Sunday, March 17, 2024

Peace On Earth Challenge #60

Hello friends, welcome to our second challenge this month at
Peace On Earth where anything goes as long as it is Christmas themed! 
I hope you are joining in as you will be that far ahead once December rolls around
and we all know how busy that month will be.

We always have an inspiration board for your pleasure
and this one is full of the jolly 'old' guy!!

I came up with a rather vintage card and am not sure whose the stamp is,
but is surely one I love.  I just colored in a bit of his face and hands and let the
rest as is.  I stamped him with TPC Studio's Clearly Better Chocolate ink
which is formulated for clear stamps, it does a great job!
The pretty paper is Paper Craft Box Christmas Tale 
and the sentiment is Hero Arts Christmas Message's
stamped with Dew Drop Galaxy Gold


Stop on over at Peace On Earth for plenty of beautiful inspiration
and join in with us while there!!


Saturday, March 16, 2024

Two Old Bats Reminder March 2024

We are halfway through our  Halloween challenge at
Two Old Bats
and would love to have you join in with us.
So get busy and get out those spooky supplies and get busy!
Need some inspiration?
We have a fun mood board below to inspire!

I once again let all that bright neon green inspire me.
I used a Brutus Monroe Halloween paper
die cut with a wonky rectangle die by Cottage Cutz
I added a fun creepy crawly spider from Cheery Lynn Designs
and gave him some google-y eyes, the better to see you with!
The sentiment is from a package of purchased sentiment strips.

Won't you join us at Two Old Bats?
Lots of fun inspiration there!!

Friday, March 15, 2024

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge March 2024

 Hello friends, it's a new monthly challenge starting today at
Beautiful Blossoms and we have a pretty floral mood board for inspiration.
You can choose to go with the colors on the board or you can create
anything as long as your main focus is FLOWERS!!


I was inspired by the pansies and knew I had this pansy stamp from
Class Act Inc. that has never seen ink and I bought it years and years ago,
so long ago I am surprised I remembered I even had it LOL!!
I stamped it on water color paper and die cut it with a
Pink Fresh Studio Folk Edge Circle.
The image was water colored with Tombow markers.
The little butterfly was flying around my desk left from another
project so he landed on my card to stay!
The pretty background paper is
The Paper Boutique Lavender Fields.
The sentiment is Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments
stamp and die.


We are partnering with Double Trouble March 15th-31st
and you can read all the rules below




WELCOME to Challenge #162 - Let the Troubles Begin! 
This Challenge runs from 
Friday, March 15th  thru Sunday, March 31st
"Spring Florals"  


THING  1:  Trouble Maker 
says, "As winter comes to an end in the Northern Hemisphere, perhaps you are seeing and hearing signs of spring. The longer days, the twitter of birds, and the budding of flowers help to cheer us after a cold winter. To celebrate the coming of spring, create a project using your favorite floral image."  

You can stop here... 
OR  
play along with Twisted Sister's optional twist below to earn another chance in our random drawing.  


THING  3:  Twisted Sister 
says, "Since Easter is almost here, I'm reminiscing over the old song, 'In your Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it'.  Memories of my collection of bonnets with all the frills upon them come to my mind.  Perhaps you remember floral-laden bonnets with decorations and embellishments of bunnies, chicks, eggs, etc. My optional twist is to include an Easter element and/or bonnets or baskets with your Spring Florals project."  

Optional Twist:  If you have included my optional twist in your project you will earn another chance in our random drawing.


THING  2:  Double Dare 
says, "If you have met Thing 1's requirement to create a Spring Florals project you are eligible to enter your project HERE at the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge and you will qualify for an additional chance in our random drawing. 

Beautiful Blossoms Mood Board
Beautiful Blossoms is an Anything Goes Flowers / Florals challenge. A Mood Board is provided to use as an Inspiration Tool but it is not a requirement. However, your project must have flowers(s)/floral(s) as part of the design. 

Come on over to Beautiful Blossoms and have some fun with us and
Double Trouble!!

Entering the following challenges:
Double Trouble ....  Floral image
Cut It Up .... Colors of Spring
Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday .... ATG

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Sending Hugs

Our theme at The Sisterhood of Crafters is GREEN!!

Of course the first thing I think of in March when I hear the word GREEN
is of course St Patrick's Day and Shamrocks!
I die cut a bunch of small shamrocks, placed them on stems and then in
my quilted pocket,  The pocket is from a nesting pocket set by Honey Bee
and the quilting was done with an EB folder by WeR Memory Keepers.
I love the quilting of this folder.
I used another size pocket die to cut my shaped at the bottom and added
some fun shamrock paper from DoodleBug Designs 'lot's of luck' paper pad.


Come on over to The Sisterhood and see all the beautiful 'green'
inspiration from my 'sistahs'!!


Saturday, March 9, 2024

Sketch Saturday #746

Hello friends, we have a new sketch for you at Sketch Saturday 
and it is a doozy LOL!!
There is an  Optional Twist and it is to Feature An Animal

I have to admit I struggled with this sketch, I am not very good
at all those angles, but figured it out I guess.
I didn't use the optional twist this time either.
I used papers from my Doodlebug Designs 'lots of luck' paper pad
and a sentiment strip from scrapbookdotcom.
I'm not sure why but back in January I had an order that was totally green
and St Patrick's Day, I'm sure I'll  have plenty of it to last me a lifetime!! 

Come visit us at Sketch Saturday and show us your
interpretation of our sketch!!

Bling challenge

Hello friends, today at
Can You Handle The Pressure
we have an 'optional' theme of
BLING!!
However, you can created anything as long as you use an  embossing folder
 wet embossing is permitted but you must include an embossing folder!

This is the prize for one lucky random drawn USA winner.
Due to high shipping costs and restrictions we can't, 
sorry to say, ship international anymore.

For my card I used a pretty floral background designer paper from
The Paper Boutique Bumblee's Dance.
My embossing folder is a Tim Holtz Texture Fades mini Kaleidoscope and embossed on my lilac paper,
Pink fresh Studio Glacier gems were added to some of the design centers.
The sentiment is in two parts, first part is from 
Pink Fresh Studios Perfect Sentiments stamps and dies
and the second part of my sentiment is from
Pretty pink Posh Simple Sentiments.

Hope to see you over at Can You Handle The Pressure!!

Thursday, March 7, 2024

Word Power #3

Hello friends, it's a new month and that means a new challenge
starting at Word Power !  This challenge seems to be quite a hit
as it allows you to use those BIG sentiments and let them take
center stage, no little one word sentiments for us!!

For some reason I really like how this turned out,
not sure if it's the plaid paper , the shamrocks or
the fun big Good Luck sentiment but it grows on me!

I die cut the Frantic Stamper Shamrock cover plate
from white card stock, (now I have bunches of white shamrocks)
and placed it over a Doodlebug Design plaid paper from their 'lot's of luck' paper pad!  The sentiment is a newly purchased die
from Photoplay.


Get those BIG eye catching sentiments out and come on over
and join us at Word Power!!

Entering the following challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday .... Add A Sentiment