"CASE"-ing my friend Lisa!

My sweet friend, Lisa is being showCASEd on the Farm Fresh Challenge blog today!!  She created such a beautiful card, the Farm Fresh crew wants to see cards CASE'd from it!!  (Copy And Share Everything... Create And Share Everything?)

So, I grabbed a TGF digi, colored her up and added some cute papers... loved Lisa's card and I really loved creating something "similar"!

Here's mine:

(hmmm.... a bit of a glare from my shimmery paper...)

And, just in case you're curious - here's Lisa's original

So, how'd I do?

I'd also like to enter this card into the challenges at:

The Crafty Pad - Spots & Dots

Totally Stampalicious - Buggy

Sentimental Sundays - Anything Goes

If the Shoe fits - Green

Stamp Something - Digi Day

SSC #92 - Photo Inspiration

Hi everyone!!

Happy New Year!!!  I can't believe it's 2011.. wow.. 

So - Stamptacular Sunday has a wonderful new challenge to kick off the new year and I've made a Celebration card to go with it!

We've given you a photo to use as inspiration for your card today and I am so excited to see how the photo inspires you!

Here's my card

and here's the photo that inspired it:

I took the colors of her beautiful dress, colored my Twisted Tea (from The Greeting Farm) images' hair the same color and added some golden tones as well.  I love my Skeleton Scroll embossing folder and I seem to use it quite a bit, even though it's not Halloween anymore!  LOL!  

Have fun with our challenge this week!

SSC #79 - Better Late than Never!

Good Morning!!

Sorry this is late - better late than never, right?

Our challenge for you at Stamptacular Sunday is to Layer It On!!  We'd like to see AT LEAST 5 layers on your cards!  I know that's easy for some, but you don't have to limit yourselves to 5!  Challenge yourself and see how many you can get on there!

Here's my layered card!

Images: Unity - October KOTM

I hope you get a chance to play along this week!  Our awesome sponsor is

The Greeting Farm!

Our random winner will receive 1 Single rubber stamp of their choice!

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #74

Good Morning, Stampers!!

'Tis time for a new challenge at Stamptacular Sunday!

This week we are all about

 PINK!

You may create whatever you like, but it must only be in shades of pink - with the exception of some white base paper, black ink and image color... 

Here's my Oh-So-Pink card!

Image: "Happy Day" set from The Greeting Farm

Our sponsor this week is 

MAGNOLIA-LICIOUS

PRIZE: This fabulous Magnolia Stamp!

I hope you play along - I can't wait to see what you create in our PINK-ALICIOUS challenge!

Party Like a Rock Star!

I made this card for the Anyone for Anya challenge - they're celebrating their birthday this week - and so am I!! So, this is my birthday card to me!!

I really love how this one turned out, I think it's my favorite!! I cut the nestie shape out of the patterned paper, and mounted it on foam dots above the sentiment, making the sentiment recessed. I also added some sponging around the sentiment and I think I maybe should have sponged a little around the image, as well... I had a ton of fun coloring her up!! I just love her sparkly hair and eyeshadow! All dressed up and ready to party!  Oh, and notice all those amazing rhinestones??  I got an i-Rock for my birthday (from my in-laws) and I LOVE it!!  It's so much fun!!!

Happy Birthday to Anyone For Anya - looking forward to another fun-filled year of awesome challenges!!

Sunshine Charlotte

Had some play time today and found a couple more challenges to play in!

So, here's Charlotte!

Image: Charlotte - The Greeting Farm

and fence - Pollycraft

Challenges:  

Anyone For Anya - Double Trouble (2 images)
Stamp Something - 2 of Something

The Pink Elephant - Orange
KL Stampin N Scrappin - All Torn Up

Please Vote!

There's an awesome challenge going on over at The Greeting Farm!

It's the Battle of the Design Teams!

My team consists of:

Callie

Carisa

Cass

and Me!

We are the Greeting Farm Mommas!

Check out our card - made by Carisa this week!  She did an AWESOME job!  

 And don't forget to cast your vote!!

Click HERE to vote, just leave a comment on our card.

Please, please and Thank You!!

Do you want the rainbow?

I've had this image for a while... colored and ready to use, because it's just too darn cute.. but I haven't used it yet!  

Finally, I had some time today and Emily wanted to play in my craft room with me, so I got this one done!

This is for the challenge at:

Totally Gorjuss: Sketch

I hope you like it!

(inside, you get the rainbow!)

What'd I Use?

Image: The Greeting Farm (digi)

Markers: Copics & Sakura white gel pen

Sentiment: Paper Makeup Stamps (digi)

Nesties: Oval, Scallop Oval

Patterned Paper: oh... can't remember :(

Inside paper: Daisy Bucket

Rainbow: Jolee's

Ribbon & Buttons: from my stash

SSC #49 - You and Me and Baby Makes 3!

Don't forget to check out my Stamp Sale HERE!

It's another fabulous Stamptacular Sunday!

This week is all about Babies!  Ooooh, sweet, cute, cuddly little babies!  There's a lot of babies on their way, so this should be a pretty easy challenge, and we'll see lots of participation, right?  :)

Our sponsor this week is:

Magnolia Down Under

and their prize for you is:

Here's my card - and don't forget to check out the DT - they've come up with some amazing cards and projects to share and inspire, so go visit and don't forget to leave some love!

What'd I Use:

Image: The Greeting Farm "Toby Cub" 

Markers: Copics

Patterned Paper: DCWV "Nursery Baby Boy"

Border Punch: Martha Stewart Loops

Pearls: Martha Stewart

Challenge Saturday

Evening All!

Just wanted to share a couple of challenge cards with you - 

Here's Number One:  I think I hit a record amount of challenges with this card!  It started with Farm Fresh Friday, which is a color combo.  An interesting combo, but I really like the result!  Anyone For Anya and Totally Gorjuss want to see flowers, so there's flowers in the patterned paper & in Anya's hair.  Stamp Something wants to ring in Spring and I chose to use colors that I think are springy, especially the Guava.  The Pink Elephant wants to see ribbon.  And, Stampin' For The Weekend provided me with a fun sketch!

For challenges:

Farm Fresh Friday - Colors: Chocolate, Kraft, Guava

Anyone For Anya - Flower Power

Totally Gorjuss - Flower Power

Stamp Something - Touch of Spring (or spring colors)

The Pink Elephant - Ribbon

Stampin' For The Weekend - Sketch

inside detail:

What'd I Use?

Image: The Greeting Farm "Hippie Anya"

Markers: Copics

Kraft paper: My Mind's Eye

Guava paper: Core'dinations

Patterned paper: Daisy Bucket

Nesties: Oval & Scallop Oval

Build-A-Brad

Ribbon: from my stash

And this one is for Pals Paper Arts and Cupcake Craft Challenges

It was hard to keep simple and not add layers and embellies and "stuff" to this card, but it was fun and I like the way it turned out!  It will make a nice quick card for those birthdays that always seem to sneak up on me!

Pals Paper Arts - K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple, Sweetie)

Cupcake Craft Challenges - Simple

What'd I Use?

Image: {ippity} "Life's Little Moments"

White Gel Pen

Embossing: Cuttlebug "Happy Birthday"

Ribbon: Fancy Pants Designs

Do you like this stamp??  You can only buy it from an {ippity} Chick, Like ME!  Check out my {ippity} shop HERE

Saturday Challenges

Not quite Sunday... but almost!

Here are a few cards I got done - so much easier with a clean craft room!  And, I didn't even make too much of a mess tonight!  Yay!

Card #1 is for Cupcake Craft Challenges - Four Legged & Furry

 

What'd I Use?

Image: Pollycraft

Markers: Copics

Nesties: Labels Two

Paper: Daisy Bucket

Brads: Recollections

Ribbon: from my stash

Card #2 is for Friday Sketchers

I made this one for a special little girl who is having a birthday soon.  My daughters friend, Gracie - I wish I could post a picture of Gracie here, because I think this little darling looks just like her!

What'd I Use?

Image: The Greeting Farm

Markers: Copics & Sakura Glitter Pens

Nesties: Circle & Pinking Circle

Paper: Imaginisce

Ribbon & Baubles: from my stash

Card #3 and my last card before I say goodnight is for Mojo Monday.  I stared at this sketch all week and thought, now what would I do with that???  Finally figured it out!

 

  

What'd I Use?

Image & Sentiment: Whimsie Doodles 

(inspiration for coloring also came

from Whimsie Doodles website)

Markers: Copics, Glitter & Gel pens

Nesties: Circle, Scallop Circle

Embossing: Emily's Bouquet by Cuttlebug

Shiny paper: Paperzone

Oh, and so much for my new light... don't know what's going on with the lighting in these photos... couldn't get it figured out!  More practice needed.... 

Thursday Challenges

Good afternoon!

I was pretty bummed out about the Greeting Farm relay challenge ending abruptly (although, with good reason), so I didn't get any stamping done yesterday.  I did receive my free relay image yesterday, though, and I knew that, even if the challenge was cancelled, I would want to create a card with Prince Ian, anyway.  Especially since I have my very own Prince Iain! :)  I used the sketch from Friday Sketchers.  I had to do faux stitching on this one, because my little guy was sleeping in my craft room and I really didn't want to wake him up with my sewing machine!

All 3 of today's cards fit in with the challenge this week at KL Stampin N Scrappin - which is Nesties, Punches and Dies, OH MY!

What'd I Use?

Image: The Greeting Farm

Markers: Copics

Nesties: Petite Oval, Petite Scallop Oval

Punches: Word Window, Scallop Edge

Papers & Cardstock: leftovers from a kit from my LSS

Buttons & Fibers: from my stash

Cute Card Thursday want to see Blooming Gorgeous creations... well, I don't know about Gorgeous, but I think I got the Blooming covered!

What'd I Use?

Image: Great Impressions

Markers: Copics

Sizzix: Top Note Die

Ribbon, Paper, button & Flowers: from my stash

Here's one for Sweet Sunday Sketch #53

and Spoon Full of Sugar (Freestyle) 

This one was fun!  Nutsy is soooo fun to play with!  Isn't he just the cutest?  He's got a surprise for YOU!

 

What'd I Use?

Image: Nutsy from Karen's Doodles

Markers: Copics

Nesties: Circle & Scallop Circle

Embossing: Swiss Dots by Cuttlebug

Ribbon, dots & Papers: from my stash

**By the way - what do you think of my new watermark?  My wonderful, sweet, amazing, awesome friend, Callie made it for me!  Isn't it cool!  She's just the bestest!!  Stay tuned, because you may be able to get one from her soon, too!  :)**

Tuesday Challenges

Good Afternoon!

For those of you who are playing The Greeting Farm Relay Challenge - has your mojo ever been this good?  :)

I've got 3 cards to share with you this afternoon!

The first is my Relay card, using todays image - Toby Cub:
I'd also like to show this card to the crew over at I Love Digi - for their Design Team Call (fingers crossed!)

What'd I Use?

Image: The Greeting Farm

Markers: Copics

Nesties: Labels 4

Papers & Chipboard: DCWV (Animal Crackers)

This card is for Totally Gorjuss, where the challenge is Dimension.  I used the amazing tutorial from Mercy to create this beautiful flower to add dimension to my card.  This one is also for Inspirational Card Sketches for their sketch this week.

What'd I Use?

Image: Gorjuss Girl from Sugar Nellie

Markers: Copics

Nesties: Labels 9

Papers: My Mind's Eye "Be Loved"

And my last card is simple, but I think it took the longest time to come together!  This is for a new challenge that I found thanks to a link from a friend.  This link lists "almost" all of the current challenges, so if you're looking for inspiration - check here!

Daily Dare 4 You

I found Tuesday Morning Sketches here and thought this looked like a fun sketch... it turned out to be a little harder than I thought!  LOL!

What'd I Use?

Image: Studio G

Nesties: Scallop Octagon

Embossing: Spots & Dots by Cuttlebug

Papers: DCWV Stack

Brads: from my stash

Thanks for stopping by!!

Cards, Cards, Cards - and a notebook!

I'm on a roll!  I've made at least 4 cards a day for the past 3 days!  I really hope my mojo stays around for a while because I've been having a great time!

And Digi Images - Wow!  I can't believe that out of ALL the cards I've made this week, I've only actually inked up a stamp once?  Sheesh!  And I even just got my new Unity kit of the month on Saturday!  I'm sure I'll get back to inking again, but this sure is fun!

We'll start with my Relay card for The Greeting Farm.  Yesterday I made THIS card using Mer Ian, a free image that we got to start the relay.  Since I did the card, I got another image today!  This is Charlotte, she's really cute!  Right when I saw her, I thought Rock Star!  She's just cool!

What'd I Use?

Image: Charlotte, The Greeting Farm

Markers: Copics

Paper: DCWV

Ribbon, Microbeads, Star, Brads: from my stash

These 2 are Valentine's that I made for the kiddo's.  These both also fit the challenge at Caardvarks - Red and Hearts.  I think there's plenty of RED here and quite a few hearts, too!

This one's for Bradley:

This one's for Emily:

 

What'd I Use?

Images: Precious Moments (coloring book)

Markers: Copics

Nesties: Large Curvy Rectangle

Embossing Folder: Conversations by Cuttlebug

White Doily, Ribbon: from my stash

And this last one is just a little notebook.  I just got this new image and couldn't wait to play with it!

The is for the challenge over at The Pink Elephant - Pink, Polka Dots and a Bow and I'd like to enter this one into the challenge at Twisted Thursday (S2G Challenges) where they would like to see our "Indulgence" - I Love coffee and a good latte is one of my favorite indulgences, not to mention the color pink - can you indulge in a color?

What'd I Use?

Image: Fresh Brewed Designs

Markers: Copics

Nesties: Petite Oval & Petite Scallop Oval

Embossing: Swiss Dots by Cuttlebug

Polka Dot paper and ribbons from my scrap pile

Another Fun Day of Challenge cards!

Hi All!

Even though I woke up feeling kinda crummy, think I'm coming down with a cold - and the kids, too :(  I did manage to get some Me Time in my craft room again today!

So, I went through more of my favorite challenge blogs and found some more that I wanted to enter this week!  I think this is a record for me!

To start with, I did the Day 1 CHA Relay Challenge at The Greeting Farm.  They gave everyone a free digi image to play with today, and if you make a card using that image, you get another free image to make a card with, then you get another... well, you get the idea!  I managed to get this one image printed before my printer ran out of ink today, so tomorrow I will have to run out and get more ink!

What'd I Use:

Image: Mer Ian by The Greeting Farm

Markers: Copics

Wave punch: Fiskars?

Eyelets: Crop-o-Dile

Ribbon, String, paper: from my stash

This card is for the sketch at Stampin' For The Weekend I've never entered a challenge here before, but I liked the sketch, so there's a first time for everything right?   

Hubby says this is his favorite... hmmm.. wonder why?

What'd I Use?

Image: Fresh Brewed Designs

Markers: Copics, Souffle and glitter pen

Nesties: Oval and Scallop Oval

Embossing: Meadow Lark by Cuttlebug

Ribbon, flowers, brads from my stash

This last one is for the Corrosive Challenge blog.  Their challenge this week is Fancy Folds - so I finally got a chance to make an easel card!

 

What'd I Use?

Markers: Copics

Papers: My Mind's Eye

Die Cuts: My Mind's Eye

Nesties: Circle & Scallop Circle

Brads & Images: from my stash

I sure had a fun time today - hope you like what I made to share with you!

Mojo Monday #103

It's Mojo Time! Even if I am way out of my league on this blog (there are so many incredibly talented artists out there!) I still LOVE to play the Mojo game! Especially on Prize Week! Yay!

An amazing sketch again this week, as always and here is my take on it:

Products used - Ian and sentiment from Rock The Farm, by The Greeting Farm, colored with Copic Markers; Paper by Daisy Bucket; cardstock from my stash; pop dots; a little touch of glitter from Sakura glitter gel pens; sewing machine w/ white thread.

SSC #22 - Scallop Mania

Hello Stamping Friends!!

I'm pretty excited about this project, because it's the first thing I've done in what feels like weeks!! No kidding! There has been so much going on around here that I haven't had any time at all to sequester myself in my craft room and play! And I've missed it! I had about 1/2 an hour to myself this evening and I decided to go downstairs to my room and see what I could do, even if it was just clean things up a bit.. but once I got my hands on paper and stamps, there was no stopping me! I'm so excited, because now I can feel the mojo flowing and I am ready to get back to stamping everyday! Too bad I have to work all weekend... oh well, gotta pay for the stamps somehow, right?

Anywhoo.... onto the card! This weeks challenge at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge is Scallops, Scallops, Scallops! I think I met that requirement.. maybe.. although I wonder if I should have put a few more scallops on there... hmmm...


This is my brand new Halloween Anya/Ian set from The Greeting Farm (Looooove it!) and the new Scallop Octagon Nesties that I got for my birthday from my in-laws (Thanks!!) Add some rub on's, some pearls and some fuzzy spiders and "viola!" - cuteness! This is actually an envelope card that I am hoping a candy bar will fit in. I've used a magnet fastener under the scallops to hold it closed.

Well, there it is! I sure hope you like it and I hope that I've inspired you to go grab your scallops and create something wonderful for our challenge this week!

Thanks for stopping by! And don't forget to visit the rest of the awesome design team and see how they've used scallops this week! Priscilla, Nikki, Liza, Line, Kristin, Janneke, Jilly, Joanne, Carly, and Paula

SSC #21 - 3-D

Hello Stampers!

We've got a fun one for you at Stamptacular this week! Let's see some 3-D cards! Make them pop, make them stand out!

As always, the Design Team is on top of their game, creating fantastic projects to inspire you! Have you gotten your submission in to join the Stamptacular Design Team? Here are the lovely ladies, be sure to check them out and send them some love! Line, Carly, Joanne, Kristin, Janneke, Liza, Jilly, Nikki, Paula and Priscilla

This is the card that I've made for you this week. I hope you like it!
Hula Anya from the Greeting farm sits atop Stampin' Up! cardstock in Whisper White, So Saffron, Old Olive and Regal Rose. She's colored with Copic markers and peeks out from behind a Peony Nestability Window. The flower, button, fiber, ricrac and pearls are from my stash. The sentiment is punched with the Stampin' Up! word window punch.

Did my Mojo come home?

Ok, so my Mojo up and went on vacation and left me behind... for shame!

I had some time today while Emily was at daycamp and Bradley was snoozing on the floor, so I tried to muster up a tiny bit of mojo to enter some challenges! I think I did ok to begin with... but I think I may have train-wrecked the last card! We'll see.. maybe it will grow on me!

This card is for Cupcake Craft Challenges #45 - A sketch... (I think almost everyone has sketches this week!!)
This card uses an image (Tilda?) that was sent by a friend (Norma, maybe?), My Mind's Eye papers, Scallop Oval and Classic Oval Nesties, Copic and Stampin' Up! markers and cardstock. The letters I believe are also My Mind's Eye, but don't hold me to that...

This next card is for the House Mouse and Friends challenge #43. This is one of my most favoritest stamps and I always love coloring these guys.. makes me want a nice cold martini - dry, extra olives, please! This is actually the first card I did today.This card uses House Mouse stamps, Stampin' Up! cardstock and ribbon, Copics and Stampin' Up! markers, Oval Nesties and an egg punch. I scored the cardstock in the grid pattern with my Scor-Pal.

This last card... well.. I think I may have pushed my mojo a little far with this one.. It's a little busy, a little crazy and maybe even a little chaotic? Hmm... I think I have a friend with a son who's birthday is soon? Maybe he'll like it! This one is for The Pink Elephant's sketch this week.
This card uses DCWV patterned paper, Stampin' Up! cardstock, The Greeting Farm stamps (Wild Things), Copics and Stampin' Up! markers.

Thanks for stopping by!