PaperPlay Challenges - Spring Colors

Hi friends!! Happy Friday Eve! heehee...my daughter gets a big kick out me saying that. She thinks it's ridiculous, but whatever helps me get through the week a little easier, I say hurrah for it! LOL!  It's time for a new challenge over at PaperPlay Challenges, and the challenge is to use Spring colors! That's a pretty easy challenge for this time of the year, I think. *smiles*  We have an awesome sponsor this week, Whiff of Joy! So if you're interested in winning a wonderful prize, be sure to link up your spring projects!

For my card today, I used this fabulous new flower girl from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps called Dandy Lion!! She's illustrated by the amazing Annie Rodrigue and is part of the brand new release last week.

I can't even begin to pick a favorite among all these flower girls, as I love each and every one! Here's a link to see all of them at a special price. But this special won't be available for very long, so be sure to get it while the gettin' is hot!! Dandy Lion is stamped with Memento ink onto Cryogen White paper and then colored with Copic markers. I covered the dandelion part of her outfit and her hair pom poms with Flowersoft. I couldn't make my mind up if I wanted to flock it or Flowersoft it. I settled on the Flowersoft, but next time I will try the white flocking.  The sentiment came with her. The papers are Nitwit Collections matted with Bazzill cardstock, and the bow is made with May Arts silk ribbon which came from Stamp and Create as well as the charm. All the layers are machine stitched.

Please be sure and visit PaperPlay Challenges to see the rest of my teamies gorgeous creations. Then we'd love it if you'd play along with us for a chance to win a prize from Whiff of Joy.

This will be my last post for PaperPlay Challenges as I've made the difficult decision to step down from the team. I want to say a huge THANK YOU to Sandie and Julie and all the rest of the team. They've been amazing to work with, and I'll miss them!
Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!!

PaperPlay Challenge - Recycle it!!

Happy Friday Eve!! WHOOT WHOOT!! Oh my gosh, yesterday was SUCH a happy mail day! I got so much new rubber and I can't wait for the weekend! I'm going to get all inky! So it's tme for a new challenge at PaperPlay Challenges, and this week we're asking for you to recycle something for your card! How cool is that??!!  And on top of that, we're being sponsored by the awesome Nikki at Bunny Zoe's Crafts! You won't find any better service than what Nikki will give you. I LOVE shopping with her as I know I'll get the best prices with amazing customer service.

I chose to use an adorable image from a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps set called Snips and Snails. Is he not the cutest thing???!!!   He's stamped with Memento ink onto Cryogen White paper and then colored with Copic markers.  Y30's for his shirt and B90's for his shorts and shoes. I can't remember for sure what I used on his hair, but I believe it was E53, 23, 25, and 59. Those yummy papers are Authentique matted with Bazzill cardstock for the base. For my recycled part, I took some old book pages I got from my friend DeeDee, and cut out a small doily  and some buttons threaded with twine. There's machine stitching and some more twine wrapped around the top.

So that's it for me today! Please be sure to pop over to PaperPlay Challenges to see the rest of my teamies wonderful creations, then we'd love it if you'd play along with us. Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

PaperPlay Challenge - Mother's Day or Female relative

Hey everyone! Happy Friday Eve!! It's time for a new challenge at PaperPlay Challenges and this week, the challenge is to make something for Mother's Day or a female relative.  Our sponsor this week is Crafty Cutting, and they're offering up an awesome chipboard kit!!  So have you seen the fabulous Saturated Canary images? They're by the very talented Krista Smith, and they're just so precious! This is my first time coloring them, and I've fallen in love.  Her name is Kitty and I think she's purrrrfectly adorable!

I kept it very simple.  Kitty is printed on Cryogen White paper and then colored with Copics. I used cool grays and RV90's. The papers are digi as well from Pink Petticoat matted with Bazzill cardstock. Added some buttons, a doily from Cheery Lynn Designs, and ribbon from my stash and that was pretty much it. Oh yeah...I stuck a little pink netting in there too.

Please make sure to visit PaperPlay Challenges to see all the other gorgeous creations from the rest of the design team, and then we hope you join us in the challenge. Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

PaperPlay Challenge - Love Letters

Hi and happy Thursday! It's time for a new challenge over at PaperPlay Challenges. We're sponsored by The Stamp Fairy and they've generously given the Design Team a couple adorable images to play with. I chose to use this cute teddy bear Toby Love 2! 

I made a quick and cute Valentine tag.  The tag and heart was cut with the Cricut and I used a Martha Stewart border punch. The button and twine is from my stash, and the bow is made with May Arts silk ribbon. The seniment is Kraftin' Kimmie.

Toby is stamped with Memento ink onto Cryogen White paper and then colored with Copics.  Please be sure and visit PaperPlay Challenges to see all the gorgeous creations from my talented DT sisters, and then we'd love to see you join us in the challenge. Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and please pop by tomorrow to see a special post! Until then, have a fabulous day! Hugs!

Entered in the following challenges: 
Icopic Challenge - Copics and hearts
Pink Elephant - Just use pink

Magnolia Sweet Crazy Love

Have you seen the new Sweet Crazy Love Collection over at Magnolia-licious?? Oh my goodness, I think I have to have every single one of them! LOL! They're ADORABLE!!  It's time for a new challenge over at PaperPlay Challenges and they're sponsored this week by Destination Art.  You could win a $25.00 AUD store voucher! This is also for the Magnolia-licious Design Team Challenge at Magnolia-licious Highlites. The amazingly talented Cheryl gave us a challenge of "anything goes".

I used this adorable #282 Tilda Sending Love Letters. It looks like she's sold out right now, but it wouldn't surprise me if Diana doesn't have more of her on the way. She' stamped with Memento ink onto Cryogen White paper and then colored with Copic markers.  Her clothes are colored with RV91, 93, and 95, her skin is E13, 11, 01, and 00. I used T grays for the whites and I don't remember what colors I used on her hair.

DP's are My Mind's Eye Blush matted with Bazzill cardstock. Tilda is cut out with oval Nesties and there's lots of machine stitching. The butterfly was cut out using the Cricut. Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the ribbon is May Arts silk. I also used a black pearl pen.

Please be sure and visit both PaperPlay Challenges and Magnolia-licious Highlites, and join us in the challenges for a chance to win! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today. Sneak Peeks for Kraftin Kimmie starts in just a few hours (4am Pacific), so hope to see you back again for that! Hugs!!

PaperPlay Challenges - Christmas Themed

Hey everyone! It's time for a new challenge over at PaperPlay Challenges and it's my week! The new challenge couldn't be any easier! Just make something Christmas themed and link it up to PaperPlay Challenges! This is the last challenge until after the New Year, so you have lots of time to play along!  Here's what  I created.  This is a really quick post as it's late and I really need to get my hiney in bed! LOL!

A super cute and fun project!!  The Hershey Candy Bar covers are soooo much fun to make, and you can find the instructions HERE.  A huge thank you to Laurie Furnell!! You're going to love making them!!  The tags were made with Whipper Snapper stamps fussy cut out and them matted with Bazzill cardstock. They're colored with Copic markers.

Please be sure to visit PaperPlay Challenges to see the rest of my teamies fabulous creations!

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Don't forget about the fabulous challenge going on over at Magnolia-licious Highlites sponosred by the Magnificent Diana at Magnolia-licious!! You need to use the Wapped and Unwrapped Mini Tilda images to create a Holiday themed project that is anything but a card! First place wins a BRAND NEW KINDLE E-Reader!!!!! So hurry! You've still got a little bit of time to get your project done and entered! Pop over HERE for all the details!!

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

PaperPlay Challenge - Tags and Wrapping

Hi everyone! It's Thursday and time for a new challenge over at PaperPlay Challenges! This week, our wonderful Deidra is asking you to make your own tags and wrapping in a Holiday theme. We're being sponsored this week  by the amazing Heidi over at Simon Says Stamp!!  So for my project, I turned to both my Cricut Expression, and my sis over at Peggy Loves Vintage!! Peggy just released a new DVD full of wonderful vintage Christmas images, her Christmas volume 14.  I was looking through and found this beautiful scene of carolers and just had to use it!

I simply printed it out onto my Bazzill cardstock and cut it out with some oval Nesties. The papers are from Graphic 45 matted with Bazzill cardstock.  I used kraft cardstock for the bag, and the Tags, Bags, Boxes, and More cartridge. The kraft cardstock made the bag really sturdy. I added some flowers and ribbon and called it a day! Please be sure and visit Peggy Loves Vintage and see all the fabulous images Peggy has available, and then pop over to PaperPlay Challenges to see the gorgeous creations from my teamies and to play along.  Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

PaperPlay Challenge - shaped card

Hey everyone!  This is really late, but I've been sick all week and just haven't had the energy to do anything.  There's a new challenge up over at PaperPlay Challenges and it's for a shaped card. No squares or rectangles. We're being sponsored by Meljen's Designs this week. So as I usually do with shaped cards, I turned to my Cricut Expression and went with the Wild Card  cartridge.

I used one of the new Magnolia images from the Sweet Christmas Dreams collection which is in stock and available right now at Magnolia-licious! She is #277 Halo Tilda and she's colored with Copic markers and then fussy cut out and popped up from the card base. This was truly a very quick and simple card to make, which I really needed as I just have NOT had my mojo this week at all.

So please pop over to PaperPlay challenges to check out the rest of the fabulous designs by my teamies, then show us your shaped cards for a chance to win a prize from Meljen's Designs. Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

PaperPlay Challenges - Button up!

Hey everyone! Today is my week for PaperPlay Challenges, and this week the new challenge is "button up"! We're being sponsored by the awesome shop Simon Says Stamp!   Now I have a very large order for some wedding cards, so needed to get a few done. So I took some creative liberties with the challenge and counted her dress buttoning up the back. Sure hope it's ok, Sandie!!

I used a beautiful image by Mo Manning at Digital Pencil and colored it with Copic markers. I've seen people using different sized pearls around their images around blog land, and thought that would look pretty cool with a wedding image like this. What do you think?

There's LOTS of Diamond Stickles and all the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The bow is made from May Arts silk ribbon and I put another flower in the center of that. The inside is decorated to match, but I was in too big a hurry and just too tired to get a picture of it. Sorry!

So that's it for me today. Please be sure and visit PaperPlay challenges to see the rest of the fabulous creations by my teamies! Then play along for a chance to win!! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Have a wonderful day! Hugs!

PaperPlay Challenges - BOO!

Hi everyone! It's Thursday and it's my week over at PaperPlay Challenges. This week we're sponsored by Waltzing Mouse Stamps and the challenge is to use the color black in your project. Well I love using black, even when it's not Halloween time! So this was an easy challenge for me. But I wanted to make a fun Halloween card anyway.

I used a fun High Hopes image called Sitting Witchy Poo that I got from Stamp and Create. She's colored with Copic markers and then fussy cut out and popped on top of the black oval cut with Nesties. The ribbon is May Arts, the drippy goo punch is Martha Stewart, and the DP is from Nitwit Collections. That fabulous banner is a die from Whimsy Stamps and then I cut out the letters for BOO with the Cricut. The colors are so bright and bold that I really had a hard time getting a picture of this on. It really does look MUCH better IRL than it does in this pic. The shades of oranges and yellows seems to be lost on the pumpkin.

The twine threaded through the banner is from The Twinery. The charm is from Stamp and Create and the pearls were done with an orange Pearl Pen.

So that's it for me today! Please be sure to visit PaperPlay Challenges to see the rest of the awesome creations by my design team sisters, and then we'd love it if you'd join the challenge for a chance to win a fabulous prize! Thanks for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

I have entered this into the following challenges:
High Hopes Challenge Blog - use ribbon, lace, or twine (2 out of 3 ain't bad!!) LOL!

PaperPlay Challenge - use two stamped images

Hey everyone and happy Friday Eve! Usually short work weeks draaaaaag by, but this week is actually going by pretty quickly! I almost forgot to schedule my post for this morning cause it seems like it's not that time of the week yet! LOL! So anyway, it's time for a new challenge from PaperPlay Challenges, and this week the challenge is from our fabulously talented Miss Mandy. We are being sponsored by the amazing Nicole from Inky Impressions! If you've never tried their stamps, you're missing out! VERY high quality rubber impressions and the images are sooooo adorable!! Give yourself a little treat and pop over to take a look at all their fabulous line!!!  For the challenge this week, Mandy is asking everyone to use two stamped images on your project. Now I feel like I might have cheated just a smidge, cause I merged two digi images together instead of using two physical stamps. So I hope Miss Mandy doesn't mind that I went that way with her challenge. :)    For my card, I used "Geeky Love" and "By the window", both from Make it Crafty. I think this image is so cute and it was really fun to color! I made it for my daughter's wedding anniversary.

I used my Copic markers to color it and then used an awesome sentiment from a set of Whimsy stamps. Isn't that sentiment so much fun??!!!  The papers are Basic Grey matted with Bazzill cardstock, and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts (so is that pretty silver corner).  The ribbon is May Arts silk ribbon from Stamp and Create with a button from my stash.

I didn't write down the colors I used, so to the best of my old memory, I used R20's for his sweater and shoe's, B90's for his jeans, E13 and up for the window and table, T grays for her sweather and V90's for her skirt and shoes. Sorry, I have no idea about the hair.

Please be sure and pop over to PaperPlay Challenges to see all the gorgeous creations from the rest of the talented DT, and then we'd really love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today! I truly appreciate all your wonderful comments! Sure hope to see you again soon! Hugs!!!

PaperPlay Challenges - School is Cool with Kenny K!!

Hi everyone and happy Friday Eve! It's time for a new challenge from Team B at PaperPlay Challenges, and this week, the fabulous Deidre is challenging us to make something  regarding back to school or starting school.  We are being sponsored by Kenny K Downloads!! FUN!!! Now for my card, I used this awesome image called Super Genius. I LOVE him. LOL! He's a digi stamp and I just printed him out on X Press It Blending card and then colored him with Copic markers. I just HAD to add a good dollop of Glossy Accents to his glasses to make them look like the bottoms of Coke bottles.

The papers are some I've had for ages by Scenic Route, and it's matted with Bazzill cardstock. The sentiment is just printed off my computer and then matted and popped up. I added some machine stitching and a bow made with May Arts silk ribbon, and I called 'er done!  Please be sure and pop over to PaperPlay Challenges to see the rest of my teamies fabulous creations. Then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Paperplay Challenge - Make your own DP

Hi everyone!  I sure hope you are having a fabulous week! We're in the thick of Hot August Nights here in Reno, so lots of fabulous antique and muscle cars have invaded our little city. It's such a fun time of year to hear them all rumble through town. With it being Thursday, it's time for a new challenge from PaperPlay Challenges. We're being sponsored by Waltzing Mouse Stamps, and the winner will get the stamp set of their choice! For the challenge, the fabulous Nicole has asked us to make our own design paper. Uh oh....this one was tough for me. Wasn't sure what to do, so I pulled out an old stamp set from Our Craft Lounge. I took the strip of elephant footprints and covered a piece of kraft cardstock with them and colored them in with gray.  The image is colored with Copic markers.

I machine stitched around the panels and then added a bow made with twine and called her done. A VERY simple get well card, but I think it turned out pretty cute! Please be sure and pop over to PaperPlay challenges. My teamies made some GORGEOUS papers (I bow down to them!!).  Then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon!  Hugs!!

Paperplay Challenge - Things with Wings!

Good morning everyone and happy Friday Eve! :)  It's time for a new Paperplay Challenge and this weeks challenge is from the wonderfully talented Mandy! She is asking us for projects that contain "Things with Wings". We're being sponsored this week by the wonderul Meljen's, and the winner will receive 4 free digi's!!!  For my card this week, I chose to use this gorgeous Magnolia image that I received from the fabulous Diana at Magnolia-licious. She's from the Butterfly Dreams collection and I don't see her in stock right now. But if you're interested, just contact Diana and I'm sure she'll be able to tell you when she'll be back in stock.  I just think she's so beautiful, don't you? Shes colored with Copic markers and then cut out using oval Nestabilities and matted with the petite oval Nesties. I then zig zag stitched around the frame (I think you all know how much I love doing that LOL!)

The DP I used is from Bearly Mine Designs matted with Bazzill cardstock. Of course all the beautiful flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, and the yummy ribbon is from Stamp and Create. I am so in love with the circle sentiments from Lili of the Valley. This one is from the Dreamy Days collection. That yummy glittered heart is by Melissa Frances.  So that's it for my card today! Hope you will pop over to Paperplay Challenges and take a peek at all the fabulous creations by the talented design team and then grab your paper and glue and play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Paperplay Challenges - Anything but a card

Hi everyone! I'm back from my week with my family which went WAY too quickly. I miss everyone already. We brought JJ (our grandson) back with us to spend the next four weeks. So needless to say my hands will be full for a while. He's getting so big and growing up way too quickly, which they all do. But it seems so much more apparant when you don't get to see them all the time.  Anyway, it's time for a new challenge from Paperplay Challenges. They have a brand new sponsor, La-La Land Crafts! They generously offered the DT some images to play with, but unfortunately I wasn't able to get one done since I've been out of town. 

For my "anything but a card" challenge, I created a tag using one of the hAnglar & stAnglar images. She's colored with Copic markers and then popped up from the tag.  The papers are from Nitwit Collections, the flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, and the ribbon is May Arts Silk from Stamp and Create. That's it for me today! Please be sure and pop over to Paperplay Challenges and we'd love it if you'd play along with us! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

Fun and Exciting news!!

Hi everyone! I hope you're having a fabulous week! I'm really excited as I've been invited to join Sandie and the amazingly talented team over at Paperplay Challenges, and this is my first card for them! Today's challenge, "At The Beach", was chosen by our wonderful Mandy and is being sponsored by...wait for it....Just Inklined!!! I love that company!! Sure wish I had a chance to win! LOL! Anyway, I'm super happy to join the talented team of designers at Paperplay!  

For my card, I used one of my brand new images from the Sweet Rainbow collection from Magnolia-licious. She's #353 Sweetie Tilda, and they named her appropriately as she is indeed a sweetie!  I paper pieced her dress and colored the rest of her with Copic markers. Sorry I don't have the list of markers I used on this one. I also used the background stamp #655 Romantic sunset. Both of these images are in stock right now over at Magnolia-licious!  The DP is from Nitwit Collections Summer Splash, and it's matted with Bazzill cardstock. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the ticket is from a set from Whimsy, and the yummy ribbon is from Stamp and Create.

So that's it for my card. I hope you pop over to Paperplay Challenges and check out all the lovely pojects from the rest of the design team. Then we'd love it if you'd grab your paper and glue and play along with us! You might get lucky and win a voucher to Just Inklined!! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!