Kraft w/Ribbon.....{3GJ Challenge #23}

It is a happy day over here....

I am hosting the new challenge over at the

3 Girl JAM Challenge Blog

and

this week's challenge is~ 

Kraft w/Ribbon

This week's challenge will be open for 2 weeks, August 2nd~ August 15th, so plenty of time to create and share!!

Our challenge is being sponsored by

with a $10 Gift Certificate to the 3Girl JAM store!

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So here is the card I made based on this week's Mojo Monday Square sketch....

I started out with a Kraft cardstock base and cut all the layers out using a mix of kraft and designer paper from Basic Grey. After all the pieces were cut, I ran the mat through my sewing machine and placed those aside for assembly later. I die cut my Stitched Tab Die from My Creative Time and stamped my sentiment, also from MCT~ Gift Card Sentiment stamp set.

Next using my Silhouette studio I added this cute digi from By Lori Designs, placed a border around him and cut him out so I could color him with my copic markers and embellish his bow using some waterfall stickles. 

Finally to finish up my card I added a nice double bow of Mistletoe Crinkle Ribbon from 3GJ and a custom made Custom Fastener from The Kraft Outlet. I added some midnight blue stickles to the center and they added the completed mat to my Kraft cardbase. 

Supplies Used:

Paper~ Kraft (TKJ Outlet), Basic Grey~Bowties

Stamps~ By Lori Designs~ Lollipop Tanner, My Creative Time~ Gift Card Sentiments

Inks~ Copic Markers
Dies~ My Creative Time~Stitched Tab Die

Embellishments~  Mistletoe Crinkle Ribbon (3GJ),  sewing machine, waterfall and midnight blue Stickles, Custom Fastener (TKJ Outlet)

I sure hope you have enjoyed my project and will play along with us over at the 

3 Girl JAM Challenge Blog!

Remember this challenge will run for 2 weeks so lots of time to get your

Kraft w/Ribbon projects in!!

Thanks so very much for stopping by!!

Have a GREAT Friday!! 

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Mojo Monday~ Square sketch #304

The Pink Elephant~Masculine Card

Seize the Birthday~ Anything Goes Birthday
All that Stickles~ Waterfall Linky Party
Tuesday Throwdown~Birthday Party
Paper Playtime~Pattern Paper
Pile it On~Anything Goes
Just B Creative Crazy~ Just because linky party
Craftin Desert Divas~ Linky Party

Happy Birthday America.......{Challenge Card}

Good Morning!!!

I wanted to pop in with a card that I made to enter a bunch of challenges! With the 4th of July just days away there are tons of awesome Red/White and Blue challenges going on that I so want to play along with!

So using the new Mojo Monday Sketch

The Colors from the inspiration photo over at The Pink Elephant and playing along with my friend Stacey who is celebrating her birthday with a fun linky party..

 

I came up with this....Hope you like it!!!!!

I started with a Kraft cardstock base and added my layers of designer papers, following the sketch,  using Little Yellow Bicycle~Vintage Summer papers. I did add machine stitching to my mats (well all except for the circle...can not sew in a circle for the life of me) just for a more finished look...plus you know me...I love my sewing machine....LOL!

Then using the adorable Lollipop Firecracker Finn from By Lori Designs I colored him using my copic markers and added some yellow stickles to his firecracker and diamond stickles to his shirt. I ended up die cutting a star using my Cameo and adding a star button and some Totally White Trendy Twine as my extra embellishment.

Finally for the sentiment I used a stamp set that has been sitting in my stash forever... 

My Pink Stamper~Yankee Doodles.  I just recently found it while cleaning out my crafty space....bonus!!!

Well there you have it!! I hope you have enjoyed my card! 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Tuesday!!!

Don't forget to stop back on Thursday for our

Trendy Twine

I am so excited to share my project!!!!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Mojo Monday~ 300 Celebration

The Pink Elephant~ Photo Inspiration

Stacey's Stamping Stage~ Birthday Linky Party

Paper Playtime~Red/White and Blue

DL Art~ Patriotic

Simon Says Stamps~ Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show~Anything Goes

Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party
Ribbon Carousel Blog~ Country Colors
Scrappy Moms Stamps~ Red White and Blue
Cut it Up Challenge Blog~ New Nations
Pile it On~Bling
The Paper Players~Tic Tac Toe (Blue, Bling, Friendship)

Birthday Wishes.........{TKJ}

Good Morning and Happy Monday everyone!!!

It is time for a new challenge over at

 The Kraft Journal!

This week's challenge is... 

Inks, Paints, Markers

So I played along with one of my favorite sketch challenges....

Seize the Birthday

And here is the birthday card I made....  

Who doesn't like to get messy playing with Inks, Paints and Markers??? 
I know I love playing with my copic markers, and trying to blend and color to look better and better each time I color. So for my inspiration project I used the adorable image from By Lori Designs~Birthday Owen. I pulled him into my silhouette designer studio, sized him to what I wanted and then added a border around him, just to give him some extra detail around the image (plus the balloon strings are too thin to cut and I wanted to pop him up on my card base). Once he was cut and colored, I added some stickles to his balloons and then put him aside to work on the rest of my card.

As also I used a Brown Kraft Cardstock base, added a layer of white cardstock and then my pattern paper from Basic Grey~Bowties paper pack.  I knew the design I was following~the sketch as pictured above~ but I wanted to further add some embellishments so I went ahead and used some White Twill Tape and colored them with the matching copic colors. Then to attach them to my card mat, I used probably one of my all time favorite embellishments~ the Custom Fasteners and just added more stickles to the centers.

Finally I used My Creative Time~Vintage Sentiment Stamp set for the "Birthday Wishes". I just love the way the sentiment looks!

 So there you have it....my inspiration for this week's challenge.

I hope you have enjoyed my card and will play along with us!

As always I have linked all the supplies I used from The Kraft Outlet throughout my description.  If you have not checked out the store yet....make sure you do! There is so much available, the prices are so reasonable and shipping is super fast!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT Monday!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Seize the Birthday~ Sketch #19

Really Reasonable Ribbon~Dots/Stripes

My Creative Time~Designer Challenge...Bling it Up

DL Art~Thankful Thursday
Docerela Stamps~ Use Kraft
Pause Dream Enjoy~ Anything Goes

Valentine's Pillow Box

Hi Everyone!!
I wanted to pop in and share a Valentine's Day Pillow box I made to enter into a few challenges.
I have never played in the Make it Monday challenge w/PTI and while reading my email and checking out the new challenge I thought I would give it a try. 
I LOVE my PTI cardstock so I used some Sweet Blush for the base of my pillow box.
I do not own PTI's pillow box die but I was able to use my Cameo and cut one out :)
The challenge, besides making a pillow box was to do stamping on it so with My Creative Time's~Coffee Break Stamp set and Tim Holtz Spun Sugar Distress Ink...I stamped the entire pillow box with the polka dots background.
Not only do I love the extra it gives to the pillow box...it also matches my digi's dress :)

 The super adorable digi is from By Lori Designs~Sweetheart Valentine - Four (Puddle Jumpers Ella).
I was lucky enough to win a FB contest and the prize was the adorable Sweetheart Valentines Bundle~ 4 Super adorable images.
I colored her with my copic markers, die cut her out using my FAVORITE tag die from PTI and attaching her to my pillow box with a Black Organdy Ribbon.
Not much in the way of embellishments...I wanted to keep it simpler to really showcase the cute digi and the great texture on the pillow box.
This will make for a great treat in the hub's lunch :)

So I hope you have enjoyed my project!
Thanks so much for stopping by
and have a GREAT night!!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Make It Monday #102~ Pillow Box Stamping

The Pink Elephant~ Hearts

Really Reasonable Ribbon~ Valentine's Day/Love
Paper Issues~ Fawning over You
DL Art~ Linky Party
Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party