Cracked Glass with Something Cute

Happy Friday!!

And, happy start of a long holiday weekend to all those celebrating Labor Day this weekend here in the States. Unfortunately, that means the end of summer and back to school for most, but summer can't last forever can it. We are getting into the swing of things ourselves with school and new routines. Hoping for a relaxing weekend though!

Just Magnolia

Today is new challenge day over at Just Magnolia and Stamp Something. At JM this week, we are starting a new month and that means a new monthly challenge sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Normally we ask you all to participate in a "special monthly challenge," but as a team we have decided that each new monthly challenge will have the theme of "Anything Goes" so that everyone who wants to play can play. We decided this after we set our challenge for September to be the cracked glass technique on your projects. It was a rather difficult technique and frustrated many of us on the DT, however if you want to try it, we'd love to see what you can do. You can find a tutorial HERE. So this challenge is now "Anything Goes" and/or Cracked Glass and remember to also include a Magnolia image on your creation.

For my card I went for a vintage feel to fit with the cracked glass. I used some K and Company papers from the Life's Journey pad. Then stitched the edges on the sewing machine and used some distressed inks on the cream layer edges. I colored the image, Tilda with Peony, with copics and then did the cracked glass and framed it using some hodgepodge hardware. I have to let you in on a little secret, I didn't have any embossing powder to do this technique so I cheated, GASP! I used Inkssentials Crackle Accents glue. And I have to say, waiting for it to dry was a pain, but it really gives the same effect with far less work. I really do love the effect of the cracked glass and would do it again, but definitely with the glue.

I finished by embellishing with flowers, ribbons, charms, some pearls, and a sentiment from the ticket sentiment set available at Whimsy Stamps. This card also fits some other challenges....
Moving Along with the Times: In Stitches
Paper Play: In Stitches
Cute Card Thursday: Material Girl
Fab n' Funky: Living in a Material World
ABC: C is for Charms
Die Cute Dreams: shades of vintage

Stamp Something

Next I have my SS card to share. This week our challenge is for you to share with us something CUTE! It can be anything from a card to scrap book page, as long as it's cute, you can enter this week! We are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps and they have kindly offered images for the DT to work with.  I used Teddy Bug Jar....

I printed out my image and colored with copics and then stitched the edges of the papers. The image was framed with Oval Nesties and also stitched. The papers are Cosmo Cricket with some blue and red SU card stock. I finished off with some ribbons and eyelets on the corners.

This card also fits at:
Papertake Weekly: Just the One - used only one DP

Thanks for coming on over today. Have a marvelous day and a relaxing weekend. See you soon!!

Happy Stamping,

Ready for Some Football

Morning!

Hope your day is off to a great start. I know mine will be busy as usual, but before I get started I wanted to share a card I made for the new Meljen's Designs release. Melissa has created 5 more fun and fabulous new digital images to add to her Meljen's Designs digital collection.

The image I chose to work with for my card today is called Fall Ball Teddy Bear and he's all dressed and ready for some FOOTBALL! And since football season is upon us, he's perfect!

I decided to go for bright and fun on this card. I colored my image with Copics in reds and blues with a touch of orange to match these Cosmo Cricket papers. I've been wanting to try the little pennant banners and so I thought it was perfect on a football themed card. Super easy to make these, so I will be doing it again. Then I embellished with glitter and buttons. Pretty simple, but still fun!

This card fits the challenges at:
Paper Romance: Furry Friends
Cookin it up with Katie: Furry Friend, Button, Patchwork
Pollycraft: a little nature
Sentimental Sundays: Clean and Simple (maybe a stretch, but this is simple for me, lol)
Bee Crafty: Anything Goes
Meljen's Designs: Stripes

Thanks for dropping by today. Hope you have a wonderful day, stay cool! It's suppose to be almost 100 degrees here today....HOT!

Happy Stamping,

Another Bookmark

To enter my blog candy, please click HERE!

Hi There!

Hope you're having a nice day today. Today is new release day for the Meljen's Designs digital stamps at Whimsy Stamps. Each Thursday Melissa releases 5 more of her fabulously cute designs and this week she has created a great assortment for back to school projects!

I decided to use one of the new images, Little Book Worm, to create two thank you bookmarks for my son to give to his teachers. These are going to go in the little buckets of treats I shared on Monday this week. You can see that post HERE. Instead of making a card and a bookmark, I combined the idea and made a pocket card with the bookmark insert. Then my son wrote his message on the back of the bookmark.

The papers are some Riding Hood Red card stock from SU! with some Cosmo Cricket designer papers. I went with a primary color combination. I tied some black and white gingham ribbon and a button to the pocket and finished with the thankful ticket available at Whimsy Stamps. For the bookmark, I just printed and colored my image and then used more of the same papers and finished with a jumbo eyelet and some ribbons.

This bookmark fits the challenges at:
The Pixie Cottage: Fancy Fold
Going Grey Challenges: back to school
Incy Wincy: A Bugs Life
Sentimental Sundays: Anything Goes
Allsorts: Primary Colors

Thanks for dropping by today. I hope you have a great Thursday. See you all back here tomorrow for brand new challenge projects for Just Magnolia and Stamp Something.

Happy Stamping,

Are You Grumpy

Good Morning!

How's your week going? I can't believe it's almost Friday! Happy about it too, love the weekends. I made some time for crafting yesterday afternoon and so I have a card to share with you today.

This is Gruffy Little Gnome from the Meljen's Designs Collection for Whimsy Stamp. I think this image is just too cute! And even though he's a little grumpy guy, I went for a cheerful color combo.

I used the sketch from this week's The Pink Elephant challenge with these bright and colorful Cosmo Cricket papers.  I colored the image with Copics and used some Stickles and a white gel pen for added highlights. I've embellished with buttons, ribbon, brads, and some twine. It's a fairly clean and simple design which I think lends well to more masculine cards.

This card fits these challenges too:
Cupcake Craft: One for the Boys
Stamp with Fun: Fairytales
Sweet Stampin': doodling
Polka Doodles: Nursery Rhymes
Your Next Stamp: Buttons
Totally Gorjuss: One for the Boys

Thanks for visiting with me today. Hope you have a great day! See you back here tomorrow with my cards for the brand new challenges at Stamp Something and Just Magnolia. Have a great day!

Happy Stamping,

Whimsy Digi Release Party - June Challenge

Welcome to Digi Release Day at Whimsy Stamps!

Today we are releasing 14 new images, 3 new sentiment sets, and a brand new custom collection of signatures and watermarks! So lots to see over in the Whimsy Shop!

To celebrate our new release, we are throwing a release party with a blog hop and a new monthly challenge over on our Whimsy Inspirations Blog. Part of our team will celebrate with the hop and the rest of us will share some samples for the challenge. Lots of Whimsy eye candy to see!

The blog hop begins at Noon EST today and will start over on the Whimsy Inspirations Blog. There will be lots of fun creations to see using these new images as well as a prize to be won! Be sure to leave comments on all the DT blogs because one of the comments will be chosen randomly as our winner! The hop will run until Noon EST next Tuesday, June 8th.

The Whimsy Stamps challenge for June is Summer with the added option of bugs. Anyone is welcome to join in but to qualify for the prize, you must use a Whimsy Stamps image (rubber or digital) on your creation. You can also combine our challenge with other challenges. To play along and enter, please visit the Whimsy Inspirations Blog for more info! The challenge will run all month long and will end at Noon EST on June 30th. We hope you'll join in and show us your summer creations with a touch of Whimsy!

Today, I'm sharing a challenge sample with you using the new image Strawberry Fairy from the Meljen's Designs for Whimsy Stamps Digital Collection. Melissa has added 9 new images for this release, each with a fun fairy tale theme.

I've colored the image with Copics, some stickles for shimmer and white gel pen dots here and there. The papers are Cosmo Cricket and the edges have been stitched on the sewing machine. I've framed the image with Circle Nesties and embossed the white layer with the Swiss Dots CB folder. I've embellished with cherry blossoms, roses, ribbon, a button, sticky pearls, and hemp twine with a charm.

This card also fits the challenges at:
Secret Crafter: Buttons and Blooms
One Stop: Swirls and Pearls (pearls and swirls on the image)
Pile It On!: Eat Veggies (strawberry image, fruit is close to veggies right?!)
Everybody Art: Summer
My Time to Craft: Wild Things
Papertake Weekly: Fun Fun Fun
Copic Creations: Animals

Thanks for coming on by today! I hope you have a great day and will stop by Whimsy for a peek at all the wonderful new digital images!

Happy Stamping,

One for Fun

Afternoon All!

Hope you're having a great day. The weather is beautiful here, sun is shining and the temps have cooled a bit. It was super hot yesterday, almost 100 degrees! It's normally nowhere near that hot here in May.

I've been busily crafting away the morning today and so I have a card to share with you now. I'll make this a quick post as I need to get some work done too.

I saw the sketch on Friday Sketchers earlier this week and knew that I wanted to try it. So I paired that with some Comso Cricket papers and this sweet Sarah Kay stamp. I've colored the image with Copics and then framed it with an oval nestie. The paper edges have been stitched on the sewing machine and then torn and distressed slightly. I've embellished with roses and sticky pearls.

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you have a great afternoon and evening. See you back here tomorrow for the new Just Magnolia and Stamp Something challenges as well as the winner of my Stamp Something blog hop candy. If you've not entered, you still have time!

Happy Stamping,