A Fun Friendly Challenge

Hello everyone, a friend and I were talking...ok, so we were Facebook messaging, lol, and we came up with a fun challenge between us.  We decided we would take turns each month and send each other an element that could be used in card making.  It doesn't matter if we hate it or love it, we still had to use it, lol.

My friend is Jammie (pronounced Jamie) Clark and she is from Idaho (potatoes anyone?) LOL!  Jammie is great and has a fantastic sense of humor lol.  She and I send jokes about each others countries back and forth all the time, eh?  Jammie's  blog is www.jammied.com and you can go and visit and see if you can determine what our element is this month :)

So, I decided not to make a card...rebel, I know.  I have a bunch of these little notebooks that I wanted to get started on for craft fairs, and this gave me the perfect opportunity to get them started!

To alter these notebooks, I used paper from the DCWV The Primrose collection, and the sentiment, flower stamps and dies are from the Lovely Flowers stamp and die set from Catherine Pooler's latest Stamp of Approval Collection called Lovely Notes :)  I also used Nuvo Crystal Drops in Caribbean Ocean and Ivory Seashell, which you can find here :)

So, that is my project for this month for our fun and friendly challenge. Stay tuned next month when Jammie and I create something with an element that I sent her from Canada ;)  You never know what we'll come up with!

Miss Anya Bags and Quick Creations

Hey, you...yes...you :)  Have I told you lately how much I adore The Greeting Farm's Miss Anya collection?  I really do, lol, and now you know :P

I have created a fun card for Noelle over at Quick Creations using the curly-haired Anya from the Miss Anya Bags stamp set.  Don't the worry, lol, the other two from this set won't be far ahead.

I created this card with paper from the Prima Marketing "Princess" collection, Kaisercraft Mini Blooms "Coconut", the Cottage Cutz "Victorian Rose" die, some Prima Marketing "Everyday Vintage" Sugardots, and some CC Designs enamel dots from the "Snowy Day" collection.  I also used some flowers from my stash and a sentiment from my Stamp of Approval "Beautiful World" collection.

I colored Miss Anya using my Copics, Prismacolor markers and Prismacolor Premiere pencils in the following colors:

Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1081
Hair:  PB199
PC1082, 946, 948, 935
Clothes:  BV04, BG72
PC956, 1008, 932, 1088, 936, 1027, 901
Bag:  E70
PC1080, 1017, 1081, 1092, 1068

You can find all of the linked products in the Quick Creations online store, come on over for a visit :)

Pollycraft Princess has a birthday :)

Every now and then I enjoy doing these pretty pink girlie cards :)  Must be the princess in me.  I created this pretty and pink birthday card for Quick Creations, using CC Designs/Pollycraft "Princess":

To complete this card I also used paper from the  Doodlebug Design "Sugar Shoppe" collection and some sentiments and dies from my Stamp of Approval Beautiful World Collection.

You can find the linked products in Noelle's online store at Quick Creations.  Come and join in the monthly challenge, the new challenge starts soon!

Paper Girls Challenge "Use Your Scraps"

I am back with another Guest Design project for the Paper Girls Challenge blog :)

The challenge this week is "Use Your Scraps":

This was a fun and quick project for me, and I was able to use up some scraps and I got to use some dies and a sentiment stamp from my Stamp of Approval "Beautiful World" collection :)  I used paper scraps from the Doodlebug Design "Bunnyville" collection, as well as some scraps of black.

I want to thank the girls at The Paper Girls Challenge blog for asking me to Guest Design, it's been a blast :)

Daffodil Ellie with the Paper Nest Dolls

I have some inspiration for you today for the Paper Nest Dolls using Daffodil Ellie from the April release :)

I created this project using Daffodil Ellie, and paper from the Authentique "Renew" collection, as well as some ribbon and embellishments from my stash.  The sentiment is from the Stamp of Approval "Beautiful World" collection.

I colored using my Copics and Prismacolor Premiere pencils in the following colors:

Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1081
Hair:  PB96, N2
PC1054, 1058, 938, 1082, 946, 935
Clothes:  PB88, G00
PC992, 905, 901, 946, 935
Daffodils:  Y11, YG03
PC915, 942, 1034, 913, 908

Come back and visit soon, for more Paper Nest Dolls inspiration and some challenges as well!

I'm a little Odd...how about you?

Haha, do you like the title?  I'm feeling a little odd today, since I have created a card using the super sweet "Renew" clear stamp from Some Odd Girl :)  Noelle Martin over at Quick Creations asked me to create with this stamp, and she is so cute!

It's a great spring image to play with, don't you think?

I colored her with my Copics and Prismacolor Pencils, and completed the card using paper from the Doodlebug Designs "Spring Garden" collection, and some flowers and bling from my stash :)  The sentiment is from Avery Elle, and the circle border stamp is from Catherine Poolers SOA collection :)  I used a sketch for this card too, which you can find here :)

You can find the linked products in Noelle's online store at Quick Creations, but you should definitely hurry, cuz I have a sneaking suspicion that this stamp won't be in the shop for long...she's just too sweet!

The Greeting Farm's Holiday Anya 2 with Quick Creations

Hello!  I am here today with my very fist The Greeting Farm creation for Quick Creations :)  This is Holiday Anya 2 and she is just so cute!  I enjoyed creating with her and coloring her up, and I definitely will be doing more creating with these fun stamps!

I colored her using my Copics and Prismacolor Premiere Pencils in the following colors:

Skin:  E000
PC927, 939, 1029
Hair:  Y21
PC1034, 943, 945
Dress:  YG03
PC912, 908
Sash:  R12
PC924, 937

I completed this project with paper from the Lawn Fawn "Snow Day" Collection, some Christmas ribbon from Crafty Ribbons and stamps and snowflake dies from my Stamp of Approval Holiday Magic box ;)

You can find several TGF stamps in the Quick Creations online shop, and Noelle Martin is great with customer service.

Come and join us as well for the monthly challenge over on the Quick Creations Challenge blog for a chance to win!  See you soon :)

Merry & Bright Christmas with The Paper Nest Dolls

Here's hoping your Christmas is Merry & Bright!  It's getting closer and closer!  And I am in full Christmas card mode lol.  For my inspiration post this week I chose to use a newer Christmas image from The Paper Nest Dolls called Mrs. Claus.  You can also find her in digi form here.  She is so cute and fun to color, and I've colored her up in traditional bright Christmas colors to get myself more into the spirit ;)

She is so cheery looking :)  I finished this project with paper from the Lawn Fawn "Snow Day" collection and used the holly and sentiment stamps from my Stamp of Approval box.  Then I added some sequins and VOILA!

Don't forget to come and join us on the first Monday of every month for a new challenge start, the theme is always anything goes :)  And the 10th of every month is new release day!  Christine always has a few sweet new stamps to tempt you with.  PND also has a new digi shop!  Don't forget to come and check that out too!

Merry Christmas Crafty Ribbons Inspiration

Christmas is getting closer and closer!  Have you started buying gifts yet?  I have not, I know, I'm terrible lol

I have , however, been working like a mad woman making Christmas and Holiday cards :)  And here is one I've created using ribbon and lace from Crafty Ribbons, along with stamps from my Stamp of Approval box! Love that Catherine Pooler :)

I love how this card turned out, and I will definitely be making more like it.  I have used the Peace, Love, Joy Ribbon and Morlaix Cotton Lace from Crafty Ribbons, which you can find in the Crafty Ribbons online shop.  They have so many new Christmas ribbons!  I love them all! Muwahahahahahaha.....ok, maybe that was a bit much, lol, but you get my point right?

Ooooooo, don't forget, we are in the midst of the 12 weeks of Christmas challenges!  A New challenge every week...you know what that means?  A chance to win EVERY week until Christmas!