CAGI ~ Let's Go Shopping!

Well Hello There!

Boy oh Boy Alaska's weather has been a really strange one for us so far with extended warm weather  we are seeing green grass where the snow has been plowed.

But I am not putting my winter clothes away yet as it could turn yucky and blast us with some more snowy weather yet!

This week I'm hosting the challenge over at Come And Get It and we are "Shopping our hearts out".....so anything to do with Shopping will get you going!

Here's my Shopping project using A Day for Daisies digital image "Fashion Bags" 

Here's what the inside looks like, these are made from Manilla Folders that I recycled from work!

Sharing with these challenges:

KittyBee15 ~ Something New

MySheri125 ~ Use a Digital Image

DigitallySweet72 ~ ATG

Polkadoodles-w4 ~ ATG/Shop till you drop 

Divasbydesignw22 ~ ATG

TheCraftingCafe ~ ATG

MFPSpeedyTV ~ Simple Salutations

TreasuredTimes10 ~ ATG 

Monthly challenges

CraftyHazelnut's ~ Patterned Paper

Seemacrafts ~ ATG

Thanks for dropping in today!

February Theme= LOVE

This week over at Come and Get It Challenges the theme is love...........So I finally got a chance to use one of my LOTV stamps that I got recently, which just happens to be called "Teddy Flower"

I colored the little teddy bear image and cut him out so I could adhere him later to the card stock.  Designer Paper was stamped with evergreen bough distressed ink using Grunge corner from LOTV.   

Place the swirly hearts die-cut on base of DP (I had to use a text weight paper because the die-cut doesn't work with heavier weight card stock) 

Attach Teddy to card stock and add hearts from die-cut.

Layer with Regal Rose card stock onto card base of Cherry Cobbler

Here's teddy with his little letter of love to his sweetie!

Love in cherry cobbler red was cut out on the Cri-cut at 1-1/2 size on the dial

Here's a little better shot of the die-cut........from Memory Box

I'd like to enter into these challenges:

Friday Mashup!~ All you need is Love
Catch the Bug~ Anything Goes
Crazy 4 Challenges~ Make a Scene
Crafty Calender~ Love & Marriage
Delicious Doodles~ Love Up
Fairy Tale~ Love, love, love 
By the Cute and Girly~ Love is in the Air 
Joanna Sheen~ Love is in the Air
Little Red Wagon~ Valentine's Day or Love 
Kenny K's Krafty Girlz~ Show some love

Thanks so much for dropping by!  
Don't forget to sign up for the Blog Give-away here!

White Challenge at Southern Girls

Hello there!

Over at Southern Girls we are challenging you to make your art with just White Card Stocks.   

I've used a digital stamp from one of our sponsors Meljen's Designs called "Cubbin' Around" which can be found here.

Now the only colors that I added to the little tiger cubs was Cool Gray No.3 or C-3 on their strips and Grayish Cherry or RV91 on the inside of their little ears.   

I previously ordered a Silver Luster package of some gorgeous papers from Paper Temptress that I used to make my card with and the scans never do justice!

These little guys are just adorable .........hope this gives you some inspiration to join us for the Challenge!

Here's a closer picture of the background paper.........see the textured sheen of the card stock and layered on more textured swirled card stock.

I'd like to share my card with these challenges:

Heart Song Inspirations~ WOW

Stamps R Us~ Kidding Around

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Red/ Green Challenge

Time for another challenge at Come and Get It using "Red/Green" and any other color of your choice.........now you can make any kind of card, tag or art project and it doesn't have to be a Christmas themes so come on over and join us this week for the challenge!

We will be taking a Holiday for the next couple weeks and come back on January 1st for a new challenge and we will have a brand new sponsor.........from some of my favorite digital stamps .........drum roll please!

BUGABOO STAMPS!!!    

Now on to my card for this challenge.......I was cruising blogs and came across a cute tree idea, so I cased part of the idea and I revamped it a bit! It's really simple too, glue layers of  your punched out pine boughs on a cri-cut tree (that's what I used) add a little snow bling and star.

Close up shot of the tree on the dry embossed background

Merry Christmas to you!

I'd like to enter my card to these challenges:
Simply Create Too  ~ #2 Embossing
Paper Crafting Journey ~ Christmas
Raising the Bar ~ Christmas
Stampin' for the Weekend ~ #22 Christmas
Phindy's Place ~ #85 Clean & Simple

Thanks for stopping bye and your wonderful comments!

Carousel Fairy Panda

I came across a template for a pop-up card and decide to revamp it a bit to make a Gazebo for this cute Carousel Fairy Panda rubber stamp from Third Coast Rubber Stamps ........well my imagination ran a little wild with this one....LOL

Carousel Panda Fairy PR-005-P

Flourishes are cut on the Cri-cut, scallop edges on top is EK punch, lace is from my stash, (Yes there is lace on it too if you look really hard for it.....LOL) roses are unknown source and the roof in done with a leaf punch from McGill

The next photo gives you a better shot of the roof and all those little leaves that I punched out and glue on

Now doesn't this make you want to go check out the cool  stamps at Third Coast Rubber Stamps?

I'm entering my 3-D Gazebo for these challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey ~ Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' ~ Punches- Dies
Samuel Taylors Crafts ~ Anything Goes

Thanks again for coming by!

LOTV Milly

It's another new week for challenges at Come and Get It and one of our Design Team Member has chosen this sketch to follow so come on by to join in for some fun!

So here's my card that I designed with the sketch above..........Thanks Leslie!

I just love the Lili of the Valley Stamps and this one featured is Milly at her winter window, she's mounted on a shapeabilities circle.  I wanted a little more texture to the Cherry Cobbler card stock  so I placed it in one of my A-2 folders (Petals-a-Plenty) then added the white shimmer card stock punched out photo corners

I knew that I wouldn't be happy without adding a little sparkle......LOL

So I added icicle stickles on her hat, cuff's and collar then yellow stickles for the shining star

The Cricut was a big help for the holly leaves and just the right amount of distressing

I wish to enter my card art into these challenges:
Pile it On #46~ Traditional Christmas
Wags'n Whiskers #67~ Christmas Themed
Totally Gorjuss #107~ Swirly Whirly
Winter Wonderland~ Any cute X-mas image 
The Stamping Boutique~ Holiday/Winter 
Lili of the Valley #121 ~Christmas card for Someone Special

Wishing you a wonderful day thanks for coming by!

Black, White and Red Color Challenge

This week at "Come and Get It" we are challenging you to use only 3 colors for your card or projects!  I decided to do a friend card making a word collage type background for my card, so I drug out several SU stamp sets to make my background for the focal point of my card.

Hope that you get a chance to drop by the DT members blogs to see what they designed this week!
Cindy
Julie
Leslie
Special Guest Designer
Hazel

This is one of my favorite sayings......and I truly believe it too because when life gets busy you never have enough time to spend with your friends!

I'm really pleased how my card turned out........it will be fun giving it away to someone special! 

I'm submitting my card to a few challenges out there....
Southern Girls  Black, White with a pop!
Catch the Bug  Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday  Clean and Simple

Thanks for dropping by!

LOTV Fall Birthday

Hello.... this week at "Come and Get It" the challenge we are doing is a Fall Birthday cards.

 I picked one of my LOTV images to use this week, and I was keeping in mind all the beautiful fall (autumn) colors..... which by the way is coming around the corner.  I do hope you get a chance to check out all the design team members cards this week!

If you noticed the designer paper in the background of my card matches perfectly with the wrapping of the flowers my little gal is holding.

I thought that the corners of my card needed something ......so I added some little bronze rhinestones

 I'd like to enter my card for these challenges over at:
Papertake (anything goes)
Crafts and Me (anything goes) 

Thanks so much for stopping in, I really enjoy your comments!

Making Flowers at CGI Challenge

Are you ready for this weeks challenge at Come and Get It???  We are making flowers.......you can use them as embellishments or use them at the main image of your project.  I decided to use my flowers at the embellishments and added them to the vines.  Hope you get a chance to stop by the design teams blogs to see all the details on their cards.........thanks Julie for the challenge this week!!

Here you get a close -up shot of the flowers that I made.....using crystal ice stickles to add a little glitz and shine.

I bet you can remember how fun it was to dress up, see how adorable little Lili is here!

Thanks so much for stopping by!