Challenge #88 is Sponsored by Stitchy Bear~Scrapper’s Delight!!!

Here we are at The Cheerful Stamp Pad and a new sponsor which is Stitchy Bear Outlet. This week it is from the  Scrapper’s Delight section of the outlet. The theme of the challenge is Fruits and Veggies and we were given awesome images to use. Mine is called William Pear and is from Scrapper’s Delight and can be found HERE

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I followed a sketch from Stella says Sketch at Catch the bug, it was perfect. I coloured with my spectrum noir and copics.

I cut the feather outside the oval and put some stardust stickles on it.

I have no idea if this will be a birthday or just a Hello card so no sentiments on it. I use one of the scraps from the patterned paper on the inside too.
I would like to enter this in the following challenges:
Catch the bug challenge blog Stella Says Sketch #211
Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned paper challenge for June
Glitter ‘n Sparkle Challenge #88 Use a Digi
Thanks for stopping by today and  have a crafty day!!!

It’s Tuesday…Challenge time at Shopping Our Stash!!

For my Clear it Out Tuesday blog post scroll down or click HERE.

It’s almost May and it’s a May Day challenge at Shopping Our Stash,

Here is my project for the challenge, it is a 2013 day planner I repurposed for keeping track of my challenges. Lots of space on each page to jot down challenges I want to do and what dt projects that need to be done and checked off when they are finished. Here is the inspiration picture for you.

May 1st is May Day I’m not sure if any schools do the May pole dance it was quite the co-ordination to get the over and under to make the pattern on the pole. The picture is just to inspire you for the challenge. You can go many ways with it, ribbons, something twisted, tall and skinny, rainbow colours you have lots of options.  As you can see I went with the ribbon theme and I used the 7 Chakra colours on the coils of the book, I love purple and had some scraps from other projects so did my new favourite thing and made a sunburst. I used a Bugaboo image it doesn’t pertain to May Day but it shows me it’s my crafting book. You can find Bugaboo images HERE
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I love the sentiment it came along with the image I used, hope it  keeps me on track.

I am entering this in:

Glitter N Sparkle Challenge blog challenge #82 use some ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by today to check out what I’ve been crafting. I hope you will join the May Day challenge at Shopping Our Stash.

Button, Button where is the Button?

On Lacy Sunshine Face Book page, there was a contest and Heather gave us the image to use. She has contests every now and then and you can find her Face Book Page HERE. If you would like to shop her store click HERE.. there is also a challenge blog. I love here images they are all delightful.
The image is Li’l Frolic where’s the buttons, and we had to use at least one real button on the card.

I made an easel card, I am very fond of making them I find them quicker than an A2

Here is a close up of her sweet face.

I am entering this in the Use buttons challenge at Glitter N Sparkle

Thanks for stopping by today and if you are like me, stuck in because of Winter happy crafting.

Love is in the Air at the Cheerful Stamp Pad

Valentine’s day is only 11 days away, do you have your card made for your “sweetie”. Here is your chance to enter a card in the Love/Valentine challenge at The Cheerful Stamp Pad.  The sponsor is Stitchy Bear Outlet- BBKakes. There are a lot of designers to check out at Stitchy Bear Outlet, BBKakes is just one of them. My digital image is from them and is so cute.

I coloured my image with my spectrum noir and copics (for the skin) I decided since I was using my spellbinder hear dies I needed to make a 5 inch square card. The large white heart is flat attached , the next set of hearts is popped up and I fussy cut Balloon Boy and popped him up on top. Hi There was cut with a cuttlebug die that has several sayings on it…..it’s ancient and rarely used. SAD. Buttons from the dollar store.  Now isn’t he just adorable!!!

Finished the inside of the card with a Michael’s $1.50 bin stamp. I can’t believe I have so few Valentine sentiments. This card will be given to my great-grandson for Valentines Day. Hard to believe he will be 5 next month, wow.

I would like to enter this in the Glitter n Sparkle challenge Blog Use buttons.
and in the Simon Stamps Monday challenge Love Notes

Thanks for stopping by today and I know you want to enter our challenge to make a Love/Valentine project at the Cheerful Stamp Pad

Welcome to the Last Challenge of 2013 at The Cheerful Stamp Pad

Only two more days of shopping, I hope you are ready!! I have one item I couldn’t find so will be out today finding it or a replacement and some groceries too. I always make “nuts and bolts” at Christmas and I love putting the Oriental mix in it, nice crunch and a little sip too along with the garlic sesame sticks…yum.
This is the first week of the Any Thing Goes challenge at The Cheerful Stamp Pad I hope you will find some time to enter the challenge. The sponsor for the challenge is Bugaboo Digis it’s a Canadian company and they have free digis every Friday. Now for my card I used a Freebie Friday image I got a couple of weeks ago, I had printed it and it was in my “scrap box” waiting to be coloured. The sketch I used is from Catch the Bug Challenge Blog it’s the last sketch of 2013, Stella says Sketch #148, there is lots of time to check it out.

                                

I followed the sketch pretty close, I fussy cut (my crafting buddies know how I am not fond of cutting) and I used the left over white cardstock to make the snow hills. I added crystal effects to the mask and white opal liquid pearls on the hat. I added the strip of bling to it just because it was sitting in front of me.

Challenges I am entering this in are:

Catch the bug challenge Blog Stella says sketch #148 1/4/14

Glitter n Sparkle Challenge # 64 Non traditional Christmas colours Dec. 27, 2013

Thanks for visiting at this busy time of year, I hope you find time to join us in the ATG challenge at The Cheerful Stamp Pad there are two weeks to the challenge. Hope to see you there.

Merry Christmas

Barbara.

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way…….

Hi everyone, another blog post, wow this month has been filledl with lots of cards and lots of challenges, some I’m ahead of the due date some I’m skidding in at the last minute. Yesterday’s post was just that as well as one of the challenges. I now have a few extra cards to use if I need them. I get e-mails from a lot of the challenge blogs, well got this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches Dec. 11 planning on using it well today I get a reminder there is still time to play, I had an image already coloured to use, Most of the card was made with scraps left over from other card making sessions. The image I used was a Fluffles one, I have a few of them since I am very fond of cats, simple to colour as I just left them white, pinked the noses and ears.

I used my snowflake embossing folder on the green banners Put crystal glitter paper paint (psx) on the bells added a glitter brad to my felt poinsettia and punched snowflakes to the opposite corner.

Challenges I am entering this in are:

Freshly Made Sketches ends Monday

Glitter n Sparkle Challenge Blog  use traditional colours Red and Green.

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog Your favourite Christmas Song I guess mine is obvious….Jingle Bells.

Shopping Our Stash Tic Tac Toe    The line I used is Brads, flowers, and die cuts or punches.

Thanks for looking today, and come back again soon, I seem to be on a roll with the winter/Christmas cards, I think I am about done.

Have a crafty day!!!

It’s beginning to look a lot like winter………

Hello friends and family, today we had our furnace replaced and they will be putting the A/C in tomorrow, not like we need it right now. We were blessed with a bit of snow today and driving was a little greasy but fine if you didn’t act like it was the Indy 500. I finally finished my swap cards and they are on their way to homes in Canada and the U.S. On one of my fav. blogs I saw this sketch and decided I needed to use it, hop on over to Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge and have a look. Here is my take on the sketch.

I believe the set is Holiday Line-up, retired from Stampin’'up. I used background paper I bought 5 years ago at Wal-mart. The cardstock is Ballet Blue also retired from SU. I sparkled up their pompoms and anything else I could. The embossing folder is a cuttlebug one, the first one I ever bought. Talk about using up stash. The snowflakes were punched with a small EK punch, one that I manage to pinch my finger in at least once. the sentiment is also one of the first stamps I bought when I started stamping eons ago.

I am entering this in a couple of challenges:

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #199

Glitter and Sparkle Challenge Blog Show some BLUE
Thanks for looking today and come back again soon.