On Cloud Nine!

Howdy all! It's that time of month to share a new Cardabilities sketch and creation with you today! Here is the newest sketch for you to use this month...

Sketch #39

And here is the card I created using this month's sketch...

On Cloud Nine

supplies: patterned paper, Bo Bunny, October Afternoon; cardstock, Bazzill; star pin, Maya Road; cloud button, My Little Bit of Whimsy; ink, Ranger; twine, The Twinery; other, thread.

Come on out and join the Cardabilities team and create a fun card using this month's sketch. We'd love you to check out the rest of the design team creations too! Good luck!

A Cup of Luck

This month's Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful is all about the CLEAN AND SIMPLE (CAS)!

I wanted to create a fun card to put in my son's lunch pail on his first day of Grade One this year so that's what I did with this month's challenge. Here's my card for this month's challenge...

Good Luck Cup

supplies: white cardstock, stamps, Flourishes; black cardstock, Bazzill; patterned paper, Crate Paper; ink, Copic, Memento; tools, Copic Airbrush; pin, My Little Bit of Whimsy; edge punch, EK Success; ribbon, Offray; other, thread, Glossy Accents.

Here's a close up of my cup of art supplies. I added a bit of Glossy Accents to the scissors and the pen cap for a touch of shine.


Come on out and join in this month's Bring Back Beautiful challenge. You can find all the details HERE.

Cardabilities: A Window Seat

Howdy all! It's the 15th of the month... man this month is FLYING!... and time for another fabulous sketch from Cardabilities!

Here's the sketch for the remainder of the month....

Sketch #37

And here's what I did with this month's sketch....

A Window Seat

supplies: stamps, myStamp BOX (Road Trip, Neighborhoods, Wishing You Sunshine); patterned papers, Bo Bunny, My Mind's Eye; cardstock, Bazzill; twine, The Twinery; flower, Prima; jeweled flower, Jesse James; ink, Stampin' Up! , Ranger, Copic; tools, Klic N'Kut; birdie pin, My Little Bit Of Whimsy; other, thread.

Come on out and join the Cardabilities design team and join in the sketchy fun! Good luck!

Scrapbooker's Paradise Challenge #11

Yippee! TGIF everyone!

This week's challenge over at the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog is all about buttons!! Yup! Something I admit I have very few of in my stash... I know!!! Shocker huh!!??

Here's the card I created using a funky button I found in my stash:

BLACK SILK
I started by creating my card using some COOL new papers by Hot Off the Press; Color Me. These papers begin with a gold embossed image on a white cardstock background. I carefully painted my gold embossed papers with some shimmery black and teal paint to highlight the colour of my cute little button. The paper now looks like silk... hence the name of my card!

I layered my button with some Prima Summer Lovely Leaves to make it pop. I used the beautiful Spellbinder Fleur de Lis Doily Accents die cut as my back drop to put it on.

My card is just your standard card this week! It actually opens on the front and has a panel for your hand writing. Something a little different from the norm...

Come on and out and play along with the Scrapbooker's Paradise Challenge team this week and you could win two Stampavie stamp sets, retail value at over $20.00!!!

Take a moment or two and check out what my fellow Challenge Team members have created this week:

Karan

Allison
Carla
Dana

Julie

HOW TO PLAY: Link your project up by noon on April 21st and you just might be our next Paradise Player winner! Please link directly to your entry photo HERE or your specific blog post featuring your project, not a general link please. We reserve the right to remove invalid links. If you're uploading to a public forum, then use the Keyword PPC11 so we can find you! We can't wait to see what you do with this week's challenge photo! Happy creating!

Made with Love

This week over at CP4U we have a bright and fun photo challenge by the lovely Regiane. Regiane has given us THIS cool photo to inspire our creations this week.


For me, it was the beautiful, bright , bold colours that stood out the most so that's what I used as a starting off point for my creation this week.

Made with Love

supplies: cloud stamp, myStamp BOX; patterned papers, Doodlebug Design; cabbage rose ribbon, Tim Holtz; brads, Making Memories; twine, The Twinery; mists, Tattered Angels; cardstock, Bazzill; cupcake pin and buttons, My Little Bit of Whimsy; tools, Klic N' Kut machine; other, thread.

I started off by designing and cutting a penagon shaped puzzle from multiple shades of the super fun Doodlebug Designs "petite prints" cardstock. I had it in a variety of different colours and I knew the bright colours would be a whimsical design to use for my layout. I used my Klic N'Kut design studio to design the pentagon shapes and corresponding diamond shapes that fit in the pattern. I also used it to design and cut my title details too!

A touch of zig-zag stitching added a finishing touch...

I added some fun brads to my cabbage rose ribbon to look like sprinkles... just like the cupcakes we made for my husband!

Those cute little cupcake buttons and the single pin are from My Little Bit of Whimsy! I knew they were a perfect fit for this layout!

I finished it off with a stitched heart wrapped with twine and a single cloud to match the 2 around my focal photos at the top. It's a cute little stamp from the "Wishing You Sunshine" stamp collection at myStamp BOX.


I hope you'll join the rest of the CP4U team for this week's prompt! This is the last prompt for January... and a chance to WIN a $20.00 gift certificate to a Canadian or US based scrapping on-line store of your choosing! Just think of the shopping possibilities!!!

Snowy Scenes and Sketches!

I've been on roll and this sketch from Card Patterns got my creative juices flowing again today.

Click the sketch to go directly to the sketch blog post.

So I decided to combine it with the new challenge over on the Your Next Stamp challenge blog today. This week's challenge was to create a snowy scene on your card. So I grabbed my new "Ellie Building a Snowman" stamp and set to work combining the two....

Winter Scene

supplies: stamp, Your Next Stamp; patterned papers, Lily Bee Design; ink, Copic, Memento, Ranger; cardstock, Gina K. Designs; edge punch, Fiskars; die cut snowflake, Spellbinder's; carrot pin, My Little Bit of Whimsy; twine, The Twinery; other, thread, mini snowflake.

I bought these cute little carrot pins from My Little Bit of Whimsy in the fall and I knew it would be perfect on this card... I mean what would a snowman be without a carrot nose???

I hope your Saturday is going snowing-ly!!! Happy stamping!!

Get Your Combo On!

This week at Creative Prompts 4U we have a combination challenge week. This week the team has posted four challenges to combine into one:

Ally - use 3 photos
Wendy - use glitter
Sue - include at least one handmade embellishment
Debbi - include journaling (more than names and dates)

This is what I came up with for our combination prompt:

Horses

supplies: patterned papers, Bo Bunny; punches, Fiskars, Martha Stewart; Stickles, Ranger; photo hangers, Stampin' Up!; twine, The Twinery; tools, Klic N'Kut machine; ticket die cut, Tim Holtz, Sizzix; brad, BasicGrey; pin, My Little Bit of Whimsy; other, tread, string.

For my homemade embellishment, I made simple stars that I inked and wrapped with twine.

I built a little cluster of fun leaves, twine and string!


I hope you'll join the Creative Crew for this prompt! We're giving away a fabulous kit from the Paper Poppy Kit Co.. Good luck!

Guest Designer: Let's Capture Our Memories

This week I got the awesome opportunity to guest design with the Let's Capture Our Memories card team!

They gave me this awesome sketch and challenged me to use flowers, buttons and the colour purple! And this is the card that I came up with...

supplies: patterned papers, Bo Bunny; button, My Little Bit of Whimsy; flower, Prima; die cut shapes, Spellbinder's; stamp, Penny Black; cradstock, Prism; ink, Memento, Copic; ribbon, BasicGrey; pearls, Queen & Co.; other, thread, Stickles by Ranger.

Make sure you join me and create a card using Sketch #8 and combine it with the challenge this week! Can't wait to see what you make!

Sketch Time Times Two!

If you are here for the Autumn Inspired blog hop for WeScrap... please click the image above!

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Yesterday was my day to post a sketch and challenge over at Let's Capture These Sketches!

Here the sketch I created for the Sketch Team this week...

I also asked the team to use a minimum of THREE things on their pages that started with "B". For example, I used buttons, brads, the colours blue & black,black ink and I have a little birdie too!

Tough Day at School

supplies: patterned paper, Studio Calico; cardstock, Bazzill; chipboard tree, Magistical Memories; buttons, stick pins, My Little Bit of Whimsy; alphabet stickers, Scenic Route; leaves, Prima; ink, Ranger, Versamark; edge punch, EK Success; stamps, G Studio; brads, My Mind's Eye; other, thread.

Here's a close up my little chipboard tree by Magistical Memories. I inked the raw chipboard up using a variety of chalk inks and then backed it with some fun patterned papers. I added some shiny pearl brads and a cute little Whimsy bird stick pin!

I also used a few more Whimsy products... like the big textured buttons and a cute little apple pin...


I my haste last week I forgot to share my layout using last week's sketch and challenge.

You can see last week's sketch HERE.

Last week's sketch was designed by Guylaine. She challenges us to use either rik-rak ribbon or zig-zag stitching on our pages. I chose to go with the stitching... d'uh... sewing addict here!

Chemistry Captured

supplies: patterned papers, Jillibean Soup; cardstock, Bazzill; edge punch, EK Success; twine, The Twinery; die cutting machine, Klic N'Kut; alphabet stickers, Scenic Route; brad, button, Basic Grey; mist, ClearSnap; other, thread.

The quote on the page reads...I incorporated my page to fit in with a challenge posted by one of my best friend's on her blog... Tara. You see the challenge here.

I made some fun twine flowers with glossy brad centers...

I just adored the camera patterned paper by Jillibean Soup!


Come and check out the sketches and challenges at Let's Capture These Sketches blog!

The October prize is still up for grabs and we have a Bella Blvd prize package to be won for November... ooh la la!

Mission 028: Celebrate!

Our challenge this week for Mission to Create was to use:

Deborah: use denim

Jocelyn: use 2 stick pins

Nicole: splats
Vanessa: rhinestones

Melissa: orange

This was the hardest challenge for me so far... I just couldn't find any denim to use. So for me, I used the last 4 concepts of the mission this week...

Happy Birthday
supplies: stamp, myStampBOX; patterned paper, Lucky 7 Factory; cardstock, Prism; edge punch, Martha Stewart; twine, The Twinery; shaped label, Pretty Little Studio; rose lace, Maya Road; mists, Tattered Angels; gem pin, Making Memories; cupcake pin, My Little Bit of Whimsy; other, ribbon, thread.

I love the end result of this card. It's so bright but kinda pretty too!

For your chance to win a $20 gift certificate to Pretty Little Studio link us up with your card or layout using at least 3 of the concepts listed above on the Mission to Create blog here.

This is really a wonderful prize worth playing for!!

Butterfly Dreams

This week over at Creative Prompts 4U is what Debbi's turn to share a prompt. This week she chose to inspire us using a beautiful ad photo. You can see the photo here.

Here's the card I created using this week's prompt... I took inspiration from the colours, the overall design and the butterflies of course!

Miss You

For my card I used some fun myStampBOX stamps. For the circles, I used the set Funky Circles and the sentiment in the center is from the Small Greeting set. I also used one of the butterfly images from the Colorful Companions sets and backed them with a Spellbinder's die cut shape.
If you join us this month and create a project using one of this month's prompts, you could win a gift certificate to the My Little Bit of Whimsy store!