Feeling Patriotic for the Craft Lovin' Challenge Blog!

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Happy Saturday, everyone! Here we are, almost the end of June already!  The Craft Lovin' Challenge Blog, sponsored by Tabitha's Designs and My Crafting Channel, has been in existence for nearly a month now and we're on to challenge #3.  Did you win one of the great prizes in the Anything Goes challenge? Check the 'Winners Tab' to know for sure.

It's a Patriotic time of year.  Flag Day wasn't too long ago.  Canada Day is a couple days away, and July 4th is less than a week away.  I've been seeing red, white, and blue everywhere!  Here's my contribution to the Patriotic projects I've seen:

 

 

I had a great time making this star shaped card.  The papers are all from Tabitha's Designs. They are the 4th of July papers.

 I imported them into the Silhouette Software, then used the print and cut feature for the star shaped card and the individual stars.  Patch, the bear, is a digi stamp from Tabitha's Designs.

 He was colored with Copic Markers and fussy cut, then placed on foam tape for some dimension.  The "Let's Celebrate" sentiment is from Whimsical Designs.  It is from the Everyday Sentiments Stamp Set.

 

Come link up those patriotic projects and win some of our great prizes.  We've got terrific sponsors! You have until July 12th.

Getting Patriotic with Whimsical Wednesday Challenges

There's a new challenge starting today on the Whimsical Design blog.  Yes, it's Whimsical Wednesday already!  This week's theme is "Getting Patriotic" and it's sponsored by Eureka Stamps.

With July 4th and Canada Day just around the corner, now is a great time to start on those Patriotic projects.  Here's what I made for the challenge:

The star shaped flag is a digi stamp from Eureka stamps, colored with Copic markers.  The star shaped card is a download from the Silhouette store, found here.  I did a masking technique to get the "Let's" and "Celebrate" sentiments separate from each other, and then cut the stamped images into the fishtail shape.  They are from the Whimsical Designs Everyday Sentiment stamp set.

I cut the card out at 5 inches, using Close To My Heart tulip cardstock.  I added some UmWow Studios star confetti chipboard for the finishing touches.

You have two weeks to get those patriotic projects made.  I want to see them on the Whimsical Designs blog!

 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

 

Creative Inspirations Paints -- Red, White, and Blue challenge

Sister Act Card Challenge -- anything goes

D.L. Art Thankful Thursday Linky Party -- anything goes

Pin and Tack -- Spark your Creativity Now Challenge -- anything goes

 



Summer Time Fun -- with Whimsical Designs

Wednesday -- hump day -- and, since I've joined the Whimsical Designs team, new challenge day.  It's Whimsical Wednesday over on the Whimsical Designs blog.  You'll love all the inspiration there from my fellow DT sisters!

 This week, we're having some "Summer Time Fun".  Maybe it'll help our weather here!  We were barely out of the fifties all weekend, we've hit 70 once or twice, but that's as warm as we've gotten.  Hoping for some warmth to spread our way, I made this summer sun card:

I used 2 stamp sets on this card.  Everyday Sentiments has the "Let's Celebrate" sentiment, and I used the adorable delicate butterfly on Whimsical Fun - Volume 1 to add character to the background paper of the sun.

 

The sun shaped card is a cutting file from the Cutting Café.  I used a circle punch to add the scalloped looking border to the sun.  Papers are from Close To My Heart -- a retired paper line called Flirty.  The rhinestones are also from Close To My Heart.

 

Our sponsor for this week's challenge at Whimsical Wednesday is Fresh Brewed Designs. 

 The winner will receive 3 digis of their choice.  What are you waiting for? Summer goes fast enough!  Make something summery and link up with us!

 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Sister Act Card Challenge -- anything goes

D.L. Art Thankful Thursday Linky Party -- anything goes
Paper Nest Dolls Challenge Blog -- Summer Love Challenge



What's More Vintage than a 50's car?

The theme this week over at the Whimsical Wednesday Challenge is Vintage.  I thought about this long and hard.  Which way to go? A vintage woman in long, flowing gown, old fashioned looking papers, plenty of lace? Or, something fun and bright?  Maybe it's all the rainy weather  we've been having, but I wanted fun and bright, so I went with a vintage car themed project.

 

I used two Whimsical Designs stamp sets on this card -- Everyday Sentiments for the license plate "Woo! Hoo!" - so cute! (maybe I should get that on MY license plate)

and the Whimsical Fun vol. 1 stamp set for the "live out loud" sentiment.  It's perfect for the grill of this hotrod, don't you think?  I cut this car out on my Silhouette.  The file is from the Silhouette store, found here.  I used Echo Park Happy Day's papers in both 12x12 and 6x6. The heart shaped bling is from my stash.
That's it for me, but please, spend some time on the Whimsical Designs blog leaving a comment, then visit my design team sisters.  They're an amazing group of ladies and I am VERY proud to be a part of this team!