Butterflies or Dragonflies

Hi All this is my card for our latest challenge at Come and Get It Butterflies or Dragonflies. As you can see I have the butterflies on my card. This beautiful image is from Fitztown, it is called Fae 8, I have used Promarkers once again to color the image, I've used the floral framelits behind the image, and spellbinders circles to cut it out. I've used paper from a couple of different packages and added the Strawberry Slush ruffled ribbon behind the one. I have added some flowers from my stash and leaves that were punched using the Bird Builder Punch. The greeting is Stampin in Coastal Cabana from the On Your Birthday set.
Thanks for looking.
Cindy
I will also enter it into the following challenges:

Gem of a Challenge Something New: Image and flowers
Simply Create Too: Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge: Anything Goes

Anything Goes for Wags'n Whiskers

Here we are with the first challenge of the year for Wags'n Whiskers Stamps. We have an anything goes challenge for you this time around you and my image is called He Loves Me . I remember the days when we used to pick the daisies in the summer and the black eyed susans in the fall and use this game. That was a many moon ago. Anyway for my card I've used a fall color theme and used my Promarkers to color the image, I've used Chocolate Chip Ribbon, a paper flower which I dyed with a sponge and ink to match the flowers on the image. Thanks for looking. Now go pop over to our challenge blog and play along.
Cindy

All Things Bright and Beautiful

Here is my first card of the New Year for Crafting for All Seasons. Where all things are Bright and Beautiful, or at least that is the theme this time around. So why not come over and play with us. We are Sponsored by The Paper Shelter, and I am using the Beautiful Skier Image for my card. Yeah I know it's a winter card, but that's the season here right now, so it works for me. Have a great week and we'll see you next time.
Cindy

Ribbon or Lace

Hi Everyone, Here's my card for the first one of the year for the Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge. We are Sponsored by Bugaboo, and I've used one of the A Kid's View stamps from them called Star Ornament. I thought he was adorable, and when I chose him of course I wasn't thinking about the challenge, but thought ok I can do this, so this is the result of using ribbon or lace on my card. I colored him with Promarkers and have added a few star brads to the card. and left the rest pretty simple.
Thanks for looking.
Cindy

Something New for Come and Get It

Here is my card for this weeks challenge at Come and Get It. The theme is Something New. for me this image is a new digital stamp from The Stamping Boutique, as well as the greeting is new from the stamp set P.S. I love you from Stamping Up. I have colored the image with Promarkers, and then cut out the heart using a die from the Heart Framelits Collection, I've pierced around the edges, and added the heart with the greeting, punched the hearts at the bottom and added some rhinestones. The colors used are Rich Razzleberry and Regal Rose.
Thanks for looking
Cindy
I will also enter this into the following challenges
A Gem of a Challenge: Something New
Sugar Creek Hollow- Something New
a Creative Romance Challenge: Something New
Digitally Sweet: Anything Goes

Flurry

This is one of the newest stamps from Lacy Sunshine called Flurry, isn't she sweet. I have paired her with the Festive Flurry Designer paper and Memory Box Dies, added a few rhinestones, and the greeting is from Taylored Expressions. Thanks for looking
Cindy

I will enter this into the following Challenges
Lacy Sunshine: Celebrations
Crafty Calendar- Cold and Frosty
Delightful Challenges: Celebrate

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge and Blog Hop

Hi Everyone, just a reminder about the Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge and Blog Hop. The design team has been busy as usual to give you a bit more inspiration for the holidays, so go and join in the fun. Lots of prizes to be won from some wonderful sponsors.
This time around I have two projects to show you again, this time using the same image, It is from Fitztown and is called Winter 10. For my first project I have colored it in blue tones, and made it into an easel card. I used the dies from Memory box to make the snowflakes on the card, and I masked the image by printing it on copy paper and then made the background using Smoky Slate and Blue Sky ink to make the sky and then stamped the wonderful trees from Lovely as a tree into the background, I used some glimmer paper down the side, and tied off some ribbon, and made a bow then added a snowflake brad to the center of it.

For my second project I've used the same image, but decided to decorate a gift bag. I've used the same snowflake dies, or at least the border and added some others from the set onto it as well. the background paper is from DCVW and it sparkles as well, so altogether quite happy with it. 

thanks for looking

Cindy  

                 

                   Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge

Anne 

In case you get lost on the blog hop you can always come back here to Holly Jolly and find your spot. The order of the blog hop is as follows

Cindy

Anne

 Carol

   Meighan

Joey

   Julie 

   Bianca

   Linda

  Judy

Come and Get It Christmas Blog Hop and Challenge.

Hi Everyone, wow, over at Come and Get It Challenges, we've been busy beavers. We have a bunch of new sponsors for the challenge and we also have some fabulous new designers, please welcome Barb, Bunny, Jo, and Roberta. 

 It's wonderful news for our challenge. A prize can be won almost every challenge next year. so go and take a look at what's happening. 

In case you missed my first card you can go here, or you can go to this post and follow the links from the blog hop and see all the great inspiration from the design team.

But anyway for my second card on the hop my choice this time is to use a stamp from Digi Stamps 4 Joy, called Christmas Wreath with Bow. Love the rustic look to the image, and so that's how I wanted to do it, I also love Christmas Music, so I added the two loves onto one card. Thanks for looking and again in case you missed it my letter is the same as the last persons letter. Have fun hopping along
Cindy

                

Barb

   

Come and Get It Chalelnges

Merry Christmas from Wags'n Whiskers

Hi everyone, it is a pleasure to be sharing this card I have made using an image from Wags' Whiskers called Dani and Bella. I have used Promarkers to color her in traditional Christmas colors. Then have made a simple layout to show her off. She is such a sweet image. The papers are from my stash, one is Stampin' Up, and the other is from a DCVW stack. The flowers are prima, the brads used on the flowers are retired, and the corner Stampin' Up, and the greeting is from a set called Petite Pairs from Stampin' Up. 

Thanks for looking. 

If you are looking for the Come and Get It Christmas Blog Hop Post go here

If you are looking for the Holly Jolly Christmas Blog hop go here 

Merry Christmas From Crafting for all Seasons

  

Hi everyone, welcome once again, this fortnight we have an anything but a card challenge for you, and the project I have done is something I have wanted to do for a while now. It is a matchbox advent calendar. I used Pool Party card stock along with a matchbox  die to make all the boxes, punching out the half circles from them to be able to open them out, and then glued them together to form a square.  I have used the winter frost designer paper to decorate the sides. The images on the side panel are from Lacy Sunshine, the one is called Snowflake Quality Control, the other is Bubbles skiing, I have used Promarkers to color the images, and then cut them out using a memory box die set which was also used for the border using Silver glimmer paper. The numbers were stamped using Designer Typeset from Stamping Up, the first Photo Polymer set they came out with. Then punched using a 1/2 inch circle punch. The ribbon on the top and bottom is the 3/8 ruffled pool party ribbon from Stampin Up.l  For the top I made the final box and added the lettering dies for the date, and decorated it with a bow, which I also made the foil striped sheet from the designer paper pack.

I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, and a great 2014.

Thanks for looking.
Cindy

I will enter this into the following challenges

Lacy Sunshine : Celebrations

If you are looking for my blog hop post for Come and Get It please go here

If you are looking for my Blog Hop Post for the Holly Jolly Christmas challenge go here. 

Blog Hop and Challenge

Hi Everyone, wow, over at Come and Get It Challenges, we've been busy beavers. We have a bunch of new sponsors for the challenge and we also have some fabulous new designers, please welcome Barb, Bunny, Jo, and Roberta. 

 It's wonderful news for our challenge. A prize can be won almost every challenge next year. so go and take a look at what's happening. 

This is a month long challenge, to give everyone time to be with their families over the holidays, but we will be back on the 15th as well with some more inspiration from the wonderful Design Team.

For the first image of the hop I have chosen to work with a Saturated Canary Image from Stamp and Create. 

This is Nevaeh, from Saturated Canary, a wonderful image to work with. I've colored her with Promarkers, then I've used my dies from Spellbinders ( scalloped oval), Stampin Up ( oval) , Quilled Creations,( roses and leaves,  Memory Box (corner snowflakes ), and  Taylored Expressions (banner). I've used Pool Party and Smokey Slate card stock, Pool Party seam binding ribbon, and basic pearls from Stampin Up. The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions, and the branches from a Martha Stewart punch. The snowflake die was cut from Silver glimmer paper that I colored using a mister filled with Pool Party Ink and Alcohol. Thanks for looking. 

I hope you enjoyed the Hop and that you remembered to pick up the letters needed to spell out the words to win the prizes. My letter is the same as the previous Blog. Thanks for hopping along with us.

Cindy

Barb

Come and Get It Chalelnges

Anything Goes Christmas Challenge and Blog Hop

Hi Everyone, It's been a busy week first we had the blog hop for Come and Get It now onto another one for Holly Jolly. The theme again is Christmas as usual at Holly Jolly but this time it is Anything goes. We have some great sponsors and some lovely prizes available to be won. go and check it out. Not only that but we are also welcoming our New Design Team Members Anne, Carol, Linda and Joey. Welcome aboard ladies. Oh and that isn't all, come back on the 18th of the month for some more great inspiration too.

Christmas Robin from Digi Stamps 4 Joy

For my first card I have used an Image from Digi Stamps 4 Joy called Christmas Robin. As you can tell I am a bird lover at heart, so any images with birds on them I just adore. So I had to have this one LOL. I used water colors to color him then fussy cut him out. He is on a Garden Green panel embossed with a holly leaves embossing folder, and then put onto the beaded circle die cut, with the rhinestones. I then used a back panel of Always Artichoke that was embossed with the same folder. I've added the piece of silver glimmer paper, for some interest and sparkle. and used Ridinghood  taffetta ribbon.
Thanks for looking.

My Second card is a Saturated Canary Image- Noelcarols for Stamp and Create. I have colored her with Promarkers, then cut her out and layered her on top of another image, so that I still had the music notes in the background. I've used retired paper behind her as well as Real Red card stock embossed with swirls. the jingle bells are a die cut from Memory Box, which I've cut out of champagne glimmer paper. The ribbon and bow are old olive taffeta ribbon, then I've added some color dots in real red to the top of the card.
Thanks for looking
Cindy
Well that's it for my cards for this part of the hop I hope you've enjoyed them and look forward to seeing you on the 18th. But before you go the letter from my blog is the first letter of the the persons name on the next stop.    Now you will continue onto Anne's blog.

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge

Anne

        

Things with Wings for Wags'n Whiskers

Here is my card for the latest challenge at Wags'n Whiskers Stamps, called things with wings.
Isn't this little girl so sweet, she is called Angels Whispers. I have colored her with Promarkers then cut her out and put her on a die cut blossom by Stampin Up, which was embossed with a polka dot embossing folder. I've used retired papers from the sweet shop set by Stampin Up, along with some retired ribbon, and some color dots. Thanks for looking hope you have a great weekend.
Cindy

Birthdays for Crafting for all Seasons

It's birthday time at Crafting for all seasons, and we are sponsored by Bugaboo. I am using the adorable brat cupcake wagon image.  I have coloured her with promarkers, and have used some paper from the birthday set from Stampin up. The colors I have used are  Raspberry Ripple and Bermuda Bay for the card stock and ribbon. I have used a swirls embossing folder by Provo, and the labels framelits from  Stampin up.  The sentiment is from the Birthday Bliss (retired set) from Stampin up. 

Thanks for looking 

Cindy

I will enter it into the following challenges
Creative Card Crew   #50 sweet treats

Oldie but a Goodie challenge ribbon or lace
Used ribbon and embossing folder older than 6 month

 Ribbon Carousel
Holidays and Celebrations

Time for the Men at Holly Jolly

Hi All this week we have a new challenge for you at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge, it's Men's week. So make a card for your man. We are sponsored this week by Bugaboo and I'm using this great image of Gus with his sled, he's pimped it up with some fire and is ready to take off. I've used some retired paper, Basic Grey, Smokey Slate and Real Red card stock, used the Houndstooth embossing folder and some glimmer paper. Hope you come and play with us.
Thanks for looking
Cindy

Anything Goes with Digital Stamp

Hi Everyone, well over at Come and Get It this week we have another challenge, and are sponsored by Fred She Said, so that means a prize is up for Grabs. The theme is very simple as well create a card with a digital image, that's it. Anyway my card is using the Winter Bird- Chickadee, from our sponsor Fred She Said. I have used paper that was retired last year. I've added Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details to the berries, some silver buttons with 1/8 inch ribbon. Thanks for looking.
Cindy

Christmas Gift

Here is my project for this weeks challenge at Come and Get It. Meighan is our host and she has a theme called Christmas Gift. I decided that instead of putting presents on a card I would make a gift. I have used the Milk Carton die, along with Festive Flurry Designer paper, mini clips, jingle bells, pool party twine, Pool Party and Smokey Slate card stock, Pool Party seam binding ribbon and the festive flurry adornment.
I made 4 cartons from the milk carton die and made the carrier. There are three pieces for the carrier,
2 pieces cut at 3.3/4 in by 5.5 inches and scored at 1 inch on all sides, then cut up to the 1 inch mark on the shorter ends. These two pieces make up the box that holds the milk cartons. for the handle cut a piece at 3.5 by 5.5 inches. punch out the handle with the wide oval punch and glue between the two boxes.
I have used the hexagon punch to punch out my images and then hand cut around them once they were attached to the coastal cabana card stock. they are put on with dimensionals. the twine was threaded through the jingle bells tied into a bow and then attached with glue dots. Now go on go over to the challenge blog and look at all the other great projects.
Thanks for looking
Cindy

Wags 'n Whiskers for a child

This week at Wags 'n Whiskers the theme for our Challenge is to make a card for a child. I have chosen Toby's Big Day for my image, and have used the primary colors of Red, Blue and Green for my main colors, I have paper pieced the present and colored the rest of the image using my Promarkers. It's a great image and a fun one to use. Thanks for looking
Cindy
I will also enter this into the following challenges

As You Like It Challenge  What's your favorite Spots or Stripes (spots for sure, they are fun and can do many things with them.

Little Miss Muffet Challenge: Seeing Dots

Everybody Art Challenge_ Card for a boy

My Art Pieces Challenge: Red, Green and any other colors

Sewing Real / Faux

Hi Everyone this week over at Crafting for all Seasons we have a Sewing Challenge on the go, you can choose to do real, or faux sewing on  your creation. We are Sponsored this week by The Paper Shelter. I've used an image from The Paper Shelter called Dress Maker. Isn't she cute. they have the backing papers to go with it as well, which I printed off and used on my card. I also did real sewing doing the scrolls, behind the flowers. Thanks for looking
Cindy

O' Christmas Tree

O' Christmas tree is the theme at Holly Jolly this week, what a perfect symbol for the holidays and it can be done in so many ways. So grab those tree stamps and make a Christmas card. One less you will have to do.
For my card I have used a die from Memory box called Frosted Tree, I cut it out and embossed it with the Big shot using Always Artichoke, then I used some liquid Applique  and glitter to make the snow on the tree. It is set on a background of white embossed with the Snow Flurry embossing folder. I added some bling and some Cherry cobbler seam binding ribbon, and then the sentiment from Petite Pairs in Cherry Cobbler as well. Thanks for looking
Cindy

I will enter into the following challenges

Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything goes with handmade bow
Crafty Bloggers Challenge - Christmas
Imagination Crafts Challenges - glitter and sparkle
Amusing Challenge: Use Glitter
Great Impressions: Holiday Card