Cupcake CC Birthday & 2S4U Kazan's #33 & MSW P=Patterned Paper Challenge

I finallay found some time to work on one of Kazan's sketches over at 2S4U I had not submitted anything all summer, so I figured I should get back to 'normal' and I decided I would give her sketch #33 a try. I just loved this sketch when I saw it, and I was able to make a card to use for 3 challenges all at once. This card was perfect for the challenge at 2S4U, of course, MSW "P=Patterned Paper" Challenge and Cupcake Craft Challenges "Happy 1st Birthday" Challenge.


Here is Kazan's #33:

And here is my take on it:Recipe: All patterned paper is from DCWV Sweet Stack, CTMH "Cupcake Sprinkles" stamp set and inks, Prima flowers, Ranger Stickles, Offray ribbon and Kaisercraft Pearls.

Cupcake Craft Challenge is having their Blog's 1st Birthday Celebration this week and the prizes they are giving away are AMAZING. Each member of their Design Team is giving away their own blog candy plus CCC also has their own prizes. Pop on over to the CCC blog and read all about it.
The P=Patterned Paper challenge at the MSW Forum required that you make a card using atleast 3 different patterned papers, so again this card was perfect.
Thanks for stopping by :)
Hugs xoxo

Guest Designer Spot at My Sketch World.

Where has the summer gone?? I can't believe we are over half way through August already. Whew, has this ever been a busy past few months! I am sooooo far behind on my posts and I have soooooo much to share with you. First, my huge news :) I was asked by Lucy Chesna from My Sketch World if I would be a Guest Layout Designer for August!! Naturally, I said YES. I was so excited when I got her email, I could hardly contain myself. She sent me the sketch I was to follow and I also had to write a short bio about myself.

Here is the sketch Lucy sent me:

Here is my take on Lucy's August 1st layout sketch:

In addition to being a Guest Designer, I also had to choose a "job" on the MSW Forum and do it from August 1 - 15. I decided I would do the "Gallery Pick of the Day". Each day, I had to browse the MSW Gallery and choose atleast 1 layout and 1 card that a member had made and then write a post in the forum featuring their creations. Even though it was pretty difficult to make my choices, I LOVED doing it and was sorry when my term was over. If you get a chance, stop by MSW and check it all out. The talent over there is amazing. Lucy is fantastic and all of the girls are just fabulous. I have made many friends there and I enjoy chatting with each of them. Right now, they are having an ABC Summer Crop during the whole month of August. The crops are always tons of fun and the prizes are super. Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by.

Hugs xoxo

I Won My First Scrapbooking Blog Challenge!!!!

I know I have been away for quite a while, and I do apologize for that but I have been super busy participating in various challenges over at My Sketch World. Lucy Chesna is the creator of this blog and her and her DTs post some amazing challenges on the MSW Forum every month. Well, back in May there was a challenge posted on the MSW Blog by Tara Thynne and the challenge was called "In Stitches". Tara asked you to "do some hand stitching on your layout!! Be brave and try this easy to do technique. You can use any of Lucy's featured sketches as the foundation of your layout. Load your layouts in the gallery and email it to me." Needless to say, the hand stitching intrigued me so I decided to give it a try. Here is the layout I made and entered:

Here is a close-up of the hand stitching I included on my layout:

I used a Bazzil template and I am hooked on the hand stitching. I have since bought another set of templates, this time with Swirl Borders, and I am anxious to get some use out of those very soon. But, there is more........Guess what?? On June 15th, I found out from Tara that I had won this challenge!! I was sooooo excited when I heard that. I haven't received my prize yet, but I sure can't wait to see what I won. Tara kept the prize a secret so I will have to wait for it to arrive before I can share it with you.

Well, as it is 11:52 pm and I have an early morning tomorrow, I am going to head off to dreamland for now but I have a LOT more news to share with you about My Sketch World.

I will be posting more news about the happenings at My Sketch World so be sure to keep checking in. Until we chat again.....Hugs xo

2 Sketches 4 You Ultimate Card Challenge

Have you heard about the Ultimate Card Challenge happening this month over at 2 Sketches 4 You? If not, then you have got to check it out! This is the sketch that Laura provided for us this week...
....and here is my take on it. I even used a NEW product (new to me anyway) on my card this week. It is called "Flower Soft" and boy do I like it. It gives you some fantastic dimension and can be used anywhere on your project. I have it in 3 different colours so far...lol. Did you also notice my glitter spiral and rhinestones. If you know me, you know I LOVE sparkly bling.

Here is a close-up of that swirl.

And, here is a close-up of the Flower Soft. I used the Fushia Flower Soft on this card.

Recipee:

De Ja View green paper

Fushia Flower Soft

Stampin Up "Spring Song" stamp set

Prima Flowers & Unknown glitter

HOTP vellum

Time 4 Crafts purple paper, ribbon & rhinestones

CTMH watercolour pencils

Thanks for stopping by to take a peak at my creations.

Hugs, xo

365 Cards Day 92 & Cupcake Crafts # 42

This week I wanted to try the challenge over at Cupcake Crafts, especially since their challenge was "Fairies" and I recently bought some very nice Fairy stamps. When planning out this card, I decided to use the sketch for Day #92 over at 365 Cards...2 challenges, 1 card.
So, here is the sketch...
.... and here is my card. Can you see the glitter for the fairy's 'pixie dust trail'?

Here is a close-up of the fairy I used and the glitter trail.

Recipee:

Inkadinkado "Beauty Fairies" stamp set

HOTP vellum

De Ja Views paper

Unknown glitter

Time 4 Crafts rhinestones & purple ribbon

Sheer Creations yellow ribbon

CTMH watercolour pencils

Thanks for stopping by to check out my cards.

Hugs xo

May & June Calendar Pages

I wanted to try my hand at some scrapbook challenges this month so I chose to make my May and June calendar pages using a couple of sketches from Allison Cope's blog So Sketchy. Her May #8 sketch was the inspiration for my June page. I decided to use a picture of my husband, son and father-in-law together on Father's Day 2004. Here is the sketch from Ally's blog:
And here is my take on that sketch:

Recipee:

Close To My Heart ink pads

Crafts ribbon

Unknown sticker and brads

We R Memory Keepers "Whiteout Explore" paper set

BoBunny All Stuck Up flowers

May's calendar page was inspired by sketch #5. In keeping with May's theme of Mother's Day, I featured pictures of my mom and my mother-in-law on this one.
Here is the sketch....

......and here is my take on it:

Recipee:

BoBunny's "Abbey Road" paper kit, buttons and flowers

Close To My Heart inks

Fiskar's border and circle punches

BoBunny Chunky Chipboard Charms

DCWV Vellum quote stack "Home & Family"

Thanks for stopping by for a peak at my work.

Hugs xo

365 Cards Day 91

I can't believe I managed to complete EVERY challenge at 365 Cards this week!!! Today's final challenge at 365 Cards was "Front & Center". We had to keep every element of the card in the center, leaving lots of white space around the edge. Here is what I came up with:

Recipee:

Hot Off The Press papers and tag

CTMH inks

Dashes Dots & Checks ribbon

Thanks for popping by for a peak at my cards this week :)

Hugs xo

365 Cards Days 89, 90 & 2S4U Kazan's #27 & Bonus

Day 89 & 2S4U Bonus Sketch:
This is the bonus sketch that was provided by one of the DT members at 2S4U. I also followed the Day 89 challenge at 365 Cards. Their challenge was Imagine This: Watermelon. Watermelon is the inspiration and we had to either use the colour or an actual image of a watermelon on our card. I chose to do a bit of both.

Here is my take on both of these challenges:

Recipee:

Creative Memories pink cardstock & watermelon stickers

Crafts green paper

Sheer Creations ribbon, CTMH inks, "Special Friendship" stamp set for inside sentiment

365 Cards Day 90 & Kazan's Sketch #27

I was really excited that I was able to use another card for a double challenge this week....yippee! Using the sketch that Kazan designed for us this week over at 2 Sketches 4 You, I then followed the colour challenge over at 365 Cards. The challenge there was "I See Your 'Two' Colours and we had to design a card using only 2 colours. There were a lot of entries for this week, so pop over to both of these blogs and check them out. There is a link on my sidebar that will take you there in a blink.

Here is my take on Day 90 & Kazan's sketch:

Recipee:

Hot Off The Press papers & tags

Sheer Creations ribbon

CTMH inks

Thanks for stopping by to have a look.

Hugs xo

365 Cards Days 86, 87 & 88

Wow, this week has been a wee bit busy around my house. The good part is that the weather outside has been mostly fantastic and I was even able to enjoy some of it. In this post, I have 3 cards to upload for this week's challenges over at 365 Cards. I have fallen way behind this week and I still have 3 more cards to tell you about after these ones, but those will have to wait till later. On to Monday's challenge at 365.
Day 86 - Grape Fun
The challenge: use purple as the primary colour and incorporate atleast 5 circles on the card. This is what I came up with.

Recipee:

Hot Off The Press purple paper

Crafts ribbon & DMC floss

Maya Roads chipboard tree

Creative Memories pen

CTMH buttons & inks

Unknown cardstock, green paper & dragonfly

Day 87 - The "Eyes" Have It

This challenge was to use the word "eye" somewhere on your card. After a ton of thinking, I decided to look on the computer under clip art images for a colouring book style picture of a cyclops. When I came across this image of Cyclops from the X-men, I knew I had found my theme for this challenge.

Recipee:

CTMH inks & watercolour pencils

Crafts Birthday Cake charm

Stikopotamus sticker letters

"Cyclops" X-Men picture from Computer

Unknown cardstock & ribbon

Day 88 - Quite A Pair

Today's challenge was to "design an anniversary or engagement card; no wedding cards." For this challenge, I decided to emboss plain navy blue cardstock instead of using a patterned paper. I also used a blending pen to blend in the watercolour pencils so that it would have the "look" of being painted with actual watercolour paints. I don't think you can read the charm I attached to the bow, but it says "Cherish".

Recipee:

Unknown cardstock & Versa Mark ink pad

Sheer Creations ribbon

Prima flowers & Queen & Company brads

CTMH inks, watercolour pencils, blending pen, "Say It In Style" stamp set, embossing powder & "Cherish" word charm

Stampin' Up "Baroque" stamping wheel & "Summer By The Sea" stamp set

Thanks for stopping by to have a look, and I hope to be back today with the other 3 card challenges for this week. I still have 2 I have to make yet. Here's hoping I make it...lol!

Hugs xo

365 Cards Day 85 & April Calendar Page

Here is the sketch they provided for us today over at 365 Cards . I totally enjoyed doing today's challenge for Day 85. The nice thing about the card I chose to make is that it could be used for a male or female birthday.
Here is my take on today's sketch:

Recipee:

Colorbok yellow paper

Unknown cardstock, star paper & pin

Stampin' Up Spring Song stamp set

Crafts Party Hat charm

Sheer Creations ribbon

Close To My Heart ink & watercolour pencils

April Calendar Page

My daughter had bought these cute little bunny ears for her daughter and I just couldn't resist taking a couple of pictures. I knew I would use these pics for my April calendar page.

Recipee:

Cotton Candy Paper kit from Created With Paper

Prima Flowers

Unknown ribbon, brads, stickers

Hugs xo

Mother's Day Cards

I know I have been very bad and negletfull with posting on my blog, but I am hoping things are starting to get better. My daughter and granddaughter had another bought with the flu and it was very bad for both of them this time around. Plus, they were moving in the middle of all of that. Hopefully life will quiet down around here and I can get back on track.
Today, I have a couple of cards to share with you. I hope you enjoy them.
The first card is one I made for my granddaughter to give her mom.
Card Recipe: Hot Off The Press Papers, Close To My Heart Flower Child & Simple Beauty stamp sets, Inks & Watercolour Pencils, unknown Brad, Ribbon and Rhinestones.

This is the card I made for my Mother-in-law for Mother's Day. She also had a birthday on May 8th, and I still have to make that card yet.

Card Recipe: Hot Off The Press papers, Paper Shapers Decorative Corner Punch, Prima Flowers & Rhinestone, Close To My Heart Butterfly Wings & Simple Beauty stamp sets, Inks & Watercolour Pencils, Stampendous Embossing Powder and unknown Brads.

Hugs xo