Have A Magical Day! Sketch Saturday Challenge #201! Sponsored By The Craft Barn!

It's that time again, yay!! I love Saturdays! 

Jo whipped up another super fun sketch for us this week! And this is Cor's very last week guest designing for us at Sketch Saturday. She has done such a wonderful job inspiring us all month long! Be sure to stop by her blog and be further inspired as she's always a busy crafting bee and has something new to share nearly everyday! Sending huge hugs to you Cor and a great big thank you!!

Now for a little something from me...

 

The Sketch:

And this week we are being sponsored by our friends at "The Craft Barn"!

This weeks challenge winner will receive, as always, a generous prize from "The Craft Barn"!

For my card this week, I've used an adorable stamp from "C.C. Designs" Swiss Pixie Heidi! She is such a cutie! I colored her up with my Copics and tried to match the color of my DP as closely as possible...I love this color combo! I think I may be in a yellow mood lately...lol! Dreaming of sunshine I guess! The background cardstock is super glittery and is from "DCWV"! :D

All the flowers are from course from "WOC"...I just put in a new order and can't wait to get my new colors!! I've been out of the pretties like the purples and pinks for awhile! I got me some more crystal stems too...love those things!!

Kept the inside simple...but used more of that gorgeous burgundy flower DP!

CARD INGREDIENTS:

SIZE: 5 x 5.5

LAYOUT: Sketch Saturday -"Sketch #201"

IMAGE and SENTIMENT: C.C. Designs -"Swiss Pixie Heidi" Stamp and sentiment from "MFT"

COLORING MEDIUM and INK: Copic Markers and image stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

PAPERS: All cardstock matting is DCWV and DP from Prima & Recollections

EMBELLISHMENTS: All flowers, crystal stem and flat back pearls are from "WOC"

TOOLS: Cuttlebug Machine, Spellbinders Nesties Ovals & Scalloped ovals dies, EkSuccess border punch and sewing machine

OTHER: Stickles glitter glue and 3D dimensional foam

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CARD WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE FOLLOWING CHALLENGES:

Simon Says Stamp -"Anything Goes"

Divas By Design -"Stamp Something"

 CropStop -"Bright and Summery Projects"

 Do You Stack Up? -"Sew It"

Crafts 4 Eternity -"3 of a Kind"

Delicious Doodles -"Texture"

Fairy Tale Challenge -"Everything Goes"

Wags 'N Whiskers -"Say it With Flowers"

Stempelsonne Challenge -"Recipe -2 DP, 3 Flowers & 3 Pearls"

My Mum's Craft Shop -"Stamp It"

Thanks so much for stopping by!! 

Happy Crafting!!

 

HUGE Spring Sale Announcement!

Just wanted to make a quick little post to let everyone know I'm having a HUGE Spring sale in my Etsy shop!

.·:*¨¨*:·. HUGE Spring ClearOUT Sale!! .·:*¨¨*:·.

 

Everything 50% OFF Until April 20th!!

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I only have these kind of sales about twice a year...so for those of you who have been admiring my handmade pins, other beaded items or even my cards can get them at a steal of a deal now!! I won't have another sale like this until Christmas!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and 

HAPPY SPRING everyone!!

Happy Easter!! Top Tip Tuesday "Who Caught Our Eye" Guest Designer!

I have a special card creation to share with you all today! 

I was recently featured on the Top Tip Tuesday challenge blog for the "Who Caught Our Eye" spot! And I was asked to join them this week as a guest designer! They also asked me to join them again in April! It's such an honor to GD for them as I have been a player of their challenges for awhile now and the talented DT have such great tips to share every week!

Their theme this week is "Easter/Animals or Both!"

My tips for this week are:

Tip #1: Use an Opaque white pen or marker to add highlights or even a pattern to really make the image pop or stand out!
Tip #2: Always make sure to pick out your selected DP first before coloring your image. This will allow your card and color combo blend together nicely.

And the wonderful and generous sponsors this week are...

Bugaboo Stamps

Sew Sweet

and

Fred She Said

The super adorable image is from of course "Bugaboo Stamps" which is called: Easter Chick-Big Egg and can be found HERE! I used the cloud die from "MFT" with Tim Holtz distress ink to sponge the background...added a bit of grass with my Copics too.

All flowers are from "WOC" and the flourish die is from "MFT"!

The inside...

CARD INGREDIENTS:

SIZE: 6 x 6

LAYOUT: Stampavie and More -"Challenge #165"

IMAGE and SENTIMENT: Bugaboo Stamps -"Easter Chick-Big Egg" Digi Stamp and sentiment from "MFT"

COLORING MEDIUM and INK: Copic Markers and Tim Holtz Distress ink for background

PAPERS: All cardstock matting is DCWV and DP from K&i Memories and Recollections

EMBELLISHMENTS: All flowers, crystal stem and flat back pearls are from "WOC", pink border lace and paper doily from stash and glittery embellishment are Recollections brand

TOOLS: Cuttlebug Machine, Spellbinders Nesties Scalloped rectangle dies, EkSuccess Scalloped border punch, "MFT" Cloud, label and flourish dies and sewing machine

OTHER: Stickles glitter glue and 3D dimensional foam

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CARD WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE FOLLOWING CHALLENGES:

Stampavie and More -"Challenge #165 -A Sketch"

Make it Monday -"Always Anything Goes"

Crafty Boots -"Easter"

My Graphico -"Easter and Spring"

Totally Stampalicious -"Critters"

CMC Copic Challenge -"Anything Goes"

Sweet Stampin -"Anything Goes"

Dream Valley Challenges -"Flowers"

Paper Sundaes -"Spring Blossoms"

One Stitch at a time -"Anything Goes"

Thanks so much for stopping by!! 

Happy Crafting!!

 

Hoppy Easter! Sketch Saturday Challenge #200! WooHoo! Sponsored By Bugaboo Stamps!!

Goodmorning! Hope everyone's weekend is off to a great start?! Hubs has to work this weekend...so it's going to be a lazy crafty Saturday!

We went through a little SNOWmaggeddon here in Oregon the past couple of days which started on the first official day of Spring! We got about 10-12 inches of snow in total...enough to blanket our entire area and bring down trees on every block and sadly a few roofs too! The kiddos got 2 snow days out of it though and we had lots of fun playing in it...lol! Kinda funny to think Spring break is next week!!

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Onto my card! We have a fabulous new sketch this week at Sketch Saturday making it Sketch #200!! WOW!! To celebrate this awesome milestone a couple of our DT girlies are participating in a DT swap with Bugaboo Stamps "Catch The Bug Challenge" and in turn we have a couple of their girls joining us this week! Be sure to catch all the info on the "Sketch Saturday" blog and show all the DT girls some love!

The sketch:

And of course our fabulous sponsor this week is "Bugaboo Stamps"!!

"Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps:

As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing!  From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week! 

 If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps   at Totally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT  for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug."

One lucky winner will get to choose 7 free digis to add to your Bugaboo collection! Big thanks to Jodie and everyone at Bugaboo!!

For my card I have used an adorable Easter themed Bugaboo digi called: Hoppy Occasions and can be found HERE! I masked the image and added some clouds to the background with Tim Holtz Distress ink and also surfaced him with a Copic shadowing technique. I also used some Stickles and some Glossy Accents for the eyes.

Here is a side view showing the cute purple cotton ball tassel ribbon at the bottom and the velvet blue ribbon I've had in my stash for awhile...

And the inside:

CARD INGREDIENTS:

SIZE: 6 x 6

LAYOUT: Sketch Saturday -"Sketch #200"

IMAGE and SENTIMENT: Bugaboo Stamps -"Hoppy Occasions" Easter Digi Stamp

COLORING MEDIUM and INK: Copic Markers and Tim Holtz Distress ink for background

PAPERS: All cardstock matting is DCWV and DP from K&i Memories and Recollections

EMBELLISHMENTS: Flat back pearls are from "WOC", Velvet blue ribbons, purple ball tassel ribbon and royal purple satin ribbon

TOOLS: "MFT" Cloud Dies, Recollection mini circle punch and sewing machine

OTHER: Stickles glitter glue, Glossy Accents and 3D dimensional foam

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CARD WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE FOLLOWING CHALLENGES:

Crafty Catz -"Spring"

Prairie Fairy Fridays -"Spring"

Inspire Me Fridays -"Always Anything Goes"

Our Craft Lounge -"Spring"

Simply Create Too -"Spring"

Stampin' For The Weekend -"Anything Goes"

Sweet N Sassy Digi Challenge -"Spring"

Totally Papercrafts -"Humour"

Crafty Purple Frog -"Anything Goes"

Thanks so much for stopping by!! 

Happy Crafting!!

Emerald Faerie Garden DT Call...

So today is the first day of Spring!! Well...I don't know about anyone else, but it sure doesn't feel like Spring...more like Winter, brrrr...! I'm so ready for blooming flowers, the warmth and dreaming of Summer already...lol! I'm thinking of trying to plant flowers again this year, although they didn't ever take last year. I'm so tempted, but with our Oregon weather...I know better to wait! Plus it's been raining...which is normal for us, but it's also been snowing all over the state and down near the coast where we never get it! But enough of my rambling...Happy..errr...Spring!

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Sooo...I noticed over at Emerald Faerie Garden Challenges they are having a DT call!! While I have never had the pleasure to use their lovely images before now, (they were put on my very LONG wish list of gotta have images...lol) I have participated in their fun challenges several times before and always enjoy seeing the amazing inspiration and talent that the DT comes up with!! So I decided I'm going to try out and purchased my very first image to use for the DT call and I have gotta say that I'm in love!! This little fairy was so much fun to color in!! Plus, I'm always a sucker for fairies!!

Here is my entry...and now keeping my fingers crossed!!

 

 

Not my usual color combo...I've been trying to step outside my creative box and try new color combos instead of my always safe, purples and pinks! I kinda like the way this turned out...although I think I could have done with a little less yellow...lol!

The beautiful little faerie image I used for my card today is called "Isabella" and can be found HERE! I added soft inked clouds to the background, popped her up on top with 3d foam and sparkled her up a bit with Stickles!

~♥ COPIC COLORS USED ♥~

All the flowers, flat back pearls and beautiful crystal stem are from "WOC"! I love the sparkling, whimsical look these crystal stems bring to any project! I got me some new border punches recently and have been having lots of fun playing with them...lol!

The inside...kept it simple on this one...

CARD INGREDIENTS:

SIZE: 6 x 6

LAYOUT: Sketch N Stash -"Sketch #83"

IMAGE and SENTIMENT: Emerald Faerie Garden -"Isabella" Digi Stamp

COLORING MEDIUM and INK: Copic Markers

PAPERS: All cardstock matting is from Recollections and DP from DCWV & Prima

EMBELLISHMENTS: All flowers, crystal stem and adhesive flat back pearls are from "WOC", Mocha satin ribbon, LUSH pearl brad, silver filigree corner, Decorative floral brad from Recollections and burlap from stash

TOOLS: Cuttlebug machine, Spellbinders Ovals and Open Scalloped Ovals Nesties Dies, Recollections Border punch, "Bow Easy" bow maker and sewing machine

OTHER: Stickles glitter glue and 3D dimensional foam

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CARD WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE FOLLOWING CHALLENGES:

Sketch N Stash -"Sketch #83"

Creative Stamp Friends -"Spring"

House Of Gilli -"Spring"

Make It Monday -"Always Anything Goes"

Love To Create -"Anything Goes"

My Craft Spot -"Spring Scallops"

Paper Creations Ink -"Things With Wings"

Crafter's Companion -"Spring"

Sparkles Forum -"Mother's Day or Spring"

Really Reasonable Ribbon -"Spring w/Ribbon Theme"

Pretty Little Ribbon Shop -"Spring"

Thanks so much for stopping by!! 

Happy Crafting!!

 

I Simply Adore You! -Sketch Saturday Challenge #199 -Sponsored By Bunny Zoe's Crafts!!

Happy St. Patty's Day everyone! 

I admit I'm not wearing any green today...but I'm safely hibernating in my house with our Oregon weather and all...so no pinches for me today! LOL! I don't really celebrate this holiday but I know many who do...so for those who do celebrate, have a fun night but please stay safe!

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It's time for a new super fun sketch by Jo this weekend at Sketch Saturday! All the Saturday girls have done a wonderful job cooking up some inspiration as well as our awesomely and equally talented GDT Cor* so please be sure to stop by their blogs as well and leave them some comment love♥! To start you off though...here is a little inspiration from me...

The sketch!

This week we have a fabulous regular sponsor Bunny Zoe's Crafts!!

...who is having a fantastic sale this weekend with everything 10% off until midnight Sunday March 18th!!! So be sure to stop by!!

For my card this week, I have used another Magnolia cutie call "Tilda As Butterfly" which can be found here! I couldn't resist sparkling up her wings with Stickles! I used a white opaque gel pen to polka her little dress!

The flower is actually put together from little petals I took apart and put back together again in different colors to match the card a little more. The flowers are originally made from a wonderful shop on Etsy called ABespokeTouch!

The inside...

CARD INGREDIENTS:

SIZE: 6 x 6

LAYOUT: Sketch Saturday -"Sketch #199"

IMAGE and SENTIMENT: Magnolia Stamps -"Tilda as Butterfly" Stamped Image and the sentiment is from "My Favorite Things"

COLORING MEDIUM and INK: Copic Markersand white opaque gel pen

PAPERS: All cardstock matting is from DCWV and DP is from Recollections

EMBELLISHMENTS: Flat back pearls are from "WOC", other bauble embellishments are from "Recollections" brand, white satin ruffle ribbon, plum satin ribbon and flower petals from ABespokeTouch

TOOLS: Cuttlebug machine, Spellbinders labels Nesties Dies, Recollections border punch, Magnolia Doohickey dies and sewing machine

OTHER: Stickles glitter glue and 3D dimensional foam

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CARD WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE FOLLOWING CHALLENGES:

Magnolia-Licious Challenge "Colour"

CropStop -"Butterflies"

Do You Stack Up? -"Favorite Color (Purple)"

Frosted Designs -"Things With Wings"

Hot Shot Crafts -"Ribbon"

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Happy Crafting!!

 

Happy Day! Sketch Saturday Challenge #198 -Sponsored By Simon Says Stamp!!

I'm so so so late ahhh! I've had such a hectic week with Doctors appointments for all the kiddos, everyone being sick and also a couple ER trips for one of the boys with an ear infection. Everyone is feeling a little better today including the one with ear infection thankfully! Hoping next week will be a bit slower and this nasty cold will go away!

Anyways...we have a new challenge for you this week at "Sketch Saturday"! And if the wonderful Saturday DT girls didn't inspire you enough already with their amazing creations...here is a little more inspiration from me with my late, late entry...

Here is Jo's awesome sketch which I flipped on it's side!

And this week we are sponsored by our friends at "Simon Says Stamp"!

And this weeks prize as always is a very generous $25 gift certificate...

which will be awarded to one very lucky winner!!

I purchased a few magnolia stamps a couple years ago and never got around to using them...I know...I'm a craft hoarder, LOL! I was inspired to break them out and finally get them inked up and colored in because a blogging buddy of mine "Cor*" just started on a brand new Magnolia Challenge DT called "Midweek Magnolias"! Looked like fun and I figured if I actually start using the very few Magnolia stamps I have and may have a chance at winning some more!! :)~

The  adorable little Tilda I used for my card today is called "Sweet Tilda" and can be found here. The sentiment is from "MFT" along with the coordinating label die that I used for the end of the tag!

All flowers, pearls and the crystal stem are from "WOC"! The gorgeous sparkling pink and green fabric bauble are from the "Recollections" brand of embellishments. I sparkled the flowers and the image very lightly with Stickles...which I'm proud of cause I usually go a little crazy with that stuff...lol!

While looking for Magnolia challenges to play along with, I also came across "Magnolia-Licious Highlites" and their theme this month is to make a card that 'Moves and Grooves'. So I kept that in mind while stitching the middle panel together to leave a space for a tag to be slipped in and out of the side! I think it turned out really cute! I decided not to make this a traditional folded card, since I added the tag which both the front and back can be used for a personal message. So my card has no inside today! I guess you could call it a card topper? lol.

CARD INGREDIENTS:

SIZE: 6 x 6

LAYOUT: Sketch Saturday -"Sketch #198"

IMAGE and SENTIMENT: Magnolia Stamps -"Sweet Tilda" Stamped Image and the sentiment is from "My Favorite Things"

COLORING MEDIUM and INK: Copic Markers

PAPERS: All cardstock matting and DP is from Recollections

EMBELLISHMENTS: All flowers, Stamens, crystal stem and flat back pearls are from "WOC", other bauble embellishments are from "Recollections" brand and white satin ruffle ribbon

TOOLS: Cuttlebug machine, Spellbinders Ovals and Scalloped Ovals Nesties Dies, EkSuccess butterfly punch, Magnolia Doohickey Border die, MFT label die and sewing machine

OTHER: Stickles glitter glue and 3D dimensional foam

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CARD WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE FOLLOWING CHALLENGES:

Midweek Magnolias Challenge -"Hello"

Magnolia-Licious Highlites -"Something That Moves and Grooves"

Magnolia-Licious Challenge -"Think Spring"

Allsorts Challenge -"Say It With Flowers"

Thanks so much for stopping by and Happy Crafting!!