FINALLY!!! 1st FREEBIE of 2019!

Hmmm...I haven't done a very good job so far of handing out holiday themed freebies yet this year already having missed Valentine's Day and Family Day. I tried sooooooo hard to get this one uploaded last night in honour of St. Patrick's Day before heading off the computer but alas it wasn't meant to be.

However, in my defence, I have been fighting two back to back viruses roughly the last five weeks which of course has put me behind in everything again. Just to let you know, I have actually started a love themed paper which I'll post as soon as it is done. Thankfully, love is in fashion all year around too. However, before I get any further behind it is time for a St. Patrick's Day themed paper…or well a belated St. Patrick's Day one.

Wether you are Irish or simply Irish at heart, here is a new St. Patrick's Day themed freebie for you. Thankfully, it also shares some spring colours so it can be useful for any number of springtime projects.

Hope you like it!

 

 

This digital paper is 3600 x 3600 pixels, in jpg format and published at 300 dpi. Credits include: Rhonda Tonkinson (Eyeinspire) and Elif Sahin, Pixel Scrapper. To grab it, click the download button to be taken to a download location. In the zip folder you will find a copy of the paper, its preview sheet, the credit information and my terms of use which are standard to all my folders.

Now it is time for me to get back to work on my newest Christmas mini kit for April's 12 Months of Christmas Link Up.

Hope you all have a great week ahead!

Until next time,

I'm Sponsoring...The Monday Greeting Card Challenge over at the Outlawz Challenge Blog

Time for another sponsorship and this one is once again over at the Outlawz Challenge Blog.   

While you do have to sign in over at Outlawz, it is free to be a member and there is a different challenge every day of the week to keep you busy.  Every Monday it is the Greeting Cards Challenge.  That is the one that I am sponsoring this week.  The rules of the challenge are that your project must have a greeting/sentiment on the outside and you must follow the theme--this week it is Spring Has Sprung.  The weekly winner is announced at the beginning of the following week and the prizes are awarded monthly.
 
While the team got to choose from any of my designs, I have decided that the winner can choose from ONE of the following kits:

• Flower Power;
• Beauty of Butterflies;
• Mommy Dearest; OR
• Tag Grab Bag 1:  Cotton Candy Collection.

If you'd like to check them out, you can find them on the upper portion of my Design Preview Page.

I hope that you'll consider playing along in their challenge.  To help provide some incentive, I am offering up one of the word art creations from my Flower Power kit...

To grab it, click the download button to be taken to a download location.  In the zip folder you will find a copy of the word art creation, its preview sheet, the credit information and my terms of use which are standard to all my folders. 

You can find out all the details you need to enter the challenge over at the Outlawz Challenge Blog.  To head there now, click HERE but don't forget you need sign in to play.  I hope to see some of you there!  

Until next time,

 

Card Design: Scribbles Designs Freebie Friday Inspiration + Challenge #39 Midway Reminder

Today I have a two in one post for you.  Not only is it Friday and time for some Freebie Friday inspiration over at the Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog, but today also marks the midway for our current challenge.  

First up here is a refresher on what our challenge is all about...

There are two whole weeks left for you to come on over and enter.   In case you've missed it, the theme this time around for Challenge #39, is A Song in My Heart!  Have you ever had a song stuck in your head? I certainly have. It happens all the time to me. In fact, the 'you've got to have heart' song from the January challenge is STILL rattling around in my poor brain. This challenge we have decided that we would like to see a project based on a song. Whether it is based on the title of the song or some of the lyrics, that is totally up to you. Show us the song in your heart and the melody of your soul! Don't forget to let us know the name of the song that inspired you somewhere in your post. We look forward to singing along with you and getting more songs stuck in our heads. 

Entering is super simple!  You do not need to use a Scribbles Designs image; however, if you do, your name gets entered into the draw twice.  You can purchase your Scribbles Designs images HERE or you can also find one for a limited time on the challenge blog HERE.  Also, be sure to check out our special Freebie Friday posts as it is another great way to build your Scribbles Designs collection.  You can find the rest of the rules and information regarding winners in the sidebar on the challenge blog.  You have until 9pm PST on April 14th to come over and play with us.

Now talking about Freebie Friday posts...

This time around we're offering up a cute little butterfly (#F1112)--perfect to help start getting us in the mindset of spring for those of us on the northern side of the equator!  You can find the freebie over in my Freebie Friday post by clicking HERE or this image can also be found in the store HERE.  

General Info:

• So, since I'm making this work for our current challenge, the song that inspired me is Bob Lind's Elusive Butterfly.  If you'd like to check out the lyrics, you can click HERE.
• This card has been created 100% digitally and then layered in a poster mockup (courtesy of Design Bolts).  I will print it out and assemble it a later date.

FRONT

Digital Image Details:

• #F1112 Butterfly 2:   A cute image perfect to help usher in spring or use for another purpose. If you click on the name you can find this image in the store.  You can also click HERE to find it in my Freebie Friday post.
• This image was coloured digitally and altered with a layer style (details below).

Digital Embellishment Details: 

• I have used a combination of basic shapes and an edge template to create the border on the bottom.  The edge template was purchased from Marisa Lerin, Pixel Scrapper.
• I have used a pearl accent element from Elif Sahin, also with Pixel Scrapper.   Additionally, I have used a layer style on the border and also the image, from Elif as well.

INSIDE

 Digital Sentiment Details:

• This sweet sentiment was created by Paulette from Create with TLC.  For great freebies and inspiration be sure to click HERE to go to Paulette's blog and for awesome sets for purchase, click HERE to go to the home page of the store.

OVERALL
 Digital Embellishments: 

• I have used basic shapes in Photoshop Elements to create matting in behind the sentiment. 
• I have applied shadow layer styles to give certain elements some depth.  These styles were designed by Sheila Reid, Pixel Scrapper.

 Digital Paper Products:  

• I used a digi paper also from Create with TLC.

Challenges I am hoping to enter...

• http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes 
• ttp://ttcrd.blogspot.ca/ (2E) -- Always Anything Goes
• http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ -- Anything Goes
• http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes
• http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/  -- Always Anything Goes

So if you'd like to join our challenge, put on those thinking caps and design a project that fits our theme. If you need some images to help you out you can check out all wonderful ones that are in the Scribbles store. Don't forget, there are still two weeks left to enter the Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog, so I hope to see you there. If you have some time I invite you to go and check out the wonderful inspiration offered up from my colleagues on the DT. We always look forward to seeing what you come up with for each month's theme!

Also, don't forget to mark you calendars every Friday to head on over to the Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog to grab the latest freebie up for grabs.  Don't forget, you can find the Butterfly from April 1st's post HERE.  It is a great way to add to your SD digi stamp collection.  Remember, when you use an SD image on a project that you enter into our monthly challenges, you get extra entries!  That is a great incentive to use one of Sandy's images.  Why not this one?

Well that is it for this post.  Time to get more items checked off my 'to do' list.

Until next time,

Card Design: Pattie's Creations Challenge #121... Easter or Springtime ONLY

Hey folks!  I'm here today to announce the next challenge over at Pattie's Creations Design Challenge.  This time around for Challenge #121, the theme is Easter or Springtime ONLY!  Unfortunately it doesn't feel very much like Spring around here--we had another whack of snow dumped on us last weekend and the temps have been rather chilly still!  However, I do believe that I see some buds on the trees so maybe there is a spark of hope that April will bring with it some spring like weather!  As such, I've decided to create a spring themed birthday card for my project this month.  Even though the ground is still covered in snow, I know that we'll be seeing some flowers in the coming months.  For now I'll have to settle for the digital kind!

Here is my card, I hope that I haven't forgotten any important details:

FRONT

Digital Image Details: 

• Bloomin' Bucket:  I've wanted to use this basket of daisies for a while now and this card was the perfect opportunity to do so.  You can find the image in Pattie's Etsy shop by clicking on the name or watermark linked below.
• This image has been coloured with a combination of hand colouring, digital colouring and the use of patterns.
• Credit for metal pattern:  Pickled-Jester-Inc (Deviant Art)

INSIDE

Digital Image Details: 

• Three Daisies:  This trio of daisies was the perfect lead in for my sentiment. This image can also be found in Pattie's Etsy shop by clicking on the name or watermark linked below.
• The image was coloured with Copic markers.

OVERALL
Digital Sentiment Details: 

• Both of the sentiments used were created by Paulette from Create with TLC.  For great freebies and inspiration be sure to click HERE to go to Paulette's blog and for awesome sets for purchase, click HERE to go to the home page of the store.

Digital Embellishments: 

• The circle shape used for matting in behind the image and sentiment was created from a template purchased from Marisa Lerin, Pixel Scrapper.
• The shadows to give each element some depth were created with a layer style, from Sheila Reid also with Pixel Scrapper. 

Paper Products:

• Card, image & sentiment bases:  Michael's Recollection's Cardstock, white.

Digital Paper Products: 

• The paper used as a base on the front and inside is from my Mommy Dearest:  Patterned Papers Kit.

Challenges I am hoping to enter...

• http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ (5E)-- Anything Goes
• http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ -- Anything Goes
• http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com.au (3E) *handmade* -- Anything Goes
• http://stampartpapel.com/category/comunidad/ -- Anything Goes
• http://cardz4galz.blogspot.ca/ -- Springtime
• http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.ca/ -- Birthday Sentiment or #6
• http://www.trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.ca/ -- Create Your Own Background Paper (the daisy paper used as my background is one that I created myself and can be found in my Mommy Dearest set, preview above)
• http://www.drsdesignsblog.blogspot.ca/ -- Spring Fling

You have until May 5th to enter our challenge which should give you lots of time to get a creation done.  Remember the theme is Easter or Springtime ONLY!  I really hope that you will be able to join us. Don't forget that along with all the typical rules that apply to the majority of challenges out there (please click HERE to become familiar with all the rules), you MUST USE A DIGITAL OR STAMPED IMAGE to qualify for the drawing (unless stated otherwise). We would absolutely love to see you use a Pattie's Creations (PC) image on your card, but you are allowed to use other images. If you do use a PC image, you will gain an extra entry in the draw and will have a better chance to WIN! You can enter twice per challenge and of course MUST follow all the challenge requirements that are posted for each challenge. Easy Peasy right!

Pop over to the challenge blog and check out what my fabulous teammates have offered up for inspiration.  Oh and don't forget...Pattie offers up a new freebie the first Friday of the month and it will remain up for approximately two weeks; so, be sure to pop over and check it out as well!

Until next time,

Blog Hop: Spring Gardening Hop with TLC Creations

If you live in the northern hemisphere, this weekend officially marks the start of spring!  So, it is fitting that we have a Spring Garden themed blog hop!

You should have arrived here from the talented Karen's blog.  If you are just starting, you can find a full list of all the hop stops at the bottom of this post.

For my card, I got to use the cool seed packet image you see below.  Paulette is generously offering up the image as a freebie to everyone who participates in the hop and stops by my blog; so, be sure to head on over to her BLOG and leave her some love if you grab it!

To save image, left click to bring it up in the lightbox in its full size and then right click and scroll down to 'save image as'.

Time to check out the card I created...

General Information: 

• This card was created 100% digitally and then layered in a poster mockup designed by Design Bolts. 

FRONT

Digital Image Details:

• Musk Melon Seed Pack Vintage:  As mentioned previously, the image used on the front is the freebie that Paulette is allowing me to offer up on my blog.  You can grab it above. 
• I have coloured parts of it digitally. 

Digital Sentiment Details:

• The "G is for Garden" sentiment was a freebie I picked up awhile back and was also created by Paulette.  For more wonderful freebies, click HERE to head to Paulette's blog.  Click HERE to go to the home page of the store.

Digital Embellishments: 

• The circle and pennant shapes are tag shapes and were created from templates purchased from Marisa Lerin, Pixel Scrapper.

INSIDE

Digital Image Details:

• #614 Garden Spade:  This cute spade is from Scribbles Designs.  Click on the name or watermark to find it in the store.  You can also purchase it as part of this set HERE.
  

Digital Sentiment Details:

• Another freebie created by Paulette.

OVERALL 
Digital Embellishments: 

• The shape used for matting in behind the sentiment on the inside is a simple shape created in Photoshop Elements.
• The shadows to give each element some depth were created with a layer style, from Sheila Reid, also with Pixel Scrapper.

 
Digital Paper Products:

• I used all the papers from my Simply Spring mini kit.

  
Challenges I am hoping to enter...

***Please note that if the word verification appears, ignore it and simply click the 'publish' button** 

• http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ (5E)-- Anything Goes
• http://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ (3E)-- Anything Goes
• http://inspirationdestinationchallengeblog.blogspot.ca/ -- Always Anything Goes
• Avenue 613 -- Anything Goes with optional twist
• http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ -- Wonderful Wednesdays:  Anything Goes
• http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/ -- Anything Goes 
• http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ (3E) -- Always Anything Goes

Next stop on the route is Lisa Lynn. Click HERE to head there now!

If you missed any of the stops along the way, here is the complete list.  You are definitely going to want to check out what all my fellow team members have in store for you! 

Deanne     

Desire     

Hetty       

Ileana      

Karen       

Lisa D. <-------- That's ME     

Lisa Lynn   

Lynne       

Rhonda Sue 

TlcCreations   

Well that is it for this one.  I'll see you again soon!

Until next time,