Sweet Little One

"Sugar & Spice and Everything Nice, That's What Little Girls Are Made Of!"

Nothing is sweeter than an adorable new baby and I have lots of people I know are having new bundles of joy in next few months, so this card will be perfect for one of them.  This week at Cooking It Up With Katie we are sponsored by Meljen's Designs.  I used this adorable image called "baby bottle" which I have paired with the Claire's sketch this week at Sunday Sketch & Stamp. 

The challenge this week at Cooking It Up with Katie is:

"Use a sticker, some pink, and add a little bling!"

Come on over and check out what our new DT gals have created for the challenge!

Best Witches Easel Does It!

Can you guess what the fun challenge is this week over at Kaboodle Doodles? It's all about "easel cards" this week and we are sponsored once again by The Crafty Pad, winner this week gets to pick 2 images from their store.  I chose to create this fun easel card using the tutorial here, I have used my Nesties.  The image I have used is from The Stamping Boutique and is called PJL Halloween Witch which I have colored with copics.  I have used my Nestie as a stencil to add the CTMH pansy purple ink around edge of image.  The sentiment is from Stampendous and is called "doodle witches."

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe Crafts- easel cards

Fun in the Sun

 

It's another the challenge day at Cooking it Up With Katie this week and we are sponsored by Stampin Dragon, the winner will receive 4 images from their store. Our challenge recipe this week is

"Use something wet, a brad or two, and add a border."

I have used this summer image called Summer Fun, that is colored with copics. I added a a brad to center of the beach ball, cut image out, and added a nice sunburst border using my scalloped inverted square Nesties. I inked the edges of all my papers using CTMH cocoa and a little ribbon for finishing touch!

Now come over and join the challenge, plus meet our new DT members and be inspired! 

Back to School Layout-2 Challenges

I just have start by saying I am in love with the new idea book from CTMH, the cover page layout is what I based this layout on this week.  This layout was created for the challenge over at The Stamping Boutique, which is "Stripes and Dots."  So to create my stripes I pulled out my score pal and created the pattern on the cream cardstock. Everything is inked with CTMH desert sand ink, the title is cute using the Cricut.   The fun little scalloped border is one of the Kraft Ready to Color borders that I have inked with my black ink pad (CTMH is discontinuing, so hurry fast to get those before they are gone).  I have added a digital image (which I have changed to sepia using Paint.net) of my Lucas on his 1st day of school so you can see what it would look like with photo (I will print the photo and add). There is a hidden journaling spot using this cute digital recipe card image from The Stamping Boutique.  

Now this layout is also for the challenge this week over at The Crazy Challenge, which just so happens to be "Back to School" also. Our sponsor this week is Hobbisimo and the TCC design team has created some fabulous projects to share with you!

I am entering this project in the following challenges:
Creative Craft Challenges- anything but a card
Going Grey with Scrap Creations- back to school
Papertake Weekly- using dies (stars/letters using cricut and  shape by photo mat is from a die)
Sparkles Creations-primary+ neutral
Use it Tuesday- Back to School (patterned paper, ribbon, & recipe card are all from stash )
Tuesday Throwdown-dimension and texture (popped up items & texture using score pal & cuttlebug)

Creative Stamp Friends- school
Heart 2 Heart-back to school
Make It Monday- anything goes
Paper Playtime-anything goes
Stamps R Us- anything goes

School Days Layout

School starts tomorrow here and I think I am more excited than the kids, lol!  It's not that I don't love spending time with my boys, but with a 15 yo and 6 yo they spend alot of time fighting as oldest doesn't want to play with youngest and all youngest wants is to play with oldest.  So needless to say I have been counting down the days for awhile, although it's bittersweet as I know in a flash school days will be over for my Micah as he is a sophomore this year and has in his mind that he wants to go to college far away from here.  When I look at Lucas, I see Micah all over again and think where did the time go!

This weekend I went to a fun crop and we created a layout for the CTMH club I am in that I knew would be perfect for the challenge at Cooking it Up With Katie this week.  We are sponsored by 2 fabulous sponsors this week, Robyn's Fetish and Gingerloft so make sure to play along!  Our challenge recipe this week is

"Use a die cut, some ribbon, and add a banner."

I decided to play with this adorable back pack image to add to my layout. First I colored the image using a sponge dauber and CTMH ink, next I started to layer it up by starting with a uncolored image. I used the same techniques with all the pockets/straps and then cut them out and added them. I colored all the items in the top of the back pack with copics and added them layer by layer.  For my banner , I used my cricut and Plantin Schoolbook cartridge for letters and cut diamonds using George cartridge which I folded over to create banner.  I added my triangles to a piece of CTMH juniper ribbon and papers are from the new CTMH idea book called "Type Set."

Kaboodle Doodles- "Bag It of Tag It"

Scroll down if you are looking for The Crazy Challenge post.

 

"Bag It of Tag It" is our theme this week at Kaboodle Doodles and we are sponsored this week by Kenny K and our winner this week will received a $10 voucher to their store.  I have never worked with a Kenny K image so I was excited to finally get my hands on this adorable soccer player. Although  I do not have any soccer players in my house, I thought this would be perfect to add to a birthday present or layout for a friend/family member down the line.  

 

I started by cutting out a tag on my Cricut in CTMH desert sand cardstock and them inked edges with same color ink.  I have colored my image, double layered it, and popped him up on my tag.  I found this paper hiding in my stash that worked perfectly, torn my edges, and inked them also.  I have left it blank so I can add a special saying or sentiment when I decide to use it!

Now to join the challenge you have to head over to Kaboodle Doodles and while there check out what rest of my fellow DT members have created!

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

If you are looking for Kaboodle Doodles post, scroll down below to check out this week's challenge!

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!

Kaboodle Doodles-Primary Colors

School countdown is on and if you are like me you are doing all those last minute things to get the kiddos ready.  We start school on the 18th and this past weekend was "Tax Free" weekend, but I decided not to fight the masses and get in a little crafting.

This week at Kaboodle Doodles our challenge is all about "primary colors" and we have another wonderful sponsor.  Meljen's Designs has provided us with images to work with and the challenge winner will receive their choice of 4 images from their store.  I grabbed this adorable image called "artist mug", which I colred up with my copics.  I cut the contents of the mug out and layered them up on a second copy of image and then cut out entire image again.  These adorable papers are from the DCWV school stack and I used some new Nesties I got on clearance at Hobby Lobby for the red paper. For the finishing touch, I had my 6 yo Lucas write his teacher's name on mug (this is actually his Kindergarten teacher's name, but he wants to give her a card on the first day of school on his way to his new 1st grade class).

Come one over to Kaboodle Doodles and check out the rest of team's projects and share with us your projects using primary colors! 

TSB Challenge #12/Cooking it up with Katie- We are back!!!

After taking a little break last month, we are back over at Cooking it up with Katie with a new challenge! I am excited to announce we have a "brand new" sponsor this week, The Stamping Boutique which I happen to also design for.  Up for grabs s 5 digis of winner's choice from the TSB store, how AWESOME it that!!! 

Our recipe this week is:

Something Old, Something New, and One of Your Favorite Things/Techniques

I chose to go digital this week once again, so I started with a quick page from Digi Scrap Depot called Birthday Boy which you can download from here. I have added this pic of my lil' guy Lucas' from his 1st birthday, he will be 7 yo next month.  I chose to color my TSB image called birthday bunny using Paint.net and then added this fun sentiment called "Birthday cake is yummy"
and you can download is from here.

Now I decided to kill to birds with one stone so to speak, as this layout is for the challenge this week over at The Stamping Boutique Challenge Blog also. The theme this week is "Happy Birthday for a young male." Come on over and join the fun and see the wonderful inspiration from the rest of design team and enter the challenge!

Kaboodle Doodles #78- In the Garden

Well the weekend is over and time to start another week, so that's means a new challenge at Kaboodle Doodles.  This week our challenge theme is "In the Garden" and we are sponsored by Lexi's Creations

 and our prize this week is 3 digis from their store.  I chose to work with this cute butterfly image, first I emboseed my cardstock before printing my image.  I then cut out the image and inked with CTMH Chocolate ink pad.  Patterned paper is from my mini 6x6 and cardstocks are CTMH.  The sentiement was a freebie from Sentimental Sundays, which I cut out using my Nesties.  Come on over and join the challenge this week and see what the rest of team has created here.

I am entering in the following challenge:
Sentimental Sundays- In the garden
Craft Your Passion- anything goes
Happileigh Scrappin'-anything goes
Incy Incy Designs-monochromatic
Make It Monday- anything goes
House of Gilli-polka dots
Woodware USA- anything goes
Catered Crop- follow recipe ( I used sentiment, ribbon, die cut shape, & border punch)

Sunday Sketch & Stamp

It's another challenge day over at Sunday Sketch & Stamp and although this is not my team's week after seeing the Sam's sketch I wanted to play along. and had this image laying on my desk already colored.  Don't you just love these cute little shy bears?  Well you can pick this image called Bearly Early Bears up and others at Squigglefly. I used scraps again which are all from CTMH Jingle paper pack and cardstock/brads in Juniper, ink is CTMH Tulip.  Surpirse sentiment is also from a CTMH stamp set.  Come and play along this week here and check out rest of team's projects!

Today was a fun and exhausting day for me as I competed in a brutal 5K race called the Warrior Dash, this race is decribed as 3.1 hellish miles and not only do you run the course but there are obstacles that you have to complete along the way. The end of the race commences with you leaping over fire and then wading through a mudpit covered with barbed wire.  This race was extremely hard with lots of hills and muddy trails along with temps above 100 and heat index/humidity were horrible.  Heats of 500 people took off every half hour and I was in the noon event, needless to say they ended up closing down last 4 heats due to excessive weather conditions and after sending almost 60 people to hospital. 

However I am so proud to say "I completed every obstacle" and although my time was not anything to brag about I am proud to say I finished and call me crazy but I would do it again.  I know it would have never been possible before losing the 50 lbs I did last fall.  I thought I would share a few photos, these aren't great beacause they are taken with a cell phone (I forgot the camera) but you get the idea!

I am entering this card in following challenges:

Come & Get It-anything goes

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

Squigglefly Shy Bear

With the excessive heat I hunkered down and tried to create some projects last night.  I found this super cute shy bear-Birthday Bear image from Squigglefly already colored. So I whipped up this card using my new Nesties and items from my stash! 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Fetch a Sketch- sketch

Happileigh Scrappin- critters

icopic challenge-birthday

Make it Monday- anything goes

Card Cupids- monochromatic background

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! 

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:

Chubby Snowman

Isn't this the cutest snowman?  Well I thought he was perfect for doing a little Christmas in July projects and he is courtesy of The Stamping Boutique.  You can find this Chubby Snowman here.  TSB is sponsoring the challenge this week at CD Sunday, so head over to enter your Christmas themed projects for a chance to win FREE images from the TSB store. I am entering this in the challenge over at The Latte Lounge, the theme is Christmas in July and each week they add a new twist.  Also check out the Get Hippity with Ippity group as their challenge this month is also Christmas in July. 

I used lots of layers on my card and started with the sketch over at Christmas Challenges with Sketches.  For the challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge this week, the letter is N for No Nonsense-this meant creating a card with no DP.  So I created my own paper using my snowflake embossing folder.  The snowflakes are cut using Christmas Cheer+Cricut Expression and then I added some sparkly fluff (sugar) and a little bling. My image is colored using Copics and then once again I added sparkly fluff to the snow and his hat.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Digi's With Attitude! Challenges-anything goes

Inspire Me Fridays-anything goes
Aud Sentiments-sentiment with at least 2 words
Craft Us Crazy-Christmas in July
Moving Along With the Times-Christmas in July
Stamp Insanity- anything goes

Christmas Challenges with Sketches- sketch
ABC Christmas Challenges- no dp
ABC Christmas- yesterday (stamps, embossing folder, and Cricut cart are things I haven't used in forever)
Divas By Design-die cuts/punches (snowflakes)
House That Stamps Built/Repeat Impressions DCC76 Designer’s Choice Challenge-Christmas in July
Little Red Wagon-Christmas in July

Celebrate the Occassion- Christmas in July
Deep Ocean Challenge- cards
Digital Tuesday-bling it up
Jac-Inks Papercrafts-die cut+texture
Papertake Weekly-anything goes
Party Time Tuesdays- anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown-Christmas in July

Craft Your Passion- anything goes
KB Cute Monday-anything goes
Make It Monday-anything goes
The Outlawz-anything goes

Christmas Inspirations-tones of 1 color
OSAAT-use a digi

Our Creative Corner- Christmas in July

TSB Challenge #10- Create a Summer Scene

It's challenge week at The Stamping Boutique and this week is all about "creating a summer scene."  What screams summer to me is ICE CREAM, so I grabbed this super cute image called Audrey & AJ with ice cream cone from The Stamping Boutique. Papers are from my scrap pile and sentiment is computer generated.

I am entering this card in the following challenges: 

Fab 'n Funky- purple haze (use purple)
Bearly Mine-anything goes
Scrap Creations- summer

Kaboodle Doodles-Celebrations (4th of July)

Happt 4th of July, I hope you are all enjoying a safe & fun weekend!  This week at Kaboodle Doodles it's all about "Celebrations/4th of July" and we are sponsored by the fabulous Glitterbabe's Digis.  The winner will get 2 digis of their choice.

With such a busy weekend and the fact my transmission went out on my car, that left me little crafting time so I whipped up this super cute card digitally.  Once again all the papers/embellies are from The Pixel Scrapper and the image is from Glitterbabe.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Going in Circles @ Kaboodle Doodles

That's right we are all about circles this week at Kaboodle Doodles, so we want to see projects using circles or dots.  This week we are sponsored by The Crafty Pad Designs and they a fun challenge blog that you can check out here.  There are some great FREEBIES on their challenge blog as well and I chose to work with this one called "Twins Circular Sentiment."

I chose to work with the sketch over at Card Positions Systems and grabbed some scraps from my stash.  The carstock already had embossed dots on it, however I decided to run it through my Cuttlebug using this adorable baby Sizzix folder.  The cute little baby items are acutally on the folder once, so I have embossed it twice on my papers.  I added a little Smooch to the stars on the sentiment and then punched is with my SU' punches and popped it up!

I am entering this in the following challenges:
Card Positioning Systems-sketch
Creative Craft Challenges-create your own background
Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight-sentiment as focus
Creative Stamp Friends- dots
Creative Inspirations Paint-babies
Pile It On-circles
Challenge Up Your Life-circles
Just Some Lines-spots and dots
Secret Crafter-embossing
Sew Many cards-dry embossing