Biker Babe...NOT!

It's time for a new challenge at Digitally 'Sweet' Challenges. 

Theme

Leather and Lace or

Masculine/Feminine

sponsered by

Template Dreams

I admit, I'm a bit of a 'fraidy cat!  Our sons loved their motorcycles and one day they convinced me to take a ride.  Poor guy, it's a wonder he's not deaf, LOL!  

Leather usually makes me think of brown but this time I used a leather tooling design (from ScrapGirls) over the DP as an overlay. 

kit:  Let's Go Racing, circle template:  Template Dreams

Thanks for visiting and have a blessed day!

Sweet Honey

It's always fun to find new artists (at least, to me) and their wonderful images.  This week I found Alicia Bel and you can find her shop here.  You can find the challenge blog here.  Little miss Honey caught my eye and I have had so much fun creating this card.

Don't you just love her stockings!?  I used the net bag my lemons were packaged in behind the diecut to try and emphasize those lovely stockings (hose?).  Whatever, I love them!  I also tried to make my own 'Washi Tape' with masking tape.  It's been colored with Creative Inspiration Paint (Sunshine  and Bright Yellow) which gives it a beautiful shimmer, and then stamped on it.  I added some stickles to the flowers for some extra sparkle.

For the inside of the card, I used the negative from the green diecut on the front and then added the yellow diecut center.  On the other side I added some more of my tape.

Thanks so much for visiting and have a blessed day!

challenges
Alicia's Challenge:  #5 anything goes
Kaboodle Doodles:  #171 use ribbon and at least 1 button
Deep Ocean Challenge:  #51 Let's sparkle
My Time to Craft:  #221 Show us the inside
Fussy and Fancy:  #88 anything goes
Stampin for the Weekend: button it up
Wags'n Whiskers Stamps:  #103 Girl Birthday
Crafty Catz:  anything goes
Sister Act Card Challenge:  #6 anything goes
Inspired by Stamping:  White, Yellow, Green

The Beauty of a Mother

It's time for another new challenge at Digitally 'Sweet' Challenges and this week the theme is 

Give Mother Flowers for Mother's Day

sponsored by

The picture in this LO is of my mother when she was 15.  I have very few old pictures, so I treasure the few that I do have.  The paper and the flowers, which I colored in PSE,  are from Cedar Chest Designs.

I must confess, I wasn't too happy with this LO, my mojo seems to have completely disappeared!  Hopefully it will be back by next week!

Thanks so much for visiting and I wish you a very blessed day!

Oh, Happy Day

It's Friday, which means it's time for another fun challenge at Digitally 'Sweet' Challenges.

The theme is BINGO

 

And we are so excited to have a new sponsor, Lacy Sunshine Stamps.  I love her images and she will be awarding a very generous $20 gift certificate!

When I ordered my image, I had a completely different LO in mind but the last 2 days have been picture perfect, weather-wise!  I think we went directly from winter into summer!  I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to scrap about it.

One of our favorite things to do in the summer time is to eat out on the deck.  There's a fountain close by and it creates such a relaxing setting for a meal.

I used the line under 'G' for this layout.

 

The challenges at DS are to be 100% digital, meaning your project has been created on your computer.  However, it's perfectly O.K. to color your image by hand and then scan it back into your computer to use in your project, which is what I did here.  I colored her with Prismacolor pencils, and then scanned her back into my computer to use in this LO.  I create my digital scrapbook pages with Photoshop Elements 5.

Thanks so much for visiting and have a blessed day!

challenges
Through the craftroom door:  anything goes
Twisted Tuesday:  anything goes
Challenges 4 Everybody:  anything goes
Celebrate the Occasion:  anything goes

supplies: image_Lacy Sunshine Stamps;  paper and doilys_ scrap girls; bugs_spring's a buzzin, crafty accents; scalloped border_Template Dreams, Sending Flowers kit

Mother's Day

Several weeks ago, the lovely Patty from ABC challenges asked me if I would do a GDT spot and I was delighted to accept.  The theme is Mother's Day cards.

I used a Lacy Sunshine image and colored her with Prismacolor pencils.  The flowers are from felt and colored with Creative Inspiration Paints, which gives them their sparkle.  There is a little bit of lace and some rhinestone butterflies. 

Thanks, Patty, for the opportunity to share my card.  And thanks to all my dear, sweet friends for visiting; may you have a blessed day!

challenges
Pin and Tack:  anything goes
DL.Art Thankful Thursday Challenge:  mother's day
Stamp 'n' Doodle Challenge:  mother's day
Perfect Sentiments Challenge:  make it feminine
Crafty Creations Challenge:  mother's day with flowers
Crafting by Designs:  mother's day
Digistamps4Joy:  women are special
Love to Create:  punches and/or dies
Die Cuttin' Divas:  anything goes

Tea Cup Bracelet

Heartfelt Creations Alumni Design Team Blog Hop
Hi everyone, it is the last Tuesday of the month so today is the beginning of the Heartfelt Creations Alumni Design Team’s monthly Blog Hop.  If you'd like a chance at winning a prize, be sure to leave a comment on each blog along the hop by Friday - there is a $25 gift certificate up for grabs for one random commenter!  The blog hop will remain open for comments on everybody’s blog through midnight Friday night May 3rd.  

For my project today, I thought I would do something a little different.  There's so many fun things we can do with our stamps.  I used the tea cup images from the China Fragments PreCut set, which is part of the Old English Garden Collection.  I stamped on Shrink Plastic and then colored with markers.  I followed the directions on the package to shrink them and then made them into a bracelet. 

This would make a wonderful gift for someone who likes to collect tea cups.

From here you will hop to Lisa's blog.  Remember to leave a comment on each one for your chance to win that $25 gift certificate.

Dina Kowal
Selma Stevenson 
Alissa Wells
Emilia van den Heuvel
Sarah Miller (me)
Lisa Allen 

challenges
Allsorts Challenge:  anything but a card
Pin and Tack:  anything goes 
Pattie's Creations Design Challenge:  anything but a card 
Simon Says Stamp Challenge:  anything goes 
Crafting by Designs:  anything goes
The Sisterhood of Crafters:  anything goes
Make it Monday:  anything goes

Good Friends and Umbrellas

Joan's Gardens has an interesting challenge this week.  They're asking us to create a card using items from the letters 'TULIPS'. 

T_  texture, trellis, transparency: I wanted some polka dot paper but didn't have any and the only white paint I had was some fabric puffy paint.  Worked great!  I also used a MS trellis punch.  The sentiment is printed on a transparency.
U_  umbrella
L_  layers, is that stretching it?  I was going to add lace and forgot.
I_   items from Joan's Gardens, image; Spellbinders scalloped circle die; image is from Digi Desserts Fridaze
P_  paper, Prismacolor pencils, polka dots
S_  stripes, sentiment, scalloped circle, stickles; the stripes were created with markers. Isn't that a wonderful sentiment? Love it!  'A Good Friend is an umbrella for the soul'.

Whew!  I hope I got everything covered!

Thanks so much for visiting and have a blessed day!

challenges
Paper Makeup Stamps;  animal friends
The Sisterhood of Crafters;  anything goes
Addicted to Stamps and More:  use markers, (background papers)
Paper Crafting Journey:  use a sentiment
Charisma Cardz:  polka dots
Dutch Dare Card Challenge:  buttons and Bows
Pin and Tack:  Spark your creativity now! _ anything goes
Stampin' For The Weekend:  die cuts and/or punches
Digital Dessert Fridaze:  anything goes

Raindrops are Diamonds

It's Friday, which means it's time for a new challenge at Digitally 'Sweet' Challenges.

Theme

Bling it up with Diamonds

One of my favorite plants is Ladies Mantle.  The yellow green flowers aren't the main attraction; it's the way the raindrops bead up on the leaves and look like diamonds.  

Be sure to check out all the gorgeous inspiration from the rest of the DT and join us with your diamond creations.  The only requirement is that it be 100% digital.

Thanks for visiting and have a blessed day!

Hugs and Prayers

Today I made a card/booklet for a very special person.  I wanted to include lots of encouraging words so I created an accordion fold card.  I used some of my favorite papers, 'DCWV The Performance Stack'.  The sentiment was printed and then die cut with Spellbinders Labels 18.  The red layer was edged with a Krylon gold pen and then I added the pearls.  There are some flowers, some lace, and then it's tied with a ribbon.

The inside includes scripture from Jeremiah and Psalms.

I used an EK Success punch on the front and back cover panels.

Thanks so much for visiting and have a blessed day!


challenges
Allsorts Challenge:  Passion for flowers
Forever Friends Challenge:  Lots of flowers
Through the Craft Room Door:  anything goes
Make it Monday #137:  anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #77:  anything goes
Lexi's Creations:  lace and/or ribbon
Love to Scrap:  Cut it out; die cuts and/or punches
Crafting for all Seasons:  no stamps allowed

DSC#32 Digitally 'Sweet' Challenge

Happy Friday!  It's time for a new challenge at Digitally 'Sweet' Challenges.

Theme

April Showers

Sponsered by

Template Dreams

I chose to use the colors of the inspiration photo for my layout.  

Created with Photoshop Elements5; the kit is 'Sending Flowers' from Template Dreams.

I hope you will join us, I would love to see your interpretation of the inspiration photo.

Thanks for visiting and have a blessed day!