LiaStampz Challenge #6--3R's (recipe)

IT'S SATURDAY!!!  I LOVE Saturdays!  I get to sleep late, and I get to spend the day with my wonderful family. Today, it's time for new challenge over at LiaStampz, and it's all about the 3R's--ribbon, raised, round.

I followed a sketch in the CTMH book Wishes for this challenge.  The ribbon here is obvious; the raised part of my card is the dots on the black cardstock (they're embossed), and the round should be pretty obvious, too.  As you can see by my card, your card doesn't have to be round; there just has to be a round shape somewhere on your project.  The image is "Candy Monkey" from LiaStampz, and the sentiment is from LiaStampz as well.

We'd love to see what you can create with this recipe challenge!  You've got until November 14 to get your project linked up on the LiaStampz blog.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!

Paper Cutz Challenge #115--Turning Over a New Leaf

If you're here to see my creation for the Pattie's Creations Design Challenge, please scroll down!

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It's time for the next Paper Cutz Challenge challenge!  Our new challenge is Turning Over a New Leaf, and we'd like you to make any project for autumn using LOTS of leaves and any colors you'd like EXCEPT green or blue.  Here's my card:

My background cardstock came out looking like olive green in the picture, but it's actually a kraft color, and I used an orange stamp pad to distress the edges.  I used the sketch at My Time Made Easy to get started and then used leaf stickers instead of patterned paper for the right hand side.  I'd never used twine before and got some a few weeks ago in a prize package, so I thought I'd try it out.  LOOOOOOOVE IT!!!!!!  In addition to My Time Made Easy, I'm also entering this at Lollipop Crafts, Shelly's Images, and C.R.A.F.T.

We'd love to see what projects you can create with leaves!  You've got until November 3 to get your project linked up at the Paper Cutz Challenge.  So, what are you waiting for???  GET SCRAPPING!!!

Pattie's Creations Challenge #32--Halloween or Autumn Colors

Happy Friday, everyone!!  I LOOOOOVE Fridays, and it's time for a new challenge at Pattie's Creations!  Our newest challenge is asking you to create a project for Halloween or one using autumn colors.

I used a sketch from CTMH's Wishes book for this challenge; I've been wanting this book for quite a while, and I was lucky enough to find it at my LSS customer garage sale a few weeks ago for a REALLY good price!  I used a purple stamp pad to ink the edges of the orange cardstock, and the other patterned papers were ones I had in my stash.  I added a piece of rick-rack, and I colored the pumpkin image with my Crayola colored pencils.  The sentiment is two small wood stamps I found in my stamp stash, and I used the same purple stamp pad for the sentiment.

We'd LOVE to see what you can create for us!  Be sure to get your project linked up to the Pattie's Creations Design Challenge site by November 10.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!

My Partner in Crafting Crime Challenge #34--Colour Palette inspiration

Happy Monday, everyone!  It's time for a brand new challenge at My Partner in Crafting Crime!  For this challenge, we'd like you to use the following colour palette for inspiration:  white, mint, green, bright pink, light pink.  You can use this photo for some extra inspiration:

We'd love to see you use at least three of these colors, and it would be REALLY awesome if you could incorporate them all!  Here's my project for this challenge, along with some additional views:

This was one of my FAVORITE recent projects!  Pink and green are two of my favorite colors, so this was a SUPER easy card for me.  The slingback bow shoe image is from Bows and Berries, and I colored it using my Crayola colored pencils, then added a rhinestone from Queen & Co. on the bow.  The sentiment and smaller shoe are from the Ellie's Day Out clear stamp set from Nikki Sivils, and I stamped them using a ColorBox mini in Razzberry.  I'm also entering this in the Pals Paper Arts Challenge 116--A Sketch Challenge.  This sketch just seemed to fit what I wanted perfectly, and I love the way the finished product turned out.

We can't WAIT to see what you can create with these colors!  You've got until November 6 to get your project completed and linked up at the My Partner in Crafting Crime blog.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!

Birthday Sundaes challenge

Nothing like a last minute entry for a challenge, right?  This week's challenge at Birthday Sundaes was to create a tall or long birthday card.  Here's my entry:

I used my Fruit Medley stamp set from The Rubber Cafe that I got at last spring's Scrapbook Expo, some ribbon I had in my stash, and a card sketch from the CTMH book Wishes.  Thanks for stopping by!

Paper Cutz Challenge #114--In the Pink

IT'S FRIDAY!  OH, YEAH!!!!  I LOOOOVE Fridays!!!!!  Since it's Friday, it ALSO means it's time for another challenge at the Paper Cutz Challenge!  This week, we're promoting Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so our challenge is all about PINK!

I love the combination of dark blue and pink, so I thought I'd use them for my card, which is 5x5.  I picked up some pink breast cancer awareness supplies at my LSS last week, and they worked out perfect for my card.  The digital image is from Kenny Kiernan; I've wanted to use it for a long time but just hadn't found the right project.  I colored the image with Crayola colored pencils, then added pink rhinestone bling.  I used pop dots to adhere both the striped piece of pp and the digi.  The sentiment was cut from another piece of pp that was breast cancer awareness themed.  I also found the pink mesh at my LSS and LOVED it!!!  I also entered this into the Clearly iStamp challenge.

There are so many things that can be done with Breast Cancer Awareness Month projects!  What have YOU got in store for us this week???  Be sure to get your projects linked up to the Paper Cutz Challenge blog by Thursday, October 27, and hop over to the blog now to check out the rest of the DT projects.  We can't WAIT to see what you've got!  Happy scrapping!

NettieG's newest challenge--Anything but a rectangle!

***For whatever reason, my NettieG's DT post didn't do its thing on Monday.  Sorry it's late, but here it is!***

Well, it's Monday.  Yup.  Have I ever said how much I intensely dislike Mondays?  There's just something about them that I've never liked, and I probably never will.  My blog problems have been fixed, thanks to my WONDERFUL friend, Suzanne (Thanks, Suzy!)!!!  I've still got a little bit of tweaking and moving things around to do, so please bear with me for a few more days.

For now, though, it's time to post a new challenge for NettieG's!  Here's my card, using the Sydney the Snail image:

For our newest challenge, you need to upload a project that's anything but a rectangle.  SIMPLE!  Be sure you get your project uploaded to the NettieG's challenge blog before October 30.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!