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Happy Friday everyone!

Just wanted to pop in and let you know that there's a great sale

going on at MHK Designs Etsy Store.

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  Shoppers will get 50% off of everything with a minimum order of $5
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Have a great weekend!

Happy Thanksgiving at SSD

Happy Thanksgiving!

We have a new DTBST challenge at

Sassy Studio Designs.

Since today is Thanksgiving that's the theme we're going with.

I used Daphne Sassy for my card.
She was colored with pencil colors and fussy cut.
I found the free subway art at
http://eighteen25.blogspot.com
and framed with  Sizzix Originals due cut.
The leaves were cut with a Spellbinders die.
I added the button and bakers twine bow.
We hope to see your Happy Thanksgiving creations at
Sassy Studio Designs.

I'm linking up to:
Paper Sweeties - Inspiration photo
Going Grey with Scrap-Creations - Give Thanks
My Sheri Crafts - Happy Thanksgiving

Challenge #47 at CGC

Happy Wednesday!

It's time for a new challenge at

Crafty Gals Corner!

"Anything Goes"

I created a card using "Garden Fairy Flower" from SLS Lines,

one of our 2 sponsors this week.

SLS Lines

Prize: 3 Digital Images

AND

Star Stampz

Prize: 3 Digital Images

I colored my image with Spectrum Noir pencil colors,

gels pens and stickles.

The die cut frame was cut with a Spellbinders die

 and I embellished with Recollections gems,

flourishes and flower.

We can't wait to see your "Anything Goes" creation at

Crafty Gals Corner!

I'm linking up to:
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs - Tic Tac Toe (flowers, free, girly)
Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
Not Just Cards - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Crafty Friends Challenge - One for the Girls

CCC Challenge #52 Christmas

Hello!

I hope everyone has had a great start to the weekend.

We have a new challenge starting over at

Creative Craft Cottage.

The theme is one of my favorites, "Christmas".

And it'll be here before we know it!

Anyway,  here's my card for the challenge.

I love this cute image called "I Love Christmas"
from our sponsor this time around
Ppinkydolls.

I colored the image with pencil colors before fussy cutting
and popped with foam dots on a die cut circle. The
banner was embossed with a Darice embossing folder and the
sentiment tag was die cut.

I hope you'll check out all the inspiration the rest of the DT
has to offer and then join in the challenge.
We can't wait to see what you come up with at
Creative Craft Cottage!

Thanks for taking a look!

Christmas is Around the Corner

I can't believe that it will already be Thanksgiving next week!

That means everyone will probably be in full Holiday mode!

I've got to get some more Christmas cards done!

This card was created using a digital stamp set called "The Big Guy" released last month at

Beccy's Place.

I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers and

added some stickles for a little bit of sparkle.

The papers are from DCWV.  I popped some of the

flowers with foam dots and added the gems.

You can find some other great holiday themed digital stamp sets at

Beccy's Place.

I hope you'll check them out and then join in the Holiday Card challenge on the

Beccy's Place Blog.

I'm linking up to:

Christmas Card Challenge - Photo Inspiration

Great Impressions - Bling on the Holidays

Give Thanks

This week the DTBST challenge at

Sassy Studio Designs

is to show us your projects with the theme of

"Giving Thanks".

I used "Rapunzel Sassy" for a card.

She was colored with Spectrum Noir markers & gel pens,
fussy cut and popped with foam tape on the Spellbinders die cut.
The sentiment was computer generated. I used 2 different
Paper Artist die cuts for an accent to the sentiment and corners.
I finished up with some white pearls.

Pop over to
Sassy Studio Designs
and share your Giving Thanks projects with us!

I'm linking up to:
Crafty Creations - Give Thanks
Double Click Skittles - Thank You or Thanksgiving
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Use Scraps at Crafty Gals Corner

Happy Wednesday!

We have a new challenge starting today at

Crafty Gals Corner!

We would like to see you "Use Scraps" in your projects this time around.

You know we all have them! I myself have a huge mound of them.

I'm going to have to break down and do something with them all at some point.

So this weeks card is just a small start.

This card was created with papers and an image & sentiment from 2 of our 3 sponsors...

The Paper Temptress

Prize: $25 Gift Certificate

AND
STAMPlorations

Prize: $10 Gift Certificate

AND

Lacy Sunshine

Prize: 3 Digital Images

All of my papers are from the Paper Temptress 

and most had been used on previous cards.

I pieced some together trying t o accomplish a "plaid effect".

I have used Pumpkin Frame and Fall Sentiment from STAMPlorations.

The image was colored with pencil colors.

I added some mesh and brads to complete.

I hope you check out what the rest of the DT came up with at

Crafty Gals Corner

and show us how you "Use Scraps"!

I'm linking up to:

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Eureka Stamps - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Love to Scrap! - Anything Goes

Not Just Cards - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenges - Add a Sentiment

Scrappers Delight - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

STAMPlorations Neverending Anything Goes Challenge

Thanks for taking a look!

Colors of Autumn

Hello all!

It's time for another DTBST Challenge at

Sassy Studio Designs!

The theme is

"Colors of Autumn".

Using Effie Trinket Sassy

I colored my image with Spectrum Noir markers, fussy cut

and popped with foam dots on the die cut circles.

The DP is DCWV and the leaves are Dazzles stickers

that I backed with gold card stock and fussy cut.

The sentiment was stamped and cut.

I added the bow and some jewel Dazzles to finish.

I hope you'll join us.

Can't wait to see what you come up with!

I'm linking up to:

4 Crafty Chicks - Ribbon

Crafting with an Attitude - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls Creations - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

CGC Challenge #45

Time for a new challenge at

Crafty Gals Corner

and the theme is "Thankful or Thank You".

Our sponsors this week are:

My Besties
Etsy /  Scrapbook Stamp Society

Prize: 3 of the images that DT used

AND

All Dressed Up

Prize: 2 Digital Images

Using Besties #5

I had these sunflower 3-D stickers from the Paper Studio

and decided to use them for my color inspiration.

I stamped and die cut the sentiment and added to the center

of one of the flowers. The DP is from Hot Off the Press.

I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers.

I hope you're inspired to join in the challenge with us at

Crafty Gals Corner.

We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Thanks for taking a look!

I'm linking to the following challenges:

2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Use a Stamp or Digi

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

digistamps4joy - Anything Goes (optional twist - autumn)

Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes

Lunagirl - Thanksgiving/Harvest/Gratitude

Petal Lu - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Thank You

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Eureka Stamps - The Colors of Fall

Make My Monday - Many Thanks

My Besties Challenge - Fall/Autumn

Not Just Cards - Anything Goes

Birthday in Pink & Gray

So, I have this thing at work where I make birthday cards

for the doctors and staff at all 5 of our offices.

One day a couple of months ago one of the techs

called me down in my office and let me know

that her birthday is in November and she likes elephants.

Well I knew at that time that I wanted to use an image from

Beccy's Place

from a set called "Retail Therapy".

I had the image and then found some additional

inspiration from a couple of current challenges.

I used stripes to enter the challenge at

Just Us Girls.

I used the sketch at
Paper Craft Crew Challenges.

And, because it's a birthday card I'm linking to a 3rd challenge at
Seize the Birthday.

Thanks for taking a look!

Snow Angels

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

I have a quick post to share today.

This is one of my DT cards for this month's releases at

Beccy's Place.

I made an easel card using
"Snow Angels".

What a fun set this is to work with! I liked all 3

snow angels so much I had incorporate all of them in my project.

The images were colored with Spectrum Noir markers

to match the DP from  Recollections and fussy cut.

The frame was cut with 2 old Sizzix Originals dies,

Rectangle Frame and Jelly Frame.

I printed the sentiment from the set and die cut

with Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Frames.

The border was punched with a Fiskars border punch

and I finished up with some cotton for the snow (or clouds!)

and the tiny white snowflakes which are actually buttons.

I hope you'll visit 

Beccy's Place

and check out her other new sets.

Then hop over to the Beccy's Place Blog

and join in on the month long Holiday Card Challenge

where you'll have multiple chances to win

Beccy's Place images every day!

Thanks for taking a look!

I'm linking up to:

Winter Wonderland - Angels

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Snowman

Card and Scrap - Christmas

Christmas Card Challenges - Anything Goes

                                                              

Anything Goes with Creative Craft Cottage

Are you as happy as I am that the weekend is here?

And we have a new challenge starting today at

Creative Craft Cottage!

The theme this time around is

"Anything Goes".

3 Little Christmas Girls

I used a sweet image from our sponsor this week

All Dressed Up

The image was colored with Spectrum Noir markers

and die cut using Sizzix Framlits oval dies.

The sentiment was stamped with a Holiday Greetings

stamp from Hot Off the Press and embossed with gold

embossing powder from Ranger and die cut with a

Taylored Expressions label die.

The DP's and doily are from Recollections and

the gold enamel dots are Teresa Collins.

We hope you'll take the time to join us at

Creative Craft Cottage.

We can't wait to see what you come up with!

I'm linking up to:
All Dressed Up - Anything Goes
Creative Corner - Christmas (no red or green)
Craft for the Craic - Something Glittery

DTBST Your Choice

It's that time again!
We have a new DTBST challenge at

Sassy Studio Designs!

The theme is "Your Choice" (Anything Goes).

I'm trying to get a few more Christmas cards done
so I came up with this.

Using "Gemini"

I hope you'll stop by

Sassy Studio Designs

and join us for the challenge.

We can't wait to see what you come up with!

I'm linking up to:

Aud Sentiments - Bingo (pattern paper, digi, favorite color)

Southern Girls - Twine, Tape or Ribbon

Creative Knockouts - Lace/Twine/Ribbon

Crafting for all Seasons - Girly

CASE-ing Christmas November

So how's everyone doing with your

Christmas cards this year?

If you need to get started or get some more made

I hope you'll check out

CASE-ing Christmas

for some inspiration!

Here's my latest Christmas card.

This is my CASE of my

CASE-ing Christmas

teammate Donna N.

I love the CAS feel of her card, although

CAS is not really my style so 

I used the 3 trees and red ribbon and bow

as inspiration for my creation.

What would you take from Donna's card

to create your own? We can't wait to see

what you come up with!

Thanks for taking a look!

I'm linking up to:
The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes / die cuts
A Snowflakes Promise - Christmas/Winter

Autumn Hues

Happy Wednesday!

Time find a new challenge at

Crafty Gals Corner!

Fall is in full swing so we want to see your projects

that are inspired by "Autumn Hues".

Our sponsor this week is

Flat Friends Boutique

Prize: TBA

I made a card using "Foxy Friend".

The image was colored with Spectrum Noir markers,

fussy cut and popped on a tag from Prima.

My DP is from DCWV. The sentiment was cut

with a Taylored Expressions die. I added

some ribbon, bakers twine and leaf buttons.

I hope you'll join us at 

Crafty Gals Corner!

We'd love to see what you come up with!

Thanks for taking a look!

I'm linking up to:

Digi Choosday - Reds, Oranges & Browns

My Sheri Crafts - Tag You're It!

Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Let's Tag It

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes

Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes

Crafty Boots - Autumn and/or Halloween

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

HOC Technique Challenge

It's a new month and that means a new monthly challenge at

House of Cards!

This month we have a technique challenge.

We would like to see cards using
the Stamped Punch Window technique.

Here is what I came up with.

I started by stamping a Stampendous stamp called
Fireside Ivy on ivory colored cardstock.
Next I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers.
I matted the outside of the image with brown card stock.
Next I took a Sizzix Framlits oval die and cut out the center of the image.
 The outside piece was then popped with foam tape on top of a green mat.
Next the center of the image was place inside the cut out
and the whole piece was added to the card base.

We hope you join in at House of Cards and show us your
Stamped Punch Window creation.

I'm linking up to:
Winter Wonderland - Anything Goes (Christmas)
Allsorts - Christmas
Crazy 4 Challenges - Christmas
Addicted to Stamps and More - Holiday