U R Robotastic.....{TAWS}

Good Morning Everyone!!

It is my DT day over at The Alley Way Stamps

and I have a card to share that I made using this week's 

Mojo Monday Sketch and the adorable new release Bot Time stamp set

Hope you like it.......

What do you think?? 

I used one of the cute robots and colored him with my copic markers. Then added a bit of glossy accents to his eyes and "controls". Using the gears and embellishments (also from the stamp set) I stamped them on some silvery paper and cut them out. The chipboard letters came from my stash and the sentiment is also from the set. I stamped that onto the My Creative Time Vintage Stitched Label die and popped it up using some foam pop dots. 

Couldn't leave out the machine stitching :)

Supplies Used:

Paper~ Kraft (The Kraft Outlet) My Minds Eye (Lime Twist)

Stamps~ The Alley Way Stamps (Bot Time)

Ink~ Copic Markers, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Extra's~ My Creative Time (Vintage Stitched Label Die)

glossy accents, sewing machine, chip board letters

Well that is all I have for you this morning!

Make sure to check out The Alley Way Stamps for more inspiration 

Hope you all have a GREAT day and thanks so much for stopping by!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamps Challenge~ Anything Goes (3)

Mojo Monday~ Sketch Challenge

Heard You Caught a Bug......{Challenge Card}

Happy Sunday everyone!!
I wanted to pop in with a card I made...that is not for a DT but one that I wanted to make to enter a few challenges!
I used this week's Stella Says Sketch

and came up with this..... I hope you like it!

So for my card I used the adorable Bugaboo Stamps image~ Bug Jar~Ladybug and colored her with my copic markers. I added a layer of glossy accents to the jar as well as some x-mas red stickles to the bow on the jar. Once all that was dry, I ran the image through my sewing machine :)

The designer paper is actually Christmas paper from MME~Christmas (I think this is one of my favorite paper packs....LOVE the colors!!)

I made a border with my sewing machine again for this and then tied some 

3GJ~ Dress White crinkle ribbon which is one of the newest releases and part of the Navy Bundle.

Finally I used the new release stamp set~ Punny Animals from Joy's Life

Well there you have it! 

That is all I have for now.....

Next up, working on my PKS challenge entry....but I wont be posting that until Wed

Make sure to stop by tomorrow for a brand new

The Kraft Journal Challenge

as well as on Tuesday for my

TAWS project

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT rest of your weekend!!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Catch the Bug~ Stella Says Sketch #136

Catch The Bug~ May Anything Goes

Little Scrap Pieces~ Bugs Life
Craftin Desert Diva's~ Use a Pun
Really Reasonable Ribbon~ Sparkle/Bling w Ribbon

Rain or Shine......{PKS Challenge #1....plus a few more}

Hi Everyone!

I am back with my second post for today (to see my first one click HERE)

 and my entry card for the Peachy Keen Stamps release challenge #1

This is the challenge....

RAINY DAY CHALLENGE - Create whatever you'd like for this challenge, but give it a "Rany Day" Theme.  Stormy skies, clouds, raindrops, whatever your heart desires!  

and here is my take on it.

I hope you like it!!!

(if you click on the picture it comes up a lot nicer)

Here is a close-up of the adorable cloud with her cute PK face.

In the white spot below her face I ended up adding some glitter using glossy accents and sprinkling some CI Paint~ Resplendence Angel Dust.  I did the same thing with the rain drops also...

So what do you think????

I am pretty happy with the way this turned out.

Supplies Used:

Paper~ White cardstock, Studio Calico Here and There collection

Stamps~PKS~Snow Cuties  Bugbites~All Year Round

Dies/Cuts~ Jaded Blossom~ Fancy Topper Die, Umbrella, Cloud and raindrop~ Silhoutte Store

Ink~ Brilliance Graphite Black, White Gel Pen

Others~ sewing maching, chalk, Creative Inspirations Paint~ Angel Dust

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Entering this into these challenges as well:

Peachy Keen Stamps April Release Challenge #1~ Rainy Day Challenge

Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party

DL Art~ Linky Party

Little Scrap Pieces~ April Showers
Cut it Up~ Wet

Creative Inspirations Paint~ Spring Colors

Cupcake Inspiration~ Photo {Green, Yellow, Blue}

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Thanks so much for stopping by tonight and I will see you all back here tomorrow...

I have 2 DT projects to share, both of them going live at 6 am EST

~Trendy Twine and The Kraft Journal~

I hope you will check them out!!

Hoppy Easter....and a GIVEAWAY!!!

Morning everyone 

and 

Happy first day of Spring!!
I have an Easter card to share that I made for a few challenges going on right now.
Can you believe it is almost Easter already..... I can not believe how fast this month is flying by!
Anyways I hope you like my card!!

 Using the adorable Center Step Easel card that I purchased from the Silhouette Store, the too cute bunny from Miss Kate's Cuttables and of course some Peachy Keen Cute and Cuddly stamps here is what I came up with.

Here is a close-up of the adorable bunny. I added some white gel pen to her eyes, mouth and cheeks. Some stickles in cotton candy to her nose and lime green to the grass.
Glossy accents to the easter eggs (hard to tell in the picture but they are nice and shiny)
The sentiment is from My Creative Time~To My Best Peep....isn't is perfect for this adorable bunny???
Finally to finish her up I added a triple bow in Bubblegum Taffy Trendy Twine to her ear. I think this is my new FAVORITE color of Trendy Twine!! Isn't it so beautiful???

Well that leads me to my

GIVEAWAY!!!

It has been such a long time since I have done a giveaway up on my blog so thanks to my sweet friend Lesley

  Trendy Twine's owner

I have a mini bundle for one luck follower of these gorgeous colors~

Bubblegum Taffy and Tickled Pink

PERFECT for all those spring projects!

Want to know how you can win this??

Simple~

~Be a Blog follower of mine and leave me a comment

~Stop by Trendy Twine's Blog and become a follower HERE

and

~Like Trendy Twine on FB HERE and let them know you are stopping by from my blog

Easy Right??

I will keep this giveaway open until Sunday March 24th and I will be back on Monday March 25th to announce the winner!

So that is all I have for you today.
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT hump day/first day of Spring!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge~ Anything Goes

DL Art~ Thankful Thursday Challenge...Easter

Crafting Desert Divas~ Easter Linky Party

The Pink Elephant~ Easter

My Craft Spot~Embossing or Glossy Accents

All That Stickles~ Lime Green
Die Cuttin Divas~ Use a Bunny
Celebrate the Occasion~ Easter
Docerela Stamps~ Pastel Colors
Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party
Pile it On~ Square or Circle
Ribbon Carousel Blog~ Spring is in the Air

It's Your Day Enjoy w/TAWS

Good Morning everyone!!

It is my DT day over at The Alley Way Stamps and I have another card using one of the new release stamp sets for this month.

If you have not checked out February's new release you can do so HERE!

They are super adorable!!!

So for my card today I wanted to play along with the sketch for this week over at

Seize The Birthday as well as the color combo challenge for Dynamic Duos

 
And here is the card I came up with. I hope you like it!

The challenge over at Seize the Birthday was to follow the sketch but to also make a masculine birthday card. I knew right away that this adorable robot from the Lighter Than Air stamp set would make a GREAT boy birthday card. What we tend to forget is that the outside of the card does not have to have the traditional "Happy Birthday" sentiment. I know I always write inside the card "Happy Birthday"....So with that said I thought that the sentiment I chose for the outside fit the card perfectly! What do you think??
It is from this month's release stamp set~ All About You
The Challenge for Dynamic Duos was another beautiful color combo~ Tempting Turquoise and Basic Black. I ended up coloring my robot image with those color combos and my paper from October Afternoon happened to be a very similar match as well. The "dessert" option for this weeks challenge was "clouds" and my card does not have actual clouds on the card itself but the "scene" I created was taken in the clouds...LOL!

Supplies Used:
Paper~White, Black
October Afternoon~Rocket Age
Stamps~ The Alley Way Stamps~ All About You, Lighter Than Air
 
Ink~ Memento Tuxedo Black
Copic
Cuts/Dies~ Rocket~
Silhouette Store
Other~ Sewing Machine
SU Bling
Glossy Accents

You know there is always a lot going on over at TAWS

~our Be Inspired Challenge

~TAWS freebie's HERE

~TAWS FB page HERE where we love to see your creations!

and

~the store where you can purchase all these adorable stamps HERE

That is all I have for you today!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Seize the Birthday~ Manly Birthday

Dynamic Duos~ #40

DL Art~ Linky Party

Everyday is An Occasion~Linky Party

Manly Birthday Card w/Gus

Hi Everyone!
I have another birthday card to share...posting a little later than I had planned but here it is...

And the great thing is it fits a bunch of challenges as well....

Thursday Challenge – Let’s hear it for the Boys – Masculine Card

and I used the sketch  for the new

Seize The Birthday Challenge

Introducing Gus....LOL! He is such a character!!

I did some paper piecing with him today....wanted to have his robe and slippers match the papers I was using....check out his bunny slippers....LOL!!
I also added some glossy accents to his glasses after coloring the remaining of him with my copic markers

I also ended up using my scraps to finish the inside and make my own brad!

The original brad had a sticker on the top so I peeled it off and stuck it to the pattern paper that I wanted to use. I traced the circle, cut it out then glued it to the top of the brad.

To smooth out the edges I quickly sanded it then added a layer of glossy accents to the whole thing... I LOVE the way it tuned out and the best thing....I was able to use some small scraps!

Supplies Used:
Paper~ Kraft, White
The Paper Loft~Hooked On Fishing
Stamps~ Bugaboo Stamps~
Gus Birthday~Old Fart
The Alley Way Stamps~
Christmas Magic, Jibber Jabber
Ink~ Copic
Memento Rich Cocoa
Dies/Cuts~ Oval~
Silhouette Store
Other~ Brad from my stash

So that is all I have for tonight!
Hope you like my silly manly birthday card!!
Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT night!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Catch The Bug~ Birthday Celebration

Seize the Birthday~ Man card

The Kraft Journal~ Use Your Scraps

DL Art~ Anything Goes Linky Party

Everyday is an Occasion ~ Sunday Funday Linky Party

Pile It On~ Happy Funny Birthday

TAWS Be Inspired #16 Let It Snow

Morning Bloggers!!

Today starts a new 

Be Inspired Challenge

for 

 The Alley Way Stamps
and here is the inspiration picture

So for my card 

I followed this weeks sketch from Retro Sketches

and came up with this......

Kind of hard to think of snow when I took this picture in 60 degree weather and sunshine...LOL

But I know the white stuff will be here before we know it!
Anyways

I used a 2 of November's new release stamps from TAWS~

Framed and Jolly Holiday, as well as made my own sentiment using Alphabet Soup

If you look closely on the frame, I heat embossed snowflakes...just something little to add some additional texture to the white cardstock

Supplies Used:

Paper~ PTI~ Enchanted Evening

White

Echo Park~Winter Park

Stamps~ The Alley Way Stamps~

Framed, Jolly Holiday, Alphabet Soup

Ink~ Copics, Memento Tuxedo Black

Dies/Cuts~ My Creative Time~

Vintage Stitched Label Dies

Lowercase Fun Dies

Other~ Trendy Twine~

Blue Berry

Glossy Accents

Creative Inspirations Paint~

Deliquesce Clear Embossing Powder

Snowflake button

I hope you have enjoyed my card and will play along with us!


So once you create a project using any TAWS
come link it up over HERE
~don't have any TAWS stamps....did you know there are freebies you can check out HERE
and all the AWESOME stamps HERE in the store

The Top Pick will be hand picked and will receive 1 free stamp sets of their choice, and a badge to proudly display on their blog.
One Random winner will receive 1 free stamp set of their choice, and a winners badge to proudly display on their blog..

You must check out all the inspiration on 

The Alley Way Stamps Blog.
 The design team really is amazing. 
Join the fun and link up for your chance to win some of The Alley Way Stamps!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Retro Sketches~ #38

Cas-Ual Fridays~ #79 Winter Blues
Paper Issues~ Holiday Happy
Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party
DL Art~ Linky Party
52 Card Pickup~week 47
Pause Dream Enjoy~Anything Goes
Polka Doodles~ Any Die will Do

Got Cookies?

Hi everyone

I have another card to share, I am trying to keep up with the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge over at

Catch the Bug....

My card is for Day 8~ "Milk and Cookies"

Meet Gus~ he cracks me up!!

He was colored him with my copics as well as paper pieced him using Recollections~ Sugar Plum Paper Pack

I used the sentiment that came with him

So adorable!

I added some stickles to his hat and suit as well as some Glossy Accents to his belt buckle.

All in all I think it turned out cute

How can you not love Gus?!?!

So again this is for....

Catch the Bug~ 12 Days of Christmas Day 8....Milk and Cookies

&

Catch the Bug~ December Anything Goes Challenge

Thank for stopping by...

See you back here tomorrow!

Craft Your Passion Challenge #76~ Occupationals Hazards

Good Morning Everyone!

Hope you all had a great weekend!

It's time for another challenge over at Craft Your Passion.

This weeks challenge is Occupational Hazards #76

and the DT got the chance to work with images from

Dude Time Doodles/Bonibleaux Designs

Here is what I came up with

My image is Howie HotHotHot

I colored him with my copics and colored another image of his jacket, cut it out and layered it for alittle dimension.

I  added some glossy accents to his jacket for the shiny effect as well as on the water to give it the wet look.

I computer printed the sentiment....I had nothing in my stash of stamps that I felt worked with him and this was what I came up with~alittle corny I know :)

I also added some homemade skittles for alittle more extra.

I hope you will play along with us this week over at Craft Your Passion.

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a GREAT day :)

" Just Droppin' In"

What started out to be a crummy day turned into a BEAUTIFUL spring day here in Buffalo. It is about time the weather gets nice, it stops snowing and the sun and warm air come. We had just that today, except for the little wind it was GREAT.

We got alot done outside...the chickens got to free range for a few hours and the kids were happy with their play dates.

I also got some cards done and this is one that I just finished.

I just LOVE Bugaboo Stamps and their digis. They are too cute and so much fun to color.
This is from the More Turtles collection...isn't he just the cutest?!

He was colored with my copics and I added some Glossy Accents to the raindrops.
I stamped Just Droppin' In from Stampenidous Changito BDay Stamp set inside a bottle cap. That was also covered in Glossy Accents
I  made some skittles in Sail Boat Blue, stitched around the outside and added some ribbon, twine and a flower.
My picture is not the greatest because it was taken at night but the turtle is popped up with foam dots.

So he will be entered into the following Challenges:
Catch the Bug Challenge- Singing in the Rain
Peachy Keen Stamps -Sketch Challenge 50 w/a Twist