5 for 5 Easter Blog Event - Day 5

Hello and welcome to Day 5 of our new 5 for 5 Easter Blog Event!  Today’s theme is "CAS"! Some of us are offering prizes, so be sure to leave comments on each of links below and visit all the blogs for details on how to win!

I used a fun Unity Stamp on this card called Dying Eggs. I'm entering this card into the Unity Friday Friends with Flair Challenge. 

My card isn't the most CAS card I've ever made, but I really wanted to use this Unity Easter Stamp and try some multicolor heat embossing. I used green, pink and blue Stampin' Up Embossing Powders. I outlined the embossed image with a slightly bigger panel of Certainly Celery card stock also from Stampin' Up. I thought it needed just a little something else, so I sprayed the background with one spray each of a blue, green and pink spray from Lindy's Stamp Gang. To  finish it off I added a little light green twine from Stampin' Up. 

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to visit the blogs of the other awesome designers taking part in our Easter 5 for 5 Event. Thanks so much for joining us this week and I hope you're inspired to make some amazing Easter cards and crafts. We'll be doing 5 for 5 again at Halloween, so be on the lookout for the dates on my sidebar graphic sometime in September.  

Donna Bowman 

Rachel Kleinman 
Lynn Kopas 
Kris Lancaster 
Jessica Frost-Ballas

12 Days of Holiday Inspiration - Day 5

Welcome to Day 5 of the 12 Days of Holiday Inspiration Blog Event brought to you by "The Inspiration Crew".  We’re just a group of online crafty blog friends who love being creative. This time we're doing a 12-day event to provide you with tons of Holiday Inspiration.

We're making crafty projects using products we like and some of us are even offering prizes. Check each blog and the information there for what prizes are being offered and when the winners will be announced on that blog.

I'm offering a prize box, check back each day. I'll have picture of my prize posted soon!! I'll announce the winner of my blog candy on Saturday, December 13. To qualify for my prize make sure you are a follower of my blog and leave a comment. The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win!!

Below is a list of all the crafty ladies participating in this event. Be sure to visit all the blogs each day for loads of fun, prizes, and Holiday craft ideas.

Today, I'm sharing a card I made items found in the December 2014 Maya Road Sparkle & Shine Kit. I really love this kit and I've made tons of different things from it. This one uses paper from Fancy Pants the exclusive Maya Road Christmas Stamp, twine and glitter tape. It's a simple, but pretty card that was really fun to make. I adhered the circle with foam dots and the twine bow with a dot of hot glue. Thanks for stopping by and be sure to stop back by tomorrow for Day 6!

Donna Bowman 

Rachel Kleinman

Ceal Pritchett

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Jennifer Cuthbertson

Lynn Kopas

Misty Buck

The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #4 - Color Challenge

It's time for The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge #4 and it's a color challenge. Our designer Lynn Adams found this awesome photo that is so inspirational. Feel free to use as many or few colors in the picture as you like. We had such a huge response with so many amazing entries last month, I just can't wait to see what you all come up with this month. Remember, you can make anything, just mention how you were inspired by these colors.

Our sponsor this month is Ellen Hutson, LLC, one of my favorite places to shop online for crafty items. They are offering a $25 gift certificate to our lucky random winner. So everyone who plays has the same chance of winning this great prize.

For my card, I used a fun stamp called Sweet Dahlia by Penny Black that I purchased from Ellen Hutson here. I've been trying to practice more with my Copics so this card was a perfect place to try out some shading. I stamped it several times and practiced coloring it different ways until I finally settled on the way I liked it best. Of course I was inspired by the Dahlia and the beautiful bright colors in the photo. Here is the stamp.

To make this card I started with a 5x5 PTI kraft card stock base. Then I added a layer of DCWV colored cardboard in blue and a layer of DCWV colored burlap in green and I inked the edges of the card with a green chalk ink edger. I framed the card with small kraft colored brads from Stampin' Up and twine from PTI. I stamped the image with Black Ranger Archival ink and colored it in with Copic Markers and inked the edges with yellow ink.  I really like how this turned out and it was super fun to make. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will play along with us this month!!

Denami Buttons and Bows Blog Hop April 2014

Welcome to my blog. Today, I'm participating in the Denami Buttons and Bows Blog Hop. I'm so excited to participate again this month.

I love Denami Stamps and I thought these Easter Egg Stamps were just too cute. For this card I used paper tape, colored burlap and cork from DCWV. I colored the eggs with Copic markers and use jute twine and buttons from PTI. The banner die is also from PTI and I used Brown Archival ink. 

Be sure to check out the rest of the participants on the hop and leave comments because 2 lucky commenters will receive a $20 gift certificate to the Denami Store. You have until 11:59 PM EST on Monday, April 14 to leave your comments and be eligible to win.

If you're following the hop you should've come here from the blog of the super talented Tina at http://denamiaddict.blogspot.com/ and your next stop will be the blog of the very gifted Tammy http://somewhereunderthesune.blogspot.com/. If you just found out about the hop and want to start at the beginning go to the Denami Blog


Thanks for stopping by!!

The Play Date Cafe #169

It's time for this week's new color story at The Play Date Cafe. This week our colors are Pink Carnation, Mint and Juniper. I made a card using a new Hero Arts Stamp called Welcome Baby. I thought this paper was very close to the colors and would be perfect for a baby card.

Materials
1. Patterned Paper - Studio Calico
2. Stamps - Welcome Baby - Hero Arts
3. Die - Hero Arts
4. Ink - Tuxedo Black - Memento, Baha Breeze - Stampin' Up
5. Twine - Stampin' Up

I love to look at all your original and creative projects and I hope you will play along with us this week! Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp. Be sure to go to our blog to see their awesome prize!!

Happy Holidays

I made this card for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge and the current Craft Dash Challenge. I made this card 7 minutes and 45 seconds. I used a Little Yellow Bicycle corrugated shapes ornament and a LYB sticker sentiment. The twine is Christmas Twine from Doodlebug Designs. Thanks for stopping by!

Here's my card.

Candy Corn Jar

I made this card for the Jars of Joy Challenge in the Moxie Fab World. Click here to join in all the fun. I used the friendship jar and fillers stamp set from Papertrey Ink for the jar and the sentiment is from a Unity set called Hauntingly Sweet. I'm a total Candy Corn addict and this is my favorite sentiment EVER!! I've eaten way too much of it this weekend, but it was so good! Thanks for stopping by!

Materials
1. Stamps - Friendship Jar, Fillers - Papertrey Ink, Hauntingly Sweet - Unity Stamp Co
2. Ink - Tuxedo Black - Memento
3. Copic Markers
4. Twine - Halloween - Doodlebug Design
5. Patterned paper - Pumpkin Pie (Stampin' Up)
6. Card stock - Whisper White (Stampin' Up)

World Card Making Day Blog Tour

Click here for the Lawnscaping Fall Blog Hop. 

Welcome to the World Card Making Day Blog Tour! Today I'm sharing a Hello card. I'm entering this card into The Moxie Fab World Card Making Day Week: Make a Hello or Thinking of You Card For a Chance to Win. Click here to join in all the fun. I thought I would make a hello card to say Hello! to everyone who will be visiting my blog today. Thanks for stopping by! If you want to continue visiting blogs on the tour, click here to find links to the other participating blogs. 

Materials


1. Card stock - Whisper White (Stampin' Up) 

2. Patterned Paper - Shoreline (American Crafts) 

3. Letter Dies (PTI) 

4. Corner rounder - Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers 

5. Twine - Miss Caroline (MME)

Spider Girls

I made this card using the new EEK stamp set from Technique Tuesday designed by my blogland friend Teri Anderson. I just love all her new stamps!! I'm entering this card into the Moxie Fab World Repetition Challenge. Click here to join in all the fun in the Moxie Fab World.

Materials

1. Card stock - Black (Stampin' Up)

2. Decorative Paper - Fright Night (My Little Shoebox)

3. Stamps - EEK (Technique Tuesday)

4. Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento)

5. Twine - Halloween (Doodlebug)

6. Googly Eyes (Hobby Lobby)

7. Foam Tape (Stampin' Up)

Minty Button Jar

I made this card for the Minty Fresh Challenge in the Moxie Fab World. Click here to join in all the fun. Such a fun topic for a challenge. I decide to use a new to me stamp set and dies from Papertrey Ink called Friendship Jar. The Paper is Whisper White, Basic Grey and Pool Party from Stampin' Up. The ink is Basic Grey and Pool Party, the twine is Pool Party. The button dies are also from Stampin' Up. Thanks for stopping by!

Sweet Birthday Wishes

Click HERE to go to my Play Date Cafe post.

I made this treat bag topper for the August EAD Designs Color Challenge. I had such a great time as the Guest Designer at EAD Designs in June. I'm now totally addicted to creating with stickers. To make this treat bag topper, I used stickers from an EAD Designs Stickerz set called Sweet Birthday Treats. Thanks for stopping by!!

Art Journal With a Tag

I haven't done anything in my art journal for a while, so I wanted to make a new page tonight. Since I've been making backgrounds in the morning before I go to work, I already had the background sprayed and ready to go. It was done with Dylusions spray inks - but since I made it last week, I can't remember the colors! The stamps around the edges are Dylusions and the pretty lady in the middle is from Unity - Ippity - Angie Girl: Dream with Your Heart. I colored in the leaves and flowers roughly with oil pastels.

When I make my backgrounds I spray on a plastic sheet so any ink that gets on the edges can easily be swiped up on my stash of tags. This tag was made from the overspray of inks when I made one of my backgrounds. I have tons of these tags now and they are all so pretty and unique. The twine I used on the tag is from Lawn Fawn. I made the tag from a Tim Holtz Die and an old manila folder. Thanks for taking a look!

Play Date Cafe - Splash of Hot Pink

I made this card for the current Play Date Cafe Challenge #119. It took me awhile to figure out how to work in a splash of hot pink. But, I finally decided to use this new Paper Smooches stamp set. Thanks for taking a look!

Materials
1. Stamp Set - Vogue Abode - Paper Smooches
2. Ink - Tuxedo Black - Memento
3. Card stock - Whisper White, Black - Stampin' Up
4. Twine - The Twinery
5. Die - Oval - Nestabilities

CAS-ual Fridays - A Cut Above

I made this card for the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge - Penguin Suit. I found some Lawn Fawn stamps I've never used that I thought would work well with Black & White. I also used a die that I haven't used too much and some twine from The Twinery. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card Stock - Whisper White, Basic Black - Stampin' Up
2. Stamps - Just My Type - Lawn Fawn
3. Ink - Black - Stampin' Up
4. Twine - The Twinery
5. Die - Nestabilities

SPARKS Challenge

I'm entering this card into the current Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge. I decided to concentrate on the technique of coloring in letters - as hard as I tried to think of something - I just could not get my rainbow on this week! Below is the fun inspiration photo. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card. 

Materials

1. Card stock - Whisper White - Stampin' Up

2. Stamps - Chubby Chums, Word Up - Paper Smooches

3. Ink - Tuxedo Black - Memento

4. Markers - Copic

5. Twine - The Twinery

6. Puffy Fabric Heart Sticker- KI Memories

Happy Birthday Teri!!!

When I woke up this morning I saw on Facebook that it was Teri Anderson's Birthday. Teri is one of my favorite Paper Crafts Magazine Go-To-Gals. You should check out her blog sometime if you've never been there - she makes great cards! I decided to take out another one of my new Hero Arts stamps and make a quick virtual card for Teri. 


I'm also entering this card into the current Wee Memories Challenge - Anything Goes. Thanks for stopping by!

Here's my card. 

Materials
1. Card stock - Pool Party, Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder - Stampin Up
2. Decorative Paper - Stampin' Up
3. Stamps - Wish Big, Essential Messages - Hero Arts
4. Ribbon & Twine - Calypso Coral - Stampin Up
5. Die - Nestabilities
6. Ink - Basic Black - Stampin Up

CAS-ual Fridays - Kraft & Twine

I'm entering this card in the current CAS-ual Friday Challenge. I decide to move away from the holidays and make this cute birth announcement. The Onesie stamp is from Unity and the sentiment is from Lawn Fawn. The twine is My Minds Eye Lime Twist and the little clothes pins and decorative papers are from Stampin' Up. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card. 

Gel-a-tins Wednesday & CAS-ual Fridays

This is my weekly Wednesday Gel-a-tins post. I used Gel-a-tins 3-D Alpha and Holly Jolly Stamp Sets to create this CAS card and envelope. For all the details check out the Gel-a-tins blog here. I'm also entering this card & envelope into the CAS-ual Fridays challenge. 

Here's my card & envelope.

Frosty Friends Tag

I'm so happy to be able to make some things for challenges again.  I made this tag for the current Lawnscaping Challenge and Cupcake Craft Challenge. The Lawnscaping theme is Tags or Treat Bags and the Cupcake Craft theme is to make your own background paper. 

To make this tag I embossed snowflakes from Lawn Fawn Frosties stamp set in white. Then combined several colors of distress ink together to get this cool gray blue wintry colored background color. I added some Rock Candy Distress Stickles to the ear muffs and the top of the hat. It was a fun tag to make and I really like how it turned out. Thanks for taking a look!

Materials
1. Tag - Recollections
2. Stamps - Frosties, Making Frosty Friends - Lawn Fawn
3. Embossing Powder - Dove - Martha Stewart
4. Ink - Memento
5. Distress Stains - Broken China, Picket Fence, Weathered Wood, Milled Lavender, Spun Sugar
6. Markers - Copic
7. Twine - The Twinery
8. Stickles - Distress Rock Candy
9. Trim - Tinsel - Stampin' Up
10. Foam Tape

Stamp Camp Cards

It's been a month and now it's time for Stamp Camp again. Here are the cards we'll be making this month. We'll also be making the Tim Holtz Christmas Tag Day 4 and a crackled grunge board ornament. I'll show those later. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies (All Stampin Up)

Stamp - Triple Treat Flower

Card stock & inks - Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade

Designer Paper - Sweet Shop

Punches - Flowers, 1/2 circle, 2.5 inch circle

Die - 3 inch circle

Ribbon - Lucky Limeade Organdy

Stamp Set - Patterned Party

Card stock & Inks: Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade

Twine - Calypso Coral

Punch - Scallop Border

Stamp Set - The Best of Everything

Card stock - Whisper White

Inks & Twines- Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Island Indigo