Hobbycutz DT Reminder!!

Just wanted to remind all of you that we're still holding a DT Call at Hobbycutz!  We're looking to add at least five designers to our awesome team!  If you have an active blog and like working with sponsor images and amazing wooden die cuts, and then is the DT for you!

To apply, email hobbycutz@gmail.com with the following information:

• Your name
• How you would describe your crafting style (all styles are eligible)
• Why would you like to work with Hobbycutz products?
• Attach three photographs of your work.  You don't need to be a super experienced crafter and work submitted can be old or new.
• Let us know any DTs you're currently on or any you've been on in the past.  DT Experience is NOT required!
• Any other info you'd like to share.

Thanks and good luck everyone!  Laters!!

Unity Friends With Flair

Every week about eleven-thirty pm on Friday night I go OH CRAP! I forgot to make a card for Unity FWF.  And then I promise that I'll make one in plenty of advance for the following Friday.  Lather, rinse, repeat.

This week I remembered around three am Friday morning. That's MORE than early enough to make a card!

I haven't done a really vintage card in awhile so that's the way my thoughts were trending when I reached into a grab bag of Unity stamps I got with an order last year and pulled out a large bird in a tree.  I instantly thought of watercolors and here's what I came up with.

See it's vintagey, but also not.  I think the burlap ribbon adds an extra nature element to the card.

I'm linking this up with Unity Fridays With Flair!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting!  Laters!

Decisions, Decisions

 The last few days, I've had a bit of a creative block.  This happens every so often, and I know the best thing is to try and just keep on creating, but sometimes I think that's a mistake.  I made a card today, and it's.....not a pretty card.  It was supposed to be CAS, inspired by a challenge, but I just don't like how it came together.  And it had a lot of little pieces so it took awhile, and....well see what I mean?

It's just so....blah.  You can't even see that the snow is shimmery.  I couldn't decide if I liked the sleigh, if it looked off-scale.  Then I couldn't decide if I liked the presents, or if they should've been bigger.  IDK I'm very eh about the whole design.  It was so cute in my head....this always happens.

I think I'm going to enter it in the challenge I made it for anyways, but I'm just not happy with it.

• Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Card Challenge - #182 Use A Building
• DLArt Linky Party
• Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Card Extra - Anything Christmas Goes

Thanks so much for looking.  I'm off to work on something else to try and jog my muse.  Laters!!

**ANYTHING GOES** New Challenge with Crafty Girls!!!

It's time for another fun challenge at Crafty Girls and this fortnight it's Anything Goes as always.  We've got two fabulous sponsors this time around, Bugaboo Stamps and Sassy Studio Designs!  I've got two cards to share with you 'cause I just couldn't decide between the two.

For Bugaboo, I decided to celebrate Christmas in June and use Snowflake Reindeer Silhouette for my card.  I LOVE blue and silver for Christmas cards, I think it looks so elegant.  Bugaboo's prize for this challenge is seven digi stamps of your choice!

I wanna enter this card in a few challenges:

• Word Art Wednesday - #138 Anything Goes 1/5
• FAN-Tastic Tuesday - #41 Anything Goes 2/4
• Ditzie Digi Designs - #6 Anything Goes
• Scrapbook Stamp Society - #44 Anything Goes/Use Swirls 2/3
• My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
• Rhedd and Rosies - #35 Anything Goes 3/3
• One Stitch At A Time - #218 Anything Goes 2/3
• DLArt Linky Party
• Party Time Tuesdays - #178 Anything Goes 2/2
• The Paper Nest Dolls - #13 Anything Goes 2/2
• Artistic Inspirations - #97 Anything Goes

For Sassy Studio, I decided to make something I never make so I went with a Get Well Soon card.  They seem to be a bit of a challenge for me like masculine cards are.  Sassy Studio's prize for this challenge is four digis of your choice!

This card I'm entering in these challenges:

• Sister Act Card Challenge - #62 Anything Goes
• Crafts Galore Card Encore - Anything Goes 3/3
• Scrappers Delight - #25 Anything Goes With A Sentiment 3/3
• 613 Avenue Create - #77 Anything Goes/Use PINK 2/3
• A Girl Who Crafts - Anything Goes 3/5
• Art By Miran - #8 Anything Goes 2/3
• The Sisters Of Craft - Anything Goes 3/5
• Lacy Sunshine - #36 Anything Goes 2/3
• Stampin' Royals Linky Party
• A Creative Romance - Anything Goes 2/3
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - I Wish I Used This More (FLOCKING!!  I'm so in love with it but never use it!)

We've got two fabulous prizes to try and win so be sure and play along with us!  Don't forget to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT has created this challenge.  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!

**Things With Wings** New Challenge with Crafty Creations Challenge!

Happy Hump Day!  I'm so excited to announce my new DT position with Craft Creations Challenge!  Our challenge this fortnight is Things With Wings.  So break out those butterflies, birds and angels and let's see what you can come up with!  You can enter each challenge twice if you would like.

I've had this new Tim Holtz stamp set burning a hole in my craft room for weeks, waiting to be used, so I thought this was the perfect project for it!

I'm soooo happy with how it turned out!

I'm of course entering a few challenges:

• Sister Act Card Challenge - #62 Anything Goes
• DLArt Linky Party
• Stampin' Royals Linky Party
• Ditzie Digi Design - #6 Anything Goes
• Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
• My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
• Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes 2/3
• A Girl Who Crafts - #1 Anything Goes 2/5
• Fairytale Stampers - #40 Brown plus Color 1/1
• One Stitch At A Time - #218 Anything Goes 1/3
• Lacy Sunshine - #36 Anything Goes 1/3
• 613 Avenue Create - #77 Anything Goes 1/3
• FAN-Tastic Tuesday - #41 Anything Goes 1/4
• Scrapbook Stamp Society - #44 Anything Goes 1/3
• The Paper Nest Dolls - #13 Anything Goes 1/2
• Incy Wincy - Things With Wings 1/5
• Aud Sentiments Challenge - #109 Two Word Sentiment 1/5
• Docerelas Challenge - #63 Anything Goes 1/1
• Get Inky Summer Challenge
• Stamping For The Weekend - Anything Goes 1/1
• A Creative Romance - Anything Goes 1/3
• Art By Miran - #8 Anything Goes 1/3
• Delightful Sketches - Hello Friend 1/1
• Simon Says Stamp - I Wish I Used This More 1/5 (PIGMENT INK!  Layering stencils and stamping, a card without BLING!)
• Party Time Tuesdays - #178 Anything Goes 1/2
• Ladybug Crafts Ink - Anything Goes 1/1
• Fussy And Funky Challenge - #116 Things With Wings 
• Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 1/2
• As You Like It - Favorite Die And Why (Spellbinders Labels 1 again, it just works for EVERYTHING)
• Scrap It Girl - Things With Wings 1/2
• The Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes 2/5
• Crafting Muskateers - #14 Use A Stamped Image 1/1
• Artistic Inspirations - #97 Anything Goes 
• Rhedd and Rosies - #35 Anything Goes 2/3
• Word Art Wednesday - #137 Anything Goes 4/5
• Scrappers Delight Challenge - #25 Anything Goes With A Sentiment 2/3
• Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes 2/3

Be sure to visit the blog to see what the rest of the DT made.  Thanks so much for looking.  Laters!

Something Old/Something New Challenge with Hobbycutz!!

Happy Sunday!  This is such a fun week at Hobbycutz Challenges, our theme is Something Old/Something New!  There's so many ways you can interpret that!  Our sponsor this week is the awesome Kenny K Downloads.

The image I chose to use is Fun Faerie and when I saw her wings, I instantly pictured micro glass beads on them.  I figured that could be my Something Old.

It's hard to see them in the photo but the beads coat the wings.  I love how it looks in person.

I used a few Something Olds on this card: The micro glass beads, loose glitter, patterned paper.  The Something News I used were: Hashtag stamp set, banner stamp and die set.

Last but not least, the Hobbycutz die cut embellishment I used on this card is from the Dotty Flower set.

I'm of course entering some challenges:

• Sister Act Card Challenge - #62 Anything Goes
• DLArt Linky Party
• Stampin' Royals Linky party
• Ditzie Digi Designs - #6 Anything Goes
• Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
• My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
• Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes 1/3
• Crafts And Me - #149 Add Wings 1/1
• A Girl Who Crafts - Anything Goes 1/5
• Die Cutting' Divas - Things With Wings 1/3
• Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 1/2
• Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes 1/3
• Fussy and Fancy - #116 Things With Wings 
• As You Like It Challenge - Favorite Die and Why - Spellbinders Labels 1 I use it ALL the time it goes with everything and it always makes cards POP
• Clear It Out - #17 Anything Goes from your Stash 1/3 (I used old micro beads, glitter and paper)
• Artistic Impressions - #96 Anything Goes 1/3
• Incy Wincy Challenge - Bright Funky Colors 1/5
• Love To Create - #120 Anything Goes 1/3
• Simon Says Stamp Monday - Anything Goes 1/5
• Rhedd and Roses - #35 Anything Goes 1/3
• Scrappers Delight - #25 Anything Goes with a Sentiment 1/3
• Word Art Wednesday - #137 Anything Goes

Be sure and play along with our challenge this week!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!

Compendium of Curiosities 3 - Challenge 4

Happy Friday!  My weekend is off to a crafty start, I managed to finish my COC3 card like, twelve hours early.  WOOHOO!!!  The lovely sponsor of this week's COC3 Challenge is The Funkie Junkie Boutique!

The challenge this week is #49 Layering Stencils with Texture Paste.  If you don't have a copy of Compendium of Curiosities 3, you can order a copy here.  I didn't actually have any texture paste and realized this too late to order any, so I got onto Pinterest and made my own!!

I actually had to make three batches.  The first one, with flour and baby oil, was a DISASTER!  The second one, with flour, paint and Mod Podge, never ever got blended and smooth.  It stayed clumpy and I'll have to make a post with a photo of how it turned out 'cause it wasn't good.  My third try was a keeper!!  Baking soda, paint and Mod Podge.  Awesomeness.  The only issue I had with it was that it didn't really resist ink at all.  So with that in mind, I altered the original plan for the my project and created this.  I didn't wanna risk tearing my ink blending tool on the texture paste so I used Distress Stains instead and I think it was a great idea.

Now if you're wondering where the texture paste is, I'm going to show you!

See the stars in the background?  I left the middle section intentionally white to create a red, white and blue background.  Then I stamped overtop the entire tag with Archival Ink.

In this photo you can really see the stars in the red section.  They stay a bit lighter than the background but still take color.

I'm entering this in just a few challenges:

• Compendium of Curiosities 3 - Layering Stencils with Texture Paste
• DLArt Linky Party
• Stampin' Royals Linky Party
• Ditzie Digi Designs - #6 Anything Goes
• Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
• My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge - #62 Anything Goes
• 613 Avenue Create - #76 Anything Goes/Use Subway Art 2/3 (I feel the background stamp I used is like subway art!)
• Word Art Wednesday - #137 Anything Goes 2/5
• Scrapbook Stamp Society - #43 Anything Goes 3/3

Thank you SO much for looking and happy crafting!  Laters!

For The Boys New Challenge with Creative Moments!

Happy Tuesday!  Time for a new challenge at Creative Moments and this fortnight, we've got an Anything Goes/For The Boys theme!  Our lovely sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps and I've picked Hot Air Balloon Clyde to create with this time around.

I'm of course entering a few challenges :)

• Sister Act Card Challenge - #61 Anything Goes
• Stampin Royals Linky Party
• DLArt Linky Party
• Ditzie Digi Designs - #6 Anything Goes
• Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
• Ladybug Crafts - Something For The Boys 3/3
• 613 Avenue Create - #76 Anything Goes 1/3
• Scrapbook Stamp Society - #43 Anything Goes 2/3
• Sentimental Sundays - #211 Animals 1/3
• Word Art Wednesday - #137 Anything Goes 1/5
• DLArt Thankful Thursday - #134 Masculine

Be sure and visit our blog to see what the other DT members have created!  You've got two weeks to play along with us!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting!  Laters!

Last Minute Wishes

Once again, I'm at the very last minute to get a card into the Tis The Season Stamping Challenge!  I always somehow let time get away from me and then I PANIC!  LOL.  But I managed to get it done in time, yay!  It was such an unusual color mix for me, but I like how it came out.

Of course I'm entering this in a few challenges:

• Tis The Season Stamping - #18 Blue, Purple and Black (optional silver, I used silver ribbon)
• Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Extra - Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge - #61 Anything Goes
• Crimbo Crackers - #66 Anything Goes Christmas

Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!

Liberty

Ya'all prolly know that I'm pretty patriotic.  I love all things red, white and blue.  My aunt's birthday is at the end of May, so she always gets a USA-themed card from me.  This year I wanted something really awesome, so I used my brand-new, can't believe I (FINALLY!) have it Pop N Cuts die.

I love how the glitter has shading in it.  That wasn't entirely what I was going for but I love it.

The balloon-filled inside.  I'm so psyched with how it looks.

I'm of course entering a bunch of challenges:

• Sister Act Card Challenge - #59 Anything Goes
• DLArt Linky Party
• Ditzie Digi Designs - Anything Goes
• Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge - #42 Anything Goes 3/3
• Sparkle N Sprinkle - Anything Goes with Loose Glitter
• My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
• Loves Rubber Stamps - #106 Anything Goes
• Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 2/2
• Lexi's Creations - #117 Happy Birthday 1/2
• Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes 1/5
• Use Your Stuff - #138 Patterned Paper
• The Stamping Chef - #32 Anything Goes 1/3
• Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
• Divas By Design - Red White And Blue 1/2
• Crafty Creations - It's All About The S 2/2 (I used shimmer paper, sticky paper, sparkle paper)
• Word Art Wednesday - #135 Anything Goes 1/5
• Scrappers Delight Challenge - #24 Anything Goes/Layer It Up
• Treasured Times Rubber Stamps - #19 Anything Goes 1/3
• Paper Nest Dolls Norway - #11 Sparkle/Glitter/Bling
• Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes 1/5
• Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes
• Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog - #214 Anything Goes 1/3
• The Corrosive Challenge - #200 Anything Goes 3/3

Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!

Compendium of Curiosities Challenge 3 - Week 3

Happy Hump Day!!!  I was so mad at myself for missing the 2nd challenge but I am here and READY for the third week of the COC3 Challenge.  The lovely Linda Ledbetter is hosting the challenge, and this week we're focusing on the Faux Tea Roses technique.  If you don't have a copy of Compendium of Curiosities 3, you can order one here!

I wanted to make a tag and turn it into a card, so I decided to just wing an idea and I wound up loving it.

I knew I wanted to create the tag in the spring color palette.  My old marker spritzer isn't really working (NOTE TO SELF: Go buy Tim's at Michaels this weekend) so the card background didn't really turn out, but I'm super happy with it.

 

This week's COC3 Challenge is being sponsored by Inspiration Emporium.  Thanks Inspiration Emporium!

I'm entering a few challenges of course:

• Compendium of Curiosities 3 - Faux Tea Roses
• DLArt Linky Party
• Craft-Dee Bowz - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow
• Corrosive Challenge - #200 Anything Goes 2/3
• Lacy Sunshine - Dies or Punches 3/3
• My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge - #59 Anything Goes
• Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 1/2
• Loves Rubber Stamps - #106 Anything Goes
• The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - #11 Anything Goes 1/2
• Scrapbook Stamp Society - #42 Anything Goes 2/3
• Card Mania Challenge #48 - Flowers
• Bunny Zoe Crafts - Flowers and Charms
• Inky Chicks - #30 Use Something Metal
• Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes 1/3
• 613 Avenue Create - #74 Anything Goes 2/3
• My Time to Craft - #250 No Designer Paper

Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!

Anything Goes/Monochromatic NEW Challenge with Creative Moments!!

It's time for a new challenge at Creative Moments and this fortnight our theme is Anything Goes/Monochromatic!  We're being sponsored by the always beautiful The East Wind.  I've picked Aurora Daisy and wanted to work mostly in greens.

I wanna enter this card in a few challenges:

• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes 3/5
• Sister Act Card Challenge - #59 Anything Goes
• My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
• Ladybug Crafts Ink - Make It Monochrome 1/1
• A Random Fan - #10 Let's Polka Dot 1/1

Be sure and visit our blog to see what the other DT members have created!  You've got two weeks to play along with us.  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting!  Laters!

Christmas In The Air

The other day I was in Hobby Lobby and I overheard the manager (who I dislike immensely--can't remember if I've shared that story or not) telling a customer that the Christmas stuff would be in store next week.  Christmas!!!  In June!  I'll admit I've been busy making Christmas cards to not have to scurry like a wild person throughout the November and December months of craziness the way I always do.  But shopping for Christmas items this early? (And at full price??!)  IDK how I feel about that.  I'm thinking that it'll be great to kinda scope everything out now but June.....

Anyways, the cards I've been making.  There's a great inspiration challenge this week at Tis The Season Stamping and I wanted to make a card specifically for it.  I won a prize from them a few weeks ago and really wanted to use it on this card.

Their challenge is photo inspiration right now, with this photo:

IDK why I saw a blue snowflake background first thing, when I looked at it.

I'm of course entering some challenges:

• Tis The Season Stamping - #17 Photo Inspiration
• Completely Christmas - #14 Anything Christmas Goes
• Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - #179 Use 3 of Something (three banners, three glitter balls)
• Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Extra - Anything Christmas Goes

Thank you so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!

New COLOR Challenge with The Craft Garden!!

It's the first of the month and that means it's time for a new challenge at The Craft Garden!  This month we've got a COLOR theme for you!  To get you into the summer mood our challenge is to make a card using:

ORANGE, YELLOW AND LIME

I loved the opportunity to play with COLOR and here's what I created this month:

I've been experimenting with my Copics on different kids of paper.  This is a shinier finish and I like how the markers took to it.

You can enter our challenge up to THREE times!  Be sure to visit our blog and see what the other DT members created!  Thanks so much for playing and happy crafting!  Laters!