Aloha Ol'

 Aloha Oe' - Today starts another challenge at Creative Card Crew. We are sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Simon Says Stamp is a fabulous on line store. The have a huge assortment of crafting products. One Lucky person will win a $20 gift voucher to their shop.

Our challenge this time is to make something Song Inspired. I was inspired by Hawaiian music. The song Aloha Oe' was written by the last Hawaiian queen. It is a beautiful song.

When we were stationed in Japan, the next door neighbors were Hawaiian and would have parties where they played their ukulele. I remember one night I was taking a bath and I could hear them playing. I felt that I was floating back on the beaches of Hawaii.

My image is Saturated Canary. I colored her with Copics, then added some Stickles to her flower and lei. Our sponsor, Simon Says Stamp is a great place to get Copics and Stickles. I use a ton of Stickles. I just love it.

My flowers are recollections. I believe my swirl gemstones are also Recollections.

Come join us with your song inspired creation!

Graphicat Sketchs #9 Sketch

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge # Photo Inspiration

The Pink Elephant Challenge #151 Vibrant Colors

Ice Cream

I is for Ice Cream - Hi everyone! It is time for another challenge at Alphabet Challenge Blog. This fortnight we are challenging you to make ice cream.

Don't worry, we won't make you eat it; if you are on a diet or it isn't your favorite flavor. If you are like me you will be making your favorites. I wish I was one of those bears, so that I could eat this banana split.

Ice cream is one of the best things in the world and I love almost every flavor.

For my card, I used my Cricut along with the Wild Card cartridge. This is my favorite cut from the Wild Card cartridge. I had to use Plantin Schoolbook for the inner circle, as unfortunetly they did not but a matching circle with it 

My DP is TH Vintage Shabby. I inked everything with TH distress inks.

 My image is Stamp Fairy's Lenny - Ice Cream. Isn't it an adorable image? I colored my cold delight with Copics.

My sentiment is from Hot Off the Press. Do you see my tuille, peeking out from under the lace? I love the hint of sparkle in the tuille. My leave is SP and the flowers are clipped from stems.

The butterfly is a punch that I have had in my punch drawer forever. I added a few gemstones to add some sparkle. You can also see a little more of the lace and tuille.

To finish off my card, I added some pink pearls.

Now that you seen my card, come and join in our challenge at Alphabet Challenge Blog.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Pink Ink Sketch Challenges #23 Sketch

Stampin Sisters in Christ #141 Fear to Try - The nobby technique on the darker bear

Ribbon Girls #19 vintage pink and cream

Shopping Our Stash #53 flowers

Top Tip Tuesday #77 Dig out the Old - I have had everything except the image for a very long time.

Crafty Creations Challenges #171 pastels, pearls and lace

Craft Us Crazy #26 Favorite Stamp Company

Thank you Friend

 Thank you Friend - Another great sketch challengeis going on at Seems a Little Sketchy! Just look at this beauty!

I am unsure of which pad my DP came from. Sorry, I am a little overwhelmed right now. My 2 year old grandson had major surgery last week and is still recovering. Plus with school out, I also have his older brother to intertain while Mom is at work.

My DP was distressed with my TH distressing tool.

My image is Helping Hand by our sponsor Sweet N Sassy Stamps. I fell in love with these sweet little guys. That bird just needed his mouse friend to help him get a drink.

I colored the image with copics and added Sktickles to the flower and around the edge after it was cut with a SP and inked with Worn Lipstick distress inks.

My flower that I added Stickles to, is from Judy's shop Pizzazz Aplenty. She has the best prices around. The leave is a SB that I shaped.

My bow was tied with my Bow Easy. The stick pin was made with a variety of beads, some of them came from Pizzazz Aplenty.

The sketch from Seems a Little Sketchy is a fun one and I hope that you will enter our challenge and make something with our sketch. Because Seems a Little Sketchy is relativly new, we are not getting a lot of entries yet, so you have a good chance of winning. Plus our challenges run for a fortnight, so it is a good one to use for those of us on DT and need to work a little ahead.

For Fun Challenges  F.R.O.G.  Fully Rely On God - God  always provides a way in our time of need

Fab N Funky Challenges #122 New Beginnings - I think this is the beginning of a beautiful freindship.

Truly Scrumptious Challenge #81 Pretty in Pink

Do You Stack Up #73 Birdie

Totally Paper Crafts #118 Animals

Phindy's Place Challenge #107 1 image, 2 DP, 3 embellishments - ribbon, stickpin, & flower.

Totally Gorjuss #133 Something New - this is a new stamp company for me

Greek to Me

 Greek to Me - I was invited to be the May guest designer at Corrosive Challenge and I have thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks Regan and the rest of the team. It was wonderful to design with you.

The challenge is Shabby Chic.

My Designer papers are G C D's Ella Blue. I have run my fingers through this pad every time that I went into Hobby Lobby and I finally broke down and bought it. I know that I did not "need" another pad of paper, but I could not help myself, it is so beautiful. I distressed the Ella Blue with my distressing tool.

My flower was several silk flowers that stacked together with some stamens threaded through the center. My double bow was tied with my Bow Easy and I added a pearl spray behind the flower.

I added a Stick Pin to the stray. I love the soft blue and silver of the butterfly. I get a lot of my stick pin supplies for Judy at Pizzazz Aplenty. She is wonderful to work with and her prices are unbelievable.

I must admit that the first time that I seen the Greek God images at Tickled Pink Stamps, I was fascinated by them. Coloring this one the was as much fun as I thought it would be. The flowing folds of the outfit were a delight to color.

My frame is Heartfelt Creations.

I hope that you enjoyed seeing my creation as much as I enjoyed making it and that you will join Corrosive Challenges in their Shabby Chic challenge.

Crafts and Me Challenges #85 Flowers

4 Crafty Chicks #91 Brown, Blue and White

Southern Girls Challenge #45 Diecut

Totally Paper Crafts #118 Animals

Purple Birthday

 Purple Birthday - It is my teams week to design for Sunday Sketch and Stamp. We have a simple sketch this time, so please join us. It is a great time to win; as we are sponsored by Crafty Ribbons and who doesn't love ribbon?

Here is this week's sketch.

My image was cut using my Cricut and the Damask Decor cartridge. It can be found on page 62 of the handbook.

My DP is one that I found a scrap of in my scrapdrawer. It has been in there for a while and I have no idea who made it. All of the cardstock was also from my scrapdrawer. My ribbon was also a scrap. So, as you can see, almost all of my supplies were old stash. Only the charm is new! The pearls were made with my Viva Decore pearl pen. I was getting some air as I was forming the pearls, so I guess you could call it old too!

 My Sentiment is Hot Off the Press. The bow was tied with my Bow Easy.

Now that you have seen what I have done with the sketch, head over to Sunday Sketch and Stamp and see what my teammates have done!

Top Tip Tuesday #77 Dig Out the Old Must be 6 months or more old
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog #55 Any Sentiment

Summer Fun

Summer Fun - It is time for a new challenge at Craft Your Days Away and this time we are challenging you to make something Red, White and Blue. Isn't that a great theme? Not only is it the colors of the flags of many countries, but it also has a nautical feel to it and so great for those summer projects.

My starry SP was some old paper that my DIL no longer wanted. It was precut into stripes, so was a little difficult for many projects, was perfect for this card.

My image is Cali Girl from Saturated Canary.  She was colored with Copics and I added some Stickles to her bikini. Her sunglasses received some Diamond Glaze to make them shiny. She was a fun image to color. Her hair was particularly fun.

My flower is gathered ribbon with a gemstone in the middle. I stuck the stick pin in the ribbon. Many of my beads, to include the red butterfly bead was purchased from Judy at Pizzazz Aplenty. She has the best prices that I have seen for stick pin and bead supplies. She ships internationally, so all of our overseas friends can take advantage of her inexpensive prices.

My Sentiment is from Hot Off the Press. I stamped it in blue, then heat embossed with SU's Iridescent embossing powder. I love how it sparkles!

Paper Take Weekly #71 Red, White and Blue

The Paper Shelter #65 Bling it on

C Inspirations #164 Anything Goes

Paper Play Challenges #21 Summer Lovin

The Play Date Cafe #133 Blue, Navy and Red



Watermelon

 Watermelon - Today starts another challenge at Creative Card Crew. This time we are looking for  Dimension on your cards/projects. So grab those pop-ups and come join us!

For my card, I used DP from a paper block that I have had for ages. The cover is missing, but I believe the block is by The Paper Studio. I bought it at Hobby Lobby and they carry a lot of Paper Studio products.

I used a MS punch and I dragged out my CM circle cutter for the circle. The tag was cut free hand.

This sweet little image is by our sponsor, Stamp Fairy. If you are looking for sweet, cute images, the Stamp Fairy is the place to go. Their images always color up so quick and easy. They are great for paper piecing or decoupaging; as I have done here.

This image is called Muffin 1. Muffin is colored with Copics 3 times, then elements were cut and stacked using pop-ups. I gave Muffin googly eyes for added dimension.

Here are a couple of side views so that you can see the height.

My flowers are a combination of flowers that I have. Most of them are Wilton that are for cake decorating. No, I don't do cake decorating, but I am always on the look out for anything that would look good on a card or scrapbook page. LOL

Pink Ink Sketch Challenges # 23 Sketch

Phindy's Place Challenge #106 Summer

Crazy 4 Challenges #137 Birthday

Stampin Sisters in Christ #140 Build up your card

Shopping Our Stash # 52 Bingo I used the G row Patterned Paper, Blue, Sentiment, Ribbon, and tag.

Ribbon Carousel Challenge #53 Flowers