BIC #53

The Alley Way Stamps' BE Inspired Challenge (BIC #53) caught my eye again. Here's the inspiration photo:

And here's my card:

I inked up one of the border stamps from "Bitty Borders" with Memento dye inks in the colors of the rainbow. Easy, right?

Thanks for stopping by!

Paper Girls - Sketch Challenge

I'm hosting the current challenge at The Paper Girls Challenge Blog, I hope you'll come over and play along! You've still got until Saturday May 31st to link up your project.

Use this SKETCH to create a paper crafting project - layout, card, mixed media canvas, whatever you'd like:

Here's my layout. When my daughter was 3 she was actually brave enough to go on this huge slide with her dad - TWICE! 

That background paper looks like sand, don't you think? And I really enjoyed layering some stickers and flair buttons at the bottom. A fun layout calls for some fun embellishments, for sure!

So what are you waiting for? Use my sketch and come link up your project - there's a prize for a random participant!

Is that a Lion?

Last month we went on a beach vacation to Cabo… what a great way to relax for a few days. Anyways, check out this crazy picture with a lion cub, I couldn't wait to scrap it.

My layout:

I'm entering this layout into the following challenges:

Stash Challenge #14 at Scrap Our Stash

1. Something Old: Crate Paper "Random" collection - button, brads, die cuts, rosette have all been in my stash for about 2 years.
2. Something New: Glitz patterned papers (anchors and polka dot) have only been in my stash 2 months
3. Something Fussy Cut: The flowers were part of a pre-made die cut, but the whole flower bunch was too large for what I wanted, so I fussy cut around the flowers I wanted to keep. 
4. Something Blue: Blue Carta Bella patterned paper

Daisy #2 sketch over at ScrapbookSteals.com:

Scrappy Friends' challenges:

Kelly's color challenge 

Rochelle's Tic Tac Toe challenge (I used enamel dots, leaves, and a doily die cut - hope that counts!)

Still time to join in all of the challenges except for the Daisy 2 sketch, that one's from a couple weeks ago, I just didn't get it up on the blog until now.

BIC #52

Here's the inspiration photo for this month at The Alley Way Stamps BE Inspired Challenge:

And here is my card, using the set "Lemon Squeezy":

Thanks for taking a look, have a great weekend!

Lemons

Here's a CAS card I made using a fun lemon image from The Alley Way Stamps.

To create this look, I first sprayed water on a piece of white card stock. Then I stamped the image with water based inks (I used Memento and Distress inks). The combination of water based ink on top of wet card stock makes the ink bleed a bit. Then after the images dried, I stamped over them with black ink. Super easy technique, I love the results!

Hope you are having a great holiday weekend!

Paper Girls - Birthday Card

Charity's daughter turned 13 this week, so you get to choose from several challenge options at the Paper Girls this time. I chose "Birthday", and made this birthday card that features a castle stamp by The Alley Way Stamps. I'm so proud, because I actually colored it with AC Stamp Markers and managed to do a little shading!

I had a lot of fun blinging it up a bit with some glitter and sequins too. And the velvet trim was the perfect royal touch!

Hope you can play along with us this time! As always, there is a prize up for grabs!

Paper Girls - Celebrate Blog Hop

The Paper Girls Challenge Blog is celebrating its second birthday with a "Celebration" themed blog hop this week! Make sure you go back to the Paper Girls blog to start the hop from the beginning and to enter the Rafflecopter contest.

Creative Embellishments is offering a $25 gift certificate to our random winner! Creative Embellishments carries wood veneer shapes, chipboard, and stamps. They have so many wonderful designs to choose from.  Please give them a big thanks from The Paper Girls over at their blog or facebook page.

Here's the hopping order:

Paper Girls Challenge Blog

Erica

Charity

Deborah

Michele <<---- YOU ARE HERE

Cathryn

Kristy

You have through Friday, April 4th to enter to win the gift certificate.

Good luck!

For our hop today we have created projects that have a Celebration theme and that use either wood veneer or chipboard shapes.  I made this layout about my daughter's 4th birthday. Those gorgeous bright papers are from Amy Tan's newest collection "Plus One". 

Now hop on over to Cathryn's blog, her creations are always AMAZING, she will definitely inspire you to create!