You Are Loved

The new Time Out Challenge is up and running. Challenge #91 is to CASE Beverley Brown, owner and designer of Uniko clear stamps and paper crafting products. Uniko is also our challenge sponsor. Challenge winner will receive a gift certificate for the Uniko Store.

Here is Bev's gorgeous card:

Lucie G of LucieG Cards is Guest Designer for this challenge. Her blog is full of awesome creativity. Treat yourself to a visit and prepare to be inspired!

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenges Blog, learn more about our CASE artist, Bev Brown, and check out the awesome inspiration pieces the Design Team has created for you. Hopefully you will be inspired to take TIME OUT and CASE Bev With your Own Twist. The main thing is to be inspired and have fun, that's what the "Own Twist" is all about -feel free to use completely different colours for example. Enjoy!

This challenge runs until noon (EST), Wednesday,  September 13th.

I am also playing at:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Watercooler Wednesday #134 - Anything Goes

Mod Squad Challenge - For A Friend

Autumn Wishes

Time for a new challenge at Time Out. Challenge #90 is up and running with a theme of autumn with the optional twist of speed stamping. Get the details HERE.

Happy Little Stampers is the challenge sponsor. The winner will be chosen at random from those entrants who twist, and will receive a $15 gift voucher to the Happy Little Stampers Store.

Elaine of Craft-E-Place is Guest Designer for this challenge. Elaine is such a talented artist - you will love a visit to her blog!

I dry embossed a piece of watercolor paper and then sprayed it with some autumn colors. Then I sprayed it with glimmer mist for some shine and put it aside to dry. I did some more die cutting and embossing and put this card together in 8 minutes and 5 seconds (not counting the drying time). I am really pleased with the way it turned out. 

So please head over to the Time Out Challenge Blog, see the awesome inspiration that the Design Team has created, and leave them some love. Think Autumn, and try your hand at a quick make and link up your creation in the gallery for a chance to win. Have fun!

I am also playing at:

Simon Says Stamp - Add A Sentiment

Just Us Girls #406 - Shine

Shiny gold "autumn" die cut, and over all shine on embossed panel.

Silent Night

The Happy Little Stampers June Christmas Challenge is now live. The theme is "Anything Goes" with an optional twist of "Tree".  Challenge winner will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the Happy Little Stampers Shop! 

Check out all the details HERE.

For the twist, I went the route of palm trees in Concord & 9th's Holy Night Dies set against a sky made with distress inks and Mr. Huey's Opaque White Color Mist. The star is cut from white glitter paper and accented with white Sharpie.

The Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge Design Team has created some wonderful projects for your inspiration. Please click HERE to see what they have come up with and leave them some love. Then get your Merry on and  play with us!

I am also playing at:

Merry Monday #251 Monochromatic Blue

SSS Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

   

Just Us Gorls #395 - Die Cuts

    

Make A Wish

The theme of the current Double D Challenge is SIHLOUETTES. I began to dig though my stash to see what I could find to play with, and I came across Butterfly Kisses from The Craft's Meow. Perfect!

I embossed the fairy image with black EP on Bristol paper. Then I opened up my new Ranger Distress Oxide Inks, watched a few "how to" videos, and created the background. I am so loving these inks!

I'm also playing at:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Cards in Envy - Pretty Pastels

Courage

The current challenge at City Crafter Challenge Blog is to use a window or aperture on your project. When I looked at the gorgeous inspiration photo for the challenge (below), an idea immediately came to mind.

My interpretation is quite literal. Once I had the window and the scene through it finished, I searched through my stash for a fitting sentiment. I found that to be the hardest part with this project. I felt like the woman in the photo is doing some big pondering. When I ran across this one (PTI A Little Inspiration) in my stash, it seemed to be very fitting.

I am also playing at:          

 SSS Wednesday Challenge - Use More Than One Die Or Punch 

Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes With Dies

Supplies

Stamps - PTI A Little Inspiration

Paper - Tim Holtz Woodgrain Cardstock, SU Soft Sky, SU Early Espresso, PTI Kraft, Neenah Solar White

Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black, Ranger Distress Inks: Wild Honey, Brushed Corduroy, Black Soot, Fossilized Amber

Accessoriies - MISTI, Memory Box Grove Branch Die, Memory Box Small Madison Window Die, Spellbinders Nestabilities Rectangle Dies.

Thanks for stopping by!

Peace On Earth

AAA Cards CAS Challenge #79

Game #79 is up at AAA Cards CAS Challenge where the theme is CHRISTMAS.

Our wonderful sponsor is Happy Little Stampers. The winner will receive a $15.00 credit to use at the Happy Little Stampers Store.

Our Guest Designer is Marianne of Marianne's Cards.

Here is my take:

This image and sentiment just about sums it up for me right now in this crazy world we live in. The image is a wood mounted stamp from Hero Arts, colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. The inlaid die cut "peace" is sentiment is from Winnie & Walter's The Big, the Bold and the Merry Cutaways, and the rest of the sentiment is from Winnie & Walter's The Big, the Bold and the Merry Stamps. 

Please head on over to the AAA Cards CAS Challenge Blog, and check out the wonderful inspiration of the Design Team. Leave them some love, make a Christmas creation of your own, link up and play with us. 

I am linking to the following challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #265

Anything Goes

Kylie Purtell and Friends 12 Days Of Christmas Cards Challenge.

You Are Remarkable

Time Out Challenges celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Challenge #67, a special challenge with the Theme of Breast Cancer Awareness and/or Friendship, with an optional optional technique twist:  embossing and/or use pink.

CASual Fridays is the generous and dedicated sponsor of this special challenge. Please head over the the TIME OUT Challenge Blog to get all the details.

Here is my take:

I love this Flourishes stamp that I have had for years. The beauty of it is, you can customize it for any type of Cancer Awareness or sign of hope for any cause. The wonderful sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp's Hand Lettered Encouragement.

Cancer touches the lives of most people we know in some way. I am a breast cancer survivor myself, am eternally grateful for all of the funding that goes into research, and all of the events and other ways there are to support it. The fight is critical, but we need to remember, that finding a cure for ALL cancers is the ultimate goal.

ATCAS

The image is watercolored with ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens.

CWS#7 - The sentiment is such a powerful one to me. This card was made for a dear friend who has been through hell and back on her cancer journey. She truly is remarkable.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anythings Goes.  

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope your day is remarkable!

HLS July Mixed Media Challenge GD

I am thrilled to be here today as

 for The July Mixed Media Challenge for which the theme is: 

Here is my take:

Mixed media is not my usual style, so I immersed myself into looking at lots of inspiration pieces to come up with something wonderful for this exciting GD opportunity. I loved it because it really pushed me out of my comfort zone.

To begin the creative process, I reached for my box of "cool things that I can use on a card someday". I came upon this fabulous tag that I saved from a cross body bag that I bought in late winter in a little boutique on Long Beach Island in New Jersey. The designer is Spartina449.

This is the tag:

It was the perfect piece to start with. I added things here and there until I was happy with my panel.

I am also linking my project to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Inspiration Board.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Winnie & Walter-The Big, The Bold and Fun, Hero Arts-Live Well Collage
Inks: VersaMark, VersaFine Black Onyx, PTI Ocean Tides Re-Inker, Yellow Distress Inks
Accessories: Paper Smooches Power Rays Die, Webster's Pages ribbon, Perfect Pearls, Heidi Swap Color Shine-Gold, Tim Holtz-Burlap Layering Stencil, Dreamweaver Embossing White Paste, Glossy Accents, White embossing powder, heat gun.

Thank you to Happy Little Stampers for giving me the opportunity to be Guest Designer for this fun Challenge  Please click HERE to check out the gorgeous creations that the Happy Little Stampers Design Team has made and leave them some love. Then find some fabulous thing or things to recycle for a mixed media creation of your own, and play along!

Just For You

I hope you had a chance to play AAA Game #67 - Googley Eyes. It was so fun to see all of the wonderful creations in the gallery. It's time for Game #68, and this time, it is "tags".  Happy Little Stampers is our wonderful sponsor.

The first place winner will receive a $20.00 Gift Certificate for the Happy Little Stampers Store. 

 Here is my take:

The top of my tag is watercolored then sprayed with Shimmer Mist. The bottom is from a scrap of PP and the inlaid die is done with glittered fun foam. The sentiment is from Happy Little Stampers Butterfly Birthday set.

I am also linking up at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, where the theme is Anything Goes.

Please head on over to the AAA Cards Challenge Blog and take a look at the wonderful DT creations. Create a tag of your own, link up to the gallery, and you may win a gift certificate to Happy Little Stampers! Have fun, and have a great day.

Beautiful Birthday

Stamp ink Paper #54

I came across this new-to-me challenge yesterday, and I was immediately inspired to play. The colors screamed summer flowers to me, so I pulled out a Memory Box Stencil that has been sitting in my stash for a while and inked it. I love the way it came out. But then I decided to tape the stencil down on a fresh piece of watercolor paper, spritz it with lots of water, then blot it with a paper towel. When I lifted the stencil from the paper, this gorgeous panel appeared. The contrast to the first panel is really amazing. The softness of this one is so beautiful. I love it when this kind of wonderful surprise

happens. I used Concord &

 9th's Beautiful Words stamps and Beautiful die for the sentiment. Happy Birthday (from same set) is stamped inside.

I sm also linking my card to :

SOS258 - How Does Your Garden Grow?

Anything garden related - flower, fruits, vegetables, trees, garden tools...

Anything Goes

Thank so much for coming by today.

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Look For The Miracles

The AAA Cards Challenge 2nd Big Birthday Bash is still going on until June 4th. If you haven't joined in the fun and festivities, you should go on over. One of the ways to win, is to do the blog hop, comment on each DT blog, and answer the question they pose.  As an AAA DT Member, my question asks what your favorite craft purchase this year has been.  Well, that question surely did end up costing me some money!!!!! LOL. It seems that the top 2 answers are: the MISTI (I have one - it's the bomb), and ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens.  After reading so many rave reviews of these water color pens, I had to have them.  And of course, I needed many other things to go along with them (wink). So here is my first go with my new ZIG watercolor pens and my new SSS Look For The Miracles stamp set. The pens are indeed AMAZING. I'm in love. I hope my Brushos don't get jealous. I will surely get back to them!

I was inspired by the following Challenges:

ATCAS Challenge #89

Time Out Challenge #57 is their 'Inspired by Words' challenge now and our words are:

'May All your weeds be wild flowers'

You can use any of these words to inspire you or perhaps the whole phrase. You might want to go with flowers, wild, weeds or perhaps use the whole phrase looking at how the hard times don't get in the way of the beauty in your life.

I love the sentiment on my card, and it speaks to the fact that even the hardest of times contain gifts.

Creative With Stamps #2

Anything Goes