Outdoor Fun

Love this darling image.
With all the warm weather it is finally fun to go outside!

The Creative Details:
Image: Gillian Flint
Colors: Copics in sepia, red salmon, light orange, powder blue, flesh, leaf green
Embellishments: stickles, flowers, brads, ribbon, gems and butterfly

The Challenges 

2 Sisters - outdoors
Alota Rubber Stamps - childhood
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Addicted to Stamps - anything goes
Card Mania - dots or stripes
Color Me Creative - orange
Cute Card Thursday - tie it up
Crafty Ribbon - use a ribbon
Digi Haven - butterflies

Di's Digis - winged things

Gem of a Challenge - bring on the sun
Natalie and Amy - things with wings

Paper Creator - anything goes
Paper Playtime - brads
Pumpkin Spice - anything goes
Sister Act - anything goes

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Sending Sunshine

So much rain - I need some sunshine so I designed

this cute card in bright sunny colors.
Also don't forget the Challenge at Lady Anne's Stamps
 (anything goes) is still open until June. 

The Creative Details:

Image: Phindy's Place

Colors: Copics in buttercup, anise, leaf green, sand,powder blue, flesh

Embellishments: flowers, gems, ribbon, green glitter (stickles)

Tools: punch

The Challenges:
Bearly Mine - anything goes
Card Mania - spots or stripes
Country View - How does your garden grow

Corrosive Challenge - sentiment on front
Crafts & me - lots of layers

Di's Digis - show us your bling
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - spring
Go Fish - glitter

Joanna Sheen - girls
Lia Stampz - fluffy and puffy
LEJ Designs - die cuts or punches
Love to Create - something for kids
Mad for Markers - girls

Squirrel and the Fox - girls
The Perfect Sentiment - anything goes
Whoopsi Daisy - may flowers
Word Art Wednesday - inspiring message

Stay Warm Harted,

Elizabeth

Sailing Day

This week at the Squigglefly Challenge our theme is "man-up." 
Just make a card that is for a man. 

I chose this lovely image of a boy and his sail boat by
Lynne Stansbery at Squigglefly - I think it would make a fabulous father's day card

The Creative Details:
Image: Lynne Stansbery at Squigglefly Stamps
Colors: Copic markers
Embellishments: foam mounting, bakers twine, buttons

The Challenges:
Allsorts - true blue
Artistic Inspiration - cards for men
Creative Corner - song inspired ("Sail Away")
Creative Inspiration Paint - anything goes
Delightful Challenge - bingo (button, dimension, paper)
Fab n' Funky - fav. embellie (buttons)
Here Come the Boys - buttons
House That Stamps Built - masculine
Love to Create - something for kids
Make it Monday - anything goes
Oldie But a Goodie - inspired by "Sail Away" (old item/button)
Paper Creator Crafts - for the boys
Really Reasonable Ribbon - red,white and blue + ribbon
Shelly's Images - show us what you got
Totally Papercrafts - young or old with digi
Totally Gorjuss - water

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Hello there

At the Pile it On Challenge our challenge this week is for you to use "felt."
 I used a felt flower on mine that is accented with a button.
Please join us this week and our fabulous sponsor is Pin and Tack

The Creative Details:

Image: by Cheryl Alger at Squigglefly Stamps
Colors: Copics in crimson, sand, sepia, leaf green, vanilla pink

Embellishments: button, felt flower, stickles, gem and dotted ribbon

Tools: Border Punch

The Challenges:

Alota Rubber Stamps - childhood

Card Makin Mamas - punches

Crafts and Me - use a digi

Creatalicious - for the girls
Cupcake Inspiration - inspiration photo

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - spring has sprung

Divas By Design - shaped cards
Eclectic Ellapu - anything goes
Hobbycutz - more than one fold
Joanna Sheen - girls

LEJ Designs - borders or corners

Loves Rubber Stamps - flowers

OLLCB - see red

QKR - children's cards

One Stop Craft - anything goes

Party Time Tuesdays - shaped cards

Penny's Paper Crafty - step or easel card

Shelly's Images - show us what you got

Simon Says Stamp - flowers

Sister Act - anything goes
Squirrel and the Fox - girls

Tuesday Throw Down - flowers

Totally Papercrafts - young or old (with digi)

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Purrfect Birthday...

Yes, it's time for a "Birthday Challenge" at Gingerloft

I love this little cat carrying a rose for someone's birthday!

The Creative Details:
Image: Gingerloft Designs
Colors: Toner grey, tender pink, sepia
Embellishments: buttons, ribbon, liquid pearls, paper roses
Tools: die cut, punch

The Challenges:
As You Like it - fav colors (pink and green)
ABC Challenge - 3 or more embellishes
Bastel - Traum - birthday
Bearly Mine - lucky dip (die, ribbon, flowers)
Dream Valley - animals
4 Crafty Chicks - birthday
Incy Wincy - animal antics
One Stop Craft - anything goes
One Stitch at a Time - use a digi
Pause Dream Enjoy - happy ----
Robin's Fetish - 4 legged friends
Simon Says Stamp - flowers
Sister Act - anything goes

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Smiles and Laughter

My stamping friend usually like frog card and this one looks so sweet and happy - I have to get it in the mail now before she sees it on this blog posting. 

Both the adorable frog and the sentiment are from Doodle Pantry.

The Creative Details:

Image: Doodle Pantry (quirky frog) 

Embellishments: flowers, glitter, chipboard flower, brads

Tools: border punch

The Challenges:
Crafting for All Seasons - pink
Desert Island - see list (1, 6, 8)

Di Digis - show us your bling
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - spring
Emma's Cards - pink and blue
Forever Friends - anything goes
Incy Wincy - animal antics
House that Stamps Built  - sketch
QKR - children's cards
My Heart Pieces - anything goes
Paper Playtime - buttons or brads

Send a Smile 4 Kids - pastels
Wags n' Whiskers - anything goes
Whimsy Stamps - anything goes

Stay Warm Harted,

Elizabeth

Special Day...

Doodle Pantry has some fabulous sets of digi sentiments - that are FREE from May 15 - 19. There are three sets: So Thankful, Celebrations and So Enduring. Each set has 8 - 10 sentiments. What a fabulous deal. Check out all the pretty flower sets too like the one I used here called "bluebonnets."

 The Creative Details:

Image: Doodle Pantry 

Sentiment: Doodle Pantry (from celebration sentiments)

Paper: Doodle Pantry (from Bluebonnet set)

Embellishments: ribbon, pearls, lace, butterfly

The Challenges:
Always Something Creative - plants
Artistic Inspiration - flowers and lace
Bearly Mine - lucky dip (pearls,flower,ribbon)
Challenges 4 Everybody - anything goes
Cupcake Craft - lots of layers
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - spring
Emmas Cards UK - pink and blue

Great Impression - special celebrations
Love to Create - flowers
Loves Rubber Stamps - May flowers

My Sheri Craft - flowers that pop off the page
Paper Nest Dolls - pearls
Pretty Little ribbon - lace

Sentimental Sundays - for a special woman
Scribbles Designs  - mom/flowers
Simon Says Stamp - flowers
Songbird - bloom and grow
Tammy's Scrapin corner - ribbon and lace
Three Scrappy Gals - flowers

Totally Gorjuss - bingo
Tuesday Throwdown - flowers

Stay Warm Harted,

Elizabeth 

Blooming Thanks

Squigglefly has a new artist on board, Pamela Lehto
and she created this beautiful image.

 I love it because I can color the flowers for any season of the year.  

The Creative Details:

Image: Squigglefly Stamps (Bee Barrel with Daisies)
Colors: Copics in sepia, toner grey, apricot, buttercup, leaf green
Embellishments: ribbon, glitter, flowers, gems, butterfly

The Challenges:
A&T Emerald Faeries - ribbon

A Gem of a Challenge - things with wings
By the Cute and Girly - flowers
Card Mania - flower power
Cards 4 Eternity - tic/tac/toe (diagonal)
Corrosive Challenge - use a sentiment

Crafty Calendar - blooms
Creative Corner - things with wings

Di's Digis - show us your bling
Forever Friends - anything goes
Freshed Brewed Designs - flowers
Flutterby Wednesday - butterfly or fairies

Hiding in My Craftroom - super scraps
QKR - spring
Natalie and Amy - things with wings
One Stop Craft  - glitter
One Crazy Stamper - flowers
Really Reasonable Ribbon - sparkle, bling, ribbon
Sisterhood of Stampers- flowers
 Simply Create Too- anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - things with wings
Speedy and Friends - glitter
The Craft Garden - recipe

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth