Creative Knockouts #236 - Die Cuts

Good morning stampers! Today I'm sharing my project for the challenge over at Creative Knockouts where the theme is...Die Cuts and Punches.

This week's sponsor is Little Miss Muffet, and they are offering a wonderful prize to a lucky player! 

Here's my project, featuring Val's Butterfly. What a cutie! I always need baby cards so I thought this would work great! I printed it out and hand colored with Copic markers.

Die from Spellbinders, border punch from EK Success. I used a sketch today, Viva la Verve for March. Another great one!

That's it for me today! Don't forget to swing over to the Creative Knockouts blog to link up your projects for your chance to win! My DT sisters have created some beautiful inspiration, so leave them some love too!

 

Aud Sentiments #198 - Anything Goes!

Happy Thursday stamping friends! Today I'm sharing my project for the challenge over at Aud Sentiments where the theme is....Anything Goes! 

This week's sponsor is the Aud Sentiments blog, and they are offering a wonderful gift certificate prize to a lucky player! 

Here's my card, featuring LOTS of amazing goodies from Rubbernecker Stamps. I am in LOVE with this Margarita Glass rubber stamp and matching die cut. It's such a fun, Fun, FUN image that lends itself to so many different types of cards. Earlier this week I made a shaker card with it! Today's project is straight up stamped and cut. Colored with Copics, of course. "Salt" on the rim, because...well...Margarita! ;)

Here's an extra peek at some of the depth and dimension I tried to include here today. Don't you love all the yummy layers?? I started with the border stamp, then added the fun dots dry embossing using a folder. That panel is on the first layer of foam tape, white-on-white card base. I built up the rest of the project from there. A complete supply listing can be found at the end of this post. If you have any questions, leave me a comment or send an email! I'm happy to help!

I stamped the little flowers onto patterned paper and die cut them as well. They've been added to the sentiment tag panel using foam tape. Rhinestones from my stash.

I also used a sketch on this happy card today, Stella Says Sketch #604 on the Catch the Bug blog. What a fun sketch, thanks for the inspiration! Here it is if you'd like to check me :)

Don't forget, Rubbernecker has a new challenge as of Tuesday, so if you can make your project SHAKE, we'd love to see it! You have until Sunday March 11th to link up HERE on the Rubbernecker Challenge Blog.

Supplies Used:

Below are links to the supplies I’ve used for today’s project. Compensated affiliate links may used, which means if you make a purchase, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support!

-Margarita Glass rubber stamp
-Margarita Glass die cut
-Freehand Border Mini rubber stamp set
-Nested Circle die cut set
-Create a Garden 3 clear stamp set (using the small flower)
-Barrel Garden die cut set
-Best Friends Etc. clear stamp set
-Thinking of You Frame rubber stamp
-Miscellaneous supplies: Memento black and rich cocoa ink pads, Fun Stampers Journey red ink, Yummy Dots Emobssing Folder from Fun Stampers Journey, patterned paper and cactus clip from Doodlebug, Copic markers, Rhinestones from Kaisercraft, Tombo Aqua glue, small corner rounder punch from EK Success, misc. glitters and sequins from my stash, and lots of foam tape.

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to link up your lovelies over at Aud Sentiments for your chance to win! Remember, you MUST include a sentiment to enter our challenge! We love seeing all of your creations on the linkup :) 

 

Penny's Challenge #307: Anything Goes

Good morning stampers! I hope everyone's week is going well! Busy busy busy, I bet! December already, I'm in shock...

The new challenge at Penny's starts today though! Our sponsors this week are Little Blue Button and Lemon Shortbread. Prizes are up for grabs! You have until Tuesday night to link up with us on the Penny's Challenge blog.

Today's card features the happy little Christmas Elements from LBBS:

Aren't these little elements so much fun? Colored with Copics, die and glitter dot from Fun Stampers Journey, paper from my stash.

I played along with the Bugaboo Christmas Chaos for Day #2 with this project, which was the sketch challenge. 

Other challenges:

Inspiration Destination - #115: AG (unlimited)

That's it for this post! Don't forget to swing over to the Penny's Challenge blog to link up your projects for your chance to win! My DT sisters have created some beautiful inspiration, so leave them some love too!

 

Oddball Art Stamps September FB Challenge: AG!

Good morning everyone, and Happy First Day of School!!! Hehe. Today I'm sharing my first "official" card as a member of the Oddball Art Stamps Design Team! Yayyyyyy! I'm so thrilled to be joining this team, have always been a fan of Lizzy's amazing images, and all the beautiful work by the designers she's had working with her. I can't believe I get to be one of them!! I hope my projects bring you some inspiration. 

Oh...and did you know...if you need this, or any other image (you do), you can receive 10% off your order using coupon code DTJENNIFER10. Perk package!

Onward to the project. We have two challenges per month at Oddball, the first one is the Facebook Challenge, which is always Anything Goes in theme. The challenge takes place on Facebook (obviously) and runs from the 1st through the last day of the month. Just upload your Oddball Art Stamps cards to the album and viola! There is also a blog challenge that you can check out and play along in!

My first project for our September Anything Goes Facebook Challenge features the SWEETEST little witch image...Wendy & Friends, #253. She was colored up with a whole big pile of Copic markers. ;)

I have used papers from Fun Stamper's Journey today, these were offered last fall in 6x6 size, LOVE them. Halloween is my favorite holiday so I'm always buying paper and embellishments for Halloween themed projects! Also tossed in a DCWV layer for extra sparkle. Dies are from Lil' Inker Designs (circle) and Gina Marie (fishtail banner). Embellies from Kaisercraft and Recollections.

Of course, I can't resist a good sketch challenge, today's uses the second Viva la Verve sketch for August. Fantastic as always! Thanks for the inspiration, Julee!

That's it for me today. I hope you're all having a fabulous day! Don't forget to check out the Oddball Art Stamps Facebook Group for more inspiration. I hope to see you playing along with your Oddball beauties!

Penny's Challenge #290: Anything Goes

Good morning stampers! I hope everyone's week is going well! Doing a little catch up blogging, as I keep starting these posts and not finishing/posting. Where is my poor brain? If you have seen it, PLEASE return! It seems I need it... ;)

Today's card features 3 Little Summer Girls from All Dressed Up. They are SO sweet! I especially love the sweetie in the hat.

The picture did NOT show my sketchy sky very well. I colored these beauties with Prismacolor Pencils, including sand and sky for their day at the beach. The sky was light and cloudy, and no matter what I did I couldn't make it pop in the photo. But, I DID do it! I was actually pretty pleased with how it turned out.

I followed a sketch for this card, VLV Sketch #1 for August 2016.

I've added some clouds across the background panel from my new Lawn Fawn die set (finally got it!), and some lace across the bottom just to show that you can be girly and still have fun in the sand too! ;)

Challenges:

VLV Sketch #1 for August
ADU August FB Challenge
Lacy Sunshine - AG: 8/7 (1 of 3)
613 Avenue Create - #188: AG (1 of 3)
Inspiration Destination - #99: AG
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #39: AG (1 of 3)
Jo's Scrap Shack - #151: Recycled Scraps (1 of 3)

That's it for this post! Don't forget to swing over to the Penny's Challenge blog to link up your projects for your chance to win! My DT sisters have created some beautiful inspiration, so leave them some love too!

 

Creative Knockouts #136: Border Time

Good morning stampers! I'm a day late, so two posts today! Yesterday started a new challenge over at Creative Knockouts (#135) where the challenge is....Borders! This week's sponsor is Sassy Studio Designs, and they are offering a wonderful prize to a lucky player!

Here is my project, featuring Wonder Woman Sassy. I decided to make her in traditional Wonder Woman colors. She's colored with Copics, and the gold is from a gel pen.

My border item is a bit hidden, it's the blue behind the main image panel, it's a bracket border die from Verve Stamps. The image was so large I just wanted ot use a little of the Royal Blue for accent and not overpower this awesome lady! As you can see, she is flying through the crowds with stars EVERYWHERE! ;)

This is from a sketch challenge - Viva la Verve's first April sketch this month.

I'm entering this into the following Challenges:

Viva la Verve - April #1
Sassy Studios - DTBST #328: AG (2 entries for SSD image)
Art by Miran - #55: AG (1 of 3)
Brown Sugar - #193: AG (1 of 2)
Inspiration Destination - #80: AG (unlimited)
Crafting From the Heart - #106: AG (1 of 3)
Craft Your Passion - #306: AG (1 of 3)
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #31: AG (1 of 3)
Wonderful Wednesday - AG (unlimited)
Jo's Scrap Shack - FFS #133: AG (1 of 3)
Catch the Bug - April: AG (2 of 3)

That's it for me today! Don't forget to swing over to the Creative Knockouts blog to link up your projects for your chance to win! My DT sisters have created some beautiful inspiration, so leave them some love too!

 

Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday #68: Friendship

Good morning! Aloha Friday is in full swing over at Kitty Bee Designs! Our current challenge is #68: Friendship, and this is week #2. The second week is our mid-inspiration, so get the energy flowing again coming in to the weekend, and let's see some more great projects!! Get our your stamps and play along! Our challenge this week is sponsored by  Kenny K and That Craft Place


My card features Jasmine from Kenny K. Isn't she the BEST?? I want to BE her! Seriously...

I used the sketch from the Paper Craft Crew (PCCCS188) for her, I thought it was funky and fresh and perfect for this edgy sweetie! 

Other Challenges:
Crafty Gal's Corner - #65: AG (1 of 3)
Craftin' Desert Divas - Black & White and a Splash of Color

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you have an AWESOME day!

Spring Coffee Lover's Blog Hop with JessicaLynnOriginal.com

Happy Wednesday! I have been working nonstop for 5 days straight, long days traveling and getting caught up on work after the world's worst norovirus tore through my entire family. I'm getting caught up on crafting (yay!) and blogging...it's a process but I'll get a few up at least!

For this post, I have a very FUN card to share as my second post of the day. I played along with the HUGE Spring 2016 Coffee Lover's blog hop going on now. There are so many awesome sponsors, and page after page of fantastic projects being linked up! JessicaLynnOriginal.com is one of the sponsors, and in addition to the prizes, Jessica Lynn has a brand new FREE DIGI STAMP in her shop right now in honor of this great blog hop. If you miss the freebie, it will be available for purchase following the giveaway period. 

I have used this great image on my project today, it's called Brentwood Owl - I Need More Coffee. TOO CUTE for words!!

Of COURSE, this is a spring-and-coffee themed card, to match the hop. I used my favorite embossed cloud background, green grass and perky spring colors for the project itself. Can you see the little bit of glitter on that delicious steam wafting from his mug!?


I followed a sketch today:

Challenges for this card:

Coffee Lover's Blog Hop - Spring 2016
Verve Stamps - VLV Sketches - March #2
Art by MiRan - #54: AG (2 of 3)
Word Art Wednesday - #222: AG (3 of 5)

Crafting From The Heart - #104: AG (3 of 3)

Crafty Your Passion - #304: AG (3 of 3)

Creative Craft Cottage - #60: AG (3 of 3)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #30: AG (3 of 3) 

Creative Ladybirds - #13: AG (3 of 3) 

Artistic Inspirations - #152: AG (unlimited)

Lemon Shortbread - #11: AG (3 of 3) 

Lacy Sunshine Coloring Showcase - 2/28-3/26 (2 of 3) 

If you need to go back to the main post for the Coffee Lover's Blog Hop, click the image below.

Thanks for stopping by today friends! This is my last post of the day...time for a coffee! Happy Spring!

 

Aud Sentiments #149: Cute + Sentiment

Happy Thursday! It feels like Friday to me because my kiddos will be off school tomorrow AND Monday for their "mid-winter break". I'm thinking Monday will be a P.J. day! ;)

But for today, I'm happy to be sharing a card with you for the current challenge at Aud Sentiments! Aud Sentiments is a bi-weekly challenge with a theme. The one special thing to note is you MUST use a sentiment on your card to enter our challenge. It can be on the inside even, just show us the sentiment!

The current challenge is sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps! More details on the prize can be found on the challenge blog post for this challenge. As always, fantastic and generous loots are up for grabs! The challenge theme for the next 2 weeks is "Cute".

Here is my project, featuring Scene It - Ava Deacon Birthday. As you can see, I wanted to use this sketch so I had to cut down the image to fit. I think it worked out pretty well!

I used a sketch for this card today, the latest Stella Says Sketch from the Catch the Bug blog (#403). I love playing along at Bugaboo, they always have such fun challenges.

 
Challenges:

Catch the Bug - SSS #403: Sketch (1 of 3)
Bugaboo - February Theme: Keep It Simple (1 of 3) {This is simple for me!}
Lacy Sunshine Colour Your World: AG ending 2/20 (2 of 3)

Lemon Shortbread - #9: AG (2 of 3)

Crafting From The Heart - #99: AG (2 of 3)

Crafty Your Passion - #299: AG (2 of 3)

Inspiration Destination - #73: AG (unlimited)

613 Avenue - #163: AG (no twist) (2 of 3)

Just Keep on Crafting - February: AG (unlimited)

Creative Moments - #87: AG w/Twist of Dry Embossing (2 of 3) {no twist}

Artistic Inspirations - #150: AG (unlimited)

Crafting With Friends - #14: AG (2 of 3)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #27: AG (2 of 3)

Fantastic Tuesday - #124: AG/Cute Twist (2 of 3)

Crafty Girls Creations - #14: AG (2 of 3)

Whimsy Inspirations - #91: AG (2 of 3)

Art By MiRan - #51: AG (3 of 3)

Crafty Girlz Challenge - February AG (2 of 3)
The Crafty Addicts - #9: AG (2 of 3) 
Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday: Shake it up (1 of 5) {I used a mica/pigment spray on the background of this card} 
Our Crafty Corner - February: AG (3 of 3)
Crafting with an Attitude - February: AG (3 of 3)
Scrapper's Delights - #52: AG (unlimited)

 
Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to link up your lovelies over at Aud Sentiments for your chance to win! Remember, you MUST include a sentiment to enter our challenge! We love seeing all of your creations on the linkup :)