**HAPPY BIRTHDAY BARBIE!!** New Challenge with Get Creative Challenges!

Hi everyone!  It's a new challenge at Get Creative Challenges and our theme is Happy Birthday Barbie!! Make a girly birthday card for your sister, bestie, or any other special woman in your life.

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• A Perfect Time To Craft - Anything Goes
• Classic Design Challenge - #02-2025 Anything Goes
• The Crafter's Cafe - #316 Anything Goes
• Creations in Pink - #78 Anything PINK Goes

Be sure to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT created.  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!!

31 Days of Crafting - Day Eight - Caffeinated Cuties

So last year, I didn't make a card for International Women's Day because I wanted to rebel against all the propaganda the media puts out there.  We don't deserve awards just because we're women, we want recognition for who we are and what we do, without attaching our genders to it!  Sorry, rant over.  Anyways, this year I DID want to make a card for women because I was watching Gilmore Girls, which I adore, and while yes, there are plenty of men in Stars Hollow, at the core, the show is about Lorelai and Rory and their relationship.  So I made this card in celebration of THAT.   

Just a few challenges:

• Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes
• We Love Stamping - Feminine 1/3
• Crafty Catz - #667 Anything Goes 1/5
• Worldwide Crafters and Colorists - Anything Goes 2/3
• Word Art Wednesday - #638 Anything Goes 2/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!

**BUNNIES & BLOOMS!!** New Challenge with Simply Create Too!

Happy Friday!  It's a new challenge at Simply Create Too and our theme this month is Bunnies and Blooms!!!  With Easter at the end of this month, there's tons of opportunity for inspiration for this challenge!

Just a few challenges:

• Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks - #705 Anything Goes
• Word Art Wednesday - #637 Anything Goes 1/5
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Be sure to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT created!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!! 

STAMPtember - Day Thirty - Fabulous Finale!

WOW what a month it's been! STAMPtember is always a little more stressful than National Craft Month is.  I'm not honestly sure why.

You can't see all the glitter and shimmer and shine in the photos!

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• Classic Design Challenge - #9 Anything Goes
• Pattie's Creations - #210 Anything Goes 2/3
• Creative Fingers - #262 Anything Goes 2/3
• Crafty Catz - #652 Anything Goes 2/3
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes 4/5
• Word Art Wednesday - #615 Anything Goes 4/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping!  I need a nap lol.  Laters!!

STAMPtember - Day Twenty-Nine - National Coffee Day!!!!

HAPPY NATIONAL COFFEE DAY!!!!!!!!

I'm not going to go through the usual I don't drink coffee but I love all the coffee things stuff.  I'm just going to share my awesome card and celebrate this happy day.

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• Classic Design Challenge - #9 Anything Goes
• Pattie's Creations - #210 Anything Goes 1/3
• Creative Fingers - #262 Anything Goes 1/3
• Crafty Catz - #652 Anything Goes 1/3
• My Time To Craft - #517 Two or More Patterned Papers 2/3
• Word Art Wednesday - #615 Anything Goes 3/5
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes 3/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy caffeinated crafting!!  Laters!!

STAMPtember - Day Eleven - United We Stand

Happy Patriot Day!  I always make a patriotic card for today, but I kind of struggled this year.  Things are hard, and they're not like they were.  But when I saw this amazing image from Angie Blom, I thought, this is what I want to create with.  Twenty-two years ago, this statement, United We Stand, it meant something.  I hope it will again soon.

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• Classic Design Challenge - #9 Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time To Craft - Anything Goes
• Creative Knockouts - #502 Anything Goes 1/3
• Word Art Wednesday - #612 Anything Goes 4/5
• Polkadoodles - #35 Anything Goes 2/2
• Penny's Paper Crafting Challenge - #554 Anything Goes 3/3
• Worldwide Crafters and Colorists - #8 Anything Goes 3/3

Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping!  Laters!!

**ANYTHING GOES** New Challenge with The Crafty Addicts!!

Hi everyone!!  It's time for a new challenge at The Crafty Addicts!!  Man, July just FLEW by, didn't it???  Our theme is always:

ANYTHING GOES!!!

I was feeling very summery and floral today, so I used this awesome digi stamp from Angie Blom Digital Designs.  She's one of my absolute favorites.

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• Word Art Wednesday - #607 Anything Goes 1/5
• Atlantic Hearts Sketch #536
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Be sure to check out the blog and see what the rest of the DT created.  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!

**Favorite Colors** New Challenge with Simply Create Too!

Happy Friday!  It's a new challenge at Simply Create Too and our theme this month is Favorite Colors!!! My favorite colors are Pink, Purple and Turquoise, and I just got this lovely image set from Angie Blom so I had to use it!

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• Word Art Wednesday - #603 Anything Goes 2/5

Be sure to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT created!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!

31 Days of Crafting - Day Eighteen - Snow ANYWHERE Else Okay?!??!

Look, I love snow, okay?  I really do.  When I worked retail, I LOVED if it snowed once I was already at work because that meant I would have a free and empty store to set planograms or put out stock or whatever needed done (yeah yeah yeah I was an overachiever and I learned the hard way that you never do more than everyone else around you is doing or you'll be the one doing it all, and I was).  The only time the store wasn't empty was at Claire's.  People would bring their kids in (because they didn't have school so go to the mall right?!?) and let them run the place ragged and we'd be pulling our hair out.  Those were usually the days I got a milkshake or brownie ice cream sundae at Big Boy's near closing time.  (Yeah yeah yeah I'm old.  These were the days when Big Boy still had legit homemade ice cream!)

Anyways, I got way way way off track there.  I love snow, but I am freaking SICK of snow.  We had ONE, count it, ONE snowfall in the latter half of 2022. It was in November and it was gone in two or three days.  We have had THREE major snow/ice storms in March and at least three minor ones.  This shit is crazy.

So yeah, I figured who better to commiserate about the love/hate relationship I have with snow than the one, the only, Lorelai Gilmore?

Okay, so this digi from Angie Blom isn't officially Lorelai and Rory, but it is.  KWIM?

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• Ally's Angels - #68 Anything Goes 2/3
• We Love Stamping - Anything Goes 2/3
• Ching-Chou Kuik - Anything Goes 2/3
• Creative Fingers - #250 Anything Goes 2/3

Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting!  Laters!!

31 Days of Crafting - Day Nine - Happy Birthday Barbie!!

Happy Birthday, Barbie!!  For four decades I have loved this doll.  I cannot wait to share the magic of Barbie with my nieces.  (Conflicted about the new My First Barbie dolls.  What are you thoughts??)

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with a Die Cut
• Happy Little Stampers - Anything Birthday Goes
• Sweet Stampin' - Special Woman 1/3
• Di's Digi Designs - Hand Colored Image 1/3
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #201 Anything Goes 1/3
• Let's Craft and Create - #193 Anything Goes 1/3
• We Love Stamping - Anything Goes 1/3
• Word Art Wednesday - #586 Anything Goes 1/5
• Love To Craft - #73 Anything Goes 2/8
• Love To Scrap - #160 Anything Goes 2/8
• Mix It Up Challenge - #64 Anything Goes 4/8
• Polkadoodles - #9 Anything Goes 2/2
• A Gem of a Challenge - #5 Anything Goes 2/2

Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting!  Laters!!

STAMPtember - Day Twenty-Eight - Still Younger

Hi all.  I used one of the amazing digis from Angie Blom to create this sister-themed birthday card.  SO FUN!  Doesn't this image have sort of a vintage, Barbie-like vibe?  Love it!

Just a few challenges:

• DL Art Linky Party
• Sweet Stampers - #72 Add A Sentiment 3/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping.  Laters!!

STAMPtember - Day Twenty-One - The Way You Roll

I LOVE the 80s!  I love the music and the movies and some of the clothes and trends (crimped hair and ratted bangs can stay in the past thank you!) and the COLOR!  Lisa Frank will forever live in my head.  

Just a few challenges:

• DL Art Linky Party
• Leann's World - #54 Anything Goes
• Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes with Dies
• Colorful Options - Rainbow
• Ally's Angels - #62 Anything Goes 1/3
• Crafts Galore - #103 Anything Goes 2/3
• Stamping Sensations - Feminine 2/3
• Rabisco Challenge - #37 Anything Goes 2/5
• Paper Funday - #45 Anything Goes 5/6

Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping!  Laters!!

STAMPtember - Day One - Resting Witch Face

HAPPY STAMPTEMBER!!!!  The only time of year I like as much (or nearly as much) as I like Christmas is STAMPtember!!!

If you're new here (welcome!), lemme just go over how I do STAMPtember.  I create at least one project every day, and it MUST include stamping, beyond just a sentiment.  Digis are okay, but only if they're required for a DT project or if they're Angie Blom, which this one is.  Awesome, isn't it??

Several challenges to start out my second favorite month of the year!!

• DL Art Linky Party
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #9 Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks - #627 Stamp Act (use stamping)
• Classic Design Team Challenge - #9 Anything Goes
• Digi Tuesday - #35 Anything Goes 1/2*
• A Gem of a Challenge - #18 Anything Goes 1/2*
• Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge - #529 Anything Goes 1/3*
• Creative Fingers - #237 Anything Goes 1/3*
• World Wide Open Challenge - #8 Anything Goes 1/3
• Creatalicious - #242 Anything Goes 1/3*
• Morgan's Art World - #9 Anything Goes 1/3*
• Dies R Us - #200 Anything Goes 1/3* (Tutti designs)
• QKR Stampede - #451 Anything Goes 1/3*
• Crafts Galore - #103 Anything Goes 1/3*
• Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes 1/3*
• Stamping Sensations - Feminine 1/3*
  
• Digi Doodle - #53 Use Metal/Sparkle 1/3*
• This Is Halloween - Anything Halloween Goes 1/3
• Scrapping4Fun - #216 Alphabet Challenge - W 1/4 (witch)
• Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 1/4
• Word Art Wednesday - #559 Anything Goes 1/5*
• Incy Wincy - Mystical 1/5
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes 1/5*
• Jan's Digi Stamps - Anything Goes 1/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping!!  Laters!!

WOOHOO!!! I'm running a challenge blog!!

Hi everyone!  I have some super exciting news.  I've been on the DT at Get Creative Challenges since it creation, and earlier this year, Angie let the team know that she would be closing the challenge and asked if anyone wanted to take it over. I jumped at the chance!!  I'm nervous about it but excited.  I did cut January's challenge in half to give myself some time.  The challenge is live now and to get started our theme is Anything Goes!!

I wanted to make something wintery since it's been so bitter cold here!  And in the cold weather we NEED our coffee and tea, right?

Some challenges for this fun card:

• DL Art January Linky Party
• A Bit More Time To Craft - #147 Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #1-2022 Anything Goes
  
• Creatalicious - #227 Anything Goes/Winter 1/3
• Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes 1/3
• Classic Design Team Challenge - Anything Goes 1/3
• Word Art Wednesday - #527 Anything Goes 1/5
• Love To Craft Challenge Blog - #66 Anything Goes 2/8
• Love To Scrap Challenge Blog - #153 Anything Goes 2/8

Be sure to visit the blog to play along and see what the rest of the DT created.  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!!

Tea Makes Everything Better

Not always hot tea, mind you, (I'm a BIG iced tea drinker!!), but tea does improve things tenfold, methinks.  I'm guessing this girl would agree.

Just a few challenges:

• 2021 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop
• A Bit More Time To Craft - #147 Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #11 Anything Goes
• A Bit More Time To Craft Extra - Anything Goes
• Word Art Wednesday - #518 Anything Goes 3/5

Thanks so much for looking and happy caffeinating!  Laters!!!

STAMPtember - Day One - It's FINALLY HERE!!!!!

HAPPY STAMPTEMBER EVERYONE!!!

Okay so my favorite time of the year is still Christmastime, but my second favorite time of the year is STAMPtember!!  It's that amazing month when every company releases amazing new images, and a personal favorite, Simon Says Stamp, releases a BRAND NEW STAMP SET every.  Single.  Day.  They pair with loads of amazing companies like The Greeting Farm, Pinkfresh Studio, Tim Holtz, there's SO MANY!!!  I cannot wait!

Anyways, I have a TON of great projects to share with you this month.  SO MANY projects.  I'm having a blast creating.  STAMPtember is so fun because:

1. No sticker cards!
2. No die-only cards!
3. No I-only-stamped-the-sentiment cards!

Usually I restrict myself during STAMPtember to sharing only cards with stamped images (unless I have other DT commitments) and I don't create with digis.  BUT.  This year is going to be a little different.

If you know me at all, you know that one of my favorite stamp companies is Unity Stamps.  They have this AMAZING designer named Angie Blom who makes beautiful and creative girly stamps.  Her line with Unity is called ANGIE Girls, and they're fabulous.  Last year however, Angie struck out on her own and started drawing digital stamps.  The artwork is every bit as amazing as it was with Unity, and I have purchased many of her fabulous digi stamps, and will be sharing some of those creations this month.  You can find her incredible digi stamps here.

My first project for this month is made with one of Angie's amazing images.  I feel like this looks like a vintage Barbie, which is why I love it!!

Just a few challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• Classic Design Challenge - #9 Anything Goes
• A Bit More Time To Craft - Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #9 Anything Goes
• A Bit More Time To Craft Extra - Anything Goes
• Crafting Happiness - #111 Anything Goes 
• Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge
• 4 Season Challenges - #47 Retro
• Mod Squad Challenge - Slim Is In 1/3
• Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 1/2
• Colour Crazy - #34 Anything Colored Goes 1/2
• Dare 2 B Artzy - Anything Goes 1/3
• Creatalicious - #218 Anything Goes 1/3
• Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes 1/3
• Digi Chooseday - Anything Goes 1/3
• Cardz TV - #148 Anything Goes 1/3
• Polkadoodles - #35 Anything Goes 1/3
• Gem of a Challenge - #18 Anything Goes 1/3
• Creative Fingers - #213 Anything Goes 1/3
• Little Patch of Crafty Friends - #164 Anything Goes 1/3
• Scrapping4Fun Challenges - #199 More Than 2 Layers 1/3
• International Art & Soul - #116 Birthday 1/3
• Corrosive Challenge - #8 Anything Goes 1/4
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - STAMP It! 1/5
• Paperbabe Stamps - #150 Anything Goes 

Thanks so much for looking and happy stamping.  Laters!!

Hello Pumpkin - First DT Post with Love To Scrap Challenge Blog!!

 Good morning!!  This is my first post as a DT member with Love To Scrap Challenge Blog and I'm so excited to join the team!  Our theme  this month is Anything Goes, which I love because then I can just follow my muse.  Now that Halloween is over, it's officially fall in my house!  I'm one of those people who love pumpkin everything.

Just a few challenges:

• Sparkles Challenge Blog - #133 Hello Autumn 2/3
• Scrapping 4 Fun Challenges - #178 Autumn 2/3
• Arty Divas - #30 Anything Goes 4/5
• Colour Crazy Challenge - #43 Anything Coloring Goes 2/2

Be sure to visit the blog and see what the rest of the DT created.  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!

Thankful & Blessed - First DT Post with Love To Craft Challenge Blog!!

Good morning!  It's my first post as a DT member with Love To Craft Challenge Blog and I'm really excited to be a part of the team!  Our theme is always Anything Goes and I've been in a total Pumpkin Spice mood lately!  I'm also obsessed with slimline cards right now.  So fun to create in a different shape and style.

Just a few challenges:

• Colour Crazy Challenge - #43 Anything Coloring Goes 1/2
• Scrapping 4 Fun Challenges - #178 Autumn 1/3
• Sparkles Challenge Blog - #133 Hello Autumn 1/3
• Arty Divas - #30 Anything Goes 2/5

Be sure to visit the blog and see what the other DT members have created.  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!