Monkey biz!!

hey everyone..

so I am still slowly working on my dd - Cuba trip book and have been trying to get into my craft room not just to complete DT things...

Here is a LO I did for Sarah's book and because the challenges inspired me..

excuse the first photo... wow... I promise I was not drinking when I took it.. lol 

I used the Bo Bunny line - Zip a dee doodle paper, thickers for the letters (rain boots), my one and only large folder to emboss in my cuttlebug and and my cricut for the large circle (art philosophy from CTMH)

And some close ups...

 

As promised here are the challenges that inspired me:

red carpet - heat

craft my life - abc

the crafty bloggers network - die cuts or embossing

love to scrap -circle, swirls, pearl/bling

deep ocean - stitching 

amusing challenge - atg 

Scrapmuch - colour

Scrapmuch - sketch

SKdigi blog hop!

Hi all you FABULOUS  people in blogland, I hope you are having a wonderful day!!  :)

  Welcome to our  FALL Blog Hop brought to you by the SKdigis design team

This blog hop is only 9 stops, that's quick and easy and you have the chance to win a free SKdigis image at each stop along the way.  You will start at SKdigis blog, where Sonia has another chance to win an even bigger prize! Fun and easy, yes?  We have all been working hard to bring you some fabulous projects and hope you will find eye candy and lots of inspiration along the way.

If you arrived here from Jenn's Blog you are in the right track and the next stop is Rose's blog but if you just came accross the hop, you may want to start HERE!

Here is my project!!

My Spooky Spider Ghost Door Wreath!

I found this great spider web at the local dollar store and it screamed at me - love it

I used a bunch of the ghosts that is available at SKdigis 

check them all out here

and a couple more close ups of my wreath

the banner is made with my CTMH art philosophy cart - love my CTMH products

the winner from my blog will receive happy ghost... how cute is he!!

The next stop on the hop is  Rose
Here is the list of blogs in case you get lost along the way.
SKdigis

Ardilla

Angeline

Jenn

Kimberly - this is me!!!

Rose

Sharla

Shell

Valerie

It's been great having you hopping along!!

Now, I want to enter my project in some challenges:

patties creations - ribbon

cutin and stampin - halloween

bearly mine - halloween

rose blossom garden - halloween

papertake weekly challenge - atg

the ribbon carousel - halloween

party time tuesday - spooky

little scrap pieces - linky party

hiding in my craft room - halloween colours

crazy 4 challenges - photo

tis the season.... to celebrate

hey everyone...

so... tis the season to ... put up the tree, wrap presents, shopping... and of course make cards!

here is one I just made using left overs and my art philosophy 

challenges that inspired me to complete this card:

one stitch at a time - atg 

totally gorjuss - glitter

one stop crafts - Christmas for the boys

365 cards - spots

no matter which - Christmas with a stamp

2 sisters challenge -  Christmas sparkle 

catch the bug challenge - sketch

snow much fun

Oh my goodness... you must all be getting sick of seeing this stamp

BUT ... I saved my favorite to the last!!!

Love the pale colours and the ribbon... my last card (well for the time being) using Flakey Friends from CTMH

 of course i used my cricut art philosophy to cut out the ball shape for the snow man

and to make the background i inked on my friskars embossing pad and then ran it through my cuttlebug 

 and my liquid applique  for the snow 

See told you it was the best!!

I was inspired to complete this card because of the following challenges:

forever friends - atg

hiding in my craft room- my pick (pink/blue/purple)

the crafty pad- atg

kaboodle doodles- atg

crafty creations- no flowers

my paper crafting - atg use your stash... very old paper

the ink elephant- fav colouring (ink pads)

stampin with the dragon- no red or green

totally gorjuss- pastel Christmas

craft us crazy- color me inspired

divas by design- lets get cute

the stamp man- emboss it 

CCEE stampers- portion of embossing folder

penny's paper crafting- layers

really reasonable ribbons- winter holiday

paper play- snowflakes

clean & simple- sketch

FALL - CTMH

Good everning everyone

I hope that you are all safe after Sandy's visit yesterday!!

We had some power outages here but wasn't as bad as people were predicting. 

I made this card tonight - love how it turned out!

 poped the "A"

 Stamped 4 differnt times with different colours then did some fussy cutting

 the card was cut with my cricut art philosophy - I have been seeing everyone doing cut outs and have really want to try it!  love how it turned out

 inks i used  sunset, sweet leaf, grey wool and creme brulee

I was inspired to create this card because of these wonderful challenges:

wags n' whiskers- fall colours

stampin for the weekend- atg

the ribbon reel challenge- over the rainbow

catered crop- accentuate the negative space

fantabulous cricut - chalellenge me monday spots

a gem of a challenge- spots

dream valley challenges - glitter and bling

card crafter circle- a day at the races - glitz and glam

your next stamps- atg

just us girls- photo inspiration (colours and tree)

simon says stamps- autumn leaves

seriously creative challenges- photo (colours and circles)

cowboy take me away!

hello.... or should I say "howdy" lol

sometimes i just laugh at my own jokes... I wonder if anyone every really reads the writing on the blogs or if they just look at the pictures for the inspirations???  

anyhoo... I made this cute little card - last year I was involved in a swap on scrapbook.com where we swapped out small little embellishments that were made and someone sent me the adorable cowboy boot which I knew would go perfect with the Pink by design stamps that I bought...

 now isn't it just adorable??

 the patter paper I believe I was giving from a challenge to crate from ugly paper... this one isn't that bad but hard to work with... it is that flimsy kind of paper.   The stars are cut from my cricut using my art philosophy cart and the stamps in the stars and the X's are CTMH as well 

Another full pic of the card  

I was inspired to crate this card from the following challenges:

Link up tuesday - pink Cricut

krafty girls - atg

crafty catz - 3 embellishments - 2 paper and 1 image

paper playtime - gingham and die cut

fetch a sketch

colour Q 

Sending hearts... 

Seriously cute!!!!

OH MY GOODNESS!!!

I can't believe i won these stamps from The Alley Way Stamps - aren't they just the cutest!!!!

I have had this bag cut out for a while and I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with it... but I love it as a Sushi bag!!!  Seriously you will be seeing more of this stamp set!

I did some paper piecing to put my little sushi together...

and of course some popping!!

Add some ribbon

such a cute set!!!

Not only was it a joy to work with these stamps I was also inspired by the following challenges:

The alley way stamps - be inspired by the chevrons 

crafts 4 enternity - less is more 

come on and get it - shades of light

lady bug crafts - atg 

totally stampalicious - anything but a card 

Lady bug craft ink - paper piecing 

cupcake craft room - pretty pastels 

Sending hearts... 

CCCB - September

Good morning everyone...
Crafty Calendar Challenge blog has another challenge this month and I hope you stop on by to check it out!!!

Challenge this month is Shades off Browns and Creams!

OPTIONAL EXTRA - Use or make a Tag
Here is some inspiration for you

I made the tag using CTMH Art Philosophy and the flowers with Mother's day bouquet 

embossing with my cuttle bug

Stamps are from CTMH 

I hope you have an opportunity to stop on by and create a card for the challenge.

I was also inspired to create the card for the following challenges:

love to create - flowers 

unity stamps - stars 

craft your passion - embossing 

one stitch at a time - digi 

Totally Gorjuss - baby 

Freshly Made Sketches - sketch

Sending hearts... 

LMCB- A summers end

 Hey everyone...

I hope you are all having a great weekend and are getting in some crafty time!!  Lasting memories challenge blog has a new challenge up for you.   A Summers End - We’d love to see how you wind down before the kid’s head back to school and the cooler weather moves in, do you take a family vacation? Spend lots of time poolside?  Pop on over and check it out!  Here is my inspiration for the challenge.

I used my CTMH stamps to create the background paper with versa mar

When making the background i was thinking about a challenge at Scraptastic - Subway art... love how the words are all over and different ones for the beach, Sun, Water, Sand, Fun, Hot, Chillin, Friends, Party, Drinks and Beach was in there... I don't think i am forgetting any but it is mostly covered up now. 

Again some CTMH stamps for the sunshade, chairs and flip flops

in this picture you can see a close up of the glitter i used on background paper

I used my cricut to create the letters and the shapes behind the picture

I used Washi tape in the corners

I used basic grey paper for the frames and the polka dot paper

and one more of the LO :)

I also wanted to share what my work space looks like while I work!!  messy messy messy!!!

I was inspired to create the Layout with the below challenges in mind:

Clear it out challenge: Inspiration (see below for all the inspiration
totally paper crafts - zesty summer colours
dancing in pajamas - washi tape
seriously creative challenges - summer sunshine yellow
scraptastic club - subway art
child's play challenge - beach ball
 stampin royalty - fabric
fresh brewed blog - hot (this beach is HOT)
Counterfeit kit challenge - on line (enter a challenge)
your next stamp - colours
(orange, yellow, light and dark pink - i hope it is ok that i added the neutral colours)
Basic grey challenges - atg
wags n whiskers - fav colour
go fish challenge blog - beach photo
 
Basic Grey - sketch

Sending hearts...