Birthday Snowflakes -- for Scrapy Land Challenges

It's the 3rd Wednesday of the month, and that means a new challenge starts today at Scrapy Land Challenges.  Uses a die from the many brands sold in the Scrapy Land Store, and it's Anything Goes.  One winner will get a $15  gift certificate to use in the Scrapy Land Store!

My brother has a birthday early in January and he loves to ski, so I'm always looking for a winter-themed card for him.  This is the card I sent him this year.  It's not skiing related, but definitely makes me think if winter:

That beautiful snowflake die set is from Sue Wilson.  It's called Festive Collection - Bold Snowflake Frame.  It comes with 5 dies, and I used all of them on this snowflake.

The Happy Birthday are dies from Crafter's Companion. 

The designer papers on this card are from We Are 3 Digital Shop.  They are part of the Snow Globes Collection.

I hope you join us at Scrapy Land Challenges these next 2 weeks for our Anything Goes with a die from the Scrapy Land Store.  

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
Outlawz Festive Fridays -- Birthday
Crazy4Challenges -- Winter Card
Crafter's Castle -- ATG
D.L. Art -- January Linky Party

Down on the Farm 10th Bugaboo Birthday Bash!!!!

Bugaboo Stamps turns 10! We're celebrating with a week-long hoedown of hopping "Down on the Farm Fun". You won't want to miss a foot stomping, tail swooshing moment of the whole moo-velous week!

All celebrations can be found on the Catch the Bug blog, beginning today, this a Down on the Farm Birthday themed challenge.  Interpret that however you wish, as long as it's your idea of a farm animal.

I don't know about ewe, but I think sheep belong on a farm, so here's my selection for today:

Ewe never know what goes on in that barn or pasture when the humans are away.  Maybe even some rock-a-billy. (as in billy goat, or did I lose you on that one?)

Anyway, this rock star b-aaaaa-d boy is called "Ewe Rock" in the Bugaboo Store.  I colored Ewe Rock with Nuvo alcohol markers.  The sentiment is computer generated.

Papers on this card are from We Are 3 Digital Shop. They are 2 of the Howdy papers.

This week-long celebration of all things Bugaboo will have a different challenge each day, with many generous prizes awarded! Grab your favorite hay bail, your craft supplies, kick up your boots, and join us at Catch the Bug!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
D.L. Art -- January Linky Party
QKR Stampede -- ATG
2 Crafty Critter Crazies -- ATG with a Critter
Outlawz Festive Fridays -- Birthday

With love -- for Jan's Digi Stamps

It's the first Monday of the month (and the new year!), so it's time for a new challenge at Jan's Digi Stamps Challenges, where they are always Anything Goes, all the time!  Link up whatever you are creating, even if it isn't a paper craft.  We'd love to see it!

Jan has a number of adorable penguin sets.  She does them VERY well.  She recently released this Puttin' on the Ritz set, and I just had to play with it! 

All of Jan's sets come with several images that are both pre-colored and in black & white, then a few different sentiments that fit the theme of the set.  I used a black & white image here and colored it with Copic markers.

I plan to use this for hubby's valentine's card.  He spent 6 months in Antarctica so he has a thing for penguins!  He will adore this one!

I cut out the rose card base on my Silhouette Cameo, using a file I found in the Silhouette Design Store.  The 'With Love' Sentiment is a die from Crafter's Companion.  The die cut rose and the small stitched heart are dies from Diamond Press.

I hope now that the busy Christmas season is over, you have more time to craft (which will translate into more time to join challenges).  I'd love to see you linked up at Jan's Digi Stamps Challenges this next 2 weeks!

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:
D.L. Art -- January Linky Party
QKR Stampede -- ATG
Cute Card Thursday -- ATG
2 Crafty Critter Crazies -- ATG with a critter
Crafty Animals -- ATG with an animal
Outlawz Festive Fridays -- ATG

Winter is Here -- for Lavinia World Challenges

Lavinia World Challenge #17 starts today, and I hope you are enjoying these challenges as much as I am!   There really is something magical about Lavinia Stamps, and creating with them!

Today, I wanted to create a winter scene.  I have many berry bushes in my yard that the birds and rabbits eat on all winter long.  Those berry bushes inspired me to create the Berry Wreath on today's card:

I stamped the Berry Wreath 3 times, using both VersaFine Clair ink in Morning Mist, and Memento ink in London Fog.  I colored the berries with colored pencil in colors to match the background paper.  A stamped the Small Pixies to line up with the wreath.  I placed some clear rhinestone mini dots around the wreath to give it some sparkle.

At the top of the card, I stamped the Silence sentiment. 

Lavinia World products used on this card:

Berry Wreath

Small Pixies

Silence Sentiment

The background paper is from We Are 3 Digital Shop.  It is one of the papers from the Enchanted Collection.

I hope you can join us for the Lavinia World Challenge, or if you prefer, you can post your projects in the Anything Lavinia Facebook Group.  Either way, there will be one $15 gift certificate awarded at the end of each challenge, and some recognition given to designer choice favorites. 

Ice, Ice Baby -- for SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog

Happy New Year!  2020 has arrived, and we're off and running!  We're also off to a new start on the SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog, where our theme this month is "square cards".  There, that's an easy one for you!  Images don't have to be by SheepSki Designs, but Andrea has so many wonderful ones, that of course we like to see you using them.  There is also a challenge in the SheepSki Designs Facebook Group you can enter.  SheepSki Designs images are required there, but the themes are optional.

For my "square card" DT inspiration, I used the adorable Penguin Pals image to create this:

I colored Penguin Pals with Copic markers, then used a set of Spellbinders dies to make sure the image and the backing were square.

The polar bear and penguin papers are from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles. She has her annual 12 Days of Christmas going on now, where you can get a different paper that she has designed every day for 12 days.  They are all really cute!

The sentiment is from a really old acrylic set I have from a company that is no longer in business.  The rhinestones are from my stash. I added some icicle Stickles to the penguin's hat and earmuffs to create a bit of sparkle.

And that's it for my square card.  I so hope you join us this month at SheepSki Designs Challenge Blog.  You have until January 31 to link up!

Friendship Warms the Heart -- for All Dressed Up Stamps!

2020!  What better way to start out the year than with a new challenge in the All Dressed Up Facebook Group, and what better theme to get the year going than "Make it Girly".  It is the perfect All Dressed Up Stamps theme, as son many of Wendy's wonderful images are as girly as it gets.  Check out the All Dressed Up Stamps Etsy Shop and you'll see what I mean!

We're had a very snowy season so far where I live so I was in the mood to color up this adorable Sledging All the Way digital image:

I colored Sledging All the Way with Copic markers, then added some icicle Stickles to the earmuffs, pompoms, and snowflakes.  To  make sure she was extra girly, I added the lace and ribbon to the card.

The designer papers on this card are from We Are 3 Digital Shop. I used 3 of the papers from the Christmas Magic paper collection. The sentiment is a retired acrylic stamp from Close To My Heart.  The snowflake dies are from Crafter's Companion.

Start 2020 out right and join us at the All Dressed Up Facebook Group for the 'Make it Girly' Challenge!  How fun is That!

Cards, Cards, Cards to Start the Year Out Right -- for Scrapy Land Challenges

Happy New Year everyone!  I hope you were able to ring the year in with fun and enthusiasm!  I spent the evening at the nursing home with my friends there.  It's where I've been the last 35 years on New Year's Eve, so it's a long standing tradition!

It's not only New Year's Day today, but it's also the first Wednesday of the month, so we're starting a new challenge at Scrapy Land Challenges. There will be one $15 winner for shopping in the Scrapy Land Store!

I have a few cards to share with you today, all using the same technique, but different dies:

One of my favorite things to do is to ink up a bunch of backgrounds, lightly mist them with water so the ink can react to the water, then when they dry, cut out some dies. That's what I did with all these cards.  This first card, above, uses a die from Tonic Studios.  

Here's another version in a different color:

Here's the same inks used, but a different die.  This exact die isn't carried in the store, but when a searched "butterfly" I found many that work.  You'll find that search here.  This die is from Sizzix.

Here's a different color scheme, but the same butterfly used on a sympathy card:

And, lastly, a thank you card for a friend that is a dog lover:

This die is from  Crafter's Companion.  All the sentiments were hand stamped on the cards.  The panels were inked with distress inks using watercolor paper, then attached to card bases. 

One easy theme, many cards.  Try it! Then join us at Scrapy Land Challenges this next 2 weeks.  I'd love to see what you create, and you might win the $15 gift certificate to the Scrapy Land Store.