All That Scraps Top 5 - Woohoo!!!

Wow if making Top 5 at All That Scraps isn't enough to light my fire and get me crafting, I don't know what will! Look out OWH...I feel a card-making marathon coming on.

I hope my swap partner at Magnolia Card Kits and Swaps Yahoo Group, Frances, sees her card made top honors. Frances received this card I crafted, with her in mind, through a recent swap on the group. Come check out our little group!

ATS & ABC Challenges

The challenge at All That Scraps this week is to use something with a "snowman" theme. Stamps used have to be carried in their store. The rubber of this cutie is in their My Favorite Things collection here (tho' I believe its currently out of stock.) I made mine from a digital image that I purchased online somewhere ages ago.


My easel card was a fun one to make from a pack of MS seasonal papers I purchased back before Christmas and never used. I distressed and sewed the layers together and added gingham ribbon with a red buttons. I love the "snow day" theme to the paper and wanted it to play prominantly with the card so I left the front pretty simple and used the sentiment inside. The interior is decorated with old red cluny lace a hand punched snowflake layered with a adhesive glittery foam snowflake, metal asteriks, & red pearl.


Hurry on over to All That Scraps to check out this challenge. It ends today! Over at ABC Design Team the "Baby Its Cold Outside" challenge runs until Jan. 22th and you can enter as many times as you like. I am working on another entry for this week too! Winner will be announced Jan. 27th.

All That Scraps Blog Hop & Contests

Lots going on over at the ATS blog. Be sure to check it out soon. There are hops and new stamp premieres with lots of chances to win free stamps. I got totally confused hoping around the design teams blogs but it was a fun journey with lots of great inspiration. Check it outat the ATS blog!

All That Scraps & Flutter By Wednesday Challenges

This sweet little pumpkin fairy is a digital stamp by CC Designs from ATS. I used by graphics program to resize the image and add a sentiment for my granddaughter. My thought is I'll send her $5. so she can go with Mommy & Daddy to buy her own Halloween pumpkin but then again, maybe grandma will get to take her since a new baby brother or sister will be joining the family about 2 weeks before Halloween!!!

For this card I: colored the image with copic markers and highlighted it with a Sakura white med. pt. marker. The wings were "bling-ed" with diamond Stickles and the sentiment was embossed with a clear gel pen. I antiqued the edges of the card which I drew a border box around in my graphics programs and layers on a square of yellow distressed cardstock. The Flutter By challenge was: 3 buttons, 2 papers, & sparkle...I think this fills all the requirements. I added a few orange & yellow silk flowers, papers, & some dotted ribbon from my old stash to complete the card.
I added my first blog blinkie earned for one of my cards! It was bestowed on me from Flutter By for my fun little birthday Butterfly Tilda...I'm very thrilled and thankful to FBW.

Both of the above challenges end today! Winners & new challenges are announced on Wednesdays each week.

Happy Friday the 13th!!!

Time to get started on my stash of Christmas cards...I love to make cards but am horrible about getting around to mailing. This year the goal is to make one special card for each of my close family members...we'll see if I succeed!!

Please stop by the first entry for today's twosome of challenges...you can visit All That Scraps. Click the link above to head to ATS, entries due by Tues., 8/17 at 10 p.m.

My easel card was made with vintage, distressed layers of Cosmos Cricket papers, plus a circle of MME thrown in for good measure. It has a wreath of diecut gingerbread men from Cricut's Joy of Christmas cartridge and peppermints stamped from a Sassafrass Lass clear stamp. Punched hearts were added to the gingerbread men. The sentiment is by Martha Stewart. I added a brown dotted ribbon from my stash and popped dotted Magnolia's Cowberry Muffin Tilda to the side of the wreath. Tilda was handcolored with Copic markers. A little Stickles was added to her wings for bling!

My second entry goes for the first time to Scapgirl-Angie for her red/brown easel card challenge. Brown & red is one of my favorite Christmas color combos because it reminds me so much of baking so I just had to play along on this fun challenge. I have done a number of "Baking Memories" scrapbook layouts through the years using the same color scheme and will try to post photos of one soon...better yet, maybe I'll make a new one.

This card is destined for my special little granddaugther, Robin!

All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge

All That Scraps Weds. Challenge
#40 Color Challenge:
Chocolate, Aqua, & Khaki

Love this color combo!

It made me think of coffee
for some reason.



Meet Coffee Kiki LaRue by CC Designs...she is a digital download I printed on Bristol cardstock and colored with a mix of Copics & watercolor pencils. The base card is khaki cardstock by Bazzill with layers of paper on top from the SEI Dill Blossom collection. A few brown Prima Sprite Flowers, with brown crystal centers, and a couple inches of Bo Bunny Double Dot Decaf Ribbon finish things. This will make a great little gift with a decorated kraft bag full of gourmet coffee beans!