Pile it On # (Last Challenge for me ) and Cupcake Inspirations # 262

Happy Sunday everyone !!! 

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend !

Today is the start of a new challenge at
Cupcake Inspirations ,
and at
Pile it On Challenges .

I am sad to say that for now this is my last challenge at
Pile It On .
I was honored to have made the team in August of 2013 ,
it was supposed to be a three month term ,
 but I happily stayed on .
I am very happy to say that they will have me be a part of their team
 whenever I am ready again .
Thank you soo much to all of the wonderful ladies from
Pile It On !!

Now onto the challenges for this week ,
at CIC our theme is
a "Color Challenge "

 This is my card for Pile it On .

The theme for this week is 

Metal. 

We would love to see your projects !!!

A huge thank you to our wonderful sponsor for this week

Add a Little Dazzle .

We have a wonderful sponsor this week ,

Just Some Lines for 

Cupcake Inspirations 

and for 

Pile It On 

Add a Little Dazzle . 

Recipe-

Just Some Lines 

Add a Little Dazzle 

Silhouette 

Cuttlebug

Craftin' desert Divas

Snips N Snails Stamp Set 

Simply Said Stamp Set 

Perfect Day Stamp Set 

Sparkle N Sprinkle-

Poolside Cosmic Embossing Powder #EP393

Concord Star Opaque Embossing Powder #EP431

Tim Holtz Distess Inks

                                      

Challenges for fun -

Add A Little Dazzle Dazzling Diva #26 - Father's Day or Anything Goes

Craftitude #65 - Anything Goes/That's Die-licious

Crafty Catz-# 232 Embossing

Simply Create Too #62 - Father's Day/For a Male

Sister Act #58 - Anything Goes

Crafty Girls #18 -  Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey - For That Special Man

A Song in Your He{art} #7 - Let's Hear It for the Boys

Divas By Design - Anything Goes

Rhedd and Rosie's -#33   No Flowers/Nothing Floral

Fan-Tastic Tuesday -# 36  One for the Boys

Ladybug Crafts Ink - Anything Goes

Sweet Stamps - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by ! 

Hope you have a wonderful day ! 

Pile it On Challenge #17

If you are looking for the 

Craftin'Desert Divas Stamp 

Release Hop please click here . 

Hi everyone !!! 

I am back with the start of a new challenge at

 Pile It On !!

This week our theme is

Ink-on-paper Stamping

(digis okay, but physical stamping must be the focus)

We were very grateful to have been provided with the stamps from our

Sponsor for this week

Rogue Redhead Designs

                           

I hope you join us !!

I created a card using the stamps.

On the inside I stamped the two birds image and used water colors to color them , and the background. 

Challenge for Fun ~ 

4 Krafty Girlz - #16 Anything Goes

Cardz TV -#6 Spring 

Little Miss Muffet Challenges -Anything Goes ( Just For Fun )

Milk Coffee Challenge - Use those bright colors

Word Art Wednesday-#129 Anything Goes 

The Sisterhood of Crafters- Things with wings 

Creative Moments #41- Anything Goes 

Craftitude - #63 Anything Goes 

Recipe~

Rogue Redhead Designs

Silhouette 

Water colors

Tim Holtz Distress Inks 

Thank you so much for stopping by !

Hope you have a wonderful day !

Pile it On challenge # 15

Happy Sunday everyone !! 

I am back with the start of a new challenge at 

Pile it On Challenges !! 

Our theme for this week is to use 

Tulle or Mesh in your project !! 

I created this easel card from the fancy frame from the silhouette store .

I welded two of them together , and cut out the frames in a different color . 

Recipe -

Inky Impressions 

Silhouette

Too Cute By Jessica -

Spring Fairies 

My Scrap Chick-

Roses

Spectrum Noir Markers

Tim Holtz Distress Inks 

Thank you to 

Inky Impressions for providing the

 wonderful images and the prize for

 this weeks challenge 

Prize - $10 GC to their online shop. 

                       

Challenges for Fun-

Papercrafting with Attitude- #62 Anything Goes 

Get Inky -#11 Spring/Easter 

Sister Act Card Challenge- #52 Anything Goes

Craftin' desert Divas - Anything Goes Linky Party 

4 Krafty Girlz - #15 Anything Goes 

A Creative Need - #18 Signs of Spring 

Card makin' Mamas - Buttons, Bits and Baubles 

Chocolate, Coffee, & Cards - #62 Use Stripes 

Craftitude - #62 Anything Goes 

Thank you so much for visiting me !! 

Hope you have a wonderful day ! 

PIO # 13 Floral Fantasy

I am back everyone to share a really nice and fun project ! 

It is the start of  a new challenge at 

Pile it On Challenges .

Our theme for this week is

 Floral Fantasy . 

As soon as I saw this topiary in the Silhouette Store , 

I knew I would love to create it. 

Here was my chance with the theme of this challenge . 

I hope you enjoy , and feel inspired to join us . 

Our wonderful sponsor for this week is

One lucky winner will receive a
15% off coupon . 

Recipe -

Sparkle N Sprinkle

Flourishes Stamp Set 1 #516

Parisian Mist Opaque Glitter #G1037

Gold Opaque Embossing Powder #EP106

Micheals Lace Border

Recollections Stamp

Heidi Swapp Stamps

Tim Holtz distress ink ( Vintage Photo)

Challenges for Fun  -

Cardz TV-Challenge #4 Thank you Card

A Creative Romance - Spring Flowers

Craftitude - Anything Goes

Cut It Up - #41 Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenges - #50 Anything Goes

Southern Girls-Floral Frenzy

Decorate to Celebrate - #71 Spring Decorations or birthday
Silhouette Blog- Spring Flowers

Pile it On # 11 For a Man

Hi everyone !

I am back with my second post of the day !

It is the start of a new challenge at PIO ,

 our theme for this week is ' For a Man" 

I used the easel card set from My Scrap Chick to create this card . 

Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is 

 Doctor Digi's House of Stamps

The winner will receive 2 digis of their choice 

Challenges 

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog - #3 Use Stamp or Digi 

( Dr. Digi pocket watch , stamp )

Die Cut Divas - Lets Emboss it

Flat Friends Challenge - Cards For Men

Through the Craft Room Door - Always anything Goes

Card Mania - Something New

 ( new digi from Dr.Digis, new easel card from MSC)

Love to Create Challenges - #106 Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - $39 Anything Goes

HobbyCutz - #38 1 year Celebration Cards ( Congratulations on your 1 year !!!)

Just B Creative Crazy - Linky Party Anything Goes

Just for Fun - Anything Goes

The Crafting Cafe - CAS

Recipe ~ 

                                      My Scrap Chick~

Man's Suit and tie Easel Card

Dr. Digis Pocket watch 

Paper Studio Embossing Folder 

Tim Holtz ~ Life's Possibilities Stamps , 

TPC Sentiments

Thank you so much everyone for visiting my blog ,
hope you have a wonderful day !! 

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge # 248 and PIO

Welcome to the start of a new challenge at Cupcake Inspirations , and also a new challenge at PIO . 

Our challenge at CIC is a color theme this week ,
 and at PIO it is Sentiment as a focus! 

We hope you can join  us at both ,
look forward to seeing what everyone creates !!! 

Here are our Inspiration Cupcakes for this week ,

they are super cute ! 

Inspiration Cupcake: Valentines Cupcakes by Hello Naomi 

http://foodwhirl.com/techniques/how-to-top-cupcakes-with-fondant-valentines-day-version Cupcakes this week

This is the card I made using the center panel card file from
Pretty Papers Pretty Ribbon, 
and the sweet image from
Paper Nest Dolls

Thank you to our wonderful sponsors !

At CIC  our sponsor is 

The Paper Nest Dolls 

Sponsor Prize: $25 gift certificate

Recipe ~
The Paper Nest Dolls
Love Letter Owen
Pretty Papers Pretty Ribbon, 
Center Panel Step Card 
Spectrum Noir markers
Silhouette





This is for my second post of the day .
At PIO, our challenge is to use the sentiment as the focus .





Challenges 4 Fun -
Simon Says Stamp ~ Monday Challenges We Love Stamps ( My favorite Flourishes from Sparkle N Sprinkle )
Simon Says Stamp ~ Wednesday Challenge ( Use Kraft paper )
Thank you so much for stopping by
I hope you have a wonderful day !! 

PIO # 03 Wood

This is my second post for the day , 

It is for Pile It On Challenges .
If you are looking for the CIC please click here. 

We are starting a new challenge today , and the theme is wood ! 

We ask that you use any wood related item in your project . It can be wood embellishments or wood themed paper , or anything that wood represents !!! I hope you join us for this fun challenge !!! 

Thank you to 

Our wonderful sponsor for this week at 

is
  Pile It On Challenges

                          is  A Day for Daisies (http://adayfordaisies.com/stamps/) 
                                                                      Prize: $12 GC

Sketch I followed : 

Recipe ~

Inspired by the sketch from

http://kuzjaluda.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post.html

Silhouette

Sparkle N Sprinkle ~

Stamp Set #578 

Happy Birthday 

Mediterranean Star EP429

Vintage EP329

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

brushed corduroy

Hero Arts

Pool Ink

Challenges 

Docerla Creations - Use Something New ( new stamp set and EP)

Frosted designs Friday Challenge- Polka Dots

Sister Act Card Challenges - #40 Anything Goes

Stampin' for the weekend - Happy Birthday

2CreativeChicks- #10 Anything Goes

Silhouette Challenges - #9 Anything Goes (Circle doilies)

Simon Says Stamp - Embossing

Sisterhood of crafters- Use a new product ( New inks, and stamps)

Pile it On Challenge !

Hello everyone, this is my second post for the day ,
(if you are looking for my Cupcake Inspirations Challenge post please
click here )
 as you know I am also part of the wonderful design team at
  Pile it On Challenges ,
and this week our challenge is for you to create a card with the theme "Just Because" ,
 no birthday or holiday , basically a card made just because .
Thank you so much to our fantastic sponsor this week ,
Inky Impressions . 

We look forward to seeing what you create .

I thought it would be perfect to use the quick shape cards from My Scrap Chick , along with some embossing with SNS stamps and embossing powders . Both cards for today were very easy to put together , and I love the design of each . I hope you enjoy and join us at both challenges . 

Wishing you a fun and creative week ! 

I was inspired by the flowers and the banner of the this picture . 

I love these colors together , so much so that I plan on making a layout as well . 

Challenges 4 Fun  ~ 

Silhouette Challenges - #9 Anything Goes 

2 creative chicks-#10 Anything Goes 

Brown Sugar -  #75 Use Ribbon or twine

Card Makin' Mamas - CMM78 Anything Goes 

Simply Create Too - #52 Anything Goes 

Sister Act Card Challenge #38 Anything Goes

Time4Scrap- #31 Any Color with Gold or Silver 

Crazy 4 Challenges - C4FC217 Photo Inspiration( I was inspired by the flowers  and banner ) 

Creative Moments - #33 Anything Goes 

Color Q - #222 Color challenge ( Gray, Gold, Black and white )

Crafty creations - #253 Anything Goes 

Recipe ~

My Scrap Chick ~ 
Quick cards 

Sparkle N Sprinkle ~

Stamp Set #497 Swirls ,
Vanilla Ice EP 265,
Ebony Spark EP382

PIO #48 P is for . . . . . .

Pile It On #48 - P is for... [Week 2]

The Pile It On Challenge is having its yearly December-long challenge, this year with the theme P is for...! Use at least one item/theme starting with "P" and let us know what you used.

This challenge will actually run 5 weeks, December 1 - January 4. You can enter as many times as you like, providing it is a new challenge made with our rules in mind.

This challenge is sponsored by our friends at Jellypark, who are giving 2 images to the winner!

 

 

 

P is for pink , princess , pearls

 

 

 

 

 

 

Challenges for Fun :

Polkadoodles-Make a Gift For Christmas  

Totally Paper Crafts #196 - Anything Christmassy but a card 

Delightful Challenges - You're a Gem (I used pearls) 

Divas By Design - Feeling Festive 

Paper Crafting Journey - It's Christmas Time

Creatalicious - Christmas Time

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Clear It Out - Anything Goes (Christmas frame )

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Crafting with Dragonflies #16 - Christmas Ornament 

Pile it On Challenge #44 Animals with Character

Happy Sunday Everyone !!

I have been having such a fun and busy weekend , Friday was my husbands and I 19 year anniversary of when we first became boyfriend/girlfriend , it is such an important date for us . Today I am sharing a quick tri fold card from Birds cards that I made for our challenge at PIO , we ask that you use animals with character . Our sponsor for this week is Oak Pond Creations . The winner will receive 3 digital images from their etsy store ! Cant wait to see what you create !

I chose the image with the foxes, as you know I have never worked with digital images before I became a part of the Pile it On Design Team in August ! So , I have lots and lots to learn from all of the amazingly talented ladies out there that color their images . Please bare with me , I had fun , I ended up deciding to use color pencils . I couldn't get the look I was going for with my markers , ( I still wasn't 100 satisfied with the end result ) . But I went forward with it , I used the trees from My Scrap Chick Happy Tree Forest and added some texture with the brown hay / layer . I hope you enjoy and make sure to check out what the rest of the wonderful designers made (they are very talented )!

 

 

Recipe ~ Birds card , Silhouette, Oak Pond Creations ,

 

My Scrap Chick Happy Tree Forest ,
Sparkle N Sprinkle Flourishes Stamp Set#516 ,
 Embossing Powders ~
Brown FizzEP381, Spring WillowEP388, Moss EP418

Challenges 4 Fun ~

Craftin' Desert Divas - Linky Party "Anything Goes "
Crafty Hands Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
Challenges4Everybody - #32 Anything Goes
Created With Love - CWLC 64 Anything Goes
Card Crafter Circle - Challenge #99 Cute Cards
The Male Room - #7 Nature
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

 

Happy birthday Sunday !

 

Good morning everyone !!!

Today I am wishing my son David a very happy Birthday !!!

I wanted to share this haunted easel card I made from My Scrap Chick ! It is also time for a new challenge at Pile it On Challenges , we ask that you make a Halloween / day of the dead Cute and Creepy project ! We are sponsored by Dilly Beans Stamps, and one lucky participant will receive 3 digital images of their choice ! I loved this image the moment I saw it, she is the right combination if spooky and cute !

This card was so easy and fun to put together , I love the layers and of course that it is an easel card (one of my favorite type of cards to make )! I embossed on the layers with my Sparkle N Sprinkle Flourishes stamp set and embossing powders .

Hope you enjoy , have a wonderful day !

 

Recipe ~

My Scrap Chick Haunted Easel Card

Dilly Beans Digital Image

 Sparkle N Sprinkle~

Sparkle N Sprinkle Flourishes Stamp Set#516  ,

Embossing Powders~

Black Detail EP171,

Gilded Ivory EP267, 

 

Challenges 4 Fun ~

2Creative Chicks- Spooktacular Linky Party

Jo's Scrap Shack -FFC Anything Goes

Craftin'Desert Divas - Halloween Linky Party

Parade Your Crafts -Halloween

Cameo Creations Challenge - Halloween

 2 Sisters - Halloween Colours

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Crafting for All Seasons - Too Cute to Spook
Crafter's Cafe - Cute
Crafty Sentiments - Halloween
Cut It Up - Hallowe'en/Day of the Dead
Hiding in my Craft Room - Colour It
Papertake Weekly - Happy Halloween Hues