Tuesday Throwdown #193 Recipe Challenge

Hello again!  It's time for another Tuesday Throwdown 

and this week the challenge is a recipe card.  

You are to use 1 image, 1 designer paper, and the color purple. 

 So here's my cute little frog from My Grafico.  

 Click HERE to go directly to the challenge 

and enter your card for a chance to win!

Enter 3 different time to increase your chances!

Deedee's Digis Progressive Challenge

Oops!  I forgot to remind you that every month, there is a progressive challenge at deedeesdigis.com.  

 This month's featured digi set is "Not a Tie."   This set is perfect for Father's Day and so many other special events--a special note to or scrapbook page to celebrate "Dad," or just a fun card to wish someone a special day.  

You can see the card I made using this set today on Deedee's blog.

You can purchase this month's featured set for just $1.25 by clicking the "Buy Now" button at deedeesdigis.com, and Deedee will email it to you within 24 hours at the latest.

 If you participated in last month's challenge, you should have already received this set in your email. 

 If you haven't ever participated in a progressive challenge, you are in for a treat!  

You use the image, make something wonderful, and receive a prize for your efforts.  

What could be better than that!

Remember, you only have a few more days to enter the progressive challenge!

When flowers bloom, hope grows...

Hello again!   I am so happy to be a member of Deedee's team and have a card to share with you today with images from Deedee's Digis.  The set called Bloom and Grow is SO versatile and I know it will soon become a favorite.  

I am happy to report, we are having spring here in Florida.  I hope you too are seeing some signs of this glorious season where you live.  I know some of you will have to wait a bit longer.  I have amaryllis, bush daisies, and geraniums in bloom now so I thought I would post a card that will bring you happy thoughts of blooming flowers.  

If my dear Mother were alive, this would be the card she would receive in May and the sentiment would read Happy Mother's Day.  This sentiment from Deedee's set is so lovely, I thought you would like it as well.

 I used:

Paper:  DCVW

Embossing Folder:  Swiss Dots

Stamps: TAC basket

Digis: Deedee's Digis

Dies: Spellbinder's Tags

Embellishments:  fiber cord

Here is the set of digis I used from Deedee's Digis:

Oriental Butterflies / OS 34

Hello, Friends.

I am happy to share information with you today for the Mark's Finest Papers for the Oriental Sketch Challenge.  My card uses sets called Butterfly Essence and Koi Fish.

To find the challenge, you can click HERE.

This week's sketch will make it easy for you to create something to share with us. You can enter 5 different cards for 5 chances to win!

You can purchase the set I used and many other wonderful stamp sets at the Mark's Finest Papers, a  Heinrich Co., site.

Thanks for stopping by today and we hope to see you at the Oriental Sketch Challenge  

Birthday Bee Tag

Happy Thursday!  Today I'm wearing my "happy hat" as a DT member for Diane's Daydream Designs.    Although most of us are thinking Easter pastels at this time of year, this card almost created itself, and sometimes you just have to let that card see the light of day. 

I love the vibrant colors of this card and can't seem to get enough of black and white gingham ribbon.  Those of you who have read my blog know that I am a daisy girl and I also can't get enough of flowers with daisy-like petals.

It's the small details in a digi set that make it so versatile. I like that there is a space left on the tag where you can write a personal message or a person's name or attach a die cut as I did.  I love the cute bees and couldn't resist adding the larger one to balance out the card.  The background paper of this tag and the papers in the coordinating paper set are just perfect.  

For my card, I used:

Papers: DCWV Card Stock Stack

Digis:  Diane's Daydream Designs

Dies:  Provocraft/Cuttlebug words, Cheery Lynn honeycomb

Ribbon:  Offray

Adhesive:  TomBow

Mother's Garden Buttons, Banners, and Tags

Some Bunny Says Hello

Hello again! Today I have a card using an image from Doodle Pantry.  It's for their monthly challenge you can find at doodlepantryblog.com.  How cute is this little bunny?  Pretty darn cute!  And nothing says Spring like a bunny with a carrot!

I will be supporting these challenges:

 Animal Friends Challenge  E3 Must have an Animal #13 Spring / Easter

 Bearly Mine  -M, P1,2E, SIO  Spring

Creative Card Crew 2W - #59 Spring (Week 2) 

Cuttin & Stampin Challenges  W, 3E  Easter

 Doodle Pantry - M, 1E, SIO/SIR, P1  #45 Any Digi Goes

Dream Factory - M, P15 - The Movie, Hop (Easter movie)

Digi Choosday Challenge -E2, - Use 2 Papers

Everybody-Art-Challenge W -  Anything Goes

 Just B Creative Crazy - M, P1, E1/day   Linky Party Anything goes

 Ladybug Crafts - M, P1, 3E  Here comes spring

Loves Rubber Stamps W - #99 Easter or Spring

 My Artistic Adventures Challenges - M, P2/16, SIR #7 Easter/Floral

Mema's Challenge - M, P1, winners every week  Anything goes

 One Sweet Challenge - M, P1, SIR  Ringing in Spring

Papertake Weekly W - Happy Easter

Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes

 Treasured Times Rubber Stamps & Scrapbooking -  #16 Easter
Word Art Wednesday --Uplifting

Oriental Happy Birthday and a Little Bling/OS 33

Happy Saturday!  I have an Oriental-themed card for you today to encourage you to enter a challenge sponsored by Mark's Finest Papers/ Speedy TV.  I used a stamp set called Wealthy Fish and the MFP HB sentiment as well.  I heat embossed, painted with Twinkling H2O's, distressed the paper edges, and added bling.

You know you're in the right place for the Oriental Sketch Challenge when you see the cute panda icon below.

You will also find this week's sketch that will make it easy for you to create something to share with us.

You can purchase this set and many more wonderful images and supplies at Mark's Finest Papers.

If you play along with us with five separate entries, you will have 5 chances to win.

Thanks for stopping by today and we hope to see you at the Oriental Sketch Challenge .

A Creative Need Monthly Challenge

Hello, Friends!   Our monthly challenge is continuing at A Creative Need. The theme changes monthly and you can have a different kind of fun every month!

You must use an ACN image, but Deena provides you with freebies HERE  or you can purchase an image at the A Creative Need  Etsy Shop  or Squigglefly . Why not come and join us at ACN this month for a chance to win.

I have two cards to share with you today:

Lots of popped-up layers

Standing Z Card

A Little Shabby, A Little Chic

Happy Tuesday!  Today I am sharing a "shabby chic" style card for the Tuesday Throwdown.   We hope you will stop by and join our challenge. 

My challenge as a TTDT member was to use ribbon and the "shabby chic" style.  My challenge to myself was to use my own homemade metallic designer paper, a new die from Cheery Lynn and one from Memory Box.  I used a set of stamps from Graphic 45 called Secret Garden that had never seen any of my ink pads.  I chalked the bird in blue to draw attention to it.  A border punch from EK Shapers out of distressed homemade dp and a little distress ink on the birdcage and doily as well. 

What fun it was to pile on all the elements to bring the piece alive.  Thanks for stopping by to see my project!   Be sure to visit Really Reasonable Ribbon, our sponsor this week, and check out all the amazing products they carry!

I am happy to support the following challenges:

• 4 Krafty Girlz - 2W, E3 (W2 of 2) # 15 Anything Goes

  613 Avenue Create - W - #67 Anything (Optional – Reuse / Recycle Something)

  A Vintage Journey - 2W - No.3 -  (W2 of 2) - A Little Bit Of French

  Challenges 4 Everybody - M, 3E - April - Anything Goes

  Color Me Creative Challenge -2W, 3E - #90 (W1 of 2)  Anything goes

  Crafty Bloggers Network - M, SIO - (April) Die Cuts or Embossing

  Crafty Calendar - M, 1E -  Things with Wings

  Crafty Hands Challenge Blog - 2W, 3E Anything Goes

  Docerela Creations- 2W, 1E, Must Stamp, SIO - No. 59 - (W1 of 2) - Anything Goes

  Love to Create - W, 3E - Vintage Romance

  My Craft Creations - 2W Always Anything Goes

  Quirky Crafts - 2W - #8 Mixed Media

  Seemacrafts - M, P1, E1  Vintage 

  Sister Act Card Challenge - W, Cards. - No. 52 - Anything Goes

  The Stamping Boutique - W, SIO - No.12 - Distress It

  Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes

  Vintage Stamping Challenges/Flonz Craft - M, P1, 3E, Must Stamp - (April) Anything Goes

  
  

Bee-lieve and Bee Happy!

Happy Monday!  Today I bring you thoughts of warmer spring temperatures and flowers.  The image is from Deedee's Digis from a set called "Bee-lieve" and you will just love all the sentiments and images in this set.  The set includes outline and pre-colored images, layering images, and 3 wonderful sentiments and just brings a smile to my face.  I hope my card brings a smile to you as well.

I used the matching digi papers to create a faux quilt background and ended up with a square card, something I seldom make.   Then a bit of ribbon, a Spellbinders tag die and my card was completed.  

Here is the set I used called "Bee-lieve."  

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon!  Bee Happy!

A Spotlight Winner

Happy Sunday!  Crafting By Designs is having an Anything Goes Challenge this month and I have been featured as a spotlight winner from the last challenge.  I am thrilled!  This is the card I have shared with the Crafting By Designs team and it is posted on their blog today.  Perhaps you will be inspired to create something based on a technique or idea I have shared with you today or in the past.

If you have visited my blog before you know that I love to make my own background papers and you will see an example of a gesso with inks technique inside the window of the card.  Dry embossing, a Memory Box Poppy die, and a MS butterfly punch --all out of another piece of coordinating original paper I also made--and the card came together easily.

Thank you for visiting and please come again soon!

Oriental Earth Tones and Music

Hello, Friends and New Followers!  I am so glad you stopped by to see my card that uses a stamp set called Calm and Wisdom.

I am happy to share information with you today for the Mark's Finest Papers, a Hein....Company for the Oriental Sketch Challenge  you can find HERE.

This week's sketch will make it easy for you to create something to share with us.

You can purchase this set at Mark's Finest Papers.

If you play along with us with five separate entries, you will have 5 chances to win.

Thanks for stopping by today and we hope to see you at the Oriental Sketch Challenge  

Double Hearts, Double Love

Hello, Friends!  Welcome again to my blog. Special welcome to Karen and Kathlene, my new followers.   Today's card will be a special Spring/Easter card for someone special. It's called a Standing Heart Easel card and uses 2 layers of folded hearts.  I used images from Diane's Daydream Designs sets called Heart of Daisies color set and the Tweethearts outline set.  I am happy to be a member of Diane's Dream Team to bring you these wonderful images!

The card has two sections.  When you lift up the front heart, you see another heart inside.  Each heart nestles behind the other to create a cute standing card.

You can get a better idea of how the card goes together with the angled view below.

I have also seen this type of card done with 3 graduated heart sections, but using 2 layers allowed me to pop up several elements for additional interest and keep the bulk of the card down a bit.

I want to share this happy card in these challenges:

613 Avenue Create AG 3E  

Bearly Mine Spring 2E

Card Mania Easter 3E 

Catch the Bug (Bugaboo) AG 3E 

Craftin Desert Diva's AG UE

Crafting by Designs AG UE

Crafting from the Heart AG Easter 3E

Crafting with Dragonflies Easter AG 1E

Crafty Calendar Things with Wings 3E

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge April Challenge UE

Crafty Ribbons Flower Power 5E 

Crafty Sentiments Easter 3E 

Created with Love Easter 3E

Creative Card Crew Spring 3E 

Cute Card Thursday Easter UE

Cuttin and Stampin Rainbows/Easter 3E

Digi Design Challenges Welcome Spring 3E 

Divas by Design Easter or Spring 2E

DL.ART April Linky UE 1/day

DL.ART Thankful Thursday Easter 3E 

Dream Valley Easter 3E 

Eclectic Ellapu Easter

Hanna and Friends Easter

Hobby Cutz Flora and Fauna 3E 

Just B Creative Crazy April Just Because Linky Party UE 1/day

Just Inspirational Challenges Family or Friends (for family member) 4E 

Just Keep on Creating April AG Link-up UE

Ladybug Crafts Here Comes Spring 3E 

Let's Craft and Create Dies and Punches UE

Lexi's Creations Easter 2E 

Love to Scrap AG 3E 

Melonheadz Friends Time for Spring 2E 

Moving Along with the Times Easter/Spring 3E 

My Craft Creations AG UE

Oldie but a Goodie April Showers bring May Flowers 3E 

One Sweet Challenge Ringing in Spring UE

Paper Makeup Stamps AG UE

Papertake Weekly Spring Has Sprung 5E 

Penny's Paper-Crafty Flower Power 3E

Robyn's Fetish Easter 3E 

Scrapper's Delight Bloomin' Lovely 2E 

Simon Says Stamp Easter and/or Sweet Treats 5E 

Simply Create Too Easter 3E 

Sister Act (Cards Only) AG UE

Sparkles Monthly Easter Parade 3E 

Sunflowerfield Easter or Spring 3E 

Stamping with the Dragon Springtime 2E 

Sweet Stampin' Easter 2E 

Sweet Stamps Blog Easter 1E

The House That Stamps Built Easter UE

The Paper Shelter Easter 3E 

Treasured Times Mix It Up UE

Victorine Stamps Easter UE

Whimsy Stamps Anything Goes 3E 

Whoopsi Daisy Things with Wings UE

Word Art Wednesday AG, Uplifting Sentiment 5E 

I have included photos of the sets I used from Diane's Daydream Designs.    Stop in and browse her wonderful designs!

Cheerful Panda

Hello, Friends.  I have an Oriental-themed card for you today because I am wearing my MFP(Mark's Finest Papers) DT hat again.  A friend gifted me some beautiful handmade and specialty papers and I not only loved the look of them, they felt wonderful to the touch.  All embossed and textured and yummy!  I also used a new die from Marianne's Designs Creatables to create that interesting layer behind the little panda. 

I am happy to share this cute panda image with you today for the Mark's Finest Papers for the Oriental Sketch Challenge you can find HERE

This week's sketch will make it easy for you to create something to share with us.  So what are you waiting for?

You can purchase the set I used called Pandas at the Mark's Finest Papers, a  Heinrich Co.site and many other wonderful stamp sets.

If you play along with us with five separate entries, you will have 5 chances to win.
Thanks for stopping by today and we hope to see you at the Oriental Sketch Challenge  

 

My Heart Is Filled with Daisies and Love

Hello, again!  I have a card to share with you today from Diane's Daydream Designs.  The set is called Heart of Daisies and has companion sets called Mother's Garden with papers, sentiments, and embellishments.  

We will all soon be thinking of Mother's Day.  If you are lucky enough to have your mother still with you, be thankful.  If you are like me and have lost your mother, you will be revering those wonderful memories you have of the woman who gave you so much to be thankful for.  Before I have a big cry, here is my card, and I hope it will inspire you to celebrate your mother and her gifts to you.

To create this card, I used an MS border punch, Spellbinders heart dies, and the Diane's Daydream Designs image from Heart of Daisies.  The dry embossed quilt pattern is several of the papers from the Mother's Garden digital paper set.
And here are the coordinated sets.  

Stop in and see the lovely images and papers Diane has to offer.  You will be glad you did!