True Gift

August already???!!!  Where is the time going?  Since it is the beginning of a new month, it is time for another challenge from Craft Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra.  As always, it is an Anything Christmas-related Goes challenge and you have all month to play along.  Our sponsor is the fabulous Bugaboo Stamps.  Here is my card for your inspiration:

I played off the sentiment with my present patterned paper and I used the ribbon to look like it was tied around a package.  I hope you'll get a chance to play along with us.  Hop on over to the CHNCC2 blog for the full details and to see what the rest of the DT came up with.

Supplies:
Stamps: Bugaboo Stamps "Christmas Words--Jesus" digi; Verve "Richly Blessed" sentiment
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Ovals, large" and "Standard Scalloped Ovals, large"

Challenges:
Aud Sentiments #160--anything goes
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2--sketch

{Pin}spirational #170--inspiration photo (Christmas theme)

Christmas Card Challenge #34--anything goes
One Stitch At A Time #267--dies
Lacy Sunshine--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday--add texture (ribbons, rhinestones)
Creative Craft #68--anything goes
Fab n' Funky #315--Christmas
Mod Squad--Christmas in July
The Paper Shelter--anything goes
Penny's #288--anything goes
Crafty Gals Corner #82--anything goes
Inspiration Destination #96--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes
Little Miss Muffet #143--anything goes
Crimbo Crackers #112--anything goes (Christmas related)
Brown Sugar #209--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #292--anything goes
Hiding In My Craft Room #261--Freestyle with a twist: Christmas
MFP #31--anything goes
Sweet Stampin'--Christmas in July
Christmas at Sweet Stampin'--anything goes
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--anything goes

Hello

Welcome to another challenge from Jo's Scrap Shack!  This week we have an Anything Goes challenge for you.  

I was given this GORGEOUS image from Little Blue Button Stamps.  I knew they made super cute images, but I didn't realize they also had images like this!  Love it!

Hop on over to Jo's blog for the full details and to see what the rest of the DT created.  I hope you will get inky and play along with us this week; can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Little Blue Button Stamps "Magnolia"

Dies: Verve "Pennant Border Die"; MFT "Smartphone" hello; Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A"

Challenges:

Sweet Stamps Challenge Blog--anything goes

Viva La Verve July week 2--sketch

One Stitch At A Time #267--dies

Lacy Sunshine Challenge--anything goes

Creative Craft Cottage #68--anything goes

The Paper Shelter--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #288--anything goes

Crafty Gals #82--anything goes

Inspiration Destination #96--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Little Miss Muffet #143--anything goes

Christmas in July

Happy Wednesday!!  That means it's time for another What If? Wednesday challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week it is a sketch challenge:

All the Christmas in July challenges going on right now had me in a Christmas mind-set, so I went with it. : )  I turned the sketch on its side to fit the sentiment stamp I wanted to use.

Isn't that ribbon so pretty?!  I got it (along with several other rolls: 5 or 6 I think) at a yard sale last weekend for $2!  Score!!  I hope you get a chance to play along with us this week.  Hop on over to The House Blog for all the details and to see what the rest of the DT did with this sketch.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "For Unto You" and "Snowflake Solid (lg)"

Challenges:
Christmas at Sweet Stampin--anything goes
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
{Pin}spirational #170--inspiration photo (Christmas Theme)

Word Art Wednesday #240--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Aud Sentiments #160--anything goes
Christmas Card Challenge #34--anything goes
Holly Jolly #77--show us some sparkle (rhinestones)

Happy Birthday

I won this image from Pattie's Creations a couple months ago and knew I HAD to use it for my brother-in-law's birthday.  He has the cutest little French Bulldog named Gabe and this image looks just like him.  I had a good look at Gabe the other day so I could make sure I got the coloring correct (right down to the white on his little back paws).

 Isn't he the cutest?!!  Here is a close-up of the little guy.

Supplies:
Stamps: Pattie's Creations "French Bulldog" digi; Your Next Stamp "Silly Monsters" sentiment
MFT "Blueprints 13" washi die
Darice pawprints embossing folder
MFT "Diagonal Stripes" stencil

Challenges:
A Gem of A Challenge #174--animals
Hanna & Friends #253--animals
Inspiration Destination #95--anything goes
Sugar Pea Designs #8--sketch

Cards Galore--anything goes
Crafting with An Attitude--anything goes
Scrappers Delights #57--anything goes
A Blog Named Hero--masculine

Dig This

So . . . masculine cars are kind of tough, right?  But little boy cards are FUN!!!  My nephew is turning 2 this weekend and I made this ADORABLE card for him.  

 I used a stripe stencil with a sharpie marker for the stripes.  And I used a stencil for the brick background as well. (I don't think I've ever used stencils so much).  I added an ink splat stamp to make "mud" spatters.  Don't you love those construction vehicles???!!!  So cute!  Here's a picture of the inside:

I just had to use one of the other trucks on the inside as well.  Couldn't leave any of them out. : )

Supplies:
Stamps: YNS "Keep on Trucking" and "Large Ink Splatter"
Stencils: MFT "Diagonal Stripes" and "Small Brick Wall"
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday #435--In the round
Aud Sentiments #160--anything goes
Inspiration Destination #95--anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #240--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Come And Get It--stripes or checks
Dis Digis--hot bright colors
Sweet Stampin--wheels
A Bit More Time To Craft #24--anything goes
Sugar Pea Designs #7--sketch

Fresh Brewed Designs--birthdays
A Blog Named Hero--masculine
Creative with Stamps--ink splatters (ink splatter background stamp)

You're a star

Welcome to another What If? Wednesday challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week we have a really fun inspiration photo for you:

Don't you just love the dimension on those stars?  And that woodgrain background??  Those were the two things that really caught my eye in this picture (plus the obvious color choices).  And here is where that inspiration took me:

I started with a woodgrain embossing folder and then swiped my gray ink pad directly across the embossed lines; it really makes the background pop!  I wanted to try to capture the dimension of the stars in the photo, so I die cut a star and used my scor-pal to score from the tip of each arm (what DO you call those?) to the center and then carefully folded along the score lines to make the center of the star rise to a point.  I added a piece of foam tape underneath the center of the star to adhere it and help keep the center raised.  I hope you get a chance to play along with us.  You can be inspired by anything in the photo: the stars, the colors, the background, etc.  Can't wait to see what you come up with.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Birthday" and "Star Cluster"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle and "Star STAX"; Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"
Darice wood grain embossing folder

Challenges:
Die Cuttin' Divas #275--anything 3D (my 3D star and the embossing)
Pixie's Craft Challenge #238--anything goes with snippets (all the red and blue card stock are scraps and the focal circle was cut from a scrap)
Sketch Saturday #421--sketch

A Bit More Time #24--anything goes
One Stitch At A Time #266--elements of nature (stars)
Open Minded Challenge #7--Patriotic/use your country colors (USA: red, white, and blue)
A Blog Named Hero--masculine (not sure if I was supposed to use Hero Arts products.  If so, please remove me and I'm so sorry)
Crafty Calendar--punches and/or dies

Need Coffee

Welcome to another challenge from the Love To Scrap Challenge Blog.  This time it is Anything Goes; we know how much everyone loves those!  Our three sponsors are:

Bugaboo Digi Stamps

Karleigh Sue Digis

Oddball Art Co.

I was given this fun image by Oddball Art Co.  For some reason, I had coffee on the brain (I don't even drink it!), so I was planning to go with some kind of coffee theme.  Before I even started on the card, I had the hair colored and I added some pink strands.  They're pretty subtle, so you have to look closely, but I just wanted to give it a try.  So, obviously, I needed to use some pink and that's how the color combo got started.  And everything just kept going from there, which usually doesn't happen for me.  But this one turned out pretty much how I saw it in my mind and came together rather quickly.

I think this sentiment combined with this image is really fun.  I'm not sure if she is stating the fact that she NEEDS coffee (the look on her face might suggest such) or if she's asking if YOU need coffee.  It really could go either way.
I hope you will get a chance to play along with us this time.  Hop on over to the LTSCB blog for the full details and to see what the rest of the team has created.

Supplies:
Stamps: Oddball Art Co. "Punk Elf Tinker Smile"; Mark's Finest Papers "Java Time" sentiment and coffee drips

Challenges:
Penny's Challenge #286--anything goes
Addicted To Stamps #202--make your mark (I used marker ink for coloring and ink pads for stamping)
Fab n' Funky #313--add a sentiment
Lacy Sunshine #168--anything goes
Crafty Cardmakers #168--bling it up (pink and green card candy)
Creative with Stamps #4--ink splatters ( do my coffee drips/splatters count?  I hope so)

Your Next Stamp #43--sketch

Aud Sentiments #159--for a girl
ART Impressions Stamps #188--anything goes

Precious

It's Friday!!  And that means it's time for another challenge from Jo's Scrap Shack.

I was given this sweet little image from Robyn's Fetish and obviously it needed to be made into a baby card.

My three colors are pink, yellow and dark chocolate brown.  My two embellishments are ribbon and pearls.  And, well, I actually use three techniques: paper piecing, outside the box die cutting and stitching (with an actual sewing machine!).  Can you spot all three? : )  So, I'm going to focus on the paper piecing technique.
I hope you will get a chance to play along with us this week.  I can't wait to see what your 3, 2, 1 recipe includes.  Hop on over to Jo's blog to see all the details and what the rest of the DT has created.

Supplies:
Stamps: Robyn's Fetish "Sally and her Umbrella digi"; Verve "To the Moon" sentiment
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large" and "Classic Scalloped Circles, large"; Verve mini label die

Challenges:
Inspiration Destination #94--anything goes
Penny's Challenge #286--anything goes
Fab N' Funky Challenge #313--add a sentiment
In the Pink #98--All or Nothing; fussy & fancy or CAS (this one is kind of fussy and & fancy for me)
Aud Sentiments #159--for a girl
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2--sketch


Word Art Wednesday #238--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Card Mania #82--lace and/or pearls
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Cutie Pie Challenge #101--polka dots and pastels
Crafty Musketeers #39--babies
Unicorn Challenge #11--make it pearly
Craft Dee-BowZ--anything goes with handmade bow

Snowflakes

So, here it is the middle of July already!!  Can you believe it?!  More than half way to Christmas, and that brings us to the mid-month inspiration for Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra.  As always we are an anything Christmas-related goes challenge and you have until the end of the month to join in.  Here is my inspiration for you:

I wasn't sure how this was going to look when it was finished.  As I was putting it together, the snowflakes really seemed to blend into the background a little too much.  But I really do like how it turned.  Ok, I might love it. : )
I hope you will get a chance to play along with us.  Can't wait to see what you create.

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve "Peace On Earth"
Dies: PTI "Fancy Flakes" large snowflake; Sweet n' Sassy small snowflake; MFT "Blueprints 13" banner; I believe the snowflake strip is from Whimsy Stamps; someone cut it out and sent it to me. (thanks, Gail!)

Challenges:
Inspiration Destination #94--anything goes
Penny's Challenges #286--anything goes
MFT #289--sketch

Fab n' Funky #313--add a sentiment
Crafty Cardmakers #168--add some bling
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #237--anything goes with snippets (all of the strips of paper are scraps)
One Stitch At A Time #266--elements of nature (snowflakes)
Sweet Stampin'--sentiment as the focus
Hiding In My Craft Room #258--super scraps Saturday with a twist: Christmas
ABC Christmas--N is for No Rules
Di's Digis--Christmas in July
Crafty Calendar--punches and/or dies
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--anything goes
Christmas at Sweet Stampin'--anything goes
Sparkles Christmas Challenge #66--snowflakes
Sweet Stamps--anything goes

It's a Man's World

Hi, and welcome to another What If? Wednesday Challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This is the second challenge of the month, so that means it is Designer's Choice and this week, Shirley chose: It's a Man's World.  So, create something masculine and you can join in with our challenge; it's as easy as that!  This was perfect timing for me because we are going to celebrate our neighbor's 80th birthday this week.

I started out by stenciling the stripes on the left side of the base layer with a nice chocolate brown.  (I know, it looks black in the picture).  Then, on a slightly smaller layer, I stamped the compass rose image in the same dark brown, stamping off once first on scrap paper to lighten it up a bit.  Then I used SU!'s Creamy Caramel ink to stamp the metro map image and also sponged it on the edges to give it a more vintage look.  I masked and stamped the image so the words were side by side, sponged the edges of the sentiment panel with the caramel and matted it on dark brown card stock.  A single button and we're good to go.
I hope you get a chance to play along with us.  Stop by The House Blog for all the details and to see how the rest of the DT interpreted the challenge.  And if you NEED one of the stamps I used, there is a discount coupon off your ENTIRE order over on my left side bar.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Compass", "Metro Map" and "Birthday"
MFT "Diagonal Stripes" Stencil

Challenges:
Sweet Stamps--anything goes
Crafting With an Attitude--anything goes
Crafty Creations #319--CAS
ART Impressions #188--anything goes
Brown Sugar #206--monochrome
Addicted To CAS #92--stripes
Sweet Stampin--sentiment as the focus
Come And Get It--Make your own background (I made the stripes and the stamped background)
Fresh Brewed Designs--birthdays

Holy Crap . . . It's a Blog Hop

Please join us at The House That Stamps Built for a blog hop celebrating Repeat Impressions' newest stamp series... Holy Crap! Yup, hehe... it's true... Wendy's designed a humorous collection of stamps around something she's confessed to saying a little too often. 

This new stamp series starts with a large "holy crap!" sentiment which can be paired with any of the great variety of smaller words and sentiments to create a wide range of funny cards. A few theme appropriate images are also included. Please visit Repeat Impressions' online store to check out the entire Holy Crap! collection. 

So today all the RI Rock Stars are kicking off a blog hop to showcase some of the new designs and also give you an opportunity to win the stamps! 

To participate in the hop all you have to do is visit The House That Stamps Built blog and the blogs of all the Rock Stars listed there. On each blog you will find a key letter. After you collect all the letters, use the letters to create the proper word and then email it to Wendy to at   wendy@repeatimpressions.com  be eligible for the blog candy. 

I created a little quartet of note cards using each of the images included in the set along with appropriate (or, maybe not so "appropriate") sentiments for each.  I kept them nice and CAS to really let the stamps shine.  Here are my cards:

 First up, the fun outhouse image:

 This one is going to be a belated birthday card. : )  I'm always in need of those, as I often send my cards out late (just prolonging the celebration, right?)  Next up might be my favorite image of the set:

 How can a plunger be cute?  I don't know, but I sure think this one is fun.   The "heard you're taking the plunge" is actually one sentiment but I masked it so I could stamp it above and below the image just like I did with the other cards.

 Inside I added two more of the mix and match sentiments to finish off the theme of the card.

 I really just love the toilet paper roll image, too.  I'm pretty sure I have never seen one in any other stamp set.  Ever.  Just saying!

 I combined several sentiments from the set to create this one sentiment.  The "congrats" is part of a "congrats on your" sentiment; I masked the rest so I was left with only "congrats".  Then I added "you're" and used a third sentiment for "on a roll!"  The font Wendy chose for this set is perfect as you don't have to worry about getting the sentiments exactly straight!

And last, but not least, we have the toilet:

 Oh, yeah, I just had to make mine pink.  When my husband and I moved into our house, we had one of those baby blue toilets in our bathroom.  Anybody remember those?  Still have one? . . .  Anyway, that's what I was thinking of when I made this pink one.  Kind of makes it perfect for cheering up a girlfriend.  You could easily make it blue for a guy, or, I guess, just keep it white and boring. : )  
I couldn't resist making just one more!  The toilet paper roll image was just begging to be made into a fun background.

Ok, that was a lot of pictures and I know you are anxious to be on your way, so here you go:

My letter for you is

T

You must complete the hop and email Wendy the correct word no later than 5pm eastern time on Monday, July 11.  The blog candy for this hop… an unmounted sheet of the new "Holy Crap!" stamps!  Wendy will announce the winner on Tuesday, July 12 on Repeat Impressions' Facebook page so please be sure to "Like" and follow them there if you don't already. 

Your Next Stop Is:

Joy

Here is the full list, in case you get lost:

Wendy at The House That Stamps Built 

Cheri   

Deonna 

Heather--that's me!!

Joy 

Karen 

Kathy 

Laurie 

Patti J. 

Shirley 

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Holy Crap!"

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Inspiration Destination #93--anything goes
Penny's Challenge #285--anything goes
Addicted To Stamps #201--anything goes
Crafty Creations #319--CAS
Crafting By Designs--black and white (the toilet paper card is all black and white)
Scrapper's Delights #57--anything goes
Cards Galore--anything goes
Tuesday Morning Sketches #359--sketch (for the last card)

So glad

Happy July!  It's time for another What If? Wednesday challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week we have a beautiful color combo for you:

And here is my card for your inspiration:

As you can probably tell, I love this new Flower Set Repeat Impressions released last month.  So far, I've only used the Daisy stamps, so I decided to branch out a little and use the Striped Flower as well.

Hop on over to The House Blog for the full details and to see how the rest of the DT used this color combo.  And you'll want to stop by The House Blog again on Thursday as we are going to have a really fun blog hop for you.  It's going to make you smile, I promise!

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions Flower Power Separates "Daisy Outline, large", "Striped Flower, solid", "Striped Flower, outline", "Leaf Outline, small", and "Leaf Outline, large" and "I'm so glad . . ."

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched strip

Challenges:

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps #338--get patriotic (red, white and blue)

Simon Says Stamp Monday--red, white and/or blue

Cas-ual Fridays #151--red, white and blue

Creative Knockouts--all about the flowers

Time Out Challenge #60--CASE this card

One Stitch at A Time #265--flowers

Creative Fingers--anything goes

Dare to Dream

Welcome to the stars of another challenge from Love To Scrap Challenge Blog: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.  All you need to do is add some (or one) star to your project.  We have three fabulous sponsors this time:

The Paper Shelter

All Dressed Up Stamps

Little Blue Button Stamps

I was able to use this adorable image from Little Blue Button Stamps:

Aren't they just so cute?  I was going to use a cluster of larger stars in the upper left corner, but my sister (she's so smart!) said something about a circle of stars and I thought since it tied in nicely with Charlie's hoop for the puppy that I would make a a partial circle around the upper left image corner.  And I LOVE how it turned out.  I added some tiny, tiny, tiny stars to the sentiment banner and voila!  Finished!  I hope you will get a chance to play along with us this challenge.  Make sure you check out all the details on the LTSCB blog.

Supplies:
Stamps: Little Blue Button Stamps "Circus Charlie"; Verve "Borderline" sentiment
Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangle; MFT "Star STAX"; Verve "Border Trim Trio" the two smaller sized stars are actually the leftovers from cutting out the border piece--I'll save that for another time

Challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday--anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #432--add a banner/flags
As You Like It--markers, ink or pencils (definitely prefer the markers now, though I used to use only colored pencils.  But I love the rich colors of markers)
Little Miss Muffet #141--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes
Inspiration Destination #90--anything goes
Crafty Gals #78--anything goes
Penny's Challenge#284--anything goes
Crafty Creations #218--anything goes
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
YNS #42--sketch

Creative Fingers #112--anything goes

My Sweet Friend

Hi, Everyone!  It's time for another Friday Funday from Jo's Scrap Shack.  These week we have a color challenge for you: red, white and blue!!

Obviously, these are perfect color for any 4th of July or patriotic cards, you might be making.  I had this beautiful image I wanted to use from A Day For Daisies, so I went more with a summer/friend theme:

Ooo . . . she's just so beautiful, isn't she?!  I added the white polka dots to her bikini to coordinate with the dotted paper.  I made the red and blue roses and added the little white ones; a perfect fit.  The little curly things were made from the the stems of the white flowers.  They have just enough wire in them to keep the shape; that was a fun discovery.  And the little flip flop charm finishes it off.  I hope you get a chance to play along with us; can't wait to see what you come up with.

Supplies:
Stamps: A Day For Daisies "Aloha Blooms"; Cas-ual Fridays "Mon Ami"
Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics" rectangle and "Labels One"
Fiskars flower punch for the roses

Challenges:
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday--anything goes
DRS Designs #233--the Heat Is On
The Paper Nest Dolls #6--anything goes
Inky Impressions--summertime
Di's Digis--summer
Craftin' Desert Divas--red, white, and blue
Sketch Saturday #418--sketch

One Stitch At A Time #265--flowers
Lacy Sunshine--anything goes
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Crafty Creations# 318--anything goes
Penny's Challenge #284--anything goes
Crafty Gals #78--anything goes
Inspiration Destination #90--anything goes
Cas-ual Fridays #151--red, white and blue
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper