Paper A La Mode Birthday Challenge

Happy Saturday.  Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope y'all are having a great day so far.  I am going to get my hair cut today, so I'm posting this first.

Our new challenge this week at Paper A La Mode is a 

BIRTHDAY Challenge.

Our sponsor this week is 

This cutie is Tiny the Dino.  I this she is so cute.  I guess you could make her a boy too by changing the colors.  The cupcakes are some cute little brads that I picked up last year.

Thanks so much for coming by my little part of cyberland.  Have a wonderful day and God bless.

Paper A La Mode Challenge

Happy Saturday!  Welcome to another Paper A La Mode.  Make sure to check the blog to see if your card made the Top 5 this week.

Our new challenge was chosen by Joyce and it's a Tropical/Beach theme.  Our sponsor is Sassy Studio Designs. 

                                        

This is Pina Colada Sassy and she's pretty relaxed with her huge drink.  I found the sentiment on line and it was listed as anonymous with no author.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope y'all have a wonderful day and God bless.

Challenges
All Sorts--Summer Girls
Crazy 4 Challenges--Summer
Sweet Stampin' --Summer
Suzy Bee--Anything Goes

Paper A La Mode's new Saturday Challenge

Happy Saturday folks.  I guess we aren't ever going to see Spring.  We just got a 24 hour snow storm that dropped about 8-10 inches of snow yesterday. Tomorrow we are in line for 2-4 more.  I wanna move to somewhere warm.  The snow isn't really all that bad.  It's what happens to that snow after it starts to warm up.  Mud, mud, lots of mud and flooding.  My yard is going to look like a pond.

So now that I have finished complaining...again...about the snow, how about I show y'all what I created for PAM's new challenge?

I used this cute little mouse and teacup to make a Thank You card.  I can't wait to get my new order of Neenah card stock.  I ran out and have been printing my images on my ole trust GP card stock. Yeah, I'm a bit spoiled.  After using the Neenah card stock, I don't know how I ever used the GP.  It works fine for card bases, sentiments and layers, but definitely not for coloring and blending.  Come on Neenah..I'm waiting.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  We are going to the Ice Festival in the next little town over. It's a wonderful thing.  There are tons and tons of ice sculptures all around the town.  This year's theme is "Rock and Roll".  I can't wait to see the sculptures.  I am going to take lots and lots of pics, so I will upload some of them here.  After that, I'm going to Walmart for a new dog collar, leash, bowl and nappy.  Guess why?  Yep, that's right.  I'm getting a new puppy.  I can't wait.  His name is going to be Zorro and he's a three months old Black Lab/Rottie/Russet Retriever mix and he's so sweet and good with kids.  He has a little white thumbprint mark on his chest.  He's gonna be a big one too.  He is Kierstynne's Valentine's Day present..just a day late.




Recipe:
Image: Beary Wishes
Sentiment: Beyond the Fringe
Stamp: Studio G Heart
Ink: SU Primrose Petals, Raspberry Ripple
Coloring Medium: Crayola Colored Pencils
Cardstock: Recollections, Darice, GP
Paper: DCWV
Pearls: Queen and Co
Tools: Fiskar's Trimmer, ATG Gun, Pop dots, Glue dots, Spellbinders Classic Circles Large, Classic Scalloped Circles Small, Cutterbee Scissors, Cuttlebug,

Challenges:
The Sweetest Thing--#206 Sketch
2 Sister's --#173 Embossing
Papertake Weekly--Add a Heart
4 Crafty Chicks--#181 Use Pearls
Crafty Hands--#8 Embossing

Paper A La Mode's New Challenge--Valentine's

Hello my friends.  It's Saturday and that means a new challenges over at Paper A La Mode.  We had some great entries last week for the Hugs and Kisses challenge.  

This week's challenge is Valentine's and our sponsor is Rick St. Dennis.

I used Rick's Hunny Tru Love image to make my card.  I think she's just darling.  I added some sparkle just because she needed to be a bit sassy.

I hope y'all will join us this week with a Valentine's project.  Thanks for stopping by today and God bless.

Recipe:
Image: RSD Hunny Tru Love
Sentiment: My Stash
Coloring Medium: Crayola Colored Pencils, Gamsol, Sakura Glitter Gel pens, BIC Marker
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Lady Bug, Crayola Gray Marker, Crayola Red Marker (for outlining images and sentiment)
Cardstock: Red: Gina K Designs, White: GP
Papers: Love You pad from The Paper Studio
Gems: Queen and Co.
Tools: Fiskar's Trimmer, ATG Gun, pop dots, Cutterbee Scissors, X-acto Centering Ruler

Challenges:
Sunflower Fields--#1 Valentine's/Hearts
Cupcake Inspirations--Fushia, Cream, Gray
Scrapbook, Stamp Society--#34 Anything Goes w/optional twist: Use a heart
Tuesday Throwdown--#181 Sketch
4 Crafty Chicks--#180 Flags/ Banners
Creative Knockouts--#23 Be Mine
In the Pink--#37 Valentine's A Little Pink Love
Crafts 4 Eternity--#162 With Love
Digi Haven--Valentine's Day
Totally Paper Crafts--#205  Hey Cutie
A Creative Romance--Show Some Love
Crafty Catz--#217 Love
The Challenge Blog--Hearts

New Challenge with Paper A La Mode

Hi there.  It's Saturday and that means another new challenge over at Paper a La Mode.  We had some great entries this past week.  It's going to be very hard to pick a winner.  

This week's challenge is "Hugs and Kisses".  With Valentine's Day right around the corner we need to make these cards so that we have them and aren't rushing around at the last minute.

This little cutie is from a card kit that I bought last year at Michael's after Valentine's Day.  I love the vintage feel with all the stitching.  I wish I could take credit for it, but I can't.  I don't even own a sewing machine...yet. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope y'all have a great Saturday.  I'm not going to be doing much but laying around and trying to recoup.  God bless y'all.

Paper A La Mode Challenge

Happy Saturday folks.  It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.  Today begins a new challenge at Paper A La Mode on the Outlawz ning site.  Our challenge this week is brought to us by our team leader, Theresa.  

Our sponsor for this week isScrapbook, Stamp Society and the prize for winning is 2 images of your choice.  The theme: it's a recipe challenge.

The Recipe:               1 Cardstock

2 Patterned Papers

3 Embellishments

A Pinch of Whatever Else You Like.

This is a beautiful image from Art by Miran.  I love this girl.  I added some Martha Stewart butterfly punches to give it some dimension.

Thanks so much for stopping in to see me today and maybe, just maybe I will see some of y'all over at Paper A La Mode this week.  Have a great day and God bless.

Recipe:

Image: Art by Miran

Sentiment: Desert Diva

Coloring Medium: Crayola Colored Pencils, Gamsol, 

Sakura Glitter pens, Sakura White Gel pen

Cardstock: Recollections

Papers: K & CO Best of Brenda Walton

Gems: Queen and Co.

Tools: Fiskar's Trimmer, ATG Gun, pop dots, Martha 

Stewart Butterfly Punches, Spellbinders Classic

Circles, Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Circles

Challenges:

Simple Salutations--#81  Birthday Cards

C.R.A.F.T.--#243  Shades of Blue Color Challenge

Creative Knockouts--#21 Birthdays
Feeling Crafty--Butterflies

Saturday at Paper A La Mode

Good Morning, peeps.  Today is Saturday and that means a new challenge over at Paper A La Mode.  Last week's challenge, "Last Minute Christmas Cards" was a complete success.  We saw some amazingly beautiful cards.

This week our new challenge is an "Anything Goes" challenge and our sponsor is Rick St. Dennis.  The Design Team used Rick's images to create their cards, but you don't have to.  We love to see them though.  The winner of this week's challenge will win 2 images of their choice from Rick's zibbet store.

I used "1890's Holiday Gown" image to create my card.

I used my Crayola's and OMS to color in this beautiful lady.  I added some Sakura Glitter pen to the image to give her some sparkle.  The papers are from a DCWV stack from last year.  Using a vertical sentiment is a bit different for me.  I added a Prima bauble to the bottom of the sentiment and then added a Dark Red swirl to cover up the hole from adding the charm.  The card base is a very Dark Red from Recollections.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope that maybe y'all will take a minute and stop by Paper A La Mode and enter a project.  We would love to see it.

Have a wonderful day and God bless!

Super Saturday with Paper A La Mode

Good morning, friends.  Today is Saturday and that means the start of a new challenge over at Paper A La Mode.  Last week's challenge brought in some beautiful cards.  Thank you to all the ladies who participated.

This week, our challenge is "Last Minute Christmas Cards".  We all need those, right.  So, of course, I waited until the last minute to make mine.  Like that is a shocker, right?

I want to apologize for the glare on the sentiment.  I tried four different times to photograph it without the glare, but it just didn't work.  The sentiment actually says, "Warm Christmas Wishes".  I found these cute little woodland, felt creatures at Hobby Lobby during their fall sale for $1.  There were two racoons and two foxes in the package and I just couldn't resist them.  I didn't know what I was going to do with them, but I had to have them.  I decided they would make a cute Christmas card for my cousin who loves the woods and hunting. Not that he hunts fox and racoon, mind ya.

The background papers are from MME Christmas pack from last year.  I used a white Coordinations card stock for the base and the red strip is Recollections card stock.  I used Lacey Circles from Spellbinders to create the circle out of Green Recollections card stock.

It was a quick, last minute card, so it fits the challenge wonderfully.  I hope that maybe y'all will find your way to Paper A La Mode an show us what you can create at the last minute.  Have a wonderful Saturday and God bless.

Spectacular Saturday with Paper A La Mode

It's Saturday.  I got to sleep in today.  Yippee!!  I don't get to sleep in very often and boy, did I enjoy it. 

Today starts a new challenge at Paper A La Mode.  Last week's challenge, "Snowflakes and Stars" brought in some beautiful cards.    

This week's challenge is "Die Cuts/Punches"  and I used my Spellbinders Hexagon dies and an image from Beccy Muir.

I colored the birdhouse with my Crayolas and fussy cut it.  I used a K & Co paper for the hexagons.  I added a couple pieces of washi tape at the top because it just looked too plain.  The sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

I hope to see your creations at Paper A La Mode for this week's challenge.  Thanks for stopping by today.  God bless ya!

Saturday with Paper A La Mode

Hello there.  Today is Saturday...yippee..and this starts another new challenge over at Paper A La Mode.  Last week's challenge was sponsored by Rick St. Dennis.  Y'all know how much I love Rick's images.  The winner is going to receive 2 images of their choice from Rick's new zibbets store.

This week our sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps.  Jodie has some wonderful designs over in her shop.  The winner of this week's challenge will receive 2 images of their choice.

Our theme for this week was chosen by Theresa, and it's Stars and Snowflakes.

Here's what I created:

The stamp set that I used is from Jenny Ellory and the papers are from DCWV Winter Basics 6x6 paper pad. Even though the card stock looks green it is actually turquoise.  I used the rosettes stamp to make the circles and added some light turquoise gems to the center. The bows are part of the stamp set and I just stamped them on the patterned paper and cut them out.  It's a very simple Christmas card, but I like it.

Thanks for stopping in today and I hope y'all enjoy your day.  God bless ya!

I am also going to enter this card into the following challenges:

Oldie but a Goodie--CAS Christmas
Papertake Weekly--Snow and Ice
Shopping Our Stash--Use Something on Your Desk--stamp set
Twisted Tuesday--Pop Dots and Polka Dots (sentiment pop dotted; polka dots in patterned paper and the circle background)
Hiding in My Craft Room--Die Cuts (Cuttlebug)

Saturdays with Paper A La Mode

Good morning.  Welcome to my blog on this beautiful Saturday morning.  Today starts a new challenge over at Paper A La Mode.  Our sponsor for this challenge is Rick St. Dennis.  We are so super excited to have him as our sponsor.  Rick's artwork is amazing.  

For my card, I used this cute Santa and Mrs. Claus image:

I used my trusty ole Crayola's and Sakura Glitter pens to add some sparkle.  I pulled out one of my MME paper pads from last year for the patterned paper. The card stock is Recollections. The holly and berry embellishments are from K & Co.

I have been working hard trying to get some sponsors for our little group on the Outlawz and have succeeded a bit.  Each month our sponsor prizes will be awarded.  So, if you enter this challenge, at the end of November our winners will be picked and the prizes awarded at the beginning of December.  You should come join us, you could win 2 of Rick's images.

Thanks for stopping by this morning.  I hope y'all have a great weekend.

Super Saturday with Paper A La Mode

Welcome to another challenge with Paper A La Mode on the Outlawz ning site.  If you haven't checked us out, please go here.  Now, you do have to sign up to be part of the site, but once you do, you have access to all the challenges.

Our challenge this week is from Debbie and she chose Snowmen as our theme.  We also have started having sponsors on our little group and this week our fab sponsor is Sherry from A Random Fan Digi Stamps.  The prize?? 2 images from her store.  Just like the rest of the Outlawz groups, we pick winners on a monthly basis.  So, if you win this week's challenge, you will receive your images the first of December.

Here's what I came up with....

This is the front of the card.  I used two The Paper Studio punches to create the window.  The papers are from Recollections. (That cute little snowman you can see through the window, part of a piece of patterned paper.)  The stamp on the front is a Studio G and I used some Sakura Glitter pens on him and added three blue gems for buttons.  The snowflakes are from a pack of table decorations that I got at the Dollar Store a couple years ago and I just added some gems onto them.  I added some glitter pen to a few of the snowflakes on the patterned paper too.

Here's the inside:

I kept the punched out pieces of the front and used them for a sentiment mat on the inside.  I stamped in Memento Bahama Blue ink and used a stamp from my collection.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you will decide to join us at Paper A La  Mode.  Maybe you will be our weekly winner.  

Next week our sponsor is Rick St. Dennis...y'all know how much I love his work...yeah..RSD..

Sassy Saturday with The Outlawz, Paper A la Mode

Hello there friends.  Thanks for joining me for a new challenge over at the Outlawz, Paper A la Mode.  Last week our challenge was Doodling.  Theresa threw me for a loop with that one.  I'm not a doodler.  But, I managed to get a card done.

This week, Miranda, has come up with a pretty nifty challenge.  It's a color challenge, but the trick is you have to use colors that begin with the first initial of your first name.  For example, my name, Emily, I used Eggplant and Evergreen.  If you have one of those names that just doesn't have a color associated with it, you can use any color.

Here's what I came up with:

I used a stamp set from Close to My Heart to make this flower.  I stamped each petal twice, once in Purple Hydrangea and once in Bamboo Leaves.  I used glue dots to put it together.  The centers are die cut from a Cuttlebug set of dies.  I used Eggplant and Evergreen card stock and a piece of patterned paper from my stash.  Adding some pearls finished off this card.

Thanks again for joining me.  I hope to see some of y'all's work at the Outlawz this week.  God bless and have a great Saturday.

Sweet Saturdays with Paper A La Mode

Hello my friends.  I hope y'all have been enjoying your weekend.  My Saturday was very full and busy, but more on that later.

This week at,  The Outlawz Paper A La Mode, our challenge is Carousels.  Your job is to create a card using an item from a carousel.  I love the carousel.  It's one of the only rides at an amusement park that I can still ride without getting extremely sick.  I always loved roller coasters as a young person, but they don't love me anymore.

Here's the card that I created:

I used a Beccy Muir image to create this card.  It is a Christmas Carousel Horse.  I colored it with my colored pencils and OMS.  The papers are MME and the card stock is Olive Green by Colorbok.  I also added a die cut mat in Gold and some sheer off white ribbon. 

I hope that y'all will think about joining us for this great challenge.  Thank you so much for stopping by to view my latest card.

God bless y'all.

Saturday's at Paper A La Mode

Hello there y'all.  Thanks for stopping by.  I am in a bit of pain today.  If you saw my post yesterday, you know that I took my daughter to Roba's Farm.  Well, it was a beautiful day.  Not too hot, nice breeze blowing..yeah well..that's so deceptive.  I look like a burnt chip.  Yep, that's right.  I got some serious sunburn on my face, arms and chest.  I didn't even know I was burning.  I'm feeling it today.  But, even with the pain today, we had a fantastic time yesterday, so it was worth it.

Today starts the new challenge over at Paper A La Mode.  Debbie has come up with a doozie of a challenge.  Use something old that you haven't used before.  We all have something hiding in the recesses of our crafting rooms that we bought years ago thinking it would make a great project.  But, it got pushed to the back burner and you never got around to using it.  Well, pull it out for this challenge.

I found a set of K & CO Birthday chipboard stickers in one of the crates that I store my stuff in.  I pulled them out and thought, "Hey, that would make a cute card".  So, I got to work...

I used Recollections Pink card stock for the base and a piece of polka dot paper from my scrap stash to make the beginning of the card.  I pulled these two chipboard stickers and the candle border strip (from a set of stickers from the Dollar Tree) out to use.  I figured being chip board stickers I didn't need to use pop dots on them.

So, that's it.  Very simple, very easy and very quick.  I think it took me 5 minutes to make this cute card.  The inside has more of the polka dot paper, a white journaling spot and another sticker from the Dollar Tree pack that says "May all your wishes come true."

Thanks for joining me today and I hope to see some of your creations on Paper A La Mode this week.  Have a great day and God bless y'all.

Monochromatic with Paper Ala Mode

Hello there friends.  I am a bit late posting this card.  I should have had it posted on Saturday.  Late again..lol

Our challenge this week at Paper Ala Mode at The Outlawz is "Monochromatic".  Just pick a color and use varying shades of it.  I chose to use shades of Black for my card, which features a Kenny K image.

I started out coloring this beautiful lady with colored pencils and just had to add some sparkle to her.  I used my Sakura Glitter Gel pens to add some highlights.  I also used a white gel pen to add some highlights to her hair.  All of the papers are from DCWV.  I used two card stocks from SU for the card base and mats: Basic Black and Gray.  The flower with the feathers came from Hobby Lobby in the Bridal section.  If you haven't ever checked out that section of a craft store, you really should.  They have some great deals and products.  I had those spider webs and spiders in my stash from years ago.  They were actually Halloween confetti decorations that I found on clearance at the Dollar General.  You never know what you might find when you search off the wall places for card making and scrapbooking products.

Thanks so much for stopping in today.  I hope y'all enjoyed your visit.  Have a great night.  God bless.

Challenges:
Chocolate, Coffee, Cards-- Anything Goes

Saturdays at Paper A La Mode

Happy Saturday folks.  Today is a busy day for me.  My daughter is twirling in the Pittston Tomato Festival Parade this morning, but I won't get to go because I have a bridal shower for my youngest brother in law's fiance.  My husband is taking Kierstynne to the parade.  They will be walking about 3 miles today.  Better her than me..lol

Our challenge this week over atThe Outlawz Paper A La Mode group is Birthdays.  Who doesn't need tons of birthday cards right?  You don't have to make a card for PAM, you can make any creation your heart desires. I chose to make a card using two cute little fishes from Opal Manor.

I colored these fish with my colored pencils and added some Sakura Clear Star pen to give them a bit of birthday sparkle.  My papers are from The Paper Studio, which is Hobby Lobby's brand.  I printed out the sentiment and then added Sakura to the letters.  Adding a few gems from Queen and Co finished off this fintastic birthday card.

I hope you will join us over at the Outlawz Paper A La Mode this week and show us your birthday creations.

Have a great weekend and God bless y'all.

Saturday Surprise at Paper A La Mode

Hello there.  I hope everyone is enjoying their Saturday.  I am scheduling this post Friday night because I have a busy busy day today.  We are having Gospel Fest at our church today.  It's a wonderful day on our church grounds.  We have worship bands from different churches come and perform.  There are preachers bringing the Word.  We also sell hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries and snacks with all the money going to missions.  I am super excited because this year I get to have a table set up to sell my cards.  I am donating all the money I make to missions.  I hope I do good. :)

This week's challenge is "Best Friends".  I did something a bit different for my card.  I used a bridal image to make my best friends card.

This sweet image is from Opal Manor.  I colored it with my colored pencils and OMS.  The DPs are from a new stack that I got at Michael's and is from DCWV.  The card base is a Deep Purple from Colorbok.  I found this pretty satin ribbon in my stash.  I printed out the sentiment and matted it on a piece of the left over card stock from the card design.  

Thanks for stopping by today.  I truly appreciate it.  I hope that you guys will join us over at the Outlawz Paper A La Mode for this week's challenge.  God bless y'all.

Outlawz Paper A La Mode Challenge

Good Morning again.  I am a bit late in posting this card.  We had such a busy weekend I didn't get to post it.  On Thursday we took Kierstynne to see fireworks, Friday we cooked out at my MIL's and had fireworks again, Saturday my husband wanted to have a cookout, so we had about 30 people here at our house.  Sunday we had church, dinner at the inlaws and then took Kierstynne to the arena here in our area for the WWE Wrestling show.  She is a girl after her daddy's own heart.  He's a huge wrestling fan and so is she.  This week is Vacation Bible School at Tim's grandmother's church plus Twirling tonight..so it looks like I will be busy all week.  I have to fit some crafting in somewhere..

So, this week over on The Outlawz Paper a la Mode Saturday challenge, we have a Summer Challenge.  I used Dearie Dolls images and a Creative Stamping image to create my card.

To begin, I used an Ivory card base from Recollections.  I printed out the images onto Neenah card stock and using colored pencils, added some color.  I fussy cut each element.  The "sand" is actual sandpaper that I tore and inked with DI Walnut Stain. I learned my lesson the hard way of cutting sandpaper with a trimmer..I wouldn't advise it. :)  The "ocean" is a DP from Recollections All Season pad that I got at Michael's for $4.50.  Before adding the ocean and sand, I used chalks to make the sky.  The little swimmer is adhered with Pop Dots for interest.  I printed out that sentiment from my computer program and trimmed it down, inked it with DI Walnut Stain and added it with pop dots.

I hope that you guys will jump on over to the Outlawz and join us.  There will be a new challenge posted for every day of the week plus a progressive freebie challenge every two weeks where you can use images designed by the very talented Anne Fenton and Sandi Huggett.  You don't want to miss those.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope y'all enjoy your day.  God bless y'all.

Paper a la Mode Weekly Challenge

Hello there friends.  Welcome back for another piece of eye candy.  Today's card was made for the Paper a la Mode Weekly Challenge over at the Outlawz.  Our theme this week is an Anything Goes with a twist.  If you decide to do the twist, it's Under the Sea.

I seem to be in a beach/water/under the sea kinda mood this week.  This is the third type of card like this that I have made. Do you think I may be in wishful thinking mode?   You will see the other two on Monday.

I used a background and mermaid from Sassy Studios to make this card.  I printed off the images onto Neenah card stock and colored them with Spectrum Noir.  I fussy cut the mermaid and fish (Inkadinkadoo) and added some Pearlized Transparent embossing powder to them for some shine.  The sentiment is mine.  The card base is Colorbok and is a 6" square. I added a mat of Kraft card stock (Recollections) under the sea background just for some contrast. 

I appreciate you stopping in today.  I hope you all enjoy your weekend.  I have a wedding tomorrow so we will be busy all day.  God bless y'all.