Floating by to say hi ...

Smell the Sea and fell the Sky. - Van Morrison

Hi everyone!

Today I am sharing a card I created for our Color Challenge at The Outlawz Challenges using an image from our Sponsor, Beccys Place

This fortnight we are using a Tic Tac Toe board for our challenge. I have chosen to work with the middle row, vertical

I absolutely squeed when I saw this image and sentiment! I do have a bit of a twisted sense of humor and usually do amazingly well keeping it under control but seriously – this image is perfect for this challenge! And that expression on her face really made it more awesome!

As you can see she is 'floating' along in the innertube, her bathing suit mimics the ball (so appropriate don’t you think) and her hair is the colors of the starfish. the cloud background was inspired by the water background in the bottom photo, but I used clouds as a play on the sentiment.

Supplies used (5x7 card)

• Digital image (Floating by) printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Birds are from a stencil I created myself using dies
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base)
• Ink from Stampin Up! and Tsukineko
• Judikins diamond glaze
• ProMarkers
• Random stamps from Stamps by Judy
• Stencil (Cloud, moon & Stars) from Stampin Up!

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(Hugs) Cara

Multiply your Joy ...

To multiply your joy, count your blessings. ~Author unknown

Hi everyone!

Today I am sharing a card I created for our Color Challenge at The Outlawz Challenges using an image from our Sponsor, Polkadoodles

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This fortnight we are using a Tic Tac Toe board for our challenge.

I have chosen to work with the far right column: Butterflies, Colors of the Peacock and the Wreath!

Supplies for 5 x 7 card

• Digital image, Jump for joy, printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base)
• Design paper from My Mind’s Eye (Bohemia Series)
• Dies from Poppy Stamps (Freida Wreath) cut into pieces & Stampin Up! (Beautiful Wings)
• Ink from Momento
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from Studio G
• Sweet Sunday Sketch 286

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges for more challenges and Inspiration!

(Hugs) Cara

Party Hearty …

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you! - Dr. Seuss 

Hi everyone! Today I am sharing my card for the new color challenge which started today at The Outlawz Challenges which will run through December 1st and sponsored by Sherry West Art

 

Our challenge is to use a fun tic tac toe board created by Laurian!

For my card I am using the center row, vertical: purple, cat & hearts

Supplies used

• Image printed on Whisper White cardstock from Stampin Up!
• Cardstock from Neenah (base) and Stampin Up!
• Embossing folder from Stampin Up!
• Glitter glue from Studio G
• India ink from Memories
• Nuvo Drops
• PrismaColor pencils
• Sentiment from Stampin Up!
• Tag punch from Stampin Up!

TIC TAC TOE BOARD

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges for more challenges and Inspiration!

(Hugs) Cara

The Outlawz Challenges: Tic – Tac - Toe

“Live in such a way that you wouldn’t be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.”

~ Will Rogers

Hi everyone! Today I am sharing my card for the new color challenge which started today at The Outlawz Challenges and sponsored this month by We Are 3Digital Shop.

Our challenge this week is based on a fun tic tac toe board created by Laurian

For my card I am using the top row, left to right.

Birthday, colors of the rainbow, Feather

The feathers are die cut using the Wedding digital paper from the Floral Burst set

  Supplies used

• Digital paper printed onto Stampin Up! Whisper white card stock
• Cards stock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Color dots from Jots
• India Ink from Memories
• Sentiment from Inkahootz! (Closed)
• Sketch CTS311

Tic Tac Toe Board ... Lots to choose from so come play along with us!

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges for more challenges and Inspiration!

(Hugs) Cara

The Outlawz Challenges Color Challenge: The Paper Shelter

'Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees

Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy.

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Spanish Student

Hi everyone! Today I am sharing my card for the new color challenge which is currently running at The Outlawz Challenges.

Our Sponsor this month is The Paper Shelter and we have a fun tic-tac-toe board from AJ this week.

For my card I am using a sponsor pre-colored image called Adorable Easter Bunny! Because this image has a lot going on, I decided to go with a clean and simple card.

Used Rows Diagonally Upper left to Lower Right

Glitter Paper, CAS card, Many colors

Supplies

• Pre-colored image printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White Cardstock
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base)
• Glitter paper from Recollections
• Ink from Scrapbook.com
• Judikins diamond glaze
• Sentiment from Halo Rubber Stamps
• Sketch: Case this Sketch CTS311

https://www.thepapershelter.com/

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges for more challenges and Inspiration!

(Hugs) Cara

Celebrate ...

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words. ~ Plautus

Hi everyone! Today I am sharing my card for the new color challenge which is currently running at The Outlawz Challenges.

Our sponsor this month with a prize of a $10 Gift card is DigiStamps4Joy

Our challenge this week is based on the ever so popular tic tac toe board. The layout of my 5 x 7 card is based on My Favorite Things Sketch MFTWC17 and I am using the boxes diagonally starting in the upper left hand corner moving down the lower right hand corner.

Sketch

Supplies:

• Image from DigiStamps4 Joy (Celebrate mp152-DS4J) printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White Card stock
• Card stock: American Crafts / Stampin Up! / The Paper Studio (base)
• Design Paper: Wubie Prints
• Embossing folder from Crafters Companion
• Ink: Memories India Ink / ProMarkers
• Sentiment: Unity Stamps
• Studio G Glitter Glue
• Tag punch: Stampin Up!
• Stash: Button 

Here’s the Board: You can use the pictures or you can use the word prompts in each square.

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges where a new challenge starts every day of the week!

(Hugs) Cara

This card has been entered into the following Challenge(s)

DigiStamps4Joy Anything Goes #153
Rabiscochallenge Anything Goes #3

Wheelbarrow garden ...

To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.  ~e.e. cummings

Hi everyone! Today I am sharing my card for the new color challenge which started today at The Outlawz Challenges.

This week we have a really fun tic tac toe board to use.

Here’s my 5 x 7 card.

I am using the middle row, top to bottom

Close up

Here’s the Board

Supplies:

• Pre-colored image “Wheelbarrow” from Fred She Said Designs printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White card stock
• Cardstock from Stampin Up!
• Design paper from Scrapbook Wizards
• Dies: Classic Circle die from Sizzix; Lacy Nested Pennant from Spellbinders
• Ink from Stampin Up!
• Judikins Diamond glaze
• Pearls from Recollections

Our sponsor this month with a prize of 3 images is Fred She Said Designs with a $10 gift card

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges where a new challenge starts every day of the week!

(Hugs) Cara

Sunny Hello ...

Vacation: a period of travel and relaxation when you take twice the clothes and half the money you need. ~Author Unknown

Hi everyone! Today I am sharing my card for the new color challenge which started today at The Outlawz Challenges.

This week challenge comes from me and is a fun summer themed tic tac toe board!

Here’s my card

Here’s the Board

 I started making my card using the far right column top to bottom, but wound up adding a few elements and found I also met the requires for the diagonal row, lower left hand corner to upper right hand corner. 

Supplies

• Card stock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• India Ink from Memories 
• Ink from Close to My Heart
• Recollections stamp & die set “Pool-riffic”
• Sentiment from “Trendy Greetings” by The Angel Company (Closed)
• Sizzix Embossing folder “Bubbles”
• Spellbinders stamp & die set “Sunny days”
• Stash: Pearl, Sequins, a bit of fine sand
• Studio G Glitter Glue

Our sponsor this month with a prize of 3 images is MariDigis so thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges where a new challenge starts every day of the week!

(Hugs) Cara

Tic Tac Toe at the Outlawz ...

When babies look beyond you and giggle, maybe they're seeing angels. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994

Good morning!

I’m here to share my card for the new color challenge which started today at The Outlawz Challenges! 

Our sponsor this month is DigiStamps4Joy and I am using this adorable image “Bookshelfbunny”

Our challenge this week is to use this fun tic tac toe board from Jacqui:

My card is based on the far-right column “Die cuts, yellow and animal” and my card layout is based on Mojobella #2 card map.

Supplies

• Image printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White card stock and colored with Prisma color pencils.
• Card stock from The Paper Studio, Bazzill and Stampin Up!
• Design paper from stash
• Gold and Silver gel pens from Artiste
• India Ink
• Photo corner punch from Stampin Up!
• Sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes by Stampin Up!
• Sequins from Craft Medley
• Tag punch from Stampin Up! 

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges where a new challenge starts every day of the week!

(Hugs) Cara

It's your Day! ..

If you hold a four-leaf shamrock in your left hand at dawn on St. Patrick's Day you get what you want very much but haven't wished for. ~Patricia Lynch

Good morning!

I’m here to share my card for the new color challenge which starts today at The OutlawzChallenges!

Our sponsor this month is SheepSki Designs

Our winner will win choice of 3 images from the shop

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This week it is my turn to pick the challenge and we have for you a tic tac toe board. Three of the boxes have an optional twist written in them...

For my card I am the image “Shopping in Yorkshire” and used the boxes diagonal upper left corner to lower right corner.

I decided to add all three twists ...  the stripes can be seen in the bag as well as the embossed background which I created by scoring my cardstock every 1/8th inch. This also covers the texture twist. I used a bit of shamrock digi paper to paper piece the umbrella

Supplies (5x7 card):

• Image “Shopping in Yorkshire” printed on Stampin Up! Whisper White Cardstock and colored alcohol markers
• Card candy: Stash
• Cardstock: The Paper Studio (Base) and American Craft
• Design Paper: Touched by a Butterfly Digi Paper
• Ink: Stampin Up!
• Sentiment: Close to My Heart “You mean the World to Me”

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges where a new challenge starts every day of the week!

Beauty ...

BEAUTY.—A sun which dwells in the souls of all... ~"A Chapter of Definitions," Daily Crescent, 1848 June 23^rd

Good morning!

I’m here to share my card for the new color challenge which starts today at The Outlawz Challenges!

Our sponsor this month is Fred She Said Designs

This week’s challenge is this tic tac toe board chosen by me. There are even three optional twists written into 3 of the squares.

For my card, I am using upper left corner to lower right corner and created this card.

Supplies for A2 card

• Image is printed on Stampin Up Whisper White card stock and colored with ProMarkers
• Big scallop oval from Spellbinders
• Card stock from Stampin Up!
• Design Paper from my scrap bin but I think all 3 are from DCWV
• Pearls from my stash
• Sentiment from Sizzix die set Handwritten Love
• Sunburst die, unknown

 Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges where a new challenge starts every day of the week! 

(Hugs) Cara

Christmas Flowers ...

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844

Good morning!

I’m here to share my card for the new color challenge which started yesterday (I'm running late!) at The Outlawz Challenges!

Our sponsor this month is Scrap N'Dipity with a prize of 3 images from the store ...

This week’s challenge features a tic tac toe board from Sharon!

I used the middle row, vertical

Card size 4.25 x 5.50

• Card stock Stampin Up!
• Die “Holiday Words” (Sizzix)
• Die “Tattered Poinsettia” (Sizzix)
• Glitter (Sulyn)
• Glitter card stock (Recollections)
• Pearls (Recollections)

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges where a new challenge starts every day of the week!

(Hugs) Cara

Sparkly AND Spooky ...

Hold on, man. We don't go anywhere with "scary," "spooky," "haunted," or "forbidden" in the title. ~From Scooby-Doo

Good morning!

I’m here to share my card for the new color challenge which started today at The Outlawz Challenges!

Our sponsor is Fabrika Fantasy with a prize of 3 images from their store

This week we have a Tic-Tac-Toe boards for your to use. Just pick your … er … poison. Row 1, 2 or 3 vertical or horizontal … or corner to corner! Paid attention to what is written in some of the squares!

I am using the first row, vertical which worked out really well with this pre-colored image I used.

Not gonna lie, kinda giggled as I was adding the background behind our sweet little bunny boy (just working to cover the spooky part lol). I giggled a little harder when I pulled the sentiment from my shelf!

Personally, I think this card is hilarious, but then I’ve been told I have a twisted sense of humor on occasion.

 Card size 5 x 7

• Card stock (The Paper Studio & Stampin Up!)
• Design Paper “Witches Brew” Colorbok
• Die “Pumpkins w/ crows & leaves (Sizzix)
• Embossing folder “Spooky” (Fun Stampers Journey)
• Ink (Stampin Up!)
• Sentiment (Martha Stewart)
• Stash: Glossy Card stock

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The OutlawzChallenges where a new challenge starts every day of the week!

(Hugs) Cara

This card has been entered into the following Challenge(s)

QKR Stampede challenge 267: Halloween or Anything Goes

Magical Beasts ...

The unicorn, she said, was a marvelous beast, shining with honor, wisdom and strength. Just to see him strengthened the soul. ~Megan Lindholm, "The Unicorn in the Maze," 1988

Good morning!

Today starts a new Color Challenge at The Outlawz Challenges and do we have something special and different.

Our Sponsor this month is DigiStamps 4 Joy with a $10 voucher to their store (HERE)

AJ has chosen a very different tic tac toe board for us to play with. Just pick your row and from each picture, pick your inspiraton.

I chose the bottom row for my 5 x 7 card. Now my colors appear darker than they really are, but the battery was dead on my camera so I took with phone.

From the 1st square, I wanted the Unicorn and the sparkles which are represented by the fine dots on the image and tail, the embossed border and the pearls added to the flourish.

From the 2nd square I used the colors purple and rose ... as well as the rose image

From the 3rd square I used the color orange and the flourish.

Supply List

Bit of silver glitter card stock for the horn from my scrap

Card stock from Stampin Up, The Paper Studio and Bazzill

Embossing border folder from the set "Noel Noel" by Cuttlebug

Floral Scroll die from Cuttlebug

Pallet ink

Pearls from my stash

Rose Garden embossing folder from Crafters Companion

Sentiment from "You are Magical" by A-Muse Studios

Stitched Banner die from Gina Marie Designs

White Gellyroll pen

Thanks for stopping by!

Hope you come and play along with us this week!
(Hugs) Cara

Birthday flowers ...

[F]lowers... adorn our lanes, fields and fells, and... smile upon us and cheer and bless us in our country rambles.... the lovely blossoms... kiss the clear brooks and mountain wells... ~James Rigg, "Preface," Wild Flower Lyrics and Other Poems, 1897

Good afternoon...

Bit late with my post today. I have not been doing a very good job managing my time since I retired and need to get back into a rhythm :O( ...

Today is the start of a new color challenge at The Outlawz, sponsored this month by Mary Smith of Createful Hearts Digis. 

Our colors this week, a tic tac toe table, were selected by Jeanie and Kimberly.

Here is my card, which to be honest is a little messed up. I had decided to use the center squares left to right. Problem is that I mistook 'ribbon' for lace. Sooooo ... my card has an embossed lace doily :O)

But ... I like it and hope you do too!

Supplies

Cardstock from The Paper Studio, Stampin Up! and Bazzill

Die from Darice: Floral Swirl Burst

Dies from Spellbinders: Blossom 2 and Daisy Toppers

Lace Doily Embossing folder from Sizzix

Pearl from Michaels $1 bin
Sentiment from Halo Rubber Stamps

Easel:

Cardstock from Stampin Up!

Die from Marianne Designs

Thanks for stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Dear Friend ...

Your birthday, as my own, to me is dear....

But yours gives most; for mine did only lend

Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.

~Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial), "To Quintius Ovidius," translated by William Hay

Good morning ...

Today is the start of a new Color Challenge at The Outlawz

We are using this tic tac toe grid this week for inspiration.

Red - Black & Green

Although the picture does not show it, the DP actually has glossy accents and there is black glitter on the tips of the border.

I made this card for a dear friend who is celebrating a birthday right after the first of the year.

I used horizontal from top left to lower right ... 

card size 5 x 7

Supplies

Black glitter glue from Studio G

Cardstock from The Paper Studio and Bazzill

Design Paper "Victorian Treaures" from DCWV

Die "Ironworks Accents" from Spellbinders

Thanks for stopping by!

Don't forget to visit The Outlawz, where a new challenge starts every day! 

 (Hugs) Cara