The perfect day

 

Challenges:

1. Fab 'n funky - buttons & bows
2. Pink Elephant Scrap - use sketch and the colours aqua, black, white
3. Daring Cardmakers - it's a girl thing

Happy birthday

 

Challenges:

1. Ooh-la-la creations - birthday
2. Pear tree designs - birthday

Paper piecing

 

The challenge this week at Scrap & Stamp, is paper piecing. If you're not sure what this is, Lisa posted a tutorial - go check it out. Thanks Lisa!

My layout also fits a few other challenges:

1. Scrap it with a song - "somewhere over the rainbow" - beyond te rain
2. Scrapbook challenges - sketch 210
3. Simon says - go dotty
4. Pals paper arts - monochromatic (purple)
5. Treehouse - spots & dots
6. Lexi's creations - paper piecing

Pastel Christmas

 

Challenge: Cupcake crafts - pastel christmas

Have a ...

 

Challenges:

1. ABC Christmas - presents and lace
2. Stamp Something - christmas in July
3. Stamptacular Sunday - christmas in July

Merry Chrismas

 

This tag/card was made from bit/pieces of scrap. It fits a few challenges:

1. My time to craft - check it out
2. Tuesday taggers - christmas in July
3. Tuesday throwdown - christmas in July
4. Little red wagon - christmas in July
5. Our creative corner - christmas in July

Heartfelt thanks

 

This is the card i made for this week's challenge at Teddystampers.
The challenge is to use different shapes on your card.
I used a rectangle, square, circles.
I used a Card Patterns sketch.

Take out your shapes and join us for this fun challenge.

happiness is ...

 

The challenge over at Scrap & Stamp this week, is to use BUTTONS!
So take out those forgotten little ones and scrap it with us.

Challenges:

1. Cupcake craft - cats & dogs
2. Scrapbook challenges - sketch #209
3. Stampavie - anything goes
4. Stamp something - flowery (used pearly pink ink to stamp background flowers)
5. Create 4 fun - something flowery
6. Crazy 4 challenges - use buttons
7. Scrap, stamp & doodle - animals

Frosty in July

Hi all ... it's time for July Blog Hop over at QKR Stampede! The theme this time is Frosty in July ... so hop on over there and let the hopping begin.

My card for the blog hop:

 

If you didn't arrive here from Sarah's blog, you don't want to miss what our designers have in store for you! The QKR Stampede Blog Hop starts at www.qkrstampede.blogspot.com.

Here is the Blog Hop order -
QKR Stampede Blog - www.qkrstampede.blogspot.com
Laralee - http://racinggrandmacrafts.blogspot.com/
Ceal - http://simplybeautifulcreations.blogspot.com/
Holly -http://www.glitterstampsandink.blogspot.com/
Carol Lecian -http://www.stampalley.blogspot.com/
Jessica- http://thebugstampinmomma.blogspot.com/
Sarah - http://sarahscrazycreations.blogspot.com/
Desiree - http://www.desireeh1.blogspot.com/
Barb - http://barbsbestcreations-barbgmitro.blogspot.com/
Jerusha - http://www.ilovepapercrafting.blogspot.com/
Chris Dickinson - http://www.chrissyd723.blogspot.com

There will be a Blog Hop prize of a $25- gift certificate!!!

Thanks for joining ... and good luck!

The card also fits a few challenges:

1. CCEE Stampers - sketch + Christmas in July
2. Treehouse - water colouring (used my Derwents and waterbrush)
3. Practical scrappers - embossing (used OLD paper, embossed and sanded) for strips

Dream tomorrow

 

I used the sketch from Moving along with the times to complete this card.
The image is from QKR Stampede.

Summer

 

* inked the cardstock
* coloured image and mounted
* put pattern paper through cuttlebug, sanded
* added brads, buttons, sentiment

Challenges:

1. Digital Tuesday - sketch
2. Everybody art - holiday
3. Delightful challenges - beach theme
4. Daring cardmakers - sea related
5. Bee Crafty - at the beach
6. Our creative corner - beach layout
7. Secret crafter - summer holiday
8. Pile it on - holiday

Joy

 

Challenges:

1. Just add ink - emboss
2. Stampin' B's - sentiment as main focus

* card inspired by Jowilna Nolte *

Relaxation

 

Challenges:

1. Pollycraft - bold & bright colours
2. My time 2 craft - butterfly bliss
3. Papertake weekly - in the garden
4. Tuesday throwdown - stitching
5. Childrens challenge corner - green/orange/yellow (I'm too old to enter :-)
6. Flutterby - butterflies
7. Truly scruptious - sketch + how does your garden grow
8. S2G crafting - water
9. Fussy & fancy - stiches, sparkle
10.Allsorts - summer days

Sending smiles

 

This is my card for this weeks Teddy Stampers challenge. The challenge is to do "as you wish" (and there's a twist).
The DT got some lovely digital images from Digital Delights to work with.
I used the sketch from Friday sketchers.

Hope to see you at Teddystampers soon!

Just saying hello

 

Theresa Gerber hosted a swap. We had to make a card using red/black/white. This was my card.

Challenges:

1. Crafty angels - red & black
2. Alphabet challenge - L is for lace
3. Stampavie - anything goes
4. Stamp something - use something digital

Xmas in July

 

Challenges:

1. Ooh-la-la creations - christmas in July
2. ABC Christmas - N ... for Noël (hear the angels singing)
3. My time to craft - angellic
4. Paper Cutz - christmas with NO red/green
5. Stampin 4 the weekend - christmas in July
6. Lexi's creations - stitching
7. Magical crafts - christmas in July
8. Paper Sundaes - lots of layers
9. Creatalicious - sketch plus stitching

Pocket card

 

Challenge:

1. Pink Elephant - pocket card

Bliss

 

Challenges:

1. Pear tree designs - animals
2. Pollycraft - sketch

[Ex.pres.sion]

 

Challenges:

1. Crafty angels - circles & squares
2. Critter sketch - stars
3. Mojo Monday - sketch
4. Allsorts - heart
5. Crazy 4 challenges - red/black/white

Make a scene

 

* stamped and coloured the cow
* stamped sun on pattern paper and cut out
* stamped bees and cut out, put some stickles on the wings
* cut fake grass
* added flowers

Challenges:

1. Tuesday Taggers - make a scene
2. Scrap, stamp, doodle - make a scene

Beauty

 

Challenges:

1. Scrap it with a song - America the beautiful
2. Inchie inklings - 1x inchie

My friend ... christmas

 

Challenges:

1. Cards for men - christmas in July
2. Bah! Humbug - special friend
3. Fussy & Fancy - christmas in July
4. Quirky crafts - ribbon
5. Sunday Sketch & Stamp - sketch

Seasons of life

* card inspired by Jowilna Nolte *

* inked card background with Distress ink
* cut and embossed butterfly with cuttlebug
* used a mask and ink on book paper
* finished off with sentiment and pearls

Challenges:

1. Flutterby - open
2. Annabelle stamps - say it in ... chocolate and orange

Alcohol inks!

 

Jowilna Nolte taught a class at Scrapbook Studio. This was quite new to me, as I've never used alcohol inks before.
We had to put a few drops of alcohol ink on our craft sheets and then put the cardstock in the ink. When dry, we stamped with Staz-on on our "artwork".
I finished off the card with a paper strip on the left, mounted wording and a swirl.

Challenges:

1. Ooh-la-la creations - simply summer
2. Delightful challenges - bright summer colours
3. Your next stamp - flower power
4. Crafty calender corner - summer
5. Cute card Thursday - summer
6. Magical crafts - flower power
7. Whoopsidaisy - hot vibrant colours
8. My partner in crafting crime - summer time