Autumn Challenge at Dream Valley!

Welcome back to Crafts and Cravings!  It has been way too long since I have posted here!  It has been a busy time back to school and work.  Between that and my kids' sports schedules I have been BUSY!  We had our first craft fair this weekend.  While it wasn't a great showing, we at least made back out table fee and got some idea of what people are looking at this year!

To get you in the crafty spirit we have an Autumn challenge at Dream Valley!  Get your creative juices flowing and come and join us!  One lucky winner will get a $20 gift certificate to THE PAPER SHELTER!  Awesome!

For my card I have used some paper from Close to My Heart, a sentiment from Stampscapes, and some ribbon from my stash.  I hope you enjoy the season!  I'll see you again soon!

Eekk, I'm late!

I can't believe I totally forgot to write up my post!  Ahhh!  It's been a little busy lately, with the kids going back to school, new baseball teams starting, and me going back to work that it totally slipped my mind!

Good news is that the card was ready!  Phew.

Today at Dream Valley Challenges we are challenging you to make a card for a child.  My card uses two Stampin' Up sets.  It's a fairly simple card with the image being colored with water colors.

Unfortunately the lighting was pretty poor when I tried to photograph it, so it seems fairly dark.  I need some suggestions on how to photograph indoors in the evening....

It's going to be a busy week here, I hope you all enjoy yours!  Don't forget to play along with our challenge at Dream Valley!

Monochrome

I can't believe that two weeks have gone by already!  Where is the summer going?  We are already in August, and I am not ready for the kids to go back to school yet!!!

Okay, rant over.  At Dream Valley Challenges today our challenge is to make a card or a project that is monochromatic.  I especially like making monochromatic cards when I use my Stampscapes stamps.  The scenes lend themselves so well to a single color scheme.

Here I have used Stampscapes stamps:  Lakeside Cove, Reeds Lg, Oak Branch Sm.

Oh, by the way, when you enter our monochome challenge at Dream Valley you will be entered to win free digis from Robyn's Fetish!

I would like to add this card to the following challenges:

Stampin' With the Dragon - one color

Brown Sugar - Anything goes

HAVE A GREAT WEEK AND ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR SUMMER!