Happy Birthday Clear it Out Tuesday!!!!

If you are looking for my Shopping Our Stash Heavy Metal card just click HERE or scroll down.

Sorry I'm a little late timing issues (again)

It's Clear it out's 3rd blog anniversary and it's time to celebrate! We have 2 great sponsors for this challenge and if you comment on this post, you can win some bling and a Spellbinders Impressablieties Winners will be announced on my blog next Tuesday.

The theme for the blog hop is BIRTHDAY stash item BLING IT UP

This is the first stop on the blog hop and if you follow along and comment you might win prizes that each of the Design team are giving away. An as usual if you enter a project you will have a chance at prizes from the two sponsors, Meljen’s Designs  and  Scribbles designs

I used an image from Scribbles Designs for my card.named Foxy

The background paper is  from a DCWV pack and was the perfect base for my image. I coloured with my alcohol markers and fussy cut her out.the sentiment was computer generated, added the green rhinestones.

Close up of the sentiment. I won’t bore you with the inside but I did use the same background stack on the inside.

Here is the blog hop list and if you get lost along the way just head back to the main blog by clicking HERE

Barbara  http://barbscreativecorner.blogspot.ca/ you are here.

Sujin http://meine-bastelarena.blogspot.de/

Emily  http://emsmanythoughts.blogspot.ca/

Kathy  http://upinthenightwithkat.blogspot.ca/

Jenni  http://wishiwasscrappin.blogspot.ca/

Judith http://judithsadorablecreations.blogspot.co.uk/

Erin http://erinsowlnest.blogspot.ca/

Laura W http://laurascraftyadventurez.blogspot.ca/

Lastly back to the Clear it Out Blog http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.ca/

Here is a picture of my blog candy

I am entering this card in the Bling it On at Meljen’s Challenge Blog
Thanks for stopping by today and have fun at the blog hop. Good luck winning a prize and I hope you find time to put a project in for the Birthday challenge with bling.

Shopping Our Stash presents a Heavy Metal Challenge.

Challenge #140 at Shopping Our Stash is Heavy Metal, we want you to use metal on your project, it can be something from your stash, we know you have some metal there, or you could make something with metal. Not a very difficult challenge but make sure you mention what it is in your post, it makes it a lot easier for the design team to pinpoint the item.  For my card I used a Bugaboo image called Rock Star Boy, it will be a card for my grandson for his birthday (hope he isn’t reading). The metal I used is from my stash, 4 black star brads and 4 silver metal dots (I have these metal dots in a lot of colours and bought them in Jo-Ann’s when I was in Florida two years ago.

The back ground paper is from a DCWV pack, I believe the green cardstock is Gable green from SU retired. Basic black and GP white was also used. I used some paper glaze on his glasses.

Here is the inside just waiting for the sentiment. I used a scrap of the DCWV paper that was left over.
I am entering this in Glitter ‘N Sparkle challenge #73 Bright and Funky colours.
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will find some time to join us at Shopping Our Stash for the Heavy Metal challenge.

Time for a few Snowflakes……………

We had more than our fair share of snowflakes this morning, of course it melted a bit yesterday and now there is ice in spots and quite slippery. For several years now I have been going to enter cards in Christmas Cards all Year Round, it’s such a fabulous idea and a great start on holiday cards. I used a Sassy Studio Designs and that is who the sponsor is for this month’s challenge.

 

I used brilliant blue cardstock and embossed it with a Christmas embossing folder (first time too) I had the white floral oval in my scrap box so popped it up on the  blue, I fussy cut the image and elevated the image on the oval, added some snowflakes and the Merry Christmas, the “fur” is opal liquid pearls and there is a dot of stickles in the center of each snowflake.

This is the inside, the embossed piece was also in my scrap box, My Christmas sentiments were not readily available so will finish this later.

I'm entering this in teh Blue & White challenge at Christmas Cards all year 'Round.
and in CHNC February Extra Anything Goes as long as it's Christmas.

Thanks for checking out my blog today and I hope you find time to do something fun!!

The Second Week of the Black and White Challenge!!!

There is one more week for the Black and White challenge at The Cheerful Stamp Pad.  The sponsor is Bugaboo Digital Stamps a Canadian digital company that has really great designs.
I used a Bugaboo image again this week, I decided to make a “thinking of you card” I always seem to need some for get well or sympathy.

I used GP white and SU black, the patterned paper is from bo bunny. ribbon from my stash. The roses were coloured with a white spica glitter pen and the back leaves coloured with a black spica glitter pen.

I finished the inside with a die cut from Cheery Lynn called fanciful flourish, I found this in a drawer when looking for another die. I don’t even remember when I bought it and it had never been used. I did trip a couple of pieces off it so there was room for a sentiment.
I hope you will find some time to join us at The Cheerful Stamp Pad for the black and white challenge.
Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful week.

Thinking of You

Every time Digi Darla Challenge blog has a challenge I seem to run out of time to get it in, this week I will be just sneaking it in under the wire. The challenge is 102 Sympathy, I decided I could use a sympathy card or two to have on stand-by, I like to use Thinking of You on my card, first I like it better and second I can’t seem to locate my sympathy stamp, re-organization needs to happen. The image is from Digi Darla Designs called Heart wreath with birds. and coloured with spectrum noir markers.

Cardstock is GP white and bashful blue, the bow is bashful blue and the background is a sizzix embossing folder called tulip border, the Thinking of You is a rub-on.

I am entering this in the #102 challenge at Digi Darla Challenges Sympathy.

Thanks for checking my blog today and have a nice weekend.

Welcome to the Second Challenge at the Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers

Thanks for playing along with us the past two weeks, your Anti-Valentine cards were awesome. The Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers would like you to play along with us for the second challenge, continuing the Alphabet Soup theme the letter this challenge is U for unused. Easy this time, just use things you haven’t touched in at least 6 months and  we all have a lot of those items. Dies that have never cut, stamps never seen ink, paper you just had to have and hmm what about all that ribbon, now is your chance to give those items some LOVE.
Almost two years ago a friend made a card with a Cheery Lynn English tea party doily die and I had to have one. Well that being said it has sat in the drawer ever since until now. The cardstock I used has also been neglected, it is Cameo Coral, the stamp set I used is Roses in Winter and I haven’t used either since last summer, even the ribbon was in a bag hidden under the craft table. Now that you know all that here is my card.

There is a lot of work cutting with the die, I made sure ever corner was cut. I used wax paper around the die to make it easier to poke all the openings out. I threaded the narrow ribbon through one set of openings

The card is a 5 1/4 square card and this is the semi finished inside.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will find some time to get your crafty on and join the Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers for the U is for Unused challenge. You might be crowned the Queen of Snark.

Challenge #139 at Shopping Our Stash…… Embellish Me…….

If you are looking for my Clear it Out Tuesday blog post please just click HEREl  or scroll down to the next post.
Shopping our Stash has a real challenge for you it’s to make your own embellishments. Don’t forget to tell us what you made. I made a couple of things for my card. I had some flower sprays and took some of them apart to make my flowers and added the rhinestone in the center but the really nice part of it all is the hat pin with the bead on it which was a gift from a friend.

As you can see it is a 50th anniversary card, I printed the sentiment on the computer and cut with the Floral ovals, layered in on the shiny gold cardstock (from my stash), embossed the white layer.

Here is a close look at the hat pin embellishment, and flowers.

The sentiment is computer generated and the gold braid was hanging out on my table saying use me please, so I did . I think it looks quite nice. I am so happy I have the card ready for the party, now as long as I don’t put it in that “safe” place and lose it.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have some crafty time set aside to join Shopping Our Stash for the Embellish me Challenge. Remember we want you to make your own embellishment.