Spring Time...

Hi all! So how was your weekend? We had some crazy weather... thunder and lightning one night, then nice and sunny the next! so what does that tell ya?? I guess you can say Spring is here!! That's exactly what our new challenge is over at Lollipop Crafts... SPRING FLING!! We have a new sponsor this week, Kitty Bee Designs! They have some adorable images, so check back the LC blog on Wednesday for sponsor spotlight!

Have a real quickie to share today, used Ice Cream Bear to make this little gift holder card...

Decided to go with a CAS layout, and kept the layers at the bottom the same colors as the ice cream cone. I know, this doesn't really remind you of Spring, but what better time to start having some ice cream!

Here's a peek of the inside...

Starbucks and ice cream...mmmm..my fave treats!

Card supplies:

Image - Ice Cream Bear (Kitty Bee digi), Birthday Letter Seals (Whimsy Stamps)

Copic - E30 E31 E35 E41 R20 R22 RV000 RV52 B000 B00 B02 G00 G43

Paper - Jillibean Soup (Homemade Bean Sou), DCVW (colored cardstock), Recollections (kraft base)

Other - EK Success punch (bumpy road, scallop diamond), Stickles (Star Dust) Sakura Clear Star pen, Memento Ink (Black tuxedo), Colorbox Chalk (brown)

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a beautiful day! ;D    

Challenges:

Paper Sundaes - #116 Anything Goes

Pollycraft Monday - Cute Critters

ATS Wednesday Challenge...

ANYTHING GOES! woohoo!! Join in on the fun at ATS Challenge Blog. See what prize is up for grabs this week, and look at the amazing projects from the challenge team!

Many of the girls decided to use this adorable cutie from the new ATS March releases, Ima Butterfly...

including myself. hehee! Tracy (our awesome leader) wanted to save this for the reminder post next week, but nah... I'll just make another card using another cute March release for that! :D

Now that I look at it more, it's a pretty CAS layout. Followed the sketch from Ribbon Carousel Challenge, added a doily, some ribbons, and butterflies die cuts from CC Designs. oh... and lots of sparkles from my bottles of Stickles! ;p

So take a peek here... and hope you'll link up to play along this fun and easy challenge!

Supplies:

Image - Ima Butterfly (ATS store)

Paper - Basic Grey Kioshi, DCWV cardstock

Copics - skin E50 E51 E53 R20  hair E31 E33 E5 E37 outfit V22 V28 V000 V01 V06 YG00 YG11 E40 W7 0Blender

Other - Momento Ink Black Tuxedo, ColorBox (brown, thistle, purple), CC Design Cutters Butterflies, doily, pearls (Recollections), Stickles (Lavender, Crystal), Liquid Pearl (Lavender Lace)

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a wonderful day! ;D           

Challenges:

Ribbon Carousel Challenge - RCC44 Sketch

Papertake Weekly Challenge - One for the Girls

Paper Sundaes - #111 Feminine Flair

Turtle Luv...

Hi all! WOW! Is it March already?? it's been a few crazy, busy weeks for me and am certainly looking forward to this weekend! But first, today we have sponsor spotlight at Lollipop Crafts... and our wonderful sponsor this week is Meljen's Designs.

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! 

Now onto my card...

Turtle's Little Star is an adorable sea turtle that can bring brighten up anyone's day! He has a little friend on his shell... and both just having fun just riding the waves! These beautiful tropical papers are from BoBunny Mango Luau... can you just feel the tropical breeze and hear the ocean waves??? lol! can you tell I wanna be in Hawaii!

Please stop by the LC blog to see more of eye candy from the A-Team, and join in our current challenge! Winner this week will have their choice of 4 digis from our sponsor!

Supplies:
Image - Turtle's Little Star (meljen's digi), sentiment (TGF Roll Call kit)
Papers - Bo Bunny Mango Luau, DCWV cardsotck, Recollections kraft base
Spellbinders (scalloped rectangle), EK Success edger (double crotched lace), Recollections punch (tag)
Copics - YG00 YG03 YG23 YG25 YG25 YG17 YG91 YG95 YR00 YR04 YR07 E31 E34 E35 E37 R20
Other - Stickles (crystal), Sakura Pen (clear star), Recollections (gems and hemp cord)


Stop for stopping by...

have a wonderful day! ;D    






Challenges:
The Sweet Stop - SSS148 Sketch
Paper Sundaes - Ch#110 Green or Good Luck

Wee Stamp on Sept C.A.T.S.

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving weekend! with lots of good eats with your family! and for my friends not in the US.... hope your weekend was a wonderful one too! Today I'm kinda going backwards to share this card/tag set I made for my Sept CATS partner, Leanne. If you haven't seen her awesome creations, pop over to visit her here... where you'll find an inspiring groove! ;D
For Leanne, I used my new Wee Stamp that I won from one of the Whimsy Stamps release hops. She is so, sooo cute!!!

The card followed an old sketch from Papertake Weekly:
 colored the cute Winter Fairy with Copics, used BG Eskimo Kisses paper, flowers from Joy, sentiment stamp from Inkadinkado, snowflake punch from MS, ribbon from my stash, and loads of stickles! Here's a close up of the card...

It was fun to make this matching tag

which was inspired by Mariska's amazing bottle tag here... if only mine turned out half as gorgeous as hers!! lol! OMGosh... all her projects are in 3D! just check out her amazing blog! Anyways, the image was cut and framed with a round nestie and eyelet circles nestie.  The little sentiment tag was cut using a nestie ribbon tag die, but cut in half. Ribbons, flowers, and pearls are all from Michael's.
ok...that's it for me today. check out Leanne's and Mariska's blogs... they are awesome!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp: Tag You're It

Paper Sundaes: Ch#97 Winter Wonderland
Sundays with Crissy: Non-Traditional Xmas Colors

Celebrate with Creeper Jack

Hi all! Did everyone have a good weekend? It's Monday and time for a brand new challenge at Lollipop Crafts.  This time we challenge you to MAKE IT MASCULINE !  Our sponsor this week is Digital Delights...

and one lucky winner will receive 3 images of their choice!

My biggest challenge is to make masculine cards, but this time it came together pretty easy. Thanks to my DS (it was for his birthday) and my AugSS swap (TGF's Sweet&Toxic from Leanne).

Last year, my DS chose all the details for his birthday card, so for this year, he wanted to use Creeper Jack again, but with a change of clothes! The layout was loosely based on a sketch by Deconstructing Jen, if you ever need a sketch this is THE place to go! Added some buttons too, so it fits the FFC to Button It Up!

August is always the busiest summer month for me. With vacations, birthdays, and getting ready for school again, the days just go by sooooo quick!! There's one more week of summer vacation for the kids, then it's back to school and that means more quiet (and craft!) time for me!!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)  



Challenges:

FFC - Button it Up!

Paper Sundaes - #83 Two Toppings: Green, Buttons

Dream with Lil Angel...

Hi Friends! It's Thursday and time for Lollipop Crafts' spotlight shine on this week's sponsor ...

Here's some info on the fabulous company...

"Hi my name is Stitchy and I am Co-Owner of Stitchy Bear Stamps. We started this store on april 1st, No fooling haha..I live in upstate New York with my husband and two TEENAGE adults haha. I do say that loosely as they think they run the show here, NOT...

I've been creating stamps for less than a year now and I am totally addicted to the craft..I started about 4 years ago making digital scraps and I knew there were much more out there, so a friend of mine introduced me to digital stamps...and the rest they say is history...I look forward to seeing all the beautiful creations come through...good luck everyone... stitchy xoxox"

The DT was lucky to have some cute images to work with, and for my spotlight card I chose "Lil Angel"...

She is so adorable...with her big blue eyes! Found a sketch from Paper Sundaes and followed the current challenge at Simon Says Stamp to do all white except for the image. The beautiful angel wings have highlights with Sakura Clear Star, but it didn't show too well in the pic. I didn't realize until writing this post that my choice to use blue and violet matched the sponsor's badge! How perfect!

Now, how would you like to win a $10 GC from Stitchy Bear? Pop on over to Lollipop Crafts to play along in the current challenge, and you could be the lucky winner!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - All White

Paper Sundaes - #81 Alica's Sketch

Pinwheels and dreaming ...

Happy Monday! Did you find some relaxation over the weekend? I sure did... sort of... LOL! Since the kids have been out for the summer break, I've been a chauffeur on the weekdays! But can't complain... it's great to sit by the pool and watch the kids during their swim practices, and with nice weather too!

Today I've got another card set to share. I used Itzie Inkies Flower Power stamp set from ATS... the most adorable monkey! and check out the new release of Itzie Inkies here! Inspired by Amy's tiny pinwheel, I made one for him to hold instead of his flower.

The first pinwheel turned out way too big (with a 2" inch square), so I gave it a try at 1".  Thanks to Amy's tip of putting a glue dot in the middle, I finally got it!  But then totally forgot about the copic colors bleeding through the other side of the paper! Oh well, gotta let it be... :D

Challenges for this card:
ATS - Pinwheels
Papertake Weekly - Here comes the Sun
Paper Sundaes - 2 Toppings (purple&gems)

My second card with the same adorable monkey is holding a giant flower and the cutest little ladybugs!

This card layout is inspired by Deborah at Lily Pad Cards! Her card was featured on a Make This Card post back in April. It's such a simple and fun layout to create with! Added a ribbon, some stickles on the flower and gloss on the bugs... and ready to go!
Challenges for this card:
Lily Pad - Inspirational Challenge 3 (from Deborah)

Thanks for stopping by! ;)    

Graduating...

Hi everyone! Just a fore warning this is a LONG POST ....I'm so glad that I got through last week ...I was completely stressed getting ready for both my kiddos graduations! I didn't get to make any crafts things for them, I had a tough enough time finding their outfits! For my son, I put together a slideshow for the graduating class..showcasing the kids (about 100 of them!) all the way from Kindergarten to Fifth grade! For my daughter's middle school graduation, she wanted to get her hair and make-up done...which is something she never wants done! As you can imagine, I was quite nervous doing it for her, and it didn't turn out exactly what she wanted... but she looked fabulous no matter what! :D  Luckily their ceremonies were on different days, and the family got to attend both special days!

Here's a couple of pictures of them...

So proud of them!!

Now on to my card ...it's Darby and Dazzle! They are an adorable pair, perfect for summertime birthdays! Which we are celebrating one tonight with my sister!

Followed the sketch from The Sweet Stop and colors from ATS challenge. The birthday banner stamp is from Imaginisce, and paper scraps from DCWV. The yellow background is embossed with a Cuttlebug's folder and lightly inked with lime green. No ribbons or flowers this time ...just simple and fun to make!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)  



Challenges:

ATS Wed Challenge - Colors: Aqua, Yellow, Lime

Sweet Stop - Sketch #SSS112

Paper Sundaes - #73 Girly Girl

Pizza... Pizza...

Okay... I was bitten by the Pizza Box Bug!! There is a fun fun challenge at ATS to make mini-pizza boxes, and at the last minute,I just had to join in!

Quickly...as time is running short...used the cute SN Blueberry fairy by Amy Y...I actually won the entire set from ATS! So I'll be making more with the rest of the cuties soon!

Sentiment is from Inkadinkado. Flowers unders the picket fence is from Hero Arts.

another view...

inside of box...

thanks for great idea Kim!

I'm gonna fill this up with some secret goodies and send it off to my "Secret Sister"!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Challenges:

ATS - Mini pizza box
Emerald Faerie Garden - Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes - #70 Pop It Up
Wee Memories - #57 Stamp It

Make it work...

Today at Lollipop Crafts is Sponsor Spotlight on Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps. There's more info on this wonderful company over at LC. For my card I chose the adorable Christie Angel...

The paper is from my old stash that I never used, can't remember who it's from, but everytime I see this pretty paper I couldn't make it work for me. So finally, I colored my image to match, found a sketch to follow, kept it simple, and wah-la! Like it? Stop by Lollipop Crafts to join in our fun challenge this week, there's still time left to play for a chance of winning some cute images from our sponsor!!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Challenges:

Sketch Saturday - #155 Sketch 

Flutterby Wednesdays - #155 Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes - #69 Happy Birthday

Claudia & Co - #82 Girl's Birthday Card

Papertake Weekly - Bloom & Grow

HB to DD and WINNERS...

Thanks for joining me again today...it's been exactly one year ago that I've started this amazing fun journey with this blog. I never would have imagined where it's taken me and the many cherished friends that I've made! Your sweet and inspiring comments are so appreciated and each time I visit your blogs I learn something new and inspiring too!
My first entry a year ago was a party favor box I made for my DD's birthday party, today I would like to share the card I made for her birthday this year.

She loves this line of images from Pachela Studios and this cutie is Toby Tumble. He is the sweetest rabbit, and he has many cute little friends! Her fave color right now is this soft sage, purple and blue has always been her favorites too, so I used copics BV colors for Toby's shirt and colored in some of the flowers to match. The HB tag stamp is from Inkadinkado, and the dp is BG's Kioshi. She was thrilled to see her card, and some of the other images I got too!

Now onto to the winners of my blog candy, hand-picked by my DD and DS...

 

DS picked DREAM candy's winner......

1LUVNMAMA !!!!

DD picked HAPPINESS candy's winner......

CABIO !!!!

Congrats to both lucky winners and thank you all for playing along.

Winners please email me your address so I can get your goodies to you!!

Thanks, as always, for stopping by! ; )

Challenges:

A Spoon Full of Sugar #148 Let's Celebrate!

Wee Memoreis #53 Anything Girly!

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Some Buttons

Basic Grey  #42 Easter/Spring

Paper Sundaes #66 Sundae Bar (sparkle, pearls, & die cuts)

Pixie Cottage #66 Happy Birthday

The Outlawz Greeting Cards Challenge - Anything Goes