Floral ATC*

Good morning! Saturday was a pretty lazy day. We did go out in the morning to Goodwill and then to pick up some dog treats. The rest of the day I colored and created. It was a good day. Today, we will be going to church a bit later, but I plan to have another day of rest and creating. I'm hoping to get a bit more coloring done and if I'm lucky, another card or two. If I'm lucky! LOL  We will see how that goes. I hope you all have a blessed Sunday and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Today I'm sharing an ATC I finished up with:








I had so much fun with this image! This is Keep In Faith from Ching-Chou Kuik. I colored this image with my Copic Markers. I did a little bit of layering on the image. I layered the flowers and branches. I added a little bit of clear Wink of Stella on her eyes. The swirls are die cut with a Cheery Lynn die and the butterfly is a die, but I'm not sure who that die belongs to. I added yellow glitter to the butterfly die and some blue pearls. The sunflowers at the top are cut using my Silhouette Cameo. I used all scraps for this. The ATC was cut using Kraft and then I used a scrap of dark blue and distressed the edge of that paper. I added a white doily which is under the flowers and butterfly towards the top. I added some Distress ink around the edge of the doily. Thanks for looking!!

Copic Colors Used:

• Hair: B02, B23, B24, B28, YR20, YR21, YR24
• Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11, E13
• Eyes: B02, B24, B28
• Wood: E35, E37, E39
• Flower Center: E44, E47, E49
• Flower: Y02, Y15, Y19
• Lips: R20, R22

Challenges:

• To Die For (4/5) @ Papertake Weekly Challenges.
• Challenge #47: Anything Goes (5) @ Inspiration Destination*
• Challenge #323: Flowers (3) @ Wednesday's Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #197: Anything Goes (5/5) @ Word Art Wednesday.
• Challenge #151: One For The Girls (2) @ A Gem Of A Challenge.
• Challenge #2: Anything Goes (9) @ A Bit More Time To Craft.
• August: A Floral Display (1/3) @ Ching-Chou Kuik Inspiration and Challenge Blog*
• Challenge #8: Anything Goes (1/3) @ ATC Around The World.
• Challenge #111: Die Cuts or Punches @ Ruby's Rainbow Challenges.
• Challenge #23: Anything Goes @ Not Just Cards Challenge Blog.
• Anything Goes w/Flowers (1/3) @ Petal Lu Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #260: Distressing (1) @ 4 Crafty Chicks.
• N For No Design Paper (3) @ Alphabet Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #289: Flowers (1/3) @ Crafty Catz.
• Challenge #46: Anything Goes (3/3) @ Creative Craft Cottage.
• Challenge #90: Anything Goes (2/3) @ Creative Fingers Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #153: Die Cuts (2/3) @ QKR Stampede.
• Challenge #120: Anything Goes (2) @ Sister Act Card Challenge.
• Challenge #278: Use A Digi (1/3) @ Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog.

Challenge #5 at SLSLines Digi Stamps

Good morning!  Monday morning!! It really did come too fast! There is so much to be done and so little time LOL We are actually at the waiting stage on getting the house. Everything is with the Underwriters. Our closing is scheduled for the 22nd of January, so we sit and wait.

Today we are on a new challenge at SLSLines Digi Stamps; Challenge #5 - Portrait. Here is what I have done with this challenge:









For this little Christmas card I have used Christmas Zombie. I had so much fun coloring him with my Copic Markers. I did a little bit of decoupage ont his image. I used papers from Mambi and the gold paper is from my stash of scraps! I used some green from my stash as well to cut the Cheery Lynn swirl. The circles are Spellbinders dies. I stamped the greeting from Paper Smooches and I added the green gems to finish it off.

Copic Markers Used:

• Skin: E000, E70, E71, G82
• Fleshy Spots and Tongue: R20, R22, R24, R27
• Hat: R22, R24, R35, R46
• Hair: W1, W3, W5

Challenges:

• Sketch #114 @ Cardabilities
• Challenge #324: Red, White, Black @ Color Throwdown
• Something New @ Simon Says Stamp! Challenge Blog
• Challenge #16: Digi/Embellish @ CCC Digi Creations
• Challenge #62: Anything Goes @ Creative Fingers Challenge Blog
• Challenge #88: Anything Goes @ Sister Act Card Challenges
• Challenge #135: Something New @ A Gem Of A Challenge
• Challenge #45: Anything Goes w/Twist of Christmas Foliage @ Completely Christmas
• Challenge #10: Anything Goes @ Not Just Cards Challenge Blog
• A is for Anything Christmas w/Optional Antlers @ ABC Christmas Challenge
• January Challenge #31: Anything Goes @ Creative Craft Cottage
• Challenge #148: Anything With Red @ DL Dot Art
• January: Anything Goes @ Your Scrapbook Place
• January: Anything Christmas @ Christmas Cards All Year 'Round
• January: Anything Goes @ Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge
• January: Anything Goes @ Kit and Clowder
• Challenge #34: Anything Goes @ Paper Creators Crafts
• January: Anything Goes @ Vandicraft's Artistry
• January: Anything Goes @ Whoopsidaisy Challenge
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Open-Minded Winners Challenge #26 and Midway Challenge #27

Good morning everyone! What's been going on? We are well on our way in the process of purchasing a home! We will close on the 22nd of January. This weekend our plan is to get the kitchen packed up and only leave the bare medium out for us to use. Other than that, I'm hoping to craft!

Today is Saturday and our winners for Challenge #26 are posted this morning at Open-Minded Crafting Fun! That was our All White Challenge and our sponsors for Challenge #26 were Digital Delights, Jessica Weible Illustrations, Paper Pretties, Sami Stamps and Sassy Studio Designs. Be sure to check out our Winners and DT Favorites!

And we are on a midway post for Challenge #27: New Years Resolutions!! You still have a week to get in our first challenge of 2015!! Our sponsors for Challenge #27 are:



I love our sponsors! And I want to thank our wonderful sponsors for everything they do!!

Here is my project for Challenge #27:







For the Midway Challenge #27 I have created this Cascade Card! I chose to do a Christmas Card for my New Years Resolutions. I have three of them! One is to start shopping for Christmas gifts starting at the beginning of the year! I want to purchase Christmas gifts all through the year so it doesn't hit us all at once at the beginning of the year! So, that is one New Years Resolutions! The second one is to work on Christmas Cards all year long! I think I did okay last year getting a bunch of Christmas cards done through the year and I want to stay on track and do it again this year! So, this is my start! First Christmas card of 2015! And the third one is to use a LOT of my scrap papers this year! I have a ton of scraps and I want to get through a bunch of them! For this card I have used ALL scraps except for the base of the card!  So there you have it... Three New Years Resolutions to work on this year!! :)

For this card I've used Little Present from Zuri Artsy Craftsy Digital Stamps! i colored her with both my Copic Markers and my Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol, with a bit of Copic Opaque White for highlights.. I had a lot of fun making this Cascade card. This is the fist time I've created one of these! I've used a couple of different Spellbinders circles dies. I did a bit of decoupage on her as well. I added the holly swirl from Cheery Lynn. And the green and red gems around the circle. The fabric holly leaves were from a Challenge win! I stamped the Merry Christmas, which is from Paper Smooches, twice and put them on the different layers of the card. And that is it! I hope you join us for our challenge!!

Copic Markers Used:

• Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11, E13
• Hair: E21, E25, E27, E29

Challenges:

• Circles, Chevrons and Bling @ The Outlawz Greeting Card
• Anything Goes @ Clear It Out Challenge Blog
• Challenge #15: Anything Goes @ Inspiration Destination
• Challenge #133: Anything Goes @ Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog
• Anything Goes @ Papertake Weekly Challenges
• Challenge #200: Anything Goes @ Try Stampin' On Tuesday
• Challenge #226: Favorite Embellishment (die cuts) @ Tuesday Throwdown
• Anything Goes @ Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wednesday Challenge
• Challenge #209: Anything Goes @ Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog
• Challenge #165: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday
• DTBST #263: Anything Goes @ Sassy Studio Designs
• Challenge #62: Anything Goes @ Creative Fingers Challenge Blog
• January: Anything Goes @ Your Scrapbook Place
• FFC #70: It's A New Year, Bling It On! @ Jo's Scrap Shack
• Challenge #88: Anything Goes @ Sister Act Card Challenge
• Tic Tac Toe (Sentiment, Image, Die Cut) @ Polkadoodles
• Challenge #10: Anything Goes @ Not Just Cards Challenge Blog
• A is for Anything Goes w/ Optional Antlers @ ABC Christmas Challenge
• January Challenge #31: Anything Goes @ Creative Craft Cottage
• Challenge #148: Anything With Red @ DL Dot Art
• X for X-Periment (Use A New Technique - Cascade Card) @ Alphabet Challenge Blog
• Challenge #22: Anything Goes @ Art By Miran Challenge Blog
• January: Anything Goes @ Crafting By Designs
• January: Christmas Leftovers @ Creaine Challenges
• January: Anything Christmas @ Christmas Cards All Year 'Round
• January Challenge #63: It's All About Bling @ The Emerald Faeries Challenge Blog
• January: Anything Goes @ Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge
• January: Anything Goes @ Kit and Clowder
• January: Cascade Card @ Scrapbook Blessings Club
• January: Anything Goes @ Vandicrafts Artistry Challenge
• January: Anything Goes @ Whoopsidaisy Challenge
• Challenge #45: Anything Goes w/Twist of Christmas Foliage @ Completely Christmas
• January Challenge #34: Anything Goes @ Paper Creators Crafts
• HIMCR #182: Super Scraps Saturday @ Hiding In My Craft Room

Happy New Year With Meljen's Designs!!

Good morning again everyone! And a very Happy New Year :)  I'm hoping to spend my day just crafting!  We will see if that works out how I plan LOL!! It doesn't normally!

For today, we are on Challenge #241 at Meljen's Designs! We are starting off with an easy Anything Goes Challenge to start back our challenges and to start the New Year :)









For this challenge I worked on another page of my little mini bag album with the Christmas Carols theme. This song is The Friendly Beasts and I thought it was fitting for the Nativity Donkey and Nativity Camel. You can find both of these at the Meljen's Shop individually or you can find in the Nativity Set. I really love this set :)

I colored the images with my Copic Markers and I did a very small amount of decoupage on them. All of the papers are scraps! Let's see if I can use scraps all of January! LOL  I cut a Cheery Lynn's swirl die a couple of times and inked the edges of the white paper used.

Copic Markers Used:

• Camel and Donkey Cheeks: R20, R22
• Camel Fur: E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E49
• Star on Camel: Y11, Y15, Y19
• Donkey Fur: C00, C1, C3, C5, C7, C9
• Heart on Donkey: R24, R35, R46

Challenges:

• Challenge #134: Anything Christmas @ A Gem Of A Challenge
• Challenge #209: Anything Goes Christmas @ Allsorts
• HIMCR #180: Freestyle Christmas @ Hiding In My Craft Room
• Challenge #104: Anything Goes @ 613 Avenue Create
• Challenge #94: Anything Goes Christmas @ Addicted To Stamps Challenge
• Challenge #117: Anything Goes @ Glitter n Sparkle Challenge Blog
• PIO #49: Anything Goes Christmas / Holidays @ Pile It On!
• Challenge #244: Anything Goes @ Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog
• Christmas / Winter Holiday @ Melonheadz Friends
• Challenge #164: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday
• Challenge #92: Anything Christmas But A Card @ Crafting For All Seasons
• Challenge #354: Anything Goes @ Cute Card Thursday
• Challenge #82: Lots of Cuteness on Anything But A Card @ The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog
• Challenge #15: A Christmas Carol @ Dream Factory
• January: Christmas Leftovers @ Our Creative Corner
• January: Anything Goes @ Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog
• January: Anything Goes @ Mema's Crafts
• January: Anything Goes @ Seemacrafts

Whiff of Joy December Post #1

Good morning everyone!! Can you believe the weekend is over already? We had a pretty quiet, nice weekend. We watched V8 racing, my oldest daughter came down for a visit, Kevin and I went out to Dinner with my previous Boss on Saturday night and that is pretty much it!  It was a nice weekend. Too bad it is over! I hope you all have a wonderful week ahead!

Today I am posting my first Whiff of Joy project for December. For this card I decided to go with a Friendship Card:








There is my Beary Special Friendship card :)  I've used Beary Best Friends which you can find in the Whiff of Joy Shop. I added some twine and ribbon, a Sizzix die cut, a Cheery Lynn swirl die cut, and some flowers. The paper in the back is spritzed with several different paints and embossed. The bear and bee are colored with Copic Markers and a small amount of decoupage was done.

Copic Markers Used:

• Bear: W1, W3, W5, W7, W9; E31, E33, E34, E35
• Honey Pot: E95, E97, E99; R56, R46, R59
• Honey: Y11, Y15, Y19, Y38; R56, R46, R59
• Bee: Y11, Y15, Y19; C3, C5, C7, C9
• Honey Stick: E31, E34, E35

Challenges:

• Challenge #24: Anything Goes @ The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge*
• Anything Goes @ Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog.
• December: Anything Goes but NOT Christmas @ Paula Holifield Crafts.
• Challenge #37: Sentiment (not birthday) @ Perfectly Rustics.
• December: Anything Goes @ Sisters of Craft.
• December: Create Any Kind of Project with Flowers @ Sketches For All / Giorgia's Challenge Group.
• Anything Goes @ Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #129: Anything Goes @ Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog.
• Anything Goes @ Papertake Weekly Challenges.
• December: Anything Goes @ Crafting By Designs.
• Challenge #161: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday.
• V for Variety: 3 Different Embellishments or 3 Different Papers @ Alphabet Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #59: Anything Goes @ Creative Fingers Challenge Blog.
• December: Use Ribbons and/or Bows @ Jellypark Friends Friday Challenges.
• Challenge #86: Anything Goes @ Sister Act Card Challenge.
• Week #228: Animal Magic @ Allsorts.
• December: Animals @ Kit and Clowder.
• Challenge #101: Anything Goes w/Optional Create Your Own Challenge (1 - image, pp; 2 - sentiment, die cut;  3 - solid colored paper; embossing(dry); 4 - flowers; 5 - twine) @ 613 Avenue Create.
• Challenge #33: Always Anything Goes (1/3) @ Scribbles & Scrap Blog and Challenge.
• Challenge #214: Anything Goes @ The Corrosive Challenge Blog.
• December: Anything Goes @ The Ribbon Girl Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #236: Embossing (wet or dry) @ Sentimental Sundays.
• Lots of Embellishments @ Melonheadz Friends.

Meljen's Designs DT Day Inspiration December!.

Happy December everyone!! Only two Meljen's posts this month! I was lucky enough to grab one of the DT Days! And then my Thursday Challenge Post!  Today is my DT Inspiration!  Hope you all have a wonderful day!!







Okay.. let me explain.... LOL  This is my work in progress. I wanted to do a mini bag album with the Meljen's Nativity set. This is the first double page layout of this album. I decided to do some carols with it. On one side will be the words to a song and then the other page will be a photo layout. For this one the song is "Do You Hear What I Hear?". And the image is Nativity Shepherd's Sheep which you can of course find in the Meljen's Designs Shop!! Stay tuned for other pages as they come.. and when I finish it off I will send photos of the completed album and pages :) The image was colored with my Copic markers and a bit of decoupage done. Some of the papers were inked, others distressed. I used a border punch of stars on this page and used some of the punched out stars as embellishments as well. I also added some ribbon.The vines are Cheery Lynn die cuts and the banner is a Sizzix die cut. All of the papers are scraps from last years Christmas papers!

Copic Markers Used:

• Robe, Pants, head Covering: E41, E42; B00, B000
• Shepherd and Sheep: E40,0
• Hooves: N0, N3, N5
• Star: Y11, Y15, Y19
• Cheeks: R20, R22
• Heart: R24, R35, R46

Challenges:

• Challenge #222: Die Cuts @ 4 Crafty Chicks.
• Favourite Xmas Style and Why? @ As You Like It Challenge.
• To Me, I love doing Traditional Christmas creations... bringing out the true meaning of Christmas; keeping Christ in Christmas. That is why I decided to do this little mini album.
• Challenge #107: Animals At Christmas + Ribbon @ Crafty Ribbons Challenge.
• Inspired By A Song @ Moving Along With The Times.
• Challenge #225: Anything Goes @ Stampavie and More.
• Challenge #1: Anything Goes @ A Crafty Mess.
• Challenge #115: Anything But A Card @ QKR Stampede.
• Dies and Punches @ Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog.
• Left Overs / Scraps @ Catch The Bug Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #40: Anything Goes w/Twist of Something Beginning with S (sheep, star, scraps, shepherd) @ Completely Christmas.
• Anything Goes @ The Outlawz Paper Ala Mode.
• Challenge #264: Christmas Animal @ Totally Gorjuss.
• Challenge #161: Tis The Season @ Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #35: Anything Goes @ Scrapbook Blessings Club.
• Use Die Cuts / Punches @ Digi Sketch Challenge.
• Challenge #170: Christmas @ Ooh La La Creations Challenges.
• X is for Xmas Music @ ABC Christmas Challenge.
• Challenge #92: Lots of Layers @ Addicted To Stamps Challenge.
• Challenge #145: Any Winter Holiday @ DL Dot Art.
• Challenge #33: All About Christmas @ Paper Creators Crafts.
• Challenge #27: Cute and Cuddly Christmas @ Natalie and Amy's Challenge.
• Challenge #14: Digi / Christmas @ CCC Digi Creations.
• December: Anything Goes with an Animal @ Animal Friends Challenge.
• Challenge #53: Any Digi Goes @ Doodle Pantry LLC Challenge Blog.
• December: Celebrate The Holidays or Cold Winter Days @ Mema's Crafts.
• December: Christmas @ Seemacrafts.
• December: Christmas @ The Craft Garden.
• Anything Goes @ Sketches For All / Stacy H-W's Stash Challenge.
• Challenge #129: Photo Inspiration @ {PIN}spirational Challenges.
• Challenge #129: Anything Goes @ Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog.
• Anything Goes @ Papertake Weekly Challenges.
• Challenge #29: Christmas Carols @ Connie Can Crop*

 

Challenge 2 at SLS Lines.

Good morning! And a very happy Sunday to you. I'm still not feeling great!! But I think I'm on the mend.. I think LOL! Ughhh I hate feeling like crap!! But I've take photos of the rest of my October creations and it's time to start working on November. So, for the rest of the day I'm hoping to color. I hope you all have a great rest of your weekend!

Today we are starting Challenge #2 at SLS Lines Digital Stamps!!  I hope to see you joining in!! Our theme for this challenge is 'Pink'! So, get out your pink and let's see what you've got!!  Here is what I came up with:









I am using Lady With Flowers which you can find in the SLS Lines Digital Stamp Shop. I used my Copic Markers to color this image. I did a small amount of decoupage.. just the flowers in her hair! I added a couple of die cut swirls from Cheery Lynn. The butterflies are Spellbinders. The shape that the image is cut is also a Spellbinders die. I added the random pink flowers and pink pearls. I also added white pearls on the butterflies. Then to finish it off I added some pink lace with pink ribbon on top of that. The 'thank you' and the 'thank you for your friendship' are both stamps. I inked with a bit of brown around the image as well! All of these papers are really old.. I couldn't tell you how long I've had them or who they belong to either LOL 

Copic:

• Hair: Y21, Y23, YR21, YR24; R20, R22, R24
• Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11, E13
• Lips: R20, R22, R24
• Eyes: G12, G14, G17
• Flowers: R81, R83, R85

Challenges:

• Challenge #67: Flower Power @ Creatalicious Challenges.
• Challenge #45: Flowers and Ribbon @ Fairytale Stampers.
• Challenge #125: Anything Could Happen @ {PIN}-spirational Challenges.
• October: Anything Goes w/a Handmade Bow @ Craft-Dee BowZ.
• Octrober: Anything Goes @ Crafting By Designs.
• October: Think Pink @ The Crafting Cafe.
• Challenge #36: Anything Goes @ Crafting With Dragonflies.
• October: Tic Tac Toe (Ribbon/Lace-Flowers-Die Cut) @ Mema's Crafts.
• October: Challenge #8 (Give Thanks) @ Naughty or Nice Challenges.
• Challenge #51: Any Digi Goes @ Doodle Pantry.
• October Challenge #17: Shades of Pink @ Miriam's Crafting Blog.
• Challenge #16: Anything Goes @ Art By Miran Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #24: Lots of Pink or Breast Cancer @ Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge.
• October: Bingo! (pearls, sentiment, die cuts) @ Crafty Calendar Challenge Blog.
• October: Anything Goes @ Kit and Clowder.
• Challenge #31: Anything Goes @ Scrapbook Blessings Club.
• Challenge #39: Anything Goes @ Crafting From The Heart.
• Challenge #161: Anything Goes @ Paper Makeup Stamps.
• TPE271: Think Pink @ The Pink Elephant.
• Anything Goes @ Crafty Sentiments Designs.
• Anything Goes @ Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #232: Anything With Ribbon @ Fab 'n' Funky Challenges.
• Challenge #50: Anything Goes @ The Stamping Chef.
• Challenge #153: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday.
• Challenge #117: Anything Goes @ AUD Sentiments Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #52: Anything Goes @ Creative Fingers Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #78: Anything Goes @ Sister Act Card Challenge.
• Challenge #5: Sassy @ Sweet 7 Digital Designs Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #93: Anything Goes w/Optional CAS @ 613 Avenue Create.
• Challenge #89: Anything Goes @ Addicted To Stamps Challenge.
• PIO #41: 2 or More Die Cuts @ Pile It On!.
• Lots of Layers @ Melonheadz Friends.