Think Happy Thoughts Choo Choo

It's time for another challenge at Speedy Fox and Friends and this week it's "silhouette."  I chose an image from the Train Talk set, one of the very first sets I won doing a challenge at MFP.  I challenged myself to use washi tape and the resulting card turned out to brighten my rainy day!

Hummingbird / OS 52

It's time for the Mark's Finest Papers/Speedy TV  Oriental Sketch Challenge.  My card uses a set called Oriental Joy.  I started with a background paper from Graphic 45's Bird Song.  Then cut some pink medallions from Spellbinders and embossed the hummer image from Oriental Joy.

The sketch this week is:

Use an Oriental element on your card, follow the sketch, and enter HERE.

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

Green, Black and White Color Challenge

It's Color Challenge time at Mark's Finest Papers/Speedy TV challenges. This week's colors are green, black, and white.  Here's my card using a set called Medallions.  I hope you will join in on the fun!  Hugs to you all!

I will enter Hugs in these challenges: 

4 Crafty Chicks Something New/Something Old (old dp, new stamp set)

4 Krafty Girlz - E3  AG

613 Avenue Create AG

A girl who crafts Always AG

Artistic Stampers  must use rubber stamp "AG"

Aud Sentiments Challenge E5 Any Sentiment Other than Birthday

Cards Galore Encore E3 Anything Goes 

Come and Get It  UE AG w/ Sentiment

Crafting At the Weekend E3 AG

Crafting from the Heart E3 Always AG

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper AG w/Patterned Paper

Eclectic Paperie E3 August Embossing

Mema's Challenge   AG

Red Rubber Inspirationals E3, must have stamping:Focused on Stamping AG

Scribble and Scrap -AG

Simon Says Stamp -   AG

The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - E2 Always AG

The Sisters of Craft Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door 2E Always AG

Top Tip Tuesday 3E -AG

Treasured Times Rubber Stamps & Scrapbooking  AG

Word Art Wednesday  AG uplifting

Have a Sunny Day and CAS

Today's card is from a set called Bring on the Sun for a CAS challenge at Speedy Fox and Friends.   If you've read my blog or know me, you know I love daisy-like flowers.  Sunflowers are in that family so I love them as well.  I've also been collecting washi tape and challenged myself to use it on a CAS card for this challenge.  I pulled out my black EP, Twinkling H20's, and my Swiss dots embossing folder.  Voilá! 

Oriental Screen

It's time for the Mark's Finest Papers/Speedy TV  Oriental Sketch Challenge.  My card uses a set called Koi Fish.  This is called an Oriental Screen Card.

Use an Oriental element on your card, follow the sketch, and enter HERE.

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

The Beach Calls My Name...

Hello and welcome new followers:  Joejaykandi, Sanda, Vicki, Emily T, Shelly S, 3ickleangels, Judith, Benzi, Zella, aussie aNNie, Danielle V, and Debi.  If I missed anyone, let me know and if I repeated your welcome, you are welcome again!

What inspired the card I will share with you today?  We haven't been to the beach in quite a while and the beach is calling my name.  It was cold and gray when we went last winter so we should try to go again while the sun is out.  That is what inspired this card using Diane's Daydream Designs digis.  I couldn't decide how many of the shells to pop up so it turned out to be a fairly flat card.  Easy peasy mailing!

 

I love to use burlap with blue and so I was happy to use Diane's pre-colored image for the card. My Cuttlebug shell dies and wood-grained embossing folder seemed just right to finish off the card.  

I couldn't decide how many of the shells to pop up so it turned out to be a fairly flat card.  Easy peasy mailing!

Thanks for stopping by and if you join my blog, don't forget to leave your blog address in a comment so I can follow you as well.  Have a breezy, sunny, sandy, summer day!

I will share "The Beach Calls..." with these challenges:

A girl who crafts  E5 Always AG

As You Like it Challenge  E3 Fave 2 Embellies and Why (burlap and die cuts—earthy and natural elements)

Cards Galore Encore E3 Anything Goes

Chalk N Stock 2E Anything Goes

Crafty Bloggers Network Summer Fun

Crafty Creations  From your Stash (burlap)

Digi Makeover Challenge  Summer Vacation

4 Krafty Girlz  E3 Anything Goes

Inky Impressions  Anything Goes

Inspired by Stamping  sketch/colors/nature 

Mema's Challenge  Anything Goes

My Heart Pieces E3 Use a Digistamp

Our Creative Corner  3E ‘Summertime’

Paper Minutes  Die Cuts

Papertake Weekly To Die For

PDE Linky Party Dies or Punches 

Scrappers' Delights anything goes/die cuts 

Top Tip Tuesday 3E Anything Goes 

WordArt Wednesdays 5E Anything goes

Our Furry Friends

Hello, Friends.  I am happy to share information today about the challenge at the Tuesday Throwdown this week.  Click HERE to go directly to the challenge.

 The theme of this week's challenge is "furry friends."   You can win images from Oak Pond Creations and you can enter three separate entries.

  

Join us at the Tuesday Throwdown and see what other wonderful samples our design team members have to share with you.  Thanks for stopping by.

I will share Furry Friends with these challenges:

Clear It Out Anything Goes, paper

Crafting from the Heart Always Anything Goes

Going Grey With Scrap-Creations Animals 

Loves Rubber Stamps Wings 

My Sheri Crafts  Angels

Paper Minutes Die Cuts, heart and sentiment frame

Papertake Weekly  To Die For, simple heart and sentiment frame

PDE Linky Party Dies or Punches, heart and sentiment frame

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge  Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door Always Anything Goes

Treasured Times Rubber Stamps & Scrapbooking  Anything Goes

Let Your Dreams Set Sail

I'm back again with an image from Deedee's Digis.  I love images with a nautical feel and who could resist Daniel?  Not me!  Thanks for stopping by today--your visit and comments are always appreciated!  If you become a follower, be sure to leave your url address so I can follow you too!

I will share Let Your Dreams Set Sail with these challenges:

Clear It Out Anything Goes, paper

Crafting from the Heart Always Anything Goes

Crafty Bloggers Network Summer Fun

Digi Makeover Challenge Summer Vacation

Digi Sketch Challenge  Sketch* and/or Summer Fun

Eureka Stamps  Inspirational - get inspired by DT's creations

Going Grey With Scrap-Creations Animals 

Paper Minutes Die Cuts (frame)

Papertake Weekly  To Die For (frame)

PDE Linky Party Dies or Punches (frame)

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge  Anything Goes

The Sailing Pineapple Blog It's Summer 

Through The Craft Room Door Always Anything Goes

Treasured Times Rubber Stamps & Scrapbooking  Anything Goes

Wonderful Wednesdays Always Anything Goes

WordArt Wednesdays Anything uplifting goes

Hammock by the Sea

Give me a hammock by the sea, please.  The days of August just call us to the beach and sand between our toes.  Take a moment to create a mental hammock by the sea if you can't take a trip or if the sea isn't nearby.

Image:  Beach Getaway Set from Diane's Daydream Designs

Papers:  Recollections

Dies:  Cuttlebug shells, QuicKutz frame

Embossing folder:  Darice Clouds

I will enter these challenges:

Pinspirational Challenges AG 5E

Word Art Wednesday  AG uplifting 5E

Nine Squares and CAS

The theme at Speedy Fox and Friends is "nine squares."  I chose a set called Pocket Watches and punched inches for a CAS (clean and simple) card.  I mounted all the squares on a clock themed embossing folder and tied a simple jute bow.  Sometimes I like the KISS rule--Keep It Simple, Silly!

I will enter these challenges:

Pinspirational Challenges AG 5E

Word Art Wednesday  AG uplifting 5E

Tiny Tiger Lily / OS 50

It's time for the Mark's Finest Papers/Speedy TV Oriental Sketch Challenge.  My card uses a set called Flower Blocks.  It's one of the smallest images in the set so I was hoping I could make it dominant on the card.

 I found the blue and gold paper in a stash given to me by a dear friend.  Thanks, Barbara!  But I had no metallic paper to match so I painted some glitter paint onto the white card stock card blank front.  I used some Spellbinders dies to frame the tiger lily, painted it with Twinkling H2O's in gold, of course, and kept popping up layers to create a stronger focus on the smaller  central image.  I love how it turned out and will have some difficulty giving this one away!

The sketch this week is:

Use an Oriental element on your card, follow the sketch, and enter HERE.

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

Lily Hugs / CC35

It's time for a Color Challenge at MFP.  This week's colors are yellow, green, and blue.  Here's my card using a set called Tiger Lily.

Check out our other challenges too!

http://mfpspeedytv.ning.com/page/challenges

I will enter these challenges:

Pinspirational Challenges AG 5E

Word Art Wednesday  AG uplifting 5E

To Russia With Love

St. Petersburg, Mandrogi, Goritsy, Yugoslavl, Kizhi, Moscow... such exotic places with icons, beautiful churches, art museums. And don't forget the matryoshka dolls!  When I saw this set from Deedee's Digis, I knew it would be the perfect card to remind me of our trip to Russia, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.  Here's my card using the set called Nested with Love.

Challenges:

4 Krafty Girlz E3 Anything Goes

Allsorts 3E All Sentimental

Mema's Challenge  Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge Cards Anything Goes 

TTCRD  2E Anything Goes

Wonderful Wednesdays Always Anything Goes
WordArt Wednesdays 5E Anything Uplifting Goes

Summer Sunflower Apron

Hi, all!  Here's an apron/recipe card for you using images and papers from Diane Noble and Kris Breach's KD Kit called Bees Knees.  The recipe card is from Vintage Recipe Cards from Diane's Daydream Designs.

Just Saying Hello

Today's card uses an image and sentiment from Doodle PantryDoodle Pantry for the monthly challenge.  I always seem to need a happy hello card for someone and here's another one:

Challenges:

Doodle Pantry  1E Use a digi.  Used a DP.

Feathers for a Friend

Welcome back!  The theme this week at Speedy Fox and Friends is "feathers."  I decided to make a masculine card using a set called Year of the Horse.  I used a wood grain embossing folder inked up to create the background.  Then sponging around the ovals and on the feathers.  I liked the subtle effect and stopped there.  Hope you like it and will join us at Speedy Fox and Friends for the challenge.

Happy Birthday, Beautiful! OS 49

It's time for the Mark's Finest Papers/Speedy TV  Oriental Sketch Challenge.  My card uses sets called Lucky You and Swallowtail.  I also used an embossing folder and 2 pieces of designer paper I made myself using the salt technique on matte and glossy paper.  

The sketch this week is:

Use an Oriental element on your card, follow the sketch, and enter HERE.

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

A Rose Is a Rose for CC34

Hello!  I am happy to share my project for the Color Challenge at Mark's Finest Papers/Speedy TV challenges.   This week's colors are brown, rose, and beige. Here's my card using a set called Rose.

When you stop in to visit, check out other challenges at MFP/Speedy TV  too!

http://mfpspeedytv.ning.com/page/challenges

See my card here too:

4 Krafty Girlz  E3 Anything Goes

A girl who crafts  E5 Always ANYTHING GOES

Allsorts 3E Favorite Things

Artistic Stampers must use rubber stamp "Anything Goes"

Crafting By Designs Vintage/Shabby Chic 

Crafting from the Heart  E3 Always Anything Goes

Crafty Boots Flowers

Crafty Creations  Flower

DL.ART August Linky Challenge - Monthly Challenge Anything Goes

Love to Create 3E Anything Goes Challenge

Melonheadz Friends Challenge 2E Flowers

Papertake Weekly  Anything Goes

Stamp and Create  1E/week Anything Goes

Red Rubber Inspirationals  E3, must have stamping,  Polka Dots

Through The Craft Room Door 2E Always Anything Goes

Wonderful Wednesdays Always Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday 5E, uplifting

Mellow Yellow

Hello, Friends.  I am happy to share information today about the challenge at the Tuesday Throwdown this week.  Click HERE to go directly to the challenge.

 The theme of this week's challenge is "mellow yellow. "  You can win images from Robyn's Fetish and you can enter three separate entries.

 

Join us at the Tuesday Throwdown and see what other wonderful samples our design team members have to share with you.  Thanks for stopping by.

Deedee's Anniversary Celebration

It's time to have a barrel of fun and do some monkey business at Deedee's Digis.  Look what I came up with-- a tent card.  Hope it makes you smile!

You need to stop in at Deedee's and see what fun she has planned for you this month.  New freebies!  New sets!  Giveaways! Weekly winners!   She's celebrating her anniversary and you get to celebrate too.  Stop in often during the month of August.  You will be glad you did!

What flower are you? Hydrangea?

I have many friends whose favorite flower is the hydrangea.  Somewhere online there are quizzes that tell you what flower you are based on your answers.  Your personality is revealed by how you react to situations presented. Then they tell you what flower you are based on those personality traits. 

 I love daisies best, but hydrangeas can be pink or shades of blue and lavender depending on the soil content and that they make such a statement when bunched in a large vase.  So today, I chose a set called Hydrangea and a sentiment from the Tiger Lily set for my Speedy Fox and Friends card.  The theme is "stamped background."  This set comes with some smaller hydrangea flowers that I stamped onto an acrylic-block-with-ink background we tried a few weeks ago.  It was so much fun, I had to use it again for this card.  

This is the first time I have used this set and I love it.  The main image is popped up and embossed in blue EP,  and colored with Twinkling H20's and chalked in the centers, with a blue embossed sentiment so that this card really shines.

My hydrangea bushes will not bloom this year but we are just happy they survived the last winter.  This stamp set will have to take the place of those huge blooms I usually put into a vase to enjoy.   

Join me at these challenges.

   
4 Crafty Chicks
A Gem of a Challenge
Art Impressions
Aud Sentiments
Chalk N Stock
Craft for the Craic
Crafting at the Weekend
Crafting by Designs
Outlawz Twisted Thurs.
Paper Shelter
Penny's Paper-Crafty
Simon Says Stamp
Sister Act

Suzy Bee Bloomin' Challenge

Word Art Wednesday

Birds of the Orient/ OS48

It's time for the Mark's Finest Papers/Speedy TV Oriental Sketch Challenge.  My card uses a set called Birds of the Orient, paper from DCWV, and a Cut, Fold, Tuck Spellbinders die.

The sketch this week is:

Use an Oriental element on your card, follow the sketch, and enter HERE.

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

Challenges:

Through the Purple Haze Anything Goes with Optional Handmade Flower

Hope, Courage, and Strength

Today I am wearing my happy DT hat and showcasing images and sentiments from Diane's Daydream Designs. I used a set from the Awareness section at the store dedicated to the awareness of Lyme Disease.  These cards are dedicated to my friend Sandra, lost to Lyme Disease.  It's tick season so in August, check often and be careful.

Find more Awareness sets and images, and encouraging sentiments  at Diane's Daydream Designs.

Making Memories

Summer is travel time so will you head for the beach?  To visit family?  Or a "stay-cation?"  Whatever the destination, be sure to make memories.  That's the theme of my card today using a sentiment and images from Diane's Daydream Designs.  The set is called On the Move and I chose a "stand up card" for my fancy fold.

When the recipient opens the card, it will look like this as they pull it out of the envelope.

Here's another view of the card in an almost bird's eye view so you can get a better look at the cute bug and paper I used for the inside.

Have fun this summer!