Phabulous Phindy Phriday

Today is the first monthly Phabulous Phindy Phriday, which is the name of the challenge we will have on the first Friday of every month at Phindy's Place. You must use a Phindy image but it is Anything Goes from there. You can create a card, a scrapbook layout, an altered item or anything your creative mind can dream up and use whatever colours, embellishments, techniques or sketch you want as long it revolves around your Phindy image. Phindy has lots of phabulous images in the store to work with and if you check on the left sidebar, she often has random surprises that are great deals.

I have gone a little vintage this week and created a card with Mr. Brown Goes Shopping. He is gazing intently at an old truck he really wants to buy.  I distressed everything and inked the edges with Walnut Stain distress ink, added some gears cut with my Cricut machine, some woven fabric as a ribbon and a couple of little brads - a real card for a guy.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Craft Your Days Away - Vintage

Image:  Mr. Brown Goes Shopping (Phindy's Place)
Card Stock:  Tan & Kraft (Recollections ), Brown (Bazzill)
Papers:  Diamond & Leather (Provo Craft), Definition (Computer Generated)
Colouring Medium:  Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments:  Walnut Stain Distress Ink (Ranger), Brads (Making Memories), Mesh (Making Memories), Woven Fabric (Fabricland), Cricut, Antique Gold Paint (Creative Inspirations Paint)

Summer Living is Easy

The challenge this week at Phindy's Place is called SUMMER LIVING and I think this little cutie says just that.  Take a look at all the great images in Phindy's store that have a summer theme, pick one of two up and let's see what you can create.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenges - Anything Goes
Crafting for all Seasons  - Anything Goes
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
Digi Doodle Shops Best - Anything Goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Stripes
Cheerful Stamp Pad - Color My World
Lexis Creations - Spots and/or Stripes

Image: Catch Anything (Phindy's Place)
Card Stock:  Recollections
Papers: Stripe (Sandylion Sticker Designs), Orange and Gold with Squares (Provo Craft)
Colouring Medium:  Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments:  Chalk (Mungyo), Card Candy (Craftwork Cards), Charm (Arton Bead Supply), Cord (Dollarama), Eyelets (Making Memories)

Krafty Golfer

The challenge this week at Sassy Cheryl's is to colour your image on kraft card stock. I have wanted to try this for a long time but was afraid the ink would smear. I was wrong, the ink does not smear but I need to spend more time playing with the colours. I use Prismacolors and they turned out much darker than they normally do when I colour on white card stock. I had fun with it though so I will practice and hope for a better result the next time.

This will make a great birthday card for my Son-in-Law so I have included a birthday verse inside. He may be a bit annoyed with the theme though because ever since he started his BBQ business, he is so busy in the summer that he has only golfed once a year if that.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Sassy Cheryl's - Get Krafty
Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight Challenge - Challenge Yourself
Kaboodle Doodles - Distress, Rip, Tear, Crumple
Stamps R Us - Use a Digi
I Did It Creations - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Use a Digi

Image: Sassy Boy Golfer (Sassy Cheryl)
Sentiment: Create with TLC
Card Stock: Kraft & Red (Recollections), Cream (Wassau)
Papers: My Scrap Stash
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors and Koh-i-Noor) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Button (Dress it Up), Ribbon (Offray), Deckle Scissors (Fiskars), Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger)

Vintage Chef

Welcome to another Sensational Saturday at Sugar Creek Hollow.  This week our challenge to you is to create a MASCULINE card or other paper crafted project.  Father's Day is only a month away so that could be the theme of your vintage, shabby chic or primitive inspired item.  Of course, there are lots of other reasons to make something masculine because birthday cards are always in demand and this time of year graduation cards may also be required. So pull out your retro images, papers and embellishments and let's see what you come up with.

This week our random winner will receive a badge to display on her blog and a digi of our choice.  The Design Team will also choose a Card (or project) of the Week and the creator will receive a badge to display and will be in the running for a Guest Designer spot.

All of the designers have created some wonderful masculine projects for your inspiration.  To get more details, just click on their name to be taken directly to their blog.

Last week the Design Team reviewed all the April Cards of the Week and chose Heide D. to join us as a Guest Designer this week so please give her a warm welcome.

I found this fun image online and thought it would make a great Father's Day card, especially for my Son-in-Law who owns a BBQ food manufacturing business and restaurant. He makes smoked ribs, pulled pork, smoked brisket and sauces and rubs. He is always developing new recipes and whenever he cooks for us, we eat very, very well.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - Brads
Pixie Dust Studio - Vintage
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Boys/Men
Creative Craft Challenges - Distressed/Vintage

Image: Create with TLC
Sentiment: My Design
Card Stock: Cream (Wassau), Red (Recollections)
Papers: Gingham (Flour Sack Paper Kit from Raspberry Road), BBQ (Create with TLC)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolors) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Scallop Blade (Fiskars Trimmer), Brads (Dollar Store), Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger), Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Star Border (cut with Cricut), Corrugated Cardboard (My Stash)

It's Time to Grill

This week the challenge at Delightful Challenges is to do some MASKING.  It is also new release day at Digital Delights by Louby Loo and the new release is all about summer grilling.  There are a couple of character images along with a cooking set, BBQ accessories, some great sentiments and even a dog just waiting for something to be dropped on the ground.

I had never done any masking but once I saw a tutorial using GIMP, I figured out how to do it in Photoshop and it was quite easy. 

This week our sponsor is Crafty Emma's Store and the prize for the random winner is a £10 gift certificate to her online store.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Cards for Men - Card for Guy & Someone Special
One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes
Scrappy Frogs - Anything Goes
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays - Use Old Supplies (The papers came from a box of old bits and pieces)
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Boys/Men
Truly Scrumptious - Anything Goes

Images: Grilling George, BBQ Accessories, BBQ Dog, BBQ Cooking Set, Grillin & Chillin Sentiment Set (Digital Delights by Louby Loo)
Card Stock: Cream (Wassau), Red & Black (Recollections)
Papers: My Stash
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolor and Koh-I-Noor) with OMS (Taltine)
Tools & Embellishments: Chalk (Craf-T-Products), Yellow & Orange Stickles (Ranger), Ribbon (Michaels), Card Candy (Craftwork Cards)

Fisherman

Today our challenge at Delightful Challenges is the opposite of the one for last week.  Now we want you to use two (2) designer papers and three (3) embellishments to create a card using a Great Outdoors theme. I love to embellish so even three embellishments is hard for me but I managed.  My little charm is actually some clipart from Microsoft that I printed three times on card stock, cut out and glued together with two facing one way and the other one facing the opposite way so if it flips around, there is still a fish.

I created the sentiment on the computer but the text for it came from a cross stitch pattern that I made for my late Father-in-Law almost 35 years ago.  The picture hung in his rec room until just recently when the house was sold so he obviously liked it despite the sarcastic words.

I am going to enter this card in the following challenges;

Cowgirl's Sunday Challenge - Anything Goes
Mami Doodles  - Anything Goes

SSDS - Digital
Crafty Catz  - Summertime
Daring Cardmakers - Layer it Up
Lily-Boo Too - Summer
Crafty Creations - Summer Lovin
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Summer Days

Image: Casey Goes Fishing (Digital Delights by Louby Loo)
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Card Stock: All (Recollections)
Papers: Stripe Paper (Sandylion Sticker Designs), Polka Dot (My Stash)
Colouring Medium: Pencil Crayons (Prismacolor) with OMS (Taltine), Chalk (Craf-T Products)
Tools & Embellishments: Card Candy (Craftwork Cards), Ink (Martha Stewart), Floss (My Stash), Charm (Clip Art), Shaplies (Penny Duncan Creations) cut with MTC software and Cricut, Circle Punches (EK Paper Shapers)

The Big Cheese

After I was the top pick last week, I was anxious to make a new card for the current challenge at Phindy's Place Challenge, which calls for a 3D project.  I have had this great little image for ages and decided that if I did my best cutting, I could use it for the challenge and pop it up on my card.  I am pleased with the cutting and even managed to get the fine fringed areas around his head to look shaggy.  The kraft card stock he is mounted on is also popped up.

I bought this image called I Wuv You from  Phindy's Place and coloured it with Prismacolor and Koh-I-Noor pencil crayons.  The papers are from a Provo Craft Scrap Pack, Sandylion Sticker Designs and Lasting Impressions.  The card stock is Recollections (Michaels).  The sentiments are computer generated.  Other supplies used:  Deckle Scissors (Fiskars), Buttons (Dollarama) and Hemp Cord (Michaels).

Summer Surfin

The challenge this week at Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges is to create a card with a summer theme.  I loved this surf board image from Daisy Doodles - as did other design team members so great minds do think alike :) - and decided to base my card on it.  I had fun coming up with embellishments and took inspiration from a number of the surfing photos I found online.  Since I believe most surfboards are heavily lacquered, I covered the surfboard with a layer of acetate after it was coloured.  Unfortunately the camera did not pick that up, but trust me it is very shiny.

Last week Daisy Doodles added some wonderful new members to the design team so please make sure you visit the challenge and check our their inspirational work and then submit your summer creation.  While a Daisy Doodles image is not required, there are lots of great summer images at the new Daisy Doodles store  that would be wonderful for your project, so hop on over and pick one up today.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations - One For The Boys
One Stop Craft Challenge - One For The Boys
Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenge - Something For A Male
Quirky Crafts - Summer
Stamp Something - Something Summer

This image from Daisy Doodles is called Surfboard and has been coloured with a combination of prismacolor and Koh-I-Noor pencil crayons.  The papers are Bubbles (Sandylion Sticker Designs) and sandpaper (Home Depot).  The card stock is Recollections (Michaels).  The sentiment is computer generated and created by me.  Other supplies used:  Beads (My stash), Sun Punch (Marvy Uchida), Flower Punch (EK Paper Shapers), Acetate (3M), Yellow Stickles (Ranger) and Shells (Michaels).

Father's Day at Daisy Doodles

Father's Day is fast approaching and Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges has challenged us all to make Father's Day cards.  Now that Daisy's new store is open, there are a number of new images available and this sailboat is part of the Summer Fun release and perfect for a card for a man, don't you think?

I am away this week moving my 88 year-old Mother-in-:Law into a senior's lodge.  This is going to be a really tough week for her and by extension, for us too but it is time and we will feel more comfortable about her safety.  She lives 2000 miles away, so we can't check on her daily as we would like to.  During this time I won't have a computer and therefore won't be able to approve your comments as you make them but I will be sure to do that when I return on June 12th so please feel free to leave them because I enjoy reading them very much. Besides, I know I will need some loving after the stress of this week.

The image has been coloured with Prismacolor pencil crayons.  The papers are from Sandylion Sticker Designs and my stash.  The card stock is also from my stash.  The sentiment was created by me on the computer.  Other supplies used:  Chalk (Mungyo), Card Candy (Craftworks Cards), Sun Punch (Marvy Uchida), Water Drops Texture Plate (Fiskars) and Yellow Stickles (Ranger).

Black and White for Isabella

The challenge this week at Isabella's Challenge is to make a card in black and white.  Only the Isabella image can be coloured.  This past Saturday was my Son-in-Law's 40th birthday so in honour of the occasion I made my card with him in mind.

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

Pixie Dust Studio  - Going round and round
Lucy's Cards - Digital
Charisma Cardz - Going round in circles
Just Us Girls - Dry embossing
Digi Doodle Shop  - Anything Goes

The image from Isabella's Sketchbook is called Birthday Party and has been coloured with a combination of Prismacolor and Koh-I-Noor pencils crayons.  The papers and card stock are Recollections (Michaels).  The sentiment is computer generated.  Other supplies used:  Ink (Martha Stewart), Texture Plate (Fiskars), Star Dust Stickles (Ranger), Ribbon (Michaels) and Card Candy (Craftwork Cards).

Funky Monkey

I have always found that making birthday cards for adult men can prove troublesome.  This card is one I am sending to an elderly friend in England who is always giving me a hard time (in a joking way) so I thought a cheeky card might be appropriate.

The imade is from  Dustin Pike  and I have coloured it with a combination of Prismacolour and Koh-In-Noor pencil crayons.  The paper is from a Provo Craft Scrap Pack but it had a red background that I felt was too strong and since I really wanted to use it, I scanned it and removed the background.  The cardstock is from my stash and the red piece was run through the Cuttlbug using the Swiss Dots embossing folder. The sentiment is computer generated and lifted from a sentiment I saw on a friend's blog.