Love You With All My Heart!

Hey everyone!! Hope you enjoyed your day.  Today is Pile It On #5 Punch It!  I decided to ink up a new MFT stamp, Love You With All My Heart (after my printer had some serious printing issues so no digi for me).  I used Sketch Saturday's #140 Sketch.

Here is my card:

And here are the challenges I am entering with this card: 

PIO - Punch It

Sketch Saturday - #140

Copic Creations -Copics + Something New 

PaperPretties - Sewing
A Spoonfull of Sugar - Valentine

Penny's PaperCrafty - Anything Goes

Crazy Challenge - Dots and Stripes

Craft Your Days Away - Love

SSDS - Get Punchy

Totally Gorjuss - As you like it

Prairie Fairy Friday - Sweethearts

Woodware - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments - Love theme

Delicious Doodles - Spots or Stripes

Simply Create #36 - Give your Heart Away

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Hearts and Ribbon

Mami Doodles - The Magic of Love

Charisma Cardz - Love

Some Odd Girl - Scallops

Delightful Challenges - Have a Heart

Pals PaperArts - Bow

Card Recipe:

Stamps: MFT PI-Love You With All My Heart
Paper:  PTI CS; Basic Grey Hopscotch
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; CTMH Baby Pink, Smoothie; 

Copics: R01,00; YR20,21; E00,25,31,33,35,37,50,51; w1; C0,1
Embellishments: PTI Ribbon, Jenni Bowlin Antique Stick Pins; CTMH Mocha Opaques

Tools: SU Border Punch; Spellbinders Rectangle/Scallop Dies; Janome Sew Mini

Hope y'all have a great day and I'll see you tomorrow with TSG's weekly challenge. :D

PIO #2 and a Sneak Peek at some new CTMH papers

Hey everyone! Today is my first DT post for PIO for 2011! Yeah!! I have loved PIO since I started participating in challenges so today is fun, fun, fun!  The second challenge for 2011 at PIO is to use a cute image of a child.  My image, A Little Bird Told Me, is from this week's sponsor Sassy Cheryl's Digital Art Stamps. 

Pile It On #2- Cute Children (Sassy Cheryl Digi Image)
Sketch and Stash#52- Sketch (Button and pearls from my stash :D)
Scrapbook Sisters - Anything Goes
One Stop Crafts - Card for a Child
Craft Your Days Away #11 - Anything Goes
Crafty Purple Frog - New Goodies (New papers)
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
Card Makin Mama's - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Southern Girls - Anything Goes
Simon Says - Something New (Love)
PaperTake Weekly- Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Something Digi
Delicious Doodles - New (new papers)Digi Doodle Shop - Buttons
Aud Sentiments #19- 2 words (Love You)
Do You Stack Up? - Buttons
CES #18 - All Creatures Great and Small
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Button Up
Fab and Funky #54- Anything Goes
Woodware Designs#8-Something New (Digi Image, Papers)
Delightful Challenges - Buttons

I sneaked you a peek at the brand new CTMH paper pack called Mayberry! Details to follow as we get closer to the release on February 1!!  Thanks for looking!! See you again tomorrow for TSG's Monday Challenge.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Sassy Cheryl's A Little Bird Told Me
Paper:  PTI Stampers Select White CS; Close To My Heart (CTMH) Mayberry Paper Pack; CTMH Sorbet, Honey, Olive CS
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Copic BG10; C00,0,1,3,5,7; E000,00,21,25,31,43,44,47,49,50;R01,02,12;B00,14,45;YG93,95,97;Y32,35,38
Embellishments: CTMH Opaques, Stampin' Up Ribbon; PTI Button, Twine

Pile It On

Welcome everyone to my first post as a Design Team member of Pile It On! I love challenges and I love to "pile 'em on" so it is gonna be a great fit! :-D

Today's challenge at PIO is all about being gifty so here are a couple of gift bags and tags that I made with this month's sponsors' images....Stitchy Stamps!

I made 4 gift bags (only 2 would fit into my light box) with the 4 homespun tags made by Stitchy Stamps.  They are so adorable!

They are just the cutest bags and now I'm ready to give gifts to my friends! The cute tickets are also from Stitchy Stamps.  I just cut them out and added them to cardstock cut with the PTI ticket die. 

 Here are the two other tags...

I'm entering my bags and tags in these challenges:
Pile It On#48: It's All in the Wrapping
 Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge#13: Anything winter but a card
Simon Says: Stamp and Show A Tag
Creative Card Crew: Treat Boxes/Goodie Bags
The Artistic Stamper: It's Christmas Time
Design Dollies: Layers Upon Layers
Dutch Dare Card Challenges: Christmas Card/Tag/Ornament
Tuesday Throwdown #27: Embellish It
Little Red Wagon: Christmas Tag or Bag
Our Daily Bread: Snowflakes
Craft Your Days Away #9: Texture (Satin ribbon, twine, felt embellies)
Paper Cutz Challenge #70: Patterned Paper (4 different kinds, 1 per bag)
Top Tip Tuesday #12: Anything Goes
Scrap Creations: Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations #47: Christmas Gifts
I Did It Creations Challenge #31: Surprise Me
Totally Stampalicious: Anything Goes
Loonie Stampers#121: Red, Green, Black, Cream

Hope Y'all have a great day!! :-D

Witch's Brew

Hey everyone! Here's a card that I did for a few challenges today. (I took a break from unpacking.... :-D ) I built the card around this week's Pile It On Challenge - Halloween for Kids (I'm giving this card to my 11 year old Step-Daughter for Halloween) and  Color Throwdown #115.  I'm not all that great with color challenges so I'm trying to participate in at least one a week to get better.

 

The Cupcake Inspiration Challenge#81 is sweet this week too!

 

 And here's my card:

It's so much prettier in person.  I used Spica Pens on the stars and swirls of the "Witch's Brew" and a little more to highlight the socks and boots! :-D

 

And here are a few of the other challenges that I LOVE and am so honored to be able to participate in this week:

Marks Finest/Speedy's Friends - Stitching

Stampin' for the Weekend - Halloween

Stamp Something/Stamp Challenges - Halloween

Inktegrity - Halloween/Fall

Karber Monthly - Halloween Characters/Fantasy

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Halloween
Crazy4Challenges - Autumn/Fall
Inky Impressions - Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge Blog - Y is for Yellow
Creative Cottage Challenge#25 - Halloween
Stampin' for the Weekend - Halloween

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Papertrey Ink Friendship Jar and Friendship Jar -Fall Fillers
Paper: Papertrey Ink Cardstock, Basic Grey Max & Whiskers
Ink: Copics (YR12,15,18,20; E17;Vo6,91,99;BV01,13; G0000;BG11); Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Zva Crystals
Other: Spellbinders Oval, Scalloped Oval Nesties; Papertrey Ink Impression Plate; Janome Sew Mini

Lemonade....Just for You

Hey Everyone! It is HOT here in WA, so I thought I'd make a thank you card with a "summery" lemonade image from PTI's stamp set called Friendship Jar.  

I'm using the MOJO Monday #146 sketch, along with Color Throwdown's 100th Challenge! Congrats on your 100th Throwdown!!! And of course Pile It On....which is using "my favorite thing" this week.  Well, my favorite thing right now is Copics! I just LOVE 'em.

Here is a little Copic Tip, especially for the wonderful consultants that are taking my VC class today, you can make your own plaid with the Colorless Blender Pen.  Just fill in you image solid first, then run the CBP diagonally in each direction.  Go slowly, so the blender solution can PUSH the color to the back of of the cardstock.

Another Copic Tip: You can use Liquid Glass OVER your color without it bleeding, unlike water based dye inks (like CTMH and SU).  See how I put the LG over my "lemonade". It'd work for "margarita's" or good 'ol sweet tea too. hee hee

See here's my Margarita: hee hee

And here's my card finished:

Gotta get ready to teach class.  Hope y'all will leave me some love so I know you're here! :-D

You Quack Me Up!!

Good Morning Y'all!  Everybody have their coffee yet? I'm sipping a Raspberry Chocolate Skinny Late straight from my Keurig.  I am LOVIN' this little stamp and sentiment by Rachelle Anne Miller for PaperWorks Co called Puddles of Fun.  I saw this weeks card sketch at  Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #117 and thought it was perfect!

I finally received the Thrift Shop paper pad by October Afternoon and boy do I LOVE it! Had to use it for this card that I made for my future MIL.  The sentiment is wonderful and fits her perfectly. 

It says: Rain or Shine, you quack me up! :-D

The little family of ducks is precious.  I colored with Copics and did some highlights with pink, yellow and clear Spica pens.

The ribbon is Stampin' Up with Summer Sunrise from PTI layered on top.  I finished the bow off with  sweet leaf and lemon tart buttons from PTI.  

LOVE this card and love the wonderful lady it was made for too! And since I LOVE doing the challenges now, here are a few other challenges for this card:

Tuesday Throwdown - Nautical, Water

ABC Challenge - W is for Weather

All Sorts Challenge - Lace and/or Buttons

Sentimental Sunday - Summertime with Sentiment

and the Mother of All Challenges...... Pile It On #23 - Summer Showers

Card Recipe:

Stamps: PaperWorks Co.-Puddles of Fun

Paper: October Afternoon-The Thrift Shop

Cardstock: PTI Stampers Select, Rustic White, Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides

Ribbon: Stampin' Up Apricot Appeal, PTI Summer Sunrise

Twine: CTMH Juniper Waxy Flax and Colonial White

Buttons: PTI Aqua Mist, Lemon Tart

Other: Copics, Atyou Spica Pens

Hope you enjoy the card. I'd love to know what you thought so leave me some love!!  Now go have yourself a crafty day! :-D