Crafty Creations Challenge #338

Hi Everyone

Thanks for stopping in today. Crafty Creations has a new challenge that has started. The theme is always - Anything Goes so that leaves that creative door wide open!

The sponsor is Bugaboo 

Love their images!!!

Prize - 4 images of your choice

Challenge ends - Tues Apr. 11 @ 8 p.m. EDT

I have 2 cards to share with you today

First up is an Easter card

Since Easter is coming up real soon, I decided to use an Easter Bunny image.

Here is the card I made

Isn't this bunny a cutie!!!

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Digital Image - Bugaboo - Bunny Chic Topper;  Hero Arts - Celebrations (old) Paper/Card Stock: Green CS, Glitter Paper, White CS, DP Ink: Memento - Northern Pine Dies Used: Elizabeth Crafts Designs - Outdoor Edges Accessories: Spectrum Noir - various colors, Glitter, dimensional foam, Punches - MS 3 in 1 Clasic Butterfly: McGill Jumbo Punch Daisy

I am submitting this card in the following challenges:

• Artistic Inspirations - Always Anything Goes (#108)
• Color Inspiration Monday - Always Anything Goes with hand-colored image (#5)
• Crafting from the Heart -  Always Anything Goes (#65)
• Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges -  Always Anything Goes (#22)
• Addicted to Stamps  - Easter (W2 of 2) (#51)
• The Corrosive Challenges -  #3 Anything Goes (#159)

Card #2

Another digital image from Bugaboo.
Oh what a darling unicorn
When I  think of unicorns I always seem to get a smile on my face.
Also unicorns remind me of birthday parties
I also think of rainbows.
Not sure why, but I do
I must have an over active imagine. (LOL)

Here is a closer view of the glittery rainbow I added to the upper right corner.

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Digital Image - Bugaboo - Bugunibeyou Paper/Card Stock: Purple CS, White CS, DP, Gelli Paper I designed using Gelli Plate (Yellowish paper) Dies Used: Spellbinders - Postage Squares  Accessories: Spectrum Noir - various colors, Glitter, Gelli Plate - ( used to make my own design on paper - its located underneath the stamp die cut shape) acrylic paint, Googlie Eyes, Quickie Glue Pen

I am submitting this card in the following challenges:

• Colouring in Scrapland -  Fairy Tale Stories (#11)
• Colour Your World with Lacy Sunshine -  Always Anything Goes
• Dare 2B Artzy Challenges -  (March) Lots of Layers (#63)

Thanks for stopping in today I will be back soon.

An Eastertime Hello

Hello everyone,

So glad you stopped by today.

I must be in the Easter mode because I have been working on Easter card projects this weekend.

Since its the 1st Tuesday of the month it's my turn to post at Craft-Dee BowZ. 

And I have a darling Easter card for you.

Just a reminder:

Craft-Dee BowZ has a monthly challenge and we'd love to have you join in the fun. 

The February sponsor is 

A Day For Daisies

The prize for the February top winner will be

a $12 gift card to shop at A Day For Daisies

(that's equal to 3 images of choice). 

The February challenge will close on Feb. 28 at 8:00 est

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT :

Stamps:  North Coast Creations - Easter Bonnet Chick Paper/Card Stock: White CS, Yellow CS, DP Ink: India Ink - Black Dies Used: Gina Marie Stitched Ovals Accessories: Ribbons, Spectrum Noir, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam, Ribbon Roses

I am submitting my card in the following challenges:

• Angie's Digital Stamps - M, 1st Sunday, 3E, Winner and Top Picks - February - Anything Goes with optional twist Anything Goes!  
• Fashionable Stamping -  #119 Winter or Spring (#47)
• Stamping Sensations - February - Animal Magic (#41)
• The Ribbon Girls - Anything Goes  (W1 of 2) (#47)
• A Bit More Time to Craft  Always Anything Goes (#103)
• A Perfect Time To Chraft - Always Anything Goes (#54)
• Aussie Digital Artists Open Challenge - Always Anything Goes (#21)
• Crafts and Me  February - Anything Goes (#21)
• Crafts Galore Encore  February - Anything Goes (#68)
• Crafty Awesomeness  February - Anything Goes (#13?)
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper  Anything Goes with Patterned Paper (#97)
• Petal Lu  #31 - Anything Goes  (#36)
• World Wide Open Design Team Challenge  Always Anything Goes  (#122)

Thanks for stoping by and I will be back soon.

Happy Easter

Hi Everyone,
Just posting this to wish you a Happy Easter.

Stop back tomorrow, I will have the 1st of my 3 cards from my Card Shop Class this month.

Have a great day

Happy Easter Card

Hi Everyone, Thanks for stopping in today!!!

Spring has arrived, and I think it's about time.However we are expecting more snow here tonight/ tomorrow in the Cincinnati region with 60's a few days later. April will bring some of those warmer and sunny days, I hope.

Let me share with you cards from my March card class over the next few days.  The class contained 3 cards, 2 Easter and one semi clean and simple.

Here is the 1st Easter card.

That grass turned out kind of crummy so at the class I suggested the ladies trim the green piece in a wavy scallop cut and then use the fringe scissors. That turned out much better. The ladies said on my card, the grass had just been mowed. LOL

I will be back in a few days with the other Easter card. It is so cute, hope you like it..

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Northwoods Rubber Stamps - O9006 Chicks and Tulips Happy Easter Paper/Card Stock: White CS, Yellow CS, Purple CS, Pale Green CS, DP Ink: Black Dye Ink Dies Used: My Favorite Things Die-Namics Blue Prints 4 Accessories: MS Fringe scissors, MS Purple Glitter, Glue Pen, Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

I am submitting this card in the following challenges:

• Come and Get It Challenges -  Easter/Spring. (#35)
  
• Scribble and Scrap - #14  Always Anything Goes. (#16)
• That Craft Place -  Flowers and/or Mother's Day.(#132)
• Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes  (#62)
• Creatalicious Challenges -#61 Easter Wonderland(#18)
• Fairies Challenge Blog- #22 Easter (#25)
• Just B Creative Crazy - Linky Party Anything goes (#317)
• Just For Fun - Anything Goes (#231)
•  Ladybug Crafts - Spring is here (#144)
• LEJ Designs Challenge - Favorite Die Cuts (#80)
• Live & Love Crafts Challenge -   Earthy Easter (#33)
• Treasured Times Rubber Stamps & Scrapbooking - Anything goes with Layering (#53)
• The East Wind Challenge -  Spring (#52)

Have a great week and I will be back soon

Easter Blessings

Hi everyone,
So glad you stopped in today. I am back with my post for Craft-Dee BowZ for March. This month the theme for the design team is Easter.  I want to share with you an Easter card I made and the bow I added was made using my trusty Craft-Dee BowZ tool.

The background image is actually a pre-printed card about the size of a post card and it's from a set called Paintables. They come in a set of 16. I used a metallic paint set to color the image and decided to use a soft metallic green that compliments that bow color. I also used a soft bronze and a soft blue, again all the colors are soft metallics and look great with the metallic CS I used for the card base.

Here is a closer view of part of the printed card, painted.

Isn't this butterfly awesome. It too is from Prima. They have some of the prettiest embellishments. 

Let's take a closer look at my bow. I made a double loop bow. This ribbon has wired edges and that's really my favorite type.  I love the mint green ombre color on this ribbon, hope you do too.

My Craft-Dee BowZ tool is my go to tool for all my bows. Easy to use and stores easy and always at my finger tips. The best thing is the fact the that it lets you make different sizes and types of bows.

One last comment about this card - That filmy looking purple piece peeking out around some of the edges, is a used dryer sheet sprayed with Dylusions Ink Spray. I love the filmy, dreamy look it adds to your project. Save those sheets and use your sprays to color them. I pulled mine to stretch it out somewhat.

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  JustRite - Easter Blessings Paper/Card Stock: Metallic CS  Pale Green, Bronze Ink: VersaMark Accessories: Ribbon, Metallic Watercolors, Pearls Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam, used dryer sheet, Dylusions Ink Spray, Prima-Butterfly and Preprinted Card,  White Embossing Powder

I am submitting this card in the following challenges:

• Challenges 4 Everybody - (1st Week) Challenge #39 Anything Goes. (ends April 4th)  (#110)
• One Stitch At A Time -  #202 Anything Goes (#46)
• Robyn`s Fetish # 201- Anything Goes (#57)
• Scribble and Scrap -  #12 (1st Week) Always Anything Goes.(#36)
• That Craft Place -  Anything Goes (#85)
• Catch The Bug -  Anything Goes (#86)
• Crazy 4 Challenges -   Color* (#14)
• Di's Digis Designs -Make it Green (#25)
• Hiding in my Craft Room -  #139  Spring Colors  (#56)
• Inkspirational - #51 Color* (#9)
• Open-Minded Challenges -  #5  Use Something Green(#56)
• The Doodle Garden - Anything Goes (#67)

Thanks for stopping in today, have a great week.

My Favorite Technique Blog Hop

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to the Sparkle N Sprinkle Favorite Techniques Blog Hop.

If you have arrived here from Cammy's blog then you are in the correct spot.If you haven't and you want to be eligible for prizes, then please start at the beginning at the Sparkle N Sprinkle blog to be eligible for some fabulous prizes.

This month our blog hop theme is my favorite technique. Boy, I had a hard time deciding what to show because there are so many techniques that I love to use. Since I my card was going to use an Easter theme that made my choice easy.

I decided to use one of my all time favorite techniques, making your own glitter paper. Here is why I love this technique: It's easy to make, I can use whatever color card stock I choose, I can match the color to my project,......oh and did I say it's an easy technique.

Let me show you how easy this technique really is. First gather up a few needed items

I cut my card stock into egg shapes first, but you can do this after the glitter paper is made if you prefer.

You will need a heat tool, I used a clip to hold the egg shapes as I heat set the powder, VersaMark, Shimmer Embossing Powder - EP 137, and a coffee filter to catch the excess EP.

 Cover your card stock with VersaMark then cover with the Shimmer EP.

 Heat set.

Here are the eggs with one layer of Shimmer EP applied.

 I applied a 2nd layer to add even more glitter to these eggs.

Here is the card that I designed using those glittery eggs I made using this technique.
Click here for directions to make this card.

List of products used:

Shimmer EP - EP137

VersaMark -712353310018 

Sentiment - Set 426 Easter Chicks

Bunny - Set  488 Bunnies and Bows

1/4" Tearific Tape - SAT01 

Mini 8 Punch 

Spellbinders Nested Egg Die S4-264

Designer paper (for the grass)

Fringe Scissors (for the grass)

Well I hope you give this technique a try, I really think you will like it, too. It is fast, easy and really the results are quite pretty. 

Just a reminder to leave a comment to be eligible for the fabulous prizes that are to be awarded.  There are prizes "hidden" in some of the blogs, so the comment you leave just may be one of the winners.

Next on the blog hop agenda is the wonderfully creative Karin Martin, So hop on over to her blog to check out her awesome technique.

Here is the list of designers in case you get lost.

** Marie Berquist  ** Dawn Bennett ** Cammy Vietzke ** Barbara Bruder (that's me) **

** Karin Martin ** Jackie Smith  ** Julie Zippel ** Shanna Shands ** 

** April Williams  ** Brigita Skopas  ** Shona Erlenborn ** Anne Temple **

**Karalee Ingram  ** Brenda Smalle **  

Thanks for stopping in today so I could share this easy and fun technique with you.

Easter message

Welcome to Wednesday!!!

Do you believe it, this month is almost over and we are less than two weeks away from Easter!! I am so amazed at how fast time is going. Speaking of Easter, I have another Easter card for you. I love Easter lilies and I decided that I had to use this stamp for this Easter card, although I could use it after Easter as well.

OK check out that trellis looking light pink accent behind the lily, I made it using a Martha Stewart border punch. Yep I did and coming soon will be a pictorial how to. That darker pink panel was made using a Spellbinder M-bossibilities folder. That was one of the goodies that I won from Spellbinders back in January. I have to tell you that those folders are AWESOME.What a great idea, embossing designs on both sides of the folder. duh!!

Supplies used:
Art Impressions Stamps - Easter Lilies  L4022, Easter Message  F1420
Spellbinders Die - Crown Ovals S4-303
Spellbinders M-bossibilities folder - Nobility ES-002
Ink- India Ink Black, Fresco Florentine Rose
Copic Markers- BV00, Y17, G21
Paper/Cardstock - Green cs, designer papers
Pearls

Thanks for stopping in today. I will be back tomorrow with my design based on the Art Impressions Weekly Challenge. Hope to see you then.

Easter

Hi Everyone,
Happy Monday. It's the start of a new week and I am popping in to show a quick card. A clean and simple one.

Supplies used:
Art Impressions Easter Script - P3095
Ribbon
Spellbinder Dies - Scalloped Edge Frame S5-011, Labels Fourteen S4-290
Gold Embossing Powder
2 Embossing Folders
Gold Leaf Pen

Hope you have a great week. Thanks for stopping in today.

The Wonder of the Season

Hi Everyone,
I am back with another card today using Art Impressions stamps. Today's card uses layers which add so much additional design to your stamped image, they really make the image pop. I think they give the design more importance. 


Since Valentines day is over it's time to check out the Easter images. So, I pulled this great image out and decided what layers would look good with it.This stamp is in the Windows to the World section. You may want to check this section out, there are quite a few images that will be perfect for almost any occasion.

Supplies used
Art Impressions Stamp - Easter Egg Nest- M3313
Punch - Martha Stewart Punch around the Page - Double Arches
Spellbinders Dies - Labels Fifteen S4-291, Lace Doily Motifs S5-063,
Paper/Card stock - White CS, Designer Paper, Pink Shimmer CS
Ribbon
Copic Markers- R81, R00, G00, B000, Y11, E71, C-2G21, G94, YG03, YG41,
Ink- India Ink Black

Thanks for stopping in, I will see you soon

It's Easter Bunny time again

I am sorry for being missing in action for so long. My computer had a stroke (you know, a brain seizure of sorts) and I had to take it to the PC hospital. Well, good news, I didn't have to get a brain transplant or a new PC, so the problems were corrected and I am back on board.

Tonight I put together a cute little tag with the sweetest Easter Bunny stamps from Sparkle N Sprinkle.They are in set 214, Star Bunnies. I used the new tinsel glitter also from Sparkle N sprinkle. It makes great grass doesn't it??

This will make a great tag for that Easter gift you are giving this Sunday.

Oh by the way, Margaret at Sparkle N Sprinkle, has an Easter special going on right now, thru midnight Sunday, 40% off. Here are the details:

Pick any one item including any stamp or stamp set or glues .. OR .. Pick any two items of all embossing powders, glitters and flocking, including Sparkle N Soft. Put your choice in the Comment Section of the order by listing the item name and number from the order. The purchase will be adjusted to reflect the discount when they process your credit card.

Excludes Spellbinder, Copic, kits, clubs, inks, markers, papers, gift certificates and accessories.

Hippity Hoppity Easter's on its way, so hop on in to Sparkle N Sprinkle and pick up some sparkly Easter savings.

When I photographed the tag above, I used a black background to see how the photos look with a light absorbing color instead of white which is light reflecting. I kind of like this look. Let me know what you think, leave me a comment, please.

I have a project that I need to finish for my post Sunday at Just Imagine/Kreations. So if you have time before Easter dinner, hop over to their blog to check out my latest Sunday Inspirations.

Well thanks for stopping by and I will see you soon,

Snow and Easter

Well it snowed for most of the day Thursday and now the weatherman is forecasting more snow to come next week. The Farmer's Almanac predicted a snowstorm between Jan. 15-21 . They hit that on the nose, and here is what the Almanac is saying, Jan. 22-25 snow squalls and bitter cold and Jan. 26-31 snow showers and cold. The weatherman is saying, Arctic cold temps.with single digits for last nite and tonight. And yep he was right  about last nite, and so was the the Almanac. Wind chill below zero and more snow to come. We got 4.9"  of snow Thursday.

Well, as all that weather is going on, I've been making a few cards and even made one for Easter. Even though Easter is late this year I thought you'd like to see it and get into the Easter mode. Maybe this card will warm you up.(OK, OK, I am a couple of holidays ahead.)

Isn't that chick cute??? I even added a feather to his head to give him even more personality.Check out those eggs. They are glitter paper that I made myself. And it is so easy to do. You can make your own, get the color you want and save a whole lot of money, as glitter paper is about $3.00 per 12X12 sheet. And if you only need a small piece, you won't have to buy a big sheet just to get a little piece or not find the color you are in need of. If you want to learn how I make my glitter paper click here to see my tutorial.

That chick is in the new Easter set available at Sparkle N Sprinkle. He is in set #426. That set has a total of 10 stamps. To check out that set click here.

Well that's it for now, thanks for stopping by, see you soon and keep warm,