CGC #4-Summer Holidays/Anything Goes

Happy July 15.  I love this date because it's my birthday!  Not quite sure how I'm going to celebrate it though.

Today also is the start of a new challenge at Crafty Girlz.  The theme this month is:

Summer Holidays/Anything Goes

We're sponsored by the awesome Stitchy Bear Stamps.  They have the best selection of digis!  I used "A Precious Child" by Floppy Latte Designs.  Does Christmas in July count as a summer holiday?

Supplies: Image-Floppy Latte Designs, Paper-Paper Studio, Coloring medium-Prismacolor, Embellishments-unknown (from the scraps pile)

I'm excited to see your take on the challenge!

CLBC Challenge #5

Happy July!  It's the 4th of July today, and the people of the United States are having a blast celebrating Independence Day.  As for me, I try to avoid the crowds.

A new month means a new challenge at Creative Ladybird Creations.  As always, the theme is Anything Goes.  This month I used the image "Labrador Stick" from Ike's Art.

My husband and I adopted a chocolate lab puppy.  So I had to color this guy dark brown in our puppy's honor.  The sentiment is from My Favorite Things.

Be sure to join this month's challenge!

CLBC Challenge #4

Happy June 1st!  I have 4 more days of teaching before summer break.  I cannot wait for all that crafting time.

It's the fourth challenge for Creative Ladybirds' Creations.  As always, the theme is Anything Goes.  Our challenge is sponsored by Deedee's Digis.  I used "Right on Track" for a happy birthday card.

 

Image: Deedee's Digis, Coloring medium: Prismacolor, Paper: Imaginece

Be sure to join the fun at Creative Ladybirds' Creations!

Crafty Girlz #2-Springtime

Happy spring!  There's a springtime challenge at Crafty Girlz this month.  Of course, if you don't want to make a spring project, you can always go with the standby "Anything Goes" challenge.

Most people think of pastels, baby birds, and flowers when they think of spring.  I think of mud, worms, and fish guts.  Springtime means fishing time!  (Actually I'm also an ice fisher so winter means fishing too...)  Here's a fun fishing card made using the digital stamp "Anglin' Andy" by our sponsor, Dr. Digi.

Supplies: Image-Dr. Digi, Coloring medium-Spectrum Noir markers, Paper-Paper Studio

 

Sorry for the blurry photo.  I'm having computer and camera issues this month!  I made the hooks, bobber and fly myself.  The fly has paper feathers.  You can find the tutorial that I used HERE.

 

Hope to see your springtime projects at Crafty Girlz!

CLBC Challenge #3 plus A BLOG HOP!

Happy May!  Hard to believe it's already May.  Summer is right around the corner.

A new month means it's time for a new challenge at Creative Ladybird Creations.  As always, the theme is anything goes.

My card uses a digital stamp by our sponsor, Moonflower Digital Stamps.

I just love steampunk!  Steampunk Gina was so much fun to color.

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We are also having a blog hop at Creative Ladybird Creations.

Blog hop sponsors are:

Enchanted Design Studio

 Ikes Art

 Lacy Sunshine Stamps

 

You should have arrived here by Chris's blog-Dot Dot Stamping Designs.  The next lady to visit is Lynne at Her Craftiness.  Here is a list of the design team involved in the blog hop in case you get lost on the way.

Fiona - http://twinklingstarrystars.blogspot.co.uk/

Kandis -http://kandy-s.blogspot.co.uk/

Carla -http://carla-writes.blogspot.co.uk/

Lena - http://pysselokaffe.blogspot.co.uk/

Chris -http://dotdotstamping.com/

Kaylee -http://104cards.blogspot.com  *YOU ARE HERE*

Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.co.uk/

Anne -http://annescraftblog.blogspot.co.uk/

Rachel -http://blossomcards.blogspot.co.uk/

Carol -http://crafty-stamper.blogspot.co.uk/

Susan-http://susanrenshaw0404.blogspot.co.uk/

Helen -http://www.craftinghelen.blogspot.co.uk/

Here's a oldie but a goodie card using Bad Kitty by Ike's Art.  It's got some physics references for you science nerds out there:

Thanks for dropping in.  Now hop on to Lynne's blog HERE.

CLBC Challenge #2

Happy April!  It's time for another Creative Ladybirds Creations Challenge.  As always the theme is anything goes.  We have 2 fab sponsors this month.  Stitchy Bear and Oddball Art.

I used Butter Blue by Barbra Jensen Designs for my first card.  With a name like that, obviously this fairy needed to be colored blue.

Supplies:  Image-Stitchy Bear, Coloring Medium-Spectrum Noir and Prismacolor, Paper-DCWV, Embellishments-Chatterbox

I also made a bookmark using Bonnie Bookworm by Oddball Art.

 The quote seemed perfect for the image and for a bookmark.

Now I really want to go to the library. 

Can't wait to see what you come up with.  Be sure to link to Creative Ladybirds Creations.

Creative Ladybirds Creations March Challenge

It's here!  It's finally here!  The Creative Ladybirds Creations Challenges start today.  The challenges are monthly and the theme is always anything goes.

We're sponsored by 3 different digi companies this month and there is tons of inspiration on the challenge blog.  So check it out and enter HERE.

I used Birthday Monsters by Bugaboo for my first card.  Those fun monsters were just asking for some bold fun colors.

Image-Bugaboo, Paper-Imaginence, Coloring Medium-Spectrum Noir, Stamps-TAWS, Other-Wink of Stella and Ranger

It was so much fun to color that I just couldn't stop, so I added lots of sparkle with my Wink of Stella glitter pen and some shiny balloons, eyes, horns, and teeth with Glossy Accents.  Here's an angled close up in the light.

For my second card, I used Cowboy from Ike's Art.  I've loved Ike's digis ever since I was part of her design team and it was a real treat to showcase her fabulous work.

Image-Ike's Art, Paper-Paper Studio, Coloring Medium-Prismacolor, Brads-Making Memories

It's a simple card, but it took me hours to shade that horse!  I might send this to my husband's grandmother.  Her late husband was a rancher and this image looks like a picture we have of him on his favorite horse.

Can't wait to see your projects this month!

CYP-Dotty for Stripes?

It's bittersweet as this is my last card for the Craft Your Passion Design Team.  What a fun year it has been and what a great group of crafters!  I'm going to miss them terribly.  But it's time for new crafty adventures and there will be a whole new team (plus some familiar faces) to be inspired by starting next week.

We've got a super fun theme this week-one of my very favorites.

Stripes and Polka Dots

Time for some fun patterned paper!  Bugaboo is sponsoring the challenge this week and I used a super cute digi from them called "Ava and Deacon Friends Swing."

The yellow light in my kitchen didn't want to cooperate, so the whites look cream colored.  They're white, I promise!  I'm going to give this to my best friend-my hubby.  I even colored the people to look like us, but I wish my messy hair would be that cooperative.  Hope you join the fun at Craft Your Passion this week.

MIA no more!

I've been gone for a bit.  Computer trouble-grrr...  I'm always astounded to realize how much I depend on technology once it goes down.

I feel really bad that my Craft Your Passion posts haven't been put up for the past two weeks.  I had to take the photos on my phone for the challenge, but couldn't upload them to my blog.  Thankfully, I've finally got the bugs mostly figured out, so I'm back!

This week's challenge is sponsored by Kenny K and the theme is

Music

You still have 24 hours to play along if you want to join the fun.

And just because I spent hours coloring, here's last week's challenge card:

CYP #195-bordering fanciness

Eep!  It's Wednesday and I was supposed to post this on Monday.  Christmas break spoiled me too much and now that school's back in full swing, I can't seem to stay caught up.  This week's Craft Your Passion's challenge is

Fancy Borders

I used a cute image by Stitchy Stamps called Teddy N Me.

I'd say where the other supplies are from, but they're from my scrap pile so I'm not sure.  The stamp is by Hero Arts.  Be sure to join the fun at Craft Your Passion this week.

Last minute Christmas cards

I started on my Christmas cards during the first week of November.  I colored the images, bought the paper, started planning a layout.  Yep, this year I was going to finish my cards early...

Or maybe the supplies would just sit for seven weeks and I'd finally make the cards this morning.

Image-Make It Crafty, Color-Spectrum Noir, Paper-My Mind's Eye, Ribbon/stickers-American Crafts

I love this cute little "candy elf" from Make it Crafty.  She's colored with my Spectrum Noirs.

Linking to:

Make It Colorful-Red & Green (and textured)

Spectrum Noir-food

Digi Haven-Christmas Colors

CYP #193-ABChristmas

Happy Monday.  One more week of school until winter break, and this teacher is counting down the hours.  I don't know if your kids get better behaved in December because Santa's watching, but I do know that 8th graders get a whole lot worse when a break approaches.  I've definitely needed craft therapy.

This week's theme at Craft Your Passion is

Christmas ABC (Anything But a Card)

I played double duty this week.  First up is a wreath for my new house's door!

Rustic and simple-like me.

I've been dying to color, but I have so many finished images to put on cards, that I feel guilty pulling out my markers.  But then I thought of gift tags and so I used some super cute elves from Melonheadz to make some quirky tags.  (I made 20 of them.  They are all different-but follow the same sketch.  And yes, I ran out.  Apparently I need to tone down the gift buying.) 

Can't wait to see you practicing your ABC's at Craft Your Passion this week!

Also linking to:

Melonheadz-Christmas

Crafting for all Season-no Christmas cards

Simon Says Stamp-Snow

Through the Craft Room Door-Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create-anything goes

Christmas time!

I love this time of year!  The lights, the decor, the smells, the bunnies... bunnies?  Okay, so the image I used on this card is an Easter one, but for some strange reason, I always associate it with Christmas.  That gal just looks so festive in her red and green.

Supplies: Image-Saturated Canary, Paper-My Mind's Eye, Stamps-Stampin Up, Embellishments-Doodlebug, Color-Spectrum Noir

My hubby and I got some great gift cards for my mother-in-law, so this card is actually a gift card holder on the inside.  Happy holidays!

Linking to:

Penny's Paper Crafts-feminine with sentiment

Deep Ocean-Santa is coming

Digi Haven-Christmas cards

Crafty Creations-gift card holders

Through the Craft Room Door-anything goes

613 Avenue Create-CAS

CYP #192-Let it...

I'm sorry that I haven't posted.  The holidays are so busy.  I've been crafting though.  Just not posting.  But I'm back, and just in time.  It's a new challenge at Craft Your Passion this week.  This week's theme is

Snow

Brrr... Just thinking about it makes me cold.  (Well that and the fact that it's only 3 degrees in chilly Utah)

Here's a card featuring a fun image by Robin's Fetish.

Supplies:  Robin's Fetish, Spectrum Noir markers, DCWV, Stampin Up

Enjoy the winter wonderland and make some snow cards this week!

CYP #190

Sorry that I've been MIA for a while.  But I'm finally back!  This week's challenge at Craft Your Passion is 

Give Thanks

Time to be grateful and make a thank you card.  I haven't been too inspired the past week, but thankfully the super cute image from our sponsor, The Sugar Kissed Cottage, redeems my otherwise rather dull card:

I might go back and put the sentiment on a tag since it's not perfectly straight.  Can't wait to see your take on this week's challenge.  Hope you've got some mojo this week-send the extra my way, please!

CYP #188-Doodling

Happy Monday.  Not too great of a Monday for me.  I've been sick all weekend-ick.  (That's the worst, getting a break from work and then being sick during it.)  Home sick today too.  But on the plus side, I might feel well enough to color in a bit-yay!  And Craft Your Passion has a super cheery theme this week, so even if you're grumpy like me, join in.  It's sure to make ya smile :)

This week's theme is

Add some doodling

and it's sponsored by Doodle Pantry.  The image that I chose to use is called Snowboarding Birdie and it just cracks me up.

Isn't he just hilarious?!  I can't get over his adorable expression and funny shades.  The paper is by Paper Studio and the ribbon is clearanced Christmas ribbon.  I'm going to have to check Michaels and see if they stocked it again-it's my favorite ribbon.  Don't miss the fun at CYP this week and check out Doodle Pantry as well (they've got some great Nov. specials going on right now).  Hugs!

Linking to:

Doodle Pantry-anything goes

Penny's Challenges-layers

Deep Ocean Challenges-winter

Make It Monday-anything goes

Through the Craft Room Door-anything goes

Avenue 613-anything goes

CYP #187-Funky Folds

Happy Monday.  Last week was an awesome week.  I won a complete set of Spectrum Noir markers!  I entered their Facebook give-away and won.  EEK!  There are so many colors, I don't even know how to store them all.  I'll be posting a review later this week.

So of course I had to use my new markers for this week's Craft Your Passion project.  Our sponsors this week are Bugaboo and Eureka Stamps.  The theme is

More Than 1 Fold

Time to get funky with your folding.  I used Turtle's Umbrella by Bugaboo for my easel card.

Hope you join the fun this week at Craft Your Passion.  Can't wait to see your fancy folding skills.

CYP #186-Halloween

Good morning crafters!  This week's challenge at Craft Your Passion is

Halloween

Perfect week for that!

I love Halloween.  The cards always have bold graphics and bright colors-my two favorite things on cards.  And my card this week is no exception, topped off with a fun little devil image by our sponsor, Just Some Lines.

I can't get over his cute little bat wings!  So I had to add some batty paper by DCWV.  Be sure to leave some love for the rest of the DT's spooky projects at Craft Your Passion.

IWC #3-Anything Goes

Good morning!  It's the 2nd week of inspiration for Ike's World Challenges.  The challenge this week is 

Anything Goes

So grab your favorite image by Ike and get creating.

I used "Here's Kitty" for my card.  I've always hated Schrodinger and his stupid maybe dead, maybe alive box.  Glad that his cat finally gets its say-and I think it's safe to bet that Schrodinger isn't maybe going to not get scratched.

Kitty is colored with Prismacolor pencils.  I used real cardboard that I inked with Distress Inks for the background.  I'm going to send this to my sister-in-law who majored in physics.  She'll find it really funny-she's always hated Schrodinger too.

Be sure to join the fun at Ike's World Challenges.

CYP #185-Think Pink

Happy Monday.  I've been dreading today.  It marks the end of fall break and means I'm headed back to school.  Sometimes, I think the teachers dread it more than the students do.  However, there's one great thing about Mondays-it's a new challenge at Craft Your Passion.  This week's challenge is so fun. The theme is

Think Pink

and it's sponsored by Dillybeans!  My card uses their super cute image, Cinnamon Circle Frame.

Supplies Used:  Embellishments-American Crafts, Image-Dillybeans, Paper-scrap pile YAY!, Coloring medium-Promarkers and Bic Mark Its

It was fun to get girly, I haven't in a while.  Be sure to join the party at Craft Your Passion.