D2D Saturday Designer's Challenge

A day late for the designer's challenge at D2D. We had wet and heavy snow yesterday and it knocked out our power. What a messy Saturday! On to the challenge, this week it's pumpkins. Faith has lots of pumpkin images in her store that would work well for the challenge. While it isn't required to use a D2D image, it's fun to see them! The image here is called Autumn Harvest.

Thanks for dropping by today. Off to finish up Halloween stuff for tomorrow. Have a great Sunday!

Card Recipe:
Image: Autumn Harvest from Designed2Delight
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise, DCWV print
Extras: copics, stickles, crystal effects, leaf border punch, corner rounder, PTI twine, Bella's Baubles, dimensionals

Phindy's Friday Challenge

TGIF!  Time for another Phindy's Friday Challenge. The theme this week is paper piecing, something I love but never remember to do. Phindy has lots of gorgeous images in the shop to chose from that would work perfectly for a paper piecing challenge. 


I went with Mine and Yours this week, he is such a sweet image and such fun to color, I've pieced his overhalls with some tiny dotted papers. I've glittered up the cookies for fun, and in person they look like yummy sugar cookies!


Hope you will pop on over to the challenge blog and see what the DT has created this week. Play along with the challenge to win some prizes. It's not necessary to use a Phindy image, but if you do you get entered twice, so that is some pretty good incentive!


Card Recipe:
Image: Phindy's Place Mine and Yours
Ink: printer
Paper: PTI ssw, New Leaf, Blue Bayou, Memory Box
Extras: copics, nesties, SU ribbon, Bellas Baubles, MM brads, dimensionals

Felicity from Whimsy and Stars

Happy Thursday everyone. I've got a cutie to share today. She is another of Mabelle's Whimsy and Stars holiday images, Felicity. I love her sweet look and plenty of great areas to add loads of stickles to on this one!

I've used Jen del Muro's SFYTT for October for the layout. Cutting it close this month!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Card Recipe:
Image: Whimsy and Stars Felicity
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Kraft, Scarlet Jewel, Auqa Mist, SU Old Olive, MME patterns
Extras: copics, stickles, sewing machine, SU ribbon, PTI twine, jingle bells, MM brads, dimensionals

Some other challenges:
Hanna & Friends - Glitter
Meljens Designs - SIO - Christmas
365 Cards - a daily challenge - Embellished Bow

Hope 2011 butterfly

I haven't had the chance to play along with Tracy's Eat Sleep Stamp challenge for a few weeks now, so was glad I could squeeze in a card this week. This one is sketch 151.

This image is from Faith at D2D, it's called Hope 2011 Cancer Awareness Set. I love it, butterflies are so beautiful anyway, and incorporating the pink ribbon is perfect here. You can see the dimension a bit, I printed it three times and layered the wings, then the body separately on dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by today. It's my baby's birthday, she turns two. I can't believe it, seems like yesterday that she was born!

Card Recipe:
Image: Designed2Delight Hope 2011 Cancer Awareness Set
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, True Black, SU Pretty in Pink
Extras: copics, stickles, sakura glitter pen, liquid pearls, EK success border punch, cuttlebug embossing folder, dimensionals, nesties 

Tuesday Morning Sketches #117

Happy Tuesday! It's time for another Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge. Melissa has drawn up another fabulous sketch for us this week. 

And since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, there will be additional incentive for adding pink to your Tuesday Morning Sketch cards this month. You can read all the details right on the challenge blog, and while you are there see what the DT did with this week's sketch.

Our sponsor this week is Tiffany Doodles, play along for a chance to win a prize from them.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you are having a wonderful week!

Card Recipe:

Image: Tickled Pink stamps

Ink: Printer

Paper: PTI ssw, True Black, Raspberry Fizz, prints from JoAnns

Extras: copics, stickles, glitter paint, recollections rhinestones and brads, dimensionals, nesties

Phindy's Friday Challenge

TGIF! Time for another Phindy's Friday Challenge. The theme this week is Blue Christmas. Phindy has lots of gorgeous Christmas images in the shop to chose from. I went with Snow Buddy this week, he is such a sweet image and such fun to color.

Hope you will pop on over to the challenge blog and see what the DT has created this week. Play along with the challenge to win some prizes. It's not necessary to use a Phindy image, but if you do you get entered twice, so that is some pretty good incentive!

Challenges:

Sweet Sketch - SIO - Sketch

Shelly's Images - SIO -  Anything Goes

ABC Christmas Challenge - 2W, Christmas - use your old stash (2nd wk)(the Bo Bunny papers)

Crafty Sentiments 1E-SIO -  Snowmen

Sweet Stamps - 1E, C10, SIO - #37 Lots of Layers

Top Tip Tuesday - 3E -#56 Layer It

Card Recipe:

Image: Phindy's Place Snow Buddy

Ink: Printer, Ballet Blue

Paper: PTI ssw, SU Night of Navy, Bo Bunny Prints

Extras: copics, stickles, crystal effects, pearl pen, WOC pearls, nesties, sewing machine, dimensionals 

SSD Steampunk Progressive Challenge

Sassy Studio Designs has reached 500 members on their Papercraftplanet group! Such excitement. As a celebration, we are having a progressive relay challenge.

Lindsay has drawn a series of Steampunk images, just for this challenge. This one is called Victoria, she is the third image in the challenge. Today's challenge is vintage, victorian or distressed. Yikes, that is a challenge for me! Not my usual, but it was fun to try.

Stop over to the PCP group for some chatting and trivia contests as well. After the relay is over, all of the images will be available in the store.

My sentiment is from Paulette over at Create with TLC, it was a freebie a while back. She has the most creative sentiments!

My sketch is this week's Midnight Madness Sketch challenge (MMSC126).

Thanks for dropping by today. Hope you are having a great week.

Card Recipe: 
Image: Sassy Studio Designs Steampunk Victoria, sentiment from Create with TLC
Ink: Printer, Always Artichoke
Paper: PTI ssw, Sweet Blush, SU Always Artichoke, BG Capella
Extras: copics, nesties, stickles, sakura stardust pens, recollections pearls, MFT die, lace, WOC flowers, crystal effects, sewing, dimensionals

Whimsy and Stars Release Day

Today is the big day at Whimsy and Stars, the holiday/winter release is in the shop. Mabelle has quite a selection of great digis being released and is running a special today! So hurry on over there, you are going to want all of these adorable images!

I've combined this cutie with some new Christmas paper from Jillybean soup for a fresh and fun holiday card. I really like these non traditional colors. Check out the Whimsy and Stars blog for lots of great inspiration from the DT using the new images.

Challenges:
Sketch Saturday - 3E - SKETCH* #177 see challenge for further details
Cupcake Craft - Buttons and Bows
Ooh La La Creations - 2W, SIO - (1st week) Let it Snow (ends 30th Oct)
Christmas Inspirations - 2W, 2E, must be Christmas - (1st week) Die Cuts or Punches
Crafting When We Can - 2W, 2E, C5 - (1st week) Christmas (ends 29th Oct)

Card Recipe:
Image: Whimsy and Stars
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Simply Chartreuse, Dark Chocolate, Spring Rain, Prints from Jillybean soup
Extras: copics, stickles, nesties snowflake dies, PTI button and twine, SU ribbon, corner rounder, Bella's Baubles in pickle juice, cuttlebug embossing folder 

Tuesday Morning Sketches #116

It's Tuesday again! That means it's time for another Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge. Theresa came up with the sketch this week and it's a great one! I've used one of my favorite images from Designed2Delight for the challenge, Teapot Cheer.

Our sponsors this week are DRS Designs and Print Candee. Play along for a chance to win two prizes this week. And, in addition, we are asking you to add pink to you cards during the month of October since it is Breast Cancer Awareness month. You can check out all the details on the TMS blog.

Stop over to the TMS blog and check out all the inspiration from the DT.

Card Recipe:

Image: Designed2Delight Teapot Cheer

Ink: Printer

Paper: PTI ssw, SU Yoyo Yellow, Pretty in Pink, PTI Raspberry Fizz, Cosmo Cricket DeLovely

Extras: copics, crystal effects (on the cherries), pink liquid pearls, SU ribbon, dimensionals, EK Success border punch, cuttlebug embossing folder, SU corner rounder

Whimsy and Stars

It's Monday, yet another weekend has flown by! I've got two cute cards to share today, both made with Mabelle RO's Whimsy and Stars images. And both are for the SCS Hope You Can Cling to challenges that are going on during October.

This first one is for the pink animals challenge. It was fun to color up this sweet little teddy (Ballerina Teddy) in pink for a change. I've used Carly's sketch #42 for the layout. I mentioned this last time, but it is worth repeating, Carly is a really talented girl who draws sketches and has her own sketch challenge blog Sketches by Carly! Love to see crafty kids!

Challenges:

Forever Friends - 2W, SIO, must include animal - (1st week)

I Did It Creations - Animals

Now the second one is for the SCS Colors of Hope challenge (use brown, yellow and green). Boy this Basic Gray Origins paper was made for the challenge! The image is again a Whimsy and Stars one called Sunflower Teapot. I've used Jen Shults's Deconstructed Sketch #23 for the layout.

Challenges:

Stamps R Us - 2E - (1st week) Nature`s Gifts (ends 30th Oct)

Heart Song Inspirations - 1E, SIO - Flowers and/or Felt

PanPastel UK Challenge - 2E - Add Two Buttons

So glad you stopped by and peeked at my cards today. Now two bits of exciting news...

Tomorrow is the winter/holiday release for Whimsy and Stars. Mabelle will be filling up the store with cute new digis. They are fabulous, you're going to want each and every one. And even better she is having a sale!

And also, Mabelle has just released 5 sets in rubber, see them here!

Lots of excitement for Mabelle over at Whimsy and Stars!

Card Recipe:

Image: Whimsy and Stars Ballerina Teddy and Sunflower Teapot

Ink: Printer

Paper: PTI ssw, Hibiscus Burst, New Leaf, Dk Choc, SU Summer Sun, Bashful Blue, Garden Green, Patterns from MME and BG

Extras: copics, stickles, sakure glitter pen, nesties, dimensionals, BG ribbon, WOC flowers, recollections pearls and rhinestones, EK Success and SU border punches, PTI buttons, crochet twine 

Hocus Pocus

The weekly designer's challenge over at Designed2Delight is Halloween this week. Doesn't every little girl want to be a princess for Halloween? I think this little cutie, Hocus Pocus, is adorable.

Hope you will have time to play along with us at D2D this week.

Card Recipe:

Image: Designed2Delight Hocus Pocus, sentiment from PTI

Ink: Printer, Palette Noir

Paper: PTI ssw, New Leaf, Orange Crush, Royal Velvet. MME print

Extras: copics, stickles, MS web punch, nesties die, MS bat punch, PTI button, bakery twine, 

Sassy Studio Release Day

It's our second Halloween release at SSD today. Lindsay has drawn up some wonderful images again. So hope you will hop along with us, leave comments (two random commenters will win a prize), join our challenge and chat tonight on the party blog. It's a day full of fun! You can get all the details on the SSD blog. If you've arrived from super talented Sara's blog you are in the right place.

For my card I've used Mortisha Honey. I think she is fabulous and a bit creepy. Think I'll send this to one of my girlfriends to plan a "ghoul's night out", lol. I've layered up most of the panels on foam squares to give it lots of dimension. Now hop on over and see the fabulous creation Rebecca has made for today.

Here is the complete hop list:
1. SSD - http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/
2.Sara - http://luminousinmychaoticdreamslife.blogspot.com/
3.Kathy - http://willstampforwine.blogspot.com/
4.Rebecca - http://sydneyssentiments.blogspot.com/
5.Julie - http://juliescraftyspot.blogspot.com/
6.Regan - http://charmedstamping.blogspot.com/
7.Kate - http://www.scrapperscreativecorner.blogspot.com/
8.Christine - http://happyscrapper-sweetpeacards.blogspot.com/
9.Fabiola - http://www.mrssassycrafter.com/
10.Karen - http://busybusyhoneybee.wordpress.com/
11.Kim - http://itsallaboutcrafting.blogspot.com/
12.Rachelle - http://www.imblackmartha.blogspot.com/

Thanks for joining us today!

Challenges:
Sweet Sketch - SIO - Sketch
Whimsy Inspires - 3E, SIO - Punches/diecuts
Pixie Cottage - SIO -  Sketch* and/or dark and sppoky (went with dark and spooky)
My Mum's Craft shop - 3E - #27 song inspired (Ghosts and Goblins, witches, too...kid's song)

Card Recipe:
Image: Mortiisha Honey from Sassy Studio Designs, sentiment from PTI
Paper: PTI ssw, New Leaf, True Black, DCWV stack prints
Extras: copics, stickles, MS fence and bat punches, Viva decor pearl pen, stickles, Target ribbon, nesties, cuttlebug spider web embossing folder, spica pens, recollections flourish

Phindy's Friday Challenge

TGIF! Time for another Phindy's Friday Challenge. The theme this week is Halloween. I just love Halloween, especially the costumes and candy that go with it! Phindy has so many adorable Halloween images in the store it was hard to decide which one to use, but finally I went with BOO!  I've got a few more Phindy Halloween images printed off, so you might see some more Halloween cards real soon!


Ghost costumes always remind me of the movie The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, love that movie! My kids' favorite line is "I got rocks" from Charlie Brown when he gets rocks rather than candy at one house, lol!

Hope you will pop on over to the challenge blog and see what the DT has created this week. Play along with the challenge to win some prizes. It's not necessary to use a Phindy image, but if you do you get entered twice, so that is some pretty good incentive!


Challenges:
Sketch and Stash - 2W - (1st week)  Sketch* (ends 22nd Oct) (brads and glitter from my hoarded stash)
Hanna & Friends - Autumn/Halloween
Meljens Designs - SIO - Use a Ribbon
Paper Crafting Journey - 2W - (1st week) Colours: Black, White and Orange (like main) (ends 26th Oct)
House That Stamps Built - 2W, SIO - Halloween/Fall
Paper Pretties - SIO -PPC175 Halloween inspired
Simon Says Stamp - Halloween/Goth
Everybody-Art-Challenge - #163 Halloween
Shopping Our Stash - C12 #21 Boo Are You? Spooky or Orange & Black Combo (brads and glitter from my stash)
Use It Tuesdays - 2W, must use hoarded supplies & say what you used -#17 Metal 1st Week (metal brads from my stash and some hoarded glitter, too)


Recipe:
Image: Phindy's Place BOO!, sentiment from PTI
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI, MME
Extras: copics, crystal effects, MM brads, nesties label die, MS bat punch, MS onyx glitter, PTI ribbon 

Sassy Sneak Peek

Today I have a sneak peek of a Sassy Studio Designs image that will be released on Saturday as part of their second Halloween release. She is Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas.

Paulette at Create with TLC offered this freebie a few days back and I thought it would work perfectly with her.

Hope you will join the hop on Saturday for some fun, challenges, and chances to win SSD images.

Card Recipe:
Image: SSD Sally, sentiment from Create with TLC
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Royal Velvet, Orange Crush, New Leaf, DCWV patterns
Extras: copics, sakura stardust pen, recollections big rhinestones, PTI ribbon, dimensionals, sewing machine, MS web punch

Tuesday Morning Sketches #115

It's Tuesday! I'm so excited that Sassy Studio Designs is sponsoring Tuesday Morning Sketches this week! Hope you will play along for the chance to win some SSD images.

Melissa has drawn up another fabulous sketch for us this week. And there is an inspiration photo along with the sketch this week, since this is our judged challenge.

And since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, there will be additional incentive for adding pink to your Tuesday Morning Sketch cards this month. You can read all the details right on the challenge blog, and while you are there see what the DT did with this week's sketch.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you are having a wonderful week!


Card Recipe
Image: SSD Support a Cure
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Lavender Moon, Dk. Chocolate, Simply Chartreuse, K and Co pattern
Extras: copics, EK Success border punch, PRI ribbon, WOC flowers, stickles, MS punch, Queen and Co pearls

HYCCT challenge with D2D image

SCS has their Hope You Can Cling to challenges going on again this year. This card was made for a sketch challenge.

I thought it was very bright and cheerful! The image is Dancing Mice from Designed2Delight. I use up some of my hoarded Cosmo Cricket DeLovely paper. I think it is my favorite paper pack of all time. I love every sheet and print in the whole pack.

Card Recipe:
Image: Designed2Delight Dancing Mice
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Hawaiian Breeze, Raspberry Fizz, Cosmo Cricket DeLovely dsp
Extras: copics, nesties, PTI die, stickles, rhinestones, EK Success border punch

Whimsy and Stars

How cute is this kitty? It was a fall release from Mabelle RO at Whimsy and Stars, called Pumpkin Kitty. I think it has such a sweet little face. The winter/holiday release is coming soon, and Mabelle is releasing some images in rubber soon (can't wait to see them)!

My ds#2 has the nick name"scradey cat", he thought it up himself when he was smaller, since he is afraid of everything. He always tells people that he is a big "scradey cat", so this card will be for him for Halloween. He will get a kick out of it for sure.

I glazed the whole pumpkin with crystal effects for a super shine.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you have a great weekend.

Challenges:
Charisma Cardz - 3E, C10 - Black and Orange
Crafty Ribbons - 2W, SIO - (2nd week) Halloween Projects-Pretty Spooky (ends 12 Oct)
Meljens Designs - SIO - Halloween
Crafting for all Seasons - 2W - #11 fall flowers/pumpkins
Freshly Brewed - 5E, SIO, M - pumpkins
Little Darlings Challenges - 2W, SIO - Fall/Halloween (2nd wk)
Paper Shelter Challenge - 3E, SIO - #34 Halloween
Clear It Out! - 2W -Use Old Supplies - Halloween 1st Week (brads and ribbon)
Tuesday Throwdown -#69 Halloween

Card Recipe:
Image: Whimsy and Stars Pumpin Kitty, sentiment from PTI
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Paper: PTI ssw, True Black, Orange Crush, MME patterns
Extras: copics, MS bat punch, nesties, MS glitter, crystal effects, dimensionals, PTI ribbon, MM brads

Phindy's Friday Challenge

TGIF!  Welcome to another Phindy's Friday challenge. We are doing things a bit differently the first week of each month. Our challenge is anything goes, makes it super simple to play along. BUT, you must use a Phindy's Place image this week. Not hard to do, when there is a huge selection of images in the store to suit every taste!

I've used an image called Christmas Colt. I bought it last year to make a holiday card for my brother and his wife, and this is that card (I had good intentions, but just didn't get to it last year). Happily, I have it ready to go early this year. They are big horse lovers, they relocated to KY to work for a Thoroughbred newspaper, so I think this will be a perfect card for them.

Stop on over to the challenge blog and check out the DT cards. Hope you will play along with us this week!


Challenges:
Christmas Challenges - 2W, 1E, must be Winter Holiday and stamped image - Sketch*  (2nd wk)
Crafts and Me - #55 use a digi
My Mum's Craft shop - 3E - all creatures great and small
Bearly Mine - 2W, 2E, SIO - 3x Design/Backing papers to be used. 2nd Week
Crazy Amigo Challenge - Animals
Crafty Purple Frog - 2W, SIO - (2nd week) Lots of Layers (ends 12 Oct)
Forever Friends - M, SIO, must include an animal - (October) Use Sentiment (ends 2nd Nov)


Card Recipe:
Image: Phindy's Place Christmas Colt, sentiment from Verve
Ink: Printer, Bravo Burgundy
Paper: PTI ssw, Kraft, Scarlet Jewel, SU Old Olive, Always Artichoke, MM prints
Extras: copics, nesties, EK Success border punch, flower soft, PTI buttons, MS leaf punch, Recollections brads, stickles, crochet twine, dimensionals

Dare to be Sassy Thursday

The Sassy Studio DTBST challenge this week is all about the pink. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. This image is perfect for all the pink challenges out there this month, it's called Support a Cure.

For my card I used the Midnight Madness sketch from this week (MMSC124).

Thanks for dropping by today. Hope you will play along with the pink challenge.

Card Recipe:
Image: SSD Support a Cure
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, True Black, Hibiscus Burst, Theresa Collins print
Extras: copics, stickles, grosgrain ribbon, rhinestones

Tuesday Morning Sketches #114

It's Tuesday Morning Sketch time. Melissa has drawn up another fabulous sketch for us this week.

And since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, there will be additional incentive for adding pink to your Tuesday Morning Sketch cards this month. You can read all the details right on the challenge blog, and while you are there see what the DT did with this week's sketch.

Our sponsor this week is One Stop Cards. Play along for a chance to win a prize from them.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you are having a wonderful week!

Challenges:
Lexi's Creations - Pink for Boobies (ends 15th Oct)
The Crazy Challenge - Think Pink
Let`s Ink It Up - Must use rubber stamp (NO digi) - (October) Think Pink (ends 30th Oct)
Di's Digis Designs  - Make your own Flowers
My Sheri Crafts  -  #70 Think Pink


Card Recipe:
Stamps: Verve Hope Blooms
Ink: Palette Noir
Paper: Cryogen posion ivory, PTI slate, SU Regal Rose, Going Gray, Authentic pattern
Extras: nesties, MFT rolled rose dies, MS branch punch, SU ribbon, Kaiser pearls, pink liquid pearls

Bugaboo Halloween Brat Witch

Today was the first day that it really felt like fall. So cool and crisp! Love this weather. I was feeling "Halloweeny" so I decided to color up this cute little Bugaboo image.

I saw this sketch over at Sketches by Carly (#41). Since Bugaboo was her sponsor this week, I decided to give it a go with this image. It's a super fun sketch (and if you don't know about Carly, you should check her out, she is a 12 year old girl who makes fabulous sketches).

Challenges:
Bugaboo Challenge blog: anything goes for October
Karens Doodles - 1E, SIO - Halloween
Stamp with Fun - Halloween
Come and Get It Challenges - Halloween
I Did It Creations - Halloween
Lollipop Crafts - Halloween


Card Recipe: 
Image: Bugaboo Halloween Brat Witch
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, True Black, Royal Velvet, Orange Crush, SU Wild Wasabi, DCWV patterns
Extras: copics, stickles, cuttlebug spider web folder, MS bat and web border punches, MFT banner die, twinery twine, Recollections rhinestones, dimensionals, nesties, PTI ribbon