Peppermint/Celebrate The Season

Good morning! I am super excited to bring my new creation to you for Season's Greeting Christmas Challenge. It run's the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, Always Anything Goes with an optional twist. You can choose to use the twist or just share what you made with us.

I will share a Christmas creation with you every 4th Tuesday.  I am part of Team Koala along with my other fabby Koala Team. Now I can really and truly start making my Christmas cards for the end of the year.

My card above was made with an image I won from C.C. Designs release several months ago. Peppermint is such a cute image. She is just adorable and so much fun to color up. I did decide to use the twist which was a challenge for me but I loved it. Never thought to put these colors together. Hope you like my card too.

Recipe:

Stamps: Peppermint C.C. Designs, So Many Scallops Stampin' Up

Paper: Stampin' Up: Cucumber Crush, So Saffron, Blushing Bride and Watermelon Wonder, Whisper White and Spectrum Nior paper.

Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, So Saffron

Accessories: Martha Stewart snowflake punch, Stampin Up 1 1/4 inch circle punch, Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder. Copic Markers, Gems from Your Next Stamp.

I would love to enter my card into the following challenges:

Hiding in My Craft Room - Challenge #290 - Any Holiday (Christmas)
Christmas Card Challenge - Challenge #7 - Christmas card can do the optional twist but I didn't.
The Corrosive Challenge - February Challenge - Anything Goes

Please come and join us at Season's Greeting Christmas Challenge. It would be super fun to see all of your fun Christmas makes.

With Sympathy

Good morning! We saw a bit snow the last night and the temperature has dropped from the gorgeous temps last week. However, we know that spring will be coming and a month or two. We enjoyed a fun night last night watching our daughter play basketball. It is hard to believe that their basketball season is just about over.

Lori is our hostess this week at 4 Crafty Chicks and she is asking you all to break out your STENCILS FOR CHALLENGE #339. My fellow DT's have amazing inspiration for you too.

The card above was made for our family friends who lost their son suddenly on Thanksgiving weekend in October. I never seem to have these type of cards made up ahead of time and well they are never easy to make. The stencil I used is one I bought at Walmart and then broke out my Stampin Up inks. The stamp and sentiment are from Verve one of my favorite sets. Although tons of people make beautiful creations with stencils, I always thought I would mess it up somehow. A truly wonderful challenge for me. Thanks, Lori.

I would love to enter my card into the following challenges:

Artistic Inspiration Challenge Blog - Challenge #173 - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Challenge #147 - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for popping in and sharing my newest make with me. Thank you for all of your comments too.

Recipe:

Stamp: Verve
Paper: Whisper White and Basic Black
Ink: Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze, Memento: Tuxedo Black.
Accessories: Stencil, daubers

Mitten Kitten

Happy, happy Thursday! Today, I am sharing my DT creation with you for our brand new challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks. It is my turn to be hostess at 4 Crafty Chicks! We are on Challenge #338 and I would like to see all of your fun charms.

My card above is using heart charm and bells (that were a gift given too me).  The Merry Christmas Stamp and die were also a gift to me a while back. It was a perfect size for this layout.  My bows (ribbon is from Stampin' Up) were made with my bow maker. The image is under a circle embossing folder. Mitten Kitten image from Miss Daisy Stamps is colored using Copic markers. A brick embossing folder was used in the bottom layer for added texture.

On a personal note, I am excited to have some quality time with all of our kids. Happy Family Day to everyone.

I would love to enter my card into the following challenge:

Show Us Your Pussie Cats Only Challenge - Challenge #3 - Kitty Love

Crafting from the Heart - Challenge #146 - Anything Goes

The Paper Girls - Challenge #121 - With Heart

Crafty Card Makers - Challenge #182 - Add Some Texture (Brick and Circle embossing folders)

Artistic Inspirations Challenge - Challenge #172 - Anything Goes

Come and joining us at 4 Crafty Chicks, we would love to see your work.

Primrose Baby Sitting

Happy Thursday! Today over at Creative Knockouts for Challenge #181 - Recipe: 3 Pattern Papers, 2 embellies, and 1 image. Thank you Crafty Sentiments Designs for being our sponsor this week. I have had so much fun coloring  Primrose Baby Sitting. Babies are are treasures that bring so much joy. They are so cute and cuddly.

Prize: 3 Images

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My card above is made with colored with Copic Markers. The pattern paper/paper/bow is from Stampin Up. The dies are from Spellbinder and Hello was present so not sure what company it is from.

I would love to enter my card into the following challenges:
Crafty Sentiments Design Challenge Blog - Theme: Favorite Color Combo (yellow, green, rust, purple).
Crafty Creations Challenge - Challenge #335 - Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner - Challenge #110 - Use Your Favorite Things (Dies & Copic Markers)
Inspiration Destination Challenge - Challenge #122 - Anything Goes

I appreciate you stopping by and sharing my newest DT creation.

Have an amazing day!

I Love You....

Good, good morning! It is an amazing time of year that you see people sharing love, with one another. Our wonderful hostess at 4 Crafty Chicks this week is Nance from Soul Stampin'. For Challenge #337 the Theme is Love.

My card above was colored with Copic Markers. The paper is from Stampin Up, pearls, Wink of Stella, clouds embossing folder, and pop-ups. The stamp is unknown. The Digital image is from Miss Daisy Stamps. When making this card, I decided to make a baby Valentines day card.  They sure are treasures, that we love every minute of the day/year.

I would love to enter my card into the following challenges.

Addicted to Stamps and more - Challenge #228 - Holiday
Creative Moments - Challenge #111 - Anything Goes/optional twist - with Love is in the Air
Inspiration Destination - Challenge #121 - Anything Goes
Paper Craft Crew - Challenge #230 - Love Theme
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Roses are Red... (must use Red on your creation)
Artistic Inspirations Challenge Blog - Challenge #172 - Anything Goes
Color Inspiration Monday - Link Up 11 - used Copics to color.
Crafting From The Heart - Challenge #145 - Anything Goes
Love to Scrap Challenge Blog - Challenge #94 - Who Loves You, Baby!
The Paper Girls Challenge - Challenge #121 - With Heart
Use Your Stuff Challenge Blog- Challenge #250 - Love is in the Air
Through The Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Anything Goes February 7

Please joining us at 4 Crafty Chicks for our newest Challenge.

Have a spectacular day!

Daisy Daydream

Hello, crafty peeps! We have a brand new challenge starting today over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends. We are currently on Challenge #51 and it is Anything Goes and our challenges run for two weeks. So break out your crafty supplies and show us what has inspired you.

The image on my card above is from Crafts and Me and they allowed me to use  Daisy Daydream to showcase today.  I want to thank them for letting me work with this image as it was a blast to color her up. My image was colored with Copic Markers and the paper is from Stampin Up. The stitched rectangle die is from My Favorite Things. I loved this image so much that I decided to go with a very clean and simple design. My reason for doing this is the image is so beautiful that I just wanted to highlight her.

** Sponsor 1 **

Prize ~ £8 digi voucher in store

** Sponsor 2 **

Bugaboo Stamps
Prize ~ 7 Images

I would love to enter my card into the following Challenges:
Digital Delights Monthly Challenge #118 - Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft Challenge #43 - Anything Goes
Crafty Friends Challenge #50 - Girly
Color Crazy Craft Challenge - Week 5 - Anything Goes

Hope you enjoyed seeing my DT creation for you. We would love to see your work over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends.

Happy Anniversary!

4 Crafty Chicks has a brand new challenge today and our wonderful hostess is Leanne from Banking on Crafts.  

Leanne wanted us to use the Anniversary Theme for Challenge #336. I never seem to have enough of these cards around so I am excited to use this stamp. It is from your Next Stamp.

I would love to enter my card into the following challenges:
Crafty Creations Challenge - 334 - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Challenge 110 - Anything Goes/optional twist, keep it feminine.
The Crafty Addicts - Challenge 33 - Anything Goes/monochromatic
Inspiration Destination - Challenge 121 - Anything Goes

The card above was made using Stampin Up paper, die, Wink of Stella and of course pearls.

Birthday Wishes

First Thursday of February and that means we have a brand new challenge over at Creative Knockouts.Welcome back to my blog! I know what you are thinking, how can it be February? Didn't we just celebrate New Years Day! It is crazy that the first month just flew by.

For Challenge #179 our sponsor is Fred She Said and I would like to thank them for letting me showcase Simple Rose Spray. Our challenge theme is Birthday Wishes.

Prize: $10 Gift Certificate

I am entering my card in the following challenge:
Crafty Creations Challenge - 334 - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Challenge 110 - Anything Goes/optional twist, keep it feminine.
The Crafty Addicts - Challenge 33 - Anything Goes/monochromatic
Inspiration Destination - Challenge 121 - Anything Goes

My fellow teammates have amazing creations for you this week. Please stop by and show us what Birthday Wishes brings to mind for you.

Thanks for joining me today! Have a spectacular day!