Jellyfish

Jellyfish - It is time for a new challenge at Creative Card Crew. Our challenge for this fortnight is sea/beach. 

We are sponsored by Dies R Us and Aurora Wings.

I have used an image from Aurora Wings. Mitzi makes the lovest mermaids. The are haunting in a good way. The eyes just draw you in.

I have colored Jellyfish Dance with Copics. I added Stickles to the barnacles on her forehead and in her hair with Stickles.

My flowers are HC. I added Gala Glitz's teal chunky glass glitter. I added a stick pin and bow to the corner spray. 

My papers are Bo Bunny's Enchanted Garden. I added more of the Glass Glitter to the corners.

Top Tip Tuesday #124 Magical
Friday Sketch Challenge #73 Sketch
4 Crafty Chicks #202 Song Inspired - Under the Sea from the Little Mermaid
Charisma Cardz #15 Anything Goes
Moving Along With the Times Girly
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #239 Flowers
Fussy and Fancy Challenge #118 Girly
All Sorts Challenge #267 Splish Splash

This card made Top 5 at All Sorts Challenge.

Ancient One

Ancient One - Time for a new challenge at The Sweet Pea Stampers!!! This fortnights challenge is masculine. Masculine cards can be a challenge but, Sweet Pea Stamps has some of my favorite for images for this challenge.

Using Joanna Schempp Ancient One in Digi and Rubber. I colored this old pirate with Copics and cut in some erregular angles. The image was just a blast to color. I took a class where we talked about how old skin is different from young skin. I am pleased with how the image came out.

This digi image is one of my favorites from Delicious Doodles. I can't tell you how many times I have used it. Sweet Pea used to have it in stamp form, but is no longer carrying it. Most children who come through my house, leave with it. My daughter takes in foster children, so we have lots of fresh kids to make it with. I have them tear it, then crumple it several times over. Then they work distress inks into it. Simple enough for even a 3 year old and they have quite the look of accomplishment on their faces when they are through. It becomes a treasure that they take with them when they leave.

DP is Teresa Collins, World Traveler. I thought the title of the paper was perfect for this old pirate. I finsihed the card off with 3 tiny green pearls.

Sketch Saturday #316 Sketch
Corrosive Challenges by Janet #202 Coloring
Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog #36 Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant Challenge #257 Anything Goes
Love to Create Challenge #122 3 Designer Papers
Paper Take Weekly Anything Goes

This card made Top 5 at Love To Create Challenge.

Cotton Candy

Cotton Candy - We have a new challenge up at Crafts 4 Eternity. This week our challenge is Fabulous Food!!! This is a great time for this challenge with all the fun summer food. I think of picnics, barbecues and summer carnivals.

This sweet little image is Mo Mannings Cotton Candy. I love that the cotton candy is bigger than the girl. I colored her with Copics and added some glitter to the cotton candy, to give it that sugary look.

My flower is Heartfelt Creations. 

My border is a SB and I added an edge of glitter and pearls. My paper is Summer Soul by Fancy Pants.

The Pink Elephant Challenge #225 Photo Inspired
Craft Your Passion Challenges #218 3 embellishments
Love to Create Challenge #120 Anything Goes
Everybody-Art-Challenge #283 Pearls
Tuesday Morning Sketches #254 Sketch
Clear it Out Challenge Anything Goes
Mo's Digital Challenge #231 Summer Flowers

This card was "unforgettable" at The Pink Elephant Challenge.

Snowglobe

Snowglobe - We have a new challenge up at The Sweet Pea Stamps. This fortnight's challenge is shaped cards. I love how elegant and fun a shaped card can be. Come and checkout what my team mates have done!

I collect snow globes, so I was really drawn to this sweet image. She is Sweet Peas Angel of Chrismas Stars by Conie Fong available in digi and rubber.

I colored her with Copics and added glitter to the Diamond Glaze while it was still wet.

DP Fancy Pants, Merry Little Christmas pad. Inked with Walnut Stain.
Tiny pearls.
SB dies
Poinsettia made with SB die and chunky glitter.
Holly die CL.


Fussy and Fancy Challenge #116 Wings
All Sorts Challenge #263 White and Gold plus one - red
Open-Minded Crafting Fun #12 Wings
Color-Me-Classroom #94 Anything Goes
Christmas Cards All Year Round June Angels
Sparkles forum Christmas Challenge #41 Favorite color combo
Craft Your Passion Challenges #218 3 or more embellishments
Love to Create Challenge #120 Anything Goes

This card made top 3 at Christmas Cards All Year Round.

Tongue

Tongue - How do you like my little fellow? Don't you just love his tongue? I bet the little boy who receives this card will like that part!

This is my DT card for Crafts 4 Eternity. Our challenge for this week is TIC TAC TOE. Please go and check out our TIC TAC TOE board on the blog.

I went with the center row down-Use a Sketch, Yellow, and Male Theme.

My fun guy is Squigglefly's Giddy. I colored him with Copics, then used Diamond Glaze on hit tongue. I used distress ink to stencil the little dots around him.

I used a SB die to cut the image and mat.

I used navy Baker's twine to make the banner with some paper scrapes that were punched with a corner rounder. I surprised myself. I think they came out pretty good! 

All papers were inked with Faded Jeans distress inks.

I finished it off with yellow baker's twine and a button.

Tuesday Morning Sketches #249 Sketch

Simply Create Too #62 Fathers Day/Male

Color-Me-Classroom #93 Male

Corrosive Challenges by Janet #200 Anything Goes

The Pink Elephant Challenge #252 Anything Goes

Love to Create Challenge #117 Cute with a die

City Crafter #213 Birthday Banners

The Paper Shelter #160 masculine

This card made top 5 at Love to Create Challenge!

Treasure This Moment

Treasure This Moment - Wow! How quick a fortnight goes! It has already been 2 weeks since our last challenge at Creative Card Crew. This fortnights challenge is Shabby Chic or Vintage. I was not the only one to choose to color this little fellow in Sepia tones. Please check out what the other team members did.

My designer paper is Kaiser Craft, Art of Life.

We  have 2 sponsors for this challenge. They are the Scrapping Center and Whiff of Joy. 

My image is Whiff of Joys, Reporter Henry. I colored him with Copics, cut it with a SB die and inked with distress inks. I believe I used Gathered Twigs, but it could have been Vintage Photo.

I used my Bow Easy to tie the bow and then used a stick pin from one of the stickpin swaps that I did.

Sentiment is a punch out from the paper pad.

Friday Sketch Challenge #69 Sketch
Creative Knockouts #37 Lots of Layers
Cute Card Thursday #321 Handmade Embellishments - the stickpin is hand made
Paper-Crafting Journey For that Special Man
Sister Act Card Challenge #57 Anything Goes
Open-Minded Crafting Fun #10 Ribbon
ABC-Challenge L for lots of layers

This card make top 3 at Friday Sketch Challenge.
Hannah's pick at Open-Minded Crafting Fun.

Slice of Life

Slice of Life - Today starts a new challenge at Seems a Little Sketchy. 

My Designer paper is Day to Day by Doodlebug Design Inc.

Here is our sketch. I nice, 3 panel design. The sketch for the challenge following this one is on the future sketch page at Seems a Little Sketchy. This way you can use it to create a card for a future sketch. I like to work ahead on DT cards, but I usually wait so that I can enter it into a sketch challenge. That is why we post our sketches way in advance.

We are sponsored by QKR Stampede. I colored "Slice of Life" with Copic's. The shaped die cut is Life style Crafts.

My corner die cut is Breezy Branches by SCACD.

I finished off the card with a bow and stickpin. 

Shopping Our Stash #151 Song Inspired - A childhood favorite of mine-The Ants Go Marching (2)
Just Inspirational Challenges Anything Goes (3)
Pinspirational Challenge #107 Photo Inspired

Top Tip Tuesday #121 Here Comes Summer

Simon Says Stamp Blog Die Crazy

Crafty Creations Challenges #263 Flowers, Die, and ribbon

Moving Along With the Times Walking on Sunshine

Digi Haven Spring

This card made top 3 at Moving Along with the Times.

Wishes

Wishes - We have a great sketch for you at Crafts 4 Eternity. It is a really great one. It would be a great one for a page layout as well.

My designer paper is Teresa Collins, Tell Your Story.

My image is A Day for Daisies, Fairy Wish. Isn't she adorable. I love the position of her hands. Like she is just delighted with whatever it is that she is looking at. 

I colored her with Copics and used Frosted Stickles on her wings and the flowers in her hair. She was cut with a SB die and inked with distress ink. I believe I used Tumbled Glass.

I used Distress Crackle paint for the scattered white dots  and then added some aqua pearls. 

The sentiment is Hot Off the Press. I hand cut them. My ribbon was a sewing trim.

Color-Me-Classroom #91 Birthday

Stamps Fun-Creativity #201 Birthday

Shopping Our Stash #150 Photo Inspired

Ribbon Carousel Challenge Celebration

Paper Take Weekly Anything Goes

Clear it Out Challenge Your Style and Favorite Product (pearls)

This card made top 3 at Shopping Our Stash!

Feather Light

Feather Light - Time for a new challenge at both Crafts 4 Eternity and Alphabet Challenge Blog. At Alphabet Challenge Blog, the challenge is F for feathers and at Crafts 4 Eternity the challenge is to use scraps.

Everything on the card is a scrap, except for the pom pom ribbon. That was new.

The sentiment is SU, as is the 2 punches that I used for it.

Here is a close up of my feathers. I bought the stamp at a yard sale about 4 years ago. This is the first time that I have used it. I stamped them with Versa mark and then wet embossed them. 

The flower was in the cake decorating aisle several years ago. There were about 300 in the package and I still have well over 200 of them, so you can expect to see them again at some point in the future. I shaped it with a McGill shaping set and added a gemstone to the center.

Feeling-Sketchy #87 Sketch
Technique Twist #21 Modern Whimsey
Creative Knockouts #34 Anything Goes
4 Crafty Chicks #191 Embossing
Cute Card Thursday #318 blue and green. How about blue/green?

This card made top 3 at Technique Twist!

Woodland Critters

Woodland Critters - It is time for a new challenge at the Sweet Pea Stampers. This challenge is an easy one. Birthday!!! See, I told you it was an easy one. 

You don't have to use a Sweet Pea stamp/digi image, but they are so beautiful that you will want to. So hop on over and take a peek at our designers inspiration and then look through the gorgeous images of the Sweet Pea artists.

My Designer paper is MME, Unforgettable. I inked the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink.

My image is the gorgeous Autumn Trio by ©ching chou kuik's Autumn Trio also available in digi,

I colored her with Copics and used a white poster paint pen to put the highlights and the tiny white dots on the mushrooms. The lace on her headpiece received some Stickles. Even a woodland gal needs some sparkle.

My sentiment is Hot Off the Press. The tiny pearls I bought from Pizzazz Aplenty. Judy has the best prices around for her gorgeous pearls and bead supplies.

My border punch is EK Success.

Sketch Saturday #306 Sketch

Totally Gorjuss #232 Die Cuts/Punches

Cupcake Inspirations #256 Cupcake Inspired

This card made the sweet 6 at Cupcake Inspirations!

Flitting Here and There

Flitting Here and There - This fortnights challenge at Creative Card Crew is "Spring." I don't know what your weather is like, where you live, but I am starting to see buds on the trees and we are having thunder storms. 

With that said, we are gearing up for tornado season. After last May, I am finding myself getting nervous and really paying attention. If you did not pick up on what I am referring to, I live in Moore Oklahoma, where a F-5 tornado ripped through last May, taking out 2 elementary schools among other things. My grandson was in 1 of those 2 schools and 7 children from his school did not survive. 

We are sponsored by Marianne Designs and Lacy Sunshine. My image is Lacy Sunshine's Sky Lynn. She is a really sweet image. I colored Sky Lynn with Copic's. I added Stickles to the trim and belt of her kimono. I also added Stickles to the butterflies.

My DP is MME Collectable Notable. I love the citrus colors in this pad. I added some butterflies using orange card stock in an ombre' fashion. I used a variety of butterfly punches and used Stickles and pearls on them.

My sentiment and punches are SU.

Friday Sketch Challenge #66 Sketch

Inky Chicks #26 Butterflies
Delicious Doodles Challenge #82 Any Season
Chocolate Coffee Cards #62 Stripes
Paper-Crafting Journey Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge #51 Anything Goes
Stampin For the Weekend Spring Colors
Color-Me-Classroom #89 Sparkle

This card made the Top 3 at Inky Chicks!

Cupcake

Cupcake - A simple card for me today for my DT card for Craft 4 Eternity. Our challenge for this week is everyone's favorite - Anything Goes. We are sponsored by Sassy Designs Studio. 

Designer Paper is Kaiser Craft's Chapter One.

My image is Sassy Designs Birthday Girl. Cute, isn't she? 

I colored her with Copics and added a bit of Stickles to the flame, the hem of her dress, her shoes and her eye shadow.

My Sentiment and punches are SU.

I finished off the card with Black gemstones.

Stampin for the Weekend Anything Goes
ABC-Challenge H - Hair
Cupcake Inspirations #252 cupcake inspired
Corrosive Challenges by Janet #195 Green
Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog #29 Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion Challenges #205 Green
Paper Take Weekly  Female
*** Top 3 at Cupcake Inspirations!*****