Embossed Celebrate

Good Morning!
Here in Canada, today is the first day of spring although it isn't very spring like here in Thunder Bay, Ontario I tell ya. Our snow was almost gone, we had days where it was warm enough that a spring jacket was all you needed, but Mother Nature was fooling with us. We got a huge dumping of snow this past Wednesday. Ugh.....enough already!!!
Anyway, it's time for a new challenge at One Stitch At A Time. For the next 2 weeks, we want to see your

Challenge #258

Anything Goes With Embossing

It can be Heat Embossing, Dry Embossing, Emboss Resist or Embossing Folders. The winner gets this awesome prize.....

How wonderful is that?

Here is the card I made:

Whole Card

 

Close-up of the digital stamp I used

 

Flowers

 

 

I used 2 different types of embossing on my card. I used an embossing folder on the background and I heat embossed the sentiment.

Recipe
Image: Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet "Play Time" by Stitchy
Medium: CTMH ShinHan Alcohol Markers
Ribbon: Offray
Cardstock: Pink - CTMH  White - Recollections
Pattern Paper: CTMH
Brads: We R Memory Keepers
Gems: Dollarama
Inks: CTMH - Canary, Pear, Pixie and Versa Mark
Flowers: Prima and Dollarama
Embossing Powder: CTMH - Gold
Sentiment: CTMH - "Say It All" stamp set
Special Tools: Stampin' Up embossing folder "Confetti" and Heat Gun

Thank you for popping by to see my card. I hope you will have a look at the gorgeous creations from my teammates too.
Hugs, xo

Fancy Borders

Good morning all!!
It's time for a new challenge at One Stitch At A Time. For the next 2 weeks, my teamies and I are playing with Fancy Borders. For our Challenge #257 - Anything Goes With Fancy Borders, I took the opportunity to get one of my Mother's Day cards ready.

Here is a quick reminder about our rules:
1) You can enter with as many times as you wish with images from any store, we would obviously love you to use our image :) :) If you are using StitchyBear products then we have a second challenge on our FaceBook page which you can enter into too
2) You must link to our challenge blog.
3) No backlinking, you project must be a new project, blogged after our challenge goes live.

Want to know what you can win if you enter our challenge?
The Sponsor for this challenge is StitchyBear Digi Outlet with a $10 coupon to spend in our store.

 

 

Here is my creation for Challenge #257 - Anything Goes With Fancy Borders:

 

Front View

 

 

Close-up of the digital stamp

Close-up of my fancy borders.

 

Recipe

Image: Stitchy Bear's Digital Outlet "Flower Bear" by Reeces Scrap Pieces

Medium: Crayola Pencil Crayons

Cardstock: White - Recollections, Cotton Candy - CTMH, Dark Green card base - Recollections

Pattern Paper: CTMH - Kaleidoscope

Ink: CTMH Pixie and Gypsy

Flowers: Recycled from a Barbie doll bouquet

Sentiment: CTMH - "Framed" stamp set

Glitter: Stickles "Green" by Ranger

Ribbon: Offray

Gems: Dollarama

Special Tools: Border Punch by EK Success

 

I hope you will join in our challenge this week. We would all love to see how you interpret our current challenge.

 

Thanks so much for popping by to say hello.

Hugs xo

 

 

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

Good day lovelies; I just LOVE February, the month of LOVE! That is actually the theme of our challenge for the next 2 weeks at One Stitch At A Time. Easy peasy folks..........

#255 ANYTHING GOES WITH LOVE IS IN THE AIR

And, because it is a challenge blog, with a prize, there have to be a couple of rules....

1) You can enter with as many times as you wish with images from any store, we would obviously love you to use our image :) :) If you are using StitchyBear products then we have a second challenge on our FaceBook page which you can enter into too
2) You must link to our challenge blog.
3) No backlinking, you project must be a new project, blogged after our challenge goes live.
Here is the card I made for our challenge this time:

Front

My Bow With Stamped Sentiment

 

Close-up Of The Image

 

The Inside

 

 

Recipe

Patterned Paper: "Chocolate Valentine Papers 1" by Panda Bear Designs at Stitchy Bear Stamps

Image: "Shy Valentine" by Stitchy Bear

Medium: Crayola Pencils

Cardstock: Recollections

Ribbon: Michaels

Stickles: Ranger Industries

Brad: Recollections

Flowers: CTMH and Prima

Special Tools: CM Ovals and Marvy Uchida Scallop Oval Punch

 

 

Challenges I am entering my card into:

Brown Sugar Challenges - #184 Valentine/Love

I Did It Creations - #302 Valentine Cards

Southern Girls Challenge - Anything Goes

Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow



 
I hope you will take the time to pop by my teamies blogs and leave them some love. |Thanks so much for visiting.
Hugs, xo

Tic Tac Toe Time

It's time for a new challenge at One Stitch At A Time and it is Tic Tac Toe!

I chose to use the right-hand column for my card; Pearls, Lace and Distressing.

 

I will be back in a bit with the list of supplies I used and to link my card to a few challenges.

I hope you will join us this week.

Hugs, 

No Squares or Rectangles

Good Morning Friends!
I know I have been gone awhile but, I'm back :-) I have been able to rejoin my awesome friends at the One Stitch At A Time Challenge Blog and this is my first challenge designing for Stitchy and her fellow creators StitchyBear Digital Stamp Outlet. On to our challenge.......

#253 Anything Goes BUT No Squares or Rectangle Shaped Cards

Our Rules

 

1) You can enter with as many times as you wish with images from any store, we would obviously love you to use our image :) :) If you are using StitchyBear products then we have a second challenge on our FaceBook page which you can enter into too
2) You must link to our challenge blog.
3) No backlinking, you project must be a new project, blogged after our challenge goes live.

 

 

Here is my card:

Front View

 

Close-up of Embellishments

Inside

 

 

Recipe

Image: "Window" by My Heart Pieces from Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet

Medium: Crayola Pencils

Patterned Paper: Pebbles "Garden Party"

Ink: CTMH "Black"

Rhinestones: Dollarama

Flowers: Prima

Brad: Doodlebug

Sentiment: CTMH "Say It All:

Ribbon: Details & Accessories

Tools: CM Cutting System, Stampin' Up Small Tag Punch

 

Challenges I am Entering

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Something New. I used new craft goodies; a new image, brand new patterned papers and a brand new stamp set

Brown Sugar Challenge Blog #180 Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #345 - Recipe 1 Ribbon, 2 Embellishments, 3 Papers, An Image

Fusion Card Challenge 2nd Year Celebration (I was inspired by the colours and the flowers)

 

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you visit my design team sisters and leave them some love.

Hugs, xo





Noah's Ark

Good Morning Card Makers:
It is time for a new challenge at Crafty Cardmakers & More. Our new challenge is

#109 - This is a Man's World.

 

I was one of the lucky DT members who received an image from one of our sponsors, The Stamping Boutique, who is giving away 3 Images of the Winner's Choice. If, however, the winner has used a Stamping Boutique Image they will received 4 images of their choice. We are also sponsored by Flourish With a Bling with a $15.00 gift certificate.

 

Here is the card I made for this challenge:

Front

 

Inside

 

Image close-up

 

Card Recipe:

Image: The Stamping Boutique - "Noah's Ark"

White Cardstock: Recollections

Remaining Paper: CTMH

Medium: Crayola Pencils

Ribbon: Offray

Ink: CTMH "Crystal Blue"

Diaper Pin Brad: My stash

Please stop by all my DT sisters blogs and have a look at their awesome creations for this challenge.

Hugs, xo



Baby Bugs

Good Morning Crafters:
It's Sunday morning and that means its time for another challenge to start at One Stitch At A Time. This week we have #198 - Anything Goes. One lucky entrant using one of our images, will win all the images the DT used in Challenge #196. And, one entrant with a non Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet image will win a $3.00 gift certificate to our store.

My team mate picked this fabulous set of images for us to use. Isn't she a cutie!

Card Recipe
Image: Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet - "Babybug Set" by BB Kakes (awesome 6-pce set)

It has been a long day and I've been fighting a migraine for a few days now. I'm going to have to come back to finish my post. See you again in a bit.