Southern Scraps

Slowly, I'm getting back into the card challenges. Simons Says issued a challenge to use pearls and lace. I used a strip of lace under the ribbon and some pearls around my sentiment. I used the sketch over at Whiff of Joy and a Whiff of Joy Stamp. Paper: BasicGrey sugared Stamp: Whiff of Joy, MFT sentiment Accents: Ribbon, flower, hat pin , acrylic jewels, brad Tools: Marvy Markers I made my own hat pin embellishment. I have some listed in my etsy shop if you're looking for some of your own.

After a three month sabbatical of no card making, I've made a card. I told you I wouldn't give it up completely. I just needed to take a break and spend my crafting time trying some of the other things on my list. I'm using the sketch from The Sweet Stop . I'll also be linking this up at Papertake Weekly's "just the one" challenge . I used "just one" flower and "just one" piece of ribbon. Here is my card: Image: Whiff of Joy Paper: BasicGrey Sugared

I am loving this color challenge issued by Whiff of Joy . It is so vintage looking. I also thought this was the perfect image for these colors. I've combined this with Simon Says Girly/feminine challenge and Stamp Somethings Girly challenge . I also used the lace, pearls, and pin for the challenge at Creative Inspirations (although I may be a wee bit late due to time zone differences). I used Mercy's sketch . Papers are by K&Co. and the image was colored with Copics.

I've combined several challenges into this card. I've used a Whiff of Joy image and Basic Grey Wisteria papers. I think the colors have a vintage feel. I've colored my image with Copics markers. The first photo shows the ones I've used. Here's a little close up. One of the challenges calls for glitter and I added just a hint with Stickles to the flowers in her basket, headband, and bow. You can't see it too well in the main photo. Here are the challenges I've entered with this card: Whiff of Joy sketch challenge Simon Says - Vintage with flowers Spoonful of Sugar - Distress inks, pearls, and glitter All Sorts - Mother's Day

Good morning. If you are fortunate enough to have this day off, I hope you are enjoying it and doing something fun. I just finished up a simple little card for the Whiff of Joy challenge #62. I used Henry celebrating mouse for my image and a piece of K&Co. patterned paper with Bazzill cardstock.

Told ya I'd go back to rubber in a bit. Here is a card I made for the Whiff of Joy challenge (colors aqua and red) using the sketch saturday sketch . I love this color combo. I've colored the image with my Copics- sorry I didn't keep up with the colors this time. Stamp: Whiff of Joy Melinda Hugging Heart; sentiment- Verve Paper: K&Co., Bazzill Cardstock Tools: Nestabilities; EKSucess punch; copics Accents: Ribbon; button, brads Here's another quick share. I found another Challenge blog- Just Us Girls . They are calling for stitching. I love this technique but haven't done it in quite a while so I added some faux stitching to this card. Coloring was done with Prismacolor pencils on this one. Stamp: MFT Paper: K&Co. Tools: Nestabilities Accents: Brads

You've still got today to play. I love these adorable images. I'd love to win some as my collection is very small. Here is my card for the Whiff of Joy Anniversary Challenge. Paper: K&Co. Stamps: Whiff of Joy Willow with flower basket; sentiment- MFT Accents: Brads, flowers (Prisma) Tools: Marvy Markers, Nestabilities

The Simon Says Challenge this week is to make a back to school project. I really don't have any school themed stamps so I made this altered mini notebook. Every student needs to take notes. You have probably seen me share a tote and card in the past that coordinates with this. Slowly but surely, I'm putting together a whole coordinating gift set.

I've had very little time for cards and challenges lately. I'll explain why in another post. This one is a very late entry for the Whiff of Joy challenge and a not so late one for Friday Sketchers. The image is by Whiff of Joy. My three patterned papers are K&Co.

I'm sliding in at the last minute with a card for Friday Sketchers . I love the sketch, but I didn't make a square card with it so it gave me a bit of trouble. After some cutting and recutting, here is my card. Paper : BasicGrey sugared Stamp : Whiff of Joy Accents : Flowers (Wal-mart); brads

Given the limited time I have, I often combine challenges. This one combines two: Whiff of Joy challenge and Friday Sketchers . This was my first time paper piecing with my stamps. I have done this with patterns before but not my stamps. I should do this more often. Here's a little tip for you. I didn't have any flowers to match, so I colored white ones with my markers. This is an easy way to always have matching or coordinating embellishments! Stamps: Whiff of Joy, Verve Paper : HOTP; Bazill; BasicGrey Sugared Accents : Flowers, pearls Tools : Sizzix die

The latest challenge at Caardvarks is to make a 3D project. I made a cute little tote to submit for this. These totes can be made with one sheet of 8.5 x 11 in cardstock. I love making them. I also plan to make goodies featuring this same image to fill it with and will probably list it in the shop. If you're interested, keep watching for the completed package. Paper : BasicGrey sugared Stamp : Willow with flower basket (Whiff of Joy) Tools: Marvy Markers, chalk, Fiskars treading water punch, Nestabilities Accents : Ribbon for handles; flower, brad Thanks for looking and commenting. I'm amazed at the number of visitors I've had to my meager little blog. If you visit, don't be shy, leave me a comment and let me know. Someone is making that counter go up, and I appreciate it.

Make something with yellow and green for the first blog challenge . So I used those colors in my card and used Jen's SFFYT as my design. Here's the sketch And here's my card: Stamp : Willow with sunhat Whiff of Joy; Verve sentiment Ink : Marvy Markers Paper : Hot off the Press Accents : Flowers

Here is another sketch challenge card I completed. It's for Jen's Sketch for You to Try . I really wanted to use this new whiff of joy stamp so I rotated the sketch to fit the image. The challenge over at High Hopes is to use buttons, so I used them in the flowers in the circles on the sketch. Thanks for visiting. Stamp: Whiff of Joy Willow with flower basket ; Verve sentiment Paper : Pebblesinc Easter Time Flower/ Pink Dot Accents : flowers, buttons Tools: 1 in. circle punch ; Marvy Markers