Challenge #197 at Meljen's Designs.

Good morning everyone!! Today we are on challenge #197 over at Meljen's Designs. The theme this week is Love you To Pieces (Paper Piecing). Here is my creation for our challenge:

I used Eskimo Kisses from Meljen's Designs. It was a great image to paper piece! I was able to use a lot of scraps from the papers I used this winter. I did some stitching on this care. I paper pieced their clothing. I decoupaged their jackets and hats. I added glitter to the hat and jackets. I colored the shoes, hands, nose and heart with Copic. Those little corners are paper folding from a tutorial at Doing Life. If you haven't visited Desire's blog, then you really should! She is amazingly talented and has some fantastic tutorials!!  Be sure to check it out and become a follower!! I added the blue gems to the corners. The Eskimo Kisses is handwritten.

Copic:

• Skin: E93
• Heart: BG01, BG05
• Shoes: W3, W5, W7, W9

Challenges:

• Mervi's Candy and Challenge @ Mrs Cuts Cards and Crafts.
• Shades of the Same Colour @ CraftyHand's Challenge Blog.
• Winter Blues @ Frosted Designs.
• February: Anything Goes with Glitter, Embossing Powder or Flocking @ Sparkle N Sprinkle.
• Challenge #38: Anything Goes @ Challenges 4 Everybody.
• Bingo (Glitter, Stamp, Heart) @ Crafty Boots Challenge.
• Anything Goes @ Crafting By Design.
• February Thankful Thursday Anything Goes @ DL Dot Art.
• Challenge #127: Pop It Up! @ Art Impressions Blog.
• CMM80: Make It Sparkle @ Card Makin Mamas.
• Challenge #22: Anything Goes @ Creative Fingers Challenge Blog.
• FFC #36: Anything Goes @ Jo's Scrap Shack.
• Challenge #74: Hearts and Kisses @ QKR Stampede*
• Challenge #15: Anything Goes @ Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge.
• Week #245: Colours Beginning With B @ Allsorts Challenge Blog.
• February Theme Challenge: Love @ Catch The Bug Challenge Blog.
• MIM #178: Anything Goes @ Make It Monday.
• Challenge #34: Anything Goes + Use A Heart @ Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog.
• Valentine/Love @ LEJ Designs Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #90: Paper Piecing @ Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog*
• Challenge #308: Love Is In The Air @ Paperminutes.
• Challenge #71: Love Is All Around @ Deep Ocean Challenge Blog.
• ODBDSLC190: Love Themed or Valentine's Day Non Traditional Colors @ Our Daily Bread Designs Blog.
• With A Heart @ Papertake Weekly Challenges.
• Challenge #36: Anything Goes/Love @ Creative Moments.
• With Love @ Divas By Design.
• Challenge #203: Love/Valentine @ Fab 'n' Funky Challenge.
• Challenge #26: Love Is In The Air @ Rhedd and Rosie Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #145: Be My Valentine @ The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog.
• Love Is In The Air @ The Sisterhood of Crafters.
• Challenge #119: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday.
• February: Stamp & Stitches @ STAMPlorations.

Vintage at Tammy's Scrapin Corner

Good morning everyone.

Our challenge this week is to make something Vintage. This is Challenge #64 at Tammy's Scrapin Corner.

For my card I used Placed On A Pedestal from A Day For Daisies. I colored the image with Copic. I designed the scripture myself to fit on the card. I inked with Distress Ink - Broken China and Tea Dye. I distressed all the edges. I used some lace from Webster's Pages. The flower was done with paper folding. You can find the tutorial at Desire's. The pearls are brads and they were from my stash.

Copic:
Robe - E40, E42, E43
Flowers - R000, R00
Leaves - YG01, YG06, YG07
Eye Shadow - B00, B01, B02, B04
Vase - B00, B01, B02, B04
Pedestal: E40, E41
Skin: E000, E00

Challenges:

• Anything Goes @ Bearly Mine Challenges.
• Whimsical Wednesday #5 @ The Memory Nest.
• Challenge May 12-27: Anything Goes @ Through The Craftroom Door.
• Challenge #55: Layers @ Card and Scrap.
• May Challenge: A Tim Holtz Homage (Distress/Ink) @ Cards Galore Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #134: Lots of Layers @ Crafts and Me Challenges.
• Challenge #172: Ribbon and/or Lace @ Fab 'n' Funky Challenges.
• Challenge #16: Use Lace @ Happy Campers Craft Collective.
• IIC #109: Distress It @ Inky Impressions Challenges.
• Challenge #46: Kraft It @ Simple Salutations Challenge MFP Speedy TV
• PSC80: Anything Goes @ The Perfect Sentiment.
• Challenge #21: Cards @ Tsunami Rose Designs
• Challenge #81: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday.
• N For Not Just One (pearls, flower, brads, lace) @ The ABC Challenge.
• May Challenge: Female @ Mad For Markers.
• DICC #54 (Colour Blue, Distressing, White Accents) @ Desert Islands Crafts Challenge.
• Anything Goes with Earthtones @ Oozak. (my favorite shopping spot! If you haven't, you need to check it out!)
• Word Prompt Wednesday #11 May: Smell @ Sketches For All Weekly Challenges Group.
• SDC101: Text @ Stampotique Designers Challenge.
• Challenge #52: Ribbons and/or Lace @ Deep Ocean Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #8: Lace & Pearls @ Vintage Stamping Challenges.
• Challenge #2: May 6 - June 2 @ Path of Positivity Challenge
• Challenge #194: Ribbon or Lace @ Stampavie and More
• Be Sentimental @ My Heart Pieces Digital Stamp Challenge
• Show Us What You Got @ Shelly's Images.
• Challenge #50: For The Girls @ Creatalicious Challenges.
• Photo Inspiration with Color Swatch (Tan, Chocolate, Bright Blue, Lt. Blue) @ Crafter's Digital Art Center Inspiration Challenge Room 
• Day #136: Words of Wisdom @ 365 Cards.
• R #125: Get In Shape @ Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge.
• A Fancy Fold or Two @ Crafty Catz.
• Challenge #135: In The Mood For This @ Fun With Shapes And More.
• Challenge #89: Pearls and Lace @ Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge.
• Challenge #8: Anything Goes @ Sister Act Card Challenge.
• Challenge #70: Anything Goes @ A Day For Daisies Blog.
• Loverly Ladies @ The Octopode Factory Friday Challenge.
• Challenge #9: Anything Goes @ Paper Creator's Crafts.
• Challenge #21: Anything Goes @ Pumpkin Spice
• May 25-31: Anything Goes @ The Outlawz Paper A La Mode.
• Challenge #21: Anything Goes @ 613 Avenue Create.
• Challenge #57: Bingo (Lace/Flowers/Sentiment) @ Addicted To Stamps Challenge.
• Challenge #21: Anything Goes @ Challenges 4 Everybody.
• Off The Edge @ Come and Get It Challenges.
• Self Made Flowers @ Eclectic Ellapu.
• Challenge #7: Flowers/Roses @ Hobbycutz.
• Challenge #9: Anything Goes @ Lacy Sunshine Challenge Blog.
• Challenge #173: Anything Goes @ Kaboodle Doodles.
• MIM #142: Anything Goes @ Make It Monday.
• Handmade Embellishments @ Make My Monday Weekly Challenge Blog.
• CCH #146: Use Sentiments @ The Crazy Challenge.
• Challenge #90: Anything Goes @ The Paper Makeup Stamps Blog.

DT Day at Meljen's

Good morning everyone. I am back to normal... my desk is a WRECK! LOL But it is so nice to be back to creating! I really, really need to clean it off though before I move on to the next card.

Today is my DT Day at Meljen's, so I'll share my card with you. The theme is Fancy Folds and I panicked a little this morning because I couldn't remember what the theme was and thought.. Oh no! What if I did it wrong LOL But I'm all good.. I did a center step card for a colleague at work who just lost her father. And here it is:

I used Meljen's image - Window Cat. I thought it was the perfect image for a Sympathy card. I painted the window with acrylic paints and I colored the cat with my Prismacolor Pencils. I used the one die cut swirl and the die cut with the sentiment on the front. I paper folded the corner and added the flowers and buttons. The papers are all scraps and the base is Kraft. I decorated the inside as well.

Challenges:

• Fancy Fold @ Divas by Design
• Animals and/or Butterflies and/or Birds @ Forever Friends & Co Challenge Blog
• Challenge #115: Anything Goes @ Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog
• Anything Goes @ Stamp 'n' Doodle
• Challenge #68: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday
• CCEE1308: Things that Begin With C (Cat) @ CCEE Stampers
• Bingo Card Challenge (Starts with a G (Green), Free Space, Die Cut) @ Guylou's Inimitability
• Challenge #8: Anything Goes @ The Crafty Bloggers Network
• Anything Goes @ Crafting Cafe
• Challenge #35: Anything Goes @ Liastampz
• Challenge #6: Anything Goes @ Pin & Tack Handcrafted Delights
• February Challenge: Fur and Feathers @ Stamping Sensations
• Challenge #14: Anything Goes @ Challenges 4 Everybody
• Day #50: Fancy Fold @ 365 Cards

Meljen's Challenge - It's A Sketch!

Good morning everyone. I'm am so thankful it is Thursday. I don't know what is going on at work or why I seem extra busy, but I can't get out of work on time and I'm non stop all day. Of course the week didn't start off so great LOL  On Monday one of my Directors needed something done. I worked ALL day on it.. and even into the evening. I worked for 13 hours on it.. only to be told that I had been working on the wrong thing. Ughhh... how frustrating is that!! So, I got up early on Tuesday, got into work and did what she needed done so that it was waiting for her when she got in. Not the best way to start off the week LOL Oh well! I have gotten a lot of things done this week. I can't seem to catch up no matter what I do though. I guess that is good though.. job security!


Okay.. enough of that.. on to our challenge this week. Our Challenge this week at Meljen's Designs is a Sketch Challenge!

I followed the sketch... somewhat LOL I did make some changes.. mostly because my image ended up on a rectangle instead of a circle. Just how it worked out. I did add the extra circle to make up for it :)
 

Let's see... I used mostly cardstock.. the teal and the pink. There is a white patterned paper on the teal.. the strip of it next to the teal strip with the "Season's Greetings" on it. That strip is pattered paper from Little Yellow Bicycle - Once Upon A Christmas. I used some buttons from my stash and ribbon from my stash.. those are no less than 8 years old LOL The circle is made from a folding technique here at Desire's - Doing Life. I didn't fold the edges down.. I wanted to leave it just like this instead this time with the snowflake added. The snowflake is from Snowflake Repeats - Jolee's Boutique. The Season's Greetings stamp is from Paper Smooches. And of course the wonderful image is from Meljen's Designs - Santa's Little Helper. On the hat I used flock but it wasn't enough so I added some Picket Fence - Distress Stickles on it also. I used a little bit of Mustard Seed - Distress Stickles on the bell as well. I popped several pieces of him. I colored the image with Copic and here is a list of colors:
Copic:
Gifts: YG0000, YG11, YG13, V12, V15, V17, RV13, RV14, RV19, Y15, Y18, Y19, BG10, BG13, BG15, B000, B12, B14
Outfit: YG00, YG21, YG23, YG25, R20, R22, R24
Bell: Sanford - Gold Metallic Marker, outlined with .005 Prismacolor Premier Fine Line Black Marker
Skin: R20, E000, E00, E01, E11
Hair: E08, E09
Tongue: R20, R22 and inside R59

Challenges:

• Use A Stamp You Have Not Used Before (1st time I've broken into the Swanky Snowdudes - Papersmooches) @ Get Creative 
•  Ch #22: Contemporary Colour Combo @ Sparkles Christmas
• SNSDC81: Gifts @ Sweet 'n Sassy Challenges
• Week 182: Bring On The Bling @ Allsorts
• Challenge #39: Pastel Colors @ Deep Ocean Challenge
• Challenge 8: Ribbon and/or Lace @ Glitter n Sparkle
• Challenge #147: Stripes and/or Polka Dots @ Kaboodle Doodle
• Challenge 20: Christmas Buttons & Bows @ Platypus Creek Digitals
• #198: Add Some Glitter @ The Crafty Pad Designs
• Use A Digi @ Whoopsi Daisy Challenge
• Challenge #43: Non-Traditional Holiday Colors @ Love To Create
• PPMC67: Anything Goes @ Paper Pretties
• Challenge #167: Christmas @ Stampin' Sisters in Christ
• Challenge #56: Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday
• Challenge #64: Christmas @ The Paper Makeup Stamps
• TPE176: Pretty Packaging @ The Pink Elephant
• Non Traditional Holiday Colors @ Color Me Creative 
• Challenge 46: Non Traditional Christmas @ Dream Valley Challenges
• Challenge #119: Seeing Spots and Dots @ Ooh La La Creations
• Challenge #42: Pastel Christmas @ The Ribbon Reel
• Y and YR Families @ Mad For Markers

I hope you all have a wonderful day / evening today!! I just need to get through today and I'll be home working tomorrow!! Woohoo :)  I'm hoping I can get caught up on some cards this weekend. I need to get some images colored. That is what takes me the longest.. well.. that and my need to cut everything up and make everything dimensional LOL!!

Saturday we are packing up and taking the extra food from Thanksgiving at the church to a local MUST Ministries. Sunday will be a busy day for Bailey at church... she has choir practice at 9 am, a meeting at 10 am and then church at 10:30 am. She wants to come to the sanctuary this week because they are starting their Christmas themed sermons. This week will be "What Child Is This".

There is a blog hop today over at Paper Smooches.. gotta love me some Paper Smooches!!!! Make sure you go check it out!!!

PAPER SMOOCHES

Alright.. time for me to get moving!

Crafting When We Can - Fairytale

Happy Sunday everyone :)  Today begins a new challenge at Crafting When We Can. The theme for the next fortnight is Fairytale!!! What a fun theme! I used "Whispy" from Saturated Canary.

I also used a background image from Make It Crafty - Fern Log Digi Stamp. They have some great background stamps and I thought this one would go just perfect with the fairy!  I colored Whispy with Copic markers and the log and mushrooms were colored with Prismacolor Pencils. I used all cardstock.. wow.. I just realized that LOL  Me... using no patterned paper??  How strange!! LOL I used green pearls, white opal liquid pearls on the mushrooms, Stickles - Frosted Lace on the wings and Walnut Stain Distress Ink. the circles where made with one of my circle punches and then from using a paper folding technique on Desire's Blog - Doing Life. If you click on Tutorials, there are several paper folding tutorials there.. so fun! She is an amazing talent too! I used Tinkerbell as my Fairytale... and in the movie Peter Pan when they try to keep her alive by saying I Do Believe In Fairies... I Do! I Do! .. LOL Whenever one of us says I do.. the rest of us start saying that. We do that a lot with different sayings!!

Copic:
Outfit: YG21, YG23, YG25
Skin: E00, E01, E11, R20
Eyes: B02, B04
Lips: R20, R22
Hair: Y21, Y23, YR21, YR24

Challenge:

• Challenge #15: For The Kids @ Eureka Stamps
• Anything Goes @ Word Art Wednesday
• Challenge 244: Girls Only! @ Cute Card Thursday
• #192: Fancy Fold - Crafty Sentiment @ Dutch Dare Card Challenges
• Challenge #17: Anything Goes @ Brown Sugar Challenge Blog
• Challenge #122: Everything But Christmas @ Fun With Shapes and More
• Ch #89: Anything Goes @ Paper Playtime
• Ch #47: Anything Goes @ Pause Dream Enjoy
• The Favorite Movie Challenge @ The Greeting Farm
• PPC #89: Say It With Sentiments @ The Squeaky Scrapper
• November Challenge: Wonderful Wood @ A Seriously Creative Challenge
• Challenge 24: Anything Goes @ Creative Card Crew
• Anything Goes @ Dilly Beans
• Challenge #12: Something That Flies @ Delicious Doodles Challenges
• Challenge #48: Anything But A Christmas Card @ Pile It On!

Wow.. it's been a busy week. I feel like I have been on the run since Thursday.. Oh wait! I have LOL  That's hard for a person like me that is a complete home body. I like to be home.. just the way I am. But it was a nice Thanksgiving with my sister, my mother and my kids. Just wish Kevin would have been there. We had a good time. We played dominoes for a little while in the evening and then it was time for us to head home. We got to my sisters about 7:30 am and didn't leave until about 7:30 pm. I was exhausted!! And I was glad to get home and crawl into bed.  We went back on Friday and hung out in the afternoon for a bit. We had cake for Michael... He is 14 years old today!!!  Happy Birthday Michael :)  And my sister went in with me and we got him a Nook Tablet. He seemed really happy with his gift. And that's about it. He has requested his very own broccoli casserole LOL!! So, I told him I would make one today for him. That is my thing.. every Thanksgiving and Christmas I have to bring the broccoli casserole!

Kevin's leaves for Sydney in a week for his interview at the Consulate!!! Oh, I am so excited!! I can't believe how close we are!! We should be speaking with the attorney some time this week.. one last go around with him and make sure we have everything in order. I'm praying he will be home in a couple of weeks!!

Off to church soon. I have a meeting before church about Bailey doing some extra things with church. She is going to join the kids choir and be on the media team. I couldn't be happier that she is getting more involved in church. Now what to do with Michael ...

I hope you all have a wonderful day!!!

Anything Goes at Tammy's Scrapin Corner

Happy Monday everyone!! Here we go... another week. I guess you can see I have been messing with the blog LOL I don't know.. just wanted to change it up. Still not sure if I'm crazy about the heading and the bars, but we'll see. I may try to come up with something different. I may even change it up for the holidays! LOL

It seems like it will be a whopper of a week for all of you north of me! I'm praying for you all in the New England area. I really hope there isn't much damage. I'm hoping that it won't be as bad as they are making sound!! I'm thinking of all of you!


For those that end up in the dark.. pull out the candles and craft to candle light LOL Our challenge this week is: Challenge #34: Anything Goes! Well... still being in Halloween mode I have made one more Halloween creation! I can't tell you how much fun I have had making Halloween cards!! The papers have been great and the images.. well they are all amazing!! So much talent out there making us some great images to create with!! I used an image from Bugaboo. It is the Scene It - Halloween Peekers. I had so much fun coloring and layering this image:

Challenge #34: Anything Goes with Bugaboo: Scene It Halloween Peekers
Copic:
Skull: E50
Ghost: E40

Jack-o-lantern: YR02, YR04, YR07, YR09
Robe: V12, V15, V17
Cauldron-Cat-Hat: C1, C3, C5, C7, C10
Stem: G24, G28, G29
Brew: YG00, YG01, YG03
Bow: R29, R39
Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20
Broom Stick: E30, E39, E59
Broom: E50, E53, E55
Hair: E11, E15, E18

Stickles Crystal Ice on Web and Stickles Frosted Lace on Brew, Papers: My Mind's Eye - Lost and Found Halloween & Kraft, Boo Ribbon, Brad on Pinwheel

Challenge:

• ISSC39 with Maureen Plut @ iSpy Sketches
• Challenge #30 @ {PIN}spirational Challenges
• #183: Halloween / Spooky @ Digital Tuesday
• Challenge 23: Get Your SPOOK ON! It's Halloween! @ Loves Rubberstamps Challenge Blog
• Challenge 99: Ribbon and/or Buttons @ Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog
• RRR Challenge #58: Halloween & Ribbon @ Really Reasonable Ribbon
• Challenge #138: Trick or Treat @ Sassy Cheryl's Digi Stamps Challenge
• Halloween @ Scrap-Creations
• #121: Halloween @ Tuesday Throwdown
• 4CCC #113: Happy Halloween @ 4 Crafty Chicks
• Challenge #193: Halloween Spooks @ Crafty Creations Challenges
• Challenge 58: Use Some Orange @ Divas By Design
• Challenge 118: Witches @ Papercraft Star
• PTT #91: Trick O Treat @ Party Time Tuesdays
• Halloween @ The Paper Shelter
• RCC73: Halloween Spirit @ The Ribbon Carousel
• Challenge #29: Use Ribbon @ The Squirrel and the Fox
• October Challenge: Things That Go Bump! @ Without Words
• Challenge 25: Halloween / Anything Goes @ ATC's With Attitude
• Recipe #95: Ghouls, Ghosts and Goblins @ Crafts 4 Eternity
• Challenge 240: Something Scary @ Cute Card Thursday
• Challenge #8: Fright Night @ Delicious Doodles Challenges
• Too Cute To Spook @ Moving Along With The Times
• New Song Challenge: "I Put A Spell On You" by Creedence Clearwater Revival @ Scrap It With A Song 
• Spooky @ Shelly's Images
• 20th Challenge: Halloween @ Crafty Mess
• October Theme Week Last Day: Halloween Freaky and Frightful @ Designed To Color
• Challenge 25: Halloween / Anything Goes @ Fat Pages with Attitude
• Happy Halloween @ Just Some Lines
• Challenge #140: Spooky Halloween @ Totally Papercrafts
• Challenge #115: Halloween or Fall Colors @ 2 Sisters Challenge Blog
• Halloween @ Little Scrap Pieces
• Challenge #194: Halloween! @ My Time To Craft
• Challenge 184: Cupcake Inspiration @ Cupcake Inspirations
• Halloween @ Daisy Doodles
• Challenge #139: Halloween @ My Grafico
• A Halloween Challenge @ the Sisterhood of Crafters
• Halloween @ Try It On Tuesday
• Challenge 202: Halloween @ One Stop Craft 
• Challenge #131: Pumpkins @ Mark's Finest Papers & Stamps