Christmas Fairy - CCC #51

Hi friends!  Did you survive Thanksgiving?  I've been a bit under the weather since then - some kind of icky sinus stuff.   I just hope that it's going to be gone by Christmas holiday.

It is time for another Creative Card Crew challenge.  The theme for this challenge is to use Poinsettia or Holly on your card.  Our fabulous sponsor is Delicious Doodles.

You could be the winner of 4 free Digi's.  You really need to check out her shop.

Here is my card for this challenge.

Materials Used:

• Image - Delicious Doodles - Holly Fairy
• Sentiment - Stampin Up - Pines & Poinsettias
• Cardstock - Xpress It Blending Card; Stampin Up - Garden Green; Cherry Cobbler
• Designer Paper - My Mind's Eye - Vintage Christmas
• Accessories - Nestabilities Large Circle Die; Scallop Circle Die; Recollections - Red flowers; Petaloo - Green flower; Martha Stewart - Leaf Branch punch; Wink of Stella - glitter brush markers - yellow and gold
• Copic Markers - B0000; Skin, E50, E51, E53; Hair, E13, E15, E18; Holly, G07, G46; Berries and Lips, R46, R89

 I hope that you'll come join us.  Pop on over to the blog and see what the rest of the Crew has been up to.  You might be the winner or one of the Perfect 3.  Good luck.

Autumn Bambi

Good morning and Happy Sunday. It's December 1, and I have another card for you today.  Double Trouble!  LOL!  This one is for Sunshine Mail Foundation.  If you're not familiar with them, please check it out.  The cards that are made go to the Foundation to be given to children in need. 

The theme for this time is Anything Goes!  Super easy. Our Sponsor is : Deasy Design. To play along with us all you need to do is:  Make a card with the theme above and send it to Sunshine Mail so it can brighten a child’s day. The challenge will end on Dec. 15th and a winner will be chosen at random to win digi’s from our sponsor.

Here is my card using Bambi.

Materials Used:

• Image - Deasy Designs - Bambi
• Cardstock - Stampin Up - Chocolate Chip, Really Rust; Xpress It Blending Card
• Designer Paper - American Crafts - Ready Set Go
• Accessories - Marvy circle and scallop circle punches; Ribbon from my stash
• Sketch - Mojo Monday 182
• Copic Markers - E04, E08, E09; E30, E31, E33, E35, E50, and R30

I didn't put a sentiment on the card yet.  Wasn't sure what I wanted to use, so I'll put it on the inside.

I am submitting this card for the following challenges:

2 Sisters Challenge - Anything Goes
Color Me Creative - Anything Goes
Inkspirational - Anything Goes
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Anything Goes
Delicious Doodles - Inspired by a Movie - Bambi
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Stampin With the Dragon - Autumn Colors
Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
The Crafter's Cafe - Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky - Cute Critters
The Male Room - Little Boys and Babies
LEJ Designs -Buttons, Bows, or Beads
Oldie but a Goodie - Anything Goes - Ribbon is Oldie
Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes
Use It Tuesday - Anything Goes - Hoarded supply is ribbon

Merry Christ Mouse - OSAAT 192

Hi my friends and Happy Sunday after Thanksgiving.  Have you recovered from all the turkey and dressing and all those pies! We had a great family time, but I'm glad that it's all over. It gets pretty hectic with family in town. I luck out though because they all stay at my sister's house.  ;)

It's time for another challenge from OSAAT.    This week at One Stitch at a Time the theme is to Use a Digi - any project as long as you use a digi image.  Our sponsor this week is our own StitchyBear Digi Outlet with the prize of the complete set of images that the DT used in challenge #190.  To win the main prize you MUST use an Image from our store.  Runner up prize for a person using non-store image is $3 to spend in the StitchyBear Digital Outlet.  So everyone can win something. 

Here is my card.

Materials Used:

• Image - Stitchy Bear Digital Store - Floppy Latte Designs - Merry Chris Mouse
• Cardstock - Stampin Up Garden Green, Smoky Slate, Xpress It Blending Card
• Designer Paper - Basic Gray - 25th & Pine
• Accessories - Bazzill paper flower; Queen & Co. Rhinestones; Michael's - Sparkle Flourish; Stampin Up - Raspberry Ripplel Ribbon; Spellbinders Die; Classic Circle Die
• Copic Markers - B0000; E41, N0, N2, N4; R00, R01, R24, R46, R59; 0; 100

Now it's your turn.  Pop on over to the OSAAT challenge blog and see what the other Design Team member have to inspire you.  I hope you'll join us this week.  I look forward to seeing what you create.

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge -  Winter Wonderland
Basic Gray- - Happy Christmas
Crafty Calendar - All Things Christmas
Tme 4 Scrap - Christmas with an Animal
Jellypark Friends - Christmas
Jo's Scrap Shack - Get in the Spirit
Pattie's Creations - Christmas CARD
QKR Stampede - It's Starting to Look a Lot Like Christmas
Stempelsonne Challenge - Merry Christmas
Totally Papercrafts - Ho, Ho Holidays
Winter Wonderland - Christmas with a Mouse
4 Crafty Chicks - Christmas
Charisma Cardz - Christmas
Dream It Up - Holiday Celebrations
Crafting By Designs - Christmas/Winter
Fab 'n' Funky - Cute Critters
Rhedd and Rosie Challenge - Christmas is Coming

Indian Betty - SBS Fan Page Challenge

Hi friends and Happy Black Friday!  Are you all out there shopping til you drop or staying in where it's warm and cozy.  I'm NOT going Black Friday shopping at the Malls, but I will be going with my extended family to take part in an annual family tradition.  Every year we go to Old Town Spring in Spring, Texas.  They have all kinds of shops and we walk around outside and visit as many of them as we can.  There are a few that are on the must go to list.  Then there is always lunch at Puffabelly's.  If I had time, I'd post a photo.  Maybe later when I get home.  It's always fun and we have over 20 of us that go.  This year that includes my older brother and his wife who came in from New Jersey to celebrate with us after about 8 years.

Getting to the job at hand.  I don't have time this morning to get all the details down for this challenge, but I wanted to get my blog post up so I could attach it to the challenge.  I will come back later and fill in all the missing details.

Materials Used:

• Image - Simply Betty Stamps - Little Indian Betty\
• Sentiment - Stampin Up - 
•  Cardstock - Xpress It Blending Card; Stampin Up - Real Rust, Ultrasmooth Vanilla
•  Designer Paper - Authentique - Thankful
• Accessories - Ribbon and feathers - from my stash; My Favorite Things - Border Die
• Copic Markers - BG0000, BG01; Hiar - C5, C7, C9; Skin - E11, E13, E15, E04; Lips - R89; Shadow E000, E01; Bow - E47; R43, R46; Dress & Shoes - E31, E33, E35; BG01; Trim - YR02, YR07; Feathers in Hair - YR01, YR02, YR07; YG61, YG63, YG67.

I'm submitting this card for the following challenges:

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Stampin With the Dragon - Autumn Colors
Crafty Girls Challenges - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
The Crafter's Cafe Challenge - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Simply Betty Stamps Fan Page Challenge - Indian Betty  - Use feathers
Use It Tuesday - Hoarded item - Feathers
Anonymous Stamps - Anything Goes
Card Mania - Autumn Colors
Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes
Melonheadz Friends - Fall Colors
Paper Playtime - Anything Goes
Stamp and Create - Feathers or Leaves

Sweet Day - CCC No. 50

Hi my friends!  Happy Tuesday. I hope your plans for the Thanksgiving holiday are all set.  I'll be spending time with my sister's family and our extended family.  It's always a fun time.  We do lots of family activities over the Thanksgiving holiday.

Well, something new has been added to my blog that has a connection to my recent Copic workshop Dallas trip.  I met Mari at the workshops.  Mari is the owner of the Creative Card Crew Challenge blog.  While at the workshops, she invited me to apply for her DT for Creative Card Crew and I really wasn't sure that I would have the time to be on another Design Team so I told her probably not.  But after I got home and checked it out, I decided that it would be a fun group to be associated with, so I did apply and she accepted me!  This is my first card for them and the theme is Anything Goes with Sweet Treats! How fun.  I loved using this cute stamp and creating my card.

Ingredients:

• Image - Lili of the Valley - Surprise
• Sentiment - MFT - Birthday Girl
• Cardstock - Stampin Up - Bashful Blue and Blushing Bride; Xpress It Blending Card
• Designer Paper - DCWV - The Sweet Stack
• Accessories - Flowers ; Flourish Die; SU Large Oval Punch; Martha Stewart - Leaf Branch Punch
• Copic Markers - B21, B41, B52; E000, E00, E01, E21, E23, E41, E43, E44, E47, E71, E74, E77, E79; R81, R83, R85; Y19; W10

Our sponsor for this fortnight is the fabulous Scrapping Center.

Prize: $15 Gift Voucher to the Scrapping Center.

Pop on over to the Creative Card Crew Challenge Blog and check out what the rest of the Design Team has created for your inspiration then come join in the fun, get inky, and you might be the lucky prize winner for this time.

I am submitting this to the following challenges:

Everybody-Art-Challenge - Pink and Brown

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Anonymous Stamps - Anything Goes

Artistic Inspiration challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes

My Craft Creations - anything Goes

Ooh-la-la Creations - Birthday

Paper Playtime - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Scribble & Scrap Crafts - Anything Goes

Colour Me Creative Challenge - Anything Goes

Just some Lines - 3 or more embellishments

Paper Creators Crafts - Birthdays

Newspaper Man - OSAAT 190

Hi my friends! I hope you're doing well.  We had a little bit of a cold spell this week, but it has warmed up again.  Well, in spite of a flat tire and getting lost and driving round and round for an hour, I had a great time last weekend.!  LOL!   I was up in Dallas at the Copic Color & Ink Workshops event.  We learned about so many different techniques using those Copic markers and reinkers.  It was also great to see Colleen Schaan again and to meet Cindy Lawrence, both super nice and seeing Colleen again was like meeting up with an old friend

This week at One Stitch at a Time the theme is to Use a Digi - any project as long as you use a digi image.  Our sponsor this week is our own StitchyBear Digi Outlet with the prize of the complete set of images that the DT used in challenge #188.  To win the main prize you MUST use an Image from our store.  Runner up prize for a person using non store image is $3 to spend in the StitchyBear Digital Outlet.  So everyone can win something.

Over the coming weeks or months, I'll be talking about some of the things that we learned at the workshops, as I hopefully incorporate them into my work.  On Friday night after all our workshops, we had a critique session with some of the ladies at the workshops along with Cindy and Colleen.  I tell you this because it impacts my card.  I took the image that I was working on for this card so that I could get some feedback on the coloring.  I wish I had taken a photo of it before because after I got home, I reworked it and it turned into the image I used on this card.

Knowing what it looked like before, I think it turned out pretty good on the second try.  And I'm really not so great at doing masculine cards.  I really think it needs something more, but couldn't figure out what.  The layout I used was SC388.

Materials Used:

• Image - Stitchy Bear - Pookie Designs - Daily News
• Sentiment - Stampin Up - Wonky Wishes
• Cardstock - Xpress It Blending Card; Stampin Up Cool Caribbean
• Designer Paper - Ki Memories - Metro Garden
• Accessories - MFT - Label Die
• Copic Markers - B0000, B000; C0; E34, E40, E41, E50, E51, E53, E55, E57, E59, E81, E84; Y23

Pop on over to the OSAAT challenge blog and see what the other Design Team member have to inspire you.  I hope you'll join us this week.  I look forward to seeing what you create.

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:
Hiding in my Craft Room - Use Die Cut
Paper Creators' Crafts - Birthday (inside says Happy Birthday)
Doodle Pantry Digital Doodles - Any Digi Goes
Natalie and Amy - For the Boys
Delicous Doodles - CAS
Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Totally Paper Crafts - CAS
4 Crafty Girls - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Use a Die Cut or Punch
Creative Moments - Anything Goes/CAS

Bird on a Branch

Happy November!  Hope you are having a great Sunday.  After a couple days of intense rain, the weather cleared off to beautiful Fall!

This week at One Stitch at a Time is Use a Digi - any project as long as you use a digi image.  Our sponsor this week is our own StitchyBear Digi Outlet with the complete set of images that the DT used in challenge #186.  There is also a runner up prize of $3 gift voucher.

I got to use this cute image from IKEsART - Great Tit Pine Cone

Materials Used:

• Image - Stitchy Bear - IKEsART - Grant Tit Pine Cone
• Sentiment - Stampin Up - 
• Cardstock - Xpress It Blending Card; Stampin Up Soft Suede and Garden Green
• Designer Paper - Basic Gray Origins
• Accessories - Ambergies Doily die cut; lace - We are Memory Keepers; Butterfly Punch; Pine Branch Die cut; Small Banner die; Nestabilities Circle Die Cut; Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts (2 tone Old Gold Aster Daisies); Yellow roses (Prima); White Flower Soft
• Copic Markers - T3, T4, T5, T6, T9; Y04, Y13, Y15; B0000, B000, E32, E35, E37

Pop on over to the OSAAT challenge blog and see what the other Design Team have to inspire you.  I hope you'll join us this week.  I look forward to seeing what you create.

I am submitting this card for the following challenges:

Brown Sugar Challenge - Things With Wings
Crafyhands Challenge - Anything Goes
Savvy Handmade Cards - Gone Batty (bird)
Crafty Girls Challenge - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Flutter By Wednesday - Any Winged Thing (Butterfly)
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes
Die Cuttin Divas - Must have a Die Cut
LEJ Designs Challenge - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes
Twisted Tuesday - Free for All - Anything Goes