Anything But A Card

ANYTHING BUT A CARD!  That's the new challenge at Craft Us Crazy.  Our sponsor is SK Digis.  Check the blog for all the details on the prize.

I had a request for a zebra themed treat box from a grandma with a little girl coming to visit.  Apparently, she LOVES zebras!   I came across this cute digi zebra at SK Digis.  Couldn't be any  more perfect than that!

Did you catch a glimpse of the Little Debbie Zebra Cake inside?  Here's a side shot.

Hope you link up your "Anything But A Card" project at Craft Us Crazy!

Anything Goes at Craft Us Crazy

Anything Goes!   So join us at Craft Us Crazy for the new challenge.  You have two weeks to link up.   The sponsor for this challenge is Saturated Canary.  Check the blog for all the prize details.  

This little paper doll dress is from Vintage Remix .  And the stamps are from Paper Sweeties.

Hope to see you at Craft Us Crazy!

Your Favorite Whatever for Craft Us Crazy

Your Favorite Whatever!  Love that as a challenge.  Makes it easy and fun to participate.  Our sponsor for this challenge is Iva Nova Chest.  

Get all the details for the prize at Craft Us Crazy.  

I created a banner with a few of my favorite "whatevers".   Pretty vintage images, buttons, seam binding ribbon,pearls, hearts...   The pretty banner is a digital file from Moonlighting by Mary.

Join us at Craft Us Crazy and link up your project showing your favorite whatever!  Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentines at Craft Us Crazy

Craft Us Crazy has a new challenge!  It's Valentines/Love and/or Red.  I"m sure a lot of us are creating Valentine goodies right now.  The sponsor for this two week challenge is Digi Ditto.

Be sure to check Craft Us Crazy for prize details.

I've used a fancy little French couple along with some pretty papers from J.Leeloo - a shop on Etsy.  The heart doily at the top is from the Silhouette store.  Are you working on Valentine goodies?  Link them up at Craft us Crazy! 

Inspiration Photo at Craft Us Crazy

We've got an inspiration photo at Craft Us Crazy.   A new challenge starts today and you can either use the inspiration photo or link up with Something New.  Here's the inspiration photo:

I think it's pretty easy to come with something from it.  I love the little tomato pincushion, so I went with that.  Our sponsor this week is Ginger Blossom Designs.  The prize is a totebag made from the fabric in the inspiration photo - that's pretty cool!  

I've been wanting to make an embroidery hoop decoration, so this seemed like the perfect time.  This little cutie is from the Crafty Characters set from Wild Olive.  I tea dyed some muslin fabric and then traced the pincushion with a fading pencil at one of the windows in our french doors.  

When I finished up the embroidery, I used distress inks (red and green) to add some color.  I decided I wanted it to hang, so I added a ribbon at the top.  

The embroidery floss card attached at the bottom is a stamp and die from Papertrey Ink.  This just makes me happy to look at it!

Come join us at Craft Us Crazy.  I'd love to see your creation linked there.  Thank you for stopping by!

It's Christmas Time at Craft Us Crazy

New challenge time at Craft Us Crazy:  Christmas/New Year/Altered 3D.  That's quite a few to choose from, so come link up!

I just love this sweet image - I showcased it with papers from October Afternoon.  The bow is natural hemp that I swiped with distress ink. 
 
 I just turned on the Christmas tree lights.  They look so pretty twinkling - Now I need to get some packages wrapped, so there will be something under the tree!

Come join us at Craft Us Crazy - the DT projects will be posted tomorrow.  Thank you for stopping by!

New Challenge at Craft Us Crazy

Time for a new challenge at Craft Us Crazy:  Christmas/Winter/Favorite Embellishment.  Our sponsor is Stamp Fairy.  Click below to go to the store.

Meet George and his friend, an image from Stamp Fairy. 

He's a sweet little snowpeople, isn't he?  Come join us at Craft us Crazy - I'll be looking for you!

Thankful at Craft Us Crazy

Hi!  Hope (if you're in the USA) that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Ours was lovely.  Wonderful family and food - love that pecan pie!

It's time for a new challenge at Craft Us Crazy.  Due to Thanksgiving, we are posting a couple of days late.  The challenge theme for the next two weeks is Give Thanks/Thank You or Inspire Us.
The sponsor is The Cutting Cafe, which is a wonderful place to find all kinds of digital cut files and stamps.  My most current project for The Cutting Cafe can be found here.

I went with the Thankful theme and used this darling vintage image of two stuffed pilgrims.  Be sure to visit the Craft Us Crazy blog for all the details on the prize and for the other DT inspiration. 

Visions of Sugarplums begins December 3rd.  You can read a little bit about it in the above post.  Hope you join us for that.  Thank you for stopping by!

Favorite Colors at Craft Us Crazy

New challenge time at Craft Us Crazy:  Holiday and/or Favorite Colors.  That ought to make it easy to link up - any holiday or favorite colors!  We've got two sponsors for this challenge:

 

Saturated Canary

Prize is two digital images of choice

 

Outlaw Women Scrapbook Emporium

Prize is a $10.00 gift certificate

 

 

 

The image on this card is MadHatress from Saturated Canary.  I tried to photograph this card several different ways - its a trifold and pretty tall.  Made it a little difficult!

 

 

 

This image is just darling - so fun to color.  Speaking of color, this combination of red and blue/green seems to be a favorite of mine. 

 

Come link up at Craft us Crazy - I'd love to see your project!

Use Black! at Craft Us Crazy

Hi, everybody!  New challenge time at Craft Us Crazy:  Use black and/or party theme.  I went with black, although this could be for a Halloween party, too.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Kimberly Greenlee of Stampin' Up.  The prize is the following:

Party This Way Bundle

Party This Way Clear Stamp Set (Retired)

Petite Banners Builder Punch

 

I went crazy with the black glitter on this!  Love the black cat and pumpkins (svg from SVG Cuts.com)  Come join us for the new challenge at Craft Us Crazy - and check out the inspiration while you're there. 



Mimi for Craft Us Crazy

Mimi is a cutie!  She is just one of the stamps available at The Stamp Fairy which is the sponsor for the new challenge at Craft Us Crazy!

To make it really easy the new challenge is Children and/or Fall.  I hope to see one of your creations linked up!

The prize from The Stamp Fairy is a $10.00 certificate to the store. 

Mimi is so sweet holding her teddy.  Lauren's favorite stuffed animal when she was little was a sea otter named Sally.  Sally has a place of honor on Lauren's bed to this day.  She is well-loved.

Hope you'll stop by Craft us Crazy and link up your project! 

Halloween for Craft Us Crazy and TCC

Craft Us Crazy is back!   The challenge for the next two weeks is Halloween or Anything Goes.  That makes it really easy - so link up those projects!

We are being sponsored by one of my favorites:  The Cutting Cafe.   Regina is giving away three sets of choice to the winner!  Since I'm a designer for both, I've combined my project for this week. 

Chevron is everywhere!  Have you seen those cute little chevron bags for sale?  Well, you can now make your own (for a lot less).  I printed the orange chevron from the Fall Chevron Set onto copy paper, folded it up, zig zagged the sides and pinked the top.  It feels just like the bags I've bought!  The bat is from Halloween Time and the spider is from Halloween Trio.

Inside is one of the cute Halloween Bingo cards with a yummy pumpkin lollipop and a tag from Halloween This and That. 

Be sure to go to both Craft Us Crazy and The Cutting Cafe Blog to see fun chevron and Halloween projects.  And they've both got giveaways, too!

Mother's Day at Craft Us Crazy

Can you believe two weeks has gone by and it's already time for a new challenge at Craft Us Crazy?  For the next two weeks the theme is Mother's Day and/or Flowers. 

The sponsor for this theme is Limited Runs Digital Stamps.   Be sure to check out the Craft Us Crazy blog for all the details on the prize.   

I covered both parts of the theme with my card.   My photos are a little wonky:  it was gloomy and I couldn't get the lighting just right...aggravating!!!   I sewed together two seed packets (the seed packet images are from magic pug) as the background.  Love these seed packets - there are quite a few in the set.  They come flat and you can fold them up for actual seed packets or pockets. 

Be sure to visit Craft Us Crazy to see the other DT projects and to join in the fun!

Easter Basket for Craft Us Crazy

Sweet bunnies (or bears dressed as bunnies), eggs, baskets...love them all!  So, of course, I did an Easter basket for the new Craft Us Crazy challenge:  Altered Item or Anything But A Card. 

The sponsor for this challenge is Meljen's Designs.  Be sure to check the Craft Us Crazy blog for the prize details. 

The cute basket template is from Creations by AR.  The cute little bunny-suited bear is from the Spring Bunnies collection by SVGCuts.com. 

The eggs were fun to make - spray painted a primer on them first and them sprayed Vanilla on some and Catalina Mist on the others, then used a toothbrush to flick brown paint.  Surprisingly, they turned out really pretty!  And they can be filled with goodies, too...

The current challenge will run for two weeks with a prize up for grabs from Meljen Designs, so be sure to head over to the Craft Us Crazy blog.  You can also see the wonderful inspiration from the other DT members.   Can't believe Easter is just around the corner...

Color Challenge at Craft Us Crazy

Craft Us Crazy has a new challenge and is it loaded with COLOR!   Here's the inspiration picture for the next two weeks:

Lots of pretty colors, stripes and fun flower to inspire.  Our sponsor for this challenge is  Robyn's Fetish.

For prize info check Craft Us Crazy for the details.

She's a cutie, isn't she?  Can you imagine that darling dress and high heels to do LAUNDRY? I think you can see the influence of the inspiration picture.  And I'd rather be doing almost anything other than housework - laundry included! 

Be sure to go by Craft Us Crazy to see the other DT's take on the color inspiration picture. 

Favorite Color/Embellishment at Craft Us Crazy

It's new challenge time at Craft Us Crazy - how about favorite color and/or embellishment?  That's almost as easy as Anything Goes!  I say that, but I have to confess I sat there for awhile thinking:  "Do I have a favorite color or embellishment?"  How can I not?  I've always had problems with the favorite color question.  But, I can say I do love a really pretty blue/green combination - maybe teal or aqua.  LOVE the color of this butterfly - so that's what I'm going with.  Not sure I can even deal with the favorite embellishment thing! 

For this challenge, the sponsor is Digital Delights.

The prize is a $5.00 gift voucher. 

One of my longtime customers asked for a gift box and a couple of things to go inside along with some butterfly earrings she bought for a friend.

  I used the Wonderfully Wrapped template from My Time Made Easy. 

I also made a set of simple butterfly tags using the same butterfly from the front of the box.

And a soldered butterfly charm.   

How about you?  Do you have a favorite color or do you have trouble with that question, too?  Be sure to go by Craft Us Crazy to check out the other DT inspiration and join in the challenge, too!