2 Boys Birthdays!

So glad it's Friday!  I am exhausted today!  Hope everyone had a great week!  This weekend I have a double birthday party to attend on Sunday.  Two of my cousin's sons are celebrating their birthdays in a double party at a bowling alley!  They are turning 14 and 7.  So I had to find some good boy inspiration!  I went with GF of course!  Soldier Ian and Skater Ian seemed to be the perfect fit!  I colored them both with Copics and watercolor pencils.  I used several CB embossing folders on each one.  The metal tag sentiment came in a bag from Building 19. I attached some plain silver chain to emulate dog tags.  The second card's sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps.  Thanks for looking :)

Challenges:
Double Dutch:  Boys Only
Gingersnap:  Celebrate
Crazy 4 Challenges: 3 different textures (both cards)
Sketch Saturday: sketch (Card #2)
Anyone for Anya: Sketch (Card #1)


See you soon!

Stamp Something Girlie!

Hi all!  Thanks for coming by today!  I've been a stamping fool this week!  I'll post it all later.  For right now, I am going to show you the challenge over at Stamp Something!  We would like to see your best girlie cards!  Our sponsor this week is Sassy Studio Designs! They kindly gave us DT members a couple of images to choose from.  I went with "Bubble Bath."  I know a lot of people (Mom's) that could use some "me" time.  So that was the inspiration for this!  I colored her with Copics and watercolor pencils.  The bubbles are white ice Stickles.  Thanks so much for checking it out, and please visit the rest of the DT for inspiration!

Challenges:
The Pink Elephant:  Add green
Digital Tuesday: Scallops (oval mat) and a digi image
My Time to Craft:  Just for Mum
Simon Says: Mother's Day/Girly
C.R.A.F.T.: Mother's Day/Flowers
Allsorts: Mother's Day
Stamp Scrap and Doodle: Sparkle

MyGrafico Wednesday Sketch Challenge

Welcome back!  Hope your week is going well :)  Today I have my DT card for MyGrafico's Wednesday Sketch challenge!  Our set we are working with this week is called "Tea Party," by Black Leaf.

I used the CB folder Swiss Dots for the background paper and the Paisley folder for the white squares.  The flowers are Primas and ribbon rosebuds layered.  I used a branch punch for the "spray" around the flowers.  The Teapot is colored with Copics and popped with 3D squares.

Thanks for stopping by today and please visit the rest of the DT for more inspiration!

Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday: Ribbon-tastic

Allsorts: Mother's Day
Crazy 4 Challenges: 3 Different textures ( swiss dots folder, paisley folder, ribbons/flowers)
One Stop Crafts: Optimistically pink
My Time To Craft:  Just for Mum
Simon Says: Mother's Day/Girly

Creative Card Crew is Celebrating!

Welcome!  I have exciting news to share today!

Creative Card Crew is turning one year old this week and we're having a celebration! That's right and it's a celebration for YOU. Because without you, our loyal participants, we wouldn't have made it this far. The festivities this fortnight include:

3 digital images of the winner's choice from Sunshine Stamps

These two stamps from Bunny Zoe's Crafts:

A $20 gift certificate from Simon Says Stamp

and (...drumroll please...)

A One Month Guest Designer Opportunity with Creative Card Crew

And that's not all folks. Our design team has blog candy on their blogs. So start hopping and sign up for your chance to win individual blog candy from:

Paula, Owner

Claire

Janna

Linda

Linda C.

Maria

Pauline

Sam

Victoria

and welcoming back Sharon,

one of our original founders who is making a return visit

just to celebrate with the Crew

For a chance to win the blog candy from the challenge, please visit Creative Card Crew and enter your card on the blue frog link. 

I have some fun blog candy as well!  I am offering up some beautiful cherry blossoms from Wild Orchids, some argyle ribbon, a charm and the adorable Whimsy Frog stamp!  For a chance to win, please click on Mr. Linky with your NEW Creative Card Crew entry AND comment on this post.  A winner will be chosen at random on March 15th.  Good Luck!  

Now, onto my card :) 

This card I made in honor of Creative Card Crew's celebration!  This is Flutterby Anya from GF.  I colored her with watercolor pencils.  The papers are DCWV "Nana's Kids" pack.  I love how girly it came out!  I always need kid birthday cards!  I used the layout from LaLa Land.  The card also fits challenges at:  LaLa Land: Sketch, Paper Cutz: Feminine birthday with fairy and pastels, Secret Crafter:  Stitching, The Pink Elephant: Add a little green to your color combo, Creative Belli: Butterfly or dragonfly,  Gingersnap: Birthday and Stamp, Scrap and Doodle:  Sparkle (paper and butterfly and flower)

For any new posts between Sunday 11am EST and Monday 7pm EST, please link to the BLUE FROG. Mr. Linky wasn't cooperating :(

No electricity=Productive stamping time!

Hi again!  Just wanted to share what I made last night and today while we had no power!  The horrendous storm took out trees, power lines and part of our roof!  It was a doozie!  We just got power back and I am happy to be back online!  So here's what I did:

The first card is Surfer Ian.  I was in the mood for some sunny, bright colors last night.  So I went with the colors on the DCWV paper I used with surfboards all over it.  The layout is from Lili of the Valley.  It also fits the challenge at Daring Cardmakers "Here comes the sun."  Cute Daisy May is flowers and ABC is O is for One paper. 

The second card is Reeta.  We all know I love my Greeting Farm stamps!  This was the first time inking her up!  She was a Christmas gift.  I used the sketch from Papertake Weekly.  Aly's Sunday Sketch challenge this time was to include cats on your project.  Creative Inspirations was Monochromatic.  And again, One Paper at ABC.  Finally, ribbons and sparkle fit the challenge at C.R.A.F.T. 

The last card is the Whimsy Cat and Goldfish.  The inspiration for the crazy coloring of this sly kitty is the people I babysit for have a "money" cat.  And she just gave birth to 5 kittens...one of which looks just like her!  So I tried to mimick some of her markings...lol!  I also coated the fish bowl with Glossy Accents. The flowers are Primas.  I distressed all the edges with cocoa ink.  The layout is from Inspirational Card Sketches.  The theme at Saturday Spotlight AND Tuesday Taggers is Messy.  My Time to Craft is In the Frame. Aly's wanted cats and Crafty Pad wanted to see the colors Blue, Brown, Cream or White. 

I think that about covers it for now!  Have a great weekend!  See you Tuesday for Creative Card Crew!

Welcome to another Friday challenge at Stamp Something! This week we have a fun recipe for you!  Use designer papers, buttons and ribbons on your creation!  The sponsor is Simon Says Stamps!  For my card, I went with my new favorite image...Cheeky Cherries "Rockabilly" from the Greeting Farm!  I just adore this look!  I used a layout from Sketch and Stash.  The flowers are Primas.  The image is colored with watercolor pencils and Copics (my first try at Copics! I already ordered more colors, so I should have it right soon :) ) The paper is DCWV and the sentiment is a metal circle tag I found in a multi-pack  at Building 19!  The buttons are from a mixed batch I have.  Don't forget to visit the other DT and Guest DT member's pages for more inspiration!  Thanks for dropping by!

This card fits challenges at:
ABC-O is for One paper
Crafty Creations:  Cut it out and pop it up
Creative Inspirations:  Monochrome
C.R.A.F.T.: Ribbons and Sparkle
Cute Card Thursday:  Ribbon-tastic
Anyone for Anya?: Something different (my first time with Copics!)
Cute Daisy May: Flowers
Sketch and Stash:  Sketch

Challenge time!

Hi there!  The week is almost over...I can't wait :)  My whole body is tired of work!  But, I still find a way to create!  I have a card that I originally made as a DT card for one of the challenge blogs.  But I decided to make something a little more my style for that challenge (come back tomorrow to see!)  I went with a GF Hope and Grace image.  I colored her to match the papers.  The sentiment is from the same set.  I punched layered circles and miraculously found coordinating buttons!  "Hope" you like it :)  Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges:
The Pink Elephant:  Sketch
Cute Card Thursday:  Ribbon-tastic
Pile it On: Get well soon
PaperCutz: Get well
Crafty Creations:  Cut it out, pop it up