Happy Monday..

Hope everyone had a great weekend... the first week of 2012 has come and gone! I'm so glad you can join me today to welcome back Lollipop Crafts from our winter break! We're ready for a new and exciting year, and our first challenge of the year is the ANYTHING GOES with a NEW twist! Just use a new stamp, technique, supply, etc, or create a card/project for New Baby, or New House, or Happy New Year! etc... Be sure to check out the LC blog for all the details and some gorgeous projects from both teams!
Here's my card to share with you...

The "NEW" features are paper from Jillibean Soup, and a new clear sentiments stamps set I got from my friend, Leanne, who happens to also be on the LC team! Picked a few of the sentiments and stamped it randomly on the yellow cardstock for the background. I also tried a "new" skin color combo... my friend, Amy, has a bunch of GREAT tutorials on this blog... where I visit very often!! Followed the Friday Spy Day #14 challenge on FFC... cased the layout of the featured card. Cheeky Chat is colored in copics... isn't she just the cutest... with her pink phone!!
For another "new" thing for my blog this year, I'm going to list out all the supplies I used for the posted project, including a list copic colors! so here goes for the first post of the year...

Supplies:
Stamp - Cheeky Chat (TGF), clear sentiments (from Leanne)
Paper - Kraft (Recollections from Michael's), Jillibean Soup (Homemade 6 Bean Soup), cardstock (DCWV)
Spellbinders - Standard Circles Large, Classic Scalloped Circles Large
Copics - skin/hair: E00, E21, E13, R20, G94, E34, E35, E37, E57
clothes: YG03, YG23, YG25, G14, YR16, YR31, Y23 phone: R32, R35, R37, R000, RV10
Others - e. line crystals, Memento Ink, ColorBox Chalk Cat's Eye

Thanks for stopping by...

and have a wonderful day! ;D              

Challenges:
FFC - Friday Spy Day #14 (case Wilfreda)
Simon Says Stamp - NEW Something
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (new theme)

December C.A.T.S...

Hi all! I'm just starting to clean up my craft area (very slowly)... and remembered that I haven't shared with you my card and tag set I made for my Dec C.A.T.S. partner, Karen.

The card was on a previous post here, and here's the matching tag...

colored Beanie Anya up with Copics on this textured cardstock. I love the way the color shows... almost like watercolor. All I did was lightly colored each area and used the blender pen to soften the strokes. I colored up a few more TGF images, but haven't made anything with them yet, just couldn't resist doing the new technique! ok... back to the tag... the paper, ribbon, and gems are from Recollections, a MS holly punch, and a couple of red buttons! Quick and easy to put together!

This is what Karen sent me...

if only you can see it IRL! It's so beautiful with all the adorable 3D embellies, and the embossing and stitching is incredible! Plus she added some sweet embellies for me to use too! Stop by and visit Karen here, and you'll find more amazing projects!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Challenges:

FFC - Retro Fresh: Tag

FFC Spy Day #10

Hey... what another post?? I haven't played along FFC Friday Spy Day for awhile... thought the deadline to enter was later today... so I missed it, but thought I share what I made...

What a great sketch to play with...love the vellum paper idea! Paper and ribbon are from Recollections Holiday Traditions. Colored up Anya in copics with stardust all over her outfit! with glossy boots and buttons too! This is part of set that i'm making for a friend... stay tuned!!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)  



Happy Halloween!!

It's Monday..and that brings us a brand new challenge at Lollipop Crafts...

Anything Goes!

The sweetest witch ever is from TGF's halloween collection... and I made a slide out treat holder that can hold a single candy bar or what I did was made a little sleeve for inside and put four mini candy bars...

This sweet treat went out to my October Secret Sister (click here if you want to sign up) along with my other halloween card here. I hope she enjoys them! The sentiment is a freebie from The Twinery, MS spider punch, and the gorgeous paper is from my August SS and fellow DT member, Leanne! She is the sweetest and look at the gorgeous card she made...

Now...pop on over to LC blog to see more from the DT... although we don't have a sponsor this week, we hope you can join the FUN!! and a big THANK YOU to Linda for guest designing during the month of October. It was such an inspiration to us all!

Have a safe a Happy Halloween!!!   

Challenges:

FFC - Monday FunDay #5

Halloweeeeeen....

Hello everyone!! Sorry for going MIA, but I've been recovering from health issues, and I'm so glad to be back!! And just in time for Lollipop Crafts new Monday challenge...HALLOWEEN!!!! Create a card/project with anything Halloween related, and you're in!

My card today features TGF's Ian as Hallo Skeleton...

Over at the Farm, the final FFF challenge for the current team is to case any of the DTs. It's was so hard to pick one designer, they are ALL so fabulous!! But I ended up chosing 1LUVNMAMA and her card HERE. Mama's super talent always produces amazing work, just check out her blog! She's become a good blogging friend, and her beautiful projects always inspire me. But mine never comes out quite like hers! LOL!
Thanks to a fab tutorial by Amy Young at Color Me Copics, I TRIED to color Ian's face using the zombie skin technique. But not having the colors that Amy used, I had to improvise and used E00, W1, W3, and BV23. I also added a touch of YG00 along the edge of the mask and skeleton bones to make it look "glow in the dark".  Now that I look at the picture, I should have darkened his suit a bit more. Think I'll do that before I give it away yet to my October's Secret Sister. Can you believe it... I'll be early this month! LOL!!

Sorry for the long post...but it's been a while! hehee! Time to go over to check out more fabulous eye candy from the Lollipop girls, and all the deets on the current challenge. Our wonderful sponsor this week is Meljen's Designs

and they are offering a fabulous prize of their CUTE DIGIS!

Thanks for all the visits while I was out...and for stopping by today!

Have a great day!! ;D

     

Hello Friends...

Did you see this week's FFC's Mystery Monday with Amy Young? If you haven't, check this out...

The card she made is sooo darn cute, as ALL of her cards and Sweet November designs are always inspiring! Make sure to visit Amy, you'll be sure to get lots of sweetness!
Onto my card...

I chose to case the way Amy made cut-outs of the images. Instead of button shapes, the four Anyas are cut with a nestie, and each girl represent the seasons winter, spring, summer and fall. And who doesn't need a friend, all year long! Added some gorgeous flowers (candy from KrisP), stickles in Crystal Ice, and got this sentiment from Studio G at Michael's.

Well gonna keep this short...have a ton of things to do!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)    

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Stamp Something - Anything Goes

Young Crafters Unite - #1 Color a stamped Image

Robbie's Balancing Cupcakes...

Happy Monday!! Wow what a weekend! Got the kids ready for back to school, finished painting my daughter's bedroom and put together a new bed for her. I'm ready to get back the normal school routine... although nothing is really normal about it! hehee!! But it's normal for Lollipop Crafts to bring you a new challenge!! This week we are RECYCLING... use something from an old shirt, or ribbon from presents, or whatever you can recycle for a card or project.
I chose to recycle some old buttons and embroidery floss, and this is what I came up with...

Robbie the seal from the Greeting Farm is tossing up cupcakes to participate in three challenges. This fun sketch is from Lily Pad Cards which is sponsered by TGF this week. Then FFC WOW's challenge is to use boy colors. Last, Farm Fresh Friday is going with Digital Get Down #2! Just perfect how one card can join in all three challenges!

Check out all the deets HERE for the RECYCLING challenge on LC! Use your creativity... can't wait to see what you all come up with! 

Thanks for stopping by! ;) 

Celebrate with Creeper Jack

Hi all! Did everyone have a good weekend? It's Monday and time for a brand new challenge at Lollipop Crafts.  This time we challenge you to MAKE IT MASCULINE !  Our sponsor this week is Digital Delights...

and one lucky winner will receive 3 images of their choice!

My biggest challenge is to make masculine cards, but this time it came together pretty easy. Thanks to my DS (it was for his birthday) and my AugSS swap (TGF's Sweet&Toxic from Leanne).

Last year, my DS chose all the details for his birthday card, so for this year, he wanted to use Creeper Jack again, but with a change of clothes! The layout was loosely based on a sketch by Deconstructing Jen, if you ever need a sketch this is THE place to go! Added some buttons too, so it fits the FFC to Button It Up!

August is always the busiest summer month for me. With vacations, birthdays, and getting ready for school again, the days just go by sooooo quick!! There's one more week of summer vacation for the kids, then it's back to school and that means more quiet (and craft!) time for me!!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)  



Challenges:

FFC - Button it Up!

Paper Sundaes - #83 Two Toppings: Green, Buttons

Neutral Browns with Miko

Hi everyone! I have a card to share and finally got a chance to play along the WOW challenge over at the Farm. This week is to make a card using browns tones, which I love for the hair, but have never tried to color the entire image in browns. Well, here it is and it turned out pretty good... whatcha think?

Used a sketch from Papertake Weekly, and this inspiration photo from ATS Wednesday challenge

where I picked the creamy colors and sunflowers to showcase

The days are just flying by this summer, thanks for visiting me on my limited posts and for the very SWEET comments! The kids are excited for the upcoming weekends, we will be taking two short trips to Yosemite and then to Lake Tahoe! Oh and in between the weekends, we'll be celebrating my son's birthday! Then it'll be back to school at the end of the month... and back to regular schedules for everyone! August will be one busy month! but all worth it!!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Challenges:

FFC WOW- Sepia/Brown Colors

ATS - Inspiration Photo

Papertake Weekly - Sketch #58

Cheeky Chat with Kris...

Happy Saturday! Is everyone ready for the big holiday weekend?? It's gonna be a hot one here in the Bay Area, but can't complain when we just had RAIN earlier this week! I'm here to share a card I made for the Farm Fresh Challenge Mystery Monday! This week is a gorgeous card made by none other than Kris P.! Stop by her blog and you'll be hit with some amazing creations and she's got a heart of gold!

I picked Cheeky Chat for my image, isn't she such a doll? Followed a color scheme from Simon Says Stamp, dp is from DCWV Glitter Stack, sentiment from Inkadinkado. Pretty quick and fun layout to play with! Ta Ta for now...

Thanks for stopping by... have a Happy 4th weekend! ;)

Be Safe!

Challenges:

FFC - Mystery Monday: Kris P.

Simon Says Stamp - Colors Lavender & Lemon

Summer Bling

Happy Monday! How was your weekend? Can you believe it's already the end of May and summer is just around the corner!

Today at Lollipop Crafts, Kris is hosting this week's challenge...BLING IT!!

How easy and fun is that? My card today features Fleur Anya, she is so pretty and easy to bling her up!

Used gold Stickles, pearls, and Sakura Clear Star pen to bling up my card. The paper is from Me&My Big Ideas paper pad that I bought soooo long ago. Never thought I would use this particular pattern because it seemed so busy...but now I just love it! Perfect for summer themes... like FFC's Summer Lovin' challenge!

Be sure to stop by Lollipop Crafts for more BLING inspired projects, and all the deets to win a fabulous prize from our sponsor this week, Digi's with Attitude!

  

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Challenges:
FFC - Summer Lovin'
Simon Says Stamp - Sparkle/Shine
Stamp Something - Beachy Colors
Lily Pads - Lucy's Lovely Lines Sketch

Miss Anya Lounge...

Hi all! Just a quick post today...I have a card to share for the Farm Fresh Challenges Mystery Monday. This week is to CASE a card made by Lisa McKinney... what a beautiful layout to follow! Here's my card...

This card is for my niece who's turning 15...they sure grow up fast! My DD picked this Miss Anya because her cousin looks just like her...and she loves the boots! The papers are from KC&Co. and the sentiments is combined from two different set by Inkadinkado.

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Let's Get Sketchy...

Happy MONDAY!! Time for a brand new challenge at Lollipop Crafts. This week Kim is giving us a fabulous sketch to play with...take a look...

Kim kept it pretty simple, but it's so fun to play with! Our fabulous sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish and there is an awesome prize for one random winner!
Here is my take on the sketch...

I have a few coming up, so what better than to get the cards done now. This adorable Cupcake Anya is perfect for little girls, but I didn't have any cupcake embellies. So what did I do?? Ran out to Michaels, used my coupon and snatched up the EK Success Cupcake border punch! LOL!

Now, head over to Lollipop Crafts for all the deets on the challenge, and for more gorgeous cards from the DT!

Thanks for stopping by!

Click here for a chance to win my candy!

Challenges:
FFC FFF - Distressing

TGF Birthday Card...

Hi everyone! I've been working on this card for my DH, took me wayyyy tooo long!! I decide to make a birthday card at the last minute ~ which means it is now late.. :(  But I'm happy how it turned out! There are four panels on it, one for each of us...first up is me!

Fleur Anya in my fave colors! Followed the MM Challenge which this week is to CAS a fabulous card made by Joni. She makes adorable cards, visit her blog and you'll see for yourself! I'm also entering this to the Outlawz Monday card challenge, use your favorites. 

Next up, my DD...

I had each of my kids pick which TGF Sprout they like to be, and DD picked Summer! She's a real cutie and just love her little giggle! For this panel, I followed the CAF LAST Saturday Sketch {sniff!}. But not to worry, cuz there's a brand new challenge blog, just take a look at all the new excitement!!

OK,next is DS...

DS picked Dylan and Paul, so I had to alter him. Used his fave colors and followed a Friday Sketchers layout...but I didn't finish in time for the challenge, and I just found out they've closed their blog {sniff again!} But I love how the banner turned out! The stars and banner flags were all hand cut, turned out better than I thought!

Finally, my DH with all of us surrounding him...

I picked Jeremy...he so well dressed! Kept the layout pretty simple, just a ribbon and a sentiment from Whimsy Stamps. Used my new nesties to pop up "DH"! so i think it'll qualify for the NEW FFChallenge!
Here's a pic of the four panels all opened up

and we each had a tag with a birthday message...
 {will have to add that in later...still need to take a pic of it...} ETA...here are the tags...

This was so much fun to make, next time I'll know better to start earlier (maybe...LOL!)

Thanks for stopping by!

Be sure to come back soon for a surprise!! ;D