Got Cake?

Good morning!  I decided to take a break from pink and Halloween and go with a clean and simple card today.  I love this fun image from Clear Dollar Stamps "Birthday Celebrations" set...it made me think of good, old-fashioned yellow cake with chocolate icing...yum!

I re-sized and printed the image, colored it with pencils, diecut it with Spellbinder's dies and adhered it to a plain cardbase...no DP!  I simply scored a couple of lines and added some gingham ribbon and a button...good old-fashioned embellishments!

Image: Clear Dollar Stamps "Birthday Celebrations" Digital Set
Ink: Printer
Paper: G.P. 110, PTI Lemon Tart and Dark Chocolate
Embellies: Brown/White Gingham Ribbon (my stash), PTI Lemon Tart Button, DMC Floss
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, Scor-Pal, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More!: CAS
Crafty Sentiments: Anything Goes
Robyn's Fetish: Circles
Sentimental Sundays: Anything Goes
The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog: Use a Digi

Thanks for stopping by today...I'll be back tomorrow with another Halloween card since I was able to participate in the SCS sketch challenge today.

Angela

Butterfly Baby

Good morning!  It's time for another challenge from Ruby's Rainbow; this fortnight our challenge is "Cute and Cuddly", chosen by Helen.  I love the theme of the challenge...I thought this new image from Saturated Canary would be perfect!  It's called "Butterfly Baby" and was created for a very special purpose...you can read about it here.

My image is colored with pencils and I added a tiny bit of glitter to the heart.  The vertical strip of DP reminds me of a quilt so I embellished my card with buttons, and added a bit of ribbon and Bella Dots.  The sketch I used is from Sketch Saturday.

Image: Saturated Canary Digital Stamp
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, Hibiscus Burst, and Smokey Shadow, the girls' paperie DP
Embellies: PTI Hibiscus Burst Grosgrain Ribbon, PTI Buttons, Bella Dots, Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Pink Smoothie"
Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I hope you will check out the cute and cuddly creations...I hope they inspire you to join our challenge!

I am also entering my card in the following challenges:

Lexi's Creations: Pink
Make It Monday: Anythging Goes
Paper Makeup Stamps: Think Pink or Breast Cancer Awareness
The Stamping Boutique: Pink Ribbons
Through the Craftroom Door: Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday: Things With Wings
Tuesday Throwdown: Recipe...1 image, 2 diecuts, 3 buttons

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

Sassy Bachelorette

Good morning!  It's Tuesday so that means another challenge from the girls at Tuesday Morning Sketches; our sponsor for the week is Sassy Studio Designs (love the sassy images!).  In addition to a sketch, this week is our judged challenge so we have a twist...the letter "E".  Here's the sketch....

I choose Sassy Bachelorette to work with; thank you to Sassy Studio Designs...I think she's gorgeous!  She's colored with pencils and her ear ring and diamond ring are accented with some crystals. She is cut out and adhered to the card; to embellish I adhered some more crystals around the edge of the card.  Not sure why they look gold in the picture, because they are pinkish hued...so pretty in real life!  For the twist, my "E" is "elegant" because a girl can be both sassy and elegant...right?!  You bet she can!

Just curious....  Do you prefer to cut your image right at the line, or do you prefer to leave a border?  I usually don't leave a border, but the image was tiny and delicate so I did with this one.

Image: Sassy Studio Designs
Ink: Printer
Paper: G.P. 110, Bazzill Bling, Doodlebug Sugar Coated CS
Embellies: Swarovski Flatback Crystals in "Crystal" and "AB"
Extras: Copic Marker, Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities

I hope you will check out the rest of the DT's lovely creations for a bit of inspiration...then try the sketch yourself!

I am also entering my card in the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge: For the Girls
Charisma Cardz: Bada Bing
Drunken Stampers: Think Pink
My Mum's Craft Shop: Love Is All Around
Paper Play Challenges: Shine On
Penny's Paper Crafty: Diecuts and Punches
Sassy Studio Designs: Think Pink
Simon Says Stamp: Glimmer and Sparkle
Totally Papercrafts: Let's See Those Shapes

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

Birds....

Good morning!  It's time for another challenge from the Creative Card Crew ladies; for this fortnight "Birds" is our theme and our sponsor is Simon Says Stamp.

I'll have to admit I was a bit stumped with this one....  Then I realized that chicks are birds...yay, one of my all time favorites to the rescue...Stampendous Calendar Chicks!  I thought this little gal would work out perfectly...she's all spiffed up in her "Super Chick" costume.  I also went with a non-traditional Halloween color scheme...just for fun!

Superchick is colored with pencils and accented with pink glitter.  I used quite a few diecuts to embellish...felt clouds, glittery bats, etc.

Image: Stampendous Calendar Chick
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select and Raspberry Fizz, SU! Basic Black, Doodlebug DP, The Paper Studio Glitter CS
Embellies: Me & My Big Ideas Rhinestones, Doodlebug Glitter
Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Nestabilities, MFT Flat Bottom Clouds Die-namics Dies/PTI Felt, Martha Stewart Bat Punch, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I hope you will check out the rest of the DT's creations...why not play along too?  There's the chance you could win a prize from Simon Says Stamp!

I am also entering my card in the following challenges:

Catered Crop: Halloween
Come and Get It Challenges: Hostess Choice-Pick 3 (I chose 4-black, glitter, gems, scallops)
Craft Us Crazy: Halloween or Anything Goes
Jellypark Challenges: Pink It Up
No Matter Which Challenges: Halloween Theme or Halloween Colors
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog: Die Cuts and Punches
Polka Doodles: Wings and Things
Scrappy Frogs: Fall or Halloween
The Poodles Parlor: Halloween

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

Happy Birthday Theresa!

Good morning!  Today is a special day as we are celebrating a couple milestones of one of my teamies at Tuesday Morning Sketches; not only are we celebrating Theresa's 50th birthday, we are celebrating the fact that she is a cancer survivor....  So, Theresa, "Happy Birthday to you...and many more!"

I'll bet Theresa would love it if you stopped by her blog, My Sassy Cards, and wished her well!  

These lovely ladies are also wishing Theresa well today:

Bonnie at Grandma Bonnie's Place
Cheryl at Ink Up
Dawn at Paper Paradise
Debbie at Debbie's Dash of This and That
Jessi at One Crafty Mama
Jessica at Jess' Obsession
Jessica at There She Goes
Kathleen at Will Stamp for Wine
Laura at The Crafty Sister
Marie at Ink'd Wings
Melissa at Stamp It, Scrap It, Share It
Shelby at Color of Happy
Silke at My Life

This challenge will run all month at Tuesday Morning Sketches with the winner for the blog candy to be drawn on November first.  Here are the details: The challenge is Pink and Birthday; optional are Breast Cancer Awareness and Theresa's favorite color combo of Pink and Green.  Well, what are you waiting for?  Get busy and play along!

For my card, I wanted to go with Theresa's favorite colors; I used a Stampendous Calendar Chick and colored her with pencils.  I did a bit of distressing to add some texture, and I embellished with ribbon and pearls in 3 groups of three.

Image: Stampendous
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select and New Leaf, SU! Melon Mambo, Echo Park DP
Embellies: Recollections Pearls, SU! Melon Mambo Grosgrain Ribbon
Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, EK Success Circle Punch, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe's Crafts: Distressing
Crafty Boots: Three (3 groups of 3 pearls)
Cupcake Craft Challenges: Think Pink
Dream Valley Challenges: Go Pink
In The Pink: Pink Plus One
Mojo Monday: Sketch
Opus Gluei: A Little Sketchy (sketch from Mojo Monday)
Papelitos Stamps: Flowers
Paper Pretties: Flowers
The Paper Shelter: Distressing
The Stamping Boutique: Pink, Pink, Pink

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy your weekend!

Angela

Pretty in Pink

Good morning!  It's time for another challenge from the girls at Forever Friends...this month we are playing BINGO...which I love!

The sponsor for the randomly picked winner is Di's Digi Downloads; the winner will receive a $10 voucher to spend in their shop.

The sponsor for the "Forever Friends Favorite" is Milk Coffee Stamps; the winner will receive 3 images of their choice.  Remember, this is a judged challenge and you need to use a Forever Friends image to win!

I used a cute image from Milk Coffee (Thank you, Milk Coffee!) for my card, and I chose the top row of the BINGO card...ribbon, pink and gems.  I colored the image with pencils and embellished the image panel with Swarovski crystals.  I used a bit of ribbon in the upper left corner and a bit more in the lower right corner to embellish the handmade felt flower.  I used some paper that's been sitting in my stash for a loooong time...it has a really nice texture...it reminds me a bit of wallpaper.

Image: Milk Coffee Stamps Digital Stamp
Ink: Printer, Color Box Frost White
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, SU! Pink Pirouette and Rose Red, Daisy Bucket Designs DP
Embellies: SU! Rose Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Swarovski Flatback Crystals in "Ruby", Handmade Felt Flower (MFT Loopy Blooms Die-namics Die/PTI Dark Chocolate Felt)
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I hope you will play a bit of BINGO with us...I'd love to see what you create!

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Card Mania: Handmade Flowers
Cupcake Craft: Think Pink
Divas By Design: Use Some Texture
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes/Celebration
The Crazy Challenge: Handmade Flowers
The Stamping Boutique: Pink, Pink, Pink
Through the Craftroom Door: Anything Goes
Top Tip Tuesday: Good With Food
Tuesday Throwdown: Cute and Cuddly
Sketch from Crafting When We Can

Here's my tip for Top Tip Tuesday: Be VERY CAREFUL when applying glitter to a digi image!  The glue can make the ink run and turn your lovely white frosting into a gray mess...not good!  Ask me how I know! (wink)  I'll tell you....  I added just a touch of glitter to my frosting to give it a subtle sparkle...it was a disaster!  I tried to scrape the glitter off, but that wasn't happening....  I printed another image, cut out the frosting, and adhered it over the top of the "gray mess".  All is well!

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

Cooper's Bubble Bath

Good morning!  It's time for a new challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches; our sponsor this week is Paper Pretties and I used the adorable Cooper on my card today.  Thank you, Paper Pretties!

The image is colored with pencils and the bubbles are accented with a bit of glitter.  I used Spellbinders dies to cut and mount the image, and embellished with brads.

Image: Paper Pretties Digital Image
Paper: G.P. 110, PTI Lemon Tart and Blueberry Sky, KI Memories DP
Ink: Printer
Embellies: Spare Parts Brads
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I hope you will check out the rest of the DT's creations.  Why not play along?  The sketch is nice and versatile!

I am entering my card at Make It Monday.

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela