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.

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

TCC #92-Something With Wings

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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

Marvelous Monday...Check out these 3 challenges!!!

 Hope you all had a wonderful weekend, we had a very relaxing weekend! We started things off with cheering on our St. Louis Cardinals in their World Series victory and I got lots of crafting done so I will have lots to share over next week!  Saturday was a beautiful day which Lucas spent whole day playing outside on his scooter and then to a friend's house for some board game fun! Today was all the last minute Halloween preparations, including creating several party goodies/games so stayed tune as I will share those later too!

Up first today is this fun challenge at The Crazy Challenge, which is sponsored this week by JLJ Designs and we have an inspiration challenge.  Check out this great photo, the possibilities are endless in your projects!

I chose to use some of the fantastic colors to inspire my project, so I grabbed some scraps on CTMH Creme Brulee, black, and this great patterned paper from Cosmo Cricket: Earth Love 6x6 deck. The image is called piggy, which I colored with copics and added a little black spica pen to eyelashes and flowers. I used the sketch at Clean & Simple and rotated it, finishing my card off is that wooden button I grabbed in $1 section at Michael's and a computer generated sentiment.  Come on over and check out rest of team's creations here!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Wee Memories- Buttons, Brads, or Bows

We are "feeling sassy" this week at Kaboodle Doodles and who better to have as a sponsor than  

Sassy Studios. I worked with the image called "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" so of course I did a little research using google. I think I got pretty close to how Miss Marilyn looked in the movie, I added a little sparkle to her bling & shoes with some Ranger embossing powders. I found this perfect scrap of patterned paper to compliment this image and used a computer generated sentiment again!  

With it being the end of the month, that means another "Anything Goes" challenge at Lollipop Crafts.  Oh I love these challenges, because you really get to see the Lollipop girls creativity as they have free reign on their projects!  Also this means we have to bid farewell to out guest designer Linda, but you can still follow her on her blog here. You will not want to miss her project this week as it's another pretty one!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Crafty Purple Frog-Sparkle
For Your Inspiration-photo (I picked out that pink color)
Wags 'n Whiskers- black + pearl or ribbon
Our Craft Lounge- pink for BCA
Fairy Fun Fridays- wet embossing (hard to tell but jewelry and shoes are heat embossed)
Mark's Finest Papers- use your scraps
Just Us Girls- wild card 
Sassy Studios- Sassy Girls (fave movie)

BeWitching Halloween

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Halloween is just around the corner, so time is running out to get all those spooky & scary projects created by October 31st. Well we are here to help at The Crazy Challenge as this week's challenge is  
"scary ladies" and we are sponsored by Sassy Studios. Along with this there is an awesome sketch for you to try!

Now while you are are finishing up those Halloween projects, come on over to Kaboodle Doodles and join the challenge.  This week's theme is "Halloween or Harvest" and you won't want to miss the inspiration from the design team! We are sponsored by Just Some Lines and they have a wonderful prize up for grabs!

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Crafty Boots- Halloween
Crafty Cardmakers- cute with a dark twist
Creative Stamp Friends-Halloween
Daisy Doodles-Halloween
Hooked on Craft-Halloween
Make It Monday- anything goes
Paper Creations Ink-Halloween
Pollycraft-Spooky Goings On
There She Goes- Halloween

Fall/Halloween Cards

Up for a fun sketch this week to get you started, well that is the challenge this week at

 The Crazy Challenge. Fall/Autumn colors are an optional twist. we are happy to be sponsored by Di's Digis once again and I chose to work with this adorable "mummy bear" image. We would love to have you play along with us, the DT has some great samples at inspiration posted here!

I am also entering this card in the Charisma Cardz "orange & black" challenge this week! Over at Forever Friends the challenge is to "use a sentiment with an animal image."

 It's all about "critters" this week at Lollipop Crafts and we are sponsored this week by

Little Miss Muffet Stamps.  I was really excited to work with this fun image called "monster love" as this was my first from this company. I grabbed these halloween scraps and inked the edges with CTMH bamboo ink.  I loved the sketch this week at The Crazy Challenge so I used it on this card as well. Come join us and check out the rest of design team's AWESOME projects here!  Linda is joining us as a guest designer this week and so make sure to check out here blog here and leave her some love!

I am also entering this in the Little Miss Muffet challenge to use "animals or monsters."

Fall is in the air and the leaves are starting to turn those lovely shades of reds, yelllows, oranges and browns which provides the perfect inspiration for this week's challenge at Kaboodle Doodles. That's right "Show Us The Leaves" is the theme of challenge and we are sponsored by the wonderful

Meljen's Designs. When I saw this image called "fall wreath" I knew I wanted to work with it! I have colored it with copics and then ditressed the edges of my image and layers using my Tonic tool. This fun fall paper is from Creative Memories.  Stop by here and check out the DT samples this week and play along with us this week for your chance to win 4 images from Meljen's store!

I am also entering this card in the "distressing" challenge at Digi Doodle Shop. Also the Moving Along With the Times challenge is to use "autumn leaves" and Paper Play would like to see "autumn colors."

Rah Rah Rhonda

It's Homecoming this week here in our town, so everyone is gearing up for the "Big Game" as well as parade and dance.GO TIGERS!!! When I saw this image I thought it would make the perfect card for the challenge this week at The Crazy Challenge, which is to pick 3 colors to work with so I chose our school colors black/yellow or gold/white.  We are sponsored this week by Sassy Studio Designs and I have used Rah Rah Rhonda image from their store.

I am very excited to share with you that the overall layout of this card is my first sketch that I designed for the challenge this week at Sunday Sketch & Stamp. We are honored to be sponsored by Kut 4 You and

one lucky winner will receive 2 chipboard albums and 5 sets of chipboard shapes. How cool is that!!!

My card is also for the challenge this week at Lollipop Crafts, where it's all about "anything goes" this week! Come check out what the entire team of Lollipop gals have created to inspire you this week!

Thanks for being my friend!

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Happy Labor Day, hope you are having a nice holiday weekend! Ours has been filled with lots of down time so we are taking advantage by doing some yard work, a little cleaning, mom is crafting, boys are playing a little catch or hanging out with dad playing some video games!  The weather is beautiful here today and has cooled off, so we plan on BBQing later and maybe a run for me!

I have lots of AMAZING friends and when I saw this image I immediately knew I wanted to make a card using it!  This week at The Crazy Challenge it's all about "spots and/or stripes" so I decided to use a little twist on my card.  Can you guess what it is?  I wanted my focus to be on this cute image and had an "a-ha moment!" That adorable puppy has spots and sweet little kitten has stripes, so I colored with my copics and used a clean & simple design. Now you may ask where do I get this image, well it's courtesy of AI Factory who is our wonderful sponsor this week!

Don't forget about the Christmas challenge we have going on too, lots of sponsors and prizes up for grabs!  To check out all the details, click here.

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!

The Crazy Challenge- Embossing

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Batter up!!! As soon as I saw this image I was in LOVE, it reminds me so much of my boys all suited up and ready for the big game.  This image is from Digi Doodle Shop which is our wonderful sponsor this week at The Crazy Challenge and it just happens this image is called "Batter Up." 

Our challenge this week is all about "embossing" and I knew I wanted to use the stars embossing folder and as they say "Baseball is America's Favorite Past Time!"  The blue strip is embossed with distresed stripes embossing folder. I wanted to go for a more vintage feel on this lil' ball player's uniform, so I grabbed my E31/33 copics and I wasn't satisfied with look so I grabbed a sponge dauber and inked up image using CTMH brown bag ink. I used my Nesties again to frame image and inked with brown bag ink again, I cut my colored image our and layered it on top of top note shape. To finish off my card, I had this sentiment is my stamp stash, which is stamped in CTMH moonstruck and fussy cut.

Embossing is one of my fave things to do, so come over to The Crazy Challenge and show us your embossing tricks and check out inspiration from rest of team!

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

Exciting News+ Challenge

Yes that's right I have been selected to join the DT over at The Crazy Challenge, I am super excited and hope you will play along with us!  The challenge this week is all about "Summertime" and here in good 'ole Missouri it is HOT!!!  Heat indexes are over 100 degrees with temps in the 90's, so the AC is working overtime.  This week we are lucky to be sponsored by Hobbisimo.

We had a CRAZY weekend between baseball games, a little scrapping with my fave gal pals, and few not so fun surprises my craft time was cut short.  So I whipped up this little cutie using a pre-colored image from 

AI Factory, this lil' guy is ready for some pool time!  Everything else is from my stash!