Merry Monday #104

Happy "Merry Monday!"

This week our challenge hostess is Karen and she wants us to use Slate and/or Kraft along with any neutral you want (white, vanilla, cream etc.)

Now, I must apologize to Karen right off the get-go. I did NOT stick to the color scheme. I *thought* I did however, as I was blogging my post, I realized I didn't use Kraft on my card. So sorry Karen!!!

I used grey, white and did the chalkboard technique...I have so much fun doing this technique! I added a couple scallop borders and an organza ribbon to complete the card! Be sure to hop on over to the challenge blog to see what all the Merry Makers have created for you this week! You will be amazed! Cheers!

Flowery Birthday at Sweet Stampin'

Happy Saturday folks! As you are reading this, I am enjoying a weekend with my bestie, Leanne - catching up, giggling, shopping in the city, and doing some crafty re-organization and remodeling in my craft cave! I'm so very excited - I hope to get crafty a bit with her too - hoping we have time!

The challenge this week at Sweet Stampin' is FLOWERS! Who doesn't love flowers?! For my card this week, I got "flower-happy!" :)

I have starting to try my hand at the "chalkboard" technique so I wanted to use it again on this card...I really think it's a lot of fun and the effect is awesome :) Then I dug out various embossing folders and dies and got to work on creating all the flowers :) FUN!!!! I believe all these flower dies are from MFT.

Thanks for stopping in today - I sure hope you are able to find some time to gather up all your "flower" items and get crafty with us - don't forget - you HAVE to stamp something on your project! Other than that, you need to have fun! Click HERE to be directed to the SS challenge blog. Happy crafting!

4 Crafty Chicks #189 {Polka Dots}

Happy 4 Crafty Chicks Thursday! This week, our hostess extraordinaire is Tina and she's issuing the following challenge for y'all:

4 CC #189 {POLKA DOTS}

My card is pretty straight forward - I embossed both my panels with different polka dot embossing folders (one large, one small) then added my gorgeous butterfly (I believe its from MFT), stamped a bold sentiment from Papertrey Ink and wa-laaa! Done!

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Just Inspirational Challenges - Embossing
Craft Your Passion - No Designer Papers
The Crafty Bloggers - Die Cuts or Embossing
One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes


Please be sure to hop on over to the challenge blog HERE to see what the rest of the DT (including our Guest Designer, Leslie) has designed for you! This challenge is pretty open - you can use designer paper, stamps, dies, anything with POLKA DOTS!! Have fun!!

TPE #245 {Inspiration Challenge!}

 Welcome back to another challenge from The Pink Elephant! This week it's an inspiration challenge from this gorgeous picture:

I have been checking out crafty "how-to" and "technique" videos on You Tube for everything crafty and I really liked one I came across: to use the negative space with dies....

I used a stitched mat from 'Lil Inker Designs to cut out my focal layer and then used a MFT flower die to cut the negative from. It was then layered on my Melon Mambo to allow the hot pink to shine through :) I stamped my gorgeous big sentiment from Papertrey Ink and added some ribbon and a few pearls and wa-laaa! Done! The bottom layer is dry embossed with my large polka dots embossing folder and the main layer is added with foam tape. Easy peesy! I really love this technique and will be doing it more often with my dies!

Thanks for stopping in today and I really encourage you to hop on over to The Pink Elephant challenge blog HERE to see what the rest of the uber-talented DT has created for your viewing pleasure :) I sure do hope you get a chance to super excited to be back tomorrow

Merry Monday #103 {Use a Snowman!}

Welcome back to my blog and to another challenge at Merry Monday! This is the challenge all about Christmas cards and getting a head start on the Christmas season. This week's challenge was chosen by Kathy. You are to create a project which includes a "Snowman" somewhere on your Christmas card!

Here is my card with a few snowmen on it *wink* Most of my crafty friends know that I am totally ADDICTED to snowmen (and snowflakes, and stars.....and.....)

This cute image is a Cheryl Alger digi called "Hanging Stars" and I absolutely love coloring these fun dudes :) I colored them up with bright Copic markers, added some Paper Smooches snowflake dies and my fun die cut arrow from Reverse Confetti! The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink - I love this font!

I am also entering my card into the following challenges:

Completely Christmas - Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge - D is for diecuts
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - Anything Goes - Lots of Layers!
Just Add Ink - Lots of Layers!
QKR Stampede - Recipe challenge: 1 image; 2 papers; 3 embellies (I used button, gems and die cuts)
Crimbo Crackers - Anything Goes: Christmas!

Thanks again for visiting my blog to see what I've been up to! Stay tuned for another installment from The Pink Elephant ;) Cheers!

Guest Designer Spot at LTSCB #27 - Anything Goes!

Happy Monday!! I have some exciting news to share today...Leslie from Love to Scrap asked me a few months ago if I'd like to be a Guest Designer for April. HECK YA!! Thanks again, girlie for the opportunity to play along with your super-talented DT!

The theme for this week's challenge is ANYTHING GOES....wahoooo! Gotta love those ones...the opportunities are endless...

The sponsors for this week's challenge are SweetStamps and Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet

I picked this super cute image called Pony Girl 2 from Barbara Jensen to use on my card this week...

 

Here's a close up of my image colored up with Copics:

 

 Here is the full card:

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to hop on over to the LTS challenge blog HERE and see what all the talented DT has created for you today...then gather some supplies, whip up a project and link it for us so that we can go leave you some love also!!

Stay tuned for a new challenge from Merry Monday! Cheers!

4CC #188 {Color A Stamped Image}

Happy 4 Crafty Chicks Thursday! I would like to take this opportunity to welcome miss Leslie from  Love to Scrap as our April Guest Designer...please be sure to hop on over and welcome her to the hen house :)

Miss Leanne is our hostess this week and she's issuing the following challenge for y'all:

4 CC #188 {Color a Stamped Image}

This card was super fun to make. My super-talented daughter, Kim, colored this image (I cannot take credit for that at all I'm afraid) and I told her I'd make her into a card. What an amazing job she did! You cannot tell from the pics, but she added some sparkle to her dress, bodice and wings but it's not showing up. Looks gorgeous in real life! WTG, missy!

This cutie-patootie is one of the newly released clear stamps from Lacy Sunshine called Abigail Cherished Wings. She's so adorable! Kim had a lot of fun bringing her to life in these colors and she's also made one in green/brown...can't wait to showcase that one sometime too! ;)

 

I'd like to enter this challenge into the Lacy Sunshine's "Add Flowers" challenge :)

Thanks for stopping in today and please be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have created for you. You can get to the challenge blog HERE. Happy crafting!

STS #17 {Easter Greetings}

Welcome back to another challenge from Seize the Sketch hosted by Jen Mitchell....

 

I received some awesome HAPPY MAIL last week from Reverse Confetti and got to work right away:

I stayed pretty true to the sketch but added some twine to the bottom of the image panel. 

This Carton Cuties stamp set and matching dies are AWESOME! I ended up going pretty CAS on this one and I cannot wait to muck with this set some more! So fun!!

Be sure to check out what the other Sketchers have created for you today :) They have all made creations that will knock your socks off! Click HERE to go over to the STS Challenge blog. Happy crafting!!

There's Nothing I Wouldn't Share With You....

 Happy Twisted Tuesday! We have an inspirational photo for you this week:

 

 The TWIST, you ask?!? You must make a funny card to go along with the Jester photo above. For my card, I went with the colors from the jester photo and inked up my funny stamp from Stamping Bella called "SENIOR-ita" Sylvia that I won last month in a blog hop! She cracks me up!!

The girls have created such amazing projects this week for our "funny" challenge this week - be sure to head on over and check it out! Then, link up your creation for us to come leave you some love! Take care!

{PIN}spirational #101 - Happy Birthday!

 Welcome back to another challenge at {PIN}spirational Challenges! Here is the photo for his week's challenge:

 

Our sponsors for this week's challenge are as follows:

 Imagine That!

 

 Bugaboo Stamps

 Too Cute Ink

I decided on the cute birthday turtle from Bugaboo Stamps and tried to color her up as close as I could to the inspiration photo above....then I perked it up a bit with Melon Mambo and reds....

I hope you get a chance to play along this week - the inspiration photo is gorgeous and the possibilities are endless! Please take a minute to peruse the challenge blog HERE to see what other awesome projects the DT has for you! Happy crafting!

TPE #244 {Chalkboard Technique}

Welcome back to my blog :) If you are looking for my Merry Monday post, please scroll down (it won't hurt for you to admire this new challenge here at The Pink Elephant while you scroll *wink*)

 

This week's technique challenge is "The Chalkboard Technique." I have to admit, I've admired so many cards using this technique, but I've never tried it. I was excited to give it a whirl...I went to You Tube and scoped out some vid's on how to do it and it looks easy enough. Uh huh....it *would have been* had I had the right ink - or enough of it. I dug out my SU! Whisper White Craft Ink pad and some black card stock and got busy.

My ink pad was not moist enough I don't think - the stamped image I was using was very dull - all the projects I've seen they are crisp, bright white. SIGH. I do not have a refill for the Craft White ink either...so I had to resort to Plan B. Cheat. LOL

I dug out a 6 x 6 pack of MME paper called Chalk Studio and I used this image from it and smudged a bit of my WW ink on it with a sponge to give it that "just wiped" effect on a chalk board. I really do like how this turned out and I am excited to get better ink to try it "for real!" Here's my completed card:

I hope you get a chance to gather some supplies and come get inky with us - it's a messy but FUN technique! Come check out what the rest of the girls made for your viewing pleasure HERE. Happy crafting!!

Merry Monday #102 {Mistletoe}

Welcome back to another challenge at Merry Monday! Do you always scramble right before holidays to get your Christmas cards made? Why not try out our weekly challenges and be ahead of the game come November/December!?

This week's challenge is to use Mistletoe somewhere on your card:

I know you saw this stamp set from me last week as well, but how could I "not" use it for this challenge?!? *wink* It's perfect!!

The stamp set and die are from Papertrey Ink and I stamped the mistletoe in Old Olive, added a button with olive twine, cut out the sentiment with a flag die and wa-laaa! Easy-peesy, done!

I sure hope you can find some time to grab some mistletoe paper, stamps, dies, etc. and join us this week HERE! Happy crafting!

{Transportation} at Sweet Stampin'

Welcome back to my blog!

The challenge this week over at Sweet Stampin' is "Transportation" and I knew right away which stamp I wanted to color up for this challenge - Skaterboy by Kenny K (I have had this stamp for a long time and never used it - not sure if that is the correct name or not)

Our wonderful sponsors for this challenge is Crafty Devils - £15 voucher

My card is fairly straight forward - obviously the skateboard is my means of "transportation" and I embossed the blue panel with big polka dots, added some stars, twine and pearls and WA-LAAA! Done! Love this image for any boy card ;) Perfect....

Be sure to hop on over to the Sweet Stampin' challenge blog HERE to see what the rest of the Sweet Stampers have made for your inspiration. Remember: you need to have some sort of stamping on your project! Have fun!! Cheers!

4 CC #187 {Bunches of Love}

Happy 4 Crafty Chicks Thursday!

The challenge this week is {SPRING} over at 4 Crafty Chicks and right now in central Alberta, we are FAR from Spring-like conditions! We are in the middle of a snowfall warning and have received about 5-6 inches in 2 days. I realize that it's Alberta, and this happens every year - but this has been a long, white Winter and it's time to see some green grass and flowers ;)
 

That is why I decided to ink up some pretty Coral flowers for this week's challenge! The sentiment is from The Alley Way Stamps called "It's fall about you" and the flowers are from Stampin' Up's set called Flower Shop. It's really hard to see in the pics, but my black panel is embossed with the chicken wire embossing folder....

Thank you so much for stopping in today - I'm hoping to hunker down today and get crafty some more in my craft cave. Be sure to hop on over to the challenge blog - HERE - and see what all the rest of the Chicks came up with for your SPRING inspiration! Cheers!

TPE #243 {You're a Blessing...}

Welcome back to my blog! This week at The Pink Elephant, we are wanting to see YOUR favorite color combo...that's right - this week, it's your choice!

 

One of my all-time favorite color combinations is Teal, Black and White...I dug out some new goodies from MFT, Papertrey Ink and got to work... 

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

2 Sisters - Black/White/One other color
AUD Sentiments - Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Sentimental Sundays - springtime/flowers
 
For more wonderful crafty inspiration, be sure to check out what the rest of the Design Team has for you - click HERE to hop on over to The Pink Elephant challenge blog and then link up your project with us! Happy crafting!