There's a NEW Challenge in Town!

Have you heard the news? Through The Craft Room Door is starting up a challenge area on their site! I'm so excited to be part of the Design Team to bring you these challenges on the 1st and 15th of Every Month! The best part is, you don't have to be a subscriber to join in the challenges - they are OPEN to everyone - so spread the word - Feel free to snag our badge above to display on your blog.

Our first challenge is easy peasy - ANYTHING GOES!

We have an AMAZING prize up for grabs for joining in our challenge. Oozak is sponsoring us with a $50 gift certifciate for one lucky person to their store! Wow!!! You know, you can get at least a dozen copics AND score free shipping! I hope you will join us - we are looking forward to seeing your creations. All you need to do to enter is JOIN our group HERE and post a link to your blog or gallery picture in the challenge thread. If you are posting to a gallery, please use this keyword TTCRD01 when uploading your creation so we can find it!

I made a card using this super cute baby from Some Odd Girl. I colored her using Copics and added ribbon to inspire you to submit for Through The Craft Room Door's publication call Mad About Ribbon that is open until June 10, 2011. I absolutely adore this October Afternoon Ducks In A Row collection - anytime I need a baby card, I am always reaching for it! You can see I used a journaling card on my card - they are for more than just scrapbooking! At least, I think so.

  

Challenges I'm Playing:

Bearly Mine Challenges - Beautiful Babies

Pals Paper Arts - Cas/Buttons

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - For A Baby

Use it Tuesday Challenges - Fasteners (buttons, brads, eyelets)

Party Time Tuesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Supplies:

Paper: Make it Colourful Blending Card; October Afternoon Ducks in a Row Collection

Stamp: Some Odd Girl Tiny Baby Digital Stamp

Embellishments: Ribbon, Buttons and Bakers Twine from stash; Make it Crafty Laser Cut Chipboard Flower Leaf Swirls

Adhesive: ATG; Helmar Quick Dry 450

Make it Colourful is seeing Red and Black with Tiddly Inks!

I'm a bit late posting today! I lost my mojo somewhere in between watching the Royal Wedding and 2 hrs of sleep! haha I finally got my card completed this morning.

This week our challenge at Make it Colourful is coloring with black and a splash of red. And we have an AWESOME sponsor:

I do believe I can credit TI for my love of digital stamps. When Christy opened her store a year ago, I made an exception to digital stamps and well, as you can see I do a lot of designing with them now. Tiddly Inks generously allowed us to choose from her new release in celebration of her first anniversary! Happy Anniversary!! I couldn't resist Come In Cuteness. I just adore this little guy - which is kinda funny given my total and utter fear of aliens. haha! As soon as I saw him I thought he'd looks so stinkin' cute traveling on MiC's Flying Balloon Chair! I guess if they were this cute and sweet I wouldn't be afraid! Balloon's just aren't complete with out a layer of glossy accents for some dimension! The sentiment comes from a Unity Stamp Co itty bitty that I cut apart to fit in the circle.

Be sure to check out the rest of the DT playing this week - They seriously know how to bring it!

Challenges I'm Playing:

Claudia & Co: Clean and Simple

DYSU: Make it Pop

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge - Banner Up

Supplies:

Paper: Make it Colour Blending Card; Core'Dination

Stamps: MiC Flying Balloon Chair; Tiddly Inks Come in Cuteness; Unity Stamp Out of this World itty bitty

Copics: Skin - BV000, BV01, BV02, BV23 Clothes - R24, R29, R46, E09, C1, C3, C6, C8, 100 Chair - V06, V01, E55, E57 Banner - Y38, Y35 Moon - W1, W3, W5

Adhesive: Helmar's Acid Free Glue; ATG; Glossy Accents

My FIRST Simply Sassy Inspiration Post!

** 2nd post of the day - Please scroll down or click HERE for Peggy's Special Birthday Hop!**

Omgosh, I am so nervous & excited for today! So much so that I procrastinated on my card and JUST NOW FINISHED!!! I had a hard time choosing which stamp to use for my FIRST post as a Simply Sassy Guest Designer - so I finally chose Hippie Love as I've never colored her before and I just love her style - those flowers in her hair as too cute - I also love the braid in her hair. I feel like I'm a hippie at heart, I kinda have that free spirit inside me and I am pretty laid back. I had this Echo Park Summertime Collection already out on my desk so I decided to go with that as the colors matched how I colored perfectly and it's just a happy paper line because I am SOOOO happy to be a Sassy Girl! I got some new goodies yesterday so I just HAD to add strip of Tim Holtz Sketchbook Tissue Tape - I love the butterflies!

Challenges I'm Playing:
Sugar Bowl Challenge - Sketch & Buttons
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Pile it On *at least 5 layers
Simon Says Stamp & Show - Some Buttons.
Delightful Challenges - Distressing

Supplies:

Paper: Copic Xpress It Blending Cardstock; Echo Park Summertime Collection

Stamps: Simply Sassy Hippie Love; Handwritten Notes by PaperTrey Ink
Copics: Skin: E000, E00, E21, R20, R01; Eyes: B00, B04; Hair: E71, E74, E77, E79; Clothes: E50, E51, E53, E55, E57, E59, E97, YG11, YG13, YG17, B91, B93; Heart Banner: R85, R89, YR14, YR15, Y00, Y02, Y08, YG11, YG13, B05, B06, V01, V05, V06, R02, R000; Colorless Blender, C0, C1
Ink: Memento Tuxed Black; Distress Inks in Vintage Photo & Broken China

Embellishments: Basic Grey Buttons; Tim Holtz Sketchbook Tuissue Tape

Adhesive: ATG; Helmar 450 Quick Dry & Helmar Zapdots

 

It's a Surprise HAPPY BIRTHDAY Blog Hop for Peggy!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PEGGY!!!

It's Peggy's special day at PaperWorks Co so the DT has been secretly planning this surprise blog hop to celebrate! You should have arrived from Cabio's beautiful blog but if you haven't please go to the PWCO blog for a full list of everyone participating today!

It's my normal post day but since we're taking over with the blog hop, I'm still going to show you how to create beautiful cards withOUT stamps - I have to say this has been fun & challenging for me! For my card, I used the fun & cute Echo Park Summertime collection to start. Then I found these gorgeous glitter chipboard alphas in my stash to spell out happy. They've been in my stash because even tho they are self sticking, I always find they fall off eventually - but no more thanks to a little dab of Helmar's Quick Dry 450! Those letters aren't going anywhere now.   - they were quite large so I dug out my Cosmo Cricket tiny type stickers to spell out birthday! I've been making my own stick pins so I added one I created with rainbow beads and a butterfly.

Anyway, I hope Peggy likes her card - I'm going to stick it in the post today! I didn't want to spoil the surprise. Now it's off to Danielle's darling  blog for even more birthday wishes!

Challenges I'm Playing:

Paper Romance Challenge - #48 Summer

Moving Along with the Times - #98 Anything Goes

CCEE Stampers - Butterflies

Supplies:

Paper: Echo Park Summertime Collection
Embellishments: Glitter Chipboard alpha from stash; Quilt Binding Ribbon Spritzed with Glimmer Mist in Black Cherry; The Robins Nest Dew Drops in metallic blue
Tools: Sew Easy
Adhesive: ATG; Helmar Quick Dry 450

I'm A Helmar Girl!!!

Oh My Gosh!!! I can finally scream it out loud:

I  AM ON THE HELMAR 2011 DESIGN TEAM!!!!

It was just over a week ago when I answered the phone and Tracy Weinzapfel herself was on the other line! Ok, I have to tell you the whole story:

We had just gotten back from a bday party at Chuck E Cheese (not my most favorite place in the world, haha, so I was kinda in a bum mood) and I was checking the phone for messages - I saw "Private Number" on the caller ID and wondered if they left a message. While I was doing that, I realized that I had no dial tone so I said "Hello?" The phone had NOT EVEN RUNG!!!! haha That's when the voice on the other line asked to speak to CarEEsa - hehe, I said, This is Carisa and she said This is Tracy from Helmar and I said Oh My God. haha She laughed and said you know who this is? I said, OF COURSE!!! And then she said the words I honestly never thought in a million years I'd hear: "We'd like to ask you to join our 2011 Design Team" OH MY GAWD!!!! The rest was pretty much a blur!!! I know I said I was excited and couldn't wait and Thank You over and over! I do remember her saying they wouldn't be making the announcement for another week so I couldn't SAY.A.WORD. What, not even a teaser post on facebook!?!?! LOL Does she KNOW how hard that was/is?!? Oh, yeah, she does, 21 other amazing ladies were told the exact same thing! When I hung up, my hubby was looking at me and I screamed and told him what it was all about - I figured I could at least tell HIM! haha

I am SOOOOOO excited to be on this DT and beyond thrilled to be working with so many of my designer IDOLS! You know who you are! ;D Seriously, Dreams.Come.True - Don't give up! If you don't try, you never know, right?! That's what I've learned. Always go for what you want. We have some really fun and exciting things coming up at Helmar - here is a bit of what you can expect from Tracy:

So, that's my BIG news that I've been keeping secret from EVERYONE! haha It's been super hard but I am excited to be working with Helmar and hopefully inspiring you all in the coming months. Again, HUGE thanks to Tracy and Helmar for this amazing opportunity! It's going to be a FUN ride for sure! Have I said how excited I am, yet???

 

Crafts and Me - Aliah Bookmark

I love making bookmarks - probably comes from my love of reading - plus they are SO easy and FUN to make. My mom commented on my bookmarks recently  so I knew I had to make her one. This is the one I've made her for mother's day. Maybe. I kinda like it too. haha!! I used this gorgeous hannah lynn Aliah digital image available at Crafts and Me. Gosh, I absolutely LOVE her hair! When I print out any Hannah Lynn image, I first look at the hair - and I'll admit, every time I'm a little nervous so I might stare at it for a good 5 mins trying to figure out where I want to go with it, what color, where the highlights will hit, etc. It's the best way to get inspired though because the longer I look at it the more excited I get to coloring her! I paired her with some October Afternoon paper scraps and some of this gorgeous new trim I picked up recently at Hobby Lobby. I saw the tulle and just had to grab some - it was 50% off!! How could I say no? Isn't it just a fun, whimsical touch? I love it. Expect to see more, much more! haha It was a giant roll. I also picked up what I *thought* was seam binding but it was quilt binding as I found out after I spritzed it with glimmer mist and it didn't get quite as wrinkly as I'd seen elsewhere. No prob, tho - I still LOVE it and since I had to cut it to size, I love the tattered vintage edges. That's what I used to create the twisted flower on top of the tulle. All adhered together with Helmar Craft Glue - Best.Glue.Ever!

Challenges I'm Playing:
Craft Your Passion - Layers
Lexi's Creations - Anything but a Card
Stamping Scrapping Challenge - Anything Goes (used Copics)
Creative Inspirations - Digi Day
Challenge Up Your Life - Bookmark

Supplies:

Stamp: Aliah digital stamp by Crafts and Me Hannah Lynn

Paper: October Afternoon

Copics: E000, E00, E11, BG10, BG11, NG13, R21, B00, B04, Y23, YR12, YR14, G20, G21, G24, V000, V01, V06, R89, RV000

Embellishments: Prima

Adhesive: ATG, Helmar Acid Free Glue, Helmar Craft Glue

Oooh, Zoe has Candy!!!

and it looks delish:

Make it Colourful - Color Black Hair Challenge!

Wow! Thank you everyone for making our Carnival blog hop such a GREAT success!!! I have absolutely LOVED reading all of your comments and wish everyone luck in the prizes!

Now on to our regularly scheduled challenge, hehe! This we we are coloring black hair which is fun and so many different ways to do as you can see by all the coloring addicts this week! I have already seen a few techniques that I know I want to give a go. For my black hair, I kept it warm, using my W copics - just 2 W7 & W3. I would have liked it a bit darker but W7 is the darkest I have. Looks like more copics in the future! haha

We have a fantastic sponsor this week:

We were all generously given an image to play with this week as well. I just adore Momma Mae! I think she has the cutest baby bump ever! I also loved her sleek hair - perfect for how I watned to color this week. I also combined her with Make it Crafty Peach of Plenty rubber stamp. It was a bit of an after thought as it has been a crazy week and I initially made my card without one of our fabulous stamps! I kept thinking it was missing something the entire time I was making it! haha Duh, sheesh, seriously, Zoe is the best. She said I didn't have to make a whole new card with one of her images but that I wouldn't get a gold star & then I was happy to report that all was well when I added the stamp. I actually LOVE it even more now! I stamped it directly on the pattern paper and colored it with smooches and stickles. SO fun!

Challenges I'm Playing:

Some Odd Girl - Hot Momma's

Get Sketchy - #84
Frosted Designs - Butterflies or Birds
Delicious Doodles - Anything goes
Card Makin' Mama's - Spring Colors
Polka Doodles - 3 Pattern Papers

Supplies:

Stamps: Some Odd Girl Momma Mae Digital Stamp; Peaches of Plenty by Make it Crafty; Sentiment from The Greeting Farm New Parents

Paper: Make it Crafty Blending Cardstock; Echo Park Little Girl Collection

Copics: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R20, R29, R01, E51, E50, E53, R89, R85, R83, R81, B91, B95, B93, W7, W3, E55, E57, E59, B01, BG07

Embellishments: Make it Crafty Butterfly Swirls Laser Chipboard; Liquid Pearls in Turqouise; Green Smooch; Orange Peel Stickles

Adhesive: ATG; Helmar 450 Quick Dry

Super Cute Release @ PaperWorks Co!

Welcome to PaperWorks Co Cutie Patootie Collection Release! THis month, we’re introducing another designer working with us. Say hi to Heidi S!!! Heidi is also the owner and illustrator for 2 Cute Rubber stamps, so if the style of these new images look familiar, you know why! Heidi and PWCO has teamed up to bring you an EXCLUSIVE line of rubber stamps, so without further ado, allow us to introduce you the latest stamp line: CUTIE PATOOTIE’s!!!!Nicole's Blog you are in the right place! If not, you'll want to start HERE.

We have a line up of adorable stamps you are not going to want to miss. If you've arrived from

Today I'm excited to share with you two of the 6 cutie patooties! First up we have Garden Bear:

You may recognize this as you were given a little sneak peek on Facebook earlier this week! Be sure to 'Like' us on Facebook to get the latest updates & specials before anyone else! I paired him up with the super adorable Echo Park Little Boy paper collection. He's colored with copics and prisma colored pencils.

My 2nd card features Ice Cream Bear:

How cute is she?! I absolutely adore her. Perfect for any kind of celebration card or just to let someone know how sweet they are! I paired this stamp with Echo Park Litte Girl Collection! Also colored with a combination of copics & prisma colored pencils.

We are giving out 6 stamps (one of each style) for random commenters so be sure to leave some love on each blog along the way. You can find ALL SIX cute stamps available NOW at PaperWorks Co. Now, you're off to see Steph's blog as I'm sure she's got something super adorable for you!

Challenges I'm Entering:

card 1
Mojo Monday - Sketch #187

LawnScaping Challenge - Calling all Critters

Cupcake Crafts Challenges - Lots of Layers

card 2
Sweet Sunday Sketch - #111
Quirky Crafts - Sparkly, Punchy, Spring
Come & Get It Challenges - Pink, Turqouise, Purple, Yellow
Everybody Art Challenge - Pearls
Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Sweet Treats for Easter

Supplies:

Paper: Echo Park Little Boy & Little Girl Collections; Xpress It Copic Blending Cardstock

Stamps: Garden Bear & Ice Cream Bear from PaperWorks Co.
Copics: E31, E33, E34, E39, R21, G20, G21, G24, Y35, Y23, B0000, B000, B91, C0 (card 1) E30, E31, E34, E95, E40, E41, E44, E53, E55, B0000, B000, B91

Adhesive: ATG; Helmar 450 Quick Dry, Helmar Zap Dots

Hop right up to the Mo & Zo Carnival Hop!

Clowns, Fairy floss, sticky fingers, squeals of delight and of course complaints of sore feet near the end of the day... Where are we?

THE CARNIVAL!!

Hopefully you have just hopped on over from the Magnificent Magali.

If you just popped on by to say g’day and want to join us on the super carnival hop then you’ll want to START HERE

Zoe from Make it Crafty and Mo from Mo’s Digital Pencil, came together to share the delight and fun of The Carnival. To celebrate - the two fabulously talented teams have come together for a massive blog hop to offer you plenty of inspiration when playing with these images.

Along the way you will find balloons with a letter in them. Write down the letters as you go because at the very end we want you to guess what the saying is!

There will be THREE grand prizes randomly drawn from the correct answers PLUS there will be hidden prizes along the way so make sure you leave some love as you hop along!

You've seen some amazing inspiration so far and now I'd like to share wtih you what I made using these two fabulous stamp companies!

I just HAD to combine The Fat Lady with the Unicycle!!! *giggle* I mean, COME ON! She is absolutely AMAZING right?! I think this could be a great pick me up for anyone having a bad day. The  bright colors, the funny imagery, yeah, I can see this making it's way to someone who just needs a smile. I really enjoyed coloring this image with copics and a bit of prisma colored pencils for added dimension.

Now we know this is a super big hop, but we wanted to make sure you would get LOTS of inspiration! The hop will be open until the 28th of April so you will have plenty of time to come back each day with a cuppa to soak it all up! (Just don’t lose the letters you have been collecting!)

We would like to thank our fabulous sponsors, Mo’s Digital Pencil, Make it Crafty, Stamping Bella and Quixotic Paperie for providing the fabulous prizes for this grand carnival hop!

Ahhhh, yes, did you think I was forgetting something? A balloon or two perhaps?

In case you are having trouble seeing the balloons, I have two letters for you today: "S" and "I" in that order!

Make sure you leave a comment for a ‘possible’ chance at winning some hidden treasures! Speaking of treasures - Mo has graciously offered up this adorable cute image for a special $1 to benefit Make A Wish foundations in US and UK.

Off to your next stop on the whirlwind carnival hop: The Incredible Irina!

Challenges I'm Entering:
Inspriational Card Sketches - #111
Cooking it up with Katie - Pink, Flowers (in the fat lady's hair), For A Lady 
Digital Tuesday Challenge - Pretty Punches
Tuesday Throwdown - Polka Dots
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Bling It On - Digi Stamp & Bling

Supplies:

Stamps: Unicycle from The Carnival Collection at Make it Crafty; The Fat Lady By Mo's Digital Pencil; Sentiment by ippity

Copics:

Paper: Copic Xpress It Blending Cardstock; Be Mine Collection by Echo Park

Tim Holtz Scallop Die

Adhesive: ATG; Helmar Zap Dots 1/2" Black Squares

*squeal* Simply Sassy GDT Winner!!!

I am over the moon that I get to finally say it OUT LOUD:

When I got the email yesterday asking if I would mind sharing the spot with another talented designer as there had been a tie in the voting there was absolutely NO hesitation when I said YES!!! And now I know who that other talented designer is: Lou Mac!!! I'm very excited to share this very much coveted spot with her. ALL the entries were amazing - I think I drooled over every single entry that got added. Lou Mac and I are SO excited to get started we're not even waiting for Release 7 - we're starting next week because we already have our own little stash of Simply Sassy stamps that we want to share with you - so check back here on Friday April 29th for my FIRST post as a Sassy girl!  I want to extend my thanks to all the DT members that voted for me - I'm thrilled to be joining each and every one of you!

I also need to come up with a tutorial during my time with Simply Sassy so if there is anything you'd like me to share with you PLEASE leave me a comment!!! I want to share something YOU want to see so your ideas will be what I pick from!!!

Mwah! I'm off to continue riding on Cloud 9....It's been a week filled with dreams coming true!! :D

Crafts and Me Pink Challenge!

Welcome to a new challenge at Crafts and Me - This week our beautiful hostess is Mona and she's challenged to use pink!

It's been a rough week for my extended family as one of my mom's brothers passed away to cancer. My grandmother was hardest hit by grief I believe and she's still in the hospital as her body just couldn't handle it and she came down with pnemonia on top of it all. So, when I knew I wanted to make her a sympathy card, this beautiful Sara Burrier Twilight digi from Crafts and Me was the first stamp to come to mind. If you know me at all, you know I've always collected angels, I even have an angel tattooed on my shoulder. I believe wholeheartedly in angels watching over us so this beauty just had to go on a card for my grandma.

I colored her with copics in keeping with our PINK theme here at our Crafts and Me Challenge this week hosted by the super talented Mona! I love the rich earthy pinks found in this Echo Park Life is Good collection. I kept it simple with just a touch of embellishment with some pink twine. I added a bit of shimmer to her wings with my clear atyou glitter pen & a touch of glossy accents on her lantern.

Those big beautiful angel wings just had to be popped up so I used Helmar's Liquid Scrap Dots to give them some lift so it just looks like she's about to wrap them around herself or lift off in flight. I love these scrap dots because they can give that neat angeled lift with ease & it's not going anywhere when I mail it either!

Challenges I'm Playing:
Card Patterns - Sketch #111
Going Grey with Scrap-Creations - Use Digital Image
Lady Bug Crafts - Anything Goes
The Beary Sweet Challenge - #24 Wings

Supplies -
Stamps: Twilight digital stamp by Crafts and Me; Sentiment by Ippity

Paper: Copic Xpress It Blending Cardstock, Echo Park Life Is Good Collection

Copics: E50, E51, E53, E95, 100, C8, C6, C3, C1, R000, R01, R02, E74, E70, E43, E40, W1, W3, BG10, Y26, Y28, Y23, Y32, Y35, Y38

Embellishments: Pink Twine by American Crafts; Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch
Adhesive: ATG; Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots

Bad Hare Day?

You couldn't possibly have a bad day of any kind looking at this adorable sassy girl! I got my 2nd order of Simply Sassy stamps on Saturday and couldn't RESIST having another go at the fabulous sketch and guest designer call going on for Simply Sassy. Today is the LAST DAY so if you are thinking about it - GO FOR IT!!! You never know unless you try out and sometimes, SOMETIMES, you get the best possible email saying YES! I've been blessed to get that amazing email in the past on a few different amazing DTs. Then the real fun gets to begin - you get to design with some of your favorite products, you meet some amazing women who inspire you beyond your wildest dreams and then they sometimes become your bestest of friends! You really have NOTHING to lose by going for it and only SO MUCH more to gain. Sometimes you get rejected, but that's OKAY! It makes the yesses so much more special! So....that's why I knew I just had to color up this little cutie and submit a 2nd card for this call!

I paired her up with some of my favorite October Afternoon papers and colored her with copics. I stamped her on Copic Xpress It Blending Cardstock which I LOVE using whenever I'm out of Make it Colourful Blending Cardstock which I have to say is my first choice but I don't always have it on hand. Thankfully I do have some on it's way over to me. But it's good to have a first and 2nd choice. :D I kinda took a little bit more liberty with the sketch this time, but sometimes that happens - where ever the creativity leads ya! I wanted to give her bunny some extra texture so I pulled out my Fun Fluff and using Helmar Acid Free glue, added some white to the bunny. I have to say I love using the Helmar Acide Free glue b/c it dries clear and you can still see the outline of the stamp thru the fun fluff - very cool!

I wanted to take a side picture so you can see the texture and how I popped up my main image panel with some Helmar Zap dots. You can also see some of the subtle glitter I love getting with my atyou glitter pens by Copic.

Challenges I'm Playing:

Simply Sassy: Guest Designer Sketch Call

The Play Date Cafe: Green, White, Brown/Kraft

Copic Creations: Favorite Paper for Copic Coloring

Pile it One - Smells Like Rubber

Wee Memories - #52 All Things Adorable

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Simply Sassy Bad Hare Day by Sugar Nellie; Sentiment by ippity

Paper: Copic Xpress It Blending Cardstock; Fly A Kite Collection by October Afternoon

Copics: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R20, R89/R01, R02, E9 E40, E41, E42, E70, YG11, YG13, YG17, YG93, BG10, BG11, BG07, E50, E51, E53, E33, E35, E39, C1

Embellishments: Tim Holtz Trim; Fun Fluff in White

Adhesive: ATG; Craft Glue, Acid Free Glue & Zap Dots by Helmar

Welcome Little Bambino!

Omgosh, is that not the sweetest little baby stamp ever? When I first saw Bambino released at Sugar Nellie as a digi stamp I could NOT wait to get my hands on it! Finally last week I broke down & added it to my collection. I wanted to get it on a card pronto and Maria Therese's sketch at The Sugar Bowl was perfect. The image is so sweet and with that little hat, you can make it pink, blue or neutral for whatever your needs! I needed a card welcoming a sweet little boy into the world so I dug out my favorite October Afternoon Ducks in a Row paper pad and started creating. I wanted to recreate those photos with the spotlight of color on the hat so I used my W copics for the skin and colored the little hat with B/BGs. I love the way it turned out. I was super bumed when I was distressing the edges while trying to be so careful not to get a fingerprint smudge on it I dropped the image right into my ink pad and got a little smudge on the image. :( But at that point I was too invested to start over!

Challenges I'm entering:

The Sugar Bowl Challenge - Sketch

Gingerloft Challenge - We've Got the Blues

Simon Says Stamp & Show - Distressing

Samuel Taylor Challenge - Distressing

Supplies:

Stamps - Bambino digit stamp by Sugar Nellie; Sentiment by ippity

Paper - Copic Xpress It Blending Cardstock; October Afternoon Ducks in a Row

Ink - Distress inks in Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint & Antique Linen

Copics - W1, W3, W5, W7, B0000, B000, B01, BG11

Embellishments - Tim Holtz Tissue Tape

Adhesive - ATG; Helmar Zap Dots

PaperWorks Co Stamp Free Friday!

Hi everyone!

I am having fun with PaperWorks Co stamp free friday thang! It’s getting me to work on projects that I’ve put off with good intentions. LOL I bought these wooden letters from Michael’s before my son was even born! He’s 13 months now. hehee So I finally got around to altering them for his room. I used the super adorable Little Boy Collection by Echo Park! LOVE this paper collection! With 2 older sisters, I have a LOT of pink, so when my son came along I became slightly obsessed with more masculine and fun boy collections. I tell ya, if it has dinosaurs, trains, spaceships, etc on it, I must HAVE it! So, here are the letters hanging on his wall:

And here are are a couple close ups. I used Helmar Adhesives to put this entire project together! I love Helmar! I used the Acid Free glue for adhering the paper to the letters, then used Quick Dry 450 and Scrap Dots for the embellies! I love this glue – it’s the best I’ve ever used!! This is also one of the projects I submitted in trying out for their DT - Fingers Crossed!!! I absolutely LOVE how it turned out and now when I put my son to bed, I point to each of the letters then say his name as I kiss his cheek. He loves it. :D

You can see I adhered tiny clothes pins to 2 of the letters to add pictures. I knew I wanted to be able to change out pictures as he grows!

Challenges I'm Entering:

Card Ideas - Kidding Around

Paper Sundaes - Childhood Memories

 

Supplies:

Paper: Little Boy Collection by Echo Park

Adhesive: Helmar Acid Free Glue, Quick Dry 450 & Liquid Scrap Dots

FWF - It's been awhile!

It's been awhile since I've used my Unity Stamps. I'm always amazed at how quickly a card comes together when I use them though! It's like the mojo just flows thru them magically! I love that and that's why I love my Unity stamps! I got these shoes in a random bag of Unity stamps and they are SO stinkin' cute! I just had to ink them up as soon as I could. And then I love the sayings in my She stamp set and thought this was perfect for these fabulous shoes! I paired it all with some Cosmo Cricket Upcycle papers I recently picked up on a shopping spree thru Archiver's. Now I wish I had picked up more of this line as I love it!

Challenges I'm Entering:

I heart to stamp - April Sketch

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything goes

Art Impressions Stamps - Anything goes

Pixie Dust Challenges - Say it Out Loud

Cooking It Up With Kate - 1 image, 2 pattern papers & 3 embellishments

Pixie Cottage Challenge - For mom or special lady

Truly Scrumptuous - Vintage

Fab n Funky - All Dotty & Spotty

Supplies:

Stamps: Unity Stamp Company She & the shoes not sure came in a bag of random unity stamps!

Paper: Cosmo Cricket Upcycle, polka dots PaperTrey Ink

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black & London Fog

Simply Sassy GDT Call!

It's no secret how much I adore th Simply Sassy line of stamps by Sugar Nellie! Each time a new release is available, I'm drooling and trying to figure out a way to add them to my collection without spending a small fortune! LOL Somehow a few have still managed to make their way to my home and I love coloring them. I actually missed their last guest designer call because the post was being ridiculous with security so I didn't get my stamps until after the call had ended. But never fear because they are having another guest designer call right now! All you have to do is use a Simply Sassy stamp and follow their sketch. And this tim, I have my stamps safely in hand to play as I please. It was just a matter of figuring out which ONE I wanted to use for my card! I finally decided on Hippie Chick - I love her hair and her expression - calm & peaceful! I also used my dear friend Annika's tutorial on coloring sky backgrounds with copics! It is super easy & fun - definately check it out - I have a new addiction to coloring skies I think!

I also used these fabulously gorgeous sculptured flowers by Prima - omgosh, they are beautiful - almost too beautiful to use - but what good will it do sitting in my drawer?! No, they deserve to be on a card! I am new to creating the crinkled ribbon but attempted to do so with some of my Tim Holtz trim which I spritzed with Glimmer mist Fully Purple and Chalkboard Concord. A tip for using less ribbon when I could only find a scrap is to just cut and adhere on the ends which you will see - the image panel covers the white space where there is no ribbon! Then just adhere the bow where you want. I used Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots to adhere the smaller flower so it will have more dimension - I love this stuff - seriously, best.stuff.ever! I was able to make it as tall as I needed - trying to show a picture of the amazing dimension here:

Challenges I'm Entering:

Simply Sassy Guest Designer Call

The Paper Variety - Flowers

Gingersnap Challenges - Spicy Supply Challenge Mists

Amber's Crafts & Stuff - Favorite Things

My Partner in Crafting Crime - Layer it Up

PaperTake Weekly Challenge - Truly Dimensional

Timeless Tuesday Challenge - Flowers Everywhere

Supplies:
Stamps: Simply Sassy Hippie Chick by Sugar Nellie; Sentiment by The Greeting Farm
Paper: Black/purple Core'dinations; Jukebox Collection by American Crafts
Copics: Ack, I didn't write them all down before putting away! From memory: Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E21, R20/R89/R01 Hair: E95, E11, YR14, E09 Clothes: BG11, BG10, BG14, B02, V05, V04, V01 (I think that's right!)
Embellishments: Blue & Purple Prima Sculputure Flowers; Black paper flower by KaiserCraft; Ribbon Trim by Tim Holtz spritzed with Tattered Angels Fully Purple Glimmer Mist and Concord Chalkboard Glimmer Mist; Maya Road Vintage Black Pearl Pin, Liquid Pearls in Rougue and Platinum