
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, SU Pink Pirouette, PTI New Leaf, Harvest Gold, vellum
Extras: copics, stickles, SU ribbon, Doodlebug sugar coated brads, nesties label die, dimensionals, sewing machine, washi tape, cuttlebug swiss dots e/f

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Stella Says Sketch 133


Happy Sunday, the weekend is flying by. There is a new challenge at Catch the Bug starting today. It's a Stella Says Sketch challenge! There is a fun new sketch to play along with, it's very versatile.  For my sample I've used Flower Water Cans - Daffodil Cans. It's such a pretty and springy image. Here is a peek at the sketch. Hope you will play along for a chance to win some Bugaboo images.




Some challenges I would like to enter:
2 Sisters - #136 Easter/Spring
One Stop Craft - 2E W - #221 Recipe, 1 Image, 2 Embellishments 3 Designer Papers
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - 3E, 2W -week 1,Bring On Spring

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo Flower Water Cans - Daffodil Cans
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, SU Going Gray, PTI Harvest Gold, Authentique patterns
Extras: copics, stickles, rhinestones, PTI ribbon, dimensionals, 

Sentimental Sundays


Here is my weekly post for Sentimental Sundays. This week our challenge theme is Stitching (real or faux). Don't forget to add your sentiment!

And is sponsors this week is Meljen's Designs. I've used this cute little Pink Ribbon Teddy from them, to create a card for my Chemo Angel buddy, hope she will like it.  Hope you will play along for a chance to win a prize from them, they have lots of adorable images.

Make sure and pop over to the Sentimental Sundays blog and check out all the fabulous creations from the DT.


I used the weekly sketch challenge from SCS for the layout of my card.

Card Recipe:
Image: Meljen's Designs Pink Ribbon Teddy, sentiment from MFT
Ink: Printer Palette Noir
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Kraft, Dk. Choc., Hibiscus Burst, MAMBI patterns
Extras: copics, stickle, SU die, Nesties pennants die, sewing machine, Trendy Twine, Queen and Co pearls

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Catch the Bug Saturday Challenge



Happy Saturday!. There is a new challenge at Catch the Bug starting today. It's an inspiration challenge. For my sample I've used Silhouette - Butterfly Flowers. Hope you will play along for a chance to win some Bugaboo images.



For my layout I've used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #78.



Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo Silhouette - Butterfly Flowers, PTI sentiment
Ink: printer, Palette Noir
Paper: copic xpress, PTI True Black, PTI Spring Rain
Extras: SU Watercolor Wonder crayons, stickles, nesties, MFT border die, Darice e/f, dimensionals, 

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Dare to be Sassy Thursday



It's Thursday again, that means time for a Dare to be Sassy Thursday challenge at Sassy Studio Designs. This week our challenge is paper piecing. You don't need to use a SSD image to enter, but you get two chances to win if you do use one. Check out the DT creations and play along!

My sketch comes from Sunday Sketch and Stamp challenge 148. Such a great sketch!



Card Recipe:
Image: SSD Carrie Sassy
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI True Black, SU Rose Red, MME prints
Extras: copics, stickles, sakurs stardust pen, Hug Snug seambinding, card candi, WOC flower

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Bugaboo Humor Me Wednesday



It's Humor Me Wednesday over at Catch the Bug Challenge Blog today. My card features Bugaboo Kitchen Chicken - Soup. My card is celebrating Poultry day which is 3-19. I thought this would make a perfect little get well soon card for someone under the weather.

Stop over to the Catch the Bug blog and see what the DT has created for all the fun and silly days being celebrated this week.

My card sketch comes from Sketch Saturday #250.



Some challenges I would like to enter:
Card Mania - 2W, 3E - (2nd week) Lots of Layers
Craft Your Passion - E3 Ribbons or Lace
Love to Create 3E Anything Goes

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo Kitchen Chicken - Soup
Ink: Printer
Paper: copic xpress, SU Wild Wasabi, Ridinghood Red, prints
Extras: copics, nesties, dimensionals, SU ribbon, crystal effects

Flutterby Wednesdays




Happy Wednesday! It's time for another Flutterby Wednesdays challenge. This week we have a sketch for you to try out, just dont forget to have a fairy or butterfly on your creation somewhere. Hope you like it and will play along.

I've used a From the Heart Stamps image (formerly Designed2Delight) that I love called Spring Baskets. There are three images in the set. One has shamrocks, one has Easter eggs and this one. So fun and versatile for spring!

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you will check out the DT creations at Flutterby Wednesdays and play along this week.

Some challenges I would like to enter: 
Bearly Mine W2E, SIO - #78 Anything Goes
Digital Tuesday W, include a digital element - #202 Easter
Everybody-Art-Challenge W - #228 Spring
Oldie But A Goodie Challenge 2W, must use something at least 6mts old  & state what it is- Easter (Week 1) (old supply is the patterned paper, lace and the liquid pearls)
Shopping Our Stash W, C13 - #94 Easter Or Spring (Old supplies are patterned paper, liquid pearls and lace)

Card Recipe:
Image: From the Heart Spring Baskets
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, SU Regal Rose, SU Baja Breeze, MME prints
Extras: copics, stickles, liquid pearls, lace, nesties, Recollections pearls

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Sentimental Sundays

Please scroll down if you are looking for the SSD blog hop.


Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! I'm planning to make plenty of green food and celebrate today. Hoping my hubby will make us a Shepard's Pie, his is amazing!


Here is my weekly post for Sentimental Sundays. This week our challenge theme is Anything Goes. Don't forget to add your sentiment!

I went with a St. Patrick's day card and used this  sweet little image, St. Patty's Teddy, by Whimsy and Stars Studio,

And is sponsors this week.  Hope you will play along for a chance to win a prize from them.

Make sure and pop over to the Sentimental Sundays blog and check out all the fabulous creations from the DT.


My sketch comes from Sketchy Friday #11. Really fun sketch to play with.

Card Recipe:
Image: Whimsy and Stars St. Patty's Teddy
Ink: printer, SU Handsome Hunter
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Pine Feather, SU Old Olive, SU dotty print, Karen Foster shamrock print
Extras: copics, stickles, nesties, MFT border die, Memory Box shamrock dies, PTI twine and buttons, sewing machine

Corrosive Challenge

Please scroll down if you are here for the SSD blog hop.



We've got a fun challenge for you this week at the Corrosive Challenge blog! It's called Let's Dance! How fun is that. My little one, Lilah, loves to pretend she is dancer. She told me today her favorite hobby is "ballerina-ing" lol! Better enroll her in some classes.

Our fabulous sponsor this go around is Mayzy Art. They have fabulous images. We were generously allowed to select an image and I picked this gorgeous Ballerina.

Hope you will join the challenge this week over at the Corrosive Challenge Blog. Stop by the challenge blog and check out all the inspiration from the talented DT!

My sketch comes from Addicted to Stamps and More. I loved the simplicity of it, really let the focus be on the image. I substituted a grouping of roses for the circle.



Card Recipe:
Image: Mayzy Art Ballerina
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Aqua Mist, SU Regal Rose, MME print
Extras: copics stickles, sewing machine, WOC roses, MS leaf punch, Recollections pearls

Follow the Yellow Brick Road blog hop


Welcome to Sassy Studio's blog hop. Our theme is the Great and Powerful Oz. Now, I have not seen the movie yet. Have you seen it? I've heard good things so far. If you arrived here from Rebecca's blog you are in the right place. Wasn't her creation awesome, I want to color like her!

For my card I've used the The Wicked Witch Sassy. She's my fave from the original movie. I even have a signed photo of Margaret Hamilton, the original Wicked Witch of the West. My grandmother met her years ago in Philadelphia when she was staring in a stage show. My grandmother used to be a "dresser" for the actors/actresses in theatre and ice shows in Philadelphia way back when. Pretty cool job!

Please leave comments as you hop. Each blog will be giving away the image they are using to one lucky commenter!

Now pop over to the super talented Jovan's blog and check out her fantastic creation.

If you get lost along the way, here is the full hop list:

SSD http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/
Kim http://itsallaboutcrafting.blogspot.com
Regan http://charmedstamping.blogspot.com/
Jodi www.elamdesign33.blogspot.com
Alaine http://www.missalaineousmosaics.blogspot.com
Jackie http://stampingsister.blogspot.com
Tina http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com
Susan http://stampingtink.blogspot.com 
Lori http://lorib117.blogspot.com/
Valou http://lafeerieduscrap.blogspot.com/
Rebecca http://sydneyssentiments.blogspot.com
Kathy http://willstampforwine.blogspot.com
Jovan http://www.cardsbyjovan.com/
SSD http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/

And, don't forget that SSD is having a design team call right now, hope you will throw your hat into the ring and give it a go. It's a really fun DT to be a part of!

Card Recipe:
Image: Sassy Studio The Wicked Witch Sassy, Bugaboo sentiment
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI True Black, Lime, Purple pattern from my scraps
Extras: copics, nesties, stickles, MS bat and fence punch, PTI ribbon, Recollections gems, Tim Holtz rosette die

Friday, March 15, 2013

Bugaboo Freebie Friday



TGIF! It's Friday and that means Freebie Friday at Bugaboo stamps. This sweet Easter Bunny image is  available for FREE this week. Isn't she cute? Perfect timing for Easter, it's an early one this year. I colored her up in some pastel colors and added some bling to her bow and pieced the egg with patterned paper.

My sketch comes from Freshly Made Sketches #77, love them! Always a clean and fresh look.


Some other challenges I would like to enter:
Paper Shelter Challenge - 3E, SIO - #103 Easter
Bearly Mine W2E, SIO - #77 Easter

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo Easter Bunny
Ink: printer
Paper: PTI Harvest Gold, Hibiscus Burst, Spring Rain, SU Pink Pirouette, American Crafts prints
Extras: copics, stickles, nesties, rhinestone, Twinery Twine, PTI button, Cuttlebug e/f, SU border punch

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Dare to be Sassy Thursday



It's Thursday again, that means time for a Dare to be Sassy Thursday challenge at Sassy Studio Designs. This week our challenge is Seeing Green. Simply add a sine green to your creation.   Hope you like it and will give it a try. You don't need to use a SSD image to enter, but you get two chances to win if you do use one. Check out the DT creations and play along!

My sketch comes from Splitcoast Stampers, their sketch of the week.

Card Recipe:
Image: SSD Miranda
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Pine Feather, SU Old Olive, SU polka dot, Karen Foster print
Extras: copics, MS border punch, PTI ribbon, Recollections brads and rhinestone, Sakura stardust pen

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Bugaboo Humor Me Wednesday


It's Humor Me Wednesday over at Catch the Bug Challenge Blog today. My card features Bugaboo Brats School- Apple Girl. My card is celebrating Incredible Kid day which is 3-15. I thought this would make a perfect little note to send to school in a backpack for an "incredible kid".

Stop over to the Catch the Bug blog and see what the DT has created for all the fun and silly days being celebrated this week.

Some challenges I would like to enter:
Through The Craft Room Door W,3E, - Anything Goes (Only 2 entries this time!)
Use It Tuesdays 2Wmust use hoarded supply's & say what you used - Die Cuts, Punches & Cut Outs (Week 1) (hoarded pattered paper and hoarded PTI button)
Card Mania - 2W, 3E - (1st week) Lots of Layers
Critter Sketch - W - Twine

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo Brats School - Apple Girl
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, SU Garden Green, PTI Pure Poppy, Recollections school prints
Extras: copics, nesties, PTI button, dimensionals, Pick Your Plum Twine

Flutterby Wednesdays



Happy Wednesday! It's time for another Flutterby Wednesdays challenge. This week our challenge is anything with wings. So, you don't need a fairy or butterfly, any winged creature will fit the bill.

For my card I used this sweet image from Whimsy and Stars Studio. This is one of the new releases for March, Welcome Spring, isn't she pretty? Perfect for a sweet girly card.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you will check out the DT creations at Flutterby Wednesdays and play along this week.

My sketch comes from Sketch N Stash #109. My new item is the digi image, my stashed item is the ribbon. I've had it for several years, just one little piece, so glad I was able to use it.


Some challenges I would like to enter:
Celebrate the Occasion W1E - #103 Spring Is In The Air
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge 2W, 1E, SIO - Spring (Week 1)
Crafty Sentiments W, 1E, SIO - Hello Spring
LEJ Designs WSIO - #44 Things With Wings (butterflies)
Oldie But Goodie Challenge 2W, must use something at least 6mts old  & state what it is- Feeling Floral (Week 2) ribbon is my something old
Ribbon Carousel Challenge Mmust include spooled item - Spring is in the air (twine is my spooled item)


Card Recipe:
Image: Whimsy and Stars Studio Welcome Spring
Ink: printer, Palette Noir
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Spring Rain, Hibiscus Burst, American Crafts prints
Extras: copics, stickles, nesties, sewing machine, Doodlebug brads, PTI button, Twinery twine, scrap of ribbon

Monday, March 11, 2013

From the Heart Sketch challenge #9


Faith posted an new I {HEART} sketches #9 challenge today. Its a fun one. I've used one of the cute images available in the From the Heart Stamps shop called Cool Dinosaur the sentiment is part of the set, too. Hope you will join the challenge and play along.



Card Recipe:
Image: From the Heart Cool Dinosaur
Ink: pritner
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Harvest Gold, Dk. Choc., New Leaf, Jilly Bean Soup prints
Extras: copics, stickles, MS border punch, nesties fishtail tag, PTI ribbon, dimensionals