CraftHazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge for October.

Welcome October! And welcome to our new CraftyHazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge!

 

For this challenge I created something useful, a notebook perfect for the many lists we usually make:

 

 

I bought this lovely girl digi stamp from Time for Tea Designs because I thought she was perfect to decorate the cover of a notebook. Isn't she lovely?

 

Have a look on the blog to be inspired by all the creations of our wonderful DT! I can't wait to see what you create this month!

 

 

 

 

 



CraftyHazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge for July.

Welcome to a new CraftyHazelunt's Patterned Paper Challenge!

 

This month my creation is a little notepad:

 

 

This little pad is covered with patterned paper and decorated with a digi stamp from Birdie Brown. I colored the pears with Copics and added a ribbon with bow to the pad.

 

These sweet pears are lovely, aren't they?

 

As usual, have a look at all the lovely creations from the DT: you can find them all here!



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.



Not Just Cards Challenge # 20 - Anything Goes.

It's always Anything Goes here at Not Just Cards Challenges!

 

And cards are welcome!

 

For this challenge, I opted for a Post-It note cover:

 

 

with this adorable Katie Reading digi stamp from Robyn's Fetish.

The cover was made with a patterned cardstock from DCWV.

 

If you need more inspiration, have a look at the challenge blog to see the beautiful creations from the DT.

We can't wait to see what you create!

 



Christmas Card Challenges # 48 - Anything Goes.

It's Anything Goes here at Christmas Card Challenges!

 

In a couple of months Christmas will already be over so it's time to start making those necessary Christmas Cards or projects, just in case you haven't started yet!

 

Today I have something different to show you:

 

 

I haven't made a card but I've made a cute shopping list notepad with a sweet girl .

She is Shopping Spree from Di's Digistamps: I love her coat and, of course, her little dog!

 

The Challenge is already live, I'm a bit late this morning since Summer Time ended last night and I enjoyed an additional hour in bed!

I checked my teamies projects and they are all wonderful and inspiring.

Check them here or on their personal blogs:

Alanna

Donna

Heather

Karen

Lisa

Margo

Marsha

Wendi

 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge # 282: Christmas

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round October Challenge: Embellish It!

CraftyHazelnut's Christmas Challenge # 200: If You Want to Get Ahead Get a Hat!

Hiding in my Craftroom Challenge # 171: Any Holiday

Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Anything but a Card

 

Inspiration Saturdays: Take Note!

Last year, I found some lovely tall notebooks in a shop: they had a sturdy cardstock cover on the back, a soft cover on the front, lined pages inside and they were sold at a very reasonable price: perfect to be decorated!

I bought some and, every time I went to that shop, I bought a few more...

I've already decorated lots of them with different images and themes and today I want to show you my latest creation.

I collected some paper and matching cardstock scraps, a few rhinestones, a satin ribbon, tied a bow and printed my image and made this:

This time I chose a colored digi, Wine Toodle from Broken Box Stock: her colors inspired me the color palette for the notebook so I decided that she was just perfect! I added only some red glitter here and there to make her sparkle!

(She is available here in the colored version and here as a black and white digi stamp).

I love when I can embellish something useful as a notebook and make something so pretty!

I'm entering mi notebook into the following challenges:
Alphabet Challenge: I for Image
Digi Haven Challenge: Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody # 22: Anything Goes
Deep Ocean Challenge # 53: For a Girl

Something Pretty

In order to beat the blues these dark days, I needed something pretty!

And I made this pretty notebook:



I love to make notebooks and I love this pretty girl from Broken Box Stock: I've used this digi stamp hundreds of times! She is so pretty, sassy and HAPPY!

(It's a freebie and you can find it here).

That's the main reason I've decided to use her on the notebook: she makes me happy!

Copics, glitter and an old dotted paper... I love it!

My husband being cooking the lunch (it's great he loves to cook, isn't it??), I have some more time to enter my new notebook in a few challenges!

Cute Card Thursday Challenge # 251: Beat the Blues!

Totally Papercrafts Challenge # 149: Ribbon

Crazy4Challenges C4C168: Shape It Up!

Papercrafting Journey Challenge: Anything Goes

Have You Already Started Buying Christmas Presents?

I haven't. Well, that's not true. I bought a Lego house for my daughter a couple of days ago... I've already forgotten...

That's the problem I have when I start buying Christmas presents in advance: I forget what I have already bought, especially when I'm in a shop, see something that could be perfect for someone and buy it. I do stop and think if I have already bought something but I always forget I already have.

I usually use paper scraps to write down wish lists or lists for what I buy but I always lose them in the mess I have on my table...

This is the reason I think a Gifts List Notebook is useful: you can keep it in the bag and bring it with you when you go shopping...

This year I've already made several of them for the shop. This is the last one I've made:

This notebook was created from a mistake: I printed this Scarlette digi image from Bugaboo Stamps a bit too big for a card so I decided to use it for a tall notebook.

She's so pretty and elegant and... so full of gifts! I've used some colors perfect for Christmas but I think it can be use for the whole year.

I'm entering this notebook into:

Bugaboo Catch the Bug Challenge where "Anything Goes"

Since I printed and colored two Scarlettes, I think I'll use one to make a notebook just for me!

I'm a Lucky Winner!

This morning I had to go out quite early but I had a look at my shop, mail and blog before leaving and I had a GREAT surprise: I was among the Sweet Five at ByLori Design Challenge # 3. I was so excited! I love Lollipops and Puddle Jumpers and every kid in their gang of digis and I'm so happy they like the way I use them!

A part from this very good start, the morning was not very exciting and I was a bit nervous and angry. After waiting for one month, I had received a purchase I made on Esty but... they sent me something wrong! A part that I needed it before Valentine Day, it wasn't waht I ordered!

After lunch, I sat down at the computer to relax a bit and found out that I had won the Grand Prize at Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge # 88! This is my very first prize and I started to scream: my daughter looked at me in astonishment and I immediately showed her my name there on the screen and the digis I'm going to win!! This challenge is very sweet, they leave sweet comments and I try my best to be there every week! I just enjoy their messages!

When I discovered my card was chosen among the Sweet Five I was even happier because today post had to be to show you something I did for ByLori Designs Challenge # 4.

This week colors are:

and, instead of creating a card, I decided to do this:

It is a tiny notebook: I covered it with glittered paper, added a ribbon and a button on the top, colored Kaylee digi with watercolor pencils and added glitter to her dress. It's really a tiny notebook, but I love how it turned out! (My daughter loves it too...).

This creation is perfect for another Challenge: A Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge # 139 where they ask for "Anything but a Card" and this is definitely not a card!

Well, now I'm much happier and I managed to cool down and relax a bit.

Thank you for giving me these two great prizes! You made my day!

Something Different for Something New!

Today I've something different to show you and I'm very excited because I managed to create something different, experimenting something new and I was a bit afraid but I did it!

The reason for this change is that I've discovered a new challenge, an Italian challenge, and the request was to create something stamped but not a card.

And I have a set of fabulous stamps I bought last year which I love but which were still in my stash unused.

Here's what I created:

A small little manilla notebook!

I stamped this adorable typewriter from Lawn Fawn directly on the cover and I was so worried I could stamp it wrongly! Then I added some black and silver paints here and there, glued the letters and the rhinestone heart. I embellished it with a lovely ribbon and a button. I also tried to add some shadow around the right side of the typewriter by scrubbing some distress ink: I kept my brush light, I was too afraid to ruin everything!

Being not a card, this project will be entered in Timbroscrapmania Challenge # 19 which says "No Cards".

Having used a Lawn Fawn Stamp, I'm also entering it in the Lawnscaping Challenge # 3 which says "All About Love".

They are both new Challenges for me and I'm thrilled to add them to my list!