Friday cards for fun

TGIF! I recently discovered this newish line of digis through facebook. They are just adorable. They are drawn by Emma Canning and available at the Polkadoodles store. There is a new Flat Friends Challenge blog for challenges with this images. It's just started, but should have challenges running soon. I bought a few digis right away and had fun coloring them in and making some cards.

This first one uses All Lit Up. She looks like me with the holiday lights, lol. They always are a big tangle when I take them out. I paired her up with some non traditional colored Christmas papers from Echo Park. She is colored with copics and has some stickles for sparkle. Did you see those jingle bells??!! I was super excited to find glittery white jingle bells at Michaels this year (actually they have all sorts of colors and types, yeah!). The sketch here comes from Sweet Sketch Wednesday #169. As usual, a beautiful sketch from Arlana.

My second card uses another Emma Canning image called Millie Birthday. She is a cutie, too. I went with an auburn shade for her hair. I think I do brown too often, maybe because I'm a brunette. I've colored her with copics, added some liquid pearls and rolled roses, to coordinate with the rolled rose on her hair and dress. She is paired with some MME Fine and Dandy paper. My sketch comes from Fab N Funky #136, with the additional challenge to use a birthday theme this week. A fun sketch for sure!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! We are off to the farm to pick up our CSA produce. Anyone have any good beet or okra recipes? A bit stumped by both of these, but I'll figure something out. 

Have a great weekend!

SSD Design Team Call and DTBST

First a bit of exciting news, Sassy Studio Designs is holding a DT call right now. It's a fun DT with really supportive gals and beautiful images (and lots of them, with a new release each month)! All the details can be found here. Check it out and give it a go!

Our weekly Dare to be Sassy Thursday challenge over at SSD this week is our monthly Christmas challenge, the theme this month is to base your project on your favorite Christmas carol. Can you guess mine? It's Blue Christmas, the Elvis version, looove it! You don't need to use a Sassy Studio image to play along, but you will get two entries if you do! Hope you will play along with us this month.

My sketch comes from Christmas Challenges {with sketches} challenge #39. They always have beautiful sketches with lots of layers!

Card Recipe:
Image: Sassy Studio Designs Classic Marie Antoinette, sentiment from PTI Signature Christmas
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Paper: Copic xpress, SU Real Red, Baja Breeze, Blue Bayou, Echo Park dsp
Extras: copics, nesties, cuttlebug embossing folder, dimensionals, pearl pen, Cherry Lynn border die, Kaiser rhinestones, sakura stardust pen

Flutterby Wednesdays

Time for the weekly challenge over at the  Flutterby Wednesday challenge blog! Our challenge this week is to decorate the inside of your card (along with a using a fairy or a butterfly on your card). 

I've used Curious Pup from Designed2Delight, I wanted to do a more manly card this week, sometimes that's hard with butterflies and fairies, but this one worked well. 

Here is a peek at the innies.

My layout comes from the Sketch and Stash challenge #95. My image is being used for the first time and my BG patterned paper is some older stash.

Card Recipe:

Image: Designed2Delight Curious Pup, sentiment from Designed2Delight Lucky Dog's Sentiments

Ink: Printer

Paper: copic xpress, PTI Dark Chocolate, Canyon Clay, Basic Gray Max and Whiskers

Extras: copics, nesties, SU corner punch, Cuttlebug embossing folder, PTI buttons and twine, stickles

Designed2Delight School Maisie Belle

I've been seeing so many back to school challenges this week, that I had to print off School Maisie Belle from Designed2Delight. This one will probably to Lilah's preschool teacher this year. The hair on Maisie Belle looks like Lilah's hair, lol. This is the first year all of my four kiddos will be in school! Wow, don't know what I'll do with my free time (although it won't be that much time, Finn and Lilah will go M, W & F just for 2 1/2 hours). Everyone is getting excited for next week!

My sketch comes from Sweet Sketch Wednesday 168-121.

Card Recipe:
Image: Designed2Delight School Maisie Belle
Ink: printer
Paper: Copic xpress, SU Summer Sun, PTI True Black, Pure Poppy, Recollections prints
Extras: copics, stickles, dimensionals, nesties, PTI ribbon, Card Candi, button from my stash, Twinery  Lemondrop twine, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Sentimental Sundays

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

I used this really sweet Whimsy and Stars Rain or Shine image for my card called

Di's Digi Downloads, Softpencil Studio and My Craft Spot are all sponsoring this week. Hope you will play along for a chance to win some fab prizes!

And we are still having the bonus challenges going on over the summer, if you play along with the challenge theme and add the bonus element you can enter twice. This week's bonus is a color challenge, you can see all the deets on the Sentimental Sundays blog.

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

My sketch comes from Sketch and Stash challenge 94.

Some challenges:
Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Use Punches, Dies or Shapes of any Kind
One Stitch At A Time - SIO - Use a Digi
Gingerloft - 2W - (2nd week) Use metal (red metal dots) (ends 1st Sept)
Challenges 4 Everybody - 2W, 3C - (2nd week) Anything Goes (ends 4th Sept)
Send a Smile for Kids - 2W 2E -  2ndW Anything Goes for Kids
Polka Doodles - C10 – Stitching

Card Recipe:
Image: Whimsy and Stars Rain or Shine, sentiment from Amuse
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Paper: Copic xpress cardstock, SU Summer Sun, Bermuda Bay, Soft Sky, MME Fine and Dandy Boy print
Extras: copics, nesties, sewing machine, stickles, metal dots, Sharpee white paint pen, dimensionals

Sassy Studio Designs Release Blog Hop

Happy Saturday. This is the second release this month for Sassy Studio Designs, the theme this go round is villans. We are having a hop, with plenty of chances to win free images. If you've come from Mary's blog you are in the right spot.

I've got Maleficient here today. Isn't she evil and pretty? LOL, if that's possible. I googled Angelina Jolie's version for colors. My sketch comes from Sunday Sketch and Stamp #120.

Now hop on over to Starla's blog and she what she has crafted for today!

Get all the details about the hop, chat tonight and chances to win over on the SSD blog. And before you go, my very favorite Disney movie is the Little Mermaid.

Card Recipe:
Image: SSD Maleficient, sentiment from Amuse
Ink: Pritner, Palette Noir
Paper: copic xpress, PTI True Black, SU Almost Amethyst, Going Gray, scrap of purple paper
Extras: copics, stickles, sakura stardust pen, MS fence punch, MS bat punch, Recollections gems, nesties, Cuttlebue e/f, sewing machine

Verve 5th Anniversary challenge #5

Verve stamps is celebrating their 5th anniversary with a big release tonight. The sneak peeks have looked really fabulous all this week. Can't wait to see the full sets. There are a series of release challenges going on this week, so I decided to play along. You can also link up to the Card Carnival for a chance to win the whole release package, pretty exciting.

Here is my card for the 5th challenge, anything but a card. I used a PTI die to make a little thank you tote for a gift. Not sure who this bright little goodie will go to, but I think it will be a cute gift with some candy and a gift card tucked inside.

Recipe:
Stamps: Verve Bloom and Grow, Verve Bountiful Backgrounds
Ink: PTI fresh Snow, PTI Raspberry Fizz, PTI Ripe Avocado
Paper: PTI Raspberry Fizz, Hibiscus Burst, Orange Zest, Spring Moss
Extras: Verve flower and label dies, PTI tote die, PTI button, Twinery twine