It's a Birthday Blog Hop for a Lollipop Girl!

It's Krista Palakiko's birthday today and a few of us are throwing her a surprise birthday blog hop.  If you've come here from Cyndi's'blog then you are on the right path, but if you just popped in you might want to hop on over to the beginning at the Lollipop Crafts blog.  Why?  Well one lucky hopper will win a SURPRISE PRIZE!  

 

All you need to do is hop along to each friend’s blog, leave some love, then head back to the Lollipop Crafts blog and let them know you completed the hop.  Who knows maybe along the way some of Kris' friends might be giving away RAKS of their own, so make sure you stop and give some love to everyone.  The winner will be announced on Sunday, March 18th.  

 

**If you get lost along the way the MASTER LIST is on the Lollipop Crafts Blog.

Now head on over to Mimi's blog to see what beauty she has created for Kris.

Won't You Be Mine?

Do you have your Valentine cards ready for all your sweethearts?  I am building my stash and couldn't resist using this image called "Tommy Valentine Toad" from our fantastic sponsor Robyn's Fetish.  

Our sketch # 92 this week at Sunday Sketch and Stamp is courtesy of fellow DT member Emma.

I used some cardstock from my scrap pile and added a little embossing, everything is inked in black.  My image is colored with Copics and the sentiment is from Stampendous Changito Valentines set.  My patterned paper is from another one of my new 6 x6 stacks "Love Story: by Fancy Pants Designs."

BINGO over at Craft Your Passion this week!

That's right it's time for a fun little crafting color BINGO this week at Craft Your Passion and this is was a little harder than I thought it would be! I decided to go with pink/red/brown line and came up with  fun birthday card! The image I used is from one of our fabulous sponsors this week, Limited Runs and the set is called "Big Birthday Set-lit." I started with a sketch from Eat Sleep Stamp and grabbed papers from 

Echo Park 6x6 stack -A Walk in the Park.

Come join us this week as we have a super cute guest designer that I get the pleasure of being with everyday! Yes that's right my lil' Lucas has been crafting with me again and created this wonderful card for this week's challenge as well. I invite you to visit his blog Freckles 'n Fun and leave him a little love, he loves to get comments on his projects and grins from ear to ear!

Jellypark: Something In My Pocket

It's finally Friday and I am ready for a great day full of scrappin' and girl time with my friends tomorrow!  We have a packed weekend again with a basketball game for Lucas and my oldest Micah is traveling to another math team competition and had to catch bus at 4:30 am.  Crossing my fingers for him to have a great competition, last one he was the top Sophomore out of entire competition (as well as top participant from his school) and brought home 4 medals+ plaque+ lettered! This momma is so proud!!!

Well enough of that how about ending the week with a challenge?  Today is challenge day at Jellypark and our theme is "something in my pocket" and it's new release day as well!  I never make many masculine projects, so I wanted to make this bookmark card for my stash.  The image I used is called "space rocket" and is colored with copics.  I  found this fun piece of patterned paper and inked the edges with CTMH Cocoa ink.  I decided to create a moon so I cut a circle on my Cricut and then embossed with tiny bubbles, flipped in over and inked. The rocket image is mounted on cardstock and I cut a slit in front of my card to secure the bookmark.  Inside I stamped "I think the world of you" which is from Stampendous Changito in space stamp set.

Come on over and check out what new images Claire has created HERE and see what 

the rest of team has done this week HERE.

Wedded Bliss Club

Jellypark is sponsoring the challenge this week at My Mum's Craft Shop, the theme is "NEW." Well what couldn't be more new than a marriage, so I created this card using "cute wedding couple bride & groom" from the Jellypark store. I had so much fun creating this card, I have used some new Nesties to frame the image.  The roses were created using my Die-Namics Mini Rose die, then I added a little glue to then and dipped in some glitter. I added some hearts on background using one on my embossing folders and cut the heart for sentiment on my Cricut.  The sentiment is from Congrats set from Stampin' Up.

Don't forget to join the "old year/new year challenge going on right now at Jellypark Challenges for a chance to win more FREE images.  You can see all the details HERE!

The Crazy Challenge # 101-Pearls and/or Lace

This week at The Crazy Challenge it's all about "pearls and/or lace" and who does that better than our sponsor, Sassy Studio Designs. I have created a wedding card for the challenge using this embossing folder that has been in my stash FOREVER and never has been used. I added a little CTMH grey flannel ink to folder prior to running through my Cuttlebug to make words stand out a little better. The image is called 

"Bella Bride" and she's all ready to walk down that aisle to say her "I Do." I have added some flowers to her dress by using the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge cut at 1/2" and then added tiny pearls to centers. I then popped the image up a bit and added a little piece of ribbon. (The picture does not do this card justice, it's much prettier in person.)

Come join us this week and don't forget about our DT call going on, you can see all the deets HERE.

Happy New Year + Thank You Card

Hope everyone's 2012 is off to a great start already, our starting off a little bumpy with a sick kiddo. My lil' Lucas started puking a little after midnight and continued until almost 7 am on Sunday.  Finally got him down to sleep and he was out until about 1:30 pm, one more round and then things finally settled down, he went to bed early on Sunday and slept until after 10 am on Monday.  Of course he work up and was raring to go, so we headed out to watch to movies to see "Chipwrecked" before having to head back to school today. So finally I think things are settled down, what a way to start the New Year right?

Well this allowed me lots of time to color and I have a stack of images ready to assemble, so be ready for some new projects soon!  I invite you all to come join us this week at Sunday Sketch & Stamp, we have a wonderful sketch from our fearless leader Maggie.  I decided to work with this super cute lil' man from Jellypark called "boy with sign." I added the sentiment from a Stampin" Up set, I love the versatility of this lil' guy!  Make sure to check out Jellypark's new challenge this week HERE too!

I am entering this card in following challenges:

Sunday Sketch & Stamp- sketch

The Holiday Season is upon us!

It's hard to believe the last weekend of November has passed and December is just around the corner!  I have been super busy creating gifts for the upcoming holidays and crafts for my son's Winter party, needless to say the paper has been flying and my crafting area looks like a bomb went off! LOL!!!

Monday brings challenge day over at Kaboodle Doodles where our theme this week is 

"bundle up for winter"  and we are sponsored by Stamp 'n Doodle. Make sure to come over and check out what the rest of team has been up too!

Now this week at Lollipop Crafts is all about "B is for...." so the skies the limit on what you can create. We are sponsored this week by Karber Stamps and I have used this adorable image called "Christmas Millie."

Make sure to check out what the rest of the LC team has done and come back on Thursday as we spotlight our fabulous sponsor!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Karber Challenge- anything goes

"Tis the Season" is our theme this week over at Craft Your Passion Challenge and we are sponsored by Simply Betty Stamps, since I just joined the CYP team I didn't get to work with a SBS image.  However you must go check out their store because they have some FANTASTIC images perfect for your holiday projects! I have created this CAS card using the sketch from Clean & Simple Stamping and Unity stamps.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Get Hippity with Ippity- embossing

Last but certainly not least you must stop over by The Crazy Challenge and join this week's challenge.  It's all about "snowflakes and/or stars" and we are sponsored by Ellephantastic.  I chose to work with

"sketchy snowman" and added this fun sentiment. I wanted to make it look like he was catching snowflakes in his mitten.  Come over and see what the rest of team has created, you won't be disappointed!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Ellephantastic- weather related

A Piece of Pie

With Thanksgiving tomorrow I know many of you are counting your blessings and so am I.  There is something that has been near and dear to my heart for many years and that is our soldiers who are serving our country. When I saw this image from Meljen's called "pink ribbon teddy" the ideas started running through my head on how to use this cutie. I found this sentiment in my stamps and immediately knew I was pairing these to together, the sentiment is from Stampin' Up's Service & Sacrifice set.

Now the challenge this week at Cooking It Up With Katie is "a piece of the pie"- no we don't mean projects using pies so what is that you may ask?  Our recipe is as follows: "Use a punch, add some ink, and finish with some embossing." I used my Nesties for my punch to feature sentiment, inked all my edges, and used my Cuttlebug hearts embossing folder on my yellow paper.  Come one over and our challenge HERE for your chance to win the prize from our sponsor Meljen's Designs.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Meljen's- fall
Crafty Purple Frog- orange
Forever Friends-something old, something new (old embossing folder, new image)
Rainbow Lady's-Thanksgiving
Sassy Studios- thank you card
Shelly's Images- anything goes
Southern Girls- bingo (ribbon, gems, die cuts)

Fancy, Fold, & Flowers Oh My!

Can you tell I am in love with the new CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge? This pillow box, doily shape, and rolled roses were all created using it.  The challenge this week at Cooking It Up With Katie is 

"Add some flowers, use a different fold, and make it fancy!" We are sponsored this week by Robyn's Fetish and our lucky winner of this challenge will get either 5 digital stamps or 4 digital stamps and 1 digital paper set of their choice.

Believe

 You know sometimes you just make a project you fall in love with, well this is one of those projects for me! I fell in love with this butterfly image from Unity stamp set "All Things Are Possible" by Tracey Malnofski. You can pick up this set from my Ippity Gal Pal Aletha HERE and check out her blog HERE. The words on my circle are also a Unity stamp and are from the October KOM. I have embossed the white background with my Sizzix texture plate from the Think Pink set.

Here is a close-up of my butterfly, which I have added lots of glitter and popped up the wing.  A little pink ribbon and some bling make this special card complete!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Chick Challenges- Sketch

All Things Unity- Get buggy

4 Crafty Chicks- Die cuts
Digital Tuesday- Anything goes
Party Time Tuesday- Bling it on
Daisy Doodles- Anything goes with a digi
Forever Friends- something old (sizzix plate for embossing), something new (Unity stamps)
Forever Friends-Bling, Bling

TCC #92-Something With Wings

If you are looking for Kaboodle Doodles & Lollipop Crafts post, please scroll down below.

Alright time to pull out all your fave images with wings for this week's challenge #92 at The Crazy Challenge.   Fresh Brewed Designs is our great sponsor and has provided us with lovely images to work with on our projects! 

 I chose this adorable image called "cutie pie sitting pretty" which I have colored with copics and then added a little sparkly to her wings with glitter.  Papers are from my scraps and I have embossed using Cuttlebug Textile Texture folder. The sentiment is from CTMH Butterfly Wings stamp set. 

Come on over to The Crazy Challenge and play along, we have so outstanding inspiration this week by team and our guest designer Claudia.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Sweet Shop-sketch
Inspire Me Fridays-anything goes

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #80

Sunday Sketch & Stamp has another wonderful challenge and this week our sketch was created by Mira.  We are being sponsored this week by one of my fave stores, The Stamping Boutique and up for grabs is FREE digis.  You will want to check out the TSB store as Tracey has drawn a brand new line called "Smoochies" and they are the cutest!!!  Make sure to join in TSB Monthly challenge on their challenge blog for additional chances to win images and maybe a Guest Designer position!

For my card today I have once again worked with my new fave Cricut cartridge, CTMH's Art Philosophy. I have used it to create these fabulous flowers as well a scalloped frame.  My white springs are actually from a snowflake and I have used CTMH papers in Lilac Mist and Indian Corn Blue.  I have embossed the white with my hearts folder and the border is using a SU' border punch.  The sentiment is from my Unity October KOM, which you can find HERE!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Inspire Me Fridays- anything goes

Lots of Challenge Cards

So while I was watching the St. Louis Cardinals bring home the World Series trophy, I was busy creating cards for various challenges. With a busy weekend and start to this week I haven't had a chance to post them yet, so I figured I would lump them all in one post. I found a couple new simple card designs that I love, I hope to inspire you with these creations!

With Halloween behind us and Thanksgiving quickly approaching, that means Christmas will be here in no time so it's time to get a jump start on all those cards/projects. I pulled out this super cute embossing folder to be focus of my car with a few added embellishments!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Colour Create- Burgandy/Gold/Green/Cream + optional dimension

Crimbo Crakers- Anything Goes as long as Christmas themed

Meljen's Designs- Christmas

I just love all the beautiful colors on the trees right now, but not sure I am ready for cooler temperatures.

I have had this wonderful stamp set for quite some time and never inked it up that I can remember, well there was no better time than present to change that! 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

C.R.A.F.T.- Colour Combo

I have had a lot of fun this year creating Halloween projects, which I do not normally do.  This is another great image from The Stamping Boutique called "Witches Laundry Line"- I have added some clouds to image with CTMH inks and scalloped circle. I LOVE that spider web embossing folder, which I have inked with CTMH white daisy ink before I embossed my paper.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Delightful Challenges- Black/Orange/Green/Purple

DYSU- inspiration photo/Halloween

Little Miss Muffet- clouds

Paper Play-Hallowen/Witches

Rainbow Lady's-Spooks/Witches

Is this not the funniest image? It's called "puff " and is from Stamping Dragon Designs, I added a computer generated sentiment to my Kraft card base (sorry printer pulled through a little crooked).  I grabbed my "tiny bubbles" embossing folder and inked everything with CTMH Ocean ink.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

CCEE-Make a funny get well card

I did the same thing as above for this card, just changed the sentiment. I love how versatile this

image can be!!!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Art Impressions- Card for a Yong Boy

Aud Sentiments- Make Us Laugh

I usually love lots of layers, but I am quickly finding that I love the CAS style too! I started with a Kraft card base, inking the edges with CTMH white daisy ink, and dded my snowflakes.  A little bling and this simple sentiment complete this CAS beauty!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Clean & Simple- sketch #163

Shelley's Images- Bingo (Kraft/Free/Bling)
Winter Wonderland- CAS (must be Christmas)
Crafty Ann's- CAS

Introducing Smoochie+ DT Call

When I saw this adorable image I couldn't wait to get her printed to color, her name is Smoochie and she is one of the newest images from Tracey Malnofski over at The Stamping Boutique. I was browsing facebook and saw a DT call over at My Creative Time with a deadline of tonight and decided to enter this project just under the gun!

For my project, I decided to start with the sketch this week at Sunday Sketch & Stamp, however I have rotated it! Solid cardstocks are from CTMH and outdoor denim (this was textured so lighter blue was from reverse side) and chocolate. Isn't that patterned paper gorgeous?  It is from Bo Bunny:Snowfall Collection and is a 6 x 6 stack I picked up at Archiver's this week! I used my scalloped circle Nesties to frame image and sentiment, image is colored with copics. I added a little glitter around edges too. Flowers were created using my Die-Namics Mini Rose Die and complimented using my EK Success punch for leaves, I dipped each one of the flowers in glitter as well.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Crafty Ribbons- Bingo (Punches or Dies/Flowers/Ribbons)
Hanna and Friends-glitter
Totally Papercrafts-glitter it
Card Makin' Mamas-die cuts
Inspire Me Fridays- anything goes
Sweet Stampin'-anything goes
Send a Smile for Kids- For the Girls

Thanks Book Worm-Sunday Sketch & Stamp #73

With school back in session I have decided to build my stash of cards to be ready for when one is needed for a teacher. I grabbed this adorable image from Robyn's Fetish called "book worm" which is our sponsor this week at Sunday Sketch & Stamp.

We have a a wonderful sketch from Gry with lots of layers, which is exactly what I LOVE!  I raided my scrap stash and found these fun school papers from DCWV.  As you can see I has a little boo-boo with my red copic, but I decided it wasn't that bad.  Add a little embossing with my Swiss dots folder and sentiment is from CTMH.

Come on over and check out rest of girl's creations and join in the fun!

The Crazy Challenge- Movies

This week at The Crazy Challenge our challenge is all about "movies." We are sponsored by Sassy Studios who had lots of images that would work perfect for this challenge.  I chose to work with "Jasmine" from one of my fave Disney movies Aladdin. I have colored her with copics and layered her several times. I left my scalloped circle blank so I can use this card as needed for a special girl that may have a birthday party soon. With Lucas starting 1st grade this week, he tends to get invited to several parties so now I have one in my stash! To check out all the challenge deets and see the rest of the DT's creations, head one over to The Crazy Challenge!

Also we are starting a monthly Christmas challenge and you can check out the details here.  What a great way to get a jump start on those holiday cards/projects and have a chance to win some AWESOME prize from the many wonderful sponsors!

Merry & Bright Shy Bear

Blogger has not been my friend recently, however I am finally able to post this card I made using another adorable Squigglefly Shy Bear called candle bear . I started my project using the Mira's sketch this week my fellow DT member at Sunday Sketch & Stamp.  This week we are sponsored by  Digi Doodle Shop, so make sure to join us for youe chance to win! Also this week at Kaboodle Doodles the challenge is all about "embossing" and we are sponsored by The Paper Shelter. They have some of the most adorable images, so you will want ot make sure to enter challenge!

July has got me in the mood for Christmas somewhat, so I decided to keep getting ahead for the holidays with this card.  The image is colored with Copics and then I used my Nesties to frame image. My papers are once again scraps that I have paired with some inking in CTMH Ponderosa Pine and Vineyard Berry.  To create my golden glow around my image, I have used CTMH Creme Brulee using my Nestie as a stencil.  A few pearls in the corners to finish this one off!

Would love to also see you all this week over at The Crazy Challenge, where the theme is Christmas in July and sponsored by another of my fave places The Stamping Boutique.  Now what are you waiting for, head on over and check out all my fellow DT members creations at Sunday Sketch & Stamp, Kaboodle Doodles, and The Crazy Challenge!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Paper Creations Ink-Christmas in July
Stamps+Fun=Creativity-digi stamp
The Outlawz-Christmas in July

Kaboodle Doodles- Cut it Out!!!

Do you remember that show Full House, Dave Coulier who played "Joey" would always say that famous line "Cut it out" and that is what immediately came to mind when creating for this challenge.  This is exciting week at Kaboodle Doodles, because not only do we have a great challenge but we have several new DT members! Our sponsor this week is Stamp Fairy and the challenge is to " cut out your image or something on your creation using scissors."

For my card I chose to work with this super cute teddy image, his name is Oscar and he is a freebie that you can find here.  He is colored with Copics and added a few accents using my white gel pen, then I cut him out and mounted on scalloped circle cut using my Nesties.  Sentiment is stamp I borrowed from a friend and inked in CTMH Cocoa, I inked edges of my papers with this ink also.  I chose some scraps of CTMH Colonial White, Tulip, & Juniper papers to compliment this patterned paper for the Cosmo Cricket Min Deck-Winter Mitten.  I added a little embossing with Sizzix Embossing folder from Birthday set. A few pearls to make this one complete!

Make sure to join us this week and welcome the new DT gals over at Kaboodle Doodles!

I am entering this in the following challenges:

May Day Hop @ The Stamping Boutique

It's hard to believe that it's May already and what better way to celebrate than with a May Day Blog Hop with the talented ladies at The Stamping Boutique.  There will 2 seperate groups posting projects, so you can choose to hop Saturday/Sunday or both days.  You won't want to miss the wonderful creations from the design team using the image called "maypole."  If you came here from Rhonda's blog then you are on right track and I'm your last stop for today!  If not head over to The Stamping Boutique Challenge Blog to start hopping!

For my creation I decided to use Smooch for my ribbons, so  first I printed my image and then used my Nesties.  I then used the same Nestie as a stencil to add my blue sky.  After coloring my ribbons I cut each of pieces out and remounted, I added some tiny pearls to the ribbons and centers of flowers at top. I also added some tiny bling to sparkles on image.  I added the grass by using my icicle punch.

Now what hop wouldn't be comple with some BLOG CANDY, so I am offering one lucky person

 2 FREE images from store as well as the maypole image!  All you have to do is leave me a comment and for an extra entry become a follower of my blog!

Don't forget on Tuesday, May 10th Tracey is having a "Dollar Digi Day", what does this mean you may ask?  Well all the images located in the "What's New" section of the store will be $1 each!  This means all the latest images will be at a huge fraction of cost! If you love TSB like I do, you won't want to miss your opportunity to build your collection!  So what are you waiting for, head over to store and get your shopping list ready for Tuesday!

Make sure to come back and hop tomorrow if you can, that hop will start at 12:00 am EST at The Stamping Boutique Challenge.