Different Seasons

Hello and thanks for stopping by this evening!  I have been messing around with some challenges today and here's what I came up with: 

First I have this wintery card that I made for fun.  I knew the challenge at Saturday Spotlight was snowflakes, so I used this image I got from a swap a while back.  I tried to color him with similar colors from the snowman paper.  The snowballs are embossed with white icicle glitter, and the snowflakes with white Ice Stickles.  The other challenges I incorporated were: Die Cuts R Us- Christmas/Holiday leftovers, Everybody Art Challenge-Snowflakes, Creative Belli-Glitter or rhinestones, Gingersnap-Embossing powder, Colour Create-Kraft, Blue and White, Three Clovers-Winter theme, Stampin' B's-Winter fun, and Stamp with Fun-Snowflakes.

Next, this card is one I whipped up because I have so many new Greeting Farm stamps, I want an excuse to ink them all!  This is Fairy Eva.  I love how cute she is!  I colored her with watercolor pencils and then with metallic gel glitter pens.  The wings and dress are 3D glitter paint.  I loosely followed the sketch at Crazy 4 Challenges...added a few things and made the center piece a little larger.  Stamp, Scrap and Doodle wanted to see "girly."  Fairies make that easy!  Some other challenges that fit are:  Creative Belli-glitter or rhinestones, Charisma Cardz-anything new (stamp), Papercutz-Summer or beach theme, Crafty Cardmakers-what's new and Cute Daisy May-flowers and ribbon.  Thank so much for stopping by!  See you soon!

Color Somethings!

It's Friday!  Woo hoo!!!  Hope you all had an excellent week!  Today at Stamp Something the challenge is a color challenge...Blue and white somethings!  The sponsor is Whimsy Stamps.  I used the Princess Emma from the Whimsy Kids collection.  I colored her with watercolor pencils, white gel pen, silver glitter gel pens, white Fun Flock and some 3D glitter paint.  I went with a sketch over at C.R.A.F.T.  I embellished with ribbon, embossing, lace, Primas and the Whimsy Sentiment.  Thanks for stopping by and run over to see the other wonderful creations by the Stamp Something team! 

Crafty Creations:  Textures (embossing, lace, fun flock, 3D glitter, charms, etc)
Three Clovers:  Winter theme
Cupcake Crafts:  Going Girly
Cute Daisy May:  Flowers and ribbon
C.R.A.F.T.:  Sketch

MyGrafico Sketch Challenge

Hello there!  Thanks for visiting me today!  I have a post I made for the sketch challenge over at MyGrafico today!  My second piece of work for the DT!  I'm enjoying the image choices we have to work with...lots of possibilities!  This week, we had this wonderful Star set by Black Leaf to choose from! So I went with some layers of the star I chose, making it pop off the page with 3D foam squares.  I colored it with watercolor pencil and glitter paint pens and Stickles.  The triangle is embossed with at Quikutz folder.  The sentiment is a metal charm.  Please check out the rest of the DT for more inspiration! 

This card fits these challenges:

ABC-L is for Layering
Paperplay-Precious metals
Daring Cardmakers-Garnet
Kraftin' Kimmies-Heavy Metal
Digital Tuesday-Emboss it

Some challenge fun!

Hi All!  Happy Monday!  For those of you looking for a new Whimsy Stamps Challenge, please head on to SNR to the Whimsy Page!  That's where the challenge's new home is!   I am an Event Designer now, so please check back often.  There are some adorable new releases coming up so get ready!

Today I am posting a card I made for fun...I have SO MANY new stamps, I don't know where to begin!  So I thought I'd use one from a set I got out of a grab bag! Talk about hitting the jackpot!  I got a grab bag at a local hardware/craft store for $5...I got THREE acrylic stamp sets in it!  And tons of other goodies besides!  So this flower stamp is one of the stamps in a set.  All of the flowers are hearts..I stamped it in Mellow Moss and used a water pen and Regal Rose to color the other parts. I found these pretty green pearl brads on a shopping excursion yesterday with my bestest and the sentiment is from my button stash.  The paper is a clearance find at another craft store...it's K&Co.  So I'm so excited for all of my new stuff, I must go create!  Thanks for stopping by today!


Crafty Cardmakers:  What's new (stamp, paper, brads)
Cupcake Crafts:  Going girly
Cute Daisy May:  Flowers and Ribbon (ribbon flower)
Spoon Full of Sugar:  Hearts
ABC:  L is for Layering
Creative Belli:  Glitter or rhinestones
Cute Card:  All new (almost every part of the card was something new!)
Secret Crafter:  Sketch

Stamp Something!

Happy Friday!  Quick post today...too much to do!  Last minute, I find out a party is NOT canceled...UGH!!!  Anyway, the challenge at Stamp Something this week is a sketch!  We have a fabulous sponsor, Wags and Whiskers Stamps this week. They gave us each an image to work with.  Mine is Puppy Love!  I used some DCWV paper and lots of scrap cardstock pieces.  I threw on a couple of charms and sweet little flowers and VOILA!  I colored these sweet pups with watercolor pencils and a white gel pen.  Thanks for checking it out and please run to visit the rest of the FABULOUS DT!!!!  Happy Friday!



This card fits these challenges:

Pile it On:  Anything digital
Ildi Co:  Scrap metal (metal charms, all pieces were cut from my scrap bin)
PaperPlay:  Precious Metals
RainbowLady:  Recycle (scrap bin)
Digital Tuesday:  Valentine's Day
Spoon full of Sugar:  Hearts
ABC: L is for Layering

My Grafico Blog Hop!

It's a New Year and that means a new MyGrafico Challenges Design Team! And I am a NEW member! We are blog hopping twice this week and you have two chances to win the super cute digi set the teams are working with this week: Zenware Designs Circus! Whether you are hopping with us on Monday or Wednesday or even better, BOTH days, be sure to leave a comment at each designer's blog for a chance to win this entire set! One member of the DT (previously chosen) will be randomly selecting a winner from all comments left on her blog. Which designer? Well that's a secret so leave a comment on all of them so you don't miss out on a chance to win!  To view the prize, click HERE.

You can also win by playing along with this week's challenges! On Monday, Team A will be showing how they included the old (repurposed item) and the new (new item) into their artwork using the Circus set while Wednesday's Team B will be highlighting artwork based on the sketch of the week. Enter both challenges and double your chances to win!

If you have come here first, go back to MyGrafico and start at the beginning of the list.  If not, you should have come from Teri's blog. 

Now to finish the hop, please head on back to MyGrafico as I am the last stop on the Design Team!  Good luck, and thanks so much for playing along!

This card also fits challenges at:


Cupcake Craft: Baby card
Papertake Weekly:  New beginnings 
Paperplay:  New beginnings
Rainbow Lady:  New
3 Clovers: Celebration
Stampin' For the Weekend:  New beginnings
Daring Cardmakers: New beginnings
Secret Crafter: New beginnings
One Stop:  Something with a B (baby boy card, buttons)
Pile it On: #29 Anything Digital
Crafty Pad: some buttons

Whimsy Stamps New Release Blog Hop

Welcome to my turn on the hop!  Whimsy Stamps is doing a New Release Blog Hop!  If you've been hopping, you should have come from Erin's page.  If not, please start at Crissy's blog to begin!  We have a fantabulous prize which is the purpose of the hop...Whimsy's new releases! Not to mention all of the bonus pieces :)

My card is made using "Cool Ride" the winter carousel horse from the Crissy Armstrong collection. I colored it with watercolor pencils and glitter markers.  I then went over it with glitter gel pens for sparkle.  The papers, I really don't know the brand name, but the embellies are buttons, primas, spacers, ribbon and a rhinestone.  I also used a snow marker and 3D glitter pens to make the trim on the horse's cape.

Your next stop on the hop is STACEY's blog.  Please hurry on over and keep hopping!  Have fun and good luck!

This card fits these challenges:

Cute Card:  Sketch
Crafty Pad: Some buttons (snowflakes are buttons)
Pile it On:  Anything digital (image) and Crystal (rhinestone center of flowers)
Corrosive: 2 favorite embellies (Primas and Buttons)
Inky Impressions:  Glitter, embossing or flocking
Creative Card Crew:  Anything goes
Crafty Cardmakers:  Favorites (fave embellies)


Thanks for looking!