FAIRIES Challenge with Hobbycutz!!

Happy Mother's Day!!  We've got a brand new challenge at Hobbycutz and this week it's FAIRIES!  Our lovely sponsor this week is A & T Digital Designs.  I chose the Mushie House image for my card this week.

I used one of the Hobbycutz Decorative Borders on this card. I just added a little Tim Holtz paint and it's good to go.

I hope to see you play with us this week at Hobbycutz!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!

Compendium of Curiosities 3 - Challenge One

HI!  I'm at the last minute again!!  This time I FINALLY get to play along with the Compendium of Curiosites Challenge!  I was too crazy busy with work when the first Compendium book came out and the second one, I don't even know what was going on with me.  But I'm HERE this time and I'm playing along!  If you don't have your own copy of A Compendium of Curiosities Vol. 3, you can order one here.

This challenge we were trying the technique of Paint Marbling!  I grabbed some of my brand new Distress Paints and got to town!

I know I don't have great photography skills, but I hate when you work with shimmery paper or paint, you get a sort of glare when you take pictures of it.  The whole thing has shimmer but it doesn't really show!!

As you can see better here, the quote on this card is "Where there is love, there is no darkness."  I love it.

I've gotta get back to resting from the Mega Meet the past two days.  My foot is swollen and throbbing.  Ugh.  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!

Creative Moments Anything Goes/BINGO Challenge!

Happy Hump Day everyone!!  It's time for another great challenge at Creative Moments and this time our theme is Anything Goes/BINGO!  Who doesn't love a great game of Bingo?  We've come up with a super-fun board for you to play with this time around, either horizontally, diagonally or vertically!

Our lovely sponsor this time is Art By Miran!  Her images are just amazing, be sure to pay her a visit!

I've chosen to use the Lunar Diety for my card this challenge.  I KNEW I wanted to use charms on this card so I wound up going with Ribbon, Charm and Tag for my BINGO line.  I used twine instead of ribbon though, none of my ribbons wanted to match.

I am soooooo happy with how this turned out.  Loads of layers and colors and techniques on one card.  It's one of my favorite things I've ever done.

You've got two weeks to play along with our Anything Goes/BINGO challenge!  Hope to have you join us.  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting!  Laters!

Happy Cinco De Mayo!!

And Happy Monday as well!  I've never created a card for Cinco De Mayo before, so I'm excited that this year I got to do so! (Another project off the pile on my table, yay!)

I actually made these flowers like, three months ago.  They were created for a birthday card but when I finished them, I took one look and said, "These don't look like a birthday, they look like a Quinceanara!"  I decided to save them for Cinco De Mayo and I'm so glad that I did!

I'm of course linking to some challenges:

• DLArt Linky Party
• Just Be Creative Crazy Linky Party
• The Paper Dolls Nest Norway - #9 Celebration
• Scrapbook Stamp Society - Anything Goes/Use A Sentiment 1/3
• My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
• Fairy Tale Stampers - #38 At Least Two Punches 1/1
• Dream Valley Challenges - #81 Anything Goes 1/3
• Challenges 4 Everybody - #41 Anything Goes 1/3
• 613 Avenue Create - #70 Anything Goes 1/3
• Sister Act Card Challenge - #55 Anything Goes
• Jo's Scrap Shack - #48 Anything Goes 1/3
• Fairytale Challenge Blog - Cute Only
• Crafty Catz - #229 Anything But Square 1/3
• Crafts 4 Eternity - #174 Stamp It 1/3
• Craftitude - #64 Anything Goes 1/3
• Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge - #210 Flowers 1/5
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #257 Make Your Own Embellishment 1/5
• Aud Sentiments - #105 Use A Birthday Sentiment 1/5
• The East Wind - #6 Punches or Die Cuts 1/3
• Our Creative Corner - Love Those Leftovers 1/3 (my flowers were leftover and all the papers except the base and first layer were scraps)
• Word Art Wednesday - #130 Anything Goes 1/5
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes 1/5
• Inky Impressions - #157 Anything Goes
• Hobbybook - Add A Sentiment 1/3
• Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
• Pause, Dream, Enjoy - #9 Flowers
• Little Red Wagon - #235 DIY Flower
• One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes with An Embellishment 1/5
• Natalie and Amy's - #20 Rubber Stamping 1/3
• A Little Bit Crafty - Flower Power 1/3

Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!

Love and Joy

Love and joy, come to you, and to you your wassail too....sorry.  Once I get on a singing tangent I can't stop.  My first project finished from the stack of ideas I had for National Scrapbooking Day (on which I was stuck doing housework and didn't get a single thing made!) is this Christmas card.  I wanted it to be slightly wintery, and I also heard the song from Frozen*, "Let It Go" in my head more than once as I was making it.  I made it specifically for the color challenge at Tis The Season Challenge Blog, and I"m really happy with it.  The challenge called for these three colors:

I adlibbed the best I could, and here's what I came up with.

You can't really tell in the photo, but her halo, wings and the music notes are all sparkly.  I love sparkly.

I'm entering this in just one challenge, Tis The Season #15 - It's A Wintery Mix!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!!

*I know I'm the only person alive but I didn't love Frozen, and yet I walk around my house singing "Let It Go" every day.  I literally cannot get it out of my head.  I'm sure now that I've brought it up, it's also stuck in your heads.  I apologize :)

Photo Inspiration Challenge at The Craft Garden!

Happy May crafters!!  It's time for a new challenge at The Craft Garden!  This month we've got an inspiration photo to get your creative juices flowing!!

I instantly wanted to use shells on my card and thought of sunbathers on a Hawaiian vacation, and this is what I came up with.

You have a whole month to link up to our challenge, so find some crafty inspiration in that photo and show us what you've got!  Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!

GDT With Crafty Girls Challenge!!

Happy May everyone!  I'm so excited to be a Guest Designer with Crafty Girls Challenge for the month of May!!  This challenge our sponsor is the amazing Aurora Wings!  I chose the Red Poppies image to work with from the Big Eyes collection.

I just love how it turned out!  I had a ton of fun with the coloring and layering.  You can't quite tell in the photo but the centers of the flowers are purple with crystal Stickles over the top.

Make sure you play along with us this challenge at Crafty Girls!!  Our theme is always Anything Goes!

Thanks so much for looking and happy crafting.  Laters!