Pile It On! - No Patterned Paper (OMG)

It's Sunday - and we all know what that means!! A new challenge from the PILE IT ON! blog. Be sure to check out this week's top three and what the FANTABULOUS Design Team created.

And now - for this week's challenge - NO PATTERNED PAPER! I know, I know - don't shoot the messenger - it wasn't my week to set the challenge! LOL However, please remember - you can make your own patterned paper!

This week, we had a sponsor - DIGI STAMP CHARACTER. So I used their adorable little girl image to make my patterned paper. Here's what I came up with:



And here's my "pile":

• Pile It On! - No patterned paper
• 365 Cards - sunflower inspiration
• No Time To Stamp - Stamp Simply - Make a card for a friend!

And that's it for this one! Kind of a small pile, huh? Just goes to show you it doesn't take 10 challenges to make a Pile It On! card!

Thanks for playing with us - I can't wait to see what you create!!

An "Eye" for an "I"....

Hi everybody!! It's Tuesday and I have a couple of things for you today!! First up - I am a Guest Designer for 365 Cards today!! It's reader appreciation week and I am honored to have been asked. The challenge today - Use a homophone in your sentiment! There are so many cute ones out there right now in stamps and rub-ons - I am sure you will a lot of fun doing this one!

Here's my card:
And there it is - "We Make a Perfect 'PEAR'"! Really cute card for an anniversary or just to tell your significant other that you love them! The papers I used here are digital, as are my perfectly matched pears! The are both a brand new kit out by LCC by Amy Stoffel called Itty Bitty Gourmet. It's actually a baby kit! A beautiful chocolate brown grosgrain ribbon and a little bit of bling - and it's done!

But stay tuned - Project Tuesday should be up next!

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!

PILE IT ON! - Challenge #4 - BUTTON UP!

This week the new challenge for PILE IT ON is....

USE FOUR OR MORE BUTTONS in your project...and as usual - AT LEAST one other challenge!

Challenges:

• Pile It On! - Button it up!
• Stamps and Smiles Tuesday Sketch - since I turned the sketch into a layout - this is obviously a VERY loose interpretation, but I just wanted to show you how versatile sketches are and that even if it doesn't look exactly like the sketch, it was inspirational!
  
• 365 Cards - Day 118 - You've Been Framed - now I might be cheating on this one because as we all know that 365 is about cards and this is a layout, but.....who cares? lol (My friend Gloria cheats on her 365 challenges all the time, so.....LOL - she's going to love reading that!!!)
  
• Charisma Cardz stated to create ANYTHING you wanted this week, no theme, no restrictions, so....here's mine!
• Scrap, Inspire, Create asked us to celebrate PARENTHOOD. The funny story behind this layout is that my daughter and her boyfriend Jimmy were gathering all the kids - mine and Jimmy's mother's to go have pictures taken for Mother's Day. Unfortunately, they had a bank account issue and were unable to have them taken. Since they were pretty much dressed and ready to go, I grabbed my camera and did the photos myself!! These are the three separate photos I took of each of my three children.
• Use It - I am going to claim this one! They asked for something inspired by nature - which would be the flowers, polka dots - which I have, favorite embellishment - I have used several different "embellishments" and to mail it to someone special (I am just wondering if email counts here??)

There's one more thing I have to tell you about my creation today - which could break many rules for some challenge blogs - It's DIGITAL! I have been playing in the digital world and LOVING IT!!! I have always been a scrapbooker and if you had told me a year ago that I would be make 5-10 cards every week instead of scrapbook pages, I would have told you that you were LOONEY! But here I am, making card after card (except this week - I was a very bad, lazy crafter! LOL) and NOT pages to go into my albums! Well, I had been thinking of trying digital for quite a while and since I had a program on my computer, I thought - HECK, why not?? So I started into the digital world!

So be on the look out for more digital and non-digital creations - and ANNOUNCEMENTS!

365 - Complete for the Week!

I have been doing good in the month of June in completing my 365 Cards each week. I know if I go beyond the Saturday marker - they just won't get done!! So here are the last two for this week!

This card was the Saturday challenge...details are below:

• 365 Cards - Wedding card with the word love on it
• The Pink Elephant - also asked for a wedding card
• Stamp Something asked for black & white plus one color. Specifically this color is CTMH hollyhock.

And I think this was the Friday challenge:

• 365 Cards - bold colors and stripes
• ABC asked for summer - I am thinking this is pretty summery...bright colors and fish you'd find at the beach!
• Scrappy Frogs also asked for summer
  
• Daring Cardmakers request "Miss You"....well, it's close!

And that's about it!! I now have to go make my PILE IT ON! sample for tomorrow....be sure to check back for that and don't forget about the Design Team Call going on over at PILE IT ON!

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Feeling a little KRAFTY today!

I was feeling pretty KRAFTY this morning (bad pun I know, but I couldn't help myself!!) Anyway, this might be WWWAAAAYYYY too much information, but I make more cards in my head while in the shower - which is where these two came from!! Anyway, enough of the personal information you didn't want to know - here's the cards!!




This card uses the same layout my friend Dalis used and said was a challenge somewhere, so if you recognize it - let us know! LOL Otherwise - this one covers the following:

• 365 Cards - They're trying to kill me I swear!! They asked for aqua, green, yellow, orange and brown. The catch - make it feminine! So here it is.
• All Sorts - they requested to use something with WINGS. I might have more for them this week.
• Daring Cardmakers - Miss you
• Charisma Cards asked for sparkle
• Flutterby Wednesday is always looking for those butterflies!!

Then I made this one - still krafty!!



Being Father's Day is tomorrow, you know there were plenty of challenges out there for masculine, etc, and this also incorporates a few others.

• Pile It On! asked for two different ribbons (at least!) Isn't that wide brown ribbon gorgeous!! I got it from a good friend (Hi Jenn!!) and love it!! I will have to convince her to tell me where she got it!
  
• 365 Cards asked for Masculine with argyle
• Our Creative Corner asked for stars
  
• Paper Blooms asked for Father's Day/Masculine
• Cuttlebug Challenge asked for Masculine/Father's Day
• Cuttlebug Spot asked for Father's Day/Masculine
• Fun Frilled asked for Father's Day

I will be back later with more...I need to do two more 365s to finish out the week!

A bunch of pink!

I have two cards for you tonight!! I think my mojo has returned - yay! I am glad to say it was only gone for a couple of days. (I'm not thinking this photo is the best, but it was the best I could seem to get on this one)



This first one is for a couple of challenges (of course!)

• Charisma Cards asked for bling - only that one little rhinestone at the bottom, but it's still bling!
• Getting Creative with Anne asked for a baby card - Congrats Anne! I love the little pacifier almost as a tag. I thought it was pretty darn cute myself!
  

This second card also hits a few:

• 365 Cards asked for the word "girl" to appear on the card and to make the card "girly". You may not be able to see it totally, but that little tag says "go girl".
• C.R.A.F.T. - sketch
• Cute Card Thursday asked for a tag

And that's it for these two! Thanks for stopping by...

HB2U

I am not feel the mojo all that much tonight. I did make this one card as I am behind on my 365 Cards challenges! I am thinking it's cute, but needs something. Tell me - how do you get your MOJO back?!?! Hopefully it'll return on it's own tomorrow.



For challenges - this card will do it's work here:

• 365 Cards - Boy birthday card
• If the Shoe Fits asked for a celebration card
• Simon Says also asked for celebration - they're celebrating their first birthday!

Thanks for stopping by....I gotta to look for the Mojo! LOL

Oh Mr. Sun...

Sun, Mr. Golden Sun - Please shine down on me!!! Since we haven't seen the sun here in a few days, it'd be appropriate! Now, I like the rain, but part of my brain must have been saying SUN SUN Where are you!?!?!

I am thinking this is one of those cards that was better in my brain than on paper - I am thinking it's missing something, but still relatively cute.

Challenges:

• 365 Cards - Super Sketchy Sunday
  
• If The Shoe Fits - blue, green, yellow
• Color Throwdown - basically asked for blue, green & yellow (Brocade Blue, Certainly Celery and So Saffron)
• No Time To Stamp asked for half circles.
  

And that's it for me this weekend!! I think I am going to hit the hay early tonight!

It's a 365 kind of day...

I had to catch up on my 365 Cards challenges this week, so here they are - all in one post!!

• DAY 104 at 365 Cards - Imagine This - Grass! You were supposed to let grass inspire your card. This is what I ended up with. The balls are stickers from Sticko, the grass is a Doodlebug Frill and the stamps are CTMH.
• This is also for Heart Hugs Etsy Inspired - I was very inspired by that store - you'll see another card below!! It's called Naturally Felt and you can see the inspiration for this card HERE.
  

I love how this card came out! So simple yet festive! It's only 3x3.

• Heart Hugs Etsy Inspired store this week is called Naturally Felt. You can see my inspiration for this card HERE.
  
• DAY 105 at 365 Cards - Sing-A-Long Saturday - Rainbow Connection. Obviously you can see the rainbow in the card. These are also Doodlebug Frills. The stamp is by Stamping Bella.
• CCEE asked for Flowers
• Paper Blooms asked for flowers - so there are bunches & bunches of flowers here!!

This last card has a couple - and one I thought I caught, but....

• Our Creative Corner asked for border punches
• 365 Cards gave us a card recipe - 4.25 x 5.5 in size, two patterned papers, stamped sentiment and three jewels
• Dare You to Digistamp asked for chocolate and orange - now that part I got. I am assuming I was also required to use a digital stamp, which I did not. Obviously the color combo was in my head - I should have looked at who issued the challenge! LOL
• Again, CCEE asked for flowers.
• All Sorts asked for Triangles...that border punch gives me a BUNCH of triangles!
• Creative Card Crew asked for geometric patterns - which my gingham obviously fits into.

And that's it for now!! I have a couple of DT items to create - and don't forget to be at PILE IT ON! tomorrow for our second challenge and for our First Top Three Scoop Winners!!

Dragonfly Journey

I participate in 365 Cards challenges a LOT! One of the girls over there has blog candy and you need to participate in order to be entered. This is my take on the sketch, as well as my entry for her blog candy. You had to use a dragonfly on your card to be entered. I am not 100% sure this is what she had in mind for her dragonflies, but.....


Now - here's the details for this one. I try to do all 7 of them each week and since I have a habit of putting 3, 4, even 5 challenges on any given card - 365 Cards gives me at least one challenge I can incorporate everyday. Since I feel the theory behind 365 Cards is to make a card each day, I don't usually put more than one 365 Cards challenge on any given card. This one I made the exception for - but only because I already did the sketch challenge this week. So I did do a separate card for it. Anyway, all that being said - here's the challenges this card incorporates:

• This week one of the challenges was to incorporate three 365 Challenges into your card - one from each March, April & May. I chose March 18 - Going green - make green the dominant color on the card, April 28 - Miss you type sentiment - I felt "wish you were here" not only fit, but was comical on this particular card and May 22, which was to make a matching envelope.
• This is also the Super Sketchy Sunday sketch from 365 Cards this week - with the dragonflies in order to be entered for the blog candy.
• Once again, Flourishes Timeless Tuesday asked for us to use Patterned Paper.
  
• Last but certainly not least, If the Shoe Fits asked for green, blue and yellow as a color combination.

On Saturday - two challenges came up that this card was so fitting for that I did link it to them, although I will probably do another card for each of them so that I am within the timeframe. But those two challenges are:

• Our Creative Corner - Border punches
• Secret Crafter - In the Jungle - theme challenge
  

Lastly, I must note - the idea behind this card was not mind. Credit for the actual idea goes to Dalis - I can only take credit for actually putting the idea on paper!

A bunch of cards...

and I have to tell you I am not in love with any of them. My mojo is just not working very well tonight, but they're not bad, but all quite simple and cute. I am just not thinking "spectacular" today. But since I know we are all our own worst critics and I don't HATE them...here they are! And to my surprise, some of them are one challenge cards.




This first one is for 365 Cards - they asked for veggies on a card. My only salvation on this one is I went to the stamp store today and asked "do you have any paper with vegetables on it?" and this is why I got! It's by Flair Designs and I really do think this one came out pretty cute. This is also an anniversary card - which was requested by If the Shoe Fits. I forgot to take the photo of the inside, which says "Anniversary Wishes". (One of my Verve sets!) And of course this one also works for the PILE IT ON Challenge - as it has a Non-Stamped Sentiment!


This one is for Lesley! She challenged me to do the Color Challenge over at SCS this week. It was a one layer white card. You were allowed to use ONE other color and no other colored cardstock. This is the one that really reminds me that I am not a stamper! It's really all purple, although I think the ribbon kind of looks black. It's really a true purple. (And Lesley - I want you to know this is like the 6th variation - I won't mention the one that I was almost finished with and stamped the sentiment upside-down!!!)



This is for the 365 Cards Color challenge to use BOLD colors of red, blue, green, orange and yellow! Lucky for me, I had this school pad from DCWV. And you can't see it in the photos, but some of those apples are all sparkly.



Last but certainly not least - my Thanks! Owl. This one is for the Color Throwdown today and is also for Jen's SFYTT. The owl, however, I can't take any credit for. My friend Dalis had made THIS card, and I loved it -but she wouldn't part with it. What she did do, however, was send me four of these cute little owls as a "print". I assume she scanned her card and somehow wiped out everything but the owl. Don't know for sure - she's the computer wizard!

I am going to go back to the scrap table and see if I can't find some mojo! I have one more card to make that HAS to be made tonight...so I am gonna think on that one!

Thanks for stopping by!

For Dad...

Father's Day is right around the corner and of course all the challenge blogs want Masculine/For Dad, etc., so I will work on Father's Day cards!


You know of course from the opening that this will cover a multitude of challenges, and here's the list:

• Cute Card Thursday asked us to pull out our punches and diecuts - #1 Dad was made with my BossKut Totally Tall alphabet
• PILE IT ON! - Non-stamped sentiment (this was our first challenge - go check out my new challenge blog!!)
• Three Clovers asked for Masculine (but as I was linking - it had a twist - you were suppose to use metal, which I didn't so this one doesn't really count here - but I had already completed this challenger earlier this week).
  
• Corrosive Challenge blog asked for Dad
• Stamptacular Sunday said - One for the Boys!
• This was the Super Sunday Sketch over at 365 Cards - this sketch kind of scared me, but I turned it and kind of went for the penant look! I'm liking it...
  

That will do it for this card and for me for tonight! Come back tomorrow - there'll be a new PROJECT TUESDAY up and it's a great challenge - lots of fun and so easy, you wouldn't believe it!

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!!!

Pink & Green and....

yellow and brown! That's what happens when you have color challenges that are similar! You get a lot of the same color in one post!! I am liking both of these cards - and I might try to squeak another one out tonight, but who knows! It's almost 11pm here so....


This first one has 3 challenges (I think - I could be wrong - we'll see in a minute! LOL)

• It was created using this weeks CPS sketch.
• The pink & green color combination comes from If the Shoe Fits...
• The wedding theme was requested by Stamp Something
  
• Dutch Dare requested decorating the inside of the card. - I actually decorated the inside of the card below, which you can see from the side, but I didn't take a separate picture of it.

And I was obviously wrong - as I hit four challenges on the top one! Oh well...NEXT!! LOL The next one also hits several challenges - and below the photo it will tell you what they are!

• This on is for the Color Throwdown. You can truly see the pink, green and chocolate on this card!
  
• Flourishes is having an Easy Peezy Challenge (that's what they called it anyway) and it was to make a 10 minute card. The only time I didn't count in this was the time it took me to find the bone folder, and the adhesive and the.....lol on my very messy table!
• Getting Creative with Ann asked for Clean & Simple. Although there are three layers here - it's definitely CAS.
• Three Clovers asked for Cards for Dad (or men) and you had to use metal. So I got my brads in on this one! The top three are not brads they are almost like a metal-looking self adhesive pearl.
• Charisma Cards asked for pink and brown.
• Last but certainly not least, 365 Cards asked for Diamonds as the focal point. I am thinking they're pretty focal.
  

So not too shabby - 4 on one, 7 on the other (as I did decorate the inside - but didn't list it again!)

As I continue to pile on my challenges - I need to remind you of the new challenge blog that is coming on Sunday - PILE IT ON! I understand that if you become a follower (nothing else) you will be eligible for blog candy!! So run on over there, become a follower, and on Sunday you'll see a new challenge come up!

Thanks for stopping by!

Inspired!

A bunch of pretty flowers - signals that spring is here, don't you think? I got the inspiration for this card from Lee! (Be sure to congratulate her - she just made the design team over at Gina K!) Her challenge for the Limelight Anniversary Party was a picture of four different flowers - I LOVE FLOWERS!



The second challenge this is for is 365 Cards. Today they had a color challenge of blue, pink and orange. The white flowers have Swarovski crystal centers and the colored flowers have the new Pebbles Candy Dots - I got those at CropStop.com. The sentiment is Verve (as usual!)

As I continue to pile on my challenges - I need to remind you of the new challenge blog that is coming on Sunday - PILE IT ON! I understand that if you become a follower (nothing else) you will be eligible for blog candy!! So run on over there, become a follower, and on Sunday you'll see a new challenge come up!

Mojo Cupcake!

I really liked the color combination from the 365 Collage today, so I opted for a second card - no wedding theme this time though! I will link it on 365 anyway, because it was an inspiration piece - and this is how my color combination was inspired!




Okay - just a couple of challenges on this one:

• Obviously, since it's already been stated, it's inspired by today's collage over at 365 Cards.
• This is this week's Mojo Monday sketch.

That's really all there is on this one - that cute little cupcake - I know you want to know where it comes from - it's from Stamps & Smiles! It's from a set called Happy Birthday Cupcake and it's new as of May!

It's a Wedding.....

card! Just a wedding card - no weddings going on here - thankfully!! And this card might just have TOO much bling - but you judge!



Two challenges on this one - I know - I must be slacking! LOL

• 365 Cards had a beautiful wedding collage as today's inspiration.
• Stamptacular Sunday requested a wedding card. The outside, as you can see, says Hand in Hand - the inside says, Side by Side. Stamps are CTMH.

One more thing! I assume all of you have noticed the LARGE BLINKING ICE CREAM CONE at the top of my blog?!!?!?! There's going to be a new challenge blog come Sunday - PILE IT ON!! Be sure to check it out!!!

Thanks for visiting!

Limelight +

I was VERY busy tonight!! I made four cards! Most of them are for Limelight's Anniversary Celebration - so if you haven't been there - head on over!! Mandy has a bunch of fun stuff going on!!

Needless to say, I have hit a bunch of challenges with these cards - it's becoming my signature - so all the details are below each card!



This first one started as being a color challenge, but I think I missed it. Here's the info:

• Fun Frilled asked for a Teacher Card. I am thinking A+ and Thanks is perfect for any teacher.
• The layout was the Sunday Sketch over at 365 Cards this past week.
• 2RedBananas asked for ribbons
  
• The color challenge I was trying to hit with this was Color Chef - who requested Red, Black, Yellow and White. I think the other two colors throw it off too much to count, but keep scrolling down and you will see that I did indeed complete this challenge!

This is the first card I made tonight.

• Part of Limelight's Anniversary Challenge was a color challenge of Chocolate Chip, Pink Passion and Summer Sun. Not an SU girl, I made do. (She also gave the PTI colors, but I am not really a PTI girl either!)
• This is the sketch over at Card Patterns this week.
• 365 Cards had a challenge today for either a telephone image or the phrase "call me". This particular stamp is My Favorite Things.
• Stamp Simply asked for flowers (I just might repeat this statement!)
  

Here's the color challenge that I did make!

• Again - color challenge for Color Chef - red, black, white and yellow (I kept thinking Mickey Mouse!)
• The Sketch is part of the Limelight Anniversary Celebration.
• 2RedBananas asked for Ribbons
• Stamp Simply asked for flowers.
  

Now this one is totally off my normal.

• Cupcake Craft asked for Fairies. Now - this cute little fairy is a digital stamp from Pollycraft! I purchased three of their images today and this is the first one I used. She's just SOOOO cute!
• Scrappy Frogs also asked for Fairies this week.
• The Cuttlebug Spot asked us to color our images! Now - if you come here on any kind of regular basis - you know that I don't really stamp - or color anyway! But I suppose this proves that I can!
• I used the sketch from Sweet Sunday.
• This card will also be a second card for me over at Daring Cardmakers. They requested Take 5! Five of "something" on your project. On this card - I have 5 sugarcoated Doodlebug brads!! (They're my favorite!!)
  
• Stamp Simply asked for flowers - of course there are several cards here that have flowers, so I guess I am really good on that one!

That is all for tonight! I am definitely thinking it's enough!

One more thing! I assume all of you have noticed the LARGE BLINKING ICE CREAM CONE at the top of my blog?!!?!?! There's going to be a new challenge blog come Sunday - PILE IT ON!! Be sure to check it out!!!