2 Cute Ink Challenge # 112 - Animals.

I'm so excited I can finally share great news with you: I've been accepted in the 2 Cute Ink Stamps Challenge Team!!! Yippie!

 

I've always loved Heidi's cute images and you may have had the chance to see some of her digis on my cards but now it's official! You'll see them at least twice a month!

 

Today there's a new challenge and the theme is: ANIMALS!

Heidi has created some super-cute horses which I LOVE! It was so fun to work with it and a pleasure to color with girly girl pinks!

 

This is my card:

 

 

It's called Nerdy Horse and it's part of the Nerdy Horses set (you can find it in 2 Cute Ink shop here). It was perfect for me: my daughter loves horses and loves to read too so I imagined her sitting on the grass reading her favourite books!

 

Are your ready for the challenge?

 

You can find the rules here.

 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenge # 70: Polka Dots

Crafting by Designs August Challenge: Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge: Anything Goes

Crafty Calender August Challenge: Anything Goes

Deep Ocean Challenge # 83: Summer Colors



 

Paper Piecing.

Hello!

I've been inspired by Meljen's Designs Challenge for my today's card: they want to see Paper Piecing.

This is my card:

 I chose Little Apple Worm available in Meljen's Designs shop.

I paper pieced my image using digital papers:

I first printed one complete apple and one warm on white paper, then I chose digi papers from Pink Petticoat and put them under the parts of the digi I wanted to paper piece.

Then I cut these parts and colored the worm which I then glued with 3D dots in order to give additional dimension.

Then, I assembled the card using old papers from Three Bugs in a Rug and My Mind's Eye.

Easy peasy, right?

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

Meljen's Designs Challenge # 197: Love You to Pieces (Paper Piecing)
The Cutie Pie Challenge # 63: Cute with Spots and Dots
CraftyHazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Anything Goes with Patterned Papers
One Crazy Stamper February Challenge: Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs February Challenge: Anything Goes

Teachers.

This week I'm inspired by teachers for my cards... I have a few drafts on my table next to some Christmas cards and I'm quite excited to see how they'll turn out!

School finished at the beginning of June here and will start middle September but it seems that things are different around the world: somewhere have just finished, somewhere else are about to start again. That's why I decided I needed some more teachers cards for my shop.

This is the first one I've made:

Again, I've used a card from Lasting Impressions which was hidden in my stash (it seems that since I re-discovered my embossing templates and stuff, every image I color is perfect on a Lasting Impression card blank!).

The image is Teacher Toodle from Broken Box Stock which I colored with Copics (but there is a colored version available here if you prefer) and, of course, touches of glitter here and there.

What a sassy teacher!

This card is for the following challenges:

The Cutie Pie Challenge # 49: Pretty in Pink

Brown Sugar Challenge # 51: Anything Goes

That Craft Place Challenge: It's a Girl Thing

Divas by Design Challenge: Anything Goes

Crafts and Me Challenge # 139: Anythng Goes

A Sketch Challenge

Last week, when I saw the Challenge over at Sparkle Creations I was a bit scared. It seemed a very complicated sketch to follow.

Yesterday, I decided to print the sketch and keep it in front of me while I was making my card and I managed to follow it easily!

This is the sketch:

And this is my card:

She is Bookworm Ruby from Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps: I stamped her with black ink, colored with Copics and mounted on DCWV papers using foam pads.

I've finally managed to use the alphabet stamps I bought long ago but never been able to use and I love the way the sentiment has turned out!

This card is for the following challenges:

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge # 97: Sketch

Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes + lemon/yellow

Moving Along with the Times Challenge: Only Girls Allowed

Crafty Caz Challenge # 168: Anything but Square



Fall Colors

In these last years fall has become my favorite season.

I love the warm weather, the return to the routine, the light and the colors.

Strange enough because browns are not my colors! I never wear them and I rarely use them on my projects.

This week's challenge at Broken Box Stock is another real challenge for me: use a Fall Foliage Color Palette.

Here's my card:

I've used Reading Toodle Digi Stamp from Broken Box Stock and I colored her with Copics.

I've added an apple themed paper in wonderful fall colors (sorry, again no clue of the manufacturer), a paper border and two apples.

A modern teacher, isn't she?

Now, for the rules:

Challenge Directions: 

Create a card using a color palette inspired by fall foliage. 

NEW RULES ADJUSTMENT!

You NO longer have to use Broken Box Stock graphics within your design. Any cards entered will be considered! However, we do encourage you to take a look at our digi-stamps and graphics at Broken Box Stock.

FREEbies for you!

Feel free to use our freebies! View the entire freebie collection here.

Deadline: Thursday, October 4, 2012 @ 5:00pm

Prize: FREE MEMBERSHIP to the new Digi-Stamp Club! - Receive 52 digital stamps over a year (one new digi per week), a $9.99 value!

Challenge Rules: 

1) Follow the challenge's specific design criteria above.

2) To enter your card in the challenge, use our "inlinkz" link tool below.

3) No back linking.

4) Up to 3 entries per person.

5) Subscribe to our blog so you know if you win (and can claim your prize)!

6) We must have at least 5 entries to award a prize.

 

Don't forget to have a look at all the fabulous cards the DT has made for this challenge!

Brown Bags

I've noticed that Brown Bags are a favourite among crafters and that there's a variety of small and big sacks around the internet.

I've always seens brown bags here too so when I read the theme for this week's challenge at Broken Box Stock I thought it was super easy.

It's about incorporating a brown bag into your card or project so I decided to go shopping.

I bought some fresh bread from the baker's and... it came in a white paper bag. I headed to the greengrocer's and bought some fruit and veggies and... they all came in white bags! I then bought some tiny pizzas in a bar for my daughter and again, white paper bags...

I was really worried that no brown bags were still available when, one day, I stopped at the grocer's I have close to my house and bought some peaches... voilà, a brown bag!

I cut parts of it and assembled them in this card:

I then printed this cute set of girl's faces available here at Broken Box Stock (it's a freebie so you cannot miss it!), colored them with Copics, cut them and glued them with 3D dots on the brown bag panel.

A simple ivory card, some pink and white baker's twine and an apple charm add a special touch.

Please, read full instructions for this challenge here and let's start creating! I'm sure you'll have less trouble in finding a brown bag!