The Character Cafe's Feature Friday

Good morning, hope all is well with you. This morning I have a card for the first Feature Friday from The Character Cafe. Each week there will be a "Work it Wednesday" and a "Feature Friday". On Wednesday's 1 member of the design team will showcase a "style" for you. And on Friday the rest of the design team will be showing you their projects. The "Work it Wednesday" will begin on July 1st, so don't miss it. Today I chose the Cupcake Pewter image to work with. I'm not usually into skunks, but you have to admit that He is adorable. I had so many ideas going around in my head when I started this, but as the day went on, it got more and more simple. Hope it's not to simple for you. I kinda like the simpleness-lol! I used purple CS by Bazill, and the polka dot dp is Making Memories, the purple dp is DCWV. I added a couple of primas and voila-here he is! I colored him with copics, and bic's. I added crystal effects to his nose and the frosting. His white stripe is stickles. Thanks for looking and don't forget to check out the other design team member's blog's for their wonderful work! Have a great day!

Squigglefly Challenge #7

Good morning, hope all is well with you. This week on the squigglefly challenge blog, Kim has given us the challenge of doing the "out of the box" technique. If your saying "what the heck is that" as I was Here is the tutorial. I thought this was going to be so hard, but it was very easy. So for this card I used Squigglefly image: Brokenteddy. I used a sketch from the Sketch Saturday Blog. The blue CS is Bazill Bling, and the gingham dp is making memories, the stripe is DCWV. I cut the bear out with my nesties. I added button to the corners, and class a peel stickers to the top. I colored the image with my prisma color pencils. The sentiment is hand written and says "Get Well Soon". Hope you like it and thanks for looking. I'll be back tomorrow with The Character Cafe Feature Friday entry.

A Squigglefly Wedding Set

Good morning, hope all is well with you. I can't believe I haven't posted anything since Thursday. The Character Cafe' had their blog hop going until yesterday, so I wanted to leave that post until then. And, I'm not the smartest in figuring out things, I know that their is a way to leave a post at the top, but I don't know how to do it. So I thought this would just be easier. So, on to today's post. I made both of these for a contest at Squigglefly, so I didn't want to post them until it was over. But here they are. I kinda went with a wedding theme, and of course I was stuck on the whole black, pink, silver thing. The card is made with the "Beautiful Wedding: Sweet Dress" image. And the journal is made with the "Wedding Bliss: Beautiful Cake" image. They are both so much fun to color. And can be very versatile. They don't have to be used for a wedding theme, you could use them for lots of things. Prom, baby shower, bridal shower, the possibilities are endless. If you haven't checked out Squigglefly recently, go over right now. They've been adding new image all the time. Thanks for looking, and have a great day.

The Character Cafe' Blog Hop

Good evening, and welcome to THE CHARACTER CAFE' BLOG HOP! Let me start by saying that if you didn't get here by way of Colleen's Blog, please go back there. You will need to start at the beginning of our hop in order to collect the code for the discount and be eligible for the prizes. You will also need to leave a comment on every one's blog. The first stop on the hop is The Character Cafe' Design Team page. There you will meet the new design team. And get the first piece of the code. You will need to have the code in the correct order to use it. And don't forget to check out the Cafe' Store to purchase the new releases.

I was given "Fairy Nissa" as my first image to play with. And what a perfect choice for me. Isn't she adorable. I was secretly hoping that they would give me this one-hehe! I decided to go a little darker with her, but had to use pink too. I colored her with copics and added a little stickles to give her some sparkle. I tried out a new type of card for this one too. This one opens at the top, like an envelope. I did the inside with this one too. I just added some black paper, and a little cherry. Thanks so much for playing along.

Here is my part of the code-"6". You don't use the quotations, although I'm sure you guys know that. I myself would probably try to use them if I hadn't been told. So, I'm just being clear-lol.

Now you need to go to Stephanie's Blog to see her great creation and get the next piece of the code.

Squigglefly Challenge 6

Good morning, hope all is well with you. I've been having a heck of a time getting this to post! I'm ready to scream! Ok, enough of that. This week on the Squigglefly Challenge Blog we were asked to use Black, Pink, one color of our choice, 2 flowers, and 2 brads. Now for me this was the easiest challenge ever. This is my absolute favorite color combo, and these were the colors of my wedding. Including the Silver that I picked as my other color. The name of the image I used is: Madison and Popples. Isn't it too cute? I colored her with my Bic Mark It's and Copics. I used a glitter gel pen for the silver. I cut her out and matted her with nesties. All CS is DCWV, the dp is making memories, and the silver vellum-well, I have no idea. I used a corner punch to my dp into. The flowers are prima, and the glitter brads are bo bunny. The ribbon is from Joann's, and the bling is Kaiser Scrapbok. If you haven't visited Squigglefly, you really should. They just released a bunch of new images, besides all the other ones. They are a digital company, with great prices. Thanks for looking, and hope you like it.

My Grafico Challenge

Good evening, hope all is well with you. This card is for the My Grafico Challenge. I just found this blog, I've seen the website before and they have very cute images. This week was to use one of these birds that they were actually giving away free. Isn't it cute? When I first saw this little bird, I immediately thought of fibers for her tail. Because of the fibers everywhere I kept the rest of the card very simple. I used a circle card template from The Cutting Cafe'. They have some awesome digital images and card templates. I used copics to color the little bird, added some purple ink around the edges and finished it off with a little bit of stickles. Hope you like it and thanks for looking.

A Whimsy Doodles Creation

Good morning, hope all is well with you. Today I have a card made with an adorable image from Whimsy Doodles. If you haven't seen these before, then you need to go right away. She has the cutest images. And alot of them are turtles, what could be better. This image is called "This bud's for you". I printed out several of these and then re sized some too. The idea here was to make a mom and her babies. See the 4 babies? That's how many I have. Actually I've had this idea for awhile, since this is going to be my new tattoo. Although I'm not using this turtle, but a sea turtle. So, when I started working with this image, I thought how perfect to put my idea on a card. What do you think? I colored with my copics. The sketch is from card patterns, challenge #18. I made the card long in order to fit all my cute little turtles. The CS is DCWV, and the dp is Creating Keepsakes. I used my corner rounder to add the scallop edges. I used Crystal Stickles to go around the scallops and to highlight the roses. The ribbon is from Michael's and the bling is also from Michael's. Hope you like it and thanks for looking. I'll be back tomorrow with the Squigglefly challenge, so come back and join in the fun.

Sabrina's Card

Good afternoon, hope all is well with you. Today I'm sharing a picture of my daughter Sabrina with a card that she made all on her own. She used a digital image from Victoria Case Designs. She loves these images, and decided to make a card for her Grandma with it. I was working on my stuff and she pulled out a TV tray and got busy on her own little thing. Isn't it adorable, I think she did a great job!! Have a wonderful day!

Around The House SS Challenge

Good morning, hope all is well with you. Today's card was made for our DIVA'S SS challenge. Julie gave us the challenge last week to make a card with something from "around the house". I decided to use buttons, because I couldn't think of anything else. The image is from a clear Inkadinkadoo set. I stamped it in black staz-on, and colored with copics, MS glitter marker, and Xmas Red Stickles. The card base is "Black Tie" DCWV, the dp is also DCWV, and the red is from a value pack at Michael's. I inked the edges in silver by colorbox, and added 3 buttons with silver glitter glue in the middle of them. Hope you like it, and thanks for looking.

Bella Tag

Good afternoon, hope all is well with you. Today I have a Bella tag. I did these tags for a swap on SCS. This particular Bella is called Snowbunnybella. Isn't she cute?! The tags were very simple. I colored the image with copics, MS glitter markers, and stickles. The CS is from Michael's value pack, and the dp is DCWV stack. I used an eyelet with fibers through it for the top. And added some jewels to the corner. Thanks for looking, hope you like it.

Squigglefly DT Challenge #5

Good morning, hope all is well with you. Today's card is for the Squigglefly DT challenge #5. This week was a color challenge. We were to use: Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Breeze, and Pink Pirouette. Well, I don't have Stampin' Up colors, so I got as close as I could. The image is actually a freebie from Squigglefly. Isn't it beautiful?! I colored with my prisma color pencils and blended with the colorless blender pencil. The green CS is DCWV, the blue is from Michael's value pack, and the dp is Making Memories. I added some crystal stickles, and the ribbon is from my stash. I kept it very simple today. To play along with the DT, go to the sqigglefly blog-Here. Hope you like it and thanks for looking. I forgot to add that this is also for the Our Creative Corner sketch challenge.

Red, White, and Blue Challenge

Good morning, hope all is well with you. I've finally finished my red, white, and blue challenge. This challenge was given to us by Jennifer from The Design D.I.V.A.S. blog group. This challenge was given to us quite awhile ago, but I've been so far behind. I'm finally getting caught up. I used the star card template from The Cutting Cafe'. I added some blue and red and striped stars on top. The image is from Scrapsmart. If you've never been there, you should check it out. They have wonderful vintage images available for immediate download. I outlined with silver glitter glue, and a Martha Stewart silver glitter marker. I added 2 star buttons tied with embroidery thread. Thanks for looking, hope you like it.

Designing DIVAS challenge

Good morning, hope all is well with you. I've finally finished a challenge that was given to us quite awhile ago. The challenge was to make an altered item with a holiday theme. Well for Mother's Day this year, I'm so behind. Oh well, my mom does expect this of me. But, I have felt very bad about this taking so long. I knew what I wanted to do, just wasn't sure how to go about it. I finally got it done yesterday. I had this digital photo frame and thought it would be a great gift for my mom with pictures of the kids in it. One problem, it was an ugly white plastic. I don't know about you, but I don't like ugly white plastic things. And I know that my mom doesn't. I used her favorite color-green, and threw in my fav color-pink. I primered the frame first, and then added 2 coats of paint. I sponged on pink-just to give it a little highlight. I then added a coat of glitter paint. I glued the flowers to the bottom, and in the middle of the flowers are pink crystal flower brads. I painted a chipboard flourish with the same pink, and added some glitter to it. I used wire edge ribbon to go through the ugly holes on top and make a huge bow. I love how this turned out, and hopefully my mom will too. I love you Mom, and so sorry it's late!!! Sorry about the flash in the pictured, I couldn't get a good pic without it. Hope you like it, and thanks for looking.

2 Challenges In 1

Good afternoon, hope all is well with you. I've done 2 challenges in 1 for this card. And I actually did 2 cards yesterday(what the heck?). My husband took all 4 kids cat fishing last night, and I had the whole night to myself. All I can say is WOW! That was so nice. So this card is for the Cupcake Craft Challenge. The challenge this week was to use a fairy. Well since I just received my Bella order with my new Ketto's in it, I had to use one of those. This is Agnes Ketto, isn't she adorable?! I used a sketch from the Mojo Monday Challenge. Therefore the 2nd part of the challenge. All paper is DCWV, the dp is from the Far East stack. The black is Black Tie Bling. I colored my image with copics. I cut everything out with my nesties from 7kidscollegefund. They have great prices on these. The sentiment is from Impression Obsession. The grossgrain is from the dollar store and the cream and gold ribbon is from Michael's. The flowers are kaiser scrap, with the center flower from a dollar pkg. The butterfly is from my stash. I used crystal stickles to outline everything. And the jewels are from Michael's also. Hope you like it, and thanks for looking.

A House Mouse Birthday

Good afternoon, hope all is well with you today. Well, I started making this card last week for the House Mouse Monday Challenge. I had lots of stuff to do last week and didn't get it finished until today, but here it is. The challenge last week was to make a birthday card. I used the image I got from my mom, isn't it cute?! I colored with prisma pencils and blended with the colorless prisma blender pencil. I added pink glitter to the frosting. The edges are inked with anna griffin brown ink. All CS is DCWV, and all dp is DCWV from the sweet stack. The ribbon is from Wal-mart. I used a fiskars border punch, and added 3 dew drops on top. Hope you like it and thanks for looking. This weeks' challenge is: Wedding/Anniversary. Go check it out and play along, it's alot of fun.

Squigglefly Challenge #4

Good morning, hope all is well with you. This morning I'm posting my DT challenge card for Squigglefly. Our team leader gave us a sketch to work with and this is what I came up with.

You can find all of the DT's entries Here. I used the image Turtle Taxi, isn't it adorable! I love turtles so this image was perfect for me. All paper is DCWV. I used my nesties to cut out the circles. I colored the image with my copics. The ribbon is from my stash, and the jewels are from Michael's. Hope you like it and thanks for looking.

Box and ATC challenge for D.I.V.A.S. SS

Good morning, hope all is well with you. I'm posting 2 different things in 1 this morning, because of course I'm behind. The first picture is of the box that I made for the challenge about 2 weeks ago. It's called a no adhesive box and you can find the tutorial Here. It's really easy and I think very cute. I used a stamp for the top that I actually bought for my mom, but used really quick-hehe. I embossed it in silver and sponged the edges in black, and then added glitter glue around it. I added a eyelet and ribbon and Voila'. The next picture is of our latest challenge to do an ATC. I posted this challenge because I've always wanted to do one. Then when I started doing it, I realized I've pretty much done one when I made some tags. Oh well, it was fun. The image is from Pink Petticoat, and it's a freebie. I used all scraps on this, I was so happy. I decided yesterday to go through my scraps, and OMG, there is way too many. I colored with copics and bic's. Hope you like them, and thanks for looking.

A Birthday Card and an Announcement!

Good morning, hope all is well with you. Our second SS challenge was to make a birthday card for our SS. So, here is mine. I used an image that I got from my mom, so I'm not sure what it is exactly. I colored the image with copics and shimmerz. I cut it out with my nesties. I used a sketch from Our Creative Corner. I distressed the edges of the pink dp. I added some yellow dew drops, and some cute ribbon with a bow, and Voila. I hope she likes it, thanks for looking.
Oh, my announcement-I almost forgot. I was chosen to be on the squigglefly design team. This is my first design team and I'm so excited.

Altered Notebook

Good evening, hope all is well with you. WOW! This is my second post today. Can you believe it? I made this notebook for a swap that I'm in. The image is a digital image from BeccaKay. She has darling images, you really should check it out. The red paper is from Michael's value pack. The black stripe is DCWV, the black polka dot is Making Memories, and the red heart paper is We R Memory Keepers. I cut out the image with my nesties, and also used a scallop oval behind it. I scalloped the side pieces with a corner rounder. I added 3 white buttons tied with embroidery thread. And to finish it off, I tied it with big polka dot ribbon. Hope you like it and thanks for looking.

Sweethearts

Good morning, hope all is well with you. This is a card I made for the Card Pattern Sketch Blog. The sketch is from week 13. I went with much lighter colors on this than I usually do. The image is called 50's Sweethearts from The Greeting Farm. If you haven't seen these images, you really should check them out, they are adorable. I used Copic markers to color the image, added some ribbon and some glitter flower brads from Making Memories. Hope you like it and thanks for looking.

The Next Level

Good morning, hope all is well with you. I've just discovered a new challenge blog. It's called The Next Level. I learned about it from Sue at Sue's Sentiments. If you go check them out they are giving away some blog candy as well. Have fun-good luck!

Card Pattern Sketch #14

Good evening, hope all is well with you. Tonight I have a card made with the Card Pattern Sketch. I just learned about this blog from Sue at Sue's Sentiments. They do a different sketch every week, if you haven't checked it out, you really should. So, I saw this sketch, and knew that for me it would be a little challenging. I'm not used to using small stamps or spaces. I was also inspired by the colors that I used from another blogging friend, but for the life of me, I can't remember who it was or where. I'm so sorry!!! But, when I saw her card, I fell in love with it. It was all browns with a touch of red. I used a little more red, but really like the results. The stamps are from Hanna Stamps. It's called Cafe' Hanna. I used DCWV cs in brown bling, the dp was in my stash, so I don't know who it's by. I used my scallop nesties for the squares, and a 1" punch for the small square. I used the same tan cs from the squares to cut the bottom strip and scalloped it with a corner rounder. The buttons are from the bag o buttons from Joann's. I used hemp twine to tie the centers. I inked the edges of the squares and scallop piece with cranberry color box ink. The images are stamped in Timber Brown Staz-On. I also distressed the edges with my scissors. Hope you like it, and thanks for looking.

Another Award!!!

Good afternoon, hope all is well with you. I've been given another award. This one was given to me by Dru at Garden of Dreams. Thank you so much mom! I'm very honored to receive this. Now, I'm supposed to pass it on to 7 ladies. This part is so hard for me. So here it goes:
Amy-Not Just Another Stampin Blog
Julie-Special Craft Mom Of 4
Carmen-Queentomas
Katy-K's Card Creations
Martha-Creating Is Fun
Kristi-Addicted To Crafting
Jennifer-Just Coffee Please
So, ladies have fun and enjoy. Have a wonderful day.

An Award!!!

Good afternoon, hope all is well with you. I've been given an award from Sue at Sue's Sentiments. This is the Good Karma Award. I've made so many new friends from the blogging world. I also belong to 2 blog groups that have amazingly talented women in them. I'm supposed to give this award to 7 people, and it's so hard. The following statement is the meaning of this award. “These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind of bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers” So I've decided on the following people:
Joanne-Sleepy in Seattle
Michelle-Living Life...Crafting When I Can
Jackie-Kreate With Me 2
Vicki-It's A Stamp Thing
Sharon-Sherberts Creation
Lesly-Stamp Yourself Silly
Molly-Miss Molly Creations
So, ladies have fun, and you all so deserve it. One last thing HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU WONDERFUL MOTHERS OUT THERE!!!

Designing D.I.V.A.S SS challenge 1

Good afternoon, hope all is well with you. I've finally finished my secret sister challenge. I had it all in my head yesterday, but wasn't feeling good, and it kinda got put on the back burner. So now it's done. Our challenge was to use flowers as many flowers as we could. I thought it was going to be hard, but it was actually pretty easy. I used my new DCWV paper stack. It is Fun in the Sun Glitter Stack. I actually love all of the paper in here, it's gorgeous!!! The CS is also DCWV bling line. The stamp is a new set I got at Joann's the other day. It's called Wild Daisy Rd. by Heidi Grace. I embossed it with copper embossing powder. I just won a set of Creamy Mettalic Chalks by Pebbles Inc. I used one of those to go around the white on the flower. The got sent to me really quick, and I totally love them. They are great, they don't "fly" away like regular chalks. They are beautiful! The flowers are from different sets I've been buying. The center of the flowers is a flower jewel from Heidi Grace. I used my nesties to cut out the main panel. Hope you like it, thanks for looking.

Doodle Palace Design Card

Good evening, hope all is well with you. This card is made with a digital image from the Doodlepalace. Isn't this puppy the cutest? As soon as I saw this image I thought of a little boys birthday. I don't have very many "boy" images, so I was so glad when I found this. The card stock is DCWV bling, the CS is also DCWV from the "Nana's Kids" stack. I colored the image with copics. I also added some stickles to the bubbles. The buttons are from Joann's value packs, and tied with embroidery thread. I slightly used a sketch from Mojo. I just left out a part. Hope you like it and thanks for looking.

Mojo Monday Card

Good Saturday morning, hope all is well with you. I've finished card that I was dreaming about. I actually finished a couple of days ago, but have not had a chance to post until now. I used a sketch from the Mojo Monday Sketch Blog. This is the first time I've used one of their sketches and it was so much fun. The image is from Whiff Of Joy. I got it in a swap on SCS. So I'm sorry I don't know the name of it. I cut her out using my nesties that I got from 7kidscollegefund. If you haven't checked out her store, you really should. She has just about everything, and great prices too. I used Tangelo DCWV cardstock. The DP is My Mind's Eye. It is double sided and I used both sides. The trim I found in a thrift store in Lake Tahoe when I went to visit my mom. I used Frosted Lace Sticles around the corners. And the buttons are from those bags you can get at walmart or Joann's. I also used my small scallop nestie on the circle. I colored the image with my prisma pencils and used the colorless blender with them. Her bracelet and the 3 dots on the side of the card are Liquid pearls. This is my first time using those, and I love them. I used Orange Peel and Crystal sticles to accent in different places. Sorry the picture isn't the best. I usually take my pictures outside, but the weather here is horrible right now, so this will have to do. Hope you like it, thanks for looking. Have a wonderful day.