Flutter By Wednesday 180, Open Challenge.

Today we have a lot of fun stuff for you at Flutter By Wednesday!  Not only is it an open challenge, it's the start of a new design team member, Amanda.  Please give her a lovely welcome!

On top of a new team member, we have a great guest designer, Jessica, from The Whimsical Butterfly.  Be sure to check out what she created for Flutter By Wednesday today! 

You know you're limited on crafting time, when you're thinking challenges on all your projects!  I hope you can see my itty bitty butterflies on here.

Today's project for me was my daughter's birthday invite this year.  She's gonna be 12 later this month, and gasp....NO PINK!  Okay, seriously, the child has loved pink since she was a toddler!   Can we say Momma is having a hard time with her out growing pink!

I tried to make something a little more sassy and grown up.  I have to say Forever Young is by far one of my favorite cartridges.   I cut out my ladies at 3 inches.  I cut out a tag off a different cartridge, Bags, Tags and More.  They were cut at 4 inches.  I layered my clothing up with the layer feature.  Let me tell you, those were some tiny pieces.  Than I shadowed the girls, and the sentiment which was also off Forever Young.

I made them into bookmarks, and cut another tag out, which I added the birthday invite stuff to.  This way the girls could use the bookmark and the invite was still functional for them.  I even laminated them using My Story kit that I have and haven't used.  All in all, I think the invites are sassy!  Gabi seemed impressed, and hopefully her friends were too!

Be sure to see what the other design team members came up by peaking at the Flutter By Wednesday blog.

Flutter By Wednesday 179, Friendship.

Not sure what happened here...I had it scheduled to post at 2 AM on 11-9-11...and it didn't post.  Sorry it's late!  

Today we have another fabulous guest designer, Leanne, from Finding My Groove at Flutter By Wednesday.  We also have another wonderful challenge, Friendship.  I used a fun stamp from Susana's store, by Victoria Case.  I thought the image was perfect for the challenge this week.    Be sure to link your creations up on the Flutter By Wednesday blog, and take a peak at what the other designers created! 
I followed the sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

Flutter By Wednesday #178, Beyond Grateful!

Hard to believe November is here now!  Crazy how the time just seems to fly by!  Thanksgiving is only weeks away.  It's a perfect time to make a card for someone special and join us in the fun at Flutter By Wednesday!  This week's challenge is Grateful/Thanks. Think of someone who has really reached out to you this year, make them a card to say thanks, and send it to them with a word of encouragement telling them how they have made a difference to you.  Think of the warm fuzzies you'll feel when you see how it makes them feel.  Gonna make myself do this too, as I'm way behind on sending cards this year! 

Can't wait to see what you all make.  Make sure to add a fairy, butterfly or angel on your card.  When you link it up at the Flutter By Wednesday blog, be sure to see what the rest of the design team members came up with for the challenge! 

Flutter By Wednesday, Bring out your Halloween cheer!

Today at Flutter By Wednesday, you have a color challenge!  Green, Purple, Black and Orange!  Okay, I didn't get enough green in my card!  Hardly any green at all in fact.  I was using scraps already cut and most where orange, purple and black.  So, I went with it.  I had also started coloring this image during Irene a few months back, and she had yellow hair, and purple dress.  I filled in my flower, and ended up with a lot of orange!  I messed up my poor face when dot her eyes with my sharpie paint pen.  That's twice that's happened to me lately, and so not cool.  Anyone else have this happen to them?  Tips on how to make the paint stop plopping on my cards?  Nothing worse than it dropping at the end of the completed card, and it messing up the main part of the card.  I had to restamp, than color a face, and cut it out to make up for the mistake. 
I followed the sketch over at The Sweet  Stop.  This is sketch 131.  I've rotated it to fit my image better.

Anyhow, hope you play along with us at Flutter By Wednesday!  I'm sure you'll make some fantastic cards wit such a fun color combo!  Be sure to drop by the FBW blog to see what the other design team members made and link your card!

Flutter By Wednesday 176, Open Challenge.

We have another fantastic guest designer this week at Flutter By Wednesday!  Alot of you probably know have been to Amanda's blog Cards, cats, and copics.  This was my first trip to her blog, and gotta say, I loved it!  She has some great coloring skills, and tons of fun touches on her cards!  So, stop by and give her some love!

It's also an open challenge at Flutter By Wednesday this week.  Means you just need to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your card!  Can't wait to see what you all come up!  Make sure you pop over to see the other design team members work while you're linking your creation!

Flutter By Wednesday #175, Use those scraps!

It's time for a new challenge at Flutter By Wednesday!  This one should be a simple one for most of us!  We all have scraps floating around our crafting areas!  So, pull them out, and slap them on a card!  Be sure to include a fairy, butterfly or angel on your card! We also have a wonderful guest designer this week!  Her name is Barbara from Forgotten Scraps.  She has an amazing blog, and her coloring is fantastic!  Be sure to pop over and peak at her blog!

Looking forward to seeing your creations!  Make sure you link it back on the Flutter By Wed blog, and take a peak at what the other designers came up with while you're over there!

Flutter By Wednesday #174, Delicious Doodles

It's time to flutter again at Flutter By Wednesday!  Today's card has a sweet image from Delicious Doodles, called  little pumpkin fairy.  She's such a sweet little image!  Makes me get excited about fall coming!  Love the cool crisp weather!  I used Mellow paper pack from Basic Grey.  She's colored with copics, and cut out.  Isn't it crazy how fast the year goes by?  Hard to image it's already Oct and the holidays will be here before we know it!  It's an open challenge, so hope you play along.  Just include an angel, fairy, or butterfly on your creation, and link it back up to the Flutter By Wednesday blog.  While you're at it, be sure to check out the other design team members blogs and see what they created!