Rainbow

I hope everyone's having a great weekend!  I'm sure you're all just as ready for everything to reopen as I am, but I know we all want to keep everyone safe as well.  I'm plugging along with work, graduate school, making sure my son gets his AMI work done, and getting a little crafting in when I can.

If you've been visiting my blog any in 2020, then you know Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' has a 52-Week Layout Challenge going  We're in Week #15 right now, and my layout below is my Week #15 layout.  It also counts as my first layout for the April Monthly Layout Challenge there of "April Showers Bring May Flowers" and for my "Wood" BINGO square at Snc.

One of the current sketches at Sketches in Thyme is Sketch #415:

This is my take on the sketch:

I'm also entering this at Lasting Memories.  Challenge 491 there is "Word Play--Spring."  You have to use an item or technique for every letter in the word "Spring."  Mine are as follows:  S--Spring flowers on background paper, P--Patterned paper, R--Rainbow title, I--Inking (in yellow between the picture and title), N--Navy ZIG Writer used to write journaling, G--Green cardstock.  

Challenges Entered

~Lasting Memories #491--Word Play "Spring"

~Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' April 2020 Monthly Layout Challenge--April Showers Bring May Flowers

~Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' April 2020 BINGO--Wood

~Sketches In Thyme--Sketch #415

Supplies Used

~Close To My Heart Exclusive Inks in Sunflower

~Simple Stories Good Day Sunshine collection

       --6x12 Page Elements

       --Chill Out

       --Expressions Cardstock Stickers

       --Fundamentals Cardstock Stickers

       --Life is Beachy

~Thickers Patchwork Fabric Letter Stickers in Ladybug

~ZIG Writer in Navy

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you get some crafty time soon.  Have a great weekend, and happy scrapping!

Scrapbook Friends cards

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!  Thought I would share some cards with you today that I made for some of my scrapbook friends to go in with some scrappy goodies that went their way.

For my first card, I used a card sketch over at The Outlawz Challenges:

Since the image I used was vertical, I rotated the sketch:

Supplies Used

~Bella Creationz Metallic Plum Purple & Metallic Poppin' Pink sequins

~Cardstock from stash

~Close To My Heart Ms. Scrapbook stamp set

~ColorBox Ink in Deep Grape

~Imaginisce Kewl Stuff patterned paper--B'Argyling

~Ribbon from stash

For my second card, I followed Sketch #284 at Freshly Made Sketches:

Supplies Used

~Close To My Heart Ms. Scrapbook stamp set

~Close To My Heart patterned paper

~ColorBox Ink in Deep Grape

~Jillibean Soup Wordfetti wood veneers--Celebrate

~The Paper Studio Texture-Hot Pink patterned paper

My third card follows Sketch #167 at Feeling Sketchy:

Supplies Used

~Buttons from stash

~Close To My Heart patterned paper

~Colorbok Rhapsody pattern paper pack

~ColorBox Ink in Deep Grape

~The Paper Studio Texture-Hot Pink patterned paper

~Studio G stamp set

Challenges Entered

~Feeling Sketchy Sketch #167

~Freshly Made Sketches Sketch #284

~The Outlawz Challenges Wednesday Sketch Challenge--April 19, 2017

~Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' April Card Challenges--Anything Goes & Pink and Purple

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!

WILD Blogiversary Hop

Welcome to the WILD Blogiversary Blog Hop!  Thank you for joining us for a week long celebration in honor of my 8th year here in Blog Land!  These talented crafters have created all sorts of projects to inspire you and bring out the wild animal in us all!!

You should have arrived from MIRANDA.  If you just happened upon this spectacular hop, Connie Can Crop is the first stop in this hop.  

This is a one-day blog hop, but you have until Sunday to finish hopping and leaving your comments for all of these amazing crafters.

We have ten amazing sponsors for this anniversary hop!!

Connie's Crafty Cart--Sassafras Lass Stamps

Miss Kate Cuttables--2 free SVG images

Kitty Bee Designs--1 free digital stamp

Creative Memories--$25 gift certificate

Close To My Heart--Stampt Set and Ink

Stampin' Up--Embossing Folder

Fun Stampers Journey--Stamp Set

Mermaids N Monograms--Adorable Mason Jar Glass

Little Scraps of Heaven--two $10 gift certificates

and

Paper Crafting World--SVG file

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 have until 10 pm Sunday to finish the hop and leave your comments.  Winners will be announced on Wednesday, 1/11/17, at Connie Can Crop.  And YES, you can win more than one prize!!  So be sure to follow everyone and leave your comments along the way!!

I have two different projects to share with you today.  The first is a two-page layout I did a few years ago:

 

My husband and I spent almost a month in San Antonio, Texas back in April of 2008 while we were going through an IVF cycle.  While we were there, we (obviously!) had a lot of time to sightsee; one of those trips was to the Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch, just north of San Antonio.  At this ranch, you're able to drive your own vehicle through the ranch, all the while seeing many different species of animals and being able to drop food out your window for them.  As you can see, the zebra thought he needed to come in the window to get his!  LOL!

I picked up the "Cute Critters" sentiment set from an online sale at My Craft Spot.  When I ran across this "Happy Lion" from KennyK in my digital stamps, I knew they would be perfect together!  I made this simple card, because I wanted the image and sentiment to be the focus.  

Up next is VERONICA.  Here's our lineup in case you get lost:

Connie

Christi

Shannon H

Angela

Alicia

Holli

Kim

Michelle

Marji

Sue

Miranda

Ashley (YOU ARE HERE!)

Veronica (GO HERE NEXT!)

Sarah

Rebecca

Shannon M

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy the rest of the hop!

THE ROBYN'S FETISH CHALLENGE #310--"HAND MADE FLOWERS"--3 APRIL 2016

Thanks for all the lovely projects that were submitted for our "Add a Doily" theme at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog last week!  They were beautiful!!!  Our new challenge at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog is to use hand made flowers on your project.  Our sponsor this week is Ppinky Dolls Art, and the prize is three images of the winner's choice from the Ppinky Dolls Art store.  

The Robyn's Fetish DT was graciously provided with an image each to work with from Ppinky Dolls Art; my image was "Playing with Kittens on the Tree."

I used the new April card sketch at Stick It Down and will be entering my card there.

Challenges Entered

~CASology Week 191:  Washi

~Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' 52 Week Challenge Week #13

~Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' April Card Challenges--Anything Goes

~Stick It Down April Card Sketch Challenge

Supplies Used

~Cardstock from stash
~Close To My Heart ink in Sunflower
~Color Box Mini ink in Razzberry
~Colored pencils in blue, brown, green, lemon yellow, light blue, light brown, magenta, peach, pink, and taupe
~EK Success 1" scallop circle punch
~Me and My Big Ideas Mambi Stones stickers
~Ppinky Dolls Art "Playing with Kittens on the Tree" image
~Queen and Co. Rhinestones in Sunflower Yellow
~Recollections foam adhesive circles
~Sentiment from stash
~Stick It Down April card sketch
~Washi tape from stash
~Wink of Stella glitter clear brush pen

We look forward to seeing your projects with hand made flowers 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 #297--"ANYTHING GOES!"--3 JANUARY 2016

This week's challenge at The Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog is easy peasy--Anything Goes!  Our sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish, and the prize is three images of the winner's choice from the Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More Store.

The Design Team members were provided with an image for our projects, and my chosen image is "Teapot."

I'll use this for one of my Mother's Day cards in May.  It never hurts to get ahead, right? ;-)

Supplies Used

~Close To My Heart Simple Beauty stamp set
~Color Box Mini ink in Razzberry
~Colored pencils in bubble gum, light green, magenta, and sand
~Glitz Cashmere Dame 6x6 paper pack

~Pop dots

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

Purple!

One of the June Monthly Card Challenges at Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' this month was purple.  This was a little bit of a stretch for me, as I don't normally scrap cards with a lot of purple, but it all worked out.  We're allowed to do each card challenge twice, so these are the two cards I came up with for the Purple challenge:

I embossed the bottom 3/4 of the light purple cardstock with the D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder and adhered the ribbon from my stash across the upper edge of the embossing.  Luckily, I was able to find light and dark purple brads in my stash to go along with the light and dark purple flowers I found in my stash!  Adding a couple of purple rhinestones and a sentiment from Close To My Heart gave the card the finishing touches.

Challenges Entered:

Paper Crafting Journey--Last Challenge:  Flower Power

Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' June Monthly Card Challenge--Purple

After embossing the dark purple cardstock with the D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder, I also embossed the light purple cardstock with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder.  The image was a wood stamp I found in my stash, and I used a random purple ink on the image and also to ink the edges of the skunk's little tuft of fur in the center of his head.  The skunk is from the Create a Critter Cricut cartridge and was one I received in a Cricut cut swap in the Yahoo group Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' that we did a while back.

Challenges Entered:

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #183--Embossing:  Heat or dry

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #217--Anything Goes
Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' June Monthly Card Challenge--Purple

I hope everyone had a great Monday!  I'll be back with more creations tomorrow, so be sure to stop back by.  Have a great week!

Linnie Blooms May Challenge--Flowers!

Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone!  I can't believe it's May already!  Hopefully this month will be a little calmer than April, with all the storms at the end of the month.  Please continue to keep the residents of Mayflower and Vilonia, Arkansas, in your thoughts and prayers (along with other communities) as they rebuild after the devastating tornadoes.

I'm here today with my first Design Team post for Linnie Blooms!  The challenge for the Design Team this month is to show what we can do with Linnie Blooms flowers.  I decided to use one of the smaller flowers I received to make a Mother's Day card for my mother-in-law.

I've never worked with canvas ANYTHING before, so it was definitely a challenge!  Check out the mess I made while trying to work with the glue I decided on:

Oh, mercy!  It took a while to finally clean this up, and my flower was at one point completely BURIED beneath this glob of white glue!  LOL!

I thought I'd try something different this time for my supplies.  Instead of making a list, I took a pictures:

   

 







I really enjoyed working with my products from Linnie Blooms, and I can't WAIT to work with them more!  Thanks for stopping by!

Through the Purple Haze Challenge #25: Pick your favorite color!

WOW!  What a great turnout we had for last week's Anything Goes challenge at Through the Purple Haze--almost eight entries!  Thanks to everyone who submitted a project.  We hope you'll join us again!

This week's challenge is sponsored by Delicious Doodles and Di's Digi Designs.  Delicious Doodles will be giving the winner four images, and Di's Digi Designs will be providing a $12 coupon.  Great prizes!

I chose the "Leather and Lace" image from Delicious Doodles for my project.

Supplies Used

Stampendous! Stamp-n Stuff embossing powder--Red Tinsel

Zing! glitter embossing powder--Black

Colored pencils

Cardstock

StazOn ink--Jet Black

Pop dots

Stickles--Gold, Candy Cane

Sentiment from Close To My Heart

Challenges Entered

Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' January Card Challenge--Glitter

Challenges 4 Everybody #37--Anything Goes

Scribble and Scrap Challenge #10--Anything Goes
The ABC Challenge--D is for Dazzle

We're looking forward to seeing your creations this week!  Be sure you get them linked up at the TTPH challenge blog.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!