I'm On A Roll!

The sketch inspiration for this card came from Nikki over at A Spoon Full of Sugar (#82), and let me tell you it was a fun sketch! The Crafty Creations Challenge was to make the New Year glitter, so I added some stickles to the pretty present on my card. Simon Says..."PARTY", and you don't have to tell me that one more than once!

All of the paper/sticker/letter elements I used on the card came from Studio 8's Birthday Collection. I got it all from Kindred Collections Scrapbooking. The iridescent sequins are from Prima and the brads are from my stash.

Looking Ahead to Valentine's Day...

That's right, Walmart has put out their boxes of heart-shaped candies so I figured I might as well jump on the Valentine's Day bandwagon!

The sketch inspiration for this card comes from the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #50. I used the metallic tree from Colorbok's Friendly Forest rubons for the 2 Red Bananas tree challenge. That Hearts Aflutter sparkle card stock is from Friskars Cloud 9 Designs Sweetheart Collection. Not sure you can see it sparkling in this photo!

Happy Birthday 2010!

Please excuse my long holiday absence, things just get out of control here when all the kids are home to celebrate!!

I created this card using Andrea's sketch (Christmas and Birthday Cards #52) for inspiration. It also meets the criteria for the Belli Challenge #81, which was to use tags, and the Crazy 4 Challenges polka dots challenge.

I wish everyone the best in 2010 and here's to hoping I can get cards posted regularly again!!

I'm back....one card, five challenges

Finally...some time & some mojo and a new card! The hustle of the holidays has started and while I thought I'd have some time to create over Thanksgiving, that obviously just did not happen. But, I got some inspiration from the Sweet Sunday sketch and am excited to be back in the game!

This card meets the criteria for two color challenges, Color Throwdown #71 & the Cupcake Craft Challenge. I followed the Peachy Keen recipe (my Stampin' Up Merry Moments DSP has stripes & dots, I used the scalloped border punch, and my stamped image is from Stampin Up's Event Full set)and used a charm like Simon Says!

One Card...Seven Challenges

That's right...SEVEN challenges! OK, well three of the challenge blogs I play at are looking for digital images & just look at this cute guy I found on Dawn Moore's Lost in Paper Scraps site!! Adorable, huh? He lets me play along with the Papertake Weekly & Cupcake Craft Challenge this week, as well as the weekly challenge over at the CardMaker message board (where the colors to go along with a digital image are red, green & brown). Cute Card Thursday's challenge was to use glitter, Crafty Creations challenge was to use snow, and the Belli Challenge was to use a Christmas embellishment. Oh, and last but not least because without the sketch what would my card be...I got my inspiration from Karin's sketch at Just Christmas & Birthday Cards.

One Stop Cute Card

The layout inspiration for this card came from Card Positioning Systems #140. Cute Card Thursday's challenge was to use primary colors...red, yellow & blue. My blue isn't the traditional primary blue, but I really like the sky blue & sunny yellow summer theme. Sort of my "last hurrah" for the season! One Stop Craft challenge is a card for kids and I think this one is appropriate for kids of all ages. I mean, who doesn't like to catch fireflies??

Simon Says Our Creative Bananas

Simon Says, "Give Thanks" this week, while there's a color challenge at 2 Red Bananas...use red, yellow, orange & brown. The layout inspiration came from the Stamps and Smiles sketch at Our Creative Corner.

Crafty Creations Pull Out

Here's a fun Christmas card that works for this week's Crafty Creations Challenge. This double pocket card features two tags that can be personalized for the upcoming holiday season.

A Corrosive Bookmark

My answer to the Corrosive Challenge this week, which is simply "No Cards!" is this fun little bookmark.

I Did It...I Used a Digital Stamp!!

I hope when Lori sees this card that she doesn't have a heart attack from the shock!! I got this digi stamp over at Stretch N' Bubbles, where a person could truly become addicted. The layout inspiration for this card came from Just Christmas and Birthdays, and I chose the beverage digi stamp because I didn't have anything for the Cute Card Thursday Challenge.

One Stop Crafty Cupcake Weekly

Newsprint is in order for the One Stop Craft Challenge, and you can see the text in the petals of the flower image I used. Crafty Creations is looking for expressions of gratitude, my "thank you" sentiment is from TAC. My layout inspiration for this card came from Cupcake Craft Challenges, and yes...that's Stampin' Up Old Olive CS & DSP (still plenty leftover from the wedding)! I especially wanted to use the dotted Old Olive for the Papertake Weekly Spots 'n' Stripes challenge.

Simon Says Crazy Peachy Sweet!

Simon Says use glitter & stickles is OK! Crazy 4 Challenges wants to see three geometric shapes on a card...I've got several rectangles, lots of circles/dots and one square peeking out from behind my flower. The Peachy Keen "recipe" said to use pink & brown, 1 stamped image, 1 piece of ribbon and glitter (stickles). And I wrapped it all up by using the Sweet Sunday Sketch #41.

Feel Better - GCA#63 & Curtain Call #8

Two challenges this week call for Basic Black, Whisper White & Pumpkin Pie...Ann's Creative Nook and Stacey's Stamping Stage. Well, I've kind of gotten tired of making Halloween cards and I don't use that many of those so I went a totally different direction. Simon Says is looking for Get Well cards, so that's where I headed...using the CPS #139 sketch. My patterned paper is Bo Bunny, the rub on transfers are daisy d's, and the sentiment is from TAC.

Fall Celebration!

The One Stop Craft challenge this week is "Celebration"...I've used the "it's time to celebrate!" sentiment from Stampin' Up's A Little Birdie Told Me set.

A Spoon Full of Fall Colors

Here's my idea for the Spoon Full of Sugar sketch challenge this week. The "with love" sentiment is from Stampin Up's Yummy set.

A Yummy Tiny Treasure

Over at Cute Card Thursday the challenge is something candy themed and at Pals Paper Arts the DT wants anything but a card. I created this Tiny Treasure holder to hold a little something yummy for your tummy. I was especially happy to create this project using the Stampin' Up Yummy stamp, which was a part of the Blog Candy I recently won from Ann Schach. Thanks again, Ann...I'm lovin' my goodies!

A Spoon Full of Halloween

I worked off of the sketch over at A Spoon Full of Sugar to create this Halloween greeting. Seems all the challenge blogs are asking for a Halloween card this week, so this one fills the bill for Cute Card Thursday, One Stop Craft Challenge, The Corrosive Challenge, and Ann's Creative Nook. *whew*

One Stop Birthday

Here's the card I came up with using the new sketch at Just Christmas and Birthday Cards. The One Stop Craft challenge also just happened to be a birthday card this week, and I went to Just Us Girls for the aqua, red & cream challenge this week. My patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye and the birthday sentiment is from Stampin' Up's Sincere Salutations.

Corrosive Fashionista...Bling it on!

The sketch inspiration for this card came from the Corrosive Challenge, and I added "bling" (shiney dew drops in the center of my flowers) for the Fahsionista #7 challenge.

Sweet Sunday Thanksgiving

My inspiration for this card came from the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #39, and I went with a Thanksgiving theme to participate in the Belli #76 challenge.