Things with Wings at Dream Valley!

Well it seems that spring has finally decided to make an appearance around our parts!  I'm so excited!  In celebration of that we at Dream Valley would love to see wings on your project.  Things with wings is the official title.  Our sponsor for this winged challenge is Digital Delights with Louby Loo:

For my card I decided to do some emboss resist.  I embossed using one of my favorite Stampin' Up sets called Doodle This.  The flowers on the background are embossed in clear and then sponged over using Tempting Turquoise ink.  The finished product was also backed in tempting turquoise and then mounted on a white card.  

After finishing the layers it was time to add the wings!  I punched out these cute butterflies and glittered them up!  The butterflies are only adhered to the card by their bodies which allows the wings to elevate off of the card to add some dimension.

I hope you run on over to the Dream Valley blog and leave my awesome teammates some love!  Their creations are just SWEET!

Have a great week!

Mother's Day at Dream Valley

Here in the States Mother's Day rolls around in May, but in the UK it's coming right up!  Get a head start on those Mother's Day projects and link them up with Dream Valley and maybe you could be the lucky winner!

This fortnight we have two sponsors:

One Stop Card Crafts who is donating this voucher to the store:

And Crafty Ribbons who is donating a goodie bag of ribbons!

For my project I have used a Stampin' Up set called Doodle This.  The sentiment is from another Stampin' Up set, but unfortunately I can't find the name of the set!  EEK!  Can anyone help me?  The circle is cut out of a scrap of dp I had in my stash.  I really liked how the flowers could look like they were sprouting out of the flourish.  I also added the pink pearls to accent the pink in the flowers.

I would like to add this to the following challenges:

Craft Your Days Away - Mother's Day

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - use your stash

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Mother's Day 

Have a great week and don't forget to play along with us at Dream Valley!

My Final SSDS Challenge :(

Today is my final post for Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays.  Our DT term is up.  (Sniff)  I would like to thank Regina for the wonderful opportunity she has given me!  She is a doll to work with, and I will miss the rest of the team immensely as well!

This week we are looking for some kind of stitching on your project.  Our sponsor is Paper Cupcakes, who has kindly donated 2 free digis of the winner's choice!  Be sure to check them out!

For my project I have made a mini backpack.  You can find the template for it here.  The only modification I made to the directions was to stitch with my sewing machine before I added all the brads.  Well, my sewing has improved somewhat, but I still have a long way to go!

I have entered this project into these challenges:

Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Cute
Make it Crafty - anything goes
Cowgirl's Sunday - Hip not to be square
Charisma Cardz - anything goes
Cooking it up with Katie -  Sweet, Metal, Ribbon


Don't forget to come over to SSDS and show us your stitching!

SSDS Challenge - Thank you

Hello everyone! Can you believe that days are getting shorter.....and colder!? My kids asked where their BIG blankets were last night!

Well, on this lovely September Saturday the challenge at Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays is to make a thank you card.

For my card I used the sketch from Mojo Monday. Creative Inspirations is looking for autumn colors for their DT call, and Theme Thursday is also looking for fall colors. Fab 'N Funky just wants what'eva for their DT call! So to combine all that and the SSDS challenge of making a thank you card, here's mine!

I was loath to cut all new paper, so I dug out my scrap drawer and went at it! The flower is made from Stampin' Up set Doodle This, and the sentiment comes from another Stampin' Up set called Many Thanks.

I hope you play in our challenge at SSDS! Have a great weekend!

Everything girly!

Here is a card that I made for my mother for her birthday next Monday. She is under strict orders not to look at my blog until Sunday when we are having her party! We'll see if it works! :) She has recently started her own Christmas card making blog, so please go take a look here at her wonderful work!

I have used Stampin' Up papers (well the yellow is a random one!), and the flower is made from a Stampin' Up set called Doodle This. I stamped the flowers on white paper and colored them with my copics. Cutting all of those flowers out took some time though! I am still a beginner at stitching, but I'm slowly getting the hang of it!

I have, of course, not wasted this opportunity to enter more challenges! These are the ones:

Mojo Monday - sketch

Paper Sundaes - Stitching

The Crafty Pad - flowers and ribbon

Creative Card Crew - Cute and Girly

Totally Stampalicious - inside of the card

Flowers, Flowers Everywhere

This week is definitely about playing catch up with the house and the yard work. Spring has sprung and there is lots to do! I have managed to get a card out today, but who knows when the next crafty time will come?! Ahhhh!!!!

Here's a close up of the background I made.

So with this card I used Pearl Ex Powders to make a bubbly type background. You can see a tutorial for it here on SplitcoastStampers. This is a very easy technique that makes a LOT of texture and visual interest on your card.

I really liked the gold in the background, so I decided to pair that up with more gold and some black to show it off. I heat embossed the large flower from the Stampin' Up set Doodle This in gold on black paper three times. I cut out two of the images and left the third sitting on a square of the black. I used my crop-o-dile to put large sized eyelets through the center of the flowers and then arranged them how I liked on the pearl ex background. I really love the effect of the textured background with the black and gold.

I hope you enjoyed this post and come back soon for more!

I entered this card into the following challenges:

Tellen's Place - Flowers

Charisma Cardz - Girly with flowers

Cute Card Thursday - Make your own element (designer paper)

Totally Stampalicious - Flowers

Incy Wincy Designs - Anything Goes

Stitches and Sparkles

This is a card I whipped out after I bought my new Copics! Yes, I broke down and bought some! I have 24 now, and I can see where they are an addiction! I need more! lol

So I colored this butterfly from the Stampin' Up set Winged Things with my Copics. I added some glitter to all the yellow parts on the wings. On the background I heat embossed the flourish from Stampin' Up set Doodle This, one of my all time favorite sets. After heat embossing I brayered it with a light yellow ink. I added the blue panels and then used my sewing machine to stitch the edges of them, popped up the image on the front, added some orange rhinestones from my stash and voila! A stitchy, sparkly card!

I added this card to the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges - Sketch

Your Next Stamp Challenge - Stitching

Allsorts Challenge - In stitches

ABC Challenge - S is for Sparkle

Crafty Pad - Stitching

Paper Sundaes - No People

I hope everyone enjoys their day! I will be visiting with friends and family today! Happy April Vacation!

Spring Embossing

I have just found out that I won the last challenge over at Fab N Funky Challenge Blog! Thanks so much! Now the hard part: choosing from Di's wonderful Digis!

Ok, on to today's card......For me spring is the start of flowers! My daffodils and tulips are starting to bud and my daylilies are just peeking up through the ground! This week was also full of spring challenges, so I made a card for all of those.

I heat embossed the swirl and flower from the Stampin' Up set Doodle This in silver pearl. Took the brayer to it after it cooled using Marigold Morning ink. Found some felt flowers and a black flower brad that worked perfectly layering it over the embossed flower on the background. Found some nice patterned green ribbon in my stash, and colored up Cherry Tilda to sit on it!

The last thing I added was some orange rhinestones to give it a little shine!

This qualifies for the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges - Spring

One Stop Craft Challenge - Let it shine

Allsorts Challenge - Spring

Lots to Do - Spring

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Spring has Sprung

Crafty Cardmakers - Spring

Fab N Funky - Favorite Technique (heat embossing)

I hope you have a good rest of the week! I will be back Saturday with my post for the Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday design team!

Cooking It Up With Katie #13

Well, this week over at Cooking it Up With Katie the challenge really was difficult! Here's the recipe:

Use some fabric (ribbon doesn't count)

Add your favorite technique and tell us what it is

Tear an edge or use deco scissors

Now the fabric part was difficult for me. I don't normally use fabric and couldn't figure out how to attach it. So what I came up with was a fan made out of fabric. My favorite technique is heat embossing so I did emboss resist with a brayer, and I tore the edge of that layer.

The girl on the fence comes from a Stampin' Up set called And Everything Nice . The background flourish is also from Stampin' Up set Doodle This.

I hope everyone enjoys their week!

Cooking It Up With Katie #12

Hello again! It sure has been a crafty week!

Over at the Cooking it Up With Katie blog she is challenging us to use the Decoupage/3D technique, some metal, and to add another current challenge to the mix. For my card I used the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch, and also the challenge from Totally Stampalicious blog to use black and white plus one other color.

I have used another House Mouse image....yes I didn't realize I had so many here! This little mouse was enjoying one too many strawberries, so my one other color is red! The sketch this time was a great one, so my card is actually made to fit a standard #10 envelope (think bills!). I stamped, colored and then used the Nestabilities circle and scallop to cut the image and the red mat. I then stamped and colored another of the same image and used my paper snips to cut out 2 strawberries and the mouse. I popped these two up in the same place on my finished image to make the 3D effect.

The two side panels are cut using a 2" square punch onto which I added the flourish from the Stampin' Up set Doodle This. Then I just had to use some red pearls and the library clips to jazz it up a bit! The ribbon and bow were added to finish off the sketch!

I hope you enjoyed the card, and don't forget to check out these great blogs and try your hand at their challenges!

Lilly's Flowers

Hello all! This is my first attempt at an altered book. I found a great cardboard fronted, bound notebook at Staples (don't worry it is recycled paper!). I was able to buy the notebook for $2.49, and between the rest of my supplies was able to make this book for about $5. Not a bad price for my son to give as a birthday gift! And who doesn't like a personalized gift?

I used Stampin' Up cardstock and some patterned paper I found at Michael's. Ripped the green and placed it on the purple. Cut a strip of patterned paper and taped to the green edge. Then I used my crop-o-dile to set some eyelets on the patterned paper. Used some dark purple Offray Ribbon from Ben Franklin and weaved it through the eyelets.

The next thing I did was stamp the flourish from the Stampin' Up set Doodle This in the bottom left corner. Added some flowers from Petaloo at the top of the stamped image so it resembles a flower bouquet. The letters are chipboard that I embossed with detail black. All of the embellishments are attached with my new favorite craft glue called The Ultimate.

I hope you come back again to view my creations! Until then, I hope you indulge your cravings!