PILE IT ON! - Challenge #4

Hello! Glad to see you back here! And if it's your first visit to my blog - welcome! Today is Sunday and that means it's time for a new challenge from PILE IT ON! Be sure to check out the Pile It On! blog, because there's a LOT of goodness over there today, including the ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE NEW DESIGN TEAM!

And today's challenge - you might ask? To use THREE DIFFERENT EMBELLISHMENTS on your project - meaning if you use two ribbons - it's only counts as one embellishment - and of course, you need to incorporate at least one other CURRENT challenge. As you will see on my card below I used ribbon, flowers & crystals.

I'm not sure you can tell - but this card is made from acetate! I love the elegant looks it gives it but I don't use it all that often!



The challenges included for this card - and it works HARD I tell you!

• Pile It On! - Three different embellishments
• Our Creative Corner - red, white & blue
• Flutterby - open, but use a butterfly
• Card Patterns - Sketch - I don't normally "copy" a sketch quite as closely as this, but as soon as I saw the sketch, this card came right into my head!
• Crafty Creations - Celebrations
• Libby's Little Addiction - Courtney's Closet - you have to go see the cute little outfit Courtney is wearing - it's so cute with a little American butterfly!
  
• ABC - U is for USA
• Three Clovers - Red, White & Blue
• Cuttlebug Spot - Celebrate your Country
• Color Chef - Red, White & Blue
• The Pink Elephant - Favorite Color Combo
• **ETA** Also works for today's 2RedBananas challenge - make it patriotic! Since I just made it and posted in this morning, I have no problem counting it - although they will probably see another one - I LOVE red, white & blue!!
  

That's it for this one! Be sure to check out the Pile It On! Blog to see what the Design Team created, who the top three scoops are - and we even had TWO Sweet Sprinkle Awards given this week!

Thanks for visiting!

Guess what???

I am the July Guest Designer over at Heart Hugs for the ETSY INSPIRED CHALLENGE!! Woooo Hoooo! Yay me!!! Anyway - enough of that! LOL
Let me show you my card - and I was even able to pile on the challenges!

• Obviously - First and Foremost - Heart Hugs Etsy Inspired Challenge. This week's shop is called Which Goose. Everything is flowery! So although they have real looking elegant pieces, that's just not me. So I translated flowers into "Vicki Flowers" and this is what I cam up with.
• 365 Cards - I am actually going to get two out of this one for 365 - which I don't normally do, but....there hasn't been a lot of time making cards lately, so....#124 - Something Digital - the blue daisy paper is digital. It comes from a shop called Funky Fairies and #126 - Red, White & Blue
  
• Paper Play asked for flowers -the challenge is actually called Paper Roses. The flowers CANNOT be purchased - you had to make them. Mine is made from a QK die.
• Color Chef #12 asked for Red, White & Blue
• Three Clovers asked for Red, White & Blue
• ABC - U is for - USA - again, to me, this translates into Red, White & Blue
• Cuttlebug Spot - Celebrate Your Country. Now I know one of these CB challenge blogs requires you to use your Cuttlebug - and I did. I just happened to have been to cut out my QK flower! LOL :)
• Crafty Creations asked for Celebrations! Now this card being what it is - it could be used for many different occasions.
  
• Flutterby Wednesday #64 - open challenge - just use a butterfly
• The Pink Elephant - Favorite Color Combo - this is my second card for them this week - both using Red, White & Blue. Also, although it doesn't really count, this was their sketch last week, so I figured I should not that too!! Loved it - just didn't have time to play it til now.
  

And that's all for this one! Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps & Smiles!

There's a new sketch out today over at the Stamps & Smiles blog! (Well there will be tomorrow morning, but since blogger is wonky on the pre-posting, I opted to post early). Every Thursday you can find a new FANTABULOUS sketch from our Sketch Artist - Mercy!

Here's my take on the sketch:


And a few more challenges this cute little card qualifies for:

• Again - the sketch is Stamps & Smiles
• Color Chef - Red White & Blue
• Spoon Full of Sugar - they asked for summer - personally - red, white, & blue with stars has SUMMER written all over it in my book!!
• Cupcake Crafts also asked for summer
• Cuttlebug Spot asked us to Celebrate Your Country
• The Pink Elephant asked for your favorite color combo - this is definitely one of my favorites!
• 2RedBananas had a lovely picture up for inspiration - two red and white beach chairs, on the beach, facing a blue ocean - all said summer to me!

And that will do it for this one!!

Cuppy Love!

Who doesn't love a cupcake!! Especially one that hits a couple of challenges! And especially one that I specifically decorated (no sparkles or glitter) so it can go to Cards for Heroes!



And here are the details:

• The Pink Elephant asked for pink, brown and white.
• This is this week's Card Patterns sketch.
• Simon Says asked for Pink & Brown.

And that's about it for this one!! There'll definitely be more to see this week, so stay tuned!

A few cards, a few challenges....

And here we are!! I have two cards to show you right now and I must say I really like how both of these came out. I really need to tell you guys something though. I do a lot of challenges and I just wanted to tell you why.

I have a shed I work in - it's 10x16 and I must say I have been blessed with what I have been able to accumulate scrapbooking wise. There's at LOT of STUFF in there! I do the challenges and combine them because it limits me. And for me, I am more creative that way. I have paper upon paper - but if I know I can only use blue or pink or yellow - depending on the challenge - it actually makes it easier for me to accomplish the task because I have less choices. Now I am sure it's not this way for everybody, but I figured I would explain why I do it. But above all - I ENJOY IT!!

Enough blabber - I know - just tell me to shut up....here's the cards!

Love Card:

• 365 Cards asked for an anniversary card today. (Happy Anniversary Pam!) There was a catch - the predominant color had to be white! Well, with a little help from my embossing folder, I think this one just came out cute and lovely.
• The Pink Elephant had a recipe challenge - three buttons, two layers, one sentiment. I am not 100% sure LOVE counts as a sentiment, but I am thinking it is quite a strong one.
• A new one - All Sorts - color challenge of pink & white! Love love love it!! (so the card says! LOL)

Butterfly card:

• The sketch is from Paper Blooms this week - it was a really cute sketch - I just had to try it!
• 365 Cards asked for Fabric (Thursday I think). This one took me a while - I don't think I have ANY fabric in the house. Then I found this little applique butterfly on denim - I was thinking it was PERFECT!
• That little butterfly makes it perfect for Danni's Flutterby Wednesday challenge!
• Cute Card Thursday asked for punches or die cuts (now that's a challenge made for ME!!) This card happens to use the QuicKutz 4x4 Flourishes dies - one of my favorites. They will probably see more card from me this week with that challenge!!

And that's might be all you see from me today. I need to work on the PILE IT ON challenge for tomorrow - OUR FIRST CHALLENGE - be sure to head over there and check out the start of the blog - there's BLOG CANDY to be had!!!

Using What You've Got!!

Ann over a Ann's Creative Nook asked for neglected embellishments this week. We should all think about this one. We all run out and buy the latest and greatest, but what about what we have sitting in our stashes? I am as guilty as anybody. So both of these cards will work for Ann's challenge.

Both of these cards were made from an old kit that I used to subscribe to called Scrap Jammies. Everything in the kit was precut, premeasured, etc. for a two page layout - all you had to do was insert the photos - great kit for a beginner scrapbooker. I didn't end up using them as they were meant to be used and I have started cutting them up and making my own stuff - after all - it's already matched, etc - half the work is already done for me - which is a good thing! If you look at most of my cards, these are not supplies I would have normally picked out myself.

Onto the cards...


This first card works for the following:

• Ann's Creative Nook - neglected embellishments (actually neglected everything - I haven't subscribed to these kits in over 3 years!)
• The sketch is from Mojo Monday.
• 365 Cards asked for purple and 5 circles - I have six obvious ones and the two upper panels are made of patterned circle paper. The purple I used is actually lavender. I counted it! :)
  
• Fun-Frilled asked for four eyelets (I haven't used eyelets in a while either) Luckily the Mojo sketch had circles right where I placed the eyelets.
  

This little card is about 4x4 and works for:

• As previously stated, Ann's Creative Nook - neglected embellishments.
• The Pink Elephant - this is their sketch challenge this week.

As always, thanks for stopping by and I hope you all had a great Memorial Day Weekend.

Monogram for Me!

As we all know, when we normally make cards, they're not made for ourselves - they are made for somebody else. Well, over at The Pink Elephant this week, they asked for a Monogram. So I figured, what the heck - about time I make one for me!

And I am sure you all realize by now that this will hit a couple of challenges...four to be exact!

• As stated above - The Pink Elephant asked for a Monogram. This particular monogram was made from the QuicKutz Moxie alphabet.
• The layout is the sketch challenge over at Eat, Sleep, Stamp this week
• Over at If the Shoe Fits - there's a Negative Die Cut challenge going on. As you can see, I used the negative on the V and popped it up so the white would show through. This is however I forum challenge, but it's well worth joining!
• Last, but certainly not least, another challenge blog for me - Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge blog asked for glitter - in whatever form you choose! I hope you can see it but both the background cardstock as well as the bright pink of my V and flourishes is all glittered.
  

A Round Birthday...

This morning I was feeling Mojo-less. However, I think it was just BLAH! You know - we all have those days. Anyway, I figure find some inspiration and shake it off!! And found inspiration I did!!

This cute little round card is for a couple of things:

• The Pink Elephant started a "new" thing! They had an inspirational challenge this past Thursday - this card was inspired by a very funky plate (I think it's a plate). You can view it on their blog HERE. I picked up the colors, the round, the flowers, and even the diamonds.


• Scrappy Frogs Challenge blog asked for round - so round it is!


• Last, but certainly not least - Eat, Sleep, Stamp is about to celebrate her 2nd Blog Anniversary and asked for a birthday card! And so you know, that Happy Birthday stamp is one of the brand new releases from Stamps & Smiles!

And that's it for this one!! Thanks for stopping by.

Don't forget I have BLOG CANDY on THIS POST!

Masculine Card...and a few more challenges

The Cupcake Craft Challenge blog asked for a man or boy card this week. It happened to come just in time!! A friend of mine recently asked me to make her a card for a 50th Birthday party - as luck would have it - for a guy!!



The card is very similar to the card I did for last week's Cupcake Challenge, which was numbers and you can see that card on THIS POST. This time I skipped the embossed back panel, as the card is for a 50 year old man - and although I love the other card, I was thinking it was more for a child (IMO anyway!)

It also hits the blue, green & white challenge at the Pink Elephant as well as the blue & green challenge at Color Create! So this will be a second card for both of those challenges!

And that's it for this one! But don't forget to check out the BLOG CANDY on THIS POST!!

A few more challenges down...

I am now definitely a firm believer of challenge lists!! It shows again on this card....I will be doing that MUCH more often!!





I love the way this card came out - it will be good for one of the little boys that I buy for! Probably my son as his birthday is the next little boy - of course he'll be 15, but this will work for him!

So - here are the challenges:

• First up - TCP Tuesday for color. Navy, green and white - and I really like the combo!


• Spoonful of Sugar asked for texture (Touchy Feely is the term they used I believe)


• Creative Card Crew asked for embossing - I used my Numbers Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background - which covered both of them.


• Cupcake Crafts asked for numbers - again, Numbers Cuttlebug embossing folder, making it perfect for a birthday card - hence my Verve sentiment.


• Last, but certainly not least, The Pink Elephant asked for Circles and Scallops. Well - I actually only have one of each - so does that count? If I get time, maybe I'll do a second one for them.

And that will do it for this card! Love the card and the fact that it covered a bunch of challenges! Thanks for stopping by!

Pink Elephant Sketch

This week's challenge over at The Pink Elephant was a sketch challenge. You know me - I love a sketch (and a challenge) How perfect! LOL

Anyway, I have been eyeing MFT's Who's the E-Girl stamp set since it came out, and I finally own it! It came in last week and I thought this sketch was perfect to get it inky! Of course, as previously stated - I am not a stamper. So I paper-pieced it! :)

I am thinking it's pretty self-explanatory. Oval made with Nestabilities and the border done with Fiskars Threading Water punch. I think the rhinestones are Kaiser Craft, but don't quote me.

I am thinking it's not bad for getting it inky the first time. Thanks for stopping by!

Sometimes I amaze myself....

Okay - I am a challenge junkie and I admit it....is that really so bad? It is when I make one project for SIX challenges! I think this one is a record for me. So, without further adieu, here it is:
Now, you may ask how it all started. Well here's the run down:

• It started with Triple the Sketch and Project Tuesday. I had previously done this bag for Project Tuesday a couple of posts back. It was such an easy and cute project. When I saw this week's sketch for Triple the Sketch, I was thinking it was PERFECT for a bag!
• The next factor was Our Creative Corner - use your favorite color combo. My favorite color combo is black & white with a POP of color. Doesn't matter what color the pop is...
• This was then followed by Stamp Something - Showers or Flowers. I might go back and do the showers too. I have an idea for that one as well.
• Scrappy Frogs was also asking for spring flowers. LOVING these flowers!
• And last, but certainly not least, the Pink Elephant asked for Mother's Day or Mom Birthday. Now my mother's favorite color was always red, so when I was picking my POP, I went with her favorite color

That's it - count them up! It's 6!! (Yes Dalis - that's more than a triple dip!)

Below is a detail shot on the flowers.

So thanks for stopping by. I might do a couple more of these challenges with other entries, but...I am liking that I could fit six challenges into one entry.

Easter Favors

Two different challenge blogs asked for Easter themed items this week. Our Creative Corner and the Pink Elephant Challenge blog - which is a new find for me. Besides that, the 2RedBananas blog asked for "anything but a card"! I love it when I can combine my challenges!!



So you might remember the birthday favor I made 2-3 posts ago. This is bascially the same favor, but I didn't cut the edges into streamers. I did, however, add these really cute tags!

The bunnies are from Paperbilities. I really love that company - they have the cutest embellishment and have many with a lot of texture to them. The Easter Wishes sentiment is from PaperTrey Ink. It's from the original Mixed Messages set. The tulip stamp is from CTMH. It's from their March Word Puzzle set. I love the Word Puzzles sets! If you don't have them or haven't seen them - I would definitely look into them! They have great phrase and image stamps that are seasonal for that month! The Happy Easter on the third tag is actually from the same set! All the papers are from a DCWV 6x6 paper pad.


Well, guess that's all for now. I won't show you more of these, although I will be making more. As always, thanks for visiting. I will be having some BLOG CANDY soon! I missed my One Year Blogoversary and if you'll notice my counter, I am over the 9,000 mark...so I might be giving away 10,000 person blog candy! So watch to be that 10,000th person, and I will be doing an official blog candy post soon!