Snits and Celebrations...

I spent my last day of spring break stamping in my hide-away. I had a couple digi-images that I've been wanting to do something with and this was my chance.

The first card is using a Mo's Digital Pencil digi-image that I won from them a while back. The image is called Lizzy in a Tizzy. Isn't she adorable! I feel that way sometimes!!!

Stamps: Lizzy in a Tizzy Mo's Digital Pencil, Snit Happens by Hambo Stamps
Cardstock: Green Galore, Brocade Blue (Stampin' Up!), GP110 white, patterned paper by Basic Grey
Ink: Green Galore (for sponging edges of image)
Accessories: Copic Markers, pop dots, green brads (Recollections), 1/16" hole punch

This card was submitted for the following challenges:
Craft Your Passion- "Show Us Your Layers"
Make It Monday Challenge #34- Anything Goes
Stamping Scrapping Central- Anything Goes

This next card I made for my birthday card stash. I never seem to have enough birthday cards on hand!! This adorable penguin image is from 2 Cute Rubber Stamps. This is a digi-image company that I've recently discovered. Check 'em out. They have some adorable images!!!

Stamps: Penguin-fun digi-image, Happy Birthday (Hanna Stamps!)
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Summer Sun, Green Galore (Stampin' Up!), GP110 white
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Tim Holtz embossing folder, Copic Markers, 1/16" hole punch, yellow brads (American Crafts), scalloped oval, medium oval, and large oval punches, pop dots, white liquid applique, heat gun

This card was submitted to the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion- "Show Us Your Layers"
Make It Monday Challenge #34- Anything Goes
Corrosive Challenge #133- "Welcome to the Jungle"- Animals (hopefully a penguin counts as an animal!)

I hope that you've enjoyed my cards today and I hope that you'll stop back by again real soon!!

Japan- You're In Our Thoughts...

This card was made and submitted to the Use It Tuesday challenge blog. The challenge this week is related to recent world events:

"Make make a project using the color RED in honor of Japan. Remember to use something from your stash you have been hoarding and please tell us in your post or project description what that item (or items) is!

As an added twist...we are going to make a donation to the Red Cross based on the number of participants we have! If we get 1-25 players, we will donate $50; 26-50 players we will donate $75 and so on up to $400! So feel free to get the word out! We would love to make a great donation on behalf of our fellow crafters. :) "

This was such a worthwhile cause that I just HAD to play along! I don't have many Japanese-related items in my stash, however, I did find this beautiful Geisha online. It was a Japanese coloring page that I used as a digi-image.

The "Many Thanks" stamp is one that I've had for ages. The paper, of course, is from my hoarded paper stash. I thought it sort of looked like Cherry Blossoms. I've had it so long I don't even remember who made it. It's a simple card, but I'm very pleased with how it turned out.

If you'd like to participate in the Use It Tuesday challenge, you can visit their blog here.

I also submitted this card to the Crafts and Me Challenge #27- Anything Goes and Craft Your Passion Challenge # 50- Show Your Appreciation.

Stamps- Geisha digi-image, Many Thanks stamp- unknown
Cardstock- Night of Navy (Stampin' Up!), GP110 white, patterned paper- unknown
Ink- Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories- Cuttlebug, Nestabilities (oval and scalloped oval), Copic Markers, pop dots, pink stick-on gems (Bling IT by Basic Grey)

It's Mardi Gras!

Happy Fat Tuesday! In honor of Mardi Gras, I made this card using the traditional Mardi Gras colors- purple (for justice), green (for faith), and gold (for power). The 7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog is hosting a challenge to create a card or project using these colors and I am submitting this card to their challenge. I thought Butterfly Queen from Bombshell Stamps looks like some of the women during Mardi Gras with the skimpy outfits and the flowing trains and head dresses. I thought the patterned paper's design fit the theme with it's feather-look. What do you think? I will also be submitting this card to The Crafty Pad's Challenge #111 to use RIBBON on your card...and I'm ALL about RIBBON!...Craft Your Passions Challenge #48 and Card Cupids' - both having an Anything Goes challenge this week. Wow...I can't believe one card for 4 challenges!

Stamps: Butterfly Queen by Bombshell Stamps
Cardstock: Concord Crush, YoYo Yellow, Green Galore from Stampin' Up; GP110 white
Patterned Paper:
Accessories: Copic Markers, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, gold stick on beads (Michael's), pop dots, 1" purple grosgrain ribbon (Offray), 3/4" gold grosgrain ribbon (Offray)

Two 4 Tuesday- Two Challenges and a Goof

This weeks' Hambo Hoedown was a lot of fun...the image that Hambo provided us to use in the challenge was this adorable pelican. We were to make a "beachy" card using the colors tan, blue, and brown. So, here's what I came up with:

Not quite exactly what I had in mind when I started. I feel that it "needs" something but didn't know what. All colored cardstock are Stampin' Up- Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Crumb Cake, and Cherry Cobbler. The images were printed onto GP110 white cardstock and colored using Copic Markers. The crab and sentiment are also from Hambo Stamps. I am also submitting this card to Craft Your Passion Challenge where we were to make a "man card".

The second card that I made was to be for the 7 Kids College Fund Challenge, however, I just realized I didn't follow the "rules". The challenge was to make a SQUARE card, and, obviously, this card isn't square- oh, well. She's adorable anyway!

The image is from the Mimosa series by Bildmalarna. I love these images- they're so sweet! The white cardstock is GP110. I also used SU's Basic Black and Cherry Cobbler. The image was stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black and colored using Copic Markers. The white panel was run through the Cuttlebug using the Dotted Swiss embossing folder.

I hope you've enjoyed these cards. I do apologize for the crooked scans...I couldn't see to get anything straight today! :) See you again soon!