Happy Anniversary

This is the 100th challenge sponsored by Card Crafter's Circle, so in honor of the event, the theme for this week is 

ANNIVERSARIES

This has become a popular time of the year for weddings (my own in December 3rd), nudging June out of the top spot, so our sponsor's images are perfect for those anniversary or wedding cards. 

We are happy to welcome back this week's sponsor Floppy Latte Designs! 

With such a variety of images in store, your sure to find images that suit your creative needs. Floppy Latte Designs are offering our challenge winner a $6 certificate to shop at the Floppy Latte store .... There are so many wonderful images to choose from!

For my card, I've used a white on white palette. My card base is 6 x 6". The corner pieces are cut using Sizzix corner dies, and I've lightly inked them with Tim Holtz distressing ink (Antique Linen). The center is the Spellbinder scalloped circle (also lightly inked) with my image cut into a circle. Peeking out behind my image circle are two halves of a Spellbinder fancy tag. Because the tag was not as wide as my image piece, I cut it in half so that I could "stretch" it to have an end on each side of my image.

I left my image "white" but used my C00 and C1 Copic markers to add some depth to the doves. I paper pieced the ribbon the doves are holding using a pink "pearl" paper. I then added pink pearls (Recollections) to parts of my various die cuts. I used the same "pearl" pink paper to mat my sentiment. 

It is a little difficult to truly see the beauty of this white on white card from the photograph, but it is quite lovely (IRL). It is a lovely anniversary card. My CCC team mates have also used this image -- yet, all of the cards are completely different. You should go over to the CCC blog and have a look at their beautiful work.

Use Those Dies

It is time once again for the weekly Inky Impressions challenge. This week we are asking that you pull out those pretty dies or punches and use them on your card. Remember, you do not have to use an Inky Impressions stamp, but if you do, you get more chances to win our wonderful prizes.

This week I've pulled out a sweet digital stamp that I've used before. I really like this little girl laden with Christmas packages. This is "Nickie's Winter Wishes" and she can be found in the Inky store HERE. After printing the image onto X-Press It brand card and coloring it with my Copic markers, I used three different elements from Spellbinder's Resplendent Rectangles, some Christmas DP and traditional red and green card to create my sweet card.

I started with a 5 x 7" white base which I layered with the green card. I put the DP on top of that and then began layering my die cuts. I thought the cut outs on the corners of the green piece resembled holly leaves, so I added a red glittery gem to represent a berry. I then topped off my card with the pretty gold and ecru ribbon.

We'd like to see what you do with your dies/punches, so please join us this week in our weekly challenge. You can find the details at the Inky Impressions blog. Also, take a few minutes to see the lovlies the DT have made for you this week.

Challenges:

Digi Makeover - Lots of Layers (and a digi)
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (5 entries only)
Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes
Card Mania - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
An Inky Situation - Anything Goes
Sister Act:  Anything Goes
613 Avenue:  Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time:  Use A Digi

Use Brown

Another Wednesday and time to flutter. This week we have a TWIST for you. We'd like you to use brown on your card. I know, all of you are thinking Christmas -- red and green -- but it is still officially fall until the middle of December, so think fall colors instead (let's not rush things, you know - grin). 

This week, I've used an image called Isabella by Emerald Faeries. She is a digital stamp, and I've printed her off onto X-Press It Brand card. For my card base, I've used brown card. The DP (both the background piece and the doily piece) are from "Darling Dear" 6 x 6 by My Mind's Eye. I matted the background piece with orange and brown. I matted Isabella with orange. The doily is 6003/1001 by Joy Crafts (Noor Design) from Dutch Paper Crafts. The flower is a composit of three paper flowers by Prima with a yellow gem center from Inky Impressions. The swirls are B117S from Cherry Lynn. The sentiment is computer generated using the Channel Slanted 1 font.

Remember, if we get over 50 entries in our weekly challenge, Danni will have a special prize, so we'd sure love to see you participate this week. We really enjoy seeing the beautiful entries each week. Now flutter over to the Flutter By Wednesday blog and see what the other DT members have created for your enjoyment this week.

Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes (5 entries only)
Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes
Card Mania - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
An Inky Situation - Anything Goes
Sister Act:  Anything Goes
613 Avenue:  Anything Goes 
One Stitch At A Time:  Use A Digi
Marker Pop - Anything Colored with Marker

TMS for Christmas

Happy Tuesday to you all. It is time for another Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge and another great sketch for you to use. Here is the sketch:

Really pretty, eh? I've used it along with some pretty Christmas paper and a Magnolia Tilda stamp. Hope you like it. 

We are being sponsored, once again, by My Creative Classroom. Our randomly drawn winner will receive a great online class of their choice. A great way to pick up a new skill, refresh an old one, or just to have some creative fun.

My card is a while 5 x 7" base with a layer of green which is then layered with a pretty DP from K&Co. I stamped Tilda onto Cryogen card and colored her with Copic markers. The red oval doily is cut with a Marianne die, and the swirl leaves beside the flowers is cut with a Cheery Lynn die. The poinsettia flowers are from WOC and Recollections. 

Please visit the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog and have a look at the wonderful inspiration the DT have provided for you this week. As always, you will be in for a treat. Then, use our sketch and join in this week's challenge.

Challenges:

• There She Goes - W - Patterns
• Through the Purple Haze - W, E3, C10 - Anything Goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody - 2W, 3E - (2nd Week) Challenge #32: Anything Goes  (Ends Nov 9th.)
• Stamping Sensations - M, C6, 1E/craft type - (November) (1st week) Christmas
• Crafty Hands Challenge Blog - 2W, 3E (no complete digital projects, digi images ok) - No. 1 - week 2 - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - W, C10 – No.44 -  Anything Goes Christmas
• Scrapping4funChallenges - 2W, 1E - No.5 - week 2 - Christmas or Holiday Card
• A Gem of a Challenge: Christmas is Coming
• One Crazy Stamper: Christmas
• Flat Friends: Christmas Cards
• Great Impressions: Holiday card or Tag
• Allsorts Challenge: #231 Christmas Cheer

Harvesting Acorns

HA! All kinds of new posts from me today, eh? As mentioned in my previous post, Sami's Stamps has released a new set of images that combined some breast cancer images and some fall images. The fall images are super fun and just perfect for sending some Thanksgiving wishes to your favorite people!

This image is called "Harvesting Acorns." Isn't that little native American just as pretty as can be? I colored her up with my Copic markers (so what's new, eh?) using various brown groups. I did go back (after photo was submitted) and toned down that highlight in her hair just a tad so that it was a little less gray looking and more of a shine to her natural black hair (smile). I was, overall, rather pleased with how this image colored up. I used E11, E1 and E00 for her skin tones to achieve a little darker coloring, and it really looks nice. 

In keeping with the CAS theme of this month's challenge, I've used a monotone color palette for my card and DPs, and my only embellishment is the sentiment. I created my sentiment piece with Memory Box die (Chadwick Label 98209) and matching stamp (Happy Fall Label B1778). 

I hope my card has inspired you to join us this month in the CAS challenge at Sami's Stamps. Check out the details on the challenge blog, and then hop over to the online store (where you will find three wonderful freebies available for you to use).

Challenges:

• 4 Krafty Girlz - 2W E3 Anything Goes (W1 of 2)
• An Inky Situation - W Any craft style JFF - #15 Anything Goes
• Hanna & Friends - 2W, cute/stamped/person/animal - #183 (W2 of 2) Anything Goes 
• Addicted to Stamps and More -  C10 - #69 CAS 
• Baffies Kreativladen - M - Autumn (ends Nov 5)
• Wags N' Whiskers: Fall colours

Sami's Stamps New Release

Today Sami's Stamps releases new images, and they are wonderful. She has  some Breast Cancer Awareness images (albeit a little late) and some FAB fall images. Sami had intended to release the BCA images earlier in the month as her Mother was diagnosed with breast cancer several years ago. However, despite the month of October being dedicated to the awareness of this disease, breast cancer doesn't just "happen" one month out of the year. Women and men are diagnosed almost daily with this, and other, forms of cancer. 

Here are Sami's new images for this month:

The theme for this month's challenges at Sami's Challenge Blog is CAS (Clean and Simple) cards. The DT all moaned and groaned when we were asked to make our samples fit the theme; however, each has done a wonderful job of meeting the challenge and have created some super fantastic inspiration for you.

For my card, I've used the image called "Beautiful." I colored the image with Copic markers and have kept the card CAS with plenty of white space. We'd love to have you join us this month and see your samples of CAS cards. To help you with our requirement to use a Sami's Stamp image only

A New FREEBEE and a $2.00 Deal have been added to the shop! 

                   

 

Do take a few minutes to run over to Sami's Challenge Blog and have a look at all the wonderful CAS cards the DT came up with for your inspiration. Also, check out Sami's Stamps online store to see even more wonderful samples from the DT using this great new release.

Challenges:

Crafty Little Fairies - For the 1 U Love

Amusing Challenges - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Something Cute

The very first DT on which I served was for Card Crafter's Circle. It was a wonderful experience with some of the nicest people on the web. I stay in touch with most of them as lovely friendships developed around the CCC craft "table." Well, I'm temporarily back on the DT for CCC, and this is my card. The theme is:

Cute Cards

We'd love to see some of your cuteness!

We are happy to welcome back this week's sponsor MICHELLE PERKETT STUDIOS! Michelle so skilfully presents a huge collection of mermaids, fairies, people, and with various images in between!  They will delight you, so we hope you avail yourself of her designs!

Our random prize winner will receive their choice of one of the gorgeous images showcased by our design team in this challenge post!  We are thrilled to have MPS sponsoring our challenges... because the images are so beautiful... and because they will always bring a smile to your face!

Come and see the delights our Design Team have been working to showcase  our sponsor's images for the Cute challenge.  

I have used Michelle's birthday mermaid which I printed onto X-Press It brand card and colored with my Copic markers (I keep repeating that sentence with every card I make, it seems). also used Stickles on the circles of the mermaid's tail, and I added rhinestones over the "bubbles" which are part of the image. I've added some lace, some pearls, flowers, and a little seahorse image (different designer) to finish off my cute little card. This is a fun little image that would be perfect for any little girl celebrating a birthday.

A reminder...to be eligible for prizes and badges, your entry must follow our rules.  And please post the DIRECT link to your actual entry blog post, not just your blog. 

We look forward to seeing your creations!