Challenge #98 at Digi Darla

Happy Monday!  Can you believe we are three weeks into the New Year already?  Man, I think this year is going to go as fast as 2013.  Either I'm getting older or time is going faster.  I'm voting for time. :)

This week our challenge at Digi Darla is an "ABC Challenge".  Your job is to pick a letter and use that as the muse for your project.  I chose the letter B.

Recipe:
Stamp: Natural Beauty by Digi Darla
Sentiment: mine
Coloring Medium: Crayola Colored Pencils, Gamsol
Papers: DCWV
Cardstock: Recollections
Flowers: The Paper Studio
Tools: Fiskars Trimmer, ATG Gun, Pop Dots

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I hope y'all have a great day and God bless!

Challenge #71 with QKR Stampede

Good Morning, friends.  Welcome back to QKR Stampede's challenges.  We had a great break over the holidays and are ready to jump back in with a new challenge.

Our challenge this week is "White and Blue".  Seems fitting since we are in the middle of our winter season here in the USA.  It's cold here in NE PA.  

Here's what I created for this challenge:

Recipe:
Stamp: Catching Snowflakes (QKR Stampede); Snowflake (My stash)
Sentiment: my stash
Coloring Medium: Crayola Colored Pencils, Gamsol
Ink: Distressed Ink in Tumbled Glass
Paper: DCWV
Cardstock: Recollections
Ribbon: Michael's
Tools: Stampendous Embossing Powder, Marvy Heat Gun, Spellbinders Lacy Circles Die, Fiskar's Trimmer, pop dots, ATG Gun

Thanks so much for joining me for the first challenge of the new year at QKR Stampede.  Have a wonderful weekend and God bless y'all.

New Release Day at Kenny K

Welcome friends.  Today is the launch of the new releases by Kenny K.  There are three new beauties ready for purchase...Riot Rachel, Veruca Venom, and Veronica Vamp.   I was picked to use Riot Rachel and I love her.

Isn't she gorgeous?  Our challenge for this time is to use Black.  I am a huge fan of black and red together, so that's what I went with.  I made the roses using a EK Success 5 petal flower punch and my hot glue gun.  I found the tutorial on YouTube, but for the life of me I can't find it again.

Recipe:
Stamp: Riot Rachel by Kenny K
Coloring Medium: Crayola Colored Pencils, Gamsol, BIC Marker in Rambunctious Red
Inks: Distressed Inks in Fired Brick and Black Soot
Paper: Luca and Lola by The Paper Studio
Cardstock: Darice Co'ordinations in black and red
Gem Spray: Hobby Hobby
Tools: Fiskars Trimmer, ATG Gun, Hot Glue Gun, homemade glimmer mist

Thank you so much for joining me today.  I hope you enjoyed my card.  I would love to hear what you think about it.  I love reading your comments. Have a wonderful day and God bless y'all.

Challenges Entered:
The Crafting Cafe--Anything Goes

Challenge #97: Digi Darla

Welcome to a new challenge at Digi Darla.  This week we have a copy cat challenge for y'all. Everyone can use the same image which you can find on the DD Challenge blog.  I love these challenges because everyone has such a different style.

Here's my interpretation of the image:

Recipe:
Stamp: Dog and Bird by Digi Darla
Sentiment: mine
Coloring Medium: Crayola Colored Pencils, Gamsol.
Papers: DCWV
Card Stock: Recollections, Neenah Solar White
Gems: Queen and Co.
Tools: Fiskars Trimmer, ATG Gun, Stickles Frosted Lace, Sakura White Gel Pen

Thanks for joining me today for our new challenge. Have a wonderful Monday and God bless y'all.

Challenge #9 Clear it Out

Good Morning, friends.  How is everyone today?  My husband decided to get the entire house sick..thanks, babe.  I am a bit late posting this card. I should have had it up this morning, but things happen.

Our challenge this week is sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps.  They have some of the cutest, quirkiest images around.  

The stash: Buttons.  The theme: Thank You.

I chose Kidz Girl-Hot Air Balloon to create this card. I decided to use pinks and grays as my color combo.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope y'all have a great day and God bless.

Recipe:

Stamps: Bugaboo digi, Fiskar's Thank You

Coloring Medium: Crayola Colored Pencils, Gamsol, BIC Markers

Cardstock: Recollections, Neenah

Papers: MME, DCWV

Ribbon: The Ribbon Boutique

Button: Studio G

Tools: Fiskar's Trimmer, ATG Gun, Chalk, pop dots, glue dots

Entered into:

Shopping Our Stash--#133 Use Something New: button

DS4J Progressive Christmas Challenge

Hello there.  Welcome to my blog.  Today's post features the freebie from Digital Stamps 4 Joy.  This is a progressive challenge.  Each month, as long as you play along, you will receive a new Christmas image.  This allows you to get a jump start on those cards for next year.  This month's is a beautiful candle.  I followed the Feeling Sketchy #77 challenge to create the card.

I printed out the candle and then used Crayola's and Sakura pens to color it in.  I found that cute poinsettia in my stash and had to use it.

Thanks so much for coming to see me today.  Make sure to hop on over to DS4J and play along.  Have a wonderful day and God bless y'all.

Recipe:
Stamp: DS4J Freebie Progressive Image
Coloring Medium: Crayola Colored Pencils, Gamsol, Sakura Gel Pens
Cardstock: Recollections, Darice
Paper: DCWV
Embellishments: Poinsettia-K&Co
Tools: Fiskar's Trimmer, ATG Gun

Beccy Muir's Monthly Challenge--January

Hello there, peeps.  Hope y'all are having a great day.  I have created another card for a challenge. Man, I'm on a roll.  The card for this post is for the monthly challenge over at Beccy's Place.  Beccy has some wonderful images.  I was on her design team last year and I loved it.  She is very talented.

I chose Miss Virginia to make my card.  Since it's winter here in NE PA, I went with shades of blue. I used the weekly sketch from Digi Sketch Challenge to create this card.

Didn't she turn out cute.  She's so versatile you could use any colors for her.  She just has such a sweet expression.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I really appreciate the time that you take to stop by and look at my creations.  I love reading your comments to, so please leave me some love. :)  Have a wonderful day and God bless.

Recipe:
Stamp: Beccy Muir's Miss Virginia (Digi)
Sentiment: Dee's Bugaboo Boutique
Coloring Medium: Crayola Colored Pencils, Metallic Gel Pen
Cardstock: Colorbok, Cryogen White
Paper: DCWV
Flowers: handmade with a 5 petal punch
Tools: Fiskar's Trimmer, EK Success punch, hot glue gun, homemade glimmer mist, ATG Gun

Melonheadz Friends Challenge

Good Morning, friends.  I hope y'all had a great weekend.  Thank you for joining me for the first challenge of the new year at Melonheadz Friends. We have a great challenge for y'all this fortnight. Birthdays..who doesn't need cards for that occasion all the time.

I chose the "50's Bundle" to make my card.  I remember when I was a girl, my grandmother made me a poodle skirt.  I loved it and it was black and pink just like this one.  I even had saddle shoes. This bundle comes with those cute little records.  I added the name of some of the songs that were popular in the 50's.

Recipe:
Stamps: Melonheadz 50's Bundle
Sentiment: mine  (inside says: You were born)
Coloring Medium: Crayola Colored Pencils, Gamsol
Paper: The Paper Studio
Cardstock: Recollections, GP White
Tools: Fiskar's Trimmer, Cutterbee scissors, Sakura White Gel Pen, Zig Millennium black pen, ATG Gun, pop dots

Thanks so much for joining me today.  I hope y'all have a fantastic Monday.  God bless!

First post as a Kenny K Core 4

Good Morning.  I am so excited today.  This is my first post as a Core 4 member of Kenny K's Krafty Krew.  I have been in love with Kenny's images since I discovered digital stamps.  I love how they are so fun and funky.  I was totally phyched to be part of the team for 2014.

Our first challenge of the new year is "Sparkle". There are so many images in the store that work well with this challenge.  I chose to work with Delores D'ammage.

Recipe:
Stamp: Delores D'ammage by Kenny K
Coloring Medium: Crayola Colored Pencils, Gamsol, Sakura Glitter Gel Pen in Clear Star
Paper: Authentique
Cardstock: Recollections
Flowers: AC Moore
Gem: The Paper Studio
Lace: My stash
Tools: Fiskars Trimmer, ATG Gun, Hot Glue Gun

Thanks so much for joining me for my first post as a Kenny K Core 4 Member.  I hope y'all have a great day.  God bless ya!


Challenges:
Robyn's Fetish --Use a digi
Avenue 613--Color Challenge
Simply Create 2--Anything Goes
Crafty Hands--#5  Anything Goes
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge--#240  Anything Goes
Crafty Creations Challenges--#253 Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter--Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew--#52 Anything Goes
Creative Craft Challenges 2--#26  Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart--#3 Anything Goes
Cards Galore Challenges--#1 Anything Goes
Sparkle and Sprinkle--Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly--Pick of the Year (I chose Feb. 5th...anything goes.)
Through the Craft Room Door--Anything Goes

New Kid on the Block--Open-Minded Crafting Fun Challenge Blog

Good Morning, y'all.  It's a super cold Saturday here in NE PA.  5 degrees.  We ran out of heating oil so we stayed at my MIL's house last night so I'm a bit late posting this today.  Our oil is coming today, but our pipes froze last night.  It's so cold here in our house that you can see your breath.  

This is my first post as a design team member for Open-minded Crafting Fun.  This is also our very first challenge ever.  We are a bi-weekly challenge blog and have some amazing sponsors lined up for this year.  

Our first challenge this year is a "New Technique/New Tool" challenge.  I'm sure quite a few of y'all received some new things for Christmas and can't wait to try them out.  Well, here's your chance.

We have four sponsors for this challenge. Our first sponsor is A Day for Daisies and the prize  for winning this first challenge is  3 images of your choice.

Second, we have Crafty Sentiments Design with a prize of 3 digital images of your choice.

Next is Eureka Stamps with a prize of 5 images of your choice.

And finally, we have Milk Coffee with a prize of 5 digital images of your choice.

So, let's get on with it.  I used an image from Milk Coffee called "Madeline with Retro Outfit".  I tried a new technique using watercolor pencils to make a striped background on watercolor paper.

Recipe:
Stamp: Milk Coffee digital image
Sentiment: stickers from my stash and my computer
Coloring Medium: Crayola Colored Pencils, Gamsol, Sakura Glitter Pens
Cardstock: Colorbok, Recollections
Paper: The Paper Studio, watercolor paper
Embellishments: button from my stash
Tools: Fiskars Trimmer, ATG Gun, glue dots, Spellbinders Classic Circles and Scalloped Circles

I hope y'all will check out our new challenge blog and maybe even create with some of those new tools and products you received for Christmas.  Have a wonderful Saturday and stay warm. :)  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
My Time to Craft--#229 Music or Movie Inspired--I used Austin Powers