Christmas Card Challenge # 19 - Blue & White Snowflakes.

Good morning and welcome to our Christmas Card Challenge # 19!

 

We have this inspiration for you today:

 

 

Blue & White Snowflakes!

 

This is my card:

 

I reached for an old stamp from There She Goes which I mounted on papers from DCWV. A touch of glitter and some pearls and rhinestones and voilà!

 

Don't forget to have a look at all the wonderful cards from my teamies: you can see them all here!



Christmas Card Challenge # 4 - Presents.

Oops... I completely forgot about my post for Christmas Card Challenges yesterday, I'm sorry!

 

anyway, we have a fab challenge for you:

 

 

Presents!

This is my card, well... my two cards:

 

 

I chose an old stamp from TSG and decided two make it in two different colorways, the most traditional Christmas ones: red and green!

 

The DT created fabulous cards this week too, have a look at them here!

 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge: A is for Anything Goes

 

 

 



I Love Little Notebooks!

I've recently enjoyed myself creating some little notebooks, perfect to be tacked away in the bag or in the car.

 

I had already made a few but I wanted to make some more.

 

I reached for my patterned paper stash, for some die cuts and stamps and made these:

 

 

This one is probably my favourite, with this funny fish from Taws.

 

Then, one perfect for a little girl:

 

made with one of my stamps from There She Goes.

 

Something yummy for the food lover:

 

made with a cupcake die cut I had in my stash.

 

Then, the last one you may remember from some time ago:

 

made with a fawn (or deer?) die cut I bought somewhere around the web a long time ago.

 

I LOVE to see my collection on the desk this morning!

 

 

These notebooks are for sale in my Etsy shop. Please contact me if you need help in locating them.



Christmas Card Challenge # 47 - Anything Goes.

It's Anything Goes again here at Christmas Card Challenges!

 

 

I digged in my craft stash and found an old stamp I've never used:

 

It's from There She Goes, one of the last stamp sets I bought before the shop closed.

It's colored with Copics and glitter. Papers are from Echo Park.

 

Have a look here to see if you're a winner of our last challenge and don't forget to check my fellow DT's blogs and see their beautiful creations!



                       Alanna    Carol    Donna     Gail    Heather     Jessica     JoAnn     Margo     Marsha     Monica     Shirley Anne     Tenia

 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps Challenge # 167: Make Your Mark

A Snowflakes Promise Challenge # 8: Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge # 169: Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs October Challenge: Getting Ready for Christmas

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge # 250: Anything Goes

 

Christmas Card Challenge # 27 - Stencils

Welcome to a new Christmas Card Challenge!

A bit later than usual but ready to introduce you our new DT members: have a look here to meet them all and see their fabulous creations!

 

As for the theme, this week we want you to use stencils on your project!

 

I climbed my huge bookshelf to reach for my neglected stencils: I put them away last year and was pretty unsure if they were up there... but they were!

 

Here's my card:
 

I used a tiny snowflakes stencil (which may seem a stamp but it's a stencil) and some blue paint from DecoArt: I love the way it's turned out!

It was easy because the stencil was meant to be used on glass so it was a bit sticky without leaving traces on the card and adhered perfectly. I'm pretty disappointed that I didn't make a bigger card!

For sure, I'll look through all my stencils and keep my fav in a more handy place!

 

The image is from There She Goes colored with my Copics and my Stickles glue.

 

As I already anticipated, we have some new team members starting from this week!

Here's the list of their blogs: have a look and be inspired!

 



Alanna

Donna

Heather

Jovita

Karen

Lisa

Margo

Marsha

Roselany

Sandi

Wendi

 

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

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long Challenge # 13: Anything Goes

Completely Christmas Challenge # 14: Anything Goes

CraftyHazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra for June: Anything Goes

Crimbo Crackers Challenge # 65: No Designer Paper

Cute Card Thursday Challenge # 323: Blues and Hues

Christmas Card Challenge # 26 - Anything Goes!

Good morning!

 

Are you ready for a new Christmas Card Challenge?

This week it's surely a favourite of yours: Anything Goes!

 

Although I do love the freedom of the Anything Goes challenges, I sometimes find myself staring the many Christmas stamps and images I have without being able to choose one!

 

This week I had no problem: I colored this cute little image from There She Goes a few weeks ago and this was the perfect occasion to mount it on a card.

 

I love these colors together!

 

Have a look here on our Challenge blog and be inspired by the wonderful creations of our DT, or check them on their individual blog:

Alanna

Anne C

Heather

Jenn

Jovita

Karen

Margo

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Sparkles Christmas Challenge # 40: Baby, It's Cold Outside
Creative Knockouts Challenge # 38: Coloring Show Off
Christmas Fun Challenge: All that Glitters + Anything Goes
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long Challenge # 12: Anything Goes
Completely Christmas Challenge # 13: Anything Goes
 

A DT Call and my Top 5 for 2013

What a great year for Christmas cards!

I started making cards for this Christmas back in January, entering a few challenges.

Then, I had the chance to be chosen in Christmas Card Challenges DT and made Christmas cards weekly. I often managed to make more than one copy and found myself in September with a good number of cards for my Etsy shop.

I also had to make copies of existing cards for my Customers and all this has made me very happy.

Now that Christmas is just around the corner I'd like to sit down and make a list of my favorite cards for 2013.

I also take this chance to enter a new DT call for C.R.A.F.T. Challenge where I've been gently invited by Trimgym.

So, here's my fav cards for 2013 (in no particular order):

Hope you like them as much as I do!

I'm already working on new cards for 2014 so stay tuned!

What a Fun!

This time I've had a great fun creating my card for Christmas Card Challenges!

The theme is Non-Traditional Christmas images and here's my creation:

Aren't they cute?
I've used a stamp from There She Goes and I must admit that the idea to hang the two moneys together came from a card I saw a while ago somewhere (I'm sorry but I didn't remember where or who!). I decided to hang them to a holly branch, a part of a set of an old set of stamps.

The papers is from an old pad from Papermania. I simply added some red details and, of course, a little bow on one of the monkey's tails!

I think I'll make a few more...

This challenge sounds really funny! Have a look at all the other creations from the DT and be inspired to think of something less traditional!

Alanna

Anne C

Anne J

Heather

Jenn

Jovita

Karen

Margo

Sabrina

It's Jessica's Birthday! Let's Celebrate!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESSICA!!

A while ago I was contacted by one of There She Goes DT member asking if I'd like to join the surprise party for Jessica Knutsen's birthday and, being a fan of There She Goes clear stamps I immediately accepted and made this card:

I've used a stamp from the Blossom by Blossom set, colored it with Copic markers and mounted it on an aperture card with a dotted paper behind. I think that these girls are very cute!

I'm so thrilled about this surprise party! I hope she'll be happy!!

Here's the link to all participants in this party! Don't forget to take a look and send some wishes to Jessica as well!

 

A Sketch Challenge

It's been a while since I last entered a card into the There She Goes Challenge so I decided to see this week's theme and make a card.

There's a sketch to follow this week:

And I made this card:

It's cold, rainy and dark outside and I needed something to cheer me up a bit, that's why I opted for these papers with bright colors (sorry, I bought them a long ago on a destash on Etsy and the brand wasn't mentioned).

The elephant is from the Jungle Out There set of clear stamps from There She Goes, a set I love very much with those funny animals! Their size is just perfect for cards and smaller projects!

And, although there's a bit of hot pink, I think that its bright colors make this card suitable both for boys and girls.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

There She Goes Challenge # 191: Sketch

Crafting by Designs Challenge: Polka-dots

Here Come The Boys Challenge # 44: Bingo Board (Blue - Free - Image)

Wish BIG!

Just a quick post today to show you my latest card:

Yesterday, I had a look at Jellypark Challenges and the theme was too funny to let the challenge go without creating a card for it!

I had this free image from the Jellypark store which was perfect! (And sooo cute!).

I made a light blue textured card and used a patterned paper from DCWV. The digi is colored with Copics and glitter and the orange I used for the apron inspired me for the orange cardstock stripe I glued behind the mouse and the orange satin rose.

The super-funny sentiment was from There She Goes clear stamps and it was so appropriate for this image!!!

I'm entering the following challenges:

Jellypark Challenges: I'm Hungry!

Digi Makeover Challenge # 63: Food

The Squireel andThe Fox Challenge # 31: Anything Goes

Paper Playtime Challenge # 89: Anything Goes

Artistic Inspiration Challenge # 16: Anything Goes

A Lovely Sketch Challenge Part 2

I did it!

I've just finished the boy version of the card I told you about a few hours ago (have a look here or scroll down to see my post).

I've used a bright green card and papers from DCWV and, of course, the lion stamp from the Jungle Out There set of stamps by There She Goes.
(No, this time the upper part has not been placed to cover a mistake but because I eventually like it very much!).

Although my daughter and I chose this set mainly for the monkey, I must admit that all the animals are very cute! I bet I (we) will use it over and over again!

I enter this card in There She Goes Challenge # 178: sketch



and I head towards the kitchen to prepare dinner!

A Lovely Sketch Challenge

Here I am with a new card for one of my favorite challenges!

Although I had this card in mind for a couple of days, I only managed to make it yesterday at 6:00 am... I was not completely awaken but I had to get up and start cutting!

In fact, a few days ago I received a new stamp set from There She Goes called Jungle Out There. I chose it with my daughter after I won a challenge last month. It's gorgeous! Animals are perfectly sized, not too small and not too big and they are so sweet and funny!

I had already seen the current challenge at There She Goes, which is a sketch challenge:

I love this clean feminine sketch and I immediately decided how to make it.

This is my card:



I've used a light blue card from DCWV, inked the edges with a light blue ink and added this banner made with pink and white glittered cardstock from DCWV.

Since it was 6:00 am, I cut the stripes a bit too short so I had to add something on the top to disguise the place where they are glued...

I added a black dotted ribbon over another stripe of pink glittered paper, three pink pearls, a sentiment and, of course, this lovely zebra!

I've also planned a boy version of the same sketch but... well... I don't think I manage to finish it in time for this challenge!

This card will be entered in the following Challenges:

There She Goes Challenge # 178: Sketch

The Crafty Pad Challenge # 193: Animals

Fab'n'Funky Challenges # 144: Animals

TSGBC05 - Part 2

And this is my last card for There She Goes Birthday Celebration:

As I told you in my daughter's post, together with the birthday theme for day 5 we have to use at least 3 embellishments. I've used rhinestones only, in pink and light blue, matching the coloring I made to the emboossed parts of this card.

The girl image is from the Blossom by Blossom set and I colored them with my Copics. The sentiment is from the Wrapped in Joy set.

Well, that's all for this incredible five-day Challenge!

We have had a great fun creating our cards, I hope you like them too!

There She Goes Birthday Celebration Day 5 - Part 1

Here we go!

Day 5 of There She Goes Birthday Celebration! They'll remain in my heart forever for I've shared the creative process with my daughter.

She spurred me in these past days, she wanted to know my ideas and she was so happy when she could show me her finished cards.

This is her last card:

She loves this reading girl from the Believe in You stamp set and she has created this card around it. She is a trued reading girl so it's easy for her to receive books as presents.

The theme for Day 5 was birthday + at least 3 embellishments.

In her opinion 3 embellishments meant 3 different kinds of embellishments, that's why she used rhinestones, flower sequins and ribbon.

I'll be sad tomorrow... no cards to make and no post to write!

TSGBC04 - Part 2

Well... working with my daughter for the cards for There She Goes Birthday Celebration has been a demanding experience.

She talks and talks and talks and if she is not talking she asks me to think aloud... and laughs at what I say (or think).

I really enjoy my crafting time with her, it's great now that she is old enough to share the same passions and stamps and ideas but sometimes I appreciate some silence,,,

In a week or so she'll be back to school and my crafting time will be much quiter... and I'll miss her so much...

Here's my card for Day 4 of There She Goes Birthday Celebration:

A banner was requested together with the birthday theme and I glued this little banner made form paper scraps next to this lovely girl on a bench from the Blossom by Blossom set.

In order to decorate the white space of this round card, I stamped four pretty flowers from the Wrapped in Joy set. and added some light green rhinestones.

I really love it!

There She Goes Birthday Celebration Day 4 - Part 1

Ready for a new post for There She Goes Birthday Celebration Day 4, this time for my daughter's 4th card:

As I told you she is a bit ahead of me, so she was making her 4th card while I was still making my 3rd.

This is why I managed to copy the way she glued two clouds together: I was struggling with my clouds without finding the perfect position when I saw her card and... voilà, the solution!

The theme this time is to make a birthday card with a banner of any kind on it!

I LOVE her banner made of flowers stamped from the Blossom by Blossom set from There She Goes, but of course, I can't copy it for the same challenge!

The puppy and girl image is from the Puppy Love set, that girl is super cute!

My stamp for this new challenge is already colored... I have only to assemble the card and make the banner...

TSGBC03 - Part 2

Here I am again!

Wow... 2 posts per day... a record for me!

Here's my card for There She Goes Birthday Celebration Day 3:

If you rember my previous post, the theme for Day 3 was given by a photo with a turquoise + red + white color scheme.

I've used a paper from DCWV and this lovely girl from There She Goes Blossom by Blossom stamp set.

It's such a lovely color scheme, it gives such a fresh look to cards!

Well, better go and prepare the card for Day 4: my daughter is already done and, I must confess, she had a couple of brillant ideas... I copied the two clouds glued together you see in this card, I loved the idea!

There She Goes Birthday Celebration Day 3 - Part 1

My daughter is always ahead of me!

She finished her 3rd card for There She Goes Birthday Celebration Challenge before me and she has already done her 4th card.

Here's her card:

On Day 3 the challenge was to make a birthday card inspired by this image:

We both chose the turquoise + red + white scheme and, of course, a There She Goes stamp (the dog is from the Puppy Love set while the tulips are from the Blossom by Blossom set).

There She Goes is opening a new store! I've already had a look and believe me, it's great! My computer is old and slow and looking through the stamps in the old store was a nightmare while now it's quick and easy!

See you later for my 3rd card!



TSGBC02 - Part 2

Here's my daughter's card for There She Goes Birthday Celebration Day 2:

My stash of There She Goes Stamps lacking male images, she chose a dog from the Puppy Love set and the cake from the Ruh-roh set (it was her idea, not mine... I copied her...).

She then added bones on the picnic tablecloth and some pawprints (also from the Puppy Love set) assembled as a banner.

She wanted her card to resemble a gift, that's why she added a ribbon and bow on the top.

Her coloring of the dog inspired mine (well, yes, she was finished before me... she works fast!) and I love how she uses colored pencils!

We are already working on our card for Day 3, see you tomorrow!