Sweet Beatrice

Happy Wednesday! All That Scraps challenge is in its second week of ANYTHING GOES!  You can still link up your project, by Feb 26th, for the chance to win an awesome prize. Be sure to check out all the details and rules!

So today I have Baby Bear Beatrice

and the sentiment is from AmyR Big Words & Handy Additions. Both are from the ATS store. Stop by the ATS Challenge blog to see more inspiration from the team, and all the new releases now available at the store!

Sketch from TGS 

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Have a wonderful day! ;D


Challenges:
TGS Challenge - Sketch #195
Loves Rubberstamps - #40 Lots of Layers
Marker Pop - #17 Embellish with Buttons

A Gift

Happy Day to you all! All That Scraps starts a new challenge today, and it's...

ANYTHING GOES!!

This is Mariko from Sister Stamps, colored up in Copic markers and cut out with a Spellbinders Circle die. She's perfect for any celebration, and since I've been doing so many Christmas theme projects, it was nice to do a birthday card! Papers are Basic Grey Konichiwa, and stamped a Amy R Birthday sentiment. Added a few Recollections flowers and gems.

Hop on over to the ATS Challenge blog to see more from the team! Just follow the simple rules for your chance at an awesome prize!

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have a wonderful day! ;D


Challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Pick of the Year (Anything Goes)
Pile It On - #49 Embellishments

To Ewe...

Hi Everyone! It's Wednesday and time for a reminder to join us as All That Scraps Challenge! The current challenge is CAS - clean and simple... and here's my take on it...

This is Ornament Ewe and a matching sentiment from last year's release. Used a Spellbinder's Reverse Wonky Rectangles, and cut a couple of banners from the xmas scrap pile. To add some metallic sparkle, used the Clear Star pen around the edges of the ornament and the frame of the wonky rectangle. Found a metallic silver button and some silver elastic tie for the bow.

Here's a pic of the inside...

yup... another gift card holder! stamped with a sentiment from Amy R's Winter set.

Please stop by the ATS Challenge blog to see more from the team. You still have plenty of time to link up and the prize this time is 3 CC Design Rubber Stamps!!!

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Have a wonderful day! ;D  


Stamp and Create - Sparkly Christmas or Winter
CMC - Metallic Gleam

Time to Laugh

Welcome back! This is my second post today, if you're looking for Lollipop Crafts sponsor spotlight, please scroll down, or click here.

It's a new challenge today at All That Scraps and this time we want to see C.A.S. - clean and simple! I made a gift card/money envelope using C.C. Designs Gnome.

Colored him up with Copics, then fussy cut him out and added a embroidery floss for the fishing line. Also added a double layer of grass borders from CC Cutters. One piece of paper from the Me&My Big Ideas Autumn layers paper pad, and stamped sentiment from Hero Arts.

Here's a look at the back side

sentiments are from Amy R Birthday Sentiments and Whimsy Stamps Birthday Letter Seals.

Hop over to the ATS Challenge blog to see more from the team. Hope you get a chance to play along!

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Have a fantastic day! ;D

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Oozak - #9 Anything Goes plus Red

LC Sponsor Spotlight

Happy Wednesday! Today Lollipop Crafts is spotlighting our sponsor this week, Robyn's Fetish

This adorable bear is called Charlie Christmas Bear, and you can find him here. He's colored up in Copics, but I ran into some marker trouble this time... see the right side of his face? As I was putting on the darker brown (E55) for some shadows, it started to get weird on me. It became sort of oily, and couldn't blend with the other colors. It doesn't look as bad IRL, but this picture sure picked it up! I thought my marker was drying out, but I checked it was good, but added a little more ink anyways.  Has anyone else have that happen? and is there a remedy for this? Would love to hear any advice on this! :D

So back to the card... it's a small sized card... only 3.5x3.5. Great way to use up some more scraps and makes a perfect little gift card. Used Spellbinders circle and scallop circles for the dies, and handcut a small banner flag for the sentiment, which is Amy R Winter Sentiments.

Head on over to the Lollipop Crafts blog to see what a few other team mates have made to share. Find out more on our wonderful sponsor, and check out the awesome prize for the current challenge!

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Have a great day! ;D


Challenges:
Love to Create - #44 Holiday Cheer
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes with Christmas option

Birthday Ian

Hi all! My cousin's little boy turned the big ONE this past weekend, and just want to share the card I made for him.

It's been awhile since I played with those adorable cuties from TGF, and this one was from my dear blogging friend Leanne! Found a great sketch from Sweet Sunday, and this fun paper pad is from MME.

card supplies:

Image - TGF Birthday Ian; Amy R. Birthday Sentiments; paper - MME Out of the Blue, Recollections card stock; Copic markers, Memento Ink, Colorbox Chalk, Making Memories buttons

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Have a fabulous day! ;D  


Challenges:
Sweet Sunday - SSSC169
FFF - Buttons and Bows

Gift card holder

Please scroll down or click here for Lollipop Crafts Sponsor Spotlight

I'm back again to bring you All That Scraps Challenge reminder! It's Anything But a Card this week, so I made a gift card holder for the upcoming holiday...

Having so much fun with the new ATS releases. This time I used Santa Lulu on the front of this gift card, added some jingle bells, and an Amy R's Winter Sentiments on a fishtail banner.

the gift card holder just slides out from the sleeve...

can easily add a message on the inside or the back of the outer sleeve.

Please stop over to the ATS Challenge blog to see more amazing projects, and you still have plenty of time to play along! You could the lucky winner of 3 CC Rubber Stamps!!

card supplies:

stamps - Amy R. Winter Sentiments, Santa Lulu; CC Cutters Die Cuts - Bells; paper - Echo Park Everybody Loves Christmas; Copic markers, Memento Tuxedo Black, Colorbox Chalk, EK Success border punch, Stickles Crystal, Sakura Clear Star, MS flocking powder, Twinery Blossom, misc ribbons, pink cardstock

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a fantastic day! ;D   

Challenges:

Whimsy Stamps - #52 All Things Sparkly

Stamp and Create - Winter Wonderland

Oozak Challenge- #7 Die Cuts

Paper Piecing...

Come join us at All That Scraps Wednesdays Challenge... this time, we want you to incorporate PAPER PIECING on your project!

I have Ice Cream Lucy from the new July release of CC Design Stamps and Amy R's Birthday Sentiments, both are available at the All That Scraps store! Lucy here is just so adorable with her giant ice cream! I've paper pieced and copic colored her outfit. Didn't show up too well on the pic, but her the pink on her outfit is actually pink gingham paper from SEI collections. The ice cream and cotton candy background paper is also from SEI's A Fair Day paper pack. Added some twine, gem, and stickles glitter to finish it off!

Stop by the ATS Challenge blog to see what fabulous creations the team has to share. Follow the few simple rules to play along, and you can be the lucky winner of 3 CC Design Stamps!!

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a wonderful day! ;D  


Challenges:
Paper Shelter - #73 Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - All Things Girlie

Thinking of You...

Happy Memorial Day! am just popping in really quick to bring you Lollipop Craft's new challenge for the week, in observance of today... With Deepest Sympathy.

Very simple layout, but finally got to try embossing powder on the stamped image. It was pretty fun to watch the powder turn so shiny. lol! Then I tried to add some color with ink pads, but it didn't show well. So out came the copics... luckily it turned out the way it did, and didn't have to start over. Image is from Penny Black, and sentiment from AmyR Sentiment Stamps.

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Enjoy the rest of the day! 

Lollipop Crafts Sponsor Spotlight: MELJEN'S

Hi all! Lollipop Crafts is changing things up a bit, we now have our sponsor spotlights on Wednesday! and for this week we are spotlighting MELJEN'S DESIGNS. LC blog has all the wonderful deets on this amazing company and how you can join our challenge (NO EMBELLISHMENTS) for your chance to win some cute images!

For my card today, I have this amazing "Flaming Monster Truck" from Meljen's...

There are a few of my son's friends birthdays coming up, so I figure this would be perfect for boys. Sketch is from The Sweet Stop, and the flames I drew based on some google image searches. Added some shimmer on the flag, glossy accents on the window and bumpers! It's always harder to make boy cards, I still think there's something missing here! oh well... just gotta keep on truckin'!

Card supplies:
Image - Flaming Monster Truck (Meljen's Digi)  Sentiment - AmyR Birthday Sentiments (ATS)
Copics - B12 B14 B16 B18 Y06 Y17 YR04 YR07 C1 C3 C5 W1 W3 W5 W7 YG91
Otheres - Spellbinders Circle Large, Cuttlebug Stars embossing folder, DCWV Glitter Mat Pack, Sakura Clear Star pen, Glossy Accents, Distress Ink (red brick), MS color ink (oranges)

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have a wonderful day! ;D    

Darby and Dazzle...

Hello friends! Hope you all had a good Sunday... didn't get tricked with any April Fool's Day jokes did 'cha? Well, I survived... so far... there's still a few hours left in the day! lol! Anyways, today I have a card to share...

It's Darby and Dazzle from Sweet November, and you can find them here at ATS store. Did a little altering... instead of the cupcake that Dazzle comes with, I replaced it with one cut from the CC Cutters Cupcake die, added some frosting (Liquid Pearls), and made a little slot for Dazzle and the candle to feel right at home! They are such adorable friends, and you can find Darby and other friends at the ATS store... or how about a chance to win 3 CC Designs stamps of your choice?! Visit the ATS Challenge blog to see the current sketch challenge... you have until April 10th to play along!

There's one more thing to share today... Christy, one of the Lollipop Crafts girls, is celebrating her birthday today!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRISTY!!

 Hope you had a fantastic time celebrating your special day!

Hop over to the LC blog to see more birthday cards for Christy, and meet the newest members of the DT4! Tomorrow will be the start of a brand new challenge, with a few exciting changes. Read all about it here!

Card supplies:

Image - Darby and Dazzle, sentiment - AmyR birthday sentiments (both avail at ATS)

Copics - skin: E50 E51 R20 hair:E31 E34 E37 clothes: R32 R35 R37 BG10 BG13 Dazzle: YG00 YG03 BG10 BG13 0Blender

Paper - MME (lime twist), DCVW cardstock

Other - Momento Ink (tuxedo black), Colorbox chalk (browns), CC Design Cutters (Cupcake), EK Success border punch (bumpy road), Liquid Pearls (white), Recollections (pink gem), Sakura pen (clear star), Michaels (ribbon)

That's all for me today...

thanks for stopping by!  ;D    

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Ribbon Carousel Challenge - RCC46 Anything Goes

BIG Achievement...

Happy Monday everyone!  Was your weekend filled with happy memories? On Saturday, our family certainly had two big events to celebrate... my son passed his karate test for his Jr. Black Belt! and my wonderful hubby's big 50th birthday! We had a big celebration at home with family and friends, and just ate all night! I always forget to take pictures of the food, but we had prime rib, cioppino, bun rieu (a vietnamese noodle soup), with plenty of sides and desserts! A mini buffet right at home!

So this week's challenge at Lollipop Crafts is an easy one... ANYTHING GOES! Head on over to the blog to see some awesome eye candy! A traditional custom is to present your Sensei with a thank you gift at the belt award ceremony. This is the card my son wanted me to make for his Sensei...

Very simple layout. Karate Ian colored in his Sensei gi's colors, red cardstock stamped with "thanks" as the background, and "Arigato" cutout is from Jenny!

Cameron started this journey when he was in kindergarten, and throughout all these years (he's only 11), he continued to climb each step and grow along the way, to finally reach this amazing achievement! His Sensei says he is the youngest of the dojo to obtain a Jr. Black Belt. We are so very proud of him! I decorated a couple of chipboards with the same image, colored it to represent his gi and new belt, and a congrats sign for his favorite cake... OREOS!!!

Let me just say that this past month, he trained so hard in order to pass this test, I was so stressed out just watching him train. When Saturday morning came, I think I was more nervous than he was! The testing didn't start until 2pm, so the wait was just agonizing! I'm so glad that he performed so well, and I can see the determination in his face during the whole TWO HOURS!

Okay... that's enough for me today. I will share the other celebration we had on Saturday night on another post! Head over to Lollipop Crafts to see more of the DT wonderful inspiration, and hope you can join the fun!

Supplies:

Image - TGF Karate Ian;  Stamp- Amy R Stamps Big Words

Copics - C3 C5 C7 100 W3 W5 W7 E40 E50 E51 E53 E11 R20

Other - Distress Ink (fired brick), VersaMark (watermark), Sakura Gelly Roll (white), Spellbinders circle, chipboard, ribbon from stash, washi paper, Recollections cardstock, "arigato" cutout from Jenny

Thanks for stopping by today...

Have a fantastic day! ;D

Challenges:

TGF Retro Challenge - Spring Cleaning (chipboard from years ago)

TGF Monday FunDay - Anything Goes

Sweet Wishes...

Hi everyone! I'm excited to share with you all my first post on All That Scraps' Wednesday Challenge.  It's a fun and easy one...all we want to see are.... SPARKLES!!!

Today, the adorable Kiki is having a fun and carefree day at the carnival! It makes me long for those nice warm summer days! Wouldn't you just love to have some ice cream, cotton candy, and maybe even some funnel cake with strawberries, bananas and hot fudge! YUMMMY! Then ready to ride some coasters! ummm... better do the rides first then eat! lol!

Okay, time for you to go check out the ATS team's awesome eye candy, and all the details to play along. This week's prize is 3 CC Design stamps of winner's choice!!

Supplies:
Image - Sweet Kiki La Rue (CC Designs), Amy R Handy Additions, Inkadinkado (Tickets &Coupons)
Paper - s.e.i. Fair Day, DCWV cardstock
Copics - skin: E50 E51 R20  hair: Y21 Y23 YR24  clothes: R000 RV52 R83 R85 YG11 YG17 ice cream: E34 E37 R35 RV000 RV52
Others - Momento Ink (Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa), Colorbox Chalk (brown), Twinery Twine (Pink Sorbet & Blossom), Stickles (Cotton Candy, Crystal), Inkssentials Glossy Accents, Recollection gems

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a fantastic day ;D  



Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Ribbon Carousel - RCC42 Anything Goes

All That Scraps...

Hello Friends! I have some news to share, unexpectedly the digi team at All That Scraps has been dissolved. :{ The good news is... ATS have asked me to join the CHALLENGE TEAM!! :D

YAYY!! was so surprised when I received the email... I just sat there and read it a few times to make sure I was reading it correctly! lol
So with that being said... please join us at ATS with our current challenge "FANCY FOLDS"!

I've made this easel card into a desktop calender and post-it note holder.

Scarf Honey is an adorable digi image from C.C. Designs, and sentiments are the Amy R. Stamps Big Words and Handy Additions - both are available at the ATS Store.

If you're crafting this weekend, think about trying some Fancy Folds! There's still plenty of time to enter... you have until Feb 28th, and the prize for this challenge is 5 C.C. Designs digi stamps of the winners choice! Click HERE and HERE to see the DT gorgeous eye candy! Hope to see you link up soon!

Supplies:
Image:  Scarf Honey (CC Designs Digi), Amy R. Stamps Big Words & Handy Additions , flower (Studio G)
Paper - Basic Grey (Hopscotch), DCVW (colored cardstock), Recollections (kraft base)
Copics - skin: E50 E51 R20 R22  hair: W1 W3 W5 W7 clothes: BG000 BG01 BG05 G00 YR00 YR02 YR04   boots: E40 E41 E43 E84 E89  ground: YG91 YG95
Others - Momento Ink, Colorbox Chalk Cat's Eye, MS flower punch, Recollections gems & flowers, calender (RAK from Cyndi), buttons (BG colored buttons), embroidery floss, 1.5x2 post-it pad.

Thanks for stopping by! and have a wonderful day! ;D     

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Get Krafty

Simon Says Stamp -Use 3 Different Papers

Merry Christmas and...

Happy Holidays to everyone!

Just popping in to share a card... this one went to my Dec Secret Sister. It's a criss-cross card using an image from SOG, and sentiment is from Amy R. Winter sentiments. Paper is from my last year's christmas stash... forgot which company, and the pretty ribbon is from Michael's.

Thanks for stopping by!

Wishing you all a very happy holiday!! ;D

Winter Wishes...

Are you keeping warm these days? It seems like a cold winter coming... and early too! Even here in the SF Bay Area, we have been getting pretty cold temps...and starting to get snow in the Sierra! Well, I've trying to stay warm during my craft time, which is usually in the early morning or late night, with a blanket on my lap... feel like an old lady!! hehee!

Anyways, my daughter and I started making some more holiday cards this past weekend. Some for friends, and some for the Cards that Care drive. DD colored about 6 images, and me just one... and we ended up with only one complete card each...lol! There were alot of "Mom, can you/should I ..." throughout the whole day between her and DS! (DS was working on a LEGO project.) Okay, enough rambling on... here's my card...that took nearly 4 hours!!

This is a darling SOG girl named Tia with her adorable penguin friend! Did you know that I LOVE penguins?! not so much in RIL... but cute adorable images!! I HAD to get this adorable image when I first saw it here on Amy's post. SOG current recipe challenge is to use 2 patterned papers, buttons, punch/die, and NO white/kraft for base card. Followed a great sketch from The Sweet Stop, and made a festive holiday card for Papertake Weekly!

Paper is from BoBunny's last year collection "Winter Joy", a MS border punch, and a Recollection tag punch stamped with an AmyR sentiment. Added a BG button and some twine. Stickles to Tia's earmuffs and along the tag. There you have it... four hours of work! LOL! but it always worth it to spend some FUN creative time with the kids!

I'll be sharing DD cards soon... she wants to finish up on a couple of more. She says it's really stressful to put it all together! but enjoys oloring of the images much more! ummm, that sounds familiar... hehee!

Thanks for stopping by! ;D     

Keeping Warm...

Hello Friends! Today at Lollipop Crafts, we have our sponsor spotlight on...

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and is steadily growing! Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at the WHIMSY STAMPS STORE to browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!

Brrrrr... it's been cold here in SF Bay Area, especially at night. The kids have been making hot cocoa, and me? COFFEE! nice and hot... caffine doesn't bother me at night... can drink it and go right to sleep! zzzzzzz :o)

My card for today features one of the cute penguins from Meljen's!

An adorable penguin with a cup of hot coffee....mmmmm! The tree punch is from EK Success, and the snowflakes are MS and Recollections punches. Paper and ribbon are from last year's xmas scraps.. have alot left too! lol! Sentiment is from AmyR Winter Sentiment collection and punched with a Recollections punch. There are hints of glitter all over the card... couldn't catch all of it in the photo.

Hope you get a chance to play along this week's challenge. Be sure to check out more eye candy from the other gals, and from our fabulous guest designer this month, Ashley Walker!

Thanks for stopping by...
stay warm! ;)     

Card will be donated to Card that Care

you can find out more here!

No Peeking...

Well, ok...you can! Today at Lollipop Crafts is sponsor spotlight with....

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical digital images inspired by her kids and family.  Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the Meljen's Designs at her new STORE, where there's a BIG sale that ending today!!

This grumpy gnome has been colored up for a while, waiting for me to put him in the spotlight. I finally did, and can you just imagine him saying "what took you so long?!" hahaa! The sketch is from The Craft's Meow challenge blog, but since I don't own any TCM stamps, I can't play along.  :( But I still love the fun sketch... and TCM stamps are on my to buy list!! The papers are from last christmas, but can't remember what line they are from. The colors are non-traditional, so it could really be used for any occassion. Sentiment is from AmyR's Winter Sentiments available at ATS, just perfect for this little guy!

There's plenty of time left to play along the LC challenge, but don't wait too long .... head on over for all the deets and your chance to win 4 images from Meljen's!

Thanks for stopping by!  ;)  

Vintage Baby...

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! So glad to start a brand new week...my last week was horrible! Started on Monday, sore throat...then by the next day, my voice was completely gone! My kids were so funny..."so when will your voice be back? maybe a week or two?" hehee! I bet they were glad to not hear my nagging...but it was only for two days! LOL! Anyways, I'm finally feeling better...not yet 100%, but getting there. Thank you for your sweet well wishes! It really warms my heart! <3

Let's get to the new challenge at Lollipop Crafts...hosted this week by Angieszka, and she wants you to create something VINTAGE or SHABBY CHIC! Our sponsor for this challenge is Digi Scrap and they have some cute images to play with. For my card, I chose a baby carriage...

I was a bit nervous about this challenge in the beginning, not really knowing how to be vintage or shabby chic! But after some blog surfing, I'm guessing it's earthy tones, distressing, ribbons, lace, and even some metal. So that's what I did! Hope you all like...it was pretty fun to make (but did take me longer because of my killer sinuses!) I bought a pack of loopy brads at a scrapbook show, not sure how they were used, but they looked interesting, and only $1... now I LOVE them and wished I bought more! I used them at the top of the card with the lighter blue ribbon...so cute! The sentiment is from AmyR Stamps and the paper is called Julianne from K&C Co. Well that's my share for today. Please stop by Lollipop Crafts and see the DT awesome creations! and hope you'll play along too!

Please come back later today to find out the winners of my blog candy!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Challenges:

Pile It On - #17 2 or more ribbons

The Outlawz - Copic Challenge: Anything Goes

LOVE is everywhere...

Guess who I found hiding. . .Miko from TGF's Roll Call Kit. Don't you think she's the perfect cutie for a valentine card?  This week at Club Anya's Mystery Monday is a gorgeous card by Linapyssel! Here's my version of the fun layout. . .

Using one of my favorite color combos, pink and green, I colored Miko in copics and just gave her a slight shimmer on her dress and bows with Sakura clear stardust pen. The heart and key punch is from Martha Stewart, perfect for the journal paper called Love Letters from Little Yellow Bicycle. Used a strip of hearts from Basic Grey's Olivia papers, pink cardstock is embossed with a cuttlebug folder, background cardstock is randomly stamped with AmyR's sentiment set, and the hearts and stars banner is a border stamp from Recollections (found at Michael's).

Here's a little tip for those who don't have many colors of floss or baker's twine. . .I used a kraft colored hemp cord and inked it with green chalk inkpad. Now I have the perfect twine to tie my buttons!

Challenges:

All That Scraps - Anything Goes 

Simon Says Stamp - Love is in the Air

Club Anya - Mystery Monday

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Have a Heart

Karber Monthly Challenge - Love and Friendship

Sundays with Chrissy - All About Love

Stamp and Create - Love

Thanks for stopping by! ;)