Creative Card Crew Challenge #36 - White on White

Hey all!  Thanks for dropping by today :)  I have a new card for you to check out.  This one is for Creative Card Crew's challenge #36 - White on White.

Our wonderful sponsor this week is Marianne Designs.  She is generously giving our winner for this challenge a wonderful prize package!

Ready for the prize package?  Here it is...

I don't make a lot of white on white cards, but I really like how this one turned out!

My stamp is from Our Daily Bread Designs and I used the McGill Paper Flowers Mini Blossoms punch to punch out each of the tiny posies around the sentiment.  I shaped the flowers using my stylus kit and added pearls once they were stuck down.  The border is an EK Success edge punch.

For more white on white inspiration, visit the blogs of my fellow CCC design team members and don't forget to drop by Marianne Designs to check out their shop!

All you have to do to be eligible to win the great prize package from Marianne Designs is create a card that fits with our theme, pop it on your blog and then link up over at Creative Card Crew.  Can't wait to see what you create!

Blessings,

Perfect Sentiments Anniversary Challenge 53D - Birds & Blooms

Welcome back for the final day of celebration this week!  Yep, Perfect Sentiments is a whole year old!  If you were here on Tuesday for the latest Creative Card Crew challenge, you got a sneak peek at this card...We have four fun challenges planned for you that we spread out over the last few days. We have sponsors who have donated generous prizes for each challenge and since we are doing this blog hop style, there are hidden prizes along the way. The good news is you will have 3 full weeks to complete all the challenges and blog hops. There will also be a grand prize that you will be eligible for if you complete all the challenges! You can see the Grand Prize and add you name to the inlinkz here once your complete all four of the challenges.  We are all looking forward to seeing what you are inspired to create!  Remember the deadline to complete and link up your challenges is 6pm EST on October 30th.

The Challenge today is to create a card with a sentiment for the occasion of your choice.
The Twist:  Use a bird or blooms (or both) on your card!

I fell in love with this stamp set from Our Daily Bread Designs the first time I saw it.

Supplies

Cardstock:  Bazzill – Loganberry Blue, Natural Kraft

Decorative Paper:  Prima - Londonderry

Stamps:  Our Daily Bread Designs – Sing to the Lord

Inks, Stains and Paints:  Versafine – Onyx Black; Ranger Distress Ink – Broken China, Vintage Photo

Colored Pencils:  Prismacolor – True Blue, Skyblue Light, Cloud Blue, Chocolate, Cream, Pumpkin, Spanish Orange, Goldenrod, Chartreuse, Spring Green

Dies, Punches & Embossing Folders:  Spellbinders – Classic Scalloped Ovals

Accessories & Other Stuff:  Hero Hues pearls

Now that you've seen my card for today's challenge, check out the rest of the design team's amazing work!  Don't forget to leave a comment at each blog you visit - there are hidden prizes up for grabs!  Once you've been sufficiently inspired create a card that fits the theme of this challenge and link it up over at The Perfect Sentiment for a chance at today's prize!

Stitchy Bear Designs will award one lucky random winner a $15 gift voucher good in their store.

Here's today's hop lineup:

Cheryl (you are here)

Jan

Jennipher

Karen

Maggie

Nana Connie

Vickie

As part of the celebration of our first Anniversary, I will be giving away a set of Tim Holtz's Spring Distress Inks to one lucky, randomly chosen winner who participates in all 3 of the challenges I am doing this week (B, C & D) and leaves a comment on my blog each day. 

Sing and Make Music!

Hey all!  I'm back with a sample for the latest challenge over at Creative Card Crew!  The challenge this fortnight is for the birds :)   Once you've seen my little project, I'm sure you will want to hop on over to Creative Card Crew and check out the great inspiration from the fab ladies of the design team, then pull out your fave bird and join us!

Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is Simon Says Stamp!  If you're looking for a one-stop shop for all your papercrafting needs, Simon Says Stamp has just about anything you can think of.

SNEAK PEEK!
I'm doubling up this week :)  This card is also a sample for Saturday's Birthday Challenge over at The Perfect Sentiment (so you'll see this card reposted on Saturday).  Perfect Sentiments is celebrating its first anniversary with challenges and prizes all week long!  Head over and check it out!


Now for my card...

I fell in love with this set from Our Daily Bread Designs the first time I saw it.

Supplies

Cardstock:  Bazzill – Loganberry Blue, Natural Kraft

Decorative Paper:  Prima - Londonderry

Stamps:  Our Daily Bread Designs – Sing to the Lord

Inks, Stains and Paints:  Versafine – Onyx Black; Ranger Distress Ink – Broken China, Vintage Photo

Colored Pencils:  Prismacolor – True Blue, Skyblue Light, Cloud Blue, Chocolate, Cream, Pumpkin, Spanish Orange, Goldenrod, Chartreuse, Spring Green

Dies, Punches & Embossing Folders:  Spellbinders – Classic Scalloped Ovals

Accessories & Other Stuff:  Hero Hues pearls

Now that you've seen my little project, be sure to hop on over to Creative Card Crew and check out the great inspiration from the fab ladies of the design team, then pull out your fave bird and join us!

Blessings,

Perfect Sentiments Challenge #44 - Clean and Simple Sympathy

Happy Wedensday!  Thanks for joining me again for another Perfect Sentiments Challenge! 

The Challenge:  Create a card with a sentiment of sympathy (make sure your sentiment is on the front).
The Twist:  Make it clean and simple!

Our wonderful sponsor this week is offering one free digi to our winner!  Check out her website for hundreds of amazing images!

I do not often make CAS cards, it's just not my thing but I'm very pleased with how this one turned out!

Supplies
Cardstock:  Bazzill - Coconut Swirl; Gold Mirror Paper
Stamps:  Digi doodle - Calla Lily Set; Our Daily Bread Designs - Paw Prints
Inks, Stains & Paints:  Versafine - Onyx Black
Prismacolor Pencils:  Cloud Blue, White, Chartreuse, Apple Green, Lime Peel, Olive Green, Dark Green, Terra Cotta, Goldenrod
Accessories & Other Stuff:  American Crafts Ribbon

Now that you know the scoop - check out the blogs of the fabulous ladies of the Perfect Sentiment Design Team for some amazing inspiration, and then get out your supplies and join the fun!

Happy Scrapping!

Compendium of Curiosities Vol 2 Challenge - Custom Foam Stamps

At long last the day has arrived!  I anxiously awaited the arrival of my copy of Tim Holtz's new book - Compendium of Curiosities II and just couldn't wait to get started on the challenges over at Studio L3! 

So The Challenge Begins!  Our first challenge is to create a project using the technique found on page 66 of Compendium of Curiosities Vol. 2.  This technique is all about creating your own custom foam stamps. I wanted my stamped images to almost blend into the background so the stamps on the tag are second generation.  I kind of like the way they turned out!

I also used a couple of other techniques I've learned from Tim - the background of my tag uses his blended spritz & flick technique and the butterflies were created using his ghosting technique.

Enjoy!

Supplies

Cardstock:  Avery #8 Manila Tag

Stamps:  Our Daily Bread Designs – Simple Things

Inks, Stains and Paints:  Ranger Distress Ink – Tumbled Glass, Weathered Wood, Wild Honey, Victorian Velvet, Seedless Preserves, Peeled Paint, Black Soot

Dies, Punches & Embossing Folders:  Tim Holtz Alterations – Tattered Flowers, Mini Butterflies

Accessories & Other Stuff:   Recycled Plastic Packaging, Ranger Superfine Clear Embossing Powder, American Crafts Ribbon & Twine

Blessings!

Wizard of Oz for Christ

I am in love with the images from Saturated Canary these days...When I saw these adorable Wizard of Oz digis I knew I had to make something with them for my sweet Shania who is a HUGE fan of the movie.  She is also a wonderful Christian young woman and so I wanted to incorporate that as well.  Check the inside of the cards to see how I did that :)

Find Christ where you are!
Blessings,

Faux Silk Technique

I learned a new technique!  This is my first attempt at a faux silk technique (see the tutorial at Our Daily Bread Designs.  I gotta say it turned out pretty cool and is definitely a technique I'll use again!

Supplies
Decorative Paper:  Old Tissue Paper
Stamps:  Our Daily Bread Designs - Scripture Collection 6; Stampendous - Rose Branch Border
Inks, Stains & Paints:  Memento - Rich Cocoa; Versa Magic - Pixie Dust; Versa Color - Brown
Acessories & Other Stuff:  Lace from stash

Faith

I designed this card for the CropStop Challenge #48:  Punch Your Way Around the Holidays!  The challenge is to use punches in your creation.

Supplies

Cardstock:  Bazzill – Bling BlueEyes, Butter Cream, Baby Blue Medium; Hero Layering Paper - White

Stamps:  Our Daily Bread Designs - Faith

Inks:  Versacolor – 68 Atlantic; Ranger Distress Ink – Stormy Sky

Dies:  Spellbinders:  Lacy Squares, Fleur De Lis Squares, Fleur De Lis Pendant

 Blessings!

Perfect Sentiments Challenge 08 - Anything Goes with CASE-ing!

The challenge this week over at Perfect Sentiments is Anything Goes - the twist is that you have to CASE one of the DT cards created for the challenge.  It was so tough to pick which card to CASE, they are all so gorgeous make sure you check them out on their blog!

My eye was immediately drawn to Sarah's card.  I love the distressing and gorgeous colors she used on the card and the stamp reminded me of this great new stamp set I just got from Our Daily Bread Designs, I'm so excited to get to use it right away- it literally came in the mail yesterday!

Little Things

Supplies

Cardstock:  Bazzill – Snow White, Frosted Pink

Decorative Paper:  Basic Grey – Raspberry Syrup; The Girls’ Paperie – Vintage Whimsey

Stamps:  Our Daily Bread Designs – Faith; Hero Arts – Classic Fabric Design

Ink:  Versifine – Onyx Black; Color Box – Pink, French Blue;  Ranger Distress Ink – Bundled Sage, Tea Dye

Prismacolor Pencils:  PC1806 Sky Blue Light, PC1023 Cloud Blue, PC992 Light Aqua, PC903 True Blue, PC1008 Parma Violet, PC995 Mulberry, PC940 Sand, PC997 Beige, PC939 Peach, PC929 Pink, PC918 Orange, PC989 Chartreuse, PC912 Apple Green, PC909 Grass Green, PC908 Dark Green, PC941 Light Umber, PC945 Sienna Brown, PC946 Dark Brown

Dies:  Our Daily Bread Designs Butterfly Branch; Spellbinders – Labels 4

Accessories:  American Crafts Ribbon, Fiskars Medium Butterfly Punch, Hero Hues Pearls

Thanks for dropping by today!  

Blessings to you,

Peace Tag

This week's challenge over at Simon Says Stamp is Show Some Tickets.  Check them out for challenge details and inspiration!

I'm waiting and waiting for Tim Holtz to start this year's 12 Tags of Christmas.  This one was inspired by 2009's Day 12.

 

Supplies

Cardstock:  Avery #8 Manila tag

Decorative Paper:  7 Gypsies Avignon; Graphic 45 - Christmas Emporium

Stamp:  Our Daily Bread Designs - Luke 2:11; Stamper's Anonymous - Letter to Santa, Shabby French

Ink: Versifine - Onyx Black; Ranger Distress Ink - Fired Brick, Evergreen Bough, Walnut Stain

Accessories:  Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Journaling Ticket, Mini Paperclip, Vintage Button; Prima bird charm; American Crafts Twine & Ribbon

Other:  McGill Paper Punches - Star Lily, Designer Pine

Thanks for dropping in today!

Christian Paper Crafts October Blog Hop

The theme for this month's blog hop over at Christian Paper Crafts is "Give Thanks to the Lord".  Check out the blog for great inspiration!

Supplies

Cardstock:  Bazzill - Walnut Cream

Decorative Paper:  BoBunny - Etc. Collection, Forever Fall Collection; American Crafts Vellum

Stamp:  Our Daily Bread Scripture Collection 1

Ink:  Staz-On - Black; Ranger Distress Ink - Walnut Stain, Tea Dye

Accessories:  American Crafts Twine - Caramel; Tim Holtz Idea-ology Charm