ATSM Challenge #82 - Make Your Mark

Hello friends and followers - thanks for stopping by to visit me today!  

Time for another weekly challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More! 

This week ATSM #82 is "Make Your Mark".  

This challenge is your opportunity to "color" in any form that suits your creative nature. 

Lots of options available to you for this one.  You can use pencils, crayons, alcohol ink markers (such as copic or spectrum noir), chalks, watercolor or gelatos. 

We have a wonderful sponsor again this week who is offering a prize to our TOP ADDICT.

Check out the challenge site here for more details.

  

I've used one of Kathryne's darling digital images to make my DT card this week. Take a look:

Isn't this just the sweetest little image?  It can be used for a variety of reasons such as valentines, Easter, Mother's day, birthday, thinking of you, get well and hello.  For that reason I left the sentiment off the front.  But...I do think I just might have to send it to my sister for valentine's day since it has all that lovely pink.

  

I chose to color this image using my copic markers (my favorite form of coloring). I used R81, R83 and R85 on the bunny and her clothing. I used RV02 and RV21 on the tulips and the green is YG13. No patterned paper for this card - instead I used washi tape (I'm starting to understand why people love it so much :o) ).

I hope that you will decide to join us this week at ATSM for Challenge #82 - "Make Your Mark".

Dawn from Lily Pink Scraps is our guest designer again this week - her cards are so awesome!

Please go visit the rest of my DT buddies and see what they have made to share with your.

I am entering the following challenges that I got inspiration from to make this card:

The Card Concept 3 - Use monochromatic pink. 

My card style is Clean and Layering (my white space is pink).

I did put just the tiniest touch of green in my card too from the wall in the photo. 

House of Cards - February Challenge #1 Color and/or Photo Inspiration w/Cute/Fun or Shabby Chic.

I picked up on the 3 lovely shades of pinks.

My card meets the Cute and Fun type. 

Til next time friends...hugs and happy crafting! D

Bee My Valentine - Retrosketches #101, Corrosive Challenge Blog #192 (Feel the Love)

Hi again - here's my last quick post for tonight.  

This card is for my son's darling girlfriend who loves bees (they have a special meaning to her).
I love her like another daughter - she is as sweet as honey :o)   

  For her card I've colored up a favorite Mo's image - take a look:

I kept the layers and embellishments to a minimum so I can mail it in a regular card envelope (and hopefully get to her by Valentine's day).  It was hard to resist adding some bling - but I like how it turned out. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Retrosketches #101  as I used this great sketch (below)

and 

Corrosive Challenge Blog Challenge #192 - Feel the Love

Thanks for stopping by to visit me and allowing me to share what I've made with you.
Now I am off to bed in hopes that tomorrow I will feel lots better.  

Til next time friends....hugs and happy crafting! D

Button, button, who has the button - CAS card. ATCAS Code Word LOVE and CAS(E) this Sketch #63

Hi again - here's the second card I made tonight. This one is going to my sister who is just crazy about buttons.  A very CAS card - and I love how it turned out. Take a look:

I apologize that the photo is a little blurry, the camera wanted to focus on the sentiment and not the buttons.  Oh well... still can see the basics of it.   To make the heart shape I lightly traced around one of my heart shaped Sizzlit dies and then added each button with a glue dot.  I bought the larger pack of red and green buttons on sale at Christmas time with the intent to make a tree and or wreath using the buttons.  The package was still unopened today until I saw the inspiration and Challenge sketch at CAS(E) this sketch. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

CAS(E) this sketch #63 (see below) 

and

ATCAS where the code word is LOVE

Thanks so much for stopping by tonight and for allowing me to share my creations with you. One more quick post to go and then I off to bed for the night. Til next time...hugs and happy crafting! D

Masculine Valentine's Day card - CFC127 (Over the Edge), City Crafter Challenge Week 197 (Color Splash), C4C222 (Love w/Glitter),Stampin' Royalty #213 (All About Love)

Hi there. Back again with three valentine cards that I managed to get in tonight.  Gonna keep all 3 posts short and sweet as my head feels like a lead balloon and I'm achy all over.  Pretty sure that I suddenly caught my husband's really bad cold/sinus thing.  It was as if someone waved a wand and "poof" I now have a cold :o(  He says "hopefully it will only last a few days.  That's all mine lasted until I passed it on to you".  He thinks he's a lot funnier than I do at the moment... Should just go to bed but am not sure how well I'll feel tomorrow so I want to share what I made tonight while I have some gumption.

Anyway, here's a card I made for my son (red is one of his favorite colors) - take a look:

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

City Crafter Challenge Blog Week 197 - Color Splash

Use Black / Grey and White as your Main colour and a Splash any other one colour

CAS-ual Fridays #127 (CFC127) - Over the Edge

Crazy 4 Challenges CFC222 - Love/Valentine's Day with Glitter

Stampin' Royalty Challenge #213 - All About Love

Thanks for stopping by to visit and for letting me share my card with you tonight.  I'll be back with 2 more quick posts and then off to bed.  Til next time...hugs and happy crafting! D

Snow...Lots of Laundry, Cleaning & a little bit of Crafting

Hello friends - the title of today's post about sums up my weekend.  Woke up Saturday morning to quite a bit of snow and it came down off and on all day.  I took advantage of the chilly weather to stay inside and clean my house and craft room as well as get a boatload of laundry done (I won't embarrass myself by telling you  just how many loads I had to do).  With all the hours I've been working lately my house and laundry have become seriously neglected.  Darling husband tries to help out - but let's just say that his standards are not quite the same as mine and he didn't do any of my work laundry or delicates :o).

Today more snow and cold so I picked up and organized my craft room and made a couple cards to share with you today. I'm also trying to finish up my valentine's so maybe I'll be back a couple times today with more to share - crossing my fingers :o)

Card #1: I started this card about a week ago but finally got around to finishing it.

No particular person in mind yet for this card - just for my stash.  Finished card size is 5 1/2" square.  

 Here it is - hope you like it!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

The Alphabet Challenge - Z for zesty colours. 

They want to see orange, lime and lemon colors. 

 Orange is one of my favorite "happy" colors, so I couldn't resist.  

My Time to Craft Challenge #234 - Buttons & Bows (use at least 3 buttons and a bow)

and Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes (optional shaped card).

Card #2: While I was cleaning out my craft room I came across a big stack of magazine pages that I had torn out of card and scrapbooking magazines with photos of layouts or cards I really liked.  

This is a direct and unabashed CASE of a card shown in an advertisement for Doodlebug Designs on the back page of the Feb 2011 Creating Keepsakes magazine. 

My flowers are different shaped and I used a different sentiment to make it my own. 

Really love how this one turned out. Take a look:

Can you see why I saved this?  Just way too sweet and a great way to use up a stash of buttons.  It says "thinking of you" but I think I'll use it for a valentine card since the colors are just perfect for that.  Might be fun to try with hearts and buttons instead of flowers. Hmmm... might have to see if I can try that next. 

I'm entering Card #2 in Sweet Stampin' Challenge "Sentiments Only" 

That's it for now. Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me today. Til next time...hugs and happy crafting! D

  

52CCT - February Color Challenge - Pick 3 plus gold.

Hooray it's the weekend!!

It's also time for another weekly challenge at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown (52CCT).

Jacqueline is our hostess this month and she has a great color challenge for you to try.

We want to see at least 3 of the colors above on your Christmas card creation plus the gold.

Here's what I came up with:

A quick and simple card. 

A die cut snowflake, a strip of vellum w/a gold embossed sentiment

 and a few tiny rhinestones. Ta-da... done!

I rather like the simplicity of it. What do you think?

I hope that you will decide to join us this week at 52CCT!

The rest of the 52CCT DT has made some beautiful creations to inspire you.

Please go visit them and say "hi".

I am also entering this in Crafty Hazlenut's Christmas Challenge #163 - use a die cut or Punched shape,

Til next time friends...hugs and happy crafting! D 

ATSM Challenge #81 - Anything Goes

Hello friends, hope this post finds each and every one of you healthy,  happy and in a good crafty space :o)  I am so excited to see that I have two new followers - yahoo! Welcome and thanks for adding my little blog.  Since this is my anniversary month (3 years) I'm planning to offer some blog candy for the first time.  So stay tuned as it will be announced soon (I'm so excited to share it with you!).

Our challenge for you this week at Addicted to Stamps and More! ATSM#81 is the ever popular ANYTHING GOES.  Dawn from LilyPink Scraps is our very special guest designer this week  - Welcome Dawn!  Please go visit her and say "hi".

Our wonderful sponsor for this week is....

My DT card this week uses one of our sponsors images called Little Bear Spring Bonnet  and it is just too cute for words - take a look please:

I haven't made a shabby chic/vintage style card in a while so I thought it would be fun to do so with this image.  I paper pieced her dress and hat.  Important lesson to remember when you are coloring with alcohol markers - color first then paper piece.  The DP I used is much more porous than the cardstock and I got a few areas of bleed over ink that I wasn't expecting.  Mistakes are sometimes part of the crafty process - right?  So I thought I'd pass that little tidbit of info on to you (I'll bet most of you knew that already didn't ya?).   The finished card is 5 1/2" square and will still fit nicely into a 6" envelope even with the lace peeping over the edge. I had a lot of fun with the distressing process on this card - I think that's why I like this style. 

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit me today, I hope you enjoyed this card! I'd encourage you to pop on over to the challenge blog and see what the rest of the DT ladies have made for your inspiration (just click here to get there). While you're at it, leave them a little love too - we LOVE to hear from you. :o)  Hope you will decide to play along this week with us - remember Anything Goes!

I'm entering my card in the following challenges:

Divas by Design - Vintage with Lace

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #179 (4CCC179) - Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays #192 - Birthday cards for a Special Woman, Using Pastel colors   

Til next time dear friends and followers...hugs and happy crafting! D