Sweet Lamb

I picked up this adorable stamp and papers this weekend at the My Favorite Things store and couldn't wait to use them.  What better way to use them than for the MFT February Guest DT challenge.

Here's the deets:

stamp - My Favorite Things "You Fill My Heart With Joy"

ink - Memento "Tuxedo Black"

paper - MFT "Natural" cardstock; Cosmo Cricket ""Art Angel" dp

miscellaneous - copics; pearls; hemp twine; MFT "Layered Hearts" border die-namics; Spellbinder's "Heart" and "Scalloped Heart" dies' heart bling; Martha Stewart tag punch; machine stitching

 

Here's the challenges:

My Favorite Things MFTGUESTDT0213 - sketch

Paper Playtime #2 - Use Some Brown

One Stitch at a Time #147 - Love

Catch the Bug - Bingo (Pearl, Pink, Starts with P [popped - up])

 

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CIC194 - Fresh Brewed

Despite the fact that I do not care for snow I do love these cupcakes.  If they were in my house they wouldn't last very long.  So once again I am grateful that the Cupcakes Inspirations Challenges only send me photos for inspiration.  If you aren't inspired by the cupcakes this week we also offer you a color challenge - pool, white and chocolate.  You've got two ways to play along in the challenge, so you have to get busy and play along.  This week we have one of our regular sponsors - Fresh Brewed Designs.  There's lots to choose from at Fresh Brewed, my favorites are the coffee related images.  Funny thing, I don't like snow, but I love snow themed images and I don't like coffee but I love coffee themed images.  Go figure... I was supposed to be making the point that there's something for everybody at Fresh Brewed so be sure to link up your creation for a chance to win some digis.



My card was inspired by the cupcake photo and I used the colors.  There's no sentiment on the card so that I have the choice of saving it as a Christmas card or using it as a winter note or birthday card.  Now it's your turn to make a card.  If you need some more inspiration pop over to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge blog to see what the rest of the design team has created and that's where you'll find the linky to add your card to the submissions.

Here's the deets:
stamp - Fresh Brewed Designs "Snow Buddy on Ice" digi
ink - hp printer
paper - My Favorite Things "Hot Fudge" and "Sno-Cone" card stock; Close To My Heart "Aspen" dp
miscellaneous - copics; striped ribbon; SU Soft Suede dotted ribbon; snowflake charm; Taylored Expressions "Make a Snowflake" dies; Viva Glitter pen "Holo Iridescent"; My Favorite Things "Oval Stax" die-namics; pearls; SU slotted punch

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge CIC194 - photo
Sweet Stampin' - Show Us Your Frillies/Frills
2 Sisters #127 - Brown, White and Blue
Crafty Sentiments - Winter Fun
Sisterhood of Stampers - Baby, It's Cold Outside
Fab N Funky #154 - Get Moving
Creative Card Crew #27 - Snow and Ice

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SFTW - Something Girly

I sure hope you have some free time this weekend because Stampin' for the Weekend has a great challenge for you.   It's "Something Girly", you can't tell me that isn't an easy peasy challenge.  I know I loved it.  First I went through my stamps and decided that a high heel is one of my favorite girly images.  I went with the leopard shoe so next I pulled matching papers.  I wish I could tell how much fun that was.  Then it was on to picking out girly embellishments, flowers and lace and pearls, oh my!  I don't think it gets and easier or any more fun than this.  The sponsor is Live and Love.  So make some time to play along with us and link your card up on the Stampin' for the Weekend challenge blog so we can check it out and you can be in the draw for the prize.

 

Here's the deets:

stamp - Paper Pretties -"Sassy Shoes" and "Birthday Sentiments"

ink - MFT Color Box "Licorice"

paper - Stampin' Up "Soft Suede" card stock; Me and My Big Ideas animal print dp; Stampin' Up "Subtles Pattern Stax" cp

miscellaneous - My Favorite Things "Oval Stax" and "Doily Duo" die-namics; Prisma Flower; black mini brads; lace; black waxed linen thread; shoe charm; machine stitching

 

Here's the challenges:

Stampin' for the Weekend - Something Girly

Terrifically Thrilling Thursday - Easy as 1-2-3, 1) Word Sentiment, 2) Pieces of Patterned Paper, 3) Pieces of Bling/Embellishments

4 Crafty Chicks 4CCC#125 - Pearls, Pearls, Pearls

Whoopsie Daisy - Monochromatic

  

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Jack Frost

Those of you that know me, either in real life or on line know that I do not like the cold but I do like cold weather images, go figure.  I'm also fond of blue Christmas and winter cards so this Jellypark Jack Frost is perfect for me.  Add to that I found a couple challenges that featured blue and thus this card. 

Here's the deets:
stamp - Jellypark "Jack Frost" digi
ink - hp printer
paper - Bazzill "Admiral" card stock; Creative Memories "Candy Cane Album Kit" dp
miscellaneous - copics; brads; bling; cord; snowflake charm; Taylored Expressions "Snowflake Border" and "Make a Snowflake" dies

Here's the challenges:
Pinspirational - photo (blue tea cup cupcakes)
MilkCoffee - Snowflakes/Snow plus glitter/sparkle
Crafty Sentiments Designs- Winter Fun
Crafty Creations #205 - Snowflakes
Sisterhood of Crafters - Baby, It's Cold Outside (love this song, especially the version by Rod Stewart and Dolly Parton)
Whoopsie Daisy - Monochromatic
City Crafter week 142 - Winter Blues
Creative Card Crew - Snow and Ice
C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas in January 
Papertake Weekly - Baby, It's Cold Outside
Splitcoast Stampers - January Christmas, Christmas wedding (old, new, borrowed, blue)

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Timely

It's about time.  No, it's "Inspired by Time".  AND I needed a masculine card right now so it's timely.  OK, enough of this silliness.  It's Wednesday, time for the My Favorite Things sketch challenge and I love this sketch.  It's perfect for what I needed.  It's my brother's birthday and I needed to make a masculine card.  

Here's the deets:

stamp - My Favorite Things "Inspired By Time"

ink - MFT Color Box "Kraft"

paper - MFT "Kraft", "Natural" and "Hot Fudge" card stock; Bo Bunny "Timepiece" collection

miscellaneous - mini brads; MFT "Circle Stax" die-namics; Recollections tape

 

Here's the challenges:

My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club MFTWSC107 - sketch

Simon Says - Washi Tape

Crafts and Me #116 - Something New (stamp set)

Crafting for all Seasons #43 - Something New (stamp set)

Whoopsie Daisy - Monochromatic

Oooh, La, La #121 - Happy Birthday

2 Sisters - Celebrations

 

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PWC241 - Use Ribbon

Do you need something easy to do today?  Well Paper Pretties has a nice and easy challenge for this week, "Use Ribbon".  You can use any stamp you'd like but if you have a Paper Pretties stamp or digi we'd sure like to see you use them.  Speaking of digis, Paper Pretties is releasing another ARTish digi today.  You can check it out here.

 

Here's the deets:

stamp - Paper Pretties "Life's Treasures Sophia"

ink - Memento "Tuxedo Black"

paper - Stampin' Up "So Saffron"; Imaginisce "Splash Dance - Bathing Beauties" and "Splash Dance - Bubble Bash"

miscellaneous - copics; Pazzles clam shell; the Cat's Pajamas seam binding and divine twine; sun charm; My favorite Things "Circle Stax" die-namics; brads;

Heres' the challenges:
Paper Pretties PWC241 - Use ribbon
Pause, Dream Enjoy #1 - Use Ribbon
Dream Valley #48 - Anything Goes
Come and Get It - Tie a Ribbon Around It

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Mo's Shy Nessa Valentine

                                                                                                      

That's one big box of chocolates.  They're probably lining the shelves of the local CVS with those boxes.  I used to wonder who brought those five pound boxes till the day after Valentine's day when one of my co-workers came into the office with one.  Her father had brought it and her mother wanted it out of the house.  It's a good thing no one ever gave me one because I wouldn't have given it away. 

 

Here's the deets:

stamp - Mo Manning "Shy Valentine Nessa" digi; sentiment Close To My Heart "Whooo's Your Valentine"

ink - hp printer; sentiment Versa Magic "Pink Petunia" chalk ink

paper - Bazzill "Frosted Teal" and "Parakeet" card stock; Recollections "Pink Plaid" and "Itsy Bitsy Ditsy Cherry Pie" dp

miscellaneous - copics; Martha Stewart embossed Zig Zag punch; divine twine; heart charm; heart button; Spellbinder's "circle " dies

 

Here's the challenges:

Bronte and Bella #168 - Something New (new image)

 

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Remembering the 70's

I've heard it said that if you remember the 70's you weren't there.  I understand what that means because I was there and I do remember some of it, but jeez, that's a long time ago.  Those were the peace and love days when bell bottom blue jeans had to be washed a dozen times to look like they were, no such thing as stone wash back then.  Stone wash wasn't the only thing that didn't exist yet.  Here's just a few things we didn't have: cell phones; big screen TVs; cable TV; home computers and the internet; DVDs; iPods; iPads; iAnythings.  It was a much more innocent time but everything changes, it wouldn't be long before cable was in my house, and the music industry started changing.  We went from vinyl, to CDs, Walkmen to iPods.  It just keeps changing,  and I hope I can keep up with it.

 

Here's the deets:

stamp - My Favorite Things "DG Far Out"

ink - Tuxedo "Memento Black" and My Favorite Things Color Box "Razzle Berry"

paper - Stampin' Up "Orchid Opulence" and "Crushed Curry" card stock; My Mind's Eye "Miss Caroline- Fiddlesticks" dp

miscellaneous - copics; MFT "Heart Doily" die-namic; purple waxed twine; peace sign charm; Pazzles "ticket" and "peace sign" cuts; heart brads; machine stitching

 

Here's the challenges:

My Favorite Things MFTWSC106 - sketch

The Squirrel and the Fox #35 - Anything Goes

Allsorts week 189 - Dies and Punches

Delightful - Add Hearts

CCEE 1302 - New Toys (the dies and the stamp are all new)

Crafty Creations #204 - Something New  (the dies and the stamp are all new)

 

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PIO #2 - Funny Card

Pile It On's  challenge #2 of the year could easily be my favorite.  It's to make a humorous birthday card.  Who among you doesn't love to torment anyone older than yourself with an insultingly funny card?  Sadly, for some of us, no names mentioned, the list of people we can send this kind of card to is growing shorter.   I've remedied that by sending them to people younger than me too, hey, they're getting up there now too and it's about time I let them know it.  And yes I know that it leaves the inevitable "you'll always be older than me" remark to be made but it's going to be made sooner or later in the conversation anyway so I might as well get my dig in there too.  Have you noticed that the people who are only a little bit younger than you are the ones who really like to dig it in, or am I the only one who has that kind of friend?

 

Here's the deets:

stamp - Bugaboo "Make It Snappy Stella - Stella Birthday Old Fart"

ink - hp printer

paper - My Favorite Things "Kraft" card stock; October Afternoon "Sarsaparilla"' Stampin' up "Brilliant Blue"

miscellaneous - copics; mini brads; buttons; burlap twine

  
 

Chris' Challenges:
Pile It On #2 - Funny Birthday
Ruby's Rainbow #45 - Smile
Catch the Bug - Anything Goes  collection closed
2 Sisters #126- Celebrations
Card Makin' Mamas - Anything Goes
Challenges for Everybody #11 - Anything Goes
Dream Valley #48- Anything Goes

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Shopping Our Stash #84 - Use Your Old Buttons

CIC193 - Bugaboo



 



CIC193
 

Look at those sweet little birdies, I'm not sure if they're puffins or penguins, but I'm pretty sure that it really doesn't matter.  You decide what it is about them that you like, be inspired by it and create something for this week's Cupcake Inspirations challenge, then link it up for a chance to win the prize from this week's sponsor Bugaboo.  Bugaboo is one of my favorite shopping spots because besides the cute images like the penguin I used for my card, I can find funny images there. 











Here's the deets:
stamp - Bugaboo "Poppi Water Toy"; sentiment A Muse
Ink - hp printer and Memento "Teal Zeal"
paper -Stampin' Up "So Saffron" cardstock; DCWV blue card stock scrap; My Mind's Eye "Kraft Funday Happy Days" 
miscellaneous - copics; sun brad; buttons; hemp twine; Stampin' Up "Oval" and "Scalloped Oval" punches; mini brads

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC193 - photo
Top Tip Tuesdays #93 - Fur or Feathers
Pinspirational #39 - Penguins photo
Whoopsie Daisy - Die Cuts and Punches
Top Tip Tuesdays #93 - Fur or Feathers
Ruby's Rainbow - #45 - Smile

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Jellypark Friends - Winter Animals

Have you had enough rest for the holidays?  If you're ready to get back to crafting it's time for a new Jellypark Friends challenge.  I am so glad that the challenges are back and even happier that the holiday craziness has subsided.   Oddly, if you live in my neck of the woods, things in general are starting to get a little crazy as this is "the season" and the snow birds are arriving en masse, they don't disturb my crafting, if anything they make me want to stay home more and then I craft more.   But I digress...

This week's challenge is "Winter Animals" which gives me an excuse to use one of my favorite images from the Christmas collection.  I just love these Polar bears and knew I was going to use the S.E.I. paper with the green snowflakes I just didn't know I was going to make a shaped card - especially when I didn't have to!  Well, if you follow me or are a regular on Splitcoast Stampers you know that I won the grand prize, a Pazzle, for completing all the Hope You Can Cling To challenges.  If you don't know what a Pazzle is, it's an electronic cutting machine, which operates off computer software.  It's very cool, and that's what I used to make the cup.  I cut out two of them and adhered them together with a small piece of matching card stock.  I suppose I could have made it with a fold on the left hand side but I thought of that after I started playing around.  While there are snowflakes borders I could have made with the Pazzle I have an EK Success punch which I used for this border.   I used the little flakes that it punched out to decorate the card.  I'm going to tell you a secret, and this is a tip for the Top Tip Tuesday challenge.  There was a little pink dot on my image so I covered it with one of the snowflakes.  There's almost always something you can do to save your work when something goes wrong.  Just remember - "embellish, embellish, embellish".

 

Here's the deets:

stamp - Jellypark Friends "Polar Bears" digi

ink - hp printer

paper - Bazzill "Patch" and "Parakeet" card stock; S.E.I. "Berry Melody - Frosty Pup" dp

miscellaneous - copics; EK Success "Snowflake" punch; green cord; snowflake charm; bling; My Favorite Things "Oval Stax" die

 

Here's the challenges:

Jellypark Friends - Winter Animals

Top Tip Tuesdays #93 - Fur or Feathers 

Dream Valley #48 - Anything Goes

Love To Create - #47 - Winter Wonderland

Whoopsie Daisy - Die cuts and Punches

Creative Card Crew - Snow and Ice

ABC Christmas - A for Animal

Crafting for all Seasons - Something New (the card was cut with a new Pazzles)

Crafts and Me -Winter Wonderland

Creative Belli #160 Winter/Snowmen

Sisterhood of Crafters - Baby It's Cold Outside

CCEE1302 - New Toys (the Pazzles)

 

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Big News, Im a Pretty Girl Again

 

Big News!  I'm a pretty girl again!  Wohoo!  I'm very excited to be working with Paper Pretties again, I hope you'll enjoy my Paper Pretties creations.  For this week's challenge we're asking you to use brads.  That's pretty easy, I know you can do that so after you've finished your card pop over to the Paper Pretties challenge blog and link it up.  Who knows, you could be the winner of some digi images like this cutie pie Birthday Bird.

There are two new digi images being released today.  This one is "Happy Bird-day" by Fawn Palmer.  Very cute, don't you think.  I had to have it.  First of all it goes perfectly with this paper and secondly I have a couple friends who say "Happy Birdie" (I'm not the only one that's easily amused).  I know the Paper Pretties fans love ARTish digis so don't worry there's an ARTish image there too. 

Here's the deets:
stamp - Paper Pretties "Happy Bird-day"\
ink - dp printer
paper - My Favorite Things "Sno-Cone" and "Kraft" card stock; Recollections "Watercolor, Cherry Blossom" and "Itsy Bitsy Ditsy Cherry Pie"
miscellaneous - copics; lace; divine twine; heart charm; mini brads; flower brads; cotton candy stickles

 

Here's the challenges:

Paper Pretties - Brads

Tuesday Throwdown #129 - Shiny and New (new image)

Top Tip Tuesday #93 - Fur or Feather

Ooh La La #121 - Happy Birthday

 

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Teddy Bo, A Warm Hello

Love this sketch for the Seems a Little sketchy challenge and finally got to post my card, with little time to spare before the challenge closes. 

Here's the deets:

stamp - Teddy Bo; Sentiment from A Muse 

ink - hp printer and Memento "Lady Bug" for sentiment

paper - My Favorite Things "Natural" and "Sweet Tooth" card stock; My Mind's Eye "Wonderful Winter" dp pad

miscellaneous - copics; Taylored Expressions "Make a Snowflake" die; Stampin' Up punch; bling

 

Here's the challenges:

Seems a Little Sketchy - sketch

Fairy Tale #58 - Animals and Pets

Fussy and Fancy #79 - Furry Friends

Simply Create Too #28 - Let It Snow

What If Wednesdays DCC#123 - Make It Snow

Creative Belli - #160 - Winter/Snowmen

Crafts and Me - Winter Wonderland

 

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Time To Celebrate

This birthday card was made using the sketch from My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club.  Since the flourishes are made with a light color card stock I flipped the sketch, mirror image, so that the flourishes would be on areas of the paper with more blue flowers. 

Here's the deets:

stamp - My Favorite Things "A La Mode, Time to Celebrate"

ink - Memento "Tuxedo Black" and "Danube Blue"

paper - Close To My Heart "Pemberly"

miscellaneous - copics; Stampin' Up  crocheted ribbon; blue cord; charm; Spellbinder's "Curved Rectangles" die'; My Favorite Things "Sentimental Flourish" and "Mini Tab Quartet" die-namics; pearls; corner punch; machine stitching

 

Here's the challenges:

My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club MFTWSC105 - sketch

Totally Papercrafts #148 - Something New (the flourish die)

Crafty Catz #164 - Anything Goes

Spitcoast Stampers WT408 - New Year, New Toy

Cute Card Thursday #250 - Something New (the flourish die)

Simon Says - New Something (the flourish die)

 

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CIC192 - 7 Kids College Fund

That cupcake sure looks like a New Year's Eve party to me.  Just in case this Cupcake Inspirations Challenge photo doesn't inspire you  we've added a color palette that you can use for your card.  This week's sponsor is 7 Kids College Fund.  They've got everything you need for paper crafting so get your supplies out cause you can definitely use that prize.

I was inspired by the cupcake because I just happen to have an Obsession Impression stamp that looks an awful lot like the cupcake pictured here.  There's red glitter on the ribbon and gold glitter on the circles and some gold and red bling. 


Here's the deets:
stamp - image Impression Obsession; sentiment My Favorite Things "A La Mode  Martinis on Me"
ink - image Memento "Tuxedo Black" and sentiment Brilliance "Galaxy Gold"
paper - Stampin' Up "Cherry Cobbler" card stock; My Favorite Things "Hot Fudge" card stock; My Mind's Eye "Lost and Found Christmas"
miscellaneous - copics; Spellbinder's "Oval" dies; bling; Stampin' Up "Modern Label" punch; hemp twine; mini brads; Viva Glitter pen "Ruby" and "Gold"

Here's the challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations CIC192 - photo
Paper Pretties PWC239 - Bling
L'il Red Wagon  #166 - New Year
Tuesday Throwdown #128 - Bright and Happy New Year
Partytime Tuesday #PTT101 - Celebrate 
2 Sisters #125 - Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts #148 - Something New

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SFTW - Anything Goes



Happy New Year!  Maybe you don't make New Year's cards, I never used to but I like them better than belated Christmas cards if you catch my drift. 

This week at Stampin' for the Weekend our challenge theme is "Anything Goes" and we're sponsored by Stamp Fairy.  I've been very lucky to be on design teams for challenges that are sponsored by Stamp Fairy so I have lots of cute images (you can see more of my Stamp Fairy cards by clicking on it in the labels near the bottom of the side bar).  If you're not that lucky why not make a card for our challenge.  It's anything goes so you can make whatever you need or want.  Link it up on our challenge blog and you've got a chance to win Stamp Fairy booty.  Come on, you're probably going to make a card anyway so you might as well enter it in the Stampin' For the Weekend challenge.  We'd love to see what you create.


Here's the deets:
stamp - Stamp Fairy "Mimi Stars"; year numbers My Favorite things "Journal It Calendar Basics"
ink - hp printer; year numbers Memento "Bamboo Leaves"
paper - October Afternoon "Cakewalk" dp; Bazzill "Hillary (green)" and "Sunbeam" card stock
miscellaneous - copics; Viva glitter pen "Gold"; buttons; burlap twine; star charm; My Favorite Things "Postal Stamp Stax" die-namics; machine stitching; mini brads; pearls

Here's the challenges:
Stampin' for the Weekend - Anything Goes
Simon Says - New Something (image and die are new for me)
L'il Red Wagon #166 - New Year
TuesdayThrowdown #128 - Bright and Happy New Year
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Whoopsie Daisy - Celebrate

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year!  I was able to make a couple cards today so the year is off to a good start. 

Here's the deets:
stamp - Stampin' Up "Greeting Card Kids"
ink - Memento "Rich Cocoa"
paper - Stampin' Up "Cherry Cobbler" and "Pretty in Pink" card stock, "Sending Love" dsp; My Favorite Things "Natural" card stock
miscellaneous - SU "Pretty in Pink" marker; Candy Cane" divine twine; heart charm; SU crochet ribbon; pink pearls; Spellbinder's "Heart" and "Scalloped Heart" dies; My Favorite Things "Fishtail Stax" die

Here's the challenges:
Paper Craft Crew - sketch #22
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
City Crafter week 140 - Vintage Girl and Vintage Boy
Pause Dream Enjoy #52 - Anything Goes

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