THE ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #327--"FAIRIES"--31 JULY 2016

Thanks for all the lovely projects that were submitted for our "At the Beach" theme at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog last week!  They were wonderful!!!  Our new challenge at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog is "Fairies."  Our sponsor this week is The Fantasy Art of Nikki Burnette.  The winner this week will receive three digital stamps of their choice from The Fantasy Art of Nikki Burnette store.

The Robyn's Fetish DT was graciously provided with an image of our choice to work with for this challenge, so I chose "Karmina."

We look forward to seeing your "Fairies" creations this week!  Be sure to get them linked up at the Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog before Saturday.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!

THE ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #326--"AT THE BEACH"--24 JULY 2016

Thanks for all the lovely projects that were submitted for our "Anything but a Card" theme at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog last week!  They were wonderful!!!  Our new challenge at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog is "At the Beach."  Our sponsor this week is Bugaboo Digi Stamps.  The winner this week will receive a $21 gift certificate to the Bugaboo Digi Stamps store.

The Robyn's Fetish DT was graciously provided with an image of our choice to work with for this challenge, so I chose "JJ Beach."

Supplies Used

~Bugaboo Digi Stamps "JJ Beach" digital image
~Carta Bella Summer Lovin' collection
~Color Box Mini in Razzberry
~Colored pencils in golden yellow, green-blue, light brown, light green, magenta, orange, peach, red, silver, sky blue, and yellow
~Ink It Up! dye ink in Turquoise
~Recollections foam adhesive circles
~Stickles in Black Diamond, Fruit Punch, and Turquoise
~There She Goes Clear Stamps "A Drink a Day" stamp set (company no longer in business)

We look forward to seeing your "At the Beach" creations this week!  Be sure to get them linked up at the Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog before Saturday.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!

THE ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #325--"ANYTHING BUT A CARD"--17 JULY 2016

Thanks for all the lovely projects that were submitted for our "Anything with Water" theme at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog last week!  They were wonderful!!!  Our new challenge at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog is "Anything But a Card."  Our sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish.  The winner this week will receive three digital stamps of their choice from the Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More store.

The Robyn's Fetish DT was graciously provided with an image of our choice to work with for this challenge, so I chose "A Bell for Christmas."

Supplies Used

~All Night Media micro Pop Dots
~Colored pencils in brown, gold, gray, green, orange, pine green, red, and red-orange
~Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls embossing folder
~Ranger Glossy Accents
~Recollections Christmas City Sidewalks 12x12 paper pad
~Recollections foam adhesive circles
~Ribbon from stash
~Robyn's Fetish "A Bell for Christmas" digital image
~Sizzix Fancy Labels dies
~Stickles in Candy Cane, Gold, and Silver

We look forward to seeing your "Anything But a Card" creations this week!  Be sure to get them linked up at the Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog before Saturday.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!

THE ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #324--"ANYTHING WITH WATER"--10 JULY 2016

Thanks for all the lovely projects that were submitted for our "Christmas in July" theme at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog last week!  They were wonderful!!!  Our new challenge at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog is "Anything with Water."  Our sponsor this week is Angie's Digital Stamps.  The winner this week will receive three digital stamps of their choice from the Angie's Digital Stamps store.

The Robyn's Fetish DT was graciously provided with images to work with for this challenge, so I chose "Octopus."

Supplies Used

~Angie's Digital Stamps "Octopus" image
~Cardstock from stash
~ColorBox Mini in Razzberry
~Colored pencils in sky blue
~Fibracolor markers
~Ink It Up! dye ink in Turquoise
~Recollections foam adhesive circles
~The {Stamps} of Life birthday2celebrate stamp set
~Stickles in Fruit Punch, Pink, and Turquoise

We look forward to seeing your "Anything with Water" creations this week!  Be sure to get them linked up at the Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog before Saturday.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!

Under the Sea Blog Hop

Welcome to the Under the Sea Blog Hop!  Thank you for joining us for an underwater adventure Under the Sea!

You should have arrived from Michelle, but if you didn't Connie Can Crop is the first stop in this hop.  This is a one day blog hop, and we appreciate your leaving a comment for all of these amazing crafters.

We have a WONDERFUL sponsor this month!

One lucky winner will win this awesome three-pack of sequins!

Be sure to check out their shop online HERE,  

Visit them on Facebook HERE,

and their blog HERE.

What do you need to do to win?  Easy . . . become a follower of each of the fabulous blogs in this hop, and leave each of them a comment letting them know what you like best about their projects.  You will have until 10 pm Sunday to finish the hop and leave your comments.  Winner will be announced Wednesday, 7/20/16, at Connie Can Crop.  Be sure to follow everyone and leave a comment along the way!

I have several cards to show you today!  My husband and I recently returned from a kid-free (Yes, I said KID-FREE!) cruise to the Eastern Caribbean, and I made a few cards to use as thank-you cards for different members of our cruise staff.

For the top three cards, I used two different stamp sets from There She Goes Clear Stamps, a company I LOVE that is unfortunately out of business now.  The fourth card uses the digital image "Stella and Charlie" from Oddball Art Co. and was a Robyn's Fetish Challenge Design Team card I made back in January.  I held on to it for a while, but I took it on the cruise with us and gave it to our head server in the dining room, Chutima.  She LOVED it!!!

Up next is Angela!  Here's our lineup in case you get lost: 

Connie

Janet 

Alicia

Sarah

Pam

Kim

Holli

Miranda

Lisa

Christi

Veronica

Michelle

Ashley <= THAT'S ME!

Angela <= GO HERE NEXT!

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop!

THE ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #323--"CHRISTMAS IN JULY"--3 JULY 2016

Thanks for all the lovely projects that were submitted for our "Butterflies" theme at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog last week!  They were wonderful!!!  Our new challenge at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog is "Christmas in July."  Our sponsor this week is Star Stampz.  The winner this week will receive three digital stamps of their choice from the Star Stampz store.

The Robyn's Fetish DT was graciously provided with images to work with for this challenge, so I chose "Me and My Snowman."

Supplies Used

~Colored pencils in black, green, light brown, orange, peach, pink, red, sky blue, and white
~Crafty Sprouts "Have a Cool Yule" sentiment stamp set
~DCWV The Mrs. Claus's Kitchen Stack paper pad
~The Paper Studio Sticky Doos foam adhesive squares
~Ranger Archival Ink Designer Series:  Wendy Vecchi in Red Geranium
~Really Reasonable Ribbon Crazy for Christmas October Ribbon Club Assortment
~Star Stampz "Me and My Snowman" digital image
~Stickles in Black Diamond, Christmas Red, Crystal, Fruit Punch, and Star Dust

We look forward to seeing your "Christmas in July" creations this week!  Be sure to get them linked up at the Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog before Saturday.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!

Family Fun

Happy July!  I've promised myself that this is the month that I'm going to get back on track with making cards and layouts more regularly than just for my DT requirements.  Today, I did pretty good--two cards (one for the DT) and this layout:

I used this sketch from Let's Get Sketchy:

Supplies Used

~Carta Bella Summer Lovin' collection:  element stickers, Flamingos paper, Summer Floral paper, Sunglasses paper, Sunshine paper

~Me and My Big Ideas chipboard embellishments--Sassy Alphabets

Have a great weekend everyone!