Guest Designing for The Sisterhood of Crafters!

Hi, everyone! Happy Wednesday!

I am very excited to be a Step-Sister this month, creating alongside some very talented ladies over at The Sisterhood of Crafters!

They hold a bi-weekly challenge on their blog, and this week's theme is

Single Layer Cards

You know I was excited about this challenge because I have been on a CAS card streak for a while now! :) Today, I using an image from Mo's Digital Pencil. This is Watermelon Girl. She is one of my favorite summer images, ad perfect for sending an admiring word to a friend!

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As usual, I have colored my image in my PhotoShop Elements program. I typed up the sentiment, plus I created the curvy borders in my program, as well. I also added some watermelon seeds, which I dabbed some Glossy Accents onto once I printed out my card. 

That's it for my card! I hope you can come up with a single layer card to join in the fun! You have two weeks to do so....plenty of time! :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting!

Challenges Entered
2 Cute Ink Stamps - Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes
Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes
Digi Sketch Challenge - Sketch and/or Girly
Incy Wincy Designs - Girly
Lawnscaping - One Layer
TTCRD - Anything Goes
Try It On Tuesdays - How Does Your Garden Grow?

Guest Designer - From the Heart Stamps, A Sketch Challenge!

Hello, everyone!

I hope you are having a wonderful day! I am very excited to share this weeks card post as Guest Designer for From the Heart Stamps! Woohoo! 

I am having a great time playing along with their talented design team each week!

Not only does From the Heart Stamps have some incredibly adorable images, but at From the Heart Stamps Blog a sketch challenge is hosted regularly. It is called a Sketch Challenge with a tWiSt: a sketch is provided, but so is an additional requirement. Don't worry.....no need to feel overwhelmed with rules and restrictions! You can choose to use the sketch, OR you can create using the tWiSt....or you can do BOTH! :)

Here is the current sketch:

Sketch with a tWiSt #073

tWiSt: No DP (no patterned papers, use card stock only)

Here's a really cool thing about these sketch challenges: EVERYONE IS A WINNER! You can earn a $1 discount code toward any digi image in their store. No, not by being a random winner, but just by entering! And even better, yet.......you can use multiple codes toward purchases in their store! So, if you play three weeks in a row, you can buy a new digi for only $ .50! Play four times in a row, and "buy" a new digi with all four of your codes without spending a dime out of your own pocket! 

See......I told you that everyone is a winner there! :)

Here's another cool thing about From the Heart Stamps.......they also run a month-long challenge in addition to their sketch challenges. "Why is that cool?" you ask??? Because if you use the monthly image, you will be emailed next months image 

FOR FREE!

Okay....now that I've explained my excitement about this great digi-stamp company, let's move on to my card for this week.  This week I have used the sketch only.

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I chose to play with the adorable Ladybug Parade image on my card. I colored my image digitally, with PSE. I cut it out using a Spellbinders Classic Ovals die. I had these great papers from old Sizzix Sizzlets pads in my stash, and I grabbed several. I was excited to have these to use with this image, which is why I didn't follow the tWiSt this week! I thought they went together perfectly!

I used some Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Ovals to layer under my image, as a Stampin' Up Scalloped Edge Punch for my red strip of paper. I added some Prima flowers and rhinestones from my stash. The leaves were created using the Memory Box Tiny Tendril die, and my ladynug was created using the Cheery Lynn Tiny Things with Wings die. I used some small dabs of Glossy Accents on the ladybugs crawling on the branch to give them a little bit of dimension and shine.

I hope you enjoy your day! I appreciate you stopping by, and would love it if you'd leave a comment!

I hope you'll join us for the sketch challenge!

Thanks for stopping!

Happy Crafting!

Guest Designer at From the Heart Stamps

Hello, everyone!

I hope you are having a wonderful day! I am very excited, as this is my first post as Guest Designer for From the Heart Stamps! Woohoo! You may remember my announcement from a while back......I will be Guest Designing each week on their blog, alongside some very talented ladies, for the months of June and July! I can't wait to show you all the goodness!

Not only does From the Heart Stamps have some incredibly adorable images, but each week at From the Heart Stamps Blog a sketch challenge is held. It is called a Sketch Challenge with a tWiSt: a sketch is provided, but so is an additional requirement. Don't worry.....no need to feel overwhelmed with rules and restrictions! You can choose to use the sketch, OR you can create using the tWiSt....or you can do BOTH! :)

Here is this weeks sketch:

Sketch with a tWiSt #069

tWiSt: ONE for the KIDS

Here's a really cool thing about this sketch challenges: EVERYONE IS A WINNER! You can earn a $1 discount code toward any digi image in their store. No, not by being a random winner, but just by entering! And even better, yet.......you can use multiple codes toward purchases in their store! So, if you play three weeks in a row, you can buy a new digi for only $ .50! Play four times in a row, and "buy" a new digi with all four of your codes without spending a dime out of your own pocket! 

See......I told you that everyone is a winner there! :)

Here's another cool thing about From the Heart Stamps.......they also run a month-long challenge in addition to their weekly sketch challenges. "Why is that cool?" you ask??? Because if you use the monthly image, you will be emailed next months image 

FOR FREE!

Okay....now that I've explained my excitement about this great digi-stamp company, let's move on to my card for this week.  As you can see, I used the sketch, but not the tWiSt this week.

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I chose to play with the adorable little Thimble Bouquet image on my card. I also used the included sentiment. I have colored my image digitally, in PSE. I used my Spellbinders Classic Squares dies to cut out and emboss my image, and an additional white mat for it. I set up a cutting file in my Silhouette Portrait machine to cut my circles on the white background, then created a "shadow" layer to cut them on the pink paper. The floral layer is actually my base layer. I added one of the pink negative cuts (the pink circle) on the top of the white, but below my image, and used a scissor charm to play off the thimble and spool of thread in the image. The green strip of paper was a piece in m scrap box.

  

I hope you enjoy your day! I appreciate you stopping by, and would love it if you'd leave a comment!

I hope you'll join us for the sketch challenge!

Thanks for stopping!

Happy Crafting!

Challenges Entered:

Animal Friends Challenge - Hobby

CCC DIgi Creations - Dig/Use a Die Cut

Glitter n Sparkle - Cute

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Layer it Up

Guest Designing for DIgital Delights

Hi, everyone! Happy Wednesday!

I am so excited! Today I am the Guest Designer over at the Digital Delights Blog!

I was very honored to have been chosen as a winner for their recent "Holiday Spirit Challenge", and as such, I was given the opportunity to Guest Design for them. :) I have been a long-time fan of the images that are available from Digital Delights, and have often been a challenge participant on their Challenge Blog, too. The images are just too darned cute, aren't they?!

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I chose this adorable little elf image, Elf Marcie, for my challenge win prize, and I couldn't wait to color her! I went with some non-traditional Christmas colors for the card, as you can see. Sorry I can't tell you the paper brands" they are all from my stash. I do know that the two background papers were purchased from JoAnn, if that helps!

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Elf Marcie is colored in PSE, and I added a few Stickles to her outfit to give her some 'magical' bling.

My Holly Flourish is from a Cheery Lynn die. I cut it out, then I clipped it into smaller pieces so I could layer it a little. I added some tiny purple rhinestones to it. That cute little gingerbread is actually a button that I clipped the shank off of. He is adhered with some Glossy Accents. 

Here is a closer look, at a slightly different angle, hoping to catch some of the shimmer and shine of the rhinestones and Stickles.

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Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you enjoyed seeing my take on this little cutie. I was honored to have been chosen as a winner at Digital Delights Challenge Blog, and hope to see you there in the next challenge they host! Maybe you'll be the next guest! :)

Happy Crafting!

This card has been entered into the following challenges:

Creative Craft Challenges2 - Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT CHallenge - Anything Goes

Party Time Tuesdays - Glitter

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes