Stick It Down February Guest Designer

I'm THRILLED to be the Guest Designer at Stick It Down for the February card sketch!  (Oops!  This was supposed to go live earlier today!)

Here's the sketch I was given to work with:

I decided to use the sketch to create a Valentine card:

I also decided to decorate the inside of my card for a more finished look:

Supplies Used

~My Mind's Eye State of the Heart paper collection

~Ranger Archival Ink Designer Series:  Wendy Vecchi in Red Geranium

~The {Stamps} of Life hearts2love image and sentiment set

~Sticko hearts stickers

~Studio G adhesive foam dots

Thanks for stopping by!  You've still got a couple of weeks to get your project linked up at Stick It Down.  It's been a pleasure Guest Designing for them this month!

The Outlawz Challenges--Progressive Freebie Challenge

The new Progressive Freebie Challenge started this month over at The Outlawz Challenges!  If you enjoy working with digital images, you should really get in on this.  Once you join the challenge, you will receive this month's image.  You have until the end of the month to create a project using the image and to upload it to the challenge page and to the gallery.  As long as you get a project entered each month, you get the next month's image for free!

This month's image is a lovely set of roses.  I needed to make a stair step card, so I thought the image would be perfect.

Challenges Entered

The Outlawz Challenges--Progressive Freebie Challenge 1st January 2016

Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' January Monthly Card Challenge--Anything Goes #2

Supplies Used

Cardstock from stash

Colored pencils in green, salmon, and teal

Martha Stewart Arch Lattice and Punch Around the Page Ribbon Loop punches

My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline Fiddlesticks 6x6 designer paper pad

Stickles in Turquoise

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a great crafty day!

THE ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #299--"ANIMALS"--17 JANUARY 2016

This week's challenge at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog is animals!  Our sponsor this week is A Creative Need, and the prize is three digital stamps of the winner's choice from the A Creative Need store.

The Design Team members were provided with an image from A Creative Need for our projects, and my chosen image is "Owl."  This will be perfect for a masculine birthday card!  I don't know about you, but masculine birthday cards are always a struggle for me.

I used the current sketch at Mojo Monday

and will be entering my card there.

Supplies Used

~Bella Creationz metallic silver doily
~Brads from stash
~Colored pencils in brown and slate
~A Creative Need "Owl" image
~Memento Dew Drop dye ink in Nautical Blue
~Mojo Monday sketch
~My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline 6x6 designer paper pad
~Pop dots

~Simon Says Stamp! It's Your Birthday sentiment

We look forward to seeing your animal projects 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 #298--"SQUARE CARDS"--10 JANUARY 2016

This week's challenge at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog is square cards!  I think sometimes many of us rely on standard card bases, so it's nice to go outside the norm and make something different.  Our sponsor this week is The East Wind, and the prize is three digital stamps of the winner's choice from The East Wind store.

The Design Team members were provided with an image from The East Wind for our projects, and my chosen image is "Aurora Vine."  I decided to get a jump on my Valentine cards, so I made a Valentine card for my husband.

I used the current sketch at Mojo Monday

and will be entering my card there.

Supplies Used

~Colored pencils in brown, dark green, green, light brown, mahogany, navy blue, peach, red and sand
~Creative Imaginations Prom paper
~The East Wind "Aurora Vine" image
~Mojo Monday sketch
~My Mind's Eye State of Heart "Full of Love" paper
~Penny Black j'aime paris stamp set (sentiment)

~Pop dots
~Ranger Archival Ink Designer Series:  Wendy Vecchi in Red Geranium
~Ranger Glossy Accents
~Red cardstock from stash
~Stickles in Christmas Red
~Wink of Stella brush pen in Glitter Clear

We look forward to seeing your square cards 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 #296--"ANYTHING FOR WINTER"--27 DECEMBER 2015

What beautiful snowflake projects last week!  This week's challenge at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog is "Anything for Winter."  Our sponsor this week is Sami Stamps, and the prize is a $12 gift certificate to Sami Stamps.

The Design Team members were provided with an image for our projects, and I chose "Comfy Cocoa."

I used the sketch from the Cheerful Sketches Challenge, so this will be my second entry there for this month.

Supplies Used

~Cardstock from stash
~Cheerful Sketches Challenge December sketch
~Colored pencils in brown, gray, green blue, mahogany, and raspberry
~Making Memories Just Chillin' 6x6 paper pad
~Memento Dew Drop ink in Teal Zeal
~My Mind's Eye All Spice 6x6 paper pad

~Ranger Archival Ink in Coffee
~Ranger Glossy Accents
~Sami Stamps "Comfy Cocoa" digital image

~Stickles in Turquoise
~Sticky Doos foam adhesive circles
~TPC Studio Coffee Cafe clear stamps--sentiment

What type of winter project will YOU create this week?  We can't wait to see them!  Be sure to get them linked up at the Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog before Saturday.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!

Lasting Memories Challenge #75--All you need is LOVE!

Happy Valentine's Day!  I hope everyone had a great day with your loved ones.  I LOVE the sketch at Lasting Memories this week:

This is the layout I created:

This is a picture from our wedding day in 2005, and it's one of my favorites.  I had some of the My Mind's Eye State of the Heart collection, and that's what I used here.  The hearts were fussy cut from some of the patterned paper, and the twine is from my stash.  I'm framing this layout and giving it to my husband for his Valentine's Day gift.  I hope he likes it!

My Mind's Eye Blog Challenge 25

One of my friends in the Yahoo group Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' turned me on to the current challenge at the My Mind's Eye blog.  After looking at the sketch and scrounging through my stash, I found one collection of My Mind's Eye products.  Here's the sketch they're asking us to work with:

Here's the layout I came up with:

All of the papers are from the My Mind's Eye State of the Heart collection:  Valentine Stripes, Love You Lots, and Love Meter.  The heart border, journaling tag, and heart with "Always Loved" tag are from the same collection.  The grungeboard letters are from Tim Holtz, and I used Tim Holtz Distress Stickles in Fired Brick to set them off.

The theme of the layout was supposed to be "Celebration," and my husband coming home from a five-month deployment to Iraq was DEFINITELY a celebration!  He missed our son's birth by two weeks and one day, but he was able to come home safely to us.  What a great day that was!