Birthday Wishes

 Ahhhh . . . aren't girly cards just the best?!!  Ribbon, pearls, lacey intricate dies and  . . . purses!  This is a birthday card for a dear friend.  Don't you just love the purses?  I sure do.  It took a bit of time (ok, a lot of time for me) to paper piece these all together (mostly because it's a digital image, so I had to keep running it through the printer with different pieces of paper) but I LOVE how it came out.  I even printed out the flower on the large purse two extra times, to give it a bit of dimension.

This is also my project for current Lollipop Ladies challenge:  Musks

With the additional challenge of dots

I just couldn't go quite that pink!  So I went with a little bit more subdued pink and my dots come in with the embossed lower pink panel.  So, hop on over to the blog for all the details and then come play along.

Challenges:
Fab n' Funky #175--birthdays
Crafty Ribbons #48--anything goes with ribbon
Seize the Birthday #19--sketch

Sister Act #11--anything goes
Crafty Catz #187--let's go pink
Desert Island Craft Challenge #56--use at least 3 of the following: (I used #1, 3,5, 6 {glitter pen on one of the purses}, 7, 10

1. Diecut/punch

2. Oriental Item

3. Patterned paper

4. Gemstones

5. ribbon/cording

6. Something glittery

7. Dry Embossing

8. Spray Mists

9. Teal

10. Sentiment

Supplies:

Papers: Athentique

Stamps: DigiDarla "Purses" digi image; Verve "Joyful Blooms" sentiment

Embossing folders/dies: cuttlebug dots and Damask ef; The Paper Studio "Quattrefoil" ef; spellbinders fleur di lis square die

Joy

Hi!  It's Friday again--boy does time go by fast!  Time for another challenge from Christmas Stampin' All Year Long.  This week's challenge is to include 3 of the following elements on your creation:

M - Metal
E - Embossing Folder
R - Ribbon
R - Rub on
Y - Yellow

C - Chipboard
H - Heat Embossing
R - Rhinestone
I -distressing Ink
S - Sticker
T - Twine
M - Markers
A - Acrylic
S - Stickles  

Our sponsor this week is Beccy's Place.  I know there's a prize and it's going to be fabulous, but you're going to have to go to the CSAYL blog for the details. 

There are so many adorable images in Beccy's shop; I chose this image, Joy, to work with this week.  It's so beautiful.

 I added the "Wishing You" part to make a complete sentiment (and, ok, really, it was to get in the heat embossing element of our challenge this week)

I was trying to get a good picture of the gold ink on the letters and the gold glitter in the center of the flower and just as I was going to snap the picture, the sun came out from behind the clouds and it was perfect!  The elements I used are R--ribbon, H--heat embossing, and M--Markers.  Hop on over to the CSAYL blog to get all the details and then come play along.  Can't wait to see what options you use on your cards.

Challenges:

Viva La Verve June week 2--sketch

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #29--Buttons & bows

Card Mania Challenges #22--Shabby Chic

Christmas Cards All Year Round--vintage

Sarah Hurley--All that glitters is gold (I have gold ink on the letters and gold glitter on the center of the poinsettias)

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #128--die cut/punch

Christmas Card Challenge #28--use lace

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra--anything goes Christmas

C.R.A.F.T. #211--Christmas
Charisma Cardz #23--Digis only
Southern Girls--Give it an upper cut and punch it out! (use punches or diecuts)
Crafty Ribbons #48--anything goes with ribbon

Supplies:

Stamps: Beccy's Place "Joy" digi; Verve "Merry and Bright" sentiment

Papers: Basic Gray

Dies: spellbinders floral doily motifs

Biggest Fan

I was looking through my digital images to see if there was anything I could use for a Father's Day card, when I came across this set, Punny Valentine 4, from Squigglefly.  I love the images in them and when I saw this sentiment, I knew I HAD to use it for a card for my Dad.  Isn't it so fun?!

Challenges:
Viva La Verve June week 1--sketch

Sugar Creek Hollow #62--Father's Day (must be vintage or shabby chic--These seem like vintage colors to me and the fan looks like one of the older ones you would see)
Word Art Wednesday #83--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Crafting by designs--anything goes with a twist--summer fun (we only use fans in the summer and Father's Day is a summer holiday--almost)
Stampin with Dragon--One for Dad
Sister Act #10--anything goes
Catered Crop--for the boys
Eureka #43--Father's Day
Squigglefly #23--wrap it up (twine wrapped around the red panel)
Tammy's Scrapin' Corner--manly/Father's Day
Get Inky #6--boys and/or men
{Pin}spirational Challenge #61--inspirational photo (I went with the colors in the picture)

Our Daily Bread Designs #158--masculine/Father's Day
Raisin Boat #11--Father's Day

Supplies:
Paper: Basic Grey (it's actually a Christmas pack, but I really liked the colors)
Stamps: Squigglefly "Punny Valentine 4" digi image and sentiment; Verve "World's Greatest" DAD
Punches/dies: Fiskars scalloped border punch; Spellbinders ovals large, standard circles, large and scalloped circles large

Winter Wishes

It's Friday again, and that means time for another challenge from Christmas Stampin' All Year Long. This week we are looking for you to CASE one of our creations.  What does that mean?  Pick one of the cards from the Design Team and base your creation off of it.  It could be the colors, the layout, the image.  Let your imagination go and have fun!

Our sponsor this week is Fred She Said with a $10.00 gift certificate to the store for one participant!  

Link up your creation by Wednesday June 12th at midnight EST for your chance to win!

For my card, I got to work with this adorable little Westie.  So cute!  I went with my favorite color combo: pink and green and used some of my favorite embellishment: ribbon.  Other than that nice and simple.  Come and play along with us at CSAYL.

Challenges:
House of Gilli--favorite color combo
The Squirrel and the Fox #45--summer or winter (obviously, I went with winter)
Merry Monday #60--sketch

There She Goes #210--CAS
Tammy's Scrappin' Corner #65--Anything goes with the additional of texture (grossgrain ribbon and rhinestones)
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #127--use your favorite embellishment (ribbon)
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra--anything Christmas goes

Supplies:
Stamps: Fred She Said "Winter Westie" digi; Gina K. Designs sentiment

Girly Graduation

'Tis the season for graduation cards.  I've had two masculine ones so far, now a girly card.  If you look closely, you can see that I stamped a graduation cap behind the sentiment.  It could have been a bit darker, I think, but I wanted it to be subtle.

Challenges:
Mojo Monday #296--sketch

Flutter By Wednesday #243--open challenge with a butterfly or fairy
Charisma Cardz--Tons of Layers
Crafty Ribbons--circles plus ribbon

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve "Happy Thoughts" and "Blue Skies"; Clear Dollar Stamps graduation cap
Papers: Basic Gray
Dies: spellbinders standard circles, large; Verve butterfly die

Hello sunshine

This is my card for the current challenge over on the Lollipop Ladies Challenge Blog.  Our challenge for this fortnight is:

Bug Lollipops

with the additional challenge of Nature.

Guest DT spots are able to be won each fortnight
and our sponsor this fortnight is: Mad for Markers*

(thanks to Sammi).

A choice of 3 of her M4M digi stamps.

I colored the dragonfly with markers and then added SU! diamond dust to the wings to give it a bit of that shimmer that dragonflies have.  And now that I think about it, it goes with the granules of sugar that you can see on the Lollies in the inspiration pic.

Challenges:

Seems a Little Sketchy #40--sketch

Cutie Pie Challenge #45--3,2,1 challenge (I used 3 colors: blue, green, purple, 2 text stamps, and one dragonfly image)

Get Inky #5--Good Golly Glitter (on wings and I used stickles on the flower center, plus misted the flower with glimmer mist)

DICC #55--choose at least 3 or the 10 options (chose #3--lots of layers; #7--silver; #8--winged thing)

Our Creative Corner--one from each of three lists (I chose Ribbon, Metal, and Inks)

One Crazy Stamper--Summer Fun

Sister Act #9--anything goes

Supplies:

Stamps: SU! "Bunch of Bugs"; Verve "Joyful Blooms" sentiment and flower; Hero Arts French Script

Dies: Spellbinders labels one and small borders; PTI leaves; Sizzix botanical blooms embossing folder

Happy Happy Birthday

Today we are celebrating my Father-in-law's birthday and I had to throw this card together very quickly.  Yeay for a fun, easy and simple sketch to start with.  Here's the inside.  Sorry it's so dark.

Challenges:

Delightful Challenges--For Dad

CRAFT Challenges #209--Father's Day/Male

Seize the birthday #18--sketch

Southern Girls--There's always time for tic-tac-toe (I chose Ink/paint, stars, chevrons; the center vertical row)

Make It Monday #119--Flagged Borders

Brown Sugar #44--masculine birthday

Technique Time Tuesday--Faux Chalkboard technique

Supplies:

Stamps: SU! "All Occasion Greetings"; Verve "Celebrating You"; PTI "Distressed Stripes" used to create chevron pattern and "Boy Basics: Out of this World" stars and "Big Birthday Wishes" inside sentiment; Sweet and Sassy Stamps "Celebrating Milestones" numbers

Dies: sizzix star dies and Verve "Pennant Trim" die