Open-Minded Midway - Fairytale or Fantasy.

Good morning everyone!!!  Today is our winners post this morning and our Midway post at noon at Open-Minded Crafting Fun!!! We are also having a DT Call ... we are looking for some new members for our Design Team! Please take a look and apply if you are interested!! It is a 6 month commitment and we are looking for quite a few!!

Here is my card for our midway post for the Fairytale or Fantasy Challenge:








I have used the adorable Fuzzy Monsters Set from Drawn With Character!! I colored these little guys all different colors with my Copic Markers. I added some Diamond Glaze to each little guys eyes. I added some stickles to each antennae.  I distressed and inked the edges of the papers, I added the ribbon down the center. I added pearls on the top, black and white and then a rainbow of colored gems to the bottom to match the different colored monsters :) Then I added a little pinwheel at the top centered with a brad. On the inside I also distressed and inked the papers and I added three more of the little adorable monsters! I added Happy Birthday stamp... my thought was this would be a PERFECT Happy Birthday from All of Us type of card!!! And I ADORE these little monsters!!! Be sure to visit Drawn With Character, because these aren't the only adorable images!!!  Her images are just FABULOUS!!!

Copic:

• Purple: V12, V15, V17
• Green: YG01, YG05, YG09
• Brown: YR21, YR24, YR27
• Orange: YR02, YR04, YR09
• Pink: RV10, RV13, RV14
• Teal: BG02, BG05, BG07, BG09
• Blue: B02, B04, B06
• Yellow: Y11, Y15, Y19
• Red: R14, R24, R35, R46
• Antennae: W1, W3, W5, W7

Challenges:

• May: Spring Colors @ Stamp and Create.
• Challenge #20: Anything Goes @ Crafting From The Heart.
• Anything Goes @ The Outlawz / Greeting Card Challenge.
• TPE252: Anything Goes @ The Pink Elephant.
• Challenge #137: Bling @ Use Your Stuff.
• Lots of Layers @ Whoopsi Daisy Challenge.
• Challenge #14-21: Little Monsters @ Cuttin and Stampin Challenges*
• Challenge #37: Anything Goes @ Fan-Tastic Tuesday.
• Celebrations @ Scrap Creations.
• May 27 to June 2: Anything Goes @ Through The Craft Room Door.
• IIC #161: Anything Goes @ Inky Impressions Challenges.
• PTT174: Anything Goes @ Party Time Tuesdays.
• Challenge #33: No Flowers/Nothing Floral @ Rhedd and Rosie Challenge Blog.
• Anything Goes @ Simon Says Stamp and Show.
• Challenge #134: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday.
• Challenge #196: Anything Goes @ 4 Crafty Chicks.
• H For Handmade Embellishments @ Alphabet Challenge Blog.
• Bold and Bright @ Jellypark Challenges.
• Challenge #19: Anything Goes @ Scribble and Scrap Blog & Challenge.
• Challenge #11: Anything Goes @ The Paper Nest Dolls Challenges.
• Challenge #83: Bingo (sentiment, pearls, bow) @ Addicted To Stamps Challenge.
• Celebration Anything Goes @ The Corrosive Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #117: Happy Birthday @ Lexi's Creations.
• Challenge #19: Anything Goes @ Crafty Girls Challenges.
• Challenge #96: Birthday @ Brown Sugar Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #233: Anything Goes @ Crafty Catz.
• FFC#52: HB2U @ Jo's Scrap Shack.
• Challenge #59: Anything Goes @ Sister Act Card Challenge.
• Challenge #31: Layer It Up @ Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #2: Anything Goes @ Crafting At The Weekend.
• HIMCR #151: Freestyle @ Hiding In My Craft Room.
• Challenge #19: Anything Goes @ Treasured Times Rubber Stamps & Scrapbooking Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #140: Sketch @ Sketch N Stash Challenge Blog.

May DT Day @ Meljen's Deisgns.

Good morning everyone!! Today is my DT Day at Meljen's Designs. Here is what I'm sharing with you:








For this card I have used Garden Flower Frame and Lazy Susan Buggies. I have been enjoying coloring on kraft paper with my prismacolor pencils and that is what I did here. I printed this image on white and on kraft. The bottom layers are the white. I colored the flowers and leaves on kraft with the prismacolor pencils and decoupaged the vines, the leaves, the flowers. I also colord the Lazy Susan Buggies image, but colored this one with my Copic markers. The sentiment is an old stamp that I had as well as the corners. I added the gems down one side. I decoupaged the flowers and the leaves. I tried to get some photos of the dimension, but I'm not sure how that turned out.

Copic for Lazy Susan Buggies:

• Yellow: Y000, Y11, Y13, Y19
• Black: C3, C5, C7, C9
• Leaves: YG01, YG05, YG09
• Brown: E21, E23, E35

Challenges: 

• Challenge #41: Anything Goes @ Challenges 4 Everybody.
• Challenge #134: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday.
• Challenge #37: Anything Goes @ Creative Fingers Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #58: Anything Goes @ Sister Act Card Challenge.

On The Darker Side @ Delicious Doodles.

Good morning everyone and Happy Friday.

Today we are starting Challenge #89 which has a theme of On The Darker Side. Be sure to come play along at Delicious Doodles!! I can't wait to see everyone's Darker Side!!!  Here is what I came up with.. although.. I hate spiders LOL!!!







The image is Black Widow. She is so great!! I decided to go with a black and red type these with a little bit of purple.. that is her skin color. She likes the dark! So she is a bit pale LOL I colored her with Copic Markers. I added a little bit of gold using my gold sparkle marker. I used several different die cuts, including the corner, the flowers and the swirls that are behind her. I embossed a strip of paper down the center with a brick pattern to add a bit of texture.  I added black pearls to the center of the flowers and the sentiment. I used a doily under her and sprayed that with several mists.. purple, red, and gold.  Then I added the lace at the top and the red ribbon right on top of it.

Copic:

• Skin: BV20, BV23, BV25, BV29
• Shirt: W1, W3, W5, W7, W9
• Spiders: C3, C5, C7, C9
• Red: R14, R27, R29, R59
• Flame: R29, YR09, Y19
• Eyes: YG01, YG05, YG09

Challenges:

• May: Anything Goes @ Crafting By Designs.
• Challenge #22: Flowers @ The Cupboard Trilogy.
• May: Anything Goes @ 3 Girl JAM.
• May: Flowers @ Bearly Mine Challenges.
• May: Anything Goes w/A Handmade Bow @ Craft-Dee BowZ.
• Challenge #20: Dies and/or Punches @ Flat Friends Challenge Blog.
• May: Flowers @ Kit and Clowder.
• May: Use Flowers (sort of handmade... hand rolled LOL) @ Sketches For All Cheryl's Challenge Group.
• May: Sketch @ Smeared and Smudges / Very Sketchy.
• Challenge #55: Flowers, Ribbon and Lace @ Emerald Faeries Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #71: Two or More Die Cuts @ Whimsy Stamps Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #263:Recipe (use 2: Die Cuts, Flowers, Ribbon) @ Crafty Creations Challenges.
• HIMCR #149: Embossing @ Hiding In My Craft Room.
• Challenge #19: Anything Goes @ Crafting From The Heart*
• Challenge #141: String/Twine/Ribbon @ Paper Makeup Stamps.
• Challenge #189: Ripped To Ribbons @ Haunted Design House Macabre Monday Challenges.
• Challenge #2: Add Some Purple On Your Projects @ A Step In The Dark*
• Anything Goes @ Divas By Design.
• Challenge #232: Embossing @ Crafty Catz.
• Challenge #37: Anything Goes @ Creative Fingers Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #58: Anything Goes @ Sister Act Card Challenge.
• Challenge #95: Anything Goes @ Brown Sugar Challenge Blog.

Bookmarks Challenge @ Meljen's Designs!.

Good morning everyone and welcome to Challenge #211: Bookmarks at Meljen's Designs. I love making bookmarks and this was a  great excuse for me to finally make some!!! Here is what I came up with ... No.. I didn't just make one LOL:



I colored all of them with Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol and they are all Magnetic Bookmarks so they snap around the pages. They are my favorite bookmarks with the magnets. They snap onto the page so they don't fall our or shift. You can't really find them any more, so I just make them now.

For the first one I used, "Write To Be Understood, Speak To Be Heard, Read To Grow." The image is Book Girl. I added red and black pearls for a bit of embellishment.

 

The second one I used, "Fill Your House With Stacks of Books, In All The Crannies and All The Nooks" by Dr. Suess.The image is Little Book Worm.I added some green gems to this one.


The third one uses the quote, "Dream It! Read It!". And I used the image Study Owl, which I turned into a chick LOL I added two different pink gems and the pink corner.


And last, but certainly not least we have, "The More That You Read, The More Things You Will Know. The More That You Learn, The More Places You'll Go." -- Dr. Suess. The image I used for this one is Dragon's Little Friend. I added some blue pearls and gems on this one.


These were so fun to make!! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!!!

Challenges:

• May: Anything Goes @ Crafting By Design.
• May: Use Your Favorite Embellishment (gems and pearls) @ Ladybug Crafts.
• Challenge #14: Wisdom@ Path of Positivity Challenge*
• I thought that bookmarks were a great way to showcase Wisdom. The more you read, the more you learn, the larger your vocabulary grows. And now I have added four new bookmarks to my collection. I think I need to share by donating these bookmarks somewhere. A little research and I should be able to figure out who would appreciate them. There is nothing better than giving and giving in a way that shares the love of reading.
• Challenge #61: Anything But A Card @ Simply Create Too.
• Challenge #18: Anything Goes @ Scribble & Scrap Blog and Challenge.
• Challenge #36: Anything Goes @ Creative Fingers Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #18: Anything Goes @ Crafty Girls Challenges.
• Challenge #18: Anything Goes @ Treasured Times Rubber Stamps & Scrapbooking Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #19: Anything Goes @ Crafting From The Heart.
• Anything Goes @ Through The Craft Room Door.
• Anything Goes @ Divas By Design.
• Challenge #33: No Flowers/No Floral @ Rhedd and Rosie Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #133: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday.
• Anything But A Card @ MilkCoffee Challenge.

Whiff Of Joy New Digital Release Blog Hop!!.

Good morning everyone!! Today is the Whiff of Joy Blog Hop featuring the new digital release!!  These images are so fun and the sentiments are just what you need to get your project started. I know you will love everyone's creations!!

You should have come here from Sabine's blog. If not, you should start at the Whiff of Joy Blog. Make sure you leave a comment at each stop along the way, including the Whiff of Joy Blog, and enter your name into the inlinkz on the Whiff of Joy Blog as well to be entered into the drawing for one of the images from the new release.









This is Henry on the Keyboards!!  I colored Henry with my Prismacolor Pencils. I colored his tail, the pink on his ears, his mouth and tongue and the keyboard with my Copic Markers. I did a very small amount of decoupage on this image.. I only popped the keyboard. I've added a lot of different die cuts... the card itself is a die ad then the two squares layered on top of it, the two circles, there are many different swirls, flowers and leaves, the butterflies as well. The die cuts are from the Memory Box, Spellbinders and Cheery Lynn. I added the flowers, the gems on the sentiment and pearls on the butterflies. I also added some micro beads on the aqua flowers on the left side and silver stickles on the large green flower. I put one of the butterflies on the inside to finish the inside off.

I have really enjoyed working with these musical digital stamps! They are so fun! The Whiff of Joy Blog Hop starts on May 20th and it will end at midnight CEST on May 22nd. The winners will be announced on the Whiff of Joy Blog. Your next stop along the way will be at Valentina's Blog!!

Here is a master list of the hop in case you get lost along the way!

• Whiff of Joy Blog  ◄ Start of Blog Hop
• Anja
• Anneke
• Jeanet
• Linda
• Natascha Banning
• Natasha Bailey
• Nicole
• Sabine
• SUSAN  ◄ YOU ARE HERE
• VALENTINA  ◄ NEXT STOP
• Whiff of Joy Blog  ◄ End of Blog Hop

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Copics Used:

• Henry was colored with my Prismacolor Pencils
• Henry's Tail and Tongue: R20, R21, R22
• Henry's Mouth: R59, R89
• Piano: N1, N3, N5, N7, N9
• Piano Black Keys: C00, C1, C3

Challenges:

• IIC #159: Flower Power @ Inky Impressions Challenges.
• PWC310: Embellish @ Paper Pretties.
• Die Crazy @ Simon Says Stamp and Show.
• Things With Wings (Butterflies) @ The Outlawz Twisted Thursday.
• Challenge #132: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday.
• R #176: To Die For @ Crafts 4 Eternity.
• Going In Circles @ Creative Corner Challenges*
• Challenge #36: Anything Goes @ Creative Fingers Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #88: Punch or Dies @ QKR Stampede.
• Challenge #57: Anything Goes @ Sister Act Card Challenge.
• Things With Wings (Butterflies) @ Splendiferous Creations.
• Let's Play Bingo (Butterflies, Free Choice, Bling/Rhinestones) @ Come and Get It Challenges.
• Challenge #133: April Showers Bring May Flowers @ My Sheri CRAFTS*
• Challenge #212: Shaped Cards @ Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog*
• Challenge #207: Funky Flowers @ Sentimental Sundays*
• Challenge #69: Bring On The Bling @ The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog.
• May: Anything Goes @ Crafting By Designs.
• Challenge #41: Anything Goes w/Option of Spring @ Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #77: Things With Wings (Butterflies) @ Crafting For All Seasons.
• Challenge #79: Animals @ Ruby's Rainbow.
• May: Flowers @ Bearly Mine Challenges.
• Challenge #65: Die-licious (Use A Die) @ Craftitude.
• Challenge #13: Anything But Square @ Crafting Musketeers Challenge Blog.
• ALBC: Flower Power @ Paula Holifield Crafts.
• Challenge #82: Things With Wings (Butterflies) @ Dream Valley Challenges.
• May: In The Garden @ Crafty Little Fairies.
• May: Flowers @ Kit and Clowder*
• May: Use Your Favorite Embellishment @ Ladybug Crafts.
• May: Black @ Sketches For All / Stacy H-W's Stash Challenge.
• May: Stamps and Flowers @ STAMPlorations Blog.
• Challenge #234: April Showers Bring May Flowers @ Crazy 4 Challenges.
• Challenge #71: Two or More Die Cuts @ Whimsy Stamps Inspirations Challenges.
• Challenge #19: Anything Goes @ Crafting From The Heart.
• Challenge #172: Flowers @ Make It Monday with Kraft Outlet.
• Challenge #3: Butterflies @ Aurora Wings Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #104: Fun With Your Name (S-Stickles, U-Unchained Melody, S-Swirls, A-Aqua, N-Notes) @ Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog*
• Ohhh So Cute! @ Papertake Weekly Challenges.
• Anything Goes @ Through The Craft Room Door.

Whiff of Joy New Release Preview 2.

Good morning everyone!!  Today I'm posting another preview of the Whiff of Joy new digital release. It is all about music and it is an amazing release. I love Henry!! Who doesn't??  And he is just as adorable as ever playing all of these musical instruments. Here is what I came up with for this card:












I colored the images with my Copic Makers. I did a bit of decoupage on Henry. I tried to show that a bit with some of the photos. I layered blue on the card and cut the bottom edge with a punch. On the inside I cut the right side with the same punch. I layered some light blue pearls in some of the bigger stars and along the front sentiment. There are several images on here from the new ones at Whiff of Joy. I used Henry Playing the Guitar, but I also used the Line of Notes, the two circles at the top right are colored with gold glitter marker and then I put Diamond Glaze on them. They are wonderful!. The microphone is another image, the front sentiment and the sentiment on the inside and the trumpet on the inside. All of those are images from the new digital release at Whiff of Joy. They are all fabulous!! I added the twine in the front with the musical note button in the middle of it. There are two shades of blue twine there. And that is my showcase for Whiff of Joy... Be sure to go over and see ALL of the new digital images in this release!!

Copic:

• Henry: E51, E11, E13, E15, E35
• Guitar: C3, C5, C7, C9, B24, B28, B39
• Tail: R20, R21, R22
• Trumpet: Y23, Y26, Y28, YR23
• Microphone: N1, N3, N5, N7, N9, 100, C1, C3, C5

Challenges:

• Challenge #61: Music @ Creative Card Crew*
• M is for ... (Music) @ Simon Says Stamp and Show.
• Challenge #211: Boys @ Stampavie and More.
• One For The Boys @ A Creative Romance.
• Challenge #135: Cute As A Button @ Art Impressions Blog.
• Challenge #31: Card For A Male @ Left of Center Creative Challenges.
• May: Say It With A Sentiment @ Trendy Twine.
• May: Anything Goes @ Crafting By Designs.
• Blue and White @ Crafty Boots Challenges.
• Challenge #4: Furry Friends @ Naughty or Nice Challenges.
• All About Animals @ Melonheadz Friends.
• PWC310: Embellish @ Paper Pretties.
• Challenge #79: Animals @ Ruby's Rainbow.
• Challenge #132: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday.
• Challenge #36: Anything Goes @ Creative Fingers Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #57: Anything Goes @ Sister Act Card Challenge.
• Challenge #1: Anything Goes @ Crafting At The Weekend.
• Challenge #18: Anything Goes @ Crafty Girls Challenges.
• Challenge #18: Anything Goes @ Treasured Times Rubber Stamps & Scrapbooking Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #85: Cards For Men or Male Colors @ Glitter n Sparkle Challenge Blog*