Meljen's Challenge #18

It's SKETCH time at Meljen's!!

And, of course, there's a new release hanging out on the blog as well!!

Go- NOW! - Check it out... just come back here to see my card when you're done!

Here's my take on the sketch - I stuck to it and didn't make any changes, but I like it!  I actually made 2 cards for the sketch - one with a new release image and one with an image that was released last week!

Hope you like them and I really hope you play along with us again this week!

New Release image: "FruFru Fairy Pony"

"Sunflowers Friend"

Here's the sketch 

Have Fun!

SSC #69 - Christmas in July

We WISH you a Merry Christmas, We WISH you a Merry Christmas... 

ok, ok, YES, I know it's JULY!

Stamptacular Sunday is celebrating Christmas in JULY!!

We challenge you to create a Christmas card - anyway, anyhow, any colors... AND if you create TWO different cards, you'll be entered twice!  THREE cards gets you three entries, FOUR gets you four.. you get the idea, right??  :)

Celebrating with us this week is our wonderful sponsor

Simon Says Stamp

with a little Christmas present of a

$25 gift certificate PLUS free shipping

for our lucky random winner!

Here is my Christmas Card for you

Image: {ippity}

Like this image?  You can get it, too, for only $16!  Just visit my {ippity} Chick website to see ALL of the {ippity} stamps available exclusively from an {ippity} Chick, like ME!  Mention THIS card to receive FREE shipping on your order!

Interested in the Stamptacular Teams Christmas cards?  Hop on over for a visit!

Adria - Annette - Barb - Cheri - Gemma - Paula - Leonie - Marianne - Sarah - Carolyn 

and our Guest Designer for July - Dora

Merry Christmas in July to you and I hope you play along with us this week!

I'll also enter this card into the Christmas in July challenge over at Drunken Stampers

Meljen's Challenge #17

It's EASEL time at Meljen's!

Along with another AMAZING release from the uber-talented Melissa (Sooo cute, go check it out!), we have a super fun challenge for you!  And, a pretty easy one, too, I think!  Easel cards are so popular, because they are so easy to make (really, they are!) and so striking when they're done!  I just LOVE that these cards can be displayed proudly on a shelf!

Here is my Easel card for you this week - using a new release image from Meljen's Designs "Cheery Cherries" (really, SO Stinkin' CUTE!)

I had a whole lot of fun making this card!  I was visiting my Mom and Dad for the weekend and got to play with all my Mom's stuff!  She just got some new CTMH papers and stamps, so I used those - I don't konw their names, but the paper was all cherry themed and the stamp is the hedgehog stamp of the month.  And I got to use her ribbons and flowers - the flowers were white and I just colored them to match my cherries with my Copics, then I punched some smaller flowers out of the patterned paper for the centers. 

Well, that's all from me for now!  I hope you like my easel card and I look forward to seeing yours!

Hugs!

  

Meljen's Inspiration!

This week's challenge at Meljen's Designs is to create a TALL (or business size) card - or a LONG card, either way... 

I went for Tall and I made a card for my Hubby's birthday, I hope he likes it!  I could have done more with it, flowers, rhinestones, bows, swirls and pearls and all that.. but, well.. he likes my cards a bit simpler.

I just love these new images from Meljen's!  Isn't this little mousie so cute?  I've written on the inside of the card "You've got the Write Stuff!"

I hope you find time to play along with us at Meljen's this week - I love visiting all of your blogs!!  And, of course, there's a prize of 3 free images up for grabs!!!

Image: Penpal Mouse

See you on Thursday with another fun challenge from Meljen's!!

SSC #68 - National Ice Cream Day

Stamptacular Sunday is all about Ice Cream this week!!

It's National Ice Cream Day and we want to know YOUR favorite Ice Cream flavor!

Sooooo... create a card or project using the COLORS of your favorite Ice Cream!

Our awesome sponsor this week is

Magnolialicious

and they are offering up

Bride & Groom Magnolia stamp

and ALSO
Some Odd Girl
with a prize of
3 images of the winner's choice!

to our lucky random winner!

You can't win if you don't play along!!!

Some Odd Girl provided the Team with images to play with for this challenge - Thank You!

MY favorite Ice Cream is 

Chocolate Raspberry Truffle
(yum!)

Image: Some Odd Girl

Want to know what the Stamptacular Teams favorite Ice Cream flavors are?  Well, go visit them and find out!

Adria - Annette - Barb - Cheri - Gemma - Paula - Leonie - Marianne - Sarah - Carolyn 

and our Guest Designer for July - Dora

KD Kids - Challenge #10

Good Morning and TGIF!!!

It's time for another fun KID challenge at Karen's Doodles Kids!!

Come on!  Grab your kids, give them some Karen's Doodles images and have some fun! 

We would LOVE to see what they create!  And you, too!!

You've got 2 weeks to play and a prize to win, so - why not??

This week's challenge is to alter a household item... just as long as it's not a card!

So, here is the pen holder that I created for my craft desk!  I had fun with Ollie, coloring him up like a flamingo - since my accent color in my craft room is pink, he'll fit right in!  :o)

Image: Ollie the Ostrich

Emily had some fun with this challenge, too!  You can see her creation on her blog!

Emily's Rainbow World

Where You Should Be

Another quick card that I made today.. inspired by the paper, knew immediately which stamp to use and added the "matching" (the color looks off in the photo) button.

Tuesday Morning Sketches is celebrating their birthday, and the challenge is to choose your favorite sketch I played along last week with THIS card using sketch #3

There's a big blog candy up for grabs if you play each week all month - so for week 2, I chose sketch #26 

Image: {ippty}

Like this image?  Want to see more like it?  Check out my website - {ippity} from Sprytebyrd to see all available sets and to purchase from your favorite {ippity} chick, ME!  

This set contains 7 stamps total and is available for only $16 - mention this card and I will give you free shipping!

SSC #67 - Sketch

We're getting Sketchy this week at Stamptacular Sunday!!

Our wonderful sponsor this week is

Stamp and Create

with a $20 gift certificate to our lucky random winner!

You can't win if you don't play!!  :o)

I had a lot of fun with this card!  I love the bright colors and all the wonderful cocktails!!

My take on our sketch:

Image: Alota Rubber Stamps

and the sketch for you:

Don't forget to visit the Stamptacular Team to see how they've interpreted this weeks sketch!

Adria - Annette - Barb - Cheri - Gemma - Paula - Leonie - Marianne - Sarah - Carolyn 

and our Guest Designer for July - Dora

Carried Away...

This is a quick (and very simple) card that I made this afternoon during nap time

I've had this image forever and haven't used it yet, so I figured it was about time!

Followed the sketch at S2G Twisted Thursdays

Image & Sentiment: Paper Makeup Stamps

Meljen's Challenge #15

It's Thursday!

Time for a Meljen's Designs Challenge!

Did you see the new release this week?  So Sweet!!

We challenge you this week to make a card using 

Circles Galore

Go ahead - go crazy!  We like crazy!

Here's my card for you, I've got circle nesties, circles on my paper, circles (dots) on my ric-rac and flowers - lots of circles!

Image: Fancy Little Teapot & I'm a Little Teapot (freebie)

KID post!

I just wanted to share this adorable project that my kids did yesterday at Day Camp!

It's "Lost in Space" week, so they're learning about plantets and aliens and stuff... they made these super cute flying saucers - they just love them!  Emily actually slept with hers in bed with her last night!  And they're oh-so-simple to make!  I actually hung around and helped "teacher" with Emily and Bradley's because they looked like so much fun!

So here, they are... Bradley with his 3-eyed Green Alien and our friend, daycamp teacher and Bradley's soon-to-be preschol teacher, Miss Jonnelle.  Doesn't he look so happy??  Such a silly boy!

And here's Emily's Silver and Gold 1-eyed alien flying saucer.. (she's getting to that "hurry up and take the picture, Mom" age...)

...that landed on her Lincoln Log house... Alien Attack!!!

Ok, so she doesn't see the humor in my alien attack... oh well :)

I Mojo'd Today

I made a card using the Mojo Monday sketch today, how can you NOT make a card for Mojo this week?  It's contest week!  Every week, I love Mojo sketches.. but this week I was lucky enough to have time to play!

Image: Kenny K

Michelle's Card Drive

I made this card today for Michelle - some of you may have read about her accident on either her blog or the Spoonful of Sugar blog - reading about it just made me gasp!  It's amazing what can happen in a split second!  Big Hugs go out to Michelle for a speedy recovery!

Melissa of Meljen's Designs and Ann of Raindrop Echo Designs put together this amazing stamp set in honor of Michelle and they are giving it away for FREE at the Whimsy Stamps store.

I used this adorable image and one of the oh-so-perfect sentiments (on the inside) to make this card today.  I hope that it brings a smile to Michelle!

I played along with Tuesday Morning Sketches to make this card - I chose sketch #3 for this card

If you can, please make a card and send it off to Michelle.  You can find her address on the Spoonful of Sugar blog.  It would be so wonderful to just flood her mailbox with love from all of us!

Gorjuss Charm

Here's a simple card that I made today using the sketch at Totally Gorjuss

Image: Gorjuss Girl

SSC #66 - Put a HOLE in it!!

Time for another fun challenge at Stamptacular Sunday!!

This week we are sponsored by 

My Favorite Things

and they are offering up a $25 gift certificate to our lucky random winner!

MFT was kind enough to supply our Design Team with some amazing stamps to use on our challenge this week - Thank You very much, MFT!!!

I have chosen to use Coffee Flopsy!

Our challenge this week is "Aperture" - create a card or project with a HOLE in the middle!

Ok, truth be told??  I totally struggled with this one... I had an idea in mind, but it didn't work out, so this is what I came up with... I am my own worst critic, and trust me, I can be a really tough critic!!  I will just say that this card isn't bad, but it's not my best :o)

I hope you at least enjoy taking a looksie at Flopsy!!

I paper pieced Flopsy in 2 shades of chocolate and I glittered his coffee cup and his fluffy slippers.  Cut a hole out with my Nesties and used one of the sentiments that came in the Coffee Flopsy set. I thought the card needed "something" so I added some funky folded ribbon and a few roses... eh.. maybe you like it better than I do?

Tell ya what - go check out the rest of the team - they have some real beauties to share with you this week!!  :o)

Adria - Annette - Barb - Cheri - Gemma - Paula - Leonie - Marianne - Sarah - Carolyn 

and our Guest Designer for July - Dora

Playing with Lil' Lolita!

I am totally loving these new Lil' Lolita stamps!

Today I got a chance to play with Evie, she's just so cute and funky in her little kitten costume!  And I thought this sentiment was just perfect for her!!  (psst - Evie is 10% off right now!!!)

This card is for the Lil' Lolita challenge, which is to use the color blue - I opted for a whole ton of teal!  - and also uses the sketch from Friday Sketchers.

Image: "Evie" - Lil' Lolita