Happy Wednesday!! Free Digi at Stretch and bubbles

It is hump day, and you know what that means? There is a free, yes kids I said FREE digital stamp waiting for you at Stretch and bubbles..
LINKY

Today's image is a cute kitty with a heart on his belly.. Perfect to get your valentines day cards under way... Here is my card using the image.. I used it for the challenge over at my time to craft Challenge it is an anything goes challenge..




His belly



my embellies


How did i do it? Easy peasy.. I started with a white card, distressed the edges using jim holtz ink. I cut a rectangle with a shade of Basic Grey black cardstock, then added circles using my Creative memories custom cutting system, I also used the pigtails paper from CM. I distressed the circles again using jim holtz in black soot and lipstick.. I colored the kitty with colored pencils and gamsol. I then added glitter to his heart on his belly, the glitter I use is doodle bug. I added a sentiment from Stampin UP! and then finished with a pop dotted circle that i added some glitter to, and two cute buttons, a black one and i found a pink heart in my stash, last but not least some cute pink ribbon from Michaels...

Another bday

well here it is another bday... just hoping that no one pukes on me (lol it seems every year my daughter gets sick on my bday) or calls and yells at me (the x) thats all i ask for, oh yeah and a huge box of stamps, gamsol, colored encils, glitter, and COPICS... LOL thanks for sharing my day... have a good one!

Free digi Wednesday

Hey guys! an early christmas present for you today! Go on over to Stretch and bubbles GO get stamp and grab the free digi wednesday stamp, and catch some inspiration from the design team, and maybe snag some other stamps.. at 2.50 who could lose??? I LOVE them... here is what i created with the stamp today... I used this card in the Daring card makers challenge.. It was new beginnings, i thought an encouraging card would be awesome for this... To check out the challenge you can find them by CLICKING HERE

Bee Happy

Ok so I am really not sure why it is, but in Virginia it is 60 one day and 30 the next. It was so cold this morning BRRR Ok so thats not really cold, seems as I am a Michigan native I am used to below zero, but cold for Virginia, lol.. It inspired me to make something sunny and happy this morning...

I made a card for Daring Cardmakers and to play in the play date Cafe..
You can click HERE to go to the challenge.. It was going dotty.. Or go to the playdate cafe and use their super colors on a card etc.. CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE PLAYDATE CAFE I love polka dots, and the colors fit with my sunny, warm, happy theme I was going for, lol... so here we go..

Here is my card...



Unfolded it looks like this..



and a close up of the stamped image


the polka dots are on the outside of the back of the card as well as the inside sides and on the scallop in the center.

the paper is from the stack II, and creative memories. I used just b by stampin up, and I used craft ink stampin spots in pastels to color the stamps as well as the inner edge of the daisy... The entire daisy has glitter on it in clear and yellow towards the center... I used an old template I had laying around from SCS, I am not sure whose idea it was, I just found the template and decided to go with it...

I hope you enjoy your day, and sunny wishes to you all!!

xoxoxo

Creative Card crew challenge and Crafty Creations

Well this was an easy one to decide to do, LOL anything goes, and boy thats for me.. It just so happens that Alison is sponsoring the challenge at Crafty Creations this week as well so i went to check out the challenge, and I fit the bill, traditional colors all the way baby! Here is what I came up with tonite on the creative table..



I am using this for the challenge at Creative Card Crew's site.. I am also using the card for the Crafty Creations site...
You can find them here CLICK HERE TO GO TO CREATIVE CARD CREW CHALLENGE


or you can go to Crafty Creations by clicking HERE

How did i do this? well it was a lot of paper, lol I just kept layering and layering, lol.. so I started with the free Wednesday digi image at Stretch and Bubbles.. CLICK HERE TO GET FREE STAMPS It is this amazing little heart tree, and I ended up paper piecing it together and then I layered that on some green, yellow and striped cardstock... I then adhered it to a paint chip from Walmart, lol.. I cut off the end and saved that for the other side of the card, and finished with brown ribbon, and loads of sparkle on the hearts... You can't see so well, my camera is acting all weird lately.. So go give the girls at Creative card some love, put a card in the challenge at Crafty Creations and check out my girl Alison at stretch and bubbles, you won't be disappointed...
Much love to you

Free Digi Wednesday

Hey, what in the heck are you doing on MY blog? You should be over at Stretch and Bubbles where Alison is giving away a cute as can be heart tree for today's free digi wednesday... Now Scram get outta here and go create something with her super cute image...

Don't know how to get there?
Go to stretch and bubbles

Challenge time.. S2G Challenges

Ok ok ok so I was lazy today, I didn't get out of bed until 1 o'clock, horrible I know, but I must say in my defense i feel horrible... I have Diverticulitis and I think I am having a flare up, sooo happy thoughts for me please :) Well once I was up and moving i decided to hunt down a challenge to do and I found a cute sketch at S2G.. CLick here for the challenge

It was a cute sketch and the twist was to add glitz to it.. I am afraid mine doesn't show up in the photo, but in person it is sparkly : ) Here is my card...






I used an image from Stretch and Bubbles.. You can find them here.. Go get super digi stamps by clicking here

I colored in the chick with colored pencils and gamsol. I used some paper from one of my many stacks, lol and some solids from Stampin Up! today i used whipser white and Chocolate chip.. I used a sparkle stamp from stampin Up! as well. The ink is stampin up as well, soft suede.. I used my glitter pen on the flower in the birdies feathers, and on the sparkle sentiment..

Memory Game

Ok so on Etsy it seems I have as a mad rush of memory games for Santa to be delivering to good boys and girls this year :) I cannot complain i like to make them and each one is personalized... I have had all boy ones until today, I had a personal request for a pink and purple girly girl one for Emily... Here are some pics, hope you enjoy!








How did I do i... pretty much i punch with a 2 inch punch then follow up with a 1 1/2. I stamp and color the images according to the customer on the 1 1/2. Adhere the little one to the big one and then cover a dollar store box with the paper that fits the theme.. This one just happened to be the princesses... It's good to be a girl

Come play with the Play Date Cafe....

Color challenge PDCC08

Hi guys.. tonite was kinda lonely for me, I was on my own with the kiddos while the hubby went out and had guy time... Not too bad except the kids, and one of the cats are all sick (gasp!) Things finally wound down and I decided to partake in a challenge.. I LOVE to stalk the Play date cafe, mainly because of their beautiful pictures that entice you to play along with the colors they pick each week.. This week was no different for me, well I guess it was I decided to play along!





ohhhhh pretty.... LOL no seriously, you want to play along too? Here they are GO TO PLAY DATE CAFE

Onward and upward we go... Here is my card..


How did i do it you ask? Easy peasey...

I started with a pearly red card (sorry the cardstock was just laying in my bin, no idea whose it was) and paired that with some wonderful lime and pinky prints from the stack III.. I then used a cute image from Stretch and Bubbles and then i took my prisma colored pencils and colored in the chicks and used gamsol and stumps to blend it all together. I attached a cute little pearl in the girly chicks flower and then finished up with the cutest sentiment from Inkadinkado. The inks i used tonite were from Stampin Up! in Pink passion and Green galore.. The ribbon was from the dollar spot at Target, and those cute felt flowers were in the flower jar I had on my desk, I used the martha stewart punch for the scallop border, and office max provided the paperclip, the button, hmm outta the jar, lol ... Hope you love it...
XOXOXOX

Just Magnolia Challenge

Hi guys.. Made a card today for someone special.. My daughter's Kindergarten Teacher Mrs. McFadden :) I am going to use this as her christmas card, along with a small gift for Skye to give her before winter break... So I thought it fit the challenge over at Magnolia, and one more thing marked off my to do list!

Here is where you go to find the wonderful challenges on their blog..
JUST MAGNOLIA CHALLENGE BLOG

For my card I started with a super cute digital image from Stretch and bubbles. You can get in on a free stamp on Wednesday's or buy some super cute images right from her site... STRETCH AND BUBBLES

I colored the apple basket in with colored pencils and used a stump and gamsol to blend the colors. I then paired some green cardstock I had laying around with some AC Patterned cardstock from the merry Mint collection. I used a sentiment from Stampin Up! and with a few pop dots i grabbed some dimension on the layered sentiment.. Here is the finished product:) I hope you enjoy

Papertake weekly challenge

Happy Wednesday!! Ok so i am jumping on the challenge blog train and I am starting to do more as I find ones that I can actually join in. Today I came across a cute site, Papertake. They have a challenge that was no green and red, which i liked, as i am a blue, purple christmas kinda gal, lol..

Here is the site for the challenge.. Challenge Link

This week the challenge is being hosted by Alison at STRETCH AND BUBBLES. The image i used is from her site, and it is FREE today, so go on over and check her out, and get your creative groove going, and participate in today's challenge with the lovely folks at Papertake!

On to my card..


How did I get the look??
I made an average size card with Stampin up! whisper white cardstock, I then used AC Patterned paper from the Merry Mint collection for the snowflake frame as well as the Brown Diagonal print. I distressed the white with Jim Holts vintage photo ink and then stamped a super cute sentiment using my Studio G clear stamps and block. I have a problem using clear stamps sometimes, they just don't come out as solid as I would like, so I rub a pink pearl eraser over the stamp before i ink it, works like a charm : ) I used one of the new in color colors by stampin up! in Bermuda bay (love it) and finished it off with a 2 inch scallop punch from EK success and a little pop dotted snowflake from K&Company .. Layered it all together after I colored the image from stretch and bubbles (gamsol and colored pencils) and hol reindeer Batman I have one less Christmas card to make!

Now go and get outta here, create something!

Much love..
xoxoxo

~*~*FREE DIGI WEDNESDAY*~*~

Hi guys!!! Hard to believe that it is Wednesday already, but you know what that means right?? It is Free digi wednesday at Stretch and Bubbles! go on over and grab your free image. You ask me "what's the catch Dawnn?" I have to say NONE! now hop on over and grab up your image, post it and link back to her page for a chance at some awesome blog candy as well...

Where do you go to get this awesome free image?

Click here for Free Digi stamps

Allsorts challenge

This week ALlison at Stretch and bubbles is hosting the challenge at Allsorts, the challenge was purple, so what better challenge for me to do? I love her stamps, and I love purple... so here is my card...



How did i do it? well the stamp as I said is from Stretch and bubbles, they can be found HERE

I printed the image, colored it with colored pencils, and used the stump and gamsol technique on it to color.. I then used my art glitter glue and used the doodlebug fine glitters to make her crown and dress sparkly... I used a stamp by Stampers anyon, and used the jim holt eggplant ink to distress and for the stamped word image..

Hope you enjoy...
want to join in on the fun? Here is the link for the challenge CHALLENGE LINK

Glitsy something

Ok so I guess this is a bump of sorts, I have glitz and here it is, lol.. THis is for the stamp something challenge which can be found here Challenge Link

I hate to use something i just used in a challenge, but honestly i don't have anything that is as glitzy as this little ornament.. It is a stamp by Hollyhouse, and if you are not familiar with them what you do is stamp the image and cut different layers out, color them, paint them etc. I chose to glitter mine : ) I used the art glitter glue as it dries clear and my doodle bug glitter.. I used a teal, lavender and silver color. I stamped the stamp with Stampin Up! craft ink as it is super juicy and easy to emboss, I used lavender... Then i used pop dots to adhere the levels and voila, glitz galore...

Santa Baby

Positively one of the cutest cards ever! I made him at a card stamp a stack while I was in Michigan, and he was so easy, all paper pieced and glittered with stampin up! papers and dazzling diamonds... I put one up for sale in my etsy store and it was gone within minutes, lol.. I listed my last one tonite in hopes it goes to another happy home... take a peek at my little santa baby...

Who wouldn't want some blog candy?

Ok so I was surfing around for inspiration this morning, and thinking hmm i need that top note die cut from stampin up and came across some blog candy



thats right, alls you have to do is link it to your blog for a chance to win... Whose blog is it from you ask? good question, lol Created by JB here is a link that you can click on to see her awesome stuff at as well.. I hope you enjoy...

Click here for her linky

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

Ok so I needed to use a stamp for a DT tryout for stretch and bubbles, and I thought why not put it with the awesome sketch that the Penny black team had for their Saturday challenge... I used lavender Creative memories cardstock, and for the 6 one inch squares ont he sketch I pulled a purple marbled paper from my Old world stack.. The ribbon is Stampin UP! and the stamps are From stretch and bubbles and the word stamps is one of my favorites from Stampers anonymous.. The ink i used is as always Jim Holt, in dusty concord.. I finished it up by distressing all of the edges, and then adding some doodle bug glitter, I use art glitter glue to get it to stick and i love it as it dries clear... I colored the stamp with colored pencils, and i used the gamsol and stump technique on her... Take a look and let me know what you think...

GIngerbread!

What is it about the holidays that has me wanting to just make containers? LOL I want to refurbish every can, bottle and bag that I come in contact with... Well Here is one that I did at my technique class at stamp club, it is simple, but so cute.. The bag and all supplies are Stampin up!.. The bag is food safe and pretty sturdy, if you were on the fence about buying them, I would, they could actually be re-used, they aren't cheap feeling... Well here it is.. the tag is so cute, i love the stamp set I should have bought it, but had to have the forest friends instead, i don't know, i just had to have them, lol... the tag itself was stamped twice i stamped the sentiment, and then again i stamped it on the green, used the circle punch and matched up my words, so simple, yet so cute... I hope you enjoy.. (see pam i didnt forget about you)