Whimsical Wednesdays "Getting Sketchy" Challenge

Hello everyone! It's time for a new Whimsical Wednesday challenge! This time the challenge is to follow the sketch to create a card. Our own Nanne created this fabulous sketch this week!

I decided to do a St. Patrick's Day card since that is just around the corner. Plus I couldn't get this cute leprechaun with that oh so funny face out of my head! I just had to make it.... LOL!

I followed the sketch and printed and cut the leprechaun from Simply Charmed using my Imagine and CCR. I did some inking and stamped the face with Peachy Keen's Happy New Year Assortment. I gave him green bubbles because he's been drinking some green beer! LOL! Some of the pattern paper is cut printed from the Blossom cart and the poka dot's I stamped. The shamrocks were cut from Paper Doll Dress Up and I stamped the face with the same PK set. To finish I did some doodling on the cuts and stamped the sentiment which is from Whimsical Designs Whimsical Fun Vol. 1.

I hope you all will play along this week and don't forget to check out what the rest of the DT has created. Have a great day and thanks for looking!

I am going to enter this into a couple of challenges:

My Craft Spots Monday challenge which is " Make Us Laugh"

Krafty Girls - St. Patricks Day Theme

Little Scrap Pieces- Use green

Peachy Keen Release Challenge #2

Hello everyone! Here is the card that I made for Peachy Keen's Release Party challenge #2. For this challenge you were to use ribbon and bling.
I cut the card base from Birthday Bash at 5 inches and added a white stitching line around the scallops. The gnome and mushroom were cut from Freshly Picked and I stamped the faces with Peachy Keen's Happy New Year Assortment. I just LOVE that bubble face! HEE HEE! I added bling to the gnomes hat and boots. The background mat was embossed with Seeing Spots and I stamped the sentiment which is from Whimsical Designs Everyday Sentiments.
I hope you have a great day and thanks for looking!

I am going to enter this into Creative Cutter Room's Design Time Thursday challenge. This time the challenge is a shape card. No squares or rectangles.

Peachy Keen Release Challenge #1

Good morning everyone! I attended the super fun Peachy Keen release party yesterday and they have a few challenges to go along with the fun. So this is the card that I created for challenge #1 which is to use at least 2 pattern papers.

I used CCR and my Imagine for the entire card. The card base was cut from Birthday Bash and I filled it with the pattern paper from Best Friends. I also cut the mats in co-ordinating colors. The cat on the line was cut from Meow and I filled the socks with pattern paper from Best Friends. I stamped the face with a Peachy Keen Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed face stamp. The grass I cut by hand and stamped the sentiment which is from Whimsical Designs Everyday Sentiments. To finish I added a black stitching line around the card.

I hope you like my card and hopefully I will have 1 more posted before the day is over! Thanks for stopping in and have a wonderful day!

Attitude!

Happy Friday everyone! I am so happy the weekend is finally here! I have a card today that just cracks me up! Between that adorable face and the sentiment, I think it is SO funny. I have a Yorkie and I can totally see him say this....if he could talk anyways! LOL!
I cut the dog from Four Legged Friends and inked all the edges of the cuts. The face was stamped from Peachy Keen's Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed face stamps and the sentiment is from Mr. Cricut Crazy's Razzel set. The paper I used is from the Recollections Bold Basics stack. I LOVE this stack! All the papers co-ordinate so easily.
I am going to enter this into the following challenges:

1. Mojo Monday sketch
2. Die Cuttin Diva's- Favorite Pet
3. Paper Playtime- Pets and sentiment

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

"Time Flies" Whimsical Wednesday Challenge

Hello everyone! It's Wednesday which means a new Whimsical Wednesday challenge. This time the challenge is "Time Flies". Create a card or project and you must include either something with wings or a clock.
I have been playing in CCR again! LOL! I am having a ball creating these cute cuts with no other cartridge except for George and Basic Shapes. I made the bee using various shapes and welding them together. I stamped the face with a Peachy Keen Cornies face stamp and embossed the wings with the Mesh Texture embossing folder. The cloud I cut by hand and did some chalking and stitched line with a colored pencil. The face was also stamped with a Cornies face stamp and I pop dotted the middle part for some dimention. The grass is just a strip of paper that I fringed with scissors and added a ribbon to. The papers I used were printed form my Imagine using the Blossom cartridge. To finish I stamped the sentiment and added a dotted line. The stamp is from Whimsical Designs Whimsical Fun Vol. 1. set.

I hope you all will play along this week and don't forget to check out what the rest of the DT has created. We have some new girls on the DT, so there will be plenty of inspiration for you all! Have a great day and thanks for looking!

Peachy Keen Friends Challenge

Hello everyone! Here is the card that I made to enter into Peachy Keen's Friends card challenge this week. I LOVE my PK faces and can't pass up the chance to play with them! :)
I printed and cut the owl's from Paisley using Imagine Blossom for the pattern papers. I stamped the eyes with Peachy Keens Critter Faces and the beaks were stamped and cut out from Peachy Keens Everyday Character Face Parts. I inked all the edges and added bling centers to the flowers. I also added bling to the corners of the card and did a stitching line around the upper part of the card with a colored pencil. For the bottom half of the card I cut 1/2 strips of paper and cut V's into them. I then lined them up across the card and added a ribbon. The sentiment was stamped from Whimsical Designs Whimsical Fun Vol. 1.
I hope you all are having a wonderful day and thanks for looking!

Sorry I Was Crabby...

Hello everyone! Here is a fun card that I made for Fantabulous Cricuts challenge. This week the challenge is "puns". I love a good pun, so I couldn't pass this one up.
I cut and printed this entire card using my Imagine. The sun, castle, and crab were cut from Create A Critter and I used Imagine More for the colors and patterns. I stamped the sun and crabs face with Peachy Keen's Wide Eyed Kids stamps and inked all the edges. I did some stitching with white and black pens and hand cut the banner which I stamped with a stamp from Whimsical Designs Everyday Sentiments set.

I am also going to enter this into Cardz TV challenge. This time the challenge is " A Stitch In Time". Add real or faux stitching.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sweet Friend Gift Bag

Hello everyone! I have a gift bag to show you all today that I made for my SIL. She is not only my SIL, but my very best friend!
I made a Box In A Bag...I know, it sounds funny but thats really what it's called. I found a tutorial HERE if you would like to make one yourself. I absolutely LOVE how this bag turned out! And I am VERY disappointed that my pictures do not show it's true colors! No matter what I did, it just wouldn't play nice when I was photographing it. LOL! It is alot pinker in person.
After I made the bag I added a punched border strip to the bottom and added brown crinkle ribbon over the top. The flourish was cut from Sweethearts. I didn't use the whole cut, just the flourish part. I used a Viva Decor pearl pen and added all the dots to the flourish. I also added pearl brads around it instead of the hearts. The sentiment tag was made using Fiskars punches and I also used the Viva pearl pen for the dots and on the hearts. The sentiment was stamped from Whimsical Designs Everyday Sentiments. To finish I added the handles which are wire edged ribbon and added bigger pearl brads.
I am going to enter this into the following challenges:
1. My Craft Spot's Monday challenge: Girly Girl Projects
2. RRRR- Pink and Brown with ribbon

Whimsical Wednesdays

Happy Wednesday everyone! I don't have a project for you today but have some exciting news! Stephanie from Whimsical Designs has asked me to stay on another term! We also have some wonderful new ladies joining the Design Team! I hope you all will check out all their blogs and give them a warm welcome. Here is a list of the current and new DT members:
1. Esther: http://forthejoyofcreating.blogspot.com/
2. GiGi: Thats ME!
3. Heather: http://heather-p.blogspot.com/
4. Margie: http://bellabugcreations.blogspot.com/
5. Michelle: http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/
6. Monica: http://scraps2treasure.blogspot.com/
7. Nanne: http://nannes-creations.blogspot.com/
8. Shelly: http://cardsbyshelly.blogspot.com/
9. Sue: http://heartandsoulcrafting.blogspot.com/
10. Theresa: http://binkyblossoms.blogspot.com/
Although there is not a new challenge this week, the "Colors Of Love" challenge will remain open until February 29th if you would like to play along!
Also please don't forget that Stephanie has some AWESOME stamps for sale at her BLOG! I ADORE these stamps! Here are all the sets:



Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!

Puppy Love!

Happy Valentines Day everyone! I have one last Valentines card to show you today that I did for a couple of challenges.
The card base was cut from Birthday Bash at 5 inches. I added white dots around the outside and sewed on the mat using my sewing machine. The scallop heart was cut from Sweethearts and I inked the edges and added a black sewing line to it. The puppy was also cut from Sweethearts and I stamped the face with the Ballin Bunnies face from the Peachy Keen Sampler Faces set. Isn't he just adorable?!?! To finish I stamped the sentiment which is from Whimsical Designs With Love set and added a heart brad.

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:
1. Celebrate The Occasion- Valentines and much include a heart
2. Die Cuttin Divas- Color challenge, use 2 of the following colors: Red, Pink, White, and Black
3. Cricut Creative Cutter Room- Valentines
I hope you all have a LOVE filled Valentines Day and thanks for looking!

Happy Birthday Dr. Suess!

Hello everyone! Did you know that on March 2nd it would've been Dr. Seuss's 108th BIRTHDAY!!!! 108! I was amazed when I heard that! My all time favorite book of his is Green Eggs and Ham. I used to read that to my son EVERY DAY! I can still almost recite the entire book from memory after all these years.....my son will be 19 in June! So when I saw the challenge at Twineology I knew I wanted to create something.
I made this card for Twineology's Dr. Seuss's Brithday/ Read Across America challenge. The challenge rules are: 1. Dr. Seuss theme  2. Colors- Auqua, Red, and White,  3. Odd shapes  4. A Dr. Suess quote  5. Bonus- bling  6. Timeless Twine, if you don't own any you can use embroidery floss.
I found the Dr. Seuss image online and printed it and hand cut the odd shaped mats. I added some stickles to his hat and bow and Glossy Accents to the dots. The quote and hat in hand image are from some stickers that I got years ago for scrapbooking our Universal trip. I stuck them to white paper, trimmed around them and added red mats. For the side of the card I used my Sew Easy and embroidery floss to sew the design. I added a button with more embroidery floss and red bling.
I hope you all liked my card and have a wonderful day!

Happy Heart!

Hello everyone! Here is a card that I made for a couple of challenges. I just LOVE this cute heart!
I cut the card base and layers from Smiley Cards at 5 inches. The little hearts were cut at .5 inches and I centered them in the scallops and added a white stitching line around the card. The white background layer was embossed with the Sizzix heart folder and the heart was cut from Smiley Cards at 2.5 inches. I stamped the sentiment which is from Whimsical Designs With Love set and added a crinkle ribbon bow.

I am going to enter this into the following challenges:
1. Fantabulous Cricut- Love Is In The Air- Include a heart on your project
2. Paper Playtime- Cricut Creations with either a heart or love theme
3. Scrappy Moms Terrific Tuesday challenge- Hearts
I hope you all like my card and thanks for looking! Have a great day!

"Colors Of Love" Whimsical Wednesday Challenge

Hello everyone! It's time for a new Whimsical Wednesday challenge! This time the challenge is "The Colors Of Love". Create any card or project and include the colors Red, White, and a third color of your choice.
I made these cute Valentine treat bags. I used a Bitty bag and made a pull out tag for the inside. I made the decorative tag for the front using a Lacey Cricle nestie die and punched a white circle. I stamped the background with the Stampin Up Dot, Dot, Dot stamp in pink and stamped the heart which is from Whimsical Designs With Love set. The inside tag was cut slightly smaller than the bag and I used corner rounders on the corners. I glued a chocolate bar to the tag and stamped the sentiment with another stamp from Whimsical Designs With Love set.

I hope you all will play along this week and don't forget to check out what the rest of the DT has created! Have a great day and thanks for looking!

I am going to enter this into My Craft Spots Monday challenge. This week the challenge is to make a Valentine card or treat packaging. Thanks to Kimberly for the super cute bitty bags that I won from her!

Recycled Toilet Paper Roll Treat Box

This is how I covered the back end

Hello everyone! Here is a fun project that I did for Peachy Keen's Peachy Challenge this week. The challenge this time is to use a recycled toilet paper roll and this is what I came up with!
I started by cutting the TP roll in half....so you can actually get 2 out of each roll. I then scored the bottom and it made the shape of a mailbox. I traced around the back end and cut out the decorative paper 1/4 inch bigger. I then cut slits in the extra 1/4 inch sides to be able to bend it around the box when I was glueing it on. ( BTW, if you've never worked with a TP roll before, they can be tricky to glue because the have a wax like layer on them!) I also traced around the front end to make the flap which I did by leaving a 1/2 tab at the bottom to glue onto the bottom of the box. After the ends were completed then I added the piece of decorative paper over the main part of the box. The flag I cut by hand and added that super cute envelope which I stamped with a stamp from Whimsical Designs With Love set. I attatched it with a brad and also added brads to the top and front flap to be able to twist twine around to get the closure. I made the TINIEST rosette EVER...LOL....and added the hand cut heart face that I stamped with a Peachy Keen Cornies face.To finish I added a little tag that I stamped with the xoxoxo stamp from Whimsical Designs With Love set.
I hope you all liked my project for the day and thanks for looking! Have a wonderful day!

Monkey Love

Hello everyone! This is the card that I made for the Simply Crafts challenge. This time the challenge is to use the tree from Sweethearts.
Of course I COULD NOT help it but to use the so so cute monkey from the cart too! This cut is my ALL TIME FAVORITE from all the carts that I own! LOL! It's just SO CUTE!
I cut the tree at 4 inches and stamped the pink layer with the X's and O's stamp from Whimsical Designs With Love set to create the "leaves". The monkeys were cut at 1.5 inches and I used a black pen for the faces. I also added eyelashes to the girl monkey and added a twine bow. For the heart leaves at the bottom of the tree I punched them from a heart punch and layered them at the bottom. I stamped the sentiment in the middle of the tree and also added more X's and O's to the side. To finish I added a ribbon. This is the card that I am going to give to my hubby for Valentine's Day! Here is the picture of the stamp set I used. I LOVE the tiny xoxoxo stamp!

I am also going to enter this into the following challenges:
More Than Favors- Wacky Wednesday-LOVE
Cardz TV- "Be My Valentine"
Cardz TV DT Challenge- "Tickled Pink"- use pink as your primary color
The Kraft Journal- So Romantic Challenge