I Did It Creations - Open Challenge

Hi there!  It is time for another challenge from I Did It Creations!  Thanks to those who participated in the Cute Cute Cute challenge!  Definitely a lot of cute creations out there!

First off, this will be my last week with the I Did It Creations team. I will miss all the gals on the team, especially Robyn the owner and Jeanette the Design Team Coordinator, who I have been with for a long time. Please keep supporting them, they are very talented and have amazing things to offer!

And now for this week's challenge.  It's an open challenge!  Create to your heart's content, whatever inspires you!  This week's challenge is sponsored by Fanyella, who has amazing designs. Check them out at the store here!

To enter the challenge, please review the guidelines below as they have been updated:

All entries are eligible to be in the draw for one digi image of your choice from the challenge sponsor. If the winner has used an image from the challenge sponsor the prize will be a $5.00 coupon.

Each week the images used by the DT will be available upon request as a freebie to use in the challenge. Please email jeanette_wtrs@yahoo.com with Freebie Request on the subject line.

Add the link to your project to the challenge blog by Thursday, August 19th midnight EST.

Here is my card with Fanyella's image "Hopscotch"

Supplies:

Bazzil cardstock

Best Creations Inc. designer paper

Hopscotch cut with Nestabilities petitie oval and petite oval scallop and colored with Copics E00, Y17, R20, RV06, W1, W3 and the colorless blender

Sakura glitter pen

May Arts ribbon

pink stick on gems from my stash

Come back Saturday for my guest designer appearance for The One Stop Card Challenge sponsored by I Did It Creations!

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Another Red, White and Blue Creation!

Happy 4th of July!  Hope you are enjoying the day!

This week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge is to use the colors red, white and blue!  So appropriate for celebrating 4th of July.  This was a pretty easy challenge, as I still had some paper left over from my 4th of July projects, but couldn't decide on which Penny Black image to use. :) 

Here is my card for the challenge using the cute kitty with balloons from the PB Bubbly set.

Supplies:

Red and blue Bazzil cardstock

Designer paper from Scenic Route

Sentiment from Best Crafts designer paper

May Arts ribbon

Corners cut from my EK Success punch

PB image cut, usiing my Nestabilities petitie oval and petitie oval scallop die-cuts, glittered with Sakura glitter pen and colored with Copics W3, R20, R35 and B28.  Also used At You Spica pens gold, red and sky blue for the balloons

Thanks for stopping by!

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Paper Patching Away

This week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge is called "paper patch." It is taking different pieces of paper and making a quilt of sorts on your project.  What  a great challenge!

I thought it would be difficult, but I was able to do the challenge and had so much fun!

Below is my card for the challenge:

 Supplies:

Bazzil cardstock

Designer paper from my stash, using a Jelly Roll black pen for the faux stitching and for the sentiments

Martha Stewart scallop punch

EK Success corner punch

PB's kitty from the Piece of My Heart collection, cut with my Nestabilities Labels die cuts and colored with Copics C3, W3, YR04, RV13, and the colorless blender

Sakura glitter pen

Thanks for stopping by!

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Summer time "blues" and moos. :)

I had a chance to participate in this week's La-La Land Crafts challenge.  Their challenge this week is to create something using the color blue as the focus color.  I originally had my card for their "summertime" challenge last week, but didn't finish in time.  So glad to use my card for their challenge this week.  I hope the shade of blue I chose is OK.  I would call it a "blue-green." 

Below is my card for the challenge:

Supplies:

Bazzil cardstock

Graphic 45 designer paper

La-La Land's new summertime image Summer Bill and Maya and the sentiment.  Bill and Maya were colored with the following Copic colors: E33, E37, E00, E70, Y17, BG23, W3 and the colorless blender

Nestabilities petitie oval and petitie oval scallop die-cuts

Sakura glitter pen

Thanks for stopping by!

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I Did It Creations Challenge - Christmas In June!

It's Friday!  Time for another I Did It Creations Challenge!  This week's challenge is a fun one.  With the months going by so fast, why not get into some holiday cheer!  That's right!  This week's challenge is to create something with a Christmas theme.

We are joined this week by Crafty Pad Stamp Designs.  Their designs are so adorable, I want them all!  Check out the store to see all their designs!

To enter the challenge, create a project that reflects that special holiday - Christmas.  And don't forget the magical colors of red and green as the main colors to use.  Leave a comment on the challenge blog with a link to your project (not your whole blog) by midnight EST Thursday, June 17th.

Here is the image and my card I created with Ted Posting His Letters:

 

  My stash of Christmas designer paper is nowhere to be found, so I decided to do a "no designer paper" card. :)  Haven't done one of those for awhile...

Supplies:

Bazzil cardstock

Cuttlebug snowflakes embossing folder

Martha Stewart border

Ted cut with Nestabilities labels die cuts and colored with the following Copic colors:

E37 and R37 with glitter from my Sakura pen

Hero Arts sentiment cut with Nestabilities petite oval and petite oval scallop die-cuts and inked with Memento Lady Bug ink

For more inspiration, be sure to check the rest of the team's creations:

Claudine

Faye
Glitterbabe
Jeanette - DT Coordinator
Nicole
Penny
Robyn - Owner
Stephanie AKA Stuffie

If you haven't been to the forum yet, what are you waiting for?!  Check out what the team is creating as well as see what fans are creating as well.

Thanks for stopping by!


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Tellen's Place Wednesday Challenge - Flowers

Happy Wednesday!  It's time for another challenge from Tellen's Place!  I can't believe April is just about over!  Where has the time gone?!

Just in time for Mother's Day, this week's challenge is flowers!  Your creation should have at least one flower.  So bring on the flowers - paper, felt, designed on paper, whatever!

To enter the challenge, create a new project using flowers.  You may use any image you like, but if you have any Tellen's Place images, why not show them some love. There may be a freebie for you to use this week on the challenge blog. :)  Or head on over to the store to see the images available for purchase. Add a direct link of your creation (not your whole blog) to Mr. Linky on the challenge blog.

Here is my card for the challenge:

I chose Mandy for the image.  Isn't she cute with all the flowers?

Cardstock is from Bazzil.  Designer paper is from Cosmo Cricket.  Love the two sided paper with the different flowers!  The ribbon is leftover wrapping from an Easter gift my daughter got from her aunt and uncle. :)  So many people have done the ribbon folding, so I gave it a try and winged it.  Turned out pretty good after a lot of glue. :)  The paper flowers are from Hero Arts.  The orange stick on pearls are from Michaels.  I used Copics to color Mandy.  Mandy was cut, using my Nestabilities large rectangle and large rectangle scallop die-cuts.  I added some orange glitter to Mandy's flowers, using my At You Spica orange pen.  I used my Sakura glitter pen for the scallop border.

Be sure to visit the rest of my team for some more inspiration:

Terry - wonderful owner
Jane
Joyce
Lyn
Pam
Robyn

Thanks for stopping by!  For all the mothers out there, Happy Mother's Day!

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One color!

Getting the creative juices flowing again!  Feels good to work on something to bring the creativity back again!

This week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge is called "Monochromatic Brown." Brown has to be the main color in the creation and all shades of brown are welcome!

Below is my card for entry to the challenge:

Supplies:

Bazzil cardstock

The Paper Loft designer paper

Image and sentiment from Penny Black's Flowers and Wishes set, inked with Versacolor White ink
Versacolor bark ink to "distress" the image

May Arts ribbon

Image cut with Nestabilities petitie oval scallop and petitie oval die-cuts

Corners cut with EK Success corner punch

Sakura glitter pen for some "bling" on the image

Thanks for stopping by!

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"Check" It Out - Two Challenges

I am combining two challenges, which are pretty fun.  I participated in the Penny Black Saturday Challenge and Mojo Mondays.

For this week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge, the challenge is "check it out."  Creation should have something with checkard prints such as paper or ribbon.

Here is the sketch I used for this week's Mojo Monday's challenge:

Here is my card for both challenges:

Cardstock is from Bazzil.  Designer paper is from Basic Grey's new collection kioshi.  The image is from Penny Black's In The Garden collection.  Ribbon is from May Arts.  The pearls are from my stash.

The image was cut, using my Nestabilities petitie oval and petite oval scallop.  I used my Sakura glitter pen to add some sparkle to the frame of the image. I colored the image with the following Copic colors:

C5, R20, Y3, Y11, Y15, R37 and the colorless blender

Thanks for stopping by!

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Tellen's Place Blog Hoppity Hop Hop!

 Are you ready to hop on down the bunny trail? Of course you are - that's why you're here - to get this "hop" started! So let's begin...

The Tellen's Place Divas have been hard at work, designing projects for the new images that you will also see posted on the Tellen's Place Designs store on Friday. These are special images for Easter and will be available for purchase until April 10th. You will find Edward and Ally all ready for this special day along with Jessica and a few other friends as they color their eggs and find them later.

Here is my card, introducing Easter Sophie:

Orange and pink cardstock is from Bazzil.  The designer paper is new from Pebbles.  I used my Martha Stewart scallop punch for the border and added some pink woven and felt ribbon from May Arts.  The buttons are from Basic Grey and the twine is also from May Arts.  The pink pearls are from my stash.

Easter Sophie was cut, using my Nestabilities petitie oval and oval scallop die cuts, decorated with my Sakura glitter pen and colored with the following Copic colors:

E35, E37, Y15, Y17, E00, R20, and W1

Our blog hop starts today (3/24) and will end on 3/26. One winner will have a choice of five of the TP images used by the designers for this special blog hop. There will be more than five images to choose from. How cool is that? Oh...I almost forgot to tell you - we have another fun part of this blog hop - a scavenger hunt! That's right - on each designer's blog, there is a secret highlighted word and you'll only need to remember each designer's word from her blog and send an e-mail to Terry (terry@tellensplacedesigns.com) with the correct word for each person. You know what, the winner will get a prize (see Tellen's Place for a picture of this grand prize).

So, two things to remember: (1) a prize to the winner just for hopping and leaving a comment on each blog, including Tellen's Place and (2) compile a list of the correct words you find highlighted on each designer's blog and e-mail that list to Terry to win a fabulous prize.

Now, if you arrived here from Tellen's Place, then you are on the right track. If not, please go back to Tellen's Place - that way you won't miss any of the scavenger hunt words or a chance for that second prize! To help you, here's the order of the blog hop:

Tellen's Place
Alicia
Mia
Joyce
Lyn
Robin
Pam
Terry

If you liked Easter Sophie in her Easter DRESS as much as I do, be sure to stop by Tellen's Place store to purchase her and check out the rest of the Easter images that will be available.

Now head on over to Mia's blog to see what she has in store!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Spring Colors

This week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge is to use spring colors!  Bring out the pinks, blues, greens, flowers, etc!  It was nice to get back into the groove of making cards and I had fun making this one.

Below is my entry:

The pink and green cardstock is from Bazzil.  The designer paper is from My Mind's Eye Quite Contrary collection. The critter is from PB's new collection In The Garden.  The critter was cut using my Nestabilities labels die cuts and colored with the following Copic colors:

E37, RV32, C5, and YG63

I also added in some glitter with my Sakura glitter pen.

I used my Martha Stewart border punch for the bottom of the card.  The twine and ribbon are from May Arts.  The buttons are from Basic Grey.  The pearls are from my stash.


Thanks for stopping by!

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A Spring In My Step

After battling stomach flu all weekend, it was great to get back into doing my paper crafts.  One of the challenges I wanted to do is from La-La Land Crafts.  This week's challenge is to use pastel colors in your entry. I was excited to use their new digi images from their new Easter collection that having the stomach flu wasn't going to stop me from participating!

Below is my card for the challenge:

The pink cardstock is from Bazzil.  The designer paper is from My Mind's Eye. I used my emery board to rough up the edges of the designer paper.

I used La-La Land Craft's Easter Bunny image for the card and colored the bunny with the following Copic colors:

YR0000, V0000, YG0000, R20 and W00

The sentiment is from Hero Arts, inked with Versa Color petal pink ink.  The sentiment was cut using my Nestabilities petitie scallop oval.  I added some sparkle with my Sakura glitter pen.The ribbon is from May Arts.  The pink butterfly is from Prima.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Robyn's Fetish Wacky Wednesday Freebie!

 Happy Wednesday!  Time again for another freebie from Robyn's Fetish!  This week's freebie is a cutie.  Meet Melinda the Mouse. :)  To get Melinda, go to the challenge blog.

Here is my card I created with Melinda:

 

 I wanted to create a card with a spring like theme.  Getting tired of all the rain. :)

Orange and red cardstock is from Bazzil.  The designer paper is from My Mind's Eye Penny Lane Collection.  Melinda was cut, using my Nestabilities large rectangle and large scallop rectangle die cuts.  I used the following Copic colors on Melinda:

C3, C5 (fur), RV32, R20, R08, Y17, R37, YG06, W1 and W3.  I also added some sparkle to the flower pot with my Sakura glitter pen and At You Spica orange pen for the orange flowers.

The sentiment is from Hero Arts, cut with my Nestabilities petite oval and petite scallop oval die-cuts. 

Ribbon and red stick-on gems are from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by!  See you Saturday for another great challenge from Robyn's Fetish!

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Robyn's Fetish - Wacky Wednesday

I am excited to present my first creation as DT member for Robyn’s Fetish. It is Wacky Wednesday and on Wednesdays a freebie digi image is given out to use to your hearts content.

Here is this week's cute freebie - Me and My Bear!



Here is the card I created with the image, inspired by my daughter, who carries around her stuffed Curious George everywhere. :)



The design of the card is taken from a sketch from Mojo Monday:



The cardstock is from Bazzil. The pink with white hearts designer paper is from American Crafts. The multi-colored hearts designer paper and sentiment are from K and Company. The ribbon is from May Arts.

The image was cut using my Nestabilities petitie oval and petitie oval scallop die-cuts. I colored the image with the following Copic colors:

E33, E35, E37, RV32, RV34, E00 and the colorless blender. I also added in some sparkle, using my At You Spica red pen for the girl's hearts on her dress. I used my Sakura glitter pen to decorate the oval scallop surrounding the image.

To get the Me and My Bear image, go to the challenge blog to pick up the image.

To see the other beautiful images Robyn's Fetish has to offer, visit the store.

Be sure to visit the other DT's blogs as well to see their wonderful creations:

Carina
Jeanette
Kristyn
Leanne
Meredith – Awesome DT Coordinator
Mia
Michele
Michelle
Robyn – Owner and wonderful leader
Sally
Stephanie
Suzanne
Wendy

Stop by Saturday for details on Robyn's Fetish Saturday challenge. Great prize up for grabs!

Thanks for stopping by!

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A "Sketchy" Creation To Choose From

This week’s Penny Black Saturday Challenge is to choose between two sketches DT member Nat created. Or you can do both if you feel like more of a challenge. If only there were more hours in the day, I would do both, but I ended up doing only one. Below are the two sketches to choose from:

Sketch #1



Sketch #2



I chose to do Sketch #2. Below is my entry:



The cardstock is from Bazzil. The designer paper is from My Mind's Eye Penny Lane Collection. The image, sentiment and mice feet are from the PB Micey Day collection, that I won from Guest Designer Debby from PB Saturday Challenge's Christmas Blog Hop. Thank you again Debby! The image was colored with the following Copic colors:

E33, Y17, R59, RV32 and the colorless blender.

The image was cut using my Nestie small circle and circle scallop die cuts. The sentiment was also cut with my Nestie small petite oval and oval scallop. I also sponged on some Versa Color sand beige ink on the image and sentiment. I used my Sakura glitter pen to add some glitter to the image.

I also added in some dew drops from The Robin's Nest.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Copic Happy!

This week I am participating in two challenges involving the Copic Markers, my favorite coloring tools! Both challenges were fun to do and the card I did was a quickie. :)

1) Copic Colour Challenge #46 - Below are the colors to use:



2) Copic Buzz - Use ribbon in the entry. Also, a really cute digi image from Cute Daisy Mae Digi Stamps was available to use for free if you wanted to, which I did. Below is my entry, using the free digi stamp from Cute Daisy Mae Digi Stamps:



The cardstock is from Bazzil. The designer paper is from a company called Personal Sentiments. I colored the image using the following Copic colors:

G00, RV32, B29, E21, E57, C5 and the colorless blender. I also used my At You Spica pen blossom and my Sakura glitter pen.

The flower gemstone is from Kaiser Scrapbook. The woven ribbon, blue ribbon and blue pearls are from my personal stash.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Last Christmas Card for 2009

As the saying goes: "All good things must come to an end." Hence, this week’s Penny Black Saturday Challenge will be the last time I will be creating a Christmas card for 2009. Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year and I am always sad when the holiday is over.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge is to use Christmas charms. Surprisingly, also being a jewelry maker, I don't own a lot of charms, particularly Christmas charms. So off I went to my local bead store and it was a good day to go. Their charms were half off! I picked up a bunch to have for next year, including the cute red Santa hat I used for my entry. :)

Below is my entry. I kept it on the CAS (clean and simple) side:



Red cardstock is from Bazzil. Designer paper is from Reminisce. The cute critter and sentiment are from PB's The Wonder collection. I colored the critter using the following Copic colors:

E00, C3, R37, R20, Y17, and the colorless blender

I also used the At You Spica garnet, lipstick and lemon pens, as well as my Sakura glitter pen for the critter and the decoration around the critter and sentiment.

I used my Nestabilities Label Two for the critter and the petite scallop oval for the sentiment. The sentiment was colored with Tsukineko's honeydew ink. The gold nailheads on the corner of the card are from my stash.

Happy New Year! Looking forward to more challenges from Penny Black Saturday Challenge in 2010.

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Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Christmas For the Guys!

This week’s Penny Black Saturday Challenge is titled "Christmas for the Guys." Basically, making something in Christmas fashion that has a masculine theme.

It is hard for me sometimes to come up with cards that are masculine so I thought this challenge would definitely be a challenge! I was able to find some paper I used recently and came up with my entry below:



The cardstock is from Core'dinations. I used two different patterned papers from GCD Studios. I cut them out with my Nestie small scallop and small square die-cuts. The dog is from Penny Black's Holly Day Critters collection, cut out with my Nestie label die-cut and colored with the following Copic colors:

R37, C5, YG63 and the colorless blender

I also added a little bit of glitter with my Sakura pen.

The woven ribbon is from May Arts and the brown pearls are from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by!

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"Stepping Up" Card

I am combining challenges this week and decided to do a different kind of greeting card. Below are the challenges I am participating in:

1) Copic Colour Challenge - Below are the colors to use:



2) La-La Land Crafts - Getting Punchy: Use any kind of punches in the entry

Below is my entry:



I am doing the Stair Step Fold Card for my entry this week. I wanted to do something different and saw this card on Split Coast Stampers. This tutorial is by Beate Johns and she did a wonderful explanation on creating this simple card. Click here to see the tutorial.

Below are the materials I used for the card:

Red cardstock - From my stash
Green cardstock - From my stash
Background paper - Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses
Nestabilities small scallop and small circle die cuts
Martha Stewart punches
Cuttlebug's snowflake embossed folder
American Crafts ribbon
Penny Black critter and sentiment from It's A Wonder stamp collection
Copics: R35, Y06, G02 (in place of challenge colors), E00, E33, RV13 and the colorless blender
Queen and Company winter brads
Sakura glitter pen
Pearl - from my stash

Thanks for stopping by!

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