Easter~ Challenge #70 with Dies R Us

Hello sweet friends! 

Welcome to a new challenge at Dies R US! Our challenge today circles all around Easter! We want to see all your Easter projects~ Bring out the bunnies, the beautiful Easter baskets, the gorgeous Easter lillies and the beautiful crosses. The design team and I, have some awesome projects to inspire you and help you create your Easter projects. Oh and since today is the first day of April, Happy Fool's day too! :)

So here is the card that I created for today's challenge.

I have been creating quite a few Easter cards this year so I am happy to be able to have a nice stash that I can send out to those special people in my life. Today's card was completely inspired by the Sue Wilson- Italian Collection-Tuscany Dies. I used the largest die as my card base which was cut out on some Neena solar white cardstock. I cut out the floral circle die out of some spring papers from My Besties Designs and adhered that to a burlap doily.  The center circle die was cut out using more Neena cardstock and I stamped the sentiment in the center which is from a Cardz TV Stamp set, "Happy Days".

I also die cut out the largest Lawn Fawn- Large Dotted Circle Stackables Dies to be a layer to the floral circle die that I had cut out. I took a piece of white lace and added it behind the floral circle layer and took another two pieces of lace trim and added it to the top and bottom of the same layer. It is hard to see the layers because I have a lot going on with my card but it is there! Next, I added some gorgeous pearls around the outside circle layer and to the inside circle where the sentiment is stamped. I love the look of pearls and lace together! The adorable bunny was die cut using the Impression Obsession- Chocolate Bunny Die. I used the same spring papers and I added a little bit of gesso to create the bunny's stomach area and white tail. I also added a little eye using a copic mulit-liner pen.

The butterfly above the sentiment was a wood chippy from SnipArt that I had painted with gesso and then heat embossed with some lavender glitter EP. The "With Love' is also another wood chippy that I gesso'd and heat embossed with vintage ivory EP.  These were adhered using my hot glue gun. The bunny was finally adhered using some foam adhesive and I added some sparkle using my spectrum clear sparkle pen. I took some beautiful cream seam binding ribbon and adhered it to my layer and then adhered this layer down to the card base. I tied the ribbon into a bow and finished it off with a beautiful pink rose. To finish the card off, I took various roses and created a nice cluster all around the front and added some sparkle to them too.  And that completes my card! All of the dies that I used are highlighted in the links above and can be found in the Dies R Us store HERE. 

Well that is all I have for you today my friends. I appreciate you for taking time out of your day to visit me and see what I am up to. Please don't forget to stop by the Dies R US challenge blog to see what the rest of my design team sisters have created for you today. And make sure to link up your own project too! And for more inspiration, check out the Dies R US Inspiration blog . You will find yourself browsing for awhile. There are so many gorgeous projects that will surely inspire you! Thanks again for stopping by!

I would like to play along in the following challenges:

Digital Delights #20

Crafty Girls Creations #35

Aud Sentiments #176

Stamplorations- Happy Spring

PDE Linky Party-Spring

Polkadoodles #12

Until next time, Enjoy life's blessings~

Tulips for Easter

Hello sweet friends! 

Today it is my turn to be up on the Little Blue Button Stamps Blog to showcase a wonderful Easter project. You have to go and stop by and check it out because all month long, the designers have been bringing the inspiration!

I decided to keep my Easter card very clean and simple. I wanted the focus to be on the image and for this card, I used the beautiful Tulips digital stamp. Tulips are my favorite flower and I just knew these would look beautiful on a card for Easter.

I printed the image out onto some Bristol smooth cardstock and colored the image in with my copic markers. I like working with the copics with the Bristol paper as well. For some reason the alcohol pens blend so much more smoothly. Once the image was colored, I added some white pen doodles and then cut it out using the scalloped edged border dies from My Favorite Things. The Easter word die is from Simon Says Stamp and was cut out of some Carta Bella Paper. I added in a few sequins in the upper right corner to bring this card together and added some glitter to the tulips using my spectrum noir clear sparkle pen. And as you can see from the photo, I went out of the lines a bit when coloring! That is what happens when you are in a  lot of pain and trying to keep as still as can be! But it is the beauty of a handmade card, right? Hope you like!

Please make sure to stop by the Little Blue Button Stamps Blog to see more gorgeous Easter projects! You will surely be inspired to make some of your own!! If you want to purchase the Tulips digital stamp or any other stamp you may have been eyeing up, just go visit the LBBS Store.  Thank you so much for stopping by today and have a great day!!! 

Until next time,

Enjoy life's blessings~

FFC #130 "Happy Easter"

Hello sweet friends!

Welcome to another Fun~day Friday Challenge!!

 This week's Challenge:

"Happy Easter"

Create a card, layout or project with

this week's theme!

Our Sponsor this week is:

  The winner will win 4 digital stamps of their choice!

 So make sure to play along this week~

    Starts: Friday, March 18th 12:00AM

Ends:  Friday, March 25th   6:00PM

(Eastern time)

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

Joyce 

Kellie 

Tina 

Amanda

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. THREE 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 wins (optional from sponsors prizes)

Any random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until March 25th by 6:00PM (eastern) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of March 28th.

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

Until next time, enjoy life's blessings~

Thanks for stopping by!

An InLinkz Link-up

Happy Easter!

 

Happy Easter & Happy Passover to all 

of you, my wonderful bloggy friends!

I thought I would share a photo of my daughter Gianna with the bunny!

Gianna, the bunny and I wish each of you 

and your families a beautiful, blessed and Happy Easter!!

Until next time, Enjoy life's blessings ~

FFC #81 "Happy Easter" & a special Guest designer!

Hello sweet friends!

Welcome to another Fun~day Friday Challenge!!

 This week's Challenge:

"Happy Easter"

Create a card, layout or project using this week's theme!

Our Sponsors this week are:

  The winner will win 3 Fitztown digital stamps of their choice!!!!

and

The winner will win a $12 gift voucher to the Di's Digi Stamp Store!!!! 

  

 So make sure to play along this week~

  Starts: Friday, March 27th  12:00AM

Ends:   Friday, April 3rd 6:00PM

(Eastern time)

Today we have a Guest Designer Lisa from Fitztown's DT and from the blog, Crafty Train and she had created this cute card using this sweet Fitztown bunny! Please stop over at her blog for all the details on how she created this adorable project! Thanks for being with us today Lisa! We love having you play with us!

And now
Here is what I created for this challenge:

  

My cardstock is Papertrey Ink, patterned papers are MME.  I used Fitztown's Easter 6 image and colored it in with copics. I used a little bit of wink of stella on all the flowers. The sentiment on the outside is the Wishing You stamp from My Creative Time and the sentiment on the inside is from the stamp set Easter Punnies from Cardz TV Stamps. I added the cute little bow to the front and that is the Medium stitched scalloped bow die, also from My Creative Time. Well that is it for my card, hope you like!

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

  Joyce

Amanda

Kellie

Tina

Candice

 

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. THREE 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 wins (optional from sponsors prizes)

Any random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until April 3rd by 6:00PM (eastern) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of April 6th.

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

Until next time, enjoy life's blessings~

Thanks for stopping by!

An InLinkz Link-up

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter to all of you and your families!

 I hope you all have a beautiful and blessed day!



FFC #45 "Happy Easter" Challenge~

Hello my bloggy friends!

 Welcome to another Funday Friday Challenge

 

 

 This week's Challenge:

"Happy Easter"

Create a card,layout or project for Easter!

  

Our sponsor this week is:

Bugaboo Stamps

 One lucky winner will receive a 7 pack of digis of their choice !!  

 

 So make sure to play along this week~

 

  Starts: Friday, April 11th  12:00AM

Ends: Friday, April 18th  6:00PM

(Eastern time)

 

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

 

 

Joyce

 

 

 Mayra

 

 

Amanda

 

Kellie

 

Tina C.
 

 Melissa

 

 

 

  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 April 18th by 6:00Pm (eastern) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of April 21st.

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

 

Until next time, enjoy life's blessings~

Thanks for stopping by!

An InLinkz Link-up

Happy Easter!

 Hello my crafty friends! I just want to wish you all a very blessed and Happy Easter and Passover. I hope that you all take a moment to remember what Easter is really about and that you teach your children why we celebrate this special day. God Bless and enjoy the memories!

 

10 Minute Craft Dash Challenge 14

Hello my friends =)

I want to share an Easter card that I made for my 5 year old niece. I found a new blog the other day, Pretty Pink Posh and the owner Paulina created a very cool challenge called 10 minute craft dash. The challenges are themed(mainly by color)and you only have 10 minutes from start to finish to complete your card or project. I think this is awesome and to be honest, it is definitely a challenge!

 So I decided to participate in Challenge #14. The colors are pink/tan/green. This card took me 9 minutes and 34 seconds to complete, here is my card.



I used some kraft cardstock for my card base and my card is four in a quarter by five in a half. For my first layer, I used a piece of mint green and white speckles patterned paper from Creative Memories and then I took a lace doily and adhered only half on top of the PP and then cut off the rest. The bunny and the flower were stamped onto white cardstock in momento rich cocoa ink and then fussy cut out. The bunny and flower were colored in using copics  R81, R83, RV95, YG05, YG06 and YG67. They are from the stamp set Hoppy Easter by Verve.

The sentiment "Easter Wishes" was stamped in new leaf ink by Papertrey Ink and then cut out using my 1 1/2" circle punch. The sentiment is from Studio G. To finish off the card I added some pink and white polka dot ribbon that I had in my stash and I added a green gumdrop to the flower center. Here is a peek at the inside of the card that has the sentiment "some bunny loves you" by Cardz TV's "Easter Punnies" stamp set and is also stamped in the new leaf ink.

 

Well thats my card for today! I sure hope you stop by the Pretty Pink Posh Blog and have a look around and I challenge you to take the 10 minute craft dash! I am also linking this card up to Craftin Desert Diva's Linky Party. Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

Personal Challenge Week 9

Cardz TV Good Times Blog Hop Stamp Release Day One
Cardz TV Good Times Blog Hop Day Two

This is my 2nd post today so if you are looking for the Cardz TV Blog Hop, please click the links at the top of this page.

Hello my friends!

I sure hope you're all having a great weekend. I am having a nice busy weekend so far and so much fun crafting away in my craft room. I was able to get a lot of things accomplished and I'm feeling good about it! I'm sure you can all relate to how good it feels when we tackle that forever long "to-do" list! LOL

 

Okay so Kellie and I are on week 9 of our personal challenge and this week I challenged us to create a Spring themed card using a die cut. So here is what I came up with:

 

My card is a standard A2 size and the cardstock I used is Bazzill. I layered a black mat onto my white card base and on top of that, I layered a piece of Recollections lavender patterned paper. I'll start with my cute adorable image, Mikayla Ann. She is a digi stamp from the Cutting Cafe. I printed her out and colored her in using copics E00, E02 and E51 for her skin. I used Y12, Y18 and Y19 for her hair and colored in one of the easter eggs in the grass using Y18. Her dress  and socks were colored in using BV08, BV11 and BV13 while her shoes were colored in using C5 and C8. I then decided to color the easter egg she was holding in R81 and R83. I used G07 and G09 to color in the grass and her eyes. Then I used R24 to color the bow around the egg she's holding and also on the small cracked open egg in the grass. To give the image some sparkle, I added some rock candy stickles to the eggs and bows.

The cute little bunnies came from the new stamp set Happy Easter by Lawn Fawn. I colored them in using copics BV23, C5, RV02(ears) and I added some B000 around the inside of the tails. Then that cute little bee... aaahh... well that bee is also from Lawn Fawn and comes from the stamp set, Gnome Sweet Gnome. I colored the bee in using Y18, B000(wings) and 100. I also stamped the bee trail from that same stamp set. After I colored and cut out the stamps, I put them on foam adhesive and then decided to build a Springy/Easter scene. I used my momento summer skies ink and a cloud template to create the look of the sky and clouds on a beautiful spring day. Once I got the look I was going for, I took the "sky" paper and cut it out using my Spellbinder's Labels Ten Dies. I also cut out some beautiful glittery purple fabric out of the same die to build my main layers. I used some faux stitching in black, around the inside of the "sky" layer to give some added texture. I then adhered all my stamped pieces up on foam tape to the main layer. To finish off the card front, I cut out a journal tag from the Papertrey Ink's Journal Tabs Dies and inked around it using tea dye distress ink and then stamped the sentiment "Do the bunny Hop, hop, hop hop!" in momento tuxedo black ink. The sentiment stamp is from Cardz TV's Easter Punnies stamp set. It still needed a little something so I added some purple Royal Jewels from the Royal Castle Shoppe. Below is a peek at the inside which uses the sentiment, "Have an Eggs-tra special Easter!" also from the Cardz TV Stamp set "Easter Punnies" and uses another egg that I had cut out, colored and popped up.

 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

 

LawnScaping Challenge 54
Paper Playtime's "Use a Bee" Ch 6
LMM Happy Easter Challenge
Craftin Desert Divas Linky Party

I hope you have enjoyed my card today and I sure hope you stop by Kellie's Blog to see what she created for our week 9's personal challenge!
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great week!!