A Last Minute Valentine Card.

Although a few days ago I decided I was done with Valentine cards for this year, I wanted to make another card to take part in Whimsie Doodles January Challenge.

 

I have a digi I adore which I made into a little magnetic notebook last year (you can see it here) but I had to make a card too:

 

 

This digi is part of the Valentine Punnies collection (you can find it here).It seems that I love yellows for Valentine cards, this being the last of a series of yellow cards.

 

And this suggests me that I must have some cheese and pasta for lunch today!

 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe's Crafts January Challenge: Hearts

Come and Get It Challenge: Ribbon and Bows

Pile It On Challenge # 53: Hearts and/or Flowers

Time Out Challenge # 23: Valentine's Day + Hearts

Whimsie Doodles January Challenge: Love Is in the Air

Christmas Card Challenge # 8 - Anything Goes.

It's Anything Goes week at Christmas Card Challenges!

 

 

This means freedom to create whatever you like!

 

I created this card:

 

I've had this image from Whimsie Doodles for ages and time has come to use it!

It's Ginger and Cup (it's still a freebie if you are interested you can find it here).

Paper is from First Edition mounted on a decorated card base (the red with white dots area) I found somewhere last summer while travelling.

Yummy!

 

In case you entered our Challenge last week, check here to see if you're one of our pick!

 

And don't forget to have a look at all the Amazing cards from the DT:

  



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

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge: B is for Bows, Bunting or Baking

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge # 128: Holiday

Completely Christmas Challenge # 47: Anything Goes + Make a Card for a Child

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge # 2: Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland Challenge: Only One Designer Paper

 



Pasta.

I LOVE pasta!

I could eat it everyday!

And, since I ate cooking, I often eat pasta with Parmesan cheese only.

When I discovered the "Valentine Punnies" set in Whimsie Doodles shop, I immediately fell in love with the Mac & Cheese image.

I created this:

I thought that they were perfect for a little magnetic notes holder to be kept in the kitchen.

I printed them on heavy paper, colored them with my Copics markers and added an orange ribbon behind.

They are so sweet!

I'd like to enter my creation intohe following challenges:

Whimsie Doodles Challenge: Seeing Spots
Challenges 4 Everybody # 39: Anything Goes
QKR Challenge # 79: Anything Goes
One Stitch at a Time Challenge # 204: Use a Digi
Just for Fun Challenge: Anything Goes

Christmas Card Challenge # 16 - Use Chevrons.

Good morning!

Sunday means a new and exciting Christmas Card Challenge!

This week the theme is... Chevrons!

This is my card:

Again, I wanted to use bright colors for my Christmas card so I chose this lovely paper by Miss Tiina at SugarHill Co. and assembled the card following its colors.

The digi stamp is called "Birght" from Whimsie Doodles: I colored it with Copics and glitter. I then added rhinestones in the corners to give my card a special sparkle.

Have a look at all the lovely creations of the DT:

Alanna

Anne C

Heather

Jenn

Jovita

Karen

Margo

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long Challenge # 2: Sparkle and Shine
CraftyHazelnut's Christmas Challenge # 168: Going Green... a Little or a Lot
Crimbo Crackers Challenge # 60: Cute Christmas
Completely Christmas Challenge # 3: Anything Goes
CraftyHazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra for March: Anything Goes

What Fun!

I've just finished a card I can't wait to share with you.

I saw a sketch and I immediately had an idea for a card which I've just finished!

This is the sketch:

The challenge is the new January Challenge at Whimsie Doodles!

Although I have several of their digi stamps, I don't remember if I've ever entered one of their challenges.

This sketch is so lovely and funny!

This is my card:

(I'm sorry for the horrible picture but it's a rainy day here and it's also getting dark so I couldn't do anything better...).

I've used "Have a Seat" collection of digi stamps: I've had them for ages but I hadn't had any occasion to use them. This was THE perfect card to put them into good use.

(You can find the entire collection here in Whimsie Doodles shop).

I colored them with my Copics and decoupaged some details. Card base is from Die Cut with a View.

Ribbons and a key charm have been added to decorate the card.

I didn't know I was feeling sketchy before having a look at this fantastic sketch!

I want to enter the following challenges:

Whimsie Doodles January Challenge: Sketch

Divas by Design Challenge: Use Ribbons

Cute Card Thursday Challenge # 304: Warm It Up

Digitally Sweet Challenge # 71: Anything Goes

Oldie but a Goodie Challenge: New Beginnings

No, Not Lazy... Just Busy!

I can't believe it's the middle of August... this summer is really flying!

This time, I cannot say I'm lazy... well, yes, I'm a lazy blogger these days but I have so many things to do!

I spent some days trying to re-organize my craftroom (without too much success, but I've discovered some hidden treasures!), making little gifts for Christmas and reading inspiring blogs.

I also spent a few days with my daughter, my sister and my little niece (and I had the chance to find a shop with satin ribbons in wonderful hues!).

But...

I only made a couple of cards...

Here's my first:

I made this card for the Paper Playtime Anything Goes Challenge # 53.

The sponsor is Whimsie Doodles and I used this adorable little girl starting a new school year.

Schools will start one week later than usual this year: September 19! They say it's for tourism reasons but we feel it's really late! When I was a little girl, I used to start school on October 1! Maybe only for a couple of years but I remember when we started going to school around the middle of September and, of course, I didn't like it!

I made this card with my daughter in mind and I wanted to use bold colors: this paper from Die Cut With a View was perfect for my little girl and my black card.

Well, that's all for today. Don't forget to visit the Paper Playtime Challenge Blog and see all the wonderful DT creations!

For the First Time...

...I'm posting a card before the challenge begins!

Last week my Fall Tree card was chosen among the Top Three in Raise the Bar Challenge and I got an assignement - my very first one - for this week!

The theme is "We Shell" and the card should have a beach theme.

Here's my card:

This lovely shell is a digi stamp from Whimsie Doodles which I colored with my watercolor pencils (and glitter all around the shell...!).

Following the idea of the beach, I wanted to use these colors which remind me of the sand. I bought this card a few days ago and I thought it was perfect for this project. Papers are all from DCWV.

Once I decided the colors I had to decide how to assemble the card and I used this week's sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday. It was simple and clean and I could use all the papers I wanted to be part of this card.

Thus, I will enter this card in Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge # 99.

I'm so excited for my assignment! Fingers crossed that my card is good enough!

This Challenge starts tomorrow, have a look at all the other wonderful creations!



Simply Chic.

Looking through my list of challenges, I found three that could be entered with the same card and they all gave me some inspiration to make it.

I started with the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday:

Then, I had to choose the image and the inspiration came from Whimsie Doodles: in their challenge they ask for glitter and one of their images was perfect to be glittered up. And you know how much I love glitter...

Finally, Paper Sundaes says: "Keep it Simple" and I tried to keep my card as simple as possible.

Here's my card:

The sketch has been followed, there's glitter all over the pretty shoe and I think the look is simple and elegant. The lovely papers were digi downloads from Pink Petticoat.

This card will be entered in:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge # 92 - sketch

Whimsie Doodles Challenge - glitter (and image)

Paper Sundaes Challenge # 60- simple

Although I've never worn such high heels )and never will) I love this card, it's so feminine and girly...

Back from the Seaside

At the beginning of last week, my husband suggested to go to the seaside and have lunch there to celebrate our anniversary and Valentine's Day.

So this morning, we picked up my mom and headed East to the seaside.

We are lucky enough to live not too far from the sea. It's not a beautiful sea but our Coast on the North Adriatic Sea is quite famous as one of the most amusing sea locations in Italy. Discos, pubs, hotels, amusement parks etc. are all at their best next to perfectly equipped beaches.

This in summer. In winter - and especially in a foggy day as today - it's not so amusing but we had a great time. No traffic to arrive there, lots of people walking around, open shops, fully booked restaurants and THE PERFECT BEACH.

We had lunch early then we headed to the beach: it is a quite small beach and in summer it's full of umbrellas placed in perfect rows, full of people trying to have the best suntan, kids playing in the sand and teenagers answering phones and playing soccer.

Today, we were just a few. The sea was far away with an incredible low tide, seagulls were making noise while fishing on the beach just a few steps away from us. Bunches of shells (not beautiful shells but my daughter loved them!) to look at hoping to find hidden treasures. The sand was accumulated in dunes, no umbrellas, no one shouting. It was not sunny but it was not too cold so we had an hour of complete relax, wandering around.

Then it was time to drive back home and here we are, an hour later.

And to celebrate this winter day at the beach, I have a card to show you:

This lovely digi is from Whimsie Doodles and I used a Bo Bunny flower paper from the Alyssa Collection and a dooted cardstock from DCWV.

I made it using a sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday:

The sponsor this week is Whimsie Doodles so it's a perfect match.

This card will be entered in the following challenges:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge # 88

and

 Cute Cards Thursday Challenge # 151 where they ask for hearts and flowers.

Well, time to go and do something more useful for the home...

Anything goes...

As I promised yesterday, here I am to show you the card I made yesterday for my mom's birthday:

I used a very cute digi from Whimsie Doodles which I painted with watercolor pencils. And although Christmas is over, I had to put some glitter on the hearts... I LOVE GLITTER!!!

My mom loves lilac so I chose this color scheme especially for her. It's a sweet little card which I'll probably repeat for my shop.

This morning I had some time to have a look to my favourite challenges and I noticed that I could enter this card in two of them, they both have an "Anything Goes" theme.

The first is Digital Tuesday Challenge # 91  http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2010/12/challenge-91-anything-goes.html

The second is Bugaboo Catch the Bug Challenge http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/time-for-our-monthly-anything-goes.html

I'm sorry this time I cannot enter this challenge with a Bugaboo Stamp but I don't think I have time to make another card before the challenge closes.

Yes, I know that one of my goals this year is to make a card a day, but school are still closed, holidays are not finished and I still have a quite hectic schedule.

I'll write a post about our Christmas holidays in the next few days and maybe you'll understand why I'm so busy...

P.S.: while reading what I've written before posting, I've noticed that sometimes I write some words in the English way (favourite) and some otheers in the American way (color). Please, forgive my unconsciuos confusion.

Baby, it's cold outside...

Yes... it's defintely cold.

Foggy, wet and cold. At least Christmas lights cheer me up, there are many things to be done before Christmas and gifts to be packed, so I'm quite busy and I don't have time to stop and freeze!

This title is inspired by one of the two challenges I'm submitting a card to today:

Digital Tuesday Challenge # 88 - Baby, It's cold outside

http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2010/12/challenge-88-baby-its-cold-outside-plus.html

and

Mojo Monday Contest # 168 with sketch

http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/2010/12/mojo-monday-168-contest.html

Fist of all, here's my card:

This lovely digi is from Whimsie Doodles: I adore these snowmen, it's been love at first sight. They are so sweet under the snow with their lunch, despite the fact that... Baby, it's cold outside!

I simply used a light green card and the digi was matted with a darker shade of green. A dotted pink ribbon and green pearls add the final touches.

If the theme was given by the Digital Tuesday Challenge, the sketch was fron the Mojo Monday challenge:

Well, better come back to the worktable and finish some other projects!

Have a nice day!