Sunday, June 24, 2012

Just a Picnic

At Pile it On this week it's "make your own embellishment."
I made this ribbon flower and added a button to it to coordinate with my paper choices.
Our fabulous sponsor this week is Bugaboo!
The Creative Details
Image: Bugaboo
Colors: copic markers in leaf green, tender pink, orange, napoli yellow, sand
Embellishments: Ribbon, diamonds stickles, buttons
Tools: Border punches (2)

The Challenges:
Celebrate the Occassion - welcome summer
Clear it Out - anything goes with 2 ribbons
Crafty Sentiments - bright colors
Crafts and Me - anything goes
Creative Mondays - summer fun
Cute Card Thursday - here comes summer
Fab n Funky - polka dots
Lia Stampz - summer
Love to Create - summertime fun
My Heart Pieces - summer fun
Paper Playtime - anything with a sentiment
Papertake - bingo
Quirky Crafts - make your own flower -ribbon
Raise the Bar - summer
Scrapalicious - what do you do for summer
Sparkles Forum - summer fun
Tammy's Scrappin Corner - ribbons or bows
Use your Stuff - handmade embellishment -(button flower)

Have a Picnic
Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

American Cowgirl

The Gingerloft Challenge for the nest 2 weeks is red, white and blue.
I loved creating this cowgirl boot from GingerLoft Designs in this fun & patriotic color motif.
So join us with your red, white and blue designs and you could be a winner!
The Creative Details:
Image: Gingerloft Designs
Colors: Copic Markers in crimson red, powder blue, cool shadow, iris & leaf green
Embellishments: ribbon, gem strip, glitter, stars
Techniques/Tools: paper piecing, border punch

The Challenges:
A Card a Day - red, white and Blue
Card Makin Mamas - red, white and blue
Crafty Calendar - flowers
Creatalicious - anything goes
Hooked on Crafts - all that glitters
House of Gilli - red, white and blue
Inky Impressions - red, white and blue
Paper Pretties - red, white and blue
Phindy's Place - gingham or plaid
Really, Reasonable Ribbon - red, white and blue
Sassy Cheryl - red, white and blue
Shelly's Images - show us what you got
Squirrel and the Fox - glitter


Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Love those cupcakes

Its a color Challenge this week at the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge! (see colors below) I made a cupcake book to hold cupcake recipes. I have a student who makes fabulous cupcakes and whenever she makes a batch she always comes by my room to present one to me. She'll be a senior next year so this is for her. My favorite is her honey and vanilla cupcakes with the lilac frosting. Yum!
Our fab sponsor this week --- Marianne Designs!


The Creative Details:
Image: Designed to Delight
Colors: Copic Markers in apricot, robins egg blue, coral sea, buttercup
Embellishments:Chipboard cover for booklet
Tools: border bunches, die cute, stickles, gems, brads

The Challenges:
Crafts and Me - anything goes
Creative Belli - anything but a card
Delightful Challenge - anything goes
Desert Island Challenge - (no patterns, metal no more than 3 colors, not a card)
Divas by Design - use a die cut
Emerald Fairies - chipboard
Hooked on Crafts - all that glitters
Paper Play - use a die
Shelly's Images - show us what you got
Simon Says - anything but a card
Stamp n Doodle - swirls
Sweet n Sassy - use a digi -& bling
2 Sisters - anything goes

Eat More Cupcakes!
Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Light up my Life

I'm participating as a guest designer at Operation Write Home from Doodle Pantry. We are sponsoring at Operation Write Home and they have a fabulous sketch challenge for you this week (see below).
Here's a TIP is you you don't have red, white and blue ribbon - just layer your ribbons on top of one another to create the color combinations to match your card!


The Creative Details:
Image: Doodle Pantry (fireworks birdie)
Sentiment: Doodle Pantry
Embellishments - (layered ribbons to get the red and blue strip), pearls.glitter

The Challenges:
Card Makin Mamas - red, white and blue
Celebrate the Occasion - welcome summer
Clear it Out - anything goes with 2 ribbons
Creative Card Crew - 1, 2, 3
Dream Valley - things with wings
House of Gilli - red, white and blue
Love to Create - summertime fun
Paper Playtime - anything with a sentiment
Paper Pretties - red, white and blue
Paper Shelter - great outdoors
Phindy's Place - gingham or plaid
Really Reasonable Ribbon - red, white and blue
Robyn's Fetish - no flowers
Sassy Cheryl's - red, white and blue
Tammy's Scrapin corner - ribbons or bows
Through the Craftroom Door - summer lovin
Top Tip Tuesday - red, white blue + tip (layer different ribbons on top of ea, other)
Two Sisters - stripe and/or plaid

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Grow into flowers

"Folds" - that's the theme this week at the Stamptacular Sunday Challenge. 
Our sponsors are Dude Time Doodles and Bugaboo - they have great prizes!!
For this challenge I made an explosion card - it had lots of folds but will fold back together into one neat card and fit perfectly in an envelope. 
The Creative Details:
Image: Bugaboo (ladybug flowerpot)
Colors: Copic Markers in strong red, black, leaf green, spring green, powder blue
Embellishments: ribbon tape,gems, brads, flowers, stickles
Tools: punch, die (Nestibilities)

The Challenges:
Cheerful Stamp Pad - in the garden
Corrosive Challenge - at least two punches
Craft Your Passion - anything goes
Creatalicious - anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - punches
Digital Tuesday - butterfly
Divas By Design - summer
Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude - anything goes
Fresh Brewed - anything goes
Great Impressions - die cuts or punches
I Brake for Challenges - summer fun
Lollipop - flowers in bloom
Little Miss Muffet - layers
My Heart Pieces - summer fun
Operation Write Home - Shaped cards
Paper Pretties - summer inspirations
The Paper Shelter - anything goes
Scrap It Girl - use punches
Sparkles Forum - summer fun
Stampin for the Weekend - bugs and butterflies
Stampin with the Dragon - anything goes

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Monday, June 11, 2012

You're a Classic

Father's Day - You're a Classic
Love this idea for a father's day card!
What a cool vintage bike from Doodle Pantry!
The sentiment is from  the same Doodle Pantry set - check it out along with their challenge this month.
The Creative Details:
Image and Sentiment - Doodle Pantry (vintage bike set)
Colors: Copic markers in sepia, putty, macadamia, grey
Embellishments: ribbon, buttons, chipboard top hat, metal corner

The Challenges:
Art with no Boundaries - anything goes - bonus;metal
CardMad Fairy - father's day
Card Makin' Mamas - father's day
Cards for Men - fathers day
C.R.A.F.T. - male card
Delicious Doodles - for the fellas
Di's Digis - male inspired
Digi Doodle - male card
Dream Valley - for a special man
Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude - father's day
One Stop Craft Challenge - fathers day
One Stitch at a Time - for a man
Patties Creations - for the guys
Penny's Paper Crafty - father's day
Platypus Creek - for a man
Pink Elephant - masculine
Phindy's Place - father's days
Pixie Dust - 3 patterns of paper
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge- fathers day
Sentimental Sundays - for a man
Simply Create Too- father's day
Simon Says Stamp and Show - anything goes
Stamp Man - for a man
Tammy's Scrappin Corner - fathers day
Unique Crafter - buttons

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Vintage Flowers...

The challenge at GingerLoft is "Vintage."
Vintage always makes such beautiful cards. So join us at the Gingerloft Challenge for a chance to win some lovely Gingerloft images like the bluebells below.
The Creative Details:
Image: Gingerloft Designs (bluebells)
Colors: Copic Markers in migonnet, willow, powder blue, lilac, cool shadow
Embellishments: clear acrylic overlay frame, roses, blue gems, chipboard fairy
Tools: mounting foam

The Challenges:
Celebrate the Occasion - flowers
Crafty Calendar - flowers
Crafting for all Seasons - layers
Digital Tuesday - anything goes
Fresh Brewed - pop it up
Lollipop - flowers in bloom
Paper Crafting Journey - color the image
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Simon Says - gems or crowns (blue gems)
Simon Says Stamp and Show - texture
Southern Girls - things with wings
Sweet n' Sassy - back to nature

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Buzzin by..

The theme at Pile it On this week is the "Great Outdoors."
You can have a lot of fun with this theme and the
 sponsor this week is Simon Says with a wonderful gift certificate.
The Creative Details:
Image: Sassy Cheryl
Colors:Copic markers in cashmere, sand, dark pink, cool shadow,
leaf green, willow, napoli yellow
Embellishments: metal brad, ribbon, gems. 
Tools: corner punch, foam mounting

The Challenges for "Buzzin' By":
Crafty Catz - summer
Delightful Challenge - fun in the sun
Digital Tuesday  anything goes
Fashionista - simply summer
Fresh Brewed - pop it up
Great Impressions - die cuts/punches
House of Gilli - vibrant/summer
I Brake for Challenges - summer
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Papercraft star - here comes summer
Pink Elephant - vibrant colors
Ribbon girl - use ribbon or lace
Totally Gorjuss - sunshine
Whoopsi - summer colors
Whimsy - things with wings

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Fairy fever...

Time for fairy fever at the Stamptacular Challenge this week!
Everyone has some fairies to create - so join along with us and you might win a fabulous gift certificate from our sponsor this week --- i Copic.

The Creative Details:
Image: Lily of the Valley
Colors: Copic Markers in blush, ocean, robin's egg blue blue green, leaf green, sand
Embellishments: Diamond stickles, flowers, pearls. lace
Tool: Die cut, punch (leaves)

The Challenges:
Crafty Calendar - flowers
Crafty Anns - its a girl thing
Craft Your Day Away - bingo
Craftymess - fantasy
Crafts and me - lace
Digital Tuesday - anything goes
Great Impressions- die cuts or punches
Lia Stampz - wings
Little Miss Muffet - rainbows, clouds or wings.
My Mums craft shop - bingo (pearls/flower/die cut)
Paper Pretties - color combo
Paper Crafting Journey - color it up
Ribbon Girl - use ribbon or lace
Robyn's Fetish - add some lace
Sassy Studio - something wet (used stickles)
Shelly's Images - blinkage
Stampin for the weekend - bugs and butterflies
Tammy's Scrapin Corner - for the girls
There Magic in the Air - bingo
Top Tip Tuesdays - sparkles
Whimsy - things with wings

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Monday, June 4, 2012

Kiss the Cook

Kiss the Cook. Love this Bar-B-Q Birdie. I think he would make a sweet father's day card for all our Dad's that love to cook outdoors this time of year. He is from Doodle Pantry and the don't forget the Doodle Pantry challenge this month.
The Creative Details:
Image & Sentiment: Doodle Pantry 
Colors: Copic Markers in powder blue, cool shadow, robins egg,
 toner grey, orange, cashmere, sand, leaf green
Embellishments: ribbon, tag, bee stickers, buttons with bakers twine.
Tools/Techniques: border punch, paper piecing

 
The Challenges:
A&T Challenges - buttons
Aud Sentiments - any sentiment
By the Cute and Girly - buttons
Catch the Bug - anything goes
Crafty Pad - ribbon
Creative Craft Challenge - patriotic colors
Digi Makeover - tic/tac/toe
Dream Valley - humor
Fashionista - simply summer
House of Gilli - vibrant/summer
Mishelflo's Monthly Challenge - red, white and blue
My Sheri Crafts - summer lovin
One Stitch at a Time - use a digi
Oozak - two papers and embellies
Secret Crafter - anything goes
Speedy the Fox and Friends - buttons
Squirrel and the Fox - winter or summer
Sundays with Crissy - tags or tickets
Totally Stamplicious - summer
Unique Crafters - buttons

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Beach Babe


The Stamptacular Sunday Challenge is a fabulous photo inspiration (see below).
Makes you want to be on vacation right now. But first, we need you to enter 
our challenge where you might win a delightful prize from  our fabulous sponsor Saturated Canary!!

The Creative Details:
Colors: Copic Markers in cashmere, sand, sepia, blush, lime green,
 powder blue cool shadow, sky
Embellishments: glittered swirls, gems, chipboard, resin shells, sand
Tools: Punches

The Challenges for Beach Babe:
Allsorts - by the sea
Catch the Bug - anything goes
Cheerful Stamp Pad - What makes life sweet
Crazy Challenge - Childhood memories
Crafting for all Seasons - layers
Divas By design - anything goes
Hooked on Crafts - all that glitters
Inky Impressions - summer fun
Ooh la la - make it girly
One Stitch at a Time - use a digi
My Sheri - summer lovin
Paper Pretties - summer
Pixie Dust Studios - summer
Scrapbook Sisters - anything goes
Secret Crafter - anything goes
Shelly's - pick 2
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Squirrel and the Fox - winter or summer

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth

Friday, June 1, 2012

Bucket of Fun

Its a barrel of fun at Doodle Pantry this month!
Lots of fun new releases especially for the upcoming 4th of July. For limited time you can also get this bucket image (comes with sentiments too!) free with purchase.
The Creative Details:
Images: Doodle Pantry (Jug & Bucket/birthday set/critter tops)
Colors: Copic Markers in cool shadow, toner grey, milky white, sand,
napoli yellow, orange
Embellishments: flowers, pearls, ribbon, glitter, fence, bakers twine
Tools: Die cuts

The Challenges:
Aud Sentiments - any sentiment
Celebrate the Occasion - anything goes
Crafty Boots - bows/anything goes
Crafting for All Seasons - layers
Crafts and Me - ribbon
Crafty Creations - circles
Crazy Challenge - childhood memories
Crafty Sentiments - anything goes
Crop Stop - pretty pearls
Divas By design - anything goes
Hotshot Crafts - die cuts
Little Red Wagon - wood
Love to Create -add a sentiment
Paper Play - 2 of something
Phindy's - layers
Perfect Sentiment - anything goes with a sentiment
Robyn's Fetish - birthday with sentiment
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Tammy's Scrapin Corner- anything goes
365 Cards - at least 4 layers

Stay Warm Harted,
Elizabeth