CCC-Easter Egg-stravanganza

Good morning everyone

Today Crafty Calendar Challenges has another great challenge for you.  The challenge will last the whole month of March and I hope you take some time to join us.  This month your challenge is to create sometime around Easter - easy peezy... We are sponsored this month by

 I haven't even begun to think about Easter.  My daughter is a bit old for hunts but we still celebrate with friends and family.  Here is my card for inspiration.  I have been really liking the CAS looks and with this one I played around with background stamps and masking.  All stamps (except little bunny) and ink is  Close to my Heart

Other challenges that inspired me to create this card:
sentimental sundays - flowers
avadares - easter
eureka stamps - flower power
heart 2 heart - CAS
the crazy challenge - pink and gems 
the paper shelter - animal magic  the pink elephant - atg
whoopsi daisy - sentiment

fairy tale challenge - mini stamps

cydi - little ones

CAS(E) this sketch - sketch

SKD - SF #9

Hey everyone... there is another great challenge going on at Sketchy Friday!!

here is the sketch....

and my inspiration for you...

I used my cricut to make the fish bowl shaped card, embossed the water, added some chalk for shading, ripped CTMH paper for the bottom and liquid gel for the water bubbles

I hope you like it... I used one of Sonia's new digis "gold fish" love her!!!

other challenges that inspired me..

my paper crafting world - pets

craft challenge - embossing

exploring cricut - animal

my sheri crafts- time to go fishing

jelly park challenges - get in shape

by lori designs - shaped cards

come and get it challenges - water

Happy bday no lines

Hey everyone

Today I tried something different for me... NO LINES!! (warning my daughter still has my camera so I can't take the best pics with my iPhone)

I have been playing with my copics for a bit and even tried a copic class and as you all know I love challenges so of course this card has challenges noted at the bottom.  Here is my card...

I used a stamp from Simply B Stamps - its from a Christmas line but works well for a Birthday card as well.

here is a close up..

and the challenges that inspired me:

Simply Challenged - no lines

southern girls - banners

dream valley - ribbon and bling

crafty sentiments - (one image, two papers and three embellishments)

celebrate the occasion - girls birthday 

paper take weekly - i used sketch#65

Happiness is

Hey everyone... so my baby just left for a week of sun in Cuba with one of her best friends... so sad - I hope she is smart and stays safe
Any how she took my carmera with her - arggghhh now i have to take pictures with my iPhone and they are not coming out clear enough for me- so i need your opion.  The first photo isn't clear but I have cropped and brough in better lighting - the second one is right from the iPhone - which one do you prefer??

this one seems like the wording etc. is clearer??

Challenges that inspired me to create this LO

counterfeit challenge - speach bubbles

simon says - use a arrow

unstampables - doily 

tuesday alchemy - my hearts a flutter

crafting for the season - dies and punches

penny paper - atg

crafty boots - out of my comfort zone (reverse lettering- i think it turned out ok?)

scrapbook circle - happiness is..

scrap much - sketch

colour me scrappy - colours

lmcb-playful pockets

Hey everyone... sorry my LO is a bit late... last night i went snowboarding and hurt my bottom... slept in this am but it is still sore - I am too old to be trying out new sports like that :(

Any hooo... Lasting memories has a great LO Challenge for you today - Pockets!!

and I am sponsoring the challenge - the winner will receive the below goodies!!

here is my inspiration for you 

My cricut also lost power over the weekend - yep i was in a panic!!!

I had to fussy cut the bird out my hand after tracing it.  wow - what did i ever do before I had my cricut!  then added star dust stickles but it didn't show up that well in the photo 

the paper and the pockets are from CTMH 

I used a doily to mask the background ink - the photos are of me and my good friend (her son was the one that convinced me that i should go snow boarding - haha

Other challenges that inspired me:

Scrap it with a song - "head over heels" Tiltle is from the lyrics

all that stickles - star dust

lets capture our memories - 

heart 2 heart - tag your it

child's play - doily

lets capture our memoires - sketch

colour me scrappy - colours

Stamping Bella - Birthday Card

hey everyone... I am in a birthday card group through Scrapbook.com and I have run out of cards to send.  here is one that i did using the below challenges:

As you can see i am still playing around with my copics... sometimes i notice the blending becoming spotted to the other copic users out there have you noticed this before??

cut with spellbinders, the cute image is from stamping Bella and the sentiment is from CTMH

the pink paper i have had forever!! - i believe it came from Cm as a photo mat

And the challenges that inspired this card:

Stamping Bella - banner

card making momma's - birthday 

cute card thursday - CAS

fresh brewed designs - spots

through the craft room - atg 

shopping our stash weekly - oldest paper 

whoopsi daisy - make it girlie

the paper shelter - celebration

broken box stock - birthday 

Seize the birthday - sketch

masculine birthday - one layer CAS

Hey everyone another card created because of some amazing challenges:

This one is a one layer manly birthday card - i know it looks layered but it isn't..

with embossing and viva inka gold cream paste thing.. (lol) i am not in my room right now to tell you exactly the name but it is by Viva - I have it in silver and gold. 

below I am trying to show you the silver... it looks black in the pictures... but it is silver. 

i totally forgot to take a picture of the inside sentiment - "I just extending the celebration"

and the little pop of red for the flame

shhhh dont' tell anyone but i mixed CTMH and stamping up on this card!!!!  the horror of it all - lol 

any hoo... i am exausted tonight by friends kids thought it would be great to see me snow board... yeah... well tell my backside how great it was.  I don't think i will be sitting down for at least a week!

here are the great challenges that inspired me:

addicted to CAS - it's raining men

less is more - paper piercing

CAS Fridays - Hi Ho silver

CASology - flames

Charisma cardz challenge - one layer

you give me wings - card

Good evening everyone..

I have made a quick card for a couple of challenge - I love the inspiration they give me from all the great blogs out there (see below for the challenges)

here is my card..

this was the first time I had tried to mask clouds

the fairy stamp is from Stamping Bella and the sentiment from Kraftin Kimmie Stamps

and of course some stickles for the wings

the challenges that inspired me:

Less is More - up in the air

CAS-ual fridays - black and white plus one (pink)

tuesday alchemy - hearts all a flutter

Lexi creations - monochromatic

the friday mash up - markers

copic bear with flowers

Hey everyone....

I am still working on learning more about my copic at m y local scrapbooking store.  I have been having fun playing around with copics

here is some close ups 

bling and stickles on the flowers and heart

another close up of the copic colouring

silicon to pop up the nose and voila finished

Challenges that inspired me:

forever friends - animals

crafts 4 enternity - teddy bear picnic

penny paper - fav colours (right now its pink and brown)

craft us crazy - favorites (right now loving the copics)

charisma cardz - atg

cute card thrusday - eye for detail

qkr sttampede - atg

raise the bar -atg

scrapbook paradise - sparkle

the cutie pie  - pretty pastels

pink by design - in the garden

my craft spot - flowers

guylou inimitability - flowers, bling, ribbon

one stitch at a time - make it girlie

lmcb - number it

Hey everyone...

Lasting memories has another great challenge for us this week!!

the challenge is to use numbers on your LO - easy peezy :)

And... a lucky winner will have a prize from Toni one of our talented design team members. 

Look at this amazing prize!!

Here is a bit of inspiration for you all... 

It was my cousins 30th birthday and I remembered at the last min to get my camera out. 

wow... where have all the years gone.  I remember him being just a sweet little baby.. this year his is getting married!!!!

here are some close ups

I think it turned out very masculine.. which is the look i was going for.  

I still feel that it is missing something and I am open to any suggestions 

Challenge that also inspired me to create this Layout are:

Pink by design - birthday challenge

brown sugar challenge - red, white and gray

3 girl jam challenge - atg with ribbon

party time tuesday - 3 (three pictures... plus 3 in 30)

shoppping our stash - they say its your birthday

inky impressions - ribbon

delicious doodles - for the guys

totally gorjuss - for the men

scrap much - sketch

PIO - Clips and/or Pins

Hidi ho good bloggy neighbours...

Pile it on has another challenge for you this week.  This time it is to use clips or pins.  We are being sponsored by Pin and Tack and you have a chance to win $10 worth of goodies.  The stuff they carry is so cute you will love it!!  As some of you know I tend to lean towards CAS cards making this one a big challenge for me. Here is my card...

a close up of the pin

the stamp set is an old retired one from CTMH that I bough used from a consultant on FB 

I love these pins and the peal just adds a whimsical feel to it

Challenges that inspired me... and of course it is a PILE it on challenge:

Christmas cards all year - red, white, hearts and flowers

lollipop ladies - candy hearts

art impressions - show me the love

crafty creations challenge - love and hearts

52 christmas card throw down - hearts and love 

creative belli blog - hearts

holly jolly chirstmas - two dies or punches (my two circles)

my heart pieces - my heart is for you

CRAFT challenge - Christmas in February

the crafty cafe - atg

inky impressions - ribbon or twine

Card crafter's circle - paint the town red
dilly beans - red and black 

apron strings - love your stash "Bling"

paper take weekly challenge - hearts and flowers

Tuesday throwdown - atg

gingerloft challenge - red

by lori designs - sentiment

winter wonderland - the most wonderful time of the year

jingle belles - sketch

SKD SF - Sketch #7

Hey everyone Sketchy Friday has another great challenge for you to try out!!

here is the sketch:

and my inspiration...

 the little girl digi is from Sonia's new St. Patrick's day set "lucky girl" and St. Patrick sentiment circle

 I paper pieced the image, coloured with copics, added stickles, ribbon and ran the background paper through a crimper which I won at crop for the cure.

 I seriously love Sonia's images... if you haven't checked them out then please go to her site SKdigis and check them out I promise you will love them!!!

Challenges that I would like to enter my card into:

hiding in my craft room - scraps (all the paper)

one stitch at a time - atg

no matter which challenge - ribbon

whimsical design - 3,2,1 (3 papers, 2 circles, 1 ribbon)

tammy scrapin - make your own embellishment

avadares - st. Patrick's

whimsical designs - texture (the ribbon and stickles)

forever friends - atg

catered crop - polka dots

through the craftroom - atg

milk coffee challenge - make it cute