Thimble Bouquet

Happy Saturday! I have a cute little card to share to day using one of the more recent images from From the Heart Stamps called Thimble Bouquet. Love this sweet little mouse, and he could be used for about any occasion!

My sketch comes from Papertake Weekly, it's a sketchy free for all challenge. I chose to use the new sketch they created, but they allow you to chose any of their sketches for a free for all.

Some fun news, From the Heart Stamps is holding an open DT call right now until Sept. 15th. You can check out all the details HERE. It's a really great DT with fun images and a nice friendly atmosphere.

Card Recipe:
Image: From the Heart Stamps Thimble Bouquet
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, SU Soft Sky, SU Garden Green, scraps of print from Cosmo Cricket and MME
Extras: copics, PTI buttons, SU corner rounder, SU Soft Sky ribbon, crochet thread

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 for Labor Day. Create a project or card with an occupation or career theme.

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! I'm using Copper Christi as my image.

Card Recipe:

Image: SSD Copper Christi, TLC sentiment
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Kraft, SU Night of Navy, MME print
Extras: copics, sakura stardust pen, SU ribbon, nesties, SU rhinestone, Cuttlebue e/f, dimensionals

Bugaboo Oldie but Goodie Thursday

Happy Thursday! It's Oldie but Goodie day at the Catch the Bug blog. Time to revisit some older favorite images. I picked Bugaboo Turtles - Birthday for my card today. So fun and cheerful!

My sketch comes from Sketch N Stash #120. My image is an older one and the paper is new.

Stop over to the Catch the Bug blog and check out some other Oldie but Goodie projects from the DT.

Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo Turtles - Birthday
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, SU Night of Navy, PTI Orange Zest, MME print
Extras: copics, PTI  ribbon, PTI twine, PTI buttons, nesties, sewing machine, stickles

Little Miss Muffet Challenge

Happy Thursday! After winning a challenge at Little Miss Muffet stamps, I was offered the opportunity to guest design for the month of August. I am very honored and excited to design with the talented team and these adorable stamps during August.

So, today's challenge is a sketch challenge. I'm working with this super cute newly released image called Casper Silvermist Dude. There are so many gorgeous images to select from in the Little Miss Muffet store.

Hope you will stop by and check all the fairies the DT has created with and play along over at the Little Miss Muffet challenge blog!

Card Recipe:
Image: Little Miss Muffet Casper Silvermist Dude
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, SU Night of Navy, SU Yoyo Yellow, PTI Pure Poppy, unknown print
Extras: copics, stickles, Trendy Twine, PTI button, card candy, nesties, EK Success wave punch dimensionals

Flutterby Wednesdays

Happy Wednesday! It's time for another Flutterby Wednesdays challenge. This week our challenge is to make a shaped card, anything but square or rectangle, just don't forget to have a fairy or butterfly on your creation somewhere. Hope you will play along. 

My sketch comes from the Mojo Monday #308.

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

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Verve Kind Words
Ink: Palette Noir
Paper: PTI ssw, PTI Harvest Gold, SU Baja Breeze, Cosmo Cricket print
Extras: nesties,  RRR lace,  MS butterfly punches, Kaiser pearls

Whimsy and Stars

I just love the Pink Ribbon Boy and Pink Ribbon Girl digis that are the most recent release from Mabelle at Whimsy and Stars. I got news that my Chemo Angel buddy is graduating the program, such good and happy news. So I made her this card as a congratulations!

My sketch comes from The Sweetest Thing challenge 191.

Some challenges I would like to enter:
That Craft Place - 2W, 1E - (2nd week) Stitch Real or Faux
Colour Me Creative Challenge -2W, 3E - #75 (W2 of 2) Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - W, 1E – No.195 - Real or Faux Stitching with option of Material

Card Recipe:
Image: Whimsy and Stars Pink Ribbon Girl
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI ssw, PTI Kraft, PTI Hibiscus Burst, MAMBI prints
Extras: copics, nesties, sewing machine, recollections gems, dimensionals

Bugaboo Photo inspiration challenge

Happy Saturday! It's challenge time at the Catch the Bug blog. This week is a photo inspiration challenge. Hope you will play along for a chance to win some Bugaboo images!

My image is called Tulip Thank You Block, I love tulips and butterflies, so this is a favorite for me! Here the photo that we are using for inspiration!

Stop by the Catch the Bug blog and check out the fun creations the DT came up with this week.

Card Recipe:

Image: Bugaboo Tulip Thank You Block

Ink: printer

Paper: copic xpress, PTI Harvest Gold and Orange Zest, SU Garden Green, DCWV print

Extras: copics, MS butterfly punch, SU rhinestones, SU corner rounder, cuttlebug e/f, stickles, dimensionals

Little Miss Muffet Saturday Post

Happy Saturday! After winning a challenge at Little Miss Muffet stamps, I was offered the opportunity to guest design for the month of August. I am very honored and excited to design with the talented team and these adorable stamps during August.

Saturdays are a big deal over at Little Miss Muffet. There is a freebie and a featured image. I've designed a card using the featured image this week called Cool Chester.

Hope you will stop by and check all the sweet cards the DT has created with both the freebie and the featured image on the Little Miss Muffet challenge blog!

Card Recipe:
Image: Little Miss Muffet Cool Chester, Create with TLC sentiment
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, SU Baja Breeze, PTI DK Choc.,  Bo Bunny prints
Extras: copics, nesties, sewing machine, stickles, dimensionals, metal dots, MS border punch

Little Miss Muffet New Release

Happy Thursday! After winning a challenge at Little Miss Muffet stamps, I was offered the opportunity to guest design for the month of August. I am very honored and excited to design with the talented team and these adorable stamps during August.

So, today's new release are super cute beachy themed Swings 'N Slides images, available in the Little Miss Muffet store. They are so sweet and perfect for this time of the year! This one is called Swings 'N Slides Mermaid.

My sketch comes from Crafting Musketeers challenge #4.

Hope you will stop by and check all the sweet cards the DT has created with and play along over at the Little Miss Muffet challenge blog! They are also having a DT call right now, so if you are interested in designing with these super cute images, give it a go!

Card Recipe:
Image: Little Miss Muffet Swings 'N Slides Mermaid
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI ssw, SU Baja Breeze, PTI Orange Zest, American Crafts
Extras: copics, stickles, Cuttlebug bubbles e/f, corner rounder, dimensionals, Kaiser pearls

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 ATC or Artist Trading Cards.

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! I'm using Bubble Gum Sassy as my image.

Card Recipe:

Image: SSD Bubble Gum Sassy, NFT sentiment
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Hibiscus Burst, SU Garden Green, Making Memories print
Extras: copics, sakura stardust pen, Trendy Twine, nesties, MM brads, corner rounder

Flutterby Wednesdays

Happy Wednesday! It's time for another Flutterby Wednesdays challenge. This week our challenge is embossing (wet or dry), just don't forget to have a fairy or butterfly on your creation somewhere. Hope you will play along. 

My sketch comes from the VLV August challenges in the Verve forum on SCS.

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

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Verve Believe
Ink: PTI New Leaf
Paper: PTI ssw, PTI New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst, Echo Park prints
Extras: nesties, Verve border dies,  MS butterfly punches, SU rhinestones, Darice e/f, dimensionals and foam tape

From the Heart Mice Surprise

Faith posted an new I {HEART} sketches #031 challenge today. Its a fun one! I'm sure I'll use it again. I've used one of the new images available in the From the Heart Stamps shop called Mice Surprise. Hope you will join the challenge and play along.

We also have the monthly progressive challenge happening. And, the From the Heart Stamps facebook page is hopping. We are almost to 1000 likes and when we hit 1000, Faith says there will be another freebie!

Card Recipe:
Image: From the Heart Stamps Mice Surprise
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, SU Baja Breeze, PTI Hibiscus Burst, SU Yoyo Yellow, American Crafts prints
Extras: copics, nesties, PTI button, SU border punch, Trendy Twine, stickles

Bugaboo Anything But a Card Monday

Happy Monday! It's ABC day at the Catch the Bug blog. I always like to make non card projects, changes it up a bit. I saw this fun apple box in the Silhouette Cameo store and snapped it right up. It makes for a perfect first day of school gift. Think this will go to Lilah's preschool teacher with some candy in it.  I've used the sweet little Bugaboo Brat School - Apple Girl image to attach a tag to my gift box.

Here is a shot of the top. It's a little overexposed, but I was trying to get the embossing to show on the leaves. 

Stop over to the Catch the Bug blog and check out some other ABC ideas from the DT.

Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo Brat School - Apple Girl
Ink: printer
Paper: Bazzil, PTI kraft, copic xpress
Extras: copics, RRR brown ribbon, PTI twine, PTI tag die, nesties, PTI button, white paint pen, Silhouette Cameo cut file

Whimsy and Stars

It's release day at Whimsy and Stars stamps (and all of the images in the Whimsy and Stars Etsy shop are now available with instant download)! Mabelle is releasing two very special images today. Ribbon Boy and Girl. They are so sweet and can be used for SO many causes.

 Stop on over to the Whimsy and Stars blog and see some inspiration from the DT. You will be blown away by these special cards today! And while you are there, make sure and leave a comment, Mabelle will draw one lucky winner at random to win the image from the comments left on the Whimsy and Stars blog!

Card Recipe:
Image: Whimsy and Stars Ribbon Boy
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Dark Chocolate, MAMBI print
Extras: copics, stickles, nesties, Kaiser rhinestones, dimensionals, Bazzil ribbon, Silhouette Cameo for cutting card base

Bugaboo Bingo Challenge

Happy Saturday! It's challenge time at the Catch the Bug blog. This week is a bingo challenge. Hope you will play along for a chance to win some Bugaboo images!

My image is called BBrat Ballerina, I think she is the sweetest little thing! For my three across I went on a diagonal with a Bugaboo image, sewing and pearls.

Stop by the Catch the Bug blog and check out the fun creations the DT came up with this week.

Card Recipe:

Image: Bugaboo BBrat Ballerina

Ink: printer

Paper: copic xpress, PTI Hibiscus Burst, SU Yoyo Yellow, MME prints

Extras: copics, sewing machine, pearls, PTI ribbon, stickles, dimensionals

Little Miss Muffet Challenge

Happy Thursday! After winning a challenge at Little Miss Muffet stamps, I was offered the opportunity to guest design for the month of August. I am very honored and excited to design with the talented team and these adorable stamps during August.

So, today's challenge is Monster Mash. I'm working with this super cute image called Monster Lou and Tia. There are so many fun monsters to select from in the Little Miss Muffet store.

Hope you will stop by and check all the fairies the DT has created with and play along over at the Little Miss Muffet challenge blog!

My sketch comes from Tuesday Morning Sketches #211. They have an added twist of buttons and bows this week, two of my favorite things.

Card Recipe:
Image: Little Miss Muffet Monster Lou and Tia
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Simply Chartreuse, Hibiscus Burst, SU Yoyo Yellow, Cosmo Cricket prints
Extras: copics, stickles, Trendy Twine, PTI buttons and ribbon, Cuttlebug e/f, SU corner rounder

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 Summer Reading. Create a project based on a favorite book, or even create a bookmark. I based my card on a beach read that I read over vacation, called Summer Girls, by Mary Alice Monroe. Great light beach read!

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! I'm using Sarong Sassy as my image.

Card Recipe:

Image: SSD Sarong Sassy
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Harvest Gold, SU Tempting Turquoiose, PTI Spring Rain, DCWV print
Extras: copics, sakura stardust pen, PTI ribbon, nesties, sewing machine, pearls, pearl pen, Silhouette wave cutting file

Flutterby Wednesday

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'm using a new image from From the Heart Stamps called Cat's out of the Bag. It is the progressive challenge freebie for August!

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

Card Recipe:

Stamps: From the Heart Stamps Cat's out of the Bag
Ink: printer
Paper: PTI ssw, PTI Kraft, Dk choc., SU Baja Breeze, BG prints
Extras: nesties, copics, MS butterfly punches, SU rhinestones, Darice e/f, SU corner rounder

Whimsy and Stars

Happy Tuesday! I've got a sweet little Whimsy and Stars card to share today using Rosie Ballerina. All of the images in the Whimsy and Stars etsy shop are now available for instant download!

I've given the bear a bit of texture on her fur by dabbing the coloring softly with a wash rag dipped into Copic blender solution. A fun and easy trick they showed us in the first Copic certification class. Just make sure you color only the fur first, then do your texturing, then color the rest of the image. Otherwise you will get texture on the whole image, rather than just the fur.

My sketch comes from Unscripted Sketches #92. A fun and CAS sketch that I'm sure I'll come back to again and again.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you are having a wonderful day!

Card Recipe:
Image: Whimsy and Stars Rosie Ballerina
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI Aqua Mist and Raspberry Fizz, American Crafts print
Extras: copics, stickles, nesties, PTI buttons and ribbon, SU corner rounder, Trendy Twine in Strawberry Cupcake

Patriotic Kitten

Faith posted an new I {HEART} sketches #030 challenge today. Its a fun one! I'm sure I'll use it again. I've used one of the new images available in the From the Heart Stamps shop called Patriotic Kitten. Hope you will join the challenge and play along. We also have the monthly progressive challenge happening. And, the From the Heart Stamps facebook page is hopping. There is a freebie right now to celebrate 500 followers, so come on over and join the fun!

Card Recipe:
Image: From the Heart Stamps Patriotic Kitten
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, SU Night of Navy, Bo Bunny prints
Extras: copics, nseties, Trendy Twine, heart button, EK Success border punch

True Love

Faith the owner and artist behind From the Heart stamps has created this gorgeous image called True Love in celebration of her 15th wedding anniversary! Congrats to Faith and her husband Nate! She is very generously offering it as a freebie through the From the Heart Facebook page for a limited time. So head over and get it while you can, it's a beautiful image!

I couldn't wait to print it out and color it in. Something so sweet and peaceful about this image. Now, I just need a wedding invite and I'll be set. Hope you will stop over to the From the Heart Facebook page for some inspiration, chat and fun. It's a great group of supportive folks!

Some challenges I would like to enter:
Little Claire's  - M, 3E, SIO - (July/August) #35 Wedding/Anniversary 
Pattie's Creations - 2W, 2E, SIO, include an image – Challenge 73 -Week 1 - Embossing Any Kind
Sweet Pea Stampers - 2W, SIO, E3 - Week 1 -Embossing - Wet/Dry or Both

Card Recipe:
Image: From the Heart stamps True Love
Ink: printer
Medium: copics
Papers: copic xpress, SU cardstock
Extras: copics, stickles, e/f, WOC flowers, Cherry Lynne doily die, organdy ribbon, corner rounder

Little Miss Muffet Saturday post

Happy Saturday! After winning a challenge at Little Miss Muffet stamps, I was offered the opportunity to guest design for the month of August. I am very honored and excited to design with the talented team and these adorable stamps during August.

Saturdays are a big deal over at Little Miss Muffet. There is a freebie and a featured image. I've designed a card using the featured image this week called Forest Friends Trevor Tortoise.

Hope you will stop by and check all the sweet cards the DT has created with both the freebie and the featured image on the Little Miss Muffet challenge blog! They are also having a DT call right now, so if you are interested in designing with these super cute images, give it a go!

My sketch comes from Sweet Sketch Wednesday #218. A fun one to use up some scraps.

Card Recipe:
Image: Little Miss Muffet Forest Friends Trevor Tortoise, Create with TLC sentiment
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, SU Garden Green, PTI Kraft and Simply Chartreuse, prints from my scrap pile
Extras: copics, nesties, sewing machine, nesties, embossing folders, dimensionals, Sakura Stardust pen

Little Miss Muffet New Release

Happy Thursday! After winning a challenge at Little Miss Muffet stamps, I was offered the opportunity to guest design for the month of August. I am very honored and excited to design with the talented team and these adorable stamps during August.

So, today's new release are Strawberry Sunbonnet stamps, available in the Little Miss Muffet store. They are so sweet and perfect for this time of the year! This one is called Sunbonnet Strawberry Basket.

Hope you will stop by and check all the sweet cards the DT has created with and play along over at the Little Miss Muffet challenge blog! They are also having a DT call right now, so if you are interested in designing with these super cute images, give it a go!

Card Recipe:
Image: Little Miss Muffet Sunbonnet Strawberry Basket
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, SU Garden Green, PTI Pure Poppy, prints from Jilly Bean Soup
Extras: copics, PTI Twine, MM rhinestones, sewing machine, nesties, PTI ribbon, strawberry charm

Flutterby Wednesday

After a bit of a summer break we are back at Flutterby Wednesdays with a new challenge this week. This one is an anything with wings challenge. Easy to play along, so I hope you will join the fun!

We even have a sponsor this week, so there will be a prize from Inky Impressions available!

Stop on over to the Flutterby Wednesdays blog and see what fabulous creations the DT has come up with this week!

My sketch comes from MoJo Monday #305.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Verve Love Notes, Verve Beautiful Kindness 
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Palette Noir
Paper: PTI ssw, SU Bermuda Bay and Apricot Appeal, patterns from MME and DCWV
Extras: Verve dies, nesties, sewing machine, grosgrain ribbon, Twinery Twine, PTI button, pearls, SU corner rounder

Whimsy and Stars

It's release day at Whimsy and Stars stamps (and all of the images in the Whimsy and Stars Etsy shop are now available with instant download)! Mabelle is releasing this Penelope Birthday image today. She is such a sweet image, and her little dress is just perfect for paper piecing. Stop on over to the Whimsy and Stars blog and see some inspiration from the DT. And while you are there, make sure and leave a comment, Mabelle will draw one lucky winner at random to win the image from the comments left on the Whimsy and Stars blog!

My sketch comes from one of my favorite sketch blogs Freshly Made Sketches #97.

Card Recipe:
Image: Whimsy and Stars Penelope Birthday
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI ssw, PTI Pure Poppy, Lily Bee prints
Extras: copics, stickles, sewing machine, Kaiser rhinestones, nesties banner dies, PTI button. Lemon Tart Trendy Twine, MS Border punch.

Sassy Studio 80's blog hop

Today we are teaming up with the fabulous ladies of the

Corrosive Challenge.

You should have arrived here from Regan's blog, aren't her creations awesome?

For my card I used Velma. She is much hipper than the Velma I remember! She's colored with copicd and paired up with some My Memory Keepers and a Graphicat sentiment.

Now hop on over to Jodi and see what she has created for today. She is an awesome copic artist, you'll be impressed for sure!

Here is the hop list if you get lost along the way:

Debbie
Jacki
Lori
Regan
Kathy
Jodi
Ruza
Jasmine
Greg

 Mary
Adina
Rebecca 

Jackie
Sara
Alaine
Rachelle
Maria 

Judy
Michelle

Linda
Carrie
Chris

Susan
Julie
Karal

Debora

Kim
Lindsay

CCB

Now for the prizes...

A random comment left on each of the blogs will be chosen to win

that featured image. So make sure and comment as you hop along! Don't forget to answer the trivia on the SSD blog, too for the chance to win more prizes.

And of course you can enter the challenge over at Corrosive Challenge.

Everyone that enters will be emailed a freebie,

a top three will be chosen that will win 2 images each,

and one will win all of these fabulous images!

Thanks for hopping along today!

Flat Friends Monthly challenge

Can't believe it's August first already! That means it's time for a new challenge over at the Flat Friends Challenge Blog, our new monthly challenge is up! The challenges will run monthly and the prize is four Flat Friends digi images to one random winner. You can find all the details on the challenge blog. 

If you haven't seen these fun images from Emma Canning yet, check them out at Polka Doodles, they are just so cute and hip and fun to color. Lots of new ones were recently added, too! And there some new freebies linked to the challenge blog (so if you don't have any images yet, you can still play along)!

Our challenge is a color challenge this go round.  My image is called Taylor Camping Day. I think this would be perfect for a hip teen, or even for a get well card using an under the weather sentiment on the inside. 

Here is a cute little graphic from Emma to inspire you:

My sketch comes from Unscripted Sketches it is Flashback Summer Sketch #27.

Some challenges I would like to enter:

• Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E, -Always Anything Goes
• Top Tip Tuesday 2W, 3E - #106 Spooled Items
• Creative Creations Challenge Blog - 2W, E3, C10 - (2nd week) Anything Goes
• Digi Sketch Challenge - 2W - (1st week) Anything Goes

Card Recipe:
Image: Emma Canning Taylor Camping Day
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, PTI True Black and Rasp Fizz, SU Going Grey, MME polkadot
Extras: copics, crystal effects, dimensionals, card candy, sakura stardust pen, PTI and SU ribbon

Little Miss Muffet Challenge

Happy Thursday! After winning a challenge at Little Miss Muffet stamps, I was offered the opportunity to guest design for the month of August. I am very honored and excited to design with the talented team and these adorable stamps during August.

So, today's challenge is Send in the Fairies. I'm working with this super cute image called Adela and Dida. There are so many gorgeous fairies to select from in the Little Miss Muffet store. My sentiment comes from Create with TLC.

Hope you will stop by and check all the fairies the DT has created with and play along over at the Little Miss Muffet challenge blog!

My sketch comes from Sketch n Stash #118. My papers and image are new, the twine and rhinestones have been in my stash for quite some time).

Card Recipe:
Image: Little Miss Muffet Adela and Dida, sentiment from Create with TLC
Ink: printer
Paper: copic xpress, SU Regal Rose and Garden Green, prints from Crate paper
Extras: copics, crystal effects and glamour dust, Trendy Twine, MM rhinestones, sewing machine, dimensionals