FFC #16 "Sketch Time"

Hello my bloggy friends!

 Welcome to another Funday Friday Challenge.

 

This week's Challenge:

"It's Sketch Time"

Create a project using this sketch:

 

Our sponsor this week is:

Limited Runs Digital Stamps

 One lucky winner will receive 3 digital stamps of their choice!! So make sure to play along this week~
Starts: Friday, September 6th 12:00AM

Ends: Friday, September 13th 6:00PM

(central time)

 

 Here is what I created using the sketch

 My card was pretty fun to make. My cardstock that I used is from Recollections and the patterned
papers are from The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby's Brand). I just love that creepy zombie guy! Don't you? He is Brad Nailed Zombie and he is from Limited Runs Digital Stamps. I colored Brad in using my prisma colored pencils and blended with some gamsol then fussy cut him out. He is popped up on quarter inch foam squares.
  
I used my new stamp set from Close to my heart called Perfect Fit- Halloween for the sentiment, "Happy Halloween" and for the "Oct. 31st" with the outside circle ring. I stamped the Happy Halloween in momento tuxedo black and the Oct. 31st in Soft purple from Hero Arts. All the circle scallops are spellbinders dies that I cut out using my Ebosser. The "Oct. 31st" and "Happy Halloween" are both popped up on quarter inch foam squares as well. Well that is my card today and I hope you like it.

Let's see what some of the FFC Design Team has created for this Challenge:

 



    

   Candice

 

 

 Kellie

 Brenda

 

Mary H.

 

 

Amanda

 

  Well my friends, it is YOUR turn to show us what

 you can do for this challenge!

Just link up using our link up tool at the bottom of this post for your chance to win top 3 and get entered into our monthly prize drawing.

What do you need to do to enter?

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your card/project post that includes your challenge,

using the linky tool below.

2. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge

3. 3 entries per person and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. All entries must be NEW and created for the current challenge.

5. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post.

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

Will not be eligible for top 3 or random/monthly wins.

The monthly prize drawings will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

 

You have until Septmeber 13th by 6:00Pm (central) time to link up.

All winners will be announced on Monday, September 16th.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!

I am entering my card in the following challenges:
4 Krafty Girlz "Anything Goes"
TTCRD "Anything Goes"
Happy Campers "Use a stamp"
Paper-Crafting Journey "Anything Goes"
Sugar Bowl "Anything Goes"
Peachy Keen "Anything Goes"
 

 

 

Until next time, enjoy life's blessings~

Thanks for stopping by!

FFC #9 "Summer Fun"

 

Hello my bloggy friends!

 Welcome to another Funday Friday Challenge.

  

This week's Challenge:

"Summer Fun"

Starts: Friday, July 19th 12:00AM

Ends: Friday, July 26th 6:00PM

(central time)

 

 

*NOTE*

CHALLENGE RULES UPDATE

We have now changed the challenge rules to 3 entries per person per challenge except for the Anything Goes challenges which will be unlimited.

 

 Here is what I created this week for the challenge:

 

 

My card is a 5x5 sized card. My card base and first layer are CS by Papertrey Ink and the patterned paper is handmade paper that I had in my stash. I used my pazzles machine to cut out the sentiment frame at 1 3/4", 2" and 2 1/4". I stamped my sentiment in Ranger's archival black ink and then added some glossy accents to the words "Fun" and "Sun" as well as some stickles. The sentiment is popped up on foam tape on 3 layers. It is adhered to the patterned paper strip which measures 1" and then that is matted on a piece of solid CS that measures 1 1/4". The strip is also popped up on foam tape. I distressed my patterned paper edges with my distressing tool to give it some texture. The cute flip flops were stamped onto white CS and colored in using my prisma colored pencils and gamsol. I fussy cut them out and popped them up on 2 layers of foam tape.  I added some glossy accents to these flip flops as well and again, added some stickles.  Both the sentiment and the flip flops are from an old CTMH stamp set called, "August Word Puzzle".

 To finish off my card I ran some trimmings by Lawn Fawn around a couple of times and then tied off in some bows.  I was trying to go for a  lot  of dimension for
 this card and I love how this turned out.

      

Now let's see what the FFC Design Team has created for this Summer Fun Challenge:

    

   Candice

 

 Kellie

 

 Stephanie

 

Amanda

 Brenda

 

Well my friends, it is YOUR turn to show us what

 you can do for this challenge!

Just link up using our link up tool at the bottom of this post for your chance to win top 3 and get entered into our monthly prize drawing.

What do you need to do to enter?

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your card/project post that includes your challenge,

using the linky tool below.

2. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge

3. 3 entries per person and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. All entries must be NEW and created for the current challenge.

5. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post.

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

Will not be eligible for top 3 or random/monthly wins.

The monthly prize drawings will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

 

You have until July 26th by 6:00Pm (central) time to link up.

All winners will be announced on Monday, July 29th.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!

 

 

Until next time, enjoy life's blessings~

Thanks for stopping by!

  I am entering my project in the following challenges:

TTCRD "Anything Goes"

Simon Says Stamp "By the Sea"
Simon Says Stamp "Green"
 

FFC #8 "Photo Inspiration" & Our August GD Winner!

 

Hello my bloggy friends!

 Welcome to another Funday Friday Challenge.

 

 

This week's Challenge:

"Photo Inspiration"

Create a card, layout or project from the photo above
We also have a special sponsor this week
Karen and Your Next Stamp will be giving away 1 stamp set to one lucky winner!  So if you have any YNS stamps, please use them! We wanna see them!
Starts: Friday, July 12th 12:00AM

Ends: Friday, July 19th 6:00PM

(central time)

 

 

*NOTE*

CHALLENGE RULES UPDATE

We have now changed the challenge rules to 3 entries per person per challenge except for the Anything Goes challenges which will be unlimited.

 

 Here is what I created this week for the challenge

I decided to use my cricut expression to make my card. I loaded up my artiste cartridge and cut this card at 6" from some deep plum CS from Recollections. I cut out the stars from the same cartridge on teal and light blue papers also from Recollections, at 3/4", 1",  1 3/4" and 2". I then cut out the teal and light blue shape from the elegant edges cartridge at 2 1/2" and 3".

 

I ran the card base through my ebosser using the "Smitten" folder by Anna Griffin. I layered all my stars together and layered my main shapes together. I used the Kudos Stamp Set from CTMH to stamp the star that says "super" and the sentiments, "You're the best" and "Congrats". This stamp set comes with the Artiste bundle and made stamping it onto my cut out star a snap! I stamped these images in versafine and used my Ranger's white embossing powder and heat embossed each one. I then stamped my sentiment, "Follow your dreams" from Cardz TV Stamp's set called "More Encouraging Thoughts" in soft lilac by Hero Arts. I ran this sentiment piece through my ebosser using my swiss dots embossing folder to give it some texture. To finish off my card I added some purple sequins and used my white sakura pen to add some white dots.

      

Now let's see what our amazing design team have created for us......

    

   Candice

 

 Kellie

 

 Stephanie

 

Amanda

 Brenda

 

Well my friends, it is YOUR turn to show us what

 you can do for this challenge!

Just link up using our link up tool at the bottom of this post for your chance to win top 3 and get entered into our monthly prize drawing.

What do you need to do to enter?

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your card/project post that includes your challenge,

using the linky tool below.

2. Be sure to include a link back to our challenge

3. 3 entries per person and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. All entries must be NEW and created for the current challenge.

5. You may combine with other challenges as long as you link back to us in your post.

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

Will not be eligible for top 3 or random/monthly wins.

The monthly prize drawings will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

 

You have until July 19th by 6:00Pm (central) time to link up.

All winners will be announced on Monday, July 22nd.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!

 

I also have a winner to announce from last week. A random winner from last week's challenge had the chance to win a Guest designer spot for August! So without further ado... Let's see who our August Guest Designer is!!

 

                      

 4. Gail Scott(#2) 

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS GAIL!!!

Please email me at

joann6274 at gmail dot com to discuss dates!

 

 

Until next time, enjoy life's blessings~

Thanks for stopping by!

  I am entering my tag in the following challenges:

TTCRD "Anything Goes"

Simon Says Stamp & Show "A Little Stamping"

Catch the Bug Challenge "Anything Goes"
 

Papertrey Ink's May Blog Hop!

Click Here for my 200 Follower Giveaway~

Click Here for the Funday Friday Challenge 1

 

 

Hello Friends!

I hope you are all enjoying your Memorial Day weekend.

I am not doing anything much so I've decided to get crafty today. I am playing along

with Papertrey Ink's May Blog Hop today and thought I would share my card. The challenge was to pick a color combination given on Nichole's Blog and to use florals with those colors, although not all colors had to be used.

I chose this color combination:

 

I decided to create my own background paper. I started off with PTI's Vintage Cream CS and inked up some flowers from the "From me to you" stamp set by Close to my Heart and also some flowers from a small Studio 112 stamp set that I had. I used the colors Pure Poppy, Canyon Clay, Orange Zest, Autumn Rose and New Leaf to create the colorful blooms background. I then took some Pure Poppy CS cut at 4 1/4" by 5 3/4" and added a cute border trim at the bottom using one of my MS punches before adhering my floral layer to the front of it.

  

 

My sentiment, "Because You Matter to me" is a stamp that I had in my stash that I got from Michael's dollar bins long time ago. I inked that up with some ranger archival ink. To finish off the card, I added some razzleberry sequins and some rock candy stickles to the middles of some of the smaller flowers. Below is a picture of the inside which uses a sentiment from Cloud 9 Designs, "Simple Thoughts-Memories" stamp set.

 

Well that is my card for you today. I hope you have a great rest of the weekend and if you get time, go link up your project. You have until 11:30pm EST. tonight to link up for your chance to win $25 to shop at PTI! Have a great evening!!!

 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create Anything Goes Challenge

Perfect Sentiments Anything Goes Challenge

 



Cardz TV's Challenge #27 "Mix It Up!"



Hey there everyone!  It's time for another challenge at Cardz TV!

Cardz TV Ch# 27 "Mix It Up!"

Make a card, layout or craft project mixing 3 patterned papers

Starts: Fri, April 5

Ends: Thurs, Apr 18 @ Noon EST

Prize: 1 set of Cardz TV Stamps 

I am not good when it comes to mixing multiple patterned papers, so this was definitely a struggle and definitely not my best work!
I used a stamp set  called "With Love" from CTMH for the flowers, flower vase and leaves. I stamped the flowers on patterned papers that I got from a Recollection's paper pad with some momento rich cocoa ink and fussy cut them. I then stamped the yellow flower with a peachy keen stamp. I also stamped the vase in rich cocoa ink onto some white bazzill paper and inked up the edges with tea dye distress ink. I inked the leaves/stems in Papertrey Ink's "new leaf" ink. The sentiment, "You can lean on me" is from the stamp set "More Encouraging Thoughts" by Mary's Cardz TV Stamps and I inked that up in the momento rich cocoa ink.

My cardbase and 1st layer paper are cardstock by Bazzill. The pretty yellow/white pinstripe paper is also from the Recollection's paper pad that I used for the flowers.

Here is a peek at the inside which also has a sentiment, "I'm here if you need me" also from the Cardzs TV stamp set "More Encouraging Thoughts".

 

Here is the stamp set I used for today's card and if you would like to purchase this set, you can just click HERE and get it!

 

Thanks for stopping by today! Please make sure you stop by the Cardz TV Blog to see all the wonderful creations my design team sisters have created! They really did an outstanding job on this challenge! Maybe you will want to take the challenge and link up your own project! Have a wonderful weekend my friends!

 

BBTB2 "Use the card feature" Challenge

Click HERE for the 10 Minute Craft Dash Challenge

Hello Friends!

I cannot believe how fast this week is going by! Is it me or do you all feel the same way? My new friend Brenda, is hosting this week's challenge over at Bitten by the Bug 2 and I thought I'd play along. The challenge was to use any card feature on any cricut cartridge so I pulled out my Art Philosophy cartridge and came up with this.......

 

I decided to cut this cute scalloped card from page 33, out of some plum cardstock by Recollections. I cut this out at 5 1/2".  I cut out the cute decorative frame out of vintage cream cardstock by Papertrey Ink and then embossed it using my damask embossing folder. I took some Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink to bring out the embossing. I also cut out a layer for the front of the card out of some pretty patterned paper from My Mind's Eye at 5 1/4".

 

 I then cut out the butterfly on page 55, also in vintage cream cardstock. I cut this twice, once at 2 1/2" and once at 1 1/2". I ran the butterflies through my ebosser using my swiss dots embossing folder and inked them up with the tea dye distress ink. I used some rock candy stickles on the butterflies to add some sparkle and used some Petal Pink Liquid Pearls for the butterflies' bodies and also on the decorative frame front. The sentiment, "Follow your dreams" is from Close to my Heart's stamp set called "Follow your Dreams". I stamped that out using my archival ink by Ranger. To finish off the card, I added some Royal Jewels in pink.

 

Here is a peek at the inside of my card that uses the sentiment/quote, "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams"-(Eleanor  Roosevelt) also from the same stamp set and I carried the theme from the front of the card to the inside.

 

Well that is my card for today! I hope you enjoyed it!

 

 I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

 Crafty Cardz "Don't quote me" Challenge at Cardz TV.

 

 

Pinspired Challenge #6

 I hope you get crafty and join the challenges too!

Thanks for stopping by!