Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #56- 3/2/1 Recipe

It's challenge day at Kaboodle Doodles and this week we have a recipe challenge for you!  We are sponsored this week by Gingerloft and they have provided our DT with images- thank you Gingerloft! One lucky winner will receive FREE images as well, how cool is that!

The recipe this week is as follows:
3 designer papers, 2 solids, & 1 embellishment. I decided it was time I got back to scrapbooking, so I grabbed this fun image "You Rock" that you can find here. I thought it was perfect as this is my Lucas with his Student of the Month medal, he just started Kindergarten this year.

I used papers from the DCWV School Days stack and used a layout from my new CTMH idea book called  Magic that you can pick up here. All my papers are inked with CTMH Black ink. I also used my Cuttlebug embossing folder to add the numbers to the red strip.  I put his medal in this fun little keepsake holder that my friend Darla gave me.






I added my journaling by computer generating it and then cutting in strips, this is another first for me!  I am usally horrible about journaling on my layouts but am going to try to do better in 2011!

WOO HOO- go me, I actually completed a layout for 2011!  Sue ( my close friend and CTMH consultant) is gonna be so proud of me!

Now make sure you head over to Kaboodle Doodles to chek out what rest of team has done and join the challenge!

I am also entering this in the following challenges:

Card Creations & More-anything that sparkles (All my papers are sparkly, you can see best in photo with journaling- see all those sparkly stars).

 ECP Challenges-something for the boys (this layout is all about my sweet boy)

Hoppy Easter

Isn't this image as cute as can be? This lil' cutie is called Bunny Egg and is one of the newest images in the spring line from The Stamping Boutique.

The image is printed on a cream cardstock and then colored with Copics. The papers and ribbon are all from my huge stash.  The sentiment is from Stampendous set called Changito Hop.

Added a little embossing using Swiss Dots embossing folder and circles are punched using my Stampin' Up punches.  Everything is inked with CMTH Olive or Cocoa.  Oh those little pearls I picked up at Michael's in the dollar section (got them in pink, green, and yellow). The top note shape is actually a QuicKutz die I used in my Cuttlebug.

Here are the challenges that I will be entering:

Color Dare-Perfect Plum, Always Artichoke, Neutral of Choice
Daring Cardmakers - using items from $1 shop ( my pearls are from $1 section at Michael's ribbon I got online at DollarScrapbooking.net)
Fairy Knoll- use green
Fashionista Friday- use purple
Fussy and Fancy Challenge- embossing ( I used Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Folder)
Party Time Tuesdays-anything goes
Guylou's Inimitability- anything goes 
Do You Stack Up- anything goes
Paper Crafting Journey-anything goes
Paper Romance- anything goes
Paper Cutz- Spring
Crafty Sentiments-Spring
Forgottten Scraps- Spring 
Delightful Sketches-  use your scraps (all my papers are from my scrap pile)
Digi Doodles- Spots & dots (embossing using Swiss dots + dots on image)
Hanna & Friends- purple+1 other color
Samuel Taylor Challenge- use Copics ( I used V01/12/15, BV00, W1/5/7, BG93, R81/85, RV000, colorless blender)
Shelley's Images-use ribbon
Little Red Wagon-animals
Bearly Mine Challenges- ribbon and pearls

She Who Paints the Forest

Today is the day the new Stamping Boutique Journal comes out over, what is is you ask?  It's the newsletter for The Stamping Boutique, it will tell you all about the exciting things happening as well prvode a FREE image to all who subscribe.

I am being featured in this issue and was asked to create a project using the FREE image included this month called She Who Paints the Forest. 

For my card I used Copics to color my image
( BG09/13/15/23, R81, E31/37/51/21/00,
Y01/12/15/17, G14, YG01/05/11, R81) and then I distressed the edges of it and mat.  All papers are from my huge paper stash, I added ink around edges using CTMH Cocoa ink pad.  Ribbon is alos from my stash and those wonderful pearls I picked up in the $1 section at Michael's.  The sentiment is one from my Studio G $1 stamp sets.

So if you would like to learn a little more about MWAH, head over and get signed up for the journal and get your FREEBIE!  Remember is you create a project using a TSB image to enter it in our monthly contest here.  While you at it there is a 25% off sale going on over at TSB, so go pick up those images on your wish list here. 

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #55-Break Tradition

 

It's challenge day again over at Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog and today we are "Breaking Tradition."  Yes that's right no more of those regular 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 cards we make all the time.  We are challenging you to step out the your box and try something new - make a project using a fold that is new to you or that you rarely ever use! Our sponsor for this week's challenge is Wink Wink Ink and the winner will receive a $15 voucher to use in their shop! 

 Wink Wink Ink was nice enough to provide each of our DT members with an image to use and I chose Rainy Day, isn't this little guy adorable? Makes me think of those April showers that are just around the corner letting us know spring has arrived. I printed image on cream colored cardstock and colored him with copics.

I decided to make an easel card and followed the instructions over at Splitcoast Stampers, which can be found here.  Once again I raided my paper stash, the polka dots is from my old DCWV stack.  The saying and cute lil' rubber boots are courtesy of Stampendous stamp set called Rainy Day Changito.  The scallop around my image is a new set of Nestabilities called lacey circles.  A little ribbon and button, as well as inking edges of everything courtesy of CTMH products.

Come join us and show us your non-traditional fold cards and check out the rest of our talented DT ladies projects here.

And the Blog Hop winner is ......

Thank you to everyone that visited my blog and left a comment on my creation for The Stamping Boutique Spring Hop!  Now to announce the winner of the 2 FREE images, www.random.org/ has selected:

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PixiesDelight said...
Great Blog!



Congrats I will email you to get your choices!

The Stamping Boutique Spring Fever Blog Hop

We are hosting a "Spring Fever" blog hop this month! We're all sick of the snow and would love a little sunshine and flowers to pop in so we decided to bring them on ourselves! And bring it we did! 

You'll have to make sure you hop to every design team blog. Make sure you post on EACH blog post for TSB to be eligible for the prize, our 4 new spring images.

If you came her from Christy L's blog you are on the right track, if not you will need to start at Amanda's blog and work your way through the group! At the Stamping Boutique, there will be an Inlinkz where you can post your comment after you have completed hop! From this list, the winner will be chosen randomly!

The hop will run from February 19th 12AM EST and you will have until February 20th 6PM EST. After that time, the comments will be tallied and the winner will be randomly picked.

The Design Team used a sketch this month for our creations. And above is my take on the sketch!  I raided my stash for my papers, the polka dots is from an older DCWV stack.  The crocheted flower is from an SEI kit I had and the bling brad is from CTMH.  Image is colored with Copics (W1/3/5/7,  R81/83/85, RV000, BG13/15/23, Blender ) and is called Bunny Egg.  


Would you like to win some BLOG CANDY?  Leave me a comment and be entered to win 2 FREE images from TSB, how cool is that?  Now head on over to Colleen's blog to see her AMAZING creation!

Here is the list if you get lost along the way:

Amanda www.colouringourworld.blogspot.com
Christy www.hobbyhopping.blogspot.com
Christy Dillman http://christyszaneycreations.blogspot.com/-You are here
Colleen http://thesmartstamper.blogspot.com/
Collette http://collette-heavensent.blogspot.com
Crystal Dennett http://creationsofasparetimestamper.blogspot.com/
Dardi http://dtsartblog.blogspot.com/
Dawn Bennett http://dipndotscreations.blogspot.com/
Heide http://heidedpaperie.blogspot.com/
Jennifer http://jenmcgee46.blogspot.com
Kecia http://stampingdeets.blogspot.com
Kendra http://luv2scrapnmakecards.blogspot.com/
Louise Forsyth http://punknscrap.blogspot.com
Marie Bridgeman www.cardmakingbird.blogspot.com
Melissa http://melissaccreates.blogspot.com/
Michelle Single http://wannastamp.blogspot.com/2011/02/and-were-hopping.html
Miranda http://mirandascardcreations.blogspot.com/
Pat Sergeant http://just4fun2-pat.blogspot.com/
Rhonda http://bluepoohbear753.blogspot.com
Sara http://creativeaddictionsbysara.blogspot.com
Stacie http://hestiashelper.blogspot.com
Suzi McKenzie www.mrsweyremaster.blogspot.com
Tracey http://epiphanyartgallery.blogspot.com/
The Stamping Boutique Challenge Blog http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com

Kaboodle Doodles #54- Hearts & Flowers

It's challenge day again at Kaboodle Doodles and we have the perfect challenge to go with Valentine's day!

This week our challenge is to use hearts and flowers in your projects. Our sponsor for this week's challenge is Pink Cat Studio and they have generously given the team some images to work with. The prize winner will receive their choice of 5 digital images from the Pink Cat Studios store!

I have a class party today for my Kindergartner's class and wanted a super cute treat to pass out!  So I grabbed my cricut and gypsy to create these cute matchbox sucker holders.  Matchbox is cut using Tags, Bags, and Boxex cartridge using CTMH paper (pink-watermelon, green-citrus leaf).  The embossing is a new Sizzix folder I grabbed at Michael's this weekend.  The image is called Frog In Love and colored very simply with Copics (RV14/23, YG03/05, R20, Colorless blender).  Punched these lil' cuties out using my Stampin' Up punch and inked edges with CTMH watermelon ink.  Added my Jolly Rancher suckers and a little ribbon to make complete!

Make sure to check out what rest of DT has created here and join the challenge.  We are very excited to have Lorie joining the team, she is very talented and I have worked with her in past as well as having pleasure of meeting her in person.

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #53

It's challenge day over at Kaboodle Doodles and you will want to pull out that ribbon for this challenge.  Yes that's right the challenge is to raid your stash of ribbon and use it when creating your project!

The challenge this week is sponsored by The Stamping Boutique and I used one of my fave images called Snowman Sign.  We are still covered in snow with a bit more predicted in next few days, so I decided to make a sign and printed my image 8 x 10 size.  I colored it with Copics and although you cannot see in pic added a few blings here and there.  Now for the fun part, the black is a chalkboard and I got it awhile ago at the
 i (heart) papers store- now I just need to grab so chalk and my
6 year old will love to use this to count down to special events.

So what are you waiting for, come join us over at Kaboodle Doodles here to enter your card and check out rest of team's projects!

Kaboodle Doodle #51- Bling it Up!

Are you ready for another fabulous challenge today over at Kaboodle Doodles?

Who doesn't love a little bling, glitter, & glitz?  Well pull out all those supplies for today's challenge is just that "Bling It Up!"  We are sponsored today Digi Doodles and they have provided us with some wonderful images to use on our projects.

I chose to work with Hoot Owl and I was going with a valentine theme, so I colored him with Copics in non-traditional pink color instead of browns.  I embossed my background using the Cuttlebug and used my SU'  punches for scalloped ovals, sentiment is computer generated.  The layout of card is roughly based on sketch in CTMH Wishes book.  As you can see I added my bling to my sentiment, which is also from CTMH!  I also added a little glossy accents to his eyes (which you can't really see in pic).

Hurry grab that bling and join the fun over at Kaboodle Doodles!

Kaboodle Doodles #50

Kaboodle Doodles is so excited to be sponsored this week by Sassy Studio Designs and the lucky winner will get some images from Sassy.  The challenge this week is black & white+ 1 other color.

I chose to work with image called "New Spa Day" and you can find her here.  Guess what she is FREE everyday, so hurry over to grab here!  I colored my image with Copics and used some glitter to make her towel all sparkly!  Papers are from my scraps and added a few buttons, ribbon, and some faux stitching to make my card complete!

Make sure you check out what the rest of the team has done here.  Please make sure to follow the rules as I would hate for your entry to be disqualified:

1. Only ONE entry per person.
2. Maximum of TEN challenges per entry.
3. You must link directly to your CARD not just to your BLOG.
4. You must link your card back to Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog.
5. Your card must be new and original and not an old card previously posted elsewhere.

Charisma Cardz Challenge #2/Critter Sketch Challenge #47

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week so far, here in Kansas City, MO we were blasted with snow! Yes we got between 5-8 inches, so the kids have had 3 snow days but are back in today! With the frigid temperatures in the low teens or below (actually was -3 this morning), I hunkered down inside and was able to get a little crafting done this week. Oh my copics were so happy as they have been feeling neglected as I haven't been able to craft much in last couple months.

Today I would like to share a card with you that I made for the challenge over at Charisma Cardz
which is "Good Luck" that is being sponsored by The Stamping Boutique.

I pulled out this super sweet image called AJ with a sign which I colored with my copics.  I added the sentiment to the sign using rub-ons from my stash. The embossing is from a Sizzix folder that I ran through my Cuttlebug, then a few pearls courtesy of CTMH to finish it off.  Everything is inked with Chestnut Roan.

Now this card is also for sketch #47 over at Critter Sketch Challenge that is also being sponsored by The Stamping Boutique this week.  I chose to turn the sketch though.

Make sure you enter your cards in both challenges as there are FREE digis up for grabs from TSB.  While you are at it, don't forget it you use a TSB image you can also enter it into monthly contest for a chance to win more FREE images. Check out all the details on monthly contest here.

Exciting Announcement & Challenge #49

I have some very exciting news to share this morning, I have been invited to join the Kaboodle Doodles Design Team. Woo Hoo! Today is challenge day and the there is "Do it with Digis", we are very excited to be sponsored by The Stamping Boutique this week. There is a wonderful prize up for grabs, so make sure when you join us you upload your projects here. Make sure to follow the rules located on the sidebar for challenges.

For my card, I chose to work with the new image from "The Boutique" called Patch, isn't he adorable and you just want to squeeze him? I colored him with Copics and used papers from my stash. Sentiment is computer generated and then punched with my Stampin' Up punches, the inside also has a sentiment that says "Hope you're on the mend soon!"

What are you waiting for, head on over and check out what the rest of the Kaboodle Doodles team had created here and check out The stamping Boutique team here

This is what has been keeping away from my crafting

Check out My 16 week Transformation!

Special 9/11 Blog Hop-Never Forget!

Welcome to our special 9/11 Blog Hop with The Stamping Boutique we are honouring those that are fighting the war after the affects of 9/11. If you have come here from Collette's Blog you are on the right track!

Operation Write Home collects cards made by stampers/cardmakers from all over the world, these cards are used by the troops to send home to their friends and loved ones. This is a cause very near and dear to my heart, as I was involved in a similar project through the Cricut MB called Cards for Soldiers. I was a shipper for several years for the Central time zone until recently until my life just got too busy. The cards and letters received from those that I sent packages to on behalf of the team of men/women that sent cards to me was overwhelming, it's amazing how something so simple that we all take for granted can help our troops and put smiles on their faces. I always got these tremendous thank you's for sending cards, when we should be the one thanking them for all they do1 It's really does help boost moral, so please think about sending those cards to someone that can use them and would definitely appreciate your efforts!

For my card today I chose to work with the ribbon image, which you can grab over at TSB Challenge Blog. I colored the image with copis and found this paper in my stash, cardstock is CTMH. The black stars are bling that I got at Michael's and I wrote Never Forget on the ribbon. On the inside of my card, I printed this poem on vellum that I found here.



How about a little candy? Leave me a comment and I will randomly pick someone to win 3 digi images from The Stamping Boutique! Now head on over to Debbie's Blog to see her wonderful project!

Blog Hop order:
Collette
Christy-you are here!
Debbie
Genevieve
April
Stacie
Lorie
Marie
Jenn R.
Jan
Jenn M.
Amanda
The Stamping Boutique

New Releases at Chicken Girl Designs!

It's the 10th again and are you ready for another superb release from Chicken Girl Designs. What another wonderful selection of super cute images this month, remember these are exclusive to i (heart)papers store. Hurry over to buy your images either as a set or individually, links are below:

Collection
Apple of My Eye
Witch Eye Brew
Scarecrow Greetings
Whoo's Ready for Fall?

For my project I choice to work with Apple of My Eye image to create a bookmark for my little guy to use in the books we are reading (we just read this wonderful book pictured here last night called "H is for Home Run by Brad Herzog). The apple paper is from my new DCWV School Days stack and the image is of course colored with copics. I am also entering this bookmark in the Dutch Dare Challenge this week that just so happens to be create a bookmark with a Back to School theme.

Check out the rest of the DT ladies creations:

Kate
Michele
Judy
Laura
Loretta
Lori
Tammy

A little helper....

Well I sat down to color tonight and had a little helper, my 5 yo Lucas who just started Kindergarten thought I needed some assistance. So he was picking out my Copic marker choices while hopping up and down on the bed (hence the not so perfect coloring) and that meant digging through my stash to find colors to match aome of these colors I don't typically use. These super cute images are from Chicken Girl Designs, which are exclusively sold at i (heart) papers store. Make sure to check back tomorrow as it's new release day at Chicken Girl Designs and the new images are adorable!

Chicken Girl Design August Release

It's the 10th so that means another fantastic release from Chicken Girl Designs. What another wonderful selection of super cute images this month, remember these are exclusive to i (heart)papers store. Hurry over to buy your images either as a set or individually, links are below:

Lookin' Purrty
On The Moove
Dreaming of You
Just Lion Around

For my lion card, I once again used papers from my scrap stash and colored my image with Copics. The ribbon was white grograin ribbon that I picked up at Joann's and then colored it with my copic marker to match paper. For my layout, the pp is from a DCWV stack and the colored cardstock is mostly CTMH. The buttons are also from CTMH, spring and summer collections.



Check out the rest of the DT ladies creations:

Kate
Carlie
Michele
Judy
Laura
Loretta
Lori
Tammy

A quick little project!

I recruited the help of my 5 yo to help me make this quick little project. Lucas is going to Kindergarten in a couple weeks and we got him his 1st library card recently! He much like his older brother loves the Junie B. Jones book, so I decided to make this cute lil' bookmark so we can mark our place! I thought it would be cute to make a little comp book too that we can write down books he has read or reading minutes, as well as books we want to read. These images from Chicken Girl Designs were perfect! Don't forget tomorrow is new release day at CGD, which are sold exclusively to i (heart) papers store!

Bella Blog Hop Week 4 Winner

Sorry for delay in posting my winner from Bella Blog Hop week 4, Radndom.org has selected:

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Congrats to joybear who said:
I enjoyed making a card for bella such a sweetie!! Here is the card I made:
My card.

Shoot me an email at micahzane@yahoo.com so I can get your prize of the images used by the DT from The Stamping Boutique.

Bella Blog Hop Week 4

If you have just come across my blog, you will want start at Denise's blog. If you came here from Chris' blog you are on the right track.

Today marks the start of the final blog hop for Bella and we are hoping we can overflow her mailbox with love an support! Boy do I have a special treat for you, as I have called on the help of the wonderful design team from The Stamping Boutique to help with our mission and these ladies stepped right up. Check out these fantastic cards that will be making their way from all over to Bella's mailbox! Now for my candy, one lucky person will receive all the images used by the TSB design team, how cool is that! Just leave me a comment and link to your card to be eligible!

For those not not familiar with what we have been doing, we are doing a very special blog hop to bring some smiles to an AMAZING little girl named Bella. Bella is an 8 year old girl from NH, who over Easter came down with a near fatal infection that has left her without her arms and legs. She is very lucky to be alive as doctors didn't think she would recover from this illness. Bella is a true fighter and you can read more about her incredible story here: Bella's story as well as make donations if you would like. Erin over at Scrap, Stamp, and Be Merry came up with this awesome idea to host 4 blog hops, in order to shower Bella with some love and smiles from all over the world to show her how truly inspiring she is!

There is an awesome Grand Prize too for all you Fabulous card makers out there that join us in our mission to fill Bella's mailbox with love. Check out the Grand Prize package here.

Now what are you waiting for head on over to
Sarah's blog to see her beautiful creation!

New Release Day at Chicken Girl Designs

It's here, it's here, it's here!!! New release day at Chicken Girl Designs and you will want these adorable images for your collection! You can pick these up individually for $2.50 each or all four for $8.50- can't beat that!

For my first card, I worked with Gone Fishin' image and found this super cute paper in my stash. A little ribbon scrap and some faux stitching make this card complete!


For my 2nd card, I grabbed this adorable Pig Balloon image and went with bright vibrant colors. Again the paper is from my huge paper stash and added a few snaps from the brad collection. Both cards are colored with copics which you can pick up here.

Check out the rest of the DT ladies creations:

Kate
Carlie
Michele
Judy
Laura
Loretta
Lori
Tammy

Sizzlin' Good Time

Summer is definitely here and it's hot, hot hot! So why not grab this super cute image from Chicken Girl Designs that is exclusive to i (heart) papers store for all those BBQ invites! I found this paper that went perfect with this image in my stash, which I think is from DCWV stack. I did this card for the SCS Show us What You Got Challenge- which was to use something still in package (mine is not recent, but thought it worked).

Thinking of You

Well with baseball season winding down, I have been getting a little more play time with my Copics who are feeling neglected-poor things, LOL!!! So reached into my huge piles of scraps and whipped us this cute little card. The image is another fabulous image from Chicken Girl Design which are exclusive to i(heart) papers store and it can be found here. Colored of course with my Copics, sentiment is from one of those $1 Studio G sets I love, papers are from, and a few little brads from my stash.

Now who should I send this lil' cutie too? Don't forget tomorrow is new release at Chicken Girl Designs and your won't want to miss these cuties!

Bella Blog Hop Week 2 Winner is....

The winner the Chicken Girl images is.....
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Mary said...

What a cute card! Hereis my card for Bella. I sent it out a couple days ago so she should be getting it very soon.

Mary please email me at micahzane@yahoo.com with your 3 single digital image choices from here and I will get them over to you asap!

Hugs,
Christy

Bella Blog Hop Week 2

Today is week 2 of our we Special Blog Hops for Bella. If you have just come across my blog, you will want start at Denise's blog. If you came here from Cory's blog you are on the right track. First I would like to announce the winner of the 3 FREE images from The Stamping Boutique and that is Stephenie at SS Crafter-CONGRATS Stephenie please email me at micahzane@yahoo.com so I can get images to you!

For those of you they may have not hopped with us last week, Bella is an 8 year old girl from NH. Over Easter she came down with a near fatal infection that has left her without her arms and legs. She is very lucky to be alive as doctors didn't think she would recover from this illness. Bella is a true fighter and you can read more about her incredible story here: Bella's story as well as make donations if you would like. Erin over at Scrap, Stamp, and Be Merry came up with this awesome idea to host 4 blog hops, in order to shower Bella with some love and smiles from all over the world to show her how truly inspiring she is!

There is an also awesome Grand Prize too for all you Fabulous card makers out there that join us in our mission to fill Bella's mailbox with love. Check out the Grand Prize package here.



For my card I chose to send an easel card using this cute little birdie image who is sending love to Bella. This adorable image is from Chicken Girl Designs and is exclusive to i (heart) papers store. I colored it using Copics. The papers are from a Me & My Big Ideas stack. Ribbon is also from i (heart) papers store.

I would like to offer a little candy for those of you that would like to play along- anyone who makes a card, links up in comments below, and sends to Bella will be put in a drawing to win 3 free images of your choice from Chicken Girl Designs.

Now head on over to Irina's Blog to see her wonderful creation! Remember the hop runs until Monday the 5th so you have plenty of time to get your card made, new hop starts on 6th.

Send your cards to:
The Bella Tucker Fund
P.O. Box 199
Londonderry NH
03053 USA


Hugs,
Christy

The Stamping Boutique Blog Hop

Welcome to our blog hop today, if you came here from Ashley's blog you are on the right track. IF you came here first you will want to start at the Kym's blog.

Our hop today is all about sewing, I used this super cute thread and needle image on my card. I used copics to color the image and the papers are from a MME stack.

Now you will want to head over to April's blog to see her fantastic creation. Don't forget it's Digi Day tomorrow night over at the TSB group on SNR Card Universe, fun starts at 7 pm CST!

Blog Hop for Bella

Today we are doing a very special blog hop to bring some smiles to an AMAZING little girl named Bella. Bella is an 8 year old girl from NH, who over Easter came down with a near fatal infection that has left her without her arms and legs. She is very lucky to be alive as doctors didn't think she would recover from this illness. Bella is a true fighter and you can read more about her incredible story here: Bella's story as well as make donations if you would like. Erin over at Scrap, Stamp, and Be Merry came up with this awesome idea to host 4 blog hops, in order to shower Bella with some love and smiles from all over the world to show her how truly inspiring she is!

There is an awesome Grand Prize too for all you Fabulous card makers out there that join us in our mission to fill Bella's mailbox with love. Check out the Grand Prize package here.

If you have just come across my blog, you will want start at Denise's blog. If you came here from Cory's blog you are on the right track.


For my card I chose to send this cute little card to Bella using this adorable image from Squigglefy which is of course colored with Copics and the papers are from a MME stack. Bella's story makes me think about how much we take for granted in life and how we all need to take time to enjoy the little things because you never know when something like this could happen to your family.

I would like to offer a little candy for those of you that would like to play along- anyone who makes a card, links up in comments below, and sends to Bella will be put in a drawing to win 3 free images of your choice from The Stamping Boutique.

Now head on over to Jude's Blog to see her wonderful creation! Remember the hop runs until Monday the 28th so you have plenty of time to get your card made, new hop starts on 29th.

Send your cards to:
The Bella Tucker Fund
P.O. Box 199
Londonderry NH
03053 USA


Hugs,
Christy

Some exciting news......

This weekend I watched my 14 yo old, Micah and the rest of his team coached by my hubby play in the State baseball tournament. They played some great baseball this weekend and ended up finishing 3rd and we are so proud of them! What a great Father's Day gift to all our baseball dads!

I am especially proud of Micah, he pitched AMAZING to help get his team into the semi-final game. We had 7 strikeouts, 0 walks, and only 2 hits- which if you aren't a baseball person these are great stats!



Now my little guy starts his end of season tournament tomorrow and has his State tournament this next weekend! He is the one all the wy on right in front with cheesy smile-LOL!!!

Look for new projects from me using images from Chicken Girl Designs, The Stamping Boutique, and Squigglefly this week starting tomorrow!

Hugs,
Christy

New Release Day at Chicken Girl Designs!

Today is release day at Chicken Girl Designs and boy are these some great images! Are you looking for the perfect Father's Day image or how about that summer BBQ? Need to send a card to let someone know you are thinking of them or Congratulate someone on their new home. Then this new release is just for you and you can only pick them up at i (heart) papers store.


First I decided to work with Sizzling Good Time, is this not the cutest? I decided to work with the sketch over at Tuesday Morning Sketches. I found the perfect paper in my stash, I believe it's from one of those DCWV stacks. I cut the red using my QuicKutz die, but you could use Labels 8 Nestabilities to get same shape. I colored my image with Copics of course and added a few brads and little ribbon to complete.


For my 2nd card, I chose to work with World's Greatest Dad image. I again used a sketch courtesy of Sketch and Stash Challenge blog for 1st part of challenge, second part is to use something new which is my CGD image of course! Once again I colored image with Copics, added a little ribbon and bling from my stash however you can pick up some blinghere. I also used one of my embossing folders, check out the variety of embossing folders available at IHP here.

Check out the other cute images below:

Sending Some Love
New Home

Also be sure to check out rest of DT creations

Kate
Michele
Carlie
Laura
Loretta
Lori
Tammy

Gator Greetings......

Isn't this gator just the cutest? He is a fabulous image from Chicken Girl Designs that can only be found here. I colored this lil' guy with Copics and then cut him out and popped him up. I then added a little texture to him with a little ribbon and colorless blender solution. I cut my card base using QuicKutz scalloped rectangle die and added a little texture to my card using my Cuttlebug and embossing folder. Paper is from my scrap stash and is CTMH.

Challenges entered:

A Crafty Little Place- anything but square card

Caardvarks-use stamps and wet/dry embossing