Take Out Those Images #19.

Okay, today's a darling image from Claudia and Co, Puddle Jumper Emma from Lori Boyd. How cute is she? I can't remember who gave me this image, and guessing at one point it was sold as an rubber stamp. Looks like now it's in digital form. I used up some more Wild Raspberry paper from K and Co. Love that it's double sided, so one sheet gave me enough for the card. I used a sentiment from Verve Star Of Wonder stamp set, and kept off the last word of the sentiment, so it would work with my card. I kept thinking The Lord is Risen.

I followed the Mojo Monday sketch 185.

I haven't done this in ages either, and decided to blurf around and find some other challenges to play.

Pink Elephant's 97: Easter.

Anything Goes Challenge 38: Pearls.

Scrap Creations Going Grey: Recipe-Pick 3 - Ribbon, Flowers, Pearls, Glitter, Buttons, Charm.

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge: 105.

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Supplies: EK punch, Verve stamps, stickles, nesties, copics, PTI die, SU cardstock, primas.

Happy Belle!

This card turned out so pretty! Pleased as punch with it! I saw Belles N Whistles were looking for some new design team members, so I'm sending in to be considered. I love Elisabeth Bell images, and they sell some super sweet ones. This one is one their favorite images. Be sure to check out their blog for more info on the design team search. The deadline is Wed.

I combined a few other challenges on this card.

Pink Elephant's Challenge, yellow, buttons, and designer paper.

Cupcake Craft Challenge-Buttons.

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #58

There was one more, and can't remember where I had landed in cyberspace. But it was punches, piercing, and piecing. I'll add a link as soon as I remember where I had wandered too. But I paper pierced the pink sheet, paper pieced her hat and shirt, added new flowers over the hat and colored them since I paper pieced the hat. Won't try that again! Those flowers were small! And punched the sheet under the white lace. Now, if I could find that blog!

Sketch and Stash Challenge Sketch 35. The orange flowers are new, the pearls a new gift from a friend, the white ribbon. The rest is from my stash.

Supplies: K and CO Wild Raspberry, Melon mambo ink, copics, stickles, nesties, SU punch, Belles N Whistle's stamp, TAC sentiment, primas, So saffron cardstock.

Sweet Emma!

Goodness, okay, I'm so pleased with this card! How cute did it turn out?! I combined a lot of challenges on this one. Lost is coming on in a few so I need to post and run!

Mojo Monday Sketch.

Try It Out Tuesday- Embossing. My little blue panels are embossed. As is my scallop oval, but it's hiding, too.

Crazy 4 Challenges recipe card-1 ribbon, 2 buttons-just realized I used three, and three punches.

All Sorts- Petals and Pearls. Don't know if you can see the anklet, or her flipflops well. Both have pearls on them.

Pink Elephant recipe- 1 image, 2 dies, 3 favorite embellies.

Cupcake Craft Challenge- Childhood memories. We had a cat, named Pepper, who I adored. This sweet image from Susana's store reminds me of Gabi, wearing flip flops, and being a total girl.

Tuesday Morning Sketch- soft hues, flowers and ribbon.

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Supplies: Basic Grey paper, Emma, nesties, baja breeze cardstock, and ink, so glad it's coming back, primas, pearls, stickles, copics.

Mojo Joy

My friend, Tammi, recently sent me this lovely image from Whiff of Joy. I hadn't gotten this kit, and was so excited to see those images in the happy mail she sent. We are having Spring Break here in VA, and the weather has been lovely. It's a perfect day for a Spring card!

Today's card has a few challenges on it.

It's the Mojo Monday sketch,

Whiff of Joy Recipe challenge,

Pink Elephant's Nature challenge, and

Cupcake Craft challenge to make your own flowers.

I had grabbed some of the fine flower soft from 7Kids, and really like it. It's a lot finer, and I really liked the look of it on the flowers on here. I saw she had sand colored, gonna have to try that on a beach scene.

Supplies: PTI cardstock, SU So saffron cardstock, ink, nesties, Martha punch, glimmer mist, stickles, copics, Basic Grey Green at Heart, flower soft, PTI buttons.

I also managed to finish up a scrapbook page I started awhile back. Got all to the way to embellishments and the title. I cut the title out with my Cricut. Love that gadget! Discovered those huge brads in my stash. I had totally forgotten I had gotten them from Queen and Co awhile back. They were the perfect touch on the page. This sucker is very bright, but I do love bright pages for the kids. I used a TAC stamp set for the gingerbread house. I can see that stamp set being handy for the next few years. The kids love making those gingerbread kits. It was pretty exciting last year finding the train set at Target. Trey liked that better than house kits.

In love.

Man, I love how this card turned out. So flipping cute, don't ya think?! I just got these stamps in last week from All That's Scraps. This butterfly image was too cute not to ink up as soon as I had time. Ack! Just saw a new stamp on there as I was getting their link!

Looks like I need to get copic refills for two of my favorite skin colors. Where have you all had good luck with getting supplies for refilling copics?

Today I did some challenges on here.

It's Mojo's Monday's Sketch.

Pile It On, Enough Winter Colors.

Crazy for Challenges Lollipops. My paper has lollipops on it at the bottom by the ribbon.

Rachel's Cupcake Inspiration Challenge. She had some yummy candy cupcakes this week.

Crafty Card Makers Hearts and Romance. I used heart brads. I'm gonna use this as a V-day card for Gabi, I think she'd love this.

La La Land was to use hearts too.

Flutter By Wed was an open challenge to use a fairy, butterfly or angel.

Crafty Creations was wings.

ABC Challenge was N for New. My stamp was new.

Pink Elephant was to use the color pink.

Supplies: CC Designs stamp, Pixie Pink cardstock, Cool Carribean, DCWV Sweets stack, stickles, shimmerz, copics, nesties.

Cool Blue!

Mercy, I love this card! Seems like forever since I was able to stamp. Busy with the holidays and Gabi's birthday. We were able to give her a very memorable 10 year birthday. Not only did she get to do a night at the Great Wolf Lodge, we took her to American Girl and Bistro for a birthday shopping trip. She loved it and went crazy in there. She was able to pick out a new doll, and got Elizabeth. The place is so cute, both dolls ate at the table with us! Such a fun day for us to share together.
Amazing how quickly life gets sometimes, as I can't believe I haven't been on here since last week! I was able to squeeze in quite a few challenges on this card! And man, does it look great because of it! I love playing along with the challenges, and am so thankful that so many talented people put them on line for me to play along! I snatched this Greeting Farm set at Rachel's Store when she was having a fun Cyber Monday sale. Grabbed a few more Greeting Farm stamps from her while I was there. I popped out the hand muff, the cuffs of her boots, and cut and glue the ear muffs down. They looked weird popped out. The glitter part is made out of white fun flock, and green glitter.

Here's my challenges:

Pile It On: Flowers and Flourishes.

JUGS-Sketch.

Cute Card Thursday-Swirly Girly!

La La Land-Buttons.

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge-The cool blue and the snowflakes were part of my inspiration.

Pink Elephant-Favorite Coloring Medium-Copics.

Ooh La La-Child's Card. My 10 year old daughter loves this image, and all the bling! This will go to her 10 year old friend for Christmas.

Farm Fresh Friday-Color Combo-Baja Blue, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, and White.

Gotta show off my kid for a moment too. She created a card for her friend whose party was today. Sadly, the little girl fell at the skating rink, broke her leg and ankle in the fall. Right as the party was getting started. So, the poor thing left to the hospital, came back right before it eneded to open some gifts, and say bye to her guest. I felt so badly for her. Than my sweet kid wanted to come home and make her a get better card! I'm guessing we'll work on that tomorrow. I helped color the skin on her card, and helped glue it down.

Supplies: Copics, Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses, stickles, Martha glittler, SU cardstock-choco chip, baja breeze, choco chip ink, Greeting Farm stamp, nesties, CB folder, fun flock

Gabi's-Raspberry Fizz paper, and ink, Copics, DCWV Sweet stack, Greeting Farm, stickles, nesties,

Quick Mojo!

I managed to pull together a card quickly tonight. I had stamped out some of this cute image by Victoria Case from Susana's store to mail off to some friends as a RAK. Grabbed it, colored her and I was lucky to find some pattern paper that already had the design elements from the Mojo Monday layout. All I had to do was cut it out, and layer it on my base. Than I decided to throw in a few more challenges real fast.

Mojo Monday sketch.

Pink Elephant Recipe card-brads, plaid, and no ribbon. I hope scrappers floss is legal on that challenge! The buttons on the image are actually brads.

Try It Out Tuesday-buttons.

Spoon Full Of Sugar-brown and either blue or pink.

Supplies: Victoria Case stamp, Verve Stamp-sentiment, copics, DCWV Sweet Stack paper, Close to Cocoa paper, Pink Piro. ink, stickles, brads, button, scrappers floss.

Thankful Willow!

I'm giddy right now. I ordered a Cricut Expression and it just arrived! I can't wait to play with it! I have a few scrapbook pages waiting for a title! Anyhow, this card covers a few challenges.

It's Flutterby Wed's Thankful challenge.

Pile It On, leaves.

Pink Elephant, Be Thankful.

Whiff of Joy Challenge, which was a color combo-orange, brown and ivory.

La La Land was to use punch/die cuts. I punched out two leaves buried under the flowers, and nestie.

Mojo Monday's Sketch.

Supplies: WOJ stamp, TAC sentiment, shimmerz, stickles, copics, Reflections paper and brad, Queen and Co brad, More Mustard cardstock, more mustard ink, choco chip ink, scrappers floss.

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Mojo Balloons, and a Rollercoaster

I'm home with Trey this morning. Crossing fingers it's Croup over Swine Flu. The DR took forever to get thru this morning, and I know the place is gonna be slam packed busy this afternoon. Silver lining in this is that I had to stay home and stamp! LOL!

This is my take on the Mojo Monday Sketch.
It's also Pink Elephant's Fall challenge.

CCEE make a tall card!

And Kitchen Sink's challenge.

Love how this turned out. I don't do tall cards too often. And love the paper pieced balloons. And look at those acorn brads? I got those at Michael's. Aren't they the cutest?!

Supplies: Penelope TAC paper and ribbon, copics, DCWV cardstock, Palette ink pad, nesties, Verve stamps.

I even managed to get a scrapbook page done. I started last night, but was able to finish it this morning. It's been too long since I did one of those. I'm behind on them, so I'll probably be posting more of those in the coming weeks. This was of Gabi and her friend going on a big rollercoaster at Busch Gardens. Freaked her out! One of those priceless moments in childhood! I was even able to capture the photo of her waiting. It's grainy, but I love that I was able to snap it. This layout is from the Cherish book. I always say this, but I heart that book!

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Hello Mojo!

Quick post before heading out to the DR with Gabi. This is my Mojo Monday card, and Pink Elephant color combo challenge. I just ordered this set from Verve Stamps last week, and they were so fast, I had it in a few days! Gotta like service like that! Than the sucker is so cute, how could I not grab him for their challenge today! Best yet, Pink Elephant had a fun Oct color challenge! Made for a darling card if I do say so myself!

I have to add one more challenge to this card. I totally saw the Cupcake Inspiriation Challenge on Rachel's blog, and totally spaced that my card worked for it too! Darn if she didn't totally call me out on it too! LOL! Thanks, Rachel! We know how I love to combine as many challenges at once if I can!

Supplies: copics, Verve stamp, K and Co paper, Martha punch, nesties, gems from Michaels.

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Another Cutie by Pink Cat Studio!

Mercy, have you seen the new Pink Cat Studio digital images? So uber cute! I grabbed two today. This is one of them! I was dying to play with her! Love the frogs on here! I've only colored a digital image once before, before I had copics too, and I had a hard time coloring that card in. This one was a ton of fun to color with copics, but I still had a bit of bleeding around the nose, and mouth. So, I kinda laid low on the left cheek. Any tips on that? Regardless of my little nose issue, I love how this card turned out! I popped out the top froggie, and fire pit. I followed a sketch by Pink Elephant. Very fun card! Plus, exciting, two in a row! It's been a few weeks since I've had time to do that!

Supplies: PTI Ripe Olive cardstock and black, stickles, copics, gems from Michael's, Joann ribbon, Elegant eggplant SU ink pad, Basic Grey paper.

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Doodles FlutterBy

Man, made a cute card today! I'm so pleased with how this turned out. It's several challenges in one today.
Flutterby Wed-make a birthday flutterby card. It's Danni's birthday on Friday, so a big Happy Early Birthday to her!

Pink Elephant-recipe card: 1 ribbon, 2 squares-the image has a square package, the nesties is square, and it's a square scallope , sparkle something-stickles on flowers, gift and wings.

Cupcake Craft Challenge-3 buttons, a ribbon, and two papers. Hoping my third paper, which is actually just the flip side of one of them won't count against me!

Whimsy Stamp Challenge-some texture. I added scrappers floss, flowers, and dry embossed my green sheet.

Crafty Creations-3 designer papers.

It's also Sketch and Stash Challenge layout. My paper is new, buttons are new, everything else is from my stash. Used new pastel Copic colors on this too. The wings, and the outline-hard to see the outline, it's the opal green.

Supplies: K and Co paper, stickles, nesties, scrappers floss, primas, SU punches, Martha punch, doodle fairies, copics.

I used a RAK from my sweet friend, Tammi. Those doodles are so cute! Gotta love their round little faces!

So Not A Holiday Card.

Okay, well, this started as a holiday card for me for my regular Sunday Challenge on Sparkle's blog. Seems like Sunday's have been busy for the last few weeks, so I'm getting them done later in the week. Since it was a fairy image on my card, it was also my Flutterby Wed challenge card, which was to use a favorite quote. I love this quote in TAC's Dream set.

Mine and Paul's wedding theme was castles, so we had the song being sung by Cinderella "A Dream" when we entered our wedding reception. So, it has a special place for me when I see it because it makes me think of Paulie. However, that quote totally changed the direction of my card! It's so not a holiday card any more! Still so cute though!

Anyhow, this is my Cupcake Inspiration Card. I was moved by the blue and red in the cupcakes. Also, being balloons on the cupcakes, I had to have something in the sky. I don't have alot of things in the sky! Decided I want a Santa in a hot air balloon stamp.

This is also my Pile It On Challenge- Good things come in threes. Three pearls in a row, three types of glitter, three types of punches/nesties, three scrapping floss, three inks to make my sky behind my cute fairy.

Pink Elephant's sketch for the week.

Whimsy Stamp Challenge-Some Bling, I have glitter, pearls, and fun flock with glitter on my cloud.

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge was to use pearls.

Supplies: Copics, Martha glitter, DCWV Christmas stack, Martha punch, scappers floss, TAC sentiment, PTI cardstocks, nesties, SU Baja blue, ballet blue, bordering blue inks.

A Warm Hello

Man, this card turned out so cute! So happy and bright! Gotta love that! I got this image from Tammi ages ago. I'm thinking it's a Hangler, but I'm not as familiar with them to know for sure. I decided to stamp first today, after vacuuming. Have to tackle a few other rooms in the house, but thought I earned some free time this morning.

This is my take on the Mojo Monday sketch from Sarah. I had cut out the image when I realized I had meant to make it an oval to work better with the layout. I tried to create the visual focal point in the center by putting flower soft in his basket. Thought of my little guy bring flowers home to momma!

This card also covers some more challenges.

Pile it on, For the Boys.

Spoon Full of Sugar-Travel.

Not sure if it covers Transportation from Three Clovers..cuz it's not a motor bike.

Pink Elephant's challenge is Summer.

Cute Card Thurday's Lazy Days.

Stamp Something's Vacation theme. Love pulling out those bikes on vacations at the beach.

Supplies: June Bug Paper, Pure Poppy PTI cardstock, flowersoft, copics, nesties, dew drops, paper glaze,

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Love and Laughter

Not a catchy title today. Been one of those off kinda days. Trey was a touch difficult this morning. Daddy spent a good amount of the morning fussing at him. So we headed on a shopping trip, where he picked his lunch and than refused to eat it, nothing more fun than making a seven year old eat! Needless to say, we didn't buy anything, and went home early.

Than started to stamp to kinda wind down some, and the dog pooped on the carpet, again! Twice in the last two days. Sigh! Waiting for him to finally get it! If it's not number two, it's number one, and we have been accident free on that for a few days. How do you get dogs to tell you they have to go?! This seems to be our lacking in the training dept. I have to say, stamping relaxes me, and it's not very relaxing when you have to stop and steam clean the carpet! Well, enough grumbling!

I pulled off a few challenges on this card today. I'm still wanting to do my normal Sunday Challenges. Maybe later tonight I can sit down and do those.

This is the Cupcake Craft Challenge. It had a layout and a color combo. Missed the detail on the combo on that until after I was done. Luckily, my other challenge was about the same colors! I used my scorpal to create lines instead of the ribbons on my card. Gotta brag, they picked me last week as one of their top fives! It's also Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge, which was score it. I scored a few lines on two sections of my card. I think that's a very pretty effect on a card. For CCEE Stampers, use trees and flowers. Pink Elephant had a color combo challenge. Pile it on was to use no pattern paper.

I did the rock and roll technique on this card. I also dabbed Versamark Dazzling around the edges, which gives it a shimmery effect, but it's not showing up in the photo. I stamped off Script background stamp from TAC in Taken with Teal on the tree image, but it's also a soft effect on the card. Other supplies: SU Craft, choco chip, taken with teal cardstock, taken with teal, and choco chip ink, scorpal, TAC Love and Laughter set, script stamp, nesties, primas.

Bright Christmas Bear

I had to giggle to myself when I saw the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge today. What fun colors! And I just knew I had the perfect Christmas paper for those colors in her cupcakes. I love bright colors, and I've been playing Sparkle's Christmas Challenge for a few months now, so my brain goes to Christmas Cards on Sunday. And those cupcakes were perfect with my holiday papers!

Today's card also covers a few other challenges. It's the Pink Elephant Challenge, which was animals. I got this darling image from my friend, Tammi! Thanks so much Tammi, I loved them all! It's also the sketch for Our Creative Corner. 2RedBananas had a challenge to spell it out. I did two in one with the stickers, I spelt it out, and used a sticker as part of Sparkle's challenge today. We have High Hopes, which is bling! I'm covered on this one with glitter galore! Finally, Secret Crafter was to use three buttons, one ribbon and two designer papers.

Other supplies: Copics, fun flock, SU glitter, Martha glitter, SU sentiment, Word punch window, Ballet blue, green, but can't remember which one, DCWV papers, nesties.

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Total Cuteness!

Mercy, I saw a new type of stamps on Sugar Nellie that I thought were so cute. So, I did a search and found a store in the UK that sold them, and I brought three sets! They were so cute! They are called Fairy Doodles by Buzzcrafts. They arrived super fast too! Gotta like overseas shipping that is quick!

I have been wanting to play Flutterby Wed all week. It was hosted by Michelle, who I have gotten to know recently, and a sketch challenge. So, I finally got it done today.

I combined that challenge with a few others, Pink Elephant was where I got my color combo. I used some old, very old Basic Grey papers. I think I've had this pack for over 3 years! Even cooler that the paper pack comes with some tags, as the challenge on Flourishes Timeless Tuesday was to use a tag. I used SU's Brocade Blue, Ruby Red, and Bordering blue cardstock. I topped him off with shimmerz, and stickles. He's colored with Copics. The sentiment is cut out with SU's word punches, and the sentiment is from TAC's How Swell.

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You're A Star!!

I found out about this blog, Pile It On, from Alanna's blog on Sunday. I tend to try to do more than one challenge per card, when I do one, so this was a perfect site for me to discover! So, I checked it out right after posting on Alanna's cute Christmas card. She plays on Sparkle's challenge on Sunday too.

Than came today's card. I peaked on the Pile It On, and flipped around to some other challenges, some that were new to me, and pulled off five challenges on this one card! Woo hoo for me!

I did the Star and Stripes off The Pink Elephant. I cut out my flower and star for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge. My layout is from Midnight Madness Sketch challenge. Pile It On had thier own challenge, which was three embellishments. I used scrappers floss, ribbon, stickles, glitter, brads, eyelets, and prima flowers. Finally, Spoon Full of Sugar was to use hearts on your card, I used two heart shaped brads on my card. That challenge also made me think of Debbie, who loves to put hearts on her cards. Whew, that was a lot, huh? Had a blast doing that though!

My image is from Sugar Nellie, borrowed it from a friend months ago, and just now colored it. Forgot it was stamped in palette, so I couldn't blend too well, because it bleed in a few small spots. The sentiment is from Elzybells, and is punched out with both SU's word punches. The card stock is Razzleberry, and my paper is from DCWV, winter pack.